'Adolescence' Creator Officially Confirms a Connection Between His Netflix and Apple Shows

Co-created by Stephen Graham and Jack Thorne, the 2025 British limited series Adolescence made waves worldwide when it debuted on Netflix. Adolescence explores the immediate fallout from a young boy, Jamie (Owen Cooper), stabbing a girl to death and the radicalization of men online. The series was so well received that a UK government–backed initiative made it free to watch in high schools. A year later, Graham returns for yet another crime-focused thriller — Apple TV’s Nocturne .