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Rentaghost [1976]
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nostalgia heaven!
Review date: 2008-06-23 Rating: 10 out of 10
I stumbled on this gem by accident looking for something else for a friend. I'd remembered loving it as a child, but wasn't sure after ordering it whether i'd still think it was great. I sat there in wonderment about why on earth i had just wasted my money on this dodgy dated pantomime slapstick nonscence, but you know what....? - That warm glow i felt inside when i heard that catchy theme tune; that nostalgic element, well, really cheered me up no end and took me back to my earliest memories of TV. I just loved some of the lines. They just don't date! My only sadness is that they havn't put any more onto DVD. I would have loved to have seem Mrs Poppov, and Dobin the pantomime horse. Oh well....maybe they will one day.
It's a must for any cult TV lover. Go on... you know you want to! :-)
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Reviews
Childhood Revisited
Review date: 2003-09-12 Rating: 10 out of 10
I cam across this on Amazon by fluke and am I glad i did. THIS is what my childhood TV memories is all about. It encapsulates all that was brilliant about 70's TV. Wobbly sets prevail and storylines that even though we are talking about ghosts do not seem too far fetched and it is set in England.
Fantastic and well worth buying just to show your own kids what they are missing.
Timeless Classic
Review date: 2002-12-06 Rating: 8 out of 10
Ah, the days of dodgy haircuts, puple waistcoats and yellow flares! Children's tv in the 70s lacked much of the sophistication of today's 'yoof' tv but in many ways was better for it. 'Rentaghost' continues a trend of slapstick comedy based around minimal plot stretching back to the Three Stooges and Laurel and Hardy. Sure you can see the strings attached to the props and the special effects make Doctor Who look like 'Lord of the Rings' but the knockabout humour and interplay between the three leads makes this timeless comedy.
It's interesting to see the original 5 episodes again because the series was only finding its feet before the introduction later of perhaps more memorable characters. No McWitch, Miss Popov or Pantomime Horse yet or my particular fave Mrs Meaker. But a brilliant theme tune that I can still remember 25 years on and pure, honest and innocent comedy from a time when children's tv presenters didn't wear cropped tops and body piercings at 4 in the afternoon. Let's hope the Beeb release the rest of the other series.
We love rentaghost especially Dobin the Pantomime Horse
Review date: 2001-08-01 Rating: 10 out of 10
We have been waiting for rentaghost to be released for years and here it is. It is one of the best childrens programmes ever made and we wait with anticipation for future releases especially ones with Mrs Perkins and her headaches. Excellent stuff from the rentaghosties Neil, Claire and Ann marie. P.s Dont go into the cellar
Gadzooks! Odds Bodkins! - It's a wonderous "shiny disc"
Review date: 2001-06-13 Rating: 8 out of 10
What can I say but "About time!!!" and "Classic BBC archive material".
This is the 1st ever series of Rentaghost broadcast back in 1976 (when I was 3) so if you remember the later episodes in the mid 80's, you'll love this. Fred Mumford, Mr Davenport and Mr Claypole star as the 3 ghosts who together are Rentaghost.
Picture quality is excellent - expected quite a bit of hiss & grainyness from such an oldie program but these are thankfully missing. Only thing that spoils the CD IMHO is that the CD doesn't have any extras on it, just a scene selection menu. Come on DVD production guys, at least you could have included the soundtracks (original and the more well known one), along with some biographies of the cast etc... But don't let this put you off buying what is otherwise a fantastic DVD.
BTW - Dobbin, the Pantomime Horse doesn't appear until Series 5 if you're expecting to see him.
Lastly - please let's see more series of Rentaghost on DVD !
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Michael Staniforth
Anthony Jackson
Michael Darbyshire
Edward Brayshaw
Ann Emery
Director(s):
Recording label: Network
Manufacturer: Network
EAN: 5027626214449
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: PAL,
Release date: 2001-06-11
Number of discs: 1
Audience rating: Parental Guidance
Region code: 2
Running time: 125 minutes
Theatrical release date: 1976-01-06
Language: English (Original Language)