How I starred in Photo Love, by Fiona Bruce

My Account
Logout

Create an Evening Standard Account

Use your social network

Save time by using your existing account to sign in to Evening Standard

We'll never share your information or post anything to your account without your permission

Welcome! Sign in here

Use your social network

Save time by using your existing account to sign in to Evening Standard

We'll never share your information or post anything to your account without your permission

Forgot your password ?

Registration

* indicates fields that are mandatory

Email *

Password *

Confirm Password *

First name *

Surname *

Postcode *

Country *

Mobile phone number

Username *

Gender *

Year of birth *

When you sign up...

You will have access to all our online competitions, discounted offers and can post comments on our site.

You will also receive The Weekender newsletter sent every Thursday - it’s full of fantastic offers and ideas for the weekend. You can update your email preferences in your account page when you log in.

Other newsletters and emails

Homes & Property Newsletter - Yes I want to receive the weekly email with all the latest news on property in the capital

Occasionally we would also like to send you relevant emails detailing specific offers either from ourselves or carefully selected partners. If you would prefer not to receive these then please tick the appropriate boxes below. We will never pass on your details.

I do not want to receive additional offers and information from the Evening Standard

I do not want to receive additional offers and information sent by Evening Standard on behalf of carefully selected partners

Terms and Conditions

* I have read, understood and agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of Evening Standard

Registration

Mail Sent for Registration Confirmation.

A confirmation email has been sent. Please activate your account by clicking on the activation link sent in your mail box.

But there was a time when Fiona Bruce used to communicate in speech bubbles - as a teenage model for picture romances.

The story illustrated here, which culminates in a passionate kiss, was one of several appearances she made circa 1980 for the Photo Love feature in the huge-selling teen magazine Jackie.

The 15-year-old Fiona was regularly seen agonising over boyfriends and flitting between male crushes.

Scroll down for more...

A 15-year-old Fiona Bruce in scenes from the Jackie photo series

In this episode, she is torn between two boys -outgoing Pete and shy Eddie. Following an emotional chat with Eddie, her character, Lorna, decides that he is indeed the one that she wants.

On tonight's BBC2 documentary Jackie Magazine: A Girl's Best Friend, Miss Bruce, now a 42-year-old mother of two, reveals that she got the job after spotting an advertisement in a newsagent's window.

"I'd been looking for a Saturday job as my mum had told me to get off my backside," she said.

"At the time, £3 an hour was riches."

Scroll down for more...

How she is now - 42-year-old Fiona

She admits to choosing the boys she fancied at school to play the male roles in the series - the ones that she "wanted to snog".

Miss Bruce also complains of having to bend at the knee for the pictures because she was often taller than the young chap.

She is far from the only celebrity to have featured in teenage magazines.

Scroll down for more...

Fiona admits to choosing the boys she fancied at school to play the male roles in the series

Hugh Grant, George Michael, former Spandau Ballet singer Tony Hadley and comedienne Tracey Ullman graced the pages of My Guy magazine -Jackie's more risque rival - along with actor Julian Sands, former ER actress Alex Kingston and Coronation Street's Sally Whittaker.

At its peak in the 1970s, Jackie sold almost one million copies a week but it waned in popularity and folded in 1993.