Paul Martin presents the seventh series of the BBC2 antiques programme Flog It

The popular presenter of Flog It lives in Wiltshire. Paul Martin will host the Flog It Valuation Day on Sunday 30th November at Monmouth Comprehensive, Old Dixton Road from 9.30am - 4pm.

Paul Martin was discovered when he was interviewed about his passion for oak furniture by a team from BBC Bristol. This was the extent of his television experience! The team were so impressed by his natural confidence in front of the camera that he was signed up immediately to present the exciting BBC2 daytime antiques show.

Paul Martin owned an antique shop specialising in 17th & 18th century English and Welsh oak furniture until his television commitments meant that he could not give the business enough of his time. He's a romantic man who cares deeply about life and people; a charismatic person endowed with youthful enthusiasm.

He is obsessed with beautiful furniture and is most eloquent when talking about the look, the feel and the smell of wood. From the age of 25 he ran a pitch on Portobello Road and participated in various shop-share schemes. Later Paul worked as an antiques props stylist for magazines like 'Marie Claire' and 'New Woman', and designed antique sets for TV shoots for the Clothes Show and Granada TV. He enjoys still life drawing and walking his dog Bluebell but his passion is restoring antique country furniture.