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About SHAMELESS (UK) & Episode Guides

About SHAMELESS (UK) & Episode Guides


Shameless (UK) Premiered on Channel 4 on January 26, 2004



About the Show:
Blisteringly funny, offbeat drama following the rollercoaster lives and loves of an anarchic family from Manchester. Meet the Gallaghers. Mum went AWOL years ago, Dad stayed at home with the six children only to hit the bottle. And sometimes the kids... The real head of the family is big sister Fiona (20), who looks after Carl (11), Debbie (9) and baby Liam (3). She is occasionally helped, more often hindered, by reluctant virgin 'Lip' (16) and the actively gay, but very private, Ian (15).

Welcome to a hectic world of sexual adventures, triumphs, love, scams and a fair bit of crime on a rough Manchester housing estate, where wheel-less cars are the norm and the moving ones are stolen.

Cast:

Actor’s name

Character’s name

David ThrelfallFrank Gallagher
Elliott TittensorCarl Gallagher
Joseph FurnaceLiam Gallagher
Tina MaloneMimi Maguire
Rebecca AtkinsonKaren Jackson Maguire
Aaron McCuskerJamie Maguire
Ciaran GriffithsMickey Maguire
Nicky EvansShane Maguire
Sally CarmanKelly-Marie Maguire
Valerie LilleyPatty Croker
Alice BarryLillian Tyler
Joanna HigsonMaxine Donnelly
Qasim AkhtarChesney Karib
Aysha KalaSita Desai
Karen BrysonAvril Powell
Kira MartinLetitia Powell
Emmanuel IghodaroJackson Powell
Annabelle ApsionMonica Gallagher
Pauline McLynnLibby Croker
Gerald KearnsIan Gallagher
Sean GilderPaddy Maguire
Amanda RyanCarrie Rogers
Dystin JohnsonNorma Starkey
Michael LeggeTom O'Leary
Rebecca RyanDebbie Gallagher
Samantha SiddallMandy Maguire
Jody LathamLip Gallagher
Dean Lennox KellyKev
Jack DeamMarty Fisher
Maggie O'NeillSheila Jackson
Marjorie YatesCarol Fisher
Maxine PeakeVeronica Fisher
Anthony FlanaganTony
James McAvoySteve McBride
Luke TittensorCarl Gallagher (2004)


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Season 1



Episode 1:
Having her handbag stolen proves to be a blessing in disguise for Fiona when handsome stranger Steve comes to her rescue.

Lip is shocked to discover Ian could be gay and decides his brother should pay a 'visit' to the ever-accommodating Karen Jackson. But the sudden arrival of her furious father ensures Ian's already slim chances of happiness with Karen take a severe blow.

Meanwhile, Steve buys Fiona a romantic gift, but for some reason she is less than impressed with her brand new washing machine.

Lip is even less impressed on discovering that Ian is dating a married man but a heart to heart between the brothers leads Lip to accept his brother's sexuality.

Episode 2:
After a fight with Steve, Frank Gallagher disappears and fails to return to collect his Giro. The Gallaghers panic further when a body is discovered in a nearby river.

Frank, meanwhile, is waking up somewhere in France. After scaring the locals, he ends up in jail.

When news of this reaches the Chatsworth Estate, neighbours Kev and Veronica set out to bring Frank home.

When he returns to find Steve living in his house, another drunken night out leads Frank to move in with loopy neighbour Sheila, leaving his family to fend for themselves...

Episode 3:
Mentioning wedding plans to discourage an amorous female customer, barman Kev is overheard by Frank who tells everyone in the pub.

After drunken celebrations, Kev proposes to girlfriend Veronica but the following morning admits he is already married.

When Veronica's mum hears of the wedding and tells Veronica her father had left her money to pay for it, they decide to fake the wedding and use the money to pay for their house.

Meanwhile Ian rejects classmate Mandy, who sets her brother on him and forces Ian to admit to Mandy's brother he is gay.

Veronica's crazy brother Marty escapes from jail and burns down the toilets at their wedding, leaving Kev and Veronica to pay the bill and unable to buy their house.

Episode 4:
When a small child goes missing from a children's party on the Chatsworth estate, Frank turns the crowd into a lynch mob.

Episode 5:
Frank and Karen hit the road for their driving lesson, but Karen adds some extra-curricular manoeuvres to the timetable. Meanwhile, Ian and Kash are caught in the act by Kash's wife Yvonne.

