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data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/adolescence-tv-show\/\">Adolescence<\/a>’s smash success.<\/p>\n<p>As Adolescence breaks new viewing records as the<a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/03\/25\/adolescence-makes-british-tv-history-racking-24-000-000-netflix-views-22787394\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/03\/25\/adolescence-makes-british-tv-history-racking-24-000-000-netflix-views-22787394\/\"> most-watched UK show on Netflix ever<\/a>, a lesser-known series starring the Line of Duty actor is also rising the ranks, currently at number eight in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>Originally released on <a data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/itv\/\">ITV<\/a> in 2022, The Walk-In stars Stephen, 51, as a journalist who works with a mole in a dangerous neo-Nazi organisation to expose their plans before they can kill again.<\/p>\n<p>Written by acclaimed screenwriter Jeff Pope, it is based on <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2022\/10\/03\/is-the-walk-in-based-on-a-true-story-17493788\/\">the true story of how a far-right plan to kill an MP was foiled by an inside man<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/line-of-duty\/\">Line of Duty<\/a> and Boiling Point star plays reformed neo-Nazi Matthew Collins – who, after being approached by police, works with an undercover mole to infiltrate a dangerous group who are hell-bent on starting a race riot in the UK.<\/p>\n<div class=\"factbox\" data-ico=\"factbox_article\" data-track-module=\"factbox_article\">\n<h2 class=\"factbox-title\">\n\t\t\t\tGet personalised updates on all things Netflix\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<div class=\"factbox-content\">\n<p> Wake up to find news on your TV shows in your inbox every morning with Metro’s TV Newsletter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/newsletters\/tv-newsletter\/?ito=tv-article&signup-source=tv-article-link\">Sign up to our newsletter<\/a> and then select your show in the link we’ll send you so we can get TV news tailored to you.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The series’ star-studded cast also includes Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels star Jason Flemyng, Shameless actor Dean Lennox Kelly and <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2024\/09\/09\/tracy-ann-oberman-reveals-permanently-return-eastenders-21555765\/\">EastEnders’ Tracy-Ann Oberman<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SEI_231699699-4cc8.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22107679\" alt=\"Editorial use only Mandatory Credit: Photo by ITV\/REX\/Shutterstock (13431741o) Stephen Graham as Matthew Collins. 'The Walk-In' TV Show, Series 1, Episode 1 UK - 03 Oct 2022 The Walk-In, is a British ITV drama series in which Stephen Graham takes the leading role, of activist Matthew Collins, a reformed Neo-Nazi, now working as a bona fide journalist for the anti-racist organisation, Hope not Hate. Written by Oscar nominated and BAFTA multi award-winning screenwriter, Jeff Pope, the drama is an explosive state-of-the-world series that explores some of the most critical and relevant issues of modern times including racism, freedom of speech and terrorism.\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Stephen Graham stars in crime thriller The Walk-In (Credits: ITV\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After originally airing in 2022, the five-part series is available to stream in full on Netflix.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Collins, upon whose story the series is based, was once the South London organiser for the National Front, a volunteer for the British National Party, and a member of the neo-Nazi group Combat 18.<\/p>\n<p>After taking part in the Welling riots in 1993, he became a mole for the anti-fascist magazine Searchlight – being paid in book tokens for his work.<\/p>\n<p>When his role was exposed, Matthew went into hiding in Australia for the next ten years, subsequently returning to Britain to make a new life for himself as an anti-fascistactivist and lecturer.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SEI_231699709-0ebf.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22107674\" alt=\"Editorial use only Mandatory Credit: Photo by ITV\/REX\/Shutterstock (13503908h) Stephen Graham as Matt Collins. 'The Walk-In' TV Show, Series 1, Episode 5, UK - 31 Oct 2022 The Walk-In, is a British ITV drama series in which Stephen Graham takes the leading role, of activist Matthew Collins, a reformed Neo-Nazi, now working as a bona fide journalist for the anti-racist organisation, Hope not Hate.\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Stephen plays a reformed neo-Nazi turned activist (Picture: ITV\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"430\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SEI_231699773-8929.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22107678\" alt=\"Editorial use only Mandatory Credit: Photo by ITV\/REX\/Shutterstock (13480742ab) Stephen Graham as Matt Collins and Andrew Ellis as Robbie. 'The Walk-In' TV Show, Series 1, Episode 4, UK - 24 Oct 2022 The Walk-In, is a British ITV drama series in which Stephen Graham takes the leading role, of activist Matthew Collins, a reformed Neo-Nazi, now working as a bona fide journalist for the anti-racist organisation, Hope not Hate. Written by Oscar nominated and BAFTA multi award-winning screenwriter, Jeff Pope, the drama is an explosive state-of-the-world series that explores some of the most critical and relevant issues of modern times including racism, freedom of speech and terrorism.\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>This Is England co-star Matthew Ellis plays Stephen’s mole (Picture: ITV\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The series picks up with Matthew as he identifies a dangerous far-right sect, making themselves out to be a clean-cut group of young white men.