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Skins (2007 TV Series)

Skins
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Genre Teen drama
Comedy-drama
Created by Bryan Elsley
Jamie Brittain
Starring Ensemble cast
replaced biennially
Theme music composer Fat Segal
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of series 7
No. of episodes 61 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) Bryan Elsley
Charles Pattinson
George Faber
John Griffin
John Yorke
Producer(s) Chris Clough
Matt Stevens
Location(s) Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Camera setup Single camera
Running time 44–48 minutes
Production company(s) Company Pictures
Storm Dog Films
Distributor All3Media
Release
Original network E4
Picture format 576i SDTV (2007)
1080i HDTV (2008–2013)
Audio format Surround
Original release 25 January 2007 (2007-01-25) – 5 August 2013 (2013-08-05)
Chronology
Related shows Skins (US)
External links
[e4.com/skins/ Website]
[companypictures.co.uk/tv-film/skins/ Production website]

Skins is a British teen drama that follows the lives of a group of teenagers in Bristol, South West England, through the two years of sixth form. Its controversial story-lines have explored issues such as dysfunctional families, mental illness (such as depression, eating disorders and bipolar disorder), adolescent sexuality, gender, substance abuse, death and bullying. Each episode generally focuses on a particular character and the struggles they face in their life. The episodes are named after the featured character. The show was created by father-and-son television writers Bryan Elsley and Jamie Brittain for Company Pictures, and premiered on E4 on 25 January 2007. The show went on to be a critical success as well as a ratings winner within its target demographic.

Over its initial six-year run, Skins proved to be atypical of ongoing drama series in that it replaced its primary cast every two years. Plans for a film spin-off were first discussed in 2009, but ultimately did not come to fruition. Instead, a specially-commissioned seventh and final series of the show was broadcast in 2013, featuring some of the cast from its 2007–10 run. The show's name comes from the cigarette rolling papers known as "skins".

Other ventures to expand the brand have included a short-lived North American remake, which aired on MTV in 2011 but was cancelled after one season after advertisers abandoned the series in response to low ratings and the significant controversy which arose over its depiction of teen sexuality.


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