Thorne discussed the shot in Netflix's making-of documentary. "It was an example of the technical meeting the story and finding a fusion, which is actually better than anything that the story had come up with on its own," he says. All four episodes of Adolescence are streaming on Netflix.

If you thought living through adolescence was hard, Netflix is here to remind you with a new limited series about a horrible murder that kids today have it even harder.

Adolescence director Philip Barantini has spoke about the possibility of releasing a second series of the show on Netflix