Antiques Roadshow

Antiques Roadshow

Weekend mornings

For more than 20 years, Antiques Roadshow has attracted huge audiences and become a television institution in the UK.

Michael Aspel and his team reveal expert insights and advice into paintings, jewellery, furniture and other objects as viewers and antiques lovers flock to a different destination in every show.

In the first series, the team visits Portmerion, where the treasures brought to the table include some of the most intricate mosaics ever seen on the show, items made by prisoners of war as gifts of thanks to local people and a penknife valued at £1,500.

Other places visited in the series include Haltwhistle (where a letter from JRR Tolkien disclosing the thinking behind The Lord Of The Rings is featured, along with original fittings from the Titanic's sister ship, the Olympic), Hastings (where a Meissan pot is valued at £10,000), Witley Court, Rotherham and a two-part special from Hampton Court.

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  • Profile: Michael Aspel Find out more about the debonair presenter of Antiques Roadshow, Michael Aspel, on UKTV History.
  • How to spot a fake UKTV History's guide to avoiding crooks and getting yourself onto the collecting ladder the right way.