Charles Hanson is always incredibly knowledgeable on the Antiques Road Trip, able to sniff out many an antiquity while browsing the UK's shops.
However, back in 2016, the 47-year-old was left incredibly embarrassed while browsing a store in Derbyshire after he broke an item contained in one of the cabinets!
While admiring the decorative lug handles on one of the vases, it ended up coming off in his hand. Explaining the moment to camera, he said: "It was stuck, and the handle, like on the side of a cliff, has just become detached, so… don't break my heart, you're from Derby."
But would the star admit to damaging the vase to the shopkeeper? See what happened when Charles called over the store owner in the video above…
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Charles was previously absent from TV screens after he was charged with domestic violence in December 2023. The star went to trial in February 2025, and he was found not guilty on all counts by a unanimous verdict.
Speaking about the trial, he said: "[The last 18 months] have been extremely upsetting. I've missed my children and quite simply I can now get back to my life, and I relish that. I've experienced a long time of upset and I always believed in justice, and here we are today, the sun is shining and I can start my life again.
"[The trial has] been very impactful and I'm very lucky that my parents have stood by me from start to finish. Without my family it would have been a very testing time. To anyone who knows me, who's believed in me, who's supported me, who's messaged me, to everybody out there - thank you."
The father-of-two returned to screens in June that year, sharing on social media: "Evening all for those asking, I'll be back on your screens soon – catch me on @BBCBargainHunt on 2nd June, BBC One at 12.15pm. Enjoy!"
© BBCHe also explained why he wanted to become an auctioneer in the first place, saying: "As a young boy growing up, I was shy, I had a stammer, had very few friends. My parents bought me a metal detector when I was about 11 or 12. In about 1988, I went out on my parents' ploughed field on a wet, lonely day, and I uncovered a silver shilling. It was dated 1630.
"And I said, 'Hello, long time no see, how are you? Who lost you? Where were you going? Talk to me'. That's history, that's the love I've got. We come and go, we're simply generational, antiques live on. And from that, it gave me a signpost to become an auctioneer, to sell objects with a theatre, drama and a romance."
