Some familiar faces will be popping up among the hundreds of drivers taking part in this year's London to Brighton Veteran Car Run.

The event, which celebrates more than 110 years of motoring, is teaming up with long-running TV programme the Antiques Roadshow.

In this year's run on Sunday, November 2, presenter Michael Aspel, a frequent visitor to Brighton, and experts Hilary Kay and Eric Knowles join the drivers to unearth motoring memorabilia.

The run from Hyde Park, London, to Madeira Drive on Brighton seafront, attracts up to two million spectators along the route.

The Antiques Roadshow team will be looking at motoring treasures from different eras for a programme scheduled for screening on Sunday, February 15, next year.

Many of the 400 entrants, all with cars built before 1904, will be taking along interesting objects for the team to evaluate.

Hilary Kay will be taking part in the run in the passenger seat of a 1904 Dogcart and TV cameras will record her progress.

The run is the annual commemoration of the Emancipation Run of 1896, celebrating the raising of the speed limit from four mph to 14 mph, and the end of the rule that all motor or powered vehicles had to have a man with a red flag walking in front.

Starting at Hyde Park Corner, the cars go past Buckingham Palace and through Parliament Square before crossing Westminster Bridge.

For a touch of movie glamour, the car from the film Genevieve will be making its usual appearance in the 59-mile journey to the coast.

Andrew Coe, chief executive of International Motor Sports, which organises the run, said: "We are delighted to have the Antiques Roadshow involved as it is extremely popular and will help us bring the history and culture of veteran cars to life for a wider audience."

The first cars will reach Brighton seafront just after 11am, having taken a route through Mid Sussex after turning off the main A23 on to the B2114.

The cars will go through Handcross Hill and Hammer Hill before rejoining the A23 at Pyecombe.