Episodes
| Series | Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
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| Ian Rankin Special | 20171005 | 20171012/13 (BBC7) 20190226 (R4) | Ian Rankin reads from his teenage diaries, which include forays into poetry and punk rock. | ||
| 01 | 01 | Richard Herring | 20090401 | 20100429 (R4) | With Richard Herring. |
| 01 | 02 | Russell Kane | 20090408 | 20100513 (R4) | ~My Teenage Diary is a six-part comedy series in which fully-grown comedians are given the chance to revisit their formative years by opening up their deeply intimate teenage diaries, and reading them out in public for the very first time. Hosted by Rufus Hound. Rufus is joined by comedian Russell Kane, whose detailed accounts of everyday life as a teenager, combined with anger-fuelled poetry displays just what it is to be unpopular, unattractive and unlucky in love. Russell Kane revisits his teenage diary for host Rufus Hound. |
| 01 | 03 | Shappi Khorsandi | 20090415 | 20100520 (R4) | Host Rufus Hound is joined each week by a special guest from the world of comedy to read out selected passages from their diaries. In this episode, Rufus is joined by Iranian comedienne Shappi Khorsandi who reveals herself to be a lonely and awkward teenager, desperate to be part of a group. Listen out for Shappi's embarrassed readings of her hilarious teenage poetry. Producer: Victoria Payne Shappi Khorsandi reveals her embarassing teenage secrets to host Rufus Hound. |
| 01 | 04 | Steve Hall | 20090422 | 20100527 (R4) | Host Rufus Hound is joined by Steve Hall, member of the comedy sketch group We Are Klang. Steve reveals what it was like to grow up as a proper mummy's boy, and the nightmare situations he encountered because of it. Part of a comedy series in which comedians read out selected passages from their teenage diaries. Producer: Victoria Payne Rufus Hound is joined by Steve Hall of We Are Klang for more embarassing teenage memories. |
| 01 | 05 | Josie Long | 20090429 | 20100610 (R4) | With Josie Long. |
| 01 | 06 LAST | Jenny Eclair | 20090506 | 20100603 (R4) | Host Rufus Hound is joined by comedienne, novelist and star of Grumpy Old Women, Jenny Eclair. What advice would Jenny give now to her younger self? Tune in for a hilarious glance back into life as a teenager growing up in the 70s. Producer: Victoria Payne With Jenny Eclair. |
| 02 | 01 | Sheila Hancock | 20101214 | 20140502 (BBC7) 20110716 (R4) | Rufus Hound invites Sheila Hancock to read extracts from her teenage diaries. |
| 02 | 02 | Victoria Coren | 20101221 | 20120504 (BBC7) 20120506 (BBC7) 20140509 (BBC7) 20120415 (R4) | Victoria Coren reads extracts from her teenage diaries out in public for the first time. |
| 02 | 03 | Julian Clary | 20110104 | 20140516 (BBC7) 20120422 (R4) | Rufus Hound invites Julian Clary to read out embarrassing extracts from his teenage diary. |
| 02 | 04 | Meera Syal | 20110111 | 20140523 (BBC7) 20120429 (R4) | Meera Syal reads embarrassing extracts from her teenage diaries out in public. |
| 02 | 05 | Rob Deering | 20110112 | 20140530 (BBC7) | Rob Deering reads embarrassing extracts from his teenage diaries out in public. |
| 02 | 06 LAST | Phil Nichol | 20110119 | 20140606 (BBC7) | Rufus Hound invites Phil Nichol to read out embarrassing extracts from his teenage diary. |
| 03 | 01 | Michael Winner | 20110901 | 20110908 (BBC7) 20141106 (BBC7) 20160730 (BBC7) | ~My Teenage Diary returns with four more brave celebrities ready to revisit their formative years by opening up their intimate teenage diaries and reading them out in public for the very first time. Comedian Rufus Hound is joined by film director and restaurant critic Michael Winner, whose journals describe an impossibly glamorous trip to America in 1953 and a titillating canoe accident. Producer: Harriet Jaine A Talkback Thames production for BBC Radio 4. Director and restaurant critic Michael Winner tells Rufus Hound about a trip to America. |
| 03 | 02 | Janet Street-porter | 20110908 | 20110915 (BBC7) 20141113 (BBC7) 20160806 (BBC7) 20121010 (R4) | ~My Teenage Diary returns with four more brave celebrities ready to revisit their formative years by opening up their intimate teenage diaries, and reading them out in public for the very first time. Comedian Rufus Hound is joined by writer and editor Janet Street-Porter who revisits her heady teen years at the heart of swinging 60's Soho. Producer: Harriet Jaine A Talkback Production for BBC Radio 4. Janet Street-Porter revisits the days when she was seeing three men at the same time. |
