The production team behind the popular BBC Series
'Mary Queen of Shops' visited Totally DIY this week with Tony Leach
and Jane Curtis, owner and store assistant respectively at
Lightwater Homecare, a diy and general store based in Lightwater,
Surrey.
The store is taking part in the third series of 'Mary
Queen of Shops', which will be aired on the BBC later this year,
and neither Tony nor Jane had ever visited a diy trade exhibition
before. They were given the chance to look around the show
accompanied by retail guru and series presenter Mary Portas to
check out the new products being offered by exhibitors.
The pair were then thrown in at the deep end when Mary
announced that they would each have to give a live product demo in
the show's New Product Piazza. Luckily Nigel Blow, a
product manager from Toolbank, was on hand to help the pair quickly
learn about the product they were about to
demonstrate!
The first series of Mary Queen of Shops saw Mary Portas
help turn around struggling clothing stores on the high street.
However the latest series of the programme is about a broader range
of independent retailers.
Lightwater Homecare is based in Guildford Road in
Lightwater, Surrey, and Tony Leach also has two other stores nearby
in Ascot and Knap Hill. The show will be screened on BBC2 later
this year.
