Rentaghost
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.
Press clippings
Melancholy, madcap and strangely moving: why Rentaghost is as good as children's TV gets
Bob Block's 1970s comedy - now on Britbox - mined laughs from undead characters with unbearably bleak backstories. Was it too good for kids?
Gareth Roberts, The Telegraph, 20th February 2024Comedies added to BritBox's "Old School Classics" range
Among the shows being added to BritBox aree Maid Marian And Her Merry Men, Rentaghost and the ITV Worzel Gummidge.
Morgan Jeffery, Radio Times, 16th December 2020Rentaghost is much bleaker than you remember
Rewatching Bob Block's 70s kids' sitcom for Halloween reveals some surprisingly scary themes at work.
Martin Belam, The Guardian, 31st October 2016Ann Emery, star of Rentaghost, dies at 86
Ann Emery, the veteran actress who played Ethel Meaker in children's show Rentaghost, has died at the age of 86.
BBC News, 30th September 2016Rentaghost latest British comedy to be picked up in USA
Eighties kids' sitcom Rentaghost is being turned into a Hollywood film starring Ben Stiller, according to reports by Variety.
Such Small Portions, 13th October 2011