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''Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)'' is a British
private detective
A private investigator (often abbreviated to PI and informally called a private eye), a private detective, or inquiry agent is a person who can be hired by individuals or groups to undertake investigatory law services. Private investigators of ...
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 adverti ...
, starring
Mike Pratt and
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 (T ...
respectively as the private detectives Jeff Randall and Marty Hopkirk. The series was created by
Dennis Spooner
Dennis Spooner (1 December 1932 – 20 September 1986) was an English television writer and script editor, known primarily for his programmes about fictional spies and his work in children's television in the 1960s. He had long-lasting profess ...
and produced by
Monty Berman
Nestor Montague "Monty" Berman (16 August 1913 in Whitechapel, London, England – 14 June 2006 in London, England) was a British cinematographer and film and television producer.
Early career
Berman began his film career as a camera assistant a ...
, and was first broadcast in 1969 and 1970. In the United States, it was given the title ''My Partner the Ghost''.
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 Compan ...
produced a single series of 26 episodes in 1968 and 1969, which was aired from September 1969 to March 1970. The
pilot episode
A television pilot (also known as a pilot or a pilot episode and sometimes marketed as a tele-movie), in United States television, is a standalone episode of a television series that is used to sell a show to a television network or other distri ...
was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on 19 September 1969 by
ATV in the Midlands.
London Weekend Television
London Weekend Television (LWT) (now part of the non-franchised ITV London region) was the ITV network franchise holder for Greater London and the Home Counties at weekends, broadcasting from Fridays at 5.15 pm (7:00 pm from 1968 unt ...
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
BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. It broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history from the BBC' ...
comedy series ''Fab TV''.
Plot
In the initial episode, Hopkirk is murdered during an investigation but returns as a
ghost
A ghost is the soul or spirit of a dead person or animal that is believed to be able to appear to the living. In ghostlore, descriptions of ghosts vary widely from an invisible presence to translucent or barely visible wispy shapes, to rea ...
. Randall is the only main character able to see or hear him, though certain minor characters are also able to do so in various circumstances throughout the series, such as mediums, drunks, or those under hypnosis.
Production
Conception
The idea for the series was conceived by Dennis Spooner, who had an office adjoining producer Monty Berman at Elstree Studios. They had already collaborated on ''
The Champions
''The Champions'' is a British espionage thriller/science fiction/occult detective fiction adventure television series. It was produced by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment production company, and consists of 30 episodes broadcast in the UK on ITV ...
''. In March 1968, the pair conceived ''
Department S''. Spooner's interest in the paranormal, inspired by several feature films, contemplated the possibility of a television series featuring a ghost, and he thought a detective series would offer greater scope for storylines.
The idea was put to Head of ATV
Lew Grade
Lew Grade, Baron Grade, (born Lev Winogradsky; 25 December 1906 – 13 December 1998) was a British media proprietor and impresario. Originally a dancer, and later a talent agent, Grade's interest in television production began in 1954 ...
but he was not enthusiastic as the series lacked a leading American, which he felt would inhibit overseas sales. However, the synopsis caught the eye of
Ralph Smart
Ralph Foster Smart (27 August 1908 – 12 February 2001) was a film and television producer, director, and writer, born in England to Australian parents.
Biography
Smart found work in Britain with Anthony Asquith and later alongside the film dir ...
, who had worked on ''
The Adventures of Robin Hood
''The Adventures of Robin Hood'' is a 1938 American Technicolor swashbuckler film from Warner Bros. Pictures. It was produced by Hal B. Wallis and Henry Blanke, directed by Michael Curtiz and William Keighley, and stars Errol Flynn, Olivia de H ...
'', ''
The Invisible Man
''The Invisible Man'' is a science fiction novel by H. G. Wells. Originally serialized in ''Pearson's Weekly'' in 1897, it was published as a novel the same year. The Invisible Man to whom the title refers is Griffin, a scientist who has devote ...
'', and ''
Danger Man
''Danger Man'' (retitled ''Secret Agent'' in the United States for the revived series, and ''Destination Danger'' and ''John Drake'' in other overseas markets) is a British television series that was broadcast between 1960 and 1962, and again b ...
'' and he wanted to write the pilot. This convinced Lew Grade to green-light the series.
Casting
Jeff Randall, originally named Steven Randall, was considered for the comedian
Dave Allen who had made ''Tonight with Dave Allen'' for Lew Grade's ATV. When Allen signed for the
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attention turned to Mike Pratt who had appeared in a number of episodes of various
ITC series and was deemed to be right for the part by the production team including
Cyril Frankel
Cyril Solomon Israel Frankel (28 December 19217 June 2017) was a British film and television director. His career in television began in 1953 and he directed for over 30 TV programmes until 1990. He directed many episodes of popular British TV sho ...
