Rotten and pocket boroughs MacDonald Fraser's "The Flashman Papers" series, the eponymous antihero, Harry Flashman, mentions that his father, Sir Buckley Flashman, had been in Parliament, but "they did for him at Reform," implying that the elder Flashman's seat was in a rotten or pocket borough. In the episode "Dish and Dishonesty" of the BBC television comedy "Blackadder the Third", Edmund Blackadder attempts to bolster the support of the Prince Regent in Parliament by getting the incompetent Baldrick elected to the fictional rotten borough of "Dunny-on-the-Wold". This was easily accomplished with a result of 16,472 to nil, even though the constituency had only one
The Sixth Sense (TV series) season of "The Sixth Sense" started on September 23, 1972, with the episode "Coffin, Coffin, in the Sky" and had 12 episodes in the season. The Sixth Sense (TV series) The Sixth Sense is an American paranormal thriller television series featuring Gary Collins and Catherine Ferrar. Based on the 1971 television movie "Sweet, Sweet Rachel", the series was produced by and filmed at Universal Studios, and broadcast by ABC from January 15 to December 23, 1972. Dr. Michael Rhodes (Collins), a professor of parapsychology with ESP, and his assistant Nancy Murphy (Ferrar) attempt to solve supernatural crimes and mysteries. The