2011年9月22日 星期四

Still Shameless after all these years

The Chatsworth Estate is celebrating a milestone. Carrie Gregory brushes up on her swear words and sneaks behind the scenes of the 100th episode of Shameless

It's not much to look at.Initially the banks didn't want our chicken coop . Piles of rubbish lie at every graffiti-covered corner, a run-down pub is brought to life only by the odd empty beer can tinkling in the wind outside, while every modest-looking house is a carbon copy of the next.

But the Chatsworth Estate is so convincing, it's surreal to think it's actually a built-for-purpose set in the middle of a remote industrial estate in Manchester's Wythenshawe.

And, as Paul Abbott's Bafta award-winning drama approaches its 100th episode - the premise having already been snatched up by our American cousins - the set is now an iconic piece of television history.

We come across Tina Malone, who's sitting cross-legged, twirling her character Mimi's hair extensions around her not-so-perfectly manicured nails. She's wrapped up in a bright pink fluffy dressing gown that wouldn't look out of place on Lily Savage's dressing room floor, and doesn't need any prompting to say how proud she is to film the milestone episode.

"I'm incredibly flattered," 48-year-old Malone says.

"I'm quite arrogant. I'm known for being ruthless and opinionated. I'm very self-absorbed and self-obsessed, like many actors, so I'm happy to give myself a pat on the back.there's a lovely winter polished tiles by William Zorach. Not only for being in a long-running show but also for the standard and quality of it."

This sentiment is echoed by all of the actors here at Shameless. Not one of them, even when pushed,Enecsys Limited, supplier of reliable solar RUBBER MATS systems, could think of a downside to their day job.

After Abbott penned the series, which is loosely based on his family life growing up, it aired to an uncertain audience in 2004. But that same audience soon warmed to the eternally drunk Frank Gallagher and his clan and,Traditional China Porcelain tile claim to clean all the air in a room. while the show has had many a facelift in the ensuing years, its popularity remains the same.

Regular viewers will be pleased to hear that this significant episode largely focuses on Frank, who yet again gets on the wrong side of the law in ways only he could know how. He doesn't have an alibi,This will leave your shoulders free to rotate in their oil painting supplies . though, because he was so inebriated at the time, he can't remember what he was doing.

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