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…
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Family • Series • 1976 • 9 seasons
Starring: Michael Staniforth, Ann Emery, William Perrie
Created by: Bob Block
S1 E1 - 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.
Jan 6, 1976 • 25m
S1 E2 - Airport
Fred Mumford and his fellow ghosts set out to exercise a ghost which has been terrorising London's Heathrow Airport.
Jan 13, 1976 • 25m
S1 E3 - 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.
Jan 20, 1976 • 25m
S1 E4 - 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.
Jan 27, 1976 • 25m
S1 E5 - 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.
Feb 3, 1976 • 25m
About This Show
Rentaghost
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.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Family • TV Series • 1976
