Rentaghost: Series 1

5 episodes Premiered Jan 6, 1976 Updated Oct 8, 2026

Season 1 Episodes

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S1·E1 Mytharc

New Recruits

Jan 6, 1976 · 25 min

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 h

S1·E2 Core

Airport

Jan 13, 1976 · 25 min

Fred Mumford and his fellow ghosts set out to exercise a ghost which has been terrorising London's Heathrow Airport.

S1·E3 Core

Hospital

Jan 20, 1976 · 25 min

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 tea

S1·E4 Core

Department Store

Jan 27, 1976 · 25 min

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 ar

S1·E5 Mytharc

Stately Home

Feb 3, 1976 · 25 min

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