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Sam Tyler (John Simm) is an ambitious young detective determined to keep the streets of 21st century Manchester safe. However, the hunt for a serial
killer becomes a personal vendetta when Sam suspect his girlfriend has been kidnapped by the very man he's tracking down.But after a near fatal car accident, Sam wakes up, dazed and confused, in |
| 1973, struggling to understand what's real. Has he gone back in time? Is he in a coma? Or has he simply gone insane?
His new boss is hard-nosed DCI Gene Hunt (Phillip Glenister), a man who gets result by trusting his gut instinct and using a 'fists first, questions later' Policy.
Thrown head-first into this new world, sam faces some of the hardest cases he has ever known.
He has no idea why he is in 1973, but maybe if he can work out the reason, he can get home
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Episodes 3: When Sam responds to a fatal stabbing at Crester's Textiles he's Shocked to discover that it's the converted mill where he lives in 2006. Sam sets up a forensic investigation but Gene already has a hunch about the murderer. Sam believes he has to stop Gene from sending an innocent man down for life. But does he have more to learn about this world thatn he thinks? |
| Episodes 4: Gene believes that local ganster Stephen Warren and the Police can co-exist and that the streets are safer as a result. But Sam knows that in the future, dodgy deals like this will irrevocably change the relationship between the public and the police. Whilst Gene lays a ghost to rest, Sam sets to work on convincing his new partner, but is distracted when he meets his mother as a young woman. Daily Mail |
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Episodes 5: Sam and Gene go undercover in a local pub to solve the murder of a local Manchester United fan. As Gene looks like he's set to drink the pub dry, Sam worries about their chances of finding the killer before Saturday's big match. With the press using the murder to fuel the flames of hate between rival fans, Sam is under pressure to solve the murder before the tensions destroy the community. |
| Episodes 6: When his mother's voice bleeds through from 2006 and he hears her say goodbye to him, Sam is desperate - he's alive and determined to make himself heard. But then the call comes in that a man has taken people hostage at the Manchester Gazette and is intent on killing them at 2pm - the same time Sam's machine will be swiched off. Could stopping the hostage taker be a way of staying alive? Daily Mail |
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Episodes 7: Sam demands a transparent investigation into the death-in-custody of small-time drug dealer Billy Kemble. He believes that if the police don't police temselves, the public will never trust them. When the explosive evidence of what happened to Billy falls into his hands, Sam has a huge decision to make. This evidence could tear the team apart. It's an opportunity to destroy his world and the people in it, but also perhaps an opportunity to get home. |
| Episodes 8: Sam is finally accepting of this world - until he comes face to face with his 29 year-old dad, Vic. Vic Taylor is a small time gambler who unwittingly finds himself at the centre of a murder enquiry. As Sam moves to protect his father, he embarks upon an emotional journey, piecing together a childhood memory. Daily Mail |
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Episodes 1: Despite eerie visions that suggest a tantalizing proximity to his old life, DI Sm Tayler remains very much in the technologically backward, politically incorrect world of Manchester, 1973. When he encounters a nasty villain he put away in 2007, Sam faces every copper's dream: stopping the killer before he kills. |
| Episodes 2: At a loss to discover the culprit in a spate of armed robberies, A-division esscort imprisoned safe-cracker Dickie Fingers back to the sation for interview. On the way, they are set upon, Fingers is freed and his M.O is all over another heist in a matter of days. Clearly there's a powerful puppeteer behind the operation Daily Mail |
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Episodes 3: The IRA look to have brought their bombing campain to Manchester, and A-division are on read alert. The warning doesn't fit with Sam's understanding of IRA methods, but when his 2007 know-how ails to prevent a colleague getting injured in a bomb attack, Sam begins to wonder if his memory serves him correctly |
| Episodes 4: The body of a beautiful young woman is found in wasteland. The victim is a door-to-door beauty saleswoman like Sam's aunt, Heather. The investigation takes the team to suburabia, where a local car dealer is throwing private parties, employing the makeup girls to "help out" when the lights go out the and wifeswapping begins... Daily Mail |
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Episodes 5: Sam feels strange - stranger than usual. Whilst trying to work out the cause of his vivid imaginings, he's complelled to take command of an urgent investigation when a man tries to hang himself from the ceiling of A-division. His wife and daughter have been kidnapped and Sam must shake the demons from his head to help the desperate family. |
| Episodes 6: Heroin has hit the streets of Manchester and Gene wants culprits. When they're called to the scene of a crime involving a Ugandan Asian man. Sam has to ensure the bigoted, knee-jerk reaction of his DCI doesn't condemn the new immigrant community without a fair hearing. His sympathy is further stirred as he is haunted by messages from Maya, his Asian girlfriend in 2007. Daily Mail |
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Episodes 7: Gene wakes Sam in the middle of night, drunk, and apparently having killed someone. While Sam tries to prove his Guv's innocence, he is monitored by DCI Fank Morgan, from Hyde division. Morgan is so insistent on thoroughness that Sam can't help but admire his methods - whilst also recognizing that the evidence is stacking up against Gene. |
| Episodes 8: When CID hears of a dead miner, all roads load to notorious cop killer Leslie John. Gene is determined to beat Morgan to the collar, but the investigation is hurried & unprofessional. A one-to-one meeting between Sam and Morgan turns Sam's world upside down. All Sam has to do, Morgan promises, is one more job and he can 'come home'. Sam's presumptions about his past, future and his very soul unravel in a heart-stopping climax. Daily Mail |
