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A stage adaptation of The Ballad Of Halo Jones was a surprise hit at the 1987 Edinburgh Festival. In 1988 the In The Red Theatre Company toured the show around the UK. Cast: Clare Fairley (Halo Jones), Debbie Howard (Rodice), Nicky McRoy (Toy), Andy Veal (Toby), Angela Clifford (Ludy), Dave Barrett (the Glyph).
Another stage adaptation: In 2001, Andrew Ness adapted Book One of the story to the Liverpool stage.
In 2012, a new stage adaptation covering Book One and Book Two of the series was performed as a fringe theatre production in Manchester. Leah Moore attended one of the performances.
Halo Jones T-shirts issued by 2000AD in the 1980s had the slogan "Hoop-life Hero" on them.
Computer game: Programmers Mike Lewis and Carl Cropley developed a Halo Jones game in the 1980s for the Spectrum computer, based around the shopping trip that Halo takes.
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