Bargain Hunt — Season 73

Aired 24 November 2025 • 43 min

In a special episode to mark BBC Scam Safe week, there’s a case of mistaken identity when Christina Trevanion asks for a cup of tea! Meanwhile, the teams shop for antiques in Derbyshire.

Aired 5 December 2025 • 43 min

Meet the man with a record-breaking collection of board games and learn about the ancient origins of playing cards.

Aired 8 December 2025 • 43 min

Roo Irvine learns about the long history of salmon fishing on the River Tweed. The teams shop in Kelso, but will the bidders take the bait at Paul Laidlaw’s auction in Carlisle?

Aired 15 December 2025 • 44 min

It’s a cracker of a show with Danny Sebastian, his sidekick Elfred and two teams of Christmas shoppers.

Aired 19 December 2025 • 44 min

Yule love this seasonal episode of the show, with a sackful of profits and Christmas cheer, co-presented by Danny Sebastian and Elfred the naughty elf.

Aired 5 January 2026 • 43 min

Heavily influenced by the pre-Raphaelites, Albert Goodwin painted watercolours from the late 19th century to the early 20th century. Eric visits Maidstone to learn more.

Aired 9 January 2026 • 43 min

Christina tells the story of how a radio drama launched in 1951 is still entertaining Radio 4 listeners three-quarters of a century later.

Aired 12 January 2026 • 43 min

The high-tech headquarters of the Met Office in Exeter are the setting for this weather-related edition of the show.

Aired 16 January 2026 • 43 min

A mum-and-daughter showdown takes place in the Scottish Borders, with experts David Harper and Irita Marriott hoping to clinch a win for their teams.

Aired 19 January 2026 • 43 min

Parents go bargain-hunting with their grown-up kids at a huge antiques fair in the East Midlands. Christina Trevanion is at the helm, alongside experts Izzie Balmer and Nick Hall.

Aired 23 January 2026 • 43 min

Eric Knowles counts down the best garden-related antiques and collectibles bought by teams down the years.

Aired 26 January 2026 • 43 min

Natasha Raskin Sharp speaks to a retired chemist, known affectionately as a ‘railway stink’, and learns how they helped to solve the perennial problem of leaves on the line.

Aired 30 January 2026 • 43 min

The show travels to Kent to hunt down bargains at one of the Britain’s largest antiques fairs. Skippering two teams of friends are Jonathan Pratt and Catherine Southon.

Aired 2 February 2026 • 43 min

In Stafford, Christina learns about a local Victorian prankster who chronicled his misdeeds in an outrageous diary.

Aired 6 February 2026 • 43 min

Danny tries his hand at DIY in this programme all about giving new life to old treasures, and at the end of the show, he counts down the most profitable pre-loved purchases.

Aired 23 February 2026 • 43 min

In a rural special, Christina Trevanion delves into farming-related antiques and collectibles as she finds out which red and blue teams milked the most profits at auction.

Aired 27 February 2026 • 43 min

Take your seat as the curtain opens on a special episode to celebrate 50 years of British theatre’s coveted awards.

Aired 2 March 2026 • 43 min

It’s family versus friends in this episode from Staffordshire, presented by Natasha Raskin Sharp, with John Cameron and Irita Marriott skippering the teams as they search the stalls.

Aired 6 March 2026 • 43 min

It’s rockers versus choristers in a shopping showdown from Shepton Mallet antiques fair in Somerset, while Christina Trevanion treads the cobbles of Europe’s oldest continuously inhabited street.

Aired 9 March 2026 • 43 min

Experts Izzie Balmer and Nick Hall shop alongside today’s red and blue teams, and presenter Christina Trevanion meets a collector with more than 1,200 Staffordshire figures.

Aired 13 March 2026 • 43 min

Once the stately home of Lord Manners, Avon Tyrrell in the New Forest is a fine example of an arts and crafts calendar house. Eric Knowles learns about its fascinating history.

Aired 16 March 2026 • 43 min

Experts Izzie Balmer and Nick Hall shop alongside today’s red and blue teams, and presenter Christina Trevanion meets the relative of an unassuming First World War hero.

Aired 20 March 2026 • 43 min

Dr Eric Knowles will see you, as he looks back at some of the most profitable medical purchases on the show down the years.

Aired 23 March 2026 • 43 min

Put on your thinking caps to guess the use of Roo’s mysterious silver object. Experts Irita Marriott and David Harper guide the teams on an animal-themed shop around an antiques fair.

Aired 27 March 2026 • 43 min

It’s sisters versus friends in this episode from Somerset. In the saleroom, both experts surprise their teams with silver – but which bonus buys will the bidders take a shine to?

Aired 30 March 2026 • 43 min

Six teams are on a mission to buy wooden antiques that they hope will grow them a profit at auction. Presenter Eric Knowles also branches out to learn about treen.

Aired 3 April 2026 • 43 min

The red and blue teams find out whether they bought wisely when their items sell at auction in Lyme Bay. Both experts take a punt on small bonus buys, but for one the reward is big!

Aired 6 April 2026 • 43 min

Two families go head-to-head at a busy antiques fair in Staffordshire while their experts John Cameron and Irita Marriott try to turn their purchases into profits at auction.

Aired 10 April 2026 • 43 min

Eric Knowles hitches a lift with a host of experts and their red and blue teams as they journey to antiques fairs in search of car-related collectibles to sell at auction.

Aired 13 April 2026 • 43 min

The curtains open on this episode of the show from Derbyshire, in which two sisterly duos put aside sibling rivalry in the pursuit of profits.

Aired 17 April 2026 • 43 min

Experts David Harper and Irita Marriott chase two high-energy teams around a packed antiques fair in the Scottish Borders town of Kelso.

Aired 20 April 2026 • 43 min

Two teams of families go antiques-hunting at a huge fair in Kent, in the company of their experts Catherine Southon and JP, aka Jonathan Pratt.