Hermione Eyre

Why we’re all in love with Fleabag

Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s genius is not just in humour and originality but in precise, technical skill

issue 11 January 2020

Why would you need the scripts for Fleabag? It’s hardly a lost classic. It’s always popping up on BBC iPlayer. So it was with a touch of scepticism that I picked up this volume, subtitled not ‘The Scripts’ but ‘The Scriptures’, in reference to Fleabag’s long, pitiless pursuit of a hot priest in Series 2, and beautifully presented: sombre hardcover without, shocking-pink end-papers within.

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