Heartstopper season 1 debuted at #7 in Netflix’s global top 10 during the weekend of its release, prompting the streaming giant to greenlight Heartstopper season 2 and beyond.

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Heartstopper season 1 followed Charlie and his friends Tao and Isaac as they coped with their friend Elle moving to another school, especially as they were often tormented by the school bully Harry.

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This big change happened simultaneously with Charlie being assigned a new homeroom deskmate, Nick, towards whom he started to develop romantic feelings.

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Netflix’s Heartstopper is based on Alice Oseman’s webcomic turned graphic novels series of the same name.

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It's unknown when Heartstopper season 2 will be released. Filming for season 1 started in April 2021 and took three months to shoot in the UK

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