Skins

Jack O’Connell: ‘Eventually the wheels come off, everything explodes’

Actor Jack O’Connell is known for going to physical extremes to show the vulnerability of violent men. But what does masculinity really mean to him? Eva Wiseman finds out

Eva Wiseman

05, Sep, 2021 @5:46 PM

The 100 best TV shows of the 21st century

Where’s Mad Men? How did The Sopranos do? Does The Crown triumph? Can anyone remember Lost? And will Downton Abbey even figure? Find out here – and have your say

Kate Abbott, Hannah J Davies, Gwilym Mumford, Phil Harrison and Jack Seale

16, Sep, 2019 @5:00 AM

How Skins went from teen noir to soapy despair

Once representing British drama at its best, as the storylines got darker it slowly turned into Goodfellas

Rich Pelley

26, Aug, 2019 @12:00 PM

From Skins to The Joys of Teen Sex: the most extreme teenage series ever

House-party hedonism, adolescent vernacular and puberty-based animation – television has a rich history of YA controversy

Sam Wolfson

03, Aug, 2019 @8:00 AM

Jack Thorne and John Tiffany: 'You're the warrior, I'm the worrier!'

After a string of hits, the writer and director are collaborating again but The End of History, a drama based on Thorne’s parents, is filling him with anxiety

David Jays

30, Jun, 2019 @11:01 PM

How we made Skins

‘My son had just dropped out of university, so he joined the writing team – along with every member of his student flat’

Interviews by Rich Pelley

28, May, 2019 @5:00 AM

Name that killer tune: why today’s TV dramas thrive on musical mystery

Original scores are fast giving way to obscure existing tracks, propelling their makers to sudden stardom

Vanessa Thorpe

06, Oct, 2018 @5:00 PM

Joe Cole: ‘I was ready to deliver a kicking’

From Skins to Peaky Blinders, actor Joe Cole has made his name playing rogues. But nothing prepared him for the full-on physicality of his latest film

Rebecca Nicholson

01, Jul, 2018 @6:00 AM

Kiss Me First marks return to TV for Skins co-creator Bryan Elsley

Writer of cult TV show keeps the teenage connection with adaptation of Lottie Moggach’s young adult sci-fi novel

Vanessa Thorpe art and media correspondent

01, Apr, 2018 @12:13 AM

Kaya Scodelario: 'Nine times out of 10, my character is with a guy twice my age'

She’s gone from teenage tearaway in TV’s Skins to working with Johnny Depp in the latest Pirates of the Caribbean film – but, she says, filming wasn’t all swashbuckling fun and games

• Plus: Rebecca Nicholson looks at what other Skins alumni have gone on to do

Ellen E Jones

19, May, 2017 @5:00 AM

Why I love… actor Daniel Kaluuya

I like his smooth, dark brown complexion that glistens in all lights; his smile, which can flash from sardonic to warm; those soulful, expressive eyes

Bim Adewunmi

01, Apr, 2017 @5:00 AM