Stephen Graham Leads Cast In Netflix Drama Adolescence

Today, Netflix announced the cast for their  new crime drama, Adolescence (working title only), has been revealed . It will be fronted by Stephen Graham (Boiling Point, Bodies), Ashley Walters (Top Boy) and Erin Doherty (The Crown).

The series is filmed in an ambitious real-time, one-shot. Adolescence is currently filming in the UK. The four-part series is directed by Philip Barantini, with each episode being filmed in one unflinching continuous shot, holding focus on the main characters and the unparalleled drama as it unfolds in real time.

ing them in his first major role for television is Owen Cooper, alongside Faye Marsay (Game of Thrones), Christine Tremarco (The Responder), Mark Stanley (Happy Valley), Jo Hartley (After Life) and newcomer Amélie Pease. The series is produced by Warp Films, Matriarch Productions and Plan B for Netflix.

Adolescence tells the story of how a family’s world is turned upside down when 13-year-old Jamie Miller (Owen Cooper) is arrested and charged with the murder of a teenage girl who goes to his school. Stephen Graham will play Jamie’s father and ‘appropriate adult’, Eddie Miller. Ashley Walters stars as Detective Inspector Luke Bascombe, and Erin Doherty is Briony Ariston, the clinical psychologist assigned to Jamie’s case.

The series reunites Boiling Point, critically acclaimed for its one continuous shot. The series is created and written by Graham and multi-award winner Jack Thorne (The Swimmers, Joy). The executive producers are Mark Herbert and Emily Feller for Warp Films, Stephen Graham and Hannah Walters for Matriarch Productions, Jack Thorne for One Shoe Films, Phil Barantini for It’s All Made Up, and Jeremy Kleiner, Dede Gardner and Nina Wolarsky for Plan B Entertainment.

There is no word on exactly when Netflix plan to release Adolescence on their channel.