Skins

Nick is desperately in love with Franky, but it's a one-way street. He has no choice but to accept Franky as his friend and nothing more, but his love for her grows with each passing day.

Mini's mum has a pervy new live-in boyfriend who Mini hates with a passion. To makes matters worse, Alo has broken the rules of their no-strings-attached secret relationship and declared his love for her.

Franky is in a bad place - it's the week of her mock exams and she's unable to concentrate of her studies. Her friends are avoiding her, while Jeff and Geoff's attempts at parental support only succeed in making her feel smothered.

It's Alex Henley's first day at Roundview College, but he doesn't seem to be worried about fitting in or making new friends.

Professor David Blood has banned Rich from visiting Grace in hospital and it's killing him. Alo tries to keep Rich out of trouble with band practice, but Rich is committed to his love.

The gang are on a summer holiday in Morocco! The villa may be half finished, in the middle of nowhere and without running water, but they've found a load of weed under the floorboards so they don't care.

Mini befriends the gang to isolate Liv. Liv takes off with a boy called Matty, and they take a day out of reality with no consequences or commitments.

Mini is under threat. When Grace brings Franky into the charity fashion show, Mini sacks them both, and re-imagines the show in her own image to cement her power.

Rich uses his taste in extreme music to keep the world, especially girls, at bay. When Alo finds Rich's perfect woman, Rich is forced to into pairing up with Grace to learn how to chat up girls.

Loner Franky accidentally challenges Mini's position as Queen Bee. Mini plays the long game and Franky finds herself befriended by the girls.

Katie Fitch has a problem. Katie's family's bankrupt, and they've got nowhere to live. And under the strain of it all, Jenna and Rob seem to be headed for splitsville and James Fitch is scared.

Cook is in prison after what happened at the party. He's told by his lawyer that he has no choice but to plead guilty... but Cook isn't willing to accept responsibility.

Emily and Naomi are loved up and enjoying their extended summer of love together. The thorn in Emily's side is her family. Her mother is unable to accept Naomi as anything other than a bad influence, and is keen for Emily to go travelling alone.

Thomas experiences a life-changing event, causing him to question everything - his faith, his family and even his choice of friends.

Naomi thinks she's got her world worked out - but her super smart exterior hides the insecurities beneath, and when the student president elections are announced, it stirs her into questioning what she really wants.

Freddie's big sister Karen has reached the final of a TV talent show. Freddie is emotionally blackmailed into upholding the story she and her dad are spinning about their dead mother, all to look good in front of the cameras.

The first and only boy Pandora's ever fancied has been deported before she's got beyond first base. But her lovesickness has to take a backseat when the Jim/Anthea/Steve love triangle is blown open.

Thomas arrives in the UK from Congo alone. His family are due to join him in a few days - he must find somewhere for them to live so he moves into an abandoned flat on an estate.

It's Cook's 17th birthday, and half the college have been invited to his Uncle Keith's pub to witness a night Cook believes will go down in history.

It's the first day of the new term at Roundview College, and best friends Freddie, JJ and Cook's world collides with Effy's.

Tony's world is a strange one. Isolated and alone, he is desperate to find the way back to himself. He tries to act normal, but bumping into Sid and Michelle at a club sends him spiralling again.

It's been a long road full of tribulations, drugs, petty theft, non attendance and resounding failure for Chris at college. So when the CCTV cameras catch him shagging Buck Tooth in the science corridor, the director calls time.

Michelle's mum has gone and done it again - another new husband. Before Michelle knows what's happening, her manipulative new step sister Scarlett is invading her life, co-opting her friends and offering unwanted advice.

Sid hasn't coped at all well with the fact that his best friend Tony is a shadow of the man he was and that Cassie has moved away to Scotland, where as far as he can tell, she is having the time of her life.

Maxxie has a creepy feeling that someone is watching him. Someone close by. A hot boy maybe? No such luck! Sketch is Maxxie's stalker. She's prepared to do anything to get her man, and if she can't have him, she's going to make sure nobody can.

