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Nigel Havers welcomes five more sellers to the Bidding Room, where they try to sell items to professional dealers who are on the lookout for interesting pieces, with help from expert Simon Bower. First through the doors is Winston, who's travelled from the west country with a trio of model boats he bought from a local museum. The scratch-built collection sets sail with much interest from the deale

Mother and daughter Rhona and Nikki moved in together, bringing two households' worth of items under one roof. Their house is full of antiques, items that their Swiss family have passed down through the generations. Now they want to trace their family heritage, but to fund the trip to Switzerland, they want to sell some of their Swiss antiques. The recent passing of Rhona's 57-year-old son Grahame

Taking to the dance floor on this antiques hunt are two fleet-footed stars of the Strictly ballroom, husband and wife Aljaž Škorjanec and Janette Manrara. They're joined by David Harper and Izzie Balmer for an antiques whirl through Oxfordshire in a 60s Mercedes and a 70s Jaguar. Along the way, Aljaž and Izzie waltz their way into the history of one of Britain's motoring icons, the MG, while Janet

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Coverage of the 2025 Masters tournament from Alexandra Palace in London.

Chris Packham continues his adventure through our weird world, discovering the secrets behind some of its strangest stories. In this episode, Chris unearths a whirlwind wedding ceremony, some exploding rocks, and a woman with her twin inside her brain.

Members of the public try and make money out of their antiques.

Every day this week, celebrity contestants Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, Ania Magliano, Joe Swash and Jasmine Takhar take on a series of quiz rounds selected by the host, quiz legend Richard Osman. A daily winner is declared following a quickfire round at the end of each show, and the scores are tallied across the week, resulting in an overall champion being crowned on Friday. Will the winning stars opt

A beautiful peregrine falcon fledgling with a very noisy screech is brought into the rescue centre – a chance for a nervous Joanna Page to learn about the behaviours and care of a bird of prey. Joanna also learns how working with wildlife can be hard and rewarding in equal measure and how important wildlife is. She amazes her four young children with a video of her scruffing a tiny wood mouse.

Former speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow takes the wheel on this road trip with athletics superstar Sally Gunnell. Along for the ride in the Rolls Royce Corniche are experts Izzy Balmer and Raj Bisra as the teams battle around Brighton in search of bargains. Inspired by her father, Sally runs straight for a milking stool, while John makes an emotional elephant purchase inspired by his mu

Alice travels through the west of Britain, exploring the region's most exciting archaeological digs. A previously unknown Roman villa complex is unearthed west of Oxford, including the well-preserved foundations of a villa. On the island of Anglesey, at a World War II airbase that was the site of the most significant iron age discovery ever made in Wales, MOD metal detectorists discover a fully ar

Simon Schama traces how artists have tried to make sense of Britain's place in the world after the end of empire. As mass immigration changed the face of the country, artists and writers have attempted to redefine what British society looks like. From the arrival in Britain from the Caribbean of calypso performer Lord Woodbine aboard the Empire Windrush in 1948, providing an unlikely early influen

Ed Gamble returns for the official Traitors visualised podcast, continuing to unpack the drama, deception and betrayal of the ultimate reality game of trust and treachery! In this seventh episode, Ed dives into the latest twists as the most recent banished and murdered players share their first reactions to discovering the Traitors among them, with exclusive unseen footage from the castle.

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Police believe they've shot one of the would-be 21 July bombers on a tube train. But was he a terrorist or was he an innocent bystander? Witnesses say he leapt the ticket barriers, running away from police At the scene, the dead man's personal effects suggest he's a Brazilian called Jean Charles de Menezes and not the bomber. Nobody tells commissioner Sir Ian Blair, who holds a press conference in

Highlights from the fourth day of the 2025 Masters snooker tournament.

As the game reaches the halfway point, the Players' suspicions get stronger, but are they focusing on the right people? With a mission which only adds fuel to the fire, many are left in a sticky situation that dominates a dramatic Round Table. In a game where no-one can rest on their laurels, the Traitors face their biggest challenge yet in deciding which Faithful they want out of the picture.

