ShelleySeries 2

James Shelley, an educated, sardonic, permanently unemployed "professional freelance layabout," has many battles with authority, the tax-man, his landlady, and his girlfriend Fran.

Where to Watch Shelley • Series 2

6 Episodes

  • Owner Occupiers
    E1
    Owner OccupiersShelley, now in work, looks for somewhere to live with wife-to-be Fran and their impending child. A visit to the local Bank leads them nowhere to getting a mortgage as they don't have a bank account.
  • Expletive Deleted
    E2
    Expletive DeletedShelley gets in a spot of bother at his ad agency when his scurrilous comments about his boss accidentally get taped. When the offending (but yet-unheard) cassette tape gets into his boss's hands - and locked office - it seems the only way to retrieve it will be by unlawful entry.
  • Tea and Sympathy
    E3
    Tea and SympathyShelley 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.
  • Hearth and Home
    E4
    Hearth and HomeShelley and Fran enjoy a quiet day at home reading their respective books, and pondering on their child's future. But they're soon pulled back into the real world when the irascible Mrs H pops by for a cuppa!
  • Fully Furnished
    E5
    Fully FurnishedShelley 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.
  • Dearly Beloved
    E6
    Dearly BelovedMrs.H and Shelley's mother spend the night at Fran's Dad's palatial house in Shropshire. Isobel's liberal attitude to life and free use of language clearly embarrass the host.
  • Josephine Tewson
  • Samantha Beckinsale
  • Garfield Morgan
  • Warren Clarke
  • Hywel Bennett
  • Belinda Sinclair

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