List of Skins episodes
The following is a list of episodes of the British teen drama Skins. For a plot summary of the episodes, visit the main article of each series.
Series overview
Series | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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1 | 9 | 25 January 2007 (2007-01-25) | 22 March 2007 (2007-03-22) | |
2 | 10 | 11 February 2008 (2008-02-11) | 14 April 2008 (2008-04-14) | |
3 | 10 | 22 January 2009 (2009-01-22) | 26 March 2009 (2009-03-26) | |
4 | 8 | 28 January 2010 (2010-01-28) | 18 March 2010 (2010-03-18) | |
5 | 8 | 27 January 2011 (2011-01-27) | 17 March 2011 (2011-03-17) | |
6 | 10 | 23 January 2012 (2012-01-23) | 26 March 2012 (2012-03-26) | |
7 | 6 | 1 July 2013 (2013-07-01) | 5 August 2013 (2013-08-05) |
Episodes
Series 1 (2007)
No. overall | No. in series | Title | Featured character(s) | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (millions) |
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1 | 1 | "Tony" | Tony Stonem | Paul Gay | Bryan Elsley | 25 January 2007 (2007-01-25) | 1.54 |
2 | 2 | "Cassie" | Cassie Ainsworth | Paul Gay | Bryan Elsley | 1 February 2007 (2007-02-01) | 0.977 |
3 | 3 | "Jal" | Jal Fazer | Adam Smith | Bryan Elsley | 8 February 2007 (2007-02-08) | 0.91 |
4 | 4 | "Chris" | Chris Miles | Adam Smith | Jack Thorne | 15 February 2007 (2007-02-15) | 0.709 |
5 | 5 | "Sid" | Sid Jenkins | Minkie Spiro | Jamie Brittain | 22 February 2007 (2007-02-22) | 0.889 |
6 | 6 | "Maxxie and Anwar" | Maxxie Oliver and Anwar Kharral | Chris Clough | Simon Amstell & Ben Schiffer | 1 March 2007 (2007-03-01) | 0.808 |
7 | 7 | "Michelle" | Michelle Richardson | Minkie Spiro | Bryan Elsley | 8 March 2007 (2007-03-08) | 0.799 |
8 | 8 | "Effy" | Effy Stonem | Adam Smith | Jack Thorne | 15 March 2007 (2007-03-15) | 0.756 |
9 | 9 | "Everyone" | Everyone | Adam Smith | Bryan Elsley | 22 March 2007 (2007-03-22) | 0.797 |
Series 2 (2008)
No. overall | No. in series | Title | Featured character(s) | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (millions) |
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10 | 1 | "Tony and Maxxie" | Tony Stonem and Maxxie Oliver | Aysha Rafaele | Bryan Elsley | 11 February 2008 (2008-02-11) | 1.06 |
11 | 2 | "Sketch" | Lucy Sketch | Aysha Rafaele | Jack Thorne | 18 February 2008 (2008-02-18) | 0.757 |
12 | 3 | "Sid" | Sid Jenkins | Simon Massey | Bryan Elsley | 25 February 2008 (2008-02-25) | 0.767 |
13 | 4 | "Michelle" | Michelle Richardson | Simon Massey | Sally Tatchell | 3 March 2008 (2008-03-03) | 0.742 |
14 | 5 | "Chris" | Chris Miles | Harry Enfield | Ben Schiffer | 10 March 2008 (2008-03-10) | 0.709 |
15 | 6 | "Tony" | Tony Stonem | Harry Enfield | Jamie Brittain | 17 March 2008 (2008-03-17) | 0.751 |
16 | 7 | "Effy" | Effy Stonem | Simon Massey | Lucy Kirkwood | 24 March 2008 (2008-03-24) | 0.686 |
17 | 8 | "Jal" | Jal Fazer | Simon Massey | Daniel Kaluuya | 31 March 2008 (2008-03-31) | 0.686 |
18 | 9 | "Cassie" | Cassie Ainsworth | Charles Martin | Bryan Elsley | 7 April 2008 (2008-04-07) | 0.766 |
19 | 10 | "Final Goodbyes" | Everyone | Charles Martin | Jack Thorne | 14 April 2008 (2008-04-14) | 0.766 |
Series 3 (2009)
No. overall | No. in series | Title | Featured character(s) | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (millions) |
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20 | 1 | "Everyone" | Everyone | Charles Martin | Bryan Elsley | 22 January 2009 (2009-01-22) | 0.877 |
21 | 2 | "Cook" | James Cook | Simon Massey | Jamie Brittain | 29 January 2009 (2009-01-29) | 0.916 |
22 | 3 | "Thomas" | Thomas Tomone | Simon Massey | Daniel Kaluuya & Bryan Elsley | 5 February 2009 (2009-02-05) | 0.857 |
23 | 4 | "Pandora" | Pandora Moon | Simon Massey | Georgia Lester & Bryan Elsley | 12 February 2009 (2009-02-12) | 0.915 |
24 | 5 | "Freddie" | Freddie McClair | Charles Martin | Ben Schiffer | 19 February 2009 (2009-02-19) | 0.913 |
25 | 6 | "Naomi" | Naomi Campbell | Simon Massey | Atiha Sen Gupta & Jack Thorne | 26 February 2009 (2009-02-26) | 0.957 |
26 | 7 | "JJ" | Jonah Jeremiah "JJ" Jones | Charles Martin | Bryan Elsley | 5 March 2009 (2009-03-05) | 0.997 |
