Shirley's World
{{short description|Television series from ITC entertainment}}
{{more footnotes needed|date=April 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2014}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2014}}
{{Infobox television
| image = Shirley's World.jpg
| caption =
| alt = Series title over a globe of the world
| genre =
| creator = Frank Tarloff
and Melville Shavelson
| writer =
| director = Ray Austin
| creative_director =
| presenter =
| starring = Shirley MacLaine
John Gregson
| judges =
| voices =
| narrated =
| theme_music_composer =
| opentheme = Laurie Johnson
| endtheme =
| composer = Laurie Johnson
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| num_series = 1
| num_episodes = 17
| list_episodes = #Episode list
| executive_producer = Sheldon Leonard
in association with Ronald Robin
| producer = Raymond Auystin, Barry Delmaine
| editor = Keith Palmer
| location =
| cinematography =
| camera =
| runtime = 25mins
| company = ITC Entertainment
| first_aired = {{Start date|1971|09|15|df=yes}}
| last_aired = {{End date|1972|01|05|df=yes}}
| related =
}}
Shirley's World is a television series aired first by ABC during the 1971–72 television season. The sitcom was co-produced by the British ITC Entertainment and American producer Sheldon Leonard, with English producer-director Ray Austin; it starred Shirley MacLaine as a photojournalist and John Gregson as her editor at World Illustrated magazine.
Immediately after the ABC broadcasts ended, the seventeen-episode series was aired in its entirety on ITV in the United Kingdom.
Cast and characters
- Shirley MacLaine as Shirley Logan
- John Gregson as Dennis Croft
Episode list
Filmed on location and at Pinewood Studios England
Production # is the order of the Network DVD.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=1
| ProdCode=101
| Title=The Berkley Club Caper
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1971|09|15|df=yes}}
| DirectedBy=Ralph Levy
| WrittenBy= Frank Tarloff
| AltDate=7 April 1972
| ShortSummary=Shirley Logan arrives in London to take up her new job at World Illustrated and her new boss, Dennis Croft, gives her the task of interviewing Sir Harold Willbright-Manners at his club. The members are aghast and she is thrown out. Croft had not told her it was men only club even though he was a member. Undaunted Logan recruits a number of striptease artists and they invade the club while she takes photos of the men in embarrassing situations. She gets the interview and the members order copies of their photos reassured the negatives will be destroyed. Stars Charles Lloyd-Pack and Erik Chitty.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=2
| ProdCode=103
| Title=Thou Shalt Not be Found Out
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1971|09|22|df=yes}}
| DirectedBy=Ray Austin
| WrittenBy=Peter Miller
| AltDate=14 April 1972
| ShortSummary=Sent to interview a self-righteous sanctimonious actor going through a divorce because his wife was unfaithful Shirley decides to spoil the story, to the displeasure of Croft, by reconciling the marriage by pretending to his wife that she is his other woman. Stars Nigel Davenport Lelia Goldoni Jeremy Lloyd and Cardew Robinson (uncredited)
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=3
| ProdCode=109
| Title=The Defective Defector
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1971|09|29|df=yes}}
| DirectedBy=Ray Austin
| WrittenBy=John Muir and Brian Degas
| AltDate=21 April 1972
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=4
| ProdCode=107
| Title=The Lovers
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1971|10|06|df=yes}}
| DirectedBy=Ray Austin
| WrittenBy=Peter Miller
| AltDate=28 April 1972
| ShortSummary=From a tear on a photograph Shirley breaks up the arranged marriage of the children of two Japanese businessmen but the couple realise they love each other and Shirley has to undo what she has done. Stars Akiko Wakabayashi
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=5
| ProdCode=108
| Title=The Islanders
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1971|10|13|df=yes}}
| DirectedBy=Charles Crichton
| WrittenBy=Lew Schwarz
| AltDate=5 May 1972
| ShortSummary=On a remote island in Scotland Shirley lets slip to a tax inspector about their illicit homemade whisky which causes the islanders to declare independence and Shirley leads the resistance against first the army, then the navy until the Prime Minister sends Dennis Croft to sort it out. Stars Peter Dyneley and Sally Thomsett
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=6
| ProdCode=110
| Title=The Colonel
