Columbo Takes on London 🇬🇧 | Columbo

Columbo (Peter Falk) journeys to London to observe Scotland Yard, but winds up investigating murders committed by two Shakespearean actors (Richard Basehart, Honor Blackman).
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Season 2, Episode 4, Dagger of the Mind,
Lt. Columbo goes to London to study the investigative techniques of Scotland Yard, while there, he becomes involved in a murder investigation.
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[@meltyenjoys]

There's such an innocence about Columbo you have to love. ❤

[@evamalmport5307]

I agree ❤

[@matilda1505]

Very comforting

[@matilda1505]

He is like a baby blanket

[@bootstrapperwilson7687]

When he photographed the soldiers parade, was he looking through the camera viewfinder with his glass eye? LOL! God bless Columbo and the very very great Peter Falk. No one else could fill those elevator boots.

[@paulisaperson0516]

Why would he do that? Genuine question. The actor Falk really had only one eye so I don’t really see the reason to look at the camera with the wrong one unless directed to do so, and if so why would they ask him to do that?

[@bootstrapperwilson7687]

Because it's funny. He'd already done a comic turn in the customs hall, so why not another.

[@paulisaperson0516]

@@bootstrapperwilson7687 fair enough

[@Johnshauntedpizza]

I love how the says "schedule" the British way and Columbo pauses for a second. So subtle.

[@alo6125]

I love it! This London episode is great. Glad they posted it. The Pan Am and BEA planes. Whitewall tires on the Daimler. The Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace. I lived there as a child and saw it all. Such memories. So perfect.

[@jmartin1885]

Just when you thought he couldn't be any more charming... he suddenly is!

[@mrwindsor9082]

This is a wonderful episode. Peter Falk is as brilliant as ever. While Honor Blackman and Richard Basehart are a delight as the killers. Their characters are two of the most odious in the entire series. Yet they are paradoxically quite sympathetic also.

[@Cybjon]

Fun Fact: The camera Columbo is using is an Argus C3 rangefinder, which was favoured by the U.S. military for a while and used by several notable combat photographers. Presumably, his brother-in-law obtained it during his National Guard service.

[@FoolishMortal6121]

"Are you all a witness to what @Cybjon just did?" "You identified the camera."

[@ssnoc]

@@FoolishMortal6121 - Great comment that only another Columbo aficionado would understand 😂 Vito Scotti was great in that episode as the drunk.

[@christopherkraft1327]

The Lieutenant in London, his raincoat will come in handy for a change!!! 👍👍

[@TheStevenWhiting]

But we're currently having a heat wave in UK this week.

[@christopherkraft1327]

@@TheStevenWhiting oh my!!

[@DeepFriedDave]

love the beginning shot of that gorgeous 60s era bird landing at Heathrow. Man that musta been a great time to be alive

[@just_kos99]

This is one of my favorite episodes.

[@robinrobyn1714]

Perhaps the only case where Columbo actually needed to be wearing a raincoat. The English weather ☁️

[@GO3P-h8b]

😂😅

[@private15]

He is the amercian version of inspector clouseau crossed with Sherlock.

[@shabbysuzannah3702]

I miss him so much 🇬🇧 (if only LRH was still like that 😳) and London - happy days

[@FizzleFX]

The change of tone hahaa "Is this lady bothering you?" You were about to arrest him 2 minutes ago!

[@barbarastrzykalski7070]

Love this! Columbo is always sooo polite to everyone. ❤❤

[@ssnoc]

Of all the Columbo episodes, I’ve only watched this one once - it’s time to try it again

[@sergten]

Boeing 707, Pan Am - those were the times!

[@TheStevenWhiting]

Funny way the police car is going to Scotland yard.

[@Muddy283]

Not necessarily. A4 to Hyde Park Corner, Constitution Hill, The Mall, Whitehall. Maybe not the most efficient route, but not completely illogical 😉.

[@jonbaker1697]

Nowt/nothing in them suitcases. Lighter than air lolol.

[@bootstrapperwilson7687]

Standard procedure. Might have to heft em through multiple takes. Tiring.

[@HostTutorials]

Aaah I wish Columbo would have said 'ello 'ello 'ello and that REALLY would complete his London trip! :-)

[@stephenbrown3835]

Peter Falk ~~ Unique &Gifted actor ! World loved ! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🔎🇺🇸❤️

[@erik_griswold]

Too bad they never had him go to West Berlin.

[@Lorna8264]

This is the most fumbling and bumbling he has been 😂

[@dougfowler1368]

The fumbling is especially perfect when, if I placed the accent right, the Scotland Yard commissioner is Colonel Crittenden from Hogan's Heroes. (I can't see really well but the voice sure sounds like him.) I have never seen this episode. I will have to check for what else is available of it.

[@AndrewHeller-jn7dx]

I always liked the ep ->very much!!

[@bonghunezhou5051]

His *trench coat* feels right at home in London indeed!

[@sundog70]

Columbo, lost in London. Now what kind of Hi Jinx could he possibly get up to.

[@supernova3723]

Oh wow! An episode that I have not seen! And I have the seasons on DVD. Hmmm , I did not see this one on any!

[@sysyviv7872]

So great ❤❤❤

[@emilegeorge6225]

Detective Inspector Frost meets Lt. Columbo

[@user-yz9vs4of1c]

At 1:14 Fran Ryan (Ma Harper, in dukes of hazzard. Lol)

[@sjacrane]

Then they got stopped by Just Stop Oil 🤣🤣🤣

[@abdel-HAK]

if you want to teach someone the meaning of humility, show him the beginning of this video

[@Disillusioned2022]

Just one more thing

[@weekenderTone]

A gimmicky episode saved by a few comic interludes.

