Monica has an unexpected visitor, her mother Joan, who no one's seen for twenty years. Suddenly all Monica's childhood insecurities come flooding back. But Joan has a secret, she's got Alzheimer's disease and has a very important task for Monica but, she can't remember what it is. When Stan confesses to Yvonne that he's got a soft spot for her he gets a little more than he bargained for, in the stock room, up against the shelves and behind the frozen goods. Yvonne is a woman with physical needs but does she want this to go any further because, Stan certainly does. When Paddy and Mimi take a holiday, Shane and Mickey decide to throw a party. The only problem is, they've no cash to buy booze and drugs and when they enlist Liam to help them with a money making business venture, they soon find themselves outsmarted.
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.