Teenage Health Freak | |
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Genre | Comedy, teen drama |
Created by | Danny Peacock |
Starring | |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 2 |
No. of episodes | 12 |
Production | |
Producer | Adrian Bate |
Running time | 30 minutes each |
Original release | |
Network | Channel 4 |
Release | 21 May 1991 – 29 March 1993 |
Teenage Health Freak is a British teen comedy-drama television series, about the life and travails of a socially awkward teenage boy. It was based on the book Diary of a Teenage Health Freak, by Dr. Ann McPherson and Dr. Aidan Macfarlane. [1] [2] The series was directed by Peter Cattaneo. [3]
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