Oh yes, it’s that time again: we’re talking about a long-running television series featuring an extremely smart but ill-socialised middle-aged man in the main role.…
CIPC #440: The handmaid’s tale S6 E6, Surprise
When talking about famous dystopian literature, the first two names mentioned are inevitable 1984 and Brave new world. But Margaret Atwood’s The handmaid’s tale may…
CIPC #435: Twin Peaks S2 E13, Checkmate
Twin Peaks is weird. Twin Peaks is deeply weird. Twin Peaks tackles painful and uncomfortable truths about human nature. Twin Peaks is rather funny at…
CIPC #426: Chocky’s children E3
I’ve talked a great deal about British television series on this blog, but they were almost exclusively detective series. We have not featured any of…
CIPC #424: Tatort E1302, Zugzwang
I don’t think I’ve ever been this topical. The episode we’ll be discussing today aired only on April 27th. Of this year! The plot is…
CIPC #422: Black saddle S1 E5, Client: Starkey
Black saddle is one of those western television series that were all the rage in the fifties and sixties. It follows a gunslinger-turned-lawyer named Clay…
CIPC #420: Heartbeat S10 E23, The Buxton defence
Somehow, they still keep coming. There are still long-running British crime series that somehow passed me by. Heartbeat was aired on ITV from 1992 until…
CIPC #415: CSI: NY S2 E4, Corporate warriors
Over two years ago I first discussed an episode from one of the many, many CSI series. Back then, I had quite a lot to…
CIPC #412: Inspector Morse S7 E2, The day of the devil
In this episode of the classic Inspector Morse series, our eponymous hero is after a satanic murderer with a long rap sheet of various depraved…
CIPC #410: Der Alte S30, Teufelsbrut
When we previously talked about Der Alte, it was considerably older but the old one in question was considerably younger. For the first one hundred…