27 | 8 | "Effy" | Effy Stonem | Charles Martin | Lucy Kirkwood | 12 March 2009 (2009-03-12) | 0.864 |
28 | 9 | "Katie and Emily" | Katie and Emily Fitch | Charles Martin | Malcolm Campbell & Bryan Elsley | 19 March 2009 (2009-03-19) | 0.957 |
29 | 10 | "Finale" | Effy Stonem, James Cook, JJ Jones and Freddie McClair | Simon Massey | Ben Schiffer | 26 March 2009 (2009-03-26) | 0.972 |
Series 4 (2010)
No. overall | No. in series | Title | Featured character(s) | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (millions) |
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30 | 1 | "Thomas" | Thomas Tomone | Neil Biswas | Jamie Brittain | 28 January 2010 (2010-01-28) | 1.24 |
31 | 2 | "Emily" | Emily Fitch | Philippa Langdale | Ed Hime | 4 February 2010 (2010-02-04) | 1.02[1] |
32 | 3 | "Cook" | James Cook | Philippa Langdale | Ben Schiffer | 11 February 2010 (2010-02-11) | 0.954 |
33 | 4 | "Katie" | Katie Fitch | Neil Biswas | Georgia Lester | 18 February 2010 (2010-02-18) | 0.996 |
34 | 5 | "Freddie" | Freddie McClair | Esther May Campbell | Sean Buckley | 25 February 2010 (2010-02-25) | 0.941 |
35 | 6 | "JJ" | Jonah Jeremiah "JJ" Jones | Esther May Campbell | Lucy Kirkwood | 4 March 2010 (2010-03-04) | 0.885 |
36 | 7 | "Effy" | Effy Stonem | Daniel O' Hara | Jamie Brittain | 11 March 2010 (2010-03-11) | 0.863 |
37 | 8 | "Everyone" | Finale | Daniel O' Hara | Bryan Elsley | 18 March 2010 (2010-03-18) | 0.902 |
Series 5 (2011)
No. overall | No. in series | Title | Featured character(s) | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (millions) |
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38 | 1 | "Franky" | Franky Fitzgerald | Amanda Boyle | Sean Buckley | 27 January 2011 (2011-01-27) | 1.03[2] |
39 | 2 | "Rich" | Rich Hardbeck | Philippa Langdale | Jamie Brittain | 3 February 2011 (2011-02-03) | 0.72[3] |
40 | 3 | "Mini" | Mini McGuinness | Philippa Langdale | Georgia Lester | 10 February 2011 (2011-02-10) | 0.741[4] |
41 | 4 | "Liv" | Liv Malone | Amanda Boyle | Ed Hime | 17 February 2011 (2011-02-17) | 0.661[5] |
42 | 5 | "Nick" | Nick Levan | Jack Clough | Geoff Bussetil | 24 February 2011 (2011-02-24) | 0.574 |
43 | 6 | "Alo" | Alo Creevey | Jack Clough | Daniel Lovett | 3 March 2011 (2011-03-03) | 0.588[6] |
44 | 7 | "Grace" | Grace Blood | Dominic Leclerc | Jamie Brittain | 10 March 2011 (2011-03-10) | 0.486[7] |
45 | 8 | "Everyone" | Everyone[8] | Dominic Leclerc | Sean Buckley | 17 March 2011 (2011-03-17) | 0.494 |
Series 6 (2012)
No. overall | No. in series | Title | Featured character(s) | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (millions) |
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46 | 1 | "Everyone" | Everyone | Jack Clough | Bryan Elsley | 23 January 2012 (2012-01-23) | 1.032[9] |
47 | 2 | "Rich" | Rich Hardbeck | Sam Donovan | Daniel Lovett | 30 January 2012 (2012-01-30) | 0.655 |
48 | 3 | "Alex" | Alex Henley | Sam Donovan | Jack Lothian | 6 February 2012 (2012-02-06) | 0.720 |
49 | 4 | "Franky" | Franky Fitzgerald | Ian Barnes | Sean Buckley | 13 February 2012 (2012-02-13) | 0.741 |
50 | 5 | "Mini" | Mini McGuinness | Ian Barnes | Jess Brittain | 20 February 2012 (2012-02-20) | 0.661[10] |
51 | 6 | "Nick" | Nick Levan | Jack Clough | Geoff Bussetil | 27 February 2012 (2012-02-27) | 0.574[11] |
52 | 7 | "Alo" | Alo Creevey | Benjamin Caron | Laura Hunter | 5 March 2012 (2012-03-05) | 0.588[12] |
53 | 8 | "Liv" | Liv Malone | Benjamin Caron | Ben Bond & Bryan Elsley | 12 March 2012 (2012-03-12) | 0.486[13] |
54 | 9 | "Mini and Franky" | Mini McGuinness and Franky Fitzgerald | Ian Barnes | Jess Brittain | 19 March 2012 (2012-03-19) | 0.494[14] |
55 | 10 | "Finale" | Everyone | Benjamin Caron | Georgia Lester | 26 March 2012 (2012-03-26) | 0.574[15] |
Series 7 (2013)
No. overall | No. in series | Title | Featured character(s) | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (millions) |
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56 | 1 | "Fire (Part 1)" | Effy Stonem | Charles Martin | Jess Brittain | 1 July 2013 (2013-07-01) | 0.872 |
57 | 2 | "Fire (Part 2)" | Effy Stonem | Charles Martin | Jess Brittain | 8 July 2013 (2013-07-08) | 0.706[16] |
