Lara Pulver caused quite the stir when she starred in Sherlock last year and bosses are hoping that she’ll bring the same amount of attention to Skins, when she joins the final series of the show.

The 32 year old star is best known for her portrayals of Erin Watts in the popular BBC spy drama Spooks, and Irene Adler on Sherlock, alongside Benedict Cumberbatch but she’s taking up residence over at E4 next for her new role on their teen drama.

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Skins returns for it’s sixth series later this month and we thought you may want to have a look at a little sneak preview.

The teenagers are all set to return in style next Monday, burning their way through an event filled holiday in Morocco but what begins as a hedonistic fortnight before their return to college turns into a living hell. By the time they return to Bristol everything has changed. Friendships fall apart whilst complicated and toxic relationships begin. And there are strangers in the mix who could either save or destroy them…

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Skins star Kaya Scodelario has revealed that she wasn’t allowed to shave for three months while filming for her new movie, Wuthering Heights.

Kaya, who plays the lead role of Cathy in the new movie adaptation of the classic novel, was told she must let her body hair grow naturally so as to make her character look more authentic on-screen.

Speaking to The Sun, Kaya – who’s dating Shameless star Elliott Titensor – said that the order came from Andrea Arnold, who’s adapted the book for the film.

She said, “Andrea told all the girls at the beginning of the shoot, ‘Grow everything’. Everyone was, like, ‘Urgh’.

“I was really impressed with what I achieved in three months.

“We’d go to the pub in the evening and I’d hear people chanting, ‘Get your pits out’. I’d just sit and show them.” Read more & comment »

Principal photography begins today on the new 10 x 60″ sixth series of Skins (July 21, 2011)
E4′s multi BAFTA award-winning drama Skins launches into a sixth series. The gang returns in style, burning their way through a new term at Roundview as new friendships, secret relationships and sexual awakening complicate their already messy lives. Caught between past and present, the bonds between them are tested as they learn what it really means to be a friend, a lover, an adult.

Camilla Campbell, Channel 4 Head of Drama says, “I am delighted that the sixth series of Skins is now underway. Having set up this new set of characters in the previous series, we can now go into more depth as to where their stories take us. With moral ambiguity, high drama, as well as a strong dose of comedy, Skins six will not disappoint.”

John Griffin, Executive Producer added, “We’re hugely excited about the fantastic mix of writers we have for Skins this year, some of whom are first time screen writers. Read more & comment »

‘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 tribulations of different groups of adolescents – has stepped aside to make way for new talent.

Confirming his departure, Jamie said: “I’ve just said everything I want to say. It’s time for new writers to come forward and portray their truth about teenagers.”

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Sean Teale has admitted that he found filming sex scenes for the new series of ‘Skins’ “hilarious”.

The young actor – who plays golden boy Nick Levan in the E4 teen drama – confessed that he wasn’t shy or awkward during filming, because he spent the entire time “mucking about” with the crew.

He explained: “That was hilarious. The day when I had that erection scene, it was just so funny. Half the crew were dressed up in dresses anyway, mucking about. It was just a fun day. I’m walking around with a strap-on on – obviously things are going to get silly!

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‘Skins’ actress Freya Mavor has admitted that she was inconsolable before filming her first raunchy scene.

The 17-year-old star – who plays popular princess Mini McGuinness in the E4 teen drama – confessed that she was already upset when she found out that her scenes would include nudity and things got much worse when her dad read the script.

Freya explained: “The rudest scene I’ve ever done was my first raunchy scene. I cried for hours because I was so nervous. Also, because I’m only 17, they couldn’t have a bloke thrusting on top of me without anything in between us, so they rolled up a camping mat and shoved it in between us. It felt so bizarre.

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The stars of E4′s ‘Skins’ have revealed that their fans are often “disappointed” by the fact that they are all reasonably well behaved in real life.

The teen drama focuses on the trials and tribulations of a wayward bunch of British teens, but Freya Mavor – best known as popular princess Mini McGuiness – admitted although she and her co-stars get naked plenty of times in the series, they wouldn’t do “half the things” their ‘Skins’ alter-egos get up to.

She exclusively told BANG Showbiz: “I think a lot of fans are disappointed when they find out we don’t actually take drugs in real life or do half the things our characters do on the show. Can you imagine if Channel 4 actually gave us crack?

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The new series of ‘Skins’ will reportedly feature the “most graphic sex scene” ever shown on the hit TV show.

Actress Laya Lewis – who plays party animal Liv in the fifth season of the E4 teen drama – revealed that she is dreading watching the the “full-on” episode with her parents, as producers have warned her the finished product is like nothing seen on TV before.

She exclusively told BANG Showbiz: “Put it this way, I will be leaving the room when this scene comes on if I’m with my parents. The producers have already told me it’s the most full-on sex scene ‘Skins’ has ever had. I’m a bit worried to be honest.”

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It seems that as the hit UK drama Skins has proven so popular with viewers in America, MTV have purchased the rights to air 10 episodes of the teen drama.

An MTV spokesperson announced that they would use the UK version as a “blueprint” for the US episodes.

Co-creator of the original Skins, Brian Elsley, will reportedly be writing and executive producing the US version, which will be set in Baltimore, Maryland. Read more & comment »

After ‘losing it’ at the party in episode 2, Cook is up on a charge of GBH but insists on pleading ‘Not Guilty’, much to the frustration of his world-weary lawyer Duncan (Paul Kaye). He’s granted bail but given an electronic tagging order where the curfew resides at the house of his mother, Ruth (Tanya Franks) ….

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It’s been my New Year’s resolution to watch things that I don’t normally. It paid off in Desperate Housewives, but Skins… well, I suspect I’m too old for it.

It’s not that I can’t appreciate the humour, and there’s lot of it, albeit often very dark, but I suppose that my intolerance of it came simply from being of an age where teenage angst is about as important to me as how next door’s cactus is doing.

I’ve been there done that with of course my own years of teenage horror – though mine were far less complex than the characters of Skins – and I then vicariously endured it all with my three kids who are now safely delivered from the clutches of pre-twenty years old hormonal shifts… Read more & comment »

Channel 4 teen drama Skins is being remade for the American audience.

MTV have revealed that they plan to develop the series, using teenagers to write the scripts and casting unknown actors in the roles. The channel said it secured the rights to the show after two years of “intense competition”.

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Naomi (Lily Loveless) thinks she has the world worked out, and puts people in their appropriate boxes. There is her hippy mum (Olivia Colman); the adoration from Emily (Kathryn Prescott); Cook’s (Jack O’Connell) insulting misogyny; and her politics teacher, Kieron’s (Ardal O’Hanlon), flattery. She thinks she has them all sussed, and that it’s only her who can see the truth.

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Freddie’s (Luke Pasqualino) the black sheep of his family, and seen as a waste of space. His big sister Karen (Klariza Clayton) has ambitions – she’s reached the final of a TV talent show to find a new member of girl group Da Sexxbombz. Freddie despises her lust for celebrity but is emotionally blackmailed into upholding the story she and their Dad, Leo (Simon Day), are spinning about their dead mother, all to look good in front of the cameras, and thereby increase her chances of success. He cringes at the whole thing.

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