Preview Shameless Series 5

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Bigger, bolder and more outrageous than ever, the residents of the Chatsworth Estate are back with an extended fifth series of 16 new episodes.

Fans of the award-winning series can look forward to Manchester’s favourite father figure Frank (David Threlfall) managing to sire another Gallagher baby, despite a nasty electrocution incident and a dodgy ticker. Debbie (Rebecca Ryan) is left holding the chaotic Gallagher fort while Mum Monica (Annabelle Apsion) takes a more “hands-off” approach to parenting. And with Lip (Jody Latham) away at Uni, Mandy (Samantha Siddall) finds life as a single parent strangely cathartic.

Round at the Maguires’, Mickey (Ciaran Griffiths) invests in a pink stretch limo for a new business venture, not forgetting that it makes the perfect shag pad. Mimi (Tina Malone) is facing up to her weight, and Paddy’s (Sean Gilder) identical twin turns up to wreak havoc. Newlyweds Karen (Rebecca Atkinson) and Jamie (Aaron McCusker) begin married life living above the Jockey and, along with Ian Gallagher (Gerard Kearns), run the pub without the brewery realising they have a new landlord.

Elsewhere on the estate, counterfeit widow Yvonne (Kelli Hollis) finds love calling from the most unexpected direction. Love-triangle coppers Stan (Warren Donnelly), Carrie (Amanda Ryan) and Tom (Michael Legge) leave a trail of tear gas and chaos. And Lillian (Alice Barry) at last finds satisfaction as the “madam” of her very own brothel.

For more details, please head to http://www.channel4.com/shameless