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3. Teenage Diary & Summer with Monika

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Grace Dent rifles through the 成人快手 Radio archives to celebrate the awkward, emotional, and unfortunately inevitable adolescent experience.

Grace Dent locks herself in her teenage bedroom for one last time, and rifles through the 成人快手 Archives to celebrate the awkward, emotional, and unfortunately inevitable adolescent experience.

Grace concludes reminiscing about the heartbreak and arguments that were an everyday part of her own teenage years growing up in Carlisle in the 1970s.

She takes Young Adult author Steven Camden back to the park to conjure up memories of adolescent boredom and longing and persuades some real-life teenagers to explain their lives, lingo and of course mobile phones to her.

In the last of three episodes, Grace dips into the 成人快手 Archives and come up with one of her favourite depictions of adolescence:

* 'MY TEENAGE DIARY'
Richard Herring opens up his teenage diary for Rufus Hound. From 2009 - 成人快手 Radio 4.

* 'SUMMER WITH MONIKA'
Dramatisation of Roger McGough's iconic poem about young love in the 1960s.
Starring Mark McGann and Katy Carmichael.
From 1998 - 成人快手 Radio 4.

Producer: Jessica Treen

Made for 成人快手 Radio 4 Extra. First broadcast in October 2017.

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