Maxxie is looking after Tony, but he has his own problems. He desperately wants to leave college and follow his dream to become a dancer, but his dad is giving him hell about it.

Abbud hopes that the gang's field trip to a Canadian wilderness camp can get him some alone time with Tea. Chris lusts after his favorite teacher, but has some competition. Meanwhile, the rest of the gang wait for Stanley to 'pass the weed'.

Stanley steals his father's pride and joy to get to school and avoid failing. Tony talks him into stealing the car again to attend the choir recital that night. Tony passionately kisses his co-star during the recital and then 'gifts' Michelle to him. Stanley gets a kiss that he's been dreaming of, but another call from Tony and a short cut leads to a police chase and a court date.

Cadie's in therapy but it seems that everyone else in her life should be. Dad is completely absorbed in hunting and macabre taxidermy while Mom strives to recapture her pageant queen glory days via reality TV. Stanley is reputed to be her boyfriend but he's so hung up on Michelle that he seldom notices her. The rest of her so-called friends just tolerate her for the drugs she provides. And her apathetic therapists ask her why she's unhappy...

When Chris wakes up to find that his mom has gone for the weekend and there's an envelope with a $1000 on the kitchen counter, Chris starts thinking... Of course, it might just be the residual effects of the Viagra.

Beautiful, self-assured cheerleader Tea has an openly Sapphic reputation among her friends. She can pretty much have any girl she sets her eye on, so why do they all bore her? When her father, a 'made man', arranges a date and it turns out to be Tony, things become increasingly confusing. Why is Tony the only one that can keep up with her? What's she to think when she learns that her Nana has also had her share of girlfriend problems?

Tony has decided that it's time Stanley lose his virginity to Cadie, despite Stanley's feelings for Tony's girlfriend Michelle. All that's required is some spliff. While Stanley acquires the drugs, Tony and Michelle find a party to crash.

Thomas sends his friend Moses (in the Congo) a message about the British people and their wonderful, weird ways. And a song?

Effy sends out messages during a stop in her road trip with Cook via webcam to her brother and mum.

Emily has a project: getting her neighbours to get it on..

Katie sends a message to her footballer boyfriend, Danny Guillermo: she's dumping him, but keeping his gifts.

Cookie stars in his very own campaign video smearing his opponent Naomi Campbell and making some bold claims.

Karen's audition for Search for a Sexx Bomb.

Freddie decides to hijack his sister's Sexxbomb audition tape, with consequences he probably wasn't expecting.

Using Effy's webcam, Pandora sends Thomas a message.

Naomi is hungover and she still made it to the student rally.

JJ hits the streets of Bristol and posts his 'magic' diary on rateyourmagic. He wants to improve his magician skills.

We see the twins when they were nine years old dressed in Spice Girl dresses. But did they stick to their pact? And was Emily always the doormat? Only time can tell.

Most of the gang speak to Doug, the new head of year at roundview.

You're freezing cold, you've got no money, its 10 o'clock, you call a taxi right? JJ, Cook and Freddie have a different plan.

Pandora has to get a weekend job because she isn't getting enough pocket money. She is having the "Wurst" time, so Effy saves the day.

Chris has recorded a message for Facebook for: "Lord (sounds bad), Lord God, Christ, Almighty, Jesus, you've gotta lot of names, if I were you I think I would be called Almighty," as he decides now is the right time and well "everyone is on the internet these days". Chris tells 'God' that his mum used to take him and his brother to Sunday School and he loved the stories especially "Jonno" and the Whale, who went to Ayia Napa instead of Jerusalem. Chris reflects that his 3 minutes of death was like Jonno being in the whale before being spat back out, as he forgave people. He ends the message thanking God for sparing him and then ending with "They say the good die young. I suppose that makes perfect sense then."

