A while back, maybe a year or so ago, BBC America had a series on called Life on Mars. The series follows detective Sam Tyler who is struck down by a car in present day Manchester, England and mysteriously wakes up in the the 1970s as a transfer detective to another police department.


His boss, Gene Hunt, is essentially an asshole cop who looks crooked but is actually trying to uphold the law. In the plot you've also got a couple of direct reports to Hunt that work with Sam. The humor in the series is derived when Sam brings modern investigation techniques to 1970s, and the rest of the force looks at him like he's got two heads.


Of course the underlying drama is that we don't know if Sam is in a coma and all of this is in his head, or if he did actually travel back through time. The ending I think is quite unique. The series had 2 seasons, and you can probably find it on the BBC's online store.


Highly recommended.