| Columbo was first aired in Italy in 1977 and
the character was renamed Colombo, a very common last name in Italy
(after all the real name of Christopher Columbus was Cristoforo Colombo). Some episodes
was distibutes as movies on cinemas, and only after many years was aired on TV. When the
series restart in 1989 some episodes was published on VHS earlier then to be aired on TV,
and two episodes (Sex and the married detective and Grand deceptions) was retitled when
they be aired. One episode (A bird in the hand) was aired with two different titles (the
title changed the second time that was aired). The first TV to air Columbo in Italy was RETE DUE of RAI (Nowadays called RAI DUE) from 1977 to July 1984. Starting from September 1984 the Columbo series was aired by RETEQUATTRO of MEDIASET. For every episode I reported the Italian title, the date of first time the episode was shown (and if the first time wasn't on TV, I indicated beside the air date of the episode on TV). In the second line there is the original title of the episode. The voice of Peter Falk was dubbed for many years by Gian Piero Albertini. After the death of Albertini (with the episode Murder, a Self-portrait) the dub was made by Antonio Guidi. Here in Italy the series winned two times the Telegatto (TV cat) award as best foreign drama series. Note: the air-dates are in the european format: day/month/year. PRESCRIZIONE: ASSASSINIO (07/03/82) PRESCRIPTION: MURDER RISCATTO PER UN UOMO MORTO (1978) at cinema, (13/05/87) on TV RANSOM FOR A DEAD MAN UN GIALLO DA MANUALE (02/08/78) MURDER BY THE BOOK UNA TRAPPOLA DI COLOMBO (14/09/77) DEATH LENDS A HAND LA PISTOLA DI MADREPERLA (17/08/77) DEAD WEIGHT L'ARTE DEL DELITTO (03/08/77) SUITABLE FOR FRAMING INCIDENTE PREMEDITATO (30/08/78) LADY IN WAITING MIO CARO NIPOTE (04/04/82) SHORT FUSE PROGETTO PER UN DELITTO (07/07/77) BLUEPRINT FOR MURDER CONCERTO CON DELITTO (1977) at cinema (27/05/87) on TV ETUDE IN BLACK IL TERZO PROIETTILE (12/09/79) THE GREENHOUSE JUNGLE GIOCO MORTALE (20/07/77) THE MOST CRUCIAL GAME SCACCO MATTO A SCOTLAND YARD (1977) at cinema (06/05/87) on TV DAGGER OF THE MIND IL SEGRETO DI NORA CHANDLER (31/08/77) REQUIEM FOR A FALLING STAR IL FILO DEL DELITTO (05/07/78) A STITCH IN CRIME L'ULTIMO SCACCO MATTO (16/08/78) THE MOST DANGEROUS MATCH DOPPIO SHOCK (04/11/77) DOUBLE SHOCK BELLA MA LETALE (28/03/82) LOVELY BUT LETHAL L'UOMO DELL'ANNO (17/01/82) ANY OLD PORT IN A STORM CANDIDATO AL CRIMINE (27/12/81) CANDIDATE FOR CRIME ALIBI CALIBRO 22 (14/08/78) DOUBLE EXPOSURE UN KILLER VENUTO DAL VIETNAM (11/04/82) PUBLISH OR PERISH L'OMICIDIO DEL PROFESSORE (21/09/77) MIND OVER MAYHEM IL CANTO DEL CIGNO (14/03/82) SWAN SONG UN AMICO DA SALVARE (1978) at cinema (20/05/87) on TV A FRIEND IN DEED DALLE SEI ALLE NOVE (21/03/82) A EXERCISE IN FATALITY UNA MOSSA SBAGLIATA (31/01/82) NEGATIVE REACTION ALLE PRIME LUCI DELL'ALBA (10/01/82) BY DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT ASSASSINIO A BORDO (24/01/82) TROUBLED WATERS PLAYBACK (15/08/79) PLAYBACK TESTIMONE DI SE' STESSO (28/10/77) A DEADLY STATE OF MIND L'ULTIMA DIVA (20/12/81) FORGOTTEN LADY UN CASO DI IMMUNITA' (13/12/81) A CASE OF IMMUNITY DOPPIO GIOCO (14/02/82) IDENTITY CRISIS UNA QUESTIONE D'ONORE (19/07/78) A MATTER OF HONOR L'ILLUSIONISTA (28/08/79) NOW YOU SEE HIM L'ULTIMO SALUTO AL COMMODORO (07/02/82) LAST SALUTE TO THE COMMODORE CIAK... SI UCCIDE! (29/11/81) FADE IN TO MURDER DELITTO D'ALTRI TEMPI (01/11/81) OLD-FASHIONED MURDER PROVA D'INTELLIGENZA (22/11/81) THE BYE-BYE SKY-HIGH IQ MURDER CASE PROVA A PRENDERMI (08/11/81) TRY AND CATCH ME VINO D'ANNATA (15/11/81) MURDER UNDER GLASS FLAT UN DELITTO PERFETTO (21/02/82) MAKE ME A PERFECT MURDER UN DELITTO PILOTATO (06/12/81) HOW TO DIAL FOR MURDER I COSPIRATORI (28/02/82) THE COSPIRATORS UNA GHIGLIOTTINA PER IL TENENTE COLOMBO (12/89) on VHS (02/11/91) on TV COLUMBO GOES TO THE GUILLOTINE EFFETTI MOLTO SPECIALI (03/90) on VHS (28/10/91) on TV MURDER SMOKE AND SHADOWS SESSO E IL POLIZIOTTO SPOSATO (06/90) on VHS (aka) LA SIGNORA IN NERO (19/11/91) on TV SEX AND THE MARRIED DETECTIVE GRANDI INGANNI (07/90) on VHS (aka) INTRIGHI INSPIEGABILI (09/11/91) on TV GRAND DECEPTIONS AUTORITRATTO DI UN ASSASSINO (23/11/91) MURDER, A SELF-PORTRAIT QUALCUNO HA INGANNATO IL TENENTE COLOMBO! (07/03/92) COLUMBO CRIES WOLF AGENDA PER OMICIDI (16/11/91) AGENDA FOR MURDER CHE FINE HA FATTO LA SIGNORA COLOMBO? (30/11/91) REST IN PEACE, MRS. COLUMBO DENTE PER DENTE (14/03/92) UNEASY LIES THE CROWN OMICIDIO A MALIBU' (07/12/91) MURDER IN MALIBU OMICIDIO TELECOMANDATO (21/03/92) COLUMBO GOES TO COLLEGE ...NUOCE GRAVEMENTE ALLA SALUTE (28/03/92) CAUTION: MURDER CAN BE HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH COLONNA SONORA CON OMICIDIO (04/04/92) COLUMBO AND THE MURDER OF A ROCK STAR MISTERIOSE IMPRONTE DIGITALI (11/04/92) DEATH HITS THE JACKPOT NON C'E' TEMPO PER MORIRE (26/03/93) NO TIME TO DIE IL GIOCO E' FATTO (03/04/93) (aka) ASSASSINIO PER GIOCO (28/10/93) A BIRD IN THE HAND DONNE PERICOLOSE PER IL TENENTE COLOMBO (12/10/93) (Early in Italy than USA) IT'S ALL IN THE GAME EDIZIONE STRAORDINARIA DI UN DELITTO (19/10/93) (Early in Italy than USA) BUTTERFLY IN SHADES OF GREY TENENTE COLOMBO: INDAGINE AD INCASTRO (29/11/94) UNDERCOVER DUPLICE OMICIDIO PER IL TENENTE COLOMBO (02/11/95) STRANGE BEDFELLOWS Sulle tracce dell'assassino (Winter 1998) A TRACE OF MURDER Scandali a Hollywood Ashes to ashes (Spring 1999) |