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Bletchley

Reality

TV-PG

44

Nov 7, 1998

Hugh Scully and the team visit Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, where the Enigma code was famously broken during World War II. Finds include fragments of Roman glass set in a valuable bracelet, a painting bought off a barrow and an early tea-maker.

Season 21, 25 episodes

Bristol University,

Among the discoveries are an early sketch of Winnie the Pooh, a valuable painting of the Avon Gorge, and a historic design for a stained glass window.

Discoveries include a porcelain sauce boat, hippopotamus's skull and a Rembrandt etching. Lars Tharp joins Hugh Scully to look at archive footage from the series.

A jeweler's stock found in a loft, a sculpture kept in a cellar and a painting of cows. Expert Hugo Morley-Fletcher joins presenter Hugh Scully to look at archive footage from the series.

Memorabilia of a local mining disaster, a Tiffany vase and two Ming bronzes. Expert Peter Nahum joins Hugh Scully.

Greenwich Naval College,

The stately surroundings of the Royal Naval College in Greenwich provide the venue where discoveries include a painting of the blazing London skyline during the Blitz, a mystery kitchen implement and a handmade golfball.

Greenwich compilation,

An edition from the old observatory at Greenwich, London, in which Hugh Scully talks to Simon Bull about the first marine chronometer. Also included are special discoveries from previous series.

Hugh Scully and the team visit Poole in Dorset, where finds include a gold medal awarded to a ship's doctor for saving the lives of survivors of the Titanic.

Hugh Scully and the team visit Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, where the Enigma code was famously broken during World War II. Finds include fragments of Roman glass set in a valuable bracelet, a painting bought off a barrow and an early tea-maker.

Hugh Scully visits Ormskirk in Lancashire, where finds include an unusual collection of post-War memorabilia, a painting by LS Lowry and a terracotta bust.

In the pretty Surrey town, discoveries include a claret jug in the shape of a duck, a regency table in need of a twin, and a portrait of Captain Scott's mother that hung in his cabin.

Ickworth House,

Hugh Scully and team visit Ickworth House, Suffolk, where discoveries include an unusual provenance, a collection of paintings kept in attics and barns, and an oriental porcelain vase.

Ickworth House compilation,

From Ickworth House again, Hugh Scully discovers a fine portrait collection and looks back at unseen finds from previous editions, including a sedan chair with a family history.

Lancing College,

In the Gothic splendor of the Chapel of Lancing College in Sussex, Hugh Scully and experts find an original Beatles album with authentic signatures, a French automaton in a distressed state from a local attic and the remains of a collection of Toby jugs.

Hugh Scully and team are in the grounds of Westonbirt school, Gloucestershire, where discoveries include an illustrated letter from Beatrix Potter, a 17th-century gold posy ring found with a metal detector, and a painting by Frederick Herring Junior.

Hugh Scully's discoveries include a saucy pair of bookends from the 1930s, a collection of miniature cast iron fireplaces, local pottery and silver, and a Russian vase.

Highclere Castle,

Hugh Scully and his team are at Highclere Castle in Hampshire, where finds include an ebonised cabinet and an Art Deco pendant.

Highclere Castle compilation,

Hugh Scully returns to Highclere Castle to talk to Lord Carnavon about his famous grandfather, the fifth Earl, who discovered the tomb of TutAnkhamun.

Hugh Scully returns to Northallerton in north Yorkshire, where exhibits include two rosebud boxes produced by the same maker in the 1830s, a carved wooden mouse, and a pastel portrait of a mongrel dog.

From Carnoustie, Angus, where exhibits include a painting of the Scottish coast, a bronze of Robert the Bruce, and first editions of the Beano and Dandy children's comics.

Gainsborough in Lincolnshire is the venue for this week's program, where Hugh Scully and the team uncover a wartime relic of famous names of Bomber Command, a set of Steiff nine-pin skittles, and what may be the program's first genuine Renoir painting.

Hugh Scully and the team visit Syon Park in west London, where they discover a previously unknown collection of intimate letters from Henry Moore to a lady and a child's 'correction' chair.

Syon Park Compilation,

Hugh Scully returns with Victoria Leatham to the stately home of Syon House, to introduce previously unseen clips from the series.

The team visits Plymouth and discovers a painting of a young girl by Frederick, Lord Leighton plus rare Frankelthal porcelain figures.

At Colwyn Bay in north Wales, discoveries include a long plaited pearl necklace known as a sautoir, a 90-year old doll's house with its original furnishings, and a collection of ocean-liner brochures.

A visit to Lyme Park, Cheshire, where exhibits include an early edition of The Canterbury Tales and a pair of Bretby glazed pottery figures.

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