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Episode list
Eric Knowles and the grupp are in Cheshire hunting for bargains in an antiques centre. Eric takes time away to learn about the challenging lives of blacksmiths at the Black Country Living Museum.
Today's teams are shopping at an antiques centre in Elsecar and Anita Manning pops to Sheffield to learn the craft of a cutler before heading to auction in the home of steel.
Anita Manning is at the helm of today's show from Harrogate and learns more about a famous quilter with the help of a local museum.
Tensions arise between father and daughter on the Blue Team and the Red Team are in danger of running out of time. Meanwhile, Eric visits a fairy-tale castle.
A woodworm-infested child's rocking chair and a Chinese vase are both not what they appears to be when the teams get them to auction. Also, Colin Young gives Charlie Ross a crash-course in English furniture.
Presenter Eric Knowles is in Malvern where he learns more about local resid
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Bargain Hunt's Anita Manning's life now as expert embraces new look
Bargain Hunt: Anita Manning looks at a Golden Ticket
Bargain Hunt expert Anita Manning returns to the BBC daytime series in a presenter role. She has been a central part of the antiques series for many years.
She started her TV career in 2010 and viewers came to recognise Anita for her eccentric style and charming Scottish accent. The 76-year-old could often be seen sporting her iconic black bob, which was always perfectly coiffed.
However recently, she has been spotted embracing natural grey hair, which has been cropped even shorter as part of a drastic transformation. She was seen hosting an auction on an episode of Bargain Hunt and was almost unrecognisable.
Claimed to be the first female auctioneer in Scotland, Anita has been in the business for over half a century, starting out in the 1970s. She initially studied PE and dance before turning her attention to buying and selling furniture.
Since 1989 she
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Bargain Hunt
British television series
Not to be confused with Bargain Hunters.
For the retail chain, see Bargain Hunt (retail store).
Bargain Hunt is a British television programme in which two pairs of contestants are challenged to buy antiques from shops or a fair and then sell them in an auction for a profit. It has aired on BBC One since 13 March 2000 in a daytime version, and from 22 August 2002 to 13 November 2004 in a primetime version.
Bargain Hunt was originally presented by David Dickinson. From 2003 to January 2016 it was presented by Tim Wonnacott.[1] In 2016 the format changed to a rota of hosts from a "team of experts" fronting the series.
Format
[edit]Bargain Hunt has undergone various TV formats and rule changes since it premiered in 2000. Most episodes are 45 minutes in length, though 30-minute versions and one-hour "live" editions have also been produced.
Two teams – designated the "Reds" and the "Blues" – compete. Each team has two