List of Skins episodes

The following is a list of episodes from the E4 television series, Skins.

The first series of Skins was filmed between 5 June and 23 September 2006, and began airing on 25 January 2007 on E4. It comprises nine episodes, each focusing on a specific character. Following the success of the first series, a second series of ten episodes was commissioned and has now been shown on E4 in the UK.

E4 recently announced that a fourth series of Skins will be produced.

List of series

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Series		Episodes	Originally aired	DVD release date
				Region 1	Region 2	Region 4	Discs
	1	9	25 January 2007 – 22 March 2007	13 January 2009	24 September 2007	3
	2	10	11 February 2008 - 14 April 2008	14 April 2009[1]	5 May 2008	3
	3	10	22 January 2009 - 26 March 2009	30 March 2009	6 April 2009	TBA
	4	10	2010	TBA	TBA	TBA

Series 1

#	Title	Featured Character(s)	Original airdate	# Episode
1	"Tony"	Tony Stonem	25 January 2007	1
It's the day of rich girl Abigail Stock's big party, and Tony plans for his best friend Sid to lose his virginity. He sends Sid for some dope, and Sid overbuys, leaving him to somehow repay £300. Sid seems to be getting along okay with Cassie at the party when she falls unconscious from a sleeping pill overdose. By the time the group have got her to hospital, she regains consciousness again and is fine. The group manage to drive the car into the harbour.
2	"Cassie"	Cassie Ainsworth	1 February 2007	2
Cassie struggles with ominous messages about her eating habits and wonders if Sid is in love with her. She is discharged from the clinic at the start of the episode under false pretences, but by the end, calls them back to confess she needs help.
3	"Jal"	Jal Fazer	8 February 2007	3
Jal prepares herself for the Young Musician of the Year competition while facing difficulties with her family. The angry drug dealer corners Sid. Michelle confronts Sid about his affections for her.
4	"Chris"	Chris Miles	15 February 2007	4
Chris' mother has left home, leaving Chris with £1000. Chris finds himself destitute after spending the money on a party. Cassie asks Sid on a date. Chris turns to Angie as the only person who can help him. After Chris gets locked out by a man in his house the crew figures out that Chris does have a dad. Jal helps Chris find his dad, But when he arrives his doesn't want to see him. Chris runs to his brother's (Peters) grave and he starts to talk about how his brother always used to help him. He leaves a cigarette on his brothers grave.
5	"Sid"	Sid Jenkins	22 February 2007	5
Tony's schemes get more and more complex. Sid faces failing at school as well as his obligations to best friends Tony and Michelle, whilst simultaneously managing to break Cassie's heart. She is distraught and attempts to commit suicide.
6	"Maxxie and Anwar"	Maxxie Oliver and Anwar Kharral	1 March 2007	6
On a school trip to Russia, Tony continuously tries to seduce Maxxie, claiming he wants to try something "new." Anwar falls for a local girl. Chris and his psychology teacher Angie pursue their attraction. Maxxie and Anwar fall out because Maxxie's gay sexuality clashes with Anwar's religious beliefs. Anwar recruits Sid to help rescue the girl from what he think is her abusive father and has sex with her, but the man catches up and reveals he is in fact her husband. Maxxie storms in to save Anwar, and they remain unsure about where they stand. Tony finally manages to seduce Maxxie, unaware that his girlfriend Michelle is watching. Maxxie tells him he could have done better and leaves. This episode was co-written by television presenter and comedian Simon Amstell.
7	"Michelle"	Michelle Richardson	8 March 2007	7
Michelle breaks up with Tony, after he fails to admit to having oral sex with Maxxie. Jal tells Michelle about all the times Tony's cheated on her, and a distraught Michelle turns to Sid, hoping since he has always loved her, he will comfort her. Sid untimely realises he really loves Cassie. Michelle confronts Abigail, meeting her older brother Josh in the process. Josh and Michelle hit it off and become boyfriend and girlfriend, so Tony comes up with a scheme to destroy this. It works, but Tony still fails to get Michelle back.
8	"Effy"	Effy Stonem	15 March 2007	8
Tony is friendless and trying to find his sister Effy, who is being led astray. It dawns on him that it's all somehow his fault. He recruits Sid to help him, and Sid finally stands up to him and tells him that no-one likes him anymore, and Tony punches him. Sid abandons him and meets up with Cassie, who has been following him all night, and she tells him Tony is worried he's losing him. Sid and Cassie finally kiss, but he's left hurting her again, as he goes to the aid of Tony instead of staying with her. They find out that Josh is behind this, seeking revenge on Tony after Tony humiliated him by setting up pornographic pictures of Josh's sister on his phone and sending them to everyone. Tony arrives to find Effy drugged and unconscious, and Josh's friends prevent him from calling an ambulance for her. Josh demands that Tony has incestuous sex with his sister, undoubtedly remembering his earlier humiliation. Tony tries to persuade him Michelle is not worth it, and begs Josh tearfully to reconsider. Josh relents and lets him leave with Effy, where they run into Sid. They take her to a hospital and it is confirmed that she is fine. Tony's parents don't know the whole story and believe Tony gave her drugs. Sid takes Tony out and comforts him as he explains he doesn't want to be the superficial guy with no friends, and there's more to him than that.
9	"Series Finale"	Everyone	22 March 2007	9
Anwar attempts to make up with Maxxie in time for his birthday. Cassie plans to move to Scotland. Sid is on a desperate mission to find Cassie before she leaves to tell her he loves her. Effy is recovering from last week. Tony attempts to make amends with Michelle. Chris finds out his relationship with Angie has a major obstacle. Tony is hit by a bus while on the phone to Michelle. The cast sing the song "Wild World" as the episode ends.

