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{{Short description|British televisionBBC TV antiques programme (since 1979)}}
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* [[Paul Reade]]<br>
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| channel = [[BBC One]]
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| num_series = 4547
| num_episodes = 866
| list_episodes = List of Antiques Roadshow episodes
| first_aired = {{startStart date|1979|202|18|df=yes}}
| last_aired = present
| company = [[BBC Studios]] Factual Entertainment Productions
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'''''Antiques Roadshow''''' is a [[Great Britain|British]] [[television show|television programme]] broadcast by the [[BBC]] in which [[antique]]s [[appraiser]]s travel to various regions of the [[United Kingdom]] (and occasionally in other countries) to appraise antiques brought in by local people (generally speaking). It has been running since 1979, based on a 1977 [[documentary]] programme.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/classic/titles/antiques.shtml|title=BBC - Cult - Classic TV - BBC - Title Sequences - The Antiques Roadshow|publisher=BBC}}</ref>
The series has spawned many international versions throughout Europe, North America and other countries with the same [[TV format]]. The programprogramme is hosted by [[Fiona Bruce]] and itin is2024 was in its 45th47th series.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profilesb006mj2y/50BBLC85pgSYqtP0ShRWDJ4episodes/the-teamguide|title=Antiques Roadshow - TheEpisode teamguide - BBC One|publisher=BBC}}</ref>
== History ==
[[File:AntiquesRoadshowPaulAtterbury.JPG|thumb|right|upright=1.1|[[Paul Atterbury]] examines an antique [[cricket bat]]]]
The programme began as a BBC documentary that aired in 1977, about a [[London]] [[auction house]] doing a tour of the [[West Country]] in [[England]]. The pilot roadshow was recorded in [[Hereford]] on 17 May 1977 and presented by contributor [[Bruce Parker]], a presenter of the news/current affairs programme ''[[Nationwide (TV programme)|Nationwide]]'', and antiques expert [[Arthur Negus]], who had previously worked on a similarly themed show, called ''[[Going for a Song]]''. The pilot was so successful that it was transmitted and the format has remained almost unchanged ever since, though fewer and fewer antiques are featured in recent series, being replaced with Lego, Barbie Dolls, modern ceramics, Star Wars and other film memorabilia. Negus appeared on ''Antiques Roadshow'' until 1983. In the original BBC programme, various towns or famous places are advertised as venues. The show has since visited a number of other countries (including Canada in 2001 and [[Australia]] in 2005) and has been imitated by other TV production companies around the world.
In the United Kingdom, annual children's Christmas specials aired from 1991 until 2006, under the title ''Antiques Roadshow: The Next Generation'' (except for the 1991 edition, which was titled ''Antiques Roadshow Going Live'') and used a specially reworked version of the regular theme music. However, there was no children's special in 2007; instead an edition was devoted to "antiques of the future" dating from the 1950s to the present day. Since then individually themed specials have been aired, though not every year.
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A spin-off programme, ''20th Century Roadshow'', focusing on modern collectibles, aired between April and June 2005. It was hosted by [[Alan Titchmarsh]]. Two other spin-off programmes, ''Antiques Roadshow Gems'' (1991) and ''Priceless Antiques Roadshow'' (2009–10), revisited items from the show's history and provided background information on the making of the show and interviews with the programme's experts.
