7.1/1018 votes#1 - 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1016 votes
#2 - 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.
Director: N/A
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- 7.2/1015 votes
#3 - 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1019 votes
#4 - 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1020 votes
#5 - 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1016 votes
#6 - 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1017 votes
#7 - 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...
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#8 - You Have to Laugh
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 2/9/1981
The third season of 'Shelley' ends with the birth of his and Fran's daughter, whom they christen 'Emma' ( named after Hywel Bennett's real-life daughter ). Fran insists on her husband being present at the birth.
Director: N/A
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The Best Episodes of Shelley Season 3
Every episode of Shelley Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Shelley Season 3!
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
Season 3 Ratings Summary
"Christmas with Shelley" is the best rated episode of "Shelley" season 3. It scored 7.1/10 based on 18 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 12/22/1980. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "Of Mice and Men".