Adolescence emerged as one of the biggest winners at the 2025 Rose d’Or Awards, securing accolades for Drama, Emerging Talent and the coveted Golden Rose. The Netflix show also celebrated Owen Cooper’s recognition as Emerging Talent of the Year, awarded for his breakthrough performance.
The judges called Adolescence “an extraordinary, sector-changing achievement – a set of outstanding production techniques used to rewire storytelling for a vital collective issue of our time,” and “simply the show of the year.”
Jack Thorne, co-creator of the series, accepted the award, saying: “This is a show that attempted to look at something quite complicated… There are those who believe that the kids are fine, that we need to leave them to their freedom… But we are conducting a giant science experiment with immature brains, and some teenagers will be profoundly affected by the loneliness and toxicity of the online space.
“If you have any sort of power… please check that the teenagers you’re responsible for are OK… The idea that we provoked a bit of talk on people’s sofas with Adolescence means the world.”
The winners of the 64th annual Rose d’Or Awards were announced during a ceremony at Kings Place in London on Monday December 1, hosted by comedian Dara Ó Briain.
Veteran UK actor Anne Reid received the Lifetime Achievement Award, recognised for a career spanning more than six decades, from her early breakthrough in Coronation Street to acclaimed roles in Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV, Dinnerladies, Last Tango in Halifax and the recently released Riot Women.
Paying tribute, writer Sally Wainwright (Riot Women) said: “Annie has that extraordinary quality of realness that so few actors have… You can’t see her acting – she just is. The nuance and the subtlety does take your breath away… I can’t imagine anyone who deserves this award more.”
Other UK winners included BBC animated film Tiddler (Children & Youth); Sky’s A League of Their Own (Studio Entertainment); Channel 4’s The Jury: Murder Trial (Factual Entertainment & Reality); BBC2’s Louis Theroux – The Settlers (Documentary).
Jon Creamer
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