The series analyses incel culture and how it has promoted misogyny online and bullying on social media.
Shortly after its debut in March, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer hosted a Downing Street meeting with the programme-makers, telling them it was “a torch that shines intensely brightly on a combination of issues that many people don’t know how to respond to”.
Cooper was selected for the pivotal role after years spent at weekly drama classes in Manchester, where teachers said their “eyes were just drawn to him”.
Speaking about the Emmy ceremony, where the cast and crew memorably celebrated, external their eight awards, he said: “It was crazy and all a bit of a blur. The amount of people I met there was insane.
“It really was the best day of my life.”