Randall & Hopkirk Media
This is your one-stop shop for all original-series R&H stuff - books, videos, DVD's, sounds, and even, yes, desktop wallpaper! If you've created desktop themes you'd like to share, please email them to me at martyhopkirk@earthlink.net and share the love! Similarly, if you've found something that other fans need to know about, let me know!Videos | DVD's | Books | Sounds | Desktops | Mood Icons
Videos
Good news for American and Canadian fans of Randall and Hopkirk - NTSC copies of the series, along with many other British cult series, are available through Bonnie Vitti, Fax: (818) 842-8426, e-mail Bonnie.vitti@gte.net. These are professionally done quality conversions, and she's happy to do custom tapes for you (if you ask nicely ;-)
NB: This is for fans who would otherwise not get to see Randall and Hopkirk, due to the non-existence of NTSC format releases! PAL Standard (UK/NZ/AUS format) videos: Great news from Carlton Entertainment - They are currently re-releasing the original episodes, priced at about £9.99 each! Visit http://www.carlton.com for more details, or order your copy from http://www.blackstar.co.uk - highly reliable, and low shipping costs make them a great site to buy from. If you're just looking to complete your previous release collection, your best bet is scouring the secondhand video stores. They do sometimes turn up in unusual places!
DVD's
The new format of DVD is giving Randall & Hopkirk a new lease of life! Carlton has so far released 6 volumes of the episodes as of this writing, to DVD in the UK, offering viewers a chance to see them all over again with jaw-dropping clarity. If you live in the US or other non-region 2 country, your only chance to see these is if you have a regionless DVD-ROM or a DVD player like the Sampo; but considering the low cost of the latter, it's really not a bad investment to make to see these episodes again. The first DVD volume offers only 2 episodes, but the others contain 4, making them a sound, and worthwhile, buy at about 10 pounds each. Click on the DVD covers to go to blackstar.co.uk and order!Volume 1 Episodes:My Late, Lamented Friend and Partner; A Disturbing Case
Extras: Character biographies, original ITC brochureVolume 2 Episodes: All Work And No Pay; Never Trust A Ghost; That's How Murder Snowballs; Just For The Record
Extras: Original UK title sequence (thought destroyed), stills gallery, ITC artwork
Volume 3 Episodes:Murder Ain't What It Used To Be; Whoever Heard Of A Ghost Dying; The House On Haunted Hill
Extras: Original US title sequence, stills gallery, original memorabilia
Volume 4 Episodes: 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?
Extras: Original memorabilia, stills gallery, behind-the-scenes footage
Volume 5 Episodes: The Man From Nowhere; When The Spirit Moves You; Somebody Just Walked Over My Grave; Could You Recognise The Man Again?
Extras: Stills gallery
Volume 6 Episodes: A Sentimental Journey; Money to Burn; The Ghost Talks; It's Supposed To Be Thicker Than Water
Extras: None
Books
The purple-covered Randall and Hopkirk 'Bible' written by Geoff Tibballs and published by Boxtree, is the only, and best guide to the original Randall and Hopkirk. It includes forewords and reflections on the series from Kenneth Cope and Annette Andre. Again, it's hard to find, but if you can get hold of it, it's a great reference book to have. You can try Cusack Books; they have the expertise in tracking down deleted or rare items no longer available in stores. Its ISBN: 0-7522-0915-9
New R&H 2000 Series Books
Ghosts from the Past - by Graeme Grant Marty and Jeff come face-to-face with some shady business from their past.
ISBN: 0753503395
Ghosts In The Machine - by Andy Lane The unpopular new owner of an estate dies gruesomely on the decommissioned submarine he had purchased, intending to convert it into a floating restaurant. Fearing her inheritance is threatened, his money-grabbing widow enlists Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) to discover the true cause of death.
ISBN: 0752223518
Randall and Hopkirk (deceased): The Files - by Andy Lane 'Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased): The Files' goes behind the scenes of series one and two, interviewing the stars of the show - including Vic and Bob and Charlie Higson - and looks at how the special effects were created, plus how the art and design team came up with such a unique look. And to really bring the book to life, hundreds of never-before-seen photographs and illustrations reveal how the show has come together.
ISBN: 0752223569
Want to take that sad fan status just a little further? Well here, for your viewing pleasure, is presented a small array of images made just for your desktop! Drool over Marty! Lust for Jeff! Wibble over Jean! Or something. Anyway. Here they are, for your enjoyment, in 800 x 600 resolution: Click to enlarge or right click and select "Save link as" to get the bigger version. Randall and Hopkirk Desktop Wallpaper
Desktop Calendars
I've decided to venture into making wallpapers myself - a new, monthly desktop that features our favourite trio and the month itself, making it not only decorative, but useful! I'm aiming to have them out at the beginning of each month, in both 800x600 and 1024x768 format. Simply click for either resolution, right click the image that loads and select, "Set as Wallpaper." I'm planning on releasing the older calendar desktops without the calendar elemtn so folks can use them anytime. If I'm slacking, email me and give me a prod, ok? Enjoy!
October 2002 800 x 600 | 1024 x 768
November 2002 800 x 600 | 1024 x 768
December 2002 800 x 600 | 1024 x 768
January 2003 800 x 600 | 1024 x 768
February 2003 800 x 600 | 1024 x 768
Wallpapers created for this website by Ash Farbrother, Geoff Saul and Jason Fraser, except the Monthly Desktops, which are created by myself.
Mood Icons
This is my latest pet project - Mood Icons. These small GIF's are created to reflect your mood, to be used on LiveJournal, the popular journalling site, your website, or anywhere you'd like. The first set, Marty, is already complete. Bear in mind that these emotions can be interpreted to mean whatever you want, not just what they're labelled as (e.g. Ecstatic and Accomplished can be the same icon). I'm planning on a Jeff and a Jean set as well. My only conditions: please download and link to them from your own webspace, and credit me as their creator. Thanks, and... enjoy!
Marty Icons Download the icons (zip file)
Accomplished
Amused
Annoyed
Anxious
Awake
Blank
Bored
Bouncy
Caffeinated
Cold
Crazy
Crushed
Curious
Devious
Dirty
Drained
Drunk
Embarrassed
Enraged
Exorcised
Full
Geeky
Happy
Hopeful
Hot
Hungry
Invisible
Loved
Mellow
Nauseous
Pissed off
Shocked
Sick
Sore
Thirsty
Tired
Sounds
I don't have much in the way of sounds to be honest; I simply don't have the technology to grab .wav's from the episodes. What I have here was generously given me by folks on the Randall and Hopkirk mailing list for use here on this site. Thanks! FullMoon.wav (24K) - Jeff: "Is it a full moon or have you been at the incense again?" Car.wav (181K) - Marty criticises Jeff's driving. Not Quite (92K) - The darker side of Marty Hopkirk Marty appears - The famous harpsichord sound "I don't know about you, miss, but I could murder a cuppa tea."
