Netflix's new series Adolescence is already being tipped as one the years biggest shows, but what real life events have lead to the creation of a show that draws on such intense themes of youth violence and online radicalisation?

Plus, new details have emerged about the mysterious circumstances surrounding the deaths of Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa, shifting our understanding of their final days.

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