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‘Sort of a dance really’: How Netflix’s one-shot wonder Adolescence came to life

Exclusive: The drama is the brain-child of Stephen Graham who was moved by reports of young girls killed by boys influenced by incel culture. Here’s an insight into how it was pulled off

The Independent UK

Netflix’s gripping Adolescence asks whether the Andrew Tate ‘manosphere’ drove a 13-year-old to murder

4/5 This one-shot exploration of teenage knife crime and the pernicious influence of the manosphere is harrowing but compelling

The Independent UK

Adolescence review – the closest thing to TV perfection in decades

Jack Thorne and Stephen Graham’s drama about a teen accused of murder is astounding. Its dazzling performances, and the devastating questions it asks, will linger with you

The Guardian - UK

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David Tennant calls new phone hacking drama ‘one of the stories of our time’

‘You're very proud to be part of something like that,’ actor said

The Independent UK

Adolescence to Dope Thief: the seven best shows to stream this week

A startling and superb new drama by Stephen Graham and Jack Thorne, and Brian Tyree Henry stars as a small-time crook who disguises himself as a DEA agent

The Guardian - UK

Mark Kermode on… director Ken Russell, the king of cult classics who was so much more than a sensationalist

Half a century on from the sublimely ridiculous Tommy, the passionate abandon that distinguished Russell’s films – from composer biopics to the infamous The Devils, among other bonkers oddities – is needed now more than ever

The Guardian - UK

‘I don’t know whether I’d describe it as fun’: Aimee Lou Wood on the intensity of making The White Lotus

She is the Sex Education star now stealing the show in Mike White’s hit series and about to appear in a gritty new Netflix drama. It’s all she ever wanted – but somehow, this ‘sad and shy’ actor finds folding the washing more rewarding than fame

The Guardian - UK

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Is this the most terrifying TV show of our times? Adolescence, the drama that will horrify all parents

Stephen Graham’s new show about a boy arrested for murder is utterly chilling. Its team talk rage, panic attacks and being bowled over by a 15-year-old

The Guardian - UK

Jodie Whittaker shines a light on another hidden British scandal in Toxic Town

4/5 It’s ‘Mr Bates vs The Post Office’ all over again as Jodie Whittaker heads a fine cast bringing a historic injustice to wider attention

The Independent UK

Netflix adds harrowing new drama with amazing cast - and it's based on a shocking true story

Netflix has added a must-see drama with stars from The White Lotus and Bridgerton.

WhatToWatch

Toxic Town on Netflix review: this soapy Jodie Whittaker drama pulls its punches

3/5 This four-episode series about the Corby waste scandal is decently bingeable, even if its characters are often denied emotional depth

Evening Standard

Toxic Town’s Jack Thorne: ‘We’re not looking at pain exclusively, but at resilience and survival’

INTERVIEW : The ‘Toxic Town’ writer talks to Gabriel Tate about activism, autism and why television has an originality problem

The Independent UK

The trailer for Netflix’s wild ‘one-take’ mystery thriller Adolescence looks ultra-intense and timely

The ambitious and 'unflinching' show is going straight on my watchlist before its launch.

TechRadar

Toxic Town: Jodie Whittaker is absolutely flawless as she battles real-life injustice

The hasty regeneration of Corby’s old steelworks poisoned a generation. Now the story of how it came to court is told in a harrowing, if slightly melodramatic, new Netflix series

The Guardian - UK

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Netflix is getting a new drama show based on a shocking true story — and you can watch the first trailer now

Netflix just dropped the first trailer for its new drama, and this show is based on a shocking true story. Here’s everything to know about “Toxic Town.”

Evening Standard

David Tennant and Toby Jones to star in ITV drama about phone hacking scandal

Seven-part series The Hack interweaves two real-life stories.

The Guardian - UK

ITV to air drama about Guardian’s role in breaking phone-hacking scandal

Seven-part series The Hack will spotlight work of journalists Nick Davies and Amelia Hill which led to closure of News of the World

The Independent UK

ITV commissions drama about phone hacking scandal produced by Mr Bates vs The Post Office team

Set between 2002 and 2012 it follows the controversy that shut down News of the World after 168 years in operation

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The Independent UK

Writers and actors urge BBC to scrap ‘catastrophic’ plan to axe Radio 3 drama

BBC’s decision to scrap drama Radio 3 called ‘short sighted’ by writers

The Independent UK

25 TV shows everyone will be talking about in 2025, from Severance to Lena Dunham’s Too Much

2025 CULTURE GUIDE: There’s plenty to get stuck into over the next 12 months, whether it’s Irish comedies, biting wealth satires, gripping true-crime series or lid-lifting documentaries. Ellie Harrison and Katie Rosseinsky take a look

The Guardian - UK

Getting mildly excited about English football’s fifth most high-profile competition

In today’s Football Daily: it’s Milk Cup time!

WhatToWatch

Adolescence: release date, recaps, trailer, cast, plot, interview and everything you need to know

Adolescence is a Netflix drama series about a 13-year-old boy accused of murder and starring Stephen Graham, Ashley Walters, Owen Cooper and Erin Doherty.

Evening Standard

A Christmas Carol at the Old Vic review: a joyful, bravura piece of stagecraft

4/5 This show tugs shamelessly but unsentimentally on the heartstrings, and its message is just as potent as ever

The Guardian - UK

Joy review – Jack Thorne-penned IVF drama captures the intense pressure its inventors faced

James Norton, Thomasin McKenzie and Bill Nighy star in a solid study of the trio behind the first test-tube baby

The Guardian - UK

‘Rachel had been ready to leave me if our IVF hadn’t worked’: writer Jack Thorne on how his family’s fertility struggles inspired his new film

The screenwriter behind hit TV dramas National Treasure and Kiri, as well as the Harry Potter stage play, talks about his new, more personal project created with his wife - a feature film, Joy, celebrating the birth of IVF

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