NETFLIX Adolescence Available: Thursday 13 March Genre: Drama Season: 1 Episodes: 4
With knife crime blighting families up and down the country, timely new drama Adolescence follows the experiences of 13-year-old Jamie Miller (Owen Cooper) and his shocked parents when the teenager is arrested on suspicion of stabbing a classmate to death. Boiling Point star Stephen Graham co-wrote the series with award-winning writer Jack Thorne, and also plays Jamie's father Eddie, who accompanies his son through the legal process as Jamie's 'appropriate adult'.
'We've seen an epidemic of knife crime among young lads, and certain instances really stick out where young boys were killing young girls,' explains father-of-two Stephen. 'It hit me hard and I thought: "Why is this happening?""* While juvenile crime is often linked to gang culture and challenging home lives, Stephen was keen to depict a typical family: 'We could have made a drama about gangs and knife crime, or based it on a kid whose mother is an alcoholic, or whose...
With knife crime blighting families up and down the country, timely new drama Adolescence follows the experiences of 13-year-old Jamie Miller (Owen Cooper) and his shocked parents when the teenager is arrested on suspicion of stabbing a classmate to death. Boiling Point star Stephen Graham co-wrote the series with award-winning writer Jack Thorne, and also plays Jamie's father Eddie, who accompanies his son through the legal process as Jamie's 'appropriate adult'.
'We've seen an epidemic of knife crime among young lads, and certain instances really stick out where young boys were killing young girls,' explains father-of-two Stephen. 'It hit me hard and I thought: "Why is this happening?""* While juvenile crime is often linked to gang culture and challenging home lives, Stephen was keen to depict a typical family: 'We could have made a drama about gangs and knife crime, or based it on a kid whose mother is an alcoholic, or whose...
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