The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole (TV series) 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. 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
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