| 03 | 03 | Jo Caulfield | 20110915 | 20110922 (BBC7) 20141120 (BBC7) 20160813 (BBC7) 20121017 (R4) | ~My Teenage Diary returns with four more brave celebrities ready to revisit their formative years by opening up their intimate teenage diaries, and reading them out in public for the very first time. Rufus Hound is joined by comedian Jo Caulfield whose diaries describe her joining a terrible rockabilly band as drummer - despite the fact she can't play the drums. Producer: Harriet Jaine A Talkback Production for BBC Radio 4. The comic talks about joining a terrible band as drummer, despite not playing drums. |
| 03 | 04 | Arabella Weir | 20110922 | 20110929 (BBC7) 20141127 (BBC7) 20121024 (R4) | ~My Teenage Diary returns with four more brave celebrities ready to revisit their formative years by opening up their intimate teenage diaries and reading them out in public for the very first time. Comedian Rufus Hound is joined by actor Arabella Weir who describes a teenage life full of drinking, calorie-counting and boys. Producer: Harriet Jaine A Talkback Production for BBC Radio 4. Rufus Hound invites Arabella Weir to revisit her days of drinking and calorie-counting. |
| 04 | 01 | Robert Webb | 20120627 | 20120704 (BBC7) 20131129 (BBC7) 20131130 (BBC7) 20131201 (BBC7) 20150409 (BBC7) 20161119 (BBC7) 20131124 (R4) | Another brave celebrity revisits their formative years by opening up their intimate teenage diaries, and reading them out in public for the very first time. Rufus Hound is joined by actor Robert Webb whose hilarious and sometimes abrasive teenage diary documents the highs and lows of being seventeen - and the perils of kissing a girl at a party when you don't really fancy her. Producer: Harriet Jaine A Talkback production for BBC Radio 4. Rufus Hound is joined by Robert Webb who remembers the highs and lows of being 17. |
| 04 | 02 | Caitlin Moran | 20120704 | 20120711 (BBC7) 20130821 (BBC7) 20150416 (BBC7) 20161126 (BBC7) 20130814 (R4) | ~My Teenage Diary returns with six brave celebrities ready to revisit their formative years by opening up their intimate teenage diaries, and reading them out in public for the very first time. Comedian Rufus Hound is joined by writer Caitlin Moran, who relives her teenage years when she was home-schooled in Wolverhampton, shared a small house with her seven brothers and sisters, and had a novel published at only 15. Producer: Harriet Jaine A Talkback production for BBC Radio 4. Caitlin Moran revisits her teens when she was home-schooled in Wolverhampton. |
| 04 | 03 | Jackie Kay | 20120711 | 20120718 (BBC7) 20150423 (BBC7) 20161203 (BBC7) 20150407 (R4) | ~My Teenage Diary returns with six more brave celebrities ready to revisit their formative years by opening up their intimate teenage diaries, and reading them out in public for the very first time. Comedian Rufus Hound is joined by poet Jackie Kay who revisits her politically active student years in the early eighties, when she went on every demo she possibly could. She shares some of her early poetry, and talks about what a revelation it was to finally meet and make friends with other black women when she was at university. Producer: Harriet Jaine A Talkback production for BBC Radio 4. Poet Jackie Kay returns to her teenage days as a right-on, politically active student. |
| 04 | 04 | Toby Young | 20120718 | 20120725 (BBC7) 20131101 (BBC7) 20131102 (BBC7) 20131103 (BBC7) 20150430 (BBC7) 20161210 (BBC7) 20131027 (R4) | ~My Teenage Diary returns with six more brave celebrities ready to revisit their formative years by opening up their intimate teenage diaries, and reading them out in public for the very first time. IN this fourth programme in the series, comedian Rufus Hound is joined by writer Toby Young who revisits his teenage years, when he had a lot of fun playing knock down ginger, shooting pea shooters, and skateboarding - but let his academic work suffer. He reflects on his mis-spent youth and talks about how it has changed his perceptions of young offenders today. Producer: Harriet Jaine A Talkback production for BBC Radio 4. Toby Young revisits his tearaway teens, playing knock down ginger and skateboarding. |
