After a two year hiatus, Antiques Roadshow UK has returned to Rocky Mountain Public Television. Evidently it took them that long to collect enough donations to buy more programs. No wonder they have a televised pledge drive for a full week every damn month. But I digress. Having Antiques Roadshow UK back on public television is great news, because it is a really fascinating and fun show, far more so than its American counterpart. In the American version of Antiques Roadshow, the antiques are seldom more than a 100 years old or so, and the show usually takes place in a convention center. However, Antiques Roadshow UK usually takes place in a castle, the garden of an historic estate, or some other such historic location, and the antiques can be hundreds of years old. In York, for example, people with metal detectors have even found Viking jewelry and other such artifacts, well over 1000 years old. How can you beat that for interesting? And if you find something like that, profitable.
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