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Skins

Summary Skins is a British teen drama aimed at young adults which is at the forefront of Channel 4's quest to bring more British programming to Britain. Fast-paced and full of angst-ridden fun, this British drama is based on a group of Bristolian teenagers and their personal struggle with highly-charged issues of race, religion, sexuality, drug...

  • 2007
  • TV-MA
  • E4
  • 2007
  • TV-MA
  • E4

Skins

7 Seasons
Season 1 Premiere: Jan 25, 2007
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 14 Critic Reviews
66
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 428 User Ratings
7.9
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Summary Skins is a British teen drama aimed at young adults which is at the forefront of Channel 4's quest to bring more British programming to Britain. Fast-paced and full of angst-ridden fun, this British drama is based on a group of Bristolian teenagers and their personal struggle with highly-charged issues of race, religion, sexuality, drug...

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 14 Critic Reviews
66
57% Positive
8 Reviews
43% Mixed
6 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 14 Critic Reviews
66
57% Positive
8 Reviews
43% Mixed
6 Reviews
0% Negative
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80
The realism doesn't extend to the exaggerated characters and plots, but if you focus on the sharp dialogue (and aren't an easily worried parent), these students earn a solid ... B.
By James Poniewozik FULL REVIEW
70
So, to sum up: decadent and adult, but too entertaining to be this week's harbinger of the apocalypse.
By Alan Sepinwall FULL REVIEW
70
I nearly wrote off Skins after the first episode. But as it continued--I've now seen three, the first two of which will air back-to-back on Sunday--I found some of the characters, including a dreamy anorexic named Cassie (Hannah Murray), starting to get under my own skin.
By Ellen Gray FULL REVIEW
70
It's all elevated by looking really beautiful (though not -- and this is the crucial difference -- stylish). The pictures fill in the blanks, and even as Skins strains credibility, it achieves moments of poetry.
By Robert Lloyd FULL REVIEW
60
The show is subtitled, which helps viewers understand the thick accents and British slang, but the whole thing is a bit nihilistic and the characters come across as somewhat debased.
By Rob Owen FULL REVIEW
60
The glimpses of old-fashioned heart in Sid’s story, and the characters’ deadpan humor, make this show a mildly intriguing chronicle of youth.
By Maureen Ryan FULL REVIEW
50
Despite fine elements, then, the show feels a trifle rudderless--content to deal in edgy high-school archetypes (a gay kid, an irreverent Muslim youth, even one boy with a "Dawson's"-like crush on his teacher), but archetypes nevertheless.
By Brian Lowry FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 428 User Ratings
7.9
80% Positive
344 Ratings
11% Mixed
47 Ratings
9% Negative
37 Ratings

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 428 User Ratings
7.9
80% Positive
344 Ratings
11% Mixed
47 Ratings
9% Negative
37 Ratings

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Production Company:
  • Company Pictures
  • E4
  • Echelon Productions, Inc.
  • Stormdog Films
Initial Release Date: Jan 25, 2007
Number of seasons: 7 Seasons
Rating: TV-MA
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Awards

Monte-Carlo TV Festival
• 12 Nominations
TV Quick Awards, UK
• 1 Win & 7 Nominations
Royal Television Society, UK
• 1 Win & 7 Nominations

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