TELEVISION crews will return to a town centre antiques venue this week to film a new episode of a hit BBC show.

The cast and crew of Celebrity Antiques Road Trip will stop in at the Bocking Arts Theatre's antiques centre as shooting for the new series of the BBC One show gets underway.

It sees two experts in the field pair up with a celebrity each for a road trip around the country as they go on the hunt for hidden gems.

At the end of the episode they see which pair is able to make the most money at auction based on what they bought.

Last year, Perri Kiely from dance troupe Diversity joined expert James Braxton for filming at the antiques centre.

It is the third time the show has chosen to record in Braintree and Tom Bosher, who runs it, says he is thrilled to have them back.

He said: "It's always good to have them come along, it's always a bit short notice but it's a prime time BBC show so it's a great for us to be featured and I think it's good for Braintree too.

"It's easy to forget the shows get repeated, I think the last one has been on another three times so you're going to have millions of people who see it and we have people coming to see us off the back of it.

He joked: "It's always a bit nervy going in front of the cameras and there's always a chance they're going to ask you something you don't know the answer too!

"But they're all really nice people and it's always good fun."

The centre is a charity which is run by a team of volunteers and has two rooms full of antiques and retro items.

All of its stock is bought from people in the area and the volunteers are available to do home visits and experts can do free valuations.

The show is expected to air later this year and the centre is open from 10am until 4pm from Wednesday until Saturday every week.