Calling all those armchair sleuths the length and breadth of the country – can you deduce the importance of the release of Season 10:

Volume 2 of perennial TV favourite Columbo?

1. It’s out to buy from 27th July 2009 courtesy of Universal Playback
2. It stars Emmy(R) award winner Peter Falk returning as the cigar-chomping, disarmingly brilliant homicide detective Lieutenant Columbo
3. The release will complete your Columbo DVD set of each and every season available

The crumpled detective is an unlikely choice for a crime solving genius, but his ability to methodically solve seemingly impossible cases is what makes him so addictive to watch. The box set includes six feature length episodes including Undercover, Strange Bedfellows, A Trace of Murder, Ashes to Ashes, Murder with too Many Notes and Columbo Likes the Nightlife.

Volume 2 follows the DVD release of Season 10 – Volume 1 available to own from 15th June 2009. The box set includes the critically acclaimed feature length episodes such as Columbo and the Murder of a Rock Star which received Emmy® and Golden Globe® nominations along with legendary actor George Hamilton in Caution – Murder Can Be Hazardous to Your Health. This release also contains the following feature length episodes: Columbo Goes To College, Death Hits the Jackpot, No Time to Die, A Bird in the Hand, It's All In The Game and Butterfly in Shades of Grey

Top Ten facts about one of the most popular detective shows that has ever graced the small screen.

1. Columbo’s killer catchphrase is “Just one more thing...” which he uses to catch the killers off guard at the end of each show.

2. The killer is always revealed at the beginning of each show bucking the trend set by other detective shows.

3. Columbo often refers to his wife Mrs Columbo; however she has never been seen on screen leaving fans to speculate as to her actual existence.

4. ‘Mrs Columbo’ was actually made into a TV series in the late 70’s which won its lead a Golden Globe®. However many fans argue that the series was not linked in anyway and the character was married to another detective who happened to be called Columbo.

5. Columbo prefers to drive his 1959 Peugeot 403 convertible.

6.Johnny Cash, Dick Van Dyke, Billy Connolly, Faye Dunaway and William Shatner have all played murderers on the show and Leslie Nielson once played one of the murder victims.

7.Columbo’s first name has never been spoken aloud.

8.Unusually for the 70’s Columbo does not carry a gun and does not use physical force.

9. Bing Crosby was once considered to play the role of Columbo.

10. Peter Falk put a dampener on the fan rumour that the famous trademark raincoat has been placed in the Smithsonian Institution by claiming it was upstairs in his closet.