Going, Going, Gone
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Host
Later presented by Stuart Hall
Co-hosts
Regulars: Anne Gregg and Eric Knowles
Broadcast
BBC 2, 1995-98 (144 programmes)
Synopsis
Going Going Gone. That's the smile on Tony Slattery's face when he dropped a studio audience's valuable antique on Going for a Song.
But this is Going Going Gone, but you can't blame us for putting an anecdote for a different show on for this because the BBC had a spate of antique game shows because they suddenly became the in thing. Suddenly it became very cool to rummage around your attic, find something old, and find out that it's worth approximately five pence.
The thing is though, there isn't much you can do with antiques other than a) determine what it is and b) value it. This show concentrates on the b) bit.
So then, this is The Price is Right in old money. We'd get a look in on an auction house and an item. Three celebs describe the item and give their price for it (including the antique version of Ainsley Harriot: Eric Knowles). Two of them are lying, one is telling the truth about the object and the price it went for. The players have to decide who is telling the truth. Once decided, we cross over to some recorded coverage of the auction where we find out what it actually went for. If they were correct they'd win points. Lawks!
In the final round, both players 'bid' for an item by trying to guess the value that something went for with the person finishing with the nearest price winning the mega-bonanza bonus points. It was hardly Hot Auction House Action though.
So there we have it then, a moderately enjoyable (read: dull) afternoon antiques quiz. Pass the 16th century clay bucket.
