Shelley - Series 2

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Owner Occupiers

1 - Owner Occupiers

Air Date: May 8, 1980

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.

Expletive Deleted

2 - Expletive Deleted

Air Date: May 15, 1980

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.

Tea and Sympathy

3 - Tea and Sympathy

Air Date: May 22, 1980

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.

Hearth and Home

4 - Hearth and Home

Air Date: May 29, 1980

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.

Fully Furnished

5 - Fully Furnished

Air Date: June 5, 1980

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.

Dearly Beloved

6 - Dearly Beloved

Air Date: June 18, 1980

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.