THE COLUMBOPHILE BLOG
Make more sense of the 70s with the latest Columbo book!
Happy 2025 to Columbo fans everywhere
New book to shed light on unproduced Columbo mysteries!
Belated update!
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Virtual awards ceremony: recognising the best of Columbo’s ABC years
Every Columbo episode ranked
Episode review: Columbo Likes the Nightlife
12 ‘new Columbo’ supporting characters to treasure
The mystery and murder of ‘Murder With Too Many Notes’
Five best scenes from Columbo ‘Old Fashioned Murder’
When Columbo got his Wings
Columbo episode review: Murder With Too Many Notes
Easter greetings!
Columbo Blu-ray boxsets officially on the way!
The 10 most downbeat Columbo endings
Public service announcement: February 2023
The curious case of ‘Columbo Takes the Rap’
Poker Face: what’s in it for Columbo fans?
Episode review: Columbo Ashes to Ashes
In memoriam: the Columbo stars we lost in 2022
Seasons greetings to Columbo fans everywhere!
What happens when Columbo’s cases go to court? — Part II
Columbo episode review: A Trace of Murder
Christmas gifts for Columbo fans in 2022
Sharing the Columbo love with the ‘Trench Coat, Cigar, Peugeot’ podcast
WORLD EXCLUSIVE: William Shatner shares his Columbo memories
Five best scenes from Columbo ‘Fade in to Murder’
Just one more think – the psychology of Columbo
Columbo episode review: Strange Bedfellows
BIG thanks (and a small update)
Strange bedfellows? Columbo’s unlikeliest allies revealed
Columbophile book ‘The Columbo Companion’ out now!
Five best moments from ‘Last Salute to the Commodore’
Casting Columbo: the gargantuan unseen effort
Columbophile book publication update
Columbophile book to be released in September!
Columbo inspires new Nashville art exhibition
Columbophile blog general update
Five best moments from Columbo ‘Now You See Him’
Columbo vs Sherlock Holmes: comparing the legendary detectives
Episode review: Columbo Undercover
Five best moments from Columbo ‘A Matter of Honor’
Columbo episode review: Butterfly in Shades of Grey
Top 10 most annoying Columbo characters of the 70s
Collecting signatures for Columbo
Episode review: Columbo It’s All in the Game
Are these the funniest Columbo scenes of all?
Columbo episode review: A Bird in the Hand…
Five best moments from Columbo Identity Crisis
Why ‘Poker Face’ could be a Columbo reboot in all but name
Columbo episode review: No Time to Die
The Columbo books you might have missed
Five best moments from Columbo ‘A Case of Immunity’
Cracking the case of the Tricon mystery woman
Columbo episode review: Death Hits the Jackpot
Welcome to the new-look Columbophile blog!
Columbo’s biggest mystery
Site maintenance update (Zzzzzzz)
Five best moments from Columbo Forgotten Lady
The 10 coolest Columbo cars of the 70s
Episode review: Columbo and the Murder of a Rock Star
In memoriam: the Columbo stars we lost in 2021
Yoohoo! Mr Franklin! Here’s an end-of-year update…
Just one more print run for famed Columbo portrait
Celebrating Murder by the Book’s 50th anniversary
New behind-the-scenes Columbo book on sale now!
Columbo episode review – Caution: Murder Can Be Hazardous to Your Health
Status update – May 2021
Columbophile blog: important notice
The most chilling Columbo murders of them all
Five best moments in A Deadly State of Mind
10 times Columbo should have been reported to his superiors
Columbo pilot ‘Ransom for a Dead Man’ turns 50!
‘Just one more ring…’ examining the use of phone records in Columbo
Episode review: Columbo Goes to College
Thanks a lot, Sarge: RIP Bruce Kirby
Public service announcement: Columbophile whereabouts
In memoriam: the Columbo stars we lost in 2020
Thanks for the memories: RIP William Link
Columbo top 10 episodes as voted for by the fans: the ultimate edition
Five best moments from Columbo Playback
The top 10 ‘new’ Columbo episodes – as voted by the fans
Suitable for Framing’s nude model identified at last!
