Rentaghost with limited success, to involve the ghosts in his latest business enterprise. When actor Michael Darbyshire (who played the role of Davenport) died in 1979, Anthony Jackson (Mumford) declined to appear in the next series, leaving Michael Staniforth's Claypole the sole original ghost; Davenport and Mumford's absences were explained at the start of the series by the pair having gone on an extended tour of stately home hauntings. After Mumford's departure, the business was taken over by Harold Meaker and his wife Ethel, who suffered from the various problems the ghosts brought to their lives. The long-suffering neighbours of Rentaghost
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