What do you get if you cross Dragon’s Den with Antiques Roadshow? An unmissable new programme that shows the British at our eccentric best…

Wouldn’t you be intrigued to know how much that Concorde nose section you found in the attic is worth? Or that bronze bust of Hitler? And would you gamble on it? That’s what happens in Four Rooms – a new series where members of the public offer their rare (and often gruesome) personal artefacts for sale to four po-faced experts.

The owner of the object visits a dealer in private, and is offered a price for their possession, which they must accept or reject on the spot. If they reject the offer, they move to the next dealer – but once they’ve turned an offer down, there’s no going back. It all adds up to a heady mix of drama and suspense, topped off with sheer jubilation or desperate regret at the end of each show.

Not everyone chooses to sell, as one of the experts, taxidermy dealer Emma Hawkins, reveals, ‘Somebody brought in an item that cost them £25 in a car boot sale, and then turned down an offer we made for more than £1,000.’

Emma’s colleagues are Andrew Lamberty, 41, who deals in rare and unusual antiques, Jeff Salmon, a flamboyant 57-year-old art and design dealer (already gearing up to be the show’s Mr Nasty), and Gordon Watson, 54, a leading authority on 20th-century design.

But the real stars are the outrageous, exotic and bizarre objects that find their way into the studio.

Source: Daily Mail