Overview of 'Bargain Hunt' Season 52

Episode 1 - 'Casualty' Children in Need Special: Doctors v Nurses

Release Date: 2018-11-16

Charlie Ross and Pudsey are joined by stars from the popular medical TV drama Casualty for a blue light BBC Children in Need special. Actors Sunetra Sarker and Michael French face nursing colleagues Suzanne Packer and Amanda Henderson in an emergency dash around the Ardingly Antiques Fair with £300 and an hour to buy three items to take to auction. The operation is to raise loads of money for BBC Children in Need.

Episode 2 - Stamford Meadows 5

Release Date: 2019-01-21

Natasha Raskin Sharp is leading proceedings today from Stamford Meadows in Lincolnshire. Mark Stacey and Gary Pe are the experts helping the reds and blues spend £300 on three items within an hour in the hope they’ll make a profit at the auction! Natasha also visits the Stamford Mercury News Archive home to Britain's oldest continuously published newspaper title.

Episode 3 - Ardingly 10

Release Date: 2019-01-25

Charlie Ross looks after proceedings from Ardingly Antiques Fair, where a father and son take on mother and son. Tim Weeks leads the red team, while Charles Hanson takes charge of the blues. The bargain hunters have to spend £300 on three items within an hour in the hope they will make a profit at the auction. Charlie passes go and meets a record breaker with an amazing collection of Monopoly boards that cost £250,000.

Episode 4 - Peterborough 13

Release Date: 2019-01-28

Two mums and their daughters take on the Bargain Hunt challenge at Peterborough's Festival of Antiques. Today's experts Jonathan Pratt and Nick Hall help the teams spend their £300 on three items but which team makes a thumping profit at today's auction over in Lichfield? Eric Knowles tells why 18th-century drinking glasses can be worth some money and which ones to look out for.

Episode 5 - Lincoln 32

Release Date: 2019-02-08

Today, the show comes from Lincoln. Eric Knowles takes up the reins with experts Gary Pe and Jonathan Pratt. The reds and blues race around the grounds of the Lincolnshire Antiques and Home Show, hoping to bag themselves a bargain and make a profit at auction. Meanwhile, Eric uncovers the intriguing story behind a collection of postcards from the WWI era.

Episode 6 - Stamford Meadows 6

Release Date: 2019-02-11

Natasha Raskin Sharp presents from Stamford Meadows in Lincolnshire, with experts Mark Stacey and Gary Pe. The reds and blues spend £300 on three items within an hour, hoping to make a profit at auction. Natasha also finds out how to spot rare books that could be worth thousands of pounds.

Episode 7 - Ardingly 11

Release Date: 2019-02-15

Charlie Ross joins experts Tim Weeks and Charles Hanson at The Ardingly Antiques and Collectors fair. The reds and blues compete to find some bargains, hoping to make a profit at auction. Charlie learns about one of the bravest British heroines of the 20th century.

Episode 8 - Newmarket Sawbridgeworth 2

Release Date: 2019-02-18

Anita Manning looks after proceedings at Newmarket Racecourse where two teams of married couples go head to head. John Cameron leads the reds, while Caroline Hawley takes charge of the blues. Our bargain hunters have to spend £300 on three items within an hour in the hope they'll make a profit at the auction in Suffolk. Meanwhile, Anita goes looking for answers from antique hunters at the fair. Will they guess what her mystery object is?

Episode 9 - Ardingly 12

Release Date: 2019-02-22

Charlie Ross joins experts Tim Weeks and Charles Hanson at The Ardingly Antiques & Collectors fair. The reds and blues go head to head to find some bargains that they hope will make a profit at auction. Meanwhile, Charlie meets one of the biggest stars of 1950s radio, ventriloquist dummy Archie Andrews.

Episode 10 - Harrogate 21

Release Date: 2019-02-25

Bargain Hunt arrives in Yorkshire, where experts Philip Serrell and Raj Bisram guide the teams around the Harrogate fair. Presenter Natasha Raskin Sharp stops off at one of best-preserved Victorian Turkish baths in the UK. Back at the auction, as Caroline Hawley takes to the rostrum, which team will come out on top?

Episode 11 - Stamford Meadows 7

Release Date: 2019-03-01

Natasha Raskin-Sharp is leading proceedings today from Stamford Meadows in Lincolnshire. Mark Stacey and Gary Pe are the experts helping the reds and blues spend £300 on three items within an hour in the hope that they’ll make a profit at the auction. Natasha also visits Grimsthorpe Castle to find out about their royal collection.

Episode 12 - Newark 19

Release Date: 2019-03-04

Anita Manning joins experts Kate Bliss and Thomas Forrester at Newark antiques fair. The reds and blues try to find some bargains that they hope will make a profit at auction. Meanwhile, Anita joins Les Reid on the River Trent to learn about the rescue and restoration of his historic ‘Dumb Barge’.

Episode 13 - Newmarket Sawbridgeworth 3

Release Date: 2019-03-08

Anita Manning looks after proceedings today from two antiques centres in the Hertfordshire town of Sawbridgeworth, where two teams of married couples go head to head. John Cameron leads the reds, while Caroline Hawley takes charge of the blues. Our bargain hunters have to spend £300 on three items within an hour in the hope they’ll make a profit at the auction in Suffolk. Meanwhile, Anita has a toy to tell us about, or is it?

Episode 14 - Harrogate 22

Release Date: 2019-03-11

On today’s show, a pair of boardgaming best friends take on a mother and daughter at the fair in Harrogate. Assisting the red and blue teams are Philip Serrell and Raj Bisram. Meanwhile, presenter Natasha Raskin Sharp sets some of the other shoppers a challenge, and Caroline Hawley takes to the rostrum when the teams’ lots go under the hammer.

