The iconic series, which recently celebrated its 20th anniversary, followed John Simm's Sam Tyler, a Manchester police officer who wakes up after a car accident to discover that he's travelled back in time to 1973.
Speaking exclusively to RadioTimes.com, Graham confirmed that the stage show will be "nothing to do" with Life on Mars's cancelled third season Lazarus (which the writer says is unfortunately now "six feet under") and that it will be an entirely new story.
"Just before Christmas, Ashley, Tony and myself had lunch together at a nice Italian restaurant in London, and we talked about it and we're starting to discuss what that would be and what it would look like," Graham told us.
Many details are still to come, with Graham adding: "We haven't even put pen to paper on this yet, but what I can tell you is that I'm sure that you'll get many of the characters that you love from the show. I think that would be fair to say.
One challenge that Graham is envisioning is getting the tone right, with the original series long being described as "politically incorrect".
"Hopefully it'll work. I think these days, we're all a little bit mindful of the world that we live in now, and making sure that the show is laughing in the right ways, but also has something to say," Graham pointed out.
He added: "We know that the times have changed, even in the last 20 years, and also there's been a lot more drama exploring that world. And the whole political correctness thing, I think, is a debate that we're all a bit exhausted from, if I'm honest. So I don't know if it's going to be — we're going to be — so interested in that debate. But who knows what we're going to come up with?"
There's no timeline set in stone for when the play will come to theatres just yet, but Graham is already amped up about the ideas percolating.
"The '70s will be alive and well in whichever theatres we are playing in!"
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