Netflix’s Adolescence sparks spike in Kent parents stopping children having smartphones

Met praises TV drama Adolescence for raising awareness of violence against women

Deputy Assistant Commissioner Ben Russell said the critically-acclaimed Netflix drama has had a ‘significant’ impact on the public.

Starmer Showed "Disturbing" Drama Adolescence to Underage Audience

Education secretary Bridget Phillipson briefed to the Guardian this afternoon that following the broadcast of the series Adolescence “she will start monitoring a group of schools to understand the effectiveness of the guidance” on smartphone bans. The paper breathlessly reports that “the education department will also, for the first time, do an in-depth analysis of the national behaviour survey in schools to look at the most successful ways of p…

Netflix’s Adolescence sparks spike in Kent parents stopping children having smartphones

The number of parents intending not to give their child a smartphone before the age of 14 is on the rise, as a Netflix show highlights the dangers.

"Adolescence, a crime thriller about a murder among young people, storms the Netflix charts worldwide. This is less due to the series itself than to the cruel truth with which it confronts parents: you are blind to the danger in which your children float.

Future of Netflix series Adolescence 'unveiled' after viewers left gripped

Streaming giants Netflix reportedly want to recommission the gritty crime drama Adolescence after the TV show became an instant hit with fans online.

Future of Netflix's Adolescence revealed after gritty series shocked viewers

NETFLIX wants a second series of Adolescence after the gritty crime drama became a runaway hit. The four-part series explores the story of the fictional Miller family, whose lives are turned upside down when their 13-year-old-son Jamie is arrested on suspicion of murder having been radicalised online. Courtesy of Netflix.Owen Cooper as Jamie Miller in Adolescence, which has hailed as the most important show of the year[/caption] It has reached 2…