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25 Episodes 2000 - 2001
This series travels to towns in Great Britain in search of interesting antiques from around the world.
Episode 1
Sun, Oct 1, 2000 60 mins
A visit to London focuses on the Victoria and Albert Museum, "the greatest treasure store in England," says series host Michael Aspel. Items appraised include a draft of a W.B. Yeats poem handwritten by the author, an early-19th-century Spanish blunderbuss; an 1830 teapot that's filled from the bottom; and an onyx and coral art-deco bracelet made in Paris.
Episode 2
Sun, Oct 8, 2000 60 mins
The site: Barnstaple, a 1000-year-old North Devon port town. Items appraised include a collection of walking sticks (one once owned by the Duke of Windsor); and a bag made to resemble an octopus, created by aboriginal Canadians in the 1860s. Michael Aspel hosts.
Episode 3
Sun, Oct 15, 2000 60 mins
The site: Biddulph, in Straffordshire. Items appraised include a sketch made by John Constable, a handkerchief of Queen Victoria's and a collection of ship documents. Michael Aspel hosts.
Episode 4
Sun, Oct 22, 2000 60 mins
A road show from Clamis Castle. Part 1 of two. Michael Aspel hosts.
Episode 5
Sun, Oct 29, 2000 60 mins
Conclusion of a road show from Clamis Castle. Michael Aspel hosts.
Episode 6
Sun, Nov 5, 2000 60 mins
The location: the Yorkshire town of Selby. Among the items appraised: a walking stick made from a beam salvaged from Selby Abbey when it was damaged in a 1906 fire; and an old doll that looks new because its owner died before she could play with it. Michael Aspel hosts.
Episode 7
Sun, Nov 12, 2000 60 mins
The site: Wisbech, a Cambridgeshire port town 87 miles from London. Items appraised include a mourning ring made of hair and a vase. Both were purchased by their owners for less than a pound, and both are now worth much more. Michael Aspel hosts.
Episode 8
Sun, Nov 19, 2000 60 mins
The site: Blackpool, the Lancashire Irish Sea resort city. Items appraised include a medal awarded to the owner's father in 1936 for selling vacuum cleaners and a 1953 Blackpool soccer-club program signed by most of the team's players. Michael Aspel hosts.
Episode 9
Sun, Nov 26, 2000 60 mins
The site: Newport, in Wales. Included: a teapot that holds 144 cups; a homemade bomb-clearing device dating from World War II. Michael Aspel hosts.
Episode 10
Sun, Dec 3, 2000 60 mins
The site: Knebworth House, a Hertfordshire castle that has been home to the Lytton family since 1490 and was the inspiration for Victorian novelist Edward Bulwer-Lytton ("It was a dark and stormy night..."). Items appraised include a Japanese pot valued from $12,000 to $15,000 and a yacht's bronze chronometer. Michael Aspel hosts.
Episode 11
Sun, Dec 10, 2000 60 mins
A return visit to Knebworth House, a Hertfordshire castle that has been home to the Lytton family since 1490.
Episode 12
Sun, Dec 17, 2000 60 mins
Items appraised in Birmingham, England, include a 17th-century bust fashioned in the Dutch city of Delft and a pantomime pop-up book. Michael Aspel hosts.
Episode 13
Sun, Jan 7, 2001 60 mins
Items appraised at Cliveden, a mansion in Buckinghamshire, near London, include a belt worn by a 19th-century female boxer and jewelry that had been thrown in the trash. Among the pieces: a gold brooch with diamonds and a Sri Lankan sapphire; and a platinum chain necklace that contains opals and diamonds. Michael Aspel hosts.
Episode 14
Sun, Jan 14, 2001 60 mins
A return visit to Cliveden, a mansion overlooking the River Thames in Buckinghamshire, spotlights a ladies bureau and a most unusual "McMickey" Mouse item.
Episode 15
Sun, Jan 21, 2001 60 mins
The setting: Lochgilphead, Scotland. Items appraised include a portrait of a girl on a beach by artist James Hamilton MacKenzie, who died shortly after completing it. Also: a painting made in an internment camp on an asbestos tile. Michael Aspel hosts.
Episode 16
Sun, Jan 28, 2001 60 mins
The site: Salford, in northwest England, near Manchester. Appraised: Zulu wedding beads, an American scrimshawed whale's tooth and a drawing by British artist L.S. Lowry. Michael Aspel hosts.
Episode 17
Sun, Feb 4, 2001 60 mins
Items appraised in Herefordshire's Eastnor Castle include a wooden bicycle made during World War II (it was made of wood because of steel shortages); and a pack of World War I-era postcards carried by its original owner in his breast pocket during combat. Embedded in the cards is a bullet. Michael Aspel hosts.
Episode 18
Sun, Feb 11, 2001 60 mins
A return sojourn to Herefordshire's Eastnor Castle features a close-up on a nearly 3,000-year-old Assyrian tablet. Included: footage from previous episodes.
Episode 19
Sun, Feb 18, 2001 60 mins
The setting: the Yorkshire town of Eston. Items appraised include the first commercially produced toy robot. Michael Aspel hosts.
Episode 20
Sun, Feb 25, 2001 60 mins
The site: Melksham, a Wiltshire town on the southern edge of the Cotswolds. Appraised: 200-year-old bedpans and a sketch by childrens' book illustrator Edmund Dulac worth up to $15,000. Michael Aspel hosts
Episode 21
Sun, Mar 4, 2001 60 mins
The site: the Welsh castle town of Caernarfon. Items appraised include a 17th-century clock and a 200-year-old bow. Michael Aspel hosts.
Episode 22
Sun, Mar 11, 2001 60 mins
Items appraised in Rugby (the town in Warwickshire, not the sport) include a mailbox from Liverpool's Penny Lane, an LP signed by the Rolling Stones and a collection of suffragist materials. Michael Aspel hosts.
Episode 23
Sun, Mar 18, 2001 60 mins
A return visit to England's Victoria and Albert Museum affords close-ups on its treasures. Footage from previous episodes is also included in this installment.
Episode 24
Sun, Mar 25, 2001 60 mins
The site: Forde Abbey, a 12th-century monastery in Somerset. Items appraised include a Roman-era cameo ring and two ebony busts that had been in their owner's garden. Michael Aspel hosts.
Episode 25
Sun, Apr 1, 2001 60 mins
The lush tracts of Forde Abbey, in Dorset, England, afford appraisals of a British Navy teaching model, an 18th-century tobacco jar and a painting by Thomas Sidney Cooper.