"Actor: Belinda Sinclair"

• Shelley: The Complete Series 1 to 6 | DVD | (13/11/2017) from £23.55   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Hywel Bennett stars as James Shelley: an erudite, highly articulate graduate and bone-idle skiver who spends his days pondering life's philosophical implications whilst dodging the bureaucratic machinery that has the gall to insist that he actually work for a living. At the series' outset he shares a little North London bedsit with girlfriend Fran, but his life of reflective slothfulness comes increasingly under threat from the attentions of the labour exchange and the pressing realities of fatherhood, home-ownership, marriage and divorce A huge success for ITV, running for a total of ten series over thirteen years, Shelley features a masterful performance by Bennett with regular appearances by Warren Clarke and Garfield Morgan, and guest turns from Kenneth Cope, Alan Rickman, Leslie Ash, Fulton MacKay and James Grout, among many others. This set contains every episode of the initial run of six series, including the 1980 Christmas Special.

• Shelley - Series 1 - Complete | DVD | (19/03/2007) from £8.98   |  Saving you £8.00 (114.45%)   |  RRP £14.99

  James Shelley is highly educated and has a PhD in geography. He is also unemployed and has no intention of working. He lives with his girlfriend Fran in a bedsit at the home of Mrs. Hawkins (known as Mrs. H) and the series follows his mis-adventures as he ducks dodges and tries as hard as possible not to be caught up in Thatcher's Britain! Episodes Comprise: 1. Moving In 2. The Nelson Touch 3. Gainfully Employed 4. The Distaff Side

• Shelley - The Complete Series 6 | DVD | (30/04/2012) from £8.98   |  Saving you £6.00 (85.84%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A long-running success for ITV lasting for ten series over thirteen years Shelley features a masterful performance by Hywel Bennett as the bone-idle graduate-philosopher, cast adrift on a sea of unemployment. This set contains the complete sixth series, also featuring Belinda Sinclair as girlfriend Fran, and Garfield Morgan (The Sweeney) as hall porter Desmond; Fulton McKay, Max Wall and Robert Raglan guest-star. It’s been months since Fran gave Shelley the elbow until he can prove himself, economically speaking. In this sixth and final series, his ceaseless battle with bureaucracy sees him staging a sit-in at the electricity board and spending a night in a police cell, while enduring loneliness, burglary, and a visit from his mother who’s on a mission to reconcile him with Fran. But most distressing of all... he has to live without his toaster!

• Shelley - The Complete Fifth Series | DVD | (13/06/2011) from £7.48   |  Saving you £7.50 (136.61%)   |  RRP £12.99

  James Shelley is trying to show willing. Exasperated by his constant procrastination wife Fran has now given him his marching orders and there are even the rumblings of divorce proceedings. So Shelley becomes something of a regular at the 'Easy Job' agency in an effort to find tolerable work and win back Fran's respect - his travails taking him from a hard day's slog in the City to the joys of the 'Dust-Bowl' Burger Bar... A long-running success for ITV - lasting for ten series over thirteen years - Shelley featured a masterful performance by Hywel Bennett as the bone-idle graduate philosopher cast adrift on a sea of unemployment. This set contains the complete fifth series originally screened in 1982 and also starring Belinda Sinclair as Fran Warren Clarke (Dalziel and Pascoe) as Shelley's friend and giver of temporary refuge Paul and Garfield Morgan (The Sweeney) as ever-present hall porter Desmond.