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Bargain Hunt: Series 30

32 episodes Premiered Sep 26, 2011 Updated Sep 25, 2026
Previously on Bargain Hunt

Season 30 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Bargain Hunt Season 29.
  • ⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • ⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • ⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
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Season 30 Episodes

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Season 30: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (29): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S30·E1 Mytharc

Kent 1

Sep 26, 2011 · 50 min

The antiques challenge comes from Detling Antiques Fair in Kent. Two male partners play a canny game in the expert company of James Braxton, while David Barby leads an aunt and nie

S30·E2 Core

Cornwall 6

Sep 28, 2011 · 43 min

Tim Wonnacott and the Bargain Hunt team head to the Royal Cornwall Showground in Wadebridge to track down well-priced treasures. Steering the red and blue teams in the right direct

S30·E3 Core

Shrewsbury 12

Sep 30, 2011 · 43 min

The antiques challenge comes from Shrewsbury, where four female contestants try to make good decisions at the fair with help from auctioneer Colin Young and collectibles buff David

S30·E4 Core

Edinburgh 13

Oct 3, 2011 · 43 min

Tim Wonnacott and the Bargain Hunt team head to Scotland. The red and blue teams are assisted by experts Jeremy Lamond and Nick Hall in their quest to find bargains at the Edinburg

S30·E5 Core

Kent 2

Oct 5, 2011 · 43 min

The antiques challenge comes from Detling Antiques Fair in Kent. James Braxton provides expertise for a pair of sporting lads in red, while David Barby has trouble getting his loca

S30·E6 Core

Shrewsbury 10

Oct 7, 2011 · 43 min

The antiques challenge comes from Shrewsbury, where one student in red is helped by her gran and expert Colin Young, while a student in blue has his mum behind him and expert David

S30·E7 Core

Edinburgh 16

Oct 10, 2011 · 43 min

The teams scour the stalls at the Edinburgh Antiques and Collectors Fair. Expert Nick Hall teams up with friendly neighbours in red, and Jeremy Lamond discovers all the hidden anti

S30·E8 Core

Yorkshire 18

Oct 11, 2011 · 43 min

Wetherby Racecourse Antiques Fair plays host to another quartet of bargain hunters. Paul Laidlaw has lots of fun teaming up with two aspiring actors, whereas Thomas Plant gets into

S30·E9 Core

Kent 4

Oct 12, 2011 · 43 min

Tim Wonnacott and the teams are hunting for bargains in Kent at Detling Antiques Fair. Expert help comes in the form of David Barby, whose banter charms his ladies in blue, and Jam

S30·E10 Core

Exeter 21

Oct 17, 2011 · 43 min

Bargain Hunt comes from Exeter. Two big men reveal their knowledge of kitchen utensils to a bemused Philip Serrell, while Catherine Southon struggles to keep control of a very exci

S30·E11 Core

Yorkshire 17

Oct 20, 2011 · 43 min

Tim Wonnacott presents a hunt for bargains from the Jaguar Antiques and Collectors Fair at Wetherby Racecourse. The reds are a great-aunt-and-nephew team led by expert Paul Laidlaw

S30·E12 Core

Cornwall 7

Oct 21, 2011 · 43 min

Two teams of bargain hunters are let loose at the Royal Cornwall Showground in Wadebridge. Phil Serrell puts on his driving cap for his ladies in red, while Henry Meadows tries to

S30·E13 Core

Cornwall 8

Oct 26, 2011 · 43 min

Tim Wonnacott and the teams hunt for bargains at the Royal Cornwall Showground in Wadebridge. The Reds benefit from advice from seasoned expert Philip Serrell, while the Blues have

S30·E14 Core

Yorkshire 19

Oct 27, 2011 · 43 min

Experts Paul Laidlaw and Thomas Plant are in Yorkshire, shopping with the Bargain Hunt teams in the Jaguar Antiques and Collectables Fair at Wetherby Racecourse. Two lady boxing i

S30·E15 Core

Exeter 23

Oct 28, 2011 · 43 min

Bargain Hunt comes from Exeter. The red team are a rock drummer and a singer who try to work up a beat to befuddle two bubbly blondes in blue. Expertise comes from Philip Serrell a

