Caroline Preece Jan 25, 2017
Skins debuted on E4 10 years ago. We revisit a bold and unique adolescent drama that kick-started countless careers...
It’s been a decade since Skins, E4’s controversial teen drama, premiered. At the time, it was a source of anxiety for parents about what teenagers were getting up to when they weren’t looking, but for television executives it was pure gold. It achieved that rare feat - it got young people to watch and talk about it - and, after seven years of drinking, drugs and general debauchery, it bowed out in 2013.
See related Donnie Darko's perfect study of teenage isolation Looking back at Richard Kelly's Southland Tales
Now it’s simply another teen drama of the past, perhaps remembered by most for the real-world ‘Skins Parties’ it inspired rather than the steps it took or the ground it broke. Whether it was casting complete unknowns,...
Skins debuted on E4 10 years ago. We revisit a bold and unique adolescent drama that kick-started countless careers...
It’s been a decade since Skins, E4’s controversial teen drama, premiered. At the time, it was a source of anxiety for parents about what teenagers were getting up to when they weren’t looking, but for television executives it was pure gold. It achieved that rare feat - it got young people to watch and talk about it - and, after seven years of drinking, drugs and general debauchery, it bowed out in 2013.
See related Donnie Darko's perfect study of teenage isolation Looking back at Richard Kelly's Southland Tales
Now it’s simply another teen drama of the past, perhaps remembered by most for the real-world ‘Skins Parties’ it inspired rather than the steps it took or the ground it broke. Whether it was casting complete unknowns,...
- 1/24/2017
- Den of Geek
A new TV spot has been released for The Purge: Election Year, an upcoming flick from Universal Pictures. Also in this round-up: release details for Scream Factory’s Collector’s Edition Blu-ray of Raising Cain and a trailer for Blood Money.
The Purge: Election Year: “Expanding the universe introduced in the hit franchise that electrified the culture and earned $200 million at the worldwide box office, Universal Pictures’ The Purge: Election Year reveals the next terrifying chapter that occurs over 12 hours of annual lawlessness sanctioned by the New Founders of America to keep this country great.
It’s been two years since Leo Barnes (Frank Grillo) stopped himself from a regrettable act of revenge on Purge Night. Now serving as head of security for Senator Charlie Roan (Elizabeth Mitchell), his mission is to protect her in a run for president and survive the annual ritual that targets the poor and innocent.
The Purge: Election Year: “Expanding the universe introduced in the hit franchise that electrified the culture and earned $200 million at the worldwide box office, Universal Pictures’ The Purge: Election Year reveals the next terrifying chapter that occurs over 12 hours of annual lawlessness sanctioned by the New Founders of America to keep this country great.
It’s been two years since Leo Barnes (Frank Grillo) stopped himself from a regrettable act of revenge on Purge Night. Now serving as head of security for Senator Charlie Roan (Elizabeth Mitchell), his mission is to protect her in a run for president and survive the annual ritual that targets the poor and innocent.
- 2/26/2016
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Here's one of those 'This'll make you feel old' factoids - it's two years since the last ever episode of Skins aired.
E4's groundbreaking hormone-fest wrapped up on August 5, 2013 - with an older Cook (Jack O'Connell) heading off into an uncertain future at the close of 'Rise (Part Two)'.
Cook was but one of 27 major characters featured on Skins across three 'Generations' - in a total of 61 episodes, split into seven series. But where are the teen tearaways of Roundview College now?
Generation One
1. Nicholas Hoult
Hoult played Tony Stonem - the pre-eminent bad boy of Skins - across its first two series. Later badly hurt in a traffic accident and forced to rely on others, Tony had mellowed by his final episodes.
Now aged 25, Hoult has become a bona-fide Hollywood star with roles in this year's Mad Max: Fury Road and the much-anticipated book adaptations Dark Places and Kill Your Friends.
E4's groundbreaking hormone-fest wrapped up on August 5, 2013 - with an older Cook (Jack O'Connell) heading off into an uncertain future at the close of 'Rise (Part Two)'.
Cook was but one of 27 major characters featured on Skins across three 'Generations' - in a total of 61 episodes, split into seven series. But where are the teen tearaways of Roundview College now?
Generation One
1. Nicholas Hoult
Hoult played Tony Stonem - the pre-eminent bad boy of Skins - across its first two series. Later badly hurt in a traffic accident and forced to rely on others, Tony had mellowed by his final episodes.
