BARGAIN HUNT SERVES UP DOUBLE HELPINGS OF ULSTER FRY.

Yes … we can now confirm that our esteemed colleague Richard along with ‘much older’ brother Sammy has hit the small screen as he made his TV debut on BBC’s Bargain Hunt recently aired on BBC 1 … but fear not if you missed it as you can always catch it again on iPlayer!

Two teams were hoping for a blockbuster shop in Greyabbey, County Down, where they browsed a village of antiques shops. Keeping them on the straight and narrow were their experts, Thomas Forrester and Caroline Hawley. Sisters in red, Dee and Mandy, pinned their hopes on an American brooch until they see the price. Meanwhile, brothers Sammy and ‘our Richard’ radiated enthusiasm for a piece of uranium glass, but Thomas isn’t so sure!

It was all to play for in Belfast, where auctioneer Jonathan Esdale was on the rostrum – but which team went home with the most money in their pockets? No spoilers here!

So when you next meet Richard in the garden centre you can pick his brain on antiques as well as our ever changing collection of plants for the season ahead.