Antiques Roadshow (series 26)

Antiques Roadshow is a British television series produced by the BBC since 1979. Series 26 (2003/04) comprised 25 editions that were broadcast by the BBC from 7 September 2003 – March 2004[1][2][3]

The dates in brackets given below are the dates each episode was filmed at the location. The date not in brackets is the episode's first UK airing date on BBC One.

Series /
Episode
Aired
Location   Host & Experts   Notes
26/1
7 September 2003
Sudeley Castle
Winchcombe
Gloucestershire
Michael Aspel
&
Gordon Lang
David Battie
Paul Atterbury
Hilary Kay[1]
– Aspel arrives in the Citroen 2CV with the grandfather clock sticking up through its roof.[3]
26/2
14 September 2003
Bala
Snowdonia
Wales
Michael Aspel
&
David Battie
Eric Knowles
John Axford
Andrew Davis[1]
[3]
26/3
21 September 2003
Burton Upon Trent Michael Aspel
&
Lars Tharp
David Battie
Gordon Lang
Martin Levy
Natalie Harris
John Benjamin
Nicholas Mitchell
Ian Harris
Richard Price[1]
[3]
26/4
28 September 2003
Carnbrea Leisure Centre
Redruth
Michael Aspel
&
Natalie Harris
Andrew Davis
Christopher Payne
David Battie
Paul Atterbury
Hilary Kay[1]
– the house where William Murdoch invented gas lighting.[3]
26/5
5 October 2003
National Maritime Museum
Falmouth
Michael Aspel
&
David Battie
Andrew Davis
Hilary Kay[1]
Suhaili, round the world boat of Sir Robin Knox-Johnston[3]
26/6
12 October 2003
Dumfries Ice Bowl
Dumfries
Michael Aspel
&
Hilary Kay
Lars Tharp
John Benjamin
Richard Price
David Battie
Paul Atterbury[1]
[3]
26/7
19 October 2003
Cressing Temple Barns
Cressing Temple
Essex
Michael Aspel
&
Christopher Wood
Andrew Davis
David Battie
Paul Atterbury
Lars Tharp[1]
– the way things were, when the horse, the plough and the wagon reigned supreme.[3]
26/8
26 October 2003
Chichester Cathedral
Chichester
Michael Aspel
&
Nicholas Mitchell
Natalie Harris
Ian Harris
David Battie
Eric Knowles[1]
– new episode showing unseen moments filmed in series 25[3]
26/9
2 November 2003
Kendal Castle
Kendal
Michael Aspel
&
Eric Knowles
Lars Tharp
Hilary Kay
Paul Atterbury
David Battie
Natalie Harris
Ian Harri
Christopher Payne[1]

– birthplace of Katherine Parr
– artifacts of hill walker and writer Alfred Wainwright who was also honorary curator of the museum. Including office desk, pipe and socks. [3]

26/10
9 November 2003
Dyrham Park
Dyrham
Gloucestershire
Michael Aspel
&
Christopher Payne
Gordon Lang
Paul Atterbury
Lars Tharp[1]

– Dyrham in old English means a valley frequented by deer.
– Dyrham Park was owned by the Wynter family for many generations.
– Harriet Wynter married a civil servant called William Blathwayt who remodelled the Elizabethan manor house, the west front by Samuel Hauduroy and the east front by William Talman, King William III's architect.
– Blathwayt also redesigned the grounds into formal gardens with cascades, parterres and forest walks. But by the time it was completed, around 1717, it was out of fashion and the gardens had disappeared within 100 years.
[3]

26/11
16 November 2003
Dyrham Park Compilation Michael Aspel
&
John Benjamin
Richard Price
David Battie
Paul Atterbury
Lars Tharp[1]
[3]
26/12
23 November 2003
Boston
Lincolnshire
Michael Aspel
&
Christopher Wood
David Battie
Lars Tharp[1]

– Bostonian ancestors founded Boston, Massachusetts. – named after the 6th century missionary, St. Botolph.[3]

26/13
30 November 2003
Clitheroe Michael Aspel
&
Natalie Harris
Christopher Wood
John Baddeley
Gordon Lang
Hilary Kay
Lars Tharp[1]

– the old industries were clog making and cotton milling
– the most important current employer is't quarry.[3]

26/14
7 December 2003
Abergavenny Michael Aspel
&
Christopher Payne[1]
– the once thriving colliery is now a museum[3]
26/15
14 December 2003
Mount Stewart Michael Aspel
&
Nicholas Mitchell
Christopher Wood{
Richard Price
Gordon Lang
David Battie
Eric Knowles[1]
– the gardens at Mount Stewart were designed 80 years ago by Edith Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Marchioness of Londonderry, wife of Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry.[3]
26/16
21 December 2003
Mount Stewart
Episode 2
Michael Aspel
&
Nicholas Mitchell
Christopher Wood
Richard Price
Gordon Lang
David Battie
Eric Knowles[1]
[3]

28 December 2003
Next Generation Michael Aspel
&
Natalie Harris
John Benjamin
David Battie
Paul Atterbury
Hilary Kay
Lars Tharp[1]
[3]
26/17
4 January 2004
Woburn Abbey Michael Aspel
&
David Battie
Paul Atterbury
Hilary Kay
Lars Tharp
Eric Knowles[1]
– history of the Russells Duke of Bedford who have owned Woburn Abbey for 500 years. The main characters and builders who shaped the Abbey and on how parts of the building have gone into decline. The Abbey has been reinvented to create income, cover death duties and maintenance.[3]
26/18
11 January 2004
Woburn Abbey
Special
Michael Aspel
&
[1]
[3]
26/19
18 January 2004
Scarborough, North Yorkshire Michael Aspel
&
Eric Knowles
Hilary Kay
Paul Atterbury
Gordon Lang
Christopher Payne
Ian Harris
Andrew Davis
Natalie Harris[1]
– t'Grand Hotel (Scarborough) on t'seafront, t'Spa and its sun terrace, majestic ironwork bridges, Scarborough funiculars which have been running since 1875 and the grandiose local museum.[3]
26/20
25 January 2004
St Ives
Cambridgeshire
Michael Aspel
&
Richard Price
Ian Harris
Gordon Lang
Paul Atterbury
Hilary Kay
Lars Tharp[1]
– by the River Great Ouse with rich soil of the Great Fen. Wool and cattle town, 70 pubs served the local farmers.[3]
26/21
1 February 2004
Royal Hospital Halsar
Gosport Peninsula
Michael Aspel
&
Lars Tharp
Hilary Kay
Richard Price
Christopher Payne
Gordon Lang
John Baddeley[1]

– Royal Hospital Haslar was designed by architect, Theodore Jacobsen.
– Scottish physician James Lind was one of the first in charge and known as the "Father of Nautical Medicine". He pioneered citrus juice as a treatment for scurvy[3]

26/22
8 February 2004
Michael Aspel
&
[1]
[3]
26/23
13 February 2004
Michael Aspel
&
[1]
[3]
26/24
20 February 2004
Michael Aspel
&
[1]
[3]
26/25
13 March 2004
Michael Aspel
&
[1]
[3]
26/26
20 March 2004
Michael Aspel
&
[1]
[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab TV.com Antiques Roadshow Series 26 database[dead link]
  2. ^ Homes And Antiques, Meet the Experts
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab "BBC, Antiques Roadshow Series 26 programme guide". Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
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