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Skins or News at Ten?

If your flatmates aren't elderly and you were planning on watching News at Ten tonight to catch up on the latest body counts around the world, forget it. Chances are Gemma and Julie will have occupied the couch and will be sat in their yard garms spooning down Nutella from the jar waiting for the new series of Skins to start.

But don't worry sadists, judging by the trailer, this series of Skins will have enough conflict, fistfights and portable explosive devices being set off to keep you happy. Watching teenagers doped-up and making-out comes naturally to anyone with broadband, but with Skins, unlike bad porn, you can actually watch it with other people.

Face it, you're not going to get to watch the news tonight (or any other Thursday from now on, for that matter), so you might as well cosy up to Gemma (or Julie, if she's more your thing) and give in to the peer pressure. Hey, you might even end up having a threesome (like Tony did in Season 1, erm, according to my little sister).

The new series of Skins starts tonight at 10pm on E4.