Overview

• Netflix released the series on March 13, where it quickly topped the platform’s charts and is available to stream in full.
• Adolescence earned 13 Emmy nominations and won Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series plus three acting prizes, with 15-year-old Owen Cooper becoming the youngest male Emmy winner.
• The story follows a 13-year-old accused of killing a classmate while drawing on multiple real incidents rather than a single true case.
• Coverage links the show’s themes to rising knife crime in England and Wales and to online misogyny, with creators urging schools and Parliament to use the series to spur discussion.
• Plan B confirmed early talks about a possible follow-up, which has not been approved by Netflix, with producers exploring an anthology-style approach and emphasizing the importance of the one-take format.