Rebecca Atkinson as Sheila and Eddie’s promiscuous daughter Karen JacksonĬhris Bisson as Ian’s Muslim, married secret lover Kash, 35, who runs the local shopĪnthony Flanagan as Tony, the young copper who lost his virginity – and heart – to Fionaġ – The last stolen car torching of the summer takes place on the Chatsworth Estate.
Steve Pemberton as Sheila’s Bible-bashing husband Eddie Jackson Maggie O’Neill as Frank’s Valium-fuelled, dirt-hating, agoraphobic lover Sheila Jackson Maxine Peake as feisty next-door neighbour Veronica Fisherĭean Lennox Kelly as Veronica’s barman boyfriend Kev Ball James McAvoy as Steve, 23, the middle-class Londoner who steals cars for a living and becomes Fiona’s boyfriend Joseph Furnace as Liam, a three-year-old terror Luke/Elliot Tittensor as breast-obsessed Carl, 11 Rebecca Ryan as Debbie, nine, who has a spooky interest in cleanliness, tidiness and babies, and is the most loving towards her father Gerard Kearns as actively gay but introverted 15-year-old Ian, who works at the local convenience store Jody Latham as Lip (Philip), a good-looking, street-wise, cheeky but caring 16-year-old who is keen to lose his virginity It cost makers Makers Company Pictures £100,000 to dump the scenes that were in the can so they could bring in David Threlfall as a replacement.ĭavid Threlfall as Frank Gallagher,42, a self-pitying, selfish, charmless, unemployed, alcoholic, bullying father of Fiona, Lip, Ian, Debbie, Carl and LiamĪnne-Marie Duff as Fiona, the warm-hearted, sensible 21-year-old who has looked after her siblings and her father since Frank’s wife walked out years ago The lead role of Frank was originally given to Sean Gallagher, but then it was thought he was too young to play the good-for-nothing. Abbott says: “It’s not bleak or sentimental, it’s the total opposite – just really funny and outrageous”. The drama features the Gallaghers’ encounters with sex, love and crime on the Chatsworth council estate in Manchester where they live. leaving his 16-year-old sister to raise the family.
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Offbeat drama series – a masterpiece – written by Paul Abbott (Clocking Off, Linda Green, State Of Play) about the Gallagher family, loosely based on his own life – he was one of 10 siblings abandoned by their mother when he was just nine.