Overview
James Shelley, an educated, sardonic, permanently unemployed "professional freelance layabout," has many battles with authority, the tax-man, his landlady, and his girlfriend Fran.
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Season 2
Season 3
Season 4
Season 5
Season 6
Season 7
Season 8
Season 9
Season 10
Details
First Aired
1979-07-12
Status
Ended
Network
ITV1
Type
Scripted
Language
EN
Episodes
69
Cast
Josephine Tewson
Samantha Beckinsale
Garfield Morgan
Warren Clarke
Hywel Bennett
Belinda Sinclair
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