In My Skin is a Welsh Comedy Drama series written by Kayleigh Llewellyn. Originally intended to be a short film, it was made into a television series. The series stars Gabriella Creevy as Bethan Gwyndaf, a troubled 16 year old girl living in Cardiff, Wales. Bethan lives in her small house with her working-class parents, her mother Katrina, who suffers from Bipolar disorder; and her abusive father, Dilwyn. At school, Bethan acts like your typical mouthy Middle-Class Welsh teenager, lying about her family’s poor lifestyle and her mentally unstable parents, even to her best friends: Travis and Lydia. Bethan is also a closeted Lesbian, who has developed a crush on Queen Bee Poppy. As Bethan and Poppy become close friends, she becomes even more desperate to hide her messed up home life, but this proves difficult when her mother is sectioned again. When her life becomes the toughest it’s ever been, Bethan has the support of English teacher Miss Morgan and P.E teacher Ms Blocker.
This show provides examples of:
- Abusive Parent: Dilwyn, who usually treats Bethan like a genuine inconvenience. He’s not afraid to get physical with her either.
- Alpha Bitch: Poppy is mean and and ruthless and the most popular girl in school.
- Ambiguously Bi: It’s not made clear if Poppy is a closeted Lesbian like Bethan or if she’s Bisexual. Judging by the fact she is dating Jamie, it seems she’s probably Bisexual.
- Is Lorraine a very obsessive friend who felt she needed to be clingy with Poppy to avoid going back to being a geek with no friends, or is she a Stalker with a Crush?
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Poppy. She seems like a sweet girl, and it’s not made clear why Lydia thinks she’s such a “cunt” and it could even be seen as Lydia being jealous of Poppy. At the end of the first series, Poppy encourages Bethan to make out with her, then drops her as a friend.
- Blonde, Brunette, Redhead: Travis has Brown hair, Bethan is a Brunette, Lydia is Blonde and Lorraine (who later becomes friends with the trio) has Ginger hair.
- Beta Bitch: After Lorraine becomes friends with Poppy (after appearing in the newspaper) Lorraine tries to become this, but after Bethan wins the poetry competition and becomes close with Poppy, Lorraine finds herself competing with Bethan as Poppy’s best friend.
