Bargain Hunt (2000)

Season 53: Episode 1

Today’s reds and blues are joined by experts Richard Madley and Ben Cooper as they go bargain-hunting at an antiques centre in Cheshire. As usual, they have £300 and one hour to buy three items to take to auction in Dudley, but to beef up the competition now our teams must spend at least £75 on one of their items and complete a shopping challenge picked by today's presenter Eric Knowles. Eric pays a visit to the Black Country Living Museum to find out how chain making was once a major industry in the area.