The Ghosts of Motley Hall

30min

Comedy

The Ghosts of Motley Hall is a British children's television series written by Richard Carpenter which was produced and directed by Quentin Lawrence for Granada Television, and broadcast between 1976 and 1978 on the ITV network. The series relates the adventures of 5 ghosts who haunt Motley Hall. Each ghost is from a different era and all with the exception of Matt are unable to leave the confines of the building and Matt himself is unable to travel outside the grounds of the Hall. The only regular character who is not a ghost is Mr Gudgin the caretaker of Motley Hall. Carpenter wrote a companion novel for the series for Puffin Books in 1977. A 3 DVD set containing the complete series was released by Network in 2005.

Episodes

Cast

The Last Uproar

1. The Last Uproar

30min

25th Apr 1976

Old Gory

2. Old Gory

30min

2nd May 1976

Box of Tricks

3. Box of Tricks

30min

9th May 1976

Bad Lord William and the British Banana Company

4. Bad Lord William and the British Banana Company

30min

16th May 1976

Perfida Blackart Rides Again

5. Perfida Blackart Rides Again

30min

23rd May 1976

Double Trouble

6. Double Trouble

30min

30th May 1976

The Pogmore Experiment

7. The Pogmore Experiment

30min

6th Jun 1976

First air date

28th Apr 1976

Last air date

5th Mar 1978

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks