Talk:Antiques Roadshow

US versus UK

From the article: PBS has created a similar show in the United States and the United Kingdom (a spinoff called Antiques Roadshow UK to differentiate from the BBC version). Why would they call the USA version Antiques Roadshow UK in order to distinquish it from the UK version. This doesn't make sense to me. Saul Taylor 22:48, 16 Oct 2004 (UTC)

No, their US version is simply AR. Their UK version is ARUK, to set it apart from the BBC's AR, as well as its own. Chris 06:38, 24 Oct 2004 (UTC)

My understanding was that the PBS' "Antiques Roadshow UK" WAS the BBC's Antique Road show, although there might have been additional American production(editing) I always thought that the episodes aired originally in Britain. 68.237.98.55 21:42, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

they did.Toyokuni3 (talk) 21:55, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

There were episodes of the UK show being aired on PBS, THEN they created their own and just called it Antiques Roadshow (altough I believe it was first called Chubb's Antiques Roadshow to highlight the sponsor) which then aired on US PBS stations along with ARUK...if they air in the UK its in syndication just like anything else. LegoTech·(t)·(c) 22:49, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Popularity

According to BARB figures, apart from Soap Opera's, the top-3 programs in the UK for last week are Doctor Who, Life on Mars and... The Antiques Roadshow. The BARB website, being database driven, doesn't lend itself to being cited at all - but I think it might be nice to mention the perennial popularity of the show under "History" - how would I do that without being able to cite?? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.69.89.117 (talk) 20:24, 12 April 2007 (UTC).

New High-Value Item?

A tea set stolen from the Louvre by a German soldier and recaptured by an Ally soldier was appraised on the American show. It was Henry VIII's. The show aired sometime in the week of Nov. 17-24, 2007. The set was said to be priceless (and French property!) Should that go under the American shows? 70.104.162.6 (talk) 22:26, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

• You're going to have to come up with a citation for this. Tea was all but unknown in europe in Henry VIII's time. And, yes, the French gallery/museum is the Louvre.Toyokuni3 (talk) 22:22, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
  • A "priceless" tea set, aired on the American show in November of 2007? Umm.. I do not remember this at ALL. And I watch this thing religiously. Plus they rebroadcast old episodes constantly. Citation needed. NOW. --Ragemanchoo (talk) 05:04, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Navajo Blanket

The article lists "A Navajo blanket valued at between $350,000 and $500,000" as one of the most valuable items on the show, but the source talks about a blanket worth $35,000-45,000 with no mention of there only being 50 in the entire world. --144.160.98.31 (talk) 18:06, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

No, the article is correct. The item is a navajo 'chief's blanket'. Oddly enough, not woven by the navajo, but by the utes for the navajo. PBS has used this segment in their promos for AR. Also of interest, the native north american artifacts appraiser for AR is canadian. Toyokuni3 (talk) 22:04, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

"Twenty-Five Hundred Thousand Gazillion!"

I watch this show very frequently, and that promo PBS plays for this show drives me up the fucking wall. PBS goes on and on with those tight-shot-on-the-eyeball pretentious psuedo-intellectual ads between shows ("If all the corporate blah blah networks, whos controlling my blah blah?"), and the Antiques Roadshow spot has some moron in a chair babbling an incoherent fictional number. Yeah, I said "fuck". We're adults, deal with it. --Ragemanchoo (talk) 05:00, 12 August 2008 (UTC)