16-05-2025
- Business
- Powys County Times
Bargain Hunt filming at Tower Auction House Newtown
Get your bidder numbers ready because hit BBC One TV programme Bargain Hunt will be filming in Newtown on Saturday (May 17).
Fans of the popular daytime show will get to see what happens behind the scenes of the iconic programme during a live auction at Tower Auction House in Pool Road.
The blue and red teams have already spent up to £300 during an hour at the Royal Welsh Showground in Llanelwedd, near Builth Wells, on antiques which they'll sell in Newtown on Saturday.
Before the sale, the Bargain Hunt presenter and the auctioneer will discuss the chances of each item making or losing money for the teams.
The teams get to keep the difference between what they spend on an item and the hammer price at the auction house in Newtown, so it's all to play for as the auction begins from 9.30am.
Tower Auction House customers were delighted after being told that Newtown could make television fame on the long-running BBC programme.
Mark Horsley described it as 'fantastic news and well deserved' for the Powys business.
While Lee Williams congratulated Tower Auction House, adding that staff have 'earnt the recognition'.
The Royal Welsh Showground has been a regular feature on Bargain Hunt for many years, and in 2022 a couple from Caersws donned the famous red team fleeces on the show which was filmed at the Wrexham Antiques Centre.
Another Newtown business which will be getting in on the lights, camera and action will be Lion Bites which will be offering an extended time on Saturday to accommodate Bargain Hunt's filming.
'Get yourselves down and pick up a bap and a bargain,' Lion Bites said.
