Adolescence, a new Netflix series starring and co-written Stephen Graham, barrels into several timely (and uncomfortable) topics, including bullying, misogyny, online radicalization, and "incel" culture.

Adolescence is not based on one specific real-life event, but its story is inspired by real incidents. The creators, Jack Thorne and Stephen Graham, developed the series after hearing troubling news reports about young boys committing violent crimes, particularly knife attacks.

For teenagers, the stats are even bleaker: eighty-three per cent of all murdered teens (64 in total) were done so with a knife. This is the issue that Netflix’s new drama Adolescence wants to address.

The four-part drama tells the story of a 13-year-old boy who is accused of murder. Adolescence just dropped on Netflix today, and if the early reviews are any indication, it's about to be hugely popular.

These are the haunting questions at the core of Adolescence, Netflix's latest crime drama that will have you questioning everyone and everything. With each episode filmed in one uninterrupted take, the raw intensity of the harrowing situation at hand is only propelled by the cast ensemble featuring Stephen Graham,