Adolescence Creator Nixes Season Two Amid BAFTA Win

The creator of  drama Adolescence has shut down the possibility of a second season focused on the 'femosphere'.

Screenwriter Jack Thorne, 47, penned the series alongside leading actor Stephen Graham.

The premise follows a 13-year-old schoolboy, Jamie Miller (Owen Cooper), being arrested after a female classmate is murdered, with episode . 

Further investigation reveals Jamie's influence by the manosphere - an online culture promoting masculinity and misogyny.

Speaking to Metro, Jack explained there would not be a second season focused on the Miller family because that story is now complete.

He said: 'Any attempt to go back into it would weaken the story we’ve told already.' 

The writer weighed in on a follow-up regarding the femosphere, seen as the female equivalent to the manosphere.

He said: 'I don’t think I’m the right writer for that, for very crucial reasons. But I look forward to someone doing a show about it.'

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An emotional Stephen Graham, 52, revealed he has been , before finally landing the Best Actor gong for Adolescence.

The four-part Netflix show, which received a staggering 11 nominations when it was announced in March, received the most ever wins for a series as it also took home Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Limited Drama.

During his acceptance speech, Stephen, who played Jamie's father, said: 'I might take my time. I've been nominated eight times and this is the first time I've won. 

'I'd like to thank all my fellow nominees. Especially our James and our Ellis, both of you are magnificent. 

'When I was a kid, I watched a television programme called Scully, written by Alan Bleasdale, and it had the wonderful Drew Schofield in it. 

'He lived across the road from my nanna's house so he showed me then that I could be on the television. Drew was such a wonderful man. He was my inspiration so for any young kid, no matter where you're from, anything is possible.'

Owen, 16, who has made history by becoming the youngest winner of the Best Supporting Actor award at both the Golden Globes and the Emmy Awards,

Christine Tremarco, who played Owen's mother in the show, , who previously took home the Golden Globe and Emmy Award.

Stephen wiped away tears as Christine took to the stage and said: 'I hold this BAFTA high to Hannah Walters and Stephen Graham, thank you so much.'

The Netflix series also won in the Limited Drama category, beating the shows; Fought The Law (ITV), Trespasses (Channel 4) and What It Feels Like For A Girl (BBC Three).

Owen said of his win: 'Every time we are at these events and your name gets called out your mind flashes back to your first audition, the first time on set, the first time you met the cast, it's been an unreal two years. 

'I'm just grateful to everyone who is here today.'

When asked how it's changed his life and what he wants to do next he said: 'I don't know what I want to do next. 

'It's changed my life because I've met all these beautiful people, me and my family have travelled the world, so it's just amazing.

'Erin [Doherty] was the first person that I ever worked with so it was a dream to film. It was hard to do, I'm not doing to stand here and say it was easy, it was hard to do that in front of a stranger I have never met but Erin and the crew were so kind.'

Producer Mark Herbert of Warp films, added: 'Big thanks to Stephen Graham for bringing this gang together. The script ripped our hearts and it punched us in the guts'. 

He also thanked Netflix boss Anne Mensah who had picked up the project after Amazon Prime Video had passed on it.'

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