, creative consultant on the series.
Marty Hopkirk proved more difficult and some actors were considered after scouring the pages of casting resource
Spotlight
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* Spotlight, a searchlight
* Stage lighting instrument, stage lighting instruments, of several types
Art, entertainment, an ...
. Frankel was at a new Italian restaurant in
Soho, London
Soho is an area of the City of Westminster, part of the West End of London. Originally a fashionable district for the aristocracy, it has been one of the main entertainment districts in the capital since the 19th century.
The area was develo ...
and sitting at the next table was Kenneth Cope, with his wife, and Frankel thought he would be right for the part. Frankel told Monty Berman, directed a screen test and Cope got the part.
Jean Hopkirk, not in the original concept, is portrayed by Australian actress Annette Andre. She was well known to the production team, having appeared in six episodes of ''
The Saint
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* Simon Templar, also known as "The Saint", the protagonist of a book series by Leslie Charteris and subsequent adaptations:
** ''The Saint'' (film series) (1938–43), starring Louis Hayward, George Sanders an ...
'' as well as ''
The Baron''. She had been short listed for one of the lead roles in ''The Champions'' but lost to
Alexandra Bastedo
Alexandra Lendon Bastedo (9 March 1946 – 12 January 2014) was a British actress, best known for her role as secret agent Sharron Macready in the 1968 British espionage/science fiction adventure series ''The Champions''. Bastedo was a vegetar ...
, reportedly at the whim of an American
CBS
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executive.
Filming and locations
Filming commenced with the pilot in May 1968 with the aim to shoot a 48-minute episode over a fortnight working Monday to Friday from 8:30am to 5:30pm with some filming on alternate Sundays. The bulk of filming with the main cast was on two sound stages at
ABC Elstree in Borehamwood where ''Department S'' and other series were also in production. Establishing shots would use library footage. Location sequences were usually filmed by a second unit using stand-ins or the guest cast who were only needed for one episode filmed by one director while the main cast were completing the previous episode with another director. To keep costs down, a simple
jump cut
A jump cut is a cut (transition), cut in film editing in which a single continuous sequential shot of a subject is broken into two parts, with a piece of footage being removed in order to render the effect of jumping forward in time. Camera posit ...
was used to make Marty Hopkirk disappear and reappear. Walking through walls was costly and time consuming using an image reflected on plain glass at an angle in front of the camera often used in the theatre called
Pepper's ghost
Pepper's ghost is an illusion technique used in the theatre, cinema, amusement parks, museums, television, and concerts.
It is named after the English scientist John Henry Pepper (1821–1900) who began popularising the effect with a theatre ...
.
The exterior of the Randall & Hopkirk's office was a doorway at the side of Adam's Furniture Fabric on the corner of Kymberly Road and Springfield Road in Harrow, now completely redeveloped as St George's Shopping Centre. Jeff Randall's flat was located at Hanover House, close to the corner of St John's Wood High Street, and Jean Hopkirk's flat was on Lauderdale Road, Maida Vale, London.
Numerous country houses in the northern Greater London and Hertfordshire area were used for the external shots of the many mansions featured in the series. In the episode "
For the Girl Who Has Everything", the exterior of
Hilfield Castle
Hilfield Castle, also Hilfield Lodge, is a country estate and house about east of Watford and southwest of Aldenham, in Hertfordshire, on the outskirts of London in the United Kingdom. The estate contains two large reservoirs, one of which wer ...
in
Aldenham
Aldenham is a village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, north-east of Watford and southwest of Radlett. It was mentioned in the Domesday Book and is one of Hertsmere's 14 conservation areas. The village has eight pre-19th-century listed build ...
was used for Kim Wentworth's (
Lois Maxwell
Lois Ruth Maxwell (born Lois Ruth Hooker; 14 February 1927 – 29 September 2007) was a Canadian actress who portrayed Miss Moneypenny in the first fourteen Eon-produced ''James Bond'' films (1962–1985). She was the first actress to play the ...
's) home. The Tudor-looking Edgwarebury Hotel on Barnet Lane in Elstree, now The Manor Elstree, was used in the episodes "
Who Killed Cock Robin?" and "
The House on Haunted Hill
''House on Haunted Hill'' is a 1959 American horror film produced and directed by William Castle, written by Robb White and starring Vincent Price, Carol Ohmart, Richard Long (actor), Richard Long, Alan Marshal (actor), Alan Marshal, Carolyn Cr ...