Series 2

#	Title	Featured Character(s)	Original airdate	# Episode
1	"Maxxie and Tony"	Maxxie Oliver and Tony Stonem	11 February 2008	10
Tony is still in recovery from last year's injuries, and everyone is trying to adjust. Maxxie struggles with the youths on his estate and for his dad's approval to become a dancer and leave college to pursue his dreams. Meanwhile, everyone wants to audition for the School Musical. Maxxie tries to comfort Tony as he becomes scared of the world and angry at himself for not recovering yet. The episode ends with Maxxie helping Tony write his own name.
2	"Sketch"	Sketch	18 February 2008	11
"Sketch" is a strange girl, a young carer who is dangerously obsessed with Maxxie. Her schemes to make him fall in love with her prove harmful to not only Maxxie and his friends, also the school production of Osama: The Musical, and a teacher who she claims molested her. Maxxie eventually realises that she's stalking him, and tells her he is gay, but her delusions are not unsettled. She drugs Michelle, and takes her part in the musical, playing Maxxie's love interest. She is sure that when they kiss, it will become clear to him that they belong together. Maxxie kisses her on stage, as the script demands, and whispers to her that "he felt nothing." She slaps him and bursts into tears in front of the audience.
3	"Sid"	Sid Jenkins	25 February 2008	12
Sid is in a state of emotional despair: his best friend and role model Tony has lost his entire personality after Season 1's bus accident, his on/off girlfriend Cassie has moved to Scotland, and now he loses someone even closer to him after a chaotic visit from his Scottish relatives. Uncle Sandy, Sid's estranged mother, two odd cousins, and a cruel Granddad dying from cancer join Sid and his Dad for a spot of happy families. Featuring a performance from Crystal Castles.
4	"Michelle"	Michelle Richardson	3 March 2008	13
Michelle, Chris, Anwar, Maxxie, Jal, Sid and Scarlet (Michelle's new step-sister) go camping for Michelle's birthday. Tony declines the invitation because he knows that Michelle still needs time. After an emotional conversation with Sid about the death of his father, Michelle sleeps with him. Later she opens the gift that Tony had given her before they left and finds that it is a watch, explaining Tony's statement about time. Anwar meets up with Sketch near the campsite and they have sex. Maxxie and Michelle catch them. Sid and Michelle return home as boyfriend and girlfriend, and get caught by Cassie.
5	"Chris"	Chris Miles	10 March 2008	14
Chris has been expelled for numerous misdemeanours and goes to Jal for advice. Meanwhile Tony is improving and learning to swim again after his accident, intent on getting back everything he had. Chris tries to pull himself together, getting a job and becoming a couple with Jal. He moves into a small house, and throws a party, but is unfaithful to Jal when Angie turns up. Jal guesses and they split up, despite his pleas. They meet up again and Chris tries to explain, and they get back together. Jal finds out that she is pregnant. This episode was directed by Harry Enfield.
6	"Tony"	Tony Stonem	17 March 2008	15
Tony goes for an interview to a college where he meets a provocative, outspoken girl who helps him overcome some of the physical issues that he has been struggling with since the accident, such as an inability to run or swim, and sexual inadequacy. The episode is a visual metaphor for several elements of Jungian psychology and was also directed by Harry Enfield.
7	"Effy"	Effy Stonem	24 March 2008	16
Sid and Michelle have broken up, Cassie is sleeping around and the new girl, Pandora, needs help fitting in. It's up to Effy to solve their problems, but can she do all this and finish her art coursework by the deadline?
8	"Jal"	Jal Fazer	31 March 2008	17
The students are busy studying for their exams. Maxxie introduces a new boyfriend whilst Jal wrestles with her secret, overlooking the fact that others have secrets too. Cassie is no help with this due to her new dark side, Chris also has a seviere subarachnoid haemorrhage, leaving Jal in tears at the hospital. This episode was written by Daniel Kaluuya.
9	"Cassie"	Cassie Ainsworth	7 April 2008	18
The episode starts with a montage of the main characters carrying on their lives around Chris, who suffered from a Subarachnoid haemorrhage. Cassie goes to take her final exam, A Level Philosophy, and ends up seeing the real person behind the strict principal after they dance together. Michelle and Tony seem to be 'just friends', both leaving for different universities, Michelle to University of York, and Tony to Cardiff University. Cassie is adamant that she and Sid will have to split when she leaves for university, because he didn't apply, even though they are in love. Jal finally tells Chris about her pregnancy, but Chris is worried he won't be a good father, seeing as his own father left when he was a toddler. Chris' mum comes to see him, but ends up giving Cassie a message for him. After having a spliff and tea with Cassie, Chris has another subarachnoid haemorrhage, and dies. Cassie leaves the flat, and mysteriously ends up in New York City. While there, Cassie meets Adam, a waiter from Iowa, and ends up staying with him. They go out clubbing and dance to the song "Hummingbird" played live by band Born Ruffians. Adam then leaves Cassie a note in the night saying that he has to leave for a while to which Cassie is deeply upset and bursts into a fit of tears. The episode ends with a cliffhanger as Cassie runs through the streets of New York for reasons unapparent as of the end of this episode.
10	"Everyone"	Everyone	14 April 2008	19
It's the day of A-level results, and also of Chris's funeral. The gang have made a pact not to look at their grades til after they've said goodbye to Chris. But Chris' Dad tells Sid that he doesn't want his son's 'junkie friends' at the funeral. So Tony and Sid decide to steal Chris' coffin only to be chased by Chris' father and eventually told by Jal to give it back to him. The friends watch from the hill looking down on the funeral and say their last goodbyes to their friend. After the funeral, the friends open their A Level Results to Anwar's disgust. In the end Maxxie invites Anwar to London with them which he accepts, boarding the bus with them happily, leaving Sketch alone at the bus stop, crying. Tony and Michelle say their final goodbyes and give Sid a plane ticket to New York. Tony and Sid have a tearful farewell and forgive each other for everything that has happened between them over the past couple of months. Sid arrives in New York, searching for Cassie; he is last shown standing outside (either about to look inside or to pass by) the cafe where she is working. The episode ends with Effy in Tony's bed, smiling suggestively.

