by Danny Boyle

A mum got the shock of her life when Ant and Dec popped up at a Gravesend petrol station to invite her family onto their TV show.

The comedy duo hid behind the counter of Northfleet's Texaco station to surprise Keely Brown while she queued up to pay for her fuel.

She and her family were selected to take part in the pair’s Push the Button show, aired on ITV on Saturday night.

The five members of team Kenward – her maiden name – were gathered by Ant and Dec when the pair visited the borough in secret last Monday.

Keely, 45, who has a 10-year-old boy called Sonny with her 51-year-old husband Steve, known as Bluey, was at the Pelham Road South garage when the pair struck.

She said: “My boss orchestrated the whole set-up. She pretended we had a meeting to go to in Gravesend and asked me to go and pay for petrol while she filled up.

"I got the fright of my life when And and Dec popped up.”

Staff continued to serve customers through a hatch rather than in the store – so most people were completely unaware of the duo’s appearance.

Full story in this week's Gravesend Messenger.