Rentaghost

Rentaghost

1976
★★★☆☆ 6.3/10
📺 9 Seasons
🎬 58 Episodes
📅 Ended
🌐 EN
⏱️ 25 min/episode
FamilyComedy
Rentaghost was a British children's television comedy show, broadcast by the BBC between 6 January 1976 and 6 November 1984. The show's plot centred on the antics of a number of ghosts who worked for a firm called Rentaghost, which rented out the ghosts for various tasks.

Seasons

Season 1
1976 • 5 Episodes
Fred Mumford returns to earth from the spirit world to open a business called 'Rentaghost' which offers ghosts and poltergeists on a dialy or weekly rental basis. He is sometimes helped, but more often hindered, by Davenport, a fussy Victorian ghost, and Claypole, a mischevious medieval poltergeist.
Season 2
1976 • 6 Episodes
Rentaghost try their hand at being private detectives. Harold becomes a suspect.
Season 3
1977 • 6 Episodes
The ghosts try their hand at controlling the weather and all fall in love with Catastrophe Kate, a wild west ghost.
Season 4
1978 • 7 Episodes
Hazel the McWitch starts Rentapotion, which makes potions to order. Not all goes to plan though when Ethel's legs grow to be 12ft long and Harold behaves as if he is 10 years old.
Season 5
1980 • 5 Episodes
The Meaker's latest money-making scheme comes to be in the form of Rentananny. Harold tries to use a copying spell to give Ethel driving lessons.
Season 6
1981 • 6 Episodes
The Meakers move into Mr Painting's old house which just happens to be next door to their old neighbours, the Perkins.
Season 7
1982 • 13 Episodes
Season 8
1983 • 5 Episodes
Season 9
1984 • 5 Episodes

Crew

Director
David Crichton

Network

BBC One

Production

BBC

Keywords

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