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
Michael Napier Brown Zimbabwe), artistic director at the Everyman Theatre in Cheltenham, who appointed him as associate director. Here Napier Brown directed 11 productions before moving to Derby Playhouse. In 1981 Napier Brown became chief executive and artistic director of the Royal Theatre in Northampton. Here he discovered Gian Sammarco and Lindsey Stagg and cast them in productions at that theatre; he later recommended them to Thames Television when they were casting for "The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾". After successful auditions they appeared as Adrian Mole and Pandora Braithwaite in two series. Napier Brown remained at the Royal Theatre for