The Dark Side of the Moon (TV series)

The Dark Side of the Moon
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Genre	Speculative fiction Police procedural
Directed by	Alexander Kott
Starring	Pavel Derevyanko Svetlana Smirnova-Marcinkiewicz Ivan Shibanov Karina Razumovskaya
Country of origin	Russia
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	32
Production
Producer(s)	Alexander Tsekalo Ruslan Sorokin Peter Anurov
Running time	50 minutes
Release
Original network	Channel One Russia Inter (TV channel) (since 3 December 2012)
Original release	November 5, 2012 (2012-11-05)
Chronology
Related shows	Life on Mars (UK) Life on Mars (US) La Chica de Ayer

Dark Side of the Moon (Обратная сторона Луны, or Obratnaya storona Luny) is a Russian detective television series, based on the BBC series Life on Mars.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The show was renewed for a second season.^[6]

Plot

In 2011, Mikhail Soloviev Jr. is a Moscow police captain. He is hit by a car while trying to arrest a violent maniac, and wakes up in the body of his father, Moscow police lieutenant Mikhail Soloviev Sr., in 1979.

Mikhail is not sure if he is dreaming while in a coma, or if he has gone insane, or if he has really gone back in time. He must cope with the alien-to-him environment of Soviet Russia, and catch criminals (including a serial killer who is just getting started) and—above all else—figure out what has happened to him.

Title

The series is named for a Pink Floyd album of the same name rather than a David Bowie song. This is because Pink Floyd was popular in the Soviet Union in the late 1970s, whereas Bowie was relatively unknown.^[1] It is notable for its track Brain Damage, which is the only song to include the album title in its lyrics.

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