Rentaghost were later recovered by the BBC Archives. The "Rentaghost" theme song, originally composed by Michael Staniforth who also played Timothy Claypole, was performed as part of the "George's song" skit in Shooting Stars (TV series) where it was one of the very few songs performed unmodified; it attracted cheers and applause as soon as the first line was finished. The well-known version of the theme is from the later series; the first series had the lyrics "ghosts and ghouls and poltergeists" (later changed to ".. and freaks and fools"), and "what you see is not ESP.." (as ESP was highly
Rentaghost Ben Stiller had now been signed for the project. "Night at the Museum" writers Tom Lennon and Robert Ben Garant had been hired to write the script, reuniting the two writers with Stiller. In 2017 Fox decided not to take up the rights to "Rentaghost", but it is now being looked at by film companies in the UK. In series 6, the Perkins are given a magical amulet that grants all their wishes. They do not realise this, however, and persist in expressing odd wishes, which the amulet then proceeds to grant. One of the more frequent running jokes in