The Business Inspector

pussyfoot · 17/03/10 - 21:24

Anyone watching this? I don't mean to be disrespectful, but does anyone else think that the woman helping small businesses get on the right track, Hilary Devey, could possibly have once been a man. Seen her on secret millionare last year and thought at the time that she may be transexual or transgender.

myss · 17/03/10 - 21:50

I'm watching it - I know I've seen her somewhere but couldn't put my finger on it. She does have quite a distinctive face.... I give you that!;)

I also think Wow Tables is a shite name tbh.

[Deleted User] · 17/03/10 - 21:55

Donna needs to work on her self-esteem problem.

butterworth · 17/03/10 - 23:02

myss wrote: »

I'm watching it - I know I've seen her somewhere but couldn't put my finger on it.

I believe she presents another TV programme called 'Chatty Man' and a show on Radio 2 on Saturday afternoons....

[Deleted User] · 17/03/10 - 23:28

johnny_t wrote: »

I believe she presents another TV programme called 'Chatty Man' and a show on Radio 2 on Saturday afternoons....

LOL That was exactly what I said.

I believe that she's recovered from a stroke which may have something to do with it.

pierre_gustave · 18/03/10 - 00:13

This type of show has been done to death.
From Ol' JHJ on Troubleshooter through to Gerry Robinson last year.
Stale format.

butterworth · 18/03/10 - 07:54

goodfella66 wrote: »

LOL That was exactly what I said.

I believe that she's recovered from a stroke which may have something to do with it.

Gah - Way to make me feel bad.....:D

I did like the programme overall. Admittedly, she's no badger, but I still like this kind of thing...

[Deleted User] · 18/03/10 - 13:12

I quite enjoyed it - although agree it's just like HOtel Inspector, etc, etc....

I don't think she looks like a man - but I def think she's wearing different wigs - and even with all her cash they don't fit as well as Joan Collins ones do!

:o:o

[Deleted User] · 18/03/10 - 15:14

Sad_BB_Addict wrote: »

Donna needs to work on her self-esteem problem.

not the only thing she needs to do .if she has to wear jeans she should buy longer tops so her stomach dosent wobble over the top of them.

Paace · 18/03/10 - 16:49

I was amazed how the flower woman went from being a bumbling, frightened forgetful person giving her presentation, to giving such a polished performance in the final presentation.

crazychris12 · 18/03/10 - 16:49

pussyfoot wrote: »

Anyone watching this? I don't mean to be disrespectful, but does anyone else think that the woman helping small businesses get on the right track, Hilary Devey, could possibly have once been a man. Seen her on secret millionare last year and thought at the time that she may be transexual or transgender.

Yes that crossed my mind last night and I've never seenher anywhere before. Wouldn't be surprised at all. She doe have a very deep voice!

Paace · 18/03/10 - 16:54

crazychris12 wrote: »

Yes that crossed my mind last night and I've never seenher anywhere before. Wouldn't be surprised at all. She doe have a very deep voice!

I was thinking the same but she is a single mother

http://www.coutts.com/woman/2009/july/features/Hilary-Devey.asp

Prince Monalulu · 18/03/10 - 17:04

Huge shortage of posts about the actual content on here.
I didn't watch it.

I'd prefer to see the Troubleshooter or Gerry Robinson doing their thing, prefer their style after seeing the trailer for this.

[Deleted User] · 18/03/10 - 17:32

crazychris12 wrote: »

Yes that crossed my mind last night and I've never seenher anywhere before. Wouldn't be surprised at all. She doe have a very deep voice!

My wife also said "is that a man" when she saw the
advert for this show earlier this week

crazychris12 · 18/03/10 - 17:49

bullman wrote: »

My wife also said "is that a man" when she saw the
advert for this show earlier this week

No, as an above post says, she has a son who's had a lot of drug problems.

John Dough · 18/03/10 - 17:53

I saw Hilary on the 'Secret M' series and thought that for all her wealth and comfort she seemed to be a very lonely person as though she was living in a 'gilded cage'.
I'm glad that her obvious expertise and knowledge has been recognised and put to use in the new show.

Prince Monalulu · 18/03/10 - 18:30

John Dough wrote: »

I saw Hilary on the 'Secret M' series and thought that for all her wealth and comfort she seemed to be a very lonely person as though she was living in a 'gilded cage'.
I'm glad that her obvious expertise and knowledge has been recognised and put to use in the new show.

I think she came to the same conclusion herself at the end of the Millionaire show, something was missing from her and her son's life.

I too saw her in the Secret Millionaire, I don't remember thinking she was a man/transgender or anything of the sort.
I think she may have had some 'work' done since that program though.

Maybe it's just me who doesn't 'see' these things, probably a good thing as she's actually a woman and it's all bollox.

myss · 18/03/10 - 19:11

Prince Monalulu wrote: »

I think she may have had some 'work' done since that program though.

I think so too. My son was also half watching the programme and asked if 'it' was a man. If anyone knows of the cartoon 'Courage the Cowardly Dog', he thinks she looks like Eustace with a wig and slap.

That Bloke · 19/03/10 - 21:42

pierre_gustave wrote: »

This type of show has been done to death.
From Ol' JHJ on Troubleshooter through to Gerry Robinson last year.
Stale format.

I think Troubleshooter was by far the best of this type of show really. John Harvey-Jones went into MUCH more detail with the firms rather than just a little bit of tinkering with marketing and a few lessons in management accountancy which is really what most of them do.

googleking · 20/03/10 - 14:26

(S)he could definitely do well with a Wig Inspector programme, probably fill a whole series with her own dubious efforts.

Mandi68 · 21/03/10 - 10:13

googleking wrote: »

(S)he could definitely do well with a Wig Inspector programme, probably fill a whole series with her own dubious efforts.

like the previous poster said she seems to have been incredibly ill recently and had to undergo months of rehabilitation.

http://www.coutts.com/woman/2009/july/features/Hilary-Devey.asp

myss · 21/03/10 - 12:30

According to the Daily Mail and SAGA, she went to have cosmetic surgery and was told to give up smoking a couple weeks for the OP which she didn't and it led to the complications. Didn't know she was a WRAF though.

petestan · 21/03/10 - 13:29

I liked the programme but as others have said I prefer some of the other business programmes. One thing that stuck out for me, when they went to her business headquarters there was no one else there at all, did they film on a weekend or was it just a place hired for the filming and then they put up a couple of signs with her company name on?

NorfolkPoppy · 21/03/10 - 14:21

Well, blow the critical lot of you, I enjoyed it.

I actually liked her gravelly voice and it never crossed my mind she was a bloke.

I think maybe you have been watching too much guff. She was exceptionally helpful to the florists who had been making a huge loss and what she suggested to the table bloke made sense just he didn't seem to have the courage of his convictions. Who holds a franchise event and then tells ppl he doesn't want them to buy into it?

[Deleted User] · 21/03/10 - 19:08

I loved it.

Hilary to Florist - "How much did this cost to make?"

Florist to Hilary - "Roughly 40 pounds."

Hilary to Florist - "How roughly?"

I think anyone in business for themselves (like me) would have found that telling and funny!

angelafisher · 21/03/10 - 20:12

NeilyM wrote: »

I loved it.

Hilary to Florist - "How much did this cost to make?"

Florist to Hilary - "Roughly 40 pounds."

Hilary to Florist - "How roughly?"

I think anyone in business for themselves (like me) would have found that telling and funny!

That made me smile too!

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