Shirley's World
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| Shirley's World | |
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| Format | Comedy Drama |
| Created by | Frank Tarloff and Melville Shavelson |
| Starring | Shirley MacLaine John Gregson |
| Opening theme | Laurie Johnson |
| Composer(s) | Laurie Johnson |
| Country of origin | UK |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 17 (List of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) | Sheldon Leonard in association with Ronald Robin |
| Producer(s) | Barry Delmaine |
| Running time | 25mins |
| Production company(s) | ITC Entertainment |
| Distributor | ITC Entertainment |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ITV |
| Picture format | Film 35mm 4:3 Colour |
| Audio format | Mono |
| Original run | UK 7 April 1972 – 25 July 1972 |
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 ATV Network 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.
[edit] Cast and characters
- Shirley MacLaine as Shirley Logan
- John Gregson as Dennis Croft
[edit] Episode list
Filmed on location and at Pinewood Studios England
Production # is the order of the Network DVD.
| Episode # | Prod # | Title | Directed by | Written by | US Original airdate | UK Original airdate |
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| 1 | 101 | "The Berkley Club Caper" | Ralph Levy | Frank Tarloff | 15 September 1971 | 7 April 1972 |
| 2 | 103 | "Thou Shalt Not be Found Out" | Ray Austin | Peter Miller | 22 September 1971 | 14 April 1972 |
| 3 | 109 | "The Defective Defector" | Ray Austin | John Muir and Brian Degas | 29 September 1971 | 21 April 1972 |
| 4 | 107 | "The Lovers" | Ray Austin | Peter Miller | 6 October 1971 | 28 April 1972 |
| 5 | 108 | "The Islanders" | Charles Crichton | Lew Schwarz | 13 October 1971 | 5 May 1972 |
| 6 | 110 | "The Colonel" | Ray Austin | Peter Miller | 20 October 1971 | 12 May 1972 |
| 7 | 102 | "To Drean the Impossible Dream" | Ralph Levy | Phillip Mishkin and Bob Reiner | 27 October 1971 | 19 May 1972 |
| 8 | 106 | "A Hell of an Engineer" | Ray Austin | Lew Schwarz | 3 November 1971 | 25 May 1972 |
| 9 | 111 | "The Reunion" | Frank Cvitanovich | Peter Miller | 10 November 1971 | 2 June 1972 |
| 10 | 114 | "Follow that Rickshaw" | Ralph Levy | Tom Brennard and Roy Bottomley | 17 November 1971 | 9 June 1972 |
| 11 | 105 | "A Mother's Touch" | Leslie Norman | Richard DeRoy | 24 November 1971 | 16 June 1972 |
| 12 | 104 | "A Girl Like You" | Ray Austin | Anthony Skene | 1 December 1971 | 12 May 1972 |
| 13 | 115 | "Evidence in Camera" | Ralph Levy | T. E. B. Clarke | 8 December 1971 | 19 May 1972 |
| 14 | 116 | "The Rally" | Peter Hunt | Peter Miller | 15 December 1971 | 25 May 1972 |
| 15 | 117 | "Figuratively Speaking" | Ralph Levy | Patrick Alexander | 22 December 1971 | 2 June 1972 |
| 16 | 112 | "Knightmare" | Peter Sasdy | Jeremy Burnham | 29 December 1971 | 9 June 1972 |
| 17 | 113 | "Always Leave Them Laughing" | Sydney Hayers | Jack Seddon and David Pursall | 5 January 1972 | 16 June 1972 |
