Adolescence Producer Matriarch Sign Disney+ First-Look Deal

Disney+ has signed a first-look deal out of the U.Okay. with Matriarch Productions, the company behind “Adolescence” and “A Thousand Blows” based by award-winning performing and producing husband-and-wife duo Stephen Graham and Hannah Walters.

The two-year deal will span each unique scripted and unscripted sequence and comes following the current premiere of the second season of interval boxing drama “A Thousand Blow” on Disney+. The Hulu Original sequence is produced by Matriarch, together with The Story Collective and Water & Power Productions.

“We are beyond thrilled to be working with Disney+ and through this creative partnership will strive to produce inspiring, entertaining and thought-provoking storytelling,” said Graham and Walters.

Matriarch, which only started operations in 2020, has already constructed up an unimaginable monitor report. It landed a BAFTA nomination in 2022 for one-shot kitchen thriller “Boiling Point,” adopted this up with a “Boiling Point” spin-off sequence for the BBC in 2023 and produced the first season of the acclaimed “A Thousand Blows,” written by Steven Knight and launched in early 2025.

Then got here “Adolescence,” which took the one-shot concept from “Boiling Point” to new heights that continue to soar. The groundbreaking Netflix sequence — produced by Matriarch alongside Warp Films and based on a concept by Graham — turned an on the spot cultural second when it launched in March 2025 and has dominated every awards season since. Among its haul of honors are eight Primetime Emmys, including excellent restricted or anthology sequence, while it lately rising from the Golden Globes with 4 wins, including best restricted sequence.

Alongside its success on display, Matriarch has continued to underline considered one of its key rules, pushing for larger variety, inclusivity and alternative — and to assist assist those who would in any other case wrestle to get into the trade.

“Stephen and Hannah have proven they know how to tell bold, impactful stories and our vision also aligns with them around providing a platform for underrepresented voices in the U.K.,” said Angela Jain, head of content, Disney+ EMEA. “Distinctive, local stories that entertain and resonate with audiences are what Disney+ are committed to championing, making Matriarch the perfect partners as we look to evolve our production slate in the U.K. This is a dream and we’re thrilled to continue working with them.”

Added Lee Mason, VP, Scripted, Disney+ EMEA: “Stephen Graham and Hannah Walters are storytellers with real purpose — creative, fearless, and deeply committed to discovering, nurturing, and championing new talent. I’m genuinely excited to keep working with them, and to support the kind of ambitious, distinctive work they want to put into the world with Disney+.”

Upcoming Hulu Original sequence produced out of the U.Okay. for Disney+ contains the second season of the Emmy and BAFTA award-winning “Rivals”, anti-romantic comedy “Alice and Steve”, produced by Clerkenwell Films and starring Nicola Walker and Jemaine Clement, and premium actuality format sequence “Jamie and Sophie: Raising Chelsea (w/t)”, “The Rooney’s” and “Blind Date.”