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
Series	Episodes	First aired	Last aired
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)
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)
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)
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)
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"	Everyone	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)
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)
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)
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
1	"Jal's Video Diary"
Jal wants to show off her horny chihuahua Jal's Video Diary – E4.com
2	"Chris's Video Diary"
Can Chris wear 72 socks? Chris's Video Diary – E4.com
3	"Abigail's Video Diary"
Abigail hopes the people of 2107 are jolly well. Abigail's Video Diary – E4.com
4	"Effy's Video Diary"
It's dark in Tony's sister's head. Very dark. Effy's Video Diary – E4.com
5	"Maxxie's Video Diary"
Maxxie has heard a lot about this interweb thing, and has something very exciting to show you lucky people. Maxxie's Video Diary – E4.com
6	"Michelle's Video Diary"
Michelle explains all about clothes for every occasion. Michelle's Video Diary – E4.com
7	"Posh Kenneth's Video Diary"
"I hope you're getting on awfully well. We do not speak of grandmother's bunions." Posh Kenneth's Video Diary – E4.com
8	"Tony's Video Diary"
Tony takes you on a tour of Bristol. Tony's Video Diary – E4.com
9	"Sid's Video Diary"
Sid heads into final battle with the Danish warlord Wallothet. Sid's Video Diary – E4.com
10	"Anwar's Video Diary"
It's not just about the fresh clothes and loads of money. Anwar's Video Diary – E4.com
11	"Cassie's Video Diary"
Cassie's therapy video. She likes things that she likes, but she loves everything. Cassie's Video Diary – E4.com

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. JJ's Video Diary – E4.com
2	"Naomi's Video Diary"	"Cook"
Naomi is hungover and she still made it to the student rally. Naomi's Video Diary – E4.com
3	"Pandora's Video Diary"	"Thomas"
Using Effy's webcam, Pandora sends Thomas a message. Pandora's Video Diary – E4.com
4	"Freddie's Video Diary"	"Pandora"
Freddie decides to hijack his sister's Sexxbomb audition tape, with consequences he probably wasn't expecting. Freddie's Video Diary – E4.com
5	"Karen's Video Diary"	"Freddie"
Karen's audition for Search for a Sexxbomb. Karen's Video Diary – E4.com
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. Cook's Video Diary – E4.com
7	"Katie's Video Diary"	"JJ"
Katie sends a message to her footballer boyfriend, Danny Guillermo: she's dumping him, but keeping his gifts. Katie's Video Diary – E4.com
8	"Emily's Video Diary"	"Effy"
Emily has a project: getting her neighbours to get it on. Emily's Video Diary – E4.com
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. Effy's Video Diary – E4.com
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? Thomas's Video Diary – E4.com

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. Effy's Video Diary – E4.com
2	"Skins Christmas Special"
Seasonal greetings from the Skins gang. Skins Christmas Special – E4.com
3	"Michelle's Video Diary"
"Black is such a slimming colour." Michelle's Video Diary – E4.com
4	"Sid's Message to Tony"
A very special message from Sid to Tony. Sid's Message to Tony – E4.com
5	"Cassie Hearts Sid"
Cassie posts Sid a message from Scotland. Cassie Hearts Sid – E4.com
6	"Posh Kenneth Has a Secret"
"Kenneth has an ode for Jal." Posh Kenneth Has a Secret – E4.com
7	"Sid's Bedside Vigil"
Sid visits his best mate Tony. Sid's Bedside Vigil – E4.com
8	"Anwar's Video Diary"
Anwar's in love. His video diary boldly goes into detail. Anwar's Video Diary – E4.com
9	"Chris' Message to Angie"
Chris wants to show how much he misses Angie, and cares for the Data Protection Act. Chris' Message to Angie – E4.com
10	"Messages to Tony"
Sid had a plan to reach Tony. Messages to Tony – E4.com

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)

Season		Episode number
Season		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	–

Audience measurement performed by Broadcasters' Audience Research Board[21]

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

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[1] "'Skins' maintains strong ratings - TV News". Digital Spy. 5 February 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2012.

[2] New 'Skins' entertains 820k. "Digital Spy".

[ITVs_marchlands_enchants_more_than_6m-3] "ITV's 'Marchlands' enchants more than 6m - TV News". Digital Spy. 4 February 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2012.

[Sky1's_'Mad_Dogs'_entertains_960k-4] "Sky1's 'Mad Dogs' entertains 960k - TV News". Digital Spy. 11 February 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2012.

[Celebrity_Juice_bursts_past_1m-5] "'Celebrity Juice' bursts past 1m - TV News". Digital Spy. 18 February 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2012.

[Marchlands_concludes_with_5.9m-6] "'Marchlands' concludes with 5.9m - TV News". Digital Spy. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2012.

[Nesbitt's_'Monroe'_captivates_almost_6m-7] "Nesbitt's 'Monroe' captivates almost 6m - TV News". Digital Spy. 11 March 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2012.

['Monroe'_loses_out_to_RND_Desert_Trek-8] "'Monroe' loses out to RND Desert Trek - TV News". Digital Spy. 18 March 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2012.

[Ratings_Thread-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.

['Skins'_rises_to_370,000_viewers_on_E4-10] "'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_ITV1-11] "'Whitechapel' latest episode delivers 5.7m on ITV1 - TV News". Digital Spy. 28 February 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2012.

[autogenerated1-12] "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_ITV1-13] "'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_ITV1-14] "'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_E4-15] "'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_E4-16] "'Skins' returns with over 600,000 viewers on E4".

[Andy_Murray_documentary_scores_nearly_4m_on_BBC_One-17] "Andy Murray documentary scores nearly 4m on BBC One".

[Royal_baby_arrival_fails_to_beat_'Coronation_Street'_in_ratings-18] "Royal baby arrival fails to beat 'Coronation Street' in ratings".

[The_Ratings_Thread_(Part_51)-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.