MILLIONS of viewers will be tuning in to an hour’s worth of prime time TV next week coming from the heart of Herefordshire.

Cherry-picked from a long list of possible locations all over the UK, Weobley is to host the BBC’s programme The One Show.

The village “will never be the same again”, say locals who have spent the past few days helping producers, researchers – and even The Great British Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain.

While TV crews have spent weeks preparing for the village special next Wednesday, The One Show’s iconic sofa will be taking pride of place in the middle of Weobley where presenters Alex Jones and Matt Baker will be interviewing guests live from the picturesque Rose Garden.

The village vicar, the Rev Sean Semple, said that programme-makers believed the village to be “so quintessentially English”.

He continued: “BBC folk have been around the village for almost a month interviewing various people. There’s a lot of excitement in Weobley.”

He added: “I don’t know how quintessential it is as I’m from South Africa!”

Shopkeeper Ann Preece, aged 82, has been interviewed by veteran BBC reporter John Sargeant.

“He said what did you do when you were younger, so I said there was lots of fruit picking, finishing up with the hops,” she explained.

“I think he’d come from the town and thought there was nothing going on, but there’s always something going on in Weobley.”

Meanwhile, The Rev Chris Rhodes explained that The One Show had been on the look out for a suitable village.

“Hundreds of villages were looked at, but the TV people hit on Weobley,” she said.

“They came for the church fete and flower exhibition and decided Weobley was worth doing properly.”

She added: “What really intrigued them was our Meals on Wheels service. The WRVS used to do it but when they put prices up, we thought we could do it cheaper.”

Lunches are prepared at the Salutation pub and local people deliver to the elderly and housebound.

In advance of next week’s show, The Great British Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain came to Weobley to dish up a Meals on Wheels’ pudding.

As part of the show, historian Dan Snow will be looking at sites of interest in Weobley.

Among those already interviewed were Stan and Ada Simonds.

“Stan is the only chap with an MBE in the village – for services to the community,” said Mrs Rhodes.

“The whole hour of the show will be devoted to the village. Weobley will never be the same again!”