Episode review: Columbo Murder in Malibu
Five best moments from Columbo Troubled Waters
Columbophile t-shirt store open for business!
The Columbo kill count: who died, how?
Episode review: Columbo Uneasy Lies the Crown
10 of Peter Falk’s sexiest Columbo moments
What’s your favourite ‘new’ Columbo episode?
Episode review: Rest in Peace, Mrs Columbo
Five best moments from By Dawn’s Early Light
“Columbo brought us together!” A transatlantic love story
Episode review: Columbo Agenda for Murder
Columbo’s Alpine adventure – the episode that never was
Don’t miss chance to get hold of iconic Columbo portrait!
Dressed to kill: the 12 most stylish Columbo villains
Five best moments from Negative Reaction
Episode review: Columbo Cries Wolf
The 10 greatest Columbo scenes of the 70s – FINAL PART of the top 100
Every Columbo episode available to stream for free on Peacock (in US)
The 100 greatest Columbo scenes of the 70s, Part 9: 20-11
The 100 greatest Columbo scenes of the 70s, Part 8: 30-21
The 100 greatest Columbo scenes of the 70s, Part 7: 40-31
The 100 greatest Columbo scenes of the 70s, Part 6: 50-41
The 100 greatest Columbo scenes of the 70s, Part 5: 60-51
The 100 greatest Columbo scenes of the 70s, Part 4: 70-61
The 100 greatest Columbo scenes of the 70s, Part 3: 80-71
The 100 greatest Columbo scenes of the 70s, Part 2: 90-81
The 100 greatest Columbo scenes of the 70s, Part 1: 100-91
Episode review: Columbo Murder, A Self Portrait
Playwright pens Columbo prequel
Five best moments from An Exercise in Fatality
Episode review: Columbo Grand Deceptions
Coming soon: the 100 greatest Columbo moments of the 70s
Five best moments from Columbo A Friend in Deed
Episode review: Columbo Sex and the Married Detective
The best Columbo lookalikes
A hypothetical Columbo reboot: how might it work?
Book review: William Link’s ‘The Columbo Collection’
Episode review: Columbo Murder, Smoke and Shadows
So long Lily Stanhope, RIP Honor Blackman
5 best moments from Columbo Swan Song
Columbo book review: The Dean’s Death
Episode review: Columbo Goes to the Guillotine
A whole new world: preparing for Columbo’s comeback in 1989
The Columbo Razzies: recalling the lowest lows of the 70s’ era
Awards time: recognising the very best of 70s’ Columbo
Which is the best 70s’ season of Columbo?
Episode review: Columbo The Conspirators
Farewell to Milo Janus, RIP Robert Conrad
5 best moments from Columbo Mind Over Mayhem
Episode review: Columbo How to Dial a Murder
The Columbo stars we lost in 2019
2019: the Columbo year in review
Columbo top 10 episodes as voted by the fans: 2019 edition
Episode review: Columbo Make Me a Perfect Murder
12 toe-curlingly dreadful Columbo moments
Columbo Phile 30th anniversary reprint available now!
Episode review: Columbo Murder Under Glass
Moffat clarifies stance on Columbo following Radio Times interview
Sherlock and Doctor Who writer reveals bid to bring back Columbo
Does Mrs Columbo really exist?
Episode review: Columbo Try & Catch Me
And the (awesome Columbo print) winner is…
12 Christmas gift ideas for Columbo fans
Suitable for Framing: win a Columbo work of art!
Episode review: Columbo The Bye-Bye Sky High IQ Murder Case
7 Columbo spin-off ideas better than ‘Mrs Columbo’
5 best moments from Columbo Publish or Perish
Memories of a Columbo killer: an interview with Ed Begley Jr
The 10 least satisfying Columbo ‘gotchas’ of the 70s
Episode review: Columbo Old Fashioned Murder
5 best moments from Columbo Double Exposure
Top 10 Columbo killers: as voted by the fans!
