Bargain Hunt

Roo Irvine hosts this episode from an antiques fair in Detling in Kent. With expert help from Irita Marriott and Nick Hall, the teams scour the stalls for the most profitable items to sell at auction. Meanwhile, Roo discovers some treasures from the ancient past.

Join Charlie Ross for today’s show as he heads to Builth Wells in mid-Wales. With the expert help of Kate Bliss and Tim Weeks, the reds and the blues battle it out at the Royal Welsh Showground in Powys to see who can buy the most profitable three items to take to auction. Charlie heads off to visit a grand hall built in the early 1880s, now a museum, but once the local courtroom with accommodation for the judge in residence, all under one roof.

Join Christina Trevanion for today’s show as she heads to Exeter. With the expert help of Richard Madley and Ben Cooper, the reds and the blues battle it out to see who can buy the three most profitable items to take to auction. Christina also travels to the south west coast to learn about the history of the sea shanty.

Danny Sebastian presents the show from the Great Wetherby Racecourse Antiques Fair in West Yorkshire. Helped by experts Caroline Hawley and Colin Young, the red and the blue teams go head-to-head to see who can buy the most profitable items to sell at auction. Meanwhile, Danny has an intriguing mystery item to perplex fairgoers.

Roo Irvine heads to an antiques fair in Detling in Kent. With help from experts Irita Marriott and Nick Hall, the teams hunt for bargains to sell at auction. Meanwhile, Roo takes a look back at the history of crime and punishment.

Join Charlie Ross as he heads to Builth Wells in mid Wales for today’s show. Two teams battle it out at the Royal Welsh Showground in Powys, with experts Kate Bliss and Tim Weeks on hand to help our teams bag a bargain. Who can buy the most profitable three items to take to auction? Charlie visits the studio of a local ceramic artist whose work is inspired by her farmyard friends.

Join Danny Sebastian for today’s show from Naseby in Northamptonshire, where today’s reds and blues are rummaging for antiques to sell at auction, with the help of experts Kate Bliss and David Harper. Meanwhile, Danny visits the longest and steepest set of staircase locks in the UK and learns about an incredible feat of engineering.

In Exeter, Alan on the blue team reveals he played in a band with rock and roll icon David Bowie, and our very own Christina discovers a fine collection of postcards. The reds are set a challenge to find an animal-themed item. They go on to sniff out a brass fox head doorstop, while the blues take a shine to an art nouveau garnet and pearl necklace. It gets pretty close at the end when the reds spend too long reflecting on a late Victorian silver mirror and nearly run out of time. At the auction in the nearby village of Hele, the bids come in thick and fast, but which team ends up playing second string?

Danny Sebastian is flying high at Yorkshire Air Museum, where he learns about 19th century aviator Sir George Cayley. But over in Wetherby, do the teams soar to success or crash to earth with their items? Piloting the reds is Caroline Hawley, while Colin Young captains the blues. Tasked with buying an item used for storage, the red team snap up a pine hall bench, while the blues leave it to the last minute to complete their challenge.

Today’s show kicks off in Leominster, and at half-time, Charlie Ross visits a cider museum in Hereford.

Spearheaded by experts Kate Bliss and David Harper, the red and blue teams do battle in the historic village of Naseby. For the blues, it’s husband and wife Shaun and Lea, and for the reds, it’s father and daughter Dave and Leanne. With the clock ticking, the blues think they have their shop sewn up when they spot a vintage sewing machine. The reds find a collection of collectable pigs - but are they worth taking to market? David’s eye for the unusual finds the blues haggling over a 1970s newspaper stand, but will it make headline news at the auction with Mark Ashley in Stratford-upon-Avon? And presenter Danny Sebastian has a mystery item for fairgoers to solve: a miniature jolly policeman in silver plate. But what was it used for?

Crochet is making a comeback in Builth Wells! Charlie Ross is all fingers and thumbs as he learns about its history. At the Royal Welsh Showground, two teams are in search of bargains under the eagle eye of experts Kate Bliss and Tim Weeks. The blues go for a golfing theme with keen golfers Owen and Steve, who tee up an Anita Harris sunflower vase for their presenter’s challenge, while the reds, Beth and Kathryn, go on a bear hunt in the hope of ticking off their teddy challenge. Kate wastes no time spotting a silver lipstick case and an ametrine ring, while the blues gamble their Big Spend on a vintage ‘roll-a-penny’ fairground game. At the sale room in Bristol, auctioneer Andrew Stowe has his doubts about their big-ticket items, but just how deep are the bidders’ pockets?

