Columbo might just be the best TV mystery show of all time. These 5 outstanding episodes show why, with great guest-star killers and exemplary storytelling.

Prescription: Murder, the 1968 pilot for Columbo, had been something of a muddled affair: overlong, unremarkable and, worst of all, a dull characterization of the lieutenant himself. Columbo ...

Peter Falk once listed his four favorite episodes of Columbo, highlighting the many guest stars he worked with over the course of the series.

Columbo (or at least the programme) seemed to have a fascination with mystery writers. Perhaps this isn't surprising, as its creators later went on to make Murder, She Wrote, which sort of ...