Episode 1 (Skins)

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"	Finale	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

[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.

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