Adolescence’s success ‘should push UK’s public broadcasters to take more risks’
06-04-2025 14:00 via theguardian.com

Adolescence’s success ‘should push UK’s public broadcasters to take more risks’

Executive producer of hit show says BBC, ITV and Channels 4 and 5 should take a chance on difficult projectsThe success of Adolescence should encourage Britain’s public service broadcasters to take more risks in the programmes they commission, one of the hit show’s executive producers has said.The programme, which examines the influence of misogynist “incel” culture on a boy who stabs a classmate to death, has been a global phenomenon. It is the No 1 show across 74 countr
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