Episode review: Columbo Fade in to Murder
Columbo full episode: Etude in Black
Trying to salvage Last Salute to the Commodore
Summing up Columbo’s fifth season
Columbo episode review: Last Salute to the Commodore
5 best moments from Candidate for Crime
Tune in! HD Columbo now streaming on Amazon Prime
Iconic Columbo book to be reissued!
The original Columbo Phile: an interview with author Mark Dawidziak
Episode review: Columbo Now You See Him
The Columbophile blog: what’s in store?
Episode review: Columbo A Matter of Honor
Columbo full episode: Publish or Perish
The ultimate Columbo locations map
5 best moments from Any Old Port in a Storm
13 times Columbo was seen out of ‘uniform’
5 best moments from Columbo Lovely but Lethal
Episode review: Columbo Identity Crisis
Six times Columbo loses his cool – and what it tells us
Episode review: Columbo A Case of Immunity
Columbophile reader survey: findings and next steps
Episode review: Columbo Forgotten Lady
Seven times Columbo refers to his previous cases
Vote for your favourite Columbo killer!
Give a Columbo fan a hand: complete the Columbophile reader survey
Full episode: Columbo Swan Song
5 best moments from Columbo Double Shock
Getting away with murder: 10 Columbo killers who’ll never do jail time
Best of the Columbo short story competition
Columbo full episode: Suitable for Framing
5 best moments from Columbo The Most Dangerous Match
The Columbo stars we lost in 2018
2018: the Columbo year in review
My top 10 favourite Columbo killers
Season 4: have we reached ‘peak Columbo’?
Columbo cook book Christmas giveaway!
5 best moments from Columbo A Stitch in Crime
Episode review: Columbo A Deadly State of Mind
Thanks all! And here’s to the next million views!
Columbo full episode: A Friend in Deed
Episode review: Columbo Playback
Columbo micro-story competition launched – will you publish or perish?
Be the millionth page viewer and a Columbo prize could be yours!
Columbo full episode: Try and Catch Me
5 best moments from Requiem for a Falling Star
Episode review: Columbo Troubled Waters
Read all about it! Columbo doyen pens new tribute for show’s 50th anniversary
Public service announcement! Where is Columbophile…?
Episode review: Columbo By Dawn’s Early Light
Columbo top 10 episodes as voted by the fans: 2018 edition
Columbo blog contributor Rich Weill releases new book!
How you could own the Columbo portrait from Murder, A Self Portrait
Does Lieutenant Columbo have only one eye?
Episode review: Columbo Negative Reaction
Why Columbo matters as much as ever
5 best moments from Columbo Dagger of the Mind
Why won’t anyone give Columbo’s iconic coat a good home?
5 best moments from Columbo The Most Crucial Game
Columbo’s raincoat and shoes up for auction – again
Episode review: Columbo An Exercise in Fatality
What were Peter Falk’s favourite Columbo episodes?
Was George C. Scott actually in Columbo?
5 best moments from Columbo Greenhouse Jungle
Episode review: Columbo A Friend in Deed
Columbo full episode: Negative Reaction
5 best moments from Columbo Etude in Black
Columbo full episode: A Stitch in Crime
A word on Steven Bochco, Columbo contributor par excellence
Columbo full episode: Any Old Port in a Storm
Six times Columbo diced with death
Columbo full episode: Death Lends a Hand
Columbo full episode: Murder by the Book
All about the official Columbo YouTube channel
Was Lieutenant Columbo’s first name really Frank?
Episode review: Columbo Swan Song
Episode review: Columbo Mind Over Mayhem
Columbo cook book out now! Much more than chilli and black coffee…
Columbo: an origin story
Publish or Perish: a second opinion
All quiet on the ‘ColumboCon’ front
Episode review: Columbo Publish or Perish
5 best moments from Columbo Blueprint for Murder
The Columbo stars we lost in 2017
Columbo: a year in review
Make Me a Perfect Columbo: the 5 key steps to crafting a Columbo mystery
5 best moments from Columbo Short Fuse
Episode review: Columbo Double Exposure
The Columbo Christmas Gift Guide
13 amazing Columbo roles for women aged 45+
Columbo’s raincoat and shoes to go under the hammer!