Series 3

#	Title	Featured Character(s)	Original airdate	# Episode
1	"Everyone"	Everyone	22 January 2009	20
The episode is based around the first day at Roundview College for eight characters. JJ, Cook and Freddie become smitten by the mesmerising Effy, who sets the trio a challenge: Whoever breaks all of the college rules first gets to 'know her better'. Meanwhile, dominant twin Katie arrives at college in style, and walks all over her quiet twin, Emily. Naomi faces up to some old rumours about her sexuality. Eccentric Pandora is dead set on losing her virginity, and has trouble settling in. Cook completes Effy's challenge by having sex with her.
2	"Cook"	James Cook	29 January 2009	21
On Cook's 17th birthday, his mates gather at his uncle's pub for a party that turns out to be boring. They are about to leave when Freddie's sister Karen (Klariza Clayton) calls and tells them about her best friend Kayleigh's engagement party. They then set off to crash the party. Cook's antics get the attention of Kayleigh's father, gangster Johnny White. The night soon degenerates into a brawl. The gang manage to escape, but split up afterward after Cook tries to come onto the girls. Freddie tells him he is tired of looking after him and leaves Cook and JJ to go to a local stripclub/prostitute agency, where JJ refuses to go further than kissing and Cook overhears Johnny White in the next room. He plans to blackmail him, and the gangster antagonizes him until JJ has to forcibly restrain Cook from beating him. Cook realises what he's done when Johhny tells him: "The next time I see you...you're dead." He leaves and ends up outside Freddie's house at six in the morning, and the two share an intense heart-to-heart about their friendship, while Freddie agrees to look after him again.
3	"Thomas"	Thomas Tomone	5 February 2009	22
In this episode, Thomas (Merveille Lukeba) arrives alone in the UK from the Congo. His family are due to join him in a few days, and he has to find somewhere for them to live. He finds an abandoned flat on an estate, but little does he know that local gangster Johnny White (Mackenzie Crook) is his new landlord, and there’s no way Johnny’s going to let him live there for free. Thomas has to fend for himself, but a chance encounter at a bus stop, and a mutual love of doughnuts brings him together with Pandora (Lisa Backwell) and Effy (Kaya Scodelario). They head to Effy’s house, where they find Effy’s mum, Anthea Stonem (Morwenna Banks), has a surprise visitor, her husband’s boss, Steve (David Baddiel). It’s fate for Pandora and Thomas, who hit it off immediately: she takes him to see her Aunt Elizabeth (Maureen Lipman), who has a greenhouse full of cannabis. To pay off Johnny, they sell some at a party, however the party is Johnny's 'turf' and they are caught by him. Johnny challenges Thomas to a chilli eating contest, and loses. Afterward, the gang have a party, and Pandora invites Thomas to have sex with her. However, as they are about to start, Thomas's family arrive unexpectedly, and upon seeing the raucous, drunken party, his mother makes him return to Congo. Before the party, when Naomi arrives, Katie makes comments about her sexuality, and Emily reveals that she kissed Naomi, not the other way round. She claims she was drunk and had taken MDMA, and just felt like kissing someone. At the rave however, she tells Naomi she hadn't taken MDMA, and wants to kiss her now. Naomi walks away, uninterested, but the conversation is overheard by Effy. This episode was written by Daniel Kaluuya -- who played Posh Kenneth in the two first series of Skins -- and Bryan Elsley.
4	"Pandora"	Pandora Moon	12 February 2009	23
Effy's dad finds out about his wife's affair, leaving Effy depressed. With the first and only boy Pandora’s ever fancied having been deported, Pandora is desperate for some fun and decides to throw a party. Unknown to Pandora, Katie adds a high level of hallucinogenic drugs to the cake mixture, which take the party to another level. Effy knows, but hasn’t warned Pandora or her mum Angela (Sally Phillips), who is munching happily on them. Pandora can only look on while her mum’s behaviour gets increasingly bizarre, barricades herself in the toilet, has an argument with Effy and cries about Thomas's return to The Congo. Cook sneaks into the 'girls only' party without JJ, and has sex with Effy in the wardrobe of Angela's bedroom. Whilst having vigorous sex, they fall through the wardrobe to the other side, into the neighbour's bedroom. There, they find a DVD which shows Angela having sex with the elderly negihbour. JJ enters the house in an attempt to get Cook out, and witnesses Emily and Naomi kissing in the hallway. Katie's footballer boyfriend and his team mates turn up to Pandora's house, and the party gets out of control quickly, leaving the house trashed. Katie also sees Emily and Naomi kissing, this time on the bouncy castle. Freddie arrives to get JJ out, and has a confrontation with Effy. At the end of the night, Cook plays "Twister" with Pandora, which was all she wanted to do. In the romantic climax, Cook and Pandora have sex. In the morning, Effy comes back to Pandora's, just in time to see Cook and Pandora sharing a kiss as he leaves. Feeling hurt, she confronts Pandora, who tells her she knows Cook isn't the one Effy wants. Thomas arrives back from The Congo, only adding to Pandora's problems and she sobs in his arms. Also guest starring David Baddiel as Steve, and Harry Enfield as Jim Stonem. Britney Spears upcoming single If U Seek Amy was played in a scene involving Cook and JJ.
