2024 - Columbo: where do the clothes worn by the famous inspector come from?

Like every Saturday, TMC is broadcasting a new episode of Columbo on March 26. The opportunity to take an interest in the outfit of the most famous of inspectors. Inseparable from his beige raincoat and his big cigar, where do the clothes worn by Peter Falk come from? Télé Star gives you the answer.

Almost 20 years after the last episode aired, the‘inspect Columbo hasn’t aged a bit. Well almost… but yet, the series continues to find its audience. During the first confinement, in March 2020, the mythical lieutenant brought to the screen by Peter Falk broke records on TMC. At the end of the two months of isolation, the series had gained around 200,000 new viewers, reported Le Parisien.

And since then, Columbo continues to squat the Saturday evening time slot on TMC. Every week the audiences are around 800,000 viewers. And woe to anyone who would like to change the programming. In June 2021, TMC tried to cancel the series in favor of episodes of Arsène Lupin with Georges Descrières. But fans cried foul, going so far as to put pressure on the chain on social networks, to obtain the return of their favorite investigator. They finally won their case at the end of July because TMC interrupted the broadcast of the last episodes of Arsène Lupine planned to put the inspector in the raincoat who often talks about his wife back on the air.

$15 raincoat

One raincoat who made the legend of the character. Moreover, this formless garment is from Peter Falk’s personal wardrobe, just like the suit and the shoes. The raincoat had cost the comedian $15while caught in a thunderstorm in New York, in 1967. He was also the one who decided to add the cigars to the series, being himself a heavy smoker.

Peter Falk sadly passed away on June 23, 2011 in Beverly Hills, California. His character of Lieutenant Columbo followed him for a long part of his life. He embodied it for 35 years, from 1968 to 2003, winning many Emmy Awards and Golden Globes along the way. For his entire career, he also won his star on the famous Hollywood Walk of Fame, posthumously, in 2013.

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Nearly 20 years after the broadcast of the last episode, inspecting Columbo has not aged a bit. Well almost …

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But yet, the series continues to find its audience. During the first confinement, in March 2020, the legendary lieutenant brought to the screen by Peter Falk broke records on TMC.

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At the end of the two months of isolation, the series had gained around 200,000 new viewers, reported Le Parisien.

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And since then, Columbo continues to squat the Saturday evening time slot on TMC.

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Each week, audiences are around 800,000 viewers.

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Colombo
In June 2021, TMC tried to cancel the series in favor of episodes of Arsène Lupin with Georges Descrières. But fans cried foul, going so far as to put pressure on the chain on social networks, to obtain the return of their favorite investigator.

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They finally won their case at the end of July because TMC interrupted the broadcast of the last episodes of Arsène Lupine planned to put the inspector in the raincoat who often talks about his wife back on the air.