Don't miss Wednesday's Archos TSV

If you're looking for a handy portable media player with plenty of space for your digital music and videos, then you won't want to miss our Today's Special Value on Wednesday 2nd September.

This compact multimedia player from Archos is packed with features to keep you entertained wherever you are and comes complete with a few QVC extras for unmissable value.

Read all about it at QVCUK.com on the day and check it out on QVC TV at 12am, 1am, 9am, 2pm, 6pm, 8pm and 10pm on Wednesday 2nd September.

Creative camcorder TSV highly rated by T3

Our Today's Special Value for Saturday 29th August is a humdinger of an HD camcorder - but don't just take our word for it, the Creative Vado camcorder has won praise from the popular technology website and magazine, T3.

Creative's compact digital camcorder received a glowing write-up in T3's run-down of their favourite 'pistol camcorders'. See what they had to say.

And you can see it for yourself when the handy HD camcorder appears as our TSV on QVC TV at 11am, 1pm, 5pm, 8pm and 10pm on Saturday 29th August.

Don't you dare miss it!

Read about the Creative Vado 720p digital camcorder.

Check out T3's subscription offers - you can choose between added extras like Denon earphones or four Blu-ray movies while also saving money on the magazine cover price.

Pet of the week

This week's pet belongs to Catherine and he loves snoozing by the looks of it...

Name: Dinky
Age: 7 months
Breed: Russian Blue
Likes: Chewing on electrical wires and human toes. Also has a penchant for destroying furniture and carpets (next move will be to a house with only hard floors!)
Dislikes: The smell of nail varnish and reacts by hitting the air with his paw whilst backing away with eyes squinted almost closed.

Radio One's Becky tries her hand at presenting on QVC

If you're a regular listener to Radio One's Scott Mills show in the afternoon, then you might well have heard the regular strand 'Becky's Forte'. This is where Scott sends his producer Becky out into the wide world to try her hand at new challenges - usually with hilarious consequences!

One of Becky's most recent challenges was to become a presenter on shopping telly - and where else would she go but to us at QVC? We paired her up with the lovely Simon Biagi and let her loose on a juicer and smoothie maker.
 
You can hear the results as broadcast on the Scott Mills show right here...

And if you want to see how Becky got on as a QVC presenter, visit the Scott Mills page on the BBC Radio One website. We reckon she was pretty good, but what do you think?

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Meet Dawn at the Glasgow Hobbycraft Show

Calling all craft enthusiasts!

How would you like to meet our craft expert Dawn Bibby in person? From Thursday 22nd October to Sunday 25th October 2009, Dawn Bibby will be appearing at the Glasgow Hobbycraft Show, in association with Crafts Beautiful magazine.

If you're interested in attending this event you can call the ticket line on 01425 277 988. Advanced ticket prices for the show are £5.30 for adults and £4.30 for seniors.

If you're in the area why not pop along, say hello, and hopefully pick up a few handy crafting tips from this award-winning card-maker!

Check out Dawn Bibby's advice on QVCUK.com

Find out more about Crafts Beautiful magazine

Winners of our Liz Earle competition revealed

We had a fantastic response to our Liz Earle competition to win their new Superskin Eye & Lip Treatment! We're sorry if you encountered any problems when entering and hope that you tried again to be one of our six lucky winners.

Before we reveal the winners, let's remind you of the question:

Which Liz Earle product won Best Moisturiser in the QVC Customer Beauty Awards 2009?

The correct answer was: A) Liz Earle Superskin Moisturiser

Well done to all of you who guessed correctly! Our lucky winners are:

Mrs Tam Patsit from Jersey

Mrs S Hooker from Dunstable, Beds

Mary Huggins from Bristol

Maureen Cummings from C Durham

Romy Dub from London

Charlotte Gubb from Bristol


Congratulations to all of you - we hope you like the product!

If you weren't lucky this time, keep checking back for more competitions coming soon...

Diet Chef's Corinne Carlisle tells of her dieting success

We all know how hard it is to diet but imagine how easy it would be if you had portion-controlled and ready-cooked meals delivered to your door. Well, hassle-free dieting is now in your sights with Diet Chef as it launches on Monday 24th August.

Guest presenter, Corinne Carlisle, is a huge advocate of the diet and having lost three stone in six months, she's just one of Diet Chef's success stories. Here she tells us why she loves Diet Chef and her top dieting tips…

What made you try Diet Chef?

I've tried every diet you can think of - Weight Watchers, Rosemary Conley, The Cambridge Diet, The Grapefruit Diet, Atkins, in fact I'd be surprised if you can find a diet I haven't tried!

With each diet it would be the same old story - lose a bit of weight, put it back on, lose a bit, put it back on and so on. It was a vicious cycle that went round and round for years!

My friend Lucy told me about Diet Chef; it just sounded so tasty and when I found out more I was impressed with how easily it fits into any lifestyle and the convenience suited me perfectly.
 
What was your incentive for losing weight?

Mainly, my wedding. I always had a picture in my head of how I wanted to look on my wedding day, and knew that the pictures stay around for a long long time.

The last thing I wanted to be doing on my wedding day was worrying about how tight my dress was or covering the tops of my arms. I actually ordered my dress two sizes down! I wanted to be comfortable and relaxed and knew that I wouldn't be unless I did something about it.

Catherine's secret to slimming down: Diet Chef

Our very own Catherine Huntley trialled our Diet Chef 28-day programme. With Diet Chef, she's lost 3" from her waist and 2" from her hips.

What she says: "I've gone from a size 12 to a size 10/12 and some of my size 8s even fit on top!" We caught up with her to find out more...

Had you heard of Diet Chef before?

I'd seen it in magazines and had even considered buying it before. I was thrilled to find out we were going to do it on QVC - it was exactly what I was looking for just at the right time... if you believe in such a thing as synchronicity, I think that it's a great example of it at work!

Was it easy to stick to?

The portion sizes took me a couple of days to get used to as I tend to overload plates with food but after that I found it easy. I'll be honest and say I sometimes had treats that weren't included in the diet, such as popcorn at the cinema and an alcoholic drink at a colleague's leaving do.

As you're 'allowed' to do this whilst keeping check of calories, I think it makes it easy to stick to. You also become much more aware of which foods and drinks are high in calories. I saved my biscuits for the evening when I'd normally be prone to late night snacking.

Kathy Tayler has shed pounds on the Diet Chef programme

Our very own Kathy Tayler trialled our Diet Chef 28-day programme. She's lost 10lbs in five weeks, including 2" from her waist and 1.5" from her hips.

Here she reveals all about her dieting experience...


"Diet Chef was easy to stick to because there is no planning, shopping or searching the fridge for something to eat - it's all organised and waiting for you.

For the first few days I had some minor hunger pangs but I just focussed on the fact that I must be losing weight! After that, I found it surprisingly easy to stick to.

I've not been very good at calorie-controlled diets or anything where I have to weigh food in the past. I have a degree in Physiology with a good understanding of nutrition, so I know what I need to do to eat healthily and lose weight, but I just never seem to get around to doing anything for long enough to make a difference. I eat well, but too much as I love my food. The portion control that Diet Chef teaches you is invaluable when you start to eat home-cooked meals again.

Diet Chef: watch the video diaries of our trial dieters

In preparation for a our big Diet Chef launch on Monday 24th August, presenters Catherine Huntley and Kathy Tayler and four QVC employees tested out the diet.

Watch the videos below to see how they found the Diet Chef 28-day programme.

See the difference Diet Chef made to our trial dieters