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

SeriesEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1925 January 2007 (2007-01-25)22 March 2007 (2007-03-22)
21011 February 2008 (2008-02-11)14 April 2008 (2008-04-14)
31022 January 2009 (2009-01-22)26 March 2009 (2009-03-26)
4828 January 2010 (2010-01-28)18 March 2010 (2010-03-18)
5827 January 2011 (2011-01-27)17 March 2011 (2011-03-17)
61023 January 2012 (2012-01-23)26 March 2012 (2012-03-26)
761 July 2013 (2013-07-01)5 August 2013 (2013-08-05)

Episodes

Series 1 (2007)

Main article: Skins (series 1)
No.
overall		No. in
series		TitleFeatured character(s)Directed byWritten byOriginal air dateUK viewers
(millions)
11"Tony"Tony StonemPaul GayBryan Elsley25 January 2007 (2007-01-25)1.54
22"Cassie"Cassie AinsworthPaul GayBryan Elsley1 February 2007 (2007-02-01)0.977
33"Jal"Jal FazerAdam SmithBryan Elsley8 February 2007 (2007-02-08)0.91
44"Chris"Chris MilesAdam SmithJack Thorne15 February 2007 (2007-02-15)0.709
55"Sid"Sid JenkinsMinkie SpiroJamie Brittain22 February 2007 (2007-02-22)0.889
66"Maxxie and Anwar"Maxxie Oliver and Anwar KharralChris CloughSimon Amstell & Ben Schiffer1 March 2007 (2007-03-01)0.808
77"Michelle"Michelle RichardsonMinkie SpiroBryan Elsley8 March 2007 (2007-03-08)0.799
88"Effy"Effy StonemAdam SmithJack Thorne15 March 2007 (2007-03-15)0.756
99"Everyone"EveryoneAdam SmithBryan Elsley22 March 2007 (2007-03-22)0.797

Series 2 (2008)

Main article: Skins (series 2)
No.
overall		No. in
series		TitleFeatured character(s)Directed byWritten byOriginal air dateUK viewers
(millions)
101"Tony and Maxxie"Tony Stonem and Maxxie OliverAysha RafaeleBryan Elsley11 February 2008 (2008-02-11)1.06
112"Sketch"Lucy SketchAysha RafaeleJack Thorne18 February 2008 (2008-02-18)0.757
123"Sid"Sid JenkinsSimon MasseyBryan Elsley25 February 2008 (2008-02-25)0.767
134"Michelle"Michelle RichardsonSimon MasseySally Tatchell3 March 2008 (2008-03-03)0.742
145"Chris"Chris MilesHarry EnfieldBen Schiffer10 March 2008 (2008-03-10)0.709
156"Tony"Tony StonemHarry EnfieldJamie Brittain17 March 2008 (2008-03-17)0.751
167"Effy"Effy StonemSimon MasseyLucy Kirkwood24 March 2008 (2008-03-24)0.686
178"Jal"Jal FazerSimon MasseyDaniel Kaluuya31 March 2008 (2008-03-31)0.686
189"Cassie"Cassie AinsworthCharles MartinBryan Elsley7 April 2008 (2008-04-07)0.766
1910"Final Goodbyes"EveryoneCharles MartinJack Thorne14 April 2008 (2008-04-14)0.766

Series 3 (2009)

Main article: Skins (series 3)
No.
overall		No. in
series		TitleFeatured character(s)Directed byWritten byOriginal air dateUK viewers
(millions)
201"Everyone"EveryoneCharles MartinBryan Elsley22 January 2009 (2009-01-22)0.877
212"Cook"James CookSimon MasseyJamie Brittain29 January 2009 (2009-01-29)0.916
223"Thomas"Thomas TomoneSimon MasseyDaniel Kaluuya & Bryan Elsley5 February 2009 (2009-02-05)0.857
234"Pandora"Pandora MoonSimon MasseyGeorgia Lester & Bryan Elsley12 February 2009 (2009-02-12)0.915
245"Freddie"Freddie McClairCharles MartinBen Schiffer19 February 2009 (2009-02-19)0.913
256"Naomi"Naomi CampbellSimon MasseyAtiha Sen Gupta & Jack Thorne26 February 2009 (2009-02-26)0.957
267"JJ"Jonah Jeremiah "JJ" JonesCharles MartinBryan Elsley5 March 2009 (2009-03-05)0.997
278"Effy"Effy StonemCharles MartinLucy Kirkwood12 March 2009 (2009-03-12)0.864
289"Katie and Emily"Katie and Emily FitchCharles MartinMalcolm Campbell & Bryan Elsley19 March 2009 (2009-03-19)0.957
2910"Finale"Effy Stonem, James Cook, JJ Jones and Freddie McClairSimon MasseyBen Schiffer26 March 2009 (2009-03-26)0.972

Series 4 (2010)

