8.1/1019 votesLoading...#1 - Nor Iron Bars a Cage
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 1/12/1981
Shelley, once more with bags of time on his hands, is attempting to put up kitchen shelves, when he is interrupted by Paul 'Bunter' Englund ( Warren Clarke ), the best man at his recent wedding. Bunter is in a state of high anxiety. The police are after him.
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#2 - The Nelson Touch
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/19/1979
Shelley is appalled to learn that his favourite pub is to undergo a refit, to be renamed 'The Victory' and the staff are to dress as Admiral Nelson. But that is the least of his problems. At the Unemployment Benefit Office, the Dole Inspector wants to know why, with his qualifications ( ten O Levels, 4 A Levels and a Phd ) he has hardly ever worked. "I don't like work.", says Shelley.
Director: N/A
Writer: Peter Tilbury
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#3 - Of Mice and Men
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 12/29/1980
Shelley and Fran are spending the night in their new house, which is undergoing renovation. Fran hears something scuttling inside in a bin liner. Shelley admits he forgot to throw the bag out. Their debate on whether to dispose of the rodent mutates into a heated discussion on his job.
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- 7.7/1020 votesLoading...
#4 - Foreign Affairs
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 1/19/1981
Having blown his latest job interview through telling the truth ( that he hates work in all its forms ), Shelley decides to try lying his way into a top job at the Foreign Office. The panel are a sinister bunch, headed by Grace Lissier ( Gaye Brown ), a cross between 'Millicent Fritton' of St.Trinians and 'Rosa Klebb' of SMERSH.
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- 7.5/1018 votesLoading...
#5 - Tea and Sympathy
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 5/22/1980
Shelley is working on an ad campaign for striped pyjamas when a crisis interrupts his train of thought. A fellow lodger, Miss Landis, is so lonely and depressed in the big city she takes an overdose of sleeping pills.
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#6 - Hearth and Home
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 5/29/1980
Shelley and Fran are in their bed-sit as usual. She is engrossed in a dog-eared copy of George Orwell's 'Keep The Aspidistra Flying' while he - plainly lonely - tries to strike up a conversation with her. But her only responses are non-committal grunts.
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#7 - Fully Furnished
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 6/5/1980
Shelley wants to buy an old book in a junk shop but the dealer tries to make him think it is worth far more than it really is. After a protracted debate, the dealer agrees to let him have it for nothing.
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#8 - Universal Trust
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 1/26/1981
Shelley is having a quiet cup of tea and reading a paper in Arthur's café, when a tramp ( Nicholas Le Prevost ) sits down and mutters: "What is life?". Rather than tell the guy, Derek Nayland, to sling his hook, Jim engages him in a heated discussion about life, the universe and everything.
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- 7.3/1024 votesLoading...
#9 - Moving In
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/12/1979
Shelley and his girlfriend Fran are looking for accomadation. After viewing unsuitable properties, they find a room at Mrs Hawkins' house.
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Writer: Peter Tilbury
- 7.3/1015 votesLoading...
#10 - Unkindest Cuts
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 2/18/1982
In spite of cutbacks, full time employment att eh Foreign Office looms for Shelley.
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#11 - Credit Where Credit's Due
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 3/11/1982
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- 7.3/1017 votesLoading...
#12 - Tubes Help You Breed Less Easily
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 12/2/1982
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- 7.2/1020 votesLoading...
#13 - Gainfully Employed
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 7/26/1979
When Shelley fails to come home one night after working behind the bar of 'The Victory', Mrs.Hawkins tells Fran not to worry. "Wherever he is, he won't be with a woman!".
Director: N/A
Writer: Peter Tilbury
- 7.2/1020 votesLoading...
#14 - The Distaff Side
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 8/2/1979
Our hero has landed a cushy job writing copy for an advertising agency ( nice work if you can get it! ). He hates it but is looking forward to his first pay check. But when it arrives he is not happy - after tax deductions it is not much higher than the money he got on the Dole.
Director: N/A
Writer: Peter Tilbury
- 7.2/1018 votesLoading...
#15 - Owner Occupiers
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 5/8/1980
Shelley, now in work, looks for somewhere to live with wife-to-be Fran and their impending child. They come across a ramshackle house which they want to buy but cannot as they do not have enough money. A visit to the local Bank leads them nowhere - to get a mortgage you first need an account.
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#16 - Signing On
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 1/5/1981
The day of reckoning arrives and Shelley goes to his local DHSS office to sign on for the dole.
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#17 - No News is Good ...
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 3/4/1982
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- 7.2/1015 votesLoading...
#18 - Mortal Coils
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 3/18/1982
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- 7.2/1012 votesLoading...
- 7.1/1017 votesLoading...
#20 - Expletive Deleted
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 5/15/1980
Shelley has to come up with a sales campaign for a new range of Instant Paella. The stuff proves hard to market as it is virtually tasteless. In a meeting, he inadvertently insults his boss Cyril ( John Barron ), not realising the comment has been captured on tape. When a colleague tells him this, he is horrified.
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#21 - Christmas with Shelley
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 12/22/1980
Shelley and Fran have decided to celebrate several days early, before they are overwhelmed by parentage. After a big dinner, they ( along with Mrs.H ) sit around a table, looking thoroughly bloated and miserable. Shelley is alarmed because he put ten sixpences in the Xmas pudding and so far they have only accounted for eight.
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#22 - Dry Rot
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 2/2/1981
Shelley is attempting to do all the rewiring in his and Fran's new home, while she, heavily pregnant, watches him. His monologue about his woodwork teacher - 'Mr.Smiley' - is cut short when Mrs.H. shows up, and starts complaining about the Moroccans who have moved into her boarding house. Then salesman Mr.Croft tries to persuade Shelley he has Dry Rot under the stairs...
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- 7.1/1015 votesLoading...
#23 - A Drop of the Pink Stuff
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 2/25/1982
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- 7.1/1012 votesLoading...
#24 - The Party
Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 12/22/1983
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Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1016 votesLoading...
#25 - Noises Off
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 11/25/1982
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The Best Episodes of Shelley
Every episode of Shelley ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Shelley!
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...
Genre:Comedy
Network:ITV1
Best Episodes Summary
"Nor Iron Bars a Cage" is the best rated episode of "Shelley". It scored 8.1/10 based on 19 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/12/1981. This episode scored 0.4 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Nelson Touch".