My Mad Fat Diary — Season 1
I keep a diary of all my thoughts and most of the time I don't even think about what I'm writing.
About this season
Set in the mid-90s at the height of Cool Britannia, this drama based on real diaries takes an honest look at teenage life through the eyes of funny, music-mad Rae. With Sharon Rooney and Jodie Comer.
Episodes (6)
1. Big Wide World
7.2Aired 14 January 2013 • 48 min
Rae is discharged from psychiatric hospital. Back in the real world, all she wants is to be a normal teenager, but it's not that simple.
2. Touched
5.0Aired 21 January 2013 • 46 min
Rae is determined to catch up with the rest of the gang in terms of her sexual experience, but worries her weight will stop her from getting a boyfriend. Then one of the boys in the gang asks her out.
3. Ladies and Gentlemen
8.0Aired 28 January 2013 • 47 min
Rae and Chloe's friendship becomes difficult when Rae discovers who Chloe is secretly dating. Things start to get rocky and Rae finds herself drawn back to her old patterns of destructive behaviour.
4. Don't Ever Tell Anybody Anything
8.0Aired 4 February 2013 • 45 min
Rae is falling in love but doesn't know whether to admit it to the object of her desires. And Kester pushes Rae to examine what triggered her self-harming.
5. It's a Wonderful Rae (1)
8.0Aired 11 February 2013 • 45 min
Rae and Chloe battle it out in the fight for Finn's affections, but when Rae's mum prevents her from going to a rave with the rest of the gang, Rae thinks it's game over.
6. It's a Wonderful Rae (2)
8.5Aired 18 February 2013 • 47 min
Rae is in a dark place following Tix's deterioration and an argument with Chloe. To make matters worse, she loses her diary and begins to see her world crashing down around her.