58 | 3 | "Pure (Part 1)" | Cassie Ainsworth | Paul Gay | Bryan Elsley | 15 July 2013 (2013-07-15) | 0.499[17] |
59 | 4 | "Pure (Part 2)" | Cassie Ainsworth | Paul Gay | Bryan Elsley | 22 July 2013 (2013-07-22) | 0.53[18] |
60 | 5 | "Rise (Part 1)" | James Cook | Jack Clough | Jamie Brittain | 29 July 2013 (2013-07-29) | 0.547[19] |
61 | 6 | "Rise (Part 2)" | James Cook | Jack Clough | Jamie Brittain | 5 August 2013 (2013-08-05) | 0.59 |
Character Video Diaries
Series 1 (Generation 1)
Also to accompany the series, online video diaries were created for the following characters.
# | Title | |
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1 | "Jal's Video Diary" | |
Jal wants to show off her horny chihuahua
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2 | "Chris's Video Diary" | |
Can Chris wear 72 socks?
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3 | "Abigail's Video Diary" | |
Abigail hopes the people of 2107 are jolly well.
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4 | "Effy's Video Diary" | |
It's dark in Tony's sister's head. Very dark.
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5 | "Maxxie's Video Diary" | |
Maxxie has heard a lot about this interweb thing, and has something very exciting to show you lucky people.
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6 | "Michelle's Video Diary" | |
Michelle explains all about clothes for every occasion.
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7 | "Posh Kenneth's Video Diary" | |
"I hope you're getting on awfully well. We do not speak of grandmother's bunions."
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8 | "Tony's Video Diary" | |
Tony takes you on a tour of Bristol.
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9 | "Sid's Video Diary" | |
Sid heads into final battle with the Danish warlord Wallothet.
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10 | "Anwar's Video Diary" | |
It's not just about the fresh clothes and loads of money.
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11 | "Cassie's Video Diary" | |
Cassie's therapy video. She likes things that she likes, but she loves everything.
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Series 3 (Generation 2)
The character video diaries functionally replaced Unseen Skins for the third series. A new diary was posted on the E4 website following the broadcast of each episode, and the diary often pertained to the events of that episode.
# | Title | Main episode | |
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1 | "JJ's Video Diary" | "Everyone" | |
JJ hits the streets of Bristol and posts his 'magic' diary on rateyourmagic. He wants to improve his magician skills.
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2 | "Naomi's Video Diary" | "Cook" | |
Naomi is hungover and she still made it to the student rally.
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3 | "Pandora's Video Diary" | "Thomas" | |
Using Effy's webcam, Pandora sends Thomas a message.
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4 | "Freddie's Video Diary" | "Pandora" | |
Freddie decides to hijack his sister's Sexxbomb audition tape, with consequences he probably wasn't expecting.
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5 | "Karen's Video Diary" | "Freddie" | |
Karen's audition for Search for a Sexxbomb.
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6 | "Cook's Video Diary" | "Naomi" | |
Cook stars in his very own campaign video whilst eating a sandwich, smearing his opponent Naomi Campbell and making some bold claims.
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7 | "Katie's Video Diary" | "JJ" | |
Katie sends a message to her footballer boyfriend, Danny Guillermo: she's dumping him, but keeping his gifts.
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8 | "Emily's Video Diary" | "Effy" | |
Emily has a project: getting her neighbours to get it on.
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9 | "Effy's Video Diary" | "Katie and Emily" | |
Effy sends out messages during a stop in her road trip with Cook via webcam to her brother and mum.
