Just One More Thing: Columbo! (AUDIO)

I'm old enough to have watched the original broadcasts of the Columbo TV series on British screens in the early 1970s. Always a favourite and fond memories. This radio programme was re-broadcast in memory of Peter Falk, who died recently.

Broadcast 27 July 2011, BBC Radio 4.

SYNOPSIS
The Hollywood actor Peter Falk, whose name became synonymous with the TV character Columbo whom he played for 35 years, died last month after a long illness. In a programme first heard in 2007, crime-writer Mark Billingham delves into the mystery that was one of the small screen's greatest detectives.

The raincoat, the cigar, the spluttering convertible car, the villain's deed in the first scene and the final "...just one more thing". The American TV detective series Columbo was a literature inspired, award winning, rule breaking television original.

Billingham tracks down the unusual suspects who made it possible including star Peter Falk, creator William Link, writer Steven Bochco, director Jonathan Demme and guest star villain Robert Vaughn.

Producer: Peter McHugh.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/radio4/2011/08/just_one_more_thing_columbo.html

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Peter Falk
• Columbo
• American
• TV
• detective
• raincoat
• Hollywood
• Los Angeles
• Mark Billingham
• William Link
• Steven Bochco
• Jonathan Demme
• Robert Vaughn
• California

[rem2267]

WOW!! A Very entertaining and quite informative video (well, in this case audio). I hope this gets many more "views," as it deserves to. Thanks for uploading these interviews regarding one of the best TV shows in history!

Oh, just more thing ---> Misters Levinson and Link, I congratulate you for taking the chances you did for Columbo.

p.s.: The clues were always amazing! Peter Falk is a legend, and so is the show.

[LsBaba]

@rem2267 I'm pleased you enjoyed it :) Columbo brings back sweet memories for me.

[intermender]

Everyone in my family simply loved this character which is saying something because we usually used to fight like cats and dogs regarding what to watch on tv!