Shirley's World (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 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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Episode 1 - The Berkley Club Caper
Release Date: 1971-09-15Shirley 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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Episode 2 - The Islanders
Release Date: 1971-09-22Shirley uses her own devious methods to patch up a famous film star's broken marriage.
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Episode 3 - A Girl Like You
Release Date: 1971-09-29Shirley 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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Episode 4 - The Lovers
Release Date: 1971-10-06Shirley 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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Episode 5 - The Defective Defector
Release Date: 1971-10-13It'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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Episode 6 - The Colonel
Release Date: 1971-10-20A 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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Episode 7 - Thou Shalt Not Be Found Out
Release Date: 1971-10-27Genius 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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Episode 8 - The Reunion
Release Date: 1971-11-03Shirley 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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Episode 9 - Knightmare
Release Date: 1971-11-10Shirley is suspected of being a thief after a visit to a jewelery show...
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Episode 10 - Always Leave Them Laughing
Release Date: 1971-11-17Getting tow for one, Shirley manages to help both a fading pop star and a London cabbie.
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Episode 11 - Figuratively Speaking
Release Date: 1971-11-24Shirley takes it upon herself to reorganize the business and personal affairs of a rather reluctant tycoon.
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Episode 12 - To Dream The Improbable Dream
Release Date: 1971-12-01Shirley 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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Episode 13 - A Hell of an Engineer
Release Date: 1971-12-08A 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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Episode 14 - A Mother's Touch
Release Date: 1971-12-15And auto rally has more than thrills and spills when Shirley navigates for Dennis!
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Episode 15 - Follow That Rickshaw
Release Date: 1971-12-22Shirley goes dancing and picks up a nasty case of blackmail at the docks of Hong Kong.
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Episode 16 - Evidence in Camera
Release Date: 1971-12-29It'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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Episode 17 - The Rally
Release Date: 1972-01-05When a former movie heart-throb vanishes from the screen, Shirley become a red-nosed clown.