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Shillingbury Tales is a 1980–81 British sitcom produced by Associated Television for ITV. Comprising a single feature length pilot and six one-hour episodes, the series deals with life in an idealised fictional English village and

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Season 1

  • The Shillingbury Tinker
    7.3/1018 votes

    The Shillingbury Tinker

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 5/17/1981

    Cuffy the tinker is a simple man. He lives in a trailer and does odd jobs for food and money. Then he wins the lottery. Everyone in town tries to change him.

    Director: Val Guest

    Writer: Francis Essex

  • The Shillingbury Melon
    7.1/1015 votes

    The Shillingbury Melon

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 5/24/1981

    Peter wants to grow a melon for a contest, but he needs a greenhouse. His father in law lets him use his and they both work together to landscape his backyard. There is a car rally in town, and something goes horribly wrong.

    Director: Val Guest

    Writer: Francis Essex

  • The Shillingbury Cloudburst
    7.3/109 votes

    The Shillingbury Cloudburst

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 5/31/1981

    While Peter is away, Sally calls Dick, a workman, to fix cracks in the wall. One night, there is a huge storm and Dick brings a tarp over to cover the roof. Jake drives by that night and sees Dick's truck at Sally's. People start gossiping about them.

    Director: Val Guest

    Writer: Francis Essex

  • The Shillingbury Legend
    8.1/1012 votes

    The Shillingbury Legend

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 6/7/1981

    The Mayor of St. Jacques, Luc France, comes to Shillingbury to try to twin the two towns. It seems he is known from the war. Why does everyone's problems seem to disappear after talking to him?

    Director: Val Guest

    Writer: Francis Essex

  • The Shillingbury Miracle
    7.9/1010 votes

    The Shillingbury Miracle

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 6/14/1981

    The vicar gives a sermon about the low attendance in church due to the Devil. Jake encounters ghosts in his house and thinks he needs protection so he invites Cuffy to move his caravan onto his land in case he needs him. Cuffy wants no part of it and declines.

    Director: Val Guest

    Writer: Francis Essex

  • The Shillingbury Daydream
    7.6/107 votes

    The Shillingbury Daydream

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 6/21/1981

    Jake has the flu, and is taking pills. He drifts off and has frivolous dreams of fox hunts, council widening the street, and winning the OBE for being the most helpful man in the village. He even dreams of going to Buckingham Palace and having his band competing with the Royal Parade.

    Director: Val Guest

    Writer: Francis Essex