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[[File:AntiquesRoadshowPaulAtterbury.JPG|thumb|right|upright|[[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, Barber Dolls, modern ceramics, Star Wars & other depressing 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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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}}

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).

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}}