- Title: Shameless - Series 6
- Date: 7th April 2009
- Summary: When Jamie finds out Joe has been battering Mandy,he puts Joe in hospital. With Jamie's previous murder conviction,the Maguires refuse to let him go back behind bars,so Mimi steps into the breach and takes the rap for her son. With Patrick feigning illness to hide his addiction and a rival clan on the horizon,this is the last thing that the Maguires need. The pressure falls on Jamie to take over the family business,but will he step up to the plate? Mandy is trapped in no-man's-land between Joe and her family - where do her loyalties really lie? Back at the Maguire's,Frank catches Patrick with a loaded syringe. Is it only a matter of time before the whole family discovers his addiction? Meanwhile,Debbie is struggling to manage the family on nothing,but Maxine has a cunning plan,and Micky finds himself on the wrong end of a pronged baton.
- Description:This series promises benefit fraud,brothels,stints in jail and stings gone wrong,with fake suicides,cold turkey,joyriding,lesbian romps,lingerie parties,revenge and a trip to the seaside to boot all life-affirming events in the world of this Manchester estate. Debbie (Rebecca Ryan) hits sweet sixteen and the Gallaghers are going to celebrate the only way they know how a party! Frank (David Threlfall) suffers post-natal depression with baby number nine while Monica (Annabel Apsion) is busy re-decorating the house and regaining her womanhood. Micky Maguire (Ciaran Griffiths) goes to college and discovers a talent for porn,plus his Madchester tours in his pink limo get him and brother Shane (Nicky Evans) into trouble. Liam s (Johnny Bennett) talents continue to burst out when school discovers his leaning towards genius. New this series,there s feisty auxiliary nurse Maxine (Joanna Higson),who after seducing Carl (Elliott Tittensor) gets her feet firmly under the Gallagher s table when she becomes best mates and clubbing partner with Debbie,and Mandy (Samantha Siddall) meets a charismatic new love interest Joe (Ben Batt). Some sinister dealings and the breakdown of family on the Chatsworth Estate sets a darker tone to series six. The highly un-orthodox yet extremely tightly knit Gallagher family is torn apart,while the Maguires past deeds finally come back to haunt them. Even Yvonne (Kelli Hollis) has some serious explaining to do when an unexpected visitor turns up. How will they all cope? Cracks appear in Karen (Rebecca Atkinson) and Jamie s (Aaron McCusker) marriage and Paddy Maguire (Sean Gilder) discovers that temptation comes in various forms. Ian (Gerard Kearns) questions if Chatsworth is the place for him and introduces a strange newcomer to the estate; whilst Norma (Dystin Johnston) makes a grim discovery while refurbishing The Jockey,and a grimmer one,when she goes in search of her own past.
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Entertainment
- Producer:Company Productions Ltd.
- Programme Episode:Episode 11
- Transmission Date:07/04/2009
- Rights:Worldwide
- Decade: 2000s