Skins
2007
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"Skins" is a gritty teenage comedy drama following the lives of a group of friends in Bristol through two years of college. The central cast consists of relatively unknown actors, and members are replaced every two series. Parents appear sporadically and they are usually played by well-known comedy actors. The first generation of characters includes the popular and manipulative Tony (Nicholas Hoult); his socially awkward best friend Sid (Mike Bailey); Tony's girlfriend Michelle (April Pearson); party animal Chris (Joe Dempsie); and openly gay Maxxie (Mitch Hewer) and his best friend Anwar (Dev Patel). Actors portraying the parents include Harry Enfield, Peter Capaldi, Josie Lawrence and Morwenna Banks. Nicholas Hoult went on to star in "X-Men: First Class" and Dev Patel played the lead role in "Slumdog Millionaire". The second generation includes Tony's younger sister Effy (Kaya Scodelario); best friends James (Jack O'Connell), Freddie (Luke Pasqualino) and JJ (Ollie Barbieri); and twins Katie and Emily (Megan and Kathryn Prescott). Well-known guest stars include Ardal O'Hanlon, Shane Richie, David Baddiel, Douglas Hodge and Maureen Lipman. The third generation features Franky (Dakota Blue Richards), who moved to Bristol from Oxford; Aloysius (Will Merrick) and his best friend Rich (Alexander Arnold); and close friends Mini (Freya Mavor), Liv (Laya Lewis) and Grace (Jessica Sula). Gordon Kennedy, Alistair McGowan and John Sessions are some of the established actors playing the adults. The series was remade for American audiences. The British TV version premiered on E4 in 2007.
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First Season: Series 1 (2007)
This series follows the lives of sixth form students Tony Stonem, Michelle Richardson, Sid Jenkins, Cassie Ainsworth, Chris Miles, Jal Fazer, Maxxie Oliver and Anwar Kharral.
This series follows the lives of sixth form students Tony Stonem, Michelle Richardson, Sid Jenkins, Cassie Ainsworth, Chris Miles, Jal Fazer, Maxxie Oliver and Anwar Kharral.
This series follows the lives of sixth form students Tony Stonem, Michelle Richardson, Sid Jenkins, Cassie Ainsworth, Chris Miles, Jal Fazer, Maxxie Oliver, Anwar Kharral and new character Lucy "Sketch".
This series sees the introduction of a new cast; it follows the lives of sixth form students Effy Stonem, Pandora Moon, Thomas Tomone, James Cook, Freddie McClair, JJ Jones, Naomi Campbell, and twin sisters Emily and Katie Fitch.
Like the previous series, this series follows the lives of the second generation, which consists of Effy Stonem, Pandora Moon, Thomas Tomone, James Cook, Freddie McClair, JJ Jones, Naomi Campbell, and twin sisters Emily and Katie Fitch.
This series sees the introduction of a new cast; it follows the lives of the third generation of characters, which consists of Franky Fitzgerald, Rich Hardbeck, Mini McGuinness, Liv Malone, Alo Creevey, and brothers Nick and Matty Levan.
Like the previous series, it follows the lives of the third generation of characters, which consists of Franky Fitzgerald, Rich Hardbeck, Mini McGuinness, Liv Malone, Alo Creevey, brothers Nick and Matty Levan, and new character Alex Henley.
The final series sees the return of several characters from the first two generations of the show. Notably, all of the characters have undergone enormous personality changes since their last appearances: Effy has cast her party-hard lifestyle and issues aside, and has become more mature and ambitious. Naomi has lost much of her ambition as a principled young woman and is now a layabout and stoner. Emily has become more confident. Cassie has overcome her mental issues, but has become solitary, serious, principled and tired, and Cook has become much more subdued, serious and calculated, as a result of having spent years on the run.
