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Shelley is a British sitcom made by Thames Television and originally broadcast on ITV from 12 July 1979 to 12 January 1984 and from 11 October 1988 to 1 September 1992. Starred Hywel Bennett as James Shelley, originally 28 years old and a sardonic, perpetually unemployed anti-establishment 'freelance layabout' with a doctoral degree. In the original run, Belinda Sinclair played Shelley's girlfriend Fran, and Josephine Tewson appeared regularly as his Landlady, Edna Hawkins. The series was created by Peter Tilbury who also wrote the first three series. The scripts for subsequent episodes were by Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin, Colin Bostock-Smith, David Frith, Bernard McKenna and Barry Pilton. All 71 episodes were produced and directed by Anthony Parker.
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Episode 1 - Dry Dreams
Release Date: 1983-12-01 -
Episode 2 - It Nearly Always Happens to Somebody Else
Release Date: 1983-12-08Shelley is angered by the casual attitude of the police when he reports his toaster stolen.
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Episode 3 - Of Cabbages and Kings
Release Date: 1983-12-15 -
Episode 4 - The Party
Release Date: 1983-12-22 -
Episode 5 - Owed to the Electrician
Release Date: 1984-01-05 -
Episode 6 - Brief Encounter
Release Date: 1984-01-12Shelley's mother arranges for him to dine with Fran, who gave him the elbow weeks ago.