Antiques Roadshow

Name: Abbey Pumping Station 2
Duration: 1 h

Series 40 Episode 24
Abbey Pumping Station 2
Duration: 60 minutes
High Definition available
Subtitles available

A return to Abbey Pumping station in Leicester, where playwright Joe Orton's sister brings in the typewriter on which he wrote some of his most important scripts.

S40 E1 · Castle Howard 1
The programme embarks on its 40th anniversary tour by visiting Castle Howard, near York.
S40 E2 · Minehead Railway Station 1
Fiona Bruce presents the show from Minehead Railway Station.
S40 E3 · Nymans 1
Fiona Bruce presents the show from Nymans Gardens near Crawley.
S40 E4 · Nymans 2
Fiona Bruce presents a second episode from Nymans gardens near Crawley.
S40 E5 · Senate House 2
Fiona Bruce presents the show from Senate House in Bloomsbury.
S40 E6 · Entertainment Special
A special episode celebrating the history of film, theatre, music and television.
S40 E7 · Black Country Living Museum
Items include a Faberge jewel, commissioned by the Countess of Dudley in 1903.
S40 E8 · Castle Howard 2
Items include a rare jade Buddha and a collection of First World War aviation paintings.
S40 E9 · Floors Castle 1
Items include a collection of jewellery and a rare book signed by JRR Tolkien.
S40 E10 · Helmingham Hall 1
Items include an Indian jewel and a collection of decorative boxes.
S40 E11 · Black Country Living Museum 2
Items include one of the rarest guns featured on the show.
S40 E12 · Helmingham Hall 2
Items include a historic document signed by Elizabeth I.
S40 E13 · Newcastle Civic Centre 1
Items include an impressive crossbow and a collection of plans for RMS Mauretania.
S40 E14 · Osborne House 1
Items include a globetrotting trunk and a Japanese jar found in a water tank.
S40 E15 · Floors Castle 2
Items include a piece of Robert Burns memorabilia.
S40 E16 · Cardiff Castle 1
Items include an early Hockney print, and a signed Elgar score.
S40 E17 · Minehead Railway Station 2
Items include a chair thought to have once belonged to Henry VIII.
S40 E18 · Cardiff Castle 2
Items include an elaborately decorated Indian flask and a rare piece of porcelain.
S40 E19 · Stormont Parliament Buildings and Estate 1
Items include diving gear from the Titanic.
S40 E20 · Trelissick 2
Items include an ejector seat from a Vulcan bomber and a miniature sewing kit.
S40 E21 · Helmingham Hall 3
Items include a sapphire ring and a sketch by Robert Baden-Powell.
S40 E22 · Abbey Pumping Station 1
Mark Hill examines an abandoned sculpture and Richard Price values a clock.
S40 E23 · Stormont 2
Items include an unread copy of Ulysses by James Joyce.
S40 E24 · Abbey Pumping Station 2
Joe Orton's sister brings in the typewriter used for some of his most important scripts.
S40 E25 · Newcastle Civic Centre 2
Rare diaries reveal the story of Victorian heroine Grace Darling.
S40 E26 · Osborne House 2
Fiona Bruce tries to work out how much three clocks have changed in value since 1977.