Episode 6:
Frank stuns the family by turning up in the morning to get his post when it's not even Giro day. It soon transpires that he's hatching a plan to get his hands on maintenance from his ex-wife.

Episode 7:
Frank is only worrying about himself as usual, and things are not looking good. The housing office is on to him, his debts are piling up and the bailiffs are still on the doorstep.

Episode 8: (Christmas Special)
Forget a traditional Christmas and prepare for the outrageous Gallagher clan and the entire Chatsworth Estate to bring their own chaotic brand of Christmas cheer.

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Season 2



Episode 1:
Frank's dad Neville turns up at Sheila's to see his new grandchildren, the latest additions to the Gallagher clan

Episode 2:
Everyone's partying round at Kev and Veronica's when Frank takes a call. Hours later, he remembers to mention that social services are on their way - and it's a mad dash to clean up.

Episode 3:
Things liven up on the estate when the council run a Best Kept Garden competition to win a year's free rent. Carol and Veronica both get green-fingered, and light-fingered, trying to win.

Episode 4:
Wedding preparations are well under way in the Gallagher house for the impending nuptials of Fiona and Steve. But when Steve's car goes missing, he's desperate to get it back.

Episode 5:
When Sheila asks Lip to water the plants for a neighbour who's away on holiday, he finds a haven of tranquillity. But when the place is burgled, Lip gets the blame.

Episode 6:
Mandy is pretending to be Ian's girlfriend to hide the fact that he's gay. But when she gets pregnant, the Maguires threaten him with castration if he doesn't marry their girl.

Episode 7:
It's Ladies' Night at the Jockey and Fiona thinks she's copped off with footballer Ryan, but to her horror, she wakes up next to the far less desirable Joey Dawson...

Episode 8:
Frank falls foul of two shifty accident claims salesmen after being hit in the mouth by the door at Kash's shop. Meanwhile, Fiona confesses to Veronica that she's pregnant.

Episode 9:
Debbie's on a mission to help Marty, who has an impending court appearance for a breach of the peace. Meanwhile, Fiona is suffering from morning sickness.

Episode 10:
It's the local elections, and Kash is running for Chatsworth's Councillor, against dirty dealing Bernie Creme. Meanwhile, Frank tries to persuade Lillian to cash in on her misfortune.

Episode 11: (Christmas Special)
The Gallagher family get merry.

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Season 3



Episode 1:
When five-year-old Liam denounces religion at his RC Primary School and risks a home-visit by his teacher and therefore the social services, sister Debbie has to think fast

Episode 2:
Lip finds a new friend when he starts as a porter at a hotel, but he turns out to be decidedly dodgy. Elsewhere, Kev's sister starts lodging at Sheila and Frank's

Episode 3:
After being knocked to the ground during a purse robbery at the shop, a heavily pregnant Mandy Maguire gives birth to Lip's daughter. But the Maguires won't let him anywhere near them.

Episode 4:
When Carol discovers her best friend Lillian had an affair with her husband back in the seventies, she takes her revenge by reporting Lillian to the DSS

Episode 5:
Kev is stricken with shock and grief when, on his 35th birthday, his mother throws herself from her balcony. Adding to the misery, Roxy returns after being released from prison.

Episode 6:
The Gallagher clan can't believe it when Carl starts to bring money into the household. But his mini-enterprise soon attracts the attention of the police.

Episode 7:
When Debbie makes friends with a popular girl her own age, she realises what she's been missing out on and goes on strike. Meanwhile, Frank becomes a medical guinea pig.

Episode 8:
Frank and Sheila's wedding day looms, but there's a surprise in store for Frank when Sheila reveals what really happened to her ex-husband Sheldon

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Season 4



Episode 1:
Frank sets fire to his dinner and ends up in hospital. Unable to reach Sheila, the hospital contact his other wife Monica who rushes to be by Frank's side.

She turns up later at Lip's surprise birthday party and receives a frosty reception from Debbie. Debbie refuses to forgive Monica for abandoning the family six years ago but Monica is undeterred and announces that she is back for good.

Debbie contacts Norma and begs her to come and get Monica back as her mother has set her sights on seducing Frank. Norma decides to camp in the Gallagher's back garden, convinced that Monica will eventually change her mind.