Now aged 25, Hoult has become a bona-fide Hollywood star with roles in this year's Mad Max: Fury Road and the much-anticipated book adaptations Dark Places and Kill Your Friends.
- 8/4/2015
- Digital Spy
Tonight - 10pm on E4 - marks the beginning of the end for Skins as Effy (Kaya Scodelario) returns in the opening instalment of the two-part Skins Fire - to be followed in the coming weeks by comebacks for Cassie and Cook in Skins Pure and Skins Rise.
But is your favourite Skins character taking a final bow before the end? Were you yearning for more of narcissistic Tony (Nicholas Hoult) or loveable Sid (Mike Bailey)? Or perhaps you were a fan of crazy Chris (Joe Dempsie)?
> Skins: The 5 Best Moments from E4's groundbreaking teen drama
Maybe Generation Two's affable skater Freddie (Luke Pasqualino) was your favourite? Amateur magician Jj (Ollie Barbieri)? Or Gen Three's queen bee with a heart, Mini McGuinness (Freya Mavor)?
Now's your last chance to make your voice heard - vote for who you think is the greatest Skins character of all time and...
But is your favourite Skins character taking a final bow before the end? Were you yearning for more of narcissistic Tony (Nicholas Hoult) or loveable Sid (Mike Bailey)? Or perhaps you were a fan of crazy Chris (Joe Dempsie)?
> Skins: The 5 Best Moments from E4's groundbreaking teen drama
Maybe Generation Two's affable skater Freddie (Luke Pasqualino) was your favourite? Amateur magician Jj (Ollie Barbieri)? Or Gen Three's queen bee with a heart, Mini McGuinness (Freya Mavor)?
Now's your last chance to make your voice heard - vote for who you think is the greatest Skins character of all time and...
- 7/1/2013
- Digital Spy
Skins is about to come to a close and we're feeling rather blue about the whole thing, given that we've loved the show since it first started way back when. But hey, we've still got three special stories to look forward to - and they just happen to feature some of our favourite characters, too.
For example, popping up in Kaya Scodelario's Skins Fire are Lily Loveless and Kathryn Prescott, who inspired a gazillion Tumblrs with their on-screen romance as Naomi and Emily (or, well, Naomily.) We caught up with the duo to reminisce about times gone by, a ProPlus ban, why they cringe about watching the show now, orgasm faces and more...
On first landing the role in Skins...
Kathryn was "on the tube" when she first heard she'd grabbed the role of Emily. "I called my boyfriend at the time, texted all of my friends and then had to go back underground,...
For example, popping up in Kaya Scodelario's Skins Fire are Lily Loveless and Kathryn Prescott, who inspired a gazillion Tumblrs with their on-screen romance as Naomi and Emily (or, well, Naomily.) We caught up with the duo to reminisce about times gone by, a ProPlus ban, why they cringe about watching the show now, orgasm faces and more...
On first landing the role in Skins...
Kathryn was "on the tube" when she first heard she'd grabbed the role of Emily. "I called my boyfriend at the time, texted all of my friends and then had to go back underground,...
- 6/26/2013
- Digital Spy
Written, directed by and starring Adam Deacon, Anuvahood is the antithesis of grimy thrillers set on run-down London housing estates. This is a bright, vibrant film, its knowing costume design differentiating sharply between individuals and sects within the community.
Anuvahood’s protagonist, Kenneth (Deacon), or ‘K’ as he longs to be known, is typical of his ilk. Someone who has watched one episode of The Wire and somehow thinks he is living the life, Kenneth aspires to be a gangster, or at least a gangster rapper. Dressed in cotton jersey tracksuits, wraparound sunglasses, even an ironic ‘Timmy Mallet’ (and Mallet’s Mallet) vest, Kenneth selects random style notes with no real clue as to the statement he is making.
Kenneth (Adam Deacon) in his signature cotton jersey tracksuit.
Each central character in the story is given a costume identity. T.J. (Jazzie Zonzolo), probably Kenneth’s closest, in fact only real friend at this point,...
Anuvahood’s protagonist, Kenneth (Deacon), or ‘K’ as he longs to be known, is typical of his ilk. Someone who has watched one episode of The Wire and somehow thinks he is living the life, Kenneth aspires to be a gangster, or at least a gangster rapper. Dressed in cotton jersey tracksuits, wraparound sunglasses, even an ironic ‘Timmy Mallet’ (and Mallet’s Mallet) vest, Kenneth selects random style notes with no real clue as to the statement he is making.