5	"Freddie"	Freddie Mclair	19 February 2009	24
Freddie's the black sheep of his family, and seen as a waste of space. His big sister Karen (Klariza Clayton) has ambitions - she’s reached the final of a TV talent show to find a new member of girl group Da Sexxbombz. Freddie despises her lust for celebrity but is emotionally blackmailed into sticking to the story she and their Dad, Leo (Simon Day), are spinning about their dead mother, all to look good in front of the cameras, and thereby increase her chances of success. He cringes at the whole thing. But his Dad is increasingly favouring Karen over Freddie, up to the point of clearing out Freddie's shed and turning it into Karen's studio. If this wasn't bad enough, living in the shadow of the increasingly reckless Cook is becoming too much to bear. When Effy turns up at his shed, Freddie doesn't know what to do with himself. There’s a connection between them, there always has been, but this is shattered when Cook and JJ arrive. Cook proceeds to tell Effy if she's not going to have sex with him she can leave the shed and all Freddie can do is stand by and watch. He feels torn between his family, his friends, and his heart, and the isolation is overwhelming. Featuring a special guest performance from DJ Scott Mills and cameos Javine and Rich Fulcher.
6	"Naomi"	Naomi Campbell	26 February 2009	25
Naomi (Lily Loveless) thinks she has the world worked out, and puts people into pigeonholes: her hippy mum (Olivia Colman); adoring Emily (Kathryn Prescott); Cook’s (Jack O'Connell) insulting misogyny; and her politics teacher Kieron's (Ardal O'Hanlon) flattery. After encouragement, she reluctantly enters the presidential race against Cook. However, it takes a toll on Naomi. After Kieron tries to kiss her, she flees to the countryside with Emily. At a lakeside they share an intimate moment and the two have sex. Directly the next morning Naomi abruptly leaves, leaving Emily devastated. The race comes to a close with Naomi exposing the teachers rigging and awarding it to Cook, who triggers a riot. In the ensuing chaos, Naomi succumbs to Cook's charms and the two share a brief encounter before Naomi stops, saying it doesn't feel right. She leaves, with her and Cook sharing a better understanding of each other and no hard feelings. Later that night, she arrives at Emily's door, but Emily refuses to open it, since she'd been crying. They sit on opposite sides of the door, sharing a serious and intimate conversation. Emily offers her hand to Naomi, who finally reciprocates her feelings.
7	"JJ"	Jonah Jeremiah "JJ" Jones	5 March 2009	26
JJ (Ollie Barbieri) visits his psychiatrist after feeling 'lost and confused' about his life and friends. He is given lots of medical drugs. He finds that Emily goes to the same clinic as him. The two spend some time together; Emily calms JJ down and admits to him that she is a lesbian. She offers advice to help him sort out his issues. JJ and Emily then visit Freddie and walk in on him having sex with Katie. During the confrontation, JJ accidentally outs Emily to her sister. Later, JJ visits Effy. He asks her to stop interfering in his relationship with Freddie and Cook. JJ then visits Cook and discovers that he is sleeping with Pandora. Later, the group goes to a You Love Her Coz She's Dead gig, where Cook is beaten up after getting into a fight with some ravers. Before the chaos Effy and Naomi have a heart to heart outside, where Effy reveals that she knows about her and Emily. Naomi is hit by a wave of relief when Effy states that she doesnt mind if she is gay or not. Cook has taken JJ's pills; they calm him and also make him tell the truth. Cook reveals that Effy loves Freddie back, but she can't admit it. He bizarrely even admits to being geuinely hurt by this as he loves Effy too before admitting to having sex with Pandora, which Thomas overhears. JJ invites an upset Emily back to his house for the night, so she doesn't have to go home and face Katie. The next morning they sleep together; Emily tells JJ it is a "one-time charity event." It is revealed in this episode that JJ is mildly autistic, suffering from Asperger's Syndrome.
8	"Effy"	Effy Stonem	12 March 2009	27