| 04 | 05 | Rhona Cameron | 20120725 | 20120801 (BBC7) 20131108 (BBC7) 20131109 (BBC7) 20131110 (BBC7) 20150514 (BBC7) 20161217 (BBC7) 20131103 (R4) | ~My Teenage Diary returns with six more brave celebrities ready to revisit their formative years by opening up their intimate teenage diaries, and reading them out in public for the very first time. In this episode, comedian Rufus Hound is joined by Rhona Cameron who revisits her teenage years when she struggled to come to terms with her sexuality and had to cope with the sudden death of her father. Producer: Harriet Jaine A Talkback production for BBC Radio 4. Rhona Cameron revisits her teenage days growing up in small town Scotland. |
| 04 | 06 LAST | Julia Donaldson | 20120801 | 20120808 (BBC7) 20131115 (BBC7) 20131116 (BBC7) 20131117 (BBC7) 20150521 (BBC7) 20161224 (BBC7) 20131110 (R4) | Another brave celebrity revisits their formative years by opening up their intimate teenage diaries, and reading them out in public for the very first time. This week, comedian Rufus Hound is joined by the author of The Gruffalo, Julia Donaldson. Donaldson's diaries are a vivid account of her obsession with Mick Jagger and the lengths she went to in order to meet the elusive Rolling Stone. Producer: Harriet Jaine A Talkback production for BBC Radio 4. Julia Donaldson reads from her diaries, recalling her teenage obsession with Mick Jagger. |
| 05 | 01 | Ken Livingstone | 20130821 | 20130828 (BBC7) 20151206 (BBC7) 20180310 (BBC7) 20140725 (R4) | Another brave celebrity revisits their formative years by opening up their intimate teenage diaries, and reading them out in public for the very first time. Comedian Rufus Hound is joined by former London Mayor Ken Livingstone. Ken reads from his 1966 diary, when he hitched across the Sahara, adopted an incontinent ostrich called Horace, and ate a venomous snake. Producer: Harriet Jaine A Talkback production for BBC Radio 4. Ken Livingstone reads from his 1966 diary when he hitchhiked across the Sahara Desert. |
| 05 | 02 | Vanessa Feltz | 20130828 | 20130904 (BBC7) 20151213 (BBC7) 20180324 (BBC7) 20140801 (R4) | Another brave celebrity revisits their formative years by opening up their intimate teenage diaries and reading them out in public for the very first time. Comedian Rufus Hound is joined by broadcaster Vanessa Feltz, who revisits her teenage years in North London. She spent her holidays packing knickers for her father's lingerie firm, and a lot of the rest of the time daydreaming about being married to her teenage boyfriend. Producer: Harriet Jaine A Talkback production for BBC Radio 4. Vanessa Feltz relives her teenage years growing up in North London in the late 1970s. |
| 05 | 03 | Sarfraz Manzoor | 20130904 | 20130911 (BBC7) 20151220 (BBC7) 20180331 (BBC7) 20140808 (R4) | Another brave celebrity revisits their formative years by opening up their intimate teenage diaries, and reading them out in public for the very first time. In this programme, comedian Rufus Hound is joined by journalist Sarfraz Manzoor. Sarfraz relives his teenage days living in Luton in a strict Muslim family - when he was obsessed with Bo Derek and pop music, and desperate to buy a computer. Producer: Harriet Jaine A Talkback production for BBC Radio 4. Journalist Sarfraz Manzoor's adolescent obsessions with Bo Derek and pop music. |
| 05 | 04 | Rachel Johnson | 20130911 | 20130918 (BBC7) 20151227 (BBC7) 20180407 (BBC7) 20140815 (R4) | Another brave celebrity revisits their formative years by opening up their intimate teenage diaries. Comedian Rufus Hound is joined by journalist Rachel Johnson. Rachel's diaries focus on her gap year in Israel, when she worked on a kibbutz with her brother and was wined and dined by an Israeli shepherd. They also include her trip to the Andes with a boyfriend who suffered from vertigo. Producer: Harriet Jaine A Talkback production for BBC Radio 4. The writer revisits her gap year when she worked on a kibbutz with her brother. |
| 05 | 05 | Janet Ellis | 20130918 | 20130925 (BBC7) 20160103 (BBC7) 20180414 (BBC7) 20140822 (R4) | Another brave celebrity revisits their formative years by opening up their intimate teenage diaries. Comedian Rufus Hound is joined by actress and presenter Janet Ellis, whose teenage diaries show that her love of arts and crafts started long before she got the job on Blue Peter. Producer: Harriet Jaine A Talkback production for BBC Radio 4. Janet Ellis's love of arts and crafts started long before Blue Peter. |