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1971|10|20|df=yes}}
| DirectedBy=Ray Austin
| WrittenBy=Peter Miller
| AltDate=12 May 1972
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=7
| ProdCode=102
| Title=To Drean the Impossible Dream
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1971|10|27|df=yes}}
| DirectedBy=Ralph Levy
| WrittenBy=Phillip Mishkin and Rob Reiner
| AltDate=19 May 1972
| ShortSummary=Shirley tries to help a pavement artist receive the recognition his talent deserves but despite her best efforts only succeeds in denting the man's confidence. Stars Ron Moody Nicky Henson
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=8
| ProdCode=106
| Title=A Hell of an Engineer
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1971|11|03|df=yes}}
| DirectedBy=Ray Austin
| WrittenBy=Lew Schwarz
| AltDate=25 May 1972
| ShortSummary=Photographing Temples in Japan Shirley meets a farmer working as a taxi driver with dreams of becoming an engineer. Going to his farm she meets his wife who secretly repairs all the farm machines while he prays. Her promise to make the taxi driver an engineer seems impossible to fulfill. Stars Burt Kwouk, Joss Ackland and Yasuko Nagazumi.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=9
| ProdCode=111
| Title=The Reunion
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1971|11|10|df=yes}}
| DirectedBy=Frank Cvitanovich
| WrittenBy=Peter Miller
| AltDate=2 June 1972
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=10
| ProdCode=114
| Title=Follow that Rickshaw
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1971|11|17|df=yes}}
| DirectedBy=Ralph Levy
| WrittenBy=Tom Brennard and Roy Bottomley
| AltDate=9 June 1972
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=11
| ProdCode=105
| Title=A Mother's Touch
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1971|11|24|df=yes}}
| DirectedBy=Leslie Norman
| WrittenBy=Richard DeRoy
| AltDate=16 June 1972
| ShortSummary=Sent to interview a reclusive tycoon Shirley discovers he has a love of painting but his protective mother ties him up in the business of making money as his secret advisor and that he is merely a puppet doing her bidding. Stars James Booth, Patrick Newell and Dandy Nichols
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=12
| ProdCode=104
| Title=A Girl Like You
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1971|12|01|df=yes}}
| DirectedBy=Ray Austin
| WrittenBy=Anthony Skene
| AltDate=12 May 1972
| ShortSummary=On assignment in Japan Shirley meets a young honeymooning couple where the husband is more interested in the Japanese sights and customs. Shirley dresses as a geisha at a teahouse and with the other girls performs a tale of the neglected wife. Stars Rodney Bewes, Una Stubbs and Yoki Tani
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=13
| ProdCode=115
| Title=Evidence in Camera
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1971|12|08|df=yes}}
| DirectedBy=Ralph Levy
| WrittenBy=T. E. B. Clarke
| AltDate=19 May 1972
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=14
| ProdCode=116
| Title=The Rally
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1971|12|15|df=yes}}
| DirectedBy=Peter Hunt
| WrittenBy=Peter Miller
| AltDate=25 May 1972
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=15
| ProdCode=117
| Title=Figuratively Speaking
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1971|12|22|df=yes}}
| DirectedBy=Ralph Levy
| WrittenBy=Patrick Alexander
| AltDate=2 June 1972
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=16
| ProdCode=112
| Title=Knightmare
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1971|12|29|df=yes}}
| DirectedBy=Peter Sasdy
| WrittenBy=Jeremy Burnham
| AltDate=9 June 1972
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=17
| ProdCode=113
| Title=Always Leave Them Laughing
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1972|01|05|df=yes}}
| DirectedBy=Sydney Hayers
| WrittenBy=Jack Seddon and David Pursall
| AltDate=16 June 1972
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References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20050311141111/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/s/shirleysworld_1299002824.shtml Comedy Guide – Shirley's World] at bbc.co.uk
- {{IMDb title|66712}}
Category:1970s American sitcoms
Category:1971 American television series debuts
Category:1972 American television series endings
Category:American English-language television shows
Category:Television series about journalism
Category:Television series by ITC Entertainment
Category:Television series produced at Pinewood Studios
Category:American Broadcasting Company sitcoms
Category:1970s British sitcoms