You know what? I like this show.1 It’s a pleasant, light-hearted British sitcom which has the considerable benefit over most sitcoms that it is actually…
CIPC #445: Kid-E-Cats S1 E43, Chess mates
Sometimes I wonder whether I’ve not been doing this for too long now. It’s gotten to the point where I write about an obscure Russian…
CIPC #442: Leave it to Beaver S6 E8, Bachelor at large
Leave it to Beaver is perhaps the stereotypical sixties sitcom. The main characters form a typical middle-class family with two kids, mom as a housewife,…
CIPC #441: Monk S7 E2, Mr. Monk and the genius
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 #429: Harrison Bergeron
Kurt Vonnegut’s Harrison Bergeron is, without a doubt, one of the most well-known science fiction stories ever. It is not surprising, then, that it was…
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…