Antiques Road Trip

This programme is nice easy going watching but now has a niggle that bothers my wife and myself. Over the past couple of seasons, (the celebrity version especially) the participants have been given higher and higher discounts - at a totally unrealistic level -for example the last few episodes has seen 70% off given quite few times. This is fabricated and put in place so at auction it gives the "players" more chance of turning a profit -taking any realism out of the program - just try going into any antiques shop and asking for anything greater than a 30% discount....no chance. Puts you off tuning in !!!

Wish David Harper didn't have to wear those revealing tight trousers, puts me off my dinner.

Most of the time it's always the same old tat they are buying, very occasionally unearthing a real gem of a find.

After watching an evening of awful far-fetched soaps, over-extended dramas or rubbish reality, it's a pleasant change to revert to my recordings of Antique Road Trip. Okay so I'm interested in antiques, it may not appeal to those who aren't, but for me it works - they should make more episodes. The format is simple, each week two antique dealers/ experts/ auctioneers drive around the country buying antiques and collectibles with a starting sum of £200 they the then sell their wares at auction at the end of each episode, their profit, or loss, carries forward until the final at the end of the week. Any profit goes to charity.

I've just watched a cringe- making 2021 road trip "starring" Tim Medhurst and Irita Marriott. Both incredibly immature, both socially and professionally, doing endless selfie moments for the camera. Maybe the producers think it's cool progress. Irita, in particular, is excruciatingly contrived and childish. Wrecks a good format. Please give us some seasoned and interesting personalities again. More like Romper Room than an adult's light entertainment using these self-conscious post-teens.

I enjoy this show very much with one exception, Anita, she believes the show is all about buying as cheaply as possible and wants to win at any cost.