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Images © ITV Studios, 1968 /
Composition @ Alan Hayes © 2024 |
Writer: Ralph Smart
• Director: Cyril Frankel |
ORIGINAL ITC SYNOPSIS |
A private
investigator finds himself with a ghost as a
partner - the ghost of his own former partner
who has been murdered. And a strange new
relationship begins.
Jeff Randall
and Marty Hopkirk are private investigators.
They are not only partners but close friends -
that is, until the day Marty Hopkirk is run down
by a car and killed.
An accident?
So it seems until the startled Jeff Randall is
faced by Hopkirk, suddenly materialising to tell
his former partner that the killing was
deliberate murder, the outcome of a divorce case
the firm was working on for a Mrs Fay
Sorrensen. They had collected evidence against
her husband, but she had met her death in a
bath, apparently from heart failure.
In turn,
Marty Hopkirk had been killed because Sorrensen
guessed that Hopkirk suspected Fay Sorrensen had
been murdered.
Hopkirk now
wants to avenge not only his own death but bring
Sorrensen to book for the murder of his wife. A
girl named Happy Lee has also to be cleared
because the police suspect her of having been
the hit-and-run driver who killed Hopkirk.
The ghostly
Hopkirk explains that Jeff Randall is the only
person who can see him when he materialises.
Even Hopkirk's wife, Jean, will be unable to do
so. And another reason for Hopkirk's
materialisation is that he is worried what will
happen to his wife: he wants to ensure that
Randall will take care of her - but not
romantically!
Randall soon
discovers the advantages of having a ghost as a
partner. Hopkirk can get from one place to
another instantaneously. He can also walk
through walls, and does so when they are seeking
a beatnik who witnessed Hopkirk's murder but has
been bought off by Sorrensen's agents.
Sorrensen
walks into a trap set for him when Randall
deliberately allows himself to be the bait for a
further murder attempt. But this time, there's a
ghost at hand to prevent the murder and avenge
his own death.
Unfortunately
for Marty Hopkirk though, he hasn't been able to
complete the case before dawn, and now he is
earthbound for the next hundred years. Jeff
Randall has a ghost as a permanent partner! |
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PRODUCTION & ARCHIVE |
Production
Code:
RH/DCW/4001
Filming Dates: May-July 1968
Production Completed: Oct 1968
Recording Format: 35mm Colour Film
Archive Holding: 35mm Colour Film |
UK REGIONAL PREMIERES |
Anglia: Sun 20 Sep 1970, 3.00pm (M)
ATV: Fri 19 Sep 1969, 7.30pm (M)
Border: Fri 9 Jan 1970, 7.30pm (M)
Channel: Fri 19 Sep 1969, 7.30pm (M)
Grampian: Thu 19 Feb 1970, 7.00pm (M)
Granada: Fri 19 Sep 1969, 7.30pm (M)
HTV: Fri 19 Sep 1969, 7.30pm (M)
LWT: Sun 21 Sep 1969, 7.25pm
Scottish: Sat 8 January 1972,
11.10pm
Southern: Sun 5 Oct 1969, 7.25pm (M)
Tyne Tees: Sun 12 July 1970, 9.05pm (M)
Ulster: Fri 19 Sep 1969, 7.30pm (M)
Westward: Fri 19 Sep 1969, 7.30pm (M)
Yorkshire: Fri 19 Sep 1969, 7.30pm (M) |
(M) =
Transmitted in Monochrome/Black and White
(M*) = Transmitted in B/W due to ITV Colour
Strike |
CHARACTERS & CAST |
Jeff
Randall
Marty Hopkirk
Jean Hopkirk
John Sorrensen
Happy Lee
Night Porter (Sid)
Beatnik (Hendy)
Fay Sorrensen
Hotel Proprietor
Assassin
Detective
Doctor
Manservant (Minos)
Electrician |
Mike Pratt
Kenneth Cope
Annette André
Frank Windsor
Dolores Mantez
Harry Locke
Ronald Lacey
Anne Sharp
Anthony Sagar
Harold Innocent
James Donnelly
Tom Chatto
Makki Marseilles
Dave Carter |
UNCREDITED |
Passer-by
Mourner at Funeral |
Harry Fielder
Roger Beck |
STAND-INS |
Jeff Randall
Marty Hopkirk
Jean Hopkirk |
Harry Fielder
