Presenting Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Ann Arbor District Library
In 'Presenting Alfred Hitchcock Presents,' Al Sjoerdsma is dedicated to examining each episode of the original 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents' television series, show by show in chronological order, in depth and with an eye to the popular culture of the 1950s and 1960s.
- Update frequency
- every 29 days
- Average duration
- 89 minutes
- Episodes
- 89
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
PAHP #27: Help Wanted.
In this installment, John Qualen makes his final AHP appearance, playing a man so desperate for a job that he accepts a position with an anonymous employer. Surely, nothing good will come of that. Or…
01:41:25 |
Mon 16 Nov 2020
PAHP #26: Whodunit.
In this installment, Alexander Arlington, our protagonist, finds himself in Heaven, where he learns that he's been murdered. So, what is he going to do about it?
01:27:49 |
Mon 12 Oct 2020
PAHP #25: There Was An Old Woman.
Charles Bronson returns, this time as a crook, as he and Norma Crane come up against Estelle Winwood's alternate reality. So, which reality wins out?
01:21:59 |
Mon 14 Sep 2020
PAHP #24: The Perfect Murder.
It's Sir Alfred's 121st birthday and what better way to celebrate than with a character who thinks he can pull off the perfect murder.
01:43:07 |
Thu 13 Aug 2020
PAHP #23: Back For Christmas.
In this installment, Al and Amy look at the last Hitchcock-directed episode of the first season. Is it Hitch's best one so far? Al thinks so but Amy has a different opinion.
02:15:59 |
Mon 13 Jul 2020
PAHP #7a: The Prudential Family Hour of Stars.
In this installment, Al adjusts to podcasting from home by presenting a bonus episode: the radio version of "Breakdown" starring Joseph Cotten.
00:27:45 |
Mon 15 Jun 2020
PAHP #22: Place of Shadows.
In this installment, Al wanders into a monastery with a man seeking revenge but will forgiveness be found within those walls...or retribution?
01:24:59 |
Mon 18 May 2020
PAHP #21: Safe Conduct.
In this installment, Al enters the Cold War on a train from the East with a reporter who believes she has safe conduct out of the country.
01:19:16 |
Tue 14 Apr 2020
PAHP #20: And So Died Riabouchinska.
In this installment, Al looks at the story of a love between a man and his puppet and the murder that occurs as a result of it.
02:19:27 |
Mon 16 Mar 2020
PAHP #19: The Derelicts.
In this installment, Al looks at the consequences of murdering your silent partner in a public park where a derelict can spy on you and blackmail you.
01:33:06 |
Mon 10 Feb 2020
PAHP #18: Shopping For Death.
In this installment, Al looks at Ray Bradbury and his first episode for the series.
01:44:52 |
Mon 13 Jan 2020
PAHP #17: The Older Sister.
In this installment, Al looks at the Lizzie Borden story and somehow manages to examine Hitchcock's "Stage Fright," too.
01:49:13 |
Mon 09 Dec 2019
PAHP #16: You Got To Have Luck.
In this installment, Al looks at a story about an escaped prisoner who doesn't have the luck he thinks he has, starring John Cassavetes, the father of American independent film.
01:43:30 |
Tue 12 Nov 2019
PAHP #15: The Big Switch.
In this installment, Al looks at the first episode based on a story by Cornell Woolrich naturally leading to a look into a Rear Window.
01:43:48 |
Mon 14 Oct 2019
PAHP#14: A Bullet For Baldwin.
In this installment, Al looks at Mr. Stepp's murder of Mr. Baldwin. But did Mr. Stepp really murder Mr. Baldwin or is it all in his head?
01:13:26 |
Thu 05 Sep 2019
PAHP #13: The Cheney Vase.
In this installment, Al celebrates Sir Alfred's 120th birthday with a popular little piece of pottery called the Cheney Vase.
01:22:04 |
Tue 13 Aug 2019
PAHP #12: Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid.
In this installment, Al celebrates Christmas in July with Barry Fitzgerald as the original Bad Santa.
01:22:01 |
Mon 08 Jul 2019
PAHP #11: Guilty Witness.
In this installment, Al looks at an episode that seeks to determine if an abused wife has murdered her husband. But who is the witness and why are they guilty?
01:02:50 |
Mon 10 Jun 2019
PAHP #10: The Case of Mr. Pelham.
In this installment, Al and Amy Cantu look at the one episode for which Hitchcock earned an Emmy nomination; a strange story in a literary tradition that runs from Euripides to Jordan Peele.
01:36:53 |
Mon 13 May 2019
PAHP #9: The Long Shot.
In this installment, Al looks at a story dealing not with who the murderer is but who the murderer murdered.
01:14:58 |
Mon 08 Apr 2019
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