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Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)

1969–1970ITVCrime

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A private investigator and his dead partner, who only he can see, in a white suit.

Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) opens with a main title sequence of 46 seconds.

It arrived on ITV in 1969, when The Sooty Show, The Big Match and World of Sport were also on the network.

1 sequence75th most looked up of 99 in the 1960sIMDb ↗
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The opening titles

Season 1

46s

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