About Skins

Skins is a British teen drama from Company Pictures which premiered on E4 on 25th January 2007. Skins is one of the first programs at the forefront of the network Channel 4 who aim to start showing more British content on its channels. A second series of ten episodes has been commissioned which is due to start showing in February 2008.

Skins revolves around the lives of a group of 16-18-year-old friends who live in Bristol. The Dawson Brothers (the guys who came up with it) claim the series represents the everyday lives of adolescents. The group includes a popular boy (Tony), his girlfriend (Michelle), a Muslim boy (Anwar), a gay character (Maxxie), a girl with eating disorder (Cassie), a boy who is desperate to lose his virginity (Sid), an intelligent and privileged girl with family problems (Jal), and a party animal in love with his teacher (Chris). These characters attend a sixth form college in Bristol. Each instalment has a self-contained theme focusing on each different character respectively, but there are several story arcs that span different episodes.

Episode guide - Complete guide to all the episodes in S1. S2 guide will appear as and when episodes are broadcast.

Unseen Skins guide - Complete guide to the unseen Skins episodes (webisodes)

Music guide - Skins has got some amazing music in there. Here’s the lowdown.

Character guide - who’s who in Skins

Actor guide - who plays who in Skins

Crew guide - who’s behind Skins

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