 Series 4 premiered with 1.5 million viewers across E4 and E4+1, the highest rated episode since series 1.The programme has given rise to the term 'Skins party', referring to a debauched night of heavy drinking and recreational drug use.During the 2007 Easter holidays, a girl in County Durham threw a house party; it was advertised on her Myspace profile as "Skins Unofficial Party," referring to the party in the first series' trailer, with the subtitle "Let's trash the average family-sized house disco party."