Antiques Roadshow in Bath
Stephen Loft-Simson, shown here in a typical chairman’s livery, assisted the BBC in the making of an edition of the long-running flagship programme, The Antiques Roadshow, by carrying presenter Fiona Bruce through the streets of Bath to the Upper Assembly Rooms, where the programme was filmed.
Viewers saw Mr Loft-Simson as the front chairman leave Nº 1 The Royal Crescent and dash past many of the city’s sights as he and a member of the BBC crew conveyed Ms Bruce to the venue in true eighteenth century style. The programme, which was broadcast on BBC1 on 31st January 2010, also featured one of Mr Loft-Simson’s antique sedan chairs which he provided for the occasion, probably the oldest vehicle still in occasional use in Britain.
The chair was in action in Bath again on the eve of the programme’s transmission, when it and another were used to carry a bride and bridegroom from their reception at the Bath Priory Hotel.
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