THE Isle of Man's YouTube sensation Rebecca Flint was featured in a BBC documentary in August.

A film crew came to the Island to spend a week with the 14-year-old to tell the story of how an ordinary Manx schoolgirl becomes Beckii Cruel in Japan, a teen icon and an internet sensation.

Rebecca Flint became famous as "Beckii" in Japan after uploading films of herself dancing on YouTube which she did secretly, without telling her parents.

This intimate documentary had exclusive access to her as it explored the real world of Beckii and the other British teenage girls who hoped to become famous in Japan.

Beckii's breakthrough posting attracted almost half a million internet hits and showed her miming an eccentric Japanese dance called danjo.

 
Beckii was then approached by a Japanese music manager who quickly helped her to take Japan by storm.

Since August 2009 she has recorded five singles, released her own DVD and appeared on Japan's biggest TV shows.

The film explored the fascinating world of Japanese anime and manga - crazes that grip millions in Japan and tens of thousands in Britain – and showed that other girls see Beckii's success and decide they too might like to be big in Japan.