Celebrity Antiques Road Trip: Honor Blackman and Britt Ekland


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

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Honor Blackman and Britt Ekland
Season 1, Episode 8

Former Bond girls Honor Blackman and Britt Ekland join Charlie Ross and Charles Hanson as they travel around Cambridge and Saffron Walden, Essex, looking for valuable items to put up for auction in Greenwich, south-east London. Narrated by Tim Wonnacott


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Antiques/Collectibles Leisure Hobbies

Cast & Crew

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Tim Wonnacott (Narrator)
Honor Blackman (Contestant)
Britt Ekland (Contestant)
Charlie Ross (Contributor)
Charles Hanson (Contributor)
Wendy Rattray (Executive producer)
Paul Tucker (Series producer)

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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.
Honor Blackman (Contestant)
Born: December 12, 1927 in London
Best Known For: Being a Bond girl.
Early-life: Born December 12, 1927, in Plaistor, London. She credits her father for starting her successful acting career - for her 16th birthday present he offered her the option of a bicycle or elocution lessons. She picked the latter, which helped develop her famous husky, sexy voice. On leaving school she studied part-time at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, making ends meet as a clerk at the Home Office.
Career: Blackman's first professional job was as an understudy to the lead in West End play The Guinea Pig. Her film debut came in 1946's Fame Is the Spur. Further small movie roles and TV work followed, but it was playing Cathy Gale in The Avengers that made her a star. Blackman quit the show after two series in 1964 and, the same year, starred alongside Sean Connery as Pussy Galore in Bond movie Goldfinger. Films since include Shalako (re-teaming her with Connery), To the Devil a Daughter and Bridget Jones's Diary. She also starred in sitcom The Upper Hand and appeared in Coronation Street in 2004. She continues to work on stage and pop up in guest TV roles.
Quote: 'I'm told leather drives men up the wall. I like wearing it because it feels nice.'
Trivia: She enjoys watching football and declined a CBE in 2002.
Britt Ekland (Contestant)
Born: October 06, 1942 in Stockholm, Sweden
Best Known For: Her high-profile relationships.
Early-life: Born Britt-Marie Eklund on October 6, 1942, in Stockholm, Sweden. She describes her mother as a beautiful woman who lived for her children. Her father, she has claimed, was a womaniser. She attended drama school and joined a travelling theatre troupe in her teens. She left Sweden at the age of 19 after making a handful of Swedish movies and eventually became a star in Italian films before heading to England.
Career: Despite some decent film roles, Ekland became famous for being married to Peter Sellers, and appeared with him in After the Fox and The Bobo. She had a small but memorable role in 1971 cult classic Get Carter. Two years later, she made The Wicker Man, which remains one of her most popular movies. Her Bond girl role in 1974's The Man with the Golden Gun sealed her reputation as a sex symbol and won her a lifetime of publicity. Few of her roles since have been memorable. She began appearing in British pantos in 1992 and has written a warts-and-all autobiography. She appeared in the 10th series of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! in 2010.
Quote: On her Bond character, Mary Goodnight: 'It was one of the most enjoyable things I've ever done, but it did nothing for my career.'
Trivia: In addition to Swedish, Ekland is fluent in English, French and German.
Charlie Ross (Contributor)
Charles Hanson (Contributor)
Wendy Rattray (Executive producer)
Paul Tucker (Series producer)

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