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{{Short description|British television series}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{primary sources|date=December 2019}}
{{Infobox television
| image        = FItitle.jpg
| genre        = Antiques programme
| presenter    = [[Paul Martin (TV presenter)|Paul Martin]]
| country      = United Kingdom
| language     = English
| num_series   = 17
| num_episodes = 1,000+
| runtime      = 45 minutes
| company      = [[BBC Studios]]
| network      = [[BBC Two]]
| first_aired  = {{Start date|2002|05|27|df=yes}}
| last_aired   = {{End date|2020|05|04|df=yes}}
}}

'''''Flog It!''''' is a [[BBC]] television series presented by [[Paul Martin (TV presenter)|Paul Martin]] that was broadcast from 27 May 2002 to May 2020.{{efn|The first five episodes were presented by Mark Harnden.}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0320858/?ref_=ttspec_spec_tt |title=Flog It! description |publisher=[[IMDb]]}}</ref>

==Description==
The show follows a similar formula to ''[[Antiques Roadshow]]'', with members of the public bringing their antiques to be viewed and valued by a team of experts.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbcstudios.com/case-studies/flog-it/ |title=Programme description |publisher=BBC Studios Unscripted Productions, Bristol }}{{Dead link|date=July 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> However, unlike ''Antiques Roadshow'', the owners are then given the option to sell their items at an [[auction]].
[[File:Flog It! presenter Paul Martin talks to audience.jpg|left|thumb|Recording BBC TV ''Flog It!'', presenter Paul Martin chats to audience members (Birmingham, 2014)]]
The programme, originally broadcast as part of [[BBC One]]'s afternoon schedule, subsequently appeared on [[BBC Two]]. It is shown as part of the early evening schedule for short runs, and sometimes also on Saturday afternoons. It was noted in early 2017 that ''Flog It!'' had recently filmed its 1000th episode.<ref name=Kent>{{cite web |last=Edwards |first=Jade |title=BBC's Flog It show coming to Rochester Cathedral |url=http://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/news/popular-tv-show-coming-to-118592/ |publisher=Kent Online |date=25 January 2017 |accessdate=25 January 2017}}</ref>

On 2 October 2018, it was announced by the BBC that they would be axing the show after 17 years as part of a shake-up to "modernise" the daytime schedule.<ref>{{cite web |last=Shepherd |first=Jack |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/flog-it-cancelled-bbc-1-daytime-television-axed-years-paul-martin-a8565276.html |title=Flog It! axed by BBC after 17-year run|newspaper=[[The Independent]] |date=2 October 2018 |accessdate=1 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-45727337 |title=Flog It! axed as part of BBC One daytime shake-up|publisher=BBC |date=2 October 2018 |accessdate=2 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Jones |first=Emma |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/paul-martin-presented-flog-it-13524767 |title=Paul Martin presented Flog It! for 18 years and even met wife on show – here's what he's doing now it's been axed|newspaper=[[The Daily Mirror]] |date=4 November 2018 |accessdate=1 May 2020}}</ref>

==Objects==
During each show, selected lots are auctioned off.

Items by [[Moorcroft]] (the factory of [[William Moorcroft (potter)|William Moorcroft]]), [[Clarice Cliff]], [[Troika Pottery|Troika]], [[René Lalique]] and [[Franz Xaver Bergmann|Bergmann]] appear frequently. Previously unrecorded works by artists such as portrait painter [[Augustus Henry Fox]] have also been discovered.<ref name="AHF">{{cite episode |title=Wilmslow |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00r9pq0 |series=Flog It! |series-link=Flog It! |series-number=8 |number='Reversions' |network=BBC |date=3 March 2010 |accessdate=18 August 2013}}</ref>

In 2013, at [[Normanby Hall]] in Lincolnshire, a rare but unrecognised Australian Aboriginal shield was discovered that subsequently sold at auction for £30,000, being purchased by the [[Sydney Museum]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2013-03-10 |title='Astonishing' £30k treasure unearthed by Flog It! at Normanby Halll |language=en-GB |work=[[Scunthorpe Telegraph]] |url=http://www.scunthorpetelegraph.co.uk/news/celebs-tv/astonishing-30k-treasure-unearthed-flog-88279 |access-date=2022-09-13 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref>

