In My Skin
- TV comedy drama
- BBC Three
- 2018 - 2021
- 10 episodes (2 series)
Comedy drama about a teenage girl whose mother is sectioned in a mental health facility. Stars Gabrielle Creevy, Jo Hartley, Poppy Lee Friar, James Wilbraham, Rhodri Meilir and more.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 2
Further details
After a difficult trip to the hospital to visit her mother, and with her father's alcoholism taking over, her Nana asks Bethan if she'd like to move in with her for a bit. At school the next day she receives a distressing phone call from the hospital, she lies to her teacher and runs out of school in a panic, to find her mother is thankfully okay. In her relief she tells her Nana that she wants to stay in Cardiff where her Mum is, and her friends but most importantly where she can stay close to Poppy.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Sunday 29th March 2020
- Time
- 6am
- Channel
- BBC Three (Online)
- Length
- 28 minutes
Cast & crew
| Gabrielle Creevy | Bethan |
| Jo Hartley | Katrina |
| Poppy Lee Friar | Lydia |
| James Wilbraham | Travis |
| Rhodri Meilir | Dilwyn |
| Di Botcher | Margie |
| Zadeiah Campbell-Davies | Poppy |
| Aled Ap Steffan | Priest |
| Georgia Furlong | Lorraine |
| Alexandria Riley | Ms Morgan |
| Laura Checkley | Mrs Blocker |
| Suzanne Packer | Nurse Digby |
| Richard Corgan | Tony Chippy |
| Owen Roberts | Tarrick |
| Kayleigh Llewellyn | Writer |
| Andrew Ellard | Script Editor |
| Lucy Forbes | Director |
| Sophie Francis | Producer |
| Nerys Evans | Executive Producer |
| Kayleigh Llewellyn | Executive Producer |
| Cheryl Davies Keatley | Line Producer |
| Peter Oliver (as Peter H Oliver) | Editor |
| Penny Harvey | Production Designer |
| Rachel Sheridan | Casting Director |
| Benedict Spence | Director of Photography |
| Brian Malam | Costume Designer |
| Kate Roberts | Make-up Designer |
| Tom Gray | Composer |
| Daniel Lazenby | Graphics |
| Seth Adams | 1st Assistant Director |
| Kate Daughton | Commissioning Editor |
| Paul Forde | Commissioning Editor |
Video
Chip Shop Dare
Bethan and her friends are short of cash for the chip shop.
Featuring: Gabrielle Creevy (Bethan), Poppy Lee Friar (Lydia), James Wilbraham (Travis) & Richard Corgan (Tony Chippy).
Press
In My Skin review
Even when laying bare the bleak realities of teenage life in the wreckage of Britain's forgotten places, Kayleigh Llewellyn's five-part drama is filled with tenderness.
Annie Lord, The Independent, 2nd April 2020TV review: In My Skin
High school dramas featuring Geeks getting ghosted by Populars but finding a way to survive their school years are ten a penny but In My Skin, set in a believably grotty Welsh secondary school, does bring some fresh twists to the prom party.
Keith Watson, Metro, 1st April 2020In My Skin, BBC One, review
Welsh school comedy is an absolute joy.
Rupert Hawksley, i Newspaper, 1st April 2020Kayleigh Llewellyn on In My Skin
The TV drama's creator was surviving on charity. Then she turned her troubled Cardiff childhood into a rollercoaster ride through school crushes, sexuality - and bipolar disorder.
Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett, The Guardian, 29th March 2020