Name: J. K. Rowling - A Year In The Life (TV, 2007)
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...on the final chapters of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows...

Yeah, I've helpfully made the note for myself:

The Harry Potter series has taken 17 years to write.

It's an epic saga of childhood confusion, danger and adventure.

But it's more than just a children's story.

Behind the witchcraft and the wizardry lies an intensely moral fable...

...about good and evil, love and hatred, life and death.

And I want to find out the secret of J.K. Rowling's success.

- You look really nice, Jo. - Oh. Thank you.

This is J.K. Rowling's country house in Perthshire.

Once inside, I decided to start the film by asking a few direct questions.

- What's your favorite virtue? - Courage.

- What vice to do you most despise? - Bigotry.

- What are you most willing to forgive? - Gluttony.

- What's your most marked characteristic? - I'm a trier.

- What are you most afraid of? - Losing someone I love.

What's the quality you most like in a man?

What's the quality you most like in a woman?

What do you most value about your friends?

- Writing. - What's your dream of happiness?

The desire for a happy family comes, in part, from a difficult childhood.

...Joanne Rowling was brought up on a suburban British street.

...and then a few miles down the road, in Winterbourne.

The house even had a cupboard under the stairs.

But unlike Harry Potter, Jo wasn't made to sleep there.

She shares the same birthday as Harry Potter, the 31st of July.

And together with her sister, Di, endured similar childhood economies.

-That's- That's just not- That's just wrong. - They were terrible.

- Honestly. This is child abuse. - They were terrible.

- That's not- That- Look at my fringe. - But I was-

I don't think anyone can stomach that for long.

If you're wondering, Jo is the one on the right.

...wouldn't you approach it in a gentle, slow manner?

- Wouldn't you go to a hairdresser? - Well, maybe they couldn't-

Wouldn't you just cut it slowly and not attack it like a hatchet?

I do think you've- Mine was always crooked, always.

- Did you wear similar clothes? - Oh, God, yes.

- Different colors, but... - Yeah, you always had pink.

- Because you were the eldest? - Yeah, and I was supposed to be a boy.

I was supposed to be Simon John. I even know who I was supposed to be.

- She was a massive disappointment. - Yeah.

"And when Di came along, were you disappointed too?"

I said, "Was that because you found out it was quite nice to have a girl?"

When Jo was 9 years old, the family moved to a village outside Chepstow...

Here was a location that offered a whole range of imaginative possibilities...

...magical creatures, mystery and intrigue.

And it's my favorite part of the Hogwarts grounds.

The advantage of a forest is it can be so many things.

You never imagine a crowd in a forest. It's a solitary place.

Is it because it used to be a place of shelter and safety to us, I suppose.

So I think- I'm very drawn to them. Even though they can be spooky.

There was resonant material all around her.

Jo and her sister, Di, earned extra pocket money...

...as part-time cleaners of St. Luke's church.

...in this church in winter when we were cleaning it. It was freezing.

Because we used to sign this book all the time.

Oh, God, I know- Oh, look, it's me. There I am.

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J. K. Rowling - A Year In The Life (TV, 2007)

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