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 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!