Shameless

The Gallagher family celebrate Christmas 2004, bringing mayhem and death to the Chatsworth estate.

Frank's dad Neville turns up at Sheila's to see the latest additions to the Gallagher clan.

Neville Gallagher, Frank's estranged father, arrives in Chatsworth to meet his new grandchildren. While the rest of the family welcomes him, Frank is forced to relive painful childhood memories.

A garden competition sparks off a feud between Veronica and Carol, and Veronica's bitterness towards her mother alienates her friends and family, even Kev and Fiona.

Frank takes a call at Kev and Veronica's anniversary party but only later passes on the message that Social Services will visit the next day to discuss fostering. Kev and Veronica are stunned when they receive a child, Eric, for a trial week of foster care.

Preparations for Fiona and Steve's wedding are underway in the Gallagher household. In the days leading up to the wedding, Steve falls in with a group of ruthless criminals.

When Sheila asks Lip to water her friend's plants while she is away, he begins using the house to get some peace and quiet to do homework. But when he returns one night, he discovers the house has been burgled.

Lip is sleeping with Mandy while she is pretending to be Ian's girlfriend to hide the fact that he is gay. However, after Mandy falls pregnant with Lip's baby, everyone begins to think the child is Ian's.

After Ladies Night at The Jockey, Fiona wakes up in bed with soon-to-be-married Joey Dawson, and she is forced to pay the price when Liam Gallagher (Johnny Bennett) is rushed to hospital after swallowing some pills.

After being hit in the mouth by Kash's shop door, Frank falls foul of two shifty accident claims salesmen, who persuade him to sue the Karibs. Kash and Yvonne cannot afford to pay out Frank's claims and are forced to close the shop.

Kev's sister Kelly arrives in Chatsworth, fleeing her aggressive ex-boyfriend. Desperate to retrieve her things, Kev and Frank step in to help.

Fiona's life is turned upside down when Steve returns to Chatsworth, on the run, to persuade her to flee to Amsterdam with him, but she is torn whether to leave her family.