David Nicholls to adapt The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ for BBC

One Day author leading writing team bringing one of the best-known literary creations of the 1980s to life

A writing team led by the One Day author, David Nicholls, and that includes Caitlin Moran is bringing Sue Townsend's The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 133/4 to the small screen in a 10-part BBC One adaptation of the classic tale of teenage life in British suburbia.

Nicholls, who described the book as a classic piece of comic writing and an incredible piece of ventriloquism on Sue Townsend's part", will adapt the book that produced one of the best-known literary creations of the 1980s.