Randall & Hopkirk Deceased Theme ( in full )

[Jagdtoq]

I loved this show as a kid, the show's atmosphere always felt a little edgy even spooky like the music

[overner2001]

A great series and haunting theme tune. It's sad when you see TV programmes like "George Gently" and "heartbeat" trying to recreate the 1960s when this does it so authentically!

[davyboy232]

mike pratt was only in his fifties when he died an underrated actor i think

[WAYNE1977100]

@davyboy232 Mike Pratt was 45 when he died on the 10th July 1976, He died of lung cancer.

[MrValiant61]

Mike Pratt, the only actor who could light and smoke a cigarette, whilst tying his shoe laces.

[mintlee1]

I wish they could bring back some repeats of these episodes, or at least maybe do more episodes.

[Time71Team]

@mintlee1 Hard to do more episodes now Jeff Randall is dead. bought the box set on Amazon.

[mintlee1]

What are the chances of buying a box set NZ$....

[steve01274]

@mintlee1 Repeats are often shown here in the UK. Have you tried Ebay for the box sets??

[scottsoul64]

dennis spooner was the man

[bananasplitsable]

Love this tune. Loved the programme too. So much reality shite on the box now.

[TheTWIX0]

My favourite programe of all time i loved it then and now when itv repeats them, i must have watched every episode 25times god the memories of being a teenager again

[bondsee]

no mulitcultual bullshit back then !!!

[TheSoulboy62]

Loved this as a kid, I had a crush on Annette Andre ''Hot''.

[steveJ1957]

Ooer the memories !!!

[premsign]

I'm a kiwi living in Australia and all we got in NZ were English shows. I loved the Avengers & On the Buses & the Professionals & Callan. I loved Follyfoot & the buggleoos because of the dreamy girls. I was about 12 when most of these shows were on.

[MegaRuthiebabe]

I'm totally gobsmacked to find this anywhere! I'm English, living in Australia, nobody understood what I was talking about when I asked if anyone remembered this show! I'm 46, and remember this being on tv on Sunday afternoons, I think. I was besotted with Ken Cope, thought he was an absolute dreamboat!!

[autounionv16]

@MegaRuthiebabe you are a bird i take it?

[loosewheels1000]

@MegaRuthiebabe Ken Cope, lives in Southport, which is just north of Liverpool, I too use to watch this show, much better than the shows of today.!!

[WAYNE1977100]

@loosewheels1000 I have seen Ken Cope around Southport a few times.

[wellohmeeeeeee]

Looking for the name of a TV programme or possibly a film where a wedding dress features.

I have tried to find out what this scene was for over 35 years. A wedding dress in a tall glass case in a corner of a Victorian

old ladies room, she is sitting on a sofa and warns a young girl who is admiring the wedding dress, not to open the case .

But the girl does behind the old lady, and when the air gets inside the dress falls to pieces..

It is NOT Miss Haversham in Great Expectations HELP!

[valarmanwe]

Comes a very close 2nd place as the best TV theme tune of all time I think. Second to The Persuaders !

[WAYNE1977100]

I love Randall and Hopkirk, I have all of them on dvd its something you can watch over and over again. I see Ken Cope in Southport as he lives not far from me, I,ve spoken to him a few times when i see him in the local shop about the weather or whats going on in Southport.

[nitramtenab]

why did mike pratt drink himself to death what a waste of a great talent a real shame

[WAYNE1977100]

@nitramtenab Mike Pratt died of lung cancer due to smoking aged 45. He died on Saturday 10th July 1976.

[ArchiePrattFR]

@WAYNE1977100 R.I.P 

[gazzah54]

rip mike pratt

[Gellibob]

Lot of negativity on here for what was for the time quite an original idea, maybe because I was a kid watching it but I loved it. Theme tune is a classic right up there with The Persuaders.

[brianartillery]

Quite possibly the most morbid theme tune ever! Edwin Astley sets the mood perfectly. The show was pure class, and I can watch episodes again and again, with the same pleasure. Apart from the cars, it is pretty much ageless. Great!

[DJMDXX]

Sounds like justice borrow this theme in the end of their track Stress...those mother fuckers...

