I enjoy this show very much with one exception, Anita, she believes the show is all about buying as cheaply as possible and wants to win at any cost.
12 Reviews
Very enjoyable
booksoup1011 April 2021
Great programme but.......
bob-113517 May 2021
Very interesting show but for goodness sake will someone tape the mouth of the dreadful Wonnacot . His constant yakking makes me want to reach into the TV and rip his throat out. He adds nothing and detracts mightily.
quality of auctioneers' performance
acts-7813514 December 2022
While I love this show, the contestants should object strongly to the performance of most of the auctioneers they are subjected to - how can they possibly get their best outcome out of these duds, who would starve as auctioneers in Australia - as a constant attendee at various types of auctions, I know a dud when I see it. While Phil Serrel, Charles, etc are top class at working crowds, the bulk of auctioneers appear to be nothing more than lifeless clerks who just want to get it over with as quickly as possible and grab their commission. Do your homework please and preview any auctioneer's performance BEFORE you place your experts in their hands - these lazy duds spoil your program. Thank you, Terry S Kippa-Ring Qld 4021.
America needs a show like this!
intrepidami28 February 2017
OK here's what goes on. Two knowledgeable antiques dealers travel around from antique shop to shop in a competition. They switch out the dealers and several have become fan favorites like Paul and Anita. They look around for bargains, haggle heavy, and bring what they found to auction, to see who can generate the most profits. They start out with 200p(around $400) they drive a cool vintage car, they banter playfully. They show some history each episode. They get to the auction. Sometimes they chose well, sometimes they chose bad. It's showing that NOBODY sets the market prices, the MARKET sets the price. In other words, things sell for what people are willing to pay. You see the pre sale estimates, and exactly what the things sold for. Anita once bought something cheap that sold for a brand new car price! But people have spent hundreds on something, and only got a fraction of their money back too.
This is the difference between the American shows which always TELLS THE VIEWERS what they'll get like that's set in stone. They never point out mistakes or things that brought many times their estimates. They act like they get what they say.
This is fantastic information! You could have an item that sold for $200 on EBAY and you can't sell it for half that. Why? Many, many, many factors. The one person who wanted it for that price already bought one. There was some fakery going on bidding wise(they bid it up). Yours isn't exactly like that one. Your pictures and description weren't good. There's myriads of factors. But like I said our American shows act like their estimates are Gospel.
These people running around are characters, and have funny, and interesting personalities. They point out lots of interesting things. Our people are thugs and jerks looking to rip off the public. If you haven't caught episodes yet, please do.
And unlike the American shows, this is all a competition for charity. Not all faked drama with a bunch of people who don't really buy and sell anymore, and instead have become actors on TV pretending they still do what they used before they got a show.
This is the difference between the American shows which always TELLS THE VIEWERS what they'll get like that's set in stone. They never point out mistakes or things that brought many times their estimates. They act like they get what they say.
This is fantastic information! You could have an item that sold for $200 on EBAY and you can't sell it for half that. Why? Many, many, many factors. The one person who wanted it for that price already bought one. There was some fakery going on bidding wise(they bid it up). Yours isn't exactly like that one. Your pictures and description weren't good. There's myriads of factors. But like I said our American shows act like their estimates are Gospel.
These people running around are characters, and have funny, and interesting personalities. They point out lots of interesting things. Our people are thugs and jerks looking to rip off the public. If you haven't caught episodes yet, please do.
And unlike the American shows, this is all a competition for charity. Not all faked drama with a bunch of people who don't really buy and sell anymore, and instead have become actors on TV pretending they still do what they used before they got a show.
Meat and two veg
kenred-846-8706436 April 2022
A watchable programme amid todays usual drivel
ron-400-65050318 February 2022
After watching an evening of awful far-fetched soaps, over-extended dramas or rubbish reality, it's a pleasant change to revert to my recordings of Antique Road Trip. Okay so I'm interested in antiques, it may not appeal to those who aren't, but for me it works - they should make more episodes. The format is simple, each week two antique dealers/ experts/ auctioneers drive around the country buying antiques and collectibles with a starting sum of £200 they the then sell their wares at auction at the end of each episode, their profit, or loss, carries forward until the final at the end of the week. Any profit goes to charity.
An easy watch
nightwishouge15 January 2023
Found this and the celebrity counterpart on Pluto TV, which has an entire channel dedicated to it, and I've been watching it constantly for about a month. It's an easy thing to throw on in the background while you're doing other things, or if you just want something pleasant to pass the time. The antiques experts are (for the most part) really fun and have great chemistry with one another--I've only seen one or two who are kind of off-putting or take the game too seriously.
I do wonder if a random customer walking into these antique stores off the street could negotiate the same kinds of deals these experts get; sometimes they'll talk the dealers down by over a hundred pounds and the dealer will even complain that they're losing money at that price--and then lower it even more. Maybe they're going soft because they know they're on camera and the auctions are for charity?
It's entertaining to hear the experts rattle off facts about items they pick up off the shelves, but sometimes they outsmart themselves by picking out items that only fellow experts can appreciate. I can't tell you how often an expert will rave about a boring-looking chair because it's from the Edwardian era--the age! The craftsmanship! The history!--and then it will fetch ten pounds at auction because, well, it's just a boring-looking chair. But that's all part of the fun, and the experts take both profits and losses in good humor. It's not the kind of ruthless win-at-any-cost competitive spirit we always see on American reality shows. It's sort of the antiquing equivalent of Great British Bake-Off.
