Whoever Heard of a Ghost Dying?

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"Whoever Heard of a Ghost Dying?"
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) episode
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Episode no.Season 1
Episode 8
Directed by Ray Austin
Written by Tony Williamson
Production code08
Original air date9 November 1969
Guest appearances
John Fraser
Charles Lloyd-Pack
Alexandra Bastedo
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Whoever Heard of a Ghost Dying? is the eighth episode of the 1969 ITC British television series Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) starring Mike Pratt, Kenneth Cope and Annette Andre. The episode was first broadcast on 9 November 1969 on ITV. The episode was directed by Ray Austin.

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Synopsis

A gang of criminals let by David Hellingworth has been filming Jeff talking to Marty. One gang member, Cecil Purley, is a psychic who can sense when Marty is present. In disguise, the group offers a fake £50,000 reward for Jeff to collect information on a gang of criminals. Unbeknownst to Jeff, the group has hired him to follow themselves. They are using Cecil's powers to feed Marty misinformation about their crimes, which is then passed to Jeff and the police, throwing them off the trail. As the gang's crime spree continues unabated, the police inspector begins to suspect Randall.

The group entices Jeannie to give them Marty's watch and cuff links, pretending to want to free his spirit from being trapped on earth. The exorcism ritual weakens Marty, making him feel ill throughout the episode. Marty eventually realizes what is going and tells Jeff to go to his grave, where the exorcism must be completed. Hellingworth threatens Jeff, but the Inspector, who followed Jeff to the graveyard out of suspicion, saves him. The gang is arrested and Jeff is found innocent.

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Production

Although the 8th episode in the series, Whoever Heard of a Ghost Dying? was the 10th episode to be shot, filmed mainly in October 1968. [1] The episode was directed by Ray Austin. [2] In the episode, Charles Lloyd Pack's character, Cecil Purley, is a clairvoyant who is hired to exorcise Marty. [3]

Hellingworth's mansion in the episode, where the gang plan their next robberies, under the watchful eye of Marty Hopkirk was set at Aldenham Grange in Letchmore Heath, Hertfordshire, though only a photograph was used to identify it, the interior scenes were shot in the studio. The offices of Hackley, Mathers & Jones Diamon merchants was set at Remax House in 31-2 Alfred Place, Bloomsbury. The cemetery featured at the end during the exorcism, which also appeared in the episode "Somebody Just Walked Over My Grave" and numerous other ITC series, was shot at New Southgate Cemetery in Brunswick Park Road in New Southgate, London. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Programmes". Randallandhopkirk.org.uk. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  2. ↑ Lentz, Harris M. (2001). Science Fiction, Horror & Fantasy Film and Television Credits: Television shows. McFarland. p. 1975. ISBN   978-0-7864-0952-5.
  3. ↑ Chapman, James (6 September 2002). Saints and Avengers: British Adventure Series of the 1960s. I.B.Tauris. p. 206. ISBN   978-1-86064-753-6.
  4. ↑ "Whoever Heard of a Ghost Dying?:Locations". Randallandhopkirk.org.uk. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
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