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Chicken Shop Date star Amelia Dimoldenberg reveals hopes for Skins-style drama with the BBC
The YouTube creator says she is writing a Gen Z drama and hopes to "will it into existence".
Edinburgh TV Festival
- Lewis Knight
Published: Tuesday, 25 August 2026 at 5:35 pm
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Amelia Dimoldenberg has revealed that she is developing a young adult drama for the BBC and has described the project as her "version of Skins".
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The Chicken Shop Date creator confirmed her scripted ambitions during an interview at the Edinburgh TV Festival on Tuesday 25 August 2026, where she appeared in conversation with Manori Ravindran of The Ankler.
According to Deadline, Dimoldenberg said she is writing the series herself and hopes to offer a successor to the defining Channel 4 drama but for a Gen Z audience.
The original Skins, which ran from 2007, launched the careers of Nicholas Hoult, Jack O'Connell, Dev Patel, Kaya Scodelario, and was an early role for Oscar winner Daniel Kaluuya.
Amelia Dimoldenberg is interviewed on stage at the Edinburgh TV Festival 2026. Edinburgh TV Festival
The BBC has not officially greenlit Dimoldenberg's series.
Dimoldenberg said the development process had been long, but that she would "will it into existence", just as she did with Chicken Shop Date and her upcoming feature film.
The BBC declined to comment when approached by Radio Times about this story.
Dimoldenberg's upcoming film is a romantic comedy she is set to star in and produce for Amazon MGM Studios's Orion Pictures, alongside Gloria Sanchez Productions and writer Sarah Heyward.
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In a rather meta premise, she plays a by-the-book journalist whose carefully planned life unravels when a routine celebrity interview unexpectedly turns into a romance... sound familiar?
Chicken Shop Date, the deadpan YouTube interview series in which Dimoldenberg quizzes stars over fried chicken, has grown into a viral phenomenon and a fixture of the celebrity publicity circuit.
Amelia Dimoldenberg's new drama is coming soon.
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Lewis KnightNews and Trends Editor
Lewis is the news and trends editor at Radio Times and leads our approach to news, reactive content, and serving audience demands and interests. An obsessive fan of television and film, Lewis is a Nicole Kidman fanatic with a side of passion for science-fiction, art-house cinema and the latest HBO drama. Lewis has a degree in Psychology and a Masters in Film Studies. After working in advertising, Lewis worked at The Mirror for three years in community management and SEO, showbiz, film and television reporting.
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