Too Many Antiques shows on TV

Amos Hames 2

Amos Hames 2

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Are there too many Antiques shows on TV

Antiques Roadshow
The Bidding Roon
The Vintage French Farmhouse
Antiques Road Trip
Bargain Hunt
Cash in the Attic
Flog it
Dickensons real deal

I watch some of them but feel there are too many
 
Yeah and try and get what they tell you it's worth, unless you have something really rare, or can verify Elvis owned it, etc, good luck! I agree, overdone..
 
Amos Hames 2 said:
Are there too many Antiques shows on TV

Antiques Roadshow
The Bidding Roon
The Vintage French Farmhouse
Antiques Road Trip
Bargain Hunt
Cash in the Attic
Flog it
Dickensons real deal

I watch some of them but feel there are too many
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Put 'celebrity' in front of each of those and hey presto you've got 8 more original programmes according to the tv companies!!!!!
 
Flog It! and ART (not the celebs) are the only two I watch. They are both excellent programs which educate and entertain.

Bargain Hunt is the one I've never got into, seems very cheap TV. There's also The Yorkshire Auction House and The Edinburgh Auction House on Quest/Really.
 
There are two or three of these shows on WETA UK (US) and they are not really remarkable with bids on household treasures, restoration of household treasures and auction, etc. The auction usually consists of the auctioneer, 20 or so people in attendance, and of course, a computer link for those bidding online.
 
Long Prawn said:
Flog It! and ART (not the celebs) are the only two I watch. They are both excellent programs which educate and entertain.

Bargain Hunt is the one I've never got into, seems very cheap TV. There's also The Yorkshire Auction House and The Edinburgh Auction House on Quest/Really.
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I used to watch Bargain Hunt. I believe there was one episode where a lady had several very beautiful and authentic micro-mosaics, which were NOT CHEAP and went for beaucoup pounds.
 
Most of the shows mentioned like Bargain Hunt are cheap to make , daytime TV fillers that's why they are always on the schedule. There was an article about some of the secrets of Bargain Hunt you may wish to read.

www.dailymail.co.uk

We were on Bargain Hunt and here's what you DIDN'T know about the show

For more than two decades Bargain Hunt has been a BBC staple, with thousands of contestants having tried their luck at making a profit.
www.dailymail.co.uk www.dailymail.co.uk
 
Father, it's been several days since my last confession...... But I have to confess Bargain Hunt is my lazy pleasure and I find it easy to watch. I even went to Oswestry Showground a few years back to watch it be filmed. Which interestingly is where the old army billets were, so Cpl Dewhurst would have been posted there sometime too :p
 
I enjoy an occasional Antique Roadshow on the Maryland and Washington DC public television stations. However, they are now pushing "Celebrity Antique Roadshow." It turns me off whenever such a show or gameshow does a celebrity edition because it becomes all about the celebrity. However, if I am not mistaken, I do recall a Bernard Cribbins Antique road trip.
 
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Was listening to one of my favourite comics, Count Arthur Strong, and he has come up with a daytime show that is a mix of Bargain Hunt and old favourite Ready Steady Cook called Lolly in the Attic . The premise of the game is an Antique dealer presenter and celebrity / joe public member go through the celeb's/public member's belongings and select a number of things they want to sell at an auction including some perhaps best described as real tat.

The presenter hosts the auction and all items which don't sell or make the reserve are then burned at a barbecue where the celeb/public member bring a bag of ingredients and a celebrity chef has to prepare a dish cooked on the barbecue for the celeb/public member to eat. It could be a winner.
 
You should think about how many car programmes there are too. All are repeated many times.

Wheeler Dealers
Classic Car Kings
Mike Brewer: Born Dealer
Car SOS
Bangers and Cash
Top Gear
Salvage Hunters: Classic Cars
And I think there's one with Henry Cole too, which I've forgotten the name of. (Find it, Fix It, Flog It?)
 
We have the U.S. version of Antiques Roadshow and a Kentucky-based version of same. So far so good here with not too many. I don't count the shows where they cut the lock on delinquent self-storage units and auction the (often unknown) contents as "antiques" : )
 
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It is claimed that Bargain Hunt have staff to do deals with sellers prior to filming, so when they record the show, they know where to get the best deals and items.

Not watching TV for several years I don't really know what shows are on these days, I do an occasional dive online into what's on TV and all I tend to see is either hours and hours of sport over multi channels or endless repeats.

Has Sundays Night at the London Palladium ended?
 
maltrab said:
It is claimed that Bargain Hunt have staff to do deals with sellers prior to filming, so when they record the show, they know where to get the best deals and items.

Not watching TV for several years I don't really know what shows are on these days, I do an occasional dive online into what's on TV and all I tend to see is either hours and hours of sport over multi channels or endless repeats.

Has Sundays Night at the London Palladium ended?
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Unfortunately I think it has ended Terry
 
maltrab said:
Not watching TV for several years I don't really know what shows are on these days, ...
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Nor have I. Been immersed in reading mysteries, instead. The loss of interest seems to date from the 8 weeks in a nursing home with a heavy dose of IV antibiotic twice daily. The antibiotic turned out to be ototoxic, and my hearing gradually failed over those 8 weeks. That, combined with the non-functioning captioning on the TV set in my room, made television quite uninteresting.
 
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