"Antiques Roadshow Antiques Roadshow is a British television programme in which antiques appraisers travel to various regions of the United Kingdom (and occasionally in other countries) to appraise antiques brought in by local people. It has been running since 1979, based on a 1977 documentary programme. The programme has spawned versions in other countries with the same TV format, including Canada and the United States. As of 2018 it is in its 40th series and is currently presented by Fiona Bruce. The programme began as a 1977 BBC documentary about a London auction house doing a tour of the West"
"Tim Wonnacott Timothy Wonnacott (born 6 May 1951) is an English chartered auctioneer, chartered surveyor, antiques expert, and a television presenter. He was previously a director of Sotheby's, one of the world's oldest auction houses. He is best known for having presented the BBC daytime programme ""Bargain Hunt"" from 2003 until 2015, and has been the narrator of ""Antiques Road Trip"" since it began in 2010. Wonnacott was educated at the independent West Buckland School in Devon; after qualifying as a chartered auctioneer and chartered surveyor, he took a postgraduate course at the Victoria and Albert Museum in fine and"
"regardless of the monetary value of the objects. At the core though, the focus of the production is on the interplay between the owner and the evaluator. ""Antiques Roadshow"" has been hosted by: Many experts in the various antiques fields appear(ed) on the show either regularly or intermittently. Among the best known are: Episodes are usually filmed during the spring and summer and aired the following autumn and winter (into the following year). Each location visited is covered by one or two episodes. In 2005, part of the BBC team visited Australia and produced six one-hour episodes in conjunction with"
"banned in 1915 and subsequently lost. He has been a specialist in the miscellaneous and collectables teams on the BBC Antiques Roadshow since 2007, and regularly appears on the show. He has also co-presented three primetime television series for BBC2; ""Cracking Antiques"" with Kathryn Rayward in 2010, and ""Antiques Uncovered"" with Lucy Worsley in 2012. In 2014, he co-presented ""Collectaholics"", a new primetime BBC2 series, with Mel Giedroyc. Hill lives in London with his partner. He is a Patron of the King's Lynn Arts Centre, a Freeman of the City of London, and a Freeman of the City of London"
"Crimewatch Crimewatch (formerly Crimewatch UK) was a British television programme produced by the BBC, that reconstructs major unsolved crimes in order to gain information from the public which may assist in solving the case. The programme was originally broadcast once a month on BBC One, although in more recent years; it was usually broadcast roughly once every two months. ""Crimewatch"" was first broadcast on 7 June 1984, and is based on the German TV show ""Aktenzeichen XY … ungelöst"" (which translates as ""File Reference XY … Unsolved""). Nick Ross and Sue Cook presented the show for the first eleven years,"
"will make it to the 71st parallel north, with challenges along the way. In August 2011, Wilding hosted a ""Crimewatch"" special on the riots in England. On 15 December 2011, Kirsty Young, Wilding's ""Crimewatch"" co-host, stated that it would be his last show. Since June 2009, Wilding presents accompanying series, ""Crimewatch Roadshow"", every morning live on BBC1. Series 4 aired in June/July 2012. On 13 August 2012, Wilding started a new series called ""Frontline Police"". In the series he joins the Essex Police force and goes back to his roots of when he was in the Metropolitan Police. The show"
"the programme, in a similar vein to its predecessor ""Crimewatch Daily"", that broadcasts on weekdays from 9:15 to 10:00am. As of 2009, the main ""Crimewatch"" programme did not broadcast in June, being instead replaced by twenty shows broadcast on a daily basis throughout the month. The ""Crimewatch Roadshow"" broadcasts live from a different area of the country for each episode, often containing features on how the local police force helps to solve everyday crime. To date, ten series of the show have been broadcast. Rav Wilding has presented all ten series, first appearing as a co-presenter alongside Sophie Raworth before"
"on the collective responsibilities, experiences and knowledge of the viewing audience in order to do so."" Crimewatch Crimewatch (formerly Crimewatch UK) was a British television programme produced by the BBC, that reconstructs major unsolved crimes in order to gain information from the public which may assist in solving the case. The programme was originally broadcast once a month on BBC One, although in more recent years; it was usually broadcast roughly once every two months. ""Crimewatch"" was first broadcast on 7 June 1984, and is based on the German TV show ""Aktenzeichen XY … ungelöst"" (which translates as ""File Reference"
