TV Guide 5SELECT Sunday

The women become frustrated with the Top Dog's lack of action against Lucy, and Vera receives a birthday present she will never forget. Juice gets her comeuppance, Ferguson takes over from Kaz, and Boomer reveals an unsuspected talent

The owner of a chain of health clubs kills a business partner who was about to expose his crooked dealings. Making the death look like an unfortunate weightlifting accident, he cunningly creates the perfect alibi using a tape recording of his victim's voice - but he reckons without the intervention of the shabby sleuth. Crime drama, starring Peter Falk, Robert Conrad and Philip Bruns

A wealthy romantic novelist realises her lover is only marrying her for her money and calls off their wedding - only to be subsequently murdered. The fiance is quickly cleared of all suspicion, but Columbo remains sure of his guilt. Crime drama, starring Peter Falk, Andrew Stevens, Brenda Vaccaro and Laurie Walters

A CIA operative arranges a grisly fate for a fellow spy who found out that he was working as a double agent. The killer makes the murder look like a random mugging, but he is not as clever as he thinks and the crumpled cop soon begins to pick up on the trail of clues he has left behind.

A sex therapist tries to pin the blame for the murder of her unfaithful lover on her assistant, but the dishevelled detective is not convinced by the ruse and seeks to identify a mysterious woman in black who was spotted leaving the scene of the crime. Detective drama, starring Peter Falk, Lindsay Crouse, Peter Jurasik and Julia Montgomery