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A Disturbing Case
"A Disturbing Case" is the second episode of the 1969 British television series ''Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)'', distributed by ITC Entertainment and starring Mike Pratt, Kenneth Cope and Annette Andre. The episode was first broadcast on 28 September 1969 on ITV. It was directed by Ray Austin. Synopsis Jeff Randall initially collapses unconscious after being lightly thrown against a door by Phillip and Pentonville, the two hospital heavies, but later under hypnosis he beats some five men in fights, including Dr. Conrad. Marty is seen pulling objects such as a door towards Jeff's head by inhaling in this episode. When teleporting to a specific location he is also heard to say "Made it! My sense of direction is improving!" In this episode Jeannie's presumably younger sister Jenny is introduced. Like actress Annette Andre who portrays Jeannie she is also real-life Australian, and the likeness between them is similar. Currently unemployed, she's staying with Jeannie from outside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randall And Hopkirk (Deceased)
''Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)'' is a British private detective television series, starring Mike Pratt and Kenneth Cope respectively as the private detectives Jeff Randall and Marty Hopkirk. The series was created by Dennis Spooner and produced by Monty Berman, and was first broadcast in 1969 and 1970. In the United States, it was given the title ''My Partner the Ghost''. ITC Entertainment produced a single series of 26 episodes in 1968 and 1969, which was aired from September 1969 to March 1970. The pilot episode was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on 19 September 1969 by ATV in the Midlands. London Weekend Television broadcast the pilot two days later on 21 September 1969. The series was remade in 2000, starring Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer. The show was parodied as "Curtis & Ballard (Deceased)" in the 1996 BBC Radio 4 comedy series ''Fab TV''. Plot In the initial episode, Hopkirk is murdered during an investigation but returns as a ghost. Randall is the on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Television Series
A television show – or simply TV show – is any content produced for viewing on a television set which can be broadcast via over-the-air, satellite television, satellite, or cable television, cable, excluding breaking news, television advertisement, advertisements, or Trailer (promotion), trailers that are typically placed between shows. Television shows are most often broadcast programming, scheduled for broadcast well ahead of time and appear on electronic program guide, electronic guides or other TV listings, but streaming services often make them available for viewing anytime. The content in a television show can be produced with different methodologies such as taped variety shows emanating from a television studio stage, animation or a variety of film productions ranging from movies to series. Shows not produced on a television studio stage are usually contracted or licensed to be made by appropriate production companies. Television shows can be viewed live (real time), b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlton Television
Carlton Television (now part of the non-franchised ITV London region) was the ITV franchise holder for London and the surrounding counties from 9.25am every Monday to 5.15pm every Friday. The company is now managed with London Weekend Television as a single entity (ITV London), but the two companies are still separately licensed. The station is owned and operated by ITV plc under the licensee of "ITV Broadcasting Limited". Carlton has been branded on air as "ITV1" since 28 October 2002, and as "ITV" since 14 January 2013. Carlton legally exists currently listed on Companies House as a privately owned company, and its previous subsidiary Carlton UK Television Limited which is now known as ITV Consumer Limited and legally operates ITV plc's websites. As Carlton's name has no relation to its region, its on-screen identity has been completely removed (along with those of HTV, LWT and GMTV). Other regions have kept their original company name as a region name and in their local ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Mervyn
William Mervyn Pickwoad (3 January 1912 – 6 August 1976) was an English actor best known for his portrayal of the bishop in the clerical comedy ''All Gas and Gaiters'', the old gentleman in ''The Railway Children'' and Inspector Charles Rose in ''The Odd Man'' and its sequels. Life and career Mervyn was born in Nairobi, British East Africa, but educated in Britain at Forest School, Snaresbrook, before embarking on a stage career, spending five years in provincial theatre. He made his West End debut in '' The Guinea Pig'' at the Criterion Theatre in 1946, before parts in plays such as ''Lend Me Robin'' at the Embassy Theatre, the comedy ''Ring Round the Moon'', '' The Mortimer Touch'', ''A Woman of No Importance'' by Oscar Wilde at the Savoy Theatre in 1953 and ''Charley's Aunt''. Mervyn's later stage roles included those of O'Trigger in ''The Rivals'', Lord Greenham in the comedy ''Aren't We All?'' and Sir Patrick Cullen in '' The Doctor's Dilemma''. Although he was admired ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoffrey Reed (actor)
Sir Geoffrey Sandford Reed, King's Counsel, KC (14 March 1892 – 31 December 1970) was a justice of the Supreme Court of South Australia and the first Director-General of Security and head of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO). Early life He was born in Port Pirie, South Australia, Port Pirie on 14 March 1892, the first child of William Reed and his wife Elizabeth, née Lathlean. William Reed was a Methodism, Wesleyan clergyman, and Geoffrey was educated at Prince Alfred College, a Methodist Church of Australasia, Methodist school. Reed studied law at the University of Adelaide and was admitted as a solicitor and barrister on 25 April 1914. He enlisted in the First Australian Imperial Force, Australian Imperial Force (AIF) on 18 February 1918, and was married later the same year to Kathleen Matthews. He was posted to England and France and served with a supply depot. He was discharged in Adelaide on 21 May 1919. Through the 1920s and 1930s, Reed became a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Morgan (actor)
