Adolescence star praises grafter dad as role model

An actor who appears in the Netflix series Adolescence has praised his "grafter" dad for being his biggest role model.

Lewis Pemberton plays the role of Tommy, an "outcast" whose 13-year-old friend Jamie is arrested for stabbing a teenage girl from his school.

The four-part drama has been praised for shining a light on the corrosive impact of social media and misogynist influencers on some teenage boys, and was highlighted by Sir Keir Starmer at Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday.

Mr Pemberton, from Beverley, said his dad had always taught him "if you want something, you can do it, you just have to work hard for it".

The series stars Stephen Graham, who co-wrote the drama, after seeing two separate reports of boys stabbing girls to death.

"I just thought, what's going on in society where this kind of thing is becoming a regular occurrence":[]}