Shirley's World

1972
Shirley's World

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EP1 The Berkley Club Caper Sep 15, 1971

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.

EP2 The Islanders Sep 22, 1971

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

EP3 A Girl Like You Sep 29, 1971

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

EP4 The Lovers Oct 06, 1971

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

EP5 The Defective Defector Oct 13, 1971

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.

EP6 The Colonel Oct 20, 1971

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

EP7 Thou Shalt Not Be Found Out Oct 27, 1971

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.

EP8 The Reunion Nov 03, 1971

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.

EP9 Knightmare Nov 10, 1971

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

EP10 Always Leave Them Laughing Nov 17, 1971

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

EP11 Figuratively Speaking Nov 24, 1971

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

EP12 To Dream The Improbable Dream Dec 01, 1971

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'.

EP13 A Hell of an Engineer Dec 08, 1971

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

EP14 A Mother's Touch Dec 15, 1971

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

EP15 Follow That Rickshaw Dec 22, 1971

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

EP16 Evidence in Camera Dec 29, 1971

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!

EP17 The Rally Jan 05, 1972

When a former movie heart-throb vanishes from the screen, Shirley become a red-nosed clown.
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Released: 07 April 1972 Ended
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Country: United States of America
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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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Ras-I Thrill I'll split the difference of the previous two reviews. "Shirley's World" is awful at times, but not all the time. However, it's never really that good, and that's the problem.The premise is fine -- a globe-trotting female photojournalist getting herself and others in and out of trouble and experiencing adventure (vaguely) and love (infrequently and incompletely) along the way. It's the type of show which could have appealed to the discerning tastes of intelligent, early-70's TV viewers if anyone with an ounce of talent and/or commitment had written any of the scripts. It got so bad on the "A Girl Like You" episode that the writers just ripped off "My Geisha", the movie MacLaine made a decade earlier (of course, I'm assuming Shirley didn't suggest that story line. If so, she has no one to blame but herself).The only constant selling point is Shirley, who is such a vivrant thing here, especially considering she was 37 when this series was filmed. She also looks different -- her traditional bob is nowhere to be found as she was in her natural, long-hair period that lasted through this series, the movies "Desperate Characters" and "The Possession of Joel Delaney", plus her stint pimpin' George McGovern as a '72 U.S. presidential candidate.
dsnyder1 This was one of several shows to premiere in 1971 with movie stars in them.Jimmy Stewart's was the best of the bunch.Among others to join the group were Anthony Quinn,James Garner(before Rockford),Tony Curtis & Roger Moore(on the same show),Glenn Ford, & Henry Fonda(his show actually premiered that January & was canceled in January 1972).They all were bombs,only Stewart & Garner's shows lasted a full year.This show was the lowest rated,& rightfully so.In fact it was the lowest rated for the year.The two episodes I saw were almost unbelievably silly.Later on,Shirley McLaine told Johnny Carson "it was crap" & she felt relieved it got canceled.Sheldon Leonard had a rare failure in this one.He later told Bob Costas he apologized to Shirley McLaine years afterward.
grunsel To date, Shirley MacLaine's only television series. Shirley was reputedly, uneasy about the whole production and it does show. But apart from a couple of fluffy first episodes you could not say the series was dull, as in her role as a globe trotting photographer (for a glossy magazine), she gets to solve crimes, save marriages and even join the circus ! A slick production with extensive location work from England to Asia, and a good support cast helped her along, with the likes of, for example Cyril Cusack (as a quite ingenious jewel thief).I was only use to seeing Shirley previously in frumpy 'old before her time' roles, but here if you want to see Shirley looking gorgeous in jeans with the verve of a twenty something year old with drama and travelogue scenery thrown in, then check this show out.That is of course if you can find it. A mention too for her editor played by John Gregson, not always seen but gives good value when he is. The support and crew certainly deserved a few brownie points for trying hard with this one.