Alice Levine

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Yes, we are, and our new series starts with a loud, lovable woman from Bermondsey who becomes one of the most famous people in Britain.

The reality TV star who built a fortune just by being herself.

It's a story of fame.

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I'm Alice Levine.

And this is British Scandal, an Audible original.

And this is episode four in the Jeered Goodie series.

So Matt, Big Brother made Jay Goody the biggest reality star this country has ever seen, but it was far from sunshine and rainbows.

What did you take from looking back?

Yes, that's the real scandal.

You'd be up all night drinking pints of water.

But it is always about food with you, isn't it?

Is that all you took from it?

And what about Jade?

What did you think of her in the end?

It's so hard to discuss Jade without discussing reality television and vice versa, because she really became the face of a whole new medium, a whole new revolution in television.

And I know a lot of people listening will be interested in the making of Jade via television, how the shows were produced, how decisions were made about her portrayal, which is why today we're speaking to a man who not only watched it all unfold firsthand, but was part of that team making those decisions today.