In My Skin (TV series)

In My Skin is a British comedy television series 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 when BBC ordered In My Skin as a full series.[3] The series stars Gabrielle Creevy, James Wilbraham, Poppy Lee Friar, Jo Hartley, Aled ap Steffan, Di Botcher, Zadeiah Campbell-Davies, Georgia Furlong and Rhodri Meilir. In 2019, In My Skin won the award for Best Television Drama at BAFTA Cymru.[4]

In My Skin
Genre	Coming of age[1] Dark comedy[2]
Created by	Kayleigh Llewellyn
Written by	Kayleigh Llewellyn
Starring	Gabrielle Creevy James Wilbraham Poppy Lee Friar Jo Hartley Aled ap Steffan Di Botcher Georgia Furlong Zadeiah Campbell-Davies Rhodri Meilir
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	5 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Nerys Evans
Producer(s)	Sophie Francis
Production location(s)	Cardiff, Wales
Editor(s)	Kate Daughton Paul Forde
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	Expectation Entertainment
Release
Original network	BBC Three
Original release	14 October 2018 (2018-10-14) – present

Premise

In My Skin focuses on 16-year-old Bethan who is trying to hide the truth about her mother’s mental health issues, resulting in a chaotic home life, from her friends.[2]

Cast and characters

Main

• Gabrielle Creevy as Bethan, a 16-year-old school student who is hiding her troubled home life from people at school.
• James Wilbraham as Travis, a gay school student who is best friends with Bethan and Lydia.
• Poppy Lee Friar as Lydia, a rule breaking school student who is best friends with Bethan and Travis.
• Jo Hartley as Katrina, Bethan's mother who suffers from bipolar.
• Aled ap Steffan as Stan Priest, a school student who bullies Bethan.
• Di Botcher as Nana Margie, Bethan's grandmother.
• Rhodri Meilir as Dilwyn, Bethan's alcoholic father.

Recurring

• Zadeia Campbell-Davies as Poppy, a popular girl who Bethan kisses.
  • Leilah Hughes as Poppy ("Pilot")
• Alexandria Riley as Ms Morgan, an English teacher that supports Bethan's creativity.
• Suzanne Packer as Nurse Digby, a nurse at the psychiatric hospital.
• Laura Checkley as Mrs Blocker, a PE teacher.
• Richard Corgan as Tony Chipper, an employee at the chip shop who takes advantage of Lydia.
• Georgia Furlong as Lorraine, an unpopular girl who Poppy makes fun of.
• Jac Yarrow as Jamie, a student who helps Bethan with her campaign posters.
• Dave Wong as Alfred, a mentally ill patient at the hospital.
• Lu Corfield as Head Teacher, the headteacher of the school.
• Ellen Robertson as Jodie, a nurse on the psychiatric ward.

