Susan Boyle appears on the NBC television program"Today" in New York. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Richard Drew)

NEW YORK - TV Guide Channel says it will air a special program starring Scottish singing sensation Susan Boyle next month.

The one-hour documentary, "I Dreamed a Dream: The Susan Boyle Story," will feature performances by Boyle, plus interviews with her as well as friends and celebrities including Simon Cowell, a producer of the special.

It was last January that the shy, dowdy 47-year-old Boyle stepped on stage to audition for "Britain's Got Talent." She electrified the judges and everyone else in earshot with her soaring rendition of "I Dreamed a Dream."

The documentary, premiering Dec. 13 at 8 p.m. Eastern time (0100 GMT Dec. 14), promises to track her journey from an obscure village in rural Scotland to that breakout performance and the global fame that has embraced her since.