A LOCAL hero is to be a national star as the focus of a new BBC documentary fronted by Anne Robinson.

The Weakest Link star spent two days with Frances Stojilkovic, who is a vocal equal pay campaigner for Glasgow's underpaid women.

Frances caught the eye of BBC producers and now has finished filming with Anne.

Frances said: "It was amazing, she was such a lovely, lovely person and the opposite of how I thought she would be.

"I was expecting her to be like she is on The Weakest Link but she was really easy to talk to.

"I didn't want anyone to miss out on seeing her so I asked if I could film her visit on Facebook Live and she was great.

"She waved to all the women and told us good luck with our fight."

Frances, a Cordia Care Team Leader, set up an Equal Pay Facebook page for a small group of around 30 of her colleagues.

It now has more than 1600 members, who Frances keeps up to date with equal pay news and how to get involved with the campaign.

Glasgow City Council, unions and lawyers are negotiating existing claims, but some estimates have suggested the final bill could be as high as £500 million.

Busy Frances also spearheads the Govanhill Community Campaign, fighting for better conditions for residents in the South Side area.

This week for filming, Anne came to Frances's house to interview her before going out on a visit to Cordia clients.

Then, the TV presenter met with members of the equal pay campaign - and gave them her support.

But Frances is not letting her new found stardom go to her head and said there is still much work to be done.

Frances said the women are now planning to ask their union to ballot for strike action.

She added: "There are still more meetings taking place and we are getting fed up with waiting.

"I think it's time for a bigger push from us to let the council know we are still here and still wanting our money.

"Hopefully the documentary will let more people know what's happening and if anyone sees it who is entitled to money they can get in touch - I don't want anyone to miss out."

The show is set to be broadcast on the BBC in June.