Series five of Skins premiered with a modest 820k on digital channel E4 on Thursday evening, according to the latest audience data.
The new episode, titled 'Franky', averaged 823k (4.6%) for E4 in the 10pm hour and 113k (1.1%) on E4 +1. The combined audience was down slightly on the 1.1m that tuned in for the opener of series four a year ago.
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