Skins

The first episode of Skins introduces viewers to a gang of friends through their leader, Tony. Tony is good looking, intelligent and ambitious, and he plans to help his best mate, Sid, lose his virginity at posh Abigail's party with the help of some illegal drugs. However, things don't go quite as planned...

Cassie's family and friends are too wrapped up in their own worlds to notice she is not eating and that her health is at risk. Will this change when Cassie gets to know Sid?

Jal has reached the finals of 'Young Musician of the Year' but does her family want her to succeed? Her untalented brothers won't let her practice and her father, who resents Jal's resemblance to her mother, seems more concerned about his younger, pretty blonde girlfriend. Meanwhile, it looks like Sid is not out of trouble yet.

Pill-popping Chris wakes up to discover his mother has left home but given him £1,000 to cover bills - so he blows all the money on drugs and partying before facing up to the fact that she may never return.

Sid is in trouble, deep trouble. His course work hasn't made the grade, he's as sexually frustrated as ever and he can't get his best mate's girlfriend, Michelle, out of his head!

A school trip to Russia provides plenty of opportunity for the testing of friendships as Anwar's religion and Maxxie's sexuality collide.

A distraught Michelle breaks-up with Tony after he fails to own-up to cheating on her with Maxxie. Michelle also faces conflict at home with her latest young step-dad. However, things start to look-up when Michelle meets Josh, Abigail's brother. A jealous Tony is determined to sabotage the new relationship, but will Michelle take him back?

Things get dark this week as Tony's silent little sister Effy goes missing. Desperate to find Effy, can Tony rely on any of his old mates or have they all shunned him forever?

It is Anwar's 17th birthday and his mother throws him a party which would be okay if it wasn't for his disapproving father, embarrassing uncle and mocking sisters. However, the real trouble arrives when Anwar is finally forced to confront the division between his family's religion and best friend Maxxie's sexuality. Meanwhile, Sid has finally sorted out his priorities and goes in search of Cassie.