Featuring series 1 to 3 of blisteringly funny offbeat drama from writer Paul Abbott (Clocking Off) Shameless follows the rollercoaster lives and loves of the anarchic Gallagher family from Manchester. Meet the Gallaghers. Mum went AWOL years ago Dad stayed at home with the six children only to hit the bottle. And sometimes the kids. The real head of the family is big sister Fiona (20) who looks after Carl (11) Debbie (9) and baby Liam (3). She is occasionally helped more often hindered by reluctant virgin 'Lip' (16) and the actively gay but very private Ian (15). Welcome to a hectic world of sexual adventures triumphs love scams and a fair bit of crime on a rough Manchester housing estate where wheel-less cars are the norm and the moving ones are stolen. This box set features all the episodes from series 1 and 2.
The classic 8-part BBC series from 1980 arrives on DVD for the very first time. God's Wonderful Railway follows three generations of the Grant family working on the Great Western branch line. Split into three different stories : 'The Permanent Way' is told during the construction of the line in the reign of Queen Victoria, 'Clear Ahead' shows us the line operating during Edwardian times. The final part, 'Fire on the Line' shows us the Second World War and how the Grant family and the line fair in that troubled time. Features subtitles for the Hard of Hearing. Cast includes: June Brown (Eastenders), Gordon Kaye ('Allo 'Allo) and Gerard Kelly. Extras: On location with God's Wonderful Railway (24 minutes) - The Making of the Series. Blue Peter feature looking at the engines used in the filming of the series. (14mins)
Welcome to a hectic world of sexual adventures triumphs love scams and a fair bit of crime on a rough Manchester housing estate where wheel-less cars are the norm and the moving ones are stolen. Titles Comprise: Series 1: Blisteringly funny offbeat drama following the rollercoaster lives and loves of an anarchic family from Manchester. Meet the Gallaghers. Mum went AWOL years ago Dad stayed at home with the six children only to hit the bottle. And sometimes the kids... The real head of the family is big sister Fiona (20) who looks after Carl (11) Debbie (9) and baby Liam (3). She is occasionally helped more often hindered by reluctant virgin 'Lip' (16) and the actively gay but very private Ian (15). Series 2: Seven months on from the first series and Manchester's favourite son Frank Gallagher is expecting another addition to the clan this time with his agoraphobic lover Sheila. On the back of a fiddled insurance claim the Gallagher children have extended their home into the house next door. Underage Ian's married Muslim lover Kash is being pressured by wife Yvonne to have 'thermometer sex' to inseminate her. Meanwhile loved up next-door neighbours Veronica and Kev have their own family crisis with Veronica's rampant mum Carol and troubled brother Marty living with the Gallaghers since Marty burnt their house down. Series 3: The critically acclaimed and brilliantly funny drama from award-winning writer Paul Abbott features the Chatsworth Estate's Gallaghers probably the UK's most dysfunctional family. Head of the family Frank embarks on a series of adventures with his remarkably well-balanced children Fiona Lip Ian Debbie Carl and Liam - not forgetting the other two with Frank's valium-fuelled lover Sheila. Series 4: Frank is sent into a spin when mum Monica turns up claiming to be back for good. Surely the house is not big enough for her and Sheila? Lip is juggling with parenting and Ian is looking for love. Carl is busy on a secret crime spree while Debbie decides to interview potential boyfriends. Carol is still having trouble keeping her legs and mouth shut while Kash is happy screwing the council. Meanwhile the Maguires have moved in next door. After a stint in prison Jamie Maguire returns and sparks fly with barmaid Karen. Series 5: The multi-award winning Shameless is back with a bang - and a sizzle when Frank accidentally urinates on a generator electrocuting his privates. In series five things turn from bad to worse when in hospital he's told he has a heart condition and doesn't have long to live. Meanwhile Lip returns home from University and is followed closely by his new girlfriend much to Mandy's dismay. And he's not the only one with relationship issues: Ian very nearly finds love Carl continues with his sexploits and the quiet outsider Debbie surprises everyone by falling head over heels. The Gallagher family look set to grow when Monica falls pregnant; it's just as well they're keeping the numbers up see. Series 6: Head of the family in name only is Dad Frank - a feckless charmless self-pitying unemployed bully - a model father. Since mum went AWOL dad hit the bottle leaving his six remarkably well-balanced children Fiona Lip Ian Debbie Carl and Liam to fend for themselves. But the Gallaghers need not worry anymore now they've teamed up with the local gangsters the Maguires who continue to explode the myth of a conventional family. Series 7: Life as normal on the Chatsworth estate.