<\/p>\n<p>Its story also follows This Is England star Andrew Ellis as mole Robbie Mullen, who begins feeding Matthew information after the murder of MP Jo Cox.<\/p>\n<p>After receiving an e-mail detailing their plan to murder a second MP, Andrew works with Robbie to foil their future plans.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"957\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SEI_231699800-4047.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22107667\" alt=\"Mandatory Credit: Photo by Anthony Harvey\/REX\/Shutterstock (14768090el) Stephen Graham 'Blitz' Opening Gala, 68th BFI London Film Festival, UK - 09 Oct 2024\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Stephen Graham smiling on the red carpet (Picture: REX\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The miniseries currently boasts an 80% fresh critic score on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, with an audience score of 76%.<\/p>\n<p>Critics and viewers alike were impressed with Stephen Graham’s ‘gripping’ performance, hailing it as ‘necessary’ viewing for our fractured time.<\/p>\n<p>‘Fantastic frightening series, all the more scary because it’s true and we all know some of the characters. Stephen Graham could not do a bad performance if he tried but he is excellent in this,’ Nick Payne wrote on Google.<\/p>\n<p>‘Stephen Graham is amongst my favourite actors and he is once again, stupendous in this series as well,’ Nishant Jha echoed.<\/p>\n<p>‘Just give Stephen Graham every award on the planet. Masterpiece after masterpiece,’ Jonny Williams said on X.<\/p>\n<p>‘Watching The Walk -In on Netflix, a masterpiece…’ shezai added.<\/p>\n<p>‘Absolutely brilliant,’ Damian James shared. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Keith Watson, a critic for <strong>Metro.co.uk <\/strong>described it as ‘intense,’ highlighting its <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2022\/10\/03\/the-walk-in-review-stephen-graham-takes-on-neo-nazis-in-itv-drama-17495052\/\">‘sincere intentions and important message<\/a>.’<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SEI_231699791-be39.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22107670\" alt=\"Editorial use only Mandatory Credit: Photo by ITV\/REX\/Shutterstock (13461867a) Stephen Graham as Matthew Collins. 'The Walk-In' TV Show, Series 1, Episode 3, UK - 17 Oct 2022 The Walk-In, is a British ITV drama series in which Stephen Graham takes the leading role, of activist Matthew Collins, a reformed Neo-Nazi, now working as a bona fide journalist for the anti-racist organisation, Hope not Hate. Written by Oscar nominated and BAFTA multi award-winning screenwriter, Jeff Pope, the drama is an explosive state-of-the-world series that explores some of the most critical and relevant issues of modern times including racism, freedom of speech and terrorism.\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>The series is based on a true story (Picture: ITV\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<section class=\"metro-comment-cta\">\n<div class=\"metro-comment-cta__inner\"><span class=\"metro-comment-cta__text-wrap\"><title>Comment now<\/title><span class=\"metro-comment-cta__text\">Are you watching The Walk-In?<\/span><\/span><a class=\"metro-comment-cta__button\" href=\"#metro-comments-container\">Comment Now<\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>Speaking on The Graham Norton Show in October 2022, Stephen revealed how important the role was to him.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It\u2019s very close to my heart \u2013 it\u2019s a very poignant and powerful drama that\u2019s really relevant to what is happening today,\u2019 Stephen said.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It is a wonderful piece and what I really like is being part of something that puts a mirror up to society. <\/p>\n<p>‘I was a bit nervous at first about people\u2019s reaction to it, but the way it has been received is phenomenal.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><em>This article was first published on December 2, 2024.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Got a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">If you\u2019ve got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\">Metro.co.uk<\/a> entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@metro.co.uk, calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/submit-stuff\/\">Submit Stuff<\/a> page – we\u2019d love to hear from you.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{“@context”:”https:\/\/schema.org”,”@type”:”VideoObject”,”name”:”Metro.co.uk”,”duration”:”T54S”,”thumbnailUrl”:”https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/03\/26\/09\/96580993-0-image-a-13_1742982773801.jpg”,”uploadDate”:”2025-03-26T09:52:34+0000″,”description”:”Based on a true story, it stars Stephen Graham, Andrew Ellis and Dean-Charles Chapman.”,”contentUrl”:”https:\/\/videos.metro.co.uk\/video\/met\/2025\/03\/26\/4037469282411433391\/480x270_MP4_4037469282411433391.mp4″,”height”:270,”width”:480} To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/26\/forgotten-stephen-graham-drama-hailed-stupendous-soars-up-netflix-chart-after-adolescence\/\" class=\"readmore\">Continue reading<svg class=\"icon icon-arrow-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"img\"> <use href=\"#icon-arrow-right\" xlink:href=\"#icon-arrow-right\"><\/use> <\/svg><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Forgotten Stephen Graham drama hailed \u2018stupendous\u2019 soars up Netflix chart after Adolescence<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2939,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2937"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2937"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2937\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2945,"href":"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2937\/revisions\/2945"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}