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It's the nation's favourite antiques experts, with £200 each...

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I want something shiny.

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..a classic car and a goal to scour Britain for antiques.

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-I like a rummage.

-I can't resist.

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The aim, to make the biggest profit at auction,

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-but it's no mean feat.

-Why do I always do this to myself?

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-There'll be worthy winners...

-Give us a kiss!

-..and valiant losers.

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-Come on, stick 'em up!

-So will it be the high road to glory...

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-Onwards and upwards!

-..or the slow road to disaster?

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-Take me home!

-This is Antiques Road Trip.

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Yeah!

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Excitement reigns once more with the return of dealer Mark Stacey and

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auctioneer Christina Trevanion

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and the third instalment of their road-tripping

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spectacular. Oh, it's spooky this morning, though.

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-It's quite scary, this mist.

-It's quite eerie, isn't it?

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-It is very eerie. Let me see your teeth.

-What?

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-Let me see your teeth.

-Why?

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Ah, that's all right, your fangs aren't out yet.

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Not yet! If I start going for your neck...

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-Keep away from my neck.

-SHE SNARLS

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Blimey, don't worry, dear viewers, Christina's not a vampire.

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-# The hills are alive with the... #

-Not with THAT angelic voice.

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# ..Sound of Music. #

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Well, I'm afraid it would be a no from me.

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What? What?!

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-HE MIMICS BUZZER

-You're out!

-Next!

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Surely it would be "fab-u-lous!"

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No, darling, it would definite be that was GHASTLY!

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-Oh, come on!

-It would be a ten from me.

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Come on, Mark, you've got to win an auction now.

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-I'm relying on you.

-Christina, don't worry about me.

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-I like being the underdog.

-Really?

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From his original £200, Mark has £273.90.

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Christina also began with £200,

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but she's sneaking into the lead with the sum of £330.90.

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It's a close one.

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And this 1977 Alfa Romeo Spider is their lovely little motor of choice.

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At least you're concentrating on driving so well.

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-It's these hills again, isn't it?

-She really doesn't like hills.

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This does not bode well.

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Christina and Mark began in West Sussex,

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jollied their way north as far as Merseyside and have auctions in

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Cheshire, Gloucestershire and Manchester to look forward to.

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They will conclude their adventure in Bolton, in Greater Manchester.

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This leg begins in the Staffordshire town of Leek.

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And the auction will take place in the town of Wotton-under-Edge in

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Gloucestershire. Lovely.

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Oh, here we are, Odeon Antiques.

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Oh, I'll drop you around the corner here.

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Can you? Oh, that looks wonderful.

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Now, there's a woman on a mission if ever I saw one.

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-Oh, hello.

-Hello!

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This fine establishment is owned by Steve, with four floors,

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jam-packed with fine antiques.

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This should be a good start for Christina.

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There's plenty to look at.

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Oh, Christina, loving the Gregory Pecks!

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Are they new?

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I love it when you walk in to somewhere

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and people thought of things you don't necessarily think of before,

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like, for example, they've turned amp metres, volt metres,

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whatever they are, into lamps.

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Love this shop. Oh, dear!

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That means I'm in danger of spending far too much money.

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Never worried you before, love!

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What's this? Looks interesting.

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I love this.

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Oh!

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A little model of Doncaster railway station.

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What does that say? Waiting room.

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So, all hand=painted, dining room...

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Booking office. This has probably been from somebody's little model

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railway they've built at home.

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It would have been part of a much larger, whole massive track,

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railway configuration.

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Obviously we've only got the station there, but

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I love the fact that it's been hand painted.

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Somebody has lovingly made this for their own little railway set.

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That's quite cool. One thing that's not cool is that there's no price.

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It's a bit worrying. I'll have to go and get Steve.

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OK.

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But before that, anything else catch your fancy?

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1950, 1960.

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Now we're finding that at the moment these at auction are selling really

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well. This is what we call a valet and they were used in a gentleman's

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bedroom to put his jacket on and his various bits and bobs,

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trousers over there. Last one I saw for £45.

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That's marked up at £36.

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So that potentially could be a good buy.

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While Christina has a ponder, let's catch up with Mark.

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I'm stuck because the moo-cows are coming.

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Just have to sit and wait.

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-CATTLE LOW

-Morning.

-Mornin'!

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Hello! Oh, I'm not that frightening.

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-Oh, I've frightened her.

-I don't blame her, you old bull.

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"Moo-ving" on to pastures new,

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Mark's travelled north-west into Cheshire

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and the environs of Congleton.

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Victoria Mill Antiques is located in one of the town's old mills and is

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home to a number of dealers.

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So, Mark can you find the antique that will give you

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a Christina-crushing profit?

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Oh, hello!

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Hello. Who's this?

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-Tinkerbell.

-Tinkerbell!

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Are you a Tinkerbell? Are you?

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Look at her. She's such an attention-seeker.

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-Aren't you?

-Takes one to know one!

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-Dear girl.

-Aw, she is lovely.

