Plotlines revealed for next 'Shameless'

Warning: This article contains some spoilers which some readers may prefer to avoid.

Channel 4 has lifted the lid on some of the storylines for the upcoming third series of Shameless as filming gets underway in Manchester.

The series, which is due to air later this year, comprises a feature-length special and seven regular episodes.

Plots include:

• Carl discovers sex and gains an ASBO
• Home-maker and problem solver Debbie struggles with her new-found responsibilities
• Liam denounces religion at his RC Primary School
• Lip becomes a dad and finds that life isn’t "just one big shag"
• Ian’s heart gets badly broken
• Sheila’s valium-fuelled big white wedding dream becomes so massive that even Frank can’t ignore the wedding of the century!
• Tourettes’ suffering Marty is loved up with Sue, the kooky new cuckoo in the cosy Gallagher nest. For her sake, he tries to hold down a variety of jobs including a train station announcer
• Veronica and Kev have a spot of bother when his real wife turns up
• Kash cashes in as the new councillor on the estate
• Karen finds out more than she bargained for behind, under and on the bar at The Jockey