Chapter 1: What is the significance of the 2007 classic 'Skins'?
Hello, welcome back to the Prestige TV podcast feed. I'm Jonah Robinson.
I'm Rob Mahoney.
We're here with a very special episode of the Prestige television podcast. We're doing a look back at a couple of high school shows that we were thinking about in relation to our coverage of Euphoria season three.
Chapter 2: How does 'Skins' compare to 'Euphoria'?
And today we're talking about Skins UK.
Chapter 3: Did 'Skins' accurately represent teenage life?
very important crucially skins uk we're not doing like a series overlook we are not i wish uh completely mental and watch seven seasons of a television show for one episode of a podcast but we're here mostly to talk about the pilot episode so series one episode one of of uk skins titled tony after tony stoner the titular role The Skins himself, Nick Holt.
Mr. Skins.
Chapter 4: What are the major themes in the pilot episode of 'Skins'?
Mr. Skins, Nick Holt. And we're just going to talk about sort of the impact of the show at the time. There's been a lot of chatter recently where people have been saying like Skins UK was the original Euphoria. But I think you could make that argument on a lot of teen shows because the general cycle of teen showdom is that a new show comes along and people go gasp.
Chapter 5: How do the adults in 'Skins' impact the teenagers' lives?
What? Teens are doing this?
Chapter 6: What role do love triangles play in teen dramas like 'Skins'?
Is this okay? And then rinse and repeat over the generations.
It's almost like being a teenager is about rebellion. What? Who knew?
Chapter 7: Why was casting real teens important for 'Skins'?
I mean, this goes back to, like, there was, like, Peyton Place back in, like, you know, Splendor in the Grass in the 60s. Like, this has been a tale as old as time in terms of, like, what are the teens up to?
Chapter 8: What can we learn from the writing process of 'Skins'?
Skins UK was a show that I watched not originally when it was airing, but a little bit later, I think as part of my, like, Nick Holt completionist phase.
What was your entry point? What really grabbed you by the Holt?
By the Holt. Thanks so much. Like into my Holt fandom or into Skins?
What did you first see him in? And then you're like, oh, I want to see what that guy has been up to.
Well, I saw About a Boy, his debut when he was a kiddo. And I loved that. I was a huge Nick Hornby fan. I love Hugh Grant. I love that movie.
He's so good in it, too.
He is so good in it. And then I didn't see Skins. But then I saw A Single Man, which came out after Skins, in which he plays like... a young, gay, pink mohair sweater-wearing sexpot. And I was like, what happened to the boyfriend about a boy? And I missed this sort of crucial bridging Skins phase. So I did eventually go back.
I have to imagine the reason I went back to check in on Skins was because it is the origin story for... Joe Dempsey and Hannah Murray, who are two big Game of Thrones actors. And so I was just sort of like, and then I realized Dev Patel was in it and Daniel Kaluuya. It's crazy.
So this is part of what we wanted to talk about is that teen shows as these breeding grounds for future stars and all the rest. This is your first foray. It is. Into Skins UK. How was your experience?
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