- Title: Shameless - Series 1
- Date: 10th February 2004
- Description:The drama series SHAMELESS tells the every day story of life with the Gallagher family on the Chatsworth estate in Manchester. Eldest daughter Fiona is bringing up the family - Lip (Philip),Ian,Debbie,Carl and Liam - after their Mum Monica left to live with her trucker girlfriend,while Dad Frank is a drunk who is of no help to anyone. Next door neighbours Veronica and Kev are good friends of the Gallaghers. Local policeman Tony vies with car thief Steve for Fiona's affection. (episode five) It's parent's evening except Frank is with the wrong child. Whilst Steve gets Lip's history teacher stoned,Frank accompanies Karen,as Sheila cannot even manage to step through the virtual supermarket doors. On the same night Steve catches Frank and Karen in the toilets and confronts Frank and tells him to end it. Karen is not impressed and dumps Lip,nicking the two concert tickets he bought her with the intention of taking his dad. Yvonne has a nasty shock when she studies the CCTV footage of the shop and learns the truth about her husband. Kash is told to sleep above the shop and to make sure he gets Yvonne pregnant as she wants another baby. Frank manages to resist Karen's constant advances but Lip has already worked out who Karen's other man is and attempts to run his dad over with a car. Writer: Paul Abbott Director: Mark Mylod Cast: (Karen) Rebecca Atkinson,(Kash) Chris Bisson,(Jez) Lindsey Dawson,(Fiona) Anne-Marie Duff,(Tony) Anthony Flanagan,(Liam) Joseph Furnace,(Frank) David Threlfall,(Yvonne) Kelli Hollis,(Ian) Gerard Kearns,(Kev) Dean Lennox Kelly,(Lip) Jody Latham,(Steve) James McAvoy,(Sheila) Maggie O'Neill,(Veronica) Maxine Peake,(Megan) Louise Pout,(Mr Hammersley) Corin Redgrave,(Debbie) Rebecca Ryan,(Umi) Shireen Shah,(Carl) Luke Tittensor,Elliot Tittensor
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Entertainment
- Producer:Company Productions Ltd.
- Programme Episode:Episode 5
- Transmission Date:10/02/2004
- Rights:Worldwide
- Decade: 2000s