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The 53-year-old TV presenter joined a valuation expert for her weekly item guessing game The Enigma Challenge, but things took a cheeky turn. Bruce was asked to identify a particular antique
while at Ightham Mote near Sevenoaks in Kent, given the options of a tongue clamp, skirt-lifter, or part of an old arcade game. Antiques expert Hilary Kay said: “Alright, picture the
scene,” prompting Bruce to joke: “I’m trying not to!” Explaining how the item may be used, Kay elaborated: “It’s raining, you have a long skirt, there is no little crossing sweeper to clear
your path. You don’t want to get the hem of your dress dirty. You clamp that onto it. Then you pull it up to keep it out of the way of the mud.” Trying to guess, Bruce said: “The only thing
about the skirt-lifter, is if you’ve got a long skirt on, you’re then going to have to bend all the way down with these little short handles to lift it up. “And then unless you’re going to
lift it up to your knicks, you know, you’d have to walk around like that. I think they all just sound ludicrous,” before finding out the item and gasping: “It’s a skirt-lifter? Really? It’s
so impractical.” Kay revealed she had been “naughty”, cheekily adding: “Look, the thing is, we’ve been a bit naughty. It does have a bit of a cord. It’s not the original cord but it does… so
were we too naughty?” After a few giggles, Bruce concluded: “Thank you very much, Hilary, with your skirt-lifter. Not something I ever thought I’d say in the same sentence. Well done.” One
viewer gasped: “Skirt lifters and tongue twisters? Standards are dropping on #AntiquesRoadshow,” as another posted: "#AntiquesRoadshow a skirt lifter! Young man!" A third said:
“Skirt lifter. Careful now. We've been a bit naughty #AntiquesRoadshow.” “Fiona Bruce saying Knicks........I'm a bit overcome....#AntiquesRoadshow,” wrote a fourth,” as another
added: “It's from the early days of Ann Summers!! #AntiquesRoadshow.” _ANTIQUES ROADSHOW CONTINUES NEXT SUNDAY ON BBC ONE AT 7PM._