16 years ago today, Sam Tyler returned to 1973...
Now in 2023 the
#LifeOnMars
creators are working very hard to bring Sam Tyler back one last time.
There's unfinished business and The Guv wants a word...
#Lazarus
It is with a heavy heart that the creators of
#LifeOnMars
have confirmed that the highly anticipated revival show,
#Lazarus
, will no longer be moving forward.
Many thanks to Matthew Graham & Ashley Pharoah for these past 3 years in your efforts to reunite Sam Tyler & Gene Hunt🍻
Happy 15th Anniversary
#AshesToAshes
!
You thought the Guv was done. But time runs differently in The Railway Arms.
Nelson just rang the bell. It's Last Orders.
Who will leave the pub and take one last ride in the Quattro?
Maybe you can ask DI Sam Tyler.
#Lazarus
#LifeOnMars
By sheer coincidence or by insane attention to detail,
#SamTyler
tries to telephone - 'Hyde 2612', at exactly... 26 minutes and 12 seconds into the episode.
#LifeOnMarsLive
#LifeOnMars
creators promised us we would get to know what happened to Sam and Gene after their TV return was sadly cancelled.
Now fans will get a glimpse of what might've been with a table reading of
#Lazarus
Episode 1!
November at the
@BFI
Tickets on sale now
#LondonCalling
In a world of legacy sequels and revivals, it is an absolute crime that the
#LifeOnMars
revival
#Lazarus
, has fell at the final hurdle, not for lack of actor interest or fan demand but for financial reasons.
Someone clearly does not know what they have on their hands!
It is with a heavy heart that the creators of
#LifeOnMars
have confirmed that the highly anticipated revival show,
#Lazarus
, will no longer be moving forward.
Many thanks to Matthew Graham & Ashley Pharoah for these past 3 years in your efforts to reunite Sam Tyler & Gene Hunt🍻
Could
#LifeOnMars
fans finally get answers to questions they've waited a decade and a half for?!
What happened to Sam and Annie? What IS The Railway Arms? Is there more to Frank Morgan? Did Alex Drake ever meet Sam Tyler for a pint? 🍻
Or will
#Lazarus
create more mysteries?!
#LifeOnMars
Returns:
WHO: Characters from both shows
WHAT: Cortina & Quattro
WHY: Guv ain't done yet
WHERE: London/Manchester
WHEN: 1970s/1980s/Alternative NOW
LENGTH: 4/5 Episodes
TITLE: David Bowie tune
TWIST: Tv show WITHIN a Tv show...TYLER: MURDER DIVISION
#TheFinalChapter
Join
#LifeOnMars
fans around the world for a rewatch of 'Episode 1'. April 1st-7pm (BST)
🍺 Live twitter commentary and Q&A from writers Matthew Graham and Ashley Pharoah.
@TremensDr
@AJPharoah
🍺 Use hashtag
#LifeOnMarsLive
"[
#Lazarus
is ] in development hell...Someone's got it...they want to do it...the script was great...we said yes. We'd love to do it, that would be amazing, but the wait is interminable!"
"The idea is really good, there's a lot of travelling in time and car chases." ~John Simm
The Camberwick Green sequence was shot by Hot Animation studio who sadly are no longer in existence. Their most famous creation was
#BobTheBuilder
.
#LifeOnMarsLive
#LifeOnMars
Returns!
Creators confirm new series!
*4/5 Episodes
*Filmed in London & Manchester
*Featuring characters from LoM & A2A
*Featuring the Ford Cortina & Audi Quattro
*Set in the 1970s, 1980s & possibly present
#BackInTheNickOfTime
#LifeOnMarsLive
🍺
Yes. We can confirm Sam Tyler himself - John Simm - has kindly agreed to join Twitter for two nights only &
#LiveTweet
for
#LifeOnMarsLive
! Set your clocks for 1973! We're going out with a bang!
" My name is Sam Tyler. I had an accident, and I woke up in 1973. Am I mad, in a coma, or back in time?
Whatever's happened, it's like I've landed on a different planet. Now, maybe if I can work out the reason, I can get home "
#LifeOnMars
John Simm, SJ Clarkson (Director) & Philip Glenister (as Tufty) on the CID set at Manchester studios, during a break in filming Episode 7 of Series 2.
#LifeOnMarsLive
Don't despair Gene Genie fans! We may still learn of Sam Tyler's return and how it would've brought together
#LifeOnMars
and
#AshesToAshes
! If
#Lazarus
is turned into a book, it will be epic and a number one best seller!
#TheGuvsNotDone
#Lazarus
Table Read. Wow! Nothing but praise! 🙌
We had surprises, tears AND cheers of joy! Performed brilliantly by the
@BFI
Southbank Players.👏
Epic opening act to the closing chapter of a much loved show.
#THANKYOU
!
More to come from this special day!
📸
@AlexClayton_20
Join us for our last:
#LifeOnMarsLIVE
🚨
WED 15 JUL | SE2: EP8 | 8PM (BST)🕗
FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY💫
ALL-STAR LINEUP⭐
🎭John Simm
🎭Philip Glenister
🎭Ralph Brown
🎭Harriet Rogers
✒Matthew Graham
✒Ashley Pharoah
Hyde 2612 calling - are you there Sam?☎️
''HAPPY BIRTHDAY RAY YOU POOFTER''
DS Raymond "Ray/Raymondo" Carling, (later DI), born on this day 1945! He would be 76! 🎂🍺🚬
#LifeOnMars
#AshesToAshes
#Lazarus
#GeneHunt
: I think you've forgotten who you're talking to!
