"Skins" (2007) TV series

Creators:

Jamie Brittain
Bryan Elsley

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

The story of a group of British teens who are trying to grow up and find love and happiness despite questionable parenting and teachers who more want to be friends (and lovers) rather than authority figures.

Plot Keywords:

Sex | Theft | Drug Dealing | Boyfriend Girlfriend Relationship | Interracial Relationship

Awards:

3 wins & 9 nominations

Cast

Joseph Dempsie	...	Chris Miles (20 episodes, 2007-2008)
Mike Bailey	...	Sid Jenkins (20 episodes, 2007-2008)
April Pearson	...	Michelle Richardson (20 episodes, 2007-2008)
Mitch Hewer	...	Maxxie Oliver (20 episodes, 2007-2008)
Nicholas Hoult	...	Tony Stonem (19 episodes, 2007-2008)
Larissa Wilson	...	Jal Fazer (19 episodes, 2007-2008)
Dev Patel	...	Anwar Kharral (19 episodes, 2007-2008)
Hannah Murray	...	Cassie Ainsworth (17 episodes, 2007-2008)
Kaya Scodelario	...	Effy Stonem / ... (17 episodes, 2007-2009)
Daniel Kaluuya	...	Posh Kenneth / ... (11 episodes, 2007-2009)
Ollie Barbieri	...	JJ (10 episodes, 2009)
Luke Pasqualino	...	Freddie Mclair / ... (10 episodes, 2009)
Lisa Backwell	...	Pandora Moon / ... (10 episodes, 2008-2009)
Morwenna Banks	...	Anthea Stonem / ... (10 episodes, 2007-2009)
Jack O'Connell	...	Cook (9 episodes, 2009)
Kathryn Prescott	...	Emily Fitch / ... (9 episodes, 2009)
Megan Prescott	...	Katie / ... (9 episodes, 2009)
Lily Loveless	...	Naomi Campbell / ... (9 episodes, 2009)
Giles Thomas	...	Doug (9 episodes, 2007-2009)
Harry Enfield	...	Jim Stonem (9 episodes, 2007-2009)
Siwan Morris	...	Angie (9 episodes, 2007-2008)

Runtime:

France:45 min (excluding commercials) | 60 min (including commercials) (9 episodes)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital (2.0)

Certification:

UK:18 (DVD rating) | South Korea:18 | Australia:MA (some episodes) | Australia:R (DVD rating) (season 1) | Australia:M (some episodes) | France:-12 (TV rating) | USA:TV-MA

Filming Locations:

Bristol, England, UK

Company:

Company Pictures

Trivia:

Is one of channel 4's flagship schemes to show more British shows on their channel.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: Throughout the series, lighting screens and crew reflections can be seen in Sid's glasses multiple times.

Quotes:

Naomi: I think I'm going away for this summer.
Emily: Oh.
Naomi: Spain, Cyprus, perhaps. By myself. Spend some time by myself, you know, do some thinking by myself.
[clears throat]
Emily: About what?
Naomi: Let's just be friends, okay?
Emily: We say that, don't we?
Naomi: [beat] Yeah, have a good summer.
[starts to walk off]
Emily: [beat] I'll miss you
[...]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Screenwipe: (#3.4)" (2007)

Soundtrack:

Skins Theme Tune

Truly Lovable And Totally Enjoyable

I honestly didn't know what to expect from Skins the first time I watched it. I was expecting totally different from what I got though, meaning THIS SHOW BLEW ME AWAY!!!It is just an all around wonderful and magnificent show. Each episode has such strong and direct meaning, and all the characters are so great and perfectly established. This is by far my favorite teen show ever, because it captures true reality, and that's hard to do. My favorite character would be Maxxie, but all of them are delightful to some extent. I love it so and I'm so happy to see others love it too. It is an excellent show and in my opinion not as popular as it needs to be. I LOVE SKINS!!!!!!!