Shelley

Series 2

1980 · 6 episodes · 3h 0m in all

Episodes

1. 1

   1. Owner Occupiers

   8 May 1980 · 30 min

   Shelley, 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.

2. 2

   2. Expletive Deleted

   15 May 1980 · 30 min

   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.

3. 3

   3. Tea and Sympathy

   22 May 1980 · 30 min

   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.

4. 4

   4. Hearth and Home

   29 May 1980 · 30 min

   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 tries to strike up a conversation with her.

5. 5

   5. Fully Furnished

   5 Jun 1980 · 30 min

   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.

6. 6

   6. Dearly Beloved

   18 Jun 1980 · 30 min

   Mrs.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.