" and a plethora of other ITC series. The exterior of the Lambert Clinic in the comical episode "
A Disturbing Case", written by Mike Pratt himself, is now the Institute of Grocery Distribution in
Letchmore Heath, Hertfordshire. The Seaton Residence, a large white house with Doric columns at the front used in "
The Smile Behind the Veil" episode is the Dyrham Park Country Club, the club house of a golf club in Galley Lane,
Barnet
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.
Woburn Abbey
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in
Woburn, Bedfordshire
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, is featured in the episode "
The Man from Nowhere" and is visited by Jeannie and a Marty imposter.
Cars
The car Jeff Randall drove was a white
Vauxhall Victor
The Vauxhall Victor is a large family car produced by Vauxhall from 1957 until 1976. The Victor was introduced to replace the outgoing Wyvern model. It was renamed Vauxhall VX Series in 1976 and continued in production until 1978, by which time ...
registration RXD996F which was also used in two episodes of ''Department S''; in that series
Joel Fabiani
Joel Fabiani (born September 28, 1936, in Watsonville, California) is an American film, television and theater actor. Known for his leading role in the British TV series '' Department S'', Fabiani has guest starred in ''The FBI'', ''Barnaby Jone ...
's character Stewart Sullivan drove a white Vauxhall with the registration RXD997F. The red Mini used by Jean Hopkirk was registered in May 1964 and had been used in an episode of ''The Saint'' (1968), an episode of ''Department S'' (1969) and driven by
Tony Curtis
Tony Curtis (born Bernard Schwartz; June 3, 1925September 29, 2010) was an American actor whose career spanned six decades, achieving the height of his popularity in the 1950s (Kansas Raiders, 1950) and early 1960s. He acted in more than 100 f ...
's character Danny Wilde in an episode of ''
The Persuaders!
''The Persuaders!'' is an action-comedy series starring Tony Curtis and Roger Moore, produced by ITC Entertainment, and initially broadcast on ITV and ABC in 1971. The show has been called 'the last major entry in the cycle of adventure serie ...
'' (1970).
Music
The theme music was composed by
Edwin Astley, who in the previous years had composed many themes and incidental music for film series produced and distributed by
ITC and its forerunners. Astley used the harpsichord because of its distinctive sound and used the C minor key because of the "death" part in it. In all Astley composed 188 numbered cues used throughout the series. Music composed by Astley from ''The Champions'' was briefly used, as was music by
Albert Elms
Albert Elms (28 February 1920 – 14 October 2009) was an English composer and arranger who worked mainly for television and film.
Albert Elms was born in Newington, Kent, England, and died in Southampton. His love of music drove him to ...
from the same series. Music was also used by Astley from his own library of music, the
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library, and other music composed by
Robert Farnon
Robert Joseph Farnon CM (24 July 191723 April 2005) was a Canadian-born composer, conductor, musical arranger and trumpet player. As well as being a composer of original works (often in the light music genre), he was commissioned by film and ...
,
Johnny Hawksworth
Johnny Hawksworth (2 February 1924 – 13 February 2009) was a British bass player and composer who lived and worked in Australia beginning in 1984.
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,
Sidney Torch
Sidney Torch MBE (born Sidney Torchinsky; 5 June 1908 – 16 July 1990) was a British pianist, cinema organist, conductor, orchestral arranger and a composer of light music.
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,
Vivaldi
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was an Italian composer, virtuoso violinist and impresario of Baroque music. Regarded as one of the greatest Baroque composers, Vivaldi's influence during his lifetime was widespread a ...
.
Characters and cast
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Mike Pratt as Jeff Randall, a successful (albeit "slightly seedy"
and often morally ambiguous) private detective whose success in solving mysteries becomes inevitably greater once he has the benefits and
paranormal
Paranormal events are purported phenomena described in popular culture, folk, and other non-scientific bodies of knowledge, whose existence within these contexts is described as being beyond the scope of normal scientific understanding. Nota ...
abilities of his deceased friend and partner Marty Hopkirk. Randall is short-tempered, becoming particularly irritated with certain situations and people, particularly the ghost of Marty.
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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 (T ...
as Marty Hopkirk, a private detective and Jeff's partner, who is murdered in the line of duty after being run down by a
car
A car or automobile is a motor vehicle with wheels. Most definitions of ''cars'' say that they run primarily on roads, seat one to eight people, have four wheels, and mainly transport people instead of goods.