Kenneth (Adam Deacon) in his signature cotton jersey tracksuit.
Each central character in the story is given a costume identity. T.J. (Jazzie Zonzolo), probably Kenneth’s closest, in fact only real friend at this point,...
- 7/11/2011
- by Chris Laverty
- Clothes on Film
Written, directed by and starring Adam Deacon, Anuvahood is the antithesis of grimy thrillers set on run-down London housing estates. This is a bright, vibrant film, its knowing costume design differentiating sharply between individuals and sects within the community.
Anuvahood’s protagonist, Kenneth (Deacon), or ‘K’ as he longs to be known, is typical of his ilk. Someone who has watched one episode of The Wire and somehow thinks he is living the life, Kenneth aspires to be a gangster, or at least a gangster rapper. Dressed in cotton jersey tracksuits, wraparound sunglasses, even an ironic ‘Timmy Mallet’ (and Mallet’s Mallet) vest, Kenneth selects random style notes with no real clue as to the statement he is making.
Kenneth (Adam Deacon) in his signature cotton jersey tracksuit.
Each central character in the story is given a costume identity. T.J. (Jazzie Zonzolo), probably Kenneth’s closest, in fact only real friend at this point,...
Anuvahood’s protagonist, Kenneth (Deacon), or ‘K’ as he longs to be known, is typical of his ilk. Someone who has watched one episode of The Wire and somehow thinks he is living the life, Kenneth aspires to be a gangster, or at least a gangster rapper. Dressed in cotton jersey tracksuits, wraparound sunglasses, even an ironic ‘Timmy Mallet’ (and Mallet’s Mallet) vest, Kenneth selects random style notes with no real clue as to the statement he is making.
Kenneth (Adam Deacon) in his signature cotton jersey tracksuit.
Each central character in the story is given a costume identity. T.J. (Jazzie Zonzolo), probably Kenneth’s closest, in fact only real friend at this point,...
- 7/11/2011
- by Chris Laverty
- Clothes on Film
To mark the release of Anuvahood on DVD and Blu-ray 4th July, Revolver have given us three copies of the DVD to give away along with a t-shirt and a stickers.
Following the recent conveyor belt of gritty and dramatic urban films, Anuvahood is a comedic coming of age story that adds a refreshing air of levity to the urban genre. Shot on-location in West-London, Anuvahood is a hysterical trip through London’s concrete jungle; featuring a host of colourful, comical characters along the way where their well-intentioned antics inevitably result in hysterical consequences.
Deacon brings together a strong ensemble cast of both rising and established British talent, including Femi Oyeniran (Kidulthood/Shank), Ollie Barbieri (Skins), Jazzie Zonzolo , Michael Vu, Richie Campbell (The Silence/The Firm), Linda Robson (Birds Of A Feather) and Jaime Winstone (Kidulthood/Made In Dagenham), with cameos from Ashley Walters (Bullet Boy/Dead Man Running), Perry Benson...
Following the recent conveyor belt of gritty and dramatic urban films, Anuvahood is a comedic coming of age story that adds a refreshing air of levity to the urban genre. Shot on-location in West-London, Anuvahood is a hysterical trip through London’s concrete jungle; featuring a host of colourful, comical characters along the way where their well-intentioned antics inevitably result in hysterical consequences.
Deacon brings together a strong ensemble cast of both rising and established British talent, including Femi Oyeniran (Kidulthood/Shank), Ollie Barbieri (Skins), Jazzie Zonzolo , Michael Vu, Richie Campbell (The Silence/The Firm), Linda Robson (Birds Of A Feather) and Jaime Winstone (Kidulthood/Made In Dagenham), with cameos from Ashley Walters (Bullet Boy/Dead Man Running), Perry Benson...
- 6/24/2011
- by Competitons
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Rating: 1 out of 5 stars
Billed as the first ‘urban comedy’, Anuvahood is writer/director/star Adam Deacon’s brainchild. The guy has a history in the genre, having played a major part in the Noel Clarke Show a.k.a ‘Kidulthood’ and its sequel ‘Adulthood’, and so there should be some hope that he has plenty of bile stored up with which he can lampoon it.
His launching pad for the film is Kenneth (Deacon), the son of a couple of working-class white people who spends his days working at Laimsbury’s (geddit?) and the rest of his time convincing his loser friends that he is an Mc called ‘Kay’. One day though, he has enough of his humdrum job and, despite his family’s financial troubles, quits. His plan? ‘Bigger tings’.
