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Stephen Graham has issued a ‘profound’ warning to parents about the detrimental impacts of the internet after his Netflix drama Adolescence.

The one-shot drama follows the fallout after 13-year-old boy Jamie, played by newcomer Owen Cooper, is accused of murdering a girl in his class.

The four-part drama also explores how ideologies from the likes of Andrew Tate are harming young men.

Reflecting on the drama, dubbed ‘the best in a long time’, Stephen advised parents to be ‘mindful’ of external influences on their children.

The A Thousand Blows actor, 51, explained that the internet can be ‘extremely negative’ for young people.

He told The Independent: ‘It’s just being mindful of the fact that not only we parent our children, and not only does the school educate our children, but also there are influences that we have no idea of that are having profound effects on our young culture.

‘Profound effects, positive and extremely negative; so it’s having a look at that and seeing that we’re all accountable.

The Time actor continued: ‘When we were kids, if you got sent to your room or if Kenny Everett was on the telly, and it got a bit racy, you’d be sent to your room and then you couldn’t watch it.

‘But today even within the context of that home, when lads and girls go to their bedrooms, they have the world at their fingertips.’

Stephen is a father and shares son Alfie and daughter Grace with his actress and producer wife Hannah Walters.

The Line Of Duty star previously said that Adolescence tells ‘an ordinary family’s worst nightmare’.

He told Netflix Tudum: ‘I really just wanted to shine a light on it, and ask, “Why is this happening today? What’s going on? How have we come to this?”‘

Despite the dark subject material, Adolescence has been a hit with viewers and critics alike, earning a perfect 100% Rotten Tomatoes score.

On X, KongoZande said: ‘Finished #Adolescence, what an incredible show. We genuinely do not talk enough about the greatness of Stephen Graham. This final scene had me bawling.’

Echoing their sentiment, Kellam wrote: ‘Guys Adolescence on Netflix is potentially the closest thing we have to perfect tv. Severance, Paradise and now this? How greedy. All shot in one take too? Mental.’

Tim called it ‘the most sensational piece of television I’ve seen in years’, while Jiya described it as ‘truly a brilliantly crafted show’.

Director Philip Barantini and writer Jack Thorne previously spoke to Metro to discuss the importance of the conversations being sparked by the drama and why the one-shot style of filming was vital to the story.

Philip, who also directed 2019 film Boiling Point in one shot, which also starred Stephen, explained why this filming technique isn’t a ‘gimmick’, but a tool to draw the audience in to an even greater degree and ‘force them to pay attention’.

He said: ‘It’s relentless, and it puts a perspective on things that you wouldn’t necessarily have. You can’t jump forward in time, you can’t cut to another person, you can’t go to a close up.

‘We wanted to just dip the audience in for an hour in this particular moment in time, dip them back out again, and then put them in a few months later and let them work it out themselves.’

Adolescence is available to stream on Netflix.

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Siobhan Finneran, lead of ITV’s new thriller Protection, appears to have struck up a sweet romance with another popular TV detective.

The British actor, 59, has been involved in several staple shows, from BBC’s hit crime drama Happy Valley opposite Sarah Lancashire to Downton Abbey’s grouchy Miss O’Brien.

If you are an avid TV watcher, you will have come across something the Bafta-winning actor has featured in, whether it’s Alma’s Not Normal, Time, The Recokning or Benidorm.

Her latest role is as a witness protection officer whose life is torn apart when a family she is protecting falls under attack – bringing the ghosts of her past, present and future home to roost.

All this to say that the six-part heart-pounding crime drama is familiar territory for the Lancashire-born actress.

Here’s what we know about the acclaimed actress’s life away from the limelight.

Who is Siobhan Finneran’s partner?

Siobhan was married to star of police procedural Heartbeat, Mark Jordon, for 17 years before they got divorced in 2014.

In 2001, a few years after the pair married, Mark (also known for his roles in Casualty, Hollyoaks and Doctors) spoke about his then-wife in an interview with The Mirror.

‘She’s just so lovely. We met when I was 20 and she was a bezzie, bezzie mate for years. We didn’t realise that half of our fun was flirtatious,’ he said at the time.

The pair had even acted in Heartbeat together a few years previously. Recalling his proposal story, Mark once said he ‘took her down to London for a romantic weekend’ that involved a limo and her favourite music.

After the couple parted ways in 2014, Siobhan was romantically linked with Don Gilet – the new lead star of Death in Paradise.

The pair worked together on the 2017 ITV drama The Loch which centres around a murder in a small Scottish town. Since then, they have appeared on the red carpet together and were seen holding hands at the 2024 TV Choice Awards.

