A Farnham firm which played a fringe part in The Traitors is making another appearance on the small screen.

Don’t be surprised to see a camera crew if you visit The Bourne Mill as the Guildford Road landmark is becoming a firm fixture on our screens.

The mill will appear on BBC Two this Thursday (January 29) as it was the hunting ground for DJ duo Nihal Arthanayake and Dev Griffin in Celebrity Antiques Road Trip.

Previously filmed segments for Money for Nothing will also be aired in April while props ranging from a suit of armour to a collection of creepy dolls have appeared in the BBC ratings juggernaut The Traitors.

The publicity push is part of a drive by mother and daughter team Sharon Silver and Frankii Stables to grow the business and boost trade. The duo traded at the mill for 13 years before taking over management of the antiques centre last January.

Filming for The Bourne Mill episode of Celebrity Antiques Road Trip took place last June with Dev, Nihal and antiques experts, James Braxton and Catherine Southon, spending all day at the site off the Shepherd and Flock roundabout.

For those not familiar with the show, celebrities are challenged to haggle for antique and vintage items with the help of an expert before attempting to make a profit through an auction.

Although the footage looks seamless, the auction took place several months later – sadly not locally – with Sharon and Frankii being kept in the dark about the results.

“We expected them to come down in the morning with the celebrities and a production crew with a couple of people but there was 15 of them – they took over the mill,” said Frankii, who said both teams bought “really interesting pieces”.

“What really surprised us was how they had to film everything in different angles. They have to film each scene about 20 times, even when we do the deal and shake hands.

“But we loved it. It was really fun and we enjoyed pushing ourselves out of our comfort zone and getting on TV.”

Frankii added: “We just want the people of Farnham to know what an amazing shop we have and getting on TV is one way of doing that.”

And if appearing on BBC Two wasn’t enough, the mill has also played a part in the corporation’s biggest hit, The Traitors, although it was very hush-hush at the beginning.

“We sold them a suit of armour but there’s loads more,” said Frankii, with producers snapping up a vintage woollen cloak, Tiffany lamp, empty bottles of poison and an ornamental owl among items for use in the show.

“The dolls which you saw in the doll’s house episode all came from us, but they manipulated them appear evil. We’ve got a doll’s room and they all came from that.

“When you consider 10million viewed the first episode and a load of our staff is vintage, it’s nice to see it getting a social life.”