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 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
First aired | Last aired | ||||
1 | 9 | 25 January 2007 | 22 March 2007 | ||
2 | 10 | 11 February 2008 | 14 April 2008 | ||
3 | 10 | 22 January 2009 | 26 March 2009 | ||
4 | 8 | 28 January 2010 | 18 March 2010 | ||
5 | 8 | 27 January 2011 | 17 March 2011 | ||
6 | 10 | 23 January 2012 | 26 March 2012 | ||
7 | 6 | 1 July 2013 | 5 August 2013 |
List of 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 | 1.54 |
2 | 2 | "Cassie" | Cassie Ainsworth | Paul Gay | Bryan Elsley | 1 February 2007 | 0.977 |
3 | 3 | "Jal" | Jal Fazer | Adam Smith | Bryan Elsley | 8 February 2007 | 0.91 |
4 | 4 | "Chris" | Chris Miles | Adam Smith | Jack Thorne | 15 February 2007 | 0.709 |
5 | 5 | "Sid" | Sid Jenkins | Minkie Spiro | Jamie Brittain | 22 February 2007 | 0.889 |
6 | 6 | "Maxxie and Anwar" | Maxxie Oliver and Anwar Kharral | Chris Clough | Simon Amstell & Ben Schiffer | 1 March 2007 | 0.808 |
7 | 7 | "Michelle" | Michelle Richardson | Minkie Spiro | Bryan Elsley | 8 March 2007 | 0.799 |
8 | 8 | "Effy" | Effy Stonem | Adam Smith | Jack Thorne | 15 March 2007 | 0.756 |
9 | 9 | "Everyone" | Everyone | Adam Smith | Bryan Elsley | 22 March 2007 | 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 | 1.06 |
11 | 2 | "Sketch" | Sketch | Aysha Rafaele | Jack Thorne | 18 February 2008 | 0.757 |
12 | 3 | "Sid" | Sid Jenkins | Simon Massey | Bryan Elsley | 25 February 2008 | 0.767 |
13 | 4 | "Michelle" | Michelle Richardson | Simon Massey | Sally Tatchell | 3 March 2008 | 0.742 |
14 | 5 | "Chris" | Chris Miles | Harry Enfield | Ben Schiffer | 10 March 2008 | 0.709 |
15 | 6 | "Tony" | Tony Stonem | Harry Enfield | Jamie Brittain | 17 March 2008 | 0.751 |
16 | 7 | "Effy" | Effy Stonem | Simon Massey | Lucy Kirkwood | 24 March 2008 | 0.686 |
17 | 8 | "Jal" | Jal Fazer | Simon Massey | Daniel Kaluuya | 31 March 2008 | 0.686 |
18 | 9 | "Cassie" | Cassie Ainsworth | Charles Martin | Bryan Elsley | 7 April 2008 | 0.766 |
19 | 10 | "Final Goodbyes" "Everyone" | Everyone | Charles Martin | Jack Thorne | 14 April 2008 | 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 | 0.877 |
21 | 2 | "Cook" | James Cook | Simon Massey | Jamie Brittain | 29 January 2009 | 0.916 |
22 | 3 | "Thomas" | Thomas Tomone | Simon Massey | Daniel Kaluuya & Bryan Elsley | 5 February 2009 | 0.857 |
23 | 4 | "Pandora" | Pandora Moon | Simon Massey | Georgia Lester & Bryan Elsley | 12 February 2009 | 0.915 |
24 | 5 | "Freddie" | Freddie McClair | Charles Martin | Ben Schiffer | 19 February 2009 | 0.913 |
25 | 6 | "Naomi" | Naomi Campbell | Simon Massey | Atiha Sen Gupta & Jack Thorne | 26 February 2009 | 0.957 |
