The once-conservative antiques industry has had a makeover.The "pickers" are on the hunt of antiques and collectibles.
7mate, 9.30pm
Mike and Frank have high hopes of finding unusual collectables amid the rusty junk gathering dust in the garages and basements of the backwaters of the US in this knockabout show about antique ''pickers''. They hit the jackpot with their first port of call in tonight's episode, an old-timer whose immense collection includes a 1921 hamburger joint, a shed filled with 35 horse-drawn carriages and an original soda machine. Subsequent house calls are less fruitful but nonetheless demonstrate the perils and rewards of their gleaning; rooms filled with worthless reproductions that someone paid top dollar for, or a fellow collector who understandably won't let go of anything. The concept of this Collectors-meets-Bargain Hunt show is straightforward enough. Mike and Frank's boyish enthusiasm and the colourful people and places they stumble upon make it worthwhile.