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Interview with William Link on DVD ELLERY QUEEN set! This television series was adapted by William Link and Richard Levinson from Dannay's and Lee's seminal character, Ellery Queen. There is a long interview with Link discussing how he and his collaborator wrote the pilot and then shepherded the other writing assignments to various talented television mystery writers. He covers other aspects of creating the series and talks about the stars therein, Jim Hutton, David Wayne and John Hillerman. Link and Levinson started the technique of bringing back retired a- list actors which they continued to do in their series, murder she wrote. Here is a sample video: |
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| COLUMBO co-creator William Link returns to online Radio’s
“Dave White Presents” in the second part of his interview
remembering his friend, Peter Falk. In this part, Link talks about
what happens when a TV star wants to try his hand at directing with
very comic results. What did the two men share after the end of the
series? Find out at
http://www.audioentertainment.org/ArchivePage7.html.
PLEASE NOTE: Link's interview will the
the THIRD segment of the show. Part 1 is now available for download at http://tinyurl.com/3orqaju |
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 BBC Radio4 recently repeated “Just One More
Thing.”
READ PETER MCHUGH'S BLOG ON THE DOCUMENTARY HERE. |
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| A two-hour tribute to Peter
Falk has been archived for listening on demand at
TVConfidential.net.
William Link's segment airs during the second hour. Click here to listen. Special thanks to:  |
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| BBC
Radio: Peter Falk 'a lot like Columbo' Peter Falk, the actor who solved crimes on television for more than thirty years as the put-upon but brilliant detective Colombo, has died. William Link, who created the character along with his late collaborator Richard Levinson, explains the enduring appeal of the detective and the actor who brought him to life. Click here to visit the site and listen. Special thanks to:  |
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| BBC RADIO: JUST ONE MORE THING -
COLUMBO Narrated by crime fiction writer Mark Billingham with Peter Falk, William Link, Stephen Bochco, Jonathan Demme, and Robert Vaughn. Produced for the BBC by Peter McHugh and debuted on the air on September 11, 2007. 30 minutes. Click here to view the presentation in three parts. |
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Link, Angela Lansbury and others on "murder she wrote" Learn about the creation of Richard Levinson and William Link's "Murder She Wrote" by viewing this video.   |
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| OFF RAMP - THE BROADCAST INTERVIEW New and online from KPCV and Off Ramp! The broadcast version of John Rabe's conversation with William Link, co-creator of "Columbo" ... along with "Mannix" and "Murder, She Wrote." Click here to visit the site and listen to the interview. Click here to visit the site and listen. Special thanks to:  |
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| Business
for Breakfast Radio William Link is interviewed on his book THE COLUMBO MYSTERIES. Click here to download and listen. Special thanks to:  |
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| Dave White presents! Legendary writer and producer William Link talks about one of his favorite co-creations, one Lt. Columbo. Link remembers his collaboration with Richard Levinson and creating Mannix and Murder, She Wrote, but Peter Falk and Columbo star in this conversation in honor of Bill’s The Columbo Collection, a new batch of detective short stories. Click here to download and listen. Special thanks to:  |
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| It's
Saturday Night WITH Mark Simone On WABC's Its Saturday Night, Mark Simone speaks with legendary TV detective Columbo's creator William Link! Also, who do YOU think was the greatest TV detective? Click here to download and listen. Special thanks to:  |
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| OFF RAMP INTERVIEW The GOOD Lieutenant: William Link, Columbo co-creator. Off-Ramp host John Rabe writes: What a pleasure to meet and interview William Link here at the Mohn Broadcast Center. Click here to download and listen. Special thanks to: |
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| TV CONFIDENTIAL INTERVIEW Ed Robertson interviews William Link about working in television and co-creating many of television iconic characters. Click here to download and listen. Special thanks to: |
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| FROM THE BOOKSHELF INTERVIEW Listen to William Link, co-creator along with the late Richard Levinson of Columbo, discusses his career and his cigar smoking sleuth with host Gary Shapiro. Click here to visit the site and listen. Special thanks to: Gary Shapiro’s From The Bookshelf  |
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| KPFK INTERVIEW William Link was a recent guest on KPFK's Arts in Review radio show in Los Angeles, hosted by Julio Martinez. You can listen to the interview by clicking below. Click here to download and listen. Special thanks to:  |
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CONNIE MARTINSON TALKS BOOKS INTERVIEW
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| Website copyright 2015 by William Link. Photo of William Link and Peter Falk by Douglas Kirkland Book cover illustration by Al Hirschfeld. Copyright Al Hirschfeld. Hirschfeld exclusive representative is Margo Feiden Galleries, Ltd., New York Website by Dovetail Studio. |
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