Anna Scholz Queen of Shops in 2008 saw retail guru Mary Portas introduce a failing fashion store in Ascot to Anna and her label in the hope of saving the business and educating the owner in the needs of her plus size customers. After the programme aired the brand saw a 72% increase in sales of the range in Harrods, as well as 35 new retail outlets looking to stock her pieces. The feature even caused annascholz.com to crash due to internet sales and is often referred to as one of the most influential features for the brand. Having been born in
Heart of the Matter (TV series) on science and religion and included as guests David Starkey, Mary Warnock, Wentzel van Huyssteen, Richard Dawkins, Polish Roman Catholic priest and 2008 Templeton Prize winner cosmologist Prof. Michael Heller, and James Watson. "Heart of the Matter" was broadcast late on Sunday evenings, usually alternating with the similarly-themed "Everyman", though the latter tended to have more of a religious focus. Both programmes were cancelled in the 2000s following a revamp of BBC output. Heart of the Matter (TV series) Heart of the Matter is a British television debate series that aired on BBC One from 1979 to 2000. Presented variously