Netflix hits Adolescence

FIRST LOOK: Stephen Graham, Ashley Walters and Erin Doherty lead the cast of Adolescence, a one-take crime drama coming to Netflix in 2025.

The four-part limited series is directed by Philip Barantini (Boiling Point), with each episode being filmed in one continuous shot, following the main characters as the story unfolds in real time.

Adolescence tells the story of how a family’s world is turned upside down when 13-year-old Jamie Miller (Owen Cooper) is arrested for the murder of a teenage girl who goes to his school. Graham will play Jamie’s father and ‘appropriate adult’, Eddie Miller. Walters stars as Detective Inspector Luke Bascombe, and Doherty is Briony Ariston, the clinical psychologist assigned to Jamie’s case.

The drama marks the first major role for Cooper. The cast also includes Faye Marsay (Game of Thrones), Christine Tremarco (The Responder), Mark Stanley (Happy Valley), Jo Hartley (After Life) and newcomer Amélie Pease. The series is produced by Warp Films, Matriarch Productions and Plan B for Netflix.

Adolescence reunites Graham and Barantini, who previously collaborated on the BAFTA and BIFA nominated feature Boiling Point, which also stood out for being one continuous shot.

The series is created and written by Graham and Jack Thorne (The Swimmers, Joy). The executive producers are Mark Herbert and Emily Feller for Warp Films, Stephen Graham and Hannah Walters for Matriarch Productions, Jack Thorne for One Shoe Films, Philip Barantini for It’s All Made Up Productions, and Brad Pitt, Jeremy Kleiner, Dede Gardner and Nina Wolarsky for Plan B Entertainment.

Carina Sposato (Plan B Entertainment), Peter Balm and Niall Shamma (Warp Films) are co-executive producers. The producer is Jo Johnson.

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