‘I co-wrote Netflix’s Adolescence – one schoolgirl’s reaction has stuck with me’

To say that Adolescence has taken the world by storm is putting it too lightly.

It’s been six months since the four-part series was released on Netflix, following a 13-year-old boy called Jamie Miller (Owen Cooper) who’s accused of murdering a girl from his school.

The drama is the streaming giant’s second-most-watched English-speaking show ever. But more importantly, it sparked vital conversations about the ‘manosphere’, misogyny and violence against women and girls and the widespread use of social media among younger generations.

The programme was co-written by screenwriter Jack Thorne and actor Stephen Graham, with the latter also playing Jamie’s dad, Eddie Miller. Stephen had the idea for the story after hearing about real incidents of knife crime committed by young boys against you