Season 0 of Shelley premiered on 1980-12-22.

Season 1 of Shelley premiered on 1979-07-12.

Season 2 of Shelley premiered on 1980-05-08.

Season 3 of Shelley premiered on 1980-12-29.

Season 4 of Shelley premiered on 1982-02-18.

Season 5 of Shelley premiered on 1982-11-04.

Season 6 of Shelley premiered on 1983-12-01.

Shelley is (still) separated from Fran, and lives on his own, doing his best to avoid obtaining gainful employment. The series begins with Shelley returning to the UK from Kuwait after teaching English for several years, only to find that his calls to his old friends are now screened by answering machines and that yuppieness has taken root in his old neighbourhood.

Season 8 of Shelley premiered on 1989-10-17.

Season 9 of Shelley premiered on 1990-09-24.

Shelley is now a lodger with Ted Bishop. Ted's house is the only one left in his street, the other residences having been demolished to make way for a leisure centre. Shelley moves in as lodger to help Ted with his fight against the developers who want to demolish the house Ted has lived in his whole life.