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Antiques Roadshow

Season released 1st Oct, 2000Rated TV-G26 episodes

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Antiques Roadshow Season 23 episodes

  1. S23 E01

    Victoria & Albert Museum

    58 mins · Sun, 1 Oct 2000

    Michael Aspel presents his first Antiques Roadshow from the magnificent surroundings of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Accompanied by the familiar team of experts, they uncover a treasure trove of unusual objects including an original hand-written poem by W B Yeats, examples of Meissen from the earliest days of European porcelain manufacture, and a rare silver tobacco box rescued from a London dustbin. Plus there is a valuable painting by the leading candlelight painter of the 19th century. And John Bly tells Michael about the art of discovering the history of a piece of furniture.

  2. S23 E02

    Barnstaple

    58 mins · Sun, 8 Oct 2000

    A visit to Barnstaple in North Devon turns up an important enamel miniature by Henry Bone, a valuable collection of walking sticks, a World War I pilot's watch once worn by TE Lawrence, a valuable painting from the Newlyn School, and a native Canadian 'octopus bag' from the 19th century. Host Michael Aspel finds his own modern collectable - an autographed fan picture of himself taken over 40 years ago.

  3. S23 E03

    Biddulph

    58 mins · Sun, 15 Oct 2000

    Michael Aspel and a team of experts examine curios and artefacts offered up by the public. This episode was filmed in the Valley Leisure Centre in Biddulph, Staffordshire, and features a rare 18th-century Wedgwood egg scrambler, a genuine Constable sketch, a fine English repeater watch, a remarkable collection of ship's documents giving details of the auctioning of slaves and a handkerchief that Queen Victoria gave to the lady who strung her pearls.

  4. S23 E04

    Glamis Castle

    58 mins · Sun, 22 Oct 2000

    Michael Aspel and a team of experts examine curios and artefacts offered up by the public. This time, the venue is Glamis Castle in Angus, Scotland, childhood home of the Queen Mother, where Macbeth is said to have killed Duncan. Michael Aspel and the experts find a posy ring with a macabre story, a dining table whose original purpose was for resting a coffin on, diamond jewellery which survived not only fire but a torpedo, a pair of 18th-century miniatures with musical connections and the fascinating scrapbook of a WW1 pilot.

  6. S23 E05

    Glamis Castle 2

    58 mins · Sun, 29 Oct 2000

    A special edition in which Michael Aspel introduces sequences from previous roadshows and recounts stories of the Queen Mother's early life at Glamis Castle. Featuring ivory figures collected by a man nicknamed 'Steptoe' by his family, a pair of valuable Chinese imperial bowls once used as plant pots, a necklace of very ancient stones, and a collection of handbag mirrors.

  7. S23 E06

    Selby

    58 mins · Sun, 5 Nov 2000

    Items of interest in this edition include a picture embroidered with sock-darning wool in memory of gallant Captain Oates by a private in his regiment, a copy of Beatrix Potter's book The Fairy Caravan dedicated to Fred Satterthwaite, who was portrayed in it as his dog Metal, two rare cornets from local bands and a splendid collection of Masonic porcelain worth over a quarter of a million. Michael Aspel and the experts visit Selby in North Yorkshire.

  8. S23 E07

    Wisbech

    58 mins · Sun, 12 Nov 2000

    A valuable vase covered in paint and bought for £1 at a car boot sale, a Martinware bird which cost two shillings at a fete and a rare hair ring bought in at auction, because 'nobody else was interested and I bid £1 and got it' - three great bargains turn up when Michael Aspel and the experts visit Wisbech in Cambridgeshire. There's also an impressive collection of royal invitations, letters, sketches and items from eminent Victorians put together by the librarian at Windsor Castle in the 1860s.

  9. S23 E08

    Blackpool

    58 mins · Sun, 19 Nov 2000

    It is a good day out when Michael Aspel takes the experts to Blackpool to dig up seaside treasures. There is a programme for the 1936 cup tie between Blackpool and Bolton signed by the players, including Stanley Matthews, a very rare salt-glazed mug made for a supporter of Bonnie Prince Charlie and an unusual medal awarded for selling Hoovers in the 1930s. And Michael Aspel discovers the predecessor of his big red book.

