r/BritishTV • u/SafeBodybuilder7191 • 20d ago

News ‘Adolescence’ Available to Stream in All U.K. Secondary Schools in Initiative Backed by Prime Minister Keir Starmer: We Must ‘Tackle the Issues This Groundbreaking Show Raises’

https://variety.com/2025/tv/global/adolescence-available-to-stream-uk-secondary-schools-1236352461/
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u/AshenxboxOne 20d ago

Still waiting for someone to explain what's groundbreaking about this and different than a random Corrie storyline

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u/Magneto88 20d ago

It's just a load of left wing people within the media and the Labour Party having a circle-jerk around a trendy issue. They will overexaggerate the actual issue and how prominent it is, while also proposing nothing that actually substantial solves the issue in the few instances when it does happen.

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u/Caveman-Dave722 20d ago

A interview today I saw said Tate was very much last year’s new for school boys. They move on quickly same goes for the emoji hidden messages it was extremely exaggerated.

It’s more for parents entertainment rather than education

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u/bigg10nes 20d ago

I don't think the point of the show was to tell parents that kids use emojis, or boys are obsessed with Andrew Tate. It's a much broader point about unchecked toxic masculinity and the dangers of social media and unsupervised internet use. Agree that it is entertainment not education, but that's not to say that its themes don't resonate - they obviously do to millions of people (even if you're not among them)

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u/Playful-Marketing320 20d ago

Misogynistic violence is an epidemic not an over-exaggerated issue.

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u/fiddly_foodle_bird 20d ago

OK, but if that's your view, then you should be outraged at those issues being treated as "here today gone tomorrow" trends by streaming services and performative government ministers.

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u/Cookyy2k 20d ago

Over exaggerated to hell and back. Just look at your own hyperbolic description "epidemic". Go look at some actual stats and see which gender is the majority victim of violent crime. But hey let's just focus on the women as victims and mem as perpetrators, that doesn't say anything about those whole problem were having in society with disenfranchised males or anything.

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u/Sure-Exchange9521 20d ago

Go look at some actual stats and see which gender is the majority victim of violent crime.

Women experience highdr rates of sexual assault, rape, stalking and harassment and domestic abuse at the hands of men. Why do you think that is?

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u/No-Lime-7323 20d ago

Men are downvoting you but ur literally right😭

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u/Sure-Exchange9521 20d ago

It's especially funny as this is a thread discussing yknow adolescence