Shameless is an award-winning British comedy-drama series set in Manchester on the fictional Chatsworth council estate. Produced by Company Pictures for Channel 4, the first seven-episode series aired weekly on Tuesday nights at 10pm from 13 January 2004. The comedy drama, centred on British underclass and working class culture, has been accorded critical acclaim by various sections of the British media, including The Sun newspaper and Newsnight Review on BBC Two. The programme was created and partially written by Paul Abbott, who is also the programme's executive producer. Shameless is a... comedy-drama set in a Manchester council estate named Chatsworth and follows the lives of numerous neighbours living there. Shameless focuses on the layabout Frank Gallagher and the lives of his six children, Fiona and boyfriend Steve, Lip, Ian, Carl, Debbie and Liam, and next door neighbours, Kev and Veronica. Later the Maguire family were introduced, Paddy, his wife Mimi and their three sons, Jamie, Shane and Mickey. The Maguires have become the focus of the show as the Gallagher children departed.
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| On the air: | January 13, 2004 |
| Number of seasons: | 7 |
| Network: | Channel 4 |
| Producer: | Paul Abbott |