The television show, Celebrity Antiques Road Trip visited the University’s British Cartoon Archive in August. The episode is to be aired on Friday 18 November.
The show sees two contestants travelling around an area (each with an antiques expert) competing against each other in buying and selling antiques. The Celebrity version is for charity. Within each show the celebrity and their expert presenter visits a collection or site of national and historical significance.
Vic Reeves visited the British Cartoon Archive with expert Charlie Ross and spoke to Dr Nick Hiley. Vic has an interest in painting and drawing and came to see original drawings within the Cartoon Archive collections. Material shown included First World War cartoons by W.K. Haselden collection and Second World War cartoons by Carl Giles Collection.