The greatest fictional detective...

[ConnyOlivetti]

....it's got to be Columbo

I am a massive fan and addict.

I have seen every episode umpteen times



You?
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There is a great episode, starring Patrick McGoohan, and directed by him.
Lots of fun, inside jokes and such! Love it.

[C]

....it's got to be Columbo

I am a massive fan and addict.

I have seen every episode umpteen times



You?
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There is a great episode, starring Patrick McGoohan, and directed by him.
Lots of fun, inside jokes and such! Love it.

McGoohan directed five Columbo episodes (including three of the four in which he appeared), one of which he also wrote and two of which he also produced

The episode Patrick wrote, Ashes to Ashes, is a corker - he plays a funeral director and his daughter Catherine McGoohan plays his character's assistant








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[GoogaMooga]

"Beck" is also popular in Denmark, I have all the novels and the complete series on DVD. It was shown on UK TV, Zilth Pilchards has mentioned it before.

[ConnyOlivetti]

Beck!? Ffs!
It's crap!

[C]

Beck!? Ffs!
It's crap!

Now, now Conny

As Zappa said: one either gets it or one doesn't

[Charlie O.]

McGoohan directed five Columbo episodes (including three of the four in which he appeared), one of which he also wrote and two of which he also produced

The episode Patrick wrote, Ashes to Ashes, is a corker - he plays a funeral director and his daughter Catherine McGoohan plays his character's assistant.

I think Agenda For Murder is my favorite of the McGoohans.

[C]

McGoohan directed five Columbo episodes (including three of the four in which he appeared), one of which he also wrote and two of which he also produced

The episode Patrick wrote, Ashes to Ashes, is a corker - he plays a funeral director and his daughter Catherine McGoohan plays his character's assistant.

I think Agenda For Murder is my favorite of the McGoohans.

Oscar Finch - yes that's a good one!

By Dawn's Early Light is possibly my favourite - apparently it was McGoohan's too



"No urinals...." [on the plans on this building]

Col. Lyle C. Rumford




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[Charlie O.]

Yep, that was real good too.

[C]

Yep, that was real good too.

All the McGoohan episodes were great ditto Jack Cassidy [David Cassidy's dad]

Murder by the Book - that was a good 'un!







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[Charlie O.]

Jack Cassidy always rubbed me the wrong way, somehow. I like those episodes (particularly Now You See Him), but mostly in spite of him.

[Fonz]

I think I've mentioned this in the past but i think it's a shame that the best of the "Nordic Noir" series never really became very well-known outside of Sweden (and Germany, I think), which is Beck. The Beck series predates The Killing and the rest of the Nordic Noir series - the books are from the 60s and 70s and a handful of movies from the 70s and 80s, but it's really the TV series from the mid-90s onwards that are the best, largely because of the emergence of one of the best Swedish actors of the last 30 years Mikael Persbrandt who actually plays second fiddle to Beck but chews up every scene he's in. And while the series can be quite dark and violent, there are always a handful of predictable, offbeat Columbo-like moments - mainly Beck's relationship with his eccentric neighbour - that provide necessary relief.

I would also highlight the original Wallenders as well, especially while the much-missed Johanna Sallstrom played the daughter. And a recent series called Rebecka Martinsson started very promisingly with the amazing Ida Engvoll but unfortunately she left for the second series (although not strictly a detective).

The Beck books are great indeed. Written by a pair of lefties, the undercurrent of social commentary is fascinating, and adds vital context to the stories, which was part of their agenda. I haven’t seen any of the telly adaptations. Is the ‘socialist commentary’ as evident?

[C]

Jack Cassidy always rubbed me the wrong way, somehow.

That's really interesting. I always thought Jack brought a certain'edge' to the episodes he was in.

I rated him!

Now You See Him is certainly a corker - a fave!

Sgt Wilson is in that one which is even better!






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[Flower]

I forgot about "Mannix" .. I used to watch the show all the time.

I only remembered because I watched "Good Neighbor Sam" last night and saw Mike Connors.

[Charlie O.]

For the Columbo fans...

[mudshark]

This is really funny. Thank you very much.

[Charlie O.]

I watched it three times in a row. He absolutely killed, and didn't break character for a millisecond. Fantastic.

[C]

For the Columbo fans...

Yes - seen this before.

Just brilliant

RIP Mr Falk




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