The team at Robert Sterne Casting are on the lookout for actors based in the Midlands for a major BBC series.

Details below:

CASTING CALL
THE SECRET DIARY OF ADRIAN MOLE AGED 13 ¾

MIDLANDS BASED ACTORS AGED 17 – 19 FOR ROLES IN A MAJOR
NEW 9-PART BBC SERIES WRITTEN BY DAVID NICHOLLS (ONE DAY),
BASED ON THE MUCH-LOVED NOVEL BY SUE TOWNSEND.

Robert Sterne Casting (Game of Thrones, Chernobyl, The Crown, Black Doves – MORE INFO HERE) is looking for teenage boys and girls aged between 17 – 19 who are native to the Midlands.

We encourage suggestions from all ethnicities, and we are open to both professional and non-professional actors and those with no prior acting experience. The characters are an eclectic group of students at a local comprehensive in 1980s Leicestershire and we are keen to see interesting, unconventional teens with character and attitude.

The series shoots in UK from late March to late June 2026.

If interested, please email the casting director Robert Sterne at
casting@robertsterne.co.uk

PLEASE NOTE, TO APPLY YOU MUST HAVE FINISHED YOUR GCSEs

Please provide your name, age, location and a passport style photograph.
Please mark the subject line of the email:
CASTING CALL “BBC SERIES – MIDLANDS”

We will then invite those who we feel might be suitable to record a short scene of scripted dialogue.

THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS WEDNESDAY 11TH FEBRUARY

We are committed to inclusive, diverse casting.

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