{"id":22918,"date":"2025-05-02T11:39:53","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T15:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/5-lines-up-the-real-adolescence-our-killer-kids\/"},"modified":"2025-05-02T11:39:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T15:39:58","slug":"5-lines-up-the-real-adolescence-our-killer-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/5-lines-up-the-real-adolescence-our-killer-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Lines Up The Real Adolescence: Our Killer Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ITN Productions\u2019 90-minute documentary <em>The Real Adolescence: Our Killer Kids<\/em> is set to bow on 5 on May 8.<\/p>\n<p>The film delves into the rise in murder convictions for 12- to 17-year-olds in the U.K. by speaking with those affected by the crimes and various experts. This includes Stuart Stephens, whose son was killed in 2021 at age 13; Rohan Strand, whose son was stabbed on his way home from school in 2023; and Hayley Ryall, whose son was killed at a house party in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Experts involved include Alison Cope, anti-violence campaigner whose son was also killed; consultant forensic psychiatrist Dr Sohom Das; forensic psychologist Kerry Danes; and The Ben Kinsella Trust\u2019s CEO, Patrick Green.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChild killers is a horrific topic that has been brought back to the top of the agenda by <em>Adolescence<\/em>, but this documentary is real life,\u201d said Daniel Smith, executive producer at ITN. \u201cWe want to thank all the contributors for sharing their personal stories and hope that by bringing them together, we have focused on the shattering impact of these crimes and included experts to suggest how they might be prevented.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dan Louw, commissioning editor at 5, added, \u201cThis is a shocking and sobering film about a national emergency, and I challenge every parent to watch it. For years, we\u2019ve written off growing levels of youth violence as a mere \u2018moral panic,\u2019 but this film demonstrates that this approach is failing our kids and victims of violence.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ITN Productions\u2019 90-minute documentary The Real Adolescence: Our Killer Kids is set to bow on 5 on May 8.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":22919,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[10686,10881,10882,1560,10883],"class_list":["post-22918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-10686","tag-dan-louw","tag-daniel-smith","tag-itn-productions","tag-the-real-adolescence-our-killer-kids","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>5 Lines Up The Real Adolescence: Our Killer Kids - TVREAL<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/5-lines-up-the-real-adolescence-our-killer-kids\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"5 Lines Up The Real Adolescence: Our Killer Kids - TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ITN Productions\u2019 90-minute documentary The Real Adolescence: Our Killer Kids is set to bow on 5 on May 8.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/5-lines-up-the-real-adolescence-our-killer-kids\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-05-02T15:39:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-05-02T15:39:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/05\/ITN-Logo-0824.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"394\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/5-lines-up-the-real-adolescence-our-killer-kids\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/5-lines-up-the-real-adolescence-our-killer-kids\/\",\"name\":\"5 Lines Up The Real Adolescence: Our Killer Kids - TVREAL\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-02T15:39:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-05-02T15:39:58+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/5-lines-up-the-real-adolescence-our-killer-kids\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/5-lines-up-the-real-adolescence-our-killer-kids\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/5-lines-up-the-real-adolescence-our-killer-kids\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"5 Lines Up The Real Adolescence: Our Killer Kids\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\",\"name\":\"TVREAL\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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