Dougie Lockyer
Tina Simmons |
BLU-RAY
RESTORATION |
35mm Interpositive /
Optical soundtrack
(original
negative and magnetic soundtrack do not exist) |
EPISODE SPECIAL FEATURES |
Commentary by director Cyril Frankel and actors
Kenneth Cope and Annette André (2007), Production
Footage (mute, 01:01), Photo Gallery |
ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK |
Selections from the incidental
score for this episode have been issued on Randall
and Hopkirk (Deceased): Original Soundtrack by Edwin
Astley,
Network, 2008 |
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PRODUCTION CREDITS |
Writer – Ralph Smart
Series Theme & Musical Director – Edwin Astley
Creator & Executive Story Consultant – Dennis
Spooner
Creative Consultant - Cyril Frankel
Producer – Monty Berman
Director – Cyril Frankel |
Ronald Liles
(Production Supervisor)
Gil Taylor (Director of Photography)
Charles Bishop (Supervising Art Director)
Bob Cartwright (Art Director)
Philip Aizlewood (Post Production)
Stephen Cross (Editor)
Ernest Morris (Production Manager)
Jack Lowin (2nd Unit Director)
Gerald Moss (2nd Unit Cameraman)
Denis Porter & Len Shilton (Sound Recordists)
Guy Ambler & Roy Lafbery (Sound Editors)
Alan Willis (Music Editor)
John Owen (Casting)
Clifford Robinson (Set Dresser)
Bill Greene (Construction Manager)
David Harcourt (Camera Operator)
Ken Baker (Assistant Director)
Elizabeth Wilcox (Continuity)
Peter Dunlop (Production Buyer)
Elizabeth Romanoff (Make-Up Supervisor)
Olive Mills (Hairdresser)
Laura Nightingale (Wardrobe Supervisor)
A. J. Van Montagu (Scenic Artist)
Frank Maher (Stunt
Co-ordinator)
and Chambers + Partners (Titles).
Made on
Location and at Associated British Elstree
Studios, London, England
An ITC Production |
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MY
LATE LAMENTED FRIEND AND PARTNER • REVIEW |
A terrific opener to the series which is rich in
location work (often featuring the principal cast) and
gives the unitiated viewer a succinct but engaging
introduction to the series main themes and
protagonists. Jeff and Marty's relationship is
established early on and is the lynchpin of the whole
series, a close friendship that survives death.
Marty's widow Jean's role is initially small, going
from the young wife to the widow, but Annette André's
contribution should not be undervalued. Her chemistry
with her male co-leads is, in my opinion, far and away
the best in an ITC adventure series. All three leads
bring something distinctive to the show - Mike Pratt
as the down-at-heel enquiry agent who combines a
hand-to-mouth existence with a strong moral code
(indeed, the former is often a consequence of the
latter!), Kenneth Cope as the incomparable ghostly
partner who brings the series much of its humour and
universal appeal, and Annette André, the perfect foil
for them both. Ralph Smart's script rocks along at a
great pace but still allows the audience to
familiarise themselves with the characters and the
situation. Director Cyril Frankel translates the script
to the screen with his trademark
finesse and visual flair. Among the supporting cast,
Frank Windsor, Dolores Mantez and Ronald Lacey all
deliver memorable performances and Harold Innocent
does a fine job with his role as an un-named
'assassin'. A great start for the series, which remains
one of the very best Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
episodes made. |
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MY
LATE LAMENTED FRIEND AND PARTNER • DECLASSIFIED |
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Pre-Titles Teaser...
Jeff pays a call on Fay Sorrensen, who has engaged
his services to track her unfaithful husband John.
