Jack Thorne: Adolescence, Stephen Graham, and Anxiety

Writer of Adolescence, Skins and This Is England, Jack Thorne joins Romesh to talk about the global impact of Adolescence and working closely with Stephen Graham. Jack opens up about social anxiety, imposter syndrome and how appearing on Desert Island Discs led to his autism diagnosis. They also discuss incel culture, kindness online, shifting power in the TV industry, Jack’s love of E.T. and work life balance.

A Ranga Bee Production in partnership with Listen.

00:00 Intro

00:55 The reaction to Adolescence

01:30 Jack’s relationship with Stephen Graham

02:55 Working with Brad Pitt

04:10 Talking about incel culture

08:25 Finding kindness online

09:40 Critics’ response to Adolescence

12:24 How invested audiences became

14:15 The real-world impact of the show

16:50 Parents’ reactions

18:19 Romesh’s mum’s question

20:40 Romesh’s gift and Jack’s love for E.T.

25:40 Jack’s obsession with the NFL

30:33 Romesh on work ethic

32:20 Work life balance

35:22 Imposter syndrome

42:05 How the TV landscape is changing

43:20 What Jack wants to do next

49:57 Desert Island Discs and autism diagnosis

54:36 Misquoted

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