8.548 minSeason 11 • Episode 14
LatestAfter spending months in jail, Frank returns to Chatsworth hoping for a welcome home party. However, he discovers Monica has took up residency at the Gallaghers - and is expecting his tenth child, and the return of a few faces from his past heralds the end of an era. Meanwhile, it's business as usual at Chesco's, as an old face re-instates herself.
The story of a young group of siblings pretty much abandoned by their parents, surviving by their wits - and humor - on a rough Manchester council estate. Whilst they won't admit it, they need help and find it in Steve, a young middle class lad who falls for Fiona, the oldest sibling, and increasingly finds himself drawn to this unconventional and unique family. Anarchic family life seen through the eyes of an exceptionally bright fifteen year old, who struggles to come of age in the context of his belligerent father, closeted brother, psychotic sister and internet porn star neighbors.
Writing
Paul Abbott's autobiographical North England chaos.
Acting
David Threlfall's Frank: Shakespearean tramp.
Production
Manchester estate as unglamorous character.
Creator
Paul Abbott
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Paul Abbott created this from his own Manchester estate childhood—Frank's based on his absent father.
The US remake gentrified everything; this original keeps the council estate brutalism intact.
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