The Great Antiques Challenge

A new angle for an antiques programme which makes for an interesting watch but as those involved are a lot younger than the usual experts, to attract a younger audience probably, it illustrates very well that the only thing that can't be taught is experience.

They don't pay close enough attention to what their client is actually wanting and go off and buy something seemingly at random, and then describe it wrongly in an attempt to make it more appealing to the client.

One dealer they were going to buy from was no better describing a very heavy Jacobean reproduction item as being a utility item from the 1930s or 1940s which was ridiculous.

Worth a watch but you won't learn much from those involved.