Win DVD copies of Shameless

30 November -0001

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�Not to be missed� - The Times
�A work of genius� � Heat
�Cult viewing� � The Observer
�The series of the year� - Daily Mirror

Released on 27th December the critically acclaimed, offbeat drama, Shameless, follows the rollercoaster lives of the Mancunian Gallaghers, as they experience life and love on the edge.

Head of the Gallagher family in name only, is Dad Frank (David Threlfall) � feckless, colourful, self-pitying, comic, selfish, and an unemployed, alcoholic bully � a model father.

The Gallagher kids are being raised by their 20-year-old big sister Fiona (Anne-Marie Duff) since Mum went AWOL and Dad hit the bottle.

Lip, 16 � good looking, street-wise, gobby lad around town on the verge of (finally) losing his virginity; and Ian, 15 � actively gay, who keeps his private life very private, played by newcomers Jody Latham and Gerard Kearns. Siblings Debbie (Rebecca Ryan) and Carl (Luke/Elliot Tittensor) plus baby Liam round off the highly un-orthodox yet extremely tightly knit family.

Other colourful characters include the Gallaghers� next-door neighbours, Veronica and Kev (Maxine Peake, Dinner Ladies, Early Doors and Dean Lennox Kelly, Tipping the Velvet, Mike Bassett: England Manager).

On the romance front there is Frank�s valium-fuelled agoraphobic lover Sheila (Maggie O�Neill, Peak Practice, Births, Marriages and Deaths) and Ian�s Muslim, wife-cheating, secret lover Kash (Chris Bisson, Coronation Street, East Is East) who runs the local mini-mart.

Shameless throws up a world of sexual adventures, triumphs, love, scams and a fair bit of crime on the Manchester housing estate � where wheel-less cars are the norm and the moving ones are stolen.

To celebrate the release those lovely people at Channel 4 have given us 5 copies to give away. All you need to do is answer the following question correctly:

Click HERE to view the trailer

Click HERE to buy