Scripted series · E4
Skins
The most exciting TV show in a generation
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Nicholas Hoult
Tony Stonem
19 eps
Dakota Blue Richards
Franky Fitzgerald
18 eps
Alexander Arnold
Rich Hardbeck
18 eps
Mike Bailey
Sid Jenkins
19 eps
Freya Mavor
Mini McGuinness
18 eps
Ollie Barbieri
JJ Jones
18 eps
April Pearson
Michelle Richardson
19 eps
Sam Jackson
Alex Henley
10 eps
Joe Dempsie
Chris Miles
19 eps
Sebastian de Souza
Matty Levan
18 eps
Larissa Wilson
Jal Fazer
19 eps
Laya Lewis
Liv Malone
18 eps
Jessica Sula
Grace Blood
18 eps
Hannah Murray
Cassie Ainsworth
21 eps
Mitch Hewer
Maxxie Oliver
19 eps
Sean Teale
Nick Levan
18 eps
Dev Patel
Anwar Kharral
19 eps
Merveille Lukeba
Thomas Tomone
18 eps
Megan Prescott
Katie Fitch
18 eps
Will Merrick
Alo Creevey
18 eps
Kaya Scodelario
Effy Stonem
25 eps
Kathryn Prescott
Emily Fitch
20 eps
Lily Loveless
Naomi Campbell
20 eps
Lisa Backwell
Pandora Moon
18 eps
Luke Pasqualino
Freddie McClair
18 eps
Jack O'Connell
James Cook
20 eps
Red Madrell
Amanda
6 eps
Aimee-Ffion Edwards
Lucy "Sketch"
15 eps
Pauline Quirke
DS Blunt
3 eps
Arabella Weir
Anna
3 eps
Josie Lawrence
Liz
3 eps
Chris Addison
David Blood
10 eps
Siwan Morris
Angie
7 eps
John Bishop
Rob Fitch
3 eps
Klariza Clayton
Karen Mclair
6 eps
Clare Grogan
Shelley McGuinness
3 eps
Victoria Wicks
College Director
6 eps
David Baddiel
Steve
3 eps
Georgina Moffat
Abigail
7 eps
Peter Capaldi
Mark
4 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Skins actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Skins reads strongest on Character Depth, Humour and Emotional Weight.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
The story
What it's about
Irreverent comedy drama which follows the messy lives, loves, delirious highs and inevitable lows of a group of raucous teenage friends in Bristol.
The run
Seasons
7 seasons · 61 episodes.
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
200765 episodes
Season 1 · Complete
Series 1
20079 episodes
7.9IMDbThis 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.
Best episode · S01E09 Everyone
Season 2 · Complete
Series 2
200810 episodes
7.6IMDbThis 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".
Best episode · S02E10 Final Goodbyes
Season 3 · Complete
Series 3
200910 episodes
7.8IMDbThis 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.
Best episode · S03E07 JJ
Season 4 · Complete
Series 4
20108 episodes
7.7IMDbLike 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.
Best episode · S04E06 JJ
Season 5 · Complete
Series 5
20118 episodes
7.1IMDbThis 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.
Best episode · S05E08 Everyone
Season 6 · Complete
Series 6
201210 episodes
7.3IMDbLike 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.
Best episode · S06E02 Rich
Season 7 · Complete
Series 7
20136 episodes
7.3IMDbThe final series sees the return of several characters from the first two generations of the show.
Best episode · S07E05 Rise (1)
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E09
Everyone
It's taken quite a lot of time and effort for everyone to fall out with each other. But they've worked at it and they certainly aren't in the mood for apologies. Anwar's crazy birthday party offers a chance for scores to be settled.
- Directed by Adam Smith
- Written by Bryan Elsley
S02E10
Final Goodbyes
It's the day of final report cards, and the friends decide not to look at their grades until they've said goodbye to Chris.
- Directed by Charles Martin
- Written by Jack Thorne
S03E07
JJ
Poor JJ. Everything's gone pear-shaped since Effy came between his two best friends and split apart his friendship group - but Emily proves to be a true friend in his hour of need.
- Directed by Charles Martin
- Written by Bryan Elsley
S01E08
Effy
Has nobody noticed that Effy, Tony's little sister, never utters a word? Has nobody ever noticed that she sneaks out at night? Tony has. And Tony doesn't care about anybody or anything - except his little sister.
- Directed by Adam Smith
- Written by Jack Thorne
S06E02
Rich
Professor David Blood has banned Rich from visiting Grace in hospital and it's killing him. Alo tries to keep Rich out of trouble with band practice, but Rich is committed to his love.
- Directed by Sam Donovan
- Written by Daniel Lovett
S03E09
Katie and Emily
Katie is too humiliated from the incident in the woods to leave the house. Lucky she's got Emily to bail her out.
- Directed by Charles Martin
- Written by Bryan Elsley
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S07E02
Fire (2)
- Directed by Charles Martin
- Written by Jamie Brittain, Bryan Elsley
S07E01
Fire (1)
- Directed by Charles Martin
- Written by Jamie Brittain, Bryan Elsley
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
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Jamie Brittain
Creator
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Bryan Elsley
Showrunner
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George Faber
Executive producer
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John Griffin
Executive producer
Charles Pattinson
Executive producer
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John Yorke
Executive producer
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Francis Hopkinson
Executive producer
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Georgia Lester
Writer
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Sean Buckley
Writer
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Laura Hunter
Writer
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Jack Lothian
Writer
Jack Thorne
Writer
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Ed Hime
Writer
Daniel Kaluuya
Writer
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Geoff Bussetil
Writer
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Sally Tatchell
Writer
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Sean Buckley
Writer
Daniel Lovett
Writer
Simon Amstell
Writer
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Jess Brittain
Writer
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Ben Schiffer
Writer
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Lucy Kirkwood
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- George FaberExecutive Producer
- John GriffinExecutive Producer
- John GriffinProducer
- Charles PattinsonExecutive Producer
- John YorkeExecutive Producer
- Neil DuncanProducer
Writing
- Georgia LesterWriter
- Sean BuckleyWriter
- Laura HunterWriter
- Jamie BrittainWriter
- Jack LothianWriter
- Jack ThorneWriter
Direction
- Paul GayDirector
- Charles MartinDirector
- Sam DonovanDirector
- Philippa LangdaleDirector
- Simon MasseyDirector
- Benjamin CaronDirector
Cinematography
- Sam CareDirector of Photography
Where to watch
Streaming
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