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00:00So I'm watching it at the moment. Launched on Netflix about 48 hours ago. I've watched three
00:05episodes so I haven't finished it entirely. And look, it's really powerful drama, isn't it?
00:12And really timely given the debates around mental health, the impacts of social media
00:18and digital engagement, and more powerfully about the sort of context of, you know, youth
00:26in schools and how they're engaging with these platforms. And this drama, not the same as a
00:31documentary, but certainly has a very powerful ability to just contextualise the problems of
00:38social media in a school environment. And especially for adults whose only really formative
00:43experience of mobile phones at school might have been a Nokia 7210, which was effectively just text
00:48messaging. I think for some of us who are over the age of 35, we haven't really experienced the
00:55same level of social media interaction our kids are experiencing on a daily basis. And that's
01:00causing significant issues around mental health, as well as absence and bullying as well.