Adrian Plass Adrian Plass Adrian Plass (born 1948) is a British author and speaker who writes primarily Christian humour, but also short stories, Bible commentaries and novels with a more serious tone. His most popular books are a series concerning "The Sacred Diary of Adrian Plass" which is a humorous, fictional satire of Christian life and which has sold over a million copies worldwide. Plass' most popular book "The Sacred Diary of Adrian Plass Aged 37¾", the title of which parodies Sue Townsend's Adrian Mole books, is a humorous, fictional satire of Christian life. Plass followed this up with "The Horizontal Epistles
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole (TV series) filmed on location in the Braunstone and South Wigston areas of Leicester. The Moles' house and street were actually filmed in Ludlow Close, Harrow and Adrian's school scenes at 'Neil Armstrong Comprehensive' were all filmed at Hammersmith School in West London (now Phoenix High). Whilst being set in Leicester, which is in the East Midlands, some of the characters speak with a distinct "West Midlands accent" (e.g. Birmingham, Coventry, etc.). The opening and closing theme was "Profoundly In Love With Pandora" by Ian Dury. It was released as a single in October 1985 and reached number 45 on the UK