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Series 47: 13. Beaumaris Castle 2

The roadshow travels to Beaumaris Castle on the island of Anglesey, north Wales, where jewellery expert Joanna Hardy is dazzled by a rare ruby and diamond collection worn by a family for generations of weddings. Lisa Lloyd is fascinated by a wooden figurine hidden in a secret cupboard and identifies it as a ceremonial African puppet.\n\nBen Rogers Jones sees a collection of photographs and ephemera relating to one of Wales’s most important historical figures, former prime minister David Lloyd George. Clive Farahar shares drawings by local artist Charles Tunnicliffe, who lived and worked on the island of Anglesey.\n\nHilary Kay discovers an oar rollock claimed to be from one of the Titanic’s lifeboats, and Wayne Colquhoun pulls over a red-hot set of wheels in the form of a mid-century scooter rescued from the rubbish.\n\nA collection of carved wooden dogs catches Marc Allum’s attention, while Will Farmer hears how one guest went to auction to buy a pair of large, dramatic wall chargers that once belonged to her grandparents.\n\nJewellery expert Geoffrey Munn finds two pieces of stunning Fabergé jewellery, a pendant and an aquamarine brooch, which would have graced the highest levels of the pre-revolutionary Russian aristocracy.\n\nFiona Bruce gets a taste of 19th-century crime and punishment on Anglesey as she discovers the history of Beaumaris Gaol. Meanwhile, Welsh miscellaneous expert Ben Rogers Jones shares two Welsh antiques that reveal how Welsh culture and language have been both suppressed and celebrated over the years.

Source: BBC 2