Series synopsis
My Mad Fat Diary is a British comedy drama television series that premiered on E4 on January 14, 2013. It ended on July 6, 2015. It was created by Rae Earl. It stars Sharon Rooney, Nico Mirallegro, Jodie Comer and Dan Cohen.
Set in 1996 in Lincolnshire, the show tells the tragic and humorous story of a very troubled young girl Rae, who has just left a psychiatric hospital, where she has spent four months after attempting suicide, begins to reconnect with her best friend Chloe and her group, who are unaware of Rae's mental health and body image problems, believing she was in France for the past four months.
Premise
Set in 1996 in Lincolnshire, the show tells the tragic and humorous story of a very troubled young girl Rae, who has just left a psychiatric hospital, where she has spent four months after attempting suicide, begins to reconnect with her best friend Chloe and her group, who are unaware of Rae's mental health and body image problems, believing she was in France for the past four months.
Premise: I keep a diary of all my thoughts and most of the time I don't even think about what I'm writing.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Sharon Rooney as Rachel 'Rae' Earl
- Nico Mirallegro as Finn Nelson
- Jodie Comer as Chloe Gemell
- Dan Cohen as Archie
- Ciara Baxendale as Izzy
- Jordan Murphy as Arnold 'Chop' Peters
- Darren Evans as Danny Two Hats
- Turlough Convery as Liam Owen
Supporting cast
- Ian Hart as Dr. Kester Gill
- Claire Rushbrook as Linda Earl
- Bamshad Abedi-Amin as Karim
- Sophie Wright as Tix
- Sally Tatum as Jenny
Guest cast
- Tony Pitts as Chloe's Dad
- Keith Allen as Victor
- Eve Matheson as Moira Edwards
- Kieran Hardcastle as Saul
- Kirsty Armstrong as Lois
- Sophie Watson as Little Rae
- Eliot Otis Brown Walters as Big G
- Daniel Fitzsimons as Ninja
- Jodie Hamblet as Victoria
- Shazad Latif as Dr. Nick Kassar
- Susie Potter as Amy
- Sophie Stanton as Principal Dixon
Episodes
This series spans 3 seasons with 16 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 6 | January 14, 2013 | February 18, 2013 |
| Season 2 | 7 | February 17, 2014 | March 31, 2014 |
| Season 3 | 3 | June 22, 2015 | July 6, 2015 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Big Wide World Rae is discharged from psychiatric hospital. Back in the real world, all she wants is to be a normal teenager, but it's not that simple. |
January 14, 2013 |
| 2 |
Touched Rae is determined to catch up with the rest of the gang in terms of her sexual experience, but worries her weight will stop her from getting a boyfriend. Then one of the boys in the gang asks her out. |
January 21, 2013 |
| 3 |
Ladies and Gentlemen Rae and Chloe's friendship becomes difficult when Rae discovers who Chloe is secretly dating. Things start to get rocky and Rae finds herself drawn back to her old patterns of destructive behaviour. |
January 28, 2013 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Alarm Rae's still madly in love with Finn, but will her insecurities sabotage their relationship before it's even begun? Meanwhile, Kester encourages her to face her demons and finally confront the truth about what happened to Tix. |
February 17, 2014 |
| 2 |
Radar The long hot summer is over and Rae is starting her first year at sixth form college. She's determined that things will be different this year, but she quickly starts to struggle under the pressure. |
February 24, 2014 |
| 3 |
Girls Without Finn in her life, Rae feels lonely in college and struggles to make friends. When the chance comes to be a part of the cool gang, she has to decide how far she'll go to fit in. |
March 3, 2014 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Who Is Stan Ford? It's June 1998. Rae Earl has life as a teenager nailed, despite a disastrous university interview. However, change is on the horizon as the gang grows up... |
June 22, 2015 |
| 2 |
Rewind Rae takes drastic action that could jeopardise her future when Chloe's parents ban her from seeing their daughter in hospital. |
June 29, 2015 |
| 3 |
Voodoo In the final episode, Rae finds herself back in hospital struggling to manage her illness and some brutal home truths from Katie Springer. |
July 6, 2015 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | E4 |
|---|---|
| First aired | January 14, 2013 |
| Last aired | July 6, 2015 |
| Runtime | 45 minutes |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | Monday at 22:00:00 |