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CIPC #324: The Sweeney S1 E4, Queen’s pawn

Posted on May 24, 2023May 24, 2023

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…

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CIPC #323: Bewitched S5 E27, Daddy does his thing

Posted on May 17, 2023May 17, 2023

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…

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CIPC #318: Midsomer Murders S22 E1, The wolf hunter of Little Worthy

Posted on April 12, 2023April 12, 2023

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…

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CIPC #316: All in the family S5 E14, Mike’s friend

Posted on March 29, 2023March 29, 2023

All in the family is an absolute classic in the ever — but unaccountably — popular sitcom genre of obnoxious people being terrible to each…

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CIPC #315: MacGyver S1 E1, Pilot

Posted on March 21, 2023March 21, 2023

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…

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CIPC #313: Maigret S2 E5, Maigret and the minister

Posted on March 7, 2023March 7, 2023

I want to complain about something. Not just because I like complaining — although I definitely do — but because something has been bugging me.…

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CIPC #309: Taggart S20 E2, The wages of sin

Posted on February 7, 2023February 7, 2023

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…

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CIPC #307: Lewis S5 E4, The gift of promise

Posted on January 24, 2023January 24, 2023

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…

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CIPC #305: Taggart E3, Murder in season

Posted on January 11, 2023January 11, 2023

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…

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CIPC #303: The adventures of dr. Fu Manchu intro

Posted on December 21, 2022December 21, 2022

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…

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