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COLLECTION · Series · 1976

The Ghosts of Motley Hall

The Ghosts of Motley Hall is a British children's television series written by Richard Carpenter and produced and directed by Quentin Lawrence for Granada Television, and broadcast between 1976 and 1978 on ITV. Five ghosts occupy the titular Motley Hall. Each hails from a different era and all—with the exception of newly deceased Matt—are unable to leave the confines of the building.

Source: TMDB
* 7.4 (5)ComedyFamilyFantasyScience FictionUnited Kingdom
Creators
Richard Carpenter
Countries
United Kingdom
Studios
ITV1 · Granada Television
Runtime
30 min/ep
Release
25/04/1976
Score
7.4 / 10 (5)
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Seasons and episodes
Specials
Specials
1 episodes
Episode 1. Phantomime
30 min

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Series 1
Series 1
7 episodes · 1976
Episode 1. The Last Uproar
1976-04-25 · 26 min

There has always been an Uproar at Motley Hall, until now. The last Uproar, Sir Humphrey, has died, leaving caretaker Mr Gudgin facing two schemers plotting to steal Motley Hall out from under him. It's up to the ghosts to figure out a…

Episode 2. Old Gory
1976-05-02 · 26 min

Old Gory is a Motley Hall Ghost who appears faithfully every five years and can be seen by all, living and ghosts alike. Unfortunately this year, his scheduled appearance is likely to be seen by a ghost hunter and his very perceptive wife…

Episode 3. Box of Tricks
1976-05-09 · 26 min

The ghosts discover television abd the trouble it can cause when two bumbling crooks use Motley Hall to store eight boxes of stolen wireless TVs. The crooks are thwarted, first by the residents and then by a policeman who is able to see…

Episode 4. Bad Lord William and the British Banana Company
1976-05-16 · 26 min

Mr Gudgin has sold Motley Hall to The British Banana Company, but their agent has accidentally released Bad Lord William, surely one of the worst of the Uproar Clan ghosts. It'll take Bodkin's sword skills and Matt's cunning to free…

Episode 5. Perfida Blackart Rides Again
1976-05-23 · 26 min

It's just been discovered that Motley Hall is 400 years old, so to commemorate this, the ghosts decide to hold a Masque. But when Bodkin tries to write it, the pages of the history book that might finally identify the mysterious White…

Episode 6. Double Trouble
1976-05-30 · 26 min

Matt's joining the other ghosts has certainly made Motley Hall much more lively and interesting for all. However, hiding from the others is a second Matt, one with a secret agenda, and it's not good! And worse, which Matt is which?

Episode 7. The Pogmore Experiment
1976-06-06 · 26 min

Once again, poor Mr Gudgin finds himself roped into yet another newfangled way to rid Motley Hall of its 'spirited' occupants. This time, it's a scientist who says they're not ghosts, but merely hallucinations, simply electrical…

Series 2
Series 2
7 episodes · 1976
Episode 1. The Christmas Spirit
1976-12-24 · 26 min

There's not a lot of Christmas Spirit at Motley Hall this year. Everyone's depressed because Christmas is no different than any other day of the year. Suddenly, the house comes alive and recreates a lovely Christmas of 1848, only to be…

Episode 2. Sir Peveril's Hoard
1977-01-02 · 26 min

The roof needs mending and the ghosts are worried how Mr Gudgin will pay. They know that Sir Peveril has piles of loot hidden somewhere in Motley Hall but all they have for a clue to find it is the inscription on his bust that says he…

Episode 3. Where Are You, White Feather?
1977-01-09 · 26 min

The residents' happy existence rudely interrupted by Britain's top medium Emily Tiffin and her spirit guide, White Feather. In a plot to rid Motley of these unwelcome guests, Bodkin takes the place of White Feather temporarily but they…

Episode 4. Godfrey of Basingstoke
1977-01-16 · 26 min

Matt finds a ring that leads him to an upside-down ghost of a knight in armor hanging outside the hall. After being freed, he sees the White Lady and is sure that she is Matilda, his bride from long ago. Will the White Lady actually find…

Episode 5. Ghost of a Chance
1977-01-23 · 30 min

Mr Gudgin has always hated that he could hear and see the ghosts of Motley Hall. Today, after getting stuck in the stairrails, his only hope of being rescued is in the hands of those very ghosts. Unfortunately, the ghosts are unable to…

Episode 6. Horoscope
1977-01-30 · 26 min

Motley Hall is sold to millionaire Mr Hives. Mr and Mrs Hamilton are his manipulative servants. When the ghosts see how they treat him, they come up with a plan to rid him of the Hamiltons, and set him free to do what he wants.

Episode 7. Phantomime
1977-12-26 · 26 min

There's no Christmas spirit this year. In fact, the residents have decided that there will be no Christmas, period! Their self-imposed isolation from each other is suddenly and noisily interrupted by the arrival of two older women and a…

Series 3
Series 3
6 episodes · 1978
Episode 1. Family Tree
1978-01-29 · 26 min

American couple Darlene and Marvin Dewey are trying to trace Darlene's family tree; Sir George's brother Albert married Darlene's great-great grandmother, his older sister Alexandra never married but legend tells that his younger sister…

Episode 2. Ghost Writer
1978-02-05 · 26 min

A film crew descend on Motley Hall as historian St John Desmond details the house's history for School television, but as they portray incidents from Motley's past, the ghosts notice that the historian has it wrong. Can they, with the…

Episode 3. Skeleton in the Cupboard: Part 1
1978-02-12 · 26 min

The other ghosts feel that Sir George is becoming a tyrant and want to teach him some humility. Sir George seems to have an adverse reaction to his sister Alexandra's croquet mallet. The ghosts wonder what the story is behind this and if…

Episode 4. Skeleton in the Cupboard: Part 2
1978-02-19 · 26 min

Alexandra Uproar is cold towards the other ghosts and bosses over Sir George; Matt has an idea of how to get her out, if Sir George can do what is required.

Episode 5. Party Piece
1978-02-26 · 26 min

Mr Gudgin installs a piano in the hall and the ghosts plan a night of musical entertainment. The piano once belonged to composer Ludwig Stumpf, who doesn't want anyone else—dead or alive—to play it.

Episode 6. Narcissus Bullock's Bell
1978-03-05 · 26 min

Mr Gudgin is doing a spot of gardening and digs up an old bell buried by highwayman Captain Narcissus Bullock, (a former companion of Fanny Uproar. If the bell is rung, it banishes ghosts. Narcissus wants to ring it so that he and Fanny…

Cast by season
Arthur English
Arthur English
Bodkin
Freddie Jones
Freddie Jones
Sir George Uproar
Sheila Steafel
Sheila Steafel
The White Lady
Nicholas Le Prevost
Nicholas Le Prevost
Sir Francis 'Fanny' Uproar
Sean Flanagan
Sean Flanagan
Matt
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