Columbo

So, well, I, er, hold on, now where's that piece of paper, I've written it down somewhere, my wife, she likes Columbo, I don't always get that kind of thing, but she's a big fan...
Columbo as it is best known started as a stage show, that was adapted from a short story that was made into a short TV programme in 1960, the stage show evolved into a TV pilot in 1968 and then 3 years later a series, the last special was in 2003.
If you didn't know, it was Peter Falk what done it!