And we wonder why voiceover has a bad name! But on the other hand... offered Dune to adapt, what would we have done? It's a monstrously complicated epic with endless invented language and people with special powers that have to be explained and defined. I wouldn't have wanted to have to solve that conundrum...

Debbie, you're right about the conundrum, and honestly, who knows how many writers worked on the script w/o credit? I think in searching for the script online for this week's DD, I found references to draft 5, 7 and 9. As we know, so many people involved in making the movie... BTW: I've researched/watched hundreds of film/tv from India and Asia and they have no problem with characters talking to themselves, repeatedly! I wonder how it became a "proceed with caution" in modern US film.

Brigette Jones' Diary SCREENPLAY BY HELEN FIELDING ANDREW DAVIES RICHARD CURTIS http://youtu.be/X3vQPmO3i7Y INT. TV COMPANY. PRODUCTION GALLERY. DAY. RICHARD: And thank you Newcastle, and cut to Lewisham and Go! Go, go, go, GO! Oh, for fuck's... On the monitor, Bridget is climbing up the pole. RICHARD (CONT'D): Neville, what the fuck is she doing! She's meant to be sliding down the fucking pole, not climbing up it. STAGE MANAGER: Go, go, go, go, go. RICHARD: Oh, Jesus Christ. Bridget freezes, panicked, then slides back down the pole, falls over and looks to camera. BRIDGET: (Gabbling, horror-struck) Well, that seems to be about all we have time for in Lewisham. So thank you Chief Officer Bevan. Excellent fire station. Now, back to the studio. INT. TV COMPANY. PRODUCTION GALLERY. DAY. Richard Finch, head in hands, rocking, but when he looks up, he's laughing. INT. DANIEL'S FLAT. LIVING ROOM. EVENING. Daniel smiles and turns off the TV. INT. BRIDGET'S FLAT. LIVING ROOM. EVENING. The same bit of footage on the telly. Bridget watches it - rewinds it. Watches it again. BRIDGET O.S.: Am national laughing stock. (end of clip)