It’s full steam ahead from Bristol, the birthplace and now home of the SS Great Britain. Presenter Charlie Ross enjoys a journey of discovery above and below deck. Things are just as ship-shape over in Leominster where two teams are bargain hunting at an antiques centre, with their experts Kate Bliss and Tim Weeks. The Reds, interior designers Kayla and Steve, have designs on a golden gavel. As for the Blues, they are colleagues Nils and Lucas. Nils is Lucas’s manager, but who will be boss on their shop? With the seconds ticking down, the teams are all at sea so can auctioneer Andy Stowe can bring this ship safely into port.

Grab a cuppa and join Danny Sebastian as he brews up a special show all about tea and the history of tea drinking. In Eastbourne, Danny is serenaded by organist Chris Mannion as they reminisce about tea dances, while in Hastings, Danny is given a tea-tastic masterclass by etiquette expert Rebecca Gildea. On his journey along the south coast of England, Danny stirs up memories of bygone buys on Bargain Hunt, from caddy spoons to biscuit tins, and at the end of the show, he counts down the most profitable tea-related antiques and collectibles. Time to get the kettle on!

Christina Trevanion dons a hard hat and descends into a network of little-known tunnels underneath the ancient city of Exeter. By torchlight, she explores passageways six metres under the city streets that used to carry water pipes into the heart of Exeter. Above ground, the teams delve into the antique stalls to unearth treasures to sell at auction in the nearby village of Hele. Digging for profits are the blues, sales assistants Jack and Shaun, with their expert Ben Cooper. Hoping to extinguish their plans are the reds, firefighters Andrew and Steve, guided by expert Richard Madley. Shaun smells profits when they spot a cut-glass and silver scent bottle, while Steve isn’t exactly bowled over by two homemade cricket bats. Can auctioneer Adam Partridge hit a six for the teams, or will they be out for a duck?

Caroline Hawley bakes up a treat of a show from an Elizabethan mansion, while the teams hope to make a lot of dough at auction. Under the floorboards of Shaw House, on the outskirts of Newbury, Caroline is shown a hidden bakehouse that was revealed during restoration work. Built in 1581, Shaw House is one of the best-preserved Elizabethan houses in Britain. Hoping to cook up some profits in nearby Hungerford are mother and son team, Sarah and Frankie. They take on grandmother and granddaughter duo, Sally and Narissa. Both teams get off to a frantic start, with just 60 minutes on the clock to buy three items each. Sarah and Frankie like their ceramics, but expert Raj Bisram warns them off a pricey art deco vase. The blues have expensive tastes too and pin their hopes on a mid-century silver and enamelled brooch, but does expert Stephanie Connell share their enthusiasm? At the auction in Newbury, Thomas Forrester wields his gavel, but could it all come down the bonus buys?

A sedan chair from the 1750s and a leather pigeon harness used to carry blood samples are among an intriguing collection that Danny Sebastian explores in Northamptonshire.

The teams hope to drum up business at the auction with items bought at Detling antiques fair in Kent, with experts Irita Marriott and Nick Hall. Roo Irvine tries out African drumming.

Join Charlie Ross for today’s Bargain Hunt in Powys. Experts Kate Bliss and Tim Weeks lead the reds and blues as they battle it out in Builth Wells.

Two teams saddle up for a race around the antiques stalls at Wetherby Racecourse. Danny Sebastian is holding the reins, alongside experts Caroline Hawley and Colin Young.

Dapper Eric Knowles celebrates the art deco era that brought style and glamour to 1920s and 30s collectibles.

Christina Trevanion tours Anne Hathaway’s childhood home to see if there are any clues to the young Shakespeare and Anne's romantic liaisons.

Chefs take on musicians in an action-packed celebrity showdown in Malvern, Worcestershire, with all proceeds going to BBC Children in Need.

The teams go full throttle around an antiques fair in Naseby with experts Kate Bliss and David Harper, while Danny enjoys a wheely good tour of the National Motorcycle Museum.

The red and blue teams aim to weave profits at auction with three bargains bought at an antiques arcade in Hungerford.

Christina Trevanion takes a spin around Castle Combe race circuit, and the teams dash around an antiques fair in Exeter with experts Ben Cooper and Richard Madley.

Danny Sebastian visits an urban oasis in the heart of Sheffield, and the teams shop for bargains with Colin Young and Caroline Hawley at an antiques far in Wetherby.

Danny Sebastian celebrates the world of collectibles, from silver and ceramics to glassware and mid-century toys, and learns about some impressive record-breaking collections.

Caroline Hawley heads up today’s show from Newbury, Berkshire, and asks fairgoers if they can guess what her mystery item is.

Caroline Hawley gets behind the wheel of an antique automobile while Raj Bisram and Stephanie Connell try to steer their teams to victory.

Christina Trevanion presents a special show celebrating timepieces and learns about the pocket watch that polar explorer Captain Scott wore on his ill-fated expedition.

Malvern is the destination for today’s shopping as two teams vie for golden gavels in the company of experts David Harper and Danny Sebastian.