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SENSE OF SHAME

Shameless hit our screens 12 years ago…so here are 10 of the best bits that got you hooked

Back in 2004 the Gallagher family burst onto our screens but here are those pivotal first moments paved the way for the next nine years of shame

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Cult British comedy Shameless hit the small screen in 2004 with its signature brand of bad language, drug use and sexual content.

The merry band of men on the Chatsworth estate had us hooked with their ridiculous antics to make money and avoid both the police and social services.

 Back in 2004 Shameless launched but do you remember these epic vintage moments?
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Back in 2004 Shameless launched but do you remember these epic vintage moments?Credit: Channel 4

Critically acclaimed, the series gave us a hilarious, shocking and sometimes moving insight into the lives of the Gallagher family and their associates.

It was the first few seasons that had us hooked and here we take a walk down memory lane, reminding you why you fell in love with the booze-fuelled family of six.

Kev's drunken proposal to Veronica

Agoraphobic Shelia gets a bit kinky

Lip takes Ian to see Karen and work out if he is gay and gets caught by Karen’s dad

When Steve Meets Fiona

Steve steals the car in the smoothest way possible

The gross moment Karen hooked up with Frank

The inevitable show-down between Lip and Frank

Ian’s controversial affair with married man shopkeeper Kash

Fiona and Steve get it on for the first time

Frank faking his own death to avoid paying his debts

When you meet the Maguires