Dis/connected is a drama based around 6 characters bought together by a suicide. None of the characters are stereotypes and they have bought in some fantastic actors to deal with a very real subject. It is nothing like Skins although the shallow minded of course will relate it to the teenage drama the only thing in common are the teenagers. Shine have dealt with the subject matter very sensitively and it saddens me that you refer to Jenny as snuffing it. Have you been reading the papers recently? Maybe a little respect wouldn’t go amiss. The drama has been postponed to a later date out of respect to the 17 families who are going through hell at the moment. It is however a fantastic watch and will be a great shame if it is not made into a series.

For starters i am not a fan of Skins! it is over rated and the same thing happens every episode, Sex, Drugs and Partying. You may think i am a loner due to my opinions, but i am not, i am just not amused by the same way as a pre-puebesant teenager. This programme however was more enjoyable, it was an insightful interpritation of how different types of people have different methods of copeing with pain and is in every way unique for each person. It also made you think of what could be happening in different types of peoples lives and the complexitiy of our our modern day live.
It would be a crime to not make this into a series as it was an amazing programme to watch, i hope to watch it again soon.

I hadn’t heard about the program until I stumbled upon the late night repeat after Monday’s airing but I found it to be a pleasant surprise.

I initially watched because from what I saw from the listings it seemed like the BBC’s attempt at reaching the ‘yoofs’ in much the same way as Skins. However what I ended up watching provided so much more, it didn’t present the characters as one dimensional clichés trying to fill every ddemographic and perpetuate a shallow view of the modern teenager’s life.

Although the temptation to replicate the ‘Sex, Drugs and Partying’ of Skins had obviously crept in, it wasn’t all of the program’s substance, and unlike Skins where that is the bread and butter of the program this element provided some light relief from a more dour theme. Why the BBC decided to postpone the airing because of the suicides in Wales is beyond me as the way the topic is handled throughout the program was tasteful(barring one rather pointless sex scene at a funeral) and provided a really thought provoking insight to the subject of teenage suicide.

The acting was patchy at times but it was forgivable. However the camera-work could not be forgiven, in their attempt to make the drama seem edgty and fast-paced the shaky camerawork and fast pans began to grate on my nerves and by the end I was wondering if some of the cameramen had Alzheimer’s.

I would love to see the program made into a full series as it provides a quality alternative to the shallow nature of Skins and the characters obviously provide room for some really interesting developments.