"Donald Rumbelow Donald Rumbelow (born 1940) is a British former City of London Police officer, crime historian, and ex-curator of the City of London Police's Crime Museum. He has twice been chairman of England's Crime Writers' Association. A recognised authority on the Whitechapel Murders, he currently acts as a London Tourist Board Blue Badged guide of the Jack the Ripper Walk, a walking tour in London visiting the locations associated with the crimes. He has appeared in several television documentaries examining the subject. His literary and lecturing work ranges over several centuries of London's crime history. Rumbelow is married and"
"being promoted to main anchor from the second series onwards. Ginny Buckley, Miriam O'Reilly, Dave Guest, Alice Bandhukvari, Nicola Rees, Sian Lloyd, Sonali Shah, Michelle Ackerley and Tina Daheley have all appeared as co-presenters throughout the series' run. During the fifth series, former ""Crimewatch"" presenter Jacqui Hames co-presented every Friday, updating viewers on success stories from years past. In October 2017, it was announced that following the cancellation of the main programme, ""Crimewatch Roadshow"" would now broadcast two series per year. Several police officers have appeared on the programme from the studio, including David Hatcher, Helen Phelps, Jeremy Paine, Jacqui"
"September 2016 with a new weekly format. The new presenters were announced as Jeremy Vine and Tina Daheley. The new series began on 5 September 2016, with the final episode broadcast on 20 March 2017. In October 2017, the BBC announced that the main ""Crimewatch"" series had been axed, citing declining viewership. The daytime spin-off series ""Crimewatch Roadshow"" would continue to air, but will also air more episodes per year. The idea for the show came from the UK programme ""Police Five"" and the German ""Aktenzeichen XY … ungelöst"" (""File Reference XY … Unsolved""). Producers viewed the shows and rejected"
"the UK and re-printed in France and Germany. Baddeley is also known as a specialist on the BBC's long-running television programme ""Antiques Roadshow"", on which he has made regular appearances since he joined the cast of experts in 1993. Baddeley also is listed in ""Who's Who"" 2014. Jon Baddeley Jon Baddeley is a fine art auctioneer, an authority on scientific instruments and collectables, a broadcaster and an author. As Managing Director of Bonhams, Knightsbridge Baddeley is responsible for auctions of jewellery, silver, paintings, furniture and works of art, specialist sales of portrait miniatures, arms and armour, sporting guns, coins and"
"Newswatch (UK TV programme) Newswatch is a weekly BBC television programme presented by Samira Ahmed that provides a viewer and listener right-of-reply for BBC News. The programme was originally made in studio TC7 at BBC Television Centre, however in January 2013, the show moved to New Broadcasting House in central London. The programme was launched in 2004 as a response to the Hutton Inquiry, as part of an initiative to make BBC News more accountable. The programme is sometimes broadcast on the BBC News channel on Friday evenings at 19:45 or 20:45 (7.45 or 8:45pm) and at 3.45am on Saturdays,"
"""Antiques Roadshow"" programme in 1986. In 2003, when the ""Antiques Roadshow"" visited Dumfries in Scotland, Farahar identified a collection of 23 drawings and watercolours as the work of Beatrix Potter. He valued the collection at £250,000. Clive Farahar Clive Farahar (born 1950) is a British dealer and expert on books and manuscripts. He is best known as an expert on the BBC's ""Antiques Roadshow"", which he joined in 1986. The son of Robert, a geologist and Joan (née Hutchins) Farahar, Clive Farahar attended Westminster Abbey Choir School. He joined Francis Edwards Ltd, a bookdealer in London's Marylebone High Street on"
"Hames, Jonathan Morrison, Jane Corrigan, and Rav Wilding. For many years the programme also included antiques experts John Bly, Eric Knowles and Paul Hayes to help with 'treasure trove' details of recovered goods believed to have been stolen. Despite initial police concerns about involvement (only three forces out of more than 40 agreed to participate initially), ""Crimewatch"" developed a special status with police and was credited with an expertise of its own, notably through Nick Ross' long experience with public appeals. Unlike the American equivalent, ""America's Most Wanted"", ""Crimewatch"" itself usually appeals for unsolved cases inviting viewers to be armchair"
"John Bly John Bly FRSA (born 1939) is an English antiques dealer, author, after-dinner speaker and broadcaster who is best known from the BBC ""Antiques Roadshow"" (UK). He attended Berkhamsted School and his career began with Sotheby's, where he worked for four years before joining his family business in Tring (John Bly Antiques, started by John Bly's great grandfather). He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths. For two years he was elected a chairman of the British Antique Dealers' Association (BADA). John Bly appeared on the highly popular"
