Parents guide

At the end of season 1, a character is very nearly forced to have sex with a family member. It doesn't actually happen, but the character does strip down.

In one episode a teen girl uses a bidet to masturbate. No nudity but she squirms and giggles.

A woman poses nude for a painting her breasts are visible.

Effy and Cook have sex in some episodes.

Having sex and losing virginity are frequent topics of discussion. Various simulated sex acts are visible, though nudity is limited. Partial male and female nudity (buttocks and breasts are visible; painted images of female genitals are sometimes shown). Words like "pussy" and "dick" are used frequently. Tony calls Michelle "Nips" after seeing her breasts.

Female full frontal nudity is seen way more times than male full frontal nudity justified by context.

In season 1, not a lot of sex is shown but it is described in graphic detail and frequently.

Season 3 - Cook and JJ go to a brothel and Cook gets a handjob. They then find a BDSM enjoyer strapped to a chair. Very disturbing and graphic.

Mini talks explicitly about how she wants losing her virginity to feel, with discussion of coming and penetration.

Liv and Mini crudely discuss sex.

Arguments sometimes break out among the teens, which result in the occasional punch, kick, or food fight.

There's occasional violence that ends in a bloody nose or a cut cheek, usually fights.

Some fight scenes.

Some dead bodies seen when characters die.

A girl commits suicide at the start of series 4 by jumping off of a club balcony whilst high on drugs, which becomes the focal point of the series. There is blood pooled around her head.

Occasional and sometimes strong

In Season 1 the "n word" is said by a character...

Fuck and cunt are used frequently alongside milder words.

This is a show involving teenagers, so cussing should be expected.

31 uses of cunt throughout the whole show, 13 of which are in series 3.

Skins series 1 has 350 uses of fuck.

Series 2 has 332 uses of fuck and 1 use of cunt.

Series 3 has 433 uses of fuck and 13 uses of cunt.

Series 4 has 260 uses of fuck and 6 uses of cunt.

Series 5 has 267 uses of fuck and 3 uses of cunt.

Series 6 has 506 uses of fuck and 3 uses of cunt.

Frequent cigarette smoking (which is common on British television), drinking (the legal age is lower in Britain), and drug use -- including prescription pills and marijuana (referred to as "spliff" and "skunk").

Season 1 - Drugs are a frequent topic of discussion and are shown being used and abused often in very graphic detail (cocaine, heroin, opioids, marijuana and more).

Season 2 - Hard drug use like cocaine is shown in detail.

Season 3 - Contains frequent usage of extremely hard drugs (shown explicitly).

Season 4 has a ridiculous and quite frankly over the top amount of drug use, especially in episode 7.

Series 5 has the usual wild amount of drugs such as cocaine, pills and molly.

The drug use gets more explicit as the show goes on.

Strong drug use and teen partying in most of episodes.

Various drugs are portrayed throughout series, including alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, mdma, cocaine, pharmaceuticals, psychedelics, and other drugs.

People occasionaly snorting cocaine/mdma, taking various pills.

The first three seasons are by far the most graphic.

No frightening scenes but a few intense and some extremely depressing scenes, especially in season 1 & 2.