The Ghost Talks (Randall and Hopkirk Deceased)

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“The Ghost Talks”
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) episode
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Episode no. Season 1
Episode 21
Written by Gerald Kelsey
Directed by Cyril Frankel
Guest stars Alan MacNaughton, Geoffrey King
Production no. 21
Original airdate 6 February 1970
Episode chronology
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List of Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)episodes

The Ghost Talks is the twenty-first 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 February 6, 1970 on the ITV. Directed by Cyril Frankel.


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Marty onto a lead in a sauna at the MI5 headquarters. In hiding he is wearing a fitted suit underneath the robes and fries
Marty onto a lead in a sauna at the MI5 headquarters. In hiding he is wearing a fitted suit underneath the robes and fries

With Jeff in a hospital bed, Marty seizes the opportunity to tell him about a spy drama that he handled while he was still alive, involving a corrupt MI5 official and spy ring, the details of which he had never revealed before.

While still alive, Marty was hired by Major Brenan, a man pretending to be Sir Basil Dougan, a top MI5 official at a country club to retrieve "stolen" important documents from a perceived unloyal member of the British Sectre Service. However the morning after Marty and his hired Liverpudlian safecracker (who also personally steals a diamond necklace) successfully locate the documents, it turns out to be an actual theft from the real important member of MI5. Marty, in disgust, tries to hunt down the imposter Major Brenan and eventually locates him in the sauna of the country club where Marty is forced into an overheated sauna with his suit on (underneath the robes) to attempt to avoid capture from the imposter's henchmen.

Despite this he escapes and later overpowers one of the imposter's leading henchman who attempts to kill him in his car. Marty slams on the brakes smashing the henchman's head against the window, later tying him up in his apartment.

Marty tracks down the imposters registration number and shadows him to the docks where the faulty Sir Basil Dougan plans an escape with the stolen documents aboard a ship to a foreign country. Marty is eventually able to contact the BBC via the ships radio for the police to round up the perpetrators.

[edit] Overview

This the only episode in the entire series where the main story is based on a past event.

[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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