On the morning of 11th April 2009, Susan Boyle was an unknown middle aged woman living in West Lothian, who claims she’d never been kissed. Then she sang ‘I Dreamed A Dream’ on ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent. Within nine days her performance had been viewed by 100 million people around the world on the internet leading to a media storm. She did the rounds of TV chat shows in the US, and was hailed as an inspiration by a Hollywood star. But according to recent reports in the tabloid newspapers the strain is starting to show as she struggles to cope with all the attention. Is this a simple rags to riches story or a case of media exploitation? Jane is joined by The Times television critic Andrew Billen, and psychologist Prof. David Wilson.
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