Antiques Roadshow expert is left VERY impressed as guest reveals identity of his famous TV star father
Antiques Roadshow expert was left extremely impressed after a guest appeared with a collection of memorabilia which was connected to his well-known father.
The latest episode of the hit BBC show was held at Powys Castle and Garden in Powys where the guest showed off a number of football ‘family archive’ pieces.
The BBC show, which aired on Sunday, sees various guests having antiques valued by experts at the historic venue.
This included memorabilia from the football World Cup in 1966, which had seen the national England squad beat Germany‘s team 4-2 in the final.
The guest had brought a press pass for the event and an official programme revealing his late father used to work for ITV.
‘You can’t get better than that’: Antiques Roadshow expert was left extremely impressed after a guest appeared with a collection of memorabilia which was connected to his well-known father
Amazing: The latest episode of the hit BBC show was held at Powys Castle and Garden in Powys where the guest showed off a number of football ‘family archive’ pieces
Antiques expert Wayne Colquhoun looked at the memorabilia as the guest revealed his father was late commentator Hugh Johns.
Hugh had an incredible 35-year television career, commentating on one thousand Football League and international matches, including four World Cup Finals.
Wayne was seen looking through Hugh’s old notebook that he’d written in while attending every England group game of the tournament that year.
The official programme for the final also belonged to the guest’s father and it featured autographs from most of the England team at the time.
The guest revealed he had been with his father at the 1966 tournament final and stayed in the team hotel with him.
He said: ‘I was staying with my father the night before at the team hotel and I was lucky enough to have the programme the day before the final and collect every single player and some of the backroom staff’s autograph, except for Mr J Greaves.’
He added that Jimmy Greaves ‘wasn’t around for me to collect his autograph’ due to not playing the final.
Antiques expert Wayne was impressed with the ‘family archives’, he said: ‘When we talk about provenance, you can’t get better than that. You were there. You had it signed.
History: This included memorabilia from the football World Cup in 1966, which had seen the national England squad beat Germany’s team 4-2 in the final
Incredible! The guest had brought a press pass for the event and an official programme revealing his late father used to work for ITV
Wow: Antiques expert Wayne Colquhoun looked at the memorabilia as the guest revealed his father was late commentator Hugh Johns
Career: Hugh had an incredible 35-year television career, commentating on one thousand Football League and international matches, including four World Cup Finals (pictured 1970)
‘It you ever sell it’: Wayne estimated the the overall football collection could be worth up to £5,000
‘With your provenance for this 1966 World Cup final programme, all the signatures except Jimmy Greaves, I think we’re talking a couple of thousand pounds’.
Wayne estimated that the overall collection could be worth up to £5,000.
He added: ‘With the larger archive here, we’ve got another couple of thousand pounds.
‘So I think in total four to five thousand pounds if you were ever to sell it’.
Antiques Roadshow continues on Sunday evening on BBC One and BBC iPlayer from 8pm. You can catch up on previous episodes now through BBC iPlayer.