Episodes

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	1	"Pilot"	Lucy Forbes	Kayleigh Llewellyn	14 October 2018 (2018-10-14)
Bethan spends the evening in the park with friends Travis and Lydia, and when Lydia offers them drugs, she pretends to take one. Bethan's mother Katrina washes the car and plays loud music on the street in the middle of the night, so Bethan takes her to the hospital. Travis and Lydia, ask where she was, and she lies by saying she was seeing a production of Chicago.. While climbing up a rope in PE, Bethan begins to bleed from her period, and Stan points it out and embarrasses her. She later visits her mother in hospital, and Katrina has a manic episode and blames Bethan for being sectioned. She calls her grandmother Margie, who promises to visit her and Katrina.
2	2	"Episode 2"	Lucy Forbes	Kayleigh Llewellyn	29 March 2020 (2020-03-29)
Bethan's poem is published in a poetry anthology, and she realises she wants to write a book. Margie asks if she wants to live with her rather than her drunk dad Dilwyn, but she declines. Disruptive classmate Stan slaps Bethan in the face with a tuna sandwich, and the pair get a detention from Mrs Blocker. While in detention, she receives a call saying her mother is dead. She races to the hospital, where she learns that a mentally ill patient found her number and tricked her. After she leaves, she meets classmate Poppy, and rather than telling her about her parents, she says her grandmother is ill. When she returns home, Dilwyn is drunk and has thrown a party, so Bethan leaves. She receives a text from Poppy, who asks when she can see Bethan again.
3	3	"Episode 3"	Lucy Forbes	Kayleigh Llewellyn	29 March 2020 (2020-03-29)
Bethan makes an effort to look nice for school by wearing makeup and straightening her hair, but is pulled in by Mrs Blocker for breaking school rules. While taking the makeup off in the toilets, Poppy sees her and invites Bethan to sit with her in English class, and invites her to revise with her after school. While walking out, Stan makes homophobic remarks about the two, and they insult him and run away. She goes home during a free period, and finds her mum home. She goes missing, and Bethan finds her hovering at a cash machine. When Margie turns up at the house, Bethan gets her to look after Katrina while she goes to Poppy's house. Lydia celebrates her birthday with Travis, and when they ask where Bethan is, she tells them she's in A&E with her dad. Lydia gets drunk, and is taken home by Tony Chippy. After falling asleep with Poppy, she gets up to leave, waking her. Poppy reveals she is dating classmate Jamie. She leaves, and returns home to find Katrina has been tied to a radiator by Dilwyn.
4	4	"Episode 4"	Lucy Forbes	Kayleigh Llewellyn	29 March 2020 (2020-03-29)
Bethan's English teacher, Ms Morgan, turns up at her house and questions why she did not show up for an exam. Bethan tells her that she was ill, and that she wants to resit the exam. At school, Bethan kisses Poppy. Poppy later asks to see her, where she tells Bethan that she is not a lesbian, and does not want Bethan to ruin her chance of being head girl. In retaliation, she applies to be head girl. Dilwyn takes Katrina out for the day. He drives her to the edge of a cliff, and when she asks to go home, he tries to drive the both of them over the edge, until she gets control of the steering wheel.
5	5	"Episode 5"	Lucy Forbes	Kayleigh Llewellyn	29 March 2020 (2020-03-29)
Bethan enlists Travis and Peter's help to run a campaign for head girl, and Lorraine, former best friend of Poppy, shows her support. Bethan reconciles with Lydia, and alongside Travis, the three confront Tony Chippy and his wife about him sleeping with Lydia. Bethan makes her campaign speech, and to her surprise, is voted head girl. Poppy, who is deputy head girl, pretends to be happy for Bethan, and says that she can now concentrate on her Duke of Edinburgh project. After school, Bethan goes to visit Katrina in the hospital and tells her about winning head girl. She dances with the patients, but stops when she realises Poppy, who is there for her project, is watching her.

Awards and nominations

Year	Organisation	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
2019	BAFTA Cymru	Best Television Drama	In My Skin	Won	[5]
2019	BAFTA Cymru	Best Actress	Gabrielle Creevy	Won	[5]
2020	RTS CYMRU Wales	Industry	Expectation Entertainment	Won	[6]

References

1. "BBC Three and BBC Wales confirm brand new comedy series In My Skin". BBC Media Centre. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
2. "BBC orders a dark comedy about a teen and her mentally ill mum". Chortle. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
3. "BBC3 takes In My Skin to series". C21media. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
4. "In My Skin: Bafta Cymru award-winning dark comedy series". PressParty. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
5. "Winners announced for 2019 British Academy Cymru Awards". BAFTA Cymru. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
6. @RTSCymruWales (27 February 2020). "Expectation Entertainment have excelled in the Drama category! The BBC Three & BBC Wales coming of age story "In My Skin" takes the final award of a hugely memorable evening. 🎉 Llongyfarchiadau, @ExpectationEnt1! #RTSCymruAwards, in partnership with @WeAreWhisperTV" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

External links

• In My Skin on IMDb