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''Antiques Roadshow'' is a British television show in which antiques appraisers travel to various regions of the United Kingdom (and occasionally in other countries) to appraise antiques brought in by local people. It has been running since 1979, based on a 1977 documentary series.〔(BBC – Cult – Classic TV – BBC – Title Sequences – The Antiques Roadshow )〕 The series has spanned international versions with the same TV format, including Canada and the United States. it is presented by Fiona Bruce.〔(Antiques Roadshow Web site: The Team )〕 == History == The series began as a 1977 BBC documentary about a London auction house doing a tour of the West Country in England. The pilot roadshow was recorded in Hereford on 17 May 1977 presented by contributor Bruce Parker, a presenter of news/current affairs program ''Nationwide'' and antiques expert Arthur Negus, who had previously worked on a similarly-themed show, ''Going for a Song''. The pilot was so successful that it was transmitted and the format has remained almost unchanged ever since. Negus appeared on ''Antiques Roadshow'' until 1983. In the original BBC series, various towns or famous places are advertised as venues. The original theme music was Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No 3 (for several years in a Moog synthesiser version by Walter Carlos), but was changed in the early 1990s to an original piece, by Paul Reade and Tim Gibson, which has been used ever since. The show has since visited a number of other countries (including Canada in 2001 and Australia in 2005) and has been imitated by other TV production companies around the world. In the United Kingdom, annual children's Christmas specials aired from 1991 until 2006. These specials aired under the title ''Antiques Roadshow: The Next Generation'' (except for the 1991 edition, which was titled ''Antiques Roadshow Going Live'') and used a specially reworked version of the regular theme music. However there was no children's special in 2007; instead an edition was devoted to "antiques of the future" dating from the 1950s to the present day. A spin-off series, ''20th Century Roadshow'', focusing on modern collectibles, aired between April and June 2005. It was hosted by Alan Titchmarsh. Two other spin-off series, ''Antiques Roadshow Gems'' (1991) and ''Priceless Antiques Roadshow'' (2009–10), revisited items from the show's history and provided background information on the making of the show and interviews with the programme's experts. In the 1980s a girl wrote in to ''Jim'll Fix It'' to ask if Jimmy Savile would "fix it" for her to "accidentally" drop and smash a seemingly-valuable vase in an episode of the show. This was broadcast as part of a regular edition, as well as in the ''Jim'll Fix It'' episode, with many of the ''Roadshow'' spectators looking on in astonishment, until antiques expert David Battie explained the ruse. The most valuable item to ever appear on the show featured on 16 November 2008. This was an original 1990s maquette of the ''Angel of the North'' sculpture by Antony Gormley, owned by Gateshead Council, which was valued at £1,000,000 by Philip Mould.〔("Antiques Roadshow's Highest Valuation Ever" ), BBC Channel on YouTube. Retrieved 25 August 2009〕 Glassware expert Andy McConnell later valued a collection of chandeliers at seven million pounds (their actual insurance value), noting as he did so that this beat Mould's record; however these were fixtures of the building in which the show was being filmed (Bath Assembly Rooms) rather than an item that had been brought in. In reality, the two most expensive objects to be sold as a result of being discovered on the show are the 1932〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21288/lot/1681/ Leica II Luxus )〕 camera found by Marc Allum which realised over $600,000 (US) in 2013 and the Christofle et Cie Japonisme jardinere filmed by Eric Knowles which sold for £668,450 (including buyers premium). Conversely, many items brought before the experts are worthless. However, these are seldom shown in the broadcast episodes, to spare embarrassment for the individuals involved. Value is not the only criterion for inclusion; items with an interesting story attached, or of a provenance relevant to the show's location, will often be featured regardless of value, and counterfeit objects are sometimes included to give experts an opportunity to explain the difference between real and fake items. All items are appraised, although most appraisals take place off-camera, with only the most promising items (around 50 on an average day) being filmed, of which about 20 appear in the final programme. The theme music for the show was written by Paul Reade and Tim Gibson and was published by Air Edel.〔(Frequently Asked Questions at pbs.org )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Antiques Roadshow」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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