My personal favourite was a cop show from about a decade ago called Life on Mars. It’s about a Manchester detective who gets hit by a car and wakes up in 1971.
LOM was one of the best shows made in a long time. Philip Glenister as Gene Hunt was to me the best part. Same with Ashes To Ashes.
“Life on Mars”
Did you also watch Ashes to Ashes, a continuation of the series? All I watch are British productions.
DCI Banks, MI5, Campion, The Last Detective, Wire in the Blood, A touch of Evil, Whitechapel, Above Suspicion, Inspector Lewis, Blue Murder, The Commander, Midsomer Murders, Inspector Linley....
I have been watching them on Amazon Instant Video. I could watch FREE with Amazon Prime but lately they have been messing around with what is free and what costs $4.99 an episode so now I am watching on Netflix. Never watch US tv anymore...garbage.
I also just purchased a tie-in series called "Dust to Dust" which uses some of the same actors, but it's now 1981 and another character with ties to Sam Tyler (the "time-traveling" cop from "Life on Mars") has come from 2008 to interact with DCI Hunt, Sam Tyler's boss and nemesis from 1971.
I haven't had a chance to watch it yet but it looks like it ought to be very very good.