Skins

British television series

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2020 The show experienced a resurgence among Gen Z audiences, with TikTok users creating videos and taking fashion inspiration from the character Effy.
2013 Series 7 of the British television drama Skins aired, marking the final series of the show after six previous seasons. This series continued the storytelling about the lives of teenage characters, concluding the narrative arc of the popular E4 drama.
2013 Cassie works as a waitress in London after spending several years travelling around America with her on-and-off boyfriend Sid Jenkins.
2013 Skins Rise airs as the fifth and sixth episodes of the 7th series, serving as the final episodes of the Skins television series. The episode focuses on James Cook's life after the events of the previous series, showing him living in Manchester and working in the criminal underworld.
2013 Naomi Campbell, previously an ambitious idealist, is diagnosed with cancer and struggles with an unstable income in her post-university life.
2013 Effy Stonem transitions from a party girl to a receptionist and later a stock trader at a London hedge fund, eventually becoming involved in an insider trading scandal.
July 1 2013 Skins Redux airs, featuring three individual stories: Skins Fire (Effy), Skins Pure (Cassie), and Skins Rise (Cook).
January 2013 Series 7 filming concludes at the end of January.
January 2013 Filming for Skins Redux concludes at the end of January.
2012 Series 6 of the British teen drama television series Skins aired, featuring a new generation of characters following the narrative structure of previous series.
2012 Original six series of Skins conclude, covering the stories of teenage characters from 2007 to 2012.
October 22 2012 Filming begins for Skins Redux (Series 7), a six-part series featuring individual stories of former Skins characters.
January 23 2012 Skins series 6 premiered on E4, continuing the story of the third generation of characters.
2011 The Parents Television Council filed a letter to the Department of Justice requesting a child pornography investigation into the series, specifically alleging a violation of 18 USC 1466A.
2011 Multiple major advertisers including Taco Bell, Mars, General Motors, Subway, Foot Locker, H&R Block, Proactiv, L'Oréal, and Kraft pulled their advertising from the show following mounting scandals about its potentially inappropriate content.
2011 Series 5 of the British teen drama television series Skins aired, featuring a new cast of characters following the departure of the previous generation.
2011 Skins Series 5 won the NME Award for Best TV Show
June 10 2011 MTV officially announced the cancellation of the American version of Skins, following criticism from the Parents Television Council and loss of advertising sponsors.
May 31 2011 Kaya Scodelario announced on Twitter that she was uncertain about the Skins movie's status, but expressed interest in potentially doing the film.
March 2011 Hodder & Stoughton published 'Skins: v. 2: Summer Holiday', a short novel by Jess Brittain centered on the series 5 cast.
March 17 2011 The fifth series of Skins concludes its run on E4, completing the storyline of the third generation of students.
January 27 2011 The fifth series of Skins begins airing on E4, introducing a new cast of sixth form students including Franky Fitzgerald, Rich Hardbeck, Grace Blood, Mini McGuinness, Liv Malone, Alo Creevey, and Nick and Matty Levan.
January 17 2011 MTV premiered the American adaptation of Skins, a teen comedy-drama television series featuring a cast of amateur actors and young writers.
2010 Series 4 of the British television drama Skins aired, representing a new generation of characters in the ensemble teenage drama series.
2010 Skins Series 4 was nominated for the GLAAD Media Award in the Outstanding Drama Series category
March 2010 Jack Thorne revealed to The Guardian that the Skins motion picture was in pre-production.
March 18 2010 Skins series 4 concludes its broadcast on E4, completing the storylines for the second generation of characters.
February 2010 MTV began filming the American remake of Skins in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, with Bryan Elsley as executive producer.
January 2010 Hodder & Stoughton published 'Skins: The Novel' by Ali Cronin, describing events between series 3 and 4.
January 28 2010 Skins series 4 begins airing on E4, continuing to follow the lives of the second generation cast including Effy Stonem, Pandora Moon, Thomas Tomone, James Cook, Freddie McClair, JJ Jones, Naomi Campbell, and the Fitch twins.

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