Eric Knowles (born 1953 in Nelson, Lancashire, England) is a British antiques expert whose main interest is in ceramics.
He first became famous after being a ceramics expert on the Antiques Roadshow. He has also appeared in such programmes as, Going for a Song, Going, Going, Gone, Noel's House Party,Call My Bluff and 20th Century Roadshow. He has presented the 20 episodes of Restoration Roadshow on BBC for several weeks in the summer of 2010 (ending 3 September).He was the challenger setter and adjudicator on BBC Two's Antiques Master assisting host Sandi Toksvig.
He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and an Ambassador for the Prince's Trust. Knowles is associated with several other charities including Headway, FABLE (For a better life with epilepsy), the New Mozart Orchestra and Wycombe Scanappeal.
