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A celebrity episode of the BBC's antiques gameshow Bargain Hunt is being filmed for BBC Children in Need. TV auctioneer, Tim Weeks, will sell off 40 lots at Wessex Auction Rooms in Chippenham, ...

A British art dealer who appeared as an expert on a BBC antiques show has pleaded guilty to selling artworks to a suspected financier for Hezbollah, the Lebanese militant group. Oghenochuko Ojiri ...

Members of the public can also bid online for the teams' items via the Bargain Hunt website. The episode will be broadcast on 14 November on BBC One during coverage of BBC Children in Need.

Bargain Hunt viewers have complained that the show has become stagnant with the same format being repeated for decades on the long-running BBC programme. The stalwart series, which first aired on ...