  11. S23 E09

    Newport

    58 mins · Sun, 26 Nov 2000

    A teapot that holds 144 cups of tea, a gruesome 18th-century mourning ring, a rare Hungarian vase, a painting of Britannia too large to fit in the house and the 'nicest netsuke seen on the roadshow'; these are some of the discoveries when Michael Aspel takes the experts to Newport in Gwent. Plus, Michael is shown a home-made device used for clearing incendiaries in WWII.

  12. S23 E10

    Knebworth House

    58 mins · Sun, 3 Dec 2000

    The items featured in this edition include a diamond brooch which almost went to a car boot sale for £1, a marine chronometer left to the owner by a drinking pal, a bronze Spirit of Ecstasy which, if genuine, could be worth £10,000, and a satsuma pot which David Battie says, 'is as good a piece as I've ever seen on the Roadshow.' Michael Aspel and the experts gather for an al fresco day in the gardens of Knebworth House in Hertfordshire.

  13. S23 E11

    Knebworth House 2

    58 mins · Sun, 10 Dec 2000

    A pair of revealing female figures originally displayed in a French brothel, an unusual table clock with a floating turtle which tells the time, a chemist's mortar dating from 1573 and a Victorian toilet given as a present. From Knebworth House in Hertfordshire, Michael Aspel introduces unseen finds from previous Roadshows in the series and talks to expert Clive Farahar about Knebworth's colourful former incumbent Edward Bulwer Lytton, Victorian playwright and philanderer, whose turbulent marriage caused a major scandal.

  14. S23 E12

    University of Birmingham

    58 mins · Sun, 17 Dec 2000

    Michael Aspel and the experts visit Birmingham and find a Victorian painting which was damaged in the blitz, a telescope given for saving the lives of nine castaways, an early 19th-century wooden ark filled with 89 animals, and a small pottery Turk's head which turns out to be the most valuable piece of English pottery ever found at a Roadshow.

  15. S23 E13

    The Next Generation

    58 mins · Mon, 1 Jan 2001

  16. S23 E14

    Series 23, Cliveden

    58 mins · Sun, 7 Jan 2001

  17. S23 E15

    Series 23, Cliveden 2

    58 mins · Sun, 14 Jan 2001

  18. S23 E16

    Series 23, Lochgilphead

    58 mins · Sun, 21 Jan 2001

  19. S23 E17

    Series 23, Salford

    58 mins · Sun, 28 Jan 2001

  20. S23 E18

    Series 23, Eastnor Castle

    58 mins · Sun, 4 Feb 2001

  21. S23 E19

    Eastnor Castle Special

    58 mins · Sun, 11 Feb 2001

  22. S23 E20

    Eston

    58 mins · Sun, 18 Feb 2001

    Michael Aspel and a team of experts examine curios and artefacts offered up by the public in Eston, Cleveland. Exciting finds include a sculpted elephant by Eduardo Paolozzi used to promote floor covering; a Victorian painting bought for five shillings while sheltering from the rain; the first commercially produced toy robot made in the 1930s; a collection of craft jewellery found in an old envelope at the end of a jumble sale; and a fibre-glass chair which Paul Atterbury says is 'an antique for the future'.

  23. S23 E21

    Melksham

    58 mins · Sun, 25 Feb 2001

  24. S23 E22

    Caernarfon

    58 mins · Sun, 4 Mar 2001

    Michael Aspel presents the show in which experts examine antiques. A stunning lantern clock made in the early 17th century, a set of chairs worth a great deal more than their original price of one guinea each, a jade necklace with a Chinese influence, and a 200-year-old bleeding bowl bought for 25p with a value which leaves its owner speechless. A rich and varied collection when Michael and the experts visit Caernarfon in North Wales.

  25. S23 E23

    Rugby

    58 mins · Sun, 11 Mar 2001

  26. S23 E24

    V&A Museum

    58 mins · Sun, 18 Mar 2001

  27. S23 E25

    Forde Abbey

    58 mins · Sun, 25 Mar 2001

  28. S23 E26

    Forde Abbey 2

    58 mins · Sun, 1 Apr 2001

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