Adolescence writer Jack Thorne has confirmed the future of the Netflix show after it stormed to the top of streaming charts. 

The devastating series sees schoolboy Jamie Miller (Owen Cooper), an intelligent, outwardly ordinary, teenage boy, accused of murdering a girl in his class.

Instead of asking if Jamie did it, which the series confirms at the end of episode one, it focuses in on the why – and exposes how the misogynistic online manosphere and incel culture played a role in radicalising him.

It became the most streamed series of the week in over 70 countries and saw almost 25million views in just four days after its release.

But co-creator Jack, who wrote the show with star Stephen Graham, has dashed fans’ hopes of a second season.

Issuing a brutal four-word response when asked about the show’s future on Tuesday’s This Morning, Jack said: ‘Jamie’s story is finished.’

Adolescence writer Jack Thorne has confirmed the future of the Netflix show after it stormed to the top of streaming charts

The devastating series sees schoolboy Jamie Miller (Owen Cooper), an intelligent, outwardly ordinary, teenage boy, accused of murdering a girl in his class

‘I don’t think there’s anywhere more we can take Jamie, so I don’t think there’s a series two,’ he added.

‘We’d love to explore the one-sH๏τ format in another way, we’d love to tell other stories in other ways, but I don’t think a series two of Adolescence is quite right for us.’  

Jack was asked whether a second season could possibly tell the story of Katie, the young girl murdered by Jamie. 

But he said that the felt there are other creators who would be better fitted to that.

‘I don’t think we’re the right people to tell Katie’s story,’ he said. ‘I think there are other makers out there who could tell beautiful dramas about Katie or girls like Katie, and that those shows should be made. 

‘Our aim was to try and tell Jamie’s story as fully as we possible could and maybe trying to tell her story would dilute that in some way and maybe we would be inadequate to that task.’

The father of an almost nine-year-old boy himself, Jack said doing research into incel culture ‘awoke anxiety’ in him. 

In order to write Jamie in a way that didn’t blame his parents for his crimes, Jack was pointed to the online world of inceldom – and did a deep dive into it. 

Instead of asking if Jamie did it, which the series confirms at the end of episode one, it focuses in on the why

But co-creator Jack, who wrote the show with star Stephen Graham, has dashed fans’ hopes of a second season

Issuing a brutal four-word response when asked about the show’s future on Tuesday’s This Morning, Jack said: ‘Jamie’s story is finished’

‘I spent a lot of time in some very strange places looking at a lot of strange content and the thing that surprised me was how attractive it was,’ he told hosts Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard. 

‘If I was a 13-year-old boy and I was told “There is a reason why you feel unattractive, there is a reason why you feel isolated, there’s a reason why you’re not sure how to talk in certain situations – that’s because the world is against you. And the reason why the world is against you is because 80% of women are attracted to 20% of men, this world is female dominated and you need to find ways to reset the balance”. 

‘And the more of these videos I watched, the more convincing I found them.  And that’s when I started to work out how we could write Jamie.’

Ben shared that his sons are older, while Cat’s, who she shares with comedian Patrick Kielty, are the same as Jack’s son Elliot. 

Cat shared her concerns about how to protect her young boys from the manosphere.

Jack said: ‘My boy is almost 9 so I’m in exactly the same place [as Cat]. What we’re not saying with this show is that there’s loads and loads of Jamies out there. 

In order to write Jamie in a way that didn’t blame his parents for his crimes, Jack was pointed to the online world of inceldom – and did a deep dive into it 

‘Because your son is in his room and he’s shut the door that means he’s going to inflict harm on another person – we don’t want to be a show that suggests that. 

‘Jamie is the product of a lot of different things. 

‘But at the same time we want people to be aware of what your kid is consuming, being aware of what’s out there is really important.’

He added: ‘And it’s awoken anxiety in me and it’s awoken conversations with my wife about how we handle this and how we help Elliot through it all.’