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The Bidding Room

(12 Posts)
shysal Wed 17-Jun-20 16:26:08

BBC1, weekdays at 3.45pm. I have become tired of antique shows on TV, but have been recording and enjoying this. Apart from the odd continuity (coats on, coats off, carrying the item or not), I quite like the format, and Nigel Havers presents it well. Anyone else watching it?

Judy54 Wed 17-Jun-20 16:38:53

Yes Shysal I have become quite addicted to it. Used to watch four rooms but this format is different and very enjoyable.

ninathenana Wed 17-Jun-20 16:52:21

Yes, we are. We like the format but a couple of the dealers can be a bit annoying. I was surprised they didn't know what the face screens were, with one dealer saying she'd never seen one.

shysal Wed 17-Jun-20 17:03:08

I agree, nina, even I knew what the face screens were.
I think the show would be nothing without the jovial Adi, who wants to turn everything into a lamp!

ginny Wed 17-Jun-20 17:20:41

Watched it once. Won’t bother again.

BBbevan Wed 17-Jun-20 17:39:09

I’m with ginny

Dreamkeeper Wed 17-Jun-20 17:42:05

Quite acceptable and passes the time rather well.

MiniMoon Wed 17-Jun-20 18:35:16

I watch it if DH is here, otherwise I don't bother with it. I think there are too many of these type of shows on TV.
I'm heartily sick of Bargain Hunt too.

sodapop Wed 17-Jun-20 21:56:30

I am sick of Bargain Hunt as well but the Bidding Room was dire. Nigel Havers behaved like some idiotic schoolboy.

gulligranny Thu 18-Jun-20 10:24:13

Agree with Sodapop and Ginny - looked like something dreamed up on W1A, won't bother again.

JessK Thu 18-Jun-20 10:34:09

No not for me. The BBC would have been better to keep Flog It which they have now shelved. Even Nigel Havers can't keep me from switching off.

jaylucy Thu 18-Jun-20 10:40:44

Maybe it's my warped sense of humour, but seeing the look on the faces of the sellers when they finally realise that the buyers will not, by any stretch , be paying the amount that the so called expert reckoned they should expect to get!!