Shelley

Jul 12, 1979 (en) Comedy [30] Min
  • First Air Date
    Jul 12, 1979
  • Production
  • Rotten tomato
    77.14%
  • Original title
    Shelley
  • Release
    Jul 12, 1979
  • en
    -

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. Series seven was titled on screen The return of Shelley, and was broadcast in 1988. This time round, Shelley is separated from Fran, and lives on his own, doing his best to avoid obtaining gainful employment. The series begins with Shelley returning to the UK from Saudi Arabia, where he had taught English for a few years, only to find that his calls to his old friends are now screened by answer phones and that yuppieness has taken root in his old neighbourhood. The final three series returned to the on-screen title of Shelley.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Producer

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Season 1 ( 1979-07-12)

Moving In

Episode: 1

The Nelson Touch

Episode: 2

Gainfully Employed

Episode: 3

The Distaff Side

Episode: 4

Season 2 ( 1980-04-17)

Elders and Betters

Episode: 1

May the Best Man Win

Episode: 2

Nowt So Queer

Episode: 3

Owner Occupiers

Episode: 4

Expletive Deleted

Episode: 5

Tea and Sympathy

Episode: 6

Hearth and Home

Episode: 7

Fully Furnished

Episode: 8

Dearly Beloved

Episode: 9

Season 3 ( 1980-12-22)

Christmas with Shelley

Episode: 1

Of Mice and Men

Episode: 2

Signing On

Episode: 3

Nor Iron Bars a Cage

Episode: 4

Foreign Affairs

Episode: 5

Universal Trust

Episode: 6

Dry Rot

Episode: 7

You Have to Laugh

Episode: 8

Season 4 ( 1982-02-18)

Unkindest Cuts

Episode: 1

A Drop of the Pink Stuff

Episode: 2

No News is Good ...

Episode: 3

Credit Where Credit's Due

Episode: 4

Mortal Coils

Episode: 5

Slaughterhouse Sling

Episode: 6

Season 5 ( 1982-11-04)

On the Road to Damascus

Episode: 1

Brave New World

Episode: 2

Shelley Vs Shelley

Episode: 3

Noises Off

Episode: 4

Tubes Help You Breed Less Easily

Episode: 5

Season 6 ( 1983-12-01)

Dry Dreams

Episode: 1

It Nearly Always Happens to Somebody Else

Episode: 2

Of Cabbages and Kings

Episode: 3

The Party

Episode: 4

Brief Encounter

Episode: 5

Untitled

Episode: 6

Season 7 ( 1988-10-11)

The Return of Shelley

Episode: 1

In God We Trust

Episode: 2

Emergency Ward 9

Episode: 3

One of Those Nights

Episode: 4

Why Me?

Episode: 5

The Big S

Episode: 6

Season 8 ( 1989-10-17)

The Artful Lodger

Episode: 1

Shelley Washes Whiter

Episode: 2

A Happy Event

Episode: 3

Born Freeish

Episode: 4

Day of the Reptile

Episode: 5

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Episode: 6

The Gospel According to Shelley

Episode: 7

Wages of Virtue

Episode: 8

It's Only a Game

Episode: 9

Killer Driller

Episode: 10

Cold Turkey

Episode: 11

A Problem Aired

Episode: 12

Help!

Episode: 13

Season 9 ( 1990-09-24)

A Trial Period

Episode: 1

A Question Of Attitude

Episode: 2

Golden Oldies

Episode: 3

The Bug

Episode: 4

Second Best Man

Episode: 5

Brainstrain

Episode: 6

New Year Special

Episode: 7

Season 10 ( 1992-07-28)

The Deep End

Episode: 1

Come Fly With Me

Episode: 2

Love is ...

Episode: 3

A Little Learning

Episode: 4

Happy Birthday R.I.P.

Episode: 5

Accountants and Zulus

Episode: 6
Jul 12, 1979 (en)
Comedy
[30] Min
  • First Air Date Jul 12, 1979
  • Production
  • Rotten tomato 77.14%
Original Title Shelley
en

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. Series seven was titled on screen The return of Shelley, and was broadcast in 1988. This time round, Shelley is separated from Fran, and lives on his own, doing his best to avoid obtaining gainful employment. The series begins with Shelley returning to the UK from Saudi Arabia, where he had taught English for a few years, only to find that his calls to his old friends are now screened by answer phones and that yuppieness has taken root in his old neighbourhood. The final three series returned to the on-screen title of Shelley.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Producer