He has plenty of evidence, photographs of Sorrensen
out on the town in the company of other women, and
Mrs Sorrensen decides she has grounds to file for
divorce. She is adamant that her husband will be
unable to retain any interests in the family
concern, a company called Steel Presses. Later, when
Randall has gone and her husband has returned, Fay
delivers an ultimatum. Sorrensen is unrepentant and
insists that he will not allow her to beat him. He
makes a telephone call to an underworld organisation
which can arrange for people to be killed in
apparent accidents or by seemingly natural causes.
He is to bring an umbrella to a meeting point and
rest his hat upon it to identify himself. Before
going out to the rendezvous, Sorrensen pops in to
say goodbye to his wife. The camera pans down and we
see his hat, which rests upon the hilt of his
umbrella handle.
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Production
Brief...
The success of My Late Lamented Friend and
Partner
is as much down to scriptwriter Ralph Smart as it is
to series creator Dennis Spooner, perhaps more so.
Spooner's original outline proposal is certainly
quite some distance from what was ultimately
realised on film. The proposal document describes
Steven 'Steve' Randall as being in his
late-twenties, ambitious, athletic and a magnet for
the ladies, whereas in the series, Jeff is ten years
older, is down on his luck and could only be
described as ambitious in terms of hoping something
might turn up to pay for his next meal. Meanwhile,
Martin 'Marty' Hopkirk is accident prone rather than
the diligent, realist worrier we are introduced to
in the opening scenes of My Late Lamented Friend
and Partner
and there is no sign of Jean, his wife and
soon-to-be widow. Smart and Spooner worked in tandem
to transform what was perhaps standard ITC fare of
the time into a series that remains today one of the
best regarded of those fondly remembered British
adventure series of yesterday. Ralph Smart was also
vital to the series being commissioned by ITC mogul
Lew Grade in the first place. Dennis Spooner,
interviewed by Andrew Smaje in Time Screen
magazine in 1986, recalled that "Ralph was a sort of
father figure as far as ATV (went)... At that time,
it was touch and go as Lew Grade was never sure
about Randall and Hopkirk, but Ralph Smart saw it
and thought it was terrific. He said, 'I wanna write
the pilot!' So I was delighted he wrote the pilot
because that convinced Lew that we should in fact
make the series." Such was the Danger Man
creator's track record and reputation within ITC
that Grade's initial misgivings were quickly
overcome.
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It is often thought that
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) and Department
S - being sister series that famously shared
resources - were conceived at the same time, but
this was not the case. Initially, as revealed by
Andrew Pixley in the book accompany Imprint
Television Blu-ray release of
Randall and Hopkirk, the series
announced in late 1967 as being in development
alongside Department S was Robert S. Baker's
Aces High, a thriller series set during the
First World War that concerned an international air
squadron. This series never entered production,
dropped off the active list by early 1968, and
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) was concocted
by Dennis Spooner and Monty Berman of Scoton
Productions to replace it,
working alongside Department S with the two
series effectively sharing one second unit.
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Scoton Productions had been
formed by Monty Berman and Dennis Spooner in 1967
and was responsible for the creation and production
of The Champions, Department S,
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), Jason King
and The Adventurer. The first three series
did not carry an on-screen Scoton credit and were
stated as ITC productions, whereas Jason King
and The Adventurer were each credited as "A
Scoton Production for ITC" at the start of each
episode's closing credits. All five series were
co-created by Berman and Spooner.
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The production (and eventually
transmission) of the two sister series was
staggered, with Department S first going
before the cameras at ABPC Elstree Studios on
Tuesday 30th April 1968 - at which point the central
roles in Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) had
yet to be cast.
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When it did come to casting,
during May 1968, the initial preference for the role
of Jeff Randall was the Irish comedian Dave Allen,
who had already experienced some success in the UK
and Australia and would go on to host an acclaimed
and popular 1970s BBC comedy series Dave Allen at Large.
