LIKE MANY of its finds, the BBC's Antiques Roadshow has been in the family a long time. This month saw the launch of its 15th series, which will culminate in the 150th programme. Like the omnibus edition of The Archers, and newspapers by the kilo, it has become part of the Great British Sunday. It commands an audience of 13 - 14m (beaten only by the soaps in the BBC Top 10), and has caused a generation of viewers to root through its possessions looking for that little item inherited from granny, or bought from a jumble sale for 25p, which might be worth a fortune.

A WOMAN clutching two crumpled Safeway bags shuffled into Bonhams in Knightsbridge, central London. From one she pulled out a large framed print and placed it before the girl at the valuation desk. A print specialist was summoned to inspect it. Within seconds, he broke the news to her - gently. 'It's a photographic print. I'm afraid it's not worth much.'

A buyer at the sale in Cheltenham yesterday of Arthur Negus's collection holds an oval, Faberge, gold-mounted easel frame valued at pounds 3,500- pounds 4,500. Hundreds attended to buy items belonging to the former Antiques Roadshow and Going for a Song presenter.

THE BROADCASTING Standards Council's research on how minority groups are depicted shows there is no apparent public anxiety over the use of reconstructions on programmes such as BBC 1's Crimewatch when they feature black criminals. Pressure groups such as the Bar's Race Committee argue that whenever these popular shows feature an unidentified black person, they result in an outbreak of harassment of black people by the police.

Police investigating the murder of Rachel Nickell, 23, on Wimbledon Common, south-west London, in July were yesterday seeking two men named repeatedly during a flood of telephone calls after the television screening of a videofit of the man they believe is her killer.

THE TREASURED collection of Britain's most famous antiques dealer, Arthur Negus, is set to go under the hammer next month.