Ian Dury and performed the theme song "Profoundly in Love with Pandora" for the television series "The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾" (1985), based on the book of the same name by Sue Townsend, as well as its follow-up, "The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole" (1987). Dury turned down an offer from Andrew Lloyd Webber to write the libretto for "Cats" (from which Richard Stilgoe reportedly earned millions). The reason, said Dury, "I can't stand his music." When AIDS first came to prominence in the mid-1980s, Dury was among celebrities who appeared on UK television to promote safe sex, demonstrating
The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer content. It was published in the UK by Penguin Books in November 1990. "Entertainment Weekly" said it was "gratifyingly faithful to the spirit of "Peaks"." On June 10, 2011, "Twin Peaks" co-creator Mark Frost announced that a new edition of the diary would be published in the fall of 2011, featuring a new foreword by himself and David Lynch. An audiobook, narrated by Sheryl Lee, was released in May 2017. The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer is a 1990 spin-off novel from the television series "Twin Peaks" by Jennifer Lynch. Lynch, then aged 22,