Lead Writers
Roger Pocock
Mike Loschiavo-
Recent Posts
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Killed by Death
- The Twilight Zone: Eye of the Beholder
- Sherlock Holmes Crossovers and Pastiches – Vampire Edition
- The Avengers: The Nutshell
- Space: 1999 – The AB Chrysalis
- Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl
- Columbo: The Bye-Bye Sky High IQ Murder Case
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Passion
- The Twilight Zone: The Howling Man
- Sherlock Holmes: The Last Vampyre
- The Avengers: Man with Two Shadows
- Space: 1999 – Seed of Destruction
- The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated!
- Columbo: Old Fashioned Murder
-
Join 471 other followers
Contact Information
I welcome suggestions and feedback and will consider interesting guest posts. If you would like to email please click on the picture to view contact details.
Popular Articles Right Now
Find Posts by Date
Artwork
Katie Marriott
Other Writers
Mike Basil
Danielle Gilby
Michele Power
Paul Roeber
Daz TongeBy the same blogger:
Site sponsored by:
Lavant Workwear
Embroidery SpecialistsRead local history articles at:
lavantworkwear.co.uk
Tag Archives: Columbo
Columbo: The Bye-Bye Sky High IQ Murder Case
How important is IQ? Could a hyper-intelligent person have a chance of outwitting Lieutenant Columbo? Who are we kidding… The Motive Oliver Brandt is an accountant and a member of the Sigma Society, a club that only the cleverest 2% … Continue reading
Columbo: Old Fashioned Murder
What’s this, no silly teaser at the start to spoil the episode? Things are looking up. Then again, maybe they couldn’t find anything exciting enough to put into a teaser, in this rather slow episode set in a museum. Maybe … Continue reading
Columbo: Fade in to Murder
We’re back for Season Six, and an award-winning actor who has struck an incredibly lucrative deal to continue in his successful, long-running show is playing a much-loved detective, opposite an actor who is playing an award-winning actor who has struck … Continue reading
Columbo: Last Salute to the Commodore (Review)
My Columbo articles normally follow a set format, where I begin by discussing the murderer, his or her motive and the details of the murder and mistakes made. After all, this simply echoes the order in which the information is … Continue reading
Columbo: Now You See Him
Jack Cassidy is back for his third and final performance as a murderer in Columbo. Could he inject some much-needed magic into the uneven fifth season? Of course he could. The Motive The Great Santini is a famous magician with … Continue reading
Columbo: A Matter of Honor
For the third time, Lieutenant Columbo is on holiday and just happens to get caught up in a local murder investigation: “Wherever you go, you take your work with you.” For the third episode in a row, Columbo doesn’t really … Continue reading
Columbo: Identity Crisis (Review)
There’s something about Nelson Brenner (Patrick McGoohan) that seems familiar: the clothes he wears, the Mediterranean architecture of his home, his career as an “operative”, the regularity with which he says “be seeing you”. Could this be… surely not. For … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, Television
Tagged Columbo, Crime, Identity Crisis, Patrick McGoohan, The Prisoner
2 Comments
Columbo: A Case of Immunity
Due to a mix up of names, Columbo ends up assigned to a security task force at the Suari Embassy, during the visit of the King of Suari, and it’s lucky that he happens to be there because a murder … Continue reading
Columbo: Forgotten Lady
Grace Wheeler used to be a star, but that was a long time ago, and now she is deluded and trying to recapture the magic of her youth. If you’ve ever seen the classic Twilight Zone episode The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine, … Continue reading
Columbo: A Deadly State of Mind (Review)
Dr. Mark Collier is smooth, handsome and a little bit creepy, so George Hamilton is the perfect choice for the role. Collier also does not deserve the title of “doctor” because he specialises in hypnotherapy, and is pushing the practice … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, Television
Tagged A Deadly State of Mind, Columbo, Crime, George Hamilton
1 Comment
Columbo: Playback (Review)
Columbo’s enemies are often very rich men, and wealthy people love their latest gadgetry. This often throws the lieutenant into a world of strange marvels, that haven’t always dated well (let’s not mention the robot), but this week it’s all … Continue reading
Columbo: Troubled Waters (Review)
Volare! Oh Oh! Cantare! Oh Oh Oh Oh! Columbo’s wife has won a trip to Mexico on a cruise ship, and the singer on board only seems to know one song, which she sings interminably. Luckily for Columbo, this is … Continue reading
Columbo: By Dawn’s Early Light (Review)
If there’s one episode of Columbo that stuck in my mind the most from my childhood, it was probably this one. It was certainly in the top two or three that made a huge impression on me, and unlike Mind … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, Television
Tagged By Dawn's Early Light, Columbo, Crime, Patrick McGoohan
1 Comment
Columbo: Negative Reaction (Review)
Oh it’s a jolly holiday with Lorna. Lorna makes your heart so light. When the day is grey and ordinary, Lorna makes the sun shine bright. … but Lorna is Paul Galesko’s secretary, and he’s married to a monster of … Continue reading
Columbo: An Exercise in Fatality (Review)
Lieutenant Columbo nearly always finds something to admire or respect in his enemies, but we start the fourth season with a different vibe altogether. Milo Janus has no redeeming features, and Columbo is the man to take him down. The … Continue reading
Columbo: A Friend in Deed (Review)
It’s the season finale of Columbo, so what’s the perfect way to end the third series? By pitting Columbo against his own boss. This is going to be a tricky one… The First Murder In terms of the first murder, … Continue reading
Columbo: Swan Song (Review)
Hats off to Johnny Cash. Not only did he take on an acting role, and do an amazing job of it, the character he played here was a distorted version of himself. Tommy Brown is a big star in the … Continue reading
Columbo: Mind Over Mayhem (Review)
When I was a child, I saw this episode of Columbo and absolutely loved it. This might just be the episode that turned me into a Columbo fan. Rewatching it as an adult, I thought it was the weakest episode … Continue reading
Columbo: Publish or Perish (Review)
You can’t keep a good author down. Actually, Ken Franklin from Murder by the Book was a bad author, not a good one, and Jack Cassidy is back to play another murderer from the world of writing. This time, instead … Continue reading
Columbo: Double Exposure (Review)
You can’t keep a good crook down. Not content with escaping from prison once and disguising himself with a dodgy moustache as American Football manager Paul Hanlon, private investigator turned murderer Carl Brimmer has done it again. It’s no wonder … Continue reading
The View from the Junkyard 