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TV programmes about the art and antiques trade have greatly expanded in number since the 1990s. From Bargain Hunt and Flog It! to Fake or Fortune? and the long-running BBC series Antiques Roadshow, love them or loath them, their popularity is enduring.
And don’t forget the nation’s favourite dealer: Lovejoy.

Fake or Fortune? art sleuths investigate whether Sir Thomas Lawrence or Maria Cosway painted mystery portrait
01 August 2019Art programme Fake or Fortune? is returning tonight (August 1) for the second episode of its eighth series with a mystery portrait that art dealer Philip Mould believes could be by Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830).

Fake or Fortune? Gainsborough mystery revealed as Philip Mould’s TV show returns to screens
26 July 2019Art programme ‘Fake or Fortune?’ returned to TV screens last night for its eighth series with a mystery surrounding a possible Thomas Gainsborough painting.

Fake or Fortune? returns to TV screens with Gainsborough mystery
25 July 2019Art programme 'Fake or Fortune?' is returning tonight for its eighth series with the first episode dedicated to a Thomas Gainsborough painting.

Fictional antiques dealer Lovejoy to return to screens in new TV adaptation
03 July 2019TV show Lovejoy has been acquired for adaptation three decades after it was first broadcast.

Mahatma Gandhi sculpture more than doubles Antiques Roadshow valuation at Salisbury auction
05 June 2019A maquette for the famous statue of Mahatma Gandhi in London’s Tavistock Square that was valued at £20,000 six years ago on BBC’s Antiques Roadshow by dealer Philip Mould drew a lengthy bidding battle at auction today.

Gandhi bronze valued on Antiques Roadshow by Philip Mould to be sold at auction next month
23 May 2019A maquette for the famous statue of Mahatma Gandhi in London’s Tavistock Square that was valued at around £20,000 on BBC’s Antiques Roadshow will come up for sale next month.

Antiques Roadshow values Dam Busters blueprints – six items relating to the famous raid sold at auction
19 May 2019Among the items that viewers of the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow will see valued on this weekend’s programme are the original blueprints for the bouncing bomb depicted in the film ‘The Dam Busters’.

Former Flog It! presenter Paul Martin to launch new show 'Curiosity' next month
22 March 2019TV presenter Paul Martin is about to launch his new show ‘Curiosity’ as he juggles recruiting for his other show ‘Make Me A Dealer’ and running his new gallery in Wiltshire.

Garage sale-find Chinese bronze valued on US ‘Antiques Roadshow’ makes $1.7m at Sotheby’s auction
21 March 2019A Chinese gilt bronze figure bought at a garage sale and appraised on PBS’s Antiques Roadshow sold yesterday in New York for $1.7m (£1.3m) – around 21 times its upper estimate and more than 17,000 times its original purchase price.

Fake or Fortune? to return to TV screens this year for eighth series with art sleuths Philip Mould and Fiona Bruce
21 March 2019Filming is underway for the latest episodes of the BBC’s 'Fake or Fortune?' which is scheduled to return to TV screens later this year.

Famous ‘Fallen Madonna With The Big Boobies’ painting from 1980s comedy ‘Allo ‘Allo ‘returns’ to France
20 March 2019The successful buyer at auction of the ‘Fallen Madonna With The Big Boobies’ - the prop that was a running joke in the 1980s sitcom ‘Allo ‘Allo - has taken the painting to his home in France.

Antiques Roadshow locations and dates released for summer 2019
10 March 2019The BBC’s Antiques Roadshow has released the dates and locations for the recording of its programmes in the summer of 2019.

ATG letters: Forget TV shows and focus on ‘more relevant’ debates like condition report charges
21 December 2018MADAM – Have we lost the plot? Recently the ATG letters page has been taken over by debating whether one television show about antiques is better than the others available.

Make Me A Dealer voiceover to change
10 December 2018The BBC appears to have listened to the negative reaction from viewers and ATG readers to the voiceover on Paul Martin’s TV show 'Make Me A Dealer'.

Antiques dealer and TV presenter Paul Martin to open new gallery in Wiltshire
05 December 2018Former Flog It! TV presenter Paul Martin is to open a new art and antiques gallery in the historic Cotswold market town of Corsham in February.
ATG letters: Viewers voice more opinions on 'Make me a Dealer'
03 December 2018MADAM – We have been watching 'Make me a Dealer' since it started (ATG Letters passim).

‘Fallen Madonna with the Big Boobies’ from ‘Allo ‘Allo set for the big reveal at Bristol auction
30 November 2018One of the UK’s most famous ‘Old Master’ paintings will be offered at auction tomorrow. Estimated at £5000-10,000, the Fallen Madonna With The Big Boobies from the sitcom Allo ‘Allo is to is appearing at East Bristol Auctions.
Make Me A Dealer called to account
26 November 2018MADAM – On the recommendation of a friend I watched a few of the new Make Me a Dealer programmes presented by Paul Martin (ATGs passim).

'Flog It!' presenter and dealer Paul Martin publishes buying guide and memoir ‘My World of Antiques’
23 November 2018Antiques dealer and TV presenter Paul Martin took a break from his busy television filming schedule to host a book launch for his memoir of the last 17 years on BBC’s 'Flog It!', the daytime antiques show that was axed last month.
ATG letter: Take it from me, there is no fakery or fixing on Make Me A Dealer
19 November 2018MADAM – The trade’s reaction to the Make Me A Dealer TV show (letters in ATG No 2368) have not been especially kind to the show.

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