Australia! The land of weird, venomous animals, fairy bread, and TwoSet violin. I don’t think I have yet spotlighted any Australian television show or indeed…
CIPC #278: Mission: Impossible S5 E21, A ghost story
You are probably aware of Mission: Impossible, if only for the theme song or the Tom Cruise movies.1 It started as a tv series back…
CIPC #277: Mystery Science Theater 3000 S6 E3, The dead talk back
Yes, I know, it’s just a couple of weeks ago that I wrote about Mystery Science Theater 3000, but no, that’s not a reason to…
CIPC #276: Jonathan Creek S2E2, Time waits for Norman
Once more, this blog is visited by Alan Davies. Last time, he was a corrupt quiz game host who got caught up in a murder.…
CIPC #274: Mystery Science Theater 3000 S6 E21, The beast of Yucca Flats
I am quite used to it and hardly notice any more, but Mystery Science Theater 3000 is a really weird show. The premise is that…
CIPC #265: Family ties S1 E17, French lessons
When we talk about TV series on this blog, someone has usually been murdered. There is probably a cop in a foul mood around, accompanied…
CIPC #263: KikoRiki S2 E99, Chess
It is a truth universally acknowledged that children are getting worse and worse at pretty much every subject in school. Almost every vaguely modern phenomenon…
CIPC #259: Alfred Hitchcock presents S2 E33, A man greatly beloved
What happens if you cross Winnie the Pooh with Psycho? This burning question that was on no one’s lips is answered in today’s subject. As…
CIPC #246: Endeavour S4 E1, Game
Long after Morse there was Endeavour. It deals with Endeavour who was there long before Morse. I realize that that’s a rather opaque introduction for…
CIPC #243: Luther S1E1
Luther sounds like it should be a documentary series about the eponymic theologist and his ninety-five theses, or perhaps about his royal namesake. But no.…