ITV offers final sneak peak at JKR documentary

HARRY POTTER – WHAT HAPPENED NEXT…

JK ROWLING MAPS OUT HOGWARTS PUPIL'S FUTURE

AS SHE REVEALS STRUGGLE TO LET HER HERO GO

JK Rowling has revealed that after seventeen years engrossed in the Hogwarts world she created, it was almost impossible to let go of her hero Harry and his friends, so much so that she has mapped out their futures in a family tree.

But, she insists that the stories of these characters, their relationships and their children, will remain locked in her imagination, ruling out a further sequel in the Harry Potter saga.

In the ITV1 documentary JK Rowling…A Year in the Life, transmitting Sunday 30th December at 7pm, Jo reveals how she felt compelled to plan the futures of all the surviving characters, and draws out the Weasley/Potter family tree.

"I can't help it," says Jo. "You know what it was like, it was like running a race, and you get to the finishing line and you're running too fast to stop, so I do know what happened afterwards and I couldn't stop my imagination doing that.

"So I know this sounds an awful lot of detail to go into for your own satisfaction and not because you're planning to write more books, but that's just how it was I couldn't stop, I had to know – I had to know what happened next."

Jo was filmed exclusively by James Runcie for the documentary. As a fellow author, James emphasises that writers always have to know more detail than is actually used when writing a book. Jo responds: "Yes and I carried that on into another generation."

James asks if this whole new generation of characters means more Hogwarts books could be written, but Jo rules out a further sequel.

"So all of that could be another book?" said James.

Hesitantly Jo replied: "Yeah,…don't, don't, don't, it can't be. I think no, it's time to stop, it's time to stop now.

"It gives me a certain satisfaction to say what I thought happened and to tell other people that, because I would like my version to be the official version still, even though I've not written it in a book, because it's my world."

Jo drew out the family tree exclusively for the documentary and explained what happened to the young friends, so fans can learn their fate.

She runs through the Weasley children one by one and explains where she sees them in life now, and also touches on the future of Luna Lovegood.

The documentary also follows Jo on a private jet with her husband Neil as they travel to the US for the eagerly anticipated final book tour.

She speaks in depth about what influenced her writing, notably the death of her mother and how this seeped into every aspect of the books, and why she felt Harry had to triumph in the end.

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