Peter Tilbury
Director
Shelley (1979)
Series 6
James Shelley, an educated, sardonic, permanently unemployed "professional freelance layabout," has many battles with authority, the tax-man, his landlady, and his girlfriend Fran.
Released July 11, 1979
Episode 25 min
None+
Genres: Comedy
Keywords: tmdb.sarcasm, tmdb.anti-establishment, tmdb.sitcom, tmdb.unemployed, imdb.sitcom, imdb.layabout, imdb.educated + 18 more, imdb.british-comedy, imdb.sardonic, imdb.political-humor, imdb.unemployment, imdb.left-wing, imdb.landlady, imdb.mother, imdb.anti-establishment, imdb.1970s, imdb.1980s, imdb.girlfriend, imdb.writer, imdb.pregnancy, imdb.job, imdb.sitcom-comedy, imdb.laugh-track, imdb.over-educated-man, imdb.loquacious-man
Network: ITV1
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S6E1 - Dry Dreams
Shelley gets a surprise invite to his mum Isobel's place for lunch and not only that, Fran is invited too.
Will Isobel's attempts to get the estranged couple back together over the meal table bear fruit or will Shelley talk his way back into singledom?
Dec. 1, 1983, midnight
S6E2 - It Nearly Always Happens to Somebody Else
Shelley comes home from a rare hard day's work to find his apartment has been burgled.
Despite the ever-presence of Desmond the security guard no one seems to have seen or heard anything.
Dec. 8, 1983, midnight
S6E3 - Of Cabbages and Kings
Taking refuge in the local library, whom should Shelley run into but his old temping-job mucker Malcolm.
The two intellectual layabouts soon pick up where they left off, and start putting the world to rights with their verbal sparring.
Dec. 15, 1983, midnight
S6E4 - The Party
Shelley's peace is disturbed by noise from a neighboring apartment, it appears there's a party going on.
Desmond comes upstairs to check what's going on but seems to be in more of a party mood than Shelley.
Dec. 22, 1983, midnight
S6E5 - Owed to the Electrician
Shelley's back in 'advertising', although it appears he may have to work his way back up.
But that's the least of his problems, he's been overcharged for his electric bill and finds himself in a highly-charged situation.
Jan. 5, 1984, midnight
S6E6 - Brief Encounter
Desmond's rather attractive young niece Anne-Marie comes to visit and Shelley takes rather a shine to her.
Could love be in the air for the old cynic or will this possibly romantic encounter end up all-too-brief?
Jan. 12, 1984, midnight
Network: ITV1
Episode Runtime: 25 min.
Season Runtime: 25 min.
Released: July 11, 1979
Last Air Date: Sept. 1, 1992, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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