Editing Mike Read (section)

===Stalker===
Read had a [[Stalking|stalker]] who had changed her name to Blue Tulip Rose Read and believed that she was married to him. Rose was from Welwyn Garden City and her original name was Carol Ballard. She was featured in a 1996 film made by [[Jaine Green]] for [[Channel 4]], entitled ''I'm Your Number One Fan''. The film formed part of Channel 4's "Fame Factor" season, which examined the dark side of fame.{{cn|date=May 2025}} Rose was one of the most candid interviewees in the film. She was filmed as she travelled to the offices of Classic FM, and as she wrote "love letters" to Read.<ref>{{Citation
  | last =Lewis-Smith
  | first =Victor
  | author-link =Victor Lewis-Smith
  | title =I'm Your Number One Fan
  | newspaper =<!-- Current tiitle dates from 2009. -->Evening Standard
  | location=London
  | date =7 October 1996
  | url =https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mbishop/News/funny/vls-fan.htm }}</ref> The film stated that Rose had been writing obscene and threatening letters to Read for many years.