shameless is a bafta award-winning british comedy-drama television series set in the fictional chatsworth estate in manchester, united kingdom. produced by company pictures for channel 4, the first seven-episode series aired weekly on tuesday nights at 10pm from 13 january 2004. the dramedy which deals with issues related to chav culture in the uk has been accorded critical acclaim by various sections of the british media, including "the sun" newspaper and "newsnight review" on bbc two.