Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #303 in DVD
• Released on: 2008-05-05
• Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
• Formats: Box set, PAL
• Number of discs: 6
• Running time: 750 minutes

Synopsis
Channel 4's critically-acclaimed drama follows the angst-ridden lives of its teenage characters, as they grapple with issues of race, religion, sexuality, drugs, and eating disorders. SKINS' portrayal of these characters as poster children of the hedonistic lifestyle is unflinching in its candour. Expect plenty more bitching, backstabbing, and general bad behaviour in this, the complete first and second series of the smash hit show.

Amazon.co.uk Synopsis

Skins: the critically acclaimed drama about a group of pill popping, dope smoking, off the rails 17-year-olds, that's a mixture of humorous, heartbreaking and sometimes shocking stories.

Tony, the most popular boy in town, a born leader, he likes a laugh and always at someone else's expense - that was until he got hit by a bus and ended up in intensive care for six months.

Sid, forever lusting after his best mate Tony's gorgeous girlfriend and even when he does fall for the total nutty but adorable and single Cassie, she moves to Scotland.

Michelle, quick witted and stunning she keeps everyone on their toes, except for Tony who runs rings around her, but would she really have it any other way?

Chris, the original party animal, always game for a laugh, he doesn't need a family or a home as long as he has something to smoke, pop, screw and rob.

Super bright and sharp Jal, Michelle's best friend, and talented classical clarinet player. But does that make her boring? Maybe it's time she let her hair down.

Maxxie, the school sweetheart, can have any boy he wants and he wants most of them. He dreams of escaping Bristol to follow his passion of dancing.

Anwar's family want him to study the Koran. Anwar likes tequila, dope, pills and breasts. End of.

Tony's little sister Effy tends to keep her mouth shut, but gets up to more than anyone would care to know about, and she knows how to get what she wants too.

Dead posh, pretty and pumped full of prescription medication, Abigail, Michelle's nemesis, lives in a world of imported carpets, private school and constant therapy.

Posh Kenneth offers us a rare mix of upper crust elocution and street bangin' language. What no-one knows is that the Big K is a big hit with the ladies too.

Sketch dreams only of Maxxie and in her world dreams do come true. Even if you have to force them a little.

Customer Reviews

Skins - More than meets the eye
Skins is a program that has been subjected to the cruel category of teen drama. Teen drama, for sure, is not an attribute that bodes well - with simple story arcs and 1 dimensional characters, it is easy to see why they are relegated for compulsive pre-pubescents trying to be 'cool'.

Skins is a 'don't judge a book (or show) by it's cover' scenario, it's inevitable you will have heard of it - personifying a generation is one of it's surprising cultural impacts. Don't be fooled by tales of it's blinkered approach to sex and drugs; Skins is carefully crafted. Each story is delicately written, showing aspects of sympathy and rationality - while getting the story effortlessy through it's next arc.

So when the parties and drugs do come along, they seem like just another part of the show, they are not played up or unrealistic but meticulously thought out and never over indulgent.

But all this would fall flat without characters to guide and shape Skins. The cast is made of mainly of novices, for who Skins is their filming debut but they pull it off amazingly. Each portrayal is perfect and you cannot imagine being pulled off so artfully by anyone else.

Overall Skins is a masterpiece, a product of its generation - with writers as young as 18 it never ceases to be relevant to young people today, or interesting to older members of society. Its impact on culture is amazing and is sure to be talked about and referenced to for sometime in the near future.

Best Series I Have Ever Seen
This show is just phenomenal and every episode with it's twists and turns and lighter comedy moments undercut with darker stories leaves the viewer feeling they have been on a televisual rollercoaster ride with the young teen gang.Oh and what a gang they are!

Leader of the gang Tony (Nicholas Hoult) is superb as the manipulative leader that makes things happen. Nicholas Hoult is a top young acting talent and I am sure it won't be long before he's back burning up our screens. Full marks to the others especially Hannah Murray who plays Cassie, Mitch Hewer who plays Maxxie and Joe Dempsey who plays Chris and the rest. It really is hard to single out the best performance after Nick as Tony.

If you have never seen Skins before then the two box set is the only way to go. Each episode is sort of stand alone concentrating on one of the main characters but there are also continuing threads and some surreal moments. Best way to enjoy Skins is to suspend beleif as to whether you are witnessing a dream sequence or reality and go with the flow that way you will soon understand where it's coming from.

Sadly the producers have decided to go with a completely fresh cast for series 3 but they will have some way to go to top this lot. Television doesn't get any better