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From the makers of the multi award-winning show Shameless comes Skins, the critically-acclaimed hit comedy drama series about the lives and loves of a diverse group of Bristol teenagers who get high, get drunk, get laid and get up for their A-levels. These kids really grab life by the balls and then give it a twirl.
A ratings smash that has been recomissioned for a second season, Series 1 of Skins is now out on DVD courtesy of 4DVD. The show is the brainchild of a young team of writers with an average age of just 22, including Josie Long (newcomer 2006, Edinburgh Comedy Festival), Jack Thorne (Shameless), Simon Amstell (Never Mind the Buzzcocks), The Dawson Brothers (Balls of Steel, Dirty Tricks), and 20-something newcomers, Ben Schiffer and Jamie Brittain, with creator and executive producer Bryan Elsley (The Young Person's Guide To Becoming a Rock Star, 40, The Crow Road).
At the centre of the Bristol teenage scene is Tony (About a Boy's Nicholas Hoult), the most popular boy in school with a manipulative streak a mile wide. Everything he touches turns to gold, but this philosophy-reading hedonist uses his charm more often for evil than good. Caught in Tony's web is his best friend Sid (Mike Bailey), an unconfident virgin who is often verbally abused by Tony, but sticks around because he is in love with Tony's gorgeous girlfriend Michelle (April Pearson).
The Skins DVD is packed with extras, including an ancillary story line for each episode, video diaries from the main characters, the director's cut trailer, and a music video for Gossip's 'Standing in the Way of Control.'
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