26 | 7 | "JJ" | Jonah Jeremiah "JJ" Jones | Charles Martin | Bryan Elsley | 5 March 2009 | 0.997 |
27 | 8 | "Effy" | Effy Stonem | Charles Martin | Lucy Kirkwood | 12 March 2009 | 0.864 |
28 | 9 | "Katie and Emily" | Katie and Emily Fitch | Charles Martin | Malcolm Campbell & Bryan Elsley | 19 March 2009 | 0.957 |
29 | 10 | "Finale" | Effy Stonem, James Cook, JJ Jones and Freddie Mclair | Simon Massey | Ben Schiffer | 26 March 2009 | 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 | 1.24 |
31 | 2 | "Emily" | Emily Fitch | Philippa Langdale | Ed Hime | 4 February 2010 | 1.02 |
32 | 3 | "Cook" | James Cook | Philippa Langdale | Ben Schiffer | 11 February 2010 | 0.954 |
33 | 4 | "Katie" | Katie Fitch | Neil Biswas | Georgia Lester | 18 February 2010 | 0.996 |
34 | 5 | "Freddie" | Freddie McClair | Esther May Campbell | Sean Buckley | 25 February 2010 | 0.941 |
35 | 6 | "JJ" | Jonah Jeremiah "JJ" Jones | Esther May Campbell | Lucy Kirkwood | 4 March 2010 | 0.885 |
36 | 7 | "Effy" | Effy Stonem | Daniel O' Hara | Jamie Brittain | 11 March 2010 | 0.863 |
37 | 8 | "Everyone" | Everyone | Daniel O' Hara | Bryan Elsley | 18 March 2010 | 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 | 1.03 |
39 | 2 | "Rich" | Rich Hardbeck | Philippa Langdale | Jamie Brittain | 3 February 2011 | 0.72 |
40 | 3 | "Mini" | Mini McGuinness | Philippa Langdale | Georgia Lester | 10 February 2011 | 0.741 |
41 | 4 | "Liv" | Liv Malone | Amanda Boyle | Ed Hime | 17 February 2011 | 0.661 |
42 | 5 | "Nick" | Nick Levan | Jack Clough | Geoff Bussetil | 24 February 2011 | 0.574 |
43 | 6 | "Alo" | Alo Creevey | Jack Clough | Daniel Lovett | 3 March 2011 | 0.588 |
44 | 7 | "Grace" | Grace Blood | Dominic Leclerc | Jamie Brittain | 10 March 2011 | 0.486 |
45 | 8 | "Everyone" | Everyone | Dominic Leclerc | Sean Buckley | 17 March 2011 | 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 | 1.032[1] |
47 | 2 | "Rich" | Rich Hardbeck | Sam Donovan | Daniel Lovett | 30 January 2012 | 0.655[1] |
48 | 3 | "Alex" | Alex Henley | Sam Donovan | Jack Lothian | 7 February 2012 | 0.720[1] |
49 | 4 | "Franky" | Franky Fitzgerald | Ian Barnes | Sean Buckley | 13 February 2012 | 0.741[1] |
50 | 5 | "Mini" | Mini McGuinness | Ian Barnes | Jess Brittain | 20 February 2012 | 0.661[1] |
51 | 6 | "Nick" | Nick Levan | Jack Clough | Geoff Bussetil | 27 February 2012 | 0.574[1] |
52 | 7 | "Alo" | Alo Creevey[2] | Benjamin Caron | Laura Hunter | 5 March 2012 | 0.588[1] |
53 | 8 | "Liv" | Liv Malone | Benjamin Caron | Ben Bond & Bryan Elsley | 12 March 2012 | 0.486[1] |
54 | 9 | "Mini and Franky" | Mini McGuinness and Franky Fitzgerald | Ian Barnes | Jess Brittain | 19 March 2012 | 0.494[1] |
55 | 10 | "Finale" | Everyone | Benjamin Caron | Georgia Lester | 26 March 2012 | 0.574[1] |
