Adolescence honoured with 2025 DQ Craft Award
Adolescence, Netflix’s one-take-per-episode limited series, is the recipient of the 2025 Drama Quarterly Craft Award.
Presented during the annual C21 International Drama Awards, which take place this Thursday as part of C21’s Content London, the DQ Craft Award recognises an outstanding achievement or contribution to the craft behind some of the biggest and most ambitious series seen on screen over the past year.
This year’s winner, Adolescence, landed on Netflix in March to immediate acclaim, with a story charting how a family’s world is turned upside down when 13-year-old Jamie Miller (breakout star Owen Cooper) is arrested for the murder of a teenage girl who goes to his school. Stephen Graham also stars.
The news comes after Adolescence took home three prizes at the 64th annual Rose d’Or Awards last night, winning the Drama and Golden Rose awards as well as Emerging Talent of the Year for young star Owen Cooper.
Graham wrote the show alongside Jack Thorne, with Warp Films, Matriarch Productions, One Shoe Films, It’s All Made Up Productions and Plan B Entertainment producing.
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