Mary Linwood Comprehensive School the former Mary Linwood Secondary School. The principal sponsor of this Academy is the Church of England. The Council transferred the site of the former secondary school (Mary Linwood) to the sponsors. Samworth, Leicester's first City Academy, was built on the site of the old Mary Linwood school and completed in September, 2007. The children of author Sue Townsend attended the school during the late 1970s and early 1980s; their experiences influenced her highly successful Adrian Mole books. "The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole" was reputedly based on Sue Townsend's son's experiences at the school. Several of the teachers who
Episode 1.1 (Secret Diary of a Call Girl) with people at all... Not allowing herself to "get close" or be "the real me" isn't a call girl's rule for Hannah (like it was for Julia [Roberts] in "Pretty Woman"), it's a twisted compulsion. And that's why I love the show." D'Arminio also praised Showtime, "Secret Diary of a Call Girl"s American broadcaster, for not simply buying format rights, saying "I'm just thankful that Showtime imported "Call Girl" without recasting it like its sister network CBS is doing with "Worst Week of My Life" or ABC did with "Life on Mars"." Episode 1.1 (Secret Diary of a Call Girl)