Need a bit of inspiration for reducing waste? Check out some of these TV programmes.
Get tips for up-cycling, learn about the worth of your keepsakes, watch people’s loved items get a new lease of life and find out how to spot a second hand bargain.
| SHOW | CHANNEL | DESCRIPTION |
| Antiques Roadshow | BBC1 | A team of experts invite members of the public to bring their antiques to be viewed and valued |
| Bargain Hunt | BBC1 | Two teams of amateur collectors have an hour at an antiques fair to acquire the best bargains possible |
| Flog It! | BBC1 | Paul Martin and his team of experts invite members of the public to bring their antiques to be viewed and valued, with an option to sell at auction |
| Jay and Dom’s Home Fix | BBC | Jay Blades and Dom Chinea offer DIY tips and tricks that won’t break the bank |
| Find It, Fix It, Flog It | Channel4 Quest | Henry Cole and Simon O’Brien travel across the UK to find unique items lost in people’s homes and fix them up for a profit. They turn trash into treasure! |
| Garage Gold | Quest | The Garage Brothers clear out cluttered garages, attics and basements free of charge, but they keep everything they remove. Homeowners get a newly emptied space, but will it come at the price of a lost treasure? |
| Mend It For Money | Channel4 | The restoration programme with a twist… Britain’s best restorers compete against each other to give objects a new lease of life with high-end restorations |
| Money for Nothing | BBC | At the tip, Sarah Moore saves three things from being dumped, transforms them into bespoke and valuable pieces, then returns the profits back to the people who threw the items away |
| Restoration Workshop | Yesterday | Gary Wallis turns tired and unloved items into objects that will turn a large profit |
| Salvage Hunters | Quest | Modern day treasure hunter Drew Pritchard travels the length and breadth of the UK in search of weird and wonderful objects |
| The Repair Shop | BBC1 | Items people have in their homes are given a new lease of life |
| The Weekend Workshop | HGTV | Passionate DIY enthusiast Kate Humble, designer and re-inventor Max McMurdo, and up-cycler Zoe Pocock get stuck into a range of exciting projects. The team repurpose forgotten items and old junk and work their magic on different reinventions |