Adolescence (2025)

Name: Adolescence
Released: 2025
Rating: 8

TV-MA 8.0/10 IMDb

When a 13-year-old is accused of the murder of a classmate, his family, therapist and the detective in charge are all left asking: what really happened?

Creator: Stephen Graham, Jack Thorne

Content Warnings

Identity & Discrimination

Hate crimes (depicted) (referenced)Homophobia / transphobia (depicted) (referenced)Stalking / harassment

Mental Health & Emotional

Death of a child (referenced)Grief / bereavement (major focus)

Other

Gaslighting / emotional manipulation

Phobias & Sensory

Blood / medical gore

Violence & Physical Harm

Child abuse / harm to children Domestic violence / intimate partner abuse Gore / graphic violence Gun violence (referenced)Police brutality Self-harm / suicide (depicted) (referenced)Sexual assault / rape (referenced)

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Does It Get Worse?

Unknown Not enough data to determine a trend.

6 series-wide warnings apply across all seasons.

Season 1 13 warnings

Avg severity:(3.3)

Hate crimes (depicted)Homophobia / transphobia (depicted)Stalking / harassmentDeath of a childGrief / bereavement (major focus)Gaslighting / emotional manipulationChild abuse / harm to childrenDomestic violence / intimate partner abuseGore / graphic violenceGun violencePolice brutalitySelf-harm / suicide (depicted)Sexual assault / rape