List of Rentaghost episodes

The following is a list of episodes for the British children's comedy Rentaghost, that aired on BBC One from 6 January 1976 to 6 November 1984.^[1]

Episodes

Series 1 (January 1976)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	1	"Episode 1"	TBA	Bob Block	6 January 1976 (1976-Jan-06)
Recently deceased Fred Mumford needs to find money to fund his new ghost rental business. He hopes his parents will help him, However they haven't yet been told their son is dead.^[2]
2	2	"Series 1 Episode 2"	TBA	Bob Block	13 January 1976 (1976-Jan-13)
3	3	"Series 1 Episode 3"	TBA	Bob Block	20 January 1976 (1976-Jan-20)
4	4	"Series 1 Episode 4"	TBA	Bob Block	27 January 1976 (1976-Jan-27)
5	5	"Series 1 Episode 5"	TBA	Bob Block	3 February 1976 (1976-Feb-03)
6	6	"Series 1 Episode 6"	TBA	Bob Block	18 May 1976 (1976-May-18)
Rentaghost sets itself up as a detective agency

Series 2 (May 1976)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
7	1	"Series 2 Episode 1"	TBA	Bob Block	25 May 1976 (1976-May-25)
8	2	"Series 2 Episode 2"	TBA	Bob Block	1 June 1976 (1976-Jun-01)
9	3	"Series 2 Episode 3"	TBA	Bob Block	8 June 1976 (1976-Jun-08)
10	4	"Series 2 Episode 4"	TBA	Bob Block	15 June 1976 (1976-Jun-15)
11	5	"Series 2 Episode 5"	TBA	Bob Block	22 June 1976 (1976-Jun-22)

Series 3 (1977)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
12	1	"Series 3 Episode 1"	TBA	Bob Block	22 February 1977 (1977-Feb-22)
13	2	"Series 3 Episode 2"	TBA	Bob Block	1 March 1977 (1977-Mar-01)
14	3	"Series 3 Episode 3"	TBA	Bob Block	8 March 1977 (1977-Mar-08)
15	4	"Series 3 Episode 4"	TBA	Bob Block	15 March 1977 (1977-Mar-15)
16	5	"Series 3 Episode 5"	TBA	Bob Block	22 March 1977 (1977-Mar-22)
17	6	"Series 3 Episode 6"	TBA	Bob Block	29 March 1977 (1977-Mar-29)
The ghosts win £500 on premium bonds and decide to use it to treat Harold Meaker as a gesture of appreciation. Unfortunately the events of the previous few weeks have placed Mr. Meaker on the verge of a nervous breakdown and he gets the wrong idea...

Series 4 (1978)

This series was accompanied by a Christmas Special, this episode being last to feature the characters of Fred Mumford and Hubert Davenport in the series.

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
18	1	"Series 4 Episode 1"	TBA	Bob Block	14 September 1978 (1978-Sep-14)
19	2	"Series 4 Episode 2"	TBA	Bob Block	21 September 1978 (1978-Sep-21)
20	3	"Series 4 Episode 3"	TBA	Bob Block	28 September 1978 (1978-Sep-28)
21	4	"Series 4 Episode 4"	TBA	Bob Block	5 October 1978 (1978-Oct-05)
22	5	"Series 4 Episode 5"	TBA	Bob Block	12 October 1978 (1978-Oct-12)
23	6	"Series 4 Episode 6"	TBA	Bob Block	19 October 1978 (1978-Oct-19)
Catastrophe Kate drops in on her surfboard to find that Rentaghost is organising a charity fete.
24	7	"RentaSanta"	TBA	Bob Block	21 December 1978 (1978-Dec-21)
Mr. Claypole's antics cause problems as he brings a pantomime horse, Dobbin, to life... and finds he cannot undo the spell.

Series 5 (1980)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
25	1	"Series 5 Episode 1"	TBA	Bob Block	7 March 1980 (1980-Mar-07)
Fred and Hubert have left for an extended tour of stately home hauntings, and so Mr. Claypole recruits two new members of Rentaghost: Hazel McWitch and Tamara Novek. Meanwhile, Dobbin learns how to transport himself and continues to cause problems for the Meakers.
26	2	"Series 5 Episode 2"	TBA	Bob Block	11 March 1980 (1980-Mar-11)
Mr Meaker is sick in bed and the ghosts have to look after him. Mrs Meaker decides to become a professional singer and develops a voice which can shatter glass. Mr and Mrs Perkins decide to have the Meakers investigated by a private detective.
27	3	"Series 5 Episode 3"	TBA	Bob Block	14 March 1980 (1980-Mar-14)
Mrs Meaker 's glass-shattering voice now breaks wood, thanks to Mr Claypole ! A singer is needed at Painting's Roller Disco, so Mr Meaker sees a way to get Ethel out of the house.
28	4	"Series 5 Episode 4"	TBA	Bob Block	18 March 1980 (1980-Mar-18)
29	5	"Series 5 Episode 5"	TBA	Bob Block	21 March 1980 (1980-Mar-21)

