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Netflix has been quick to respond to criticism that the streamer behaved like a \u201cTV tourist\u201d in commissioning hit series Adolescence<\/em>.<\/p>\n In one of the talking points of the Edinburgh TV Festival, Channel 4\u2019s news and current affairs boss Louisa Compton said<\/a> the network was \u201cproud parents\u201d of Adolescence<\/em> because of how the network gave opportunities to co-creators Jack Thorne and Stephen Graham early in their careers.<\/p>\n More from Deadline<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve developed and nurtured the talent that has allowed Netflix to come in as TV tourists and effectively commission [Adolescence<\/em>],\u201d said Compton. \u201cWithout us, that wouldn\u2019t have happened.\u201d<\/p>\n Speaking during an Adolescence<\/em> masterclass, Netflix\u2019s Mona Qureshi was asked for her response to Compton\u2019s comments. \u201cMy initial response is consternation,\u201d said the streamer\u2019s UK director of scripted series. The former BBC executive added: \u201cI don\u2019t think I\u2019m a tourist \u2014 I\u2019ve been around.\u201d<\/p>\n She added: \u201cNothing about where I am, where we sit, and the conversations we had about Adolescence<\/em> comes out of anything other than us, within the UK network team, being solely about finding shows and speaking to our local audience.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are all part of the same ecosystem. Adolescence<\/em> simply came out of something which is us reading a script and responding to this fantastic creative team and just being utterly compelled by delivering from the get-go\u2026 No one\u2019s thinking global, let\u2019s make something globally. It\u2019s just about being in tune with what the local market wants, and what we as commissioners feel inspires and compels us.\u201d<\/p>\n Speaking during the same masterclass, writer Thorne said: \u201cI started at Channel 4. I was lucky enough to get my first shows away at Channel 4 \u2026 I\u2019m really grateful for Channel 4, but I\u2019m excited that Netflix is moving into this space.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI think the real problem we\u2019ve got in TV at the moment is a certain conservatism that\u2019s crept in because of the recession,\u201d he added. \u201cI think any broadcaster that\u2019s prepared to take a risk, a wild swing, which is what this show was, it should be applauded for it.\u201d<\/p>\n Adolescence\u00a0<\/em>is Netflix\u2019s second most-watched English-language show of all time. Executives from UK broadcasters have previously said that the show would have been too expensive for them to make without co-production money.<\/p>\n Best of Deadline<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for Deadline’s Newsletter<\/a>. 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