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The third episode of the second series of the British time travel police procedural television series, Life on Mars, was first broadcast on 3 March 2007. It was produced by Kudos Film & Television for BBC One.
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An anonymous caller reports that the IRA is to start a new bombing campaign in Manchester. Sam doesn't think the warning rings true, but the team loses faith in him and starts to target the Irish community.
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- Gene: "How do you think I spend my time here, Tyler?" Sam: "Building a Death Star?" In Star Wars, the Galactic Empire's ultimate weapon, the Death Star, was a mobile battle station that mounted a directed superlaser weapon capable of completely destroying a planet with a single shot.
- Gene: "You see, the pub, it's the one safe place the IRA would never touch." This is a reference to the Birmingham Pub Bombings of 21 November 1974, when the Provisional IRA blew up two pubs in Birmingham, killing 21 people and injuring 182 others. A third explosion had been planned but the device failed to detonate. Public outrage after these attacks led directly to the passing of the Prevention of Terrorism Act 1974.[2]
- Annie: "Maybe we'd be better off if a woman did run the country. She couldn't make a worse job of it than the fellas have done." Sam: "I've got a feeling you might regret saying that one day." Sam is referring to Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990.
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This episode only had an audience of 4.8 million viewers by episode three, a large slump from Helpless, despite being heavily trailed and publicised.[3]
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