The US version of Skins was cancelled after one 10 episode season on MTV and now the UK original has been axed as well, after seven seasons.
According to The Guardian, Channel 4 has confirmed that the final season will air early next year in the UK. They promise “a celebration of this truly iconic series”.
Created by father-and-son writers Bryan Elsley and Jamie Brittain, Skins follows the lives of teenagers in Bristol, South West England. It premiered in January 2007 on E4 and attracted 1.4 million viewers. At the time, that was the channel’s second biggest audience (behind Big Brother) for a UK-originated show.
A Channel 4 spokeswoman said, “Skins is a brilliant show which has defined a generation and will go down as a truly iconic, game-changing piece of television but after seven series it is time for E4 to make way for the next generation of the bold, the new and the innovative.”
Here in the states, BBC America aired the first three seasons of Skins, from August 2008 until October 2009.
What do you think? Are you a fan of the original Skins? Do you think it’s time to end the series?
I live in America and the US version was **** but the UK version was ******* gold! I think they should bring it back! It was so raw and intense and sad and happy it was amazing! I loved how every couple of seasons it’d be a new generation of teens going through ****! It was great! So please bring it back!
I was 12 when I watched skins, funny fact my parents are the ones that showed it to me. Alot of my mates loved it to because it described our lives, and no i ain’t talking about the drug or sex parts, but i mean relationship issues, sexuality ect. Skins rlly changed my life. I mean the most overrated character is Effy and everyone wants to be her. Let’s face it, they can’t even if they tried and wanted to, it wont work, I still fail to see why skins is so bad. the USA Version was good to. I… Read more »
I’m 15 and I first started watching skins at 14 as well as lots of other peers at my school in Derby and we all love it and have never found anything like it and we would love to see another few seasons and some even wish to be in it! We all live meet where Jack O’Connell (Cook) grew up and some wish to become at least half as good of an actor as him… we would love it if they launched it again as with new actors and it to be similar to the originals (series 1-6), series… Read more »
want an episode on tony :((
no because he’s a collage but we all want to see Sid
Best show ever, I`m from Germany but watch every season and episodes over and over again even now in 2016. Pls BRING THE SHOW BACK <3 still can't stop thinking about Effy, Cook,Freddie, Cassie….
I’m rewatching it as well! I hope for a season 8. Preferably when effy is out of jail
I really think this show needs to come back! In the uk and states and i know i have alot of people that agree
heyyy omggg i love skins so much i have literally re-watched every episode about 5/6 times!! my love for skins is crazy. EVERYONE LOVES SKINS YOU HAVE TO BRING IT BACK<3<3 #MORESKINS
https://www.change.org/p/jamie-brittain-skins-uk-to-return PLease sign the petition if we get to 500 ! we will be able to grow bigger! were almost there !
Please don’t make this the last, I’ve truly fell in love with skins. I love love love love it. You can’t get rid of something that the nation loves, look at all these comments from all over the country! We love skins!!! Don’t let that be the last. Let our voices be heard! And bring back skins. PLEASE
Please im from Lithuania and i watch 1,2,3,4,7 seasons, season with cook, effie, freddie, jj and other was osum i like it most, more seasons like that please
what about 6