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CIPC #278: Mission: Impossible S5 E21, A ghost story

Posted on June 21, 2022

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…

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CIPC #276: Jonathan Creek S2E2, Time waits for Norman

Posted on June 7, 2022June 7, 2022

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.…

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CIPC #265: Family ties S1 E17, French lessons

Posted on March 22, 2022March 22, 2022

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…

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CIPC #259: Alfred Hitchcock presents S2 E33, A man greatly beloved

Posted on February 8, 2022February 8, 2022

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…

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CIPC #248: 8 out of 10 cats does countdown S20 E2

Posted on November 16, 2021

The origin of 8 out of 10 cats does countdown is a bit convoluted. The show Countdown, in which participants have to solve anagrams and…

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CIPC #246: Endeavour S4 E1, Game

Posted on November 3, 2021

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…

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CIPC #243: Luther S1E1

Posted on October 12, 2021

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.…

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CIPC #241: Hogan’s heroes S4 E21, Up in Klink’s room

Posted on September 28, 2021

A prisoner of war camp in Nazi Germany is a rather unlikely setting for a comedy sitcom and perhaps it would be hard to get…

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CIPC #240: Lewis S5 E3, The mind has mountains

Posted on September 21, 2021

If you read this blog, there is a good chance you like dissecting chess positions that occur in movies or television series. But maybe you…

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CIPC #238: The untouchables S4 E3, The chess game

Posted on September 7, 2021

The untouchables were originally a special team of incorruptible agents tasked with fighting organised crime in Chicago. It then became the title of an autobiographically…

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