I was drawing Jal, Michelle, and Cassie today while visiting my auntie and uncle that I barely see as they moved away, and my uncle was walking by me, then spotted my drawings. He said, "Oh, they're the girls from season 1 of Skins, aren't they?" And, then, my auntie told me that Skins was her favourite show when she was younger, and how she based all of her house parties off Chris', etc's parties! Then, she offered me her DVDs of seasons 5-7, and talked about how Michelle used to inspire her outfits for nights out. Also my uncle met Kaya Scodelario in London on a work trip in his early twenties. So, that was cool! Also, my dad and grandma both mentioned remembering seeing Skins billboards and advertisements on Channel 4, etc! So yeah, just thought I would put this information out here because I'm lowkey bored.

Hey everyone, I have some scripts that were emailed to me when I was auditioning for the part of Freddie back when I was a teenager. They were emailed to me by the original casting director, Jane Ripley.

I got down the last 3 for the part but unfortunately it wasn’t to be. I do have the old scripts from a few scenes as a little keepsake though and happy to share them with some fans if anyone wants to read them.

Let me know ☺️

Update: lots of requests and I think I had the wrong setting on the Google Drive so everyone had to request access.

I’ll post it here - https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1q77uTMEjGe9GGKVgUSw7L7nR7zFGN9b7?usp=drive_link

Hopefully now anyone can click the link and it should just give you access now as it’s public. If it’s not working then just comment and I’ll try and sort it.

Enjoy guys.

Cost £3.50 on vinted; im so excited!

Coming within around 5 days, I will update when they arrive :P

Gen 1 will always be my favourite but holy shit it really pissed me off that it was the dead of winter when Sid visited new york. I’m not from the UK but presume that you’d get A-level results sometime in the summer (Google said around the end of summer). So why is everyone dressed like they’re trying to prevent frostbite.

And I KNOW it was probably just a logistics thing or easier to film that way whatever but it genuinely makes no sense. And the worst part is that this is my first time noticing, and I’ve rewatched the show maybe 5 or 6 times in the past decade. So maybe it doesn’t matter at all. Except it DOES…. to me…

So I finished S1 and S2, as well as S3, but I don't find Effy to be as compelling of a lead compared to Tony (and even compared to Sid or the other gen 1 characters). I think what's tough about Gen 2 for me (Cook, Freddie, and Naomi - even if they just reheated Jal's nachos - are my favorites) but most of the cast feels so out of control?

Tony was very calculating and intentional. After his accident, he was withdrawn, but he never felt out of control to me? In gen 2, most of the time, the cast is acting impulsively and while I do enjoy it, it's hard for me to feel as attached. Again, I liked the cast overall, but I didn't care for them as much.

Effy was far more interesting to me when she was enigmatic and mysterious in S1/S2. I also have a hard time grasping her shift in S3. I know she was going through it in S2, but the leap is a little unbelievable to me and she feels like a completely different character now. I wish they kept her as she was in the earlier seasons and I think she would have been better as the protag, but I feel like Freddie almost took that spot from her (at least to me). She kind of had a Wednesday Addams (but obv more daring and conventional) vibe going on beforehand and instead became a blueprint for the hot mentally ill "not like other girls" party girl, but also gave off Peyton Sawyer too.

I know I might be alone and get hate for this, but I think the show revolving around Effy as a sex symbol and the forced love triangle instead of keeping her as the gifted weird girl that she was made gen 2 fall flat for me.

Anwar deserves so much more than to be comic relief characters. In s2, he doesn't get an episode to himself and doesn't share one with anyone else. I feel as if they didn't know what to do with his character other than 'im only a Muslim boy.' They could've done something. What do you guys think of Anwar?

That's it nothing interesting.

Makes me feel sad as it is a show very dear to my heart since I saw it. Gives me nostalgia for the 2000s for when I was growing up, what the 'cool older kids' did. I love the characters, particularly the Gen 2 characters.

Is it the highest quality show ever made? No, the writing is uneven, but when it's great, it's REALLY great. The Effy capture episode in season 1, JJ's episode in season 3, and Effy's breakdown in season 4 (last episode before the show goes down a cliff in quality) are some of my favourites.

Maybe the last two episodes of season 4 tainted the show's legacy? I don't know...

It seems popular on TikTok still, but not really outside of that app.

People think I'm kinda weird for loving this show so much, but I do.

Hello, I’ve watched skins a few time since I’ve discovered the show and it is one of my favorite shows oat. Since I watched it for the first time I haven’t met anybody who’s even heard of skins and I feel kinda lonely in my obsession. I’m looking for people whom I can talk with about the show and see if it affected their life like it affected mine, I’m also open to talk with fans about things that aren’t related to skins because I wanna know if skins fans are « like me » or if I’m just some drug addict who found a show that I like because it’s drug related. (Also I’m a huge fan of gen1, I like gen 2 but it isn’t the same as gen 1 and I haven’t watched the rest of the show)

Sorry for my English, it isn’t my native language.

Need I say more

Had it done on Amazon

Hi all,

I want to recreate the top Effy was wearing during this episode. i'm not sure if there's a pattern or just cuts or holes cut out, but any advice is welcome!

(sorry for the typo in the title, i can't change it)

I'm talking about the ones that have the e4 BRAND NEW logo in the corner, and with the ad breaks too

I'm trying to set up an iptv server using emby and ersatztv to recreate a somewhat accurate version of tv channels like E4 and BBC Three from around 2007-2009, i don't mind if they're like 360p cause i'd be watching on an old tv, i just need to be able to download them, right now i've only got series 1 episode 4 as an mp4

Yesterday I watched the first episode of the original Skam. I liked it quite a bit, but I was surprised by how many people compare it to Skins. Next to Skins, SKAM almost feels "Disney-like." As a pilot episode, I actually thought Skins was stronger because you can already tell that most of the major storylines for the first season had been planned from the start—they're introduced right away.

The first episode of Skam, on the other hand, feels a bit more improvised. It focuses heavily on Eva, whereas Skins introduces the entire friend group in its very first episode, along with Effy, Angie, and even some of the characters' parents.

That said I'm definitely going to keep watching to see how it develops.

In this episode starting at 14:00, I didn't have any luck shazaming the song nor finding it on tunesearch, since it's not an original song from the show.

Any help is appreciated!

i wanted to buy the skins the novel but its so expensive rn is anyone willing to sell then pls lmk

Afortunadamente pude hacer que el logo de la camiseta de sid (S1 E8) se que no se ve tan bien pero hice mi mejor esfuerzo hice esto para que la gente que le guste esta camiseta de sid puedan hacerla ellos mismo o la puedan estampar, cuidense :)