A popular local hairdresser will be seen cutting it as a designer this week when a new BBC series gets under way.
Peter Anderson, who runs a salon in Monkseaton, Whitley Bay, will be making his debut as a contestant in Interior Design Masters with Alan Carr on Wednesday.
The hugely popular show, which pitches talents against each other in a succession of design challenges, has previously aired for two series on BBC 2 but is now set to premiere on BBC1 - and, in another first, it welcomes - in Peter - its first Geordie contestant.