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Carla Feric

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Jack thorne says lord of the flies adaptation will explore male condition - What They Never Told You

Adolescence writer Jack Thorne has created an upcoming Lord Of The Flies TV adaptation (Jordan Pettitt/PA) - (PA Archive)

Screenwriter Jack Thorne has said his upcoming adaptation of Lord Of The Flies will try to understand the male condition, and has revealed that each episode of the new four-part series will focus on a different character.

Thorne has reimagined William Golding’s 1954 literary classic, about young boys stranded on an island who descend into chaos, in a TV series set to hit viewers’ screens later this week.

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