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SHAMELESS
Shameless is a British drama television 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.
The second half of series eight will continue from 30th August 2011 on
Channel 4 until October 2011. The show has been renewed for a
ninth series which will be shown in 2012.
In April 2005, the programme's first series won the Best Drama Series
category at the British Academy Television Awards. It was also nominated
for Best British Drama at the National Television Awards 2007, but lost
out to Doctor Who. Shameless won an award at the Royal Television Awards
Society North West Awards 2007 where it beat Coronation Street to the
Best Continuing Drama Award
The Gallagher family reside at 2 Windsor Gardens on the fictional
Chatsworth estate, a council estate in Stretford, near Manchester.
Originally the show was filmed on location on a council estate in West
Gorton and in the Pie Factory Studios in Salford. Since series 5, the
show has been filmed from a purpose built set on the Roundthorn
Industrial Estate in South Manchester on the site of an old Umbro
warehouse, and around Wythenshawe and Sale
Revellation Limited represent the following Shameless artistes: