Four rooms on C4 Tuesday 20.00

[Mr E Driver]

Radio Times said:

Tuesday 24 May
8:00pm - 9:00pm
Channel 4

1/8, series 1

Antiques Roadshow meets Dragons' Den meets Deal or No Deal with four experts competing to buy collectable items. The twist is that having examined, say, a mutilated Francis Bacon painting, they each retire to a room where the painting's owner negotiates a price with them in turn. Once he's refused an offer, he goes to the next room and hopes for a better deal there. The negotiations range from a bit dull to cringe-making, but the items are fantastic (no chipped teapots here) and judge Jeff Salmon - a flamboyant, outspoken character who on occasion even uses dice to make his decision - makes great TV. Could be a grower.

Radio Times reviewer - Jane Rackham

Just watched the first part of this and it is one of the most compelling and exciting things I have seen for a long time. Well worth watching even if you are not that interested in art and unusual stuff, but who isn't?

[Mr E Driver]

'take it, take it.................oh you dheads' were my words exactly

[Mr E Driver]

Hangman's rope you say? Got any provenance? any history? not worth a bean without it.

papers you say ... I still wouldn't buy anything like that

Edited by Mr E Driver on Tuesday 31st May 20:39

[Mr E Driver]

She looks older than 23, I wonder if she is a 20/day?

[Mr E Driver]

Ah that explains it, didn't look at the article date. Your mate was on with a hangmans rope...

[Mr E Driver]

Radio Times said:

3/8

The objets d'art that could fetch a handsome price in this episode are a Tracey Emin print owned by her twin brother, a macabre piece of tattooed skin pickled in a jar, a rare Beatles poster from the 1960s, and a vintage, penny arcade electric-shock machine.

[Mr E Driver]

I get the feeling that Paul Emin didn't take it to a few auction houses before appearing on the programme.

[Mr E Driver]

I was very surprised he didn't go to Emma last....

[Mr E Driver]

I missed last night ep but I have discovered it is being repeated on More4 this Friday 17th at 21.00 starting with the first ep.

[Mr E Driver]

Radio Times said:

6/8, series 1

One of the great pleasures of Four Rooms is that there is at least one Bay of Pigs-type stand-off in every episode: who is going to blink first? The dealer? Or the seller? Who will hold their nerve? The dealers are a little tetchy tonight, and don't stand any nonsense, particularly from the man who wants £100,000 for his hideous 'disco bar' designed by shoemaker Patrick Cox. "It's not just a bar, it's a story," he wheedles. But he gets short shrift from Gordon Watson: "It's not Crime and Punishment, my dear." But the nicest artefact of the evening is a modern chandelier. The seller wants a modest £2,000. But surely it's worth much more?

Radio Times reviewer - Alison Graham

[Mr E Driver]

The value in the photos is because they were unpublished and never before seen pics of some very famous people and they can be a big money earner because all the negatives were there.

[Mr E Driver]

Radio Times said:

7/8, series 1

The dealers are asked to value a rare painting by Marilyn Monroe, a life-size mechanical baby elephant and a collection of unusual celebrity memorabilia.
They also cast their eyes over a selection of stuffed frogs.

[Mr E Driver]

I always thought Elvis had that honour?

Marilyn rolls in at 9 though the top female earner.