Episode
Antiques Roadshow: Firstsite 1
Overview
The roadshow is at Firstsite in Colchester, where treasures include a spin painting by Damien Hirst, a watch with a racy past and logbooks from the real-life Great Escape.
Details
- Series
- Antiques Roadshow
- Season
- Season 47
- Episode
- Episode 3
- Air date
- 2024-09-08
Episode context
Firstsite 1 is Episode 3 in Series 47 of Antiques Roadshow. It aired on 2024-09-08.
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Episode 2: Cromford Mills, Derbyshire 1
The roadshow visits Cromford Mills in Derbyshire, where our experts dig up a garden gnome, a 100-year-old bar of chocolate and a Picasso.
Episode 4: Pitzhanger Manor and Gallery 3
The Roadshow returns to Pitzhanger Manor and Gallery in west London, where finds include a unique engagement ring, a note written by Oscar Wilde and an Olympic medal from the 1930s.
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Episode 1: Pitzhanger Manor and Gallery 1
The roadshow visits Pitzhanger Manor and Gallery in west London, where treasures include a royal paintbox, a collection of Italian jewellery and a medal awarded to a carrier pigeon.
Episode 5: Thirlestane Castle 1
The roadshow visits Thirlestane Castle in the Scottish Borders, where treasures include a travelling clock, a Louis Vuitton case and medals awarded for the Dambusters raid.
Episode 6: Cromford Mills 2
The roadshow returns to Cromford Mills in Derbyshire, where treasures include a collection of rare football shirts, a brooch found in a sock drawer and a quirky bird clock.
Episode 7: Pitzhanger Manor and Gallery 2
The roadshow is at Pitzhanger Manor in London, where finds include a quirky 18th-century children’s book, a collection of vintage trainers and a Battle of Britain flying helmet.
Episode 8: Thirlestane Castle 2
The roadshow visits Thirlestane Castle in the Scottish Borders, where treasures include a silver chalice, a Rod Stewart gold disc and a beautiful snuffbox gifted by a Russian tsar.
Episode 9: Beaumaris Castle 1
The roadshow travels to Beaumaris Castle in north Wales, where finds include a rare ballerina brooch, a first edition of Winnie the Pooh and a sculpture by a Nigerian artist.
Episode 10: Firstsite 2
The roadshow is at Firstsite in Colchester, where among the gems are trophies from the earliest days of aviation, a copper dish twice rescued from a skip and an antique that sings.
Episode 11: Botanic Gardens, Belfast 1
The roadshow travels to Belfast’s Botanic Gardens, where treasures include a valuable silver tea set and an extraordinary pearl necklace with a poignant past.
Episode 12: Cromford Mills 3
The roadshow returns to Cromford Mills in Derbyshire, where finds include a rare opal collection, a pair of 300-year-old long johns and an Albert Medal for gallantry.
Episode 13: Beaumaris Castle 2
The roadshow returns to Beaumaris Castle in Anglesey, north Wales, where finds include Fabergé jewels, a Titanic mystery and works by local artist Charles Tunnicliffe.