Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is — Season 1
About this season
Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is is a BBC television series that was first shown on BBC One from 10 March 2008 to 18 June 2010, then shown on BBC Two from 14 February 2011 to 13 May 2012. Two well-known experts from the world of antiques go head-to-head over a week of challenges to find out who can make the most profit buying and selling collectibles.
Episodes (9)
1. Tim Wonnacott v Jonty Hearnden
Aired 10 March 2008 • 60 min
Television's top consumer experts are put to the test. Tim Wonnacott and Jonty Hearnden both have to spend 1,000 pounds of their own money at London's Portobello market with the aim of making as much money from their investments as they can.
2. Eric Knowles v James Rylands
Aired 11 March 2008 • 60 min
Two of television's favourite antiques experts Eric Knowles and James Rylands take on a money-making challenge. They both have 1000 pounds to spend at an antiques market, with the aim to make as much profit from their finds as they can by selling them on.
3. Lorne Spicer v Mark Franks
Aired 12 March 2008 • 60 min
Lorne Spicer and Mark Franks have 500 pounds of their own money to spend on items at a Sussex antiques market, which they hope they will be able to sell off for profit.
4. Paul Hayes v Kate Bliss
Aired 13 March 2008 • 60 min
Television's top consumer experts are put to the test. Antique experts Paul Hayes and Kate Bliss are given the challenge of spending 1,000 pounds of their own money at an antiques auction and making as much profit from the items as possible.
5. Dom Littlewood v David Harper
Aired 14 March 2008 • 60 min
Television's top consumer experts are put to the test. Consumer expert Dominic Littlewood takes on antiques expert David Harper in a challenge that sees them trying to generate as much profit as possible from items bought at market.
6. Martin Roberts
Aired 17 March 2008 • 60 min
Do the stresses and strains of buying foreign property get to even the most seasoned of property experts? Homes Under the Hammer presenter Martin Roberts lets the cameras follow him as he travels to Italy in search of his dream holiday home.
7. Kristian Digby
Aired 18 March 2008 • 60 min
Television's top consumer experts are put to the test. Kristian Digby finds himself in the spotlight as he attempts to make a quick profit buying a property at auction. Although an experienced player in the housing market, not everything runs smoothly for Kristian.
8. Lucy Alexander
Aired 19 March 2008 • 60 min
Presenter Lucy Alexander puts her reputation on the line and tries to find a new house for herself and her family. After several disappointments, Lucy ends up taking a huge gamble on an arts and crafts house that potentially could lose her a lot of money.
9. Melissa Porter
Aired 20 March 2008 • 60 min
Star of "Escape to the Country" Melissa Porter finds the cameras turned on her as she and her business partner undertake a major refurbishment job on a Victorian house in north London.