As reported by Metro, Netflix has announced that its groundbreaking series Adolescence will be made available for free in all British schools.
The four-part drama, co-created by and starring Stephen Graham, has been one of the TV events of 2025 and is on track to be nominated for several awards.
Celebrated for its central acting performances, its handling of sensitive subject matter, and its one-take wizardry, Adolescence has taken the TV world by storm.
The series deals with incel culture, social media addiction, the difficulty of parenting in the 2020s, and bullying among school pupils, as well as school funding and police resourcing, across four hour-long episodes.
The announcement was made as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer met with the show’s creators at Downing Street during a meeting about the issues tackled by the series.
Saying that the programme hit him, his wife, and his son ‘hard’, the Labour leader added that he wished to work out ‘what can we do as a society to stop and prevent young boys being dragged into this whirlpool of hatred and misogyny’.
Anne Mensah, the vice president of Netflix’s UK content, said: ‘Adolescence has captured the national mood, sparking important conversations and helping articulate the pressures young people and parents face in today’s society.
‘We’re incredibly proud of the impact the show has made, and are delighted to be able to offer it to all schools across the UK through Into Film+.’
Into Film is a charity supported by the British Film Institute that ‘aims to put film at the heart of children and young people’s educational, cultural, and personal development’.
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