With the new Bridget Jones film being released on Valentine's Day - we look at Helen Fielding's roots. She went to Wakefield Girls High School and lived in Morley, West Yorkshire.
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00:00So why am I outside Wakefield Girls High School today?
00:03Well this is actually the school that author Helen Fielding, the creator of Bridget Jones's diary, came to.
00:11Helen, who grew up in Morley, said that she had a very middle-class upbringing.
00:17She has not only written Bridget Jones's novels, 24 years ago the first Bridget Jones movie came out
00:25and a new one is back, Valentine's Day February 14th 2025, Bridget Jones about a boy and spoiler
00:35alert it's the one where she's a widow but there looks like she might have some expectations
00:42from a former love. So let us know what you think, it's just previewed, it's just premiered on the big
00:49screen and it's available to watch to the public from February 14th. I know a lot of people going
00:55on Galentine's outing.