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The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole

1 season

A gentle, wry look at teenage awkwardness and family chaos, nostalgic and quietly touching without ever getting heavy.

Created by
David Nicholls
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Oliver Savell, Lisa McGrillis, Colin Hoult
Overview
It’s New Year’s Day 1981 and teenage Adrian Mole starts his uniquely funny diary about family life and being a teenager before the advent of mobile phones and social media.

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Created by
David Nicholls
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Oliver Savell, Lisa McGrillis, Colin Hoult
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • family
  • identity
  • class
  • love
Places
  • small town
  • home
  • school
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour7
Realism8
Romance4
Tension2
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama
Created by
David Nicholls
Written by
Jack Rooke, Caroline Moran, Dillon Mapletoft, Caitlin Moran
Starring
Oliver Savell, Lisa McGrillis, Colin Hoult, Pam Ferris, Alun Armstrong, Galaxie Clear
Length
1 seasons, 10 episodes
Network
BBC One, BBC iPlayer
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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