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When one of a group of friends downloads the Red Rose app, their lives take a dark turn.

It's not just your battery that could die... In a long, hot, post-exam summer, friends are seduced by the dark power of the sinister Red Rose app. From the makers of 'Sex Education'.

School is about to finish for the last time. For many teenagers, this signals the beginning of the next stage of their lives. For a group of working-class friends in Bolton, there is no next stage. The summer stretches out in front of them with an infinite sense of possibilities, but when one of the gang downloads the mysterious Red Rose app, plans change. What starts innocently as a game of admiration rapidly descends into something much darker.

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Red Rose: Series 1: Lockdown

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Time is running out, so the gang change tack.

Time is running out, so the gang change tack. Red Rose has other plans – and shows them there’s no escape.

The thin veil between Red Rose and reality is breaking down, and so the gang plan to go analogue to nullify the technological terror of Red Rose. But their digital lockdown isn’t as secure as they thought. Red Rose will go to any lengths to succeed in its aims, destroying lives and warping beliefs, as it recontextualises friendships, and even family ties.

Red Rose: Series 1

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Summer stretches out in front of a group of teenage mates from Bolton. But when one of them downloads a mysterious app called Red Rose, their plans change.

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