Antiques Roadshow given in the original broadcast. Fiona Bruce together with individual "Antiques Roadshow" appraisers investigate the history of significant items, uncovering the stories that form the history of family heirlooms and finding out about their origin and authenticity. This one-season programme was broadcast in 2015 and comprises 15 episodes. In Sweden it was shown on SVT in Autumn 2018 under the name of "Engelska Antikrundan: Arvegodsens hemligheter" (""English Round of Antiques: The Secrets of the Heirlooms""). The first episode, about a Cromwellian escutcheon, was given three stars (out of five) by Christopher Stevens of The Daily Mail, while Ellen E Jones
Antiques Roadshow and has been imitated by other TV production companies around the world. In the United Kingdom, annual children's Christmas specials aired from 1991 until 2006. These specials aired under the title "Antiques Roadshow: The Next Generation" (except for the 1991 edition, which was titled "Antiques Roadshow Going Live") and used a specially reworked version of the regular theme music. However, there was no children's special in 2007; instead an edition was devoted to "antiques of the future" dating from the 1950s to the present day. Since then individually themed specials have been aired, though not every year. A spin-off programme,