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Bridget Jones author Helen Fielding: I was groped all the time by my colleagues when I worked for the BBC
The 67-year-old said it was common practice for men to touch women's breasts during conversations at the corporation in the 1980s.
Ms Fielding, who was interviewed by author Dolly Alderton at the annual festival, where other attendees included Hollywood actresses Rebel Wilson and Gillian Anderson, also said that sexism was still apparent in the film industry. Ms Fielding's first experience of the BBC after leaving Oxford University was working behind the scenes of Jim'll Fix It, the children's TV show hosted by Jimmy Savile, whose unmasking as a serial paedophile caused a huge scandal at the corporation, which was accused of enabling his behaviour. Ms Fielding's first experience of the BBC after leaving Oxford University was working behind the scenes of Jim'll Fix It, the children's TV show hosted by Jimmy Savile, whose unmasking as a serial paedophile caused a huge scandal at the corporation, which was accused of enabling his behaviour.
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