I think you’ll like this program, Andy.
It has lots to learn about UK geography, history, and land use, among other interesting facts! (It mostly features England and Scotland primarily, with a little Wales. I haven’t seen any Northern Ireland yet. Maybe that, too!)
The players drive through to new antique venues in historic cars on some of the least marked, narrowest of tertiary roads. It must be quite an adventure to drive on them in big American cars. Even Mercedes Benzes look dangerously huge on those roads! I feel more comfortable when they have secondary and excellent divided highways to travel on, but then you miss out of the interesting countryside.
You know you like those things, Andy. The cars aren’t zooming around like you prefer, but they are golden oldies made in France, Germany, Sweden, and the USA, with mostly rare English cars, many of which were made by now-extinct manufacturers!
Yeah, I know the “voice over” guy drives me nuts pronouncing “Porsche” as “Porsh“. You don’t have to remind me! Why I expect a German pronunciation of that one brand but drive a “Volks’-wag-un” instead of a “Folks’vag-en“, Andy, I don’t know. I guess that’s why I just cringe when the “voice over” guy speaks of a “Porsh“. Fortunately, the players haven’t stopped to eat at a Mexican eatery, yet, for “tay’-kos“. That pronunciation by the English really drives me nuts!
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US public television features many English programs. I especially enjoy the ones featuring antiques valuations. Michael Aspel may no longer be on “Antiques Roadshow”, but he was one of the celebrities in Season 3 of this road trip variation, a treat for me since most of the celebrities are ones I don’t know anything about. I mean, Brian Blessed I know from “Blackadder” and Boris Johnson’s father is father of a former PM, if not what I think of as a celebrity. That’s about it so far.
What amazes me is how little they are paying for items that would sell for huge prices here. The English “Antiques Roadshow” valuations are more in line with what I expect. The types of items for sell are very different, too, from what one sees on the US public television version of “Antiques Roadshow”. That is part of my fascination with this new variation on “Antiques Roadshow”. The differences reflect the different historic paths the two countries took, and the really old treasures there can be Roman, for example, whereas here, they might be Amerindian.
Tired of television, Andy snacked on some left-over Greenies.
Andy may have lost interest in “Celebrity Antiques Road Trip, but I am watching it from Season 1 through the last show available. It’s a hoot!