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Season 2, Episode 6
Mandy's plan to pretend to be Ian's girlfriend backfires when she gets pregnant with Lip's baby - which means her family thinks Ian is the father, and must marry her or be castrated by her family. Fiona is mugged, but is later swept off her feet by her attacker's big brother and Cassie decides to ban bar tabs at the Jockey - a catastrophic blow for Frank, who nevertheless receives a tempting offer in return for clearing his £200 slate
General
Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
Anne-Marie Duff
(Actor)
.. Fiona Gallagher
David Threlfall
(Actor)
.. Frank Gallagher
Jody Latham
(Actor)
.. Lip Gallagher
Gerard Kearns
(Actor)
.. Ian Gallagher
Dean Lennox Kelly
(Actor)
.. Kev Ball
Maxine Peake
(Actor)
.. Veronica Fisher
Jack Deam
(Actor)
.. Marty Fisher
Moya Brady
(Actor)
.. Cassie Western
Samantha Siddall
(Actor)
.. Mandy Maguire
Chris Coghill
(Actor)
.. Craig
Danny Brocklehurst
(Writer)
Dearbhla Walsh
(Director)
Matt Jones
(Producer)
George Faber
(Executive producer)
Charlie Pattinson
(Executive producer)
Paul Abbott
(Executive producer)
More Information
Did You Know..
Anne-Marie Duff
(Actor)
.. Fiona Gallagher
David Threlfall
(Actor)
.. Frank Gallagher
Born:
October 12, 1953
in
Manchester
Best Known For:
Playing foul-mouthed Frank Gallagher in Shameless.
Early-life:
Born in Manchester on October 12, 1953. He has a brother; their father was a plumber. David never wanted to be an actor, his first love was football, but thanks to a little encouragement from teachers, he trod the boards in a school production of The Crucible. After a short stint at art college in Sheffield, and a few months labouring, he became a student at Manchester Polytechnic School of Drama. His breakthrough role came in the gritty 1977 drama Scum.
Career:
Aside from a lean period at the back end of the 1990s, Threlfall has rarely been out of work. His small-screen work includes roles in Mike Leigh's Kiss of Death, a 1984 staging of King Lear (opposite Laurence Olivier), Conspiracy and The Queen's Sister. His most famous on-screen character is that of chain-smoking patriarch Frank Gallagher, a role he held in Channel 4 drama Shameless between 2004 and 2013. Other projects include The Russia House, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, Housewife 49, Hot Fuzz, Nowhere Boy and The Ark. He was also made a surprisingly good Tommy Cooper in the ITV biopic Not Like That, Like This.
Quote:
On acting: "I just like getting up and pretending. It's the game of pretending you're other people, that's the liberating thing."
Trivia:
He supports Manchester City. He received an honorary doctorate from Manchester Metropolitan University in 2013.
Jody Latham
(Actor)
.. Lip Gallagher
Gerard Kearns
(Actor)
.. Ian Gallagher
Dean Lennox Kelly
(Actor)
.. Kev Ball
Maxine Peake
(Actor)
.. Veronica Fisher
Born:
July 14, 1974
in
Bolton
Best Known For:
Playing Twinkle in dinnerladies and Martha Costello in Silk.
Early-life:
Born on July 14, 1974, in Bolton, Greater Manchester, to Brian, a lorry driver father and Glynis, a careworker mother. Maxine studied at Westhoughton High School and Canon Slade School before joining Bolton's Octagon Youth Theatre at the age of 13. She also honed her craft at the Royal Exchange Manchester and the University of Salford before moving to London at 21 where she trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (Rada). She claims comedienne Marti Caine was an inspiration to her.
Career:
Early TV appearances included The Ward, Hetty Wainthropp Investigates and Picking Up The Pieces. Roles in Jonathan Creek and Coronation Street boosted her profile, but it was Victoria Wood's sitcom dinnerladies that really put her on the showbiz map. She also received acclaim for Clocking Off and sublime comedy Early Doors before landing the part of Veronica in Shameless. In recent years she's been much in demand, starring in Messiah, See No Evil: The Moors Murders, Little Dorrit, Red Riding and The Street. She is currently starring in the BBC legal drama Silk. Maxine has also enjoyed an extensive stage career, with roles in Hamlet, Robin Hood, Leaves of Glass, The Children's Hour, and The Deep Blue Sea. In 2012 she wrote her first radio play about Leeds cyclist Beryl Burton.
Quote:
"I remember feeling, at drama school, that if you were male and working class you were a bit of a poet, a working class hero. But if you were female, you were just a bit gobby and a bit brassy and common."
Trivia:
She provided vocals for 1612 Underture, the Eccentronic Research Council's 2012 concept album.
Jack Deam
(Actor)
.. Marty Fisher
Moya Brady
(Actor)
.. Cassie Western
Samantha Siddall
(Actor)
.. Mandy Maguire
Chris Coghill
(Actor)
.. Craig
Danny Brocklehurst
(Writer)
Dearbhla Walsh
(Director)
Matt Jones
(Producer)
George Faber
(Executive producer)
Charlie Pattinson
(Executive producer)
Paul Abbott
(Executive producer)