[HerrEllsworth]

I remember this show when I was in Britain. I liked that Hopkirk could "talk" to people when they were sleeping and "suggest" things to them like making this sop think he was a secret agent.

[WelshSymbioteSpartan]

the remake of Randall & Hopkirk is fucking shit its such a disappointment

[HenryVIII1971]

@WelshSymbioteSpartan couldnt have put it better myself, well said. Like so many other remakes which turned out badly including the Professionals.

[WelshSymbioteSpartan]

@HenryVIII1971 they actually re-made the Professionals...il have 2 search 4 that & u say its a shit remake like randall

[HenryVIII1971]

@WelshSymbioteSpartan oh yes, goes way beyond awful. It was i think only ever shown on sky one and was heavily edited to shove in more adverts but even without the editing it was awful. Edward Woodward played the part of Cowley and some unknowns played the others. It only lasted one season before it was cancelled because it was so bad. I don`t know why they bother making shit remakes of such classics, how can you possibly improve on perfection? There were talks of remaking the Champions. God no.

[briantheslug]

fucking blinding

[robharding1957]

still a great show , loved it in the 60s, still love it now,very well made,mike pratt was a much under appreciated british actor, he smoked far too many fags which in my opinion hastened his death, marty is still going strong though,

[stevebenbob]

Wish Mike would have put those fags out...Still had a great career in front of him but sadly met an early end...

R.I.P. Mike

[HenryVIII1971]

Mike Pratt was a fine actor. Annette Andre said he was one of the nicest men you could meet and would have gone on to be a big star. He died far too young but at least he will live on through this brilliant series.

[bassidai]

@HenryVIII1971 @ what age did he pass on.

[HenryVIII1971]

@bassidai He passed on age 45 on July 10th 1976 from lung cancer. Very sad when you look at the series and see what a heavy smoker he was. Apparently, a little nugget of info is that most theitems that you see in his flat in the series actually belonged to him and he was also an accomplished muscian and his son played session bassist with Pink Floyd in later live performances.

[Sociologist66]

Ohhh ... I remember this series ... I was at school that time ...

... and I remember Annette Andre ... she played at least twice on the TV Series "The Saint" and at least once on "The Persuaders" ....

... She was the typical beauty of the 70's: blond, slim and younger !!!

.... Such good times !!!!

[bananasplitsable]

Great theme tune.

[SuperNutty23]

i loved this when it first came out...I love it still..Thanks 4 the memories...

[TrephineArtist]

A great show and beautiful theme music, I wasn't born when it first was released but I loved the repeats in the 90's. The music & show seem to transport me to another, better time. This theme & the Persuaders are superb.

[gerladiant]

Brilliant , thank for posting , ( see my version on piano) on my gerladiant site

[Mart89911210]

lol at having this my my music as paper last year!!

[smartcooky99]

Bloody hell this brings back memories. British TV series of that era had some absolute killer theme tunes... The Avengers, The Persuaders, Department S, Man in a Suitcase, Danger Man, The Lotus Eaters, Who Pays the Ferryman, The Saint (and the Return), The Sweeney and others.

[rambo1152]

Apologies if this has been mentioned already, but the musical phrasing is all wrong in this recording.

For example the first 4 bars in this comprise of the first bar of the original score plus a repeat followed by the second bar of the original score plus a repeat.

Its a pity its been messed with, because this is one of my all time favorite TV themes.

[ArtJWest]

@rambo1152

I first came across this version on a compilation CD. It's edited from the original version recorded for the series which was simply long enough to fit the titles (the same CD had similar bastardizations of Dept.S & Jason King). While Edwin Astley later recorded longer versions of The Saint and Danger Man themes (plus incidental music) for LP release, I don't believe that this was done for R&H.

I agree that I would rather hear the original as it was meant to be, however short.

[MrRazorspirit]

I absolutely loved this theme. they just dont write themes anymore like the ones from the 60's and early 70's including anything from action to drama to comedy to cartoons

[lynasturnbull1]

Wow my favourite theme tune of all time thx for posting this guys

[Scooby71Doo]

i loved this show and still do, i am so sad i have the dvd boxset. Poor Jeff was always geatting beaten up, lol, and as for Marty he caused more trouble than help.

