The Audience - series 2

Episode 1, Thursday 5 December, 10:00pm, More4

Jane Mason
42 yrs
Liverpool

THE DILEMMA

“I’m 42, single and disabled. Should I adopt a child on my own?”

42 year old Jane Mason has been struggling with a dilemma for more than a decade: should she adopt a child on her own?

Jane has a degenerative condition, lives alone and feels there is something missing in her life. She has always longed for a child and wonders if now is the right time to adopt – is it fair on the child and, with her disability, will she cope?

The Audience quickly discovers Jane has a tough exterior. But their astute and piercing questions soon penetrate her defense and they realise Jane’s dilemma is more to do with her lack of self-confidence, loneliness and loss.

The Audience force Jane to confront some of her deep-rooted issues and to talk openly, for the first time in her life, about the problems she has faced. Contentious and heart wrenching, Jane’s time with The Audience is both revealing, confrontational and, at times, hilarious.