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 | 0.872 |
57 | 2 | "Fire (Part 2)" | Effy Stonem | Charles Martin | Jess Brittain | 8 July 2013 | 0.706 |
58 | 3 | "Pure (Part 1)" | Cassie Ainsworth | Paul Gay | Bryan Elsley | 15 July 2013 | 0.499 |
59 | 4 | "Pure (Part 2)" | Cassie Ainsworth | Paul Gay | Bryan Elsley | 22 July 2013 | 0.53 |
60 | 5 | "Rise (Part 1)" | James Cook | Jack Clough | Jamie Brittain | 29 July 2013 | 0.547 |
61 | 6 | "Rise (Part 2)" | James Cook | Jack Clough | Jamie Brittain | 5 August 2013 | 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. [3]
Television ratings
All ratings are official ratings taken from BARB's database, unless otherwise stated.[4]
Series 1: 2007
Episode | Viewers (E4 only) | Rank (E4 only) |
---|---|---|
Tony | 1,540,000 | #1 |
Cassie | 977,000 | #1 |
Jal | 910,000 | #2 |
Chris | 709,000 | #4 |
Sid | 889,000 | #2 |
Maxxie and Anwar | 808,000 | #2 |
Michelle | 799,000 | #1 |
Effy | 988,000 | #1 |
Everyone | 797,000 | #1 |
Series 1 ratings do not include viewers watching on E4 +1, as the +1 ratings are unavailable on the BARB website. E4 +1 viewings typically add 200,000–300,000 viewers per episode.
Series 2: 2008
Episode | Viewers | Rank | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
E4 | E4 +1 | Total | E4 | E4 +1 | ||
Tony and Maxxie | 1,061,000 | 251,000 | 1,312,000 | #1 | #3 | |
Sketch | 757,000 | – | 757,000 | #5 | – | |
Sid | 767,000 | – | 767,000 | #2 | – | |
Michelle | 742,000 | – | 742,000 | #2 | – | |
Chris | 709,000 | 278,000 | 987,000 | #6 | #3 | |
Tony | 751,000 | – | 751,000 | #4 | – | |
Effy | 686,000 | – | 686,000 | #7 | – | |
Jal | 686,000 | – | 686,000 | #5 | – | |
Cassie | 766,000 | 231,000 | 997,000 | #1 | #6 | |
Everyone | 853,000 | 242,000 | 1,095,000 | #1 | #3 |
Some ratings for +1 are missing as they were not in the top 10 rated E4 +1 programmes for that week. Viewers on +1 typically add 200,000–300,000 to the rating.
Series 3: 2009
Episode | Viewers | Rank | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
E4 | E4 +1 | Total | E4 | E4 +1 | ||
Everyone | 877,000 | 262,000 | 1,139,000 | #1 | #1 | |
Cook | 916,000 | – | 916,000 | #1 | – | |
Thomas | 857,000 | 268,000 | 1,125,000 | #1 | #1 | |
Pandora | 915,000 | 215,000 | 1,130,000 | #1 | #8 | |
Freddie | 913,000 | 326,000 | 1,241,000 | #2 | #1 | |
Naomi | 957,000 | – | 957,000 | #1 | – | |
JJ | 997,000 | 325,000 | 1,322,000 | #1 | #3 | |
Effy | 864,000 | 274,000 | 1,138,000 | #2 | #1 | |
Katie and Emily | 957,000 | 320,000 | 1,277,000 | #1 | #1 | |
Finale | 972,000 | 257,000 | 1,229,000 | #1 | #3 |
Some ratings for +1 are missing as they were not in the top 10 rated E4 +1 programmes for that week. Viewers on +1 typically add 200,000–300,000 to the rating.
