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* The character originated in a Thirty-Minute Theatre play on BBC Radio 4 called " The Diary of Nigel Mole, Aged 13¼ ", broadcast on 2 January 1982, with Nicholas Barnes as Nigel.

The first name was changed to Adrian in the subsequent book as the original was thought to be too close to that of the satirical character in children's literature Nigel Molesworth ( whom Sue Townsend said she had previously not heard of ).

The phrase " Adrian's mole " is found in the poem " The Bells of Shandon " by Francis Sylvester Mahony (" Father Prout "), and refers to the Roman emperor Hadrian's tomb ( Castel Sant ' Angelo ).