[vention4wh]

I used to watch this show as a kid back in the early 70's. I did a little googling around to find it a moment ago because I liked the theme. Strangely I remember it differently though. Same overall tune but a little more complex. I don't remember a whole lot about the series though.

[Steerpike07]

The theme tune has a kind of sadness about it - a kind of haunting nostalgia.

[Scooby71Doo]

Steerpike07, agree with you about the music. It seems even more poignant when you think that Mike Pratt was only 47 when he died a few years after this.

[CashForGash]

I like the tingling sound of it :P, it DOES feel sad though, and dead...

[radicalsystems]

theres a funny anecdote about a scene where marty had his wig on back to front..

[Scooby71Doo]

radicalsystems, oh god, i remember that. None of the audience noticed it seems.

[radicalsystems]

It happens

[westfield90]

Grew up watching this. I loved those times

[handofsutekh]

Loved the repeats in the 90s, would actually RUN (RUN!!!) from school to catch the 6pm (ish) bbc2 repeats.

In retrospect, theme is an archly suave knicker-evaporator, duly filed for further utilisation.

You bet your arse it'll work.

[richardmcginty]

Awesome stuff!

[ff43v3r]

the instrument playing the melody line was a harpsichord I think..

I remember watching this in the 60s as a young boy on Sunday afternoons in black and white..of course colour tv wasn't available then for most families.. been watching reruns on ITV4 along with other cult 60s series that imho were better entertainment than the washed up crap we get these days..

[airscrew1]

We got our colour tv in 69. We were one of the first in the street to get one. I think R&H was actually first broadcast in late 1969 on a Sunday afternoon about 3 oclock.

[robby0163]

Not far off it was Friday night viewing from what I remember then repeated in the early 70's on Sunday afternoons

[robby0163]

Quote from R&H website, I live in the Midlands so we are both right.

The 26 episodes took 14 months to complete and premiered on Friday 21st of September 1969 (several weeks before colour was introduced to the main ITV regions) in the ATV Midlands region and two other regions. London Weekend Television and Granada first ran the series on Sunday 23rd of September.

[RICHTAYL]

Great stuff - the only ghost I knew that cast a shadow everywhere he went!!! :o)

[CashForGash]

ah never ever thought about that hahaha, the lack of "computer enhancements" lol

[fackeo]

GREAT Music GREAT Series

[raymondrayban]

AWESOME theme tune,................but i love the pesuaders more,!

[CHANNELOMD]

great prog great post ta

[Cubbio22]

Cool theme tune by Edwin Astley, I have got 3 CD TV Soundtrack which features every cue of music used in Randall And Hopkirk Decased excellent stuff & music

[jamich7]

latest 60´s

[fromthesidelines]

The original title was "too strong" for American audiences, 'LIVERPOOL', and Lew Grade allowed the alteration when he distributed it to the U.S.- "MY PARTNER THE GHOST" is a bit obvious, but it was better at attracting "Stateside" viewers...

[meljaxon]

Brilliant. A fantastic series. One of the best x.

[netgeekishere]

Annette Andre(Jeannie) turned up in Prisoner Cell Block H and in th eorginal Crossroads!

She was in an episode of the Prisoner. I dunno if you meant that!

[Rawlinson18]

This and The Persuaders were the tunes .

[lowscanner]

great stuff .brings back fantastic memories. well done you effort is appreciated

[raymondrayban]

simply AWESOME

[dramaticguy]

Annette Andre(Jeannie) turned up in Prisoner Cell Block H and in th eorginal Crossroads!

[FlamingFairy]

Coolest theme tune ever.

[briquetaverne]

I remember as a kid watching this in the U.S. as "My partner the Ghost" and it only lasted a season or two then they took it off the air; I liked it & never understood why it was replaced by "Bewitched" which Ookay and also had a fantasy undercurrent but was far less interesting and much more slapstick.

[cielobuio]

Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased), was a little too subtle for Americans, they decided to call it:

"My Partner the Ghost"

Nuff said..........................

Can't believe Reeves and Mortimer did a remake of this. I never watched an episode of their version on general principal, though I'm sure it was complete crap.....

