A Cockermouth woman will be appearing on a popular television quiz show next week.

Zena Bergmann, of Dunmail Crescent, will be on Fifteen to One on Monday. 

"I will be on a couple of shows, starting on Monday," said Zena, who has been sworn to secrecy about how she fared in the general knowledge quiz.

In the show hosted by Sandi Toksvig, 15 contestants are pitted against one another in the hope of securing a place in the end-of-series final when a £40,000 jackpot will be up for grabs.

Zena, a PR assistant at Innovia Films in Wigton, applied to be on the show earlier in the year.

She said: "I had seen it advertised and liked the idea of it. I was called to an audition in Darlington.

"Next thing I was told was when to be on standby for filming at the BBC studios in Glasgow."

She spent a long day filming and enjoyed meeting Sandi Toksvig.

Zena added: "It was excellent, and really interesting to see how they put a television show together. It was in front of an audience, and takes a long time to film.

"Sandi was lovely, very nice and we all got a picture taken with her at the end."

She had been asked to take five different outfits.

She added: "There are rules about what clothing you can wear. Certain patterns and colours are not allowed.

"The whole experience of being in the studio, having a mike and getting your make-up done was great fun." 

Fifteen to one will be shown on Channel 4 at 3pm on Monday.