In My Skin. Image shows from L to R: Dilwyn (Rhodri Meilir), Bethan (Gabrielle Creevy), Katrina (Jo Hartley)
In My Skin

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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Series 1, Episode 1 - Pilot

In My Skin. Image shows from L to R: Bethan (Gabrielle Creevy), Katrina (Jo Hartley). Copyright: BBC
Bethan Gwyndaf is leading a double life. To her friends at school she's your average, fun loving, cocky teen with a normal family but the reality is vastly different. At home she tries to juggle her Father's sociopathic tendencies with her mother's bipolar a particularly severe episode seeing her sectioned in a psychiatric hospital.

Further details

Bethan is not cool. She and her two best friends reckless Lydia and sweet Travis are the nothing kids. So she can't believe it when she catches the eye of the popular girl, Poppy. While Bethan is busy trying to hide the truth of who she really is, she actually learns, through heart ache and pain, to finally break out of her shell. And exist for the first time, in her own skin.

Broadcast details

Date
Sunday 14th October 2018
Time
10am
Channel
BBC Three (Online)
Length
28 minutes, 19 seconds

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Saturday 20th October 2018 10:00pm BBC2 Wales
Friday 7th December 2018 11:50pm BBC1
Wednesday 1st April 2020 10:45pm BBC1
Friday 12th January 2024 11:35pm BBC3
Saturday 13th January 2024 2:55am BBC3

Cast & crew

Cast
Gabrielle Creevy Bethan
Jo Hartley Katrina
Poppy Lee Friar Lydia
James Wilbraham Travis
Rhodri Meilir Dilwyn
Di Botcher Margie
Aled Ap Steffan Priest
Alexandria Riley Ms Morgan
Laura Checkley Mrs Blocker
Suzanne Packer Nurse Digby
Guest cast
Leilah Hughes Poppy
Olwen Medi Gina
Dave Wong Alfred
Writing team
Kayleigh Llewellyn Writer
Andrew Ellard Script Editor
Production team
Lucy Forbes Director
Nerys Evans Executive Producer
Cheryl Davies Keatley Line Producer
Gina Lyons Producer
Mike Hopkins Editor
Rachel Sheridan Casting Director
Benedict Spence Director of Photography
Dafydd Shurmer Production Designer
Amy Thomson Costume Designer
Sallie Adams Make-up Designer
Richard Wells Graphics
Dafydd Parry 1st Assistant Director
Kate Daughton Commissioning Editor
Paul Forde Commissioning Editor

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