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10 | "Thomas's Video Diary" | "Finale" | |
Thomas sends his friend Moses (in the Congo) a message about the British people and their wonderful, weird ways. And a song?
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The Lost Weeks
To explain what had happened to each character between series 1 and 2, a series of videos called "The Lost Weeks" were aired exclusively on E4.com. The episodes are as follows:
# | Title | |
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1 | "Effy's Video Diary" | |
Tony's sister recorded this in his room when he was in a coma.
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2 | "Skins Christmas Special" | |
Seasonal greetings from the Skins gang.
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3 | "Michelle's Video Diary" | |
"Black is such a slimming colour."
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4 | "Sid's Message to Tony" | |
A very special message from Sid to Tony.
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5 | "Cassie Hearts Sid" | |
Cassie posts Sid a message from Scotland.
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6 | "Posh Kenneth Has a Secret" | |
"Kenneth has an ode for Jal."
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7 | "Sid's Bedside Vigil" | |
Sid visits his best mate Tony.
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8 | "Anwar's Video Diary" | |
Anwar's in love. His video diary boldly goes into detail.
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9 | "Chris' Message to Angie" | |
Chris wants to show how much he misses Angie, and cares for the Data Protection Act.
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10 | "Messages to Tony" | |
Sid had a plan to reach Tony.
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Although several of these videos bear the same name as a character video diary they are two separate videos. [20]
Ratings
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
Season | Episode number | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||
1 | 1.54 | 0.977 | 0.91 | 0.709 | 0.889 | 0.808 | 0.799 | 0.756 | 0.797 | – | |
2 | 1.06 | 0.757 | 0.767 | 0.742 | 0.709 | 0.751 | 0.686 | 0.686 | 0.766 | 0.766 | |
3 | 0.877 | 0.916 | 0.857 | 0.915 | 0.913 | 0.957 | 0.997 | 0.864 | 0.957 | 0.972 | |
4 | 1.24 | 1.02 | 0.954 | 0.996 | 0.941 | 0.885 | 0.863 | 0.902 | – | ||
5 | 1.03 | 0.72 | 0.741 | 0.661 | 0.574 | 0.588 | 0.486 | 0.494 | – | ||
6 | 1.032 | 0.655 | 0.720 | 0.741 | 0.661 | 0.574 | 0.588 | 0.486 | 0.494 | 0.574 | |
7 | 0.872 | 0.706 | 0.499 | 0.53 | 0.547 | 0.59 | – |
References
- ^ "'Skins' maintains strong ratings - TV News". Digital Spy. 5 February 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
- ^ New 'Skins' entertains 820k. "Digital Spy".
- ^ "ITV's 'Marchlands' enchants more than 6m - TV News". Digital Spy. 4 February 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
- ^ "Sky1's 'Mad Dogs' entertains 960k - TV News". Digital Spy. 11 February 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
- ^ "'Celebrity Juice' bursts past 1m - TV News". Digital Spy. 18 February 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
- ^ "'Marchlands' concludes with 5.9m - TV News". Digital Spy. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
- ^ "Nesbitt's 'Monroe' captivates almost 6m - TV News". Digital Spy. 11 March 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
- ^ "'Monroe' loses out to RND Desert Trek - TV News". Digital Spy. 18 March 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
- ^ "The Ratings Thread (Part 31) - Page 8 - TV Shows: UK - Digital Spy Forums". Forums.digitalspy.co.uk. 24 January 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
- ^ "'Skins' rises to 370,000 viewers on E4 - TV News". Digital Spy. 21 February 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
- ^ "'Whitechapel' latest episode delivers 5.7m on ITV1 - TV News". Digital Spy. 28 February 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
- ^ "The Ratings Thread (Part 32) - Page 77 - TV Shows: UK - Digital Spy Forums". Forums.digitalspy.co.uk. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
- ^ "'Scott & Bailey' returns with 6.8 million on ITV1 - TV News". Digital Spy. 13 March 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
- ^ "'Scott & Bailey' episode two draws 6.3m on ITV1 - TV News". Digital Spy. 20 March 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
- ^ "'Skins' series six bows out with 270,000 viewers on E4 - Skins News - TV". Digital Spy. 27 March 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
- ^ "'Skins' returns with over 600,000 viewers on E4".
- ^ "Andy Murray documentary scores nearly 4m on BBC One".
- ^ "Royal baby arrival fails to beat 'Coronation Street' in ratings".
- ^ "The Ratings Thread (Part 51)".
- ^ "The Lost Weeks –". E4.com. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
- ^ All ratings are official ratings taken from BARB's database, unless otherwise stated. For individual ratings citations in this article, see "Weekly top 10 programmes on TV sets (July 1998 – Sept 2018) | BARB". BARB. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
External links
- List of Skins episodes on Channel 4
- Skins at IMDb
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