adolescence
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The Baftas are the end of a victory run for Adolescence, which has already swept up almost every available award of the past year.
From BBC • May 10, 2026
Adolescence is frontrunner to win best limited drama, and five of its cast have acting nominations - Stephen Graham, Owen Cooper, Erin Doherty, Ashley Walters and Christine Tremarco.
From BBC • May 9, 2026
The Adolescence cast have enjoyed plenty of awards success, including at the Emmys, Golden Globes and Critics Choice awards.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
Adolescence has the most nominations overall with 11, followed by A Thousand Blows with seven.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
Adolescence is a surreal world: Kids who don helmets and practice banging into one another for hours each week are deemed healthy and wholesome, even heroic.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
Vocabulary lists containing adolescence
Power Suffix: -escence
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