Teach You a Lesson
2026 · Action & adventure · Drama
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TV series / 2013
My Mad Fat Diary
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 story
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 seasons
Season 1
Series 1
Season details
Set 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.
Season 2
Series 2
Season details
Series 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.
Season 3
Series 3
Season details
The acclaimed drama series returns for the third and final time with the gang preparing for their last summer together in Stamford.
Cast
Sharon RooneyRachel 'Rae' Earl
Nico MirallegroFinn Nelson
Jodie ComerChloe Gemell
Dan CohenArchie
Ciara BaxendaleIzzy
Jordan MurphyArnold 'Chop' Peters
Darren EvansDanny Two Hats
Ian HartDr. Kester Gill
Claire RushbrookLinda Earl
Bamshad Abedi-AminKarim
Turlough ConveryLiam Owen
Sophie WrightTix
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Sally TatumJenny
Kirsty ArmstrongLois
Sophie WatsonLittle Rae
Tony PittsChloe's Dad
Eliot Otis Brown WaltersBig G
Daniel FitzsimonsNinja
Jodie HambletVictoria
Shazad LatifDr. Nick Kassar
Susie PotterAmy
Sophie StantonPrincipal Dixon
Holly DukeLittle Chloe
Terry HaywoodMacca
Sacha ParkinsonStacey
Nick PrestonSimmy
Debra StephensonChloe's Mum
Keith AllenVictor
Kieran HardcastleSaul
Lolita ChakrabartiDr. Juliet Allen
Sophia ChauhanBaby Boushtat
Anaiya ChauhanBaby Boushtat
Patricia EnglandMrs Dewhurst
Karl DaviesRob
Faye MarsayKatie Springer
Anna NightingaleOlivia
Danny KellyIan
Kenneth CollardChurchill
Jo NearyMrs Coombes
James BurrowsKendo
Charlie GallagherGreg
Mike McCleanFinn's Dad
Cameron MooreMr Carrisford
Martha Watson AllpressAnnie
Eve MathesonMoira Edwards
James EelesDan Smith
Sarah Andre WhiteShop Attendant
Richard AttleeClinic Doctor
Julien BallSt John
Paris ArrowsmithRadio Operator
Nicola BarberJudy
Karen AscoeReceptionist
Tim BerringtonDoctor
Terri-Ann BrumbyWaitress
Phoebe BrownGirl 3
Gemma Caseley-KirkGirl 2
Hazel EllerbySheila
Abas EljanabiImam
Okorie ChukwuProf. Oliver Pope
Emily DanceLinda Carver
Daniela LamattinaThin Rae
Nicola HarrisonDoctor
Cicely GiddingsAlice
Nicole FisherGirl 4
Sally Ann MatthewsKester's Wife
Tom GodwinCaptain
Jennifer JosephNurse
Joel MorrisReceptionist
Amy ReneeBeauty Therapist
Ellie KirkNelly
Mairead McKinleyLiam's Mum
Josie McCormickGirl
Julia RaynerProf. Natalie Yorke
Sara StephensCarrie
Peter SymondsProf. Henry Druce
Kaiti SoultanaGirl 5
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