The most valuable item to ever appear on the show featured on 16 November 2008. This was an original 1990s [[maquette]] of the ''[[Angel of the North]]'' sculpture by [[Antony Gormley]], owned by [[Gateshead Council]], which was valued at £1,000,000 by Philip Mould.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuHlBqwvRg0 "Antiques Roadshow's Highest Valuation Ever"], though in 2020 in Bristol a collection of Pendelfin Rabbits was priced upwards of eighteen pounds fifty, making it the programme’s second highest valuation to date. BBC Channel on [[YouTube]]. Retrieved 25 August 2009</ref> Glassware expert Andy McConnell later valued a collection of chandeliers at seven million pounds (their actual insurance value), noting as he did so that this beat Mould's record; however these were fixtures of the building in which the show was being filmed ([[Bath Assembly Rooms]]) rather than an item that had been brought in. In reality, the two most expensive objects to be sold as a result of being discovered on the show are the 1932<ref>{{cite web|title=Bonhams: An extraordinarily rare Leica Luxus II, 1932|url=http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21288/lot/1681|publisher=[[Bonhams]]|date=31 October 2013|access-date=3 October 2016}}</ref> camera found by Marc Allum, which realised over $600,000 (US) in 2013 and the Christofle et Cie Japonisme [[jardiniere]] filmed by [[Eric Knowles]], which sold for £668,450 (including buyers premium).▼
In the 1980s, a girl wrote in to ''[[Jim'll Fix It]]'' to ask if [[Jimmy Savile]] would "fix it" for her to "accidentally" drop and smash a seemingly valuable vase in an episode of the show. This was broadcast as part of a regular edition, as well as in the ''Jim'll Fix It'' episode, with many of the ''Roadshow'' spectators looking on in astonishment, until antiques expert [[David Battie]], who retired in 2020, explained the ruse.{{citation needed|date=April 2013}}
Conversely, many items brought before the experts are without commercial value, if not outright [[counterfeit]]s. They are seldom shown in the broadcast episodes, to spare embarrassment for the individuals involved,<ref>{{cite news|title=Antiques Roadshow: Collector left embarrassed after told his expensive 'antique' came from Tesco|date=25 August 2009|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/08/25/your-1-000-antique-is-from-tesco-115875-21622199/|work=[[Daily Mirror]]|access-date=22 March 2015}}</ref> although counterfeit objects are sometimes included, to give experts an opportunity to explain the difference between real and fake items. Value is not the only criterion for inclusion; items with an [[anecdote|interesting story]] attached, or of a [[provenance]] relevant to the show's location, will often be featured regardless of value. Items directly related to [[The Holocaust]] may have their stories featured, but are not given valuations. An episode commemorating the end of the [[First World War]] and featuring personal mementoes, included no valuations. All items are appraised, although most appraisals take place off-camera, with only the most promising items (around 50 on an average day) being filmed, of which about 20 appear in the final programme.{{citation needed|date=October 2013}}▼
▲The most valuable item to ever appear on the show featured on 16 November 2008. This was an original 1990s [[maquette]] of the ''[[Angel of the North]]'' sculpture by [[Antony Gormley]], owned by [[Gateshead Council]], which was valued at £1,000,000 by Philip Mould.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuHlBqwvRg0 "Antiques Roadshow's Highest Valuation Ever"], BBC Channel on [[YouTube]]. Retrieved 25 August 2009</ref> Glassware expert Andy McConnell later valued a collection of chandeliers at seven million pounds (their actual insurance value), noting as he did so that this beat Mould's record; however these were fixtures of the building in which the show was being filmed ([[Bath Assembly Rooms]]) rather than an item that had been brought in. In reality, the two most expensive objects to be sold as a result of being discovered on the show are the 1932<ref>{{cite web|title=Bonhams: An extraordinarily rare Leica Luxus II, 1932|url=http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21288/lot/1681|publisher=[[Bonhams]]|date=31 October 2013|access-date=3 October 2016}}</ref> camera found by Marc Allum, which realised over $600,000 (US) in 2013 and the Christofle et Cie Japonisme [[jardiniere]] filmed by [[Eric Knowles]], which sold for £668,450 (including buyers premium).
[[File:The-halt-in-the-desert-richard-dadd.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|''The Artist's Halt in the Desert by Moonlight'', watercolour, by [[Richard Dadd]]]]▼
▲Conversely, many items brought before the experts are without commercial value, if not outright [[counterfeit]]s. They are seldom shown in the broadcast episodes, to spare embarrassment for the individuals involved,<ref>{{cite news|title=Antiques Roadshow: Collector left embarrassed after told his expensive 'antique' came from Tesco|date=25 August 2009|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/08/25/your-1-000-antique-is-from-tesco-115875-21622199/|work=[[Daily Mirror]]|access-date=22 March 2015}}</ref> although counterfeit objects are sometimes included, to give experts an opportunity to explain the difference between real and fake items. Value is not the only criterion for inclusion; items with an [[anecdote|interesting story]] attached, or of a [[provenance]] relevant to the show's location, will often be featured regardless of value. An episode commemorating the end of the [[First World War]] and featuring personal mementoes, included no valuations. All items are appraised, although most appraisals take place off-camera, with only the most promising items (around 50 on an average day) being filmed, of which about 20 appear in the final programme.{{citation needed|date=October 2013}}
▲[[File:The-halt-in-the-desert-richard-dadd.jpg|thumb|''The Artist's Halt in the Desert by Moonlight'', watercolour, by [[Richard Dadd]]]]
Some significant items have been acquired by museums after being sold once their owners were appraised of their true value. An example is the watercolour painting ''The Artist's Halt in the Desert'' by [[Richard Dadd]], discovered and shown by [[Peter Nahum]] in 1986 and purchased the next year by the [[British Museum]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.leicestergalleries.com/19th-20th-century-paintings/d/artists-halt-in-the-desert-by-moonlight/11795 | title=Artist's Halt in the Desert by Moonlight by RICHARD DADD | publisher=[[Peter Nahum At The Leicester Galleries]] | access-date=16 September 2019}}</ref> for £100,000.<ref name="Singh">{{cite news|last1=Singh|first1=Anita|title=Antiques Roadshow memorable moments|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/3197627/Antiques-Roadshow-memorable-moments.html|work=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]|date=14 October 2008|access-date=15 December 2018}}</ref> Another such item, later dubbed "Ozzy the Owl", is a [[Staffordshire]] [[slipware]] jug, valued by [[Henry Sandon]] on a 1990 show at £20,000 to £30,000,<ref name="Singh"/> and subsequently acquired by [[Potteries Museum & Art Gallery]].<ref name="PMAG">{{cite web |title=Museum Treasures: Ozzy the Owl|url=http://www.stokemuseums.org.uk/pmag/museum-treasures-ozzy-owl/|publisher=[[The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery]]|date=2 February 2018|access-date=15 December 2018}}</ref>
The original theme music was [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]]'s [[Brandenburg Concertos#Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048|Brandenburg Concerto No. 3]] (for several years in a [[Moog synthesiser]] version by [[Wendy Carlos]]), but was changed in the early 1990s to an original piece. This theme was written by [[Paul Reade]] and Tim Gibson and published by Air Edel.<ref>[{{Cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbhretired-site/antiquesuk/faq.html Frequently Asked Questions at pbs.org] {{webarchive |urlarchiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125043137/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/antiquesuk/faq.html|dateurl-status=dead|title=Retired Site | PBS|archivedate=25 January 2012|website=Retired Site}}</ref>
In March 2023, for an edition from [[Eden Project]] in Cornwall, the guest was [[Queen Camilla|Camilla, Queen Consort]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001jwp8/antiques-roadshow-series-45-7-eden-project-1|title=Antiques Roadshow - Series 45: 7. Eden Project 1|via=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>
==Format==
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{{See also|List of Antiques Roadshow episodes}}
''Antiques Roadshow'' has a team of experts numbering over 60. Many have areas of speciality, some of them are long tenuring experts on the programme.<ref>{{citeCite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/2zDBZDPJhCJ7Y7gFJNzhWV7/the-team|title=BBC One - Antiques Roadshow - The team|website=BBC}}</ref>
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* John Benjamin
* Kate Flitcroft
* [[Joanna Hardy]]
* [[Geoffrey Munn]]
* Susan Rumfitt
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===Australia===
In 2005, part of the BBC team visited [[Australia]] and produced six one-hour episodes in conjunction with [[The LifeStyle Channel]] ([[XYZnetworks]]). These were titled ''Antiques Roadshow Australia''.<ref>[{{Cite web|url=https://www.lifestyle.com.au/tv/antiques-roadshow-australia/ |title=Antiques Roadshow Australia]}}</ref> A special was also made about the visit to Australia, entitled ''Antiques Roadshow Australia: Behind the Scenes''.
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===Canada===
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[[File:Henry Nelson O'Neil - Eastward Ho! - 1857.jpg|thumb|''[[Eastward Ho! (painting)|Eastward Ho!]]'' (1857) by Henry Nelson O'Neil was appraised on ''Canadian Antiques Roadshow'']]
In [[Canada]], ''Canadian Antiques Roadshow'' – a programme based on the British and American versions<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/programguide/program/canadian_antiques_roadshow Canadian Antiques Roadshow]</ref> - debuted in January 2005 on [[CBC Television]] and [[CBC Newsworld]] and ran until 2009. The show has also been aired on [[Cottage Life (TV channel)|CBC Country Canada]]. It was hosted by [[Valerie Pringle]].
