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Antiques Roadshow: Series 38

Fiona Bruce

Michele Burgess

Robert Murphy

Simon Shaw

Antiques Roadshow: Series 38: Episode 6: The Royal William Yard 1

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Episode 6

Episode 6: The Royal William Yard 1

Series 38

The Royal William Yard 1

BBC One - Antiques Roadshow, Series 38, The Royal William Yard 1

Finds in Plymouth include a pair of doorknobs said to have belonged to Lord Nelson.

Finds in Plymouth include a pair of doorknobs said to have belonged to Lord Nelson and a psychedelic painting of a band that played at Woodstock.

Fiona Bruce presents from the Royal William Yard in Plymouth where finds include doorknobs said to have belonged to Lord Nelson, a psychedelic painting of a band that played at Woodstock and a diamond necklace the length of a skipping rope.

Nautical treasures are well represented on the waterfront in Plymouth, from a ship in a bottle to a painting of HMS Impregnable from 1789, but militaria specialist Graham Lay has doubts about a pair of doorknobs that were supposedly Lord Nelson's.

The team are impressed by a chess set made from parts of the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal, a winged armchair that has travelled from Vermont, USA, and a rare Japanese bronze vase that had been languishing in a Yorkshire garden.

A psychedelic painting of a band that played at Woodstock intrigues Clive Stewart-Lockhart, and Hilary Kay meets a woman who is trying to locate a lost portrait of her cousin by Laura Knight.

Jewellery specialist John Benjamin marvels at a huge diamond necklace that might be better described as a skipping rope, donated to the city of Plymouth by Lady Astor.

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Experts invite members of the public to bring along their antiques for examination.

Experts invite members of the public to bring along their antiques for examination. Hosted by Fiona Bruce.

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