Bridget Jones's Baby Page #4

BRIDGET:

Oh God, oh God. Who told you?

MIRANDA, a gorgeous, thirty-something friend of Bridget’s and

presenter of the show, steps forward and takes a selfie with

her.

MIRANDA:

Guilty. Thought it would cheer you

up. Hashtag ‘Bridge’s bday’.

Bridget looks horrified as SUSAN the pregnant Floor Manager

brings up a cake emblazoned with forty three candles for her

to blow out.

SUSAN:

So hot... so many candles.

They start to sing ‘Happy 43rd Birthday to you’ as the Floor

Manager continues to hold the cake up.

Then mid-song the fire alarm starts to go off and then the

sprinklers start.

RICHARD FINCH, Bridget’s fifty-something-but-trying-to-lookyounger

boss, pops his head through the studio backdrop.

RICHARD FINCH:

Who the f*** set the sprinklers

off?

12 INT. HARD NEWS. CORRIDOR. DAY. 12

Bridget is striding down the corridor - a woman at the top of

her game - West Wing style - with two young, deferential

assistants JOSH and LAURA striding alongside, hanging on to

her every word, taking notes.

BRIDGET:

Josh, I want you to see what

Reuters are saying about the

attacks in Ramallah. I might need a

live link. And Laura, tell Adam

I’ll be in to check the human

trafficking VT.

JOSH and LAURA peel off and MIRANDA joins her.

SHOOTING SCRIPT.

9

MIRANDA:

So, how will I be changing the

world today?

BRIDGET.

Well our main feature will be the

exclusive interview with the

Foreign Secretary about NGochi.

As she says “NGochi”- she does it with the authentic African

click.

MIRANDA:

OMG, how do you do that? N-Gochi, N-

Gochi.

She tries but fails to do the click.

MIRANDA (CONT’D)

You are so good at that.

BRIDGET:

I know, I’ve really been

practising, “NGochi”

They go backwards and forwards “NGochi-ing” at each other.

13 INT. HARD NEWS STUDIOS. HAIR & MAKE UP DEPT. DAY. 13

Bridget and Miranda continue to talk as Miranda is primped

and preened by a hair and make-up woman, CATHY.

Cathy tries to N’Gochi too. They are all at it.

CATHY:

Oooh, it’s harder than you think.

BRIDGET:

It’s all in the throat.

MIRANDA:

And after “NGochi”...

She gets it right and high fives with Bridget and Cathy.

MIRANDA (CONT’D)

... how do we plan to celebrate

tonight?

BRIDGET:

Night out with the gang.

MIRANDA:

Please say that involves group sex.

CATHY:

I know a smashing little club for

that, just round the back of

Berwick Street.

SHOOTING SCRIPT.

10

BRIDGET:

Chance would be a fine thing. I’m

beginning to think I’ve passed my

sell-by-date. I’m like an old

packet of custard creams, all

mouldy and crushed.

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