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Stephen Graham issues warning to parents as his new series with dark storyline drops on Netflix

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Updated 14:21 17 Mar 2025 GMTPublished 15:17 13 Mar 2025 GMT

Stephen Graham issues warning to parents as his new series with dark storyline drops on Netflix

The new series is out on Netflix now

James Moorhouse

James Moorhouse

Stephen Graham has issued a warning to parents of young children following the release of his gritty new Netflix series.

Adolescence, which landed on the streaming service today (13 March), sees Stephen Graham act out every parent's worst nightmare when his teenage son is arrested on suspicion of murdering a classmate.

To make the series even more impressive, each episode was remarkably shot in one go - just like Boiling Point, which Graham also starred in.

Praise has already been flooding in for young 15-year-old actor Owen Cooper, who was handed the star role in what represents his first-ever acting job.

Given the serious nature of the show, which serves as a social critique on the alarming growth of toxic masculinity in the social media age, particularly fuelled by the likes of Andrew Tate, it is easy to see why some viewers might be disturbed by what they see in the new series.

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And Graham, who was left heartbroken by recent stabbings in the UK amongst young teens, has issued a warning to parents about some of the themes explored in the drama, and how they can protect their children from outside negative influences.

Stephen Graham alongside Owen Cooper in the new drama (Netflix)
Stephen Graham alongside Owen Cooper in the new drama (Netflix)

The This Is England star told The Independent: "I read an article about a young boy stabbing a young girl. And then maybe a couple of months later, on the news there was [another] young boy who'd stabbed a young girl, and if I'm really honest with you, they hurt my heart.

"It's just being mindful of the fact that not only we parent our children, and not only the school educates our children.

"But also there's influences that we have no idea of that are having profound effects on our young culture, profound effects, positive and extremely negative. So it’s having a look at that and seeing that we’re all accountable.”

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The show also stars Top Boy's Ashley Walters (Netflix)
The show also stars Top Boy's Ashley Walters (Netflix)

The 51-year-old actor also talks about how parents need to adapt to kids having 'the world at their fingertips' even if they're sent to their room, which, if you're as old as I am, simply wasn't the reality when lots of parents were growing up.

He added: "When we were kids, if you got sent to your room or if Kenny Everett was on the telly, and it got a bit racy, you'd be sent to your room and then you couldn't watch it.

"But today even within the context of that home, when lads and girls go to their bedrooms, they have the world at their fingertips."

Adolescence is available to stream on Netflix now.

Featured Image Credit: Netflix

Topics: Andrew Tate, Netflix, Parenting, Stephen Graham, Adolescence, Social Media

James Moorhouse
James Moorhouse

James is a NCTJ Gold Standard journalist covering a wide range of topics and news stories for LADbible. After two years in football writing, James switched to covering news with Newsquest in Cumbria, before joining the LAD team in 2025. In his spare time, James is a long-suffering Rochdale fan and loves reading, running and music. Contact him via [email protected]

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