That's How Murder Snowballs

"**That's How Murder Snowballs**"
"That's How Murder Snowballs"
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) episode
Episode no.	Season 1; Episode 5
Directed by	Paul Dickson
Written by	Ray Austin
Production code	05
Original air date	19 October 1969
Guest appearances
	Michael Griffiths ; Arthur Brough ; Grazina Frame ; Stuart Hoyle ; David Jason
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"That's How Murder Snowballs" is the fifth episode of the 1969 ITC British television series Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) starring Mike Pratt, Kenneth Cope and Annette Andre. Directed by Paul Dickson and written by Ray Austin, the episode was first broadcast on 19 October 1969 on ITV.

Synopsis

Overview

In this episode themes of morality are raised when after Fernadez is murdered Jeff tips off a newspaper contact named Barry Jones who pays him well for story information. Jeannie on the other hand shows some moral compunction by questioning Jeff's ethics in selling a story. "Well, did you get your blood money?" she demands of Jeff.

We also learn that Jeff once paid Jeannie with a gold earring "in lieu of salary" again revealing his financial difficulties.

Jeff is hit many times in this episode. He is coshed over the head, shot at four times, nearly hit with a large sandbag and a thrown revolver, and worst of all is knocked out by a shelf tipped on him in the basement as he is searching for clues.

Meanwhile, in this episode Marty acquires a taste for dining at the finest restaurants, remarking that he had recently dined at the Savoy with the Prime Minister (at the time Harold Wilson).

Cast

Mike Pratt as Jeff Randall
Kenneth Cope as Marty Hopkirk
Annette Andre as Jeannie Hopkirk
Robin Askwith as Call boy
Simon Barnes as Man with Cards
James Belchamber as Mark
Harold Berens as Tony Lang
Arthur Brough as Snowy
John Cazabon as Doctor
Grazina Frame as Gloria Marsh
Michael Griffiths as Inspector Nelson
Patrick Holt as Barry Jones
Stuart Hoyle as Kim
David Jason as Abel
Valerie Leon as Kay
Marie Makine as Old Lady (credited as Marie Makino)
John Styles as Ventriloquist
Tony Thawnton as Fernandez

Production

Although the 5th episode in the series, That's How Murder Snowballs was the 11th episode to be shot, filmed between October and November 1968.^[1] The theatre used in this episode is the Palace Theatre, Watford, Herts. The music used for Gloria Marsh's song is lifted from The Saint episode Portrait of Brenda, first shown in February 1969.

Silent behind-the-scenes footage of this episode was included as an extra on the fourth-region 2 DVD. Shot by a second unit crew using stand-ins for the leads, the sequence runs to 1 minute, 6 seconds.

References

^ "Programmes". Randallandhopkirk.org.uk. Retrieved 8 April 2014.

External links

"That's How Murder Snowballs" at IMDb
Episode overview at Randallandhopkirk.org.uk
Filming locations at Randallandhopkirk.org.uk

[1] "Programmes". Randallandhopkirk.org.uk. Retrieved 8 April 2014.

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v t e Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
Characters	Jeff Randall Marty Hopkirk Jeannie Hopkirk
Episodes	"My Late Lamented Friend and Partner" "A Disturbing Case" "All Work and No Pay" "Never Trust a Ghost" "That's How Murder Snowballs" "Just for the Record" "Murder Ain't What it Used to Be" "Whoever Heard of a Ghost Dying?" "The House on Haunted Hill" "When Did You Start to Stop Seeing Things?" "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?" "The Man from Nowhere" "When the Spirit Moves You" "Somebody Just Walked Over My Grave" "Could You Recognise the Man Again?" "A Sentimental Journey" "Money to Burn" "The Ghost Talks" "It's Supposed to be Thicker than Water" "The Trouble with Women" "Vendetta for a Dead Man" "You Can Always Find a Fall Guy" "The Smile Behind the Veil"
Remake	Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) (2000–01)