Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
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| Also known as | 'My Partner the Ghost' |
| Created by | Dennis Spooner |
| Starring |
Mike Pratt Kenneth Cope Annette Andre |
| Theme music composer | Edwin Astley |
| Composer(s) | Edwin Astley |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 26 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Monty Berman |
| Running time | 49 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Scoton ITC Entertainment |
| Distributor |
ITV Studios NBCUniversal Television Distribution |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV |
| Picture format | 35 mm film 4:3 Colour |
| Audio format | Mono |
| Original release | 21 September 1969 – 28 March 1970 |
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) is a British private detective television series, starring Mike Pratt and Kenneth Cope respectively as the private detectives Jeffrey Randall and Martin Hopkirk. The series was created by Dennis Spooner and produced by Monty Berman, and was first broadcast during 1969 and 1970. When it was transmitted in the United States, it was given the title My Partner the Ghost. In Spain it was entitled El Detective Fantasma (The Phantom Detective).
In the initial episode Hopkirk is murdered during an investigation, but returns as a ghost. Randall is the only main character able to see or hear him, although certain minor characters are also able to do so in various circumstances throughout the series.
ITC Entertainment produced a single series of 26 episodes during 1968 and 1969, which was aired between September 1969 and March 1970. The pilot episode was originally broadcast on ITV in the United Kingdom on Friday 19 September 1969 on ATV Midlands. LWT broadcast the pilot on 21 September 1969.
The series was remade in 2000, starring British comedy duo Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer.
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. As of October 2014, there had been no further developments concerning this.
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) was conceived by producer Dennis Spooner in 1967. Spooner had a keen interest in the paranormal and ghostly phenomena, which he believed would be an inspired idea for a television series, incorporating it with the characteristic crime, drama and action of other earlier productions in the 1960s such as The Avengers and The Saint.
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