Have we come to a point where TV and Film will change to the point where we will not recognise it any more? Some may argue that this has already happened but even those franchises running today are now fading away into nothingness. Should we move on and not talk about the inevitable or should we remember the classics and boycott new formats?

Okay. So it’s time to build up a background to this article. For those of you who have watched the Life on Mars and its follow up show Ashes to Ashes, you will know that this has come to a close after 4 years. Starting out as Life on Mars in 2006 on BBC1, the protagonist Sam Tyler was hit by car in 2006 and awoke in the 1970′s. Was he in a coma, was he dead or was he actually transported? The follow up show Ashes to Ashes sees DI Drake (yes, it’s a Police setting) getting shot and waking up in the 1980′s. The relation between the shows was very close and ended with an amazing outcome for both shows. Now some may argue that this sounds like a load of garbage, but with all the poor TV repeats and other gimics, this was a great original production with high quality values. Phillip Glenister who plays DCI Gene Hunt has made an historic character icon in TV history. This has all but gone now.

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Normally, due to my mass intake of caffeine, I would be awake until at least 4am before my brain decided, right BED time, but today my brain decide to try and get me to go to sleep at 20pm (Early, I know).