Customer Reviews
Shameless - Absolutely Priceless - By: Neil Keogh, 23 Feb 2008 
When series one of Shameless first showed on tv, I didn't reallly take much notice of it to be honest as I didn't reallly think it would be my cup of tea.
After hearing a couple of friends raving on about the show & catching a couple of the new episodes & a few re-runs of the series one, I realised how wrong my first impressions of the show was & decided to purchase the series 1-4 dvd from Amazon so I could catch up to date with the current series.
If you are new to Shameless like myself, the show is set on the fictional Chatsworth Housing Estate & follows the everyday lives of the Galllagher family. The first series mainly centres around Frank who is head of the Galllagher family, although from the second series onwards the writters centre each episode on a different members of the family & the Chatsworth Housing Estate to a certain degree.
Part of the genious of the show is just how spot on the creators have managed to nail the gritty realism of the rough life on a housing estate which is portrayed in the show. If you go to any city in the UK, I can guarantee you that you will be able to find an estate just like Chatsworth or a family just like the Galllaghers & this is what makes the show so special because it would not work unless the writters got the atmosphere & the storylines absolutely 100% true to life.
The show is full of a great collection of main characters. Everybody will no doubt like myself grow to have a favourite character, wether it be drunk & rambling Frank, daughter Debbie - the wise beyond her years & smart mouthed mother figure of the family or Carl who just appears to be obsessed with breast & constantly getting laid. Each & every one of the brilliant member of the family is creation of utter brilliance.
The entire series 1-4 boxset is made up of 11 discs cotaining a total number of 34 episodes which for anybody new to show should be more than enough to put you up until the fith series is release on dvd later this year.
If the 34 episodes housed in this boxset is not enough for you, the creators of this dvd set has also very kindly squeezed tones of special features including: Meet the cast, A feature lengh Christmass Special, Audio commentarys, Feature lengh New Years Special, Mockumentary: Being Alice Barry (Lillian Unpeeled) & much more.
whether your a new comer to the show like myself of a long established member of the already huge fan base looking for a worthy addition to your dvd collection, this boxset is a must have.
Absolutely the best British comedy series I have seen for a decade!
