Charles Hanson thanks fans as he appears back on Bargain Hunt after being cleared of abusing his wife

Charles Hanson has made an affectional instrumentality to BBC daytime favourite Bargain Hunt conscionable weeks aft being cleared of abusing his wife.

The antiques expert, 46, appeared connected Monday's occurrence of the long-running amusement – marking his archetypal tv quality since 2023.

Hanson, who has besides starred successful Antiques Roadshow, Flog It! and Antiques Road Trip, had been disconnected aerial portion facing superior allegations of battle and coercive power against his woman Rebecca. He had denied each the charges.

In February, a assemblage astatine Derby Crown Court recovered him not blameworthy connected each counts aft a three-week proceedings which laid bare the illness of his matrimony to the 42-year-old radiographer. The mates are present divorcing.

During the trial, Hanson was accused of a decennary of abuse, including putting his large woman successful a headlock, pushing and scratching her, and controlling her behaviour. He told jurors she was a 'fantasist' and claimed helium had been a 'slave' to her demands.

Following his acquittal, the TV prima sobbed successful the dock earlier punching the aerial successful alleviation and embracing his parents, Phillip and Gillian, who sat successful tribunal passim the proceedings.

Speaking extracurricular tribunal successful February, Hanson said: 'I'm delighted aft a twelvemonth and fractional that the information has yet travel retired and tin yet unrecorded my beingness and consciousness this load has yet been lifted.

'It has been a tormentous clip and each I privation present is to readjust to what has been specified an ordeal.

'These past 18 months person been highly upsetting. I person missed my children and rather simply I tin present get backmost to my beingness and I relish that. It has been precise impactful. 

'I americium precise fortunate my parents person stood by maine from commencement to decorativeness – without my household it would person been a very, precise investigating time.'

He added: 'When you judge successful justness you cognize justness and present we are today. It has taken a long, agelong clip and to anyone who knows me, who has believed successful me, who has supported me, who has messaged maine – convey you.'

On Monday's Bargain Hunt, Hanson was backmost doing what he's known for – valuing antiques and wielding the gavel connected the rostrum astatine Bishton Hall successful Staffordshire, alongside chap adept Christina Trevanion.

Fans were speedy to invited him back, with galore taking to societal media to stock their support.

One spectator wrote connected X: 'Charles, it was beauteous to spot you again connected Bargain Hunt today, you person been missed truthful much.'

Another said: 'Great to spot you backmost connected @BBCBargainHunt this afternoon, it was a beauteous surprise. You were missed.'

'Ooooh Charles is backmost present he's been acquitted,' a 3rd posted, portion different added: 'Good to spot @HansonsAuctions backmost connected the BBC #bargainhunt.'

Following the broadcast, Hanson took to societal media himself to convey supporters.

'Evening all, I conscionable privation to say, convey you,' helium said.

'I've had truthful galore messages connected societal media having been seen performing contiguous connected television, it means an atrocious lot.

'So overmuch kindness successful messaging me, acknowledgment truthful much.'

Hanson, a erstwhile pupil astatine Ecclesbourne School, successful Derbyshire, was conscionable 24 erstwhile helium archetypal appeared connected Antiques Roadshow and Bargain Hunt, selected arsenic programme makers tried to marque the amusement much appealing to a younger generation.

At the time, helium was moving arsenic good arts manager astatine Wintertons Fine Art, which has auction houses successful Lichfield and Bakewell, aft completing a grade successful Fine Art and Evaluation astatine Southampton University.

From there, helium trained for a twelvemonth and a fractional astatine Christies successful London, earlier returning to unrecorded successful Derbyshire erstwhile helium joined Wintertons.

He went connected to acceptable up his ain auction house, Hansons Auctioneers successful Etwall, Derbyshire, successful 2005 and present has 10 crossed the UK. Until his apprehension successful June 2023, helium was a regular connected Bargain Hunt and Antiques Road Trip and Flog It! wherever helium was known for his flamboyant auctioneering style.

He besides regularly appeared successful some section and nationalist newspapers aft unearthing gems specified arsenic a brace of bloomers said to person belonged to Queen Victoria, which sold for £4,500, and a 12,000-year-old mammoth bone, handed to him during 1 of his regular valuation days astatine his auction house.

Hanson, who is rumoured to person undergone a hairsbreadth transplant successful caller years, was besides successful request arsenic an auctioneer astatine foundation evenings successful Derbyshire and astir the country, truthful overmuch truthful that the justice astatine the commencement of his proceedings had to enactment connected grounds that helium had attended a meal hosted by Hanson, though did not cognize him personally.