Skins

The Hot 100 2011 - No. 56: Freya Mavor

Moving on after being Mini McGuinness in Skins

16 Dec 2011

All good things, they say, must come to an end. So with the Skins policy of changing casts every two series, Freya Mavor may well be currently filming her final scenes of the popular E4 show. ‘I feel petrified of leaving my baby behind,’ Edinburgh’s…

Interview: Kaya Scodelario on Skins, Wuthering Heights and Now Is Good

Former star Skins takes lead in Andrea Arnold's Wuthering Heights

21 Oct 2011

You were in line to work with Red Road and Fish Tank director Andrea Arnold on Wuthering Heights, yet you missed your first audition for the role? How come? ‘I was incredibly nervous about doing a period drama. I thought that to play period you had…

Skins star's sex scene fun

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25 Feb 2011

Sean Teale found his 'Skins' sex scenes "hilarious". The actor - who plays golden boy Nick Levan in the E4 teen drama - admitted he didn't find the particularly embarrassing scenes awkward at all, because he spent the entire time "mucking about" with…

Skins to be axed

TV Gossip

7 Mar 2012

'Skins' has been axed. The E4 teen drama - which stars Will Merrick (Alo Creevey) and Freya Mavor (Mini McGuinness) - will go out with a bang with three special two-hour episodes to be screened next year, but the current sixth series will reportedly…

No sex, drugs and rock and roll for Skins cast

TV Gossip

26 Jan 2011

'Skins' fans are often "disappointed" when they find out the cast are actually straight-laced. While the E4 show focuses on the trials and tribulations of a wayward bunch of British teens, Freya Mavor - who plays popular princess Mini McGuiness…

Skins series 6 to be 'very violent'

TV Gossip

12 Jan 2012

The sixth series of 'Skins' is set to be "very violent" and "gritty". Jessica Sula - who plays Grace Violet in the E4 teen drama - revealed the forthcoming season is set to push the boundaries "much more" than the fifth series did, and she thinks…

Freya Mavor's Skins tears

TV Gossip

21 Feb 2011

'Skins' star Freya Mavor "cried for hours" before her first raunchy scene. The 17-year-old actress - who plays popular princess Mini McGuinness in the E4 teen drama - explained while she was already upset when she learnt that she would have to get…

Skins to include 'most graphic sex scene ever'

TV Gossip

20 Jan 2011

The new series of 'Skins' is to feature the "most graphic sex scene" ever. Actress Laya Lewis - who plays party animal Liv in the fifth season of the E4 teen drama - admitted she is terrified at the prospect of watching the "full-on" episode with her…

Freya Mavor: Skins storylines were hard to deal with

TV Gossip

24 Jan 2012

Freya Mavor found it "hard" to deal with some of the storylines in the sixth series of 'Skins'. The 18-year-old star - who plays Mini McGuinness in the E4 teen drama - was "quite scared" when she read some of the plot lines because she has grown so…

Skins series 6 promises 'high drama'

TV Gossip

21 Jul 2011

The sixth series of 'Skins' will feature "moral ambiguity, high drama and comedy". The E4 teen drama - which begins filming today (21.07.11) - will be written by a team of young British writers and teen contributors including Danny Brocklehurst…

DVD round-up: The Governor, Skins Series Five, Being Human, Jack Rosenthal at the BBC and Traffik

18 Apr 2011

The Governor ●●●● features a curious performance from Janet McTeer, just four years before her 1999 Oscar nomination for Tumbleweeds. In the first season of Lynda La Plante’s excellent prison drama, she switches between giggling schoolgirl and feisty…

Skins' future in doubt

TV Gossip

5 Apr 2011

'Skins' co-creator Jamie Brittain has quit the show after ratings the fell by half. The future of the E4 drama is said to be in doubt now that the screenwriter - who in 2007 helped launched the controversial show which follows the trials and…

Kelly Brook excited about Skins role

TV Gossip

6 Feb 2011

Kelly Brook is excited about her role in teen drama 'Skins'. The 31-year-old model-and-actress is a huge fan of the E4 teen drama so was delighted to be given a small part playing sexy fitness instructor Jemima. She said: "I don't watch much TV…

Skins cast bonded through nudity

TV Gossip

28 Jan 2011

The new 'Skins' cast bonded over getting naked. Sebastian De Souza - who plays mysterious Matty in the E4 teen drama - joked that the eight new cast members formed friendships so quickly, they ended up missing work because they were "having massive…

Exposure: Unicorn Kid

2 Apr 2009

At just 17, Leith-dwelling wonder-boy Oli Sabin, aka Unicorn Kid, has already had more than a million MySpace users tuning in to his manic brand of pop-eyed toy box techno. He played the London and Glasgow launch parties of teen TV drama Skins, and has…

Profile - Dev Patel

22 Jan 2009

Name Dev Patel Born London. April 1990 Background Raised in Harrow, Dev turned to drama when his exuberance got him into trouble at school. He was a natural, performing in a school production of Twelth Night. Indeed, drama was the only subject…

Lineup grows at Edinburgh Television Festival

31 Jul 2008

This year’s Edinburgh International Television Festival continues to attract some of the small screen’s biggest names and influences. The latest speakers to be announced include Father Ted writer and director Graham Linehan, PR guru Max Clifford and…

Channel 4 series Skins to host arena at Rock Ness

17 Mar 2008

Rock Ness has announced there will be a Skins Live arena at the Scottish music festival this year. The arena is a collaboration between Channel 4 and the festival, with the popular drama series playing host to thousands of music fans in their own…

Remote Control

14 Feb 2008

The internet is a wonderful, wonderful place. Where else can you tap a few buttons and see men lip-synching to Romanian hit songs or witness dogs interfering with cats or watch a yardful of hardnut prisoners do the ‘Thriller’ dance or gasp in amazement…

Remote Control - TV round-up

Brian Donaldson finds that comedy-drama is often a

29 Jan 2007

There are few things on British TV more comedic and dramatic than Johnny Vegas’ shape. Showing that he has a lot of guts, the northern funnyman graces Benidorm (STV, Thu 1 Feb, 10pm - 3 stars) with a full frontal exposé of his plentiful girth after…