No. Title Channel 4 Transmissions (UK)
1 My Late Lamented Friend and Partner Saturday 4th April 1992, 9.00pm (N)
 

My Late Lamented Friend and Partner was shown in 1992 as part of the Channel 4 TV Heaven retrospective strand that was hosted by comedy writer and broadcaster Frank Muir. The channel set aside its regular programming for 13 consecutive Saturday nights inviting viewers to wallow in telly-based nostalgia, with each week's selection focusing on a particular year. Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) formed a part of the 1969 evening in the ninth week of the series.

 

As this would be a very dull page otherwise, we present details of all 13 editions of TV Heaven.

 

 
No. Title Channel 4 Transmissions (UK)
1

TV Heaven 1967

Saturday 8th February 1992, 8.00pm (N)

Brief reminders of 1967 television highlights plus four complete programmes...

8.05pm: At Last the 1948 Show - Swedish Television Compilation
8.50pm: Coronation Street - Elsie Tanner's Wedding Day
10.00pm: Armchair Theatre - A Magnum for Schneider, the pilot programme for Callan
11.05pm: The Frost Programme - David Frost interviews insurance swindler Emil Savundra

2

TV Heaven 1963

Saturday 15th February 1992, 8.00pm (N)

Brief reminders of 1963 television highlights plus three complete programmes...

8.05pm: This Week - Bryan Magee discusses satirical comedy with Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller and others
8.55pm: The Lover by Harold Pinter, starring Alan Badel and Vivien Merchant
10.05pm: The Avengers - The Gilded Cage, starring Patrick Macnee and Honor Blackman

3

TV Heaven 1974

Saturday 22nd February 1992, 8.00pm (N)

Brief reminders of 1974 television highlights plus three complete programmes...

8.05pm: Thick as Thieves - first episode of the Clement and Le Frenais comedy starring John Thaw
8.55pm: Armchair Cinema - Regan, starring John Thaw and Dennis Waterman, led to The Sweeney
10.35pm: This Week - focusing on the National Front in the lead-up to the 1974 General Election

4

TV Heaven 1965

Saturday 29th February 1992, 8.00pm (N)

Brief reminders of 1965 television highlights plus four complete programmes...

8.05pm: The Saint - The Scorpion, starring Roger Moore and Nyree Dawn Porter
9.30pm: The Woody Allen Show - the New York comedian's Granada Television special
10.10pm: The Human Jungle - Struggle for a Mind, starring Herbert Lom and Joan Collins
11.10pm: Tempo - A Tale of Two Talents, documentary about dancer Lynn Seymour and singer Tom Jones

5

TV Heaven 1971

Saturday 7th March 1992, 8.00pm (N)

Brief reminders of 1971 television highlights plus three complete programmes...

8.05pm: Six Dates with Barker - The Odd Job, starring Ronnie Barker, David Jason and Joan Sims
8.50pm: Upstairs Downstairs - On Trial, colour version of the first episode of the celebrated LWT drama
10.00pm: The Persuaders! - Overture, introductory adventure for Tony Curtis and Roger Moore

6

TV Heaven 1978

Saturday 14th March 1992, 8.00pm (N)

Brief reminders of 1978 television highlights plus three complete programmes...

8.05pm: Edward and Mrs Simpson - The Abdication, starring Edward Fox and Cynthia Harris
9.30pm: The South Bank Show - Ken Dodd talks to Melvyn Bragg at Manchester Palace Theatre, where he had personally funded six weeks of his one-man show in order to keep the theatre operating (we love Ken!)
10.10pm: Rumpole of the Bailey - Rumpole and the Younger Generation, starring Leo McKern

7

TV Heaven 1970

Saturday 21st March 1992, 8.00pm (N)

Brief reminders of 1970 television highlights plus three complete programmes...

8.05pm: On the Buses - Radio Control, starring Reg Varney, Bob Grant and Stephen Lewis
8.55pm: The Tribe That Hides From Man - Adrian Cowell's documentary about the Kreen-Akrore tribe
10.20pm: Manhunt - Intent to Steal, starring Peter Barkworth and George Sewell

8

TV Heaven 1960

Saturday 28th March 1992, 8.00pm (N)

Brief reminders of 1960 television highlights plus four complete programmes...

