Bishop's Palace 2
The team return to Wells in Somerset to see some Fabergé jewellery, a plate by Pugin and a guitar left behind in England by a soldier who never returned from the D-Day landings.
Antiques Roadshow returns to one of the smallest cities in England - Wells in Somerset - where the Bishopâs Palace hosts Fiona and the team.
Elaine Binning hears the story of a gymnast who competed in the 1928 Olympics, the first time the games admitted female gymnastic competitors. Rupert Maas examines a piece of street art on a metal panel by the artist Bambi, while Eric Knowles admires a broken plate by the Victorian designer Augustus Pugin and is impressed that its owner even has a tattoo in the Pugin style.
Marc Allum is moved by the story of an American âresonatorâ blues guitar, left behind in England by a soldier who never returned from the D-Day landings, while Geoffrey Munn challenges Fiona Bruce to put three pieces of stunning FabergĂ© jewellery in order of value.
Fiona also chats with furniture specialist Lennox Cato about his life in antiques, hearing how he was adopted as a child into a family of antiques dealers.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Fiona Bruce |
Series Editor | Robert Murphy |
Executive Producer | Paolo Proto |
Producer | Debbie Martin |
Producer | Jason Holmes |
Broadcasts
- Sun 14 Aug 2022 20:00
- Mon 29 Aug 2022 08:00
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