Shelley

1979 ★ 7.8 TMDB 10 Seasons IMDb TMDB TVDB Ended English Peter Tilbury

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.

Comedy

Seasons

Specials

2 Episodes

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Series 1

7 Episodes

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Series 2

6 Episodes

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Series 3

7 Episodes

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Series 4

6 Episodes

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Series 5

6 Episodes

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Series 6

6 Episodes

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The Return of Shelley

6 Episodes

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

13 Episodes

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Series 9

6 Episodes

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Series 10

6 Episodes

Shelley 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 against the developers who want to demolish the house Ted has lived in his whole life.