The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole | |
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Genre | Comedy/Drama |
Written by |
Sue Townsend Trevor Waite Oscar Webb |
Directed by | Peter Sasdy |
Starring |
Gian Sammarco Stephen Moore Lulu |
Theme music composer | Ian Dury & Chaz Jankel |
Opening theme | Profoundly In Love With Pandora |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 6 |
Production | |
Producer | Peter Sasdy |
Running time | 50/26 minutes |
Production company | Thames Television |
Original release | |
Network | ITV |
Release | 5 January 9 February 1987 | –
The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole is a British television series based on the book of the same name written by Sue Townsend. It aired from 5 January to 9 February 1987 and starred Gian Sammarco, as the title character Adrian Mole, Stephen Moore as Adrian's father George Mole and Lulu as Adrian's mother Pauline Mole.
There were one-off appearances from several other actors, including Tony Haygarth as Bernard Porke, the ill-mannered proprietor of the Rio Grande boarding house in Skegness, where the Moles stayed during a holiday; David Ryall as Mr Reginald Gudgeon, the well-meaning but inept manager of the local benefits office, Patrick Barlow as Mitchell Malone, the excitable local radio disc jockey and Lucy Benjamin as Sharon Bott.
# | Episode | Writer | Director | Original airdate |
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1 | Episode One: Falklands War | Patrick Barlow | Peter Sasdy | 5 January 1987 |
1982: the Falklands conflict rages. Bert's swapped medieval squalour for a new bungalow, both Doreen and Pauline have alarming news tor George, and Adrian's mission to demystify the female form ends badly. | ||||
2 | Episode Two: Skating Rink | Patrick Barlow | Peter Sasdy | 12 January 1987 |
Adrian learns that 50p and a bag of grapes can't buy you love - but an aptitude tor domestic chores just might. George has an unwelcome letter from the Inland Revenue, and it seems the Moles will be holidaying in Skegness... again | ||||
3 | Episode Three: Skegness | Patrick Barlow | Peter Sasdy | 19 January 1987 |
George leaves the family home, and Adrian and his mum face straitened circumstances. With her Giro cheque three weeks late, Pauline takes an extreme course of action... | ||||
4 | Episode Four: Mum Gives Birth | Patrick Barlow | Peter Sasdy | 26 January 1987 |
George leaves the family home, and Adrian and his mum face straitened circumstances. With her Giro cheque three weeks late, Pauline takes an extreme course or action... | ||||
5 | Episode Five: Reconciliation | Patrick Barlow | Peter Sasdy | 2 February 1987 |
The Mole family spends New Year's Eve together, with a morose Bert in attendance. Nigel can't decide whether to be heterosexual, bisexual or gay, while an attempted reconciliation between Pauline and George doomed to failure. | ||||
6 | Episode Six: Church in Hull | Patrick Barlow | Peter Sasdy | 9 February 1987 |
Having been suspended for a week Adrian's considered worth of Barry Kent's gang. Spending his evenings loitering outside a Chinese takeaway, he thinks he might be tasting real life at last; but is it a double life? And if he were to run away... would anyone notice? | ||||