Shameless:

Shameless

The series is about a young group of siblings who have been abandoned by their parents and now have to survive by themselves using their wits and humour on a rough council Manchester estate. The genre of the film was both a ‘comedy’ and ‘drama.’

Production:

The production company for Shameless was ‘Company Pictures’ which is a British independent television production company. The series was written and created by Paul Abbott who also played the role as executive producer. Company Pictures has also produced a variety of programming for a large amount of broadcasters such as the BBC, ITV and Channel 4.

For series one – four the exterior shots were filmed on location in Greater Manchester. Since series five the exteriors and interiors have been filmed on a purpose built set located in an industrial estate in Wythenshawe, Manchester.

Distributors:

The distributors of the show were ‘Channel 4 Television Corporation.’ The first seven series of the programme was aired on Tuesdays 10:00pm from January 13^th 2004 on Channel 4. The channel E4 was the sister channel and allowed repeats of the programme to be aired in the same week if you missed the episode on Channel 4.

Reception:

In April 2005, the programmes first series won Best Drama Series category at the British Academy Television Awards. It was also nominated for the ‘Best British Drama’ at the National Television Awards 2007 but sadly lost out to Doctor Who. However, Shameless did win an award at the Royal Television Awards Society North West Awards 2007 where it beat

Coronation Street

to the ‘Best Continuing Drama Award.’

The programme has been sold overseas, where it airs on channels in Australia, New Zealand, Belgium, Canada, France, Netherlands, Finland, Portugal, Ireland, BBC America (only aired the first series), Israel, Latin America and Italy.