Rentaghost
- TV sitcom
- BBC One
- 1976 - 1984
- 58 episodes (9 series)
Childrens' comedy about an agency hiring out ghosts. Stars Michael Staniforth, Edward Brayshaw, Anthony Jackson, Michael Darbyshire, Betty Alberge and more.
Key details
- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 1976 - 1984
- Channel
- BBC One
- Episodes
- 58 (9 series)
- Stars
- Michael Staniforth, Edward Brayshaw, Anthony Jackson, Michael Darbyshire, Betty Alberge, John Dawson, Ann Emery, Molly Weir and more
- Writer
- Bob Block
- Director
- David Crichton
- Producers
- Paul Ciani and Jeremy Swan
- Company
Fred Mumford comes back from the dead with a business idea: Rentaghost, offering ghosts and poltergeists for hire. But the spooks on his staff, fussy Victorian Hubert Davenport and mischievous medieval jester Timothy Claypole, make the lively business of life after death a far from smooth affair...
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Additional details
- Production
- Studio
- Picture
- Colour
- Soundtrack
- Theme by Michael Staniforth, incidental music by Jonathan Cohen.
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Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Tuesday 6th January 1976 at 5:15pm on BBC One
- All previous repeats
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- Sunday 27th November 2022 at 7:05pm on BBC4 - Series 7, Episode 11