The head of the production company behind hit TV drama Adolescence has joked that they won so many Emmys it was nearly impossible to even make a trip to the loo during the ceremony.

The Netflix drama took home a total of eight trophies this year, with 15-year-old actor Owen Cooper becoming the youngest male to win an Emmy award.

Chief executive of Sheffield-based Warp Films, Mark Herbert, said the winning streak just “kept going”.

“It was bonkers. It was hard to go to the loo,” he told BBC 5Live Breakfast, “but it was a good evening.”

Adolescence, which centres around a 13-year-old boy who is accused of murdering a schoolmate, received widespread praise for shining a light on the impact of smartphones and social media on teenagers.

Written by Stephen Graham and Jack Thorne, the show was filmed in and around studios in South Kirkby, Wakefield, and nearby Minsthorpe Community College in South Elmsall.

The mini-series, comprising four episodes all shot in one take, won best limited series, as well as prizes for its directing and writing.

Lead actor Stephen Graham won outstanding lead actor in a limited or anthology series or movie and Erin Doherty won outstanding supporting actress in a limited or anthology series or movie.

Cooper, who played teenager Jamie Miller, was named best supporting actor in a limited series.

Adolescence had also scooped up two Creative Arts Emmy awards last week – bringing its total haul to eight.

Herbert, who is currently working on a remake of 1980s nuclear war film Threads, said the show’s success had “absolutely blown our minds”.

“It’s just over a year ago that we wrapped this series, which is just insane,” he said.

“We were in a little place called South Kirkby in West Yorkshire and a year later, we’re here [at the Emmys].”

Herbert said friends had come up to him and told him they have had a chat with their 10-year-old child because of the programme.

“We’re not politicians, but we just want to hold a mirror up to society,” he said.

“If you can make people feel in their gut and in their heart that something is disgusting, then that’s all we want as creators.”