“Adolescence” received the BAFTA Tv Award for restricted drama on Sunday night time, capping a exceptional sweep for the Netflix collection all through the 2025-2026 awards season.
The collection has already received two awards on Sunday night: Greatest Supporting Actor for Owen Cooper and Greatest Supporting Actress for Christine Tremarco.
Created, co-written and government produced by Stephen Graham and Jack Thorne, and directed by Philip Barantini, “Adolescence” follows 13-year-old Jamie Miller (Cooper) as he’s arrested on suspicion of stabbing a classmate, Katie Leonard, and traces the influence of the arrest on his household – his father Eddie (Graham), his mom Manda (Tremarco) and his sister Lisa (Amélie Pease) – in addition to the investigating detective on the case, DI Luke Bascombe. (Ashley Walters), and in regards to the scientific psychologist assigned to judge Jamie, Briony Ariston (Erin Doherty).
“Jack and Stephen, your unbelievable script… it ripped out our hearts and punched us within the intestine,” stated producer and Warp Movies co-founder Mark Herbert because the solid and artistic staff accepted the award.
He added that the solid and crew had all been nice, saying: “On our name sheet we had the phrases ‘Do not be an asshole’, that was our motto.”
Every of the 4 episodes was filmed in a single steady, uninterrupted take by cinematographer Matthew Lewis, with no cuts or digital mixing of photographs. Produced by Warp Movies with Plan B Leisure – whose government producers embrace Brad Pitt, Jeremy Kleiner and Dede Gardner – the collection premiered on Netflix on March 13, 2025 and have become the second most-watched English-language collection in Netflix historical past.
“Adolescence” leads the nominations this 12 months with 12 nominations on the BAFTA Tv Awards and Tv Craft Awards. The collection obtained 13 Emmy Award nominations on the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards and received 9, together with Excellent Restricted Collection, and performing wins for Graham, Cooper and Doherty. He received all 4 classes by which he was nominated on the 2026 Golden Globes and sparked a nationwide debate within the UK about on-line security, incel tradition and the pressures confronted by younger males. Co-writer Jack Thorne visited Downing Avenue to fulfill Prime Minister Keir Starmer in regards to the situation, and Netflix made the collection accessible to colleges as a free academic useful resource.
“Adolescence” beat out “I Fought The Regulation,” “Trespasses” and “What It Feels Like For A Woman” for the restricted drama award.