ADOLESCENCE BECOMES MOST WATCHED PROGRAMME OF THE WEEK, ALL FOUR EPISODES MAKE TOP-10

The acclaimed Netflix drama Adolescence has become the most-watched programme across all broadcasters and streamers for its week of release, with all four episodes making the top-10.

The drama directed by Philip Barantini and is written by Jack Thorne with lead star Stephen Graham. Further casting includes Ashley Walters, Owen Cooper and Erin Doherty.

Adolescence is an ambitious crime drama told in a real-time, one-shot style, telling the story in real-time of how a family’s world is turned upside down when a 13-year-old boy is arrested and charged with the murder of a teenage girl.

The first episode has consolidated to 6,450,200 viewers in the UK within its first seven days of release, according to BARB. This makes it the most-watched programme of the week across all channels and streamers.

All episodes make the top-10 for the week with episodes 2-4 watched by 5,938,400, 5,140,700 and 4,654,300 respectively.

Adolescence is available now on Netflix.