Columbo

The crumpled cop investigates a philandering psychiatrist who has the perfect alibi for murdering his wife. First episode of the detective series, with Peter Falk and Gene Barry

The slovenly sleuth sets out on a pleasure cruise - where a fellow passenger kills his lover to stop her blackmailing him. Detective drama, starring Peter Falk and Robert Vaughn

The slovenly sleuth tries to prove an Oscar-winning composer has murdered the assistant who was the real genius behind his work. Detective drama, with Peter Falk and Billy Connolly

A compulsive gambler with a mountain of debts plants a bomb under his wealthy uncle's car, but Columbo is soon on the case. Detective drama, starring Peter Falk and Tyne Daly

A newlywed cop is baffled by his wife's disappearance from their honeymoon suite and calls on his scruffy detective uncle for help. Crime drama, with Peter Falk and Joanna Going

The dishevelled detective investigates an actress and her lover, who are suspected of murdering her husband. Crime drama, starring Peter Falk, Honor Blackman and Richard Basehart

A high-ranking police officer helps a rich friend conceal a murder - but reckons without Columbo's intervention. Crime drama, starring Peter Falk

An ambitious politician murders his own election campaign manager to prevent details of his secret affair from being exposed.

An actor playing a detective thinks he can get away with killing his blackmailing ex-lover - but reckons without the crumpled cop. Crime drama, with Peter Falk and William Shatner

The sleuth's Mexican holiday is disrupted by a death involving a bullfighter who used one of the animals to kill his friend. Crime drama, with Peter Falk and Ricardo Montalban

The dishevelled detective investigates an actress and her lover, who are suspected of murdering her husband. Crime drama, starring Peter Falk, Honor Blackman and Richard Basehart

A high-ranking police officer helps a rich friend conceal a murder - but reckons without Columbo's intervention. Crime drama, starring Peter Falk

An ambitious politician murders his own election campaign manager to prevent details of his secret affair from being exposed.

An actor playing a detective thinks he can get away with killing his blackmailing ex-lover - but reckons without the crumpled cop. Crime drama, with Peter Falk and William Shatner

The sleuth's Mexican holiday is disrupted by a death involving a bullfighter who used one of the animals to kill his friend. Crime drama, with Peter Falk and Ricardo Montalban

When a rich man is electrocuted, Columbo suspects the victim's twin nephews, who stand to inherit his fortune. Detective drama, with Peter Falk, and Martin Landau in a dual role

The dishevelled detective investigates a psychiatrist who has dispatched his lover's husband and persuaded her to lie for him. Crime drama

The sleuth receives help from a gangland enforcer while investigating the deaths of a horse trainer's brother and a Mob bookie. Crime drama, starring Peter Falk and Rod Steiger

The crumpled cop enters the world of illusions to investigate the suspicious death of a stage magician. Detective drama, starring Peter Falk, Anthony Andrews and Karen Austin