As you may have guessed, I have a cunning idea for a new TV show.
You’ve probably heard of, if not seen, BBC1’s long-running Antiques Roadshow, presented by Bruce Parker Angela Rippon Arthur Negus Hugh Scully Michael Aspel Fiona Bruce?
In a nutshell, members of the public trog along to a screening with a worthless pile of old tat valued and ancient family heirloom. The BBC gets a subject expert to put a valuation on the object d’art which disappoints the shit out of amazes and astounds the previously unsuspecting chancer owner.
My idea for the new show is a variation on this, but utilising a little of the other show about old things – Time Team.
AR+30 (Antiques Roadshow, 30 Years On), to use the shooting name, revisits the people who flogged off the family jewels took advantage of of a fluid market, and sold their goods as soon as they were valued.
In AR+30, the presenter will rock up to the door and ask the person how they feel knowing that the thing they sold for £250 thirty years ago is now worth £8,500.
[cue: nice tight focus in super slowmo on the rapidly dropping expression of the member of the public]
What do you think?
Ha ha! You are a bit like that viz character; ‘Roger Melly, the man on telly’. He used to come up with bizarre TV programmes too. Actually, I have to say that I love your idea for the programme. It’s definitely a winner! (I think)
I think it will be difficult choosing the presenter: Fiona Bruce or Tony Robinson.
Only one way to find out which is best: Fight! Fight!…
Not the first show to spin off AR. There was Celebrity Apprentice before.
My idea for a TV show is pretty simple and involves very little change to an existing formula. I’d tune in to Survivor: New York.
I like it, I think it’s got legs. After all, the only reason anyone ever watches the terminally dull Antiques Roadshow is to snigger at the faces of the people who thought their utterly hideous bit of old crap was worth £10k but find out that it’s worth £120 on a good day with a prevailing wind.