The top mistakes in Life on Mars http://www.moviemistakes.com/tv5447 en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:55:30 +0000 137063 In the episode where Sam has to defuse a car bomb, a small boy stares down the camera close up during the street clearance shot. 105916 When Gene Hunt pushes Sam Tyler up against the filing cabinet, he has a cigarette in his mouth. When the shot cuts back to Gene Hunt's face, a split second later, the cigarette is gone. 103632 When Sam wakes up in 1973 he is on a building site that is the Mancunian way under construction, this road was completed in 1967. (Though producers deliberately decided to include this, it is still a mistake within the context of the show.) 119183 Series 2 episode 1: In the casino, the Three Degrees song "Year of Decision" is being played. This was not issued until 1974. 101664 The Austin Allegro panda car parked outside the police station is a series 3 model which didn't start production until 1979, and this programme is set in 1973.