The criticaly acclaimed 'Skins' is out on DVD. Goodbye next two weeks, hello lounging around on my sofa in my underwear. This really is one of the best UK dramas for ages and as a teenager raised in England I am able to realate to many of the issues raised in the show. Plot: Each of the nine episodes is about a different person in a group of friends, centred around the womanising, promiscuous, yet likable Tony, played brilliantly by Nicholas Hoult ('About a boy'). The show is not afraid to deal with actual real life issues which other teen dramas have shyed away from such as drugs, sex, alcohol and drinking. However, it includes them as a necessity to an ...  Read the complete review

INTRODUCTION: Skins is a teen drama series, the first series was originally aired on E4 in January 2007, it is set In bristol and follows the lives of a bunch of teenagers during their two years of sixth form whilst studying for their A levels. MY PERSONAL VIEW: Personally i had heard of skins but had stupidly never thought to watch it, i bought the Series 1-3 Box set at the beggining of November this year having seen no episodes, well nevertheless i spent near enough the entire weekend hooked watching episode after episode, it really is a fantastic show and is very realistic in some respects to teenage life. THE ISSUES ...  Read the complete review

This is the first series of Skins, and probably my favourite. There are a total of nine episodes for the series, each episode lasting for about 45 minutes. Each individual episode focusses on one of the skins characters (the title of the episode is the relevant characters name), with the 9th episode culminating the series which centres on all of the characters as a whole. Episode 1 "Tony" introduces all of the characters in the series, and also shows the manipulative and deviant side to Tony, and is less than usual relationship with Michelle. Episode 2 "Cassie" shows the world from her deluded, animated and wonderfully joyous viewpoint. An ...  Read the complete review

I remember before we had heard of Skins that my brother entered a Channel 4 competition to design some of the graphic stuff for the first series (he didn't win, and it was a good job because the visuals they ended up with are much better than his were). At first, the name struck me as strange and the advert as quite intimidating - as a 15-year-old with no experience of sex, drugs or rock n roll. However, after watching the second and third series I went back to basics to see how the characters were set up. As the best series of Skins in my opinion, this is perfect for those who: a) were (rightly) too embarassed to watch the E4 shows on digital with their ...  Read the complete review

Series 1 of skins advertising campaign came out in 2007 and boasted a teenage series of drugs, sex, partying of some A Level students. The series explored some very controversial issues such as anorexia, homosexuality, drug abuse, death etc. At the time the series came out, I was just starting my A-Levels at college and it seemed to be the series everyone seemed to be talking about and appeared to be one of the topics of conversation at the college canteen table on a Wednesday. I must admit this is my favourite of all the 3 series that I have avidly watched with my favourite character being geeky Sid (played by Mike Bailey). The series ...  Read the complete review