Whoever Heard of a Ghost Dying?

It appears that Jeff has been followed and filmed for weeks by a crime syndicate and captured on film talking to "himself"/Marty. Using a fictitious lure of £50,000 reward the syndicate, in disguise, ask Jeff to begin surveillance on a gang of criminals, knowing that he will send Marty… and that the gang of criminals are themselves.

Led by a David Hellingworth, he uses the ability of an elderly psychic gang member, Cecil Purley, to detect Marty's presence, and uses Marty to deliberately mislead Jeff and the police over the times of their robberies. Putting them on false scents, the gang manage to steal more than £100,000 in diamonds, £250,000 in mink and a Jade collection, all the time giving the police, via Jeff and Marty the incorrect times leading the Inspector to suspect Randall himself.

The group have also contacted Jeannie in order to exorcise Marty using Cecil Purley after their crime spree is over. Going under the guise of freeing Marty's spirit, they lure Jeannie to hand them Marty's watch and cufflinks, which they use to remove his spirit from the Earth. All the while though this episode Marty's health deteriorates and the psychic susses him out and he nearly disappears completely during the exorcism. However, making a last minute plea to Jeff to save him, Marty makes Jeff realise they'll go to Marty's grave stone to complete the exorcism. Jeff arrives in time to save Marty, only to face Hellingworth's gun… yet is rescued by Inspector Large, who has followed Jeff thinking he's part of the plot. The gang are arrested, with the police suspecting Purley is insane as he wildly points at the ghost Marty. Jeff is cleared of all charges but still faces financial difficulties.

[edit] Cast

*Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)* 21 September 1969 - 13 March 1970 Actors Directors Mike Pratt Kenneth Cope Annette Andre
Episodes: My Late Lamented Friend and Partner A Disturbing Case All Work and No Pay Never Trust a Ghost That's How Murder Snowballs Just for the Record Murder Ain't What it Used to Be Whoever Heard of a Ghost Dying? The House on Haunted Hill When did You Start to Stop Seeing Things? The Ghost Who Saved the Bank at Monte Carlo For The Girl Who Has Everything But What a Sweet Little Room Who Killed Cock Robin? The Man from Nowhere When the Spirit Moves You Somebody Just Walked Over My Grave Could You Recognise That Man Again? A Sentimental Journey Money to Burn The Ghost Talks It's Supposed to be Thicker than Water The Trouble with Women Vendetta for a Dead Man You Can Always Find a Fall Guy The Smile Behind the Veil

Mike Pratt as Jeff Randall
Kenneth Cope as Marty Hopkirk
Annette Andre as Jeannie Hopkirk
Alexandra Bastedo .... Carol Latimer
Richard Caldicot .... Doctor
John Fraser .... Hellingworth
Romo Gorrara .... Reg
Peter Hughes .... Butler
Robin John .... Constable
Charles Lloyd Pack .... Cecil Purley
Terence Plummer .... Pete (as Terry Plummer)
John Richmond .... Lord Manning
Paddy Ryan .... Larry

[edit] Video and DVD release

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

[edit] Trivia

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Trivia: Silent behind-the-scenes footage of this episode was included as an extra on the fourth region 2 DVD. Shot by a 2nd unit crew using stand-ins for the leads, the sequence ran to 1'06m.