BBC ONE’s popular Sunday evening programme ANTIQUES ROADSHOW opens its doors to the public when it visits the Robin Park Sports Centre on Thursday 9^th October, 2003.

Some of Britain’s leading antiques and fine arts specialists will be on hand to offer free advice and valuations to visitors, who are invited to raid their attics and bring along their family heirlooms, household treasures and car boot bargains for inspection by the experts.

Michael Aspel, who has presented the Roadshow for the past three years, will be accompanying the Roadshow as it travels around Britain. "The Antiques Roadshow is literally a national treasure," says Michael. "It’s a detective story, a game show and a history lesson."

Producer Christopher Lewis says: "On an average day at the Roadshow we see about 1500 people. On exceptional days we clock up many more and on these occasions our experts see several thousand items between them".

The Roadshow’s doors open at 9.30 am and close at 4.30 pm. Queues often build up early in the morning and the Roadshow team point out that often it’s less busy in the afternoons.

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