Jack Thorne is creating a big conversation with his latest drama Adolescence, and it is just one in a long line of projects that have done so in his career. The screenwriter co-created and co-wrote the Netflix limited series with Stephen Graham,

Adolescence has been a ratings winner around the world for Netflix, but Jack Thorne and Stephen Graham’s series has also made political waves in the UK. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has revealed that he watched the series with his teenage children and its themes about societal pressures for young people “hit home hard.

Netflix drama, Adolescence, which has sparked a debate about the toxic and misogynistic influences boys are exposed to online, is to be shown in secondary schools, the prime minister's office and the streaming service has said.