Bargain Hunt is one of the longest-running British TV game shows, with 71 seasons and over 1800 episodes aired. Since it started in 2000, the BBC series has been presented by several on-air personalities.
However, over the years, some of these Bargain Hunt presenters have moved on to pursue other ventures. Below is a look at these personalities and what they are doing today.
1. David Dickinson
- Previous jobs: Presenter at the BBC
- Education: N/A
- Ethnicity: Caucasian
- Partner: Lorne Lesley
David Dickinson is one of the most famous Bargain Hunt presenters. He was the show’s first presenter, a role that he held for three years.
Before hosting Bargain Hunt, he had become popular after appearing as an antiques expert on ITV’s This Morning and BBC Two’s The Antiques Shows.
After leaving Bargain Hunt, Dickinson went on to present Dealing With Dickinson on BBC Two. He then moved to ITV in 2006 to present his own show, Dickinson’s Real Deal, which he continues to host to this day.
While at ITV, Dickinson also hosted The David Dickinson show, David Dickinson’s Name Your Price, and appeared several times on Loose Women.
2. Tim Wonnacott
- Previous jobs: Auctioneer and business executive
- Education: West Buckland School and a postgraduate in fine and decorative arts at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
- Ethnicity: Caucasian
- Partner: Helen Mary Wonnacott
Tim Wonnacott is another of the most popular former Bargain Hunt presenters. He replaced David Dickinson on the show in 2003 and served as its host until 2015.
While hosting Bargain Hunt, he appeared on several other shows, including Restoration, Top Gear, Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is, This Week We Went to War, and This Morning, usually as an antiques expert.
After leaving Bargain Hunt, Tim Wonnacott started narrating another BBC show, Antiques Road Trip. As of 2025, he is still the show’s narrator as well as the narrator for its spin-off Celebrity Antiques Road Trip.
3. Eric Knowles
- Previous jobs: Antiques expert at Bonham’s
- Education: Nelson Secondary Technical School
- Ethnicity: Caucasian
- Partner: Anita Knowles
Eric Knowles is an antiques aficionado who featured on Bargain Hunt from 2017 to 2023. He was one of the show’s regular presenters after Tim Wonnacott left the programme.
Besides Bargain Hunt, Knowles is also famous for his role as a ceramics expert on the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow.
He has also appeared on several other shows, including Going for a Song, The Generation Game, Call My Bluff, This Morning, Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is, Clash of the Collectables, and Pointless Celebrities.
Since leaving Bargain Hunt, Knowles has not featured much on TV, only appearing once on the show Beat the Chasers as a contestant. However, he is still very active in the antiques industry as an expert.
4. Christina Trevanion
- Previous jobs: Auctioneer at Christie’s auction house.
- Education: Southampton Solent University
- Ethnicity: Caucasian
- Partner: David Trevanion
Christina Trevanion is another fan-favourite former Bargain Hunt presenter. She was a regular presence on the show between 2016 and 2023.
Before Bargain Hunt, she also appeared on Antiques Road Trip and Celebrity Antiques Road Trip as an antiques expert. Since leaving the programme, she has been working as a narrator and presenter on the BBC’s reality TV show, The Travelling Auctioneers.
Christina Trevanion is also the managing partner of Trevanion Auctioneers & Valuers, an antiques auctioneering and valuation company based in Shropshire, England.
5. Charlie Ross
- Previous jobs: Auctioneer
- Education: N/A
- Ethnicity: Caucasian
- Partner: Sally Ross
Charlie Ross is another of the fan-favourite former Bargain Hunt presenters. The antiques aficionado was a regular presence on the show between 2018 and 2022, appearing in 64 episodes.
Besides Bargain Hunt, he has appeared in several other shows, including Antiques Roadshow, Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is, Chasing Classic Cars, What’s My Car Worth?, Antiques Road Trip, and Celebrity Antiques Road Trip.
Since leaving the show, Ross has appeared as a contestant on Pointless Celebrities twice, in addition to working as a freelance auctioneer. He also released his autobiography in 2024.
6. Natasha Raskin Sharp
- Previous jobs: Auctioneer and Barack Obama’s election campaign.
- Education: History of Art at the University of Glasgow.
- Ethnicity: Caucasian (Scottish)
- Partner: Joe Sharp
Natasha Raskin Sharp is a Scottish antiques and arts expert who appeared on Bargain Hunt as a presenter and auctioneer between 2014 and 2024.
Besides Bargain Hunt, she has appeared in several other shows, including For What It’s Worth, The One Show, Morning Love, Susan Calman’s Antiques Adventures, Richard Osman’s House of Games, and Pointless Celebrities.
Natasha Raskin Sharp is also a regular presence on Antiques Road Trip and Celebrity Antiques Road Trip. On top of that, she runs her own business, Exhibit Auctions, which auctions artworks from the artists’ studios.
7. Danny Sebastian
- Previous jobs: Auctioneer
- Education: N/A
- Ethnicity: Black (Dominican)
- Partner: Joanne (last name unknown)
Danny Sebastian is a self-taught antiques dealer who appeared on Bargain Hunt as a presenter and expert between 2017 and 2023.
He has also featured in other TV shows, including Celebrity Eggheads, Flipping Profit, Junk Rescue, Celebrity Mastermind, and Susan Calman’s Antiques Adventures.
Since leaving Bargain Hunt, he has appeared as a contestant on Pointless Celebrities and Beat the Chasers, as well as on multiple occasions on Antiques Road Trip as an expert.
8. Arusha “Roo” Irvine
- Previous jobs: Corporate executive and antiques hunter
- Education: Buckinghamshire New University
- Ethnicity: Asian
- Partner: Mark Irvine
Roo Irvine is another of the former Bargain Hunt presenters. She featured on the show as a presenter and expert between 2019 and 2023, appearing in 30 episodes.
Besides Bargain Hunt, she has also appeared in Flipping Profit, Pointless Celebrities, and Richard Osman’s House of Games.
Since leaving the programme, she has appeared on Antiques Road Trip and The Weakest Link. She is also a regular presence on Celebrity Antiques Road Trip.
Besides her TV career, Roo Irvine and her husband own and operate an antiques shop, Kilcreggan Antiques, which is based in Scotland.