Christina Trevanion melts hearts as she issues sweet tribute to BBC Bargain Hunt co-star Phillip Serrell: ‘Pip!’

Bargain Hunt star Christina Trevanion has paid a sweet tribute to her BBC co-star, Philip Serrell, to mark a rather important milestone.

Serrell, 71, has been a regular on the antiques show for years along with Trevanion, who made her debut in 2012.

The pair have been close friends for years, with Trevanion often sharing social media throwbacks celebrating her “Bargain Hunt family”.

For example, one post taken behind the scenes of the show back in 2024, Trevanion was full of praise for Serrell and their fellow co-star Charles Hanson.

Alongside some snaps, she gushed: “How lucky am I to have spent the last two days in the company of these two #bargainhunt legends? Love, love, love these guys.”

On Thursday, March 27, 2025, the auctioneer displayed her close bond with Serrell once more as she shared the sweet nickname she’s given her colleague while marking his birthday.

Posting a black and white photo, Trevanion had her arm around her co-star and was placing a friendly peck on his forehead in the snap, over which she penned: “Happy birthday Pip”.

Last year, she marked the presenter’s milestone 70th birthday in a similar fashion.

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She shared a post of the two posing at the seaside, writing: “One minute you’re 20 in the 70’s… and the next you’re 70 in the 20’s!

“Happiest of birthdays to the man, the myth, the legend…”

Trevanion recently left the comfort zone of the auction world as she gave an emotional and candid television interview about a serious issue.

Earlier this month, the mother of two talked on BBC’s Morning Live about her “personal” deepfake ordeal.

Presenter Gethin Jones introduced the sensitive subject, telling viewers: “Here at Morning Live we don’t shy away from talking about difficult topics, and today we’re looking at the rise of deepfakes. This is where a person’s image is used, often without their consent, to make pictures or videos.”

Co-host Gaby Roslin elaborated: “And in some instances, it’s used to make explicit or pornographic material. One person who was targeted is BBC presenter and antiques expert, Christina Trevanion.”

She’s speaking out for the first time about the damaging effect this has had on her and her family, and finds out what’s being done to stop it.”

The antiques expert shared tearfully: “Often, the reaction from the public has been kind and sweet and supportive.

“But I would say probably, over the last couple of years, there has been a noticeable shift, and at times, it can be quite intrusive and upsetting.

“Last September, I discovered that my image had been used to create phony, explicit videos known as deepfake porn. I was sent a very long list of sensitive URLs, where my head had been AI’d onto pornographic videos and images.”

Touching on the horrific realisation, she explained: “It was a sense of… this is unreal, this can’t be happening.

“Then, as it sort of sunk in, it was… It was deeply distressing.”

A tearful Trevanion paused as the lasting impact of the ordeal became clear before she added: “Yeah, really distressing. And I felt… Naïve and stupid.”