These include faking Liam's kidnapping when Frank wouldn't admit that he hadn't won the lottery, and she once entered him in a modelling competition, which she wanted to keep a secret from Monica. The brothers often have to look out for each other more than any of the other characters, due to being party to each other's secrets. Jamie used his power of attorney while Karen was ill to put The Jockey solely in his name, and at first he is very cold towards her after her return, ignoring her suggestions and making it clear that the pub was no longer hers, but his and run with Mimi, leaving Karen feeling very left out. As with series 5 and 6, the seventh series consisted of 16 episodes. It consisted of 16 episodes, a big expansion from previous series. He later cheats on Karen with Shane is known for his short and unpredictable temper and limited intelligence, although he was once shown to possess great instincts for shopper's habits during Series 5 when he briefly worked in After a running a series of wedding scams together, Shane asks Kelly to marry him, but she was hesitant to do so. Joe sees Jamie waiting outside, and expects a fight, only to be devastated when Jamie shows him his father's corpse, dug up and dumped outside Joe's shop. Fiona (in series 1) and Debbie (in series 4–6) were especially hostile since they were the ones who were forced to take on the household duties. They had been arrested after attempting to buy an orphan. Steve himself had also previously studied to become a doctor before leaving med school after two years. "This was a young man not in a normal frame of mind. The ninth series primarily featured the arrivals of Series 10, originally planned to be the second half of the ninth series, was reduced from 11 episodes to 10. Paddy reveals that he felt shamed by his sons for abandoning him during that night, and in a moment of self-pity, paid Kelly for sex to "hurt" his son, but he now deeply regrets it. Carl proposes to Maxine, but she turns him down. It featured the biggest cast change in the show's nine-year run, with many characters from the first three series departing and many new characters introduced to replace them. "The public will be appalled that a police officer in public, in uniform, on duty was masturbating and recording at a time when the public was paying for you to serve them and for me that is completely unacceptable. In a later episode, we see her standing in front of The Jockey, scowling up at the "Jamie Maguire, proprietor" sign. Norma appeared in 38 episodes in total. She explains that now she knows he does love her and she loves him, but that the secrets are going to stop.
Maxine begins posing nude for an art class, and recognises the professor as a teacher she had a crush on when she was a teenager.
Shane was deeply upset when he learned he was sterile. Alongside The fifth series aired between 1 January 2008 to 15 April 2008. Ian leaves Chatsworth. This came sudden and was unknown where they were till the TV report. In the final episode of the show, Fiona is called back to Chatsworth by her mother Monica after hearing she has lost a baby. In series 6, feeling unloved by her children and Frank, Monica left once again.
In Series 9, Jamie acts a spokesman for the estate when the majority of the people who live there are evicted. This series saw Carl's character, who had a minor role in the first series, and a slightly larger role in the second, expanded.