viewers couldn't believe their eyes when a piece of their childhood was featured on the show. In a special episode of the long running programme which aired as part of the BBC's centenary celebration in 2022, expert Ronnie Archer Morgan was brought an iconic toy clown for valuation. The blast from was the famous test card clown, which was once used to signal that no programmes were being broadcast. The famous image features "Bubbles" the clown sitting alongside a young girl playing noughts and crosses on a blackboard. The image was used by the broadcaster from 1967 until 1998.

The young girl, now a grown woman, Carole Hersee, who featured alongside the clown as a little girl, brought the item in to be valued, although she refused to sell despite finding out her toy was worth an impressive amount of money. Thanks to the over three decades use of the test card Carole has the distinction of being .

"Was Bubbles the clown your toy?" Ronnie asked as Carole nodded. "Yes, it is my toy and I made him from a kit because they wanted the colours," she said. "They needed the primary colours. Because it is a test card, so they could see all the tones and everything. And they needed flesh because we'd never had colour before," Carole continued as she explained why they needed the noughts and crosses on the blackboard.

"X marks the centre of the screen. So that is why there is only one X and that's why I never got to win or lose the game." Although Bubbles was displayed beside a blackboard on the show to mimic the test card Carole admitted it wasn't the original one.

"As you can see, it's not quite in the same area of the blackboard that was on the original. That's because when the picture was taken, I was using my left hand. At some point, that image was flipped because they said they needed a right-handed child."

"People would probably like to know the value of the original Bubbles," Ronnie said telling her people would pay between £1,500 and £2,000 for the iconic item. However, Carole was quick to shut him down, explaining she would never sell. "He's not going anywhere but back in his box," she insisted.

Viewers of the epsiode were delighted to see such a legendary part of their childhood on screens and took to X to express their joy at hte nostalgia.

"Wow, some real TV history happening on #AntiquesRoadshow on @bbc the very girl from the Test Card and her clown doll," one wrote. "The test card girl now, spent many childhood hours looking at her and Bubbles the clown waiting for shows to start #AntiquesRoadshow," anoehr recalled.

"The test card girl! I thought she was so pretty when I was little and just used to look at her for ages, waiting for the programmes to start. She is still really lovely looking #antiquesroadshow," a third added.

"#antiquesroadshow test card girl!!! What a great story I remember the test card when I was little! #antiquesroadshow," a fourth shared.