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
The True Confessions of Adrian Albert Mole The Adrian Mole section was subsequently published as part of the omnibus edition "". The True Confessions of Adrian Albert Mole The True Confessions of Adrian Albert Mole, Margaret Hilda Roberts and Susan Lilian Townsend is the third book in the Adrian Mole series, written by Sue Townsend. It focuses on the worries and regrets of a teenage (supposed) intellectual. The title is long and often shortened to the more convenient "The True Confessions of Adrian Albert Mole" but the three names are part of the full title and represent fictional (or otherwise) actual content of the book. The book