Episode 3

The country's leading amateur antiques enthusiasts battle it out to become Britain's first ever Antiques Master in this series presented by Sandi Toksvig and featuring antiques expert Eric Knowles. We're back in Towneley Hall in Lancashire where four more contenders put their skill and knowledge to the test over four tough challenges. The contestants are: Ben Poland from Stockport who loves Victorian jewellery; Christopher Shaw, a Georgian furniture enthusiast from Bath; Rowena Craddock from Essex who specialises in the Art Nouveau designer Archibold Knox; and John Boyce from Fife whose passion is Wedgwood pottery. But who will take that all important place in the semi-finals and be one step closer to becoming the Antiques Master? Plus the origin of the saying 'burning the candle at both ends' is revealed.