Shirley's World
1972 · 1 season · 17 episodes · Canceled · ABC
Drama, Comedy
TMDB 6.0 · 4 votes
Shirley's World is a British television sitcom initially aired on ABC during the U.S. 1971-72 television season, then by ITV in the United Kingdom. Co-produced by the British ITC Entertainment and American producer Sheldon Leonard, the short-lived series stars Shirley MacLaine as photojournalist Shirley Logan and John Gregson as her editor Dennis Croft.
Episodes
- S01E01The Berkley Club Caper1971-09-15
Shirley arrives in London, tilts at a tradition and causes an uproar when she leads a feminine march on members of a very austere men-only club.
- S01E02The Islanders1971-09-22
Shirley uses her own devious methods to patch up a famous film star's broken marriage.
- S01E03A Girl Like You1971-09-29
Shirley has an encounter with a romantic Russian -- but dare she help a defector? There's a surprise in store for her, though!
- S01E04The Lovers1971-10-06
Shirley unravels an 'arranged' marriage for a couple who don't love each other. But the best laid plans are apt to go awry!
- S01E05The Defective Defector1971-10-13
It's yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum -- except that in this case the rum is illicit whiskey - when Shirley gets into the buccaneering spirit on a Scottish island.
- S01E06The Colonel1971-10-20
A struggle to save the countryside from the invasion of a new oil refinery sees Shirley involved in the battle for human rights.
- S01E07Thou Shalt Not Be Found Out1971-10-27
Genius may be under your feet as you step on the faded remains of a street artist's pictures. Masterpieces? Perhaps. But Shirley's efforts to sponsor a pavement painter prove that patronage of the arts has its problems.
- S01E08The Reunion1971-11-03
Shirley starts out to shoot pictures of a Japanese temple but ends up down on the farm. On the way, she saves a cab driver from herself and sets his wife on the way to an engineering degree.
- S01E09Knightmare1971-11-10
Shirley is suspected of being a thief after a visit to a jewelery show...
- S01E10Always Leave Them Laughing1971-11-17
Getting tow for one, Shirley manages to help both a fading pop star and a London cabbie.
- S01E11Figuratively Speaking1971-11-24
Shirley takes it upon herself to reorganize the business and personal affairs of a rather reluctant tycoon.
- S01E12To Dream The Improbable Dream1971-12-01
Shirley starts out in a Kabuki theatre, winds up as an entertainer in a run-down Geisha house and saves a touring British honeymooner from going completely 'native'.
- S01E13A Hell of an Engineer1971-12-08
A Hong Kong fisherman gets the money to fix his fishing boat, while Shirley lands a scoop, loses her camera and wins some champagne.
- S01E14A Mother's Touch1971-12-15
And auto rally has more than thrills and spills when Shirley navigates for Dennis!
- S01E15Follow That Rickshaw1971-12-22
Shirley goes dancing and picks up a nasty case of blackmail at the docks of Hong Kong.
- S01E16Evidence in Camera1971-12-29
It's back to the days when knights were bold, as Shirley becomes a queen for a day -- but she soon discovers that medieval merrymaking isn't that much fun!
- S01E17The Rally1972-01-05
When a former movie heart-throb vanishes from the screen, Shirley become a red-nosed clown.
