Adolescence co-writer issues warning to parents after it’s dubbed ‘best drama’ on Netflix

Graham is issuing a tough warning to parents (Netflix)

“We wanted to be mindful from the very beginning that there was no way you could point the finger. Dad wasn’t particularly violent in the house and didn’t raise his hand to mum or the boy or his daughter. Mum wasn’t an alcoholic. Jamie wasn’t abused sexually or mentally or physically.”

All of this was to pose the question, ‘Who is to blame?’

“Who is accountable?”, the Boiling Point star said. “Maybe we’re all accountable family, school, society, community, environment.”

He further hinted the prevailing problem with the internet being fully accessible for young people with phones, adding that they ‘have the world at their fingertips’ unlike generations before who were perhaps better shielded from the world’s darkness.

As for suggestions of Andrew Tate, accused rapist and human trafficker who is a key component of the ‘manosphere,’ writer Jack Thorne said the show wasn’t in a nod to him directly but was more poised to explore ‘male rage’.

“The kids aren’t watching Andrew Tate,” Thorne said. “They’re watching a lot more dangerous stuff than Andrew Tate.”