Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) — Season 1, Episode 17: Somebody Just Walked Over My Grave

Episode 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. Suspecting the gardener, Jeff accepts a job for a wealthy man 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. Geoffrey Hughes appears as Harper. Also Andrew Sachs, appears in a small pre-Fawlty Towers role as the English commentator during the first leg of the international football match that Marty goes to watch.

About Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)

Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) is a British private detective television series. In the initial episode Hopkirk is murdered during an investigation, but returns as a ghost. Randall is the only main character able to see or hear him, although certain minor characters are also able to do so in various circumstances throughout the series.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1My Late Lamented Friend and Partner
• E2A Disturbing Case
• E3All Work and No Pay
• E4Never Trust a Ghost
• E5That's How Murder Snowballs
• E6Just for the Record
• E7Murder Ain't What it Used to Be!
• E8Whoever Heard of a Ghost Dying?
• E9The House on Haunted Hill
• E10When did You Start to Stop Seeing Things?
• E11The Ghost who Saved the Bank at Monte Carlo
• E12For the Girl who Has Everything