Netflix’s Adolescence has been a huge hit across the world and now co-creator and star Stephen Graham has spoken out on a follow-up to the series

Stephen Graham has given an update about season two of Adolescence(Image: Croydon Advertiser)

Kirkby’s own Stephen Graham is absolutely gobsmacked by the phenomenal reaction to Netflix’s latest offering, Adolescence. The 51-year-old has been showered with praise for his riveting portrayal of Eddie Miller in the gripping four-part series.

Stephen co-wrote the breakout show alongside Jack Thorne and the drama has taken the globe by storm, smashing Netflix records with a staggering 24.3 million viewers tuning in worldwide within the first four days since its debut, and the numbers soared to an impressive 66.3 million after a fortnight.

Amidst the show’s monumental triumph, Graham has spilled the beans on the potential for a sequel to Adolescence. Speaking to Variety, he teased: “Possibly, let’s see how the figures are. But yeah, there’s the possibility of developing another story.”

Adolescence. (L to R) Ashley Walters, Owen Cooper, Stephen Graham, Erin Doherty, Christine Tremarco. (Image: Courtesy of David Dettmann/StillMoving for Netflix © 2025)

The This Is England star confessed that the series’ profound societal impact has caught him off guard, adding: “I suppose what I’m trying to say is that we had no idea that it would impact socially the way it has, but it seems to have cut through all the race, creed and hierarchical structures of society with the message that it’s carrying about our youth.”

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Graham’s wife, Hannah Walters, not only graces the screen in the series but also serves as an executive producer. Echoing her husband’s sentiments, she expressed her astonishment at the overwhelming response the show has received, reports the Liverpool Echo.

In the same interview, she shared: “It’s been overwhelming. Somebody sent us an email saying that he’d been in he business for 38 years and had never known anything to have had an impact like that.

“We’re number one in 80 countries, including Saudi Arabia, India, Australia… it’s just incredible. I didn’t think the subject matter would resonate with the world, but it really has.”

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Graham and Walters’ comments come after Adolescence’s co-writer Thorne recently hinted there may not be a second run for the hit show after all.

Still from Adolescence(Image: Courtesy of Netflix)

While speaking on This Morning, he remarked: “The first is, I don’t think we’re the right people to tell Katie’s story.

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“So, I think there are other makers out there that could tell beautiful dramas about Katie or girls like Katie, those shows should be made.”

He further explained their intentions, “Our aim was to try and tell Jamie’s story as fully as we possibly could, and maybe trying to tell her story would dilute that in some way, or maybe we would be inadequate to that task.

“The second thing, in terms of the second series is, I think Jamie’s story is finished. I don’t think there’s anywhere more we can take Jamie, so I don’t think there is a series two.

“We’d love to explore the one-shot format in another way. We’d love to tell other stories with it, but I don’t think a series two of Adolescence is quite right for us.

“I hope what this show does is it doesn’t provide easy answers. It doesn’t say, ‘This is the way to solve this, this is the way to do that.’ I hope what it provokes is conversations on the sofa, conversations in classrooms, and, hopefully, conversations in government.”