What is Skins (TV series)?
{{Update|date=March 2012}} {{redirect|Skins|the [[XXXTentacion]] album|Skins (album)}} {{Infobox television | genre = Teen drama | runtime = approx. 47 minutes | creator = [[Jamie Brittain]]<br />[[Bryan Elsley]] | theme_music_composer = [[Fat Segal]] | country = [[United Kingdom]] | location = [[Bristol]] | language = [[English language|English]] | network = [[E4 (channel)|E4]] }} '''''Skins''''' is a [[controversial]] and two time [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts|BAFTA]]-winning [[United Kingdom|British]] [[teen]] [[drama]] about a group of [[English people|English]] teenagers growing up in [[Bristol]]. Mainly ages 16–18, the characters go to a fictional [[school]] called Roundview College. The show was created by television writers Bryan Elsley and Jamie Brittain, and was first shown on [[E4 (channel)|E4]] on 25 January 2007. There are seven seasons with 61 episodes. There are also mini episodes of Skins that can only be watched online. It was also shown on [[Channel 4]]. On 12 March 2009 it was announced on the official ''Skins'' website that a fourth season of ''Skins'' was planned.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.e4.com/blog/skins-news/post/1oeekau7cvjrbgdtt0cmsg/view.e4?comments-range=6-10&anchor=comment |title=skins - 4th series just announced! - Skins news - E4.com - skins |publisher=E4.com |date=2009-03-12 |accessdate=2009-04-19 |archive-date=2009-03-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090316053718/http://www.e4.com/blog/skins-news/post/1oeekau7cvjrbgdtt0cmsg/view.e4?comments-range=6-10&anchor=comment |url-status=dead }}</ref> The last episode was 5 August 2013. An [[Skins (U.S. TV series)|American adaptation]] was made. The remake made in the USA was shown on [[MTV]] in 2011. It was not very popular and was accused of [[child pornography]] and being a bad influence on teenagers, so a second season was not made. It had the same characters as UK Skins apart from Maxxie, who was replaced with