Nigel Havers is set to present a new BBC daytime show ‘The Bidding Room’.
The 68-year-old actor will guide hopeful sellers to find the best price for their valuable items with a little help from valuation experts, and it will then be up to the experts to out bid each other for the sellers extraordinary objects against the backdrop of a picturesque emporium in the Yorkshire countryside.
Nigel said: "Everyone has something at home they’d love to sell if they knew where to go.
"Now, the secret’s out – ‘The Bidding Room’ is the place to come and I’ll be there to help them get the best price."
The new 30-part series – an adaptation of popular German programme ‘Bares für Rares’ (‘Cash for Trash’) – comes from the makers of ‘The Repair Shop’.
Carla-Maria Lawson, Acting Head of BBC Daytime, added: "’The Bidding Room’ introduces BBC One Daytime and iPlayer viewers to a line-up of exciting new expert talent.
"Each of the bidders are at the top in their individual fields. They’ll be daunting opponents – not just for the sellers – but for their own peers."
Meanwhile, former ‘Coronation Street’ star Nigel joked he could make a cobbles comeback as Lewis Archer’s twin.
Nigel – who first appeared as the con man from 2009 to 2010 before making a return from 2012 to 2013, and again in 2018 – is hopeful of a return, despite his alter-ego being killed off from a heart attack earlier this year.
Appearing on ITV’s ‘Good Morning Britain’ on Tuesday (12.11.19), he was asked about a possible return and said: "Yes – he obviously has a twin brother living in Australia."
When broadcaster Piers Morgan joked that "everybody comes back from the dead in soaps", Nigel added: "Yes. It is the normal thing."
The soap star has made no secret of his desire to head back to ‘Corrie’, and he admitted he is always open to any roles.
He recently said: "I’d always go back. I absolutely love doing it. The people are so nice, and the storylines are so amazing. It’s a joy to do … I call myself a letterbox actor, which means [I’ll do] anything that comes through the letterbox."
Nigel Havers to present new BBC daytime show
