Ray Thacker RIP. What a legend!

Changing times...

I don't remember Columbo being on ITV at any point before the turn of the millennium. BBC One used to show it every Saturday evening at one point during the mid 80's, I used to watch it and actually understood the plots and clever wordplay between Columbo and the murderer despite being very young at the time. That's where I first discovered the show and developed a real love for it, amazing series. I remember Channel 5 showing it a lot in the afternoon movie slot during the early 2000's, then ITV showing it in graveyard 3am slots in the 2010's. No idea where the repeats reside on UK TV nowadays, but I suspect that it will be only on some minor channel now. I do know that it was available to stream on Freevee in recent times, when I watched a couple of them they ran the entire duration without a single advert. Sadly, that's the commercial worth of this outstanding show these days. But I digress, point was that I didn't know that Columbo aired on ITV in the 90's.

Sorry,if I was the Flake girl, I'd be mightily peed off with the phone continually ringing! They'd of got more than a mouthful full of chocolate off me!🫢