It’s a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, Shameless style!

Forget about a traditional Christmas of tinsel, turkey and sprouts, as the Gallagher’s celebrate this festive time of year Chatsworth style. Shameless Christmas and New Year Special is available on DVD on Monday 26th October courtesy of 4DVD.

It’s Christmas on the Chatsworth Estate and this feature length episode kicks off with the miraculous appearance of a lorry-load of lifted meat, swiped by Kev (Dean Lennox Kelly) and Lip (Jody Latham). Although the Christmas miracle turns out to be a turkey when the army is called in and the estate is sealed off.

With nowhere to stay since arsonist Marty burned their house down, Veronica’s (Maxine Peake) mum Carole and her brother force themselves on Fiona (Anne-Marie Duff) and Steve (James McAvoy) for the festive period. While Frank rallies the estate into a full-blown riot as Sheila goes into labour – a very messy Christmas for all!

After a chaotic Christmas, everyone on the Estate is getting ready for the New Year, in the second special episode on the DVD. However bedlam resumes as the Gallagher’s find themselves in another sticky situation.

The New Year Special starts with five year-old Liam denouncing religion at his RC Primary School. The school is outraged and the family is subject to a home-visit by his teacher and the local priest – leaving his sister Debbie to think fast of a good enough excuse. But shaving his head and pretending that he is dying of cancer is NOT one of Debbie’s better ideas.

As the word spreads around the estate of little Liam’s terrible illness and everyone rallying around to show their support things are set to get worse. Spiralling out of control how will the Gallagher’s get out of this one?

Shameless Christmas and New Year Specials is available on DVD on Monday 26th October courtesy of 4DVD.

DVD Details

Release date: Monday 26th October 2009
RRP: £9.99
Running time: 142 mins
Format: 1
Cert: 18
Cat No: C4DVD10259