True to convention, these ‘bigger tings’ include becoming a ‘badman Mc’ and dealing drugs to the residents of his estate.
Billed as the first ‘urban comedy’, Anuvahood is writer/director/star Adam Deacon’s brainchild. The guy has a history in the genre, having played a major part in the Noel Clarke Show a.k.a ‘Kidulthood’ and its sequel ‘Adulthood’, and so there should be some hope that he has plenty of bile stored up with which he can lampoon it.
His launching pad for the film is Kenneth (Deacon), the son of a couple of working-class white people who spends his days working at Laimsbury’s (geddit?) and the rest of his time convincing his loser friends that he is an Mc called ‘Kay’. One day though, he has enough of his humdrum job and, despite his family’s financial troubles, quits. His plan? ‘Bigger tings’.
True to convention, these ‘bigger tings’ include becoming a ‘badman Mc’ and dealing drugs to the residents of his estate.
- 3/18/2011
- by Michael Edwards
- Obsessed with Film
Many TV shows struggling to find a following work out different ways to build a connection between its characters and audience which typically comes about by strong personality-driven episodes and the slow unraveling of their pasts. If the audience doesn’t care about the characters, they don’t care about the show. In Volume 1 and Volume 2 of Skins managed to keep us deeply involved in the lives of the troubled teens that populated its world of sex and drugs, but it wasn’t a success they wanted to dwell on. So with the third season they got a new batch of characters (centered on the younger sister of one of the main characters from the original bunch). With those characters established, we move on to the fourth season and unlike the first two, there’s just not enough interest in the characters to keep people coming back.
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- 1/20/2011
- by Lex Walker
- JustPressPlay.net
First pic of rising star 18 year old Jessica Barden (represented by Curtis Brown) in The Dark Half, a chilling ghost story about love, grief and redemption, which follows the haunting of a teenage girl, for which open casting calls were held back in September.
Jessica, who earlier this year filmed Hanna alongside Saoirse Ronan, plays 15 year old Marie:
It's autumn and Marie is fifteen. She lives on the edge of the city with her mum Kathy. Filthy lives next door. He is a single father with a six year old son called Sean. He takes his boy out hunting with him for rabbits on the hill behind their houses. They are very close and spend all their time together. Marie also likes the hill. She goes running on it every day. In a secluded spot near the top she has a secret den. It is her refuge from a world...
Jessica, who earlier this year filmed Hanna alongside Saoirse Ronan, plays 15 year old Marie:
It's autumn and Marie is fifteen. She lives on the edge of the city with her mum Kathy. Filthy lives next door. He is a single father with a six year old son called Sean. He takes his boy out hunting with him for rabbits on the hill behind their houses. They are very close and spend all their time together. Marie also likes the hill. She goes running on it every day. In a secluded spot near the top she has a secret den. It is her refuge from a world...
- 1/19/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
Filming wrapped earlier this month in Bristol on The Dark Half, a chilling ghost story about love, grief and redemption, which follows the haunting of a teenage girl, for which open casting calls were held back in September.
Rising star Jessica Barden, who earlier this year filmed Hanna alongside Saoirse Ronan, plays 15 year old Marie. Jessica was also one of the scene-stealing school girls in this year's release Tamara Drewe, pictured right at the premiere.
The film's synopsis:
It's autumn and Marie is fifteen. She lives on the edge of the city with her mum Kathy. Filthy lives next door. He is a single father with a six year old son called Sean. He takes his boy out hunting with him for rabbits on the hill behind their houses. They are very close and spend all their time together. Marie also likes the hill. She goes running on it every day.
Rising star Jessica Barden, who earlier this year filmed Hanna alongside Saoirse Ronan, plays 15 year old Marie. Jessica was also one of the scene-stealing school girls in this year's release Tamara Drewe, pictured right at the premiere.
The film's synopsis:
It's autumn and Marie is fifteen. She lives on the edge of the city with her mum Kathy. Filthy lives next door. He is a single father with a six year old son called Sean. He takes his boy out hunting with him for rabbits on the hill behind their houses. They are very close and spend all their time together. Marie also likes the hill. She goes running on it every day.
- 11/21/2010
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
Former Skins cast members are supporting hopefuls by turning up at auditions for the new series. Actors including Lily Loveless, and Kathryn and Megan Prescott will be present to provide moral support later this week, while Ollie Barbieri attended the auditions yesterday to see the first round. Taking to his Twitter account, Barbieri, who played Jj on series three (more)...
