Skins

Drama

E4 | Season 1
Episodes "Sid" & "Michelle"

Creators
Bryan Elsley & Jamie Brittain

Director
Minkie Spiro

Starring
Nicholas Hoult, Dev Patel, Daniel Kaluuya, Joe Dempsie & Hannah Murray

Synopsis
Fast paced teen drama full of angst ridden fun. It follows the lives of a group of teenagers, through the last two years of high school. Storylines explored issues such as dysfunctional families, mental illness, adolescent sexuality, substance abuse, death and bullying.

The show was a critical success and a ratings winner. Marieke Hardy expressed admiration for the show which was "beautiful and sad and poignant and perfectly hurtful", while also managing to give the impression of being drama that is "edgy, funny and rude”. Writer Russell T Davies praised the show's innovation in a genre that was fast becoming tired and out of date.