Antiques Roadshow

2002•10 series•Entertainment / Antiques
Available on
BBC One

Airing since 1979, this popular programme, which has spawned multiple international versions, travels across Britain (with occasional trips to other countries, such as Canada and Australia), bringing together in each location specialists in antiques and fine arts to have them appraise items brought in by local residents, whether they are collectors looking to turn trash into treasure or ordinary folks hoping Grandma's old painting might now fund the kids' education. Items featured on the programme often have an interesting story attached to them or have some connection to that episode's venue. While some items that are brought in are worth a fortune, others are worthless.

Retrospective: Episode Image
Episode 11Retrospective

Updates on the most talked-about finds of the past 12 months, including an item once owned by a Queen and another that delivered the largest sale price of any roadshow item.

The Royal Ballet School, Richmond: Episode Image
Episode 12The Royal Ballet School, Richmond

The experts gather at the home of the Royal Ballet School in Richmond Park, London. Objects include a longbow used in the Second World War.

Sainsbury Centre Norwich: Episode Image
Episode 13Sainsbury Centre Norwich

The team travels to the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts in Norwich, where items include the death mask of William Gladstone.

Exeter Cathedral 1: Episode Image
Episode 14Exeter Cathedral 1

Fiona Bruce and the team visit Exeter Cathedral, where items include a table apparently used by Bonnie Prince Charlie and artwork painted by Edward VII as a child.

Scone Palace 1: Episode Image
Episode 15Scone Palace 1

Fiona Bruce visits Scone Palace, near Perth, where items include an ugly family brooch, a 15th-century book, 30-year-old T-shirts and a 230-year-old tea caddy.

World War One Special 1: Episode Image
Episode 16World War One Special 1

Fiona Bruce visits the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme in France for an edition marking the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War.

Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester 2: Episode Image
Episode 17Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester 2

Items at the Royal Agricultural University near Cirencester include a mantrap used to stop an amorous lover eloping.

Polesden Lacey 2: Episode Image
Episode 18Polesden Lacey 2

Fiona Bruce returns to Polesden Lacey near Dorking in Surrey, where items include early board game designs and an instrument panel from a Lancaster bomber.

Gregynog: Episode Image
Episode 19Gregynog

Fiona Bruce visits Gregynog Hall, near Newtown in Powys, where items include secret plans drawn up by a British PoW and an artistic tribute to race-riot victims.

Southsea - Royal Marines Museum 2: Episode Image
Episode 20Southsea - Royal Marines Museum 2

From the Royal Marines Museum in Southsea near Portsmouth, where items include a Jolly Roger flag flown by a British submarine during the Second World War.

Exeter Cathedral 2: Episode Image
Episode 21Exeter Cathedral 2

The experts pay a second visit to Exeter Cathedral, where items include artworks by the sculptor Elisabeth Frink.

The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art 2: Episode Image
Episode 22The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art 2

From Edinburgh's National Gallery of Modern Art. Items include a sketchbook thought to have been made on the SS Great Britain in 1851.

The Royal Ballet School, Richmond 2: Episode Image
Episode 23The Royal Ballet School, Richmond 2

The experts visit the home of the Royal Ballet School in Richmond Park, London, where items include a table made of timber from Old London Bridge.

Sainsbury Centre Norwich 2: Episode Image
Episode 24Sainsbury Centre Norwich 2

The team pays a return visit to the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts in Norwich, where items include a rare 18th-century glass and Queen Victoria's knickers.

Wentworth Woodhouse 1: Episode Image
Episode 25Wentworth Woodhouse 1

A visit to Wentworth Woodhouse stately home near Rotherham in South Yorkshire. Items include a delicate glass punch bowl and a box of bones with quite a history.

Wentworth Woodhouse 2: Episode Image
Episode 26Wentworth Woodhouse 2

Fiona Bruce and the team pay a second visit to Wentworth Woodhouse, where items include a Bible that belonged to one of the first black professional footballers.

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