Blisteringly funny offbeat drama following the rollercoaster lives and loves of an anarchic family from Manchester. Meet the Gallaghers. Mum went AWOL years ago Dad stayed at home with the six children only to hit the bottle. And sometimes the kids... The real head of the family is big sister Fiona (20) who looks after Carl (11) Debbie (9) and baby Liam (3). She is occasionally helped more often hindered by reluctant virgin 'Lip' (16) and the actively gay but very private Ian (15). Welcome to a hectic world of sexual adventures triumphs love scams and a fair bit of crime on a rough Manchester housing estate where wheel-less cars are the norm and the moving ones are stolen.
Comic icon rikki fulton is celebrated in this fantastic live show as two of scotlands favourite performers bring his characters back to life. Starring Tony Roper and Gerard Kelly Rikki & Me takes audiences on an amazing journey through Rikki Fultons life and relives the brilliant routines of Francie & Josie the Rev. I. M. Jolly Supercop and Dirty Dickie Dandruff among others. Told from the perspective of the friends who knew him best and the woman who shared his life for over forty years Rikki & Me is a celebration of the life characters and comic creations of Rikki Fulton. Filmed live at the Kings Theatre Glasgow.
Written by John Byrne for the BBC Play for Today series this is a semi- autobiographical tale set in a Paisely carpet factory in the late 1950's. Spanky (Gerard Kelly) and Hector (Mark Windsor) are the apprentice designers - the Slab Boys - whose job is to mix the dyes for the carpet designers. They toil away strutting and skiving each plotting his escape. A mixture of hilarity high jinks and sobering realism this coming of age tale has played in theatres all over Britain has inspired a movie spawned an recent theatre sequel and is an absolute classic.
A man goes blind when remembering his lost girlfriend but doctors can't find anything wrong with his eyes. They fit him with an experimental device which allows him to see with the aid of a computer interface and Brain electrodes. Meanwhile a taxi driver is taking young women up to their apartments giving them gas and performing a little amateur surgery on them. Their paths inevitably converge and the blind man must try to stop the psychopath.
Meet the Gallaghers. Mum went AWOL years ago Dad stayed at home with the six children only to hit the bottle. And sometimes the kids. The real head of the family is big sister Fiona (20) who looks after Carl (11) Debbie (9) and baby Liam (3). She is occasionally helped more often hindered by reluctant virgin 'Lip' (16) and the actively gay but very private Ian (15). Welcome to a hectic world of sexual adventures triumphs love scams and a fair bit of crime on a rough Manchester
Newly-promoted Inspector Jean Darblay takes charge of the police station in the Lancashire town of Hartley. As the first female Inspector to be placed in charge of the station there is initially considerable scepticism from the long-standing staff... Episodes comprise: 1. New Arrivals 2. Arlene 3. Party Fun 4. Lies and Liars 5. A Private Place 6. Unpicking the Stitches 7. Clever Boy 8. Aunt Sally 9. Gorgeous 10. Whispers 11. Barriers 12. Journeys 13. Cat
Dublin. An enigmatic, leather-clad figure weaves its way through traffic on a powerful motorbike. This is Michael Lynch (KEVIN SPACEY): family man, liar, criminal mastermind and our hero.
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