Before we even start talking about the first episode of the new season of Skins can we just discuss the opening titles for a second? As per usual they are the best thing about the show, but they’re also artistic to the point of idiocy.
Why anybody would put an opening sequence so shiny and clearly full of effort onto this absolute shambles of youth television is beyond us. They make you think you might be watching something with vague pretensions of quality instead of a braying collection of ingrate arseholes.
Apparently the writers thought that ‘Racism’ might be a good theme to adopt this year and so the girls colour code each other and add the suffix ‘bitch’ to the end of all terms of endearment, for example: “Hey black bitch, hey white bitch.” It’s like a novelty smack-talking chess set. They all seem to be much more fulfilled in themselves though so it’s clearly worth trying in your own life. Skins after all does come across as a manual for good, clean, wholesome living.
Pete Versus Life is a brand new comedy for Channel 4. Let’s be honest – lately, that hasn’t meant much as BBC Two and Four have been getting all the good stuff lately. Anyway, this new series, written by the writers of Star Stories (again, not a great sign) and made by the producers of Peep Show (that’s better) and the series starts on Friday, 6 Aug at 10pm. And we have clips.
Pete Griffiths, played by some chap called Rafe Spall, is a struggling young sports journo and, although he’s well meaning, he often lacks the emotional maturity required to deal with life’s more intricate problems. Sounds like a typical writer to us.
Pete wishes that life had clearly defined rules, like sport. But life isn’t like sport, as Pete is only beginning to realise. Read More >>>
Before we even start talking about the first episode of the new season of Skins can we just discuss the opening titles for a second? As per usual they are the best thing about the show, but they’re also artistic to the point of idiocy. 
