Shirley's World

All Episodes 1971 - 1972
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  • Ended
  • #<Network:0x00007f8ceaf9ec40>
  • 1971-09-16T01:30:00Z
  • 25m
  • 7h 5m (17 episodes)
  • Melville Shavelson
  • United States
  • English
  • Comedy, Drama
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.

17 episodes

Series Premiere

1971-09-16T01:30:00Z

1x01 The Berkley Club Caper

Series Premiere

1x01 The Berkley Club Caper

  • 1971-09-16T01:30:00Z25m

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.

1971-09-23T01:30:00Z

1x02 The Islanders

1x02 The Islanders

  • 1971-09-23T01:30:00Z25m

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

1971-09-30T01:30:00Z

1x03 A Girl Like You

1x03 A Girl Like You

  • 1971-09-30T01:30:00Z25m

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

1971-10-07T01:30:00Z

1x04 The Lovers

1x04 The Lovers

  • 1971-10-07T01:30:00Z25m

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

1971-10-14T01:30:00Z

1x05 The Defective Defector

1x05 The Defective Defector

  • 1971-10-14T01:30:00Z25m

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.

1971-10-21T01:30:00Z

1x06 The Colonel

1x06 The Colonel

  • 1971-10-21T01:30:00Z25m

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

1x07 Thou Shalt Not Be Found Out

  • 1971-10-28T01:30:00Z25m

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.

1971-11-04T02:30:00Z

1x08 The Reunion

1x08 The Reunion

  • 1971-11-04T02:30:00Z25m

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.

1971-11-11T02:30:00Z

1x09 Knightmare

1x09 Knightmare

  • 1971-11-11T02:30:00Z25m

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

1x10 Always Leave Them Laughing

  • 1971-11-18T02:30:00Z25m

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

1971-11-25T02:30:00Z

1x11 Figuratively Speaking

1x11 Figuratively Speaking

  • 1971-11-25T02:30:00Z25m

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

1x12 To Dream The Improbable Dream

  • 1971-12-02T02:30:00Z25m

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'.

1971-12-09T02:30:00Z

1x13 A Hell of an Engineer

1x13 A Hell of an Engineer

  • 1971-12-09T02:30:00Z25m

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

1971-12-16T02:30:00Z

1x14 A Mother's Touch

1x14 A Mother's Touch

  • 1971-12-16T02:30:00Z25m

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

1971-12-23T02:30:00Z

1x15 Follow That Rickshaw

1x15 Follow That Rickshaw

  • 1971-12-23T02:30:00Z25m

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

1971-12-30T02:30:00Z

1x16 Evidence in Camera

1x16 Evidence in Camera

  • 1971-12-30T02:30:00Z25m

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!

Season Finale

1972-01-06T02:30:00Z

1x17 The Rally

Season Finale

1x17 The Rally

  • 1972-01-06T02:30:00Z25m

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

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