Helen Fielding joined the broadcaster in 1979.
The writer of Bridget Jones has claimed she was repeatedly groped while working at BBC.
Helen Fielding who wrote the novel, which turned into an iconic movie series, first joined the BBC in 1979 as a researcher.
After she left the broadcaster, she worked as a journalist for The Independent.
The idea for the character of Bridget Jones began here as an unattributed column.
When Bridget Jones made her way to the big screen, the now 67-year-old became one of the biggest names in British publishing.
Now, she has spoken out about her time at the BBC when she was starting out in the industry.
She explained at Soho Summit, that she joined the broadcaster when she was just 21, at a time she said workplace sexual harassment went unpunished across several industries and trades.
“I worked at the BBC when I was in my 20s, and you just got used to the fact that people would actually put their hand on your boob while they were talking to you about work,’ she said, as per the MailOnline.
The writer did not explicitly name any of her BBC colleagues or directly accuse any other staff members at the BBC.
Helen added that women her age were expected to ‘put up with’ harassment from older male colleagues.
In response to these claims, a spokesperson for the BBC said: “We’re sorry to hear of these experiences. Attitudes and behaviours have changed significantly in the last 40 years and the BBC—like the rest of society—is very different place now to what it was then.”
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