Inside Life on Mars’ EPIC return for third series after 20 years – from show’s new name to why BBC won’t touch it

WITH its politically incorr­ect anti-hero, time-travelling police drama Life on Mars proved a sensation on its launch 20 years ago. Now the hit show, featuring Ford Cortina-driving cantankerous copper Gene Hunt is poised to return in a new series called Lazarus. The long-awaited third outing — which like the first series and its 2008 sequel...