The Netflix series "Adolescence" follows a 13-year-old boy accused of murdering a female classmate, but is it based on a true story?

Adolescence is far more grown-up than its name might suggest. The four-part series, starring Stephen Graham, Ashley Walters ( Top Boy) and The Crown 's Erin Doherty, tells the story of a 13 year old boy named Jamie Miller (Owen Cooper) who's yanked out of his home and arrested for the murder of a teenage girl he knows at school

Netflix‘s newest binge-worthy series, Adolescence, made its debut on the streaming platform Thursday, and viewers and critics are already singing its praises. The show, which stars Stephen Graham, Owen Cooper,