A VICTORIAN painting bought for five shillings in the 1950s is one of the treasures unearthed when BBC1's Antiques Roadshow rolls into the North-East tomorrow.

The programme, presented by Michael Aspel, was recorded last April at Eston sports centre, Cleveland.

One of the big finds is a painting of a group of kittens, purchased by the owner's father on impulse when he missed his tram home.

Expert David Collins identifies the picture as the work of Northumbrian painter Wilson Hepple, who is best known for paintings of kittens, horses and hunting scenes. He puts a value of about £5,000 on it.

Also in the programme a woman is shocked to find that she almost threw away a collection of jewellery worth about £2,000. She found the brightly-coloured enamel jewellery, made in about 1900, in an old envelope after a church choir jumble sale.

The first commercially-produced toy robot is another of the treasures brought in for valuation. Expert Hilary Kay tells the owner that the tin robot, made in Japan in the late 1930s, is a great rarity and could fetch as much as £2,000.

Antiques Roadshow is on BBC1 on Sunday at 6.45pm