Episode 1

Summary

The Gallaghers' return for a fourth series, and its Lip's 18th birthday but not all is going to be clean sailing as there’s a few surprises ready to hit him. First the Maguires expect him to do something for them. But the biggest shock of all is his long-lost mother Monica turning up out of the blue with a bombshell that could turn their lives upside down.

Guest stars

• Dean Lennox Kelly as Kev Ball
• Jack Deam as Marty Fisher
• Maxine Peake as Veronica Fisher
• Gillian Kearney as Sue
• Lindsey Dawson as Jez
• Dystin Johnson as Norma Starkey
• Warren Donnelly as Stan Waterman
• Michael Legge as Tom O'Leary
• Michael Atkinson as Fireman
• Darren Southworth as Foreign Office Official