The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole (TV series) 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 Bernard Porke, the ill-mannered proprietor of the Rio Grande boarding house in Skegness, where the Moles stayed during a holiday; David Ryall as Mr
Adrian Mole show it to the world." Two overlapping compilations exist. The first two books are repackaged in one volume, and "" includes "The True Confessions" and "The Wilderness Years", as well as a bonus not available separately, "Adrian Mole and the Small Amphibians". "Adrian Mole From Minor to Major" (i.e. from being a child to the years of the John Major government) is a compilation of the first three books and "Adrian Mole and the Small Amphibians". The table below details the title of each novel and the time period covered by Mole's entries: Adrian Mole Adrian Albert Mole is the