Adolescence has built on its huge success, topping Netflix’s English TV series list this week with 42 million views. 

Since its launch, the show has amᴀssed 66.3 million views, making it the most-watched limited series and most-watched UK тιтle ever through its first two weeks, with a huge 161,000,000 hours viewed.

Coming in at number two on the English TV list this week was The Residence, the latest series from Shondaland, whilst The Electric State maintained its hold on the number one slot on the English films list, with 22.5 million views.

Over the weekend Adolescence made British TV history, becoming the first streaming show ever to become the most-watched programme of the week.

The drama has captivated audiences and critics since it hit Netflix earlier this month, with each episode filmed in a single continuous take.

While the show is already being tipped for a string of BAFTA nominations, figures published by ratings body BARB on Sunday showed that the first episode was watched by 6.45 million people in its first week.

Adolescence has built on its huge success, topping Netflix’s English TV series list this week with 42 million views (pictured Stephen Graham) 

The number makes it the biggest audience for any streaming show in the UK in a single week, beating the 6.3 million who watched Fool Me Once on Netflix last year.

The four-episode programme follows the Miller family, whose lives are torn apart when their 13-year-old son Jamie is arrested for stabbing a female classmate to death after being influenced by online misogyny.

The show’s protagonist Jamie Miller is played by Owen Cooper in his acting debut, while his dad Eddie is played by Stephen Graham. 

Top Boy legend Ashley Walters took on the role of DI Luke Bascombe and Erin Doherty plays psychiatrist Briony Ariston. 

After his devastating performance as schoolboy Jamie, Owen is tipped for silver-screen success – and been compared to a young Leonardo DiCaprio.

Meanwhile, Stephen Graham, who co-wrote the script, has described finding Owen as the ‘biggest achievement’ of the four-part series.

Despite its huge success, Adolescence’s co-creator Jack Thorne has insisted he won’t be returning to Jamie’s story, telling The News Agents podcast:

‘I don’t think so and I don’t think Stephen [Graham] does either.’

Since launch, the show has amᴀssed 66.3 million views, making it the most-watched limited series and most-watched UK тιтle ever through its first two weeks (pictured Owen Cooper)

Adolescence cast (L to R) Ashley Walters, Owen Cooper, Stephen Graham, Erin Doherty, Christine Tremarco

‘I think that we’ve told the story that we wanted to tell. We would like to do another story with the one-sH๏τ template, perhaps, and we are thinking how we might be able to do that, with Phil Barantini, our brilliant director.’

‘But no, I don’t think it’s about what happens next to Jamie. I think we’ve told that as fully as we possibly can.’