8.05pm: Police Surgeon - Easy Money, starring Ian Hendry and a young Michael Crawford
8.55pm: Living for Kicks - documentary in which Daniel Farson talks to a group of Brighton teenagers
9.55pm: Armchair Theatre - Lena, O My Lena by Alun Owen, starring Peter McEnery and Billie Whitelaw
11.00pm: The Strange World of Gurney Slade - opening episode of Anthony Newley's surreal comedy

9

TV Heaven 1969

Saturday 4th April 1992, 8.00pm (N)

Brief reminders of 1969 television highlights plus three complete programmes...

8.05pm: The Galton and Simpson Comedy - An Extra Bunch of Daffodils, starring Stratford Johns
9.00pm: Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) - My Late Lamented Friend and Partner, starring Mike Pratt, Kenneth Cope, Annette André and Frank Windsor
10.05pm: Johnny Cash in San Quentin - documentary about Cash's famous performance at one of America's toughest prisons, with candid interviews with prisoners on Death Row

10

TV Heaven 1976

Saturday 11th April 1992, 8.00pm (N)

Brief reminders of 1976 television highlights plus four complete programmes...

8.05pm: The Fosters - God's Business is Good Business, starring Norman Beaton and Lenny Henry
8.55pm: Ready When You Are, Mr McGill by Jack Rosenthal, starring Joe Black
10.05pm: Bouquet of Barbed Wire - Repercussions, starring Frank Finlay, Sheila Allen and Susan Penhaligon
11.10pm: Aquarius - Reggae, documentary about the rise of reggae music in Britain

11

TV Heaven 1950s

Saturday 18th April 1992, 8.00pm (N)

Brief reminders of 1950s television highlights plus five complete programmes...

8.05pm: Oh Boy! - pop music show featuring Cliff Richard, Marty Wilde, Dudley Moore and Billy Fury
8.45pm: The Bob Monkhouse Show - with guests Morecambe and Wise and the Beverley Sisters
9.35pm: Double Your Money - pilot show of the long-running quiz starring Hughie Green
10.15pm: The Adventures of Robin Hood - The Moneylender, starring Richard Greene and Leo McKern
10.50pm: Dial 999 - The Killing Job, starring Robert Beatty, William Hartnell, Sydney Tafler, Vera Day, Peter Reynolds and Duncan Lamont

12

TV Heaven 1966

Saturday 25th April 1992, 8.00pm (N)

Brief reminders of 1966 television highlights plus three complete programmes...

8.05pm: George and the Dragon - George Meets the Dragon, starring Sid James and Peggy Mount
8.55pm: Dare I Weep, Dare I Mourn by John Le Carre, starring James Mason, Hugh Griffith and Kay Walsh
10.00pm: Danger Man - The Paper Chase, starring Patrick McGoohan, Joan Greenwood and Aubrey Morris

13

TV Heaven 1968

Saturday 2nd May 1992, 8.00pm (N)

Brief reminders of 1968 television highlights plus four complete programmes...

8.05pm: Please Sir! - The Welcome Mat, starring John Alderton, Deryck Guyler and Joan Sanderson
9.15pm: The World of Whicker - The Cats Eyes Man, Alan Whicker talks to their inventor Percy Shaw
9.55pm: Do Not Adjust Your Set, starring Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, David Jason and the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band
10.25pm: The Prisoner - The Girl Who Was Death, starring Patrick McGoohan, Kenneth Griffith and Justine Lord

 

Key to Annotations

(N) = Information confirmed in National newspapers

(L) = Information confirmed in Local newspapers

(RT) = Information confirmed in Radio Times magazine

(!) = Very late schedule change

(X) = Scheduled transmission cancelled

(U) = Episode unscreened in this run

 
 

Section compiled by:
Simon Coward, David Hamilton, Alan Hayes, James Heath and Simon Morris

 

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