Main article: Skins (series 4)
No.
overall		No. in
series		TitleFeatured character(s)Directed byWritten byOriginal air dateUK viewers
(millions)
301"Thomas"Thomas TomoneNeil BiswasJamie Brittain28 January 2010 (2010-01-28)1.24
312"Emily"Emily FitchPhilippa LangdaleEd Hime4 February 2010 (2010-02-04)1.02[1]
323"Cook"James CookPhilippa LangdaleBen Schiffer11 February 2010 (2010-02-11)0.954
334"Katie"Katie FitchNeil BiswasGeorgia Lester18 February 2010 (2010-02-18)0.996
345"Freddie"Freddie McClairEsther May CampbellSean Buckley25 February 2010 (2010-02-25)0.941
356"JJ"Jonah Jeremiah "JJ" JonesEsther May CampbellLucy Kirkwood4 March 2010 (2010-03-04)0.885
367"Effy"Effy StonemDaniel O' HaraJamie Brittain11 March 2010 (2010-03-11)0.863
378"Everyone"EveryoneDaniel O' HaraBryan Elsley18 March 2010 (2010-03-18)0.902

Series 5 (2011)

Main article: Skins (series 5)
No.
overall		No. in
series		TitleFeatured character(s)Directed byWritten byOriginal air dateUK viewers
(millions)
381"Franky"Franky FitzgeraldAmanda BoyleSean Buckley27 January 2011 (2011-01-27)1.03[2]
392"Rich"Rich HardbeckPhilippa LangdaleJamie Brittain3 February 2011 (2011-02-03)0.72[3]
403"Mini"Mini McGuinnessPhilippa LangdaleGeorgia Lester10 February 2011 (2011-02-10)0.741[4]
414"Liv"Liv MaloneAmanda BoyleEd Hime17 February 2011 (2011-02-17)0.661[5]
425"Nick"Nick LevanJack CloughGeoff Bussetil24 February 2011 (2011-02-24)0.574
436"Alo"Alo CreeveyJack CloughDaniel Lovett3 March 2011 (2011-03-03)0.588[6]
447"Grace"Grace BloodDominic LeclercJamie Brittain10 March 2011 (2011-03-10)0.486[7]
458"Everyone"Everyone[8]Dominic LeclercSean Buckley17 March 2011 (2011-03-17)0.494

Series 6 (2012)

Main article: Skins (series 6)
No.
overall		No. in
series		TitleFeatured character(s)Directed byWritten byOriginal air dateUK viewers
(millions)
461"Everyone"EveryoneJack CloughBryan Elsley23 January 2012 (2012-01-23)1.032[9]
472"Rich"Rich HardbeckSam DonovanDaniel Lovett30 January 2012 (2012-01-30)0.655
483"Alex"Alex HenleySam DonovanJack Lothian6 February 2012 (2012-02-06)0.720
494"Franky"Franky FitzgeraldIan BarnesSean Buckley13 February 2012 (2012-02-13)0.741
505"Mini"Mini McGuinnessIan BarnesJess Brittain20 February 2012 (2012-02-20)0.661[10]
516"Nick"Nick LevanJack CloughGeoff Bussetil27 February 2012 (2012-02-27)0.574[11]
527"Alo"Alo CreeveyBenjamin CaronLaura Hunter5 March 2012 (2012-03-05)0.588[12]
538"Liv"Liv MaloneBenjamin CaronBen Bond & Bryan Elsley12 March 2012 (2012-03-12)0.486[13]
549"Mini and Franky"Mini McGuinness and Franky FitzgeraldIan BarnesJess Brittain19 March 2012 (2012-03-19)0.494[14]
5510"Finale"EveryoneBenjamin CaronGeorgia Lester26 March 2012 (2012-03-26)0.574[15]

Series 7 (2013)

Main article: Skins (series 7)
No.
overall		No. in
series		TitleFeatured character(s)Directed byWritten byOriginal air dateUK viewers
(millions)
561"Fire (Part 1)"Effy StonemCharles MartinJess Brittain1 July 2013 (2013-07-01)0.872
572"Fire (Part 2)"Effy StonemCharles MartinJess Brittain8 July 2013 (2013-07-08)0.706[16]
583"Pure (Part 1)"Cassie AinsworthPaul GayBryan Elsley15 July 2013 (2013-07-15)0.499[17]
594"Pure (Part 2)"Cassie AinsworthPaul GayBryan Elsley22 July 2013 (2013-07-22)0.53[18]
605"Rise (Part 1)"James CookJack CloughJamie Brittain29 July 2013 (2013-07-29)0.547[19]
616"Rise (Part 2)"James CookJack CloughJamie Brittain5 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
1"Jal's Video Diary"

Jal wants to show off her horny chihuahua

2"Chris's Video Diary"

Can Chris wear 72 socks?

3"Abigail's Video Diary"

Abigail hopes the people of 2107 are jolly well.

4"Effy's Video Diary"

It's dark in Tony's sister's head. Very dark.

5"Maxxie's Video Diary"

Maxxie has heard a lot about this interweb thing, and has something very exciting to show you lucky people.