| 05 | 06 LAST | Kate Mosse | 20130925 | 20131002 (BBC7) 20160110 (BBC7) 20180421 (BBC7) 20140829 (R4) | Comedian Rufus Hound is joined by author Kate Mosse, whose diary tells of a rain-soaked family holiday to the Lake District in the 1970s. Highlights of the trip included getting lost in the Newbury one-way system and a visit to a pencil factory. Producer: Harriet Jaine A Talkback production for BBC Radio 4. Author Kate Mosse's diary tells of a rain-soaked family holiday to the Lake District. |
| 06 | 01 | Terry Wogan | 20141127 | 20141204 (BBC7) 20170312 (BBC7) 20170313 (BBC7) 20190105 (BBC7) | Comedian Rufus Hound is joined by the broadcaster Terry Wogan, whose diary describes his life in Limerick when he was 15. The young Terry serves his first Mass, spends hours in the cinema, loves playing Subbuteo with his friends and - when he's tired - simply eats his lunch in bed. Produced by Harriet Jaine A Talkback production for BBC Radio 4. Terry Wogan's diary reveals his obsession with Subbuteo and love of eating lunch in bed. |
| 06 | 02 | Chris Difford | 20141204 | 20141211 (BBC7) 20170319 (BBC7) 20170320 (BBC7) 20190112 (BBC7) 20161118 (R4) | Rufus Hound is joined by the musician and Squeeze founder member Chris Difford. His 1974 diary talks about the very early days of the band and describes life behind the scenes - including a wild ride down the A20 on the back of a motorbike. Produced by Harriet Jaine A Talkback production for BBC Radio. Musician Chris Difford reads his 1974 diary, which charts the birth of his band Squeeze. |
| 06 | 03 | Oona King | 20141211 | 20141218 (BBC7) 20170326 (BBC7) 20170327 (BBC7) 20190119 (BBC7) 20161021 (R4) | Rufus Hound is joined by the Labour politician, Baroness Oona King. Through her diaries we discover her growing up from a roller-skating 11-year-old who wants a new hamster to a 19-year-old politics student who wants to be prime minister. Produced by Harriet Jaine A Talkback production for BBC Radio 4. Baroness Oona King's diaries show her political ambitions started from a very young age. |
| 06 | 04 | Robert Newman | 20141218 | 20141225 (BBC7) 20170402 (BBC7) 20170403 (BBC7) 20190126 (BBC7) 20161028 (R4) | Robert Newman's diaries reveal him going to a CND rally and falling in love on the bus. |
| 06 | 05 | Lucy Worsley | 20141225 | 20150101 (BBC7) 20170409 (BBC7) 20170410 (BBC7) 20190202 (BBC7) 20161104 (R4) | Historian Lucy Worsley's diary reveals her love of the Girl Guides and collecting rocks. |
| 06 | 06 LAST | Alex Horne | 20150101 | 20150108 (BBC7) 20170416 (BBC7) 20170417 (BBC7) 20190209 (BBC7) 20161111 (R4) | Comedian Alex Horne's teenage diary focuses on his 1997 gap year, which he spent teaching English in China. But looking back, Alex wishes he'd spent more time teaching grammar, and less time worrying about girls and sampling the local nightlife. Produced by Harriet Jaine A Talkback production for BBC Radio 4. Comedian Alex Horne's diary focuses on his 1997 gap year, which he spent teaching in China |
| 07 | 01 | Sara Pascoe | 20160621 | 20160628/29 (BBC7) 20190326 (BBC7) 20190327 (BBC7) 20201030 (BBC7) 20190319 (R4) | Comedian Sara Pascoe joins Rufus Hound and reads from her teenage diaries. She works at the Millennium Dome, gets a new boyfriend, starts university and takes her dog along for company. What could possibly go wrong? Producer: Harriet Jaine Executive Producer: Aled Evans A Talkback production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in June 2016. |
| 07 | 02 | Robert Peston | 20160531 | 20160607/08 (BBC7) 20190402 (BBC7) 20190403 (BBC7) 20201106 (BBC7) 20190326 (R4) | Journalist and broadcaster Robert Peston reads from his 1974 diaries, and chats to Rufus Hound about his formative years. We find out about his childhood in bohemian North London, his love for prog rock and loon pants, and the reason for the way he speaks. Producer: Harriet Jaine Executive Producer: Aled Evans A Talkback production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in May 2016. Journalist and broadcaster Robert Peston reads from his 1974 teenage diaries. |
