Shameless

The cozy crime drama will return for a seven-episode run, including a Christmas special. As well as airing on Channel 5 in the UK, it will also be available on British-American streamer Acorn TV, which is owned by AMC.

Set in the fictional village of Sainte Victoire in the south of France, the show is created by and stars Sally Lindsay (Love Rat) as Jean White. Helping her solve crimes are sidekick Dom Hayes (Steve Edge), with co-writer Sue Vincent (Shameless) also appearing as mechanic Gloria Beaushaw.

British TV viewers had never seen anything like Manchester’s Chatsworth Estate and its most infamous residents, the Gallagher family. Until Channel 4 premiered Shameless in 2004, working-class dramas had generally been po-faced, bleak and irritatingly worthy.