The hitherto untold rags-to-riches story of singing sensation Jane McDonald, who rose to fame as the headline singer aboard ‘The Galaxy’ which featured in the hugely popular BBC TV series ‘The Cruise’.
Jane has since taken the UK by storm. She was the success story of 1998 and her list of achievements and her popularity has escalated since then.
Born in the north of England, Jane spent 12 years performing in working men’s clubs and singing in the chorus on various cruise ships. She was spotted by a BBC TV documentary team and became the star of ‘The Cruise’ series (which was screened in 1998 and ended its 12 week run with an audience of 12 million viewers per episode). Jane became an overnight sensation.
Jane will take us back to her childhood, the hard slog round the Northern club and pub circuit, the six years she spent on cruise liners, meeting her husband Henrik, giving up the singing career to be a stay-at-home wife, and finally her big break on ‘The Galaxy’ and the filming of the fly-on-the-wall documentary ‘The Cruise’ which catapulted Jane to stardom.
Since that time her continued success and popularity have resulted in a platinum selling Number 1 album, a top ten single, a top five Live in Concert video, two sell-out UK tours and her own TV series ‘Star for a Night’ – of which 7 episodes will be screened later this year as well as an Xmas special. Live through it all as Jane describes all she has experienced on her spectacular rise to fame and fortune.
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Jane McDonald's success has been extraordinary. Plucked from relative obscurity, she captured a nation's hearts when she appeared on the BBC television series 'The Cruise'. Jane's fame is all the more satisfying because of her down-to-earth personality and the sense of humour she has maintained throughout her meteoric rise to the top.
In her deeply personal and intimate autobiography, Yorkshire-born Jane McDonald describes the years of grinding slog on the northern club circuit and then the not always glamorous world of the cruise liners. There fate led her to the BBC and to the man of her dreams – now her husband – Henrik Brixen.
Jane's charisma and incredible singing voice have made her a true celebrity, with her own television series, concert tours and highly successful albums. Now, with endearing honesty, she reveals her true self, revealing her laughter and tears, the disappointments and triumphs on her path to stardom.
Rosemary Kingsland is working on the book with Jane. Her last book was the best-selling autobiography of snooker player Jimmy White, which was shortlisted as Sports Book of the Year.
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