Charles Morgan (21 July 1909 – May 1994) was a Welsh actor. Selected filmography * ''Train of Events'' (1949) – Second plain clothes man (segment "The Actor") * ''Radio Cab Murder'' (1954) – J. L. MacLaren * '' The One That Got Away'' (1957) – Manager at Hucknall (uncredited) * ''Hell Is a City'' (1960) – Laurie Lovett * ''Cash on Demand'' (1961) – Det. Sgt. Collins (uncredited) * ''The Day the Earth Caught Fire'' (1961) – Foreign Editor (uncredited) * ''The Pot Carriers'' (1962) – Chief Disciplinary Prison Officer * '' The Boys'' (1962) – Samuel Wallace * ''Doctor Who'' (1967–1978) – Songsten / Gold Usher * ''Duffer'' (1971) – Man Fighting * '' Au Pair Girls'' (1972) – Fred * ''Armaguedon'' (1977) * ''Quincy's Quest'' (1979) – Narrator * ''The Return of the Soldier ''The Return of the Soldier'' is the debut novel of English novelist Rebecca West, first published in 1918. The novel recounts the return of the shell shocked Captain Chris Baldry from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les White (actor)
James Leslie White (9 September 1890 – 27 April 1927) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ... (VFL). White, from the Hawthorn Rovers originally, was predominantly a defender but could also play as a centreman. Injury caused him to miss Essendon's 1911 premiership but he was on a halfback flank when they claimed back-to-back premierships the following season. He died of pneumonia on 27 April 1927, aged 36. References * *Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). ''The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers''. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.Essendon Football Club profile 1890 births 1927 deaths Australian rules footballers from Melbourne Essendon Football Club ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judith Arthy
Judith Anne Arthy (born 12 November 1940 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia) is an Australian actress, now retired, and writer. Judith Arthy began her theatrical career in a production of Arthur Miller's The Crucible with the Brisbane Repertory Theatre in July, 1957. From 1961 appearances in Sydney - initially in Alan Seymour's ''The One Day of the Year'' - and later in Melbourne, a successful run of ''The Fantasticks''. Arthy appeared on Australian television from 1962 and made her cinematic debut in the 1966 Australian film ''They're a Weird Mob''. Arthy began an extended stay in the UK in 1966, inaugurating a series of British television credits with a guest spot on '' The Baron''. Subsequent credits included ''Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)''; episode 1 of the ''Lord Peter Wimsey (TV series)'', (''Clouds of Witness''); ''Masterpiece Theatre''; and ''Z-Cars''. Arthy made her London West End stage debut in 1969 with William Douglas-Home's ''The Secretary Bird'' playing opposit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ITV (TV Network)
ITV is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network. It was launched in 1955 as Independent Television to provide competition to BBC Television (established in 1936). ITV is the oldest commercial network in the UK. Since the passing of the Broadcasting Act 1990, it has been legally known as Channel 3 to distinguish it from the other analogue channels at the time, BBC1, BBC2 and Channel 4. ITV was for four decades a network of separate companies which provided regional television services and also shared programmes between each other to be shown on the entire network. Each franchise was originally owned by a different company. After several mergers, the fifteen regional franchises are now held by two companies: ITV plc, which runs the ITV1 channel, and STV Group, which runs the STV channel. The ITV network is a separate entity from ITV plc, the company that resulted from the merger of Granada plc and Carlton Communications in 2004. ITV plc holds the Channel 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annette Andre
Annette Andre (born 24 June 1939) is an Australian actress best known for her work on British television throughout the 1960s and 1970s. Early life and early career The daughter of an upholsterer, Annette Andre was born in Drummoyne, Australia, as Annette Christine Andreallo. She was brought up in Sydney and educated at Brigidine College, Sydney. She began work as a ballet dancer at the age of 4 at an academy linked to the Australian Ballet. At 15, she decided to stop ballet and pursue acting because she realised that she was not yet 16, the legal age to work in acting. Andre enrolled in a radio training school and her first radio role was in the serial radio drama called ''Kid Grayson Rides the Range''. Her first role was in the television movie '' If It's a Rose''. Her other Australian television performances included ''Slaughter of St Teresa's Day''. Later career She went to the UK in 1963 and was cast in ''Emerald Soup''. Her first film role was in '' This Is My Street'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Cope
Kenneth Charles Cope (born 14 April 1931) is an English retired actor and scriptwriter. He is best known for his roles as Marty Hopkirk in ''Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)'', Jed Stone in ''Coronation Street'' and Ray Hilton in ''Brookside (TV series), Brookside''. Early life Kenneth Cope was born on 14 April 1931 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England. Career Cope began playing character roles in films from the mid 1950's, and between 1961 and 1966, gained greater attention for his regular role in ''Coronation Street'' as the shady Jed Stone, a part he later returned to in 2008. The appearance led to the recording of a novelty pop single, "Hands Off, Stop Mucking About", with Tony Hatch. Although it was not a hit, it led to a regular slot as a disc jockey with Radio Luxembourg (English), Radio Luxembourg. Cope also appeared in the satirical series ''That Was The Week That Was'' from 1962 until 1963. He played Subutai in the 1965 film of the life of Genghis Khan, and in the same ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ITC Entertainment
The Incorporated Television Company (ITC), or ITC Entertainment as it was referred to in the United States, was a British company involved in production and distribution of television programmes. History Incorporated Television Programme Company Television mogul Lew Grade set up the Incorporated Television Programme Company (ITP) with Prince Littler and Val Parnell in 1954. Originally designed to be a contractor for the UK's new ITV network, the company failed to win a contract when the Independent Television Authority felt that doing so would give too much control in the entertainment business to the Grade family's companies (which included large talent agencies and theatre interests) although the ITA said that ITP were free to make their own programmes which they could sell to the new network companies. ITP put most of the production budget into producing one show, ''The Adventures of Robin Hood'' (ITV, 1955–59). However, the winner of one of the contracts, the Associated Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
