Pilot - Episode 1

Broadcast: 20th February 1968

Peter Falk makes his first appearance as one of the all time great TV detectives, Lt. Columbo in this one off TV Movie of the Week, 'Prescription Murder'. When a distinguished doctor's wife is murdered, Columbo plays a psychological trick to trap the culprit.

Pilot - Episode 2

Broadcast: 1st March 1971

Made a full 3 years after 'Prescription Murder', this is the official pilot for the subsequent TV series.Columbo investigates when the husband of a lawyer is kidnapped and the ultimately murdered, even though the ransom has been agreed to be paid.

Season 1 - Episode 1

Broadcast: 15th September 1971

A mystery writer plans a "perfect crime" with his ex-partner as the target. Columbo appears helpless as the clever killer feeds him clues which organised crime. Directed by Steven Spielberg.

Season 1 - Episode 2

Broadcast: 6th October 1971

An unfaithful wife is murdered when she refuses to be blackmailed. Arther Kennicutt becomes suspicious of his young wife and has her followed. Investigator Brimmer gives her a phoney clean bill of health and then attempts to blackmail her. She decides to tell her husband everything and Brimmer reacts in a fit of rage.

Season 1 - Episode 3

Broadcast: 20th October 1971

Detective Lt. Columbo's murder case is complicated by an unstable witness and no body or weapon as evidence. After locating the murder victims body, Columbo must find the murder weapon then face the task of accusing an American military hero.

Season 1 - Episode 4

Broadcast: 17th November 1971

Art critic Dale Kingston kills his uncle to inherit a valuable collection of paintings. Columbo’s caught in a complicated case, with all the evidence pointing to an innocent lady.

Season 1 - Episode 5

Broadcast: 15th December 1971

Beth Chadwick's brother Bryce has run the family corporation since their father's death. When he tells her she cannot marry Peter Hamilton, the corporate attorney, she decides to take matters into her own hands.

Season 1 - Episode 6

Broadcast: 19th January 1972

Corporation head David Buckner is phoning his wife from his car phone when an explosion demolishes his limousine, killing him and his driver. The company attorney is a suspect when it becomes clear that the explosion was not an accident.

Season 1 - Episode 7

Broadcast: 9th February 1972

At tremendous expense to the city, Columbo is persuaded to dig up a newly poured pylon as suspicions of homicide point to a leading architect. After no body is found Columbo becomes a scapegoat at a press conference held at the digging site.

Season 2 - Episode 1

Broadcast: 17th September 1972

It's anything but music to his ears when a symphony conductor's mistress plans to go pubic with discordant facts about his extramarital activities. Written by TV legend Steven Bochco (NYPD Blue), and co-starring Blythe Danner and John Cassavetes.

Season 2 - Episode 2

Broadcast: 15th October 1972

Nothing's rosy when guest star Ray Milland (Battlestar Galactica) is a horticulturist who concocts a phony kidnapping scheme with his nephew to get to a trust fund. But when the nephew turns up dead, Columbo suspects Milland of collecting a different kind of greenery and of murder!

Season 2 - Episode 3

Broadcast: 5th November 1972

Columbo tries not to drop the ball as he unravels the murder of a professional football team's owner. Co-stars Robert Culp (Everybody Loves Raymond) and Valerie Harper(Rhoda).

Season 2 - Episode 4

Broadcast: 26th November 1972

Everyone's favourite cop finally puts his trench coat to use when he travels to London, England, to study British police techniques. His methodical shrewdness transforms him from student to teacher when he becomes involved in a case of blackmail, betrayal and murder!

Season 2 - Episode 5

Broadcast: 21st January 1973

Columbo is anything but star struck when a fading movie icon attempts to murder her philandering husband, but accidentally kills her assistant instead.

Season 2 - Episode 6

Broadcast: 11th February 1973

A ruthless doctor plans to kill a colleague who stands in the way of an important project, and then murders a nurse who discovered his deadly secret. Columbo suspects that the surgeon has forgotten his oath to "first do no harm." Co-starring Star Trek's Leonard Nimoy.

