Billie Piper at Waterstone's, Oxford Street, 2006

Waterstone's, Oxford Street, London · 2026

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Billie Piper is in the news this week as press for Elsinore gets under way. The film, directed by Simon Stone, tells the story of the actor Ian Charleson and his Hamlet at the National Theatre, with Andrew Scott in the lead role and Olivia Colman alongside him. Piper plays the casting director Patsy Pollock. She spoke to the Guardian about the film on 13 November 2026 (The Guardian). Elsinore opens in selected US cinemas on 20 November and in UK cinemas on 29 January 2027.

October 2006

In October 2006 she was in a different spotlight. Her second series of Doctor Who as Rose Tyler had ended that summer, and her autobiography, Growing Pains, had just been published.

Waterstone's, Oxford Street, 23 October 2006

On 23 October 2006 she signed copies at Waterstone's on Oxford Street in central London. The pictures show her in the shop beside the Signing Today stand, holding a copy of the book with her portrait on the cover.

She wears a black leather jacket over a cream dress with black knee boots, her hair loose. In the first three frames she stands against the bookshelves with the book held to her chest. The fourth is a full-length frame in front of the Waterstone's backdrop. In the fifth she sits at the signing table, smiling, with the book in her hands.

Billie Piper in a black leather jacket holding her autobiography in a bookshop. — Billie Piper signs Growing Pains at Waterstone's, Oxford Street, London, 23 October 2006. Credit: Charlie Pycraft / BACKGRID.

Billie Piper next to a display of her book under a Signing Today sign. — Billie Piper beside the Signing Today stand, Waterstone's, Oxford Street, 23 October 2006. Credit: Charlie Pycraft / BACKGRID.

Billie Piper holding a copy of Growing Pains against bookshelves. — Billie Piper at Waterstone's, Oxford Street, London, 23 October 2006. Credit: Charlie Pycraft / BACKGRID.

Full-length picture of Billie Piper in a leather jacket, cream dress and black boots. — Billie Piper at the Growing Pains signing, Waterstone's, Oxford Street, 23 October 2006. Credit: Charlie Pycraft / BACKGRID.

Billie Piper seated and smiling with her autobiography. — Billie Piper at the signing table, Waterstone's, Oxford Street, 23 October 2006. Credit: Charlie Pycraft / BACKGRID.

The pictures

Five frames from the set are here. The full set is available to license through BACKGRID.

Credit: Charlie Pycraft / BACKGRID. Licensing: Backgrid UK Sales, backgrid_uksales@shutterstock.com