Shelley
- TV sitcom
- ITV1
- 1979 - 1992
- 71 episodes (10 series)
Highly intelligent but inherently lazy, Shelley is one of life's constant philosophers, never quite achieving a stable life. Stars Hywel Bennett, Belinda Sinclair, Josephine Tewson, Garfield Morgan, Caroline Langrishe and more.
Another production also has this name.
Key details
- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 1979 - 1992
- Channel
- ITV
- Episodes
- 71 (10 series)
- Creator
- Peter Tilbury
- Stars
- Hywel Bennett, Belinda Sinclair, Josephine Tewson, Garfield Morgan, Caroline Langrishe, Andrew Castell and David Ryall
- Writers
- Peter Tilbury, Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin
- Director
- Anthony Parker
- Producer
- Anthony Parker
- Company
James Shelley is highly educated and has a PhD in geography; he's bright, will philosophise for hours, and can turn his mind to almost anything. He is also unemployed and has no intention of working.
Living with his girlfriend Fran in a bedsit at the home of Mrs Hawkins (known as Mrs. H), the series follows his misadventures as he ducks, dodges and tries as hard as possible not to be caught up in Thatcher's Britain - or at very least, just to continue to avoid working.
Additional details
- Also known as
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- The Return Of Shelley (Series 7)
- Production setting
- Studio
- Camera set-up
- Multi-camera
- Picture
- Colour
Website links
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Thursday 12th July 1979 at 9:30pm on ITV1
- Most recent repeats
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- Saturday 24th December 2022 at 3:35pm on TPTV - Series 3, Christmas Special
- Thursday 15th December 2022 at 7:30pm on TPTV - Series 3, Christmas Special
- Saturday 10th August 2019 at 2:30am on Forces TV - Series 1, Episode 6