Helen Fielding
- Writer and executive producer
Press clippings
Bridget Jones back in fashion with Gen Z, author says
Author Helen Fielding says Bridget Jones has found a new audience with Gen Z, who have more problems than young women did 30 years ago but take comfort in the character's trials and tribulations.
Ian Youngs, BBC, 14th October 2024Helen Fielding: "I'm very protective of Bridget Jones"
HHer creation became the voice of a generation. The author talks about blue soup, Keir Starmer and calorie counting.
Hadley Freeman, The Sunday Times, 18th August 2024Bridget Jones author Helen Fielding reflects on the character's kindness - and critics
"I assumed that no one would read it because it was too trivial," Fielding says of the column that became Bridget Jones's Diary.
John Russell, People Magazine, 25th June 202420 years of Bridget Jones
Why does she still shape the way we view single women?
Olivia Petter, The Independent, 5th April 2021Being Bridget Jones review
25 years? I think that deserves a toast, don't you?
James Jackson, The Times, 23rd December 2020Helen Fielding on 25 years of Bridget Jones
Fielding talks to Marcus Field about Bridget Jones's unlikely Yorkshire origins, how the films hold up post #MeToo, and whether Mark Darcy really was based on Keir Starmer.
Marcus Field, Radio Times, 22nd December 2020Being Bridget Jones, BBC2, review
Fun, relatable and breezy - just like Helen Fielding's books.
Ed Power, i Newspaper, 22nd December 202025th anniversary copy of Bridget Jones's Diary coming
Picador will release Bridget Jones's Diary (And Other Writing) in February 2021, a new edition of the novel with more than 100 pages of extra material from author Helen Fielding.
Benedicte Page, The Bookseller, 3rd December 2020Bridget Jones documentary coming to BBC Two
BBC Two will broadcast Being Bridget, a documentary celebrating 25 years of Helen Fielding's character.
British Comedy Guide, 24th November 2020Alice Levine named next curator of The Museum Of Curiosity
Alice Levine will co-host the next series of The Museum Of Curiosity alongside John Lloyd. Series 15 starts on Radio 4 on Monday 7th September.
British Comedy Guide, 19th August 2020