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Ackley Bridge
Ackley Bridge: Channel 4 British school drama (2017–2022, five series) by The Forge, creators Ayub Khan-Din, Kevin Erlis, Malcolm Campbell; merged white and Asian Yorkshire academy, RTS Yorkshire award winner.
Baby (Italian TV series)
Baby is a Netflix Italian teen drama (2018-2020, three seasons) by Fabula Pictures and the GRAMS writers, loosely based on the Baby Squillo underage prostitution scandal in Rome's Parioli district, starring Benedetta Porcaroli and Alice Pagani.
Byker Grove
Byker Grove: BBC children's and teen drama (1989–2006, 18 series, 344 episodes) set in a Newcastle youth club, created by Adele Rose, famous for the PJ paintball blinding, the first gay kiss on British children's TV, and launching Ant and Dec.
Chosen (2022 TV series)
Chosen (2022) is a Danish Netflix sci-fi teen drama, six episodes of about 44 minutes, created by Jannik Tai Mosholt and Christian Potalivo, about a 17-year-old girl uncovering the truth behind a meteor crash in her town; distinct from the biblical series The Chosen.
Effy Stonem
Effy Stonem, born Elizabeth Stonem, is a fictional character in the British teen drama Skins, played by Kaya Scodelario and featured across two generations of the show.
Elite (TV series)
Élite (Elite) is a Spanish Netflix teen thriller-drama created by Carlos Montero and Darío Madrona, set at the exclusive school Las Encinas, running eight seasons and 64 episodes from October 2018 to July 2024 around murders and class conflict.
Find Me in Paris
Find Me in Paris (Léna rêve d'étoile) is a German-French tween live-action series (2018–2020, 78 episodes, Cottonwood Media/ZDF) about Lena Grisky, a Russian princess ballet student who time travels from 1905 to modern Paris, later rebooted as Spellbound.
Grange Hill
Grange Hill: BBC children's school drama created by Phil Redmond, broadcast 1978–2008, set in a London comprehensive. Known for gritty realistic storylines such as Zammo's heroin addiction, three consecutive children's-series Baftas, and its 2002 move north under Mersey TV.
My Mad Fat Diary
My Mad Fat Diary: British E4 comedy-drama (2013–2015, 3 seasons, 16 episodes) based on Rae Earl's diary book, starring Sharon Rooney as 16-year-old Rae, set in 1990s Lincolnshire.
Sex Education (TV series)
Sex Education is a British Netflix comedy-drama (2019–2023) created by Laurie Nunn, four seasons and 32 episodes, starring Asa Butterfield, Gillian Anderson, and Ncuti Gatwa, filmed in Wales, Emmy-winning.
Skam (TV series)
Skam, Norwegian teen drama by NRK P3 (2015–2017), created by Julie Andem; real-time clip drops, fictional social media, four seasons at Hartvig Nissen School, Oslo; eight international remakes.
Skins (British TV series)
Skins is a British teen drama on E4 (2007–2013), created by Bryan Elsley and Jamie Brittain, set in Bristol, with the cast replaced every two seasons; remade by MTV in 2011 and cancelled after one season.
The Lodge (TV series)
The Lodge (TV series) is a 2016–2017 British Disney Channel musical teen drama, an adaptation of the Israeli series North Star, starring Sophie Simnett as Skye, Luke Newton, and Thomas Doherty; 25 episodes, filmed in Northern Ireland.
Tony Stonem
Tony Stonem, full name Anthony Stonem, is a fictional character in the British teen drama Skins, played by Nicholas Hoult as the manipulative anti-hero of its first two series.
Waterloo Road (TV series)
Waterloo Road is a BBC One British school drama created by Maureen Chadwick and Ann McManus, first broadcast in 2006, set in a failing comprehensive, running ten series to 2015 before a 2023 revival after lockdown iPlayer success.
Young Royals
Young Royals is a Swedish Netflix teen drama (2021–2024, three six-episode seasons) created by Lisa Ambjörn, Lars Beckung, and Camilla Holter, following Prince Wilhelm's romance with Simon at the Hillerska boarding school.