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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 424421" data-attributes="member: 23">Series Two of Shelley has flowed gently to its end, with Shelley and Fran now married.The wedding meant that characters who hadn&#039;t previously interacted were put together, adding new fascination. Fran&#039;s father&#039;s and his &quot;housekeeper&quot; dealing with Shelley&#039;s bohemian mother, for instance. Mrs H.&#039;s wide-eyed shock at some of Isobel&#039;s statements was hilarious.Recurring characters also make this series. Mrs Radcliffe from downstairs is a proper scene-stealer. Warren Clarke&#039;s character of Paul England - Shelley&#039;s old schoolfriend - has just arrived on the scene. I think it&#039;s from this that I&#039;m most familiar with Warren.Once again, the gentle continuity has been rewarding, and not just around the wedding and pregnancy. In one of the episodes around the wedding, Shelley commented told Paul about the girl upstairs who&#039;d attempted suicide (his description of his own go at it was amusing enough. He&#039;d taken six aspirin, and told the amused Paul that &quot;the dose was two... and I didn&#039;t even have a headache!&quot;). Even as I watched the overdose episode, I couldn&#039;t help thinking it was a fairly risky subject for comedy, but I like that there appear to be few taboos when it comes to subject matter. And it was funny, as well as showing a kind of support within the series&#039; community.I&#039;ve watched a little beyond Series Two to the Christmas Special which is technically part of Series Three. It seems to be the only festive episode, so I made the most of it.&nbsp; And the absence of schmaltz was very appreciated. It was just a group of people trying to survive the tedium and social pressures of the season.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 424421, member: 23"] Series Two of [I]Shelley[/I] has flowed gently to its end, with Shelley and Fran now married. The wedding meant that characters who hadn't previously interacted were put together, adding new fascination. Fran's father's and his "housekeeper" dealing with Shelley's bohemian mother, for instance. Mrs H.'s wide-eyed shock at some of Isobel's statements was hilarious. Recurring characters also make this series. Mrs Radcliffe from downstairs is a proper scene-stealer. Warren Clarke's character of Paul England - Shelley's old schoolfriend - has just arrived on the scene. I think it's from this that I'm most familiar with Warren. Once again, the gentle continuity has been rewarding, and not just around the wedding and pregnancy. In one of the episodes around the wedding, Shelley commented told Paul about the girl upstairs who'd attempted suicide (his description of his own go at it was amusing enough. He'd taken six aspirin, and told the amused Paul that "the dose was two... and I didn't even have a headache!"). Even as I watched the overdose episode, I couldn't help thinking it was a fairly risky subject for comedy, but I like that there appear to be few taboos when it comes to subject matter. And it was funny, as well as showing a kind of support within the series' community. I've watched a little beyond Series Two to the Christmas Special which is technically part of Series Three. It seems to be the only festive episode, so I made the most of it. And the absence of schmaltz was very appreciated. It was just a group of people trying to survive the tedium and social pressures of the season. [/QUOTE]

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