#SamTyler
: An overweight, over the hill, nicotine-stained, borderline alcoholic homophobe with a superiority complex and an unhealthy obsession with male bonding.
#LifeOnMarsLive
The BFI
#Lazarus
Table Read was a once only experience, not to be repeated and wasn't filmed, even for archive purposes. Sorry to those who were unable to attend but the
#LifeOnMars
creators are not done yet! Those that missed out will get their chance. Only in a different way!
I loved Gene. It was one of those rare moments for an actor where I knew immediately what this character should be; it just came off the page... I could picture his clothes, the way he spoke... I had an acting revelation! - Philip Glenister (Gene Hunt)
#GeneHuntDay
#ToastTheGuv
It was no joke! 1️⃣ Year ago today,
#LifeOnMars
Fans came together for an epic
#watchparty
! Originally a one-off, it turned into a full series
#watchalong
of Mars and
#AshesToAshes
! Many, many thanks to the writers, creators, cast & crew that joined in along the way! 🍻
#AvinOops
!
Join
#LifeOnMars
fans around the world for a rewatch of 'Episode 1'. April 1st-7pm (BST)
🍺 Live twitter commentary and Q&A from writers Matthew Graham and Ashley Pharoah.
@TremensDr
@AJPharoah
🍺 Use hashtag
#LifeOnMarsLive
A word in ya shell-like, pal!
This Saturday - 6 | 6 | 20 - is
#GeneHuntDay
. Let's get it trending!
Share your favourite moments and tell us why you love THE GUV!
#JoinTheHunt
because this will not happen again for another 100 years in 2120!
Raise your glass and
#ToastTheGuv
!
#MatthewGraham
[Co-creator]: Sorry for the slow moving progress trying to bring back MARS...It's a challenge. But we are still working behind the scenes with our partners to make this happen...
#Lazarus
#LifeOnMars
³
Happy Birthday, Co-creator and Writer of Life On Mars, the all round top lad... Ashley Pharoah. (Would love to know the story behind this photo shoot! - "Hold that script Mr Pharoah and look stoically smooth") 📸🎂
Wishing Life On Mars, Ashes To Ashes and Lazarus co-creator/writer, plus all-round top bloke, Ashley Pharoah a very Happy Birthday! Thank you for one of the best TV shows ever made. Have a great day! 🎂🍻
Life On Mars is not a sugar-coated version of the 1970s, and that's why I did it. It's not The Grimleys. It's dark. The racism, terrorism with the IRA, immigration, wife swapping, all sorts of stuff -
#JohnSimm
(Sam Tyler)
#LifeOnMarsLive
Frank Morgan is a reference to
#TheSweeney
. His name, a mashing of the character DCI Frank Haskins & the actor Garfield Morgan, who played him. It also has links to the
#TheWizardOfOz
(1939) as Frank Morgan was the name of the actor who portrayed The Wizard.
#LifeOnMarsLive
Let the rampant speculation begin... Are the boys messing with us? Is
#Lazarus
simply an indication the characters are returning, 'from the dead' so to speak? Or do we have the new series title? Yes it's a
#DavidBowie
track, released December 2015, from his Blackstar (2016) album
Right! Time for some b*stard big fun! Because we need it!
This week
#LifeOnMars
turns 15 years old!
Join us SATURDAY JANUARY 9TH from 10AM for a day of celebrations! We're
#AvinOops
!
Before the last
#LifeOnMarsLive
on W'day I wanted to say a BIG
#ThankYou
to all over the 16wks-Cast&Crew (you know who you are) giving their time generously&enthusiastically, Fans sharing their LoM love, Fritha without whom it would not have happened & above all Creators Matt&Ash
Wishing a joint Happy Birthday to, Dean Andrews & Reece Dinsdale, born 4 years apart on the same day, August 6th! 🎂🍻
Reece appeared in Series 2 of
#LifeOnMars
as Mr Lamb with Dean's, DS Ray Carling. These amazing actors were recently reunited while working on ITV's
#Emmerdale
1. Happy Valley 📺⭐️
2. Line of Duty
3. The Sweeney
4. Broadchurch
5. Dixon of Dock Green
6. Midsomer Murders
7. Silent Witness
8. Poirot
9. The Bill
10. Life on Mars
Do you agree with our ranking of British police dramas? 👮
Let us know if you have any additions?
#JeremyVine
It's Tuf-ty oop North! ...(ahh suit yourselves)... It is official - PHILIP GLENISTER, yes - The Guv
The Gene Genie, The Manc Lion, The one and only Gene Hunt - will be here LIVE!
Join Tyler & Fluffytail at 8PM! Starsky & Hutch eat your heart out!
#LifeOnMarsLive
The incredible art department were having to spray water over the car throughout the Sam-Morgan interior car dialogue. You can see how much the rain adds to the sequence in the final cut though! - SJ Clarkson (Director)
#LifeOnMarsLive
Anyone who missed out on the SOLD OUT
#Lazarus
Event (AKA
#LifeOnMars
Returns), at the BFI London... A very small number of tickets have become available!
We wanted to use 'Live And Let Die' for episode two. Couldn't afford it. So we sent the chase scene to
@PaulMcCartney
with the song on & blow me down he watched the edit & said "Yeah. Ok" | Co-creator Matthew Graham
#AvinOops
#GeneGenie
#Sammyboy
These were taken at the
@RamBrewery
in Wandsworth in 2009, where
#AshesToAshes
was being shot on site. Phil Glenister was served a beer brewed especially by the owner in
#GeneHunt
's honour: '80s Ale'. Here's Phil & the Quattro by the cask cellars during filming & in the bar later