This is the granddaddy of Private Eye television series. Somehow, Blake Edwards managed to cram an entire whodunit into 25 minutes of filming, with an ongoing love story as a subtheme, and he did it in B&W. Most episodes include a song, too, usually crooned out softly by Edie Hart (Lola Albright), whose dialog is as crisp today as it was in 1958. Peter Gunn (Craig Stevens) is ice-cold cool when it comes to business, but with a soft side. Police Lt. Jacoby is no bumbler, and he has a love/hate relationship with Gunn. Some things you’ll see in the first season, but not in TV nowdays: beatniks, no search warrants, lots of unlocked doors, Mothers (a home-style bistro), cars with fins, skinny neckties, and cigarettes—lots and lots of smoking. In one of the episodes, Gunn is caught by a baddie and has to raise his hands at gun-point, but he never drops his cigarette. And of course, there is the wonderful Grammy-winning theme by Henry Mancini that everyone knows, even if they never saw the actual show. Very much worth watching in a retro sort of way. Season II is also available on CD, released by A&E television in 2002.