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TV programmes about the art and antiques trade have greatly expanded in number since the 1990s. From Bargain Hunt and Flog It! to Fake or Fortune? and the long-running BBC series Antiques Roadshow, love them or loath them, their popularity is enduring.
And don’t forget the nation’s favourite dealer: Lovejoy.
Trevanion and Kirk present a new kind of TV travel show
31 October 2022Restoration expert Will Kirk, who appears on Bafta-nominated TV show The Repair Shop, has teamed up with auctioneer Christina Trevanion to present a new BBC daytime antiques series that launched this week.
County Durham dealer and North Yorkshire auction house team up for online quiz show
08 September 2022Barnard Castle antiques dealer David Harper and Ripon auction house Elstob & Elstob are calling on dealers, collectors and antique enthusiasts to join them as contestants for a new quiz.
Fake or Fortune team investigate whether Sitwell sketch is a Modigliani
24 August 2022In the second episode of the new Fake or Fortune? series, Fiona Bruce and Philip Mould investigate whether an artwork inherited from writer, critic and art collector Sacheverell Sitwell is a real Amedeo Modigliani sketch.
Art sleuth show Fake or Fortune? returns to screens this month
10 August 2022BBC TV series 'Fake or Fortune?' is back for its 10th series later this month.
News in brief – including the auction of an Antiques Roadshow specialist’s extensive collection
27 June 2022A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including the sale of ceramics and collector’s curiosities from David Battie's collection at Tennants.
News in brief – including the search for new producers for the Antiques Roadshow
13 June 2022A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including news of the production of the Antiques Roadshow out for tender by the BBC.
The Antiques Roadshow returns this summer to a location near you
13 April 2022The BBC’s Antiques Roadshow has released the locations for the recording of its programmes this summer.
Plea for help to track down stolen props from The Crown TV series
22 February 2022The antiques trade is being asked to look out for a group of props stolen from the team behind Netflix’s The Crown that were taken from a lorry.
Antiques specialists team up for their own antiques road trip for charity
22 January 2022Dealer Steven Fyfe of Spencelayhs Antiques of Cambridgeshire and Robin Fletcher of Bentley’s Fine Art Auctioneers have embarked on a road trip to buy and sell antiques to raise money for their chosen charity.
Could it be a Cliff-hanger?
06 December 2021A film of artist potter Clarice Cliff’s (1899-1972) early life is now at cinemas and available via streaming services.
Clarice Cliff comes to the big (and small) screen
27 November 2021A film of artist potter Clarice Cliff’s (1899-1972) early life is now at cinemas and available via streaming services.
Boyd up by award: Antiques Roadshow specialist Geoffrey Munn honoured by jewellery industry
08 November 2021Jewellery and BBC Antiques Roadshow specialist Geoffrey Munn was honoured at the jewellery industry’s The Leopard Awards last week.
Antiques dealer film Quinneys to be released next month after seven years in the planning
06 November 2021A film of the play Quinneys will be available online next month with screenings also planned.
Orientalist painting authenticated on BBC show 'Fake or Fortune?' heads to auction at Sotheby’s
13 October 2021A picture bought for around £4000 and eventually authenticated on the BBC programme 'Fake or Fortune?' as by 19th-century French artist Jean-Léon Gérôme is to be offered at Sotheby’s with an estimate of £80,000-120,000.
Clarice Cliff film role for Antiques Roadshow auctioneer
04 October 2021Auctioneer Will Farmer will move from the small to the big screen this autumn when he appears in a new feature film on the life of Clarice Cliff.
Fake or Fortune? returns to screens for its ninth season this month
17 July 2021BBC TV show Fake or Fortune? is returning later this month after filming progressed in between lockdowns.
Antiques Roadshow specialist Eric Knowles turns dealer at new Kent emporium
05 July 2021Decorative arts specialist Eric Knowles has become a dealer and teamed up with others in the trade to launch a new emporium in Kent.
Q&A: Simon Gillespie
05 July 2021Described recently in a How To Spend It article in the Financial Times as a “part sleuth, part therapist and part miracle worker… a modern master of illumination”, Simon Gillespie runs a team of seven conservators, restorers and specialists in his studio above New Bond Street in central London.
Clean energy: The real-life world of art restoration
05 July 2021TV programmes have brought restoration and conservation into the public spotlight recently, but what is life really like for those working in the field at a time when training and jobs are under pressure?
Calling jewellery dealers to take part in new ITV show
26 June 2021Presenter Gok Wan is to host a new TV show and jewellery dealers are asked to take part.
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