The production base in Wakefield, which is a purpose-built studio facility, celebrated its first major TV commission. Directed by Philip Barantini, each episode was filmed in an unbroken, continuous shot - a style he used in Boiling Point, which also starred Stephen Graham.

Adolescence was filmed in a different part of the country to where it is set and Netflix viewers have been full of praise for the four-part drama

The star says the special approach to the show from producer Warp Films, co-creator and writer Jack Thorne and director Philip Barantini, meant that he was "the most zen as an actor I've ever been."