S30·E16 Core

Yorkshire 20

Oct 31, 2011 · 43 min

Bargain Hunt visits Wetherby Racecourse Antiques Fair in Yorkshire. Thomas Plant finds his engaged couple in blue just cannot decide what to buy, whereas Paul Laidlaw's red team do

S30·E17 Core

Edinburgh 14

Nov 1, 2011 · 43 min

The teams descend on the Edinburgh Antiques and Collectors Fair. A professional swimmer and his grandmother team up with expert Nick Hall and bump into a past Bargain Hunt team, wh

S30·E18 Core

Kent 3

Nov 4, 2011 · 43 min

Bargain Hunt visits Detling Antiques Fair in Kent. Two animal experts run rings round expert James Braxton, while David Barby is led astray by a pair of cheeky law students. Tim Wo

S30·E19 Core

Shrewsbury 9

Nov 7, 2011 · 43 min

The hunt for profitable bargains rolls in to the Norfolk Showground where the red team, led by David Harper, find they have expensive tastes and the blues, led by David Barby, stru

S30·E20 Core

Gloucester 29

Nov 9, 2011 · 44 min

Presenter Tim Wonnacott hosts another antique shopping spree at the historic Gloucester Docks. Helped by experts Anita Manning and Colin Young the red and blue teams buy an eclecti

S30·E21 Core

Shrewsbury 9

Nov 11, 2011 · 43 min

Another fast and furious competition for bargains between blue and red teams led by experts David Harper and Colin Young. The action takes place in the Shropshire and West Midlands

S30·E22 Core

Edinburgh 15

Nov 14, 2011 · 43 min

Tim Wonnacott presents as Bargain Hunt heads to Scotland. The red and blue teams scour Edinburgh Antiques and Collectors Fair for bargains and take their purchases off to auction i

S30·E23 Core

Exeter 22

Nov 17, 2011 · 44 min

Bargain Hunt comes from Exeter. The manager of the local food bank demonstrates canny judgement with her husband and Catherine Southon, while two young ladies refuse to take expert

S30·E24 Core

Oswestry 8

Nov 18, 2011 · 43 min

Some famous faces go bargain hunting in a special edition of the antiques challenge. The West End is pitted against the East End, because scouring the stalls with Thomas Plant are

S30·E25 Core

Shrewsbury 11

Nov 23, 2011 · 43 min

Bargain Hunt is in Shrewsbury. Two talented ladies are steered round the stalls by Colin Young, while David Harper joins forces with two crazy radio buffs. Tim Wonnacott pops up to

S30·E26 Core

Norfolk 28

Nov 24, 2011 · 43 min

The bargain hunters take their chances at Norfolk's Antiques and Collectors Fair. And it is a battle of the sexes with David Barby teaming up with two ladies in blue who love all t

S30·E27 Core

Cornwall 5

Nov 25, 2011 · 43 min

Tim Wonnacott and the teams hunt for bargains at the Royal Cornwall Showground in Wadebridge. Expert advice comes in the form of Philip Serrell with the red team and Henry Meadows

S30·E28 Core

Malvern 31

Nov 28, 2011 · 43 min

The hunt for bargains continues at the Three Counties Showground in Malvern with the red and blue teams helped by experts Anita Manning and Colin Young. One of the blue team is obs

S30·E29 Core

Exeter 24

Nov 29, 2011 · 43 min

The hunt for bargains continues at the Three Counties Showground in Malvern with the red and blue teams helped by experts Anita Manning and Colin Young. One of the blue team is obs

S30·E30 Core

Norfolk 26

Nov 30, 2011 · 43 min

Norfolk's Antiques and Collectors Fair is the venue for the bargain hunters. A father and son with very different tastes team up with David Barby for the blues, and David Harper fi

S30·E31 Mytharc

Malvern 32

Dec 6, 2011 · 43 min

Bargain Hunt comes from the Three Counties Showground, nestled in the Worcestershire countryside. Expert Colin Young struggles to convince the reds that all that glitters might not

S30·E32 Mytharc

Norfolk 27

Dec 8, 2011 · 43 min

Antique experts David Harper and David Barby lead two married couples into another battle of the bargains at the Royal Norfolk Showground near Norwich. The blue team set their hear

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