[AnEclecticMusicFan]

I'm sure you're right cielobuio. They probably did for Randall & Hopkirk what Ben Stiller/Owen Wilson did for Starsky and Hutch. :sad:

[LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH]

" My Partner The Ghost!!" Hahaha! lol! How dumb must Americans be??! I never knew that! ROFL!! :) Hilarious!

[snowdog03]

@LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH Listen Ass Munch We kept gave you electricity, a nuclear umbrella and indoor plumbing.

So Yuck it up!.

[LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH]

@snowdog03 Pathetic. Perhaps you should research the contribution British brains have made to the modern world. The bulk of the infrastructure we all utilise today, originated from the British Isles EG Railways. Google Great British inventions, you will discover what a huge influence the British have been on the world. The British have given more to the world than the Romans did, and that is saying something.

[capodastaro]

@snowdog03 Well you didn't... Electricity has always been around and many people have harnessed it in the past and the Greeks and Romans had been using lead indoor pipes for years.

[Squab1972]

Randall and Hopkirk was a cool show

[stevenDOTT]

How cool is this music ? Does anyone know what instrument that is ?

[Lynx890]

From watching a documentary Jools Holland did on Edwin Astley some years ago,  it could well be a harpsichord carrying the main melody. But I'm no expert.

[beacboy61]

This theme tune is simply amazing,really haunting, check out the end credits with the theme playing over maps of central London,unforgetable....

[Eklektik40]

Nice way to tell people you sell stuff...

[SirBasildeBrush]

Evokes another era. Great tune.

[onenoodles]

The guy who plays the one in the white suit has just been playing a part in Coronation St!

[Jagdtoq]

Great show and cold war type theme - chilling

[SirBasildeBrush]

..as in Ipcress File with that haunting harpsichord.

[idle44]

I'd not thought of that! Well spotted! The only thing that comes to my mind is that Mike Pratt was a successful and famous pop song writer in the late 50's and easrly 60's.

[fatorson1]

One of the greatest T.V. themes of all time,shows just dont seem to try these days.Thanks for posting this dude.Ironic isnt it that the one who played the dead guy is currently alive,and the one who played the live dude is now sadly dead?

[stevebenbob]

Yep youre right fatorson1,Mike Pratt"Geoff Randall",sadly died young,only 45 or thereabouts.He died of lung cancer,just wish hed put those cigs out more often.A great talent sadly missed.

[fairnorth]

I used to watch the reruns of this fun series back when I was in college in Columbus, Ohio. The name of this series was retitled "My Partner, The Ghost". I wish that it had a longer run.

[wmbrown6]

Its British run wasn't all that long, hence only 26 episodes. In New York, WNBC-TV tried to make lightning strike twice by buying this show (after their success with another ITC series, "The Saint," in the early and mid 1960's), but alas, whether due to the small number of episodes or WNBC's largely being in the ratings toilet at that time, "My Partner the Ghost" (U.S. title) never really caught on.

[lumajs]

I didn't expect to learn some useful information by randomly looking at the first comment below the video, but yours made the difference, thanks! I believe that here in Czechoslovakia, it was relatively successful when aired years ago. I liked it.

[DankaNY]

OMG! I'm from Czechoslovakia myself!!! I just found this, and i'm overwhelmed with joy. Since tv channels in Czechoslovakia didn't run this show, we watched it on Austrian channel, i was what 6, 7, 8 years old? It reminds me a part of my childhood when i used to watch this. When i'm listening to this theme i have tears in my eyes. It's very special to me. Thank you Marty, thank you Jeff for bringing the good memories back. I live in the US, but my fiance is from England too. Cheers!

[THEJAKKELMAN]

brilliant, happy days they were!

j.

[brucesterman]

Isn't it amazing how they still 'look' great,

classic. "Look out Jeff! There's someone behind the door".........alas no more.

[payit4ward]

Such a great tv theme tune.... up there with The Avengers . Thanks for posting.....

Jeff ..can you hear me ? Jeff ; )

Billy...xx

[yahoorye]

superb.been trying for ages to find this. so thank you who ever you are. trying to find "outlaw josey wales" theme as well. can you help?

[stevebenbob]

great theme music. rip mike pratt. thanks for posting