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Did Netflix's 'Adolescence' Race Swap Its Main Character? Jack Thorne Responds to Backlash

Netizens have dragged the show into a new debate by claiming that the writers of the show 'race-swapped' the lead despite taking inspiration from a case where the perpetrator was a young black boy.

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Adolescence star Stephen Graham cried over message from Bruce Springsteen

'Adolescence' star Stephen Graham has admitted he broke down in tears after getting a poignant message from Bruce Springsteen thanking him for his work portraying his father in upcoming biopic 'Deliver Me from Nowhere'.

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Adolescence director says ‘standalone’ show should not have a second series

He also spoke about how the show’s one-shot format was executed.

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OPINION - If you think there was 'race swapping' in Adolescence, you have misunderstood the show completely

People are accusing Adolescence on Netflix of avoiding the real problem by “race swapping” its main character. It’s classic deflection, says Maddy Mussen

Evening Standard

Netflix’s Adolescence makes TV history in the UK

Stephen Graham and Jack Thorne’s drama has become the first streaming show to top the UK most-watched television charts

The Guardian - UK

Danny Dyer hails Stephen Graham’s Adolescence as he blasts social media: 'It’s destroying the planet'

Dyer discussed the dangers of social media for young people with The Standard and suggested the UK consider social media age restrictions similar to Australia's

Evening Standard

Adolescence, the backlash: the nightmare of making hit TV in terrifying times

From online hate to being mobbed in public, having a televisual smash is becoming increasingly fraught. Should Netflix have hidden its stars away in a safe house?

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‘I could have been Jamie’, says youth worker after Adolescence screening

Tender is a charity which uses drama to instil lessons about healthy relationships.

Evening Standard

Adolescence writer explains why there won’t be a series two

There are two key reasons not to continue the story, he says

The Independent UK

Teenage boys are targeting girls online for sexual abuse and violence, warns National Crime Agency

Reports have surged in the last three years of gangs of boys sharing extreme violence pictures and misogynistic online

Evening Standard

"I was crying reading the text." Adolescence star Stephen Graham reveals the "beautiful" text message he received from "working class hero" Bruce Springsteen

'The Boss' was touched by Stephen Graham's performance in forthcoming biopic Deliver Me From Nowhere

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Stephen Graham says Bruce Springsteen’s ‘beautiful’ text left him in tears

Graham received the feedback from Springsteen, whose father he plays in the biopic Deliver Me from Nowhere starring Jeremy Allen White

The Guardian - UK

Adolescence writer: We are not the right people to tell victim Katie’s story

Jack Thorne said he does not imagine there will be a second series of the hit drama as ‘Jamie’s story is finished’.

Evening Standard

Netflix’s Adolescence makes TV ratings history

Show has become the subject of a national conversation on the influence of the internet on young children

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Evening Standard

Netflix’s Adolescence breaks record for weekly views as 6.45 million stream show

The series beat the likes of BBC One’s The Apprentice and Death In Paradise

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Who Is Owen Cooper, the First-Time Actor and Emmy Winner Who Plays Jamie in 'Adolescence?'

After starring in the Netflix hit, you'll next see him in Emerald Fennell's 'Wuthering Heights.'

Woman & Home

Mesmerised by Stephen Graham and Erin Doherty in Adolescence? You need to watch A Thousand Blows

The pair worked together on the Disney+ series that should be your next must-watch if you were captivated by their performances in Adolescence

Woman & Home

Did Brad Pitt produce Adolescence? His role in making the show revealed as viewers notice subtle detail

Those tuning into Adolescence have been left wondering if the Hollywood legend played a part in producing the show

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Netflix’s Adolescence shows the pressure on teenage boys – I’ve seen it with my son

Adolescence shows the dark side of growing up online. Here’s how I’m helping my teenage son navigate it

The Independent UK

This City Is Ours star James Nelson-Joyce: ‘I thought kids like me don’t act’

RISING STARS: The Liverpudlian star of ‘Time’ and ‘A Thousand Blows’ takes on his first leading role in BBC drama ‘This City Is Ours’. He tells Katie Rosseinsky about playing villains, filming on home turf and why his friend Stephen Graham is a ‘saving grace’ for working-class performers

The Guardian - UK

From the police to the prime minister: how Adolescence is making Britain face up to toxic masculinity

The Netflix drama isn’t just a critical smash – its tale of social media-fuelled violence to women by young boys has forced a national debate in the UK that might lead to genuine political change

Evening Standard

ITV and BBC could not afford to make Adolescence, Wolf Hall director says

The four-part limited series, made in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, has received backing from the Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.

The Independent UK

Adolescence actor details ‘genuinely scary’ confrontation with co-star

Spoiler warning* Erin Doherty says it’s every actor’s dream to get to a moment where ‘you forget yourself and you are in this strange reality that you’ve created’

Evening Standard

Adolescence creator Jack Thorne’s Let The Right One In play to go on UK tour

It comes after the Netflix series prompted a number of conversations around online safety.

Evening Standard

Brad Pitt’s big secret role in Netflix’s Adolescence: how Hollywood A-Lister shaped UK’s hottest drama

From executive producer to Zoom calls with the writer, the star had his hands all over the groundbreaking British series that’s taking the world by storm

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