BBC Interview

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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "davewitley" <dfrankiswork at n...> wrote:

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> There were also shots of notebooks of early drafts of PS - quite 
> legible but not enough time to read.

Also JKR had a copy of the final chapter of Book 7, which is kept in 
a yellow folder.  She was actually nervous about holding it up to the 
camera, though she herself stated that it was foolish to worry as the 
camera couldn't see through the folder.  Mind you, I was one of 
several million shouting "OPEN THE !"%*! THING!!!" at the telly, so 
perhaps she did have cause to worry.  Another interesting point is 
that she does *not* keep this folder in her house "for obvious 
reasons" (her words), and she didn't state where it *is* kept 
either.  Gee, doesn't she trust us? :)

What are your overall comments on the interview?  I was rather 
impressed with it, and thought that JKR came across as very down-to-
earth and likable.  It was certainly better than that awful show 
Channel 5 had on some months ago.  I was worried that it would be 
mostly narrated by someone else with just a few snippets of JKR, but 
the lady herself did the vast majority of the talking.  I hope for 
our North American friends that BBC America does show it in the near 
future as it was well worth pushing the kids on Daddy so Mom could 
watch it in peace!

Cheers!

Mary Ann
(who plans to do her Hogwarts Express Lego set today)