Antiques Roadshow

Beautiful Tewkesbury Abbey is the setting as visitors dig out their antique treasures. Two sisters are drawn into a 'battle of the bangles' to find out who has the finest inheritance. A plain box is claimed to have a Shakespeare link and was once in Anne Hathaway's cottage. And one of the most exciting finds in Roadshow history emerges when a collection of dolls house furnishings stuns the experts

A varied and very unusual set of items are revealed in lovely Audley End in Essex. These include the sword that ended the War of Independence in America, a large collection of toilet chains, a beautiful silver container that once contained the gall stone of a goat and three vases decorated with fairies. Plus, the audience is mesmerized by an amazing, and very old, toy elephant.

The team return to Audley End in search of antique treasures. Amongst the intriguing objects on display are a table that was supposedly used to sign Napoleon's abdication and a giant bronze cockerel buried in both world wars to avoid being melted down for ammunition. And newspaper advertisements reveal a fascinating glimpse into Britain during the First World War.

An array of extraordinarily large objects are on display at Hanbury Hall in Worcestershire. Experts marvel at an enormous fishing rod, while the largest narwhal tusk the Roadshow has ever seen is revealed. A piece of trench art plays a tune from The Sound of Music, while elsewhere smell is used to decode a mystery object. And four shiny buttons return an impressive profit.

Wonderful Arley Hall in Cheshire is today’s venue for the Roadshow. A gold bracelet found mysteriously bricked up behind a wall and linked to a tragic love story is brought in for appraisal and a time capsule buried in 1886 is opened to reveal its secrets 130 years later. And a lost work by one of the most important artists of the 19th century, Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, causes huge excitement.

The enchanting gardens of Arley Hall reveal an array of family treasures. Amongst the objects featured are a portrait of a visitor's mother which was painted by a highly collected Indian artist. There's a poignant diary hidden from Japanese guards by a prisoner of war whilst building the bridge over the River Kwai. And diamonds and emeralds once worn by a duchess deliver a final flourish.