 Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding

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Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding: Episode One

Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding

Episode One

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Sally Phillips reads Helen Fielding's iconic 1996 novel of single thirty-something life.

Bridget begins the year full of resolutions. She pledges in her diary to drink less, smoke less and stay away from unsuitable men. Episode 1/10.

Helen Fielding's iconic 1996 novel of life as a single thirty-something woman in London.

"Ugh. First day of New Year has been day of horror. Cannot quite believe I am once again starting the year in a single bed in my parents’ house."

Bridget Jones begins the new year full of resolutions. She pledges in her diary to drink less, smoke less, lose weight, find a new job, stay away from unsuitable men and learn to programme the VCR. But her resolve is tested by the horrors of attending dinner parties with the "smug marrieds", the confusing behaviour of her charming rogue of a boss Daniel Cleaver, and her increasingly embarrassing encounters with human rights lawyer Mark Darcy. 

Bridget Jones's Diary started life as a weekly column in the pages of The Independent in 1995, when Fielding worked on the news desk. Helen’s column chronicled the life and antics of fictional Bridget Jones as a thirty-something single woman in London trying to make sense of life and love. It was first published as a novel in 1996 and has gone on to sell more than 15 million copies worldwide and has been adapted into a series of films. 

Read by Sally Phillips
Abridged by Sara Davies
Produced by Mair Bosworth and Mary Ward-Lowery

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