Antiques Roadshow Antiques Roadshow Antiques Roadshow is a British television programme in which antiques appraisers travel to various regions of the United Kingdom (and occasionally in other countries) to appraise antiques brought in by local people. It has been running since 1979, based on a 1977 documentary programme. The programme has spawned versions in other countries with the same TV format, including Canada and the United States. As of 2018 it is in its 40th series and is currently presented by Fiona Bruce. The programme began as a 1977 BBC documentary about a London auction house doing a tour of the West
Radio Four Roadshow Radio Four Roadshow The Radio Four Roadshow was a 1980s UK radio comedy series, broadcast on BBC Radio 4. The programme's comedian presenters, who included Tony Hawks, would visit a different town or city in the UK in each edition. The running joke was that the presenters were trying to entice young people away from BBC Radio One, a pop music station, to Radio Four, a conservative speech-based station. The title of the programme was derived from the BBC Radio One roadshows (in which the station's disc jockeys would tour Britain's seaside resorts each summer, presenting from a different town