Small World 1x06 "Hurry Up, Please, It's Time" shout by RikerDonegal

Delightful final episode choc full of outlandish revelations. Most–possibly all?–were foreshadowed in previous episodes. Still, one or two are not quite what I expected/wanted. (I thought Swallow would leave Hillary for Joy, for instance.) The open-ended conclusion is perfect. It seems natural that Persse would head off on another round-the-world quest. _My 540th TV episode of 2025. Averaging 55 minutes of TV per day._ 10/10

Small World 1x05 "Throbbing and Waiting" shout by RikerDonegal

**John Bird.** This is the maddest episode yet. Zapp (John Ratzenberger) has been kidnapped in Italy! By terrorists who wear elaborate masks and sing opera to him! Persse (Finbar Lynch) triumphantly replaces him as the final speaker in Lézan, France, where he very briefly catches sight of Angelica (Leonie Mellinger). He follows her to Los Angeles, then to Honolulu, and to Tokyo… The lies building up as he moves from country to country. The location filming is gorgeous. They clearly wanted the money up there on screen. The sequences in Lézan, France, are filled with yet more people in elaborate masks and costumes. The effect is delightfully surreal. And there is the usual quota of big laughs. Swallow (Stephen Moore) and Persse retrieve Zapp from Italy. The three men bond again. But later fall out. Again. This time over the UNESCO Chair. All will be resolved–presumably–in New York… 10/10

Throbbing and Waiting