Effy (Kaya Scodelario) is at a low ebb; she’s lost her mojo and life at home isn’t much fun. To cap it all, Cook is no longer the draw he was and she’s unsure of her feelings for him. Katie (Megan Prescott) makes the most of every opportunity to rub in the fact that she's replaced Effy as Queen Bee, and that Freddie (Luke Pasqualino) is her man, and Effy is to keep her hands off. She invites Effy to a party in the woods, but with stipulations: Effy has to drive, and Cook is not welcome. As they head to the party, the car strains with tension, the gang divided by secrets and rivalries. Their paranoid state increases when poachers they meet at a petrol station deliberately scare them. Freddie manages to lighten the mood, and by the time they arrive at the party site they’ve recovered their va va voom. Effy finds some magic mushrooms, and they experiment. Katie's jealousy of Effy returns, as Effy becomes the centre of attention. Amidst the chaos of the gang being high from the drugs, Cook appears, and tells the gang he had been tampering with their stuff, but wanted to join in with the party. The gang unanimously tell him to leave, and he does so. Katie heads off to the woods for a walk after becoming increasingly aggravated with the group. Effy runs away from Freddie after hallucinating from the drugs and bumps into Katie. Katie winds her up and the two have a fight in which Katie slaps Effy and spits in her face whilst holding her down. Effy then hits Katie with a rock in self-defense, and leaves her unconscious. The next morning, the group go out searching for Katie, but decide to head back to Bristol after their search is fruitless. The next day, a search party finds Katie alive, but she needs nine stitches. Most of the group shun Effy, saying she is crazy for attacking Katie.
9	"Katie and Emily"	Emily Fitch & Katie Fitch	19 March 2009	28
Katie refuses to leave the house, so Emily disguises herself as her sister and sits her exam. Emptying out Katie's locker, Emily finds Naomi standing beside her, as Naomi had recognized her. Naomi informs Emily that she'll be spending the summer alone in Cyprus. When Emily tells Naomi that she'll miss her, Naomi gives in and kisses Emily in the middle of the school hall. The two then hastily leave, winding up at Naomi's house where they have sex. Afterward, Emily asks Naomi to the school ball, but Naomi, still crippled by insecurity over her sexuality refuses, leaving Emily heartbroken. Arriving home, Emily comes out to her family. Her father laughs it off while her mother remains speechless, and Katie doesn't back Emily up. The sisters have a heated argument, which leaves Katie in tears. The next morning they reconcile and Emily reluctantly agrees to go to the ball with Katie. Meanwhile the twin's mother runs into Naomi, who came to the house to speak to Emily. She warns Naomi off Emily, denying her daughter's sexuality. Out shopping for dresses, the twins run into Freddie and JJ. JJ immediately reveals he told Freddie about sleeping with Emily, and Freddie accidentally tells Katie, who was unaware. She guilts Freddie into accompanying her to the ball and volunteers Emily to go with JJ. Katie also accepts Freddie's inability to love her more than Effy. Katie, still shocked about Emily and JJ, argues fiercely with Emily about it. She then intercepts a call meant for Emily and meets with Naomi under the pretense of being Emily, where she happily reveals all bout Emily and JJ leaving Naomi crushed. All goes to plan until Naomi arrives at the ball unexpectedly. Katie, furious, starts a fight with Naomi in a classroom, where she reveals her deceit against her sister. Emily overhears everything and a chaotic brawl occurs between the sisters, and for the first time, Emily overpowers her sister. However, just as she's about to punch Katie, she instead backs off and helps her sister up. In front of the whole school, she tells Katie that they'll always be sisters, but being gay is something she can't fix, and tells Katie that she's in love with Naomi. Katie finally accepts Emily's individuality and sexuality and Naomi, touched and no longer ashamed of their relationship, extends her hand to Emily. The couple finally have their sunset ending as they leave the ball holding hands, and Naomi tells Emily that she loves her too. Meanwhile, after a conversation with Emily, Thomas finally accepts Pandora's apology and they start afresh.
10	"Finale"	Everyone	26 March 2009	29
Cook (Jack O'Connell) and Effy (Kaya Scodelario) are in self-imposed exile from the gang; they've gone to stay with Cook's father (Matt King). Effy is running away from everything she's ever known. Unfortunately, Cook is slowly falling out of lust, and in love. Back in Bristol, JJ (Ollie Barbieri) tries to snap Freddie (Luke Pasqualino) out of his depressed stupour; he's down about the loss of both his best mate and the girl he loves. Cook's father wastes no time trying to profit from his son's arrival, and involves him in the village steeplechase, placing a wager that could clear his pub debts, or lose him everything. Cook is vulnerable in his desire to please his father, and accepts the bet, regardless of the potential consequences. Freddie and JJ arrive, forcing Effy to confront who she is and what she really wants.

