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Shelley

Created by Peter Tilbury

1979–1992

James Shelley, an educated, sardonic, permanently unemployed "professional freelance layabout," has many battles with authority, the tax-man, his landlady, and his girlfriend Fran.

First aired
12 Jul 1979
Episode length
30 min
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Writer
Peter Tilbury
Elsewhere
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Seasons · 69 episodes

  • Series 1

    Season 1 · 1979

  • Series 2

    Season 2 · 1980

  • Series 3

    Season 3 · 1980

  • Series 4

    Season 4 · 1982

  • Series 5

    Season 5 · 1982

  • Series 6

    Season 6 · 1983

  • The Return of Shelley

    Season 7 · 1988

    Shelley is (still) 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 Kuwait after teaching English for several years, only to find that his calls to his old friends are now screened by answering machines and that yuppieness has taken root in his old neighbourhood.

  • Series 8

    Season 8 · 1989

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