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Rentaghost

Harold and Ethel Meaker live in South Ealing and run "Rentaghost", where they rent ghosts out to the public. Over the years many ghosts came and went but the main Rentaghost crew consisted of Timothy Claypole,a jester at the court of Queen Matilda (The Dreaded Tyrant of the Twelfth Century); Hazel the McWitch, the ghost of a Scottish witch who was recruited during the rentapotion venture;,Nadia Popov, a Dutch ghost who still suffered from hay fever and had a habit of "popping off" whenever she saw a flower, Fred Mumford, who originally founded Rentaghost after becoming a ghost in a shipping accident six months previously and ran the business for a short time; Hubert Davenport, a distinguished Victorian gentleman; Harold Meaker, originally the spooks' landlord but later took over the business when Fred Mumford couldn't keep up with the rent; and Ethel Meaker,Harold's wife, who fancies herself as a bit of a singer. The Meakers' next-door neighbours, Rose and Arthur Perkins, were convinced that the Meakers were a pair of nutters and hired a private detective, then tried to get a psychiatrist to convince them that they needed treatment.

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Cast & Crew See All

Michael Staniforth
Timothy Claypole
Edward Brayshaw
Harold Meaker
Ann Emery
Ethel Meaker

Season 9 Episode Guide See All

Episode 1

Episode #9.1

25 mins

Harold is away but has forgotten to light the central heating boiler, leaving Ethel cold in the house; Mr. Claypole tries to help bring a pantomime dragon to life and also hires Susie Starlight as the Perkins' cleaner.

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