Series 4

#	Title	Featured Character(s)	Original airdate	# Episode
1	"Xavier"	TBA	2010	30
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2	"Chloé"	TBA	TBA	31
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3	"Abbie"	TBA	TBA	32
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4	"José"	TBA	TBA	33
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5	"Thomas"	TBA	TBA	34
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6	"Callum"	TBA	TBA	35
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7	"Robbie"	TBA	TBA	36
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8	"Daniel"	Ben	TBA	37
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9	"Sebastian"	TBA	TBA	38
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10	"Everyone"	TBA	TBA	39
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Specials

#	Title	Feature character(s)	Original airdate	# Episode
—	"Skins Secret Party Special"	Chris	17 August 2007 (Online)	—
Chris decides to throw a secret party to cure the group's boredom. The episode is only 10 minutes long and was being broadcast exclusively on MySpace (nightly from 10pm to 6am) from 17 August until 31 August. It aired 10 October 2007 on E4. Filmed on location in Bristol, the episode features footage from the Skins "Secret Party", which was held courtesy of E4. Starring Mike Bailey, Joe Dempsie, April Pearson, Larissa Wilson, Dev Patel and Mitch Hewer. The episode also featured Oxford band Foals.

Unseen Skins episodes

Unseen Skins Series 1

#	Title	Main episode
1	"I Mostly Do"	"Tony"
Shortly after Cassie returned from the clinic, she meets up with Michelle. There, Michelle offers Cassie a spliff, but she informs Michelle that she doesn't smoke any more because she no longer does anything that makes her hungry. Then, whilst Cassie and Michelle are walking, Michelle asks Cassie to do a favour. Cassie, without knowing what the favour is, agrees to it. Michelle then tells Cassie that Sid is in love with her and the she really needs Cassie to shag Sid. They then walk in to a wedding clothes shop. Where Cassie suggests that they try on the clothes; Cassie being Tony and Michelle herself. At which point the shopkeeper arrives and asks them to leave. Cassie tell the shopkeeper that Michelle is pregnant and that her man has chosen to do the right thing in marrying her. Cassie then tells Michelle to faint, and for the shopkeeper to fetch some water. She does this to get rid of the shopkeeper and so that they can try on the wedding clothes. They then run out, to the sound of wedding bells, where Michelle complains that they are "the most visible fugitives ever". To which Cassie replies that the shopkeeper was a nasty person and that her New Year's resolution is that "nasty people don't count" and that she is a new person. Michelle tells Cassie that she missed her, saying, "I love you, you know?" to which Cassie responds, "Yeah, I mostly do."
2	"Careers Advice"	"Cassie"
The Careers Advisor tries to find the key to unlock Chris, Jal and Sid's ideal job, with limited success.
3	"Shoot 'Em Up Bang Bang Props to the Hood"	"Jal"
The episode opens with a screen that states that Ace and Lynton are attempting to get a DJ to play their music. It is written twice, once above in Ebonics and below in "proper" English. Ace and Lyton are having a conversation in some form of Ebonics with subtitles in "proper English". They mention a plan to see Stuart Elmore, a DJ with a lot of connections. They then mention that, when they arrive at the station, they need to be talking "proper English". When they arrive at the station, they starting in "proper English", there are now, Ebonics subtitles. Ace then asks Lynton to show the receptionist the mix tapes that he is carrying. Lynton tells Ace that the bag contains a pineapple. They once again mention their motto - "Bang bang shoot em up, props to the hood" (subtitled in Latin), and the receptionist responds with Ebonics and says, "Papoose, he is truly shower". They then offer to perform a demo, which they do. The receptionist says that they are good and then tries to get them on air. She sends them up, where they perform a very long intro to the rap. They then start the rap, but they are cut and thrown out because of the use of a swear word. Afterwards, the receptionist expresses sympathy with them outside, and they sign Lyton's hat and give it to her.
4	"A Friend in Need"	"Chris"
Cassie walks up to another student and asks him for his top, explaining that it's not for her it's for a friend. Anwar bets Maxxie £5 that she won't get it, Maxxie takes up the bet. She eventually does. She then tries to get his jeans, but he overhears and runs off. Then George walks along, Michelle tries to get his jeans. Maxxie bets £10 that she can't, which Anwar takes up. George decides not to. Maxxie says, "Double or quits" to if he can get George's jeans. Maxxie then kisses George and George then gives up his jeans, and to the realisation that George is also gay, Anwar exclaims, "The whole fucking world is gay". The rest of the scenes are from the episode.
5	"Careers Advice II"	"Sid"
Initially, the careers adviser is working on her own application form. She calls Sid for help, but he isn't there. Anwar enters the careers office in a ninja costume. The careers adviser shrugs her shoulder and Anwar asks is it because "a brown man can't be a ninja?" He then performs a routine with nunchucks. The careers adviser is impressed; Anwar asks which gang he can be a part of. The careers adviser tells him that she can't help. Tony's questionnaire says that he can be anything that he wants to be. The careers adviser asks what he wants to be, to which he replies "Elvis". The careers adviser says that she "just wanted to make a difference". Tony asks her if she is "more of a Beatles fan", leaving by calling her a "hippie". Michelle then enters, at which point the careers adviser is under the desk. Michelle’s questionnaire says that she is very good at languages. They then start talking in French. The careers adviser shows prospectuses and Michelle tells her that she wants to go to a university that is far, far away, to which the careers adviser suggests The University of Strathclyde (which in fact does not have a specific Languages course). It instead runs individual language courses.
