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| |  | | Helen Fielding on Desert Island Discs | BBC SOUNDS
| Helen Fielding, writer and journalist, is best known for creating Bridget Jones, who first appeared in a newspaper column in 1995, in the form of a diary detailing the single 30-something’s exploits in London as she tried to make sense of life and love. The column soon acquired a wider following, and Helen turned Bridget’s story into a best-selling book the following year.
"There is nothing so unattractive to a man as strident feminism": in this episode of Desert Island Discs, Fielding explains why Bridget Jones couldn't possibly be written today and chooses what's perhaps the best luxury item ever. | | | | | | | | | | |
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| |  | | The Lady in the Van | | BBC iPLAYER | | The true story of Miss Shepherd, an eccentric woman of uncertain origins, who 'temporarily' parked her broken-down van in writer Alan Bennett's London driveway for 15 years. | | | | | | |  | | Alan Bennett's Talking Heads | | BBC iPLAYER | | New versions of Alan Bennett's much-loved monologues, with performers including Sarah Lancashire, Martin Freeman, Kristin Scott-Thomas, Jodie Comer and Maxine Peake. | | | | | | | | | | |
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| |  | | Big Book Weekend | | BBC iPLAYER | | To celebrate 100 years since the birth of legendary fantasy and sci-fi guru Ray Bradbury, Sam Weller took part in a spirited discussion with acclaimed author Neil Gaiman. | | | | | | |  | | On Chesil Beach | | BBC iPLAYER | | Based on a novel by Ian McEwan, the story of two young graduates from different social classes who get married after an intense but non-physical affair. | | | | | | |  | | The Luminaries | | BBC iPLAYER | | An intricately woven, suspenseful tale of love, magic, revenge and the lust for gold, set at the far end of the world. Based on the Booker Prize-winning novel by Eleanor Catton. | | | | | | | | | | |
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