Back when, four years ago, I was 14 and more than a little curious OF THE WORLD, nothing more. Channel 4 created this great drama, which was shown so late that it achieved an almost cult like following and recieved critical acclaim for it's courageous adaptation of a book that we would only read the naughty parts from.
It revolves around a 15 year old girl, who smokes, drinks and fantasizes over her new friend maria 'sugar' sweet. Kimberley daniels is using her toothbrush as a vibrator, attmepting to get laid to see if she really is gay or not and sugar isn't helping her one bit by her over sexualised image and teasing nature.
Set in brighton, a bohemian seaside destination described by kimberley (through narration, which is also a good part of the show) as 'sin city' and 'sleazy' which I don't know is true or not, but brighton is definitley where the crazy night life is.
I don't know whether it was catching her mother stella fucking the diy helper in the middle of the day, or the crazy relationship she has with her dad and weirdo little brother, that got me hooked; but like so many other people, it was probably the great mature actors chosen to portray these characters adapted from a book on a shelf that got us hooked on the sugar phenomenom.
Get familiar with it, even though it was cancelled due to scheduling conflicts, do not pass it over because of this. With two seasons and 20 episodes, it didn't feel like it was twenty at all. Even though it was shown years ago, I still remember the good bits.
This gave 'Skins' its first breath, and paved the way for more teenage sexual escapades that channel 4 latched onto. Is it too much to ask for a reunion?
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