The British journalist and presenter Fiona Bruce60, started working at the British BBC in 1989, and in 2008 she took over the role of presenter of the British Antikrundan, or Antiques Roadshow as it is called.
The programme, which has been on air since 1979, is one of England’s biggest. In March earlier this year, the show attracted almost 5 million viewers, the Daily Mail reported.
In the convivial program, the visitors – and thus also the viewers – find out more about everything from heirlooms, old flea market finds or things that have just been in a cupboard and collected dust all these years. It can be about everything from art and jewelry to vases, vehicles or clothes that people bring to Antikrundan’s experts to both get a valuation, but also of course to learn more about the objects’ often fantastic history.
Fiona Bruce. Image source: BBC
Previously have News24 wrote about how a woman brought a vase to Antikrundan that she bought for 13 kroner – and it turned out to be worth much more.
Another attention-grabbing “case” in Antikrundan is when a British couple looked past the television recording and brought with them a flea market find in the form of a painting that they bought for 66 kroner. When Antikrundan’s art expert Frances Christie learned how little they paid for the painting, she was impressed to say the least.
– If this were to go up for auction now, I would estimate the value at between SEK 40,000 – 66,000. It’s one of the best finds I’ve ever seen, Frances said on the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow.
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Strong reactions to Fiona Bruce in Antikrundan: “Bizarre”
Last Sunday, an episode of Antikrundan was broadcast, and there Fiona Bruce was seen broadcasting from the Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh – and her behavior in the garden made viewers furious, writes the British Daily Mail.
In the episode, one of the visitors was left “mute” after realizing he was sitting on a very important treasure trove of film memorabilia from the cult film Blade Runner with Harrison Ford. The large collection of everything from posters to the director Ridley Scott’s notes from the film greatly impressed the program’s expert Jon Baddeley who thought that several of the objects belonged in a museum.
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But it wasn’t what created strong reactions on the British TV sofas and made the English put their evening tea down their throats.
The English Antikrundan engages outside the cottages. Image source: BBC
The presenter Fiona Bruce kept two meters away from all other guests and experts in the program – something that was recommended during the Corona pandemic. In England, the physical distance requirement was abolished two years ago, so that Fiona Bruce was seen taking such a distance from others in the box caused strong reactions from the viewers.
Fiona Bruce kept her distance. Image source: BBCAll who appeared in English Antikrundan kept their distance. Image source: BBC
“WTF is with all this physical distancing” and “Why is everyone so distant?” were some reactions to what the Daily Mail calls “Fiona Bruce’s bizarre behaviour” in the box.
But everything has a completely logical explanation – namely, it was old repeats from September 2021 that had been broadcast, writes Daily Mail.
So all’s well that ends well!
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