Somebody Just Walked Over My Grave

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“Somebody Just Walked Over My Grave”
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) episode
Image:RandallHopkirk17.jpg
Episode no. Season 1
Episode 17
Written by Donald James
Directed by Cyril Frankel
Guest stars Nigel Terry
George Murcell
Geoffrey Hughes
Bernard Kay
Cyril Shaps
Production no. 17
Original airdate 9 January 1970
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List of Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)episodes

Somebody Just Walked Over My Grave is the seveteenth episode of the popular 1969 ITC British television series Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) starring Mike Pratt, Kenneth Cope and Annette Andre. The episode was first broadcast on 9 January 1970 on the ITV. Directed by Cyril Frankel.

The suspicious grave digging gardener and his associate outside the manor
The suspicious grave digging gardener and his associate outside the manor

Contents

[edit] Synopsis

Marty finds somebody digging around his grave. He sends Jeff to investigate the cemetery and in doing so is knocked unconscious several times by a masked 18th century axe wielder. Telling Jeannie of his experiences and visiting a doctor (Cyril Shaps) to treat his wounds concerned it may have affected his judgement, Jeff unintentionally manages to convince the doctor he is a madman and contacts the police as he escapes. Lying low and suspecting the gardener at the cemetery anyway, Jeff accepts a job with Mandrake, the wealthy owner in the nearby mansion, and stumbles on an intricate plot to steal his insane agoraphobic son through an underground tunnel pretending to hold him to ransom. It is all part of a plot to inherit his father's fortune but when he marries his young housekeeper the plan is demised.

[edit] Overview

In this episode Marty also departs Jeff and travels to Germany to watch a football match between Germany and England. Watching from inside the commentary box (also housing the commentator Fawlty Towers's Andrew Sachs) he learns that he is able to control the game and blows a ball over the cross bar and a German player shoots at an open goal. Mandrake's mad hippie son Harry also brings up some issues, parodying cannabis smoking of the era and suffering from agoraphobia. His extreme hair and his obsession for indoor paint throwing is also of amusing note.

Jeff flirted outrageously with Martha, Mandrake's housekeeper and later wife (Patricia Haines)

[edit] Cast

Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)

21 September 1969 - 13 March 1970
Actors  Directors
Mike Pratt Kenneth Cope Annette Andre

Episodes:

  1. My Late Lamented Friend and Partner
  2. A Disturbing Case
  3. All Work and No Pay
  4. Never Trust a Ghost
  5. That's How Murder Snowballs
  6. Just for the Record
  7. Murder Ain't What it Used to Be
  8. Whoever Heard of a Ghost Dying?
  9. The House on Haunted Hill
  10. When did You Start to Stop Seeing Things?
  11. The Ghost Who Saved the Bank at Monte Carlo
  12. For The Girl Who Has Everything
  13. But What a Sweet Little Room
  14. Who Killed Cock Robin?
  15. The Man from Nowhere
  16. When the Spirit Moves You
  17. Somebody Just Walked Over My Grave
  18. Could You Recognise That Man Again?
  19. A Sentimental Journey
  20. Money to Burn
  21. The Ghost Talks
  22. It's Supposed to be Thicker than Water
  23. The Trouble with Women
  24. Vendetta for a Dead Man
  25. You Can Always Find a Fall Guy
  26. The Smile Behind the Veil

[edit] Video and DVD release

The episode was released on VHS and several times on dvd with differing special features.

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