After Adolescence took Netflix by storm this year, Louis Theroux is now reportedly set to present a follow-up, in a huge move away from his BBC roots.
The four-part one-take drama explores how young boys can be radicalised into misogynists online, sparking conversations among parents and politicians alike.
The intensely gripping four episodes follow the psychological fallout after 13-year-old Jamie (Owen Cooper) murders Katie (Emilia Holliday), a girl from his class at school.
Last month, it was reported that Louis Theroux was developing a documentary exploring the impact of online misogyny on young boys through his Mindhouse production company.
Filming for the series was said to have started, with expectations the documentary would air on Netflix.
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The Sun has now reported that Theroux will also be presenting the drama, in a huge move away from his longtime presenting gig over on the BBC.
A source told the publication: ‘Louis is famous for starting out on the BBC and has stayed with them ever since.
‘Even though he started making shows for other channels and streamers, he never fronted them – that was reserved for the Beeb.’
The source also said that the move to Netflix would mark an end to ’27 years of exclusivity’ between the acclaimed presenter and the public service broadcaster.
The publication reported that the documentary will explore the impact of figures like Andrew Tate, while Theroux talks to 20-year-old UK vlogger HSTikkyTokky, whose real name is Harrison Sullivan.
The online personality was suspended from live videos on YouTube last year for ‘hateful behaviour’, while he’s referred to women as ‘things’ and ‘slu*s’ in the past.
On TikTok, Harrison has shared videos of himself trying to get Theroux arrested while trying to chat to him in the street.
The news comes on the heels of Adolescence’s dominance at the Emmys this year, with both Cooper and Graham scooping up gongs.
Graham, who plays Jamie’s dad in Adolescence, has long said that a second season of the drama is a ‘possibility’.
‘If we were to go again, would I like it to go again? With a different story completely? Yes,’ he told Variety.
Graham said the focus would shift to a new family, and he went on to discuss the victim Katie’s family, which was a perspective absent from the Netflix drama.
‘Rightfully so, if we were a conventional drama, you would look at it from Katie’s perspective and we’d see the aftermath of Katie’s family,’ Graham said.
‘But I felt like we’d have seen that. We’ve seen that many a time. We haven’t really seen this side.’
However, he pointed out that any follow-up wouldn’t recapture the same success as the original run.
‘That’s once in a lifetime,’ he said. ‘We tapped straight into the zeitgeist. You’ve just had something that’s gone everywhere. I mean, number one in Brazil? Number one in Saudi Arabia?’
A version of this article was originally published on August 25.
Metro contacted Louis Theroux’s representatives and Netflix for comment.
Adolescence is available to stream on Netflix.
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