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The Dumping Ground
The Dumping Ground is a long-running CBBC children's drama (2013–present), created by Foz Allan, spun off from Tracy Beaker Returns and Jacqueline Wilson's novels, following children in a care home across 14 series and about 240 episodes.
The Famous Jett Jackson
The Famous Jett Jackson: Disney Channel live-action series (1998-2001), created by Fracaswell Hyman, starring Lee Thompson Young as teen actor Jett Jackson who plays secret agent Silverstone; 65 episodes, Alliance Atlantis production, plus a 2001 Disney Channel Original Movie.
The Lying Life of Adults
The Lying Life of Adults (La vita bugiarda degli adulti) is Elena Ferrante's 2019 coming-of-age novel and a six-episode 2023 Netflix series directed by Edoardo De Angelis, set in 1990s Naples, starring Giordana Marengo and Valeria Golino.
The Politician (TV series)
The Politician is a Netflix satirical comedy-drama (2019-2020) by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, and Ian Brennan, starring Ben Platt as Payton Hobart, an ambitious teen campaigning from high school toward the presidency; two seasons, 15 episodes, ended June 2020.
The Queen's Gambit (miniseries)
The Queen's Gambit is a 2020 American limited series on Netflix, seven episodes written and directed by Scott Frank, starring Anya Taylor-Joy and adapted from Walter Tevis's 1983 novel.
The Runarounds (TV series)
The Runarounds is an eight-episode Prime Video coming-of-age music drama created by Outer Banks co-creator Jonas Pate, premiering September 1, 2025, starring the real band The Runarounds; canceled April 2026 after one season.
The Saddle Club
The Saddle Club: Bonnie Bryant's horse-themed children's book series (1988–2001, 101 books) and its Australian/Canadian live-action TV adaptation (2001–2009) about Stevie, Carole, and Lisa at Pine Hollow Stables, now being remade as animation.
This Life (1996 TV series)
This Life is a BBC Two British drama (1996–1997) created by Amy Jenkins with Tony Garnett and World Productions, following five twentysomething lawyers in a south London house-share; 32 episodes, BAFTA-winning, followed by This Life +10 in 2007.
Trinkets (TV series)
Trinkets is an American teen drama streaming series on Netflix, based on Kirsten "Kiwi" Smith's 2013 young adult novel, about three teenage girls who meet in a Shoplifters Anonymous group.
Under the Bridge (2024 TV series)
Under the Bridge is an eight-episode 2024 Hulu true-crime miniseries adapted by Quinn Shephard from Rebecca Godfrey's 2005 book about the 1997 murder of 14-year-old Reena Virk in Saanich, British Columbia, starring Riley Keough and Lily Gladstone.
Voltaire High
Voltaire High (Mixte) is a 2021 French Prime Video period comedy-drama by Marie Roussin: in September 1963, eleven girls join a boys' lycée in Saint-Jean-d'Angély; one season, canceled, Canneséries audience prize.
We Are the Wave
We Are the Wave (Wir sind die Welle) is a 2019 six-episode German Netflix teen drama, a loose adaptation of Morton Rhue's Die Welle, in which student Tristan's protest movement radicalizes; directed by Lăzărescu and Monheim, produced by Dennis Gansel.
We Are Who We Are
We Are Who We Are: 2020 eight-episode HBO/Sky coming-of-age drama, Luca Guadagnino's first TV series, set on a US Army base in Chioggia, Italy in 2016, starring Jack Dylan Grazer and Jordan Kristine Seamón as teens exploring identity.
Wild Cherry (TV series)
Wild Cherry is a six-part BBC thriller by BAFTA winner Nicôle Lecky, premiered 15 November 2025 on BBC One/iPlayer, set in the fictional wealthy enclave Richford Lake; it streamed on Paramount+ internationally from 24 June 2026.
You Can Play
You Can Play is a 2015 American drama short film directed and co-written by Anders Helde with Dennis James Clarke, starring Kellan Rhude, released online on August 7, 2015.