AN IKEA nightmare has been turned into a 40-minute BBC documentary by a Kidderminster single mum.

Filmmaker, Nicky Taylor's, flat-pack fiasco is scheduled for BBC 2 at 10.30pm on Easter Bank Holiday Monday, traditionally a big day for DIY disasters and a busy one for casualty departments.

It follows her foray into the Wednesbury store as she tries to buy a new bed for three-year-old son, Harry. With her other two children, Freya, six, and five-year-old Milly also in tow and the hour-long child care running out too quickly, the trip turns into a disaster as they are distracted by all the bargain buys and curious names.

"It's an affectionate look at why we're so obsessed with IKEA but it's also a little barbed," said the 39-year-old. "It looks at how we are quite greedy as a society.

"IKEA's mission statement is to sell us cheap, affordable furniture but they do expect us to meet them halfway by going to the store and then assembling it. Then we complain."

The Edmonton IKEA riot came shortly after Nicky had finished filming and has given the documentary a topical edge.

"People prepared to fight over a futon at midnight is amazing," she said. "It's good for the show, as I hope more people will be interested in what it's about."

Buying the bed is only half the battle as the film also shows Nicky's attempts to build it, all with a musical accompaniment by comedian, Mitch Benn.

Nicky, a television producer and director, separated from her husband in 2002 and made a successful film last year showing the attempts of her and her mother, from Bewdley, trying to find new men. She failed to find one but said her mother now had plenty of new boyfriends.

Meanwhile, her career is going strong and she appeared for the second time on the Holiday programme last week on a trip to Disneyland in Florida with her children.