The Guardian -
30 Mar 2025 23:30

Where other teen shows ramp up the sex, drugs and scandal, this Leeds-set saga about rivalries in a dance school keeps it real - so real it almost refuses to be entertaining The implausibility of the teen drama may well be the genre's defining feature. In the 00s, we were subjected to untold glamour and relentless wisecracking by US imports such as The OC and Gossip Girl. The UK equivalent was Skins, in which a group of Bristolian party animals managed to make practically every personal problem ...
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