Martin Roberts recounts terrifying second he discovered a ‘useless physique’ hidden in mattress on Homes Under The Hammer – with a heart-wrenching twist that left BBC crew shaken

Martin Roberts has recalled the terrifying moment he ‘found a dead body’ hidden in a bed upstairs in a sold property on Homes Under The Hammer.

The TV presenter and property expert, 61, revealed that during one visit to the Lake District, he experienced one of the most shocking moments of his career – which ended with a heart-wrenching twist.

He exclusively told MailOnline that while filming an episode in Cumbria, his producer came down from viewing the upstairs of the house looking ‘ashed in the face’ and revealed to the crew that there ‘was a dead body in the bed’.

Confused and shaken, Martin and his BBC crew ‘tiptoed’ upstairs to the bedroom where they saw the ‘body under the sheets’.

But as they stood shaken at the door, Martin explained that the ‘dead body’ started snoring and they soon found out ‘someone forgot their grandad’ and it was the previous owner’s relative.

Martin told MailOnline: ‘We went to this one house, which had clearly been lived in until very recently. Almost like the kettle was still hot kind of thing and we went in and then the director went and had a look around.

Martin Roberts has recalled the terrifying moment he ‘found a dead body’ hidden in bed on Homes Under The Hammer

The TV presenter and property expert, 61, revealed that during one visit to the Lake District he experienced one of the most shocking moments of his career which ended with a heart-wrenching twist 

And she came out absolutely ashen in the face. And she said, ”there is a dead body! There’s a dead body in the bed”.

‘And we were like, ”well, that’s a first, we didn’t see that on the risk assessment”.

‘He said no, no, no. There is a dead body.’

‘So we all sort of tiptoed into the bedroom and sure enough, there’s this body underneath the sheet and we’re like, ”we really don’t know how to deal with this”.

‘And then it started snoring and so we kind of nudged it.

‘And then this old man sat bolt upright, no teeth and said, ”where’s my family?” and the people had left in such a rush that they forgot grandad.

‘Grandad was still sleeping in the bed. The family had left. The house had been sold. He’s suddenly faced with film crew from homes under.’

Thankfully Martin, who was speaking to MailOnline on behalf of 10bet. revealed that their family had not moved too far away from the original house and once they ‘gave him a cup of tea and calmed him down’ the grandad was reunited with his family.

He exclusively told MailOnline that while filming one episode in Cumbria, his producer came down from viewing the upstairs of the property looking ‘ashed in the face’ and revealed to the crew that there ‘was a dead body in the bed’ 

Confused and shaken, Martin and his crew ‘tiptoed’ upstairs to the bedroom where they saw the ‘body under the sheets’ 

Homes Under The Hammer have been on air since 2003 and follows new and experienced buyers at auctions bidding on usually run-down properties. 

Subsequently, it follows them on their renovation project for either a rental or resale profit or loss.

Martin has appeared on the show since it debuted in the early 2000s and has appeared in over 724 episodes. 

Homes Under The Hammer is available to watch on BBC iPlayer.