==Experts==
[[File:Flog It! BBC TV, James Lewis giving valuation.jpg|thumb|331x331px|Recording BBC TV ''Flog It!'', antiques expert and valuer James Lewis gives an opinion (Birmingham, 2014)]]
On each show, valuations are carried out by two experts and, sometimes, by Martin himself. Experts that have featured on the show include Will Axon, Michael Baggott, [[David Barby]], Kate Bateman, [[Raj Bisram]],<ref name=Kent/> [[Kate Bliss]], James Braxton, James Lewis, [[Anita Manning]], Jethro Marles, Adam Partridge,<ref name=Kent/> Thomas Plant, Claire Rawle, [[Natasha Raskin Sharp]], [[Charlie Ross (British antiques expert)|Charlie Ross]], [[Philip Serrell]], Nigel Smith, Catherine Southon, [[Mark Stacey]], Elizabeth Talbot<ref name=Kent/> and [[Christina Trevanion]], some of whom have also appeared as auctioneers in other editions of ''Flog It!'' and in other antiques-related BBC programmes such as ''[[Bargain Hunt]]'' and ''[[Cash in the Attic]]''.

Kate Bliss herself presented several editions {{circa}} 2004–2005, when Paul Martin was unavailable.

==Locations==
Like the ''Antiques Roadshow'', the programme travels around the country. Most episodes include a segment where presenter Paul Martin investigates an aspect of local culture, history or historical figures. The auction usually takes place in an auction house in the same area.

The programme's 1000th episode was recorded at [[Bletchley Park]], home to Britain's codebreakers during World War 2.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Flog It! 1000th Episode |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2017/12/flog-it-1000th |access-date=2025-01-29 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |language=en}}</ref> It was one of more than 100 episodes directed by [[Fiona Scott (media consultant)|Fiona Scott]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=A YEAR TO REMEMBER.. |url=https://www.totalswindon.com/news/a-year-to-remember/ |access-date=2025-01-29 |website=www.totalswindon.com}}</ref>

==Transmissions==
===Regular series===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Series !! Start date !! End date !! Episodes
|-
| '''1''' || 27 May 2002 || ?? || 60
|-
| '''2''' || 20 May 2004  || ?? || 60
|-
| '''3''' || ?? || ?? || ??
|-
| '''4''' || ?? || ?? || 70
|-
| '''5''' || ?? || ?? || 80
|-
| '''6''' || ?? || ?? || ??
|-
| '''7''' || 16 September 2008<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00dl03p |title=Flog It!, Series 7, Barnsley |publisher=BBC |accessdate=24 December 2019}}</ref> || 29 January 2009<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00hc83r |title=Flog It!, Series 7, Skegness |publisher=BBC |accessdate=24 December 2019}}</ref> || 60
|-
| '''8''' || 24 August 2009<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00mfjw8 |title=Flog It!, Series 8, Barrow-in-Furness |publisher=BBC |accessdate=24 December 2019}}</ref> || ?? || 75
|-
| '''9''' || 10 May 2010<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00sftwk |title=Flog It!, Series 9, Malvern |publisher=BBC |accessdate=24 December 2019}}</ref> || 28 March 2011<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0102nst |title=Flog It!, Series 9, Worthing |publisher=BBC |accessdate=24 December 2019}}</ref> || 75
|-
| '''10''' || 23 May 2011<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b011ld2r |title=Flog It!, Series 10, Cardigan |publisher=BBC |accessdate=24 December 2019}}</ref> || ?? || 75
|-
| '''11''' || 3 September 2012<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01mmv39 |title=Flog It!, Series 11, Duxford |publisher=BBC |accessdate=24 December 2019}}</ref> || 13 December 2013<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b038xq0n |title=Flog It!, Series 11, Exeter 58 |publisher=BBC |accessdate=24 December 2019}}</ref> || 60
|-
| '''12''' || 7 April 2014<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b040tpk8 |title=Flog It!, Series 12, Blackpool 3 |publisher=BBC |accessdate=24 December 2019}}</ref> || 17 November 2014<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04j29fp |title=Flog It!, Series 12, Somerset 29 |publisher=BBC |accessdate=24 December 2019}}</ref> || 60
|-
| '''13''' || 18 September 2014<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04j2d7c |title=Flog It!, Series 13, Birmingham 1 |publisher=BBC |accessdate=24 December 2019}}</ref> || 22 June 2015<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b060l3sk |title=Flog It!, Series 13, Dorset 22 |publisher=BBC |accessdate=24 December 2019}}</ref> || 40
|-
| '''14''' || 26 August 2015<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b068gmsq |title=Flog It!, Series 14, Falmouth 11 |publisher=BBC |accessdate=24 December 2019}}</ref> || 2 November 2016<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0824yq7 |title=Flog It!, Series 14, Powderham Castle 48 |publisher=BBC |accessdate=24 December 2019}}</ref> || 60
|-
| '''15''' || 7 November 2016<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08301tl |title=Flog It!, Series 15, Wolverhampton 2 |publisher=BBC |accessdate=24 December 2019}}</ref> || 9 May 2018<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b2nbv6 |title=Flog It!, Series 15, Croome 52 |publisher=BBC |accessdate=24 December 2019}}</ref> || 60
|-
| '''16''' || 11 May 2018<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b2nc6k |title=Flog It!, Series 16, Barrow Hill 1 |publisher=BBC |accessdate=24 December 2019}}</ref> || 19 December 2019<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000bhq4 |title=Flog It!, Series 16, Episode 60 |publisher=BBC |accessdate=24 December 2019}}</ref> || 60
|-
| '''17''' || 20 November 2019<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000bh3f |title=Flog It!, Series 17, Episode 1 |publisher=BBC |accessdate=24 December 2019}}</ref> || 4 May 2020<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000gphv |title=Flog It!, Series 17, Episode 39 |publisher=BBC |accessdate=1 May 2020}}</ref> || 40
|}

