COLUMBO:
SEASON 10
Volume 2 out to own on DVD
from 27th July 2009 from
Universal Playback
THE FINAL SEASON ON DVD
Calling all those armchair
sleuths the length and breadth of the country – can you deduce the
importance of the release of Season 10: Volume 2 of perennial TV
favourite Columbo?
1st clue – It’s out to buy from
27th July 2009 courtesy of Universal Playback.
2nd clue – It stars Emmy® award
winner Peter Falk returning as the cigar-chomping, disarmingly brilliant
homicide detective Lieutenant Columbo
3rd clue – The release will
complete your Columbo DVD set of each and every season available.
The crumpled detective is an
unlikely choice for a crime solving genius, but his ability to
methodically solve seemingly impossible cases is what makes him so
addictive to watch. The box set includes six feature length episodes
including Undercover, Strange Bedfellows, A Trace of Murder, Ashes to
Ashes, Murder with too Many Notes and Columbo Likes the Nightlife.
Volume 2 follows the DVD
release of Season 10 – Volume 1 available to own from 15th June 2009.
The box set includes the critically acclaimed feature length episodes
such as Columbo and the Murder of a Rock Star which received Emmy® and
Golden Globe® nominations along with legendary actor George Hamilton in
Caution – Murder Can Be Hazardous to Your Health. This release also
contains the following feature length episodes: Columbo Goes To College,
Death Hits the Jackpot, No Time to Die, A Bird in the Hand, It's All In
The Game and Butterfly in Shades of Grey
Top Ten facts about one of the
most popular detective shows that has ever graced the small screen.
1. Columbo’s killer catchphrase
is “Just one more thing...” which he uses to catch the killers off guard
at the end of each show.
2. The killer is always
revealed at the beginning of each show bucking the trend set by other
detective shows.
3. Columbo often refers to his
wife Mrs Columbo; however she has never been seen on screen leaving fans
to speculate as to her actual existence.
4. ‘Mrs Columbo’ was actually
made into a TV series in the late 70’s which won its lead a Golden
Globe®. However many fans argue that the series was not linked in anyway
and the character was married to another detective who happened to be
called Columbo.
5. Columbo prefers to drive his
1959 Peugeot 403 convertible.
6. Johnny Cash, Dick Van Dyke,
Billy Connolly, Faye Dunaway and William Shatner have all played
murderers on the show and Leslie Nielson once played one of the murder
victims.
7. Columbo’s first name has
never been spoken aloud.
8. Unusually for the 70’s
Columbo does not carry a gun and does not use physical force.
9. Bing Crosby was once
considered to play the role of Columbo.
10. Peter Falk put a dampener
on the fan rumour that the famous trademark raincoat has been placed in
the Smithsonian Institution by claiming it was upstairs in his closet.
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