Shelley - ITV1 Sitcom - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)

Shelley. Image shows from L to R: James Shelley (Hywel Bennett), Frances Smith/Shelley (Belinda Sinclair). Copyright: Thames Television

Genre

Sitcom

Broadcast

1979 - 1992

Channel

ITV1

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

Production

Studio

Camera set-up

Multi-camera

Picture

Colour

Broadcast details

First broadcast

Thursday 12th July 1979 at 9:30pm on ITV1

Most recent repeats

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