The Sweeney is an old police drama series from the UK. That’s not so remarkable, especially not for a subject of this blog. But what’s…
CIPC #323: Bewitched S5 E27, Daddy does his thing
Why is it that American television series tend to have billions of episodes? Take an iconic British series, say, Fawlty Towers: two seasons of six…
CIPC #318: Midsomer Murders S22 E1, The wolf hunter of Little Worthy
The last time we met inspector Barneby from Midsomer Murders, I barely talked about the series itself and, frankly, I remember nary a thing about…
CIPC #316: All in the family S5 E14, Mike’s friend
All in the family is an absolute classic in the ever — but unaccountably — popular sitcom genre of obnoxious people being terrible to each…
CIPC #315: MacGyver S1 E1, Pilot
One of the best ways to see the impact of a particular work on general culture is to look at the traces it left in…
CIPC #313: Maigret S2 E5, Maigret and the minister
I want to complain about something. Not just because I like complaining — although I definitely do — but because something has been bugging me.…
CIPC #309: Taggart S20 E2, The wages of sin
When you made a new friend, it is only natural that you want to spend a lot of time with as soon as possible. Barely…
CIPC #307: Lewis S5 E4, The gift of promise
January ain’t over yet and we’re already on our second British detective series! That’s got to be some kind of record! Two weeks ago, we…
CIPC #305: Taggart E3, Murder in season
After all these years, there are still British detective series that have never been mentioned on this blog. One of them is Taggart, but after…
CIPC #303: The adventures of dr. Fu Manchu intro
Once more, quite some time after the crime doctor and Philo Vance, we’re brutally tearing another long-forgotten franchise from Morpheus’ arms and putting it right…