Just one more thing...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13458172


for those of you who haven't heard, 1990s rainy weekend tv staple and star of Columbo, Peter Falk has died.

out of interest, is Columbo ever shown on the main terrestrial networks any more? I can't say i've seen it for a few years.

That said, i did manage to catch murder she wrote on bbc2 no so long ago?

ITV1...

Really sad to hear about Peter Falk's death. The great actors are all slowly passing away

ITV1 does occasionally air an episode of Columbo on Sunday afternoons, but I haven't seen one for a while. It's certainly aired on there within the last year, though. Currently, it's airing at weekends on ITV3.

Murder, She Wrote has disappeared from terrestrial television. ISTR that BBC1 announced last year that it was retiring MSW. They were airing Season 11 about a year ago, then took a break for a month or two. I think the final season (12) aired last autumn and finished earlier this year (possibly January?). I haven't seen it on BBC1 since, although it does get a very frequent outing on Alibi. Can anyone remember when Murder, She Wrote first aired on BBC1? When I was growing up it was always an ITV show. When did it first find a home during BBC1 afternoons? It has to be at least 10 years ago?

Columbo was just on STV/ITV I dare say month or so ago,, he was still going strong 40 years later.

Murders she wrote, I would put the money on around 1999/ 2000. STV and number of other ITV companies were still broadcast the series in 1998.

in still trying to found out when MSW first premièred on ITV in late 1985/ealry1986.

I remember murder she wrote being on prime-time saturday night. I remember watching with my folks when I was a kid (probably late 1980/ very early 1990s).

I have been talking about this in. "Network itv" thread, more details in that