6	"To Russia With Love..."	"Maxxie and Anwar"
The gang without Chris are at a pub, where they discuss how much money they have raised to get Chris to go on the trip to Russia. Chris comes in a fish costume, Tony explains that he needs £700 to go to Russia, and since he had brought nothing to the funds that all they had was under £30. Chris explains that he needs to go because Angie will be there. Anwar tells the gang that porn star Cathy Barry is in the bar. Maxxie goes up to talk to Cathy to ask which one of the gang she likes. Maxxie returns, saying that she liked Chris. Chris shares a bed with Cathy where he spends a vast amount of time prodding her breasts. Chris tells her that he's in love with Angie and that he feels that he's being unfaithful. Chris explains that he wanted to go to Russia in the hope that a love between him and Angie would start, and that he needs £700 to go to Russia. Cathy offers a cheque for the trip.
7	"The Cat & the Duck"	"Michelle"
Michelle and Jal are in a bar, drinking shots, whilst they are deciding which of their friends is like each of the animal models bought by Michelle's stepfather, Malcolm. Jal is the duck, and Michelle is a cat. They also decide that Anwar is the sausage dog, Sid is the frog, and Tony, is not one of the models, but actually ice - "Cold and Transparent".
8	"Pop"	"Effy"
Effy directly addresses the camera, talking of a girl, who for her whole life drank lemonade and became dependent upon it. Her parents appeased her, to the extent that they ignored her brother who was "a bit stupid". In order for her to rescue him from starvation, the girl drinks all the lemonade in her bowl, and breaks wind that it propels her to escape.
9	"Bye"	"The Last Episode"
Cassie and her friend from the therapy centre discuss all the things she will miss, including Sid.

Unseen Skins Series 2

Unseen Skins series 2 episodes at the official E4 website

#	Title	Main episode
10	"Abigail's Video Diary"	"Tony and Maxxie"
Abigail sends Tony a message, and makes some rather elaborate claims.
11	"Auditions"	"Tony and Maxxie"
Everyone wants to be in the college musical, though nobody's quite sure what it's about. The actress Aimee-Ffion Edwards appears in a non speaking role, presumably as Sketch.
12	"Michelle's Dating Video"	"Sketch"
This video features Michelle making a video for a dating website on behalf of her mother. Some of the traits she list this man must not have are hairy bums, commenting on breasts, weird gnome fetishes or skin tight green jeans. Michelle also states numerous times there must be no ogling of schoolgirls. It should be noted that this video was originally released exclusively on Myspace, however it later made available on the Skins official website.
13	"Anwar and Sketch's Date"	"Sid"
The video starts at an empty Italian style restaurant, with Anwar sat at a table talking to himself, the waiter then asks him, if he would like to choose wine. Meanwhile, Sketch is outside the restaurant, planning to break-up with Anwar. As the date continues, the waiter continually interrupts, and Anwar calls Sketch his girlfriend. They then run away from the restaurant without paying.
14	"Sketch's Video Diary"	"Michelle"
Sketch talks about how if she had a cock, Maxxie would love her. She shows half a picture of Anwar and half a picture of Maxxie and her plan is to make Anwar like Maxxie.
15	"Tony's Nightmare"	"Chris"
Tony can't sleep. And when he does, his dreams are, well his dreams are nightmares. The kind that make you wake up screaming.
16	"Anwar's Second Dating Blog: Sketch"	"Chris"
Anwar posts the second of his dating video blogs, this time the lucky lady under scrutiny is Sketch.
17	"Cassie's Dark Dates"	"Tony"
Cassie feels awkward around Chris and Jal so she tells them she has a date, when she really has no one. She even sends messages to Chris about her "date". Cassie wanders the streets alone for a few hours until she meets an old man. She helps him to his house and then is invited to stay for a cup of tea, but when the old man touches her while they are dancing, she tries to leave but the doors are locked. After she gets the keys, she forgives the man and cooks him dinner. He falls asleep, and she goes home.
18	"A Cycological Romance"	"Effy"
Monday: Maxxie meets a new love-interest: James, who is both gay and a cyclist. Maxxie seems very interested, leaving him a note on his bicycle. Sketch steals this note, later slashing Maxxie's tyres. Tuesday: Maxxie is forced to take the bus, and so leaving a window for Sketch to approach James warning him off on the grounds that: She was his ex-girlfriend and he stalks her (both lies). Wednesday: James tells Maxxie to leave him alone, only to work out Sketch was lying. The next morning (Thursday), James finds his tyres slashed and is also forced to get the bus, meeting Maxxie onboard. They talk and work out that this is all Sketch's work; they decide to start again. Sketch is seen outside looking in with a face of melancholy, as the two exchange names.
19	"Chris's Final Message"	"Cassie"
Chris has recorded a message for Facebook for: "Lord (sounds bad), Lord God, Christ, Almighty, Jesus, you've gotta lot of names, if I were you I think I would be called Almighty," as he decides now is the right time and well "everyone is on the internet these days". Chris tells 'God' that his mum used to take him and his brother to Sunday School and he loved the stories especially "Jonno" and the Whale, who went to Ayia Napa instead of Jerusalem. Chris reflects that his 3 minutes of death was like Jonno being in the whale before being spat back out, as he forgave people. He ends the message thanking God for sparing him and then ending with "They say the good die young. I suppose that makes perfect sense then."

