After Mandy gets arrested for suspected drug running she forms the most unlikely of friendships and finds herself helping Tom search for his real mother. The friendship, however, soon becomes something deeper for Mandy and with the help of Ian, she sets out to win Tom's heart. But do Tom's affections lie elsewhere? Mimi's short fuse gets the better of her when she harms her favourite son, Micky. Desperate to rein in her temper she attends anger management courses and gradually evolves as a new, sensitive woman - and responsible drug dealer. Seeing his business going down the pan, Patrick despairs and knows he has to get his old Mimi back or they'll go bankrupt. In an attempt to impress a new girlfriend, Carl enlists Karen as his personal sex counsellor, but is he getting help or getting off?
s05e01 - The Countdown
s05e02 - Other Paddy
s05e03 - Happy Birthday, Ma Maguire
s05e04 - Frank's Big Win
s05e05 - Beach Party
s05e06 - Nowhere to Go
s05e07 - Brothers and Boyfriends
s05e08 - I Love Frank
s05e09 - Absent Parents
s05e10 - Old Friends, New Enemies
s05e11 - Twin
s05e12 - Family at War
s05e13 - Date a Death
s05e14 - The Ties That Blind Us
s05e15 - Assault
s05e16 - The Ninth Time Around
Blisteringly funny, offbeat drama following the rollercoaster lives and loves of an anarchic family from Manchester. Meet the Gallaghers. Mum went AWOL years ago, Dad stayed at home with the six children only to hit the bottle. And sometimes the kids... The real head of the family is big sister Fiona, who looks after Carl, Debbie and baby Liam. She is occasionally helped, more often hindered, by reluctant virgin 'Lip' and the actively gay, but very private, Ian.
Welcome to a hectic world of sexual adventures, triumphs, love, scams and a fair bit of crime on a rough Manchester housing estate, where wheel-less cars are the norm and the moving ones are stolen.