the show was great, but like everything else its run its course its not funny anymore different characters not the same without all its main characters gone. It has gotten worst each time since the end of season 5 let it go please don't make it any worse then it is. Normally 3 seasons are enough, because writers tend to lose there creativity, what next bring back some of the old characters back for a last curtain call. As Imention before I loved the show never missed an viewing of any shows,but lately it has gone from good to bad. I just hope the American version does not make the same mistake, I have seen some really good shows in my day, but it pains me that i will not watch anymore shows from shameless season 10 anymore. thank for the previous seasons, and good luck on you next series(P.A)

It's rather difficult to give an account of all 5 seasons of this enjoyable series. 1 & 2 are quite excellent, fun, energetic and edgy TV drama with super characters and pregnant with precarious romance. 3 - 5 are more of the same but they don't seem to have the same runaway inventiveness and sparkle as the first two.I have to admit this is down to the quite remarkable chemistry between the principal inamoratas played by Rebecca Ryan and (long since A-list promotee) James McAvoy. It is no surprise to learn that the two actors got married. Their liaison is utterly magnetic but would have less of a swing without the wonderful supporting cast - I've always been a huge fan of the gobby Maxine Peake and the pioneer author of the series Paul Abbott can have had no better gravitational centre to his creation than David Threlfall's dysfunctional dad Frank. Highly recommended. To begin with. 7/10

This programme was 100% TV Gold when it first began. Series 1 & 2 were fabulous. It had it all - fabulous comedy, heartwarming family dynamics, strong characters - the works.Unfortunately, that is where it should have ended. Shameless lost two of it's most integral characters during series 2 (Steve and Fiona) and I don't think it ever really recovered. I think it might just have coped without James McAvoy, but without Anne-Marie Duff it lost a lot of the much needed warmth and became a show purely about a slightly chavvy family living on a rough estate in Manchester.It limped along through a third series which was just about OK thanks to excellent comedic performances from David Threlfall (Frank), Maxine Peake (Veronica) and Dean Lennox Kelly (Kev). However, it was a dying duck and the absolute final nail in the coffin for me was the return of the awful Monica into the family fold during series 4.It was shortly after this that I switched off.Shameless was truly excellent to begin with - I don't know anyone who didn't love it. But it's had its day now and I wish the producer had been brave enough to pull the plug after series 3 at the absolute most so it could have been remembered as a great show. At this rate it's going to end up another 'Bad Girls' - a quality show to begin with that descended into really, really crap pantomime because the production company was too greedy (or short of new ideas) to:JUST. LET. IT. GO!!!!

Judging from the media hype and the comments on IMDb you would honestly be forgiven this programme came from television heaven.How very wrong these people are.Take one dimensional characters insert them in some sink estate and show us how they live their miserable existences with a script composed mainly of cheap and tired clichés.Thats basically what shameless is.The amount of profanity used in the show also shows how desperate the writers are does little to help the careers of the actors involved.The Gallagher and Maguire family are a lazy creation.They could be easily be based on any dysfunctional family.The reason why it has been prolonged by a series is genuinely beyond me.