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  • Actors: Kenneth Cope, Mike Pratt
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 7
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: ITV DVD
  • DVD Release Date: 7 Oct 2002
  • Run Time: 729 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00006JNBW
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 42,428 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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The twist of private-eye show Randall & Hopkirk Deceased is that in the first episode, gumshoe Marty Hopkirk (Kenneth Cope) is killed off by the villains, only to pop up in an immaculate white suit as a ghost visible only to his hardboiled partner Jeff Randall (Mike Pratt). In theory, the supernatural streak--which meant a complex set of rules about Marty's appearances and effects on the physical world--should lead the show into wilder territory, but most episodes squander the team's unique abilities on ordinary cases about blackmail and murder-for-profit. A persistent subplot has the living Jeff getting cosy with the dead Marty's widow Jean (Annette Andre) to the discomfort of her late husband. The elementary effects and the nice underplaying of the leads have a certain period charm, and the show could afford a high calibre of special guest villains and dolly birds. A 1990s remake with Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer hasn't obliterated memories of the original. --Kim Newman

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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars They dont make them like this anymore, 26 Jul 2004
By Robert J. Mould (London England) - See all my reviews
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I was only a child when i used to watch the series on Tv and it is and was just a brilliant programme.Great atmosphere, Humour, Lovely ladies and classic villians.It brings back great memories of great times for me.The remake should never have been made.AWFUL!!
Buy this collection its Brilliant!!
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39 of 40 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The original and best, 1 Oct 2003
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Now, whatever you do, don't get confused with the re-make.
If you've not and are holding blurred memories of that gaudy little programme you saw repeated on BB2 in th nineties or on daytime telly in the 80s then you've got the one. If you sat down and watched with regularity you'll need no persuading this is worth the money.

If not, why not.

True, the whimsy may be a tad affected and the special effects are barely up to what Doctor Who was up to at the time, but this is charming and funny and gritty.

Yes, gritty.

Mike Randall is a downest of down at heels detectyives who solves his cases with the aid of the mischievious sprite that is the ghost of his dead partner, Marty Hopkirk. This much you should already be aware of. If you thought Emilia Fox was a fox, however, just wait until you get to know Annette Andre's wonderful widow, Jeannie.

The three actors work wonderfully well together and the double act of the titular characters is as pleasanly grating, as Jeannie is pleasing to the eye.

It's gritty because so many of the cases the get involved with are pretty humdrum affairs with their fair share of base criminals and ineffectual shyters. Occasionally there'll be a supernatural twist but it's a sideline for the most part.

It's set in a seriously real world where heroes lose fist fights no matter how many times they win through iin the end and the fantasy aspects sparkle through with gusto.

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24 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Classic 1960s British TV!!, 13 Dec 2004
By Mr. N. Morgan "Green Knight" (High Wycombe, UK) - See all my reviews
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Another excellent series from the Lou Grade stable (who gave us such classics as The Avengers & the Gerry Anderson puppet classics Thunderbirds & Captain Scarlet to name but a few) and first shown in 1968, this is a typical gem from that golden age of UK television where programmes of a consistently high standard were made. With a few exceptions, this is sadly not the case nowadays.

Set around a struggling PI agency called Randall & Hopkirk where one of the partners in the firm (Marty Hopkirk) gets bumped off in a car accident & comes back as a ghost whom only Jeff Randall the other partner in the firm (and one or two other incidental characters) can see. This makes for some really comical moments, and the storylines whilst being typical PI hokum are very easy to watch and follow with plenty to keep the grey matter occupied without being stereotyped or corny. Good entertainment & plenty of nostalgia for those like me who long to return to that sixties sense of sunny optimism that disappeared so soon in the 1970s.

Yet another high quality digital restoration in full colour from the Carlton Visual Entertainment stable, this is the entire collection of 26 episodes. The sound is only in mono, but what do you expect for 1968? And there isn't much in the way of extras, just some stills & a few trailers, but to me they're just the decorations on the cake anyhoo - it's the programmes themselves that matter!

Don't confuse this set with that AWFUL 90s re-make starring Reeves & Mortimer, this is the original and the best. You'll be playing the theme tune over and over again in your head!

Recommended!

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