An edict issued by Hitler threatens the fate of one of the captured SAS.

Fiona Bruce and Philip Mould investigate a lovely landscape painting, purported to be by one of the forefathers of impressionism and one of the most important artists of the 19th century, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot. Its owner, Sally Green's late husband, bought it in the late 70s, primarily for the impressive frame. He was always intrigued by the painting and wondered if it was genuine. Sally is

Highlights of programmes on BBC Two.

Today's episode looks back at two former Escape missions which took place in south west Wales, in and around the county of Pembrokeshire. First, Briony May Williams reunites with a buyer who, in the spring of 2023 was ready to embark on her first ever house hunt, leaving her Warwickshire town home of 60 years to fulfil a life-long ambition of moving to the Welsh countryside. She bought one of the

Nigel and his wife Laura have recently moved into their dream cottage by the sea. However, the smaller space means they're struggling to find room for all the belongings that used to fill their larger family home. Every room is filled with boxes, packed with collections, inherited items and their grown-up children's old toys. Worried about parting with something valuable without expert guidance, t

Monty travels from the rugged north west coast of Scotland to the north east of England. He visits some of the most inhospitable places in the country and yet finds gardens that are flourishing. He sees romantic castles and some of the private gardens of the King, and explores gardens that challenge our idea of what a garden even is.

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Coverage of the 2025 Masters tournament from Alexandra Palace in London.

Our weird world throws up more surprises for Chris Packham. In this episode, Chris reveals how deadly poisonous frogs can save lives, why we see faces in everything, and how one woman's pants spontaneously burst into flame.

Flog It! comes from Glemham Hall in the Suffolk countryside, which dates back to the Tudor era. Antiques expert David Fletcher discovers some scripts from the television series Lovejoy, which featured a Suffolk antique dealer, and Jonathan Pratt spots some Beatles bobbing-head dolls designed to fit in a car. Paul Martin follows in the footsteps of local composer Benjamin Britten.

Every day this week, celebrity contestants Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, Ania Magliano, Joe Swash and Jasmine Takhar take on a series of quiz rounds selected by the host, quiz legend Richard Osman. A daily winner is declared following a quickfire round at the end of each show, and the scores are tallied across the week, resulting in an overall champion being crowned on Friday. Will the winning stars opt

Actor Joanna Page helps triage two baby pigeons who have been brought in before they have even grown their feathers. She also checks over a hedgehog mum and her two hoglets, who had been brought in by a local resident. She revisits the fox cubs that she weighed as she started her training at the wildlife centre and helps take them to a soft release pen in the woods.

Coverage of the 2025 Masters tournament from Alexandra Palace in London.

This episode showcases the best archaeology found in the south of the UK. First, we travel to the Killerton estate in Devon, where the National Trust are hunting for remains of a manor house buried somewhere on the grounds. The house played a pivotal part in the English Civil War and even hosted parliamentarian leader Oliver Cromwell as he laid siege to the city of Exeter. Historian Yasmin Khan ta

On the second leg of her journey, Miriam is intrigued by the Australian concept of mateship and how Australia is the only country in the world to enshrine it in its culture. Miriam's first stop is a roadhouse south of Alice Springs, where she meets Spud and his mates. She discovers she has a lot to learn about the concept that she considers very masculine. Spud introduces her to Heather, one of th

Ed Gamble returns for the official Traitors visualised podcast, continuing to unpack the drama, deception and betrayal of the ultimate reality game of trust and treachery! In this eighth episode, Ed dives into the latest twists as the most recent banished and murdered players share their first reactions to discovering the Traitors among them, with exclusive unseen footage from the castle.

The day's important national and international news stories.

On 5 November 1605, a group of radical Catholic conspirators, including Guy Fawkes, came within hours of blowing up the Houses of Parliament. Their aim was to assassinate the Protestant king James I and destroy his government in an attempt to restore England to the Catholic faith. Had it not been stopped, this one moment of violence could have changed the history of the country entirely. The Gunpo