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Shelley(1979)

1979 – 199210 seasons69 episodes25m

77%User score 77 percent

User Score

11 votes

Overview

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

Created by: Peter Tilbury

Seasons(11)

Series 11979 · 7 episodesJuly 12, 1979
Series 21980 · 6 episodesMay 8, 1980
Series 31980 · 7 episodesDecember 29, 1980

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Shelley (1979) | Watch Free Online Movies

Series 41982 · 6 episodesFebruary 18, 1982

Series 51982 · 6 episodesNovember 4, 1982

Series 61983 · 6 episodesDecember 1, 1983

The Return of Shelley1988 · 6 episodesShelley 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…October 11, 1988

Series 81989 · 13 episodesOctober 17, 1989

Series 91990 · 6 episodesSeptember 24, 1990

Series 101992 · 6 episodesShelley is now a lodger with Ted Bishop. Ted's house is the only one left in his street, the other residences having been demolished to make way for a leisure centre. Shelley moves in as lodger to help Ted with his fight…July 28, 1992

Specials1980 · 2 episodesDecember 22, 1980

Season list for Shelley

Top Billed Cast

Josephine Tewson
Samantha Beckinsale
Garfield Morgan
Warren Clarke
Hywel Bennett
Al Matthews
John Barron
Marsha Fitzalan
Kenneth Cope
Alan Rickman
Nicholas Courtney
John Savident
Janet Fielding
Gillian Taylforth
Cashier
Sandra Payne
B
Belinda Sinclair
E
Elizabeth Benson
Geraldine

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Facts

Status: Ended
Type: Scripted
Original name: Shelley
First aired: July 12, 1979
Last aired: September 1, 1992
Network: ITV1
Original language: English

Keywords

sarcasm
anti establishment
sitcom
unemployed