

Shelley
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.
Seasons (11)
Specials
2 Episodes
1980
Series 1
7 Episodes
1979
Series 2
6 Episodes
1980
Series 3
7 Episodes
1980
Series 4
6 Episodes
1982
Series 5
6 Episodes
1982
Series 6
6 Episodes
1983
The Return of Shelley
6 Episodes
1988
Series 8
13 Episodes
1989
Series 9
6 Episodes
1990
Series Cast
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