Mondo shtuff from around the internet, all about BARGAIN HUNT!
Bargain Hunt (TV Series 2000– ) – IMDb: With Tim Wonnacott, Natasha Raskin, David Dickinson, Mark Stacey. Two teams go head to head in a bid to sell their recently acquired items for a profit at auction
Tim Wonnacott leaves Bargain Hunt: Tim Wonnacott steps down from Bargain Hunt two months after reports he had had “a bust-up” with the BBC show’s producers.
My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: bargain hunt is a tv programme in which two pairs of contestants are challenged to buy antiques from shops or a fair and then sell them in an auction for a profit . presenter Tim Wonnacott replaced two teams – designated the “Reds” and the “Blues” – compete . each team has two members, who wear fleeces that correspond to their team’s colour . contestants in most episodes are members the objective is to find items that will earn the team a profit when later sold at auction . each team is accompanied by an antiques trade expert . home viewers are shown a “what the auctioneer thinks” the show is punctuated by footage of the host visiting a place of historical interest . teams were given £200 each, and could buy as many or as few items as they liked . after Tim Wonnacott became host, Originally, the experts were given an unspecified amount of money to buy the extra item . the rule was later changed so the experts could only use what money was left of the team’s £300 budget . under the revised teams must decide whether the auction results of the bonus item should be added to their own auction lots . teams can potentially add to their profit with bonus item, but it can also subtract from a team’s earnings if it loses Series 52 in 2019 bought a change to the rules with two challenges added . teams have to spend at least £75 on one item, and buy an item relating to a specific category . large profits are fairly rare, though teams achieving a profit on all three items are awarded a “golden gavel” the show is presented by Tim Wonnacott and the format is the same as the main show . there is no suggestion of what to do the primetime version of Bargain Hunt was axed in 2005 . however the daytime version continued . in 2004 the record was set for the greatest profit earned on bargain hunt . Reruns of the daytime version also appear on BBC Entertainment and BBC America. stars Gorden Kaye and Sue Hodge . the show airs on the Australian Foxtel and Austar cable television channel, Lifestyle . first-ever time two teams of twins competed against each other . red team emerged victorious over blue team at west Sussex antiques fair . single released digitally on independent record label Saga Entertainment . the teams were given £500 to spend, rather than the usual £300 . the red team made a profit of £245, beating the blue team’s break-even . out-takes and memorable clips from previous shows the Red Team won the episode by earning a profit of £8 . however, it was later discovered that bez’s girlfriend had bought two items . as it was against the rules of the programme for friends and family to buy