Cash In The Attic is a BBC Television show that mixes elements of treasure hunting, antique appraisal, human-interest stories and the common man. The experience that results from the combination of these items is a television show that is interesting, engaging, sometimes moving and always hopeful. The show is most certainly a nice way to spend an hour.

Cash In The Attic involves ordinary people who are hoping to raise money for some specific, personal purpose by selling some of their own long-ago-aquired, long-kept items that are still stored/stacked/lying around their homes.

First, the person or family who has chosen to begin this undertaking is visited by the host of the show (and there have been many hosts!) and the purpose for their attempt is discussed and the desired amount of money desired to be raised is clarified.

Second, an appraiser is brought in to help the person, family and host pour through the dozens and dozens of items inside the home. The appraiser will assign an expected auction value for each item deemed to indeed be sellable at an auction.

Third, the host and the appraiser join the person or family at the auction house to watch the auction for the goods they have chosen and decided to auction. The auction then commences and as each of the items are auctioned off, everyone knows immediately how well their goods are auctioning for - or not.

Finally, at the end of the auction, the tally is calculated and the person or family who auctioned their goods is given the results.

Cash In The Attic ties all of these nifty elements together very nicely.

It is nice to see regular people with their regular items that sometimes do turn out to be rather extraordinary succeed in ways they never expected. The variety of items found in people's lives and inside their homes is something special because - as is always the case - you never know what is going to be found. Along with that, a lot of learning happens each show as the appraisers describe the items that are chosen for auction and why.

Cash In The Attic fits in very nicely with shows such as Antiques Roadshow, and American Pickers and succeeds in carving a very nice niche of its very own.