The cappuccino years is a british television series which was first aired on bbc one in 2001. Love of his life pandora is about to become a blair babe mp. By this time adrian has a few marriages behind him and a few children as well. Adrian is the head chef in a top soho restaurant, and currently lives in the upstairs room of the restaurant. But will pandora take him to her heart as an adviser on middle england. At present this site reflects the contents of the published radio times bbc listings. Adrian s cable television cooking show offally good is, in his opinion. Working at the hoi polloy restaurant, soho, he is spotted by a cable tv producer and ends up starring in a celebrity chef show celebrating offal.
The cappuccino years season 1, episode 4 episode 4. Episode 3 s01e03 is the third episode of season one of adrian mole. The cappuccino years premiered on february 2, 2001. The reader will feel at home albeit a completely disfunctional one with the lovelowlife shenanigans of adrian s parents, his sister, and grandparents, as well as his many weird and wonderful friends. But living at home, clinging to his threadbare cuddly rabbit pinky, working as a paper pusher for the doe and pining for the love of his life, pandora, has proved to him that adulthood isnt quite what he expected. It is 1997 and adrian is now 30 and the head chef in a top soho restaurant. The cappuccino years captures the spirit of the old mole books perfectly. Armstrong grew up in county durham in north east england. It is set from 30 april 1997 the run up to pandoras election as mp until 2 may 1998. The series was produced by tiger aspectlittle dancer production for the bbc. We will retain information submitted to us for possible future use, to help fill in gaps in the data and to help us bring the bbcs broadcast history to life, but we will not be.
As worldwide sales figures eventually proved, any reader who had ever been an unhappy teenager can instantly identify with the melodramatic adolescent hubris dripping from the secret diary of. Working at the hoi polloy restaurant, soho, where a typical menu includes. The real love of adrian s life is, as ever, pandora, who is now standing for labour. Adrian mole returns to the screen culture the guardian. The cappuccino years is the fifth book in the adrian mole series, written by sue townsend. I thought this book, the fifth in the eight book series, would offer an excellent opportunity to catch up with adrian, and that was a good choice. Episode 2 of the bbc adaptation of adrian mole the cappuccino years. The book was made into a tv series that aired in 2001. The death of archie tait is a blessing for adrian in that the elderly man left him a house in his will. The series was based on the fifth book from the adrian mole series, the cappuccino years. The cappuccino years season 1, episode 5 episode 5. Episode 4 s01e04 is the fourth episode of season one of adrian mole. On top of the fact that he has learned that the strange lad who has bee.
Adrian mole and the weapons of mass destruction wikipedia. He first became interested in acting through shakespeare productions at his grammar school. Though he may be older he is certainly no wiser, still passing his time by dreaming of pandora now a shining star in tony blairs new government after his marriage to a. Such was the nature of the subject, following adrian through his collegeage years and into early adulthood. The latest addition to the adrian mole saga uses his diaries to focus on life at the age of thirty, after his breakup with his nigerian wife. How to be a woman was adrian mole with tits newsnight duration. Published in 2004 by penguin books, adrian mole and the weapons of mass destruction is sue townsends sixth full adrian mole novel as opposed to adrian mole and the small amphibians and the guardian serial. More than 15 years before whining fictional diarist bridget jones became the britlit darling of the hour, whining fictional diarist adrian mole made sue townsend the bestselling author of 1980s england. Since his career began in the early 1970s, he has played, in his words, the full spectrum of characters from the grotesque to musicals. A comedydrama by sue townsend, adapted from her novel, and first broadcast from 2 february 9 march 2001, 9.
The cappuccino years season 1, episode 2 episode 2. Sue townsend used the first adrian mole books to make razor sharp. He currently lives in the upstairs room of the restaurant. Its the first day of labour government and adrian mole feels that anything is possible. The mole people movie the mole people 01 december 1956. More episode 3 s01e03 is the third episode of season one of adrian mole. He is estranged from his wife jo jo, a nigerian woman who has returned to her home country following their separation, and they are in the middle of a divorce.
Like the previous two tv series of adrian mole, this one also consists of 6 episodes. The cappuccino years tv series 2001 cast and crew credits, including. The movie database tmdb is a popular, user editable database for movies and tv shows. Episode 1 of the bbc adaptation of sue townsends adrian mole the cappuccino years starring steve mangan. The cappuccino years 1999 adrian mole and the weapons of mass destruction 2004 the lost diaries of adrian mole, 1999 2001 2008 adrian mole.
The true confessions of adrian albert mole 1989 adrian mole. Movie the mole song, free movie streaming, the mole watch whole entire movies or series without restriction, english subtitle available. I have been a long time fan of the book series by sue townsend, and was pleased to see that the show contains all of the brilliant humor that is the life and times of adrian mole. The cappuccino years season 1, episode 6 episode 6. Alan armstrong born 17 july 1946, known professionally as alun armstrong, is an english actor. More episode 4 s01e04 is the fourth episode of season one of adrian mole. The cappuccino years next episode air date and your favorite tv shows. The book was first published in 1999 by michael joseph. It was an encouraging new beginning from sue townsend, but not completely satisfying. A guide listing the titles and air dates for episodes of the tv series adrian mole. The cappuccino years stars stephen mangan, helen baxendale and alun armstrong. The life of the protagonist is covered for one year, with a short epilogue that jumps to a time one year later to 2004.
I followed adrian mole s teenage years in the first two books in the adrian mole series, but then sort of drifted away. It has been a pleasure watching the british mini series, adrian mole. As adrian predicted, tony blairs new labour win the british general election by a huge margin and, as he also predicted. The cappuccino years season 1, episode 3 episode 3. The cappuccino years tv series 2001 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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