The stars did not align for him with Randall and
Hopkirk (Deceased), however, and the role went
to Mike Randall, a few weeks shy of his 37th
birthday. Pratt had entered acting in the early
1960s after some considerable success in the music
business in the previous decade. He had made
supporting appearances in a number of ITC adventure
series including, most recently, The Champions.
The second lead role of Marty Hopkirk went to
Liverpudlian Kenneth Cope, a familiar-faced veteran
of Coronation Street and That Was the Week
That Was. The final regular role was won by
Australian actress Annette André, who had been in
serious consideration for the Sharron Macready
co-star role in The Champions a year earlier
and who had featured in earlier ITC series including
The Baron, Gideon's Way and The
Prisoner, not to mention five episodes alongside
Roger Moore in The Saint.
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Director Cyril
Frankel, who also served as Randall and Hopkirk
(Deceased)'s creative consultant, simultaneously
held the same role on Department S and when
joining the Randall and Hopkirk crew to
direct My Late Lamented Friend and Partner,
he had just finished directing chores on the
Department S episode, The Man in the Elegant
Room. He commented during the commentary which
he, along with Kenneth Cope and Annette André
provided for the Network DVD edition of this episode
that "this episode was the way I saw the fundamental
part of the series. (Kenneth Cope) however,
introduced more comedy. I remember that when I came
back for an episode, Kenneth said to me that "we've
changed it a bit from your way." Cope went on to say
that "Both Michael and I realised it could really go
somewhere and we both tried so hard to make it
work."
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When
Marty appears to walk through the hotel walls while
looking for the beatnik Hendy, an age-old technique
was employed to achieve the effect known as
'Pepper's Ghost'. The trick
has long been used on the stage, in the cinema and
even in haunted house rides at fairgrounds and is
named after John Henry Pepper, who first
demonstrated the technique in the 1860s. It achieves
its illusory effect by use of a large plate glass
angled in front of the camera, with the 'ghost'
subject harshly lit at 90 degrees to the glass (and to the
side of the camera). The image (in this instance, of
Kenneth Cope running back and forth) was then reflected on
to the glass and was filmed as
a live, combined image. This technique allowed the
performers to exchange dialogue in a natural
fashion, but set up times were very long and Kenneth
Cope later commented that it was very difficult for
him, being a part of the action but in reality
completely removed from it: "It got very lonely
doing that behind the camera... playing shots with
Michael with my back to him." In the end, a compromise
was decided upon which would involve the the actors
'freezing', Cope moving into or out of shot
as required and then Cope and his fellow performers starting
up again on a given cue. The final effect would be
achieved by editing out the frames between freezing
and continuing. As viewers will note, some actors
were superb at this discipline - Mike Pratt for
starters - while others, normally visiting artistes,
were less well versed in the technique and so the
effect is rarely seamless. This is how the vast
majority of Marty's appearances and disappearances
were achieved in the series and the 'Pepper's Ghost'
process was employed sparingly from this point
onwards.
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Three standing
sets were constructed for this episodes which would
be used throughout the remainder of the series: the
Randall and Hopkirk office and Jeff and Jeannie's
respective flats. Other sets were built, some
specially for particular episodes and others redressed from
stock. These would appear many times throughout
the run of Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased),
though thanks to clever redressing, they are often
hard to spot!
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Filming of this episode took
place in May to July 1968 and a production slate
which can be seen on Disc 7 of the Network DVD set
reveals a 19th July filming date for one sequence.
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Post production work was
completed in early October 1968.
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Seeing Things... My Late Lamented Friend and Partner was noted on ITC documentation as the
episode that "must be transmitted first". It would, however, not receive its first UK
broadcast until nearly twelve months had passed
since it was completed (by which
time the whole series had also been completed).
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A deal announced in March 1969
witnessed Canada's CTV network being among the first
international broadcasters to buy Randall and
Hopkirk (Deceased). This would ultimately lead
to this country giving the series its world premiere
transmission in colour on Wednesday 17th September
1969 at 7.00pm.
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My Late Lamented Friend and Partner
received its first UK broadcast when it
was transmitted in monochrome by the
ATV, Channel, Granada, HTV, Ulster, Westward and
Yorkshire ITV regions on Friday 19th September 1969.
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It was first shown in colour on
ITV two days later
on Sunday 21st December 1969 when the standard
London Weekend Television programming (which
included My Late Lamented Friend and Partner)
was transmitted in colour from Crystal
Palace on UHF channel 23, offering a sneak peek at
the regular service due to commence in mid-November.
However, the majority of viewers would have seen the
episode in monochrome as there were reportedly only
200,000 colour TV sets in use by the end of 1969,
though this figure was double that of the beginning
of the year.
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The only other ITV region to
show the episode in colour during its first run was
Scottish Television, which ran the series from Saturday 8th January 1972.
STV is unique among the ITV regions in that
they did not show a single episode of Randall
and Hopkirk (Deceased) in black and white on
first run.
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In addition to the Canadian
broadcasts, the series was also purchased and
screened by many other countries, including New
Zealand (from October 1970), Czechoslovakia (from
December 1970, as Randall a Hopkirk), Poland
(from June 1971, as Randall i duch Hopkirk)
and Italy (from July 1971, as L'amico fantasma).
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My Late Lamented Friend and Partner was first screened in
the USA in March 1974 after the series was sold into
syndication as My Partner the Ghost, the sale
coming much too late to allow for a second series to
be commissioned, eventually selling to 41 local
stations and rating very respectably. Chambers +
Partners produced a new set of opening titles with
the alternative series name specially for these
transmissions, filming the captions on Thursday 30th
August 1973.
Image ©
ITV Studios / Chambers + Partners, 1973 |
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On Location...
This episode positively explodes with lush location
work, taking in a large number of central and west
London locales. The second unit Eaton Place location
work in Belgravia, London SW1, was filmed on Friday
19th July 1968 and this footage would form the first
scenes of the episode - and therefore would be the
first footage to be seen by audiences.
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The Eaton Place
location would go on to be more famous as the
setting for the classic LWT drama series Upstairs
Downstairs, with 'the house' being one of the
properties on the other side of the road, number 65
(re-numbered 165 in the series).
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Coincidentally, Eaton Place had
a further Randall and Hopkirk connection, as Mike
Pratt lived there during filming and infamously
broke both legs there while foolishly trying to climb to a first
floor window after a party. This
would affect the filming of
Somebody Just Walked Over My Grave and The Ghost Talks
at the end of the series production.
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After
interrogating the beatnik Hendy, Jeff and Marty
follow a lead to the driver of the car that hit
Marty. They proceed to 2B Tower House on the Fulham
Road and this is the only setting in the episode
that is not introduced with a second unit or stock
establishing shot. Although Fulham Road is a genuine
road name, there is not a 'Tower House' there in
reality.
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Particularly
notable is the setting for the scenes in which
Sorrensen and his hired killers hunt Jeff down
towards the end of the episode, as whereas we are
often in the position of discussing locations used
that have since been demolished, these locations, in
the main, were actually under construction while the
sequences were being filmed, making the Then and Now
comparisons at this site all the more interesting.
More details in
Locations: My Late Lamented Friend and Partner.
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Trivia... It is
interesting that, in the 12 minutes of screen time
prior to Marty Hopkirk's death, we get to know about
Marty and how he gets on with Jeff Randall, but his
relationship with his wife Jean is established via a
telephone call from Marty at the office to their
Jean, who is at home. Considering that the couple do
not go on to share any scenes where Jean can
interact with Marty's ghost, it seems strange that
writer Ralph Smart did not find a way to bring the
characters together in the same space. It would not
be until The Ghost Talks that they shared a
scene in which they could properly interact with
each other.
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We learn that at their respective homes, Jeff
lives in flat number 41 and Marty and Jean's flat is number 8
- though not in the same buildings, of course!
Later, in
The Man
from Nowhere, Jean is said to be in the
same apartment but it is then numbered flat 21.
