Once more, quite some time after the crime doctor and Philo Vance, we’re brutally tearing another long-forgotten franchise from Morpheus’ arms and putting it right…
CIPC #302: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation S14 E16, Killer Moves
The hugely popular television series about crime scene investigations, CSI, started over twenty years ago now. Since then, there have been so many season, adaptations,…
CIPC #294: Batman S1 E11, A riddle a day keeps the Riddler away
Before I ever laid eyes on any episode of the Adam West Batman series from the sixties, I had this idea, gotten through sheer cultural…
CIPC #289: The doctor Blake mysteries S1 E6, If the shoe fits
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…