Shameless

I mean, it was like, you know, it was like...

To me, you know, Shameless, that kind of whole, I think I love those kind of stories.

So I'm a big fan of that.

I'm not a big reader of novels these days, so I don't really know.

It's quite funny though.

Is that Skins and you worked on Shameless a little bit as well, didn't you? I mean, it does look, I don't know if you have those training grounds anymore, but they both of those shows felt like, and soap opera as well, weren't they? Yeah.

For a long time with Brookside and all those shows.

The amount of people that came through those.

So the premise is it was set in a Manchester travel agency.

And you've got David Trelfall, way before Shameless, as Lenny, a 30-something who makes it his mission to toughen up his naive 23-year-old flatmate, Kendall, played by John Simm.

And it's written by Daniel Peacock.

The

By that time, Maxine had landed the part of Twinkle in the sitcom Dinner Ladies, created by her comedy hero, Victoria Wood.

A few of the memorable roles that Maxine played in the next couple of decades include Veronica Ball in Channel 4's Shameless between 2004 and 2007, barrister, I was going to say barista, no, she was a barrister, Martha Costello in the BBC legal drama Silk between 2011 and 2014, and there was Moore's murderer Myra Hindley in the 2006 drama See No Evil.

That was great intonation that I did there, didn't I, listeners? A disapproving lilt on Myra Hindley just to indicate that I'm anti-Myra Hindley.

This is a good peek behind my acting technique.

And they did a follow up thing when he was older, didn't they, about John Davidson?

Yeah, they did.

Because then I remember when I was doing Shameless, Jack Dean, who played Marty, I played a character called Veronica and they were brother and sister, Marty and Veronica and Marty.

had Tourette's syndrome.

I do.

There's Shameless, there's Corrie, to name but a few.

Yeah.

I mean, you have, yeah, an extensive, beautiful CV of work.

temporarily fix pain

and then going back to Tourette's because obviously it started off like you said it was just the odd like you know movement that's what they thought it was and then it settled down and it's like you said come back in the last six years what does Tourette's look and feel like for you because I think my earliest memory of seeing someone with Tourette's was watching Shameless years ago do you know what I mean and you associate it again with like swearing and things like that but what is it like for you and obviously you can't suppress it can you do you know what I mean I presume it's like trying to hold in like a sneeze or something they can make you go blind do you know what I mean so what's it feel like for you do you know one's coming do you do you know what I mean you get wanky

I get like a burst of energy through my body.

It's almost like electric signals running through my body.

Played 7-1-7.

But City fans, you are the topic of our conversation this morning, because you put a banner up of Frank Gallacher, the lead character from TV show Shameless, in City merchandise, and then you booed the Premier League anthem, whilst the fan group 1894, we're going to be hearing from a spokesman from that very group very shortly, put out a statement backing the owner's stance around the guilty verdict, saying the current feeling from a majority of fans is that they don't believe the process is impartial.

And the constant leaks and speculation highlight this protectionist setup.

We'll be holding a public fans forum with the Citizens Trust after the appeal result is known to see where supporters are at the moment.

Something else.

Did any of you watch Shameless, the UK version? Yes, I did.

Did any of you two?

No.

Yeah, I do.

Yeah.

Shameless Monica and Sheila hate each other and fight over Frank it was great seeing them have scenes together in Call the Midwife where their characters have completely opposite personalities and are actually being civil to each other I completely understand that if you've never seen Shameless this will bear no relevance whatsoever but all I have to say to that is blooming watch it then now Sarah also says I love seeing Call the Midwife characters pop up in any other programmes or voiceovers loving Bryony Hannah in Rivals at the moment and she makes watching the monstrosity that is Bing more interesting when I've subjected it for my daughter I mean it is awful Bing was awful.

Talking of Stevie...

There was no...

Uh, ep- Shameless, I auditioned for.

Okay.

For a part in Shameless, but I didn't get it.

And then they rang me when I was away in Spain and offered me the part of Father Tony.

So, and I like the acting, the acting.

I've done a few things now, like Shameless, My Big Fat Diary, and, and I did The Office with Ricky Gervais, so I've enjoyed, en- enjoyed doing them.

Mm.