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The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole

  • 1987
  • Ended
  • Comedy · Drama
  • ~26m / ep
  • 1 season
  • 6.7/10

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.

Latest: Miniseries · 1987

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  1. E1. Falklands War

    Jan 5, 1987 · 26m

    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.

  2. E2. Skating Rink

    Jan 12, 1987 · 26m

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

  3. E3. Skegness

    Jan 19, 1987 · 26m

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

  4. E4. Mum Gives Birth

    Jan 26, 1987 · 26m

    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

  5. E5. Reconciliation

    Feb 2, 1987 · 26m

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

  6. E6. Church in Hull

    Feb 9, 1987 · 26m

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