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This is Fresh Air. I'm TV critic David B Coulee. The Emmy Awards are being handed out this

Sunday, and one of the shows with the most nominations is the Netflix British drama called

Adolescence. It's up for 13 Emmys, including three for Stephen Graham, who's our guest today.

One is for co-creating adolescence, another is for

co-writing it with Jack Thorne, and a third is for his unforgettable performance, nominated as

outstanding lead actor in a limited or anthology series or movie. He plays the father of a 13-year-old

boy who's taken by police in an early morning raid and charged

with the murder of a classmate. The son, Jamie, is being processed and examined at the police station

while his father watches and sympathizes and objects. Mr. Miller. Mr. Miller. Mr. Miller, I understand,

but this is a serious offense. Okay, I've got scratch marks on his left arm. I need to make sure that there's no other cuts or bruises that we need to be aware of. I think this is a bit serious as well, don't you? I mean, how would you have felt if you were 13 and you had two grown men look at your bits. I was an accused of a crime.

That's it, the old mate, accused. He hasn't been found guilty. He's being accused. Can you not do anything about this? I'm sorry. They're entitled to under pace. Mr. Miller, I promise. I will be very careful. I don't know you from Adam. Mr. Miller, we know what I mean? We really do need to cooperate with this.

He's 13.

He's 13.

He's 13.

Passcodes we can tell him.

Come here. I'm not going to meet. Mr. Miller, we want to mean. We really do need to cooperate with this.

He's 13.

He's 13. Passcodes, we can tell him. It's procedure, Mr. Miller. Mr. Miller, this is good for the James defense. It's fine. You're okay? I don't mind. Stephen Graham has two new projects coming up in October. One is the Netflix movie Good Boy,

where he plays a man who kidnaps a criminal and tries to forcibly rehabilitate him. The other is

Deliver Me from Nowhere, which stars Jeremy Allen White from the Bear as Bruce Springsteen.

Graham plays Springsteen's father, Douglas Dutch Springsteen. Those roles will be added to Graham's

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