How is bargain hunt made

Tim Wonnacott daytime, 24 February to January Essentially, a cheap version of The Great Antiques Hunt that they could do on a daily basis. An expert is assigned to each team to help them decide what to buy. The teams each have one hour to buy whatever they want with the money. One week later the items purchased are sold in a real auction.

The items are auctioned and the team which makes the most profit or, more likely, the least loss is the winner. If the team actually makes a profit then they get to keep whatever profit they made. It's not startlingly original, but Dickinson was always very watchable. Whereupon Tim Wonnacott took over the daytime version, and remained with the show until leaving over an undisclosed disagreement with the producers in His episodes as presenter ran out in January , and since then a rotating selection of the programme's experts have stepped up to the presenter's role instead.

The show has gone through numerous variations, viz celebrity editions, live editions, live celebrity editions and a couple of US specials.

After Tim Wonnacott took over the daytime version, the longer minute and 1-hour shows included a "swap" option whereby each team could swap one of their three chosen items for another selected by their expert, and purchased using whatever "leftover lolly" remained from the initial budget. More recently, the "swap" has been changed to a "bonus item", which the teams can choose - on the spot, during the auction - to add to their original three, having seen how well or, more likely, how badly their original items fared.

However, when it comes to the teams' one hour shopping That's usually decided before filming, but we can sometimes give you a specific colour if you tell us a preference when you apply. Filming takes a lot of time and attention, so we cannot cater for other members of your family or friends on location. Our small busy team put all their effort into making the programmes, so we can't cater for people watching. They may also be busy in the middle of filming and unable to stop and chat.

But if you see us filming at an antiques fair, do give us a cheery wave. Yes, you may appear in the background of filming if you attend an antiques fair or auction where we have agreement with the owners to film a programme. If you do not want to be featured, please approach the crew and let them know.

We like you to choose items you think will make a profit at auction. We will advise what the auctioneer has told us does and does not sell well at the particular sale used for your programme.

We also have a few rules. No weapons including swords. We are also very wary of items made of animal products or parts. And if you buy anything large, make sure you can carry it! Yes, of course. Most venues have disabled access and our team will do all they can to help. To help us, it's best to let us know any special requirements in advance.

Accessibility Links Skip to content. Menu Close. Log in Subscribe. Matthew Moore , Media Correspondent. Monday January 18 , The red team in the episode were later paid what they would have made.