Season 2 - Episode 7

Broadcast: 4th March 1973

Chess becomes a dirty game when a former world chess champion is almost murdered in a trash compactor on the eve of an important match. Before the would-be-murderer can declare "checkmate," Columbo must figure out "just one more thing".

Season 2 - Episode 8

Broadcast: 25th March 1973

Columbo's got double vision when he suspects twin nephews of a wealthy man's murder just before his marriage to a younger woman. The only question is, which one committed the crime?

Season 3 - Episode 1

Broadcast: 23rd September 1973

A revolutionary wrinkle-removing cream provides the focal point as Detective Lt. Columbo investigates the murder of a young chemist.

Season 3 - Episode 2

Broadcast: 7th October 1973

A dapper wine connoisseur coldly murders his younger, playboy brother after he announces his intention to sell the family winery in order to finance his latest marriage.

Season 3 - Episode 3

Broadcast: 4th November 1973

Campaign manager Harry Stone manufactures a story that the senatorial candidate Nelson Hayward is the target of a murder plot. Hayward seizes the opportunity to carry out his own murder plan - the cold blooded killing of Stone, making it look as though he himself was the intended victim.

Season 3 - Episode 4

Broadcast: 16th December 1973

A ruthless motivational research specialist uses blackmail to further his career. Columbo's investigation sends him on a crash course to learn the uses of subliminal stimulus to capture his suspect.

Season 3 - Episode 5

Broadcast: 13th January 1974

Allen Mallory informs his publisher, Riley Greenleaf, that he is going to sign with a competing publishing house when his contract expires in three weeks time. The ruthless Greenleaf then hires a hit man to eliminate Mallory.

Season 3 - Episode 6

Broadcast: 10th February 1974

Dr. Marshall Cahill, head of a think tank, kills professor Howard Nicolson when the latter threatens to reveal that Cahill's son plagiarised a scientific theory from a deceased work colleague.

Season 3 - Episode 7

Broadcast: 3rd March 1974

Country-western-spiritualist singer Tommy Brown threatens to quit singing if his wife doesn't give him a larger share of the profits from their gospel concerts. Edna threatens blackmail, causing Brown to fake an airplane accident that eliminates both her and her protégé Maryann.

Season 3 - Episode 8

Broadcast: 5th May 1974

In a fit of passion after just murdering his wife, Hugh Caldwell calls on his friend, Mark Halperin for help. Halperin covers up the crime by staging a burglary in Hughs office, while he establishes an alibi.

Season 4 - Episode 1

Broadcast: 15th September 1974

An investigation becomes quite a workout when Columbo tries to nab wealthy health club owner Milo Janus for the murder of his business partner. As Columbo uncovers more and more fraudulent business dealings, he finds himself exhausted chasing after the physical fit Janus.

Season 4 - Episode 2

Broadcast: 6th October 1974

Columbo does a double-take when a wealthy photographer claims that his wife's murder is a result of a spoiled kidnapping plot. When the murder of an ex-convict is also linked to the case, Columbo must focus on the details in order to trap the culprit.

Season 4 - Episode 3

Broadcast: 27th October 1974

Columbo must outmanoeuvre a colonel when he investigates a murder that occurred on the site of a historic military academy. He quickly discovers that the place has a well-earned reputation for secrecy and structure.

Season 4 - Episode 4

Broadcast: 9th February 1975

There's murder on the high seas when Columbo boards a luxury cruise liner in order to trap a killer. From the captain to the musicians to the high-paying quests, there are enough secrets on board to sink the ship.

Season 4 - Episode 5

Broadcast: 2nd March 1975

A fed-up woman tells her son-in-law that his days are numbered as head of the family company. The furious man gets rid of her, and it's up to Columbo to solve the case.

Season 4 - Episode 6

Broadcast: 27th April 1975

A psychiatrist murders the influential husband of one of his patients. Columbo must separate fact from fiction if he's going to put the devious doctor in his proper place.

