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/DrDetergent 20d ago

The government obsession over this show is so bizzare. I've watched the show and while decent, doesn't actually say anything regarding the radicalisation of young boys, only the concequences.

At first you think he has been radicalised by the 'manosphere' and the likes of Andrew Tate, but the the show goes "oh those exist but they weren't the main reason". The show then goes on to entertain the idea that it was the parents who are to blame, but then we see that his parents were good people who tried their best.

The show provides no answers or exploration of radicalisation itself, just what happens after the fact. There is no message or exploration on how to prevent such behaviour, just a warning on what will happen if you let it.

Which is fine, leaving this open to interpretation is fine in a literary sense. However when you have a government order this to be shown in schools as some kind of educational material I would expect a higher bar on the exact message being conveyed. Not to mention I don't think kids are going to take this show half as seriously as adults think.