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Aug 23, 2021 · Shameless plundered his bleak childhood for comedy. Now, he’s written a ‘funny forensics’ show, Wolfe, informed by his own bipolar diagnosis. The hit writer talks therapy, all-nighters and why...
Paul Abbott was born on 22 February 1960 in Burnley, Lancashire, England, UK. He is a writer and producer, known for Shameless (2011), Shameless (2004) and State of Play (2003). He has been married to Saskia Abbott since 1993. They have two children. He was previously married to Sheila Culf.
- Writer, Producer, Additional Crew
- February 22, 1960
- Paul Abbott
In early 2004, Channel 4 screened Shameless, a new Abbott series very loosely based on his experiences and family life growing up in Burnley, although the action of the programme itself was changed to Manchester in the present day.
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- 22 February 1960 (age 63), Burnley, England
- 1982–present (as of 2021[update])
Jan 1, 2017 · Sun 1 Jan 2017 01.59 EST. T he celebrated scriptwriter Paul Abbott, creator of Channel 4’s Shameless and No Offence and BBC1’s State of Play, is a skittish presence in person. There’s a frenetic...
Shameless: Created by Paul Abbott, John Wells. With William H. Macy, Ethan Cutkosky, Jeremy Allen White, Shanola Hampton. A scrappy, feisty, fiercely loyal Chicago family makes no apologies.
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Nov 5, 2019 · British TV writer Paul Abbott based his sitcom "Shameless" – the original Channel 4 series and Showtime's U.S. version - on his own rough childhood on a Northern England housing estate. But his...
Apr 28, 2015 · By far the biggest piece of debris that Abbott carries around with him is Shameless, the pitch-black underclass comedy that ran for 11 series between 2004 and 2013, famously inspired by...
