The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole

26min

Comedy

Drama

The everyday traumas and emotional upheavals of the legendary teenage diarist as he struggles to come to terms with life in Margaret Thatcher's 1980s England.

Episodes

Cast

Falklands War

1. Falklands War

26min

5th Jan 1987

Adrian, now 15, is back with Pandora and both have political views on everything, especially the Falklands Conflict featured in this episode. Lulu debuts here, playing Adrian's Mum.

Skating Rink

2. Skating Rink

26min

12th Jan 1987

Grapes in hand, Adrian goes on a date with Sharon Botts.

Skegness

3. Skegness

26min

19th Jan 1987

Adrian and his mother receive some shocking news from Dad during their Skegness holiday.

Mum Gives Birth

4. Mum Gives Birth

26min

26th Jan 1987

Adrian finds his life as an only child is now over. He also discovers that you need to tip a spaghetti jar upside down to get a fiver out of it

Reconciliation

5. Reconciliation

26min

2nd Feb 1987

Adrian is no longer an only child. He's having a nervous breakdown but nobody's noticed.

Church in Hull

6. Church in Hull

26min

9th Feb 1987

It all gets too much for our hero. He runs away to Hull with the dog.......

First air date

5th Jan 1987

Last air date

9th Feb 1987

Status

Ended

Type

Miniseries

Original language

en

Networks