It's hard to believe that the first episode of Life On Mars aired over a year ago, and I can't wait for the new (and final) series to start on 13 February - particularly when the posters advertising the show's return are this good:

How clever of the folk in charge of the campaign, using the old-style BBC logos, lettering and house style (note "13th February", which you'd rarely if ever see now, in place of "13 February"). In the show, of course, the plot centres on a character who's been thrown back to the mid-1970s, from whence he's half-trying to escape while solving all sorts of crimes. At the same time, it could all be a dream and he could be in a coma. It's one hell of a plot.

And it's not just the posters which have had the 1970s treatment either. Look at this brilliant trail for the show, taken from the BBC earlier today:

Even the voice of the announcer has been changed to chime with the blue "BBC1 Colour" logo - a masterstroke when so many TV trails seem to follow the same tired pattern.

So it's Tuesday 13 (alright, 13th) February when the action kicks off again. Here's what I said last time:

Bloody marvellous, Life On Mars. I wasn't around in the 1970s to know what they were like, but the 70s on display in Life On Mars is believable enough to me. But forget that, it's just great to see a decent new cop show on telly - this is like a British Starsky & Hutch, right down to the natty cars and cardboard boxes all over the shop. Thrown in the good-cop-bad-cop leading actors leaping into action, hurdling a table like they're The Sweeney and fighting each other as often as they fight the bad guys, and you're really cooking with gas. Top it off with the time travel from Dr Who and the odd surreal he's-actually-in-a-coma moment, bring to the boil, and it's the best show I've seen on telly for ages.

Sorry, did someone say Starsky & Hutch? Because the BBC have a Life On Mars trail just for you...

A final quick admin note: there's four new Dayorama banners in the system. Numbers 69 through to 72 will occasionally appear at the top of your page - or you can press "refresh" a gazillion times over til you've found them all.

Thanks to Amy J for the video clips and the poster pic.