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Episode

Christmas with Shelley (1980)

Shelley and Fran have decided to celebrate several days early, before they are overwhelmed by parentage. After a big dinner, they ( along with Mrs.H ) sit around a table, looking thoroughly bloated and miserable. Shelley is alarmed because he put ten sixpences in the Xmas pudding and so far they have only accounted for eight.

Of Mice and Men (1980)

Shelley and Fran are spending the night in their new house, which is undergoing renovation. Fran hears something scuttling inside in a bin liner. Shelley admits he forgot to throw the bag out. Their debate on whether to dispose of the rodent mutates into a heated discussion on his job.

Signing On (1981)

The day of reckoning arrives and Shelley goes to his local DHSS office to sign on for the dole.

Nor Iron Bars a Cage (1981)

Shelley, once more with bags of time on his hands, is attempting to put up kitchen shelves, when he is interrupted by Paul 'Bunter' Englund ( Warren Clarke ), the best man at his recent wedding. Bunter is in a state of high anxiety. The police are after him.

Foreign Affairs (1981)

Having blown his latest job interview through telling the truth ( that he hates work in all its forms ), Shelley decides to try lying his way into a top job at the Foreign Office. The panel are a sinister bunch, headed by Grace Lissier ( Gaye Brown ), a cross between 'Millicent Fritton' of St.Trinians and 'Rosa Klebb' of SMERSH.