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  1. Tubes Help You Breed Less Easily: Directed by Anthony Parker. With Hywel Bennett, Allan Cuthbertson, Sandy Ratcliff, Gordon Gostelow. Shelley's tube train gets stuck in a tunnel, and doesn't appear to be moving anytime soon.

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    • Comedy
    • Anthony Parker
    • 1982-12-02
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    • List of Episodes
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    James Shelley known as Shelley or Perce (Hywel Bennett) - the protagonist, a usually unemployed terminal layabout qualified with a Ph.D. in geography who occasionally holds professional occupations...
    Francis Shelley (née Smith) known as Fran (Belinda Sinclair) - Shelley's long suffering girlfriend and later wife. She is also unemployed although is an aspiring writer. Like Shelley she is portray...
    Edna Hawkins known as Mrs H. (Josephine Tewson) - a somewhat waspish and prim landlady who lets a West Hampsteadbedsit to Shelley and Fran in series one and two. She often refers to 'her Willy', an...
    Paul England (Warren Clarke) - Shelley's closest friend and best man (after being let down by the alcoholic Ned). Paul is shown to be a loyal friend although unlike Shelley he is industrious and ha...

    Series 1

    1. "Moving In" (12 July 1979) 2. "The Nelson Touch" (19 July 1979) 3. "Gainfully Employed" (26 July 1979) 4. "The Distaff Side" (2 August 1979) 5. "May the Best Man Win" (24 April 1980, originally scheduled for 16 August 1979 but delayed by strike action) 6. "Elders and Betters" (17 April 1980, originally scheduled for 23 August 1979) 7. "Nowt So Queer" (1 May 1980, originally scheduled for 30 August 1979)

    Series 2

    Preceded by three episodes delayed from Series 1 1. "Owner Occupiers" (8 May 1980) 2. "Expletive Deleted" (15 May 1980) 3. "Tea and Sympathy" (22 May 1980) 4. "Hearth and Home" (29 May 1980) 5. "Fully Furnished" (5 June 1980) 6. "Dearly Beloved" (18 June 1980)

    Christmas special

    1. "Christmas with Shelley" (22 December 1980)

    The first series was rewritten as a novel, Shelley, by Colin Bostock-Smith and Peter Tilbury. New English Library, paperback, 1 April 1980. ISBN 0-450-04931-0.

    The first six series were previously released through Network on Region 2 DVD-Video between 2007 and 2012. The series 2 DVD only contains six episodes from the second series as broadcast: three episodes held over from series one (due to transmission of that series being postponed by the ITV technicians' strike of 1979) appear on the DVD release of ...

    Shelley at British Comedy Guide
    Shelley at epguides.com
    Shelley at IMDb(1979-1983)
    The Return of Shelley at IMDb(1988-1992)
  2. Shelley is a British sitcom made by Thames Television and originally broadcast on ITV from 12 July 1979 to 12 January 1984 and from 11 October 1988 to 1 September 1992.

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  4. Episode Guide for Shelley 5x05: Tubes Help You Breed Less Easily. Episode summary, trailer and screencaps; guest stars and main cast list; and more.

  5. Shelley's tube train gets stuck in a tunnel, and doesn't appear to be moving anytime soon. With terminal boredom ensuing, he decides the best course of action is to break the ice with his fellow-travellers and give them the benefit of his ready wit and repartee!

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