Antiques Road Trip
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| Antiques Road Trip | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Factual game show |
| Presented by | Tim Wonnacott (Voiceover/Finale host) |
| Theme music composer | Lawrence Oakley |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 11 (Original series) 4 (Celebrity series) |
| No. of episodes | 295 (Original series) 70 (Celebrity series) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes (2010) 45 minutes (2011–) |
| Production company | STV Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC Two (2010–2) BBC One (2013–) |
| Release | 8 March 2010 – present |
| Related | |
| Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is | |
Antiques Road Trip is a BBC television series 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.
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 sold then 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.
A celebrity version 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 Children in Need.
The record for the largest profit on a single item is held by Charlie Ross, who in 2012 bought a chipped Staffordshire elephant clock for £8 which was sold for £2,700.[1]
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 |
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 |