"Sophie Raworth Sophie Jane Raworth (born 15 May 1968) is an English journalist and broadcaster. She works for the BBC as a newsreader, anchoring ""BBC News at One"" on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays. She also regularly appears on the ""BBC News at Six"" and occasionally on ""BBC News at Ten"". In 2015, she became the new presenter of consumer affairs programme ""Watchdog"" and in 2016, began presenting ""Crimewatch"", both for BBC One. Born in Surrey to a florist mother and a businessman father, Raworth grew up in an exclusive area of Twickenham in south west London and attended the independent"
"Peter Nahum Peter Nahum is an English art dealer, author, lecturer and journalist who is known for his many appearances on the long running BBC television programme ""Antiques Roadshow"", on which he appeared from 1981 to 2002. He discovered a long lost Richard Dadd watercolour on the show which was subsequently sold to the British Museum. Nahum was educated at Sherborne School and began his career at Peter Wilson's Sotheby's in 1966. During his 17 years with the company he initiated the Victorian Painting Department at the newly opened Sotheby's Belgravia in 1971 and was head of the British Painting"
"has two children. Donald Rumbelow Donald Rumbelow (born 1940) is a British former City of London Police officer, crime historian, and ex-curator of the City of London Police's Crime Museum. He has twice been chairman of England's Crime Writers' Association. A recognised authority on the Whitechapel Murders, he currently acts as a London Tourist Board Blue Badged guide of the Jack the Ripper Walk, a walking tour in London visiting the locations associated with the crimes. He has appeared in several television documentaries examining the subject. His literary and lecturing work ranges over several centuries of London's crime history. Rumbelow"
"the show called ""Antiques Roadshow Insider"", which gives fans an inside look at the show as well as offering special features about antiques and collectibles from the programme itself. Antiques Roadshow Antiques Roadshow is a British television programme in which antiques appraisers travel to various regions of the United Kingdom (and occasionally in other countries) to appraise antiques brought in by local people. It has been running since 1979, based on a 1977 documentary programme. The programme has spawned versions in other countries with the same TV format, including Canada and the United States. As of 2018 it is in"
"David Battie David Battie FRSA (born 22 October 1942) is a British expert on ceramics with a particular emphasis on Japanese and Chinese artefacts. After attending art school where he studied as a graphic designer, Battie joined ""Reader's Digest"" magazine for three years. In 1965, he joined the auction house Sotheby's. There he worked in the Departments of Ceramics and Oriental Works of Art and was appointed a Director in 1976. He retired from Sotheby's in 1999. He is perhaps best known for his many television appearances on the long running BBC television show ""Antiques Roadshow"" in which he has"
"for corporate and government meetings. His wife Sarah Caplin, the secondary founder of ChildLine, was Deputy Secretary of the BBC and also a senior executive with ITV, the British commercial television broadcaster. The couple have three sons: Adam, Sam and Jack. Nick Ross Nicholas David ""Nick"" Ross (born 7 August 1947) is an English-German radio and television presenter across the wide range of factual programmes. During the 1980s and 90s he was one of the most ubiquitous of British broadcasters but is best known for hosting of the BBC TV show ""Crimewatch"" which he left on 2 July 2007 after"
"can be watched on the BBC iPlayer catch-up service for 24 hours from broadcast. Following the main programme, there was a 10–15 minute follow-up after the ""BBC News at Ten"", with updates on calls and results from the earlier broadcast. This was removed when the show relaunched in September 2016. First aired on 10 August 1988, ""Crimewatch File"" is an hour-long programme devoted to the reconstruction and investigation of a single case including cases that the programme has previously helped to solve. Presented by Nick Ross and Sue Cook concurrently (with Jill Dando taking over from Cook in 1996), more"
"8 May 2018 ""The Guardian"" reported that, ""Sir Cliff Richard is seeking a payment of at least £560,000 from the BBC following the broadcaster’s coverage of a police raid at his home in 2014"". In July 2018 Sir Cliff won his case for damages. Fran Unsworth Francesca Mary ""Fran"" Unsworth (born 29 December 1957) is a British journalist and media executive. Since January 2018 she has been Director, News & Current Affairs for BBC News. She was appointed in succession to James Harding. Before then she served in various senior positions in the BBC, including director of the BBC World"
"Rav Wilding Rav Wilding (born 16 October 1977) is a British television presenter, whose former professions include security guard at Harrods, soldier, police officer and from June 2004 to December 2011 was a presenter on ""Crimewatch"". He has presented ""Crimewatch Roadshow"" since 2009. Born in Canterbury, Kent, Wilding is the second of five children born to a Mauritian father and an English mother who were both nurses. He attended Fulston Manor School in Sittingbourne, Kent. After a family breakup, Wilding had to leave home at a young age due to social housing not being willing to accommodate him with his"