The year 1886 is regarded as ...
travelling at high speed. Hopkirk dies instantly, but returns to help Jeff (the only living person who can see him) bring his killer to justice. Marty remains with Jeff throughout the entire series, a cynical, often perturbed character who torments Jeff as much as helps him.
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Annette Andre as Jeannie Hopkirk, secretary at the Randall and Hopkirk private investigation office. Widow of Marty. Though resourceful, she can be very naive and vulnerable, putting her own life in danger on many occasions.
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Ivor Dean
Ivor Donald Dean (21 December 1917 – 10 August 1974) was a British stage, film and television actor.
Biography
With his lugubrious demeanour he was often cast as world-weary police officers or butlers, and indeed it is for the role of Chief I ...
as Inspector Large (5 episodes), a lugubrious police inspector, always suspicious of Randall and looking to arrest him. Their relationship is highly adversarial, though Randall eventually helps the inspector bring the real culprits to justice.
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Richard Kerley
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Frankish language, Old Frankish and is a Compound (linguistics), compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' an ...
as Sergeant Hinds (3 episodes), Inspector Large's subordinate.
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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 Th ...
as Jennifer (2 episodes), the sister of Jeannie, who comes to London to visit her sister.
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Garfield Morgan
Thomas Timothy Garfield Morgan (19 April 1931 – 5 December 2009) was an English actor who appeared mostly on television and occasionally in films.
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(2 episodes) in different roles in each
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Michael Griffiths as Inspector Nelson (2 episodes), a police inspector who, much like Inspector Dean, treats Randall as a criminal and the first suspect for various crimes.
Other actors
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Raymond Adamson
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Born in Beckenham, then in Kent, he made his TV debut in 1956, playing a constable in ''David Copperfield''. He became typecast playing policemen or ...
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*Christopher Eedy
*Peter Jay Elliott
*Eva Enger
*Norman Eshley
*Clifford Evans (actor), Clifford Evans
*Tenniel Evans
F
*Max Faulkner (actor), Max Faulkner
*Gerald Flood
*David Forbes (actor), David Forbes
*Michael Forrest
*Dudley Foster
*Grazina Frame
*John Fraser (actor), John Fraser
*Liz Fraser
G
*Chris Gannon (actor), Chris Gannon
*John Garvin (actor), John Garvin
*Sue Gerrard
*Alan Gifford
*Michael Goldie
*Michael Goodliffe
*Howard Goorney
*Romo Gorrara
*Michael Gothard
*Michael Gover
*Michael Graham (actor), Michael Graham
*Danny Green (actor), Danny Green
*Earl Green
*Keith Grenville
*Michael Gwynn
H
*Patricia Haines
*John Hallam
*Olivia Hamnett
*Doris Hare
*Juliet Harmer
*John Harvey (actor), John Harvey
*Robin Hawdon
*David Healy (actor), David Healy
*Thomas Heathcote
*Maurice Hedley
*Drewe Henley
*Patrick Holt
*George Howe (actor), George Howe
*Stuart Hoyle
*John Hughes (actor), John Hughes
*Geoffrey Hughes (actor), Geoffrey Hughes
*Peter Hughes (actor), Peter Hughes
*Harry Hutchinson (actor), Harry Hutchinson
I
*Barrie Ingham
*Harold Innocent
J
*Freda Jackson
*Philip James (actor), Philip James
*David Jason
*Clare Jenkins
*Peter Jesson
*Robin John
*Dudley Jones
*John Glyn-Jones
*Peter Jones (actor), Peter Jones
*Patrick Jordan
K
*Bernard Kay
*Dermot Kelly (actor), Dermot Kelly
*William Kendall (actor), William Kendall
*John Kidd (actor), John Kidd
*Geoff King
L
*Ronald Lacey
*Charles Lamb (actor), Charles Lamb
*Jack Lambert (British actor), Jack Lambert
*Duncan Lamont
*Peter Lawrence (actor), Peter Lawrence
*George Lee (actor), George Lee
*Phillip Lennard
*Valerie Leon
*Sue Lloyd
*Charles Lloyd-Pack
*Harry Locke
*David Lodge (actor), David Lodge
*Maggie London
*Bessie Love
*Olga Lowe
*Cyril Luckham
*Reg Lye
M
*Victor Maddern
*Philip Madoc
*Marne Maitland
*Marie Makino
