The BBC is reportedly making a documentary about how JK Rowling became a ‘polarising public figure’ – without her involvement.
The Harry Potter author, 61, has inspired the new two-part series which uses her life ‘as a lens through which to explore three decades of profound social, political and technological change’.
Both hour-long episodes will draw on ‘rare archive’ material and ‘Rowling’s own words’ – alongside interviews conducted with people she has worked with in the past.
Simon Young, head of commissioning for the BBC History, said: ‘Thirty years after the publication of the first Harry Potter book, there feels like no better time
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