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National Memorial Arboretum to host the Antiques Roadshow

BBC TV’s Antiques Roadshow will be recording a special edition of the programme in the NMA - Spectators welcome!

BBC One television's Antiques Roadshow will be recording a special edition of the programme at the National Memorial Arboretum on Thursday 1 September.

The show, which is due to air on Remembrance Sunday, will be presented by Fiona Bruce, along with a small team of antiques experts. Visitors are welcome to come and watch the filming, which will take place between 9am and 7pm.

All participants in the filming have been selected in advance following an appeal at the end of a programme last year. As a result, the public will not be able to bring personal objects for valuation.  The show's resident Arms and Militaria specialists, Graham Lay and Bill Harriman, will be joined by Hilary Kay and Paul Atterbury, both of whom have extensive knowledge of objects with an interesting social history.

The screening of Antiques Roadshow is expected to further build the national and international profile of the Arboretum, which is part of The Royal British Legion family of charities. Filming is scheduled to take place around a wide range of different memorials on the site, describing the stories behind them and illustrating the wide diversity of the organisations and individuals represented within its 150 acres of wooded parkland.

Paul Kennedy, Curator of the National Memorial Arboretum, said: "We feel incredibly honoured to be hosting this special Remembrance episode of the Antiques Roadshow. It will further confirm that we are the place 'Where our Nation remembers'.

"We understand the programme will be including family stories ranging from the Boer War right up to the Falklands conflict. Anyone with an interest in military history is most welcome to come along and listen in to the recordings."

This is expected to be a very busy day at the Arboretum, so those wishing to visit and watch the filming are advised to come early and to use the signposted Park and Ride service.

The Arboretum is free to enter but donations are appreciated. For further information visit the Arboretum website at www.thenma.org.uk or call 01283 792333.