Stephen Graham’s acclaimed ITV drama now available on Netflix amid Adolescence’s success

One of Stephen Graham’s “most liked” ITV dramas has been released for Netflix streaming for fans, and it also features a well-known sitcom star.

Viewers gripped by Netflix’s hit drama series Adolescence can now watch another of Stephen Graham’s acclaimed series on the streamer. The 51 year old actor also starred in the five part 2022 true crime drama The Walk-In, alongside a cast that includes Game of Thrones’ Dean-Charles Chapman, Line of Duty’s Leanne Best, and Mrs Brown’s Boys star and creator Brendan O’Carroll.

The Walk-In aired on ITV in October 2022 and won praise from viewers and critics. Now available on Netflix, it is based on the true story of how Matthew Collins, of activist group Hope Not Hate, hatched a plan to infiltrate a British neo-nazi terrorist group called National Action, and helped to foil a plot to assassinate Labour MP Rosie Cooper.

A man named Jack Renshaw was sentenced to life imprisonment for his plan to kill Ms Cooper.

In one episode, Brendan O’Carroll, best known as Agnes Brown in Mrs. Brown’s Boys, appears as Uncle Ronnie, while Stephen Graham stars as Matthew Collins and Dean-Charles Chapman as Renshaw and Andrew Ellis as young recruit Robbie Mullen.

In an interview with Radio Times in October 2022, Stephen explained why he decided to star in The Walk-In.

“I believe it is crucial that we have drama like this that is truthful,” she said. That’s the justification for why I pick the scripts I use. I enjoy entering people’s living rooms to engage in debate and discussion, and to try to provoke some discussion about what they are watching. As an actor, it’s important for me to be a part of something that makes a social commentary.

Lucy Mangan, the author of The Guardian at the time the series was broadcast, described it as “one of the best TV investments you can make” and claimed that Stephen Graham played Collins “with his customary unshowy commitment and aplomb, and convinces as completely as ever.” In The Independent, Nick Hilton merely posed the question, “Is Stephen Graham the best actor currently employed in British television?” in his evaluation.

However, MP Rosie Cooper, who was the target of the far right murder plot said in the House of Commons that she was not happy with the way the series was promoted at the time. “I have been used as a marketing tool by both Hope not hate and ITV,” she said. “What excuse is there for a press release that says, ‘Who is Rosie Cooper, and who wanted to murder her?'” She went on to say that Hope Not Hate and ITV should donate all the money and proceeds from the series to the Jo Cox Foundation, which was set up following the murder of MP Jo Cox in 2016.

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Fans of Stephen Graham can catch more performances from the actor on Netflix, including the time travelling drama Bodies, historical drama Taboo and his two collaborations with director Martin Scorsese, Gangs of New York and The Irishman.

Adolescence also brings the actor back together with former partners. The acclaimed Shane Meadows’ series This Is England 86, 88, and 90, as well as the acclaimed television series Help, in which Jodie Comer and Stephen co-starred in a drama set during the COVID-19 pandemic, were also co-wrote with him.

All those series are available to stream on Channel 4’s streaming service, while Boiling Point, which Stephen made with Adolescence’s director Philip Barantini, is available on BBC iPlayer.

Netflix currently offers The Walk-In and Adolescence.

Source: Mirror