The Fenn Street Gang 1971 "Please Sir!" film), David Barry, Peter Denyer and Liz Gebhardt. Leon Vitali replaced Malcolm McFee as Peter Craven during the first series, although Malcolm took this role back for the second and third series. Peter Denyer (Dennis Dunstable) and Liz Gebhardt (Maureen Bullock) were absent from the third (and final) series. John Alderton (Mr Hedges, their form-master when they starred in "Please Sir!") guest-appeared in 3 episodes of the first series of "The Fenn Street Gang" and the first two episodes from the final series of "Please Sir!", which ran alongside "The Fenn Street Gang" in transmission dates. Richard
Life on Mars (UK TV series) Life on Mars (UK TV series) Life on Mars is a British television series broadcast on BBC One between 9 January 2006 and 10 April 2007. The series combines elements of speculative fiction and police procedural, featuring a present-day police officer from the Greater Manchester Police (played by John Simm) who wakes up in 1973 after being involved in a road accident. The title is a reference to David Bowie's 1973 single "Life on Mars?, with its lyrics "Take a look at the law man, beating up the wrong guy". An American adaptation of the series was produced by ABC