Michael Staniforth television comedy series "Rentaghost". Staniforth played Timothy Claypole from 1976, when the show first aired, until 1984, and was the longest-standing member of the cast. Claypole was a bearded medieval jester, dressed in motley and bells. Claypole's longevity as a ghost meant that he had expert ghostly skills; coupled with his mischievous personality, and often boundless psychic energy, he caused mayhem for the rest of the "Rentaghost" cast. Danny Birchall at BFI Screenonline noted: The sheer energy of Michael Staniforth (who also performed the theme tune) as Claypole made it one of the longer-lasting children's television series, if not always
Jester Interactive based in North Wales. Key staff who kicked off this venture were Lee Wright, Tim Wright and Gavin Morgan, Managing Director of Morgan Computing Limited. Jester Interactive initially consisted of a small team of five people working in offices based at Liverpool's Port of Liverpool Building where a custom made studio was constructed to develop the company's first title "NoiseToys". "NoiseToys" was later re-titled "MUSIC Station", and then shortened to simply "MUSIC" with the strap line "Music Creation for the PlayStation Generation". This line of software also featured a DJ Character known affectionately as 'Scratchy' which usually appeared on all