Add to FavouritesAbout this Broadcast
Season 3, Episode 5
Kev wakes up on his birthday in high spirits, only to learn his mother has thrown herself from her balcony. He is further perturbed by the presence of ex-wife Roxy at the funeral, who then pursues him in a bid to win him back. Veronica finds the pair in a compromising situation at Kev's mother's flat and refuses to listen to his pleas of innocence
General
Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
David Threlfall
(Actor)
.. Frank Gallagher
Jody Latham
(Actor)
.. Lip Gallagher
Gerard Kearns
(Actor)
.. Ian Gallagher
Maxine Peake
(Actor)
.. Veronica Fisher
Dean Lennox Kelly
(Actor)
.. Kev Ball
Rebecca Atkinson
(Actor)
.. Karen Jackson
Maggie O'Neill
(Actor)
.. Sheila Jackson
Jill Halfpenny
(Actor)
.. Roxy Ball
Elliott Tittensor
(Actor)
.. Carl Gallagher
Johnny Bennett
(Actor)
.. Liam Gallagher
Rebecca Ryan
(Actor)
.. Debbie Gallagher
Danny Brocklehurst
(Writer)
Paul Abbott
(Executive producer)
Jim O'Hanlon
(Director)
George Faber
(Executive producer)
Charlie Pattinson
(Executive producer)
Matt Jones
(Executive producer)
John Griffin
(Producer)
More Information
Did You Know..
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
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.
Dean Lennox Kelly
(Actor)
.. Kev Ball
Rebecca Atkinson
(Actor)
.. Karen Jackson
Maggie O'Neill
(Actor)
.. Sheila Jackson
Born:
November 15, 1962
in
Buckinghamshire
Best Known For:
EastEnders and Shameless.
Early-life:
Margaret O'Neill was born in Buckinghamshire on November 15, 1962. She was educated at a convent school and was inspired by a sixth-form drama teacher to take up acting. She went on to train at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. In 1985, she appeared in the video for Simply Red's Holding Back the Years, before making her stage debut in Moving Pictures at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds.
Career:
O'Neill made her big-screen debut in Mona Lisa (1986) and two years later starred in Gorillas in the Mist. Better known for her TV work, she has made guest appearances in a number of programmes and had recurring roles in Take Me Home, Peak Practice, Shameless and EastEnders.
Quote:
"Some people feel guilty if they're not doing something with their day. Not me. I'm a slacker."
Trivia:
She enjoys pilates, yoga and reading.
Jill Halfpenny
(Actor)
.. Roxy Ball
Born:
July 15, 1975
in
Gateshead
Best Known For:
Playing Kate in EastEnders.
Early-life:
Born July 15, 1975, in Gateshead. She doesn't come from a theatrical background - her dad was a builder and her mum a classroom assistant - and says she has no idea where her love of acting came from. But she's been doing it from an early age; she attended classes at First Act Theatre in Gosforth and began appearing in Byker Grove, alongside Ant and Dec, at the age of 13.
Career:
After quitting Byker Grove in 1992, Halfpenny took a break from TV for five years, eventually returning with a role in The Bill. Small parts in Birds of a Feather, Heartbeat and Peak Practice followed before she began playing Rebecca in Coronation Street in 1999. A year later, the character left Weatherfield having broken up Martin Platt's marriage to Gail. In 2002 she began a three-year stint as Kate, who married Phil Mitchell, in EastEnders. Since then Halfpenny has popped up in Inspector George Gently, Waterloo Road, Wild at Heart and Mount Pleasant. She was also Strictly Come Dancing champion in 2004 and has appeared in several acclaimed stage productions, including Calendar Girls and Legally Blonde.
Quote:
"Actors are always frustrated by the lack of versatility of the casting people who see you for roles. They do pigeonhole you."
Trivia:
Her neice, Chelsea, is also an actress and had a three-year stint in Emmerdale.
Elliott Tittensor
(Actor)
.. Carl Gallagher
Johnny Bennett
(Actor)
.. Liam Gallagher
Rebecca Ryan
(Actor)
.. Debbie Gallagher
Born:
April 27, 1991
in
Manchester, UK
Best Known For:
Playing Debbie Gallagher in Shameless.
Early-life:
Born on April 27, 1991 in Manchester. Her mother, Mairanna, was the first World Irish dancing champion. Rebecca was inspired by her mother to have Irish dancing lessons when she was three and competed in various competitions. She first acted on stage in a production of Tommy at Manchester Opera House, following her brother Charlie's example.
Career:
Ryan was cast in State of Play after her brother, who was already cast in the TV series, recommended her to play his little sister. Following this, Ryan landed the role as Debbie Gallagher in Shameless. Her most notable television roles since then have included playing Vicki MacDonald in Waterloo Road, Ellie McCall in Doctors and Gemma Dean in Casualty. Ryan also performs in theatre productions. She starred in the UK tour of Beryl, which was written by her Shameless co-star Maxine Peake.
Quote:
"I was 11 when Shameless started and still too young to realise how unusual that was. It was only when people started recognising me that it became a bit weird."
Trivia:
She likes country music.
Danny Brocklehurst
(Writer)
Paul Abbott
(Executive producer)
Jim O'Hanlon
(Director)
George Faber
(Executive producer)
Charlie Pattinson
(Executive producer)
Matt Jones
(Executive producer)
John Griffin
(Producer)