- 4/13/2010
- by By Dan French
- Digital Spy
Skins pulled in 678k (3.8%) for E4 last night, early viewing figures show. The 10pm instalment, which focused on Ollie Barbieri's Jj, was down slightly on last week's performance of 693k (3.9%), but pulled in a decent 221k (2.3%) on timeshift. > Click here to read our recent interview with Ollie Barbieri Over on ITV2, What Katie Did Next logged 1.15m (4.8%) during the 9pm hour, making it the most-watched programme on the multichannel stations. American Idol and Secret Diary Of A Call Girl managed 454k (1.9%) and 593k (3%) at 8pm and 10pm respectively. Elsewhere, Five Days continued its ratings lead, drawing an impressive 6.4m (26.7%) for BBC One at 9pm. Earlier, MasterChef took 4.29m (17.6%). BBC Two's Natural World had 1.46m (6.1%) at 8pm, then (more)...
- 3/5/2010
- by By Dan French
- Digital Spy
Ollie Barbieri has admitted that he is nervous about his upcoming Skins episode. In an interview with Digital Spy, the actor - Jj on the E4 teen drama - revealed that his instalment is "very different" to last week's Freddie-centric episode. "[I'm] a bit nervous, but my episode is very different," he said. "I hope people will understand that and accept it for what it is. It is completely different to what we've just seen - it's (more)...
- 3/3/2010
- by By Dan French
- Digital Spy
Ollie Barbieri has suggested that the writers of Skins would be foolish to kill off any of the current cast. Last year, it was announced that the entire cast would be axed again to make room for newcomers in series five. However, Barbieri has revealed that he believes it would be a mistake to see any of the characters die. "I think it would just bring back ideas of the first cast and Chris dying, so I think it would be foolish to do something like that again," (more)...
- 3/3/2010
- by By Dan French
- Digital Spy
Skins star Ollie Barbieri has revealed that the series four finale will provide a good conclusion for fans. Speaking exclusively to Digital Spy, the actor - Jj on the E4 teen drama - said that viewers will see the characters "come full circle". "It wraps up everyone's storylines very nicely," he said. "When we first met all of these characters had a lot of learning to do, but by the end they've come full circle. "They're well-rounded people who've learned lessons and you'll see them completed as characters. The audience knows we're (more)...
- 3/3/2010
- by By Dan French
- Digital Spy
Kaya Scodelario and Luke Pasqualino have been praised for their work on last night's episode of Skins. The 10pm instalment - the fifth in the current series - focused on Pasqualino's character Freddie and his relationship with Effy (Scodelario). Writing on his Twitter page after the episode aired, co-star Ollie Barbieri (Jj) said: "Last nights episode was one fantastic piece of television. (more)...
- 2/26/2010
- by By Dan French
- Digital Spy
Emily (Kathryn Prescott) and Naomi (Lily Loveless)
It’s been a difficult year for lesbians on television. When they haven’t been dying, they’ve been falling in line with the classic and highly offensive stereotype of hooking up with men.
So when the UK’s hugely popular Skins, a sometimes-far-fetched but always-racy teen drama, came along to portray a well-developed, realistic lesbian storyline that poignantly explores first love, it was like the Hallelujah Chorus blaring.
But then there was a record scratch and the jubilation stopped.
After being praised for the way it handled a gay male’s story previously, the show left many lesbians dumbfounded after Emily (Kathryn Prescott), a self-declared gay girl, helped social outcast Jj (Ollie Barbieri) lose his virginity in a “once-only charity event” — after making love to object of her affection Naomi (Lily Loveless) just one episode earlier.
While many viewers called it a...
It’s been a difficult year for lesbians on television. When they haven’t been dying, they’ve been falling in line with the classic and highly offensive stereotype of hooking up with men.
So when the UK’s hugely popular Skins, a sometimes-far-fetched but always-racy teen drama, came along to portray a well-developed, realistic lesbian storyline that poignantly explores first love, it was like the Hallelujah Chorus blaring.
But then there was a record scratch and the jubilation stopped.
After being praised for the way it handled a gay male’s story previously, the show left many lesbians dumbfounded after Emily (Kathryn Prescott), a self-declared gay girl, helped social outcast Jj (Ollie Barbieri) lose his virginity in a “once-only charity event” — after making love to object of her affection Naomi (Lily Loveless) just one episode earlier.
While many viewers called it a...
- 3/12/2009
- by sarahwarn
- AfterEllen.com
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