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Best Episodes of The Ghosts of Motley Hall
Narcissus Bullock's Bell
S3 Ep6
8.0
5th Mar 1978
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 can preside over the hall and entertain all sorts of unscrupulous spirits, but the other ghosts are Fanny's friends.
Party Piece
S3 Ep5
8.0
26th Feb 1978
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.
Ghost Writer
S3 Ep2
8.0
5th Feb 1978
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 help of faithful Mr Gudgin, set the record straight before the name of Uproar is blackened forever?
Horoscope
S2 Ep6
8.0
30th Jan 1977
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.
Godfrey of Basingstoke
S2 Ep4
8.0
16th Jan 1977
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 out who she was and will this revelation be everything that she has been dreaming of for all these years?
Worst Episodes of The Ghosts of Motley Hall
The Last Uproar
S1 Ep1
4.0
25th Apr 1976
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 way to save their home and their way of life (death)!
Old Gory
S1 Ep2
7.0
2nd May 1976
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 staking out Motley Hall. The appearance of Old Gory to the Ghost Hunters would be disastrous for the residents by exposing them and threatening their happy home!
Box of Tricks
S1 Ep3
7.0
9th May 1976
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 clearly into a crime, and a whole lot more!
Double Trouble
S1 Ep6
7.0
30th May 1976
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?
The Pogmore Experiment
S1 Ep7
7.0
6th Jun 1976
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 emanations. One by one, Matt watches as his new friends disappear and faces the prospect of eternity alone unless he can figure a way to stop the Pogmore 'solution'.
The Ghosts of Motley Hall Episode Guide
The Last Uproar
S1 Ep1
4.0
25th Apr 1976
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 way to save their home and their way of life (death)!
Old Gory
S1 Ep2
7.0
2nd May 1976
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 staking out Motley Hall. The appearance of Old Gory to the Ghost Hunters would be disastrous for the residents by exposing them and threatening their happy home!
Box of Tricks
S1 Ep3
7.0
9th May 1976
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 clearly into a crime, and a whole lot more!
Bad Lord William and the British Banana Company
S1 Ep4
8.0
16th May 1976
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 Gudgin and contain Bad Lord William.
Perfida Blackart Rides Again
S1 Ep5
8.0
23rd May 1976
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 Lady have disappeared! Was she somebody so horrible that she doesn't want it to be found out and her deep dark secret revealed?
Double Trouble
S1 Ep6
7.0
30th May 1976
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?
The Pogmore Experiment
S1 Ep7
7.0
6th Jun 1976
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 emanations. One by one, Matt watches as his new friends disappear and faces the prospect of eternity alone unless he can figure a way to stop the Pogmore 'solution'.
The best rated episodes of The Ghosts of Motley Hall are:
Narcissus Bullock's Bell S3E6 rated 8.0
Party Piece S3E5 rated 8.0
Ghost Writer S3E2 rated 8.0
Horoscope S2E6 rated 8.0
Godfrey of Basingstoke S2E4 rated 8.0
The lowest rated episodes of The Ghosts of Motley Hall are:
The Last Uproar S1E1 rated 4.0
Old Gory S1E2 rated 7.0
Box of Tricks S1E3 rated 7.0
Double Trouble S1E6 rated 7.0
The Pogmore Experiment S1E7 rated 7.0
The first episode of The Ghosts of Motley Hall aired on April 25, 1976.
The last episode of The Ghosts of Motley Hall aired on March 05, 1978.
There are 20 episodes of The Ghosts of Motley Hall.