===''Flog It: Trade Secrets''===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Series !! Start date !! End date !! Episodes
|-
| '''1''' || 11 February 2013<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01qsmlz |title=Flog It: Trade Secrets, Series 1, Something for Nothing |publisher=BBC |accessdate=24 December 2019}}</ref> || 2 March 2013<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01r6dpr |title=Flog It: Trade Secrets, Series 1, Found |publisher=BBC |accessdate=24 December 2019}}</ref> || 15
|-
| '''2''' || 19 August 2013<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b038www2 |title=Flog It: Trade Secrets, Series 2, Weird & Wonderful |publisher=BBC |accessdate=24 December 2019}}</ref> || 5 September 2013<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b039rc1h |title=Flog It: Trade Secrets, Series 2, Hearth and Home |publisher=BBC |accessdate=24 December 2019}}</ref> || 15
|-
| '''3''' || 10 March 2014<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03y6gs4 |title=Flog It: Trade Secrets, Series 3, All that Glisters |publisher=BBC |accessdate=24 December 2019}}</ref> || 22 March 2014<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03zm4s9 |title=Flog It: Trade Secrets, Series 3, Eastern |publisher=BBC |accessdate=24 December 2019}}</ref> || 15
|}

===''Flog It! Travels Around Britain''===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Series !! Start date !! End date !! Episodes
|-
| '''1''' || 20 January 2009<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00h5t5w |title=Flog It! Travels Around Britain, Rural Crafts |publisher=BBC |accessdate=24 December 2019}}</ref> || 13 November 2010<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00v2z26 |title=Flog It! Travels Around Britain, Poets |publisher=BBC |accessdate=24 December 2019}}</ref> || 3
|}

==References==
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==Notes==
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==External links==
*{{BBC programme}}
*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b037bktf ''Flog It: Trade Secrets''] at BBC programmes
*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00h9hz1 ''Flog It! Travels Around Britain''] at BBC programmes

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[[Category:2010s British television series]]
[[Category:Antiques television series]]
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[[Category:Television series by BBC Studios]]
[[Category:British reality television series]]
[[Category:British English-language television shows]]
[[Category:Auction television series]]