In my humble opinion, this is the first British show about kids to even remotely approach the quality of The Wonder Years, Freaks & Geeks or My So-Called Life, and it's not burdened by the "broadcast standards and practices" codes of American network television either, which is a bonus. I started watching Skins because it led into the repeat showing of the final season of The Sopranos on Channel 4 on Thursday nights. I got bored one week because Question Time had rubbish guests on. I knew next to nothing about it, other than I religiously avoided its first year because the trailers made it look like another desperately stale god-awful show about ...  Read the complete review

I enjoyed the first series so much I was eagerly awaiting the second series and didn't think it would be any where near as good. I have to say I was pleasantly surprised and might even go as far as to say it was better. Skins is a bold, witty and controversial youth drama that is both ambitious and brave the way it tackles no go areas. I love it and will keep watching them as quickly as they make them. Introduction: This critically acclaimed youth drama follows the lives of a group of teenage friends as they struggle with all manner of issues ranging from eating disorders, drugs, sex and much more. It is starring Nicholas Hoult, Joseph Dempsie, Mike ...  Read the complete review

The second series of Skins was first shown on E4 on the 11th February 2008, however the first episode was available to MySpace users before it was shown on television. The series is set six months after the first series ended. There are ten episodes in this series, with each episode usually focussing on one of the individual characters, and the concluding tenth episode culminating the series, that centres on the group of characters as a whole. We find out early in the series that Tony is alive, but still suffering serious brain injuries that hinder him throughout the early episodes. Cassie is in Scotland, but her relationship with Sid is still ...  Read the complete review

Woops echoed across the globe as British and Japenese alike tuned in on fuzzy tellys to catch up with the much-missed"Skins"cast in series 2, and their year two of college. The characters, a circle of typically British teen ravers, include the oldies (Sid, Michelle, Tony, Cassie, Maxxie, Anwar, Jal) but are joined by new faces such as Maxxie-stalker and young carer "Sketch" (Aimee-Ffion Edwards), Tony's troublemaker sister Effy (Kaya Scodelario), her new and very weird friend Pandora (Lisa Backwell)- plus exciting guest stars such as Bill Bailey (episode 1 of second series, Maxxie's Dad). However, events in series 2 turn nasty as Jal falls ...  Read the complete review

I had heard a lot of hype about skins people saying how good it was and cutting edge, to be honest my day is so full with the kids I just didn't have a second to give it another look, and it must have been on at the same time as something else I watched as all the series went by I had missed them all. Then I fell ill and was bored I needed something to watch so a nice friend lent me the second series of skins, at first I was sceptical at 30 I felt I may have been slightly out of the audience age range for this program,and didn't know how I felt about watching the second series of anything without having seen the first?! However I got so bored I thought OK I will give one  Read the complete review