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Michelle (Skins Series 1)
"Michelle" is the seventh episode of the first series of the British teen drama Skins. It was written by Bryan Elsley and directed by Minkie Spiro. It premiered on E4 on 8 March 2007. It is told from the point of view of one of the main character Michelle Richardson. Plot Michelle breaks up with Tony for not confessing to cheating on her with Maxxie. Despite their argument, Tony is confident that she will eventually forgive him. Later, Angie attempts to avoid Chris by hiding in a broom cupboard where she finds Michelle, drunk on vodka. The two have coffee and Michelle confides in her about her woes. Chris finds them and Angie agrees to give them both a ride home. After dropping off Michelle, Angie attempts to end her affair with Chris but they end up having sex in her car. At Michelle's home, her mother, Anna, dismisses her problems while her stepfather, Malcolm, criticizes Michelle. At school, Tony reads aloud an essay about the role of sex in relationships, embarrassing M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skins (British TV Series)
''Skins'' is a British teen comedy drama television series that follows the lives of a group of teenagers in Bristol, South West England, through the two years of sixth form. Its controversial story-lines have explored issues like dysfunctional families, mental illness (such as depression, eating disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, and bipolar disorder), adolescent sexuality, gender, substance abuse, death, and bullying. Each episode generally focuses on a particular character or subset of characters and the struggles they face in their lives, with the episodes named after the featured characters. The show was created by father-and-son television writers Bryan Elsley and Jamie Brittain for Company Pictures, and premiered on E4 on 25 January 2007. ''Skins'' went on to be a critical success as well as a ratings winner and has developed a cult following. It has since been considered revolutionary, and continues to draw appraisal for its depiction of problems that Briti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Miles (Skins)
Christopher "Chris" Miles is a fictional character in the British teen drama '' Skins'', portrayed by Joe Dempsie. Characterisation Chris's character was initially portrayed as being very into pills and as being something of a hedonist, but at the same time had other layers to his personality. According to the official ''Skins'' website, he will "smoke/screw/rob/snort anything". He is very keen on going to his psychology lessons as he has feelings for his teacher, Angie, who is described as being "out of this world" in Chris's eyes. He later enters a relationship and falls in love with Jal. Jal gets pregnant late in the second series but does not keep the baby. He is also shown as having possessed a great admiration of his late older brother and feels like he cannot compare to him. In his profile on E4's website, he says that he enjoys listening 1970s emo music and the pop of the 1980s, and that he doesn't like TV at all; he considers it as " .. box with images in...". Chris died ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Dempsie
Joseph Maxwell Dempsie (born 22 June 1987) is an English actor, best known for his roles as Chris Miles in the E4 teen comedy-drama '' Skins'' (2007–2008) and Gendry Baratheon in ''Game of Thrones'' (2011–2013; 2017–2019). Dempsie's earlier acting credits include the medical dramas ''Peak Practice'' (2000), ''Doctors'' (20012003), and ''Sweet Medicine'' (2003), as well as the films ''One for the Road'' and '' Heartlands'' (2003). He also appeared in ''This is England '86'' (2010) and ''This is England '90'' (2015), ''Born and Bred'', a BBC documentary-drama about Tony Martin, and as the villainous John in ''The Fades'' (2011). Early life Joseph Maxwell Dempsie was born in Liverpool on 22 June 1987. His Scottish father was a social worker. He grew up in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire. He received his acting training from the Central Junior Television Workshop in Nottingham, and was also educated at The West Bridgford School. Career Dempsie has been the voice of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitch Hewer
Mitchell Scott Hewer (born 1 July 1989) is an English actor, best known for the role of Maxxie Oliver in the E4 teen drama '' Skins''. He has also starred in'' Britannia High'' as the all-round talent Danny Miller. Career In 2007, Hewer was cast as Maxxie Oliver in the teen drama, '' Skins''. He appeared on the cover of the March and October 2007 issues of gay magazine ''Attitude'', as part of a "Gays on TV" feature which included stars from ''Skins'', ''Hollyoaks'', ''Coronation Street'' and '' Shameless''. He also appeared nude in the June 2008 issue of ''Cosmopolitan'' in aid of testicular cancer research. Hewer starred in the music drama ''Britannia High'', in the role of Danny Miller. He also appears on the ''Britannia High'' soundtrack. He also appeared on the popular ITV and ITV2 shows '' Xtra Factor'', '' This Morning'', '' Richard and Judy's New Position'' and on the BBC comedy show ''Never Mind the Buzzcocks'' alongside team captain Davina McCall and singer Alesha Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jal Fazer
Jalander "Jal" Fazer is a fictional character in the television series '' Skins'' portrayed by Larissa Wilson. Characterisation Jal is described by the official ''Skins'' website as "super bright and the most talented young clarinet player in the country". The daughter of fictional celebrity Ronny Fazer, she is easily the most affluent of all of her friends, of whom she is closest to Michelle Richardson and Chris Miles. As a highly talented and intellectual teenager, she defies various stereotypes. Her school is quick to take pride in (and responsibility for) her success, despite carrying little interest in the naturally gifted Jal. She is very straightforward and self-aware, and has contempt for her brothers' fake "ghetto" personas as well as Tony Stonem's poor treatment of Michelle, and the way in which Sid Jenkins ignores Cassie. Despite this, she can occasionally come across as something of a goody-goody, as several characters occasionally point out her preference for her cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larissa Wilson
