Jul 27, 2008 08:38
It was when they were strolling down Oxford Street in central London during the first series of BBC1's Life on Mars two years ago that Matthew Graham and Ashley Pharoah, the creators of that memorable time-travel drama, realised they had a major hit on their hands. Pharaoh takes up the story. "A man walked past wearing a T-shirt which carried the famous line said by Gene Hunt the Neanderthal 1970's copper who has since become an unlikely cult hero in the very first episode of Life on Mars: 'It's 1973. Nearly dinner time. I'm 'aving hoops!' That was the moment when I first thought, 'what have we created here'"