Skins

Tonys a smart kid. So smart he believes that he can get his best mate Sid laid... and make a profit.

How can Jal come within an ace of winning the Young Musician of the Year competition in the face of total indifference of all those around her?

Sids in trouble. Deep trouble. His coursework hasnt made the grade, hes grounded, and as sexually frustrated as ever. Will Sid buckle down and focus on his future or will he continue to be hypnotized by his best friends girlfriend?

Times up for Tony. His girlfriend Michelle just isnt going to take it anymore. Nor is she going to take her mums latest husband Malcolm; toy boy, business failure and serial idiot to boot.

Its taken quite a lot of time and effort for everyone to fall out with each other. But theyve worked at it and they certainly arent in the mood for apologies. Anwars crazy birthday party offers a chance for scores to be settled.

Maxxie has a creepy feeling that someone is watching him. Someone close by. A hot boy maybe? No such luck! Sketch is Maxxies stalker. Shes prepared to do anything to get her man, and if she cant have him, shes going to make sure nobody can.

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

Tonys 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.

Jal has a secret so big, she cant tell anyone until she works out what to do about it. But as revision, music school auditions and needy best friends press down on her, the secret starts to leak out.

Its the day of the A-Level results, and also a day of great sadness.

Its Cooks 17th birthday, and half the college have been invited to his Uncle Keiths pub to witness a night Cook believes will go down in history.

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

Naomi thinks shes 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.

Effys lost her mojo. Mindless sex with Cook no longer satisfies her and things in the Stonem household are becoming intolerable.

Outlaws Cook and Effy are running wild, clinging to each other and blocking out the rest of the world by getting totally off their faces.

Emily and Naomi are loved up and enjoying their extended summer of love together. The thorn in Emilys 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.

Katie Fitch has a problem. Katies familys bankrupt, and theyve 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.

JJ is in love. Lara Lloyd is sweet perfection and hes smitten. But JJ thinks shes way out of his league and lacks the courage to ask her out.

With A-level results in for most of the gang, thoughts about the past and the future are on their minds.

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

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.

Sick of his constant partying and wild ways, Alos parents take him out of college and get him to buckle down on the farm. Alo rebels and has a party that ruins the farm, hoping this will show his parents that they cant keep him trapped there.

Its the day of Rich and Graces wedding and the fractured gang try and make it a happy day but theyre at each others throats.

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

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

Nick is desperately in love with Franky, but its 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.

Alone and forced to face up to the choices shes made, Liv discovers that shes not as strong as she thought she was.

Its the end of an era. Everyones futures hang in the balance as Franky struggles to confront her past.

Effy finds herself playing with fire.

Cassie finds a way of staying pure to herself - but at a high cost.

Cook gets more than he bargained for from the women in his life. They have varying expectations of him but Cook rises to their challenges - to explosive effect.