Timothy Wonnacott was born on 12 March 1951 and is an English chartered auctioneer, chartered surveyor, antiques expert, narrator, and a television presenter.
14 Facts About Tim Wonnacott
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Tim Wonnacott was previously a director of Sotheby's, one of the world's oldest auction houses.
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Tim Wonnacott is best known for having presented the BBC daytime programme Bargain Hunt from 2003 until 2015, and has been the narrator of Antiques Road Trip since it began in 2010.
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Tim Wonnacott's ambition was to follow in the footsteps of his father, Major Raymond Tim Wonnacott, an auctioneer in South West England.
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Tim Wonnacott joined Sotheby's in 1978, becoming a full Director in 1985.
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Tim Wonnacott was appointed sole chairman of Sotheby's South, based at Billingshurst in Sussex and at Sotheby's saleroom in Olympia, London.
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Tim Wonnacott ran Sotheby's operations in North West England when he lived in Cheshire.
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Tim Wonnacott has helped raise money for many charities at auction, including the 'Cow Parade' auctions in London and the Isle of Man, the sale of statues of Gromit in Bristol in 2013, and the sale of statues of Shaun the Sheep in Bristol in 2015.
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Tim Wonnacott is a fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
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In July 2003, Wonnacott replaced David Dickinson as the daytime host of BBC One television programme Bargain Hunt.
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Tim Wonnacott is currently the narrator of BBC TV's Antiques Road Trip and Celebrity Antiques Road Trip.
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On 29 August 2014, Tim Wonnacott was announced as a contestant on the twelfth series of Strictly Come Dancing.
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Tim Wonnacott was born in Barnstaple, north Devon, England, the younger son of local auctioneer Major Raymond Tim Wonnacott and his wife Pamela.
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Tim Wonnacott married Helen was born on August 1956 and in 1984; they have three children.