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The
regular Randall and Hopkirk players had a
unique way of welcoming guest artistes, as Kenneth
Cope recalled on the commentary for the Network DVD
edition of My Late Lamented Friend and Partner:
"It's very difficult coming into a show just to do a
day's work on a show that's already established.
It's so tricky and you remember anyone who is ever
kind to you. Mike, (Annette) and I used to give
(each of them) a paper cup of champagne - just one -
to make the visiting people happy and more relaxed."
This pleasant atmosphere was not exactly replicated
across the way in the other Scoton/ITC series being made at
Elstree in tandem with Randall and Hopkirk
(Deceased) - Department S. Annette André
commented that "Joel Fabiani (who played Stewart
Sullivan in Department S) used to come over
to us because he hated the set over there so much."
Kenneth Cope went on to explain why perhaps their
series was so great to work on: "We were OK because
we had a live guy, a dead guy and a woman. There was
no competition anywhere. There was nobody vying for
anything."
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As is now
practically Randall and Hopkirk legend,
Kenneth Cope's wig was incorrectly applied in My Late Lamented Friend and Partner
and for the next two episodes filmed,
But What A Sweet Little Room
and
For the
Girl Who Has Everything. Kenneth Cope recalled,
when interviewed by Annette Buckley for Time Screen
magazine, that "I had it on back-to-front... because
we had this Canadian hairdresser and she was
rubbish! It was alright, but I looked like the
middle one of The Three Stooges." Marty's parting in
these episodes is on the left-hand
side rather than the intended right-hand parting
which he sports from
A Sentimental Journey
onwards.
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While Marty Hopkirk's
clothing is all white, the soles of his shoes are
seen to be black in this episode.
- Two
action scene impacts - Marty being hit and knocked
down by Sorrensen's hired killers on Lauderdale Road
and the climactic car crash on Fore Street at the
end of the episode - were not in fact impacts at
all. There is no footage in the episode of Kenneth
Cope or a stunt double actually being hit by the car and in
slow motion it is possible to see the stuntman
preparing to hit the deck after the car has passed
(see screengrab, right). The impression of a collision
is achieved entirely through editing, sound effects
and music. The crash involving the Sorrensen and the
two assassins in their Ford Cortina at the episode's
conclusion was again achieved in editing and no
actual crash was filmed. We see the vehicle head
towards the crash position and then cut away to a
shot of Marty looking on. As we hear the sound
effect of the accident, Marty winces and can barely
look. The action then cuts back to the roadside and
we see the Cortina with its front wheels up on the
kerb, its bumper lightly touching against a
lamppost, with its bonnet up and engine steaming.
The villains slowly emerge dazed from the car and
the police arrive to mop up. All achieved in editing
and the vehicle could go back to the supplier
undamaged!
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Image © ITV
Studios, 1968 |
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One
of Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)'s unsung
heroes is the man who was for a year the regular
double for Mike Pratt in Second Unit sequences, Harry
'Aitch' Fielder. Aitch was something of a
legendary figure in fandom, having appeared in
just about every British television series and film
ever made since the late 1960s, or so it has always seemed. Among hundreds of roles,
he chalked up parts in many ITC series, plus
Doctor Who, Blake's 7, Secret Army
and even Star Wars. Harry also made an
uncredited appearance in My Late Lamented Friend and
Partner as the male passer-by who goes to the
scene in the aftermath of the hit and run incident
in which Marty Hopkirk is killed (see image, right). The voice we hear, however,
was dubbed by
another actor. Most of the rest of the time in the
series, you only saw his face by accident, as
generally he would be seen from behind, to mask the
fact that he was not Mike Pratt. According to
Kenneth Cope, this reputedly caused the studio to
require Aitch to diet, so that he would look more
like the slim actor whom he was doubling. Such
dedication! You can read more about Aitch and his
experiences working on Randall and Hopkirk
(Deceased) and many other films and series at
his website:
www.harryfielder.co.uk which remains open
following his death in 2021. His
autobiography, Extra, Extra, Read All About It,
is recommended by Randall and Hopkirk (Declassified).
