Where to watch Adolescence, the TV show people can't stop talking about

Adolescence is the show that's got everyone talking. And for good reason. The gripping four-part series is unlike anything we've ever seen.

Each hour-long episode is a standalone single shot. In real-time, we watch the story unravel: Jamie is a 13-year-old boy accused of murdering a female classmate. As we take a glimpse inside his social environment at school and inside his own mind during a session with a child psychologist, we slowly begin to realise just how dark the story is. It's not fun TV, but it is vital. As GLAMOUR's Entertainment Director, Emily Maddick put it, it's the most terrifying TV we've seen in years.

So, we've established that Adolescence is something we should all be tuning into. But where can you watch it?

What is Adolescence about?

Unlike many crime dramas, Adolescence isn't actually about whether or not Jamie killed his classmate, Katie. Instead, it's about why. Jamie's story may not be based on one true story, but, perhaps even more chilling, it's based on multiple real events that have taken place in the UK.

“There was an incident where a young boy [allegedly] stabbed a girl,” said co-creator and actor Stephen Graham said to Netflix's Tudum. “It shocked me. I was thinking, ‘What’s going on? What’s happening in society where a boy stabs a girl to death? What’s the inciting incident here?’ And then it happened again, and it happened again, and it happened again. I really just wanted to shine a light on it, and ask, ‘Why is this happening today? What’s going on? How have we come to this?’ ”

Graham and his co-creator, writer Jack Thorne, aimed to raise these questions without necessarily offering an answer.

After all, they are hugely important questions to be asking in the current climate. Male violence against women is more and more common as the “manosphere” grows. In the UK, 3,000 offences against women are reported every day. Adolescence looks at this cultural shift with nuance and compassion and asks us all to really consider why.

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