Bargain Hunt
Season 52
201828 episodes
Episode 1
'Casualty' Children in Need Special: Doctors v Nurses
Nov 16, 201844m
Charlie Ross and Pudsey are joined by stars from the popular medical TV drama Casualty for a blue light BBC Children in Need special. Actors Sunetra Sarker and Michael French face nursing colleagues Suzanne Packer and Amanda Henderson in an emergency dash around the Ardingly Antiques Fair with £300 and an hour to buy three items to take to auction. The operation is to raise loads of money for BBC Children in Need.
Episode 2
Stamford Meadows 5
Jan 21, 201944m
Natasha Raskin Sharp is leading proceedings today from Stamford Meadows in Lincolnshire. Mark Stacey and Gary Pe are the experts helping the reds and blues spend £300 on three items within an hour in the hope they’ll make a profit at the auction! Natasha also visits the Stamford Mercury News Archive home to Britain's oldest continuously published newspaper title.
Episode 3
Ardingly 10
Jan 25, 201944m
Charlie Ross looks after proceedings from Ardingly Antiques Fair, where a father and son take on mother and son. Tim Weeks leads the red team, while Charles Hanson takes charge of the blues. The bargain hunters have to spend £300 on three items within an hour in the hope they will make a profit at the auction. Charlie passes go and meets a record breaker with an amazing collection of Monopoly boards that cost £250,000.
Episode 4
Peterborough 13
Jan 28, 201944m
Two mums and their daughters take on the Bargain Hunt challenge at Peterborough's Festival of Antiques. Today's experts Jonathan Pratt and Nick Hall help the teams spend their £300 on three items but which team makes a thumping profit at today's auction over in Lichfield? Eric Knowles tells why 18th-century drinking glasses can be worth some money and which ones to look out for.
Episode 5
Lincoln 32
Feb 8, 201943m
Today, the show comes from Lincoln. Eric Knowles takes up the reins with experts Gary Pe and Jonathan Pratt. The reds and blues race around the grounds of the Lincolnshire Antiques and Home Show, hoping to bag themselves a bargain and make a profit at auction. Meanwhile, Eric uncovers the intriguing story behind a collection of postcards from the WWI era.
Episode 6
Stamford Meadows 6
Feb 11, 201944m
Natasha Raskin Sharp presents from Stamford Meadows in Lincolnshire, with experts Mark Stacey and Gary Pe. The reds and blues spend £300 on three items within an hour, hoping to make a profit at auction. Natasha also finds out how to spot rare books that could be worth thousands of pounds.
Episode 7
Ardingly 11
Feb 15, 201944m
Charlie Ross joins experts Tim Weeks and Charles Hanson at The Ardingly Antiques and Collectors fair. The reds and blues compete to find some bargains, hoping to make a profit at auction. Charlie learns about one of the bravest British heroines of the 20th century.
Episode 8
Newmarket Sawbridgeworth 2
Feb 18, 201944m
Anita Manning looks after proceedings at Newmarket Racecourse where two teams of married couples go head to head. John Cameron leads the reds, while Caroline Hawley takes charge of the blues. Our bargain hunters have to spend £300 on three items within an hour in the hope they'll make a profit at the auction in Suffolk. Meanwhile, Anita goes looking for answers from antique hunters at the fair. Will they guess what her mystery object is?
Episode 9
Ardingly 12
Feb 22, 201944m
Charlie Ross joins experts Tim Weeks and Charles Hanson at The Ardingly Antiques & Collectors fair. The reds and blues go head to head to find some bargains that they hope will make a profit at auction. Meanwhile, Charlie meets one of the biggest stars of 1950s radio, ventriloquist dummy Archie Andrews.
Episode 10
Harrogate 21
Feb 25, 201944m
Bargain Hunt arrives in Yorkshire, where experts Philip Serrell and Raj Bisram guide the teams around the Harrogate fair. Presenter Natasha Raskin Sharp stops off at one of best-preserved Victorian Turkish baths in the UK. Back at the auction, as Caroline Hawley takes to the rostrum, which team will come out on top?
Episode 11
Stamford Meadows 7
Mar 1, 201944m
Natasha Raskin-Sharp is leading proceedings today from Stamford Meadows in Lincolnshire. Mark Stacey and Gary Pe are the experts helping the reds and blues spend £300 on three items within an hour in the hope that they’ll make a profit at the auction. Natasha also visits Grimsthorpe Castle to find out about their royal collection.
Episode 12
Newark 19
Mar 4, 201944m
Anita Manning joins experts Kate Bliss and Thomas Forrester at Newark antiques fair. The reds and blues try to find some bargains that they hope will make a profit at auction. Meanwhile, Anita joins Les Reid on the River Trent to learn about the rescue and restoration of his historic ‘Dumb Barge’.
Episode 13
Newmarket Sawbridgeworth 3
Mar 8, 201944m
Anita Manning looks after proceedings today from two antiques centres in the Hertfordshire town of Sawbridgeworth, where two teams of married couples go head to head. John Cameron leads the reds, while Caroline Hawley takes charge of the blues. Our bargain hunters have to spend £300 on three items within an hour in the hope they’ll make a profit at the auction in Suffolk. Meanwhile, Anita has a toy to tell us about, or is it?
Episode 14
Harrogate 22
Mar 11, 201944m
On today’s show, a pair of boardgaming best friends take on a mother and daughter at the fair in Harrogate. Assisting the red and blue teams are Philip Serrell and Raj Bisram. Meanwhile, presenter Natasha Raskin Sharp sets some of the other shoppers a challenge, and Caroline Hawley takes to the rostrum when the teams’ lots go under the hammer.
