Life on Mars (UK)

Hunt: How do you think I spend my time here, Tyler? Sam: Building a Death Star? In Star Wars, the Galactic Empire's ultimate weapon, the Death Star, was a mobile battle station that mounted a directed superlaser weapon capable of completely destroying a planet with a single shot.

Hunt: You see, the pub, it's the one safe place the IRA would never touch. This is a reference to the Birmingham Pub Bombings of 21 November 1974, when the Provisional IRA blew up two pubs in Birmingham in the West Midlands, killing 21 people and injuring 182 others. A third explosion had been planned but the device failed to detonate. Public outrage after these attacks led directly to the passing of the Prevention of Terrorism Act 1974.

Annie: Maybe we'd be better off if a woman did run the country. She couldn't make a worse job of it than the fellas have done. Sam: I've got a feeling you might regret saying that one day. Sam is referring to Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990.