Shameless

TX: Tuesdays, 10pm, Channel 4

Welcome back to the not so green and pleasant pasture that is the rebooted Chatsworth Estate. Post banking crisis, mid-recession, and abandoned by Council and Government alike; this is the Rise of the Underbelly - this is Shameless seceding from Society. You are now entering Free Chatsworth.

Some sexy new characters are found living in the close-knit community: feisty siblings Gloria (Angeline Ball - The Commitments, Any Time Now) and Dominic Meak (Stephen Lord - Phone Shop, EastEnders). She's a hairdresser working out of her front room on the Chatsworth and he's a very lapsed Catholic priest on ‘sabbatical' - they cause moral mayhem as well as bringing their own pretty damaged past to the estate.

Then there's 21-year-old Ruby Hepburn (Kari Corbett - The Royal, Monarch of the Glen) - a post-lads' mag ball of trouble, a Maguire niece and a fiery Celt, joining the Maguire household. Not to mention the smiling face of Frank's (David Threlfall) new running mate Terry, a little terrapin, who lives in his pocket.

The series starts with a multi-agency swoop on the estate, when ruthless project consultant Carmen Kenaway (Morwenna Banks - Skins) and her toxic side kick Feeney (Judy Flynn - The Brittas Empire) hit on the estate, embarking on a long-term strategy to make the Chatsworth an urban wasteland.

The Gallaghers (and half the estate) are evicted from their homes. But the Chatsworthians continue to be comrades-in-arms, socially irresponsible and outrageous in their everyday roller coaster lives.

Production Company
Company Pictures Ltd