Antiques Roadshow is a human interest television show in which antique appraisers travel across the country. It has been running since 1979. Human interest news articles are about particular individuals or groups of people. ... 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ...

History

The origin of the series was a 1977 BBC documentary about a London auction house doing a tour of the West Country in England. The show has visited a number of other countries and has been imitated by other TV production companies around the world. In the original BBC series, various towns or famous places are advertised as venues. 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was formed in 1927 by means of a royal charter. ... St Stevens Tower - The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster which contains Big Ben London (see also different names) is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... The West Country is an informal area of southwestern England, roughly corresponding to the administrative region South West England. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... Television is a telecommunication system for broadcasting and receiving moving pictures and sound over a distance. ...

In the United Kingdom, an annual children's Christmas special has become a TV tradition. These specials air under the title Antiques Roadshow: The Next Generation and use a specially reworked version of the regular theme music.

The list of professional evaluators who have participated in Antiques Roadshow and its various versions reads like a "Who's Who" of experts of the antiques business in the UK and North America.

Format

Local people bring along their possessions that are evaluated for authenticity, interest (especially related to the venue) and an approximate valuation is given. Often, the professional evaluators give a rather in-depth historical, craft, or artistic context to the antique, adding a very strong cultural element to the show. This increases the show’s appeal to persons interested in the study of the past or some particular crafts, or certain arts, regardless of the monetary value of the objects. At the core though the focus of the production is on the interplay between the owner and the evaluator.

Hosts

The BBC version has been hosted by Bruce Parker, Angela Rippon, Hugh Scully and Michael Aspel, Scully being the longest-serving presenter and the one most closely associated with the show. Bruce Parker was a British journalist and television presenter with a career spanning from the 1960s to his retirement in 2003. ... Angela Rippon (born October 12, British television journalist. ... Michael Aspel (b. ...

International versions

American public broadcaster PBS created a similar show in 1997. (PBS has renamed the original BBC series Antiques Roadshow UK to differentiate it from its own version). The American version of Antiques Roadshow is produced by WGBH, a broadcast station in Boston, Massachusetts. Public broadcasting (also known as public service broadcasting or PSB) is the dominant form of broadcasting around the world, where radio, television, and potentially other electronic media outlets receive funding from the public. ... PBS re-directs here; for alternate uses see PBS (disambiguation) PBS logo The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is a non-profit public broadcasting television service with 349 member TV stations in the United States. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The TV version of the WGBH drop-shadow logo WGBH is an established public television station for Boston, Massachusetts, affiliated with public radio stations (PBS, and NPR & PRI). ... Broadcast could refer to: Broadcast, an electronica musical group broadcasting, the distribution of audio and video signals Broadcast address, an IP address allowing information to be sent to all machines on a given subnet. ... Nickname: Beantown, The Hub (of the Universe), Athens of America Location in Massachusetts Founded  -Incorporated  September 17, 1630  1820, as a city County  Suffolk County Mayor  Thomas Menino (Dem) Area  - Total  - Water  232. ... State nickname: Bay State Other U.S. States Capital Boston Largest city Boston Governor Mitt Romney Official languages English Area 27,360 km² (44th)  - Land 20,317 km²  - Water 7,043 km² (25. ...

A Canadian version — called Canadian Antiques Roadshow — debuted in January 2005 on CBC Television and CBC Newsworld. It is hosted by Valerie Pringle. 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... CBC redirects here, as this is the most common use of the abbreviation. ... CBC Newsworld is a 24-hour cable television news channel operated by the CBC. It is available to cable subscribers across the country and broadcasts into over 10 million homes nation-wide, as well as into some northern states in the U.S. It is the worlds third-oldest... Valerie Pringle is a Canadian television host and journalist. ...

A version of the show can also be seen in the Netherlands, under the name Tussen Kunst & Kitsch, (in English: Between Art & Kitsch). Also shown on the public broadcaster, the programme is usually set in a museum in the Netherlands or sometimes in Belgium and Germany. It has become so popular through the years that even specials have been made. The experts take the viewers on a "cultural-art-trip" to places of great importance in the history of art. Resources Great Museums in the World (Louvre, Metropolitan Museum, MoMA, Picasso …) CGFA: A Virtual Art Museum Art-Atlas. ... Art in questionable taste is sometimes referred to as kitsch. ... A museum is typically a non-profit, permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education enjoyment, the tangible and intangible evidence of people and their environment. ...

External links

Official sites

• BBC Antiques Roadshow
• PBS Antiques Roadshow
• PBS Antiques Roadshow UK
• Canadian Antiques Roadshow

Internet Movie Database sites

• BBC Antiques Roadshow at the Internet Movie Database
• PBS Antiques Roadshow at the Internet Movie Database
• Canadian Antiques Roadshow at the Internet Movie Database