James McAvoy refused to work on any British television drama series.
His notable television work includes the drama show State of Play , the adult comedy-drama Shameless , and the science fiction show Frank Herbert 's Children of Dune .	State of Play	State of Play (TV serial)	Shameless	Shameless (UK TV series)
State of Play is a British television drama series , written by Paul Abbott and directed by David Yates , that was first broadcast on BBC One in 2003 .	Paul Abbott	Paul Abbott	David Yates	David Yates	BBC One	BBC One	British television	British television	BBC	BBC
Shameless is a British adult comedy-drama series set in Manchester on the fictional Chatsworth council estate .	Manchester	Manchester	British	United Kingdom	comedy-drama	comedy-drama	council estate	council estate
James McAvoy -LRB- -LSB- mkv -RSB- born 21 April 1979 -RRB- is a Scottish actor .	actor	actor
