12 Facts About Paul Atterbury

Paul Rowley Atterbury was born on 8 April 1945 and is a British antiques expert, known for his many appearances since 1979 on the BBC TV programme Antiques Roadshow.

Paul Atterbury is the oldest son of Rowley Atterbury and puppeteer Audrey Atterbury, who worked on the 1950s children's Watch With Mother programme Andy Pandy for the BBC and who, it is claimed, based the character's appearance on that of her son.

Paul Atterbury was educated at Westminster School and the University of East Anglia.

Paul Atterbury became an historical advisor for Royal Doulton and was the editor of Connoisseur magazine from 1980 to 1981.

Since 1981, Atterbury has been a freelance writer, lecturer, broadcaster and exhibition curator.

Paul Atterbury has written or edited over 30 books, mostly on ceramics.

Paul Atterbury has published books of old postcards showing Eype and West Bay, two Dorset villages.

Paul Atterbury is known for his travel writing, and has written books on railways and canals.

Until 2003, Paul Atterbury was chairman of the Little Angel Theatre puppet theatre in Islington, north London.

In 2007, Paul Atterbury appeared on Channel 4's archaeology series Time Team talking about Augustus Pugin, and in 2009 he narrated BBC Four's documentary The Last Days of the Liners which examined how, in the years following World War II, countries competed to launch the most magnificent passenger ships on the great ocean routes.

Paul Atterbury is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

Paul Atterbury is the owner of the only remaining Teddy puppet from the television series Andy Pandy that is not kept as part of a museum collection; it was originally a gift to his mother.