5 best moments from Columbo Lady in Waiting
Columbo’s Halloween connections
5 best moments in Columbo Suitable for Framing
Episode review: Columbo Candidate for Crime
10 great booze-fuelled Columbo moments
5 best moments in Columbo Dead Weight
The tragic real-life fate of three Columbo stars
Episode review: Columbo Any Old Port in a Storm
5 best moments in Columbo Death Lends a Hand
New art show to celebrate the women of Columbo
Columbo Lego set, anyone?
5 best moments in Columbo Murder by the Book
Columbo Convention on the way in 2018!
Brian De Palma’s lost Columbo, and the Lieutenant’s unfilmed final case
5 best moments in Columbo Ransom for a Dead Man
Episode review: Columbo Lovely but Lethal
5 best moments in Columbo Prescription: Murder
Beyond Columbo: new biography of Peter Falk out now!
6 life lessons I learnt from Lieutenant Columbo
Episode review: Columbo Double Shock
Columbo magazine covers from around the world
Help make a Columbo Google Doodle a reality!
Episode review: Columbo The Most Dangerous Match
Episode review: Columbo A Stitch in Crime
When Columbo goes to court: a second opinion
What happens when Columbo’s cases go to court?
Episode review: Columbo Requiem for a Falling Star
Columbo’s most handsome devils
Who’s the fairest of them all? Chronicling Columbo’s loveliest ladies
Columbo Dagger of the Mind: a second opinion
Episode review: Columbo Dagger of the Mind
The best laid plans: Columbo’s most fiendishly clever murders
Six of the best: chronicling Columbo’s unsung heroes
Episode review: Columbo The Most Crucial Game
Talking Columbo fandom on the Headline This podcast
WANTED: for (fashion) crimes against humanity
The Columbo stars we lost in 2016
The ultimate Columbo dinner party: who’s on your guest list?
SPECIAL CHRISTMAS OFFER for Columbo fans!
Christmas stocking fillers for the Columbo fan in your life!
Bon voyage to Robert Vaughn: Columbo’s nautical nemesis
Who’s the best: Cassidy, Culp or McGoohan? You decide!
Episode review: Columbo Greenhouse Jungle
Columbo top 10 episodes: as voted for by the fans
My wishlist to celebrate Columbo’s 50th anniversary
Episode review: Columbo Etude in Black
Gone but not forgotten: remembering the life of Peter Falk
Mrs Columbo’s name revealed as Columbo meets Frank Sinatra
Episode review: Columbo Blueprint for Murder
A Lieutenant’s best friend: Columbo and Dog
Why is there a Columbo statue in Budapest?
Episode review: Columbo Short Fuse
41 megastars you might not know graced Columbo
Fallen angels: the Columbo victims that break the heart
Episode review: Columbo Lady in Waiting
Devils in disguise: did these Columbo victims have it coming?
Columbo’s Oscars pedigree
Episode review: Columbo Suitable for Framing
The very best Columbo supporting star appearances
Episode review: Columbo Dead Weight
The Columbo legends we lost in 2015
Columbo’s Christmas caper
Episode review: Columbo Death Lends a Hand
‘New’ Columbo: was it any good?
Can anyone solve this real-life Columbo mystery?
Episode review: Columbo Murder by the Book
#ColumboTV: the world’s greatest social media experience?
Who should have been a 70s’ Columbo killer?
The joy of a Columbo conversation
Episode review: Columbo Ransom for a Dead Man
The Columbo killers we love to hate
Episode review – Columbo Prescription: Murder
Top 10 most sympathetic Columbo killers
The one book every Columbo fan should own
The arguments for and against a Columbo reboot
What’s YOUR ultimate favourite Columbo episode? Vote now!
My top 10 favourite Columbo episodes
Theo Bikel: a tribute
Columbo’s top 10 most high-profile cases
Top 10 best Columbo gotchas
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