Global Music Sensation Susan Boyle to Debut in Original One-Hour Documentary Featuring Live Stage Performances Exclusively on TV

LOS ANGELES, Nov 24, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) --
TVGIA | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Hot off the heels of her highly anticipated CD which has become the most
pre-ordered album of all-time, Susan Boyle, the global music
sensation who recently captured the hearts of fans around the world,
will star in an original one-hour television special exclusively on TV
Guide Network. The worldwide premiere of "I Dreamed a Dream: The
Susan Boyle Story" airs on Sunday,
December 13 at 9:00 p.m. on ITV1 in the UK, followed by the
exclusive North American premiere on TV
Guide Network at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. The show will celebrate
this extraordinary woman's journey from a small village in rural
Scotland to international fame and fan-fare following her inspiring
performance on "Britain's Got Talent," the British reality competition
series executive produced by Simon Cowell that rocketed Susan
Boyle to superstardom.

"Susan Boyle is one of those rare personalities who has captivated
millions of fans around the world with her undeniable vocal talent and
incredible life story," said Ryan O'Hara, President of TV Guide Network
and TVGuide.com. "For the first time ever, fans will have an opportunity
to see Susan Boyle shine on stage in her own spotlight, witness amazing
musical performances in a concert setting, as well as gain insight into
the challenges she overcame as she rose to an international phenomenon."

A co-production between talkbackTHAMES, the UK production company owned
by FremantleMedia, and Simon Cowell's Syco TV, "I Dreamed a Dream: The
Susan Boyle Story" will include exclusive interviews with Susan, friends
and celebrity fans such as Simon Cowell, alongside spectacular
performances with special guests and other surprises. Susan will
premiere songs from her new CD including, "Cry Me a River" and the
Rolling Stones classic "Wild Horses" as well as a very special
performance of the song that launched her to global superstardom; "I
Dreamed A Dream," with the London West End cast of Les Miserables.

Lisa Honig, VP Sales, USA and Canada, for FremantleMedia Enterprises
said, "Audiences in North America, and indeed worldwide, have embraced
Susan Boyle and this television special will allow them to get to know
her and her life story even better. Very rarely does this sort of thing
happen, Susan is such a genuine personality and her story is ultimately
one of the most compelling."

On January 21, 2009 a shy, devout 47-year old woman stepped onto the
stage of the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre in Glasgow to
audition for "Britain's Got Talent." In front of the three-strong panel
of judges charged with determining which of this year's British hopefuls
really did have talent, Susan Boyle's performance became a watershed
moment that neither she nor anyone involved in the show could possibly
have foreseen. During her three and a half minutes of television
airtime, Susan Boyle elicited a moment of pure, molten zeitgeist that
became both her and the show's defining moment. Her dazzling performance
of the song "I Dreamed a Dream," from the musical Les Miserables,
confounded the "Britain's Got Talent" judges and the studio audience. A
media wave grew feverishly after the performance, and 300 million
YouTube views later, Susan Boyle embodied a new kind of international
fame.

Susan Boyle will make her highly anticipated album debut with 'I Dreamed
A Dream' out on Columbia November 24 and once again, defy
preconceptions. Produced by Steve Mac, 'I Dreamed A Dream' features her
signature songs, "I Dreamed A Dream" and "Cry Me A River." The album
also includes a haunting rendition of Rolling Stones' "Wild Horses,"
Madonna's "You'll See," The Monkees' 'Daydream Believer,' and "Who I Was
Born To Be," an original recording written specially for Susan. Susan
enthused: "It was my greatest ambition to release an album and I have
finally achieved it. There is happiness out there for everyone who dares
to dream."

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the leading next-generation studio and producer of award-winning series
"Mad Men" and "Weeds," and One Equity Partners, the private equity arm
of JPMorgan Chase.

About FremantleMedia & FremantleMedia Enterprises

FremantleMedia is one of the leading creators and producers of
entertainment brands in the world. FremantleMedia is part of the RTL
Group, Europe's largest television and radio broadcast company, which is
in turn 90 percent owned by Bertelsmann AG, one of the world's major
media and entertainment companies. FremantleMedia's worldwide production
arm is responsible for many of the world's highest rated prime time
entertainment, drama, serial drama and factual entertainment programmes.
FremantleMedia Enterprises is the brand extension arm of FremantleMedia,
offering a one-stop-shop for all Licensing, Distribution and Home
Entertainment around the world. The FremantleMedia Group (which includes
talkbackTHAMES, UFA and Grundy amongst others) has operations in 22
countries, one of the most comprehensive global networks, creating over
14,000 hours of programming a year, rolling out more than 60 formats and
managing over 300 individual titles. FremantleMedia has some of the
world's most sought after and long running formats in its catalogue, and
globally, produces such programmes as: Idols (co-produced with 19
Productions in the US), The X Factor (co-produced with Syco in the UK),
Got Talent (co-produced with Syco in the UK and the US), Neighbours, The
Bill, Family Feud, The Price is Right, Farmer Wants A Wife and Hole In
The Wall.

About talkbackTHAMES

talkbackTHAMES is one of the UK's largest production companies
providing award winning programming for all major terrestrial and
digital channels. With an unparalleled range of programming spanning all
genres - The X Factor, Britain's Got Talent, to The Bill,
Grand Designs, Property Ladder, Never Mind The Buzzcocks,
The IT Crowd, QI, The Apprentice to Stephen
Poliakoff's award winning dramas - talkbackTHAMES has aired over 500
hours of programming on terrestrial TV in the past 12 months alone.
talkbackTHAMES is the UK Production arm of FremantleMedia.

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or 
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