Image © ITV Studios, 1968
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Only You,
Jeff?
Being the first episode, it is no great surprise
that only Jeff Randall can see Marty in his spectral
form. We also learn that Marty's voice cannot be
recorded, at least via a tapped telephone, despite
Jeff being able to hear it.
Afore the sun shall
rise anew,
Each ghost to his
grave must go.
Cursed be the ghost
who dares to stay
And face the awful
light of day.
He shall not to the
grave return
Until a hundred
years be gone.
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1968 Vauxhall
Victor FD 2000
Registration RXD 996F
Driven by Jeff Randall |
Also appeared
in:
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) -
used extensively throughout the series
Department S - 'The Last Train to
Redbridge', 'The Man from X' |
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1964 Austin Mini Super Deluxe Mk I
Registration BAP 245B
Driven by Marty Hopkirk
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Also appeared
in:
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) -
'You Can Always Find A Fall Guy', 'All Work and No
Pay', 'Never Trust a Ghost', 'Vendetta for a Dead
Man', 'Just for the Record', 'Could You
Recognise the Man Again?', 'A Disturbing Case', 'Somebody Just Walked Over My Grave',
'The Ghost Talks'
Department S - 'The Man from X'
The Saint - 'The Time to Die'
The Persuaders! - 'Greensleeves' |
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1965 Rolls Royce
Silver Cloud III
Registration CDK 978C
Driven by John Sorrensen's chauffeur
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Also appeared
in:
The Avengers - 'You'll Catch Your
Death' |
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1964 Thames
10CWT 400E
Registration FGN 365C
Driven by 'Electrician' |
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1965 Humber
Super Snipe Series V
Registration EHP 416C
Driver not revealed |
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1968 Ford Cortina
1600E MkII
Registration OYR 877F
Driven by 'Assassin' |
Also appeared in:
The Saint - 'The Time to Die' |
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1958 Austin
FX4
Registration YYW 297
Incidental Vehicle |
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1968 Ford
Zephyr Deluxe MkIV
Registration PXD 976F |
Also appeared
in:
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) -
'A Sentimental Journey', 'You Can Always Find A Fall
Guy', 'Who Killed Cock Robin?',
'The Trouble With Women', 'Whoever Heard of a Ghost Dying?', 'Never Trust A
Ghost', 'Vendetta for a Dead Man', 'A Disturbing Case', 'Somebody Just Walked
Over My Grave'
Department S - 'The
Bones of Byrom Blain' and other episodes |
Images © ITV
Studios, 1968 |
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Seen It All
Before? In this episode, Annette André, as Jean
Hopkirk, wears an outfit previously worn by
her friend Alexandra Bastedo in the 1967 ITC series, The
Champions.
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Cock-ups... The
'graveyard' title sequence opens with a shot of the
outer door to the Randall and Hopkirk office (below,
left), but the typeface and wording to not match
that seen elsewhere in the series (below, right).
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At 25
minutes and 3 seconds into the episode, when Jeff Randall drives down Eaton Mews North
towards Happy Lee's flat, he parks the Vauxhall in
the middle of the road alongside a green Volkswagen
Beetle. The shot then cuts to a view of Jeff's car
in front of Happy's flat - and not only is the
Vauxhall parked tight to the left side of the road, but
the green Beetle is now ahead of it. We assume that a
shot of the Vauxhall being reversed into the parking
space was either not filmed or omitted from the final
edit.
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And Finally... The filming location for
Marty's funeral was actually an area of the Elstree
Studios backlot and the cemetery set was re-used
swiftly afterwards in the Department S
episode The Double Death of Charlie Crippen.
Marty's grave was, however, not seen.
Plotline: Scoton Productions / ITC • UK Transmissions by Simon Coward
and Alan Hayes
Review by Alan Hayes •
Declassified by Alan Hayes
with thanks to Vince
Cox, Andrew Pixley and Mark Taylor
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