Life on Mars is extinct

April 11, 2007

The last episode of Life on Mars, the wonderful BBC drama, ended last night. We have used up the tissues. Sob. If you don’t live in the UK, I hope you get to see this series. It’s hilarious…. until the very end. I just heard the series and the hero, John Simm, have been nominated for a Bafta.

In my dreams, if I could have written a screenplay, I would have chosen this series, even though I’m not old enough to remember 1973 (cough). My only claim to (reflected) fame is that our thespian friend, Phil Darling, was an extra on the first series and spent a day hanging out in an alleyway with Gene Hunt’s cops.

PS Talking of life on another planet, romance author, Liz Fielding, invited me to be her friend on My Space. I will come out to play, Liz, really – when either I or my daughter has worked out how to join you!

Comments

1. On April 15th, 2007 at 12:55 pm
   Liz Says:
   

   I’m a huge LoM fan, too, Phillipa. So sad to see the programme end, but understand there’s to be a spin off for Gene Hunt.

   No rush about My Space. I’m still struggling to sort out how to get things straight and, as we both know, everything gives way to the writing.