Filmed in a real time, in just one shot, Adolescence is a thrilling four-part drama that tells the story of 13-year-old Jamie Miller (played by Owen Cooper), who is arrested and charged with the murder of a teenage girl who goes to his school.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Executive producers Mark Herbert and Emily Feller from Warp worked alongside writers Stephen Graham and Jack Thorne, and director Philip Barantini to bring the harrowing story to life.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr Herbert said: “It has been nearly 20 years since I first worked with Stephen Graham, who is obviously one of the country’s finest actors, and I’ve worked with him many times since This is England. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“He approached me with the idea of telling a crime story but doing it one shot. I was nervous at first as it is hard to pull off but we agreed to board the project and when they gave me the script I was blown away, I mean anyone who read were absolutely blown away with how good it was.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Graham, who features in the show as Jamie’s dad, Eddie, co wrote the show with Thorne and it follows the 13-month aftermath of the families world turning upside down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The show touches on subjects of male rage, incel culture and the impact of influencer Andrew Tate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Mr Herbert said: “What attracted Jack, Stephen and Phil to tell it this way, is that when you see a lot of crime on tv it is typical, what you call a who did it, and we wanted to go with, why did he do it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou are first hit with the arrest and then basically the next four hours are the next 13 months and you can\u2019t move away, it adds that intensity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Across the four episodes of the show, filmed across Sheffield and Wakefield, each episode is shot continuously with the scene never having cutaways. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Mr Herbert said: \u201dTo the actors it was like theatre to them, we didn\u2019t stop once the camera rolled, employing a continuous one shot approach for each episode which is just amazing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt was a huge calling, but to be honest with you I was scared because we were in and out of cars, we were in a school which had over 300 extras involved. It is an exhausting process.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-11.png\")