Life on Mars
British television fantasy drama series
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| 2023 | French-German broadcaster Arte aired the series |
| November 19 2023 | Live table reading of the pilot script took place at BFI Southbank, accompanied by a Q&A with co-writer Ashley Pharoah |
| June 2023 | Lazarus series confirmed cancelled for financial reasons |
| January 2022 | John Simm confirmed involvement in the planned Lazarus series, set to reprise role as Sam Tyler |
| April 2020 | Creator Matthew Graham tweeted about a planned third series called Lazarus |
| 2019 | The Guardian ranked 'Life on Mars' 99th in their top 100 TV shows of the 21st century, acknowledging its long-term cultural impact. |
| 2019 | Chinese adaptation of Life on Mars is announced. |
| 2018 | Go Ah-sung won the Excellence Award for Actress in a Miniseries at the 6th APAN Star Awards |
| 2018 | Go Ah-sung was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the 2nd The Seoul Awards |
| 2018 | Im Chang-jung was offered a major supporting role in the series but declined the offer. |
| 2018 | Seo Ji-hoon was originally cast in the role of Jo Nam-sik but subsequently dropped out of the project. |
| 2018 | Life on Mars television series premiered, featuring a cast including Jeon Seok-ho, Kim Jae-kyung, and other notable South Korean actors. |
| 2018 | Life on Mars won Best Adaptation of an Existing Format at the Asian Academy Creative Awards |
| 2018 | Kim Mi-yeon, Tae Joo's mother, appears in episodes 15-16 of the TV series. |
| 2018 | Jung Kyung-ho was nominated for Top Excellence Award for Actor in a Miniseries at the 6th APAN Star Awards |
| 2018 | Proposed Christmas special set in the 1970s was passed on by the BBC for financial reasons |
| August 5 2018 | Final episode of 'Life on Mars' aired on OCN network, concluding the South Korean adaptation of the British series |
| August 5 2018 | Final (16th) episode of the television series aired |
| July 14 2018 | Episode 9 aired, with ratings of 3.980% (nationwide) and 4.525% (Seoul) |
| July 7 2018 | Originally planned air dates for episodes 9 and 10 were postponed to allow more time for filming |
| June 9 2018 | First episode of Life on Mars aired, with a nationwide AGB Nielsen rating of 2.2%. |
| June 9 2018 | South Korean adaptation of Life on Mars began airing on OCN |
| March 12 2018 | First script reading for 'Life on Mars' television series took place at Studio Dragon in Sangam-dong, marking the initial production meeting for the project. |
| January 2 2017 | Czech adaptation of Life on Mars first episode aired |
| August 2013 | Due to the success of the eBook series, hard copy trade paperbacks of the Life on Mars novels were released. |
| August 2013 | Hard copy trade paperbacks of the Life on Mars novels were released, following the success of the initial eBook publications. |
| November 5 2012 | Russian remake of Life on Mars (The Dark Side of the Moon) began airing |
| March 12 2012 | Kate Bradley, Commissioning Editor at HarperCollins, secured a deal with Kudos Film and Television to publish four brand new Life on Mars novels, which would initially be released as eBooks. |
| March 2011 | Life on Mars begins broadcasting in Hungary on Duna TV. |
| February 28 2011 | Re-release of Life on Mars: Series 1 and Series 2 DVDs in the UK |
| 2010 | Ashes to Ashes concluded its run |
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