You better not mess with Major Tom...
I'm sure many members (particularly in the UK) followed with some interest the amazing success of the BBC's timewarp cop show,
Well now, US network ABC has decided to press ahead with a full remake of Life On Mars for American TV. A pilot episode was written by Ally McBeal creator David E Kelley, who had bought the rights to the show.
ABC has now ordered an extended run, with Irish actor Jason O'Mara in the lead role. The programme starred John Simm and Philip Glenister when it was originally shown in the UK.
O'Mara will take Simm's role as a modern-day police officer who is transported back to the 1970s and it's thought he has a head start in getting a feel for the part due to his time in Glam tribute band, Hickory Tip.
That's him second from the left in the shot above, though it's likely that this last bit of information was simply made up just to get a picture of Chicory Tip in the news...even if that is actually O'Mara's face second from left. Either way, you have to admit he looks very tasty in that clobber.
The original version of Life on Mars won a Bafta last year and the finale of the show was seen by more than seven million people in April 2007.
The sequel, Ashes to Ashes, (02.03.2008 REMINDER: ASHES TO ASHES STARTS IN THE UK ON THURSDAY) set in the 1980s - starred Glenister, who has now signed up to appear in a second series.