Bon Cooper, pictured on the left at the back, is a "littleun" in BBC series Lord of the Flies A nine-year-old actor who is the only boy from Yorkshire to appear in the new BBC adaptation of Lord of ...

Poor Simon, with his huge, sad, all-seeing eyes. He understands the monster for what it really is – a beast inside Jack. Just like the pig’s carcass we see rotting on the beach towards the end of ...

A schoolboy who stars in the BBC's hit Lord of the Flies series has said the young cast are "still good friends". A four-part adaptation of William Golding's story of British boys descending into ...

A Scottish schoolboy has been cast in a new BBC TV drama that has viewers on the edge of their seats. Thomas Connor, from Kilmarnock, is currently playing Roger in a new adaptation of William ...

22:32, Sun, Feb 15, 2026 Updated: 22:37, Sun, Feb 15, 2026 A BBC drama left viewers noticeably shaken as the latest instalment proved to be the most gruesome and gory yet. On Sunday night (February 15 ...

While we’re always leery of the practice of directly using TV projects and films as a barometer of the planetary mood—what with the long lead times most shows and movies have, it can always be an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “When a group of boys crash‑land on a deserted island, their fight for survival spirals into something much darker,” the logline ...

Adolescence writer Jack Thorne hopes the UK will follow Australia in introducing a social media ban for children under 16. "I think it's amazing that Australia is ahead of the world in terms of the ...

Adolescence writer Jack Thorne has adapted William Golding's classic novel for his latest TV series about murderous male youth – but it's a very different beast. Jack Thorne has long been an acclaimed ...

I believe that children are the future. As Marx said, we need to teach them well and let them lead the way, show them all the beauty they possess inside. Maybe it was Hayek who said that. One way or ...

18:15, Tue, Feb 10, 2026 Updated: 18:17, Tue, Feb 10, 2026 Fans of Lord of the Flies have unearthed a "feral" reality programme which placed children in circumstances mirroring William Golding's ...

The highly anticipated series, which was adapted from William Golding's 1954 novel of the same name by Adolescence co-creator Jack Thorne, hit screens on Sunday (February 8). The story follows a group ...