Skins series 5

Skins
Season 5
DVD cover art for the fifth series of Skins
No. of episodes	8
Release
Original network	E4
Original release	27 January (2011-01-27) – 17 March 2011 (2011-03-17)
Series chronology

Skins is a British teen drama created by father-and-son television writers Bryan Elsley and Jamie Brittain for Company Pictures. The fifth series began airing on E4 on 27 January 2011 and ended on 17 March 2011. This series sees the introduction of a new cast; it follows the lives of the third generation of sixth form students of Franky Fitzgerald, Rich Hardbeck, Grace Blood, Mini McGuinness, Liv Malone, Alo Creevey, and brothers Nick and Matty Levan.

Main cast

Actor	Role	Episodes
Dakota Blue Richards	Franky Fitzgerald	All
Alexander Arnold	Rich Hardbeck	All
Freya Mavor	Mini McGuinness	All
Laya Lewis	Liv Malone	All
Will Merrick	Alo Creevey	All
Sean Teale	Nick Levan	All
Jessica Sula	Grace Blood	All
Sebastian de Souza	Matty Levan	7

List of episodes

Main article: List of Skins episodes

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
39	2	"Rich"	Rich Hardbeck	Philippa Langdale	Jamie Brittain	3 February 2011 (2011-02-03)	0.72
40	3	"Mini"	Mini McGuinness	Philippa Langdale	Georgia Lester	10 February 2011 (2011-02-10)	0.741
41	4	"Liv"	Liv Malone	Amanda Boyle	Ed Hime	17 February 2011 (2011-02-17)	0.661
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
44	7	"Grace"	Grace Blood	Dominic Leclerc	Jamie Brittain	10 March 2011 (2011-03-10)	0.486
45	8	"Everyone"	Everyone	Dominic Leclerc	Sean Buckley	17 March 2011 (2011-03-17)	0.494

External links

• List of 'Skins episodes on Channel 4
• Skins at IMDb
• Template:Tv.com episodes