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Adrian struggles with his book and hears from an old flame. His son William ends up in hospital. Read by Harry McEntire.

The fourth book in Radio 4’s serialisation of Adrian Mole’s hilarious diaries by Sue Townsend, one of our most celebrated comic writers. Read by Harry McEntire.

This diary starts in April 1997. Adrian is no longer a spotty teenager, but a balding 30-year-old, recently separated from Jo Jo, the mother of his two-year-old son, William.

Adrian is meant to be writing a book to accompany his television cookery series, but his son has to go to hospital and he is disturbed to hear from an old flame...

Read by Harry McEntire

Written by Sue Townsend

Abridged by: Sara Davies

Produced by Alexa Moore

A Pier production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in January 2019.

14 minutes

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Tue 18 Aug 202608:30
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  • Tue 8 Jan 201912:04
    BBC Radio 4
  • Tue 8 Jan 201922:45
    BBC Radio 4
  • Tue 18 Aug 202608:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Tue 18 Aug 202613:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Tue 18 Aug 202619:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Wed 19 Aug 202603:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra