E4 Skins

As usual with any new series coming to the channel, E4 have been pushing this to the hilt. With ads and trailers in every single ad break for the past 4 weeks it was time to see if the product could hold up to its hype.

The answer was for episode 1 at least a resounding YES!. OK so it probably isn't aimed at aging 36 yr old single mums like myself but I really loved it. I read a comment on UnofficialMills about it being an updated "As if" and that was what I was expecting. It was made my the makers of "Shameless" but I think it was a cross between As If and the Hollyoaks late night shows (Let loose and In the city)

The show is set around a group of teenagers from Bristol, The leader being Tony The best-looking, most popular boy in town, Tony's a born leader, always whipping his crew off on a new mission. Always at someone else's expense.
Tony is played by Nicholas Hoult who, if you think you recognise him, was the young Marcus in About a boy.
To go along with the show E4 have a great website where you can watch extra unseen footage of the show each week and they also have a Myspace page.
What makes Skins so unique is that E4 have given everyone the opportunity to contribute to the show. You can see some of the best short films, music, logo designs and fashion designs at www.e4.com/skins. Also check out the winners!



I will definitely be watching the next episode!

1 thing that was annoying about the whole thing was that they had to put Big Brother's Big mouth back an hour for it. Usually Russel is on straight after the catch up show but he was delayed an hour. For that I don't know why they didn't start Skins next week when BB is all over and done with!