Netflix to make ‘Adolescence’ available to all UK secondary schools

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Netflix has announced that it is going to make hit drama Adolescence available to view for free in all UK secondary schools.Since its release on March 13, the drama about a father dealing with the fallout of his son being suspected of murder has prompted a wider discussion about toxic masculinity in the UK.Series star Stephen Graham produced the show alongside Hannah Walters, his wife and regular co-star in projects such as Boiling Point, A Thousand Blows, and This Is England.Now, Netflix has said that the show will be available to watch for free in schools.

On social media in a statement, they wrote: “From today we are making Adolescence available to all secondary schools across the UK through Into Film+.“Additionally, healthy relationships charity Tender will produce guides and resources for teachers, parents and carers to help navigate conversations around the series.”It comes as Prime Minister Keir Starmer also told makers of the show today (March 31) that it was “really hard to watch” with his own teenage children as he hosted a meeting at Downing Street to discuss the influence of online toxic material.Starmer said the show acted as “a torch that shines intensely brightly on a combination of issues that many people don’t know how to respond to” and welcomed the move by Netflix to make the series available for free in schools.Speaking about the show to BBC political editor Chris Mason, Starmer said he’d been “watching with our children – my boy is 16, my girl is 14 – and I have to say, I found it really hard” and added: “in a sense, what happens in the drama could really happen anywhere, and almost happen to any child”.He went on to say that it shone a light “on misogyny, on online content, and this sense of.