- Title: Shameless - Series 3
- Date: 3rd January 2006
- Summary: The third series of the gritty drama set on a Manchester estate kicks off with a feature-length New Year special. Lip has a new job as a hotel porter,where he makes friends with Jack,a charismatic charmer who creates havoc in the lives of Ian and Kash. Meanwhile,Kev's sister Kelly-Marie has started lodging at Frank and Sheila's,and is entertaining an alarming number of gentleman callers
- Description:SHAMELESS is a brilliantly funny and offbeat drama series created by Paul Abbott (Clocking Off,Touching Evil,Linda Green,State Of Play). Charting the wickedly unpredictable chapters of family life,Shameless tells the every day story of life with the Gallaghers. This award-winning drama throws up a world of sexual adventures,triumphs,love,scams and a fair bit of crime on a Manchester housing estate where wheel-less cars are the norm and the moving ones are stolen. Head of the Gallagher family in name only,is Dad Frank feckless,colourful,self-pitying,comic,selfish,and an unemployed,alcoholic bully a model fatherand The Gallagher kids are being raised by their 20-year-old big sister Fiona since Mum went AWOL and Dad hit the bottle. Lip,16 good looking,street-wise lad around town on the verge of (finally) losing his virginity; and Ian,15 actively gay,who keeps his private life very private. Siblings Debbie plus baby Liam round off the highly un-orthodox yet extremely tightly knit family.
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Entertainment
- Producer:Company Pictures Ltd.
- Programme Episode:Episode 1
- Transmission Date:03/01/2006
- Rights:Worldwide
- Decade: 2000s