SeriesSupernatural Ghosts & Haunting Comedy Horror

Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)1969

Name: Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
Genre: Supernatural, Ghosts & Haunting, Comedy Horror
Released: 1969-09-21
Rating: 7.4

“Murder Ain't What It Used To Be!”

Created by Dennis Spooner

7.4

Crypt Score

Blended from 2 sources

IMDb 7.7TMDB 7.0

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Year

1969

Seasons

Network

ITV1

Status

Ended

The premise

Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) is a British private detective television series. 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.

Horror Vault's take

When a private detective agency loses one of its partners under violent circumstances, the investigation into who is responsible takes on a decidedly unearthly dimension. The deceased Hopkirk refuses to leave his colleague Jeff Randall to go it alone, returning as a ghost only Randall can perceive. Together they tackle cases that the living world alone could never quite crack, with Hopkirk's spectral perspective proving an unlikely — and often comic — asset. This cult British series blends mystery, the paranormal, and dry wit into something genuinely unlike anything else of its era.

Episode Guide

· 4h 16m total· Sep 1969 → Mar 1970

S1.E1 · My Late Lamented Friend and PartnerPremiere
Sep 21, 1969
In the pilot episode Marty Hopkirk is murdered by the husband of a client but returns as a ghost to help Jeff bring the man responsible for his murder to justice.
S1.E2 · A Disturbing Case
Sep 28, 1969
Concerned for Jeff's mental health Jeannie sends Jeff to Dr. Conrad at the Lambert Clinic where it turns out he is the mastermind of a series of robberies of his patients using hypnotic suggestion, forcing Marty to try to find a way to brea
S1.E3 · All Work and No Pay
Oct 5, 1969
Two eccentric conmen brothers (The Foster Brothers) who claim to be spiritualists try to convince Jeannie that Marty is haunting her as a poltergeist using electronic equipment
S1.E4 · Never Trust a Ghost
Oct 12, 1969
Two enemy agents murder a high British Secret Service official and his wife and pass themselves as their impostors in their own home to steal important documents
S1.E5 · That's How Murder Snowballs
Oct 19, 1969
When a theatre performer is murdered by a loaded gun during one of his acts Jeff joins the theatre as a mind reader to investigate his murder and hunt down the killer. David Jason appears as Abel