And, thank God, it's NOT heavily scripted and fake, like all the shows we have over here, where every single interaction seems to be choreographed. I caught about three minutes of Storage Wars and was appalled at all the monologues to camera that were so obviously written beforehand by Blue Collar Comedy wannabes. Sickening! Antique Road Trip does it right--low key, lighthearted, organically amusing and informative.
I do wonder if a random customer walking into these antique stores off the street could negotiate the same kinds of deals these experts get; sometimes they'll talk the dealers down by over a hundred pounds and the dealer will even complain that they're losing money at that price--and then lower it even more. Maybe they're going soft because they know they're on camera and the auctions are for charity?
It's entertaining to hear the experts rattle off facts about items they pick up off the shelves, but sometimes they outsmart themselves by picking out items that only fellow experts can appreciate. I can't tell you how often an expert will rave about a boring-looking chair because it's from the Edwardian era--the age! The craftsmanship! The history!--and then it will fetch ten pounds at auction because, well, it's just a boring-looking chair. But that's all part of the fun, and the experts take both profits and losses in good humor. It's not the kind of ruthless win-at-any-cost competitive spirit we always see on American reality shows. It's sort of the antiquing equivalent of Great British Bake-Off.
And, thank God, it's NOT heavily scripted and fake, like all the shows we have over here, where every single interaction seems to be choreographed. I caught about three minutes of Storage Wars and was appalled at all the monologues to camera that were so obviously written beforehand by Blue Collar Comedy wannabes. Sickening! Antique Road Trip does it right--low key, lighthearted, organically amusing and informative.
Introducing self-conscious kids as "experts"
qmaclaine29 April 2022
I've just watched a cringe- making 2021 road trip "starring" Tim Medhurst and Irita Marriott. Both incredibly immature, both socially and professionally, doing endless selfie moments for the camera. Maybe the producers think it's cool progress. Irita, in particular, is excruciatingly contrived and childish. Wrecks a good format. Please give us some seasoned and interesting personalities again. More like Romper Room than an adult's light entertainment using these self-conscious post-teens.
Antiques, Travelogue and History all in one show
dzhaviland28 January 2024
Warning: Spoilers
This show is Fabulous! It manages to teach us about history, the objects and art that were created and used by humanity throughout the centuries all while showing us the most beautiful towns in all of Great Britain( what no strip malls and convenience stores on every spare meter of earth!!???)
The experts they've pulled together are for the most part engaging characters and it's fun and interesting to see how they choose the objects they'll take to auction where all the proceeds go to children's charities.
The only reason I didn't give it a 10 is actually my own fault. I've been binge watching it for 5 days and parts of it are getting a little redundant. How many times can you hear about the merits of a decorative silver dish? On second thought it may be a real downfall of the show. Had they told the experts to try to diversify the objects they chose a little more there wouldn't be any boredom watching. The vast majority of things taken to auction were small in size. It would have been nice to see the array of things like on Antique Roadshow.
Overall though highly recommend if you're looking for some lighthearted viewing while seeing some beautiful scenery and architecture.
The experts they've pulled together are for the most part engaging characters and it's fun and interesting to see how they choose the objects they'll take to auction where all the proceeds go to children's charities.
The only reason I didn't give it a 10 is actually my own fault. I've been binge watching it for 5 days and parts of it are getting a little redundant. How many times can you hear about the merits of a decorative silver dish? On second thought it may be a real downfall of the show. Had they told the experts to try to diversify the objects they chose a little more there wouldn't be any boredom watching. The vast majority of things taken to auction were small in size. It would have been nice to see the array of things like on Antique Roadshow.
Overall though highly recommend if you're looking for some lighthearted viewing while seeing some beautiful scenery and architecture.
Dreary programme with a pointless aim
alanfisher200115 June 2021
A terrible program to watch, a couple of people drive around in some death trap old car to visit 'antique' or rather junk shops full of useless tat and then buy the tat. Really no one wants this rubbish anymore, odd pieces of china etc belong in the skip, likewise with walking sticks, cigarette cases etc etc. They then try and sell retail priced tat in an auction, as this if is going to work. The icing on the cake is the persistently annoying narrator. The antique market is dead in the UK and jewellery is sold for scrap value. This programme is irrelevant today.
I can't believe this is a show
susansundaisy11 July 2022
The narrator saves this show by saying what you're thinking but still, there's no point to it. People who should know better go into shops and try to make the seller give them something for nothing. Then we have to be shocked when the piece of crap doesn't sell. Hmmmm... That's not a show. So, I learned that watching two people buy the same dumb stuff over and over again is not fun.
Good Concept but Dreadful Performance
jotonyhen29 September 2022
Love the show idea and most participants are fine BUT
They go to these dreadful auctions which are useless
Some don't even have internet access for online bids whilst most are auctions which are virtually unknown and therefore have few online viewers
Great concept but HOPELESS auctions and it must cost a fortune for the whole crew accommodation and meals and transport costs etc etc
What a shame
Why don't the participants complain?
Reason - why should they care as they are being paid and have free meals for a week
IMPROVE IT BBC OR DON' T YOU CARE BECAUSE YOU HAVE TOO MUCH MONEY TO WASTE?
They go to these dreadful auctions which are useless
Some don't even have internet access for online bids whilst most are auctions which are virtually unknown and therefore have few online viewers
Great concept but HOPELESS auctions and it must cost a fortune for the whole crew accommodation and meals and transport costs etc etc
What a shame
Why don't the participants complain?
Reason - why should they care as they are being paid and have free meals for a week
IMPROVE IT BBC OR DON' T YOU CARE BECAUSE YOU HAVE TOO MUCH MONEY TO WASTE?
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