Whichever preview you read for the new series of Shameless (which starts tonight, Channel 4, Tuesday 27 January, 10pm), it will say that the first episode marks a return to form for the stalwart series. I once read a review of it in a posh newspaper (or read or comment or overheard someone say something in some bar once, I really can’t remember) that said that they couldn’t bear watching something about working class people living on a council estate in Manchester because it made them feel grubby. If that’s not a reason to like Shameless I don’t know what is, but let’s face it, series five wasn’t all that great and even its creator, the heavily bum-licked Paul Abbott, agreed. So it’s good that all the signs say that series six is a return to form. There’s a trailer over the jump, where you can meet the latest addition to the cast – baby Stella, who specialises in internal monlogues.

You can go to the Channel 4 website to watch more trailers, by clicking here.