Rentaghost (TV Series) Episode #7.11 (1982) User Reviews

Episode 11

[Prismark10 · 6/10 · 28 November 2022]

Rentaghost was a popular and ever present farcical children's show when I was a kid.

The main cast changed quite a bit during its run. Only ghost jester Timothy Claypole (Michael Staniforth) spooked till the very end.

The quality declined in the latter years. I guess the presence of Christopher Biggins hamming it up was entirely coincidental.

Adam Painting has a new clothing line for ghosts but Timothy Claypole, Hazel the McWitch and Nadia Popov are not happy with the wages they are getting.

Meanwhile Painting wants the Meakers to do some clothes modelling. However they have stopped arguing for a few minutes and decide to hop off on a break without telling the ghosts.

By this time the stories do not make much sense, the humour is broad. More emphasis on silliness but it is still fun, just about. It helps that the cast are all on the same page. Even Biggins.

Polly Styrene is a very good name for a plastic parrot.

[Sleepin_Dragon · 7/10 · 20 December 2022]

Adam Painting runs a fashion show at his department store, using Mr Claypole, McWitch and Miss Popov as models, Ethel is feeling unloved by Harold.

It seems as though this show has been long forgotten, it's never shown anymore, and that's a shame, a show suitable for audiences young and old.

This one is so funny, it's as zany and bonkers as ever, but the laughs are there, nonsensical, but funny. The Harold Ethel dance was a scream, and a chance for the pair to show off their skills. You see Emery chuckling a few times.

The special effects look so old fashioned now, as a kid I never cared, it was so much fun, now they look so bad.

Thanks BBC4 for showing this, let's hope more follow.

Made me laugh, 7/19.