Two cops in the same town at the same time... 33 years apart
Sam Tyler's world is about to be turned upside down. Moments after his girlfriend and colleague is kidnapped, Sam is knocked unconscious by a car and wakes up - in 1973. Sam's dogged pursuit of evidence brings him head to head with his DCI, Gene Hunt when the team arrests an elusive criminal high on the CID's wanted list.Sam starts to feel at home in 1973. But when there’s a fatal stabbing at Crester's Textiles, he's shocked to discover that Crester's is the converted Mill where he lives in 2006. Sam calls into question the ethos of his whole department when he takes on a local gangster. But does Sam realise the full consequences of this fight? And can Gene lay to rest a ghost from his past? Investigating the murder of a Manchester United football fan, Sam, Gene and WPC Annie Cartwright go undercover to gather evidence in the local pub - Gene's ideal job! When his mother's voice bleeds through from 2006, Sam hears her say goodbye to him. His life support machine is to be turned off at 2pm. In 1973 a hostage-taker will kill his prisoners at 2pm. Is this Sam's way of saving his life in 2006? When a small time drug dealer dies in police custody, Sam is pitted against the whole of CID. His suspicions of a police cover-up make him very unpopular. Even more so when he tries to find out the truth.Sam has finally started to accept his new world and believes that he can deal with anything that it throws at him. Then he comes face to face with his 29-year-old dad – a small-time gambler caught up in a murder case.