*Dolores Mantez
*Anthony Marlowe (actor), Anthony Marlowe
*Makki Marseilles
*Reginald Marsh (actor), Reginald Marsh
*
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*Paul Maxwell
*Jack MacGowran
*Alan MacNaughtan
*Neil McCallum (actor), Neil McCallum
*Neil McCarthy (actor), Neil McCarthy
*Stanley Meadows
*Mary Merrall
*Jane Merrow
*William Mervyn
*Billy Milton
*Kieron Moore
*Charles Morgan (actor), Charles Morgan
*Donald Morley (actor), Donald Morley
*George Murcell
N
*Gwen Nelson
*Patrick Newell
O
*Brian Oulton
*Richard Owens (actor), Richard Owens
P
*Ron Pember
*Richard Pescud
*Terence Plummer
*Nosher Powell
R
*Carol Rachelle
*Ronald Radd
*Michael Radford
*John Rae (actor), John Rae
*Michael Rathborne
*Bill Reed (actor), Bill Reed
*Geoffrey Reed (actor), Geoffrey Reed
*Cyril Renison
*Marjorie Rhodes
*John Richmond (actor), John Richmond
*Michael Ripper
*Colin Rix
*Anton Rodgers
*Edina Ronay
*Adrian Ropes
*Jan Rossini
*Robert Russell (English actor), Robert Russell
*Madge Ryan
*Paddy Ryan (actor), Paddy Ryan
S
*Andrew Sachs
*Anthony Sagar
*Leslie Schofield
*Alex Scott (actor), Alex Scott
*George Sewell
*Cyril Shaps
*Ann Sharp
*John Sharp (actor), John Sharp
*Michael Sheard
*David Sinclair (actor), David Sinclair
*Kevin Smith
*Walter Sparrow
*William Squire
*Tony Steedman
*Peter Stephens (actor), Peter Stephens
*David Stoll (actor), David Stoll
*John Styles (entertainer), John Styles
*Dudley Sutton
*Ingrid Sylvester
T
*Larry Taylor (actor), Larry Taylor
*Nigel Terry
*Tony Thawnton
*Hilary Tindall
*John A. Tinn
*Frederick Treves (actor), Frederick Treves
V
*Colin Vancao
*Peter Vaughan
*Sue Vaughan
*Don Vernon
W
*John Walker (actor), John Walker
*Gary Watson
*Kenneth Watson (actor), Kenneth Watson
*David Webb (anti-censorship campaigner), David Webb
*Timothy West
*Phillip Weston
*Les White (actor), Les White
*Frank Windsor
*Beverly Winn
*Hilary Wontner
*Betty Woolfe
*Jack Woolgar
*Katya Wyeth
Y
*Jeremy Young
*Raymond Young
Z
*Nik Zaran
Episodes
Airdates given here are for
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. It was the only ITV region to screen all 26 episodes without breaks in transmission. Other ITV (TV network), ITV regions varied airdates and transmission order.
Filming took place between May 1968 and July 1969.
Broadcast
The 26 episodes were broadcast in the UK between 26 September 1969 and 31 July 1971; ATV dropped the show after 20 odd episodes had been transmitted. In the United States it was syndicated 1973 under the title ''My Partner the Ghost''. The series has been shown in 2020 in the UK on the Sony Channel (British and Irish TV channel), Sony Channel, and again in 2022 on the channel Great! TV.
Home Media: Blu-Ray
On October 2, 2017, the complete series of ''Randall And Hopkirk (Deceased)'' was released on blu-ray in the UK by a company called Network. It was newly remastered to HD from the original 35mm element prints. Though listed as Region B the discs are actually Region A/B/C or Region Free meaning they will also play in American blu-ray players as well. The episodes on the discs are listed in production order instead of the air date order.
Remakes
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In 2000–2001, the series was remade by Working Title Films for the
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with a more elaborate storyline, starring Vic Reeves as Hopkirk (once again in a white suit) and Bob Mortimer as Randall, with Emilia Fox as Jeannie. Two series were made. The show was produced and primarily written by Charlie Higson, who also directed some episodes, and featured numerous writers including Gareth Roberts (writer), Gareth Roberts, Mark Gatiss, Paul Whitehouse and Jeremy Dyson. The premise of the show was the same, but the circumstances of Hopkirk's death were changed.
On 10 May 2010, the SyFy Channel announced that it had secured the rights to ''Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)'' and were looking to develop a pilot, and in January 2011, ''Entertainment Weekly'' announced that Jane Espenson and Drew Z. Greenberg would be writing a pilot for SyFy. Espenson told io9 that "The version we're proposing is quite different in tone and content from the original." She added, "We took the basic premise of a Ghost Detective and his still-living partner and invented our own take on it."