Larissa Hope Wilson (born 5 May 1989) is an English actress best known for her role as Jal Fazer in the first two series of the UK television series '' Skins''. Career In February 2008, Wilson guested at the Shockwaves NME Awards alongside fellow ''Skins'' actor Nicholas Hoult to present singer Kate Nash with the award for Best Solo Artist. In July 2008, she appeared in an episode of ''Holby City'' playing the part of Rebecca Webster. She reunited with ''Skins'' costar April Pearson in the 2009 film '' Tormented''. In 2011, she played Iris Bassey in the BBC television programme ''Shirley''. Also in 2011, she played as Anita in the BBC television programme The Sparticle Mystery but was only featured for the first series. In 2012, she guest starred in the first episode of ITV mini-series '' The Town''. She is currently retired, but made a brief comeback in 2020 for a voice role. In 2020, she starred in the BBC Sounds BBC Sounds is a Closed platform, walled garden stream ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Stonem
Anthony "Tony" Stonem is a fictional character from the British television series '' Skins''. He is the protagonist of the first seasons. Portrayed by Nicholas Hoult, the character was created by Bryan Elsley; Tony was the series' central character in its first and second season, from 2007–2008. In the first series finale, he is hit by a bus, leading to a trauma-related subplot in the second series. The character is considered an antihero, and in some respects his actions are very antagonistic due to his antisocial tendencies. However, this changes in the second series after he becomes a victim of a subdural hematoma and, as a result, becomes more vulnerable. Hoult, along with the other starring actors of the first two series, departed the show after its second season. The character was subsequently alluded to in episodes of the third and fourth series, which centred on Tony's sister Effy, played by Kaya Scodelario. In the 2011 North American adaptation of the show, Tony is play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Hoult
Nicholas Caradoc Hoult (born 7 December 1989) is an English actor. His List of roles and awards of Nicholas Hoult, body of work includes supporting work in big-budget mainstream productions and starring roles in Independent film, independent projects in both the American and the British film industries. He has received several accolades, including nominations for a British Academy Film Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award. He appeared in the 2012 edition of Forbes 30 Under 30, ''Forbes'' 30 Under 30. Hoult was drawn to acting from a young age and appeared in local theatre productions as a child. He made his screen debut at age seven in the 1996 film ''Intimate Relations (1996 film), Intimate Relations'', and appeared in several television programmes between 1998 and 2001. His breakthrough came with the 2002 comedy-drama ''About a Boy (film), About a Boy''. He achieved wider recognition for his performance as Tony Stonem in the E4 (TV channel), E4 teen seri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
April Pearson
April Janet Pearson (born 23 January 1989) is an English actress. Born and brought up in Bristol, Pearson was drawn to acting from a young age and appeared in local theatre productions as a child. She made her acting debut in 1998 at the age of nine on the British medical drama series ''Casualty'', and earned wider recognition in her breakthrough role as impressionable teenager Michelle Richardson in the E4 teen drama series '' Skins'' (2007–2008), for which she was nominated for the Golden Nymph Award for an Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival. She later made her film debut when cast in Jon Wright's comedy horror slasher film '' Tormented'' (2009). Pearson followed this with her Bristol Old Vic debut as Jemma in Catherine Johnson's ''Suspension'' (2009); the production centering around the Clifton Suspension Bridge and the nearby Avon Gorge Hotel, and as Callie in Rachel Sternberg and Jemma Wayne's Negative Space (2009), in which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mobile Phone
A mobile phone, cellular phone, cell phone, cellphone, handphone, hand phone or pocket phone, sometimes shortened to simply mobile, cell, or just phone, is a portable telephone that can make and receive calls over a radio frequency link while the user is moving within a telephone service area. The radio frequency link establishes a connection to the switching systems of a mobile phone operator, which provides access to the public switched telephone network (PSTN). Modern mobile telephone services use a cellular network architecture and, therefore, mobile telephones are called ''cellular telephones'' or ''cell phones'' in North America. In addition to telephony, digital mobile phones ( 2G) support a variety of other services, such as text messaging, multimedia messagIng, email, Internet access, short-range wireless communications (infrared, Bluetooth), business applications, video games and digital photography. Mobile phones offering only those capabilities are known as fea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cynical
Cynicism is an attitude characterized by a general distrust of the motives of "others". A cynic may have a general lack of faith or hope in people motivated by ambition, desire, greed, gratification, materialism, goals, and opinions that a cynic perceives as vain, unobtainable, or ultimately meaningless and therefore deserving of ridicule or admonishment. The term originally derives from the ancient Greek philosophers, the Cynics, who rejected conventional goals of wealth, power, and honor. They practiced shameless nonconformity with social norms in religion, manners, housing, dress, or decency, instead advocating the pursuit of virtue in accordance with a simple and natural way of life. By the 19th century, emphasis on the ascetic ideals and the critique of current civilization based on how it might fall short of an ideal civilization or negativistic aspects of Cynic philosophy led the modern understanding of cynicism to mean a disposition of disbelief in the sincerity or goo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mood Stabiliser
A mood stabilizer is a psychiatric medication used to treat mood disorders characterized by intense and sustained mood shifts, such as bipolar disorder and the bipolar type of schizoaffective disorder. Uses Mood stabilizers are best known for the treatment of bipolar disorder, preventing mood shifts to mania (or hypomania) and depression. Mood stabilizers are also used in schizoaffective disorder when it is the bipolar type. Examples The term "mood stabilizer" does not describe a mechanism, but rather an effect. More precise terminology based on pharmacology is used to further classify these agents. Drugs commonly classed as mood stabilizers include: Mineral * Lithium – Lithium is the "classic" mood stabilizer, the first to be approved by the US FDA, and still popular in treatment. Therapeutic drug monitoring is required to ensure lithium levels remain in the therapeutic range: 0.6 or 0.8-1.2 mEq/L (or millimolar). Signs and symptoms of toxicity include nausea, vomiting, dia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
