Get the latest gossip

Antiques Roadshow hit by complaints as viewers fume over presenter Fiona Bruce


The BBC has set the record straight about Fiona Bruce's role on Antiques Roadshow after some fans made complaints. The series, featuring the presenter, is currently being repeated on BBC One, with new episodes expected later this year.

Last year we saw a dazzling range of items: jewellery bought for a few pounds at a car boot sale, an Olympic torch, a Rolex that had been through a lawnmower, punk T-shirts, a 2,000-year-old carved stone head, a silver jug used in a royal ritual." Filming for the 47th series of Antiques Roadshow is taking place this summer (Image: BBC)"And most memorably, a Victoria Cross medal awarded to a Sikh solider in the Second World War that was valued at a quarter of a million pounds. Fiona addressed the audience and said: "Given the emotional and often moving testimony you'll hear tonight, our experts won't be providing any valuations," adding that even "the most humble items will reveal powerful stories.

Get the Android app

Or read this on OK! Magazine

Read more on:

Photo of Fiona Bruce

Fiona Bruce

Related news:

News photo

Antiques Roadshow leaves viewers in tears after paying tribute to the Normandy landings with 'deeply humbling, moving and astonishing' D-Day special - while Fiona Bruce impresses viewers by speaking fluent French

News photo

BBC Antiques Roadshow's Fiona Bruce's love life - office romance to lockdown drama

News photo

Question Time host Fiona Bruce on ‘wake up call’ after working too much: ‘I just became ill’