And although they have kept their rumoured romance low-key, Siobhan seemed to confirm the relationship in a recent chat with The Guardian.

As she recommended her favourite artist, Rudi Hurzlmeier, she reminisced on a sweet anecdote involving the TV detective.

‘I found a card I’d been sent years ago, clearing out a drawer, and laughed as soon as I saw it again.

‘It’s a picture of a nun looking in a shoe shop, and a bloke next to her has got his hand on her bum. I showed it to Don [Gilet], my fella, and now one of my Christmas presents is a book of Hurzlmeier’s work,’ she said.

Does Siobhan Finneran have children?

Yes, Siobhan shares two children with her ex-husband Mark. A daughter Poppy and son, Joseph who are both in their late 20s.

In a recent interview with The Guardian, she spoke a bit about taking a step back from acting to raise her children.

She said: ‘You sometimes look back and think, yeah, I made a decision not to work when the children were small.

‘But I don’t think I’d made a decision. I think there probably wasn’t a lot of work coming in, and that just fitted in quite brilliantly with the fact that I had two kids under the age of two.’

As for Mark, his role as a father is front and centre on his social media, with his Instagram handle reading markjordondad where he occasionally shares photos with his children.

Why did Siobhan Finneran leave Downton Abbey?

Perhaps one of the biggest questions that came from Siobhan’s three season stint on the ITV period drama Downton Abbey was the reason behind her sudden departure.

The villainous lady’s maid, Miss O’Brien, was a firm fixture of the show, filled with snarky quips, a firm alliance with the scheming Thomas Barrow and plenty of disdain for poor and rich alike.

But, at the start of season four, viewers were informed that Miss O’Brien had abruptly left her post to follow Lady Flintshire to India.

Siobhan later shed some light on the reason behind her exit, and made clear it was entirely her decision to not renew her contract.

‘I signed up to do three series and that was all I wanted to do,” she explained.

‘I had great fun doing it but I just didn’t want to do it any more. I decided this before we even did the last series. When I stop loving something, I stop doing it.’

Protection airs at 9pm on Sunday, March 16 on ITV1 and will be available to stream on ITVX.

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It’s time to cancel all your social plans as Netflix is about to drop its next binge-worthy murder-mystery.

Prepare to not leave your house on Thursday as that is when The Residence is coming to the global streaming platform.

The whodunit stars Orange Is The New Black star Uzo Aduba as eccentric detective Cordelia Cupp, tasked with solving a murder at the White House.

The all-star cast also features the likes of Breaking Bad’s Giancarlo Esposito, Always Be My Maybe’s Randall Park and Kylie Minogue.

Fans have already compared The Residence to zany caper Knives Out after watching the trailer.

Among them is @JoseBaghiroli, who said on YouTube: ‘It’s the West Wing/Knives Out crossover I never knew I needed.’

@heyitsthatspinabifidachick1351 shared: ‘I have my reminder set on Netflix. I can’t wait to see this show.’

@redeye007 commented: ‘This is the Netflix version of Only Murders in the Building. Looks like my kind of show. Next season should take place at Buckingham Palace.’

Echoing their sentiment, @whatthebuckfan89 added: ‘Oh my goodness I saw this was set in the White House I usually don’t go for any shows about politics, but this looks hilarious the delivery of the detective genius.’

Created by Paul William Davies, The Residence is produced by TV legend Shonda Rhimes’s production company Shondaland, also behind shows including Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal and Bridgerton.

If you can’t wait until Thursday, Netflix fans have also been recommending recently added drama Adolescence.

Starring Line of Duty’s Stephen Graham and Owen Cooper in his debut onscreen role, one-shot drama Adolescence tells the harrowing story of a 13-year-old boy accused of the murder of a girl in his class.

Over four episodes, it follows Jamie Miller (Cooper) arrested and charged with the heinous crime, with Top Boy’s Ashley Walters playing Detective Inspector Luke Bascombe, who is assigned to Jamie’s case.

Viewers see the impact of Jamie’s actions on his school, his family, and the shocking CCTV evidence behind the act before The Crown actress Erin Doherty, who plays a clinical psychologist, delves deeper into his mindset and the impact the ideologies from the likes of Andrew Tate are having on young men.

‘Finished #Adolescence, what an incredible show. We genuinely do not talk enough about the greatness of Stephen Graham. This final scene had me bawling,’ KongoZande said, to which Samantha commented on X: ‘Same, I’m still crying and it ended about 5 minutes ago. He is phenomenal. Just wow.’