[@lisawilliams2013]

Definitely weak, but not surprising fare, especially during what used to be Nielsen “sweep weeks”, which took place at various intervals during the year (including November when this episode originally aired). Admittedly, it was fun to see Honor Blackman and Richard Basehart as such hammy, catty degenerates!

[@nicholasschroeder3678]

I really like it. It's very funny throughout, and Blackman and Basehart nail the over-the-top narcissism of actors--they're even acting when they're alone together. It has to viewed as a send-up of actors, things English, and an American original bumbling through it all but coming out on top with his know-how.

[@patrickjohnson5658]

Did he visit 221B Baker Street while he was in London?

[@cozo1]

Elementary ! My dear Patrick 🧐

[@vdavis4785]

Now we know what Col. Crittendon did after the war.

[@Sublime_37]

Cool.

[@belykwater5601]

0:36 Is that Eric Idle and john Cleese, the guys in the matching hats and coats?

[@bootstrapperwilson7687]

Regrettably not. Good point. With the high comedic quotient in this episode I think the producers might have missed a trick there. But there's hope. With modern computer visual effects, we might get them in yet!

[@erik_griswold]

I’m guessing as many interiors were shot in California as possible.

[@cozo1]

​@@erik_griswoldcompletely the other way round. They needed historic beauty! 400 years or so isn't going to cut it I'm afraid, along with wooden houses 😂

[@CluckN]

Just one more thing sir, when you asked me for a cigarette you mentioned bumming a what off of me?

[@supernova3723]

What season and episode is this?

[@cozo1]

Season 2 episode 4, A dagger of the mind

[@supernova3723]

@@cozo1 Thanku!

[@patmcbride9853]

I just want to know how someone managed to sell so many of that particular (ugly) piece of luggage.

[@Flipnred78]

Ricardo Montabon episode

[@bootstrapperwilson7687]

"A matter of Honor." (Ricardo M)

[@Flipnred78]

@@user-yz9vs4of1c yes! I couldn’t remember. Dukes of Hazzard + Dallas Friday nights ! Back in the day.

[@nicholasschroeder3678]

I like them both equally. This one is a send-up of Uber American in London, and it's very funny. Columbo in Mexico is much more serious, and the overall episode is waaay more dramatic with a tragic ending. I like the way they respect Mexican culture in it (except for the corruption, which Columbo navigates quite well).

[@user-ke8gx4zc9s]

Does anyone know what camera that was Columbo was shooting with as he ran around London trying to capture some photographs?

[@grahvis]

Bit late, but it is an Argus model C. A huge seller in the US, so quirky I had to buy one recently.

[@user-ke8gx4zc9s]

@@grahvis Thank you. Much appreciated. I will do some research on it.

[@ComeAlongKay]

He says I guess you didn’t like me must be my accent showing the British as being anti American even back then.

[@cozo1]

What utter rubbish 🙄

[@The_Great_Darino]

Ugh. Probably my least favorite episode 🥺

[@TheStevenWhiting]

Columbo goes undercover is one of the worst for me.

[@Lones555]

Doing a "British" episode is often a sign a show has run out of ideas, pretty much every big US show has done one and most of them are terrible. This is my least favorite Colombo episode ever (including the newer episodes of the later runs) the murder itself is comical and the acting performances of most of the lead characters is way over the top and "hammy". Though it is nice to see "Britain" in the 70s (despite most the locations actually being filmed in California) they've made no effort to be authentic and research what life was like and have instead inserted as many needless stereotypes as possible. Worth noting Wilfred Hyde-White was a tax exile who could not return to UK as he owed the government thousands so all of his scenes were filmed in Cali.

[@judyhopps9380]

I concur. I dont know if I hate this or Last Salute to the Commodore more, but they're probably neck and neck for worst episode.

[@f0urstr1ng]

I’m British, love Columbo, but Patrick McGoohan aside I disliked every episode involving British actors. It is a quintessentially American show and therein lies a good chunk of its allure. I love fish & chips and I like burgers, but putting them on the same plate is just wrong, might I offer by way of analogy.

[@judyhopps9380]

@@f0urstr1ng any port in a storm with donald plesence is a classic surely? 😱

[@f0urstr1ng]

@@judyhopps9380 it may be for some and I don’t dislike Mr Pleasence but that one doesn’t sit right with me either

[@judyhopps9380]

@@f0urstr1ng fair enough. I feel the same about Patrick McGoohan episodes. I like a couple, but never him. The military academy one just screams of weird every time he says "Boodle Boy"

[@chrisscovitch7237]

YOU MEAN LONDON COLUMBO TRIES TO IMITATE THE AMERICAN COLUMBO. LIMEY'S TRY THAT ALL THE TIME, BUT THEY ACT LIKE BENNY HILL.. CRIKIE.....😅

[@MrAitraining]

I love Columbo but this was a dumb episode. Silly crime and even sillier gotcha. Columbo is barely in 1/2 the scenes.

[@henrikthorsen5971]

Not one of the greatest.episodes.

[@Richard_Straker]

Agreed, a bit uncomfortable.

[@MrAitraining]

It was silly. Crime was ridiculous and it seemed Columbo was barely in it. Like he was on vacation and they said we'll do a columbo here and call you when we need you

[@chris341]

meh weird episode.

[@srinivasannarayanan8056]

Not one of his best.