Rewind: ‘The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole’ revisited
Based on novels by Sue Townsend, The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole chronicled the exploits of the angst-ridden title character.
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Based on novels by Sue Townsend, The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole chronicled the exploits of the angst-ridden title character.
What was it about?
A novel blend of police procedural and time travel drama, BBC One’s Crime Traveller saw Detective Jeff Slade and police science officer Holly Turner solve crimes and catch the bad guys using Holly’s time machine (a futuristic desk, basically). Written by author and script writer Anthony Horowitz (the Alex Rider books, Foyle’s War), you can pretty much sum up the entire premise of the show as ‘Wibbly-wobbly, Crimey-wimey’.
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