Shelley
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First Air DateJul 12, 1979
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Production
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Rotten tomato77%
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Original titleShelley
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ReleaseJul 12, 1979
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Overview
Shelley is a British sitcom made by Thames Television and originally broadcast on ITV from 12 July 1979 to 12 January 1984 and from 11 October 1988 to 1 September 1992. Starred Hywel Bennett as James Shelley, originally 28 years old and a sardonic, perpetually unemployed anti-establishment 'freelance layabout' with a doctoral degree. In the original run, Belinda Sinclair played Shelley's girlfriend Fran, and Josephine Tewson appeared regularly as his Landlady, Edna Hawkins. The series was created by Peter Tilbury who also wrote the first three series. The scripts for subsequent episodes were by Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin, Colin Bostock-Smith, David Frith, Bernard McKenna and Barry Pilton. All 71 episodes were produced and directed by Anthony Parker.
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Casts
Season 1 ( 1979-07-12)
Moving In
The Nelson Touch
Gainfully Employed
The Distaff Side
Elders and Betters
May the Best Man Win
Nowt So Queer
Season 2 ( 1980-05-08)
Owner Occupiers
Expletive Deleted
Tea and Sympathy
Hearth and Home
Fully Furnished
Dearly Beloved
Elders and Betters
May the Best Man Win
Nowt So Queer
Season 3 ( 1980-12-29)
Of Mice and Men
Signing On
Nor Iron Bars a Cage
Foreign Affairs
Universal Trust
Dry Rot
You Have to Laugh
Christmas with Shelley
Season 4 ( 1982-02-18)
Unkindest Cuts
A Drop of the Pink Stuff
No News is Good
Credit Where Credit's Due
Mortal Coils
Slaughterhouse Sling
Season 5 ( 1982-11-04)
On the Road to Damascus
Brave New World
Shelley Versus Shelley
Noises Off
Tubes Help You Breed Less Easily
When the Chip Hits the Fan
Season 6 ( 1983-12-01)
Dry Dreams
It Nearly Always Happens to Somebody Else
Of Cabbages and Kings
The Party
Owed to the Electrician
Brief Encounter
Season 7 ( 1988-10-11)
The Return of Shelley
In God We Trust
Emergency Ward 9
One of Those Nights
Why Me?
The Big S
Season 8 ( 1989-10-17)
The Artful Lodger
Shelley Washes Whiter
A Happy Event
Born Freeish
Day of the Reptile
For Whom the Bell Tolls
The Gospel According to Shelley
Wages of Virtue
It's Only a Game
Killer Driller
Cold Turkey
A Problem Aired
Help!
Season 9 ( 1990-09-24)
A Trial Period
A Question of Attitude
Golden Oldies
The Bug
Second Best Man
Brainstrain
New Year Special
Season 10 ( 1992-07-28)
The Deep End
Come Fly With Me
Love is ...
A Little Learning
Happy Birthday - R.I.P.