| 07 | 03 | Lionel Shriver | 20160607 | 20160614/15 (BBC7) 20190409 (BBC7) 20190410 (BBC7) 20201113 (BBC7) 20190402 (R4) | Writer Lionel Shriver reads from her frank and highly personal teenage journals, while discussing her formative years with Rufus Hound. She talks about her attempts to rebel against her religious upbringing, her complex relationship with her older brother, and her suspicion of young children - which began when she was little more than a child herself. Producer: Harriet Jaine Executive Producer: Aled Evans A Talkback production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in June 2016. Writer Lionel Shriver reads from her frank and highly personal teenage journals. |
| 07 | 04 | Michael Rosen | 20160614 | 20160621/22 (BBC7) 20190416 (BBC7) 20190417 (BBC7) 20201120 (BBC7) 20190409 (R4) | Poet and broadcaster Michael Rosen reads from his teenage diaries which focus on growing up as a naughty schoolboy in the 1960s, his early enthusiasm for politics and his warm, loving and unusual family life. He discusses his formative years with Rufus Hound. Producer: Harriet Jaine Executive Producer: Aled Evans A Talkback production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in June 2016. Michael Rosen reads his diaries, which focus on life as a naughty schoolboy in the 1960s. |
| 07 | 05 | Samira Ahmed | 20160628 | 20160705/06 (BBC7) 20190423 (BBC7) 20190424 (BBC7) 20201127 (BBC7) 20190416 (R4) | Journalist Samira Ahmed reads from her diaries and talks about growing up in 1980s London. |
| 07 | 06 LAST | Chris Packham | 20160705 | 20160712/13 (BBC7) 20190430 (BBC7) 20190501 (BBC7) 20201204 (BBC7) 20190423 (R4) | Naturalist Chris Packham reads from the nature diaries he kept as a teenager. |
| 08 | 01 | Debbie Mcgee | 20180612 | 20180619/20 (BBC7) 20220211 (BBC7) 20220212 (BBC7) 20220213 (BBC7) 20201212 (R4) | Debbie McGee reminisces about her years as a hard-working student at London's Royal Ballet School. Best known as the assistant and wife of the late magician Paul Daniels, Debbie shares extracts from her teenage diaries with Rufus Hound Producer: Harriet Jaine A Talkback production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2018. Debbie McGee's diaries take her back to her days as a student at the Royal Ballet School. |
| 08 | 02 | John Finnemore | 20180619 | 20180626/27 (BBC7) 20220218 (BBC7) 20201219 (R4) | John Finnemore reminisces about his six months teaching English to school children in Poland. Best known as the star of Cabin Pressure plus numerous series for Radio 4, John shares extracts from his hilarious diary with Rufus Hound. Producer: Harriet Jaine A Talkback production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2018. John Finnemore's diary tells of the six months he spent teaching English in Poland. |
| 08 | 03 | Anneka Rice | 20180626 | 20180703/04 (BBC7) 20220225 (BBC7) 20210306 (R4) | Anneka Rice recalls how she spent more time on cooking, cleaning and childcare than she did on her school work. Best known for TV's Treasure Hunt and Challenge Anneka, the broadcaster and painter shares tales of her teenage past with Rufus Hound. Producer: Harriet Jaine A Talkback production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2018. Anneka Rice delves into her diaries, with the help of Rufus Hound. |
| 08 | 04 | Pippa Evans | 20180703 | 20180710/11 (BBC7) 20220304 (BBC7) 20210109 (R4) | Pippa Evans recalls her crushes, life at Christian camp, and her days as a Michael Palin superfan. The comedian, best known for her characters and improv, shares tales of her teenage past with Rufus Hound. Producer: Harriet Jaine A Talkback production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2018. Pippa Evans shares her diaries with Rufus Hound. |
| 08 | 05 | Gyles Brandreth | 20180710 | 20180717/18 (BBC7) 20220311 (BBC7) 20210220 (R4) | Gyles Brandreth recalls boarding school days at Bedales in the 1960s, and talks about his love of theatre and of wearing socks and sandals. The author and broadcaster shares tales of his teenage past with Rufus Hound. Producer: Harriet Jaine A Talkback production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2018. Gyles Brandreth reads the diaries of his boarding school days in the 1960s. |
| 08 | 06 LAST | Helen Lederer | 20180717 | 20180724/25 (BBC7) 20220318 (BBC7) 20220319 (BBC7) 20220320 (BBC7) 20210227 (R4) | Helen Lederer reads from her boy-obsessed teenage diaries and chats to Rufus Hound. |
