A WORCESTER-based interior designer is confident her slot on a new television show will boost her business.

Helen Gray, who owns Grays Interiors in The Tything, used her expertise to help redecorate Quail Hollow in Kempsey which features in the first episode of a new BBC television series called Real Wrecks.

Viewers will be able to watch teams of experts tackle the task of salvaging a variety of wrecks including Quail Cottage, a long boat and a motorbike.

Helen said she was very proud to feature in the first programme, which is scheduled to go out on Wednesday, June 20.

"The cottage is owned by Debbie Summers and Neil Butlin," she explained.

"Debbie was already in touch with the BBC and called in experts such as English Heritage to guide them on how to do up the cottage. They brought me in as the soft furnishing expert and had a lot of work done.

"They installed a new spiral staircase, replaced some windows and plaster work and a carpenter was very busy with new joinery.

"My job was to provide new curtains for the bedroom and the dining room, for which I chose pale ivory Dupion silk and antique gold-coloured shot silk curtains. I even managed to get some old pew rails to use as stunning curtain poles.

"It was a lovely job to do and I hope it proves lucrative for my business. The sky's the limit now."

Helen's most prestigious job has been to provide all the interior design at Hampton Court Estate, near Leominster. She has also worked in London and in Scotland.

She started her interior design business three years ago but her husband David has owned Grays Antiques for 15 years.