I'm pretty sure that was a deliberate homage. Columbo still gets regular outings in daytime on quite large channels like BBC and ITV (at one point they seemed to hold different rights simultaneously). Everyone knows his catchphrase.
Too late now, but as an aside, previous star Ben Miller used to play a live whodunnit on Twitter each week! Get your answers in before that episode's reveal. He played the final one last night... Adam On 15 Jan 2014 05:09, "Kevin M." <[email protected]> wrote: > Columbo with an English accent on an island paradise. > > The new DI actually turned and said "... just one more thing..." > > He might as well have been wearing a trenchcoat. > > Was it a ripoff or an homage, I wonder? > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
