The BBC have shared an update on the future of Antiques Roadshow.
On Sunday (February 11), the broadcaster announced that filming for the popular programme will kick off in a matter of months. It will return for its 47th series as viewers find out more about valuable treasures people have discovered.
The team will kickstart their travels from Firstsite Art Gallery in Colchester, Essex all the way to Thirlestane Castle tucked away in Lauder in the Scottish Borders. Further stops include Beaumaris Castle on the island of Anglesey, the Botanic Gardens within Belfast, and Pitzhanger Manor and Gallery in Ealing, London.
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The journey concludes at Cromford Mills, nearby Matlock in Derbyshire. Fiona Bruce, preparing for her seventeenth series, expressed her anticipation: “A new series of the Antiques Roadshow begins again and I, for one, can’t wait.
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“Travelling the length and breadth of the UK to see what the great British public have pulled out of their attics and off their shelves. I know we’ll see items of great quality and value – but I’m always drawn in by a moving personal story too.
The 59-year-old added: “They are what often stick longest in my memory. And I’m determined to improve my record on Basic, Better, Best. Surely I’ve got to get more of them right this year!”
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Fiona, who also presents Question Time, joined Antiques Roadshow in 2008. Yet, a few viewers have taken to social media to critique the mum-of-two for ‘stealing the show’, with one twitter user suggesting the “Antiques Roadshow is even more about Fiona Bruce than before.”
Despite some disapproval, others have lauded her. Last year, the host unveiled that the Antiques Roadshow experts had decided against valuing items after a poignant tribute episode.
It was filmed at London’s St Thomas’s and St Bartholomew’s hospital and saw a treasured piece brought in by a nurse. She told viewers: “Given the emotional and often moving testimony you’ll hear tonight, our experts won’t be providing any valuations.”
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The TV star added: “But the most humble items will reveal powerful stories. Nurses are there as we enter the world until we leave it, they care for us when we’re at our most vulnerable and when we’re most in need.”
The BBC programme first hit screens in 1979 and has moved around the UK for over four decades, allowing people to bring their heirlooms to be valued by a team of experts. The most valuable item ever presented to the team was a model of Antony Gormley’s Angel of the North sculpture, which was valued at an astounding £1million.
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