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Helen Fielding: I can say it now, Bridget Jones was me
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Author admits she was too embarrassed to say the iconic character was based on her.
  1. Helen Fielding: I can say it now, Bridget Jones was me
    02:16
    Helen Fielding: I can say it now, Bridget Jones was me
  2. Stephen Fry: We all just need to grow up
    03:18
    Stephen Fry: We all just need to grow up
  3. Graham Norton: I don't think critics expected my book to be good
    01:31
    Graham Norton: I don't think critics expected my book to be good
  4. Jeanette Winterson: We all need an education in love
    02:14
    Jeanette Winterson: We all need an education in love
  5. Michael Sheen: The Welsh mining community that made the NHS possible
    10:08
    Michael Sheen: The Welsh mining community that made the NHS possible
  6. Frank Cotterell Boyce: How culture works
    02:34
    Frank Cotterell Boyce: How culture works
  7. Michael Sheen: Empathy should be our foundation
    04:08
    Michael Sheen: Empathy should be our foundation
  8. Chris Riddell on his first Goth Girl book
    06:33
    Chris Riddell on his first Goth Girl book
  9. Paula Byrne on Jane Austen adaptations
    03:56
    Paula Byrne on Jane Austen adaptations
  10. Elif Shafak: European writers need to be more political
    02:27
    Elif Shafak: European writers need to be more political
  11. Colm Tóibín: I had to build up to the idea of a son killing his mother
    04:10
    Colm Tóibín: I had to build up to the idea of a son killing his mother
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