The Mad Ones

Series seven will mark a departure in style with former stars Hannah Murray (Game of Thrones), Jack O’Connell (300: Rise of an Empire) and Kaya Scodelario (Wuthering Heights) returning to the roles which shaped their careers in three individual stories, each one broadcast in two, one hour parts.

The three stories will have distinct titles: ‘Skins Pure’ (Cassie), ‘Skins Rise’ (Cook) and ‘Skins Fire’ (Effy). Lily Loveless (Naomi) and Kat Prescott (Emily) will also appear in guest roles.

‘Skins Pure’ by Bryan Elsley
Cassie (Hannah Murray) is adrift, alone and invisible in London, trying to make sense of her life. Slowly she realises that someone is following her. Cassie turns towards the unknown. A strange and poignant friendship is carved out of mutual loneliness, but can it survive exposure to the real world?

‘Skins Rise’ by Jamie Brittain
Cook (Jack O’Connell) has a job delivering drugs to Manchester Revellers. When he is asked to help his employer’s girlfriend find a house and finds that he is irresistibly attracted to her, he sets off a train of events which will lead him into a world of savage revenge and a confrontation with his own violent past.

‘Skins Fire’ by Jess Brittain
Effy (Kaya Scodelario) has a dead end job as a receptionist for a leading London Hedge Fund. But as she stumbles across crucial financial information relating to a troubled deal and embarks on an affair with her wealthy boss, she finds out that she has bitten off more than she can chew. Her flatmate Naomi (Lily Loveless) tries to stop Effy from ruining her life, but Effy cannot be reached; until tragedy strikes.