Paul William Hayes (born 4 August 1970) is an
English antiques expert and
television personality.
Career
Hayes began trading
Dinky Toys from the age of six. Aged 19, he followed his father into the antiques business. His first sale was that of an old television. He has owned an antiques shop in his home town of
Morecambe
Morecambe ( ) is a seaside town and civil parish in the City of Lancaster district in Lancashire, England. It is in Morecambe Bay on the Irish Sea.
Name
The first use of the name was by John Whitaker in his ''History of Manchester'' (1771), w ...
,
Lancashire, since the early 1990s. He opened a new antiques showroom in
Middleton in the summer of 2011.
Hayes has appeared in the
BBC's ''
Bargain Hunt'', ''Housecall'' and ''
Cash in the Attic''. He was also appointed by ''
Crimewatch'' as their resident stolen-antiques expert, and in 2004 he presented the short-lived ''Star Sale''. In the same year he released a book, titled ''Cash in the Attic: How to Make Money From Your Forgotten Treasures'', on
BBC Books.
Hayes presented ''
Car Booty
''Car Booty'' is a British television programme shown on BBC One as part of their daytime schedule, and on Digital channel, Home, it was also repeated on Challenge TV for a brief period in February 2005.
The concept of the show is for a family ...
'' on
BBC One. In 2005, when ''Cash in the Attic'' began occasional hour-long episodes, Hayes filled the role of host for the first half of the show, with regular host
Alistair Appleton coming in for a second rummage around the house and the corresponding
auction. Appleton nicknamed Hayes "Porcelain Paul", due to his affinity for ceramics.
Hayes' other TV appearances include ''
Ready Steady Cook'', ''
Richard & Judy'', ''Trading Treasures'', ''
Great Food Live'' and ''
The Genuine Article
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''.
In October 2011 he revealed he had been in talks with the BBC about becoming the new presenter for ''
Songs of Praise
''Songs of Praise'' is a BBC Television religious programme that presents Christian hymns sung in churches of varying denominations from around the UK.
The series was first broadcast in October 1961. On that occasion, the venue was the Ta ...
''.
Hayes is the head of the department of silver and watches at The Swan auction room in
Tetsworth
Tetsworth is a village and civil parish about south of Thame in Oxfordshire. Its Parish Council is made up of six elected Councillors. The estimated population in 2018 was 752 persons. According to the Council (in late 2019), business included ...
, Oxfordshire.
Personal life
Hayes is married to Kathryn, with whom he has three children: James, David and Nathan.
As demonstrated in episodes of ''Cash in the Attic'', Hayes is a lover of
tea; is a budding
pianist; has a
fear of snakes and is a fan of
Elvis Presley.
"Paul Hayes visit"
- LMC.ac.uk
References
External links
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Hayes' Twitter pageBBC Inside Out: A webchat with Paul Hayes
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Living people
English television presenters
English television personalities
Antiques experts
Television personalities from Lancashire
1970 births