For 24 years, the former singletons-turned-soulmates have danced the awkward waltz of love across the span of four films — Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004), Bridget Jones's Baby (2016),

Mad About the Boy" stars Renée Zellweger and Hugh Grant. Colin Firth also returns as Mark Darcy in a few scenes, with a catch.

As is made clear right at the start of the ads for Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, Bridget Jones (played by Renée Zellweger) is widowed in this story, husband and human rights lawyer Darcy having been killed in an explosion during a mission to Sudan.