Shirley's World

5.0
197230m

Shirley's World is a television series aired first by American Broadcasting Company during the U.S. 1971-72 television season. The sitcom was co-produced by the British ITC Entertainment and American producer Sheldon Leonard; it starred Shirley MacLaine as a photojournalist and John Gregson as her editor. Immediately after the ABC broadcasts ended, the seventeen-episode series was aired in its entirety on ITV in the United Kingdom.

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Seasons

17 Episodes • Premiered 1971

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1. The Berkley Club Caper

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.

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2. The Islanders

Shirley uses her own devious methods to patch up a famous film star's broken marriage.

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3. A Girl Like You

Shirley has an encounter with a romantic Russian -- but dare she help a defector? There's a surprise in store for her, though!

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4. The Lovers

Shirley unravels an 'arranged' marriage for a couple who don't love each other. But the best laid plans are apt to go awry!

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5. The Defective Defector

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.

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6. The Colonel

A struggle to save the countryside from the invasion of a new oil refinery sees Shirley involved in the battle for human rights.

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7. Thou Shalt Not Be Found Out

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.

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8. The Reunion

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.

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9. Knightmare

Shirley is suspected of being a thief after a visit to a jewelery show...

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10. Always Leave Them Laughing

Getting tow for one, Shirley manages to help both a fading pop star and a London cabbie.

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11. Figuratively Speaking

Shirley takes it upon herself to reorganize the business and personal affairs of a rather reluctant tycoon.

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12. To Dream The Improbable Dream

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'.

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13. A Hell of an Engineer

A Hong Kong fisherman gets the money to fix his fishing boat, while Shirley lands a scoop, loses her camera and wins some champagne.

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14. A Mother's Touch

And auto rally has more than thrills and spills when Shirley navigates for Dennis!

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15. Follow That Rickshaw

Shirley goes dancing and picks up a nasty case of blackmail at the docks of Hong Kong.

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16. Evidence in Camera

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!

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17. The Rally

When a former movie heart-throb vanishes from the screen, Shirley become a red-nosed clown.

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