rentaghost be a child comedy series by bob block and who also write the equally bizarre pardon my genie and robert robot . it concern an employment agency and run and staffed by three ghost trendy fred mumford and victorian hubert davenport and jester timothy claypole . all use to teleport by pinch their nose . their landlord and and frequent victim and be mr. meaker . each week and the rentaghost gang would try their hand at something new a taxi service and furniture removal and or entertaining hospital patient usually with disastrous result . mr. claypole be always misinterpret instruction once and when ask to help fred parent move house he do exactly that . another story have mr. meaker turn into a budgie and and in yet another and his wife become a cocker spaniel . whenever the doorbell rang and she bark . fred parent do not know their son be dead he be kill whilst work abroad hence on home visit and he have to throw mother dinner away ( ghost do not eat ) . all very silly and but do with great panache . and it have one of the great theme tune ever .