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Grace Dent slams the door and locks herself in her teenage bedroom.

Where better to rifle through the 大象传媒 Radio archives to celebrate the awkward, emotional, and unfortunately inevitable adolescent experience?

Grace reminisces about the daily heartbreak and arguments of her own teenage years growing up in 1970s Carlisle.

She investigates what it was really like for the teenage boys she thought had it so easy. 大象传媒 Radio 5 Live presenter Nihal Arthanayake paints a portrait of his own formative years.

Young Adult author Steven Camden goes back to the park to conjure up memories of adolescent boredom and longing.

We visit Ambridge over the decades to see how teenagers have been portrayed in The Archers on 大象传媒 Radio 4.

And Grace persuades some real life teenagers to explain their lives, lingo and of course mobile phones to her.

Along the way - with a few teenage stroppy tantrums - Grace dips into archives:

* Too Old To Rock and Roll, Too Young To Die

Documentary made by Sara Conkey in 1995, featuring the reminiscences of people who were teenagers during the Blitz
(Clips from 'Casablanca' and 'Gone With The Wind' Courtesy of Turner International)

* I Capture The Castle

Part 1 of Jane Rodgers adaptation of Dodie Smith's classic novel, starring Holliday Grainger as Cassandra Mortmain

* My Teenage Diary

Richard Herring opens up his teenage diary for Rufus Hound

* Summer with Monika

Dramatisation of Roger McGough's iconic poem about young love in the 1960's. Starring Mark McGann and Katy Carmichael.

Producer: Jessica Treen

Made for 大象传媒 Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in October 2017.

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