After Adolescence shot to the top of Netflix’s most-watched charts, the streaming service spent some of the weekend answering questions about how the searing Stephen Graham series was made. Director Philip Barantini deployed his now-signature one-shot approach to each of the four episodes,

The show was directed by British filmmaker Philip Barantini, who had previously worked on the film Boiling Point with Stephen Graham, was behind the camera on all four episodes. Like that 2021 movie, each episode of Adolescence was filmed in “one-take” - a technique used by the Oscar winning film Birdman from 2014.

Following the release of one of Netflix's best shows of all time Adolescence, the streamer has now shared exactly how they captured the filming of each hour long episode in one take. The four-part series was released on 13 March and tells the harrowing and gripping story of a 13-year-old boy Jamie (Owen Cooper) who is accused of killing fellow teenager Kitty.