Kellam wrote: ‘Guys Adolescence on Netflix is potentially the closest thing we have to perfect tv. Severance, Paradise and now this? How greedy. All shot in one take too? Mental.’

Tim called it ‘the most sensational piece of television I’ve seen in years’, while Jiya said it ‘is truly a brilliantly crafted show’.

Director Philip Barantini and writer Jack Thorne previously spoke to Metro to discuss the importance of the conversations being sparked by this drama and why the one-shot style of filming was vital to the story.

Philip, who also directed 2019 film Boiling Point in one shot, which also starred Stephen, explained why this filming technique isn’t a ‘gimmick’, but a tool to draw the audience in to an even greater degree and ‘force them to pay attention’.

He said: ‘It’s relentless, and it puts a perspective on things that you wouldn’t necessarily have. You can’t jump forward in time, you can’t cut to another person, you can’t go to a close up.

‘We wanted to just dip the audience in for an hour in this particular moment in time, dip them back out again, and then put them in a few months later and let them work it out themselves.

The Residence is coming to Netflix on Thursday, March 20.

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Amazon Prime Video viewers have been binge-watching an ‘addictive’ thriller packed full of twists and turns.

The streaming platform recently added the first and only season of murder-mystery Guilt, which first debuted on Freeform in 2016.

The drama stars Daisy Head as Grace Atwood, an American student in London, who becomes the prime suspect in a murder investigation after the killing of her roommate Molly Ryan (Rebekah Wainwright).

Guilt is said to be inspired by the real-life case of Amanda Knox, an American exchange student living in Italy who was wrongfully imprisoned for nearly four years for the 2007 murder of her roommate Meredith Kercher.

Having long maintained her innocence, Knox’s murder conviction was overturned in 2015 by Italy’s highest court, the Supreme Court of Cassation.

On Google, fans have been raving about Guilt and praised the show, which features the likes of Billy Zane, for having ‘fantastic acting.’

Among them is Srinivas Gowda, who enthused: ‘This show is very intriguing and makes you wonder what exactly is going on with the lives of these innocent, twisted people. That’s when you slowly realise how everyone is connected in this controlled chaos all linking to a bloody dead body at a house party. True to the show’s title, everything the show depicts is about the “Guilt”. In my personal opinion the show is underrated on IMDB.’

Echoing their sentiment, Kevin McManus said: ‘Loved every minute of it fantastic acting.’

Over on Rotten Tomatoes, Jon C wrote: ‘It’s a guilty pleasure. The creators take a murder-mystery and use the Amanda Knox approach. During a trip to London a young girl Grace finds her roommate Molly murdered and all the fingers point to her.

‘The show turns into an addictive, chilling story about this girl’s involvement and wondering if she is guilty or not. Other characters like Grace’s sister, boyfriend, and attorney try their hardest to prove her innocence.

‘As the evidence builds up, the number of suspects does too, but it also means deadly consequences. Connections lead to money, sex, drugs, lies, betrayal, doing things against our own nature, and getting mixed up with powerful, dangerous individuals.

‘Sexy, sly, brutal TV making for the young crowd. Cool plot twists and hip players.’

Guilt is not the only show gripping Amazon Prime Video viewers.

They’ve also been devouring every episode of family crime drama they claim ‘outshines’ Peaky Blinders.

Animal Kingdom even stars one of the BBC’s show’s actors, Finn Cole, who played Michael Gray.

First aired in 2016, the thriller follows Finn’s character Joshua ‘J’ Cody who moves in with his estranged relatives, the Codys, who run a criminal family enterprise in California, after the death of his mother.

On Reddit, Turbulent-Truth-4059 urged: ‘How is no one talking about how good ANIMAL KINGDOM IS🔥🔥🔥 watch it.’

Agreeing, FineJellyfish4321 raved: ‘Yes!!! I always recommend it and a lot of people don’t even know about it. I didn’t until last year but once I started I was absolutely hooked! That is hands down one of the best shows I’ve ever seen!’

jwC731 added: ‘Highly underrated show imo.’

Guilt is available to stream on Amazon Prime Video.

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The White Lotus has proven itself to be a great platform for young actors – and one of its budding stars has a very famous British parent.

A satirical black comedy, The White Lotus follows the exploits of rich guests who turn up at the titular luxury hotel resort, pulling back the curtain on their seedy private lives.

An anthological series, each season introduces an entirely new cast of super rich and super scandalous characters who come to stay at the White Lotus.

Which means it’s proven to be a great platform for young actors trying to make their break in a major American TV production – one of them being Stockport actress Aimee Lou Wood.

Another young face making himself known to audiences at this early stage in his career is Sam Nivola, who plays Lochlan Ratliff on the show.