Episode 15 - Dagsfields 29

Release Date: 2019-03-18

The reds and blues are bargain hunting at an antiques centre in Cheshire. Eric Knowles is overseeing the proceedings, and experts Ben Cooper and Richard Madley are helping our teams, who have some additional shopping challenges. As well as spending £300 in an hour, they must pay at least £75 for one of their items and complete a buying challenge of Eric’s choosing. Eric also pays a visit to the Potteries and the World of Wedgwood.

Episode 16 - Stamford Meadows 8

Release Date: 2019-03-22

Natasha Raskin-Sharp is leading proceedings today from Stamford Meadows in Lincolnshire. Mark Stacey and Gary Pe are the experts helping the reds and blues spend £300 on three items within an hour in the hope that they’ll make a profit at the auction. Natasha also visits Grimsthorpe castle to view a special ceiling painting.

Episode 17 - Harrogate 23

Release Date: 2019-03-25

A pair of angling friends take on a husband and wife, who are retired priests. Guiding them around the fair in Harrogate are experts Philip Serrell and Raj Bisram. Natasha Raskin Sharp is in charge of proceedings, but she takes some time out to find out what antiques got expert David Harper hooked on collecting.

Episode 18 - Epsom/Dorking 26

Release Date: 2019-03-29

Charlie Ross looks after proceedings at Epsom Racecourse today, where the reds and blues go head to head to make as much profit as possible. Danny Sebastian and David Harper look after our bargain hunters, who have to spend £300 on three items within an hour in the hope they will make loads of money at the auction in Maidenhead.

Episode 19 - Peterborough 14

Release Date: 2019-04-01

Today’s our reds and blues are bargain hunting at Peterborough’s East of England Showground. They’ll be joined by experts Nick Hall and Jonathan Pratt, who’ll be helping their teams spend £300 on three items with the aim of making a profit at auction in Lichfield. Eric Knowles talks about Toby Jugs with a young collector also called Toby.

Episode 20 - Dagsfield 20

Release Date: 2019-04-05

Eric Knowles and the teams are bargain hunting at an antiques centre in Cheshire, and we are spicing things up with some changes to the rules. The red and blues with the help of experts Ben Cooper and Richard Madley still have one hour to find three items, but now one of their items must cost at least £75 and they must also buy an item of Eric’s choosing. Eric goes to Keele University to learn about a special ingredient that improved the manufacture of English porcelain.

Episode 21 - Epsom/Dorking 27

Release Date: 2019-04-08

Charlie Ross looks after proceedings from Dorking in Surrey, where the reds and blues go head to head to make as much profit as possible. Danny Sebastian and David Harper look after our bargain hunters as they spend £300 on three items within an hour in the hope that they’ll make loads of money at the auction in Maidenhead.

Episode 22 - Dagsfields 31

Release Date: 2019-04-12

Two teams of lively Liverpudlians take on today’s Bargain Hunt Challenge in Cheshire with the help of experts Ben Cooper and Richard Madley. As usual they have one hour to buy three items to take to auction, but today they have the added pressure of a shopping challenge chosen by Eric, and to add to that one of their items must cost at least £75. Eric also has a mystery object – will you be able to guess what it is?

Episode 23 - Peterborough 15

Release Date: 2019-04-15

Two dads and their daughters take on the Bargain Hunt challenge at Peterborough’s Festival of Antiques. They’ll be joined by experts Jonathan Pratt and Nick Hall, but which team will prove victorious at today auction over in Lichfield. Eric Knowles visits Birmingham’s Coffin Works Museum, which provided the coffin furniture for the Winston Churchill and the Queen Mother.

Episode 24 - Harrogate 24

Release Date: 2019-04-19

Today, the red and blue teams are shopping at the Harrogate fair, where Philip Serrell and Raj Bisram will be keeping them on track. Natasha Raskin Sharp finds out about the appeal of Robert ‘Mouseman’ Thompson’s work. Which team will triumph when their buys go under the hammer at Beverley Racecourse?

Episode 25 - Newark 20

Release Date: 2019-04-24

Anita Manning joins experts Caroline Hawley and Paul Laidlaw at Newark antiques fair. The red and blue teams are on the lookout for some bargains that they hope will make a profit at auction. Meanwhile, Anita visits autograph auctioneer Richard Davie to look at letters and documents signed by such names as Nelson Mandela and Winston Churchill.

Episode 26 - Peterborough 16

Release Date: 2019-04-26

On today’s astronomical Bargain Hunt, Eric Knowles finds out why Tim Peake’s space capsule has landed in Peterborough’s 900-year-old cathedral. Across the city, the reds and blues are shopping at the East of England Showground with experts Nick Hall and Jonathan Pratt, but will either team make a profit at today’s auction in Lichfield.

Episode 27 - Epsom/Dorking 28

Release Date: 2019-04-29

Charlie Ross looks after proceedings from Dorking in Surrey, where the reds and blues go head to head to make as much profit as possible. Danny Sebastian and David Harper look after our bargain hunters, who have to spend £300 on three items within an hour in the hope they’ll make loads of money at the auction in Maidenhead.

Episode 28 - Newmarket Sawbridgeworth 4

Release Date: 2019-05-03

Anita Manning looks after proceedings today from two antiques centres in the Hertfordshire town of Sawbridgeworth, where two teams of grandmother and granddaughters go head to head. John Cameron leads the reds, while Caroline Hawley takes charge of the blues. Our bargain hunters have to spend £300 on three items within an hour in the hope they’ll make a profit at the auction in Suffolk. Meanwhile, Anita gets into the groove and has a go at record collecting.