Shelley (1979)
Shelley
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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Seasons
Season 1
Season 2
Season 3
Season 4
Season 5
Season 6
Season 7
Season 8
Season 9
Season 10
Episodes season 0
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0x1
Christmas special
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0x2
Forward to the past
Episodes season 1
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1x1
Moving in
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1x2
The nelson touch
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1x3
Gainfully employed
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1x4
The distaff side
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1x5
Elders and betters
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1x6
May the best man win
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1x7
Nowt so queer
Episodes season 2
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2x1
Owner occupiers
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2x2
Expletive deleted
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2x3
Tea and sympathy
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2x4
Hearth and home
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2x5
Fully furnished
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2x6
Dearly beloved
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2x97
Elders and betters
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2x98
May the best man win
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2x99
Nowt so queer
Episodes season 3
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3x1
Of mice and men
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3x2
Signing on
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3x3
Nor iron bars a cage
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3x4
Foreign affairs
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3x5
Universal trust
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3x6
Dry rot
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3x7
You have to laugh
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3x99
Christmas with shelley
Episodes season 4
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4x1
Unkindest cuts
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4x2
A drop of the pink stuff
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4x3
No news is good
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4x4
Credit where credit's due
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4x5
Mortal coils
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4x6
Slaughterhouse sling
Episodes season 5
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5x1
On the road to damascus
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5x2
Brave new world
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5x3
Shelley versus shelley
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5x4
Noises off
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5x5
Tubes help you breed less easily
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5x6
When the chip hits the fan
Episodes season 6
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6x1
Dry dreams
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6x2
It nearly always happens to somebody else
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6x3
Of cabbages and kings
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6x4
The party
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6x5
Owed to the electrician
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6x6
Brief encounter
Episodes season 7
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7x1
The return of shelley
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7x2
In god we trust
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7x3
Emergency ward 9
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7x4
One of those nights
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7x5
Why me?
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7x6
The big s
Episodes season 8
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8x1
The artful lodger
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8x2
Shelley washes whiter
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8x3
A happy event
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8x4
Born freeish
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8x5
Day of the reptile
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8x6
For whom the bell tolls
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8x7
The gospel according to shelley
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8x8
Wages of virtue
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8x9
It's only a game
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8x10
Killer driller
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8x11
Cold turkey
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8x12
A problem aired
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8x13
Help!
Episodes season 9
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9x1
A trial period
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9x2
A question of attitude
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9x3
Golden oldies
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9x4
The bug
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9x5
Second best man
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9x6
Brainstrain
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9x99
New year special
Episodes season 10
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10x1
The deep end
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10x2
Come fly with me
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10x3
Love is ...
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10x4
A little learning
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10x5
Happy birthday - r.i.p.
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10x6
Accountants & zulus
