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City Lights
City Lights

City Lights

★ 7.0•1986•5 Seasons•ANIME
Comedy

Hapless bank clerk Willie Melvin dreams of being a successful writer but is held back by his own incompetence, the dodgy dealings of his best friend Chancer, and lack of support from his mother, the bank's manager Adam McLelland and his obsequious fellow teller, Brian.

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Top Cast

Elaine C. Smith

Elaine C. Smith

Irene

A

Andy Grey

Chancer

J

Jan Wilson

Mrs Melvin

G

Gerard Kelly

Willie Melvin

Jonathan Watson

Jonathan Watson

Brian

Iain McColl

Iain McColl

Tam

Dave Anderson

Dave Anderson

Adam McClelland

R

Rachel Ogilvy

Tamara

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1. Talent

30m

Willie contemplates leaving his position at the Bank after seemingly managing to sell one of his short stories.

Aired: 10/14/1986
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2. Deep Freeze

30m

Life away from the Bank doesn't entirely work out for Willie as he becomes embroiled in one of Chancer's schemes in order to make some money.

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Aired: 10/21/1986
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3. Magazine

30m

Willie gains some measure of success when turning his hand to a more "creative" type of writing. Unfortunately this transpires to be for a "top shelf" publication much to the horror of the ladies in his life!

Aired: 10/28/1986
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4. Lost Weekend

30m

Willie manages to avoid a spending his weekend waterskiing with Brian and Vicky. Unfortunately for him this is due to being locked up in a storage unit with Chancer for the weekend.

Aired: 11/4/1986
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5. A Room with a view, and you

30m

Willie attempts to live a life of independence away from his overbearing mother. However moving in with Chancer brings it's own challenges, especially in the shape of Chancer's landlord!

Aired: 11/11/1986
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6. True Life Adventures

30m

When mother's away, Willie will play! Willie's left home alone when his mother goes to visit his Auntie. Left to his own devices it's not long before things go wrong, resulting in a house full of homeless "visitors" and his father's ashes disappearing.

Aired: 11/18/1986