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Synopsis:

Transcript. British author Helen Fielding discusses "Singletons," Smug Marrieds" and her runaway bestseller, Bridget Jones's Diary.

Timehost: Hello, everyone. Welcome to the Time room this evening. Our guest is Helen Fielding author of the bestseller Bridget Jones Diary, a book that has struck a nerve with readers on both sides of the Atlantic and all over the world. She's even created new words that have become part of the language. But she'll tell you all about that. We're v. glad she's here with us this evening.

Helen Fielding: I'm v. glad to be here.

Timehost: The book grew out of a newspaper column that you wrote...

Publish date:

16 June 1998

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Time

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