Scripted series · E4
My Mad Fat Diary
I keep a diary of all my thoughts and most of the time I don't even think about what I'm writing.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Sharon Rooney
Rachel 'Rae' Earl
16 eps
Nico Mirallegro
Finn Nelson
16 eps
Jodie Comer
Chloe Gemell
16 eps
Dan Cohen
Archie
16 eps
Ciara Baxendale
Izzy
16 eps
Jordan Murphy
Arnold 'Chop' Peters
16 eps
Darren Evans
Danny Two Hats
16 eps
Turlough Convery
Liam Owen
8 eps
Ian Hart
Dr. Kester Gill
16 eps
Claire Rushbrook
Linda Earl
16 eps
Bamshad Abedi-Amin
Karim
16 eps
Sophie Wright
Tix
7 eps
Sally Tatum
Jenny
7 eps
Tony Pitts
Chloe's Dad
5 eps
Keith Allen
Victor
3 eps
Eve Matheson
Moira Edwards
1 eps
Kieran Hardcastle
Saul
3 eps
Kirsty Armstrong
Lois
6 eps
Sophie Watson
Little Rae
6 eps
Eliot Otis Brown Walters
Big G
5 eps
Daniel Fitzsimons
Ninja
5 eps
Jodie Hamblet
Victoria
5 eps
Shazad Latif
Dr. Nick Kassar
5 eps
Susie Potter
Amy
5 eps
Sophie Stanton
Principal Dixon
5 eps
Holly Duke
Little Chloe
4 eps
Terry Haywood
Macca
4 eps
Sacha Parkinson
Stacey
4 eps
Nick Preston
Simmy
4 eps
Debra Stephenson
Chloe's Mum
4 eps
Kenneth Collard
Churchill
2 eps
Jo Neary
Mrs Coombes
2 eps
Lolita Chakrabarti
Dr. Juliet Allen
3 eps
Sophia Chauhan
Baby Boushtat
3 eps
Anaiya Chauhan
Baby Boushtat
3 eps
Patricia England
Mrs Dewhurst
3 eps
Karl Davies
Rob
3 eps
Faye Marsay
Katie Springer
3 eps
Anna Nightingale
Olivia
3 eps
James Burrows
Kendo
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How My Mad Fat Diary actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
My Mad Fat Diary reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Humour.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
The story
What it's about
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.
The run
Seasons
3 seasons · 16 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Series 1
20136 episodes
7.5IMDbSet in the mid-90s at the height of Cool Britannia, this drama based on real diaries takes an honest look at teenage life through the eyes of funny, music-mad Rae. With Sharon Rooney and Jodie Comer.
Best episode · S01E06 It's a Wonderful Rae (2)
Season 2 · Complete
Series 2
20147 episodes
7.0IMDbSeries two picks up with Rae who is having a dream summer of 1996. She feels invincible, but there's something menacing looming on the horizon... college.
Best episode · S02E03 Girls
Season 3 · Complete
Series 3
20153 episodes
7.8IMDbThe acclaimed drama series returns for the third and final time with the gang preparing for their last summer together in Stamford.
Best episode · S03E03 Voodoo
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S03E03
Voodoo
In the final episode, Rae finds herself back in hospital struggling to manage her illness and some brutal home truths from Katie Springer.
S03E01
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...
S03E02
Rewind
Rae takes drastic action that could jeopardise her future when Chloe's parents ban her from seeing their daughter in hospital.
S02E01
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.
S02E02
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.
S02E05
Inappropriate Adult
Rae is desperate to be treated like an adult, so she's staying out late and pushing the boundaries at home. But when she starts to hang out with a group of older lads, things turn nasty.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S03E03
Voodoo
S03E02
Rewind
S03E01
Who Is Stan Ford?
S02E07
Glue
S02E06
Not I
S02E05
Inappropriate Adult
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Liz LewinExecutive Producer
Writing
- Tom BidwellWriter
Direction
- Benjamin CaronDirector
- Tim KirkbyDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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