Rentaghost (1976) · WatchGuide

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19769 Seasons25m episodes6.8

Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Family, Comedy

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Runtime: 25m episodes
Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Origin: GB

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After his death, Fred Mumford wants a second chance at achieving the success that eluded him in life. Coming back to Earth as a spirit, he recruits a Victorian gent and a medieval jester to set up 'Rentaghost', a supernatural service for wanted hauntings.

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Status: Ended
First aired: Jan 6, 1976
Network: BBC One
Studio: BBC

Time to finish

24 hrs

58 episodes. About 4 weeks at an hour a night.

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Cast

Michael Staniforth

Timothy Claypole

Ann Emery

Ethel Meaker

William Perrie

Pantomime Horse

John Asquith

Pantomime Horse

Jeffrey Segal

Arthur Perkins

Hal Dyer

Rose Perkins

Sue Nicholls

Nadia Popov

Molly Weir

Hazel the McWitch

Vincent White

Bernie St John

Aimi MacDonald

Susie Starlight

SERIES

19769 Seasons25m episodes6.8

Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Family, Comedy

TMDB6.8

Votes8

Your rating

Runtime: 25m episodes
Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Origin: GB

About

Where to watch

Region

Not available to stream in United States yet.

Episodes

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E1 · Airs Jan 6, 1976 · 25m
New Recruits
Fred Mumford returns to earth from the spirit world to open a business called 'Rentaghost' which offers ghosts and poltergeists on a daily or weekly rental basis. He is sometimes helped, but more often hindered, by Davenport, a fussy Victorian ghost, and Mr Timothy Claypole, a mischievous medieval poltergeist.
E2 · Airs Jan 13, 1976 · 25m
Airport
Fred Mumford and his fellow ghosts set out to exercise a ghost which has been terrorising London's Heathrow Airport.
E3 · Airs Jan 20, 1976 · 25m
Hospital
Mumford and his colleagues decide to tell their landlord, Mr. Meaker, that they are really ghosts. The shock of this lands Mr. Meaker in the local hospital where the Rentaghost team offer to provide a conjuring act for the centenary celebrations. As ghosts they find it easy to vanish - but Mumford has some difficulty becoming visible again.
E4 · Airs Jan 27, 1976 · 25m
Department Store
The Rentaghost team are engaged by a security firm to patrol a large department store and stop shoplifting. Claypole goes through a mischevious phase when his poltergeist powers are at their strongest.
E5 · Airs Feb 3, 1976 · 25m
Stately Home
Haunting a stately home proves to be something of a trial of strength for Mumford. His ghostly Uncle Arthur provides him with an assorted bunch of spooks to help the haunting, then calls them out on strike.

Details

Status: Ended
First aired: Jan 6, 1976
Network: BBC One
Studio: BBC

Time to finish

24 hrs

58 episodes. About 4 weeks at an hour a night.

View on IMDb ↗

Cast

Michael Staniforth

Timothy Claypole

Ann Emery

Ethel Meaker

William Perrie

Pantomime Horse

John Asquith

Pantomime Horse

Jeffrey Segal

Arthur Perkins

Hal Dyer

Rose Perkins

Sue Nicholls

Nadia Popov

Molly Weir

Hazel the McWitch

Vincent White

Bernie St John

Aimi MacDonald

Susie Starlight

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