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Shelley

Shelley

7.8(9 votes)
1979 - 1992
25m per episode
Ended10 Seasons74 Episodes
Comedy

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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Created by:
Peter Tilbury
Network:
ITV1
Country:GB

Languages

Original:en
Spoken:
English

Seasons

Season 1

Season 1

7 episodes

1979

Season 2

Season 2

9 episodes

1980

Season 3

Season 3

8 episodes

1980

Season 4

Season 4

6 episodes

1982

Season 5

6 episodes

1982

Season 6

6 episodes

1983

Season 7

6 episodes

1988

Season 8

13 episodes

1989

Season 9

7 episodes

1990

Season 10

6 episodes

1992

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