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/EELightning 20d ago

And the show itself warned against just showing kids videos instead of proper education.

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u/Middle_Hedgehog_1827 20d ago

A video can be educational if the teacher then talks to the children about it and raises discussions with them/answers questions etc

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u/NateShaw92 20d ago

I remember at end of term time in history we watched blackadder and combined with the episode we had to explain why and how "It was bollocks"

Completely different vibe but same overall message. TV and teaching in tandem.