Season 5 - Episode 1

Broadcast: 14th September 1975

The bright lights of Broadway beckon too strongly for one ageing actress who may have killed here husband in order to finance her comeback dream. Janet Leigh (Psycho) guest stars.

Season 5 - Episode 2

Broadcast: 12th October 1975

The death of a foreign dignitary looks like the crime of angry protesting students, but Columbo has suspicions that the death may be more politically motivated.

Season 5 - Episode 3

Broadcast: 2nd November 1975

A murder investigation evolves into an espionage case when the prime suspect, an advertising executive, also turns out to be a high-ranking domestic spy. Patrick McGoohan (The Prisoner) and Leslie Nielson (The Naked Gun) guest star.

Season 5 - Episode 4

Broadcast: 1st January 1976

It's no vacation south of the border when Columbo gets roped into a homicide investigation involving a respected bullfighter and a rampaging bull. Ricardo Montalban (Fantasy Island) guest stars.

Season 5 - Episode 5

Broadcast: 29th February 1976

It's definitely more than a trick of the eye when a famous night club magician is accused of murdering his blackmailing boss. Robert Loggia (Scarface) guest stars.

Season 5 - Episode 6

Broadcast: 3rd May 1976

Columbo faces one of the most puzzling cases of his career when his prime suspect in the assumed drowning of an expert yachtsman is also found murdered. Robert Vaughn (The Magnificent Seven) guest stars.

Season 6 - Episode 1

Broadcast: 10th October 1976

Truth is stranger than fiction when a TV actor who plays a detective on-screen decides to go head-to-head with Columbo in solving a murder. William Shatner (Star Trek) guest stars.

Season 6 - Episode 2

Broadcast: 28th November 1976

Bad blood poisons every element of a murder case when Columbo discovers that a long-buried family secret could have convinced some members to do the unthinkable.

Season 6 - Episode 3

Broadcast: 22nd May 1977

Columbo finds himself involved in a mental game of cat-and-mouse with a genius accountant who believes he has carried off the perfect crime.

Season 7 - Episode 1

Broadcast: 21st November 1977

Columbo is on quite a page-turner when a murder-mystery writer dates him to solve her best plotted mystery ever.

Season 7 - Episode 2

Broadcast: 30th January 1978

Columbo takes a bite out of crime when he discovers that a world-famous restaurnat critic will do anything to get away with blackmail. Directed by Jonathan Demme (Silence of the Lambs).

Season 7 - Episode 3

Broadcast: 25th February 1978

An ambitious network executive finds her ratings slipping, along with her patience, as Columbo questions her about murder and a needy star's demands get ridiculously out of control.

Season 7 - Episode 4

Broadcast: 15th April 1978

It's definitely a case of mind over matter when Columbo must figure out how and why a noted psychologist killed his best friend and assistant.

Season 7 - Episode 5

Broadcast: 13th May 1978

In this thrilling two-hour episode, Columbo must read between the lines in order to find the motive for a peaceful poet to take down a dangerous arms dealer.

Season 8 - Episode 1

Broadcast: 6th February 1989

There's much more than meets the eye when Columbo investigates the death of a magician who supposedly was killed by one of his own clever magic tricks.

Season 8 - Episode 2

Broadcast: 27th February 1989

Columbo searches for clues on the cutting-room floor when he suspects a high-powered film director of hiding evidence of murder.

Season 8 - Episode 3

Broadcast: 3rd April 1989

Does the heart rule the head, or vice versa? Columbo ponders the answer to this timeless question and others when he must out-wit a sex therapist involved in a crime of passion.

Season 8 - Episode 4

Broadcast: 1st May 1989

Rank and reputation prove to be particularly difficult obstacles when Columbo looks into the murder of a respected military General by one of his overly-ambitious Colonels.

Season 9 - Episode 1

Broadcast: 25th November 1989

Lt. Columbo investigates a world-renown painter who captures the soul of his subject in a work of art which can also be used to believe reality.

