The Bidding Room: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

From the makers of The Repair Shop, comes a new BBC One daytime series, The Bidding Room.

Set in an emporium deep in the Yorkshire countryside, a group of expert dealers will attempt to outbid each other to buy extraordinary items brought in by the public.

Nigel Havers welcomes people with an item they'd like to sell, introducing them to a valuation expert who gives them the specialist information they need to drive a hard bargain. Tooled up with this information, Nigel guides the sellers through to the bidding room, where the five eager dealers square up to spend their money.

The competition will be fierce and the sellers will need to haggle get the best possible price for their item before finally shaking hands and doing a deal.

Series details

• Title: The Bidding Room
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2020-06-08
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC One
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 45 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 48350
• IMDb ID: tt11434078
• TVDB ID: 383642

Cast and credited roles

• Nigel Havers — Host
• Simon Bower — Consultant

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2020-06-08; final listed air date 2020-10-23; episode order: 30.
• Season 2: premiered 2021-01-04; final listed air date 2021-02-05.
• Season 3: premiered 2021-08-09; final listed air date 2022-05-10; episode order: 25.
• Season 4: premiered 2022-08-29; final listed air date 2023-10-02; episode order: 30.
• Season 5: premiered 2024-03-06; final listed air date 2024-10-25; episode order: 30.
• Season 6: premiered 2025-01-06; final listed air date 2025-05-16; episode order: 30.
• Season 7: premiered 2025-07-28; final listed air date 2025-12-18; episode order: 25.
• Season 8: premiered 2026-07-13; final listed air date 2026-07-24; episode order: 25.

Source and licence

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