Category Archives: Shameless
Shameless: Angeline Ball
“I cannot be weak,” protests Frank Gallagher as Shameless returns tonight. The new – ninth – series begins with two extended episodes screened at 10pm over consecutive nights. With many Chatsworth estate residents evicted from their homes in an official … Continue reading
Shameless: Class Act
WE met in the canteen of the Shameless HQ in Manchester. But it wasn’t until Manny Ighodaro stood up that I realised just how tall he was. Of which more below. Episode six of the new series is on Channel … Continue reading
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Shameless: Close Encounters
ANOTHER day on the Chatsworth to interview the cast of Shameless. Including an afternoon in The Jockey, where the regulars still pay no heed to the smoking ban. A month or so later, having cleared my lungs of herbal cigarette … Continue reading
Shameless: The Naked Truth
VISITS to TV sets follow their own book of rules. Filming schedules will often overrun or change. Putting at risk the interview you may have travelled hundreds of miles to secure.
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Shameless: Fresh Faces
OVER three million viewers are watching the new series of Shameless on Channel 4.
Plus healthy audiences for both the catch-up on C4+1 and the first showing of next week’s episode on E4.
As we await news of whether Channel 4 will change their mind on credit crunch plans to cut the next series from 16 episodes to eight….
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Shameless: Defining Moments
SOME people really ought to get out more.
It was a tired old question posed by a TV interviewer.
Are there really people like that?…
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Shameless: Sweet Sixteen
NO wonder Frank is smiling.
So much to say about the new series of Shameless, which contains shocks, surprises, departures and arrivals…
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Shameless…But Not Smokeless
THE ashtrays were full when I walked into The Jockey on a recent set visit.
Shameless returns for a sixth series in January.
And it promises to be another dramatic – and at times darker – rollercoaster ride through the wonderful world of the Chatsworth estate…
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Shameless: Ricky Hatton
SHAMELESS stars were out in force at the weekend.
Boxer Ricky Hatton is a big fan of the show – and the cast are big fans of Ricky.
Eagle-eyed viewers may have noticed that Ricky’s picture takes pride of place in the Maguire’s living room…
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Shameless Series Six
SOME doubted it would work.
But the expansion of Shameless to 16 episodes a year proved a success.
Now the cameras are back on the Chatsworth estate to film series six of the award-winning Channel 4 drama…
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