Celebrity Antiques Road Trip: Toyah Willcox and Tony Blackburn


11:00 am - 12:15 pm, Thursday, August 6 on Challenge (48)

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Toyah Willcox and Tony Blackburn
Season 1, Episode 4

Toyah Willcox and Tony Blackburn join antique experts Charlie Ross and Charles Hanson as they travel from York to Stansted, Essex, looking for profitable items to sell at auction. Narrated by Tim Wonnacott


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Antiques/Collectibles Leisure Hobbies

Cast & Crew

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Toyah Willcox (Contributor)
Tony Blackburn (Contributor)
Tim Wonnacott (Narrator)
Charlie Ross (Contributor)
Charles Hanson (Contributor)
Wendy Rattray (Executive producer)
Paul Tucker (Series producer)

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Toyah Willcox (Contributor)
Born: May 18, 1958 in Birmingham
Career: Willcox's first film was 1977's Jubilee, the year she formed her band. Acting projects such as Quadrophenia, The Tempest and Quatermass followed as her musical career took off. She had chart success in the early 1980s with such songs as It's a Mystery and I Want to be Free, but always maintained a discreet distance from the excesses of the punk scene. Since that era, she's juggled her theatre, TV, film and music careers. Other notable productions include TV movie The Ebony Tower, and stage hits Cabaret and Calamity Jane. Willcox also lent her voice to The Teletubbies and appeared in the second series of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! She continues to perform on stage, and has been a panellist on Loose Women. In January 2014, she was a contestant on ITV reality series Splash!
Quote: 'It wasn't that I saw Sex Pistols and thought: 'Oh, that changed my life'. I saw them and my reaction was: 'I can do better, I'll go to London to do it'. From then on I knew I didn't have to behave in a social norm. Because I wasn't alone.'
Trivia: In 2008, Willcox took part in the Great Walk to Beijing alongside other celebrities to raise money for Olivia Newton-John's cancer charity.
Best Known For: Her singing and acting careers.
Early-life: Born Toyah Ann Willcox on May 18, 1958, in King's Heath, Birmingham. Her father ran his own joinery business. Toyah suffered numerous health issues as a child and spent a lot of time having physiotherapy. She always wanted to be a performer and has been a big fan of Doctor Who from an early age. She was a rebellious teenager who had a difficult relationship with her mother but, after leaving school, she gained a place at the Old Rep Drama School in her home city.
Tony Blackburn (Contributor)
Born: January 29, 1943 in Guildford, Surrey
Best Known For: Being Radio 1's first DJ.
Early-life: Antony Kenneth Blackburn was born on January 29, 1943, in Guildford, Surrey. His father was a doctor. Tony was educated at Millfield Public School in Somerset and Bournemouth College. He made his first public appearance while still at college, singing and playing guitar for the Ian Ralfini Dance Orchestra at the Bournemouth Pavilion. He read in the music press that disc jockeys were wanted by a radio station, applied and got the job.
Career: Blackburn made his first pirate broadcast on July 28, 1964, on Radio Caroline. In 1966, he joined its rival, Radio London. He was the first DJ on air when Radio 1 launched in 1967 and spent the next 17 years at the network. TV work includes Time for Blackburn, Top of the Pops, Noel's House Party, The Bill, KYTV and The Brain Drain. In 2002, he was introduced to a whole new audience when he won the first series of I'm a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! In 2010, he replaced Dale Winton as the regular host of Radio 2's Pick of the Pops. He also presents various shows on regional networks. His greatest love is soul music. In 2015, he was a contestant on ITV's celebrity sheepdog trials programme Flockstars.
Quote: 'I'd like to die live on air.'
Trivia: Blackburn is a vegetarian.
Tim Wonnacott (Narrator)
Born: May 06, 1953 in Barnstaple, Devon
Best Known For: Bargain Hunt.
Early-life: Tim was born in Barnstaple, Devon, on May 6, 1953. He attended auctions from a young age and his first experience of auctioneering came when he was 16 at a farm sale when he sold the contents of a kitchen. He qualified as a Chartered Auctioneer and Chartered Surveyor and furthered his interest in fine art by completing a postgraduate course at the Victoria and Albert Museum's study centre for the Fine and Decorative Arts.
Career: In 1978, Wonnacott joined Sotheby's in London, becoming a junior director in 1983 and a full director in 1985. His work for the auction house was primarily in the furniture department, where he developed his knowledge of clocks, barometers, 19th-century sculpture and works of art, ceramics and silver. He left Sotheby's in January 2003 after 25 years to start his own fine art agency and brokerage business and further his media ambitions. He first began appearing regularly on TV in the early 1990s as an expert on Antiques Roadshow. His big break came in 2003 when he replaced David Dickinson as the host of Bargain Hunt. He has made guest appearances on a number of shows such as Test the Nation, Going for a Song, The Great Antiques Hunt, and Royal Upstairs Downstairs. In 2014, he signed up to appear as a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing.
Quote: 'One of the reasons I am good at what I do is because I love what I do. I'm an expert in this business because that's what I've done all my life.'
Trivia: In 2002, he helped raise more than £400,000 for Childline at an auction in London.
Charlie Ross (Contributor)
Charles Hanson (Contributor)
Wendy Rattray (Executive producer)
Paul Tucker (Series producer)

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