The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole (TV series)
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(s) | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 6 |
Production | |
Producer(s) | Peter Sasdy |
Running time | 50/26 minutes |
Production company(s) | Thames Television |
Distributor | FremantleMedia |
Release | |
Original network | ITV |
Picture format | 4:3 |
Audio format | Mono |
Original 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.
Characters
Mole family
- Adrian Mole (Gian Sammarco) is the main character and narrator.
- George Mole (Stephen Moore) is Adrian's father and estranged to Pauline.
- Pauline Mole (Lulu) is Adrian's mother, who left her husband George in The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole to live with Mr. Lucas.
- May 'Grandma' Mole (Beryl Reid) is George Mole's mother and Adrian's grandmother.
- Rosie Mole is Pauline and Mr. Lucas' baby girl.
Other characters
- Bert Baxter (Bill Fraser) is Adrian's foul-mouthed and strongly opinionated old age pensioner friend. He lives with Queenie in a bungalow, along with Bert's aggressive and unpredictable German Shepherd dog, Sabre.
- Queenie Baxter (Doris Hare) is Bert Baxter's wife, who later dies of a stroke.
- Pandora Braithwaite (Lindsey Stagg) is Adrian's girlfriend.
- Tania Braithwaite (Louise Jameson) is Pandora's liberal-minded mother.
- Ivan Braithwaite (Robin Herford) is Pandora's father.
- Nigel Partridge (Steven Mackintosh) is Adrian's best friend.
- Barry Kent (Chris Gascoyne) is a bully at Adrian's school who becomes friends with Adrian.
- Mr 'Creep' Lucas (Paul Greenwood) is the Moles' former neighbour with whom Pauline had an affair.
- Doreen 'Stick Insect' Slater (Su Elliot) is a woman with whom Adrian's father George has an affair while his wife is in Sheffield with Mr. Lucas.
- Maxwell 'House' Slater (Anthony Watson) is Stick Insect's badly-behaved young son from a previous relationship. Stick Insect also gives birth to a baby boy, Brett (George being the father) during the current series and they all live with George's mother for a time.
- Mr Reginald 'Popeye' Scruton (Freddie Jones) is Adrian and Pandora's abrasive and volatile headmaster, who is a huge admirer of the then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
- Ms Fossington-Gore (Mary Maddox) is Adrian, Pandora and Nigel's opinionated but supportive form tutor.
- Mrs Claricoates (Marian Diamond) is the school's kind-hearted and long-suffering secretary.
- Courtney Elliott (John Bird (actor)) is the Moles' friendly and slightly eccentric postman, who possesses a surprisingly impressive academic background.
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 and Patrick Barlow as Mitchell Malone, the excitable local radio disc jockey.
Episodes
# | Episode | Writer | Director | Original airdate |
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1 | Episode One: Falklands War | Patrick Barlow | Peter Sasdy | 5 January 1987 |
2 | Episode Two: Skating Rink | Patrick Barlow | Peter Sasdy | 12 January 1987 |
3 | Episode Three: Skegness | Patrick Barlow | Peter Sasdy | 19 January 1987 |
4 | Episode Four Mum Gives Birth | Patrick Barlow | Peter Sasdy | 26 January 1987 |
5 | Episode Five Reconciliation | Patrick Barlow | Peter Sasdy | 2 February 1987 |
6 | Episode Six: Church in Hull | Patrick Barlow | Peter Sasdy | 9 February 1987 |
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