Shillingbury Tales poster

Shillingbury Tales (1980)

Comedy · Drama

Shillingbury Tales is a 1980–81 British sitcom produced by Associated Television for ITV. Comprising a single feature length pilot and six one-hour episodes, the series deals with life in an idealised fictional English village and stars Robin Nedwell, Diane Keen, Nigel Lambert, Jack Douglas, John Le Mesurier, Bernard Cribbins and Trevor Howard. The series was written by Francis Essex and directed by Val Guest. Unusual for the time, it was shot entirely on location in the village of Aldbury in Hertfordshire on 16mm and consequently there was no laugh track. The show ended when ATV lost their licence to broadcast and their replacement Central declined to continue production.

IMDb rating
7.7 (105 votes)
Seasons
1
Streaming (US)
Darkroom
Language
EN
Type
TV series

Ratings refreshed Jul 3, 2026 · 1 season indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1980)

7.53 avg 7 episodes 7.1 → 7.6 50 min avg

Ep 0: 7.1 · 34 votesEp 1: 7.3 · 18 votesEp 2: 7.2 · 14 votesEp 3: 7.5 · 8 votesEp 4: 8.1 · 12 votesEp 5: 7.9 · 10 votesEp 6: 7.6 · 7 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
0The Shillingbury Blowers7.134
1The Shillingbury Tinker7.318
2The Shillingbury Melon7.214
3The Shillingbury Cloudburst7.58
4The Shillingbury Legend8.112
5The Shillingbury Miracle7.910
6The Shillingbury Daydream7.67