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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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Checked Sep 3, 2026
Rentaghost premiered January 6, 1976. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
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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Episode 1
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.
Directed by David CrichtonWritten by Bob BlockGuest stars Edward Brayshaw, Betty Alberge, John Dawson
Episode 2
Fred Mumford and his fellow ghosts set out to exercise a ghost which has been terrorising London's Heathrow Airport.
Directed by David Crichton, Paul CianiWritten by Bob BlockGuest stars Betty Alberge, John Dawson, Elisabeth Day, Ian Collier, Colin Etherington
Episode 3
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.
Directed by David Crichton, Jeremy SwanWritten by Bob BlockGuest stars Edward Brayshaw, Betty Alberge, John Dawson, Laurel Ford, Maggy Maxwell
Episode 4
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.
Directed by David CrichtonWritten by Bob BlockGuest stars Edward Brayshaw, Elisabeth Day, Richard Owens, Peter Mackriel, James Warwick
Episode 5
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.
Directed by David CrichtonWritten by Bob BlockGuest stars Betty Alberge, John Dawson, Dudley Jones, John Rye
Episode information updated Sep 3, 2026
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