Fiona Bruce introduces unscreened gems from recent shows, including a cross believed to have been gifted by Marie Antoinette en route to the guillotine.

Unscreend Gems

Fiona Bruce

Season 40

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Fiona Bruce and the team visit Audley End near Saffron Walden in Essex. Scouring through the family treasures brought in by visitors, the experts discover a varied set of items. These include the sword that ended the War of Independence in America, a large collection of toilet chains, a beautiful silver container that once contained the gall stone of a goat and three vases decorated with fairies.

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A return visit to Audley End in Essex sees Fiona Bruce and the team of experts meeting thousands of visitors who are bringing family treasures for appraisal. Amongst objects brought to camera are a table that was supposedly used to sign Napoleon's abdication and a giant bronze cockerel buried in both world wars to avoid being melted down for ammunition.

Audley End 2

Fiona Bruce and the team of experts make a return visit to Hanbury Hall near Droitwich in Worcestershire, where it seems that extraordinarily large objects are the talking point of the day.

Hanbury Hall 2

Fiona Bruce and the team head to Cheshire for a day of valuations at Arley Hall and Gardens.

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A return visit to the enchanting gardens of Arley Hall in Cheshire finds Fiona Bruce and the team of experts hard at work. It's a rich day of finds as family treasures come under scrutiny.

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Fiona Bruce and the team pay a return visit to the magnificent Broughton Castle near Banbury in Oxfordshire.

Broughton Castle 2

Fiona Bruce and the team visit the moated manor house of Baddesley Clinton, just 15 miles from the bustle of Birmingham.

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A visit to Baddesley Clinton sees the team uncover an exceptionally rare silver box, a revealing painting and two gold boxes once used by surgeons to apply snuff.

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Antiques Roadshow boards the Flying Scotsman for a special edition that celebrates the golden age of travel.

Golden Age of Travel Special

In a special edition, Fiona Bruce looks at the most talked about finds of the year. Plus a look ahead to the locations for 2017.

Highlights of 2016

Fiona Bruce and the Antiques Roadshow team make a return visit to Tewkesbury Abbey in Gloucestershire to uncover more treasures.

Tewkesbury Abbey 2

Fiona Bruce and a small team of experts meet a remarkable group of British survivors whose lives were shattered by the events of World War II.

Holocaust Memorial

The team head to Burton Constable Hall near Hull. Items of interest include the first transatlantic airmail letter and diaries of an SS officer.

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Fiona Bruce and the Antiques Roadshow team head to Burton Constable Hall near Hull. Objects brought in by visitors include a ship's anchor found in a garden pond.

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Fiona Bruce and the team head to Caversham Park near Reading, where some 19th-century watercolour illustrations are brought for valuation.

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The team visit Pembroke Castle in west Wales, where photographs revealing the last days of the Russian royal family are brought along for valuation.

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A return visit for Fiona Bruce and the experts to Pembroke Castle in West Wales. Objects featured include a rare sapphire ring and Pope Pius XII's papal hat.

Pembroke Castle 2

Fiona Bruce and the experts head to Senate House, Britain's first skyscraper. Objects brought in for scrutiny include stained-glass panels found in a skip.

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Fiona Bruce and the team head for the beautiful gardens of Trelissick near Truro in Cornwall. Objects include a bust of Churchill, a group of medals and a lifebelt.

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Fiona Bruce and the team head to Ightham Mote near Sevenoaks in Kent. Items featured include Walter Scott's walking cane and two very early cricket bats.

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Fiona Bruce and the experts visit Ightham Mote near Sevenoaks in Kent, where items include a gold ring containing a lock of Byron's hair and some postcards from 1916.

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Fiona Bruce and the experts visit the 18th-century cotton mill of New Lanark, where items include a pearl necklace and a rare cuddly toy found in a skip.

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Fiona Bruce and the team are in New Lanark. Treasures brought before the cameras include diamond jewels found hidden in a chair and a jug rescued from a pawn shop.

New Lanark 2

Fiona Bruce presents from the grounds of BBC Caversham near Reading. Items featured include a communion book once owned by Wilfred Owen and a vintage Aston Martin.

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The team travel to the Lake District, where Fiona Bruce and the experts meet hundreds of local visitors proudly bringing their family treasures for evaluation.

Antiques Roadshow is a British television show in which antiques appraisers travel to various regions of the United Kingdom to appraise antiques brought in by local people. It has been running since 1979. There are also international versions of the programme.

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