Even in the nineties, women and men were still treated very differently. A case in point: when we meet inspector Barnaby from Midsomer Murders or…
CIPC #329: Midsomer Murders S20 E2, Death of the small coppers
It’s been entirely too long since we’ve last talked about cold old British crime television. So let’s return to Midsomer Murders. Exactly six years ago,1…
CIPC #328: Das Kriminalmuseum E13, Tödliches Schach
I haven’t kept statistics about this,1 but I suspect that over ninety percent of the things I discuss on this blog have been anglophonic. That’s…
CIPC #324: The Sweeney S1 E4, Queen’s pawn
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…
CIPC #323: Bewitched S5 E27, Daddy does his thing
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…
CIPC #318: Midsomer Murders S22 E1, The wolf hunter of Little Worthy
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…
CIPC #316: All in the family S5 E14, Mike’s friend
All in the family is an absolute classic in the ever — but unaccountably — popular sitcom genre of obnoxious people being terrible to each…
CIPC #315: MacGyver S1 E1, Pilot
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…
CIPC #313: Maigret S2 E5, Maigret and the minister
I want to complain about something. Not just because I like complaining — although I definitely do — but because something has been bugging me.…
CIPC #309: Taggart S20 E2, The wages of sin
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…