Marty Hopkirk

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Marty Hopkirk is the deceased fictional character played by English actor Kenneth Cope in the television private detective series Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) from 1969 to 1971. In the remake of 2000 and 2001 he was played by English actor and comedian Vic Reeves.

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In the original series Hopkirk was murdered in the line of duty as he was run down by a car travelling at high speed. Hopkirk dies instantly, but returns as a ghost to try and discover his murderer and seek revenge, with help from his former partner Jeff Randall who remains alive throughout the whole series. Jeff is the only living person who can see Marty.

In the remake the situation is similar; his murderer tries to run him down with his vehicle, but it's not a car it's a jeep. However as the jeep is coming towards Hopkirk, Hopkirk jumps onto the bonnet preventing him from being run over, but the jeep doesn't stop and is now travelling at high speed. As Hopkirk is shouting "STOP! STOP!", the driver does eventually stop, but just manages to stop at a cliff and the jeep is now balancing on the brink. As Hopkirk says "don't get out of the car!", the driver ignores what he says and gets out of the jeep, which is then unbalanced and falls down the cliff taking Hopkirk with it, hence ending his life. Hopkirk then returns as a ghost. Marty is able to generate gale forces of winds by blowing, influence a dog's actions, shatter glass with suficient concentration, topple small objects and make lights flicker.