A troublesome mother, her own body image and mental health issues - 16-year-old Rae Earl (Sharon Rooney) has plenty to face up to as the heroine of E4's new series My Mad Fat Diary. Based on the ...

We were a bit worried about the new series of My Mad Fat Diary. It's that difficult second series syndrome - we adored the first run, so could these new episodes possibly live up to it? Would it ...

Currently a features writer at Collider, Elisa Guimarães is an arts and entertainment journalist and a critic with over a decade of experience. Passionate about movies and TV shows as a whole, she ...

In our media landscape, it can often be hard to find faithful depictions of adolescence. When it comes to television, most shows focusing on teenagers are usually either trying to teach their ...

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 ...

Rae is discharged from psychiatric hospital. Back in the real world, all she wants is to be a normal teenager, but it's not that simple. Rae is determined to catch up with the rest of the gang in ...