Larkin said your parents mess you up and what he should have added is that they don’t have to be around to do it. Raised by their eldest sister since mum went awol and dad hit the bottle, Lip and his siblings have had to explore life’s ups and downs without the help of regular adult influence.
How do you come to terms with finding your twin’s stash of dirty magazines? Or having your first sexual experience performed in front of your girlfriend’s father? Or having one sister steal a baby while another falls in love with a man whose secrets are even more dangerous than your own?
Shameless charts the wickedly unpredictable chapters of family life against the backdrop of a passionate and unlikely love affair struggling to survive the pressures of an uncompromising environment.
A series from Paul Abbott, the creator of Reckless, Clocking Off and Linda Green.
Also available:
Series 2: 10 x 60' & Christmas Special
Series 3: 7 x 60' & 1 x 65'
Series 4: 7 x 60' & 1 x 76'
Series 5: 16 x 60'
Series 6: 16 x 60'
Series 7: 16 x 60'
Series 8: 22 x 60'
'…the TV equivalent of being on a dipper, twisting and diving until it deposits you at the final credits wondering how an hour passed so quickly.' - The Times
'Rollicking, rambunctious and rude - an instant classic. Magnificent' - Evening Standard
'Watch it. Tape it. Tell your friends' - The Observer
'The best new dramedy of the decade' 'No words could sufficiently express the very goodness of this' 'Genius' - The Guardian
'As good as TV drama gets' - Heat Magazine