6"Michelle's Video Diary"

Michelle explains all about clothes for every occasion.

7"Posh Kenneth's Video Diary"

"I hope you're getting on awfully well. We do not speak of grandmother's bunions."

8"Tony's Video Diary"

Tony takes you on a tour of Bristol.

9"Sid's Video Diary"

Sid heads into final battle with the Danish warlord Wallothet.

10"Anwar's Video Diary"

It's not just about the fresh clothes and loads of money.

11"Cassie's Video Diary"

Cassie's therapy video. She likes things that she likes, but she loves everything.

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
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.

2"Naomi's Video Diary""Cook"

Naomi is hungover and she still made it to the student rally.

3"Pandora's Video Diary""Thomas"

Using Effy's webcam, Pandora sends Thomas a message.

4"Freddie's Video Diary""Pandora"

Freddie decides to hijack his sister's Sexxbomb audition tape, with consequences he probably wasn't expecting.

5"Karen's Video Diary""Freddie"

Karen's audition for Search for a Sexxbomb.

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.

7"Katie's Video Diary""JJ"

Katie sends a message to her footballer boyfriend, Danny Guillermo: she's dumping him, but keeping his gifts.

8"Emily's Video Diary""Effy"

Emily has a project: getting her neighbours to get it on.

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.

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?

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
1"Effy's Video Diary"

Tony's sister recorded this in his room when he was in a coma.

2"Skins Christmas Special"

Seasonal greetings from the Skins gang.

3"Michelle's Video Diary"

"Black is such a slimming colour."

4"Sid's Message to Tony"

A very special message from Sid to Tony.

5"Cassie Hearts Sid"

Cassie posts Sid a message from Scotland.

6"Posh Kenneth Has a Secret"

"Kenneth has an ode for Jal."

7"Sid's Bedside Vigil"

Sid visits his best mate Tony.

8"Anwar's Video Diary"

Anwar's in love. His video diary boldly goes into detail.

9"Chris' Message to Angie"

Chris wants to show how much he misses Angie, and cares for the Data Protection Act.

10"Messages to Tony"

Sid had a plan to reach Tony.

Although several of these videos bear the same name as a character video diary they are two separate videos. [20]

Ratings

Skins : UK viewers per episode (millions)
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.
SeasonEpisode number
12345678910
11.540.9770.910.7090.8890.8080.7990.7560.797–
21.060.7570.7670.7420.7090.7510.6860.6860.7660.766
30.8770.9160.8570.9150.9130.9570.9970.8640.9570.972
41.241.020.9540.9960.9410.8850.8630.902–
51.030.720.7410.6610.5740.5880.4860.494–
61.0320.6550.7200.7410.6610.5740.5880.4860.4940.574
70.8720.7060.4990.530.5470.59–
Audience measurement performed by Broadcasters' Audience Research Board[21]

References

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  2. ^ New 'Skins' entertains 820k. "Digital Spy".
  3. ^ "ITV's 'Marchlands' enchants more than 6m - TV News". Digital Spy. 4 February 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
  4. ^ "Sky1's 'Mad Dogs' entertains 960k - TV News". Digital Spy. 11 February 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
  5. ^ "'Celebrity Juice' bursts past 1m - TV News". Digital Spy. 18 February 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
  6. ^ "'Marchlands' concludes with 5.9m - TV News". Digital Spy. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
  7. ^ "Nesbitt's 'Monroe' captivates almost 6m - TV News". Digital Spy. 11 March 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
  8. ^ "'Monroe' loses out to RND Desert Trek - TV News". Digital Spy. 18 March 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
  9. ^ "The Ratings Thread (Part 31) - Page 8 - TV Shows: UK - Digital Spy Forums". Forums.digitalspy.co.uk. 24 January 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
  10. ^ "'Skins' rises to 370,000 viewers on E4 - TV News". Digital Spy. 21 February 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
  11. ^ "'Whitechapel' latest episode delivers 5.7m on ITV1 - TV News". Digital Spy. 28 February 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
  12. ^ "The Ratings Thread (Part 32) - Page 77 - TV Shows: UK - Digital Spy Forums". Forums.digitalspy.co.uk. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
  13. ^ "'Scott & Bailey' returns with 6.8 million on ITV1 - TV News". Digital Spy. 13 March 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
  14. ^ "'Scott & Bailey' episode two draws 6.3m on ITV1 - TV News". Digital Spy. 20 March 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
  15. ^ "'Skins' series six bows out with 270,000 viewers on E4 - Skins News - TV". Digital Spy. 27 March 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
  16. ^ "'Skins' returns with over 600,000 viewers on E4".
  17. ^ "Andy Murray documentary scores nearly 4m on BBC One".
  18. ^ "Royal baby arrival fails to beat 'Coronation Street' in ratings".
  19. ^ "The Ratings Thread (Part 51)".
  20. ^ "The Lost Weeks –". E4.com. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
  21. ^ 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.

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