Monday: Maxxie meets a new love-interest: James, who is both gay and a cyclist. Maxxie seems very interested, leaving him a note on his bicycle. Sketch steals this note, later slashing Maxxie's tyres. Tuesday: Maxxie is forced to take the bus, and so leaving a window for Sketch to approach James warning him off on the grounds that: She was his ex-girlfriend and he stalks her (both lies). Wednesday: James tells Maxxie to leave him alone, only to work out Sketch was lying. The next morning (Thursday), James finds his tyres slashed and is also forced to get the bus, meeting Maxxie onboard. They talk and work out that this is all Sketch's work; they decide to start again. Sketch is seen outside looking in with a face of melancholy, as the two exchange names.

Cassie feels awkward around Chris and Jal so she tells them she has a date, when she really has no one. She even sends messages to Chris about her "date". Cassie wanders the streets alone for a few hours until she meets an old man. She helps him to his house and then is invited to stay for a cup of tea, but when the old man touches her while they are dancing, she tries to leave but the doors are locked. After she gets the keys, she forgives the man and cooks him dinner. He falls asleep, and she goes home.

Anwar posts the second of his dating video blogs, this time the lucky lady under scrutiny is Sketch.

Tony can't sleep. And when he does, his dreams are, well his dreams are nightmares. The kind that make you wake up screaming.

Sketch talks about how if she had a cock, Maxxie would love her. She shows half a picture of Anwar and half a picture of Maxxie and her plan is to make Anwar like Maxxie.

The video starts at an empty Italian style restaurant, with Anwar sat at a table talking to himself, the waiter then asks him, if he would like to choose wine. Meanwhile, Sketch is outside the restaurant, planning to break-up with Anwar. As the date continues, the waiter continually interrupts, and Anwar calls Sketch his girlfriend. They then run away from the restaurant without paying.

This video features Michelle making a video for a dating website on behalf of her mother. Some of the traits she list this man must not have are hairy bums, commenting on breasts, weird gnome fetishes or skin tight green jeans. Michelle also states numerous times there must be no ogling of schoolgirls. It should be noted that this video was originally released exclusively on Myspace, however it later made available on the Skins official website.

Everyone wants to be in the college musical, though nobody's quite sure what it's about. The actress Aimee-Ffion Edwards appears in a non speaking role, presumably as Sketch.

Abigail sends Tony a message, and makes some rather elaborate claims.

Chris wants to show how much he misses Angie, and cares for the Data Protection Act.

Anwar's in love. His video diary boldly goes into detail.

Sid visits his best mate Tony.

"Kenneth has an ode for Jal."

Cassie posts Sid a message from Scotland.

A very special message from Sid to Tony.

"Black is such a slimming colour."

Seasonal greetings from the Skins gang.

Tony's sister recorded this in his room when he was in a coma.

Cassie's therapy video. She likes things that she likes, but she loves everything.

It's not just about the fresh clothes and loads of money.

Sid heads into final battle with the Danish warlord Wallothet.

Tony takes you on a tour of Bristol.

"I hope you're getting on awfully well. We do not speak of grandmother's bunions."

Michelle explains all about clothes for every occasion.

Maxxie has heard a lot about this interweb thing, and has something very exciting to show you lucky people.

It's dark in Tony's sister's head. Very dark.

Abigail hopes the the people of 2107 are jolly well.

The Skins team answers questions from the community, plus a look at the show’s Teen Advisory Group.

Get to know the actors behind the characters and find out how they became part of the SKINS crew.

As usual, the girls hold all the cards, and Chris is just along for the ride.

After Tony shocks the gang with a tale about a hot midget, Chris tops his story in a way only Chris can.

Stan and Chris search for a lost dog… and anything else they’ve lost along the way.

Cadie helps a clown find his missing nose.

While ditching school in Tina’s car, Tony, Michelle and Chris get an unwelcome “ass-dial” call.

Tea demonstrates to Abbud how to put the moves on a girl.

Tony gives Stan a bruising lesson in the art of self-defense.