THE popular BBC Antiques Roadshow is to be shot at the new V&A Dundee this summer.

Presented by Fiona Bruce, the show will be filmed at V&A Dundee and nearby Slessor Gardens on 23 June.

The BBC is expecting around 4000 visitors to the show.

Ms Bruce, who has presented the show for the past 12 years, said: "So much of what you see on the Antiques Roadshow is about the story of an object and its owner as much as about its value.

"We are never short of people bringing along items that tell a hell of a story, which can be very exciting, poignant or funny, sometimes, all three. Or it can tell us something about ourselves.

"Even after all these years people still have the most amazing things tucked away in their attics and garages."

Around 15,000 items are valued at each venue by Roadshow experts from which 50 are filmed for inclusion on the show.

The last time Antiques Roadshow was filmed in Dundee was in 2008.

Then, a clock brought along in a bread bin and estimated to be worth up to £10,000.

Made around 1830, the clock had been accepted as a settlement for geese during the Second World War by a farmer in Dumfriesshire.

Philip Long, director of V&A Dundee, said: "V&A Dundee is a new museum at the heart of Dundee’s rejuvenated waterfront which celebrates the very best of international and Scottish design. We are extremely fortunate to be part of a city with such an extraordinary heritage and I can’t wait to see what family treasures are uncovered here.”

The BBC said that visitors can just turn up on the day with their items or, if they wish, contact the Roadshow team in advance.