Written by Tom Bidwell and adapted from Rae Earl’s real-life diary and book of the same name, the six-part series takes “a warm, hilarious and honest look at teenage life from the perspective of an overweight sixteen-year-old girl in mid 90s Lincolnshire… who – despite a bonkers mother and her own mental health issues – has a huge lust for life, love and Liam Gallagher”.

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The series is amongt a slate of new commissions for 2012-2013 by Channel 4 Chief Creative Officer Jay Hunt, including conspiracy drama Utopia and crime drama The Fear.

Hunt commented: “Channel 4 has never shied away from powerful, authored drama. With these new commissions we also have a wonderful range from the dark and menacing tone of The Fear to the comic warmth of Mad Fat Teenage Diary. All of these dramas are about backing great writers to say something truly distinctive.”

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