BBC ‘Lord of the Flies’ Reboot Draws Comparisons to Netflix's 'Adolescence'

Adolescence creator Jack Thorne has confirmed that his upcoming Lord of the Flies adaptation will have a lot "in common" with his previous Netflix sensation.

Speaking at an early screening of his Lord of the Flies show last week, Thorne admitted that "a bit of [William] Golding slipped into Adolescence, and a bit of Adolescence slipped into Golding," drawing comparisons between the two stories' exploration of youth, masculinity, and radicalisation.

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