Season 1

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  7.3/1025 votes

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  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.

  Director: N/A

  Writer: Peter Tilbury

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  7.7/1022 votes

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  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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  7.2/1021 votes

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  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

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  7.3/1021 votes

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  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

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  6.5/1022 votes

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  May the Best Man Win

  Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 4/24/1980

  Shelley is reunited with his oldest friend, Ned, whom he asks to be best man at his forthcoming wedding. Ned, unfortunately, is a 'Jack The Lad' type who loves to drink, smoke, and make love. Fran dislikes him intensely, and openly says so.

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  Writer: N/A

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  6.6/1023 votes

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  Nowt So Queer

  Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/1/1980

  Shelley's attempts to prepare a dinner party meet with continual interruptions; first, a Jehovah's Witness rings the doorbell and refuses to go away, then an elderly neighbour called Mrs.Ratcliffe asks him to fix her shelf. Mrs.Ratcliffe is, unfortunately, senile, and thinks that all the women at that address - Mrs.H included - are on the game.

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  Writer: N/A