Spanish Life on Mars’ first photo, definitive title

The Spanish version of Life on Mars, starring Ernesto Alterio and being remade by Antena 3, will be titled La chica de ayer, which coincidentally is the name of a Spanish song recorded by Nacha Pop in 2002. Guess what will be on Spanish Sam’s Ipod when he has his accident that sends him back to 1978? (The show is set in another year, to highlight what Spain was going through three years after Franco.)
   As mentioned in an earlier post, Antonio Garrido plays the Gene Hunt character, here called Gallardo, and Manuela Velasco plays Annie’s counterpart.
   Alterio is a well respected actor and was in the critically acclaimed Vientos de agua, which he starred in with his real-life father, Hector Alterio.
   This should be very interesting—and I notice there aren’t many Britons complaining this time about the remake. Mind you, it is in a different language, so the Spanish have to remake it if Life on Mars is to reach a wider audience en español.