Antiques Road Trip
| Antiques Road Trip | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Celebrity Antiques Road Trip |
| Genre | Factual Game show |
| Narrated by | Tim Wonnacott (also finale host) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series |
17 (Regular series) 7 (Celebrity series) |
| No. of episodes |
425 (Regular series) 130 (Celebrity series) |
| Production | |
| Running time |
30 minutes (2010) 45 minutes (2011–) |
| Production company(s) | STV Productions |
| Release | |
| Original network |
BBC Two BBC One |
| Picture format | 16:9 |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 8 March 2010 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is |
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.
Format
Regular
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 five legs. Each leg is a single programme, which are normally broadcast stripped from Monday to Friday. The experts travel to their different destinations in a classic car, which changes each week.
Celebrity
A celebrity version, Celebrity Antiques Road Trip, is also produced, in which each expert is paired up with a celebrity and each programme is a self-contained contest held over a single leg, with whatever money is left in the kitty at the end being donated to the Children in Need charity.
Records
The record for the largest profit on a single item was held by Charlie Ross, who in 2012 bought a chipped Staffordshire elephant clock for £8 which was sold for £2,700 (or 33750% profit).[1] In 2016 Anita Manning set a new record, when a Buddha statue she had purchased for £50 sold for £3,800, a 7,500% profit.[2]
In 2017, this record was broken again when Paul Laidlaw bought a Chambre Automatique De Bertsch sub-miniature camera for £60 and sold it at auction for £20,000.[3][4]
Transmissions
Series
| Series | Start date | End date | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 March 2010 | 3 April 2010 | 20 |
| 2 | 3 January 2011 | 11 February 2011 | 30 |
| 3 | 12 September 2011 | 21 October 2011 | 30 |
| 4 | 13 February 2012 | 23 March 2012 | 30 |
| 5 | 1 October 2012 | 9 November 2012 | 30 |
| 6 | 7 January 2013 | 15 February 2013 | 30 |
| 7 | 4 November 2013 | 24 January 2014 | 30 |
| 8 | 24 February 2014 | 13 June 2014 | 30 |
| 9 | 22 September 2014 | 17 October 2014 | 20 |
| 10 | 5 January 2015 | 30 January 2015 | 20 |
| 11 | 7 September 2015 | 9 October 2015 | 25 |
| 12 | 4 January 2016 | 5 February 2016 | 25 |
| 13 | 5 September 2016 | 30 September 2016 | 20 |
| 14 | 2 January 2017 | 27 January 2017 | 20 |
| 15 | 25 September 2017 | 20 October 2017 | 20 |
| 16 | 2 January 2018 | 26 January 2018 | 20 |
| 17 | 3 September 2018 | 5 October 2018 | 25 |
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
| Series | Start date | End date | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24 October 2011 | 7 November 2011 | 10 |
| 2 | 3 September 2012 | 23 November 2012 | 20 |
| 3 | 4 November 2013 | 2 December 2013 | 20 |
| 4 | 5 September 2014 | 7 October 2014 | 20 |
| 5 | 17 November 2015 | 28 January 2016 | 20 |
| 6 | 14 November 2016 | 14 December 2016 | 20 |
| 7 | 13 November 2017 | 18 December 2017 | 20 |
References
- ↑ "BBC Two - Antiques Road Trip, Series 4, Episode 26, Charlie's Staffordshire elephant fetches thousands". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-08-04.
- ↑ Michael, Tom (2016-09-05). "Antiques Road Trip: Anita Manning's bronze Buddha smashes show record after selling for £3,800 to make 7,500% profit". Thesun.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-08-04.
- ↑ O'Connor, Rory (25 September 2017). "Antiques Road Trip star SHOCKED after making record-breaking 20K on THIS rare item". Daily Express.
- ↑ "BBC One - Antiques Road Trip, Series 15, Episode 5, Paul Laidlaw's rare sub-miniature camera smashes Antiques Road Trip records, selling for £20,000!". BBC. Retrieved 2018-08-04.