The Bidding Room - Season 1

Season 1

Episodes

Episode 1
Nigel Havers presents a programme in which five dealers bid against one another to buy intriguing items brought in by members the public. The opening edition features an unusual item of hairdressing memorabilia, something salvaged from a tip, a classic piece of industrial furniture and a beloved toy.

Episode 2
Visitors try to get a good deal on an unusual key, a harmonica, an early 20th-century underwear advert, and a Victorian silver belt. Nigel Havers presents.

Episode 3
Nigel Havers welcomes four more people with interesting items to sell, including a doll designed to teach resuscitation, and a collection of dairy artefacts.

Episode 4
Five dealers compete to buy items including an unusual musical instrument, a wartime phone being sold for charity, and a cake stand with cakes thrown in. Presented by Nigel Havers.

Episode 5
Nigel Havers and valuation expert Simon Bower welcome four more people with interesting items they'd like to sell. Nigel then invites the dealers to bid against one another to secure a vintage fairground game, a 19th-century Chinese inkwell, a 1950s toy pedal car and a Victorian watchman's clock.

Episode 6
Five dealers bid against one another to buy intriguing items brought in by members of the public, including a selection of Hornby model railway equipment. Nigel Havers presents.

Episode 7
Five dealers compete to make an offer on a collection of Matchbox toy cars, a collection of silver-plated goblets, a snuff box, and a model giraffe taken from a carousel.

Episode 8
Five dealers compete to buy items including pieces of pottery saved from a tip, two unusual fire screens and a mirror. Presented by Nigel Havers.

Episode 9
The dealers compete to buy a classic 1970s Chopper bicycle, a bottle of Japanese whisky, a hand-written account of a First World War Zeppelin raid on Southend and a bed of nails.

Episode 10
The dealers compete to buy a model Spitfire, a pair of gilt cherubs, two ancient stone Celtic heads and a retro pub sign from a West Midlands brewery. Presented by Nigel Havers.

Episode 11
Five dealers bid against each other to buy four new items - a vintage bucket with a dark past, a beautiful jewellery box, two chairs that bamboozle them and an antique foot warmer.

Episode 12
Sellers try to get a deal for a painting by early 20th-century artist William Russell Flint, a tin rocket toy, a set of retro formica furniture, and a carved Japanese walking stick.

Episode 13
Five dealers compete to buy items including a collection of printing plates, a retro Olivetti typewriter and a toy steam engine. Presented by Nigel Havers.

Episode 14
The dealers compete to buy an ornate clock by the distinguished British horologist Charles Frodsham, an antique tombola machine, a 19th-century armchair and a vintage coffee set.

Episode 15
The dealers are intrigued by a vintage petrol lighter based on Donald Campbell's land speed record racing car, a Georgian needlework box, a 1970s kitsch musical drinks decanter and a collection of Second World War memorabilia. Presented by Nigel Havers.

Episode 16
In the Bidding Room today, the dealers compete to buy a Danish silver bracelet, a pair of Victorian horse hair singers, a set of candlesticks and two mid-century modern chairs.

Episode 17
Today's sellers bring in some hidden treasure, two unusual machines, some Scandi furniture and a beautiful pocket watch. Will the dealers bid up to the prices the sellers want?

Episode 18
Five dealers compete to buy items including an unusual musical instrument, a perfume bottle being sold to help a three-legged dog and a medical item with a curious smell.

Episode 19
Five dealers compete to buy an old English sheep dog from Stoke pottery Beswick and a preserve bowl by renowned potter Clarice Cliff.

Episode 20
In the Bidding Room today, the dealers go head to head over a religious statue, a pair of Bakelite phones, a glimpse into the future and a piece of rock n roll history.

Episode 21
Five dealers compete to buy a vintage Steiff teddy bear, a Georgian nut cracker, a very special bottle of wine and a retro tin toy.

Episode 22
Five dealers compete to buy an Edwardian shoe closet, a bronze racehorse, a 17th-century writing desk and a set of commemorative Concorde service medals.

Episode 23
Four new sellers arrive with everything from dolls head moulds to movie posters and Scandi furniture. So will the dealers bid, and will the sellers get the prices they want?

Episode 24
Five dealers bid against each other to buy a vintage pommel horse, a French wedding globe and an intriguing wooden toy.

Episode 25
Four new sellers arrive hoping to persuade the dealers to bid against each other for a royal coin collection, two unique mirrors, a Russian-themed barometer and an ice shaver.

Episode 26
Today a Danish rarity, some Indian history, Italian jewellery and a ship's wheel are brought in. Will the dealers bid on them, and will the sellers get the money they want?

Episode 27
Wannabe dealer Alfie, aged just 11, tries to sell his scooter to the dealers. They are also offered a unique maths tool, an unusual birthing chair and a 1930s shop till.

Episode 28
Four new sellers arrive with everything from a penny farthing bike to a block of silver. So will the dealers bid, and will the sellers get the prices they're after?

Episode 29
Five dealers bid against each other to buy items brought in by the public, including a glass chandelier from Venice and a vintage table hockey game.

Episode 30
Five dealers are offered a collection of 1940s costume drawings, an Edwardian safe, some unusual figurines and a very old Corpus Christi. Will they be tempted to buy?
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