Season 9 - Episode 2

Broadcast: 20th January 1990

In one of his most baffling cases, Columbo tries to prove the flamboyant owner of a men's magazine murdered his business partner, a woman who had once been his lover.

Season 9 - Episode 3

Broadcast: 10th February 1990

Columbo matches wits with a brilliant attorney responsible for the murder of the one man who could stifle his meteoric political career. Patrick McGoohan guest stars.

Season 9 - Episode 4

Broadcast: 31st March 1990

Columbo unwittingly becomes part of a deranged woman's diabolical plot to destroy the two men she believes responsible for her husband's death in prison.

Season 9 - Episode 5

Broadcast: 28th April 1990

While investigating the death of a popular actor, Columbo must outwit a cunning dentist, who has set up his wife for a murder in order to keep up his image and expensive lifestyle.

Season 9 - Episode 6

Broadcast: 14th May 1990

When an ambitious womaniser is rejected by the romance novelist he planned to marry, he sets out to make the story she is writing look like a murder gone awry.

Season 10 - Episode 1

Broadcast: 9th December 1990

Lt. Columbo is invited as a guest speaker in a Criminology course and squares off against two cunning students, who are confident they have duped the lieutenant with various leads, when their professor is found murdered.

Season 10 - Episode 2

Broadcast: 20th February 1991

The murder of a chain-smoking TV producer puts the ever-rumpled looking but guileful Lt. Columbo up against a different type of detective - TV personality and former porn-star Wade Anders, whose crime buster programme is one of the most watched in the country.

Season 10 - Episode 3

Broadcast: 29th April 1991

The ever-brilliant Lt. Columbo is pitted against an equally brilliant, nationally recognised criminal defence lawyer who murders his rock star girlfriend when he discovers she is seeing another man.

Season 10 - Episode 4

Broadcast: 15th December 1991

Fred Brower has a problem - he has just won over $30 Million in the lottery, and he does not want to share it with his soon-to-be ex-wife.

Season 10 - Episode 5

Broadcast: 15th March 1992

Columbo's nephew Andy Parma marries Melissa Hays, and after their lavish wedding reception, Melissa disappears mysteriously.

Season 10 - Episode 6

Broadcast: 22nd November 1992

From the Vegas Strip to the football field, gambling and power lead to three deaths investigated by Lt. Columbo.

Season 10 - Episode 7

Broadcast: 31st October 1993

Love proves Columbo's toughest adversary when he begins to fall for the charms of the alluring chief suspect in his investigation of the murder of a brutal playboy. Faye Dunaway guest stars.

Season 10 - Episode 8

Broadcast: 10th January 1994

Fielding Chase murders the man who comes between his daughter and himself, confident that he will never be found out. But he must contend with Lt. Columbo. William Shatner guest stars.

Season 10 - Episode 9

Broadcast: 2nd May 1994

Missing pieces of a vital photograph lead Columbo down a trail of murder. Along the way the wily detective resorts to various disguises as he conducts a complicated underworld investigation.

Season 10 - Episode 10

Broadcast: 8th May 1995

When a man kills his brother who is squandering the family fortune and tries to frame a Mafia restaurateur, Columbo meticulously follows the clues until the killer ultimately traps himself.

Season 10 - Episode 11

Broadcast: 15th May 1997

When the wife of a successful business man decides to frame him for the murder of one of his former business partners, Columbo proves once again that even a clear-cut case is not always what it seems.

Season 10 - Episode 12

Broadcast: 8th October 1998

When a flamboyant Hollywood gossip reporter vanishes, Columbo uses his inimitable detective skills to prove she was murdered by her ex-lover, a suave funeral director.

Season 10 - Episode 13

Broadcast: 12th March 2001

When a famous film composer murders his assistant to conceal the fact that the talented young musician has been composing his award-winning scores, Lt. Columbo solves the crime in his own inimitable way.

Season 10 - Episode 14

Broadcast: 30th January 2003

Columbo hits the Los Angeles party circuit to solve the murder of a tabloid reporter and the mysterious disappearance of the son of a mob boss.