Meanwhile, Kev, Veronica and Marty have gone missing. Everyone is shocked when Kev and Veronica appear on the news, arrested for attempting to buy a baby in Romania. Everyone except the Maguires who throw out all of Kev and Veronica's belongings and move into their house!

Marty then turns up with the stolen Romanian baby and is immediately arrested. Thankfully Sue convinces the police officers that the baby is hers and he is released.

Episode 2:
Frank struggles to stop Monica telling Sheila that they're still married, but when Monica comes on strong, can he resist her advances?

Jamie Maguire is released from prison after doing 10 years for murder. Much to the disappointment of the Maguires, Jamie returns a reformed man.

He refuses to get involved with any of their dodgy dealings and gets a job behind the bar of The Jockey instead. He soon moves out of their house and rents a room above the pub.

Sheila tries to seduce Monica to find out if she is actually a lesbian. Monica rejects her advances and they both end up sharing a police cell. In desperation, Sheila tries to help Norma win Monica back but Monica is still too busy chasing after Frank to notice.

Episode 3:
Frank finally succumbs to Monica's advances and they begin an affair. Sheila arranges an anniversary party but soon finds out about Frank's infidelity. She is unable to control her rage and ends up throwing knives that narrowly miss Frank's head.

Meanwhile, Lip and Ian decide to earn cash by selling all the junk they find around the estate which goes well until they find a severed hand in a pile of rubbish.

They discover that the hand belongs to a member of the Maguire family. The Maguires assume that it is Mickey that has been killed and begin to mourn his loss. However, after Mickey arrives home, they realise that it was in fact Fergal who was murdered.

When Frank disappears, Sheila worries that she may have killed him and buried him under the patio alongside her ex-husband. When she finds him alive and well in the pub, she gives him an ultimatum; he must choose between her and Monica.

Frank rushes back to Shelia to declare that she is the woman he wants to be with. Sheila is thrilled but Frank ruins it when he lets on that he never bothered to divorce Monica. Sheila is devastated and leaves him, taking the twins with her.

After being left in the lurch, Frank runs over to Monica to repeat exactly what he said to Sheila. This time all goes smoothly and the Gallagher family is reunited once again.

Episode 4:
Ian receives a letter informing him that he no longer has a job at the Kash and Carry due to financial pressures.

Ian then knocks over a woman on a motorbike who happens to be in possession of scratch cards stolen from the Maguires. She begs Ian to let her stay at his house. Ian begins an unlikely affair with the runaway girl who he hides in the attic.

Yvonne finds out that Kash is in serious debt and that he wants to take a loan out on her shop. She refuses to allow it and forces him to forge a suicide note and fake his death.

Meanwhile, Mimi stops speaking when she finds out her brother has died and that the severed hand is Fergal's. Paddy tries to force Liam to propose to Mandy to replace Mimi's loss with a new 'son' but finds out Ian is involved with the stolen scratch cards.

They want Lip to hand over the girl but Ian helps her escape and the feud between the Gallaghers and Maguires seems to be at its worst until suddenly Mimi speaks again, and all is forgotten.

Episode 5:
Frank is forced to move back in with his family when he finds out Sheila is planning to sell her house. Tensions rise when Monica objects to Debbie receiving all of Frank's attention and tells her she should be dating boys like all the other girls her age.

So Debbie goes out with her new neighbour until Frank tries to end the relationship when he hears his family are strict Catholics.

Love is in the air as Mickey Maguire makes a move on Ian, who seems happy with his advances. When he finds out Mickey taught his dog to perform a sexual act on him, he soon backs off.

Jamie proposes to Karen and despite never having gone on a single date with one another, she accepts. To celebrate their engagement, Mimi offers to take Karen out which results in her becoming an accomplice in a raid.

Episode 6:
Carrie, the new local and over-zealous copper, is desperate to arrest the Gallaghers so the crime on the estate will go down. The other coppers are too besotted by her to report her for unprofessional conduct and, at times, violent behaviour.

Carl prepares a birthday meal for Monica only to find her in a compromising position with Norma. Things look bad for Frank until Shane offers him a job selling ecstasy tablets from an ice cream van.

Karen is increasingly upset about how controlling the Maguires are and snaps when Mimi gives her a bib adorned with a baby girl's name that Mimi has already chosen.

Karen gives Jamie her engagement ring back and calls the wedding off. When the Maguires find out, they kidnapp Karen and tie her to a chair until she is prepared to change her mind.

