The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole (TV series) The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole (TV series) 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
Alan Blaikley Blaikley and Howard's concept album, "Ark 2" (1969), performed by Flaming Youth, drew the comment that Blaikley and Howard "have a wit, gaiety, dignity and melodic flair reminiscent of Leonard Bernstein...which suggest that pop is becoming the serious music – in the proper sense – of the age" Blaikley and Howard wrote two West End musicals, "Mardi Gras" (Prince of Wales Theatre, 1976) and "The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole" (Wyndham's Theatre, 1984 – 1986), and two BBC TV musicals "Orion" (1977) and "Ain't Many Angels" (1978). They also wrote music and lyrics to the 1990 UK tour of Roald