Series 4: 2010
Episode | Viewers [4] | Rank | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
E4 | E4 +1 | Total | E4 | E4 +1 | ||
Thomas | 1,246,000 | 229,000 | 1,475,000 | #2 | #5 | |
Emily | 1,025,000 | 120,000[5][A] | 1,145,000 | #2 | – | |
Cook | 954,000 | 295,000 | 1,249,000 | #3 | #3 | |
Katie | 996,000 | 251,000 | 1,247,000 | #2 | #5 | |
Freddie | 941,000 | 252,000 | 1,193,000 | #3 | #2 | |
JJ | 885,000 | 265,000 | 1,150,000 | #3 | #2 | |
Effy | 863,000 | 189,000 | 1,052,000 | #3 | #6 | |
Everyone | 902,000 | 224,000 | 1,126,000 | #3 | #8 |
Series 5: 2011
Episode | Viewers [4] [A] | Rank | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
E4 | E4 +1 | Total | E4 | E4 +1 | ||
Franky | 1,032,000 | 113,000[6][A] | 1,145,000 | #2 | – | |
Rich | 720,000 | 138,000[7][A] | 858,000 | #2 | – | |
Mini | 741,000 | 136,000[8][A] | 877,000 | #2 | – | |
Liv | 661,000 | 132,000[9][A] | 793,000 | #2 | – | |
Nick | 574,000 | 199,000 | 773,000 | #5 | #7 | |
Alo | 588,000 | 109,000[10][A] | 697,000 | #3 | – | |
Grace | 486,000 | 110,000[11][A] | 596,000 | #4 | – | |
Everyone | 494,000 | 136,000 [12][A] | 630,000 | #3 | – |
Series 6: 2012
Episode | Viewers [4] [A] | Rank | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
E4 | E4 +1 | Total | E4 | E4 +1 | ||
Everyone | 751,000 | 65,000 [13][A] | 816,000 | #3 | – | |
Rich | 655,000 | – | 655,000 | #7 | – | |
Alex | 733,000 | – | 733,000 | #5 | – | |
Franky | 595,000 | - | 595,000 | – | – | |
Mini | 589,000 | 100,000 [14][A] | 689,000 | #9 | – | |
Nick | 679,000 | 47,000 [15][A] | 726,000 | #5 | – | |
Alo | 610,000 | 67,000 [16][A] | 677,000 | #8 | – | |
Liv | 646,000 | 99,000 [17][A] | 745,000 | #10 | – | |
Mini and Franky | 658,000 | 146,000 [18][A] | 794,000 | #8 | – | |
Finale | 498,000 | 82,000 [19][A] | 580,000 | #10 | – |
Some ratings for +1 are missing as they were not in the top 10 rated E4 +1 programmes for that week. Viewers on +1 typically add 100,000–150,000 to the rating.
* A^ Unofficial overnight rating.
The official E4 +1 rating for this episode is missing as it was not in the top 10 rated E4 +1 programmes for that week. Instead it has been replaced with unofficial overnight rating.
Series 7: 2013
Episode | Viewers [4] [A] | Rank | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
E4 | E4 +1 | Total | E4 | E4 +1 | ||
Fire (Part 1) | 872,000 | 115,000[20][A] | 987,000 | #3 | – | |
Fire (Part 2) | 706,000 | 154,000[21][A] | 860,000 | #8 | – | |
Pure (Part 1) | 499,000 | – | 499,000 | #8 | – | |
Pure (Part 2) | 530,000 | 144,000[22][A] | 670,000 | #9 | – | |
Rise (Part 1) | 547,000 | 145,000[23][A] | 692,000 | #5 | – | |
Rise (Part 2) | 590,000 | - | 590,000 | #6 | – | |
Some ratings for +1 are missing as they were not in the top 10 rated E4 +1 programmes for that week. Viewers on +1 typically add 100,000–150,000 to the rating.
* A^ Unofficial overnight rating.
The official E4 +1 rating for this episode is missing as it was not in the top 10 rated E4 +1 programmes for that week. Instead it has been replaced with unofficial overnight rating.
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- Skins Twitter
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External links
- List of Skins episodes at Channel 4
- Skins – list of episodes on IMDb
- List of Skins episodes at TV.com