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Antiques Roadshow tonight – gold medal, football memorabilia, Picasso of the Philippines

Antiques Roadshow Series 44 Aston Hall - is it new or a repat?

Antiques Roadshow is back tonight (16 April 2023) on BBC One with its latest episode.

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Tonight’s repeat episode sees the team head to Aston Hall in Birmingham.

Fiona Bruce presents as treasures include wooden figures depicting characters from children’s favourite The Wind in the Willows and a stunning opal and diamond necklace from the 1900s.

Will Farmer discovers that celebrated poet and Aston local Benjamin Zephaniah is a passionate collector of money – in the form of unusual banknotes and currency, including a gold medal honouring Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie.

Raj Bisram is thrilled to see a collection of football memorabilia belonging to Aston Villa legend Eric Houghton, a celebrated player and manager when the club last won the FA Cup, while Rupert Maas is intrigued by a painting by an artist known as the Picasso of the Philippines.

Fuchsia Voremberg is captivated by a collection of artwork and mountaineering equipment that belonged to Theodore Howard Sommervell, a pioneering climber.

Meanwhile Chris Yeo hears the moving story of a woman found who a new life in the UK after being abandoned as a baby in Hong Kong in the 1960s.

Antiques Roadshow airs at 8PM on BBC One tonight, 16 April 2023.

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You can also watch episodes online via the BBC iPlayer here.

The series – the 45th to air overall – airs Sunday nights.

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