In true romantic fashion, Jamie rescues her and declares he is willing to become estranged from his family if she takes him back. She does and all ends well.

Episode 7:
Frank blurts out that he had originally chosen Sheila before having to pick Monica. Monica admits that she is still sleeping with Norma.

When Frank finds out that Norma has loads of cash, he sneaks into her camper van to steal her money. She wakes up just as he is reaching for the cash strapped to her thigh and assumes he is attempting to rape her. She immediatly reports him to the police.

Norma plans to take Frank to court but offers to drop the charges if Frank accepts some money to disappear. Frank reluctantly agrees until Monica uses her means of persuasion to make Norma drop the charges.

Yvonne is running an illegal call centre in the back of her shop and asks Lip to help her fix the computers. He meets Nadia and begins to flirt with her until Ian tells her Nadia is actually a man. Lip is visibly disgusted and his reaction offends Ian who only forgives Lip after he agrees to accompany him to a gay bar.

In another typically quiet day in Chatsworth, an explosion confuses everyone as to who might have caused it. The situation is quickly resolved when Paddy admits he is missing the semtex he was hiding for his 'cousins.

Episode 8:
Carl helps Norma devise a plan to win Monica back. She pretends that she is going to leave for Texas for good. She revamps her camper van and on realising how much money she has spent, a mercinary Monica plans to go with her.

However, Carl slips the money he saved into Frank's pocket and when Monica sees Frank going through his new found wad of cash, she decides to stay with the Gallaghers.

Paddy suspects that Jamie may be behind the deaths of his ex cell mates and asks Karen what really happened on their weekends away. Karen is unaware of the situation but overhears Jamie admitting to Paddy that he killed them to avenge Feargal's death. Karen thinks that Jamie only agreed to marry her for an alibi.

Jamie makes a tape of himself confessing to the crimes and Mimi tracks Karen down and shows her the video. She gives Karen the confessional tape and tells her to keep it. Karen realises how much she means to Jamie and runs to make it to her wedding.

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Season 5



Episode 1:
Just another drunken night out turns into a nightmare for Frank when he mistakes an electrical generator for a urinal. At hospital he's told that tests show he has a heart condition and may not make it to the weekend.

Episode 2:
A thoughtless comment from an ex-boyfriend makes Mimi face up to her weight issues

Episode 3:
When Monica starts getting visions of nursery rhyme characters, she knows what's going on - she's going to have another baby

Episode 4:
When people think Frank's won the lottery he's not about to say otherwise with endless free drinks coming his way

Episode 5:
Shane falls for his perfect woman but when she takes him back to her place he's in for a surprise

Episode 6:
A mishap with baby Katie and a bag of Es results in a standoff between Mandy and Frank

Episode 7:
A gas leak at the Gallaghers' brings sexy fireman Sean to Ian and Mandy's attention. But which of them will win the race to get fireman Sean into bed?

Episode 8:
On the bus to a re-start course, Frank has the briefest of encounters with a beautiful stranger, and Lillian's assigned to a witness protection programme

Episode 9:
Monica has a visitor - it's her mother and all Monica's insecurities come flooding back. But Joan has Alzheimer's and has an important task for Monica - but she can't remember what it is.

Episode 10:
Jamie's former cell mate Mark comes to stay, but Karen doesn't trust him and she's got a fight on her hands if she's to prevent Mark from leading Jamie back into a life of crime

Episode 11:
When Paddy's caught on camera for an armed robbery, Mimi begs him to call his brother, Noel. But Paddy has a dark history with his sibling and would rather go to jail.

Episode 12:
When Stan gets caught in the crossfire between Yvonne and her kids, a full-blown row puts their relationship on the rocks. Things go from bad to worse when Yvonne finds herself held at gunpoint in the shop.

Episode 13:
Mandy is persuaded into going on a blind date. It seems like she's struck gold, until her first night of sex and drugs turns into a nightmare.

Episode 14:
After Mandy gets arrested for suspected drug running she forms the most unlikely of friendships and finds herself helping Tom search for his real mother

Episode 15:
Norma wakes up in a stranger's jogging bottoms after a night on the tiles and sets off on a wild goose chase to find out whomever it was she slept with the night before

Episode 16:
When Manchester experiences an earth tremor, Monica's waters break and she goes into labour. On the other side of Chatsworth, the same tremor knocks Frank off his barstool and puts him in a coma.

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