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Far from traditional, the school nativity play gets a mixed reception. Read by Harry McEntire.

The untraditional school nativity play, From Manger to Star, gets a mixed reception.

Friends Bert and Queenie come round for Christmas dinner.

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13戮 is the first book in the Adrian Mole series of comedic-fiction.

It's 1981 and Margaret Thatcher is in power; Britain is at war in the Falklands and teenagers are growing up in a world without mobile phones or computer games.

While his parents are downstairs, drinking, smoking and arguing about their failing marriage, Adrian is upstairs in his bedroom listening to ABBA, reading great works of literature, writing poems, and penning letters to the 麻豆社.

Abridged by Sara Davies.

Read by Harry McEntire.

Producer: Alexa Moore

A Pier production for 麻豆社 Radio 4, first broadcast in October 2017.

1 minute

Credits

Role Contributor
Reader Harry McEntire
Author Sue Townsend
Abridger Sara Davies
Producer Alexa Moore

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