| 09 | 01 | Shazia Mirza | 20200505 | 20200512/13 (BBC7) 20221206 (BBC7) 20210424 (R4) | Rufus Hound returns for another series of honest, intimate and hilarious interviews, with famous guests reading from their genuine teenage diaries. Rufus kicks off with comedian Shazia Mirza as she discusses her experiences growing up in a strict Muslim family in the UK. In her teenage diaries, the young Shazia describes arguing with her parents, getting a Saturday job in McDonalds, bumping into a Rick Astley lookalike in a pub and dreaming about becoming a grand slam tennis ace. Producer: Harriet Jaine A Talkback production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2020. Rufus Hound chats to comedian Shazia Mirza about growing up as Muslim girl in the 1990s. |
| 09 | 02 | Jenni Murray | 20200512 | 20200519/20 (BBC7) 20221213 (BBC7) 20210501 (R4) | Rufus Hound presents more honest, intimate and hilarious interviews, with famous guests reading from their genuine teenage diaries. In this episode Rufus talks to Jenni Murray about her years as a schoolgirl in Barnsley. Her diaries open with the bombshell that her mum and dad will be relocating to India, at which point the young Jenni moves in with her grandparents. Free of her mother's disciplinarian ways, she experiments with makeup and miniskirts, and sings Joan Baez songs at the local folk club. This diary is a true snapshot of life in 60s Britain, complete with a meeting with a Beatle! Producer: Harriet Jaine A Talkback production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2020. Rufus Hound talks to Dame Jenni Murray about her teenage years in Barnsley. |
| 09 | 03 | Olly Mann | 20200519 | 20200526/27 (BBC7) 20221220 (BBC7) 20210508 (R4) | Rufus Hound with more honest, intimate and hilarious interviews, with famous guests reading from their genuine teenage diaries. In this episode, Rufus talks to podcaster Olly Mann about his teenage diaries, and finds out about boarding school life, Olly's Bar Mitzvah, and his love of the Australian soap Neighbours. Producer: Harriet Jaine A Talkback production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2020. Rufus Hound talks to the podcaster Olly Mann about his teenage diaries. |
| 09 | 04 | Jan Ravens | 20200526 | 20200602/03 (BBC7) 20221227 (BBC7) 20210515 (R4) | Rufus Hound with more honest, intimate and hilarious interviews, with famous guests reading from their genuine teenage diaries. In this episode, Rufus picks the lock on the diaries of comedian and impressionist Jan Ravens, and finds out about teenage crushes, slow dances and new year's resolutions. Producer: Harriet Jaine A Talkback production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2020. Rufus Hound talks to the impressionist Jan Ravens about her teenage years in the Wirral. |
| 09 | 05 | Julie Myerson | 20200602 | 20200609/10 (BBC7) 20230103 (BBC7) 20210522 (R4) | Rufus Hound with more honest, intimate and hilarious interviews, with famous guests reading from their genuine teenage diaries. In this episode, writer Julie Myerson delves into the diaries of her most formative years. Producer: Harriet Jaine A Talkback production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2020. Rufus Hound talks to writer Julie Myerson about the diaries from her formative years. |
| 09 | 06 LAST | Bill Oddie | 20200609 | 20200616/17 (BBC7) 20230110 (BBC7) 20210529 (R4) | Rufus Hound with more honest, intimate and hilarious interviews, with famous guests reading from their genuine teenage diaries. In this episode, former Goodie Bill Oddie talks about an extremely demanding Outward Bound course in the Lake District in 1958. Hill walking, abseiling and jumping into freezing cold waterfalls are all part of the fun. Producer: Harriet Jaine A Talkback production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2020. Bill Oddie reads from his teenage diaries, written on an Outward Bound course in 1958. |
| 10 | 01 | Jane Horrocks | 20210818 | 20210825/26 (BBC7) 20240118 (BBC7) 20230323 (R4) | It's the first in the new series and Rufus Hound's guest is Jane Horrocks. Rufus Hound with more honest, intimate and hilarious interviews, with famous guests reading from their genuine teenage diaries. In this episode, Ab Fab star Jane Horrocks. Jane's diary tells of sunny days and crazy nights at the disco on holiday in Sorrento back in 1980. Producer: Harriet Jaine A Talkback production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2021. Rufus Hound's guest is Jane Horrocks telling tales of discos in Italy 1980. Ab Fab star Jane Horrocks tells of sunny days and crazy nights at the disco in Italy in 1980. With Rufus Hound. From 2021. |
