Shameless (British TV series)

Shameless
Genre	Black comedy Comedy-drama
Created by	Paul Abbott
Starring	David Threlfall Annabelle Apsion Maggie O'Neill Anne-Marie Duff James McAvoy Jody Latham Gerard Kearns Rebecca Ryan Elliott Tittensor Luke Tittensor Joseph Furnace Johnny Bennett Alana & Anabelle Crampton Nikita Brownlee John Woodvine Edna Doré Sean Gilder Tina Malone Aaron McCusker Nicky Evans Ciarán Griffiths Samantha Siddall Lola & Macy Yoxall Bethany Thompson Warren Brown Steve Bell Clyve Bonelle Will Willoughby Rebecca Atkinson Sally Carman Michael Taylor Kari Corbett Dean Lennox Kelly Maxine Peake Marjorie Yates Jack Deam Gillian Kearney Pauline McLynn Valerie Lilley Robbie Conway Chris Bisson Kelli Hollis Qasim Akhtar Sarah Byrne Shireen Shah Shobu Kapoor Aysha Kala Emmanuel Ighodaro Karen Bryson Kira Martin Jacqueline Boatswain Adelle Leonce Joanna Higson Philip Hill-Pearson Joe Duttine Angeline Ball Stephen Lord Jalaal Hartley Isy Suttie Rhys Cadman Jade Kilduff Lewis Hardaker Anthony Flanagan Lindsey Dawson Warren Donnelly Dystin Johnson Alice Barry Brana Bajic Chris Coghill Michael Legge Amanda Ryan Ben Batt
Theme music composer	Murray Gold
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	11
No. of episodes	139 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Paul Abbott George Faber Charles Pattinson David Threlfall
Production locations	Wythenshawe, Manchester, England
Cinematography	Andy McDonnell Gavin Struthers (series 4–5)
Running time	42–76 minutes
Production companies	Company Pictures All3Media
Original release
Network	Channel 4
Release	13 January 2004 (2004-01-13) – 28 May 2013 (2013-05-28)
Related
Shameless (American adaptation)
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Shameless is a British comedy-drama television programme created and executive produced by Paul Abbott. Set in Manchester on the fictional Chatsworth council estate, the show revolves around the dysfunctional working-class Gallagher family (Frank, Fiona, Lip, Ian, Carl, Debbie, and Liam), depicting and commenting on English working-class life and culture.

Produced by Company Pictures, the show aired on Channel 4 from 2004 to 2013 for eleven series and 139 episodes. It was praised by the British media, including the newspaper The Sun and Newsnight Review on BBC Two. In 2005, the show won Best Drama Series at the BAFTA TV Awards and Best TV Comedy Drama at the British Comedy Awards. An American adaptation of Shameless aired on Showtime from 9 January 2011 to 11 April 2021.