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| - Cope's other credits included The Adventures of Robin Hood, No Hiding Place, Z-Cars, The Avengers, Dixon of Dock Green, Crown Court, Juliet Bravo, Rumpole of the Bailey, Bergerac, Casualty, Minder, The Bill and Last of the Summer Wine. However, he is best known for playing Marty Hopkirk on Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) and Jed Stone on Coronation Street.
- As a composer, producer, performer, songwriter and singer, Kenneth has had an intense and profound impact on the Mountain West and national religious listeners. He began his singing/songwriting career by recording the 1986 Especially for Youth (EFY) theme song. Kenneth has gone on to compose more than 25 songs for the EFY Program. His first solo album, "Heaven—Don't Miss It For The World" (1988), was focused towards the youth and was followed by the best-selling and critically acclaimed concept album, "Greater Than Us All" (1989). Other albums include: "My Servant Joseph" (1993), "Women at the Well" (1995), "Stories From Eden’s Garden" (1998), "A Prayer Unto Thee" (1999), "Hear My Praise" (2002), (combining original works with some of the best-loved songs of other Christian artists), "Face
- After this he turned to his writing talents, penning Episodes One and Three of the Leonard Swindley spin-off Turn out the Lights with Peter Eckersley. He later appeared - and is best remembered - for the series Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), in which he played the latter titular-role. He also contributed to the seminal satirical series That Was the Week That Was. As well as being an actor Kenneth has worked as a DJ for Radio Luxembourg and recorded a record, 'Hands off. Stop mucking about', with Tony Hatch.
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| - As a composer, producer, performer, songwriter and singer, Kenneth has had an intense and profound impact on the Mountain West and national religious listeners. He began his singing/songwriting career by recording the 1986 Especially for Youth (EFY) theme song. Kenneth has gone on to compose more than 25 songs for the EFY Program. His first solo album, "Heaven—Don't Miss It For The World" (1988), was focused towards the youth and was followed by the best-selling and critically acclaimed concept album, "Greater Than Us All" (1989). Other albums include: "My Servant Joseph" (1993), "Women at the Well" (1995), "Stories From Eden’s Garden" (1998), "A Prayer Unto Thee" (1999), "Hear My Praise" (2002), (combining original works with some of the best-loved songs of other Christian artists), "Face to Face—the Kenneth Cope Collection" (2005), and "All About You" (2008). Recognizing Kenneth’s achievements, the Faith Centered Music Association (FCMA) has awarded him numerous PEARL Awards over the years including Male vocalist of the Year, Songwriter of the Year, and Album of the Year. His "Stories from Eden's Garden" garnered Kenneth an Indie nomination for Contemporary Christian Album of the Year from the Association for Independent Music. Kenneth is a consummate performer whose talent extends beyond musical performance. He is an author, and a winning personality onstage, a speaker, commedian, and story-teller with an approachable demeanor. At one backyard performance for a friend (artist Liz Lemon Swindle) a large group of young children gathered starry-eyed around him. One child offered, "Wow, you're so good! You could be a professional!"
- Cope's other credits included The Adventures of Robin Hood, No Hiding Place, Z-Cars, The Avengers, Dixon of Dock Green, Crown Court, Juliet Bravo, Rumpole of the Bailey, Bergerac, Casualty, Minder, The Bill and Last of the Summer Wine. However, he is best known for playing Marty Hopkirk on Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) and Jed Stone on Coronation Street.
- After this he turned to his writing talents, penning Episodes One and Three of the Leonard Swindley spin-off Turn out the Lights with Peter Eckersley. He later appeared - and is best remembered - for the series Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), in which he played the latter titular-role. He also contributed to the seminal satirical series That Was the Week That Was. As well as being an actor Kenneth has worked as a DJ for Radio Luxembourg and recorded a record, 'Hands off. Stop mucking about', with Tony Hatch. He has continued to act after leaving the programme taking a leading role in two of the better late 1970s 'Carry on' movies, Carry on at Your Convenience and Carry on Matron. He appeared in the soap opera Brookside for three years as Ray Hilton. Somewhat unexpectedly, Cope returned to Coronation Street as Jed in August 2008. The forty-two year gap between his appearances was stated as being a possible record for any television programme but his was broken by actor Philip Lowrie who returned in 2011 as Dennis Tanner after a forty-three year absence. After playing the role for four episodes in August, he returned again in November that year, where the character was almost killed by Tony Gordon (Gray O'Brien) on Christmas Eve. After a brief return in the New Year, he made his final appearance in February 2009. It was originally intended for Jed to be killed off, but Kenneth Cope was against the idea so producers had a change of heart. In March 2014 Kenneth appeared as a character witness for former colleague William Roache (who plays Ken Barlow) over historical sex abuse allegations dating back to the 1960s. Kenneth met his wife Renny Lister when she appeared alongside him in Coronation Street as Jean Stark. Their children include the actress Martha Cope who herself appeared in Coronation Street in December 2015 and January 2016 as Joanne, a woman who briefly dated Kevin Webster. With Coronation Street being his last contribution to television, Kenneth currently resides in Southport and writes a column for the weekly Visitor newspaper.
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