A WESTCOTT company hit the small screen when their products made an appearance in a primetime television series.
The Empty Box Company, which makes handmade luxury hat and dress boxes, was commissioned to supply 120 Edwardian-style boxes for ITV's popular new drama Mr Selfridge.
The first episode of the show, which tells the story of the opening of the first Selfridge's department store in 1909, prominently showed a large stack of the items in the shop's foyer.
Company director Giselle Hulme, 48, said: "We were thrilled to see our boxes in such a perfect setting, a period drama set in Edwardian times when hats and dresses arrived in beautiful boxes."
The Balchins Lane-based company, which employs 16 people, was approached with a mysteriously large order from the show's producers last year.
After the network picked out a white design teamed with a bottle green ribbon, Ms Hulme's team set to work, taking 60 hours to make the 120 containers.
The boxes were shown behind Mr Selfridge, played by Jeremy Piven, as he gave an inspiring speech to his staff. As well as their initial appearance, the boxes have featured in later episodes.
Ms Hulme, a mother of three, who lived in Westcott for many years, added: "We didn't know it would be on the programme until we saw the trailer. We were very excited."
The company was founded 25 years ago by Ms Hulme and her husband James Teague.
Their products are handmade at their workshops in Westcott and Tavistock, Devon, where the couple now live. The firm has previously supplied boxes to the Welsh National Opera for use in a stage production.
Mr Selfridge can be seen on Sundays at 9pm on ITV1.
To purchase your own Mr Selfridge hat box, go to www.emptybox.co.uk