"Nick Ross Nicholas David ""Nick"" Ross (born 7 August 1947) is an English-German radio and television presenter across the wide range of factual programmes. During the 1980s and 90s he was one of the most ubiquitous of British broadcasters but is best known for hosting of the BBC TV show ""Crimewatch"" which he left on 2 July 2007 after 23 years. He has subsequently filmed a major series for BBC One and has made documentaries for Radio 4. He is chairman, president, trustee or patron of a large number of charities. Brought up in Surrey, Ross went to Wallington County"
"Antiques Road Trip Antiques Road Trip is a BBC television series produced by STV Productions, that was first shown on BBC Two from 8 March 2010 to 23 November 2012, and then shown on BBC One since 7 January 2013. In the programme two antiques experts compete against each other. They get a budget of £200 with which to buy antiques and collectibles, that are then sold at auction. After each auction, the amount in each expert's kitty after costs are deducted becomes their budget for the next leg. The winner is the expert who makes the greater profit over"
"the police force in February 2008 to concentrate on TV work. Wilding is a regular reporter on crime issues for BBC One's ""The One Show."" Since 21 April 2008, Wilding has co-presented a new programme called ""Missing Live"", shown every weekday morning on BBC One. In August 2008, he hosted the twenty-episode fly-on-the-wall series following the lives of the Yorkshire Air Ambulance, ""Helicopter Heroes"" on BBC One. He has also fronted two series of the daily live show ""Crimewatch Roadshow"" for BBC One and will present the third series in June 2011. In January 2008, he won a celebrity edition"
"who barricaded the scientists in, and prevented curious members of the public from entering the roadshow unless they promised to help steal top secret documents. The UK live events were produced by Sam Howey Nunn and Louisa Norman. The first 8 months of Clockwork Watch were funded by £6500 raised through the IndieGoGo campaign. Clockwork Watch Clockwork Watch is a collaborative transmedia storytelling project set in a retro-futurist steampunk vision of Victorian England. Launched in May 2012, this five-year immersive participatory story, is told through graphic novels, interactive promenade theatre, online adventures, an interactive book, and a feature film. The"
"Geoffrey Munn Geoffrey Charles Munn, OBE, MVO, FSA, FLS. (born in Hastings on 11 April 1953) is a British jewellery specialist, television presenter and writer. He is best known as one of the experts on the BBC's ""Antiques Roadshow"". However, his first television appearance was in 1963 when he, and his brother, Roger Munn, featured with their pet fox cubs on Johnny Morris's ""Animal Magic"". He was brought up in Henfield in Sussex and educated at Shoreham College and Steyning Grammar School, but, unlike many of his peers, did not attend university. Munn was the managing director of London jewellers"
"Alastair Bruce of Crionaich Alastair Andrew Bernard Reibey Bruce of Crionaich, (born 25 June 1960) is a British journalist and television correspondent who is the Royal, Religious and National Events Commentator for ""Sky News"", the 24-hour television news service operated by Sky Television, part of British Sky Broadcasting. He has also worked for the BBC, and is a historical adviser for several feature films and the ITV series ""Downton Abbey"". He serves as one of the royal heralds at the College of Arms, and has held the position Fitzalan Pursuivant since 1998. Bruce has commentated on most major national events"
"David Dickinson David Dickinson (Tom) (born David Gulesserian; 16 August 1941) is an English antiques expert and television presenter. Between 2000 and 2004, Dickinson hosted the BBC One antiques show ""Bargain Hunt"", where he was succeeded by Tim Wonnacott. Dickinson left the BBC in 2005 and since 2006, Dickinson has been hosting the ITV daytime show ""Dickinson's Real Deal"". The show sees members of the public bringing antiques and collectables to sell to a dealer or take to the auction. In 2010, he hosted his own daytime chat show series ""The David Dickinson Show"" and in 2017, he presented ""David"
"""Newsnight"" broadcast which did not name any individual but which led to Internet speculation which incorrectly identified Conservative Lord McAlpine in the North Wales child abuse case. In July 2009 he was on ""The Guardian""'s list of the 100 most influential people in the media. He has been Chairman of Freesat, a director of Freeview and Digital UK and is currently trustee and Vice Chairman of Children in Need. He became Chief Executive Officer of BBC Worldwide following the appointment of Tony Hall. BBC Worldwide merged with the TV-making arm of the BBC, BBC Studios, in April 2018 and Davie"