My Mad Fat Diary
Set in 1996 Lincolnshire, the show tells the tragic and humorous story of a very troubled young girl, Rae, who spent four months in a psychiatric hospital for attempted suicide. After finally leaving the hospital, Rae reconnects with her best friend Chloe and her group, none of whom are aware of Rae's mental-health and body-image problems and her four-month hospital stay.
- 2013-2015
- 3 seasons
- Comedy, Drama
- TV-MA
Set in 1996 Lincolnshire, the show tells the tragic and humorous story of a very troubled young girl, Rae, who spent four months in a psychiatric hospital for attempted suicide. After finally leaving the hospital, Rae reconnects with her best friend Chloe and her group, none of whom are aware of Rae's mental-health and body-image problems and her four-month hospital stay.
Season 3 Episode Guide
3 Episodes 2015
Episode 1
Who Is Stan Ford?
46 mins
Rae is accepted at Bristol university dependent on good exam grades but when Finn asks her to move in with her she decides to decline the offer, telling everybody that she has been rejected. Kester is disappointed, telling her that she is now secure enough to give up counselling and move on and when school leaver Katie, now at Bristol herself, gives a confidence-boosting speech Rae is confused as to what to do. Finn's view that she should go to Bristol only confuses her further as does seeing Archie with his first boyfriend, record shop owner Rob. She calls her friends together for advice but disaster strikes when they are in a car crash.
Episode 2
Rewind
45 mins
Feeling responsible for the crash that has put Chloe in hospital Rae is cheered when Katie suggests she does something to help the family and is upset when Chloe's parents blame her and ban her from seeing their daughter. With Kester having resigned a chance encounter with her estranged father Victor sees her opening up to him about making amends, which she attempts to do by putting Chloe's name on her exam paper. Unfortunately she is found out and her invitation to Victor to Mum's birthday party is also a disaster. Things start to look up when Chloe proves to be forgiving and welcoming and, thanks to Mum, she is allowed to resit her exam. This all counts for nothing though when she realizes that Katie and Finn are now dating.
Episode 3
Voodoo
46 mins
Rae seeks out Kester, who reiterates his view that she no longer needs therapy and so she tries to channel her energies into revision but is distracted by thoughts of Finn with Katie. Katie tells her nothing happened and delivers some home truths on how Rae should stop laying her problems onto Finn. However a surprise announcement from her mother and an instruction by Kester to look for the answers to her problem in the diary helps Rae to take a positive outlook , advising an insecure Chloe and parting as a platonic friend with Finn at the end of term prom before heading off to Bristol.