Unseen Skins Series 3

#	Title	Main episode
20	"Welcome to Roundview"	"Everyone"
Most of the gang speak to Doug, the new head of year at roundview.
21	"Last Bus"	"Cook"
You're freezing cold, you've got no money, its 10 o'clock, you call a taxi right? JJ, Cook and Freddie have a different plan.
22	"Wurst Case Scenario"	"Pandora"
Pandora has to get a weekend job because she isn't getting enough pocket money. She is having the "Wurst" time, so Effy saves the day.
23	"The Pact"	"Katie and Emily"
We see the twins when they were nine years old dressed in Spice Girl dresses. But did they stick to their pact? And was Emily always the doormat? Only time can tell.

Character Video Diaries

Also to accompany the series, a series of online video diaries were created for the following characters.

Generation 1

• Jal
• Chris
• Abigail
• Effy
• Maxxie
• Michelle
• "Posh Kenneth"
• Tony
• Sid
• Anwar
• Cassie

Generation 2

• JJ http://www.e4.com/video/yT7QYHA5CFq8vNlPV5gDJk/play.e4

"JJ hits the streets of Bristol and posts his 'magic' diary on rateyourmagic. He wants to improve his magician skills."

• Naomi http://www.e4.com/video/ehYqffqNHt8mz4GOh5Ozlf/play.e4

"Naomi is hungover and she still made it to the student rally."

• Pandora http://www.e4.com/video/TurOMT4MFJnVRxK5JECby/play.e4

"Using Effy's webcam, Pandora sends Thomas a message."

• Freddie http://www.e4.com/video/XiCa3qgn329aGDtLEO2mE/play.e4

"Freddie decides to hijack his sister's Sexxbomb audition tape, with consequences he probably wasn't expecting."

• Karen http://www.e4.com/video/sXlA1hELIOoXLqXZiagHs/play.e4

"Karen's audition for Search for a Sexx Bomb."

• Cook http://www.e4.com/video/nfmwwjQvbP14bXSKb7Uxs/play.e4

"Cookie stars in his very own campaign video smearing his opponent Naomi Campbell and making some bold claims."

• Katie http://www.e4.com/video/O8blKMgYQv4u6juWuMohl9/play.e4

"Katie sends a message to her footballer boyfriend, Danny Guillermo: she's dumping him, but keeping his gifts."

• Emily http://www.e4.com/video/rn3Vd1W9PQEZIyLsL5aGg/play.e4

"Emily has a project: getting her neighbours to get it on.."

• Effy http://www.e4.com/video/eHmFu9wieMh51JjLRyEuqc/play.e4

"Effy sends out messages during a stop in her road trip with Cook via webcam to her brother and mum."

• Thomas

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:

• Effy's Video Diary
• Skins Christmas Special
• Michelle's Video Diary
• Sid's Message to Tony
• Cassie Hearts Sid
• Posh Kenneth Has a Secret
• Sid's Bedside Vigil
• Anwar's Video Diary
• Chris' Message to Angie
• Messages to Tony

It should be noted that although several of these videos bear the same name as a character video diary they are two separate videos.

External links

• List of Skins episodes at the official Channel 4 website
• List of Skins episodes at the Internet Movie Database
• List of Skins episodes at TV.com