Shameless

Anne-Marie Duff returns for final ever Shameless

The final ever episode of Shameless is currently shooting on the Chatsworth Estate and in true Shameless fashion some much loved characters turn up to sort out Frank in a suitably finale for the blisteringly funny and offbeat drama series.

Shameless star Jody Latham avoids jail over drugs

Former Shameless star Jody Latham has avoided serving jail time over his conviction for growing cannabis.

Tulisa Contostavlos wants to be on Shameless

Tulisa Contostavlos wants to appear on TV comedy Shameless - and begged former boyfriend Jody Latham to speak to producers about giving her a role.

Shameless star Jody Latham could face jail over drugs

TV actor Jody Latham could face a prison sentence after he admitted to growing £14,000 worth of cannabis.

Shameless long running TV shows - when enough is enough

I have to be honest from the get go that I have never seen an episode of Shameless, so I don't know whether - in terms of its storytelling quality - it is ending before time, or well after it should have. But I have been interested when speaking to people who have seen the drama how many have said that they "used to watch it" when it first aired in 2004, but that they didn't bother to revisit it in its later series.

Shameless: when TV shows overstay their welcome

There can often be commercial pressure to keep a hit show going, even if no artistic reason. So when is enough enough?

Nothing makes a person take stock more than seeing the postman killed by a milk float; Marty takes it as a sign, as he's desperately trying to pluck up the nerve to propose to Kelly. There's more superstition as Lillian has a vision of doom that she must solve. No need, really, as doom's never too far away from the Chatsworth estate; best to just wait and see. Meanwhile, Karen has a more down-to-earth problem when she suspects Jamie of cheating. Unfortunately, she turns to exactly the wrong person for help.

Paul Abbott: 'People are desperate to be scared'

The writer/producer behind Shameless, State of Play and Hit & Miss on TV politics and how writing saved his life.

In its day, Shameless was one of the great British TV dramas. But a show can lose only so many key characters before it loses the plot and, sad to say, that's where we're at now. The Chatsworth cannot live by Frank Gallagher alone: it really is time to pull the plug.