Antiques Roadshow

Fiona Bruce and the team visit Ham House in the London borough of Richmond. Could an 18th-century robe be the most valuable Chinese treasure ever found on the show?

At Dyffryn Gardens near Cardiff, treasures include an enormous amber necklace, an Antarctic compass and a penknife with hundreds of utensils.

A visit to the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh includes Russian jewels, a rare Maori box, a priceless football trophy and three paintings by female artists who deserve to be better known.

Antiques Roadshow is at Aston Hall in Birmingham, where Fiona meets celebrated poet Benjamin Zephaniah, who grew up nearby and has fond childhood memories of playing in the grounds. Runjeet Singh, a specialist in Asian arms and armour, is thrilled to see some ornate and valuable ceremonial weapons from India, while Paul Atterbury is intrigued to see a rare example of the only artwork ever to be left on the moon. Hilary Kay hears the story of the Austin J40 pedal car and its inventor, while Eric Knowles covets a stunning collection of Liberty clocks. The team also hear from a Beatles fan who managed to secure their autographs after joining a water pistol fight between the band and Gerry and the Pacemakers.

Fiona Bruce presents a special Christmas show featuring unseen treasures from memorable episodes, festive treats from the experts and updates on items seen on past roadshows.

Fiona and the team visit Portchester Castle in Hampshire, where treasures include punk clothing, paintings by 20th-century Indian artists and a rare set of Battle of Britain medals.

Fiona and the team visit the Ulster Folk Museum near Belfast, where treasures include stained glass, teacups from a luxury ocean liner and an unusual piece of medical history.

The team are at Woodhorn Museum in Northumberland, a former colliery, where treasures include a gold Rolex from the 1980s and FA Cup medals won by a Newcastle United legend.

The team return to Ham House in Richmond, where treasures include jewellery found in a compost bag, a Derek Jarman artwork and an Omega watch marking the Apollo-Soyuz space mission.

The Roadshow visits the Bishop’s Palace in Wells in Somerset, where treasures include a precious ring from Thailand and a plaque from a pub that could be of national importance.

The team return to the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, where finds include a set of traditional Highland dress. Fiona gets a closer look at a plant specimen collected by Charles Darwin.

The team return to Aston Hall in Birmingham, where treasures include Wind in the Willows figures, memorabilia from an Aston Villa footballer and items from a pioneering mountaineer.

Antiques Roadshow is at Dyffryn Gardens near Cardiff in south Wales. Will Farmer is thrilled to see a huge collection of Clarice Cliff ceramics, including many rarities picked up for just a few pounds, while Hilary Kay is amused by a toy figure of a fire-breathing mother-in-law that shoots real sparks.

Judith Miller is intrigued and just a little terrified by a collection of 1970s dolls with eyes that change colour, made by the short-lived Blythe's Boutique company. Mark Hill is thrilled to see an early Louis Vuitton trunk, while Wayne Colquhoun admires a pair of vintage Guinness signs from the wall of a popular pub.

The Roadshow returns to Woodhorn Museum in Northumberland, a former colliery that tells the story of coal mining and the miners' way of life in the north east of England. Mark Smith hears the moving story behind a George Cross medal awarded to a miner who helped rescue the victims of a pit disaster in 1947, and Fiona Bruce finds out how miners' lamps proved a vital piece of safety equipment.

Antiques Roadshow returns to Portchester Castle in Hampshire on the south coast of England. Mark Smith is stunned to see a Victoria Cross medal, the highest award for bravery in combat, and hears a story of incredible heroism during the First World War – with the staggering valuation of the humble bronze medal leaving its owners lost for words.

Fiona Bruce and the team return to the stunning grounds of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Art expert Charlotte Riordan is excited to find that two striking paintings of three dimensional raindrops by celebrated Korean artist Kim Tschang-Yeul have turned up at the venue – and the valuation comes as a shock to the owners. Adam Schoon is intrigued by the story of an intrepid plant hunter who worked in the Himalayas and was given a Tibetan tea set and prayer wheel as a gift by the 13th Dalai Lama. Adam also meets piper Louise Marshall, who learned to play the bagpipes alongside her father at wedding parties in Gretna Green. Ronnie Archer-Morgan is fascinated by a walking stick that he discovers to be a botanist's gadget cane complete with shears, and Lisa Lloyd admires a curious rocking horse in the shape of a British army general that once belonged on a Victorian fairground carousel.

Antiques Roadshow returns to one of the smallest cities in England - Wells in Somerset - where the Bishop's Palace hosts Fiona and the team. Elaine Binning hears the story of a gymnast who competed in the 1928 Olympics, the first time the games admitted female gymnastic competitors. Rupert Maas examines a piece of street art on a metal panel by the artist Bambi, while Eric Knowles admires a broken plate by the Victorian designer Augustus Pugin and is impressed that its owner even has a tattoo in the Pugin style.

Fiona Bruce and the team return to Ham House and gardens in Richmond-upon-Thames. Treasures are in plentiful supply, with miscellaneous expert Bunny Campione valuing an 18th-century effigy and military expert Mark Smith coming across an Indian Order of Merit medal awarded to a Sikh solder in the First World War. Other items include an Omega wristwatch, an 18th-century pistol and a gold necklace from the Alaskan Gold Rush.

Antiques Roadshow journeys back in time at the Ulster Folk Museum, just outside Belfast, where treasures brought along include a stone head dug up in a garden and a carving with links to Belfast's maritime history.

The first Antiques Roadshow of the new series is set in the beautiful grounds of the imposing Elizabethan mansion, Wollaton Hall in Nottingham.