The Bidding Room
The Bidding Room is a TV show on BBC1. Nigel Havers presides as sellers come face to face with five dealers who battle it out to make the highest bid. The program has been available since 2025. A total of 71 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in December 2025.
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Nigel Havers presides as five sellers aim for the best price for their items, including an étagère, a German pendant light, some napkin clips, a spinning wheel and an exercise bike.
Series 7
Peter winds up the dealers with his clockwork cars, Julie and John won’t let their gong go for a song, and chess player Dave turns the room into a pawn shop.
Series 5
Nigel Havers presides as five sellers aim to get the best price for their items, including a mini sewing machine, a silver canteen, an accordion, gingerbread moulds and some old accounts ledgers.
Series 7
The dealers welcome Scott and Clare from Aberdare, Georges loses his head over a super-rare pilot’s helmet, and Wally’s normal-sized Mini poster proves a huge hit.
Eileen’s miniature garden gets Nigel nostalgic, Jacqui has a go on Jon’s precarious-looking penny-farthing, and the dealers take on a mysterious Mexican wrestler.
Series 6
Nigel Havers presides as five sellers aim to get the best price for their items including an iconic chair, rollerskates, dining room suite, a braille micrometer and a boxing belt.
Series 7
A pair of rare boots with tales of adventure, a giant puppet with a famous past and a seller who gives it everything she’s got for a top bid.
A motivational speaker gets the dealers out their seats, a set of mid-century drawers sparks a bidding war, and the dealers have a close shave with an art deco barber's chair.
Billie from Edinburgh brings two little piggies to market, Simon’s industrial lights spark a bidding war, and will Barbie girl Amanda makes Mel’s dreams come true?
A surprise appearance from an Elvis impersonator has the dealers all shook up. Clayton’s jade disc leaves them green with envy. And will Danni’s cigar cutters go for a snip?
Series 6
Nigel Havers presides as five sellers aim to get the best price for their items, including a jet hood dryer, circus books, a teak unit, malachite solitaire and a pink plastic tea set.
Series 7
From the ridiculous to the sublime. Daniel tries to shift a pair of furry bedside tables, and Pixie shows off her parachute silk wedding dress.
Series 6
Nigel Havers presides as five sellers bid on items, including a Danish 1960s lampshade, a set of bagpipes, a police photofit game, a toaster radio and a ride-on, vintage, Austin toy car.
Series 7
A mother and daughter drive the dealers nuts to secure a sale, the bidders enjoy a seventies classic, and toy collector Russell returns with a game that’s going nowhere fast.
Robert’s impressive bust takes Suzie’s breath away, Carl hopes to lock in a sale for his antique handcuffs, and will two heads be better than one as Tracey faces the dealers?
Series 6
Nigel Havers presides as five sellers aim to get the best price for their items, including a valet stand, ball dresses, a carved chest, pillboxes and spaceman statues.
Series 7
It’s high stakes today for Philip and his vampire-killing kit. Then, after Ben warms the dealers up with his rare coco de mer seed, can Paddy seal the deal with a spit roast?
Series 6
Nigel Havers presides as five sellers aim to get the best price for their items, including a ceramic lamp, Chinese wedding baskets, a first-aid box, a bracelet and an orange sofa.
Series 7
Nigel comes face to face with a piece of Havers family history, Philip bets on getting a bite on his metal teeth, and local sellers Ben and Jenna are happy to take whatever they can get.