Episode 15
Dagsfields 29
Mar 18, 201943m
The reds and blues are bargain hunting at an antiques centre in Cheshire. Eric Knowles is overseeing the proceedings, and experts Ben Cooper and Richard Madley are helping our teams, who have some additional shopping challenges. As well as spending £300 in an hour, they must pay at least £75 for one of their items and complete a buying challenge of Eric’s choosing. Eric also pays a visit to the Potteries and the World of Wedgwood.
Episode 16
Stamford Meadows 8
Mar 22, 201944m
Natasha Raskin-Sharp is leading proceedings today from Stamford Meadows in Lincolnshire. Mark Stacey and Gary Pe are the experts helping the reds and blues spend £300 on three items within an hour in the hope that they’ll make a profit at the auction. Natasha also visits Grimsthorpe castle to view a special ceiling painting.
Episode 17
Harrogate 23
Mar 25, 201943m
A pair of angling friends take on a husband and wife, who are retired priests. Guiding them around the fair in Harrogate are experts Philip Serrell and Raj Bisram. Natasha Raskin Sharp is in charge of proceedings, but she takes some time out to find out what antiques got expert David Harper hooked on collecting.
Episode 18
Epsom/Dorking 26
Mar 29, 201944m
Charlie Ross looks after proceedings at Epsom Racecourse today, where the reds and blues go head to head to make as much profit as possible. Danny Sebastian and David Harper look after our bargain hunters, who have to spend £300 on three items within an hour in the hope they will make loads of money at the auction in Maidenhead.
Episode 19
Peterborough 14
Apr 1, 201944m
Today’s our reds and blues are bargain hunting at Peterborough’s East of England Showground. They’ll be joined by experts Nick Hall and Jonathan Pratt, who’ll be helping their teams spend £300 on three items with the aim of making a profit at auction in Lichfield. Eric Knowles talks about Toby Jugs with a young collector also called Toby.
Episode 20
Dagsfield 20
Apr 5, 201944m
Eric Knowles and the teams are bargain hunting at an antiques centre in Cheshire, and we are spicing things up with some changes to the rules. The red and blues with the help of experts Ben Cooper and Richard Madley still have one hour to find three items, but now one of their items must cost at least £75 and they must also buy an item of Eric’s choosing. Eric goes to Keele University to learn about a special ingredient that improved the manufacture of English porcelain.
Episode 21
Epsom/Dorking 27
Apr 8, 201944m
Charlie Ross looks after proceedings from Dorking in Surrey, where the reds and blues go head to head to make as much profit as possible. Danny Sebastian and David Harper look after our bargain hunters as they spend £300 on three items within an hour in the hope that they’ll make loads of money at the auction in Maidenhead.
Episode 22
Dagsfields 31
Apr 12, 201944m
Two teams of lively Liverpudlians take on today’s Bargain Hunt Challenge in Cheshire with the help of experts Ben Cooper and Richard Madley. As usual they have one hour to buy three items to take to auction, but today they have the added pressure of a shopping challenge chosen by Eric, and to add to that one of their items must cost at least £75. Eric also has a mystery object – will you be able to guess what it is?
Episode 23
Peterborough 15
Apr 15, 201944m
Two dads and their daughters take on the Bargain Hunt challenge at Peterborough’s Festival of Antiques. They’ll be joined by experts Jonathan Pratt and Nick Hall, but which team will prove victorious at today auction over in Lichfield. Eric Knowles visits Birmingham’s Coffin Works Museum, which provided the coffin furniture for the Winston Churchill and the Queen Mother.
Episode 24
Harrogate 24
Apr 19, 201944m
Today, the red and blue teams are shopping at the Harrogate fair, where Philip Serrell and Raj Bisram will be keeping them on track. Natasha Raskin Sharp finds out about the appeal of Robert ‘Mouseman’ Thompson’s work. Which team will triumph when their buys go under the hammer at Beverley Racecourse?
Episode 25
Newark 20
Apr 24, 201944m
Anita Manning joins experts Caroline Hawley and Paul Laidlaw at Newark antiques fair. The red and blue teams are on the lookout for some bargains that they hope will make a profit at auction. Meanwhile, Anita visits autograph auctioneer Richard Davie to look at letters and documents signed by such names as Nelson Mandela and Winston Churchill.
Episode 26
Peterborough 16
Apr 26, 201944m
On today’s astronomical Bargain Hunt, Eric Knowles finds out why Tim Peake’s space capsule has landed in Peterborough’s 900-year-old cathedral. Across the city, the reds and blues are shopping at the East of England Showground with experts Nick Hall and Jonathan Pratt, but will either team make a profit at today’s auction in Lichfield.
Episode 27
Epsom/Dorking 28
Apr 29, 201944m
Charlie Ross looks after proceedings from Dorking in Surrey, where the reds and blues go head to head to make as much profit as possible. Danny Sebastian and David Harper look after our bargain hunters, who have to spend £300 on three items within an hour in the hope they’ll make loads of money at the auction in Maidenhead.
Episode 28
Newmarket Sawbridgeworth 4
May 3, 201944m
Anita Manning looks after proceedings today from two antiques centres in the Hertfordshire town of Sawbridgeworth, where two teams of grandmother and granddaughters go head to head. John Cameron leads the reds, while Caroline Hawley takes charge of the blues. Our bargain hunters have to spend £300 on three items within an hour in the hope they’ll make a profit at the auction in Suffolk. Meanwhile, Anita gets into the groove and has a go at record collecting.