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
Adrian Mole: The Prostrate Years further with his prostate trouble. As Adrian's worries multiply, a phone call to his old flame Dr Pandora Braithwaite ignites memories of a shared passion and makes him wonder—is she the only one who can save him now? Daisy is now married to Adrian and is living with him in "The Piggeries", to her constant misery. She and Adrian grow further apart during the course of the book and she leaves him as a result, following an affair with a wealthy landowner Hugh Fairfax-Lycett. Gracie is Adrian and Daisy's young daughter. She enjoys dressing up in her favourite costumes in