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1. 21. 80s move for Life on Mars

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 11 April 2007 THE BBC has confirmed an eighties sequel to the TV smash hit Life on Mars. Ashes to Ashes will once again star Philip Glenister, 44, as unreconstructed chauvinist DCI Gene Hunt. But the series will move from the 1970s Manchester to London in the `New Romantic' eighties.

2. 22. Life on Mars: The string of clues

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 11 April 2007 LIFE On Mars sent fans into a frenzy of speculation. But sometimes they read too much into certain "clues".

3. 23. Home makeover gives Harry view of life on Mars

   Manchester Evening News, Saturday 30 September 2006 HIS neighbours have long moved out and the view of the old gasworks is hardly attractive . . . but Harry Hallsworth home was the ideal location for a TV film crew. They chose his house in Sparth, Rochdale, to film a scene for the new series of Life On Mars, the hit police show set in the 1960s.

4. 24. Return of the boys from Mars

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 30 January 2007 THE bottles of Hai Karate and Old Spice are still in Gene's office and a jar of pickled eggs sits behind the bar of The Railway Arms. Manchester, August, 2006 and I'm on set with Life On Mars, the award-winning BBC1 drama about to return for a second series.

5. 25. Mars vs Wood for Baftas

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 11 April 2007 THE smash-hit Manchester-based series Life On Mars has been nominated for two TV Baftas. John Simm is up for best actor for his role as time-travelling cop Sam Tyler - but there is no nomination for his co-star, Philip Glenister.

6. 26. It's Life on Mars - but not as we know it!

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 23 January 2007 THE long-awaited second, and final, series of the hit Manchester drama returns to BBC1 next month. A viral marketing campaign to promote the new series includes an online video clip of time-travel detective Sam Tyler and his 1973 police boss Gene Hunt.

7. 27. Looking for Life on Mars... here

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 18 June 2008 DON'T let anyone tell you that writing about TV isn't hard work.

8. 28. Life On Mars is creating stars on Earth

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 07 February 2006 A MANCHESTER TV drama will be screened in America and the rest of the world after scoring a hit with millions of viewers in Britain.

9. 29. Bafta chance for Earth and Mars

   Manchester Evening News, Sunday 04 March 2007 PLANET Earth, the series of Celebrity Big Brother featuring George Galloway, and Life on Mars have all been nominated for a Bafta TV award. BBC documentary series Planet Earth, narrated by Sir David Attenborough, has been shortlisted for a Pioneer Audience Award for a second consecutive year.

10. 30. Spooks star in Mars sequel

    Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 04 July 2007 SPOOKS actress Keeley Hawes will star as Gene Hunt's sidekick in the sequel to Life On Mars.

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