In My Skin (2018)

Directed by

Molly Manners, Lucy Forbes

Genre

drama television series, comedy television series, black comedy television series

Country

United Kingdom

Length

2 seasons, 10 episodes

Rated

14

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 37 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A teenager in Cardiff tries to hide her chaotic home life from her friends and schoolmates. Her mother has bipolar disorder and her father is often drunk, so she builds a separate life and a web of lies to cope.

darkly comicrawhonestuncomfortabletenderteenage angstdomestic chaosbittersweet

What happens

In My Skin is a British comedy drama television series written by Kayleigh Llewellyn that premiered on BBC Three on 14 October 2018. The series was initially ordered as a short film for BBC Wales, but this later acted as the pilot episode after BBC ordered In My Skin as a full series. The series stars Gabrielle Creevy, James Wilbraham, Poppy Lee Friar, Jo Hartley, Aled ap Steffan, Di Botcher, Georgia Furlong and Rhodri Meilir. In March 2021, In My Skin was renewed for a second and final series, which premiered on 7 November 2021. The series has received critical acclaim winning the 2022 BAFTA TV Award for best drama series as well as numerous awards from ceremonies including BAFTA Cymru and the RTS Programme Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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