The most expensive item featured was [[Henry Nelson O'Neil]]'s "[[Eastward Ho! (painting)|Eastward Ho!]]" [[oil painting|oil on canvas]]. Recommended insurance: CDN$500,000, later sold at [[Sotheby's]] in [[London]] for £164,800 (about CDN$300,000 at the 2008 exchange rate).
===Finland===
The [[Finland|Finnish]] version, known as ''[[Antiikkia, antiikkia]]'',<ref>{{inCite langweb|fi}} [url=https://areena.yle.fi/1-3636044 |title=Antiikkia, antiikkia] | Yle Areena|website=areena.yle.fi}}</ref> (''Antiques, antiques''), has been running on [[YLE TV1]] since 1997.
===Germany===
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The show ''Tussen Kunst & Kitsch'' (''Between Art & Kitsch'') has been running in the [[Netherlands]] since 1984.<ref>{{in lang|nl}} [https://www.avrotros.nl/tussen-kunst-en-kitsch/over/ Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171111041811/https://www.avrotros.nl/tussen-kunst-en-kitsch/over/|date=11 November 2017}}, [[AVROTROS]]</ref> First shown on [[Algemene Vereniging Radio Omroep|AVRO]], the programme is usually set in a museum somewhere in the Netherlands, sometimes in [[Belgium]] and Germany. Due to its popularity, special episodes have been made in which the experts take the viewers on "cultural art excursions" to places of great importance in the history of art.
In 2011, a painting of [[Joost van Geel]] with the title ''Het Kantwerkstertje'' (''The Little Lacemaker'') was discovered with an estimated value of 250,000 euros, the highest-appraised item on the show.<ref name="''Duurste vondst ooit bij Kunst en Kitsch: kwart miljoen">{{cite web|url=http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/5600/Kunst-literatuur/article/detail/1891606/2011/02/08/Duurste-vondst-ooit-bij-Kunst-en-Kitsch-kwart-miljoen.dhtml|title=''Duurste vondst ooit bij Kunst en Kitsch: kwart miljoen''|work=[[Algemeen Dagblad]]|language=nl|date=8 February 2011|access-date=10 December 2014}}</ref> The programme has been presented by [[:nl:Cees van Drongelen|Cees van Drongelen]] (1984-20021984–2002), [[:nl:Nelleke van der Krogt|Nelleke van der Krogt]] (2002-20152002–2015), and [[:nl:Frits Sissing|Frits Sissing]] (2015-), and it celebrated its 30th series in 2014.
===Sweden===
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The [[Sweden|Swedish]] version started out as a co-production between [[Sveriges Television|SVT]] [[Malmö]] and the BBC, whose ''Antiques Roadshow'' visited [[Scandinavia]] for two programmes.<ref>[{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/7360745/Antiques-Road-Trip-Why-its-a-vintage-period-for-antiques-on-television.html |title=Antiques Road Trip: Why it's a vintage period for antiques on television]|date=3 March 2010|website=The Telegraph}}</ref> ''Antikrundan'' (''Antiques Round''), its [[Swedish language|Swedish]] version, premiered in August 1989 on [[SVT2|TV2]], and SVT has produced a new season every year since.
As of 2019, 30 seasons have been shown and most of the experts have been with the programme since its start. [[Jesper Aspegren]] was the original host. He left in 2000, and from the 2001 season onwards, Antikrundan has been hosted by [[Anne Lundberg]].
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===United States===
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[[United States|American]] [[public broadcasting|public broadcaster]] [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] created a show in 1997 inspired by the Antiques Roadshow.<ref>[http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/topten/timeline.html ANTIQUES ROADSHOW OUR FIRST 10 YEARS A TIMELINE], PBS</ref> The American version of ''Antiques Roadshow'' is produced by [[WGBH-TV|WGBH]], a PBS member station in [[Boston, Massachusetts]]. [[Mark L. Walberg|Mark Walberg]] is host and [[Marsha Bemko]] is executive producer.
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