Canadian Antiques Roadshow helps sell P.E.I.'s priceless charm

A series of Canadian Antiques Roadshow being filmed in P.E.I. will highlight Islander-owned items of varying monetary and historic value.

The four 30-minute episodes will also, hopefully, go a long way in selling the Islands priceless charm to potential tourists.

Host Valerie Pringle said viewers will be given enticing snapshots of Prince Edward Island in each of the shows, set to air on CBC sometime after September.

The openings are just postcards, in effect 30 seconds, 40 seconds of hi, welcome to the Canadian Antiques Roadshow from Charlottetown, she said.

It goes with the whole keeping of the show that its a wonderful, historic place, that people are lovely and you see that in the show itself.

And here are just a couple of glimpses of places that you might want to

see or visit while youre on the Island.

The capital city settings include Great George Street and Beaconsfield House.

Confederation Bridge is also being used as another opening snapshot to one of the shows, Pringle explained, because it is still a site even after 10 years.

And Green Gables House is being included, she said, because it is sort of a signature thing.

Then there are all those Islanders and their treasures.

You get a sense of history from the objects that show up, said Pringle.

You get a sense of the character of a place from the people and the experts Im talking to in the lines. You tend to seek out in a place items of particular local history.

She said the Canadian Antiques Roadshow typically draws between 300,000 and 400,000 viewers.

The shows filmed in P.E.I., like others, will also get numerous repeat telecasts.