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.
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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 202028 new British TV comedies for 2019 and beyond
Here's what fans of TV comedy can look forward to over the next year or so from the UK...
Louisa Mellor, Den Of Geek, 17th July 2019In My Skin series confirmed
The BBC has confirmed a four-episode commission for Welsh mental health black comedy In My Skin, about a teenage girl whose mother is sectioned.
British Comedy Guide, 28th June 2019BBC Three commissions In My Skin series
BBC Three has commissioned a series of In My Skin, its recent Welsh comedy drama pilot about a teenage girl struggling to hide the truth of her home life, with her mother sectioned in a mental health facility.
British Comedy Guide, 21st December 2018The new wave of British female TV writers
Women are using their own, often traumatic, life experiences as material for compelling shows.
Sarah Hughes, The Guardian, 3rd November 2018BBC announces further new talent commissions
BBC comedy commissioner Shane Allen has announced the corporation's latest Comedy Slices commissions, plus a new BBC Three strand and a second year of the Felix Dexter Bursary.
British Comedy Guide, 19th June 2018