The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole — Season 1
About this season
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 (6)
1. Falklands War
Aired 5 January 1987 • 26 min
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. Skating Rink
Aired 12 January 1987 • 26 min
Grapes in hand, Adrian goes on a date with Sharon Botts.
3. Skegness
Aired 19 January 1987 • 26 min
Adrian and his mother receive some shocking news from Dad during their Skegness holiday.
4. Mum Gives Birth
Aired 26 January 1987 • 26 min
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. Reconciliation
Aired 2 February 1987 • 26 min
Adrian is no longer an only child. He's having a nervous breakdown but nobody's noticed.
6. Church in Hull
Aired 9 February 1987 • 26 min
It all gets too much for our hero. He runs away to Hull with the dog.......