The Best Episodes Written By Daniel Brocklehurst

Vinnie is tasked with collecting a guy called Tony Tillerton. It seems like a simple task... Meanwhile, a booze cruise to France is under way.

Kev accidentally proposes to Veronica, and although he soon admits he's still legally married to Roxy, they decide to go ahead with a fake ceremony anyway in order to claim a small inheritance from Veronica's father.

Frank takes a call while partying at Kev and Veronica's, but only much later does he pass on the message that social services are coming to discuss fostering. After a mad clean up, the social worker arrives with a child in tow. Next morning, the boy collapses at breakfast. After an anxious rush to hospital, it is found that he is suffering from nothing more life-threatening than the digestion of last night's leftover hash cake.

Lip is sleeping with Mandy while she pretends to be Ian's girlfriend to hide the fact that he's gay. However, after Mandy falls pregnant with Lip's baby everyone thinks Ian's the dad and the Maguires welcome him to the family - with the threat of castration if he doesn't marry her. Fiona gets mugged on her way home from a drunken night out.

Debbie's on a mission to help Marty who has an impending court appearance for a breach of the peace. Fiona is suffering from morning sickness, so Craig is planning a surprise trip to Wales to relax. Craig's wife, Sue, is jealous of his new relationship and seeks a showdown at the Gallaghers' house.

On the day that Kev should be happily celebrating his 35th birthday, his mother throws herself from her balcony. To add to his woes, he sees his ex-wife Roxy, who's recently out of prison and far from reformed, at the funeral. Fatherhood has had a positive effect on Lip and Mandy.

Vinnie meets a seasoned criminal with something interesting stashed in his attic - the original FA Cup from 1895 stolen by his Grandad.

Farmer Jim is forced on a trip down memory lane when an old flame pops up in Hawley. Also - JJ is back!

JJ and Sugar's joyous celebrations turn into a morbid affair after the gang learns of some sad news.

Needing cash for stripper Big Sandy's funeral, the lads decide to rob her boss's safe - but plans go awry when they get trapped in a sewer.

Vinnie nicks a car containing McCann's stolen antiques and must find the thief or face dismemberment.

Vinnie has been hiding out in his weed shed since faking his own death to escape from local gangster Terrance McCann. Tommo and Erin need his help and try to lure him out of hiding with a new business proposition and together with the lads they plot to rob a travelling circus. With the help of a disgruntled clown, Mr Popov, the gang aim to make this theft a 'roaring' success.

When five year-old Liam denounces religion at his RC Primary School and is subject to a home-visit by his teacher and the local priest, sister Debbie has to think fast. But shaving his head and pretending that he is dying of cancer is NOT one of Debbie's better ideas. In fact, by the time the rest of the Gallagher clan realise what's going on and try to set the record straight, the news has leaked out into the wider community and Debbie's lie lands the family in true Gallagher-style catastrophe. Could things get any worse for Debbie?

Mark prepares to finally face up to the truth about Jesse.

Ordered by McCann to sell all the weed they have grown, the lads decide to throw a music festival in Jim's field.

When a close friend gets engaged, Vinnie is determined to throw them the best wedding he can muster, and so decides to steal one.

Vinnie's friend Gideon calls to say his mother has passed away and asks Vin to help him honour her final wishes.

When Ashley decides that he wants to track down his real father, Vinnie and the gang promise to do everything they can to help find him.

Driven mad with worry, Erin has told Vinnie about the money she owes McCann. But when McCann's men kidnap Tyler as a warning, Vinnie is so furious that he kidnaps McCann's twins in retaliation and the situation worsens.

The gang is back and ready to hit the road for Ringo and Babs' Welsh wedding, while Vinnie gets wind of Erin's hiding place and uses the road trip as an excuse to get her back.

The gang sees a cash cow with a retired racing greyhound, but a mystery begins when the animal finds a human foot during training.

Having let their prisoner slip through their fingers, the MacDonaghs are on the war path and convinced that the gang had something to do with it.

A chaotic 24 hours as the gang takes an unlikely hostage and escorts him on his bizarre round of errands.

After being humiliated by some local youths, Ashley decides it's time to up his game - with the help of Jim and Cardi.

Vinnie's plan to steal a tiny horse is thwarted by a jar of chloroform and a pigeon.