Lochlan is one of the show’s main characters for season three, alongside esteemed actors such as Jason Isaacs, Carrie Coon, Walton Goggins, and Leslie Bibb.

But as well as rubbing shoulders with the famous cast, Sam also has a famous parent – he was also born in a London hospital and was raised in Notting Hill, despite his American nationality.

Sam’s famous mum is actress and filmmaker Emily Mortimer – Emily shares her son with husband Alessandro Nivola, and gave birth to Sam in 2003, when she was 32 years old.

Emily is a star of both the big and small screens, with her career having lasted more than 30 years since her 1994 debut on comedy drama Under the Hammer.

Her biggest TV roles include her work on political drama The Newsroom, British comedy Doll & Em, and the romantic drama The Pursuit of Love, which she also wrote and directed.

It was on the big screen where Emily really made her name, however, with roles in Notting Hill, the Scream saga, Shutter Island, Hugo, Mary Poppins Returns, the Cars trilogy, and most recently Paddington In Peru.

Emily and Alessandro were married in January 2003, having met each other on the set of 2000 film Love’s Labour’s Lost – Emily gave birth to Sam nine months later.

Sam spent his childhood in Notting Hill before the family moved to Brooklyn in New York City, studying at Saint Ann’s private school and then Columbia University.

He got his first acting role in Doll & Em and later starred in his mother’s production The Pursuit of Love before landing the role of Lochlan on The White Lotus.

His sister May – Emily and Alessandro’s second child – starred alongside Sam in the Noah Baumbach film White Noise in 2022 after she herself had also starred in The Pursuit of Love.

Speaking about being an entire family of actors and performers, Emily told The Times: ‘I guess we’re a … I don’t want to use the phrase ‘circus family’. That sounds a little bit depressing or pretentious. But we don’t know any different and we don’t know any better.’

‘As a family we’re all in it together. It just so happens that we’re all interested in a lot of the same things, have a lot in common, really like each other, and have a nice time together.’

Watch The White Lotus on Sky Atlantic and Sky Go.

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Holly Willoughby’s TV producer husband Dan Baldwin is reportedly embroiled in a dispute with Butlin’s over BBC show Gladiators.

It has been claimed that Dan’s production company Hungry Bear Media is in ‘a row’ with the holiday camp company after agreeing a licensing deal.

Under the agreement, Butlin’s is reportedly allowed to use Gladiators’ logo and branding for its Meet The Stars of Gladiators experience.

However, Hungry Bear Media only owns the TV rights, while entertainment giant MGM handles the logo and branding rights.

The Amazon-owned production and distribution firm is now reportedly banning the use of the Gladiators logo and costumes at Butlin’s.

Instead, Meet The Stars of Gladiators performers have been competing in black tracksuits at the Bognor Regis, Minehead and Skegness resorts.

A source told The Sun: ‘It seems Dan’s Hungry Bear Media and Butlin’s have got into a row over this.

‘It’s resulted in the Gladiators coming out in an all-black outfit on a stage with no TV logos behind it.’

A spokesperson for Butlin’s told Metro: ‘We can confirm our ‘Meet the Stars of Gladiators’ experience is still very much taking place this year at Butlin’s.

Due to external commitments, they will no longer be appearing on a small number of dates and all impacted guests have been notified.

‘We’ve added in our exclusive Masked Singer Live show in its place. We are very sorry for any disappointment caused.’

MGM and Hungry Bear Media declined to comment when approached by The Sun.

Metro has also reached out to MGM, Hungry Bear and Butlin’s for comment.

Last month, it was reported that Dan and Holly’s media production and management firm Roxy Media was at risk of closure over an unpaid tax bill.

The company’s most recent accounts show it owed £329,715 in corporation tax for the year up to August 2023.

A hearing related to Roxy Media, which was founded in 2020, is scheduled to take place on April 16.

An HMRC spokeswoman said at the time: ‘We take a supportive approach to dealing with customers who have tax debts and only file winding-up petitions once we’ve exhausted all other options, in order to protect taxpayers’ money.’

Dan is considered one of the most influential and powerful executives in the British TV industry.

His career started at the BBC as a researcher on Live and Kicking before going on to produce shows like Celebrity Juice and Virtually Famous.

In 2014, Dan co-founded Hungry Bear with Juliet Denison Gay.

Holly and Dan met on the kids’ TV show Ministry Of Mayhem in 2004, which Holly co-hosted with Stephen Mulhern

They married in 2007 and share three children: Harry, 15, Belle,13, and Chester, ten.

Gladiators is available to stream on BBC iPlayer.

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