Adrian Mole Series – Casting Call

Iconic bestselling novel The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole is coming to the BBC from a creative team led by One Day author David Nicholls. A nationwide casting search is underway for the lead, an awkward boy entering his teens.

CRAIG THOMAS (MALE, 15 YEARS – 17 YEARS)

**To play aged 14/15 but please note that we need someone who is post-GCSEs to play this role – i.e. must be 16 post-GCSE or over and not require a child licence**

Please do not submit any actors aged 19 or over.

Craig Thomas is a pupil at a comprehensive school in Leicestershire in the 1980s. He is the tallest in his year and is very cool and dapper. He is a mod – and all the girls at the local youth club fancy him. He is easy to get along with, and is pretty straightforward in his approach to life – he enjoys music and girls and Mars bars. He causes Adrian intense jealousy and frustration when he starts dating Pandora Braithwaite.

This is a good role across the series for a young working-class Midlands actor.

PANDORA BRAITHWAITE (FEMALE, 16 years – 18 years)

**To play aged 14/15 but please note that we need someone who is post-GCSEs to play this role – i.e. must be 16 post-GCSE or over and not require a child licence**

Pandora Braithwaite is the girl who Adrian is besotted by. New to the local comprehensive school in Leicestershire , she is politically active, clever, confidant and pretty and radiates middle-class assurance and prosperity. She owns a pony called Blossom and smokes cigarettes and sets herself up as editor of a new student newspaper. All the local Leicester boys are captivated. Her father is a high-earning accountant and her mother is a member of the SDP – they are Guardian readers living in the most expensive street in the area.

If anyone is interested, please could they email meadow@robertsterne.co.uk or laura@robertsterne.co.uk from a parent or guardian’s email address, including:

• The young actor’s name
• Parent/guardian name
• Age & date of birth
• Location
• A recent passport-style photograph

We will contact anyone we feel may be suitable and invite them to audition.

The series shoots in UK from Spring 2026. 

For more information, please see:
Deadline Article