| 10 | 02 | Ken Cheng | 20210825 | 20210901/02 (BBC7) 20240125 (BBC7) 20230330 (R4) | Rufus Hound's guest is the comedian Ken Cheng. Rufus Hound with more honest, intimate and hilarious interviews, with famous guests reading from their genuine teenage diaries. In this episode, comedian Ken Cheng reads from the diary he kept in 2004. Ken talks about his school days, growing up on the internet and what it was like to be a nerd before the days when nerds were cool. Producer: Harriet Jaine A Talkback production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2021. Rufus Hound's guest is the comedian Ken Cheng on school, nerds and the internet. Comedian Ken Cheng on school days, growing up on the internet and being a nerd before it was cool. With Rufus Hound. From 2021. |
| 10 | 03 | Deborah Frances White | 20210901 | 20210908/09 (BBC7) 20240201 (BBC7) 20230406 (R4) | Rufus Hound's guest is the comedian, writer and podcaster Deborah Frances White, who reads from her teenage diaries. She talks about growing up as a Jehovah's Witness - can her conversion be linked to the moment she wasn't picked for the Inter-School Dance Competition? A Talkback production for BBC Radio 4 Rufus Hound's guest is the comedian, writer and podcaster Deborah Frances White. Rufus Hound with more honest, intimate and hilarious interviews, with famous guests reading from their genuine teenage diaries. In this episode, comedian, writer and podcaster Deborah Frances White reads from her teenage diaries. She talks about growing up as a Jehovah's Witness - can her conversion be linked to the moment she wasn't picked for the Inter-School Dance Competition? Producer: Harriet Jaine A Talkback production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August 2021. Comedian, writer and podcaster Deborah Frances White talks about growing up as a Jehovah's Witness. With Rufus Hound. From 2021. |
| 10 | 04 | Joe Thomas | 20210908 | 20210915/16 (BBC7) 20240208 (BBC7) 20230413 (R4) | Rufus Hound's guest is Inbetweeners star Joe Thomas, reading his childhood diary. Rufus Hound with more honest, intimate and hilarious interviews, with famous guests reading from their genuine teenage diaries. In this episode, Inbetweeners star Joe Thomas was a keen cub scout who loved rules and sometimes got his mum to write his diary for him. Producer: Harriet Jaine A Talkback production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2021. Inbetweeners star Joe Thomas was a rule-loving cub scout who even got his mum to write his diary. With Rufus Hound. From 2021. |
| 10 | 05 | Sofie Hagen | 20210915 | 20210922/23 (BBC7) 20240215 (BBC7) 20230420 (R4) | Comedian Sofie Hagen is Rufus Hound's teenage diarist. Rufus Hound with more honest, intimate and hilarious interviews, with famous guests reading from their genuine teenage diaries. In this episode, comedian, writer and campaigner Sofie Hagen, whose teenage diaries are full of Westlife, dodgy poetry and finding out about boys. Producer: Harriet Jaine A Talkback production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2021. Rufus Hound's guest is comedian Sofie Hagen. Comedian and writer Sofie Hagen's diaries are full of Westlife, dodgy poetry and boys. With Rufus Hound. From 2021. |
| 10 | 06 | Tim Downie | 20210922 | 20240222 (BBC7) | Rufus Hound with more honest, intimate and hilarious interviews, with famous guests reading from their genuine teenage diaries. In this episode, Rufus is joined by the star of Outlander and Paddington, Tim Downie. Tim's diary takes us back to his drama school days in North London in 1994 - reading Chekhov by candlelight, becoming a vegetarian and wearing a lot of collarless shirts. Producer: Harriet Jaine A Talkback production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2021. Rufus Hound's guests is Tim Downie, star of Outlander and Paddington. Star of Outlander and Paddington, Tim Downie, taking us back to his drama school days in 1994. With Rufus Hound. From 2021. |
