While the American incarnation of the UK teen hit Skins is under PTC scrutiny (God help us all), the original series is about to launch their fifth season (or series as it's called in the UK) with a whole new group of wild teens to raise hell at Roundview this time around. This group will be considered the Third Generation in the Skins canon and looks to have no leftovers from the Second Generation aka Effy's Clique, who dominated through Series 3 and 4. The new clique looks to have a high sense of 80s fashion, looking like a Millennial Brat Pack in the process. Is that a bad thing? In two words: Hell. No.
The new cast looks very intriguing with no one spilling over from the last group. All personalities seem fresh, but the 2nd Generation had a whole new dynamic that was different from the 1st Generation. Seems like the same will applied here this go round.
Names for the new group are Franky Fitzgerald (Dakota Blue Richards from "The Golden Compass"), Matty (Sebastian De Souza), Nick Levan (Sean Teale), Mini McGuinness (Freya Mavor), Aloysius Creevey (Will Merrick), Liv Malone (Laya Lewis), Mini McGuinness (Freya Mavor), and Grace Violet (Jessica Sula), and Rich Hardbeck (Alexander Arnold).
Here are two trailers for the new season:
Fantastic, is it not?
Trailer #2
If only BBC America would follow suit and air this series...
Which brings us to the question on the minds of American fans of the original Skins - where is Series 4 for the US?
BBC America aired the first three series of the show over here as well as distributed the Region 1 releases of the show. Series 4
was released on Region 1 DVD on the 11th of this month, with no airdate in sight. We contacted BBC America, but the Head of Programming has yet to get back to us with an official statement on whether or not they will continue to air the series. In light of the controversy surrounding the American incarnation of Skins, it might be unlikely that we will ever see the further adventures of the wild Roundview teens. Unless it's on our DVD players.
What do you guys think?
if series 5 of skins uk is gonna start witha brand new click of kids what about series 4 cliff hanger are they just gonna leave that unanswered