Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) - 1969 to 1971. Cast (L-R): Annette Andre (Jeannie Hopkirk), Kenneth Cope (Marty Hopkirk) and Mike Pratt (Jeff Randall). Photo copyright of ITC Entertainment.
WRITERS Jane Espenson and Drew Z. Greenberg are teaming to pen the script for The Syfy Channel's pilot development project Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) from ITV Studios America. Syfy announced last May that it had acquired the rights to the classic British detective show for development as a potential one-hour series with Howard Braunstein of Jaffe/Braunstein Entertainment (The Memory Keepers Daughter/ Christmas in Canaan) on board as executive producer. Randall and Hopkirk is a co-production between Universal Cable Productions and ITV for Syfy. UCP will be the producing company.
Jane and Drew most recently collaborated on the Syfy original series Caprica,where Espenson served as executive producer and Greenberg as supervising producer. The pair also worked together on genre busting crossover television hit Buffy the Vampire Slayer where Espenson was a writer/producer and Greenberg a writer.
Espenson’s other writing and producing credits include Battlestar Galactica, Gilmore Girls and Dollhouse. Greenberg’s writing and producing credits include Warehouse 13 and Dexter.
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) is based on the popular British detective series from the late 1960s in which Marty Hopkirk (Kenneth Cope) was murdered while investigating a case. He returned as a ghost, visible only to his former partner, Jeff Randall (Mike Pratt), and assisted him in sleuthing from beyond the grave. (An updated version of the series was made by the BBC and ran from 2000-2001. It starred Bob Mortimer (Jeff Randall), Vic Reeves (Marty Hopkirk) and Emilia Fox (Jeannie Hurst).
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) - 2000 to 2001. Cast (L-R): Bob Mortimer (Jeff Randall), Vic Reeves (Marty Hopkirk) and Emilia Fox (Jeannie Hurst). Photo copyright of the BBC.
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