| 10 | 06 LAST | Tim Downie | 20210922 | 20210929/30 (BBC7) 20240222 (BBC7) 20230427 (R4) | Actor Tim Downie reads diaries from his drama school days of 1994. Rufus Hound with more honest, intimate and hilarious interviews, with famous guests reading from their genuine teenage diaries. In this episode, star of Outlander and Paddington, Tim Downie, whose diary takes us back to his drama school days in North London in 1994 - reading Chekhov by candlelight, becoming a vegetarian and wearing a lot of collarless shirts. Producer: Harriet Jaine A Talkback production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2021. Rufus Hound's guests is Tim Downie, star of Outlander and Paddington. Star of Outlander and Paddington, Tim Downie, taking us back to his drama school days in 1994. With Rufus Hound. From 2021. |
| 11 | 01 | Ivo Graham | 20230831 | 20230907 (BBC7) | ~My Teenage Diary returns for a new series, with Rufus Hound meeting six more celebrities who will read from the diaries they kept during their formative years. The series opens with Ivo Graham reading from the diary of his last year at university. And he's not your average student - he reads Martin Amis in an adult bar, he eats bruschetta for brunch and he takes up pipe smoking. Host: Rufus Hound Guest: Ivo Graham Sound Production and Design: Jerry Peal Producer: Harriet Jaine A Talkback production for BBC Radio 4 Rufus Hound hears comedian Ivo Graham read from the diary of his student days. |
| 11 | 02 | Michaela Strachan | 20230907 | 20230914 (BBC7) | ~My Teenage Diary returns, with Rufus Hound meeting six more celebrities who will read from the diaries they kept during their formative years. Michaela Strachan's diary takes us back to the 1980s, when she's starting out as a young TV presenter. She has a break up, several car breakdowns, gets a dog and finds a new job on cult music show The Hitman and Her. Host: Rufus Hound Guest: Michaela Strachan Sound Production and Design: Jerry Peal Producer: Harriet Jaine A Talkback production for BBC Radio 4 Rufus Hound meets TV presenter Michaela Strachan, who reads from her 1988 diary. |
| 11 | 03 | Amy Gledhill | 20230914 | 20230921 (BBC7) | ~My Teenage Diary with Rufus Hound features six celebrities who will read from the diaries they kept during their formative years. This week, comedian Amy Gledhill spills the beans on an action-packed summer of love in Hull, 2004. She tells of her early sexual adventures and reminisces about a time spent going to gigs, meeting boys and feeding jammy dodgers to peacocks. Host: Rufus Hound Guest: Amy Gledhill Sound Production and Design: Jerry Peal Producer: Harriet Jaine A Talkback production for BBC Radio 4 Comedian Amy Gledhill's diary spills the beans on an action-packed summer in Hull, 2004. |
| 11 | 04 | Juno Dawson | 20230921 | 20230928 (BBC7) | ~My Teenage Diary with Rufus Hound features six celebrities who will read from the diaries they kept during their formative years. This week's episode features the writer and trans activist Juno Dawson, whose diary was written before her transition, when she was living out her Carrie Bradshaw fantasies on the Brighton dating scene. Host: Rufus Hound Guest: Amy Gledhill Sound Production and Design: Jerry Peal Producer: Harriet Jaine A Talkback production for BBC Radio 4 Writer Juno Dawson reads from her pre-transition Brighton diary to host, Rufus Hound. |
| 11 | 05 | Sophie Duker | 20230928 | 20231005 (BBC7) | ~My Teenage Diary with Rufus Hound features six celebrities who will read from the diaries they kept during their formative years. In this episode, the comedian Sophie Duker shares her diaries and talks about writing raunchy Harry Potter fan fiction, having a dad who lives abroad, and homework. Host: Rufus Hound Guest: Sophie Duker Sound Production and Design: Jerry Peal Producer: Harriet Jaine A Talkback production for BBC Radio 4 The comedian Sophie Duker shares her teenage diaries with host Rufus Hound. |
| 11 | 06 LAST | Joe Stilgoe | 20231005 | 20231012 (BBC7) | ~My Teenage Diary with Rufus Hound features six celebrities who will read from the diaries they kept during their formative years. This week's episode features the jazz musician Joe Stilgoe, who reads letters he sent home from his gap year in Zimbabwe. He obsesses about cricket, falls in love and gets electrocuted by a fence. Host: Rufus Hound Guest: Joe Stilgoe Sound Production and Design: Jerry Peal Producer: Harriet Jaine A Talkback production for BBC Radio 4 Rufus Hound meets musician Joe Stilgoe, who reads letters he sent home from his gap year. Rufus Hound meets musician Joe Stilgoe, who reads letters he sent home from his gap year in Zimbabwe. He obsesses about cricket, falls in love and gets electrocuted by a fence. |