Series 6 (1981)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
30	1	"Series 6 Episode 1"	TBA	Bob Block	24 April 1981 (1981-Apr-24)
The Meakers arrive by flying carpet to live next door to the Perkins; Ethel gets stuck on a chimney in an armchair with the Horse on her lap; Nadia Popov, a new ghost, joins Claypole in a Flying Bath and Hazel's dream potion perplexes the police!
31	2	"Series 6 Episode 2"	TBA	Bob Block	1 May 1981 (1981-May-01)
Meaker becomes a champion ice skater to promote Painting's new skates. The spooks get spots from powerful potions. The Perkins persuade a psychiatrist to peruse the neighbours. Nadia falls in love with Harold and Painting becomes a copy of a Painting.
32	3	"Series 6 Episode 3"	TBA	Bob Block	8 May 1981 (1981-May-08)
The horse is hiding under the table; the tortoise is racing round the house; the budgie is trying to break the door down; the kitten has just tried to eat the milkman and Mrs Perkins has a geranium on her cranium ...
33	4	"Series 6 Episode 4"	TBA	Bob Block	15 May 1981 (1981-May-15)
Nadia becomes a ping-pong ball, the horse becomes a panto' mime Pegasus, Meaker becomes a green doll, Painting becomes a teddy bear and the Perkins put on a cabaret for Dr Newman!
34	5	"Series 6 Episode 5"	TBA	Bob Block	22 May 1981 (1981-May-22)
35	6	"Series 6 Episode 6"	TBA	Bob Block	29 May 1981 (1981-May-29)

Series 7 (1982)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
36	1	"Series 7 Episode 1"	TBA	Bob Block	5 October 1982 (1982-Oct-05)
37	2	"Series 7 Episode 2"	TBA	Bob Block	12 October 1982 (1982-Oct-12)
38	3	"Series 7 Episode 3"	TBA	Bob Block	19 October 1982 (1982-Oct-19)
39	4	"Series 7 Episode 4"	TBA	Bob Block	26 October 1982 (1982-Oct-26)
40	5	"Series 7 Episode 5"	TBA	Bob Block	2 November 1982 (1982-Nov-02)
41	6	"Series 7 Episode 6"	TBA	Bob Block	9 November 1982 (1982-Nov-09)
42	7	"Series 7 Episode 7"	TBA	Bob Block	16 November 1982 (1982-Nov-16)
43	8	"Series 7 Episode 8"	TBA	Bob Block	23 November 1982 (1982-Nov-23)
44	9	"Series 7 Episode 9"	TBA	Bob Block	30 November 1982 (1982-Nov-30)
45	10	"Series 7 Episode 10"	TBA	Bob Block	7 December 1982 (1982-Dec-07)
46	11	"Series 7 Episode 11"	TBA	Bob Block	14 December 1982 (1982-Dec-14)
47	12	"Series 7 Episode 12"	TBA	Bob Block	21 December 1982 (1982-Dec-21)
48	13	"Series 7 Episode 13"	TBA	Bob Block	29 December 1982 (1982-Dec-29)

Series 8 (1983)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
49	1	"Series 8 Episode 1"	TBA	Bob Block	October 1983 (1983-Oct)
50	2	"Series 8 Episode 2"	TBA	Bob Block	October 1983 (1983-Oct)
51	3	"Series 8 Episode 3"	TBA	Bob Block	October 1983 (1983-Oct)
52	4	"Series 8 Episode 4"	TBA	Bob Block	November 1983 (1983-Nov)
53	5	"Series 8 Episode 5"	TBA	Bob Block	November 1983 (1983-Nov)

Series 9 (1984)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
54	1	"Series 9 Episode 1"	TBA	Bob Block	9 October 1983 (1983-Oct-09)
55	2	"Series 9 Episode 2"	TBA	Bob Block	16 October 1984 (1984-Oct-16)
56	3	"Series 9 Episode 3"	TBA	Bob Block	23 October 1984 (1984-Oct-23)
57	4	"Series 9 Episode 4"	TBA	Bob Block	30 October 1984 (1984-Oct-30)
58	5	"Series 9 Episode 5"	David Crichton	Bob Block	6 November 1984 (1984-Nov-06)

References

↑ "BBC - Comedy Guide - Rentaghost". Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on 13 December 2004. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
↑ "Rentaghost 1". BBC Genome. Retrieved 26 February 2016.

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