Adolescence just went through a huge growth spurt.
Last week, the U.K. limited-series drama jumped from No. 9 on Netflix‘s Most Popular English TV list to No. 4, the streamer revealed on Tuesday. It jumped over seasons one and three of Bridgerton, fellow limited series The Queen’s Gambit and Fool Me Once, and season one of The Night Agent.
Adolescence debuted less than a month ago and already has more than 114 million views. Of that total, 17.8 million happened last week, making Adolescence No. 1 yet again.
One cool note that is incrementally helping: Adolescence has been made available to stream in secondary schools across the U.K.
Adolescence tells the story of how a family’s world is turned upside down when 13-year-old Jamie Miller (Owen Cooper) is arrested for the murder of a teenage girl who goes to his school. Stephen Graham is Jamie’s father (and his “appropriate adult” in police-talk), Eddie Miller. Ashley Walters stars as Detective Inspector Luke Bascombe, and Erin Doherty is Briony Ariston, the clinical psychologist assigned to Jamie’s case.
The limited series reunites Graham and Philip Barantini, who previously collaborated on feature film Boiling Point.
Adolescence is created and written by Graham and Jack Thorne (The Swimmers, Joy). Executive Producers are Mark Herbert and Emily Feller for Warp Films, Stephen Graham and Hannah Walters for Matriarch Productions, Jack Thorne for One Shoe Films, Philip Barantini for It’s All Made Up Productions, and Brad Pitt, Jeremy Kleiner, Dede Gardner and Nina Wolarsky for Plan B Entertainment.
Carina Sposato (also Plan B), Peter Balm and Niall Shamma (Warp Films) serve as co-executive producers; Jo Johnson is producer.