Overview
James Shelley, an educated, sardonic, permanently unemployed "professional freelance layabout," has many battles with authority, the tax-man, his landlady, and his girlfriend Fran.
Status
Status
Ended
Latest episode aired Sep 1, 1992
Season 10
~6 episodes
Total episodes
Videos
Seasons
Series 1
7 episodesAired 1979
Series 2
6 episodesAired 1980
Series 3
7 episodesAired 1980
Series 4
6 episodesAired 1982
Series 5
6 episodesAired 1982
Series 6
6 episodesAired 1983
The Return of Shelley
6 episodesAired 1988
Shelley is (still) separated from Fran, and lives on his own, doing his best to avoid obtaining gainful employment. The series begins with Shelley returning to the UK from Kuwait after teaching English for several years, only to find that his calls to his old friends are now screened by answering machines and that yuppieness has taken root in his old neighbourhood.
