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  1. The British teen drama Skins follows the lives of a group of teenagers in Bristol, southwest England, through the two years of sixth form. Its controversial story-lines have explored issues like dysfunctional families , mental illness (such as depression , eating disorders , post-traumatic stress disorder , and bipolar disorder ), adolescent ...

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    • Post Skins Connections

    First Generation

    Tony Stonemis an attractive, intelligent and popular boy. His manipulative ways often go unnoticed by many, and are a catalyst for the majority of the events in the series. Sid Jenkinsis Tony's best friend, but has an entirely opposite personality. He lacks confidence, is socially uneasy and struggles with school work. Michelle Richardson, Tony's girlfriend, a girl who can never stay angry at his mischievous behavior for long. Outwardly, Michelle appears shallow, vain and conceited but she wo...

    Secondary Characters

    Abigail Stock, is Tony Stonem's mistress, a posh school girl with sociopathic tendencies. Posh Kenneth, goes to the same college as the main cast and often found spending time with the boys.

    Minor Characters

    Besides the main and secondary cast, there were many minor charactersthat also played a significant part in the character's lives and show's storylines.

    Days after the news broke about the show coming to an end, a few sites wrote retrospective articles about the show. Channel 4 (the parent company of E4) released a statement, stating: "Skinsis a brilliant show which has defined a generation and will go down as a truly iconic, game-changing piece of television." The Guardian concluded: "The fact tha...

    Writing

    The show's writing team has an average age of 21, and includes several "teenage consultants". The series co-producer Bryan Elsley said, "It's all about the writing. [...] We're about letting our audience feel they are not alone. [...] We're always having people miss [writing] meetings because they've got A-levels or even GCSEs". Bryan Elsley also revealed through his E4 blog after the conclusion of Series 4 that he would work in a limited capacity for the show as he decided to helm the US ada...

    Filming

    The show is filmed almost entirely in Bristol; scenes at Roundview College were shot at Henbury School for series four, having formerly been set at the John Cabot Academy and the Filton College's WISE Campus. Multiple scenes are located around College Green, Bristol. Special locations for individual episodes have included the Gower Peninsula, Sharpness Docks, the University of Exeter and New York City. The series was shot entirely in High Definition, using Sony HDW-750P cameras for the first...

    Online content

    1. Main article: Unseen Skins 2. Main article: Skins: The Lost Weeks 3. Main article: Skins: Lock-In A variety of online content have been released on the official Skins website, including character profiles, video diaries, and Unseen Skinsmini-episodes that interweave with every aired episode. In addition to character profiles on the official E4 website, accounts for the lead Skins characters are maintained on popular social networking websites MySpace, Facebook, and Twitter. There is also a...

    The show won the Best Drama prize at the 2008 Rose d'Or ceremony, and also won the Best Production Design (Drama) for Amelia Shankland's work on "Cassie", at the Royal Television Society Awards 2007, in addition to being nominated for Best Photography (Drama). Tal Rosner's graphics for Skinswon a BAFTA for Best Title Sequence at the British Academy...

    The show has given rise to the term 'skins party', referring to a debauched night of heavy drinking and recreational drug use. During the 2007 Easter holiday a girl in County Durham threw a house party; it was advertised on her MySpace profile as a "Skins Unofficial Party," referring to the party in the first series' trailer, with the subtitle "Let...

    Main article: Skins Secret Party
    Main article: Skins: The Novel
    Main article: Skins: The Soundtrack

    After leaving Skins, several actors have worked in non Skins related projects with others connected to the Skins-verse . Between 2007-2011, both Juliet Cowan (Cecila Jones) and Lily Loveless (Naomi) appeared in a BBC Children's TV Show "The Sarah Jane Adventures" but had no scenes together. In 2009, April Pearson (Michelle) and Larissa Wilson (Jal)...

  2. The Skins Wiki... is the #1 dedicated wiki that any Skins fan can edit about both the E4 and MTV teen drama show Skins, including the cast, music, episodes, and more!

  3. Skins is a British teen comedy drama television series that follows the lives of a group of teenagers in Bristol, South West England, through the two years of sixth form.

  4. James Cook Jr., more commonly known as "Cook", is a key character of the series Skins, appearing as the deuteragonist/anti-hero in both series three and series four and the main protagonist/anti-villain in the series finale Skins: Rise. He was portrayed by Jack O'Connell.

  5. Skins: Created by Jamie Brittain, Bryan Elsley. With Kaya Scodelario, Nicholas Hoult, Joe Dempsie, Hannah Murray. The story of a group of British teens who are trying to grow up and find love and happiness despite questionable parenting and teachers who would rather be friends (and lovers) than authority figures.

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