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Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Esther Rantzen CBE and Rebecca Wilcox
Season 4
Episode 7
Television aristocracy Esther Rantzen challenges daughter and television presenter Rebecca Wilcox in a competition for antique glory in and around Reading. Along the way, Rebecca delights in diving into much loved romance novels, and Esther hears the moving stories of British evacuees during World War II.
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58:50
Historians Suzannah Lipscomb & Kate learn about Mrs. Beeton, the first domestic goddess.
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58:45
Lynn Faulds Wood hunts for old biscuit tins while John Stapleton searches for rare lamps.
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58:56
Susan Cookson discovers her inner haggler as Suzanne Packer keeps the purse string tight.
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58:56
Tony Christie visits Coalbrookdale, a center of the industrial revolution.
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58:41
Nicki Chapman and Jules Hudson meet a clog maker who carves shoes by hand.
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58:15
Pop icon and actress Claire Grogan sees how stirling castle looked in the 16th century.
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59:02
Ching He-Huang hopes antiques with an eastern origin will far well at auction.
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59:10
What does best at the auction? Is it ex-agent Michael Whitehall's tambourine?