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Ryan Paton

BBC Antiques Roadshow's expert thrilled as guest unveils identity of famous ITV dad

An expert on Antiques Roadshow was thrilled as a guest revealed the identity of his famous dad.

Fiona Bruce returned to front Sunday's edition of the popular BBC programme, which took place at an auction in Powis Castle and Gardens. Scouse expert, Wayne Colquhoun, was valuing items at the auction on the latest episode.

Wayne was amazed when a guest on the show presented an impressive collection of football memorabilia. The expert was wowed as he was shown an official programme from the 1966 World Cup that was signed by members of the winning England team.

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The guest revealed he had access to the England players as he was the son of the legendary ITV commentator, Hugh Johns. He said: "I was staying with my father the night before at the team hotel and I was lucky enough to have the programme the day before the final and collect every single player and some of the backroom staff's autograph, except for Jimmy Greaves."

An impressed Wayne shot back: "When we talk about provenance, you can't get better than that. You were there and you had it signed."

Hugh led ITV's commentary team and was the voice of the channel's football coverage until the mid '80s. He was renowned for delivering the famous piece of commentary in the World Cup final win after Geoff Hurst sealed his hat trick. He said: "It's Hurst. I think he'll make it three. He has. He has. That's it."

Wayne was wowed by the souvenir and estimated it would be valued at "a couple of thousand pounds". However, the piece was a part of a wider collection which Wayne valued as between £4,000 - £5,000.

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