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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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- E1 New RecruitsNext upJan 6, 1976 · 25 min
Synopsis
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.
Guest stars: Edward Brayshaw (Harold Meaker), Betty Alberge (Mrs Mumford), John Dawson (Mr Mumford)
- E2 AirportJan 13, 1976 · 25 min
Synopsis
Fred Mumford and his fellow ghosts set out to exercise a ghost which has been terrorising London's Heathrow Airport.
Guest stars: Betty Alberge (Mrs Mumford), John Dawson (Mr Mumford), Elisabeth Day (Mama Davenport), Ian Collier (Maltby), Colin Etherington (Forster)
- E3 HospitalJan 20, 1976 · 25 min
Synopsis
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.
Guest stars: Edward Brayshaw (Harold Meaker), Betty Alberge (Mrs Mumford), John Dawson (Mr Mumford), Laurel Ford (Sister), Maggy Maxwell (Matron)
- E4 Department StoreJan 27, 1976 · 25 min
Synopsis
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.
Guest stars: Edward Brayshaw (Harold Meaker), Elisabeth Day (Mama Davenport), Richard Owens (PC Rigby), Peter Mackriel (Bartlett), James Warwick (Seymour)
- E5 Stately HomeFeb 3, 1976 · 25 min
Synopsis
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.
Guest stars: Betty Alberge (Mrs Mumford), John Dawson (Mr Mumford), Dudley Jones (Uncle Arthur), John Rye (Lord Busby)
Cast & crew
Created by Bob Block
Ann Emery
Sue Nicholls
Molly Weir
Aimi MacDonald
