Owen Cooper and Stephen Graham in the Netflix miniseries Adolescence

Stephen Graham has shut down some of the racist commentary surrounding his hit show Adolescence.

Last month, Stephen’s four-part miniseries – which he co-created, co-wrote and starred in – became a huge success for Netflix, spending just shy of three weeks at the top of the platform’s most-watched chart and dominating the conversation, including in parliament.

However, the show did face some more unpleasant criticism from a select few critics.

While Stephen maintained that the show’s central killing was not based on any particular real-life cases, some still spread false claims that it was inspired by specific incidents, including

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