{"id":124432,"date":"2025-11-08T09:54:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T09:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/124432\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T09:54:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T09:54:11","slug":"masterpiece-series-with-100-score-available-to-stream-on-iplayer-tv-radio-showbiz-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/124432\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Masterpiece’ series with 100% score available to stream on iPlayer | TV & Radio | Showbiz & TV"},"content":{"rendered":"

There aren\u2019t many TV shows<\/a> out there that can say they\u2019ve achieved a perfect score. It\u2019s an incredibly rare feat, and only some of the greatest series<\/a> ever made have managed it. Getting both the critics and the public to agree is even harder. But one show has done just that, landing a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a 99% audience score.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s more, it\u2019s available to stream for free on BBC iPlayer<\/a> right now. Originally broadcast between 2006 and 2007, the series follows a detective who wakes up in the 1970s after a crash in modern-day Manchester<\/a>. He finds himself working the same job in the same place, but under the command of a no-nonsense DCI with very different methods.<\/p>\n

That show is called Life on Mars, and viewers still can\u2019t get enough of it almost two decades later.<\/p>\n

One person said: \u201cLife on Mars is a rare beast, a TV show that gripped me from the first episode and never let go. The writing, acting and production design are superb. It’s a masterpiece.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another added: \u201cLife on Mars is a brilliant blend of police drama and psychological mystery that stands out as one of the best British TV shows ever made.\u201d<\/p>\n

A third commented: \u201cLife on Mars is the best program I’ve ever watched! Every episode has a great story, and it’s really good quality.\u201d<\/p>\n

The show stars John Simm<\/a> as Sam Tyler, a modern-day detective who suddenly finds himself transported to 1973 after being hit by a car.<\/p>\n

He begins working under DCI Gene Hunt, played by Philip Glenister, as he tries to figure out whether he\u2019s in a coma, dead, or has truly time-travelled.<\/p>\n

The series is a mix of everything from crime and mystery to sci-fi and historical drama.<\/p>\n

Among many things it became famous for, what fans and critics called, \u201cits unpredictable twists and bold storytelling\u201d.<\/p>\n

It even inspired multiple international remakes, including American, Spanish, South Korean and Russian versions.<\/p>\n

Life on Mars was named after the David Bowie<\/a> song of the same name and later followed up by a sequel series called Ashes to Ashes.<\/p>\n

The show won two International Emmy Awards for Best Drama Series and received widespread acclaim from critics.<\/p>\n

Alison Graham from the Radio Times called it \u201ca genuinely innovative and imaginative take on an old genre,\u201d while The Guardian said it was \u201cmore than just a jolly, tongue-in-cheek romp into the past.\u201d<\/p>\n

You can watch Life on Mars now on BBC iPlayer<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There aren\u2019t many TV shows out there that can say they\u2019ve achieved a perfect score. It\u2019s an incredibly…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":124433,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[2974,6155,86826,156,86822,12576,86824,111,139,69,86823,86825],"class_list":["post-124432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-bbc","tag-bbc-iplayer","tag-best-british-series-ever-made-streaming-for-free","tag-entertainment","tag-john-simm","tag-life-on-mars","tag-masterpiece-bbc-series-with-100-score-available-to-stream-for-free-on-bbc-iplayer","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-rotten-tomatoes-100-rating","tag-shows-with-a-perfect-score-on-bbc-iplayer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124432\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}