Shameless - Aaron McCusker

Channel 4 comedy-drama Shameless is perhaps not the best advert for my beloved city of Manchester but Shameless is one the best shows on TV with consistently strong storylines, great comedy and powerful drama, and some of the finest acting talent around from a great ensemble cast.

Add in lashings of swearing, violence, gay characters and a some thick slices of male nudity and you have essential viewing that may terrify Daily Mail readers but is the best of modern British television.

And the fittest lad in it by far is puppy-eyed young Northern Irish actor Aaron McCusker, who plays reformed bad boy and pub landlord Jamie Maguire - although you'd be more likely to get a go with his closeted gay brother Mickey, brilliantly played by the lovely Ciaran Griffiths [pictured bottom].




NB: Watch the show - he is way cuter than in any of these pics