First
of all, we are going to explain about a sitcom called My mad fat diary.
My
mad fat diary is a British sitcom based on a real diary written by Rae Earl. It
was directed by Tim Kirkby and Benjamin
Caron and first broadcasted in 2013
on E4. The second series started in 2014 and the third and short one in 2015.
The plot is situated in
Lincolnshire, Britain in the mid-90s. The serie explains the story of a
teenager who is Rachel Earl. She 16 years old and weights one-hundred and five
kilos. In fact, she has just left a psychiatric hospital where she has spent
four months and has to learn to life in the real world.
Along the serie, she deals
with her mental illness and insecurity. She was on a psychiatric because she tried
suicide so she is afraid of what her friends would say.
Despite that fact, her friends
support and encourage her to keep going and enjoy her life.
Throughout the
broadcast of the serie, My mad fat diary received many critics, especially for
its accurate scenario. It was called a lovely drama painful real and funny
sitcom. In addition, it has achieved more or less 300.000 views on the first and the second chapter and 400.000 views.
Finally we want to say it is worth to watch this sitcom due to the real
situations showed.