James Shelley, an educated, sardonic, permanently unemployed "professional freelance layabout," has many battles with authority, the tax-man, his landlady, and his girlfriend Fran.
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Air Date: 1979-07-12
Shelley and his girlfriend Fran are looking for accomadation. After viewing unsuitable properties, they find a room ...
Air Date: 1979-07-19
Shelley isn't impressed when his local pub is destined for a kitsch makeover. He gets yet more grief at the Labour Ex...
Air Date: 1979-07-26
Following a drunken evening stint as Nelson at the Victory pub, Shelley wakes up in the morning next to a strange wom...
Air Date: 1979-08-02
Shelley has finally completed his week doing a 'proper' job at an advertising agency, but is a bit shocked when he se...
Air Date: 1980-04-17
Visiting a health shop, Shelley is appalled at the high prices of some of the items. The moment he and Fran have lon...
Air Date: 1980-04-24
Shelley is reunited with his oldest friend, Ned, whom he asks to be best man at his forthcoming wedding. Ned, unfort...
Air Date: 1980-05-01
Shelley's attempts to prepare a dinner party meet with continual interruptions. A Jehovah's Witness is at the door a...