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ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: Wightwick Manor 2

Presenter Fiona Bruce outside Wightwick Manor, near Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England.
Courtesy of Olwen Gillespie © BBC 2014
Presenter Fiona Bruce outside Wightwick Manor, near Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England.

Airs Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. on KPBS TV

The UK version of ANTIQUES ROADSHOW returns as presenter Fiona Bruce and the team are in search of more family treasures.

A return visit to Wightwick Manor near Wolverhampton for Fiona Bruce and the experts is featured in this episode.

Specialist Will Farmer is impressed by a pair reproduction 'Blackamoor' candelabra.
Courtesy of Olwen Gillespie © BBC 2014
Specialist Will Farmer is impressed by a pair reproduction 'Blackamoor' candelabra.

Discoveries include two drawings made by one of Britain's greatest artists, JMW Turner, including one found recently in the manor itself.

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Also see objects once owned by the last survivor of the Titanic which were sold to pay for the cost of care home accommodation.

Will Farmer is interested in a collection of memorabilia of the last survivor of the Titanic, Millvina Dean.
Courtesy of Olwen Gillespie © BBC 2014
Will Farmer is interested in a collection of memorabilia of the last survivor of the Titanic, Millvina Dean.

A collector brings in examples from his hundreds of posters celebrating the spaghetti western.

Specialist Paul Viney finds a collection of spaghetti western film posters.
Courtesy of Olwen Gillespie © BBC 2014
Specialist Paul Viney finds a collection of spaghetti western film posters.

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CREDITS:

A BBC production. Producer: Michele Burgess. Series Editor: Simon Shaw (PRICELESS ANTIQUES ROADSHOW). Presenter: Fiona Bruce (THE QUEEN’S PALACES)