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What's he sniffed out now?

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I quite like portrait miniatures.

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These were commissioned by

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the fairly rich and affluent, by specialist

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portrait miniaturists,

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and they create these wonderful little works of art.

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And often you'd find whole families of them,

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husband and wife and sometimes generations of them.

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Those are quite rare to find a series of them.

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And it's marked up at £18.

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Where's dealer Julia to chat cash?

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-Julia.

-Yes.

-Hello.

-Hi.

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I've found something very little, I'm afraid, but isn't she pretty?

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-Very pretty.

-And it is a watercolour.

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I am not convinced it's Georgian, myself, to be honest with you.

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But I think it would look nice in a general sale.

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-Very decorative.

-But do you think I can get a good price on that?

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As it's you, £10.

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Julia! I must have it.

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-Now, will you keep it for me?

-Yes.

-And I'll keep looking.

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-Absolutely.

-Thank you, Julia.

-Not a problem.

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First purchase of this leg. Well done, Mark.

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Back to Christina, and she's still in Leek.

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MUSIC: Addams Family Theme

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Er...and she's in a rather grisly corner of the shop.

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-Ear, ear!

-Oh, my goodness.

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Wow! It's all quite macabre.

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(But I quite like it.)

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That's cool.

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Look at that, vintage, oversized dental human jaw model.

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"Jaw further dissects to reveal the roots and nerves of the teeth."

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Eurgh! Feel like I need to get plastic gloves on or something.

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Latex, if you're not allergic.

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I mean, I hate the dentist at the best of times,

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but I find that really quite gruesomely fascinating

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and it's really trendy at the moment,

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and also you have to think,

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a dentist might want this as a bit of a desk toy, maybe.

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I'm not sure. But look at this!

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Can you take that one out, or are they glued in?

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It's amazing. It shows you all the bits and the veins.

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-I love this!

-It might seem a bit gruesome,

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but vintage medical items

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are carving a real niche in the antiques market.

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TIM LAUGHS

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Time to have a jaw with dealer Steve.

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This anatomical over-bite sports a price tag of £95.

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85 on that. But I will just have to go and check.

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She may knock a little bit more off, hopefully.

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-Splendid.

-OK?

-OK. Let's have a look at the wish list.

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Prepare yourself, Steve.

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So, Steve, the other thing that I saw was this...

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-Yes.

-..which isn't really its best side, this side.

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-No.

-But it hasn't got a price on it.

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No, I don't quite know what happened with that one.

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It was £95, that one.

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-Is this one yours?

-This one's mine.

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I can do that for, erm, £60.

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-OK.

-And Christina's third possible is the valet, marked up at £36.

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Right, OK, 20 on that one.

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-Yes.

-That was easy.

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Now, all that's left to do is make

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a quick call to the vendor of the model jaw.

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I've said she can have it for 85. Is that the best you could do?

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Right. OK. That's great.

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Thanks very much. Thank you.

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Bye-bye, bye-bye.

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-65.

-Really?

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-Really?

-Yeah. Is that OK?

-What was her name?

-Jan.

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Jan? I think I love Jan!

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-Seriously, I'm not going to haggle on that.

-She's very nice.

-£65.

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Absolutely. Yes, that's good.

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Oh, no, hang on a second.

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Take that back because we've got exciting things, haven't we?

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-We've got the jawbone at £65.

-Yep.

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-The valet at 20?

-Yep.

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So, 85.

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I just think that railway station's charming.

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-Right.

-What can you do that for me?

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Don't make me haggle! Don't make me do it!

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£50 would be the absolute best on that one.

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-OK, so where did we get to, 85?

-Yep.

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-So that will be 135.

-Yep.

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Would you do 120 all in? And I haven't haggled.

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-Erm... Yeah. That's fine.

-120?

-Yeah.

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-You're a gentleman. Thank you so much.

-Thank you.

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That breaks down to £65 for the anatomical oversized jawbone,

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£20 for the gentleman's valet and £35 for the model railway station.

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What a great haul, eh?

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Back to Mark and he's still in Congleton

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and still on the prowl, looking like a lumberjack.

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Ooh, now this does look interesting.

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I love these little table spirit barrels.

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They come in all shapes and sizes and they're made from all sorts of

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material. This is obviously modelled as a coopered beer barrel, really.

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And it's made of light oak, but I do like this silver plating,

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particularly on the feet.

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Because it looks quite proud and expensive

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and pleased to have been made.

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Unfortunately, the stopper is missing,

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but I don't think that's the end of the world.

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The price is marked up at 47.

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Now, Julia was quite nice to me with the miniature.

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I wonder if she'll be as nice to me with this.

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Well, she's very kindly called

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the vendor for his very, very, very best price.

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He's in a very good mood today,

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and so, as it's you...

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-£35 would be his very, very best.

-£35 would be his very best.

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Well, I do like it.

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-Yes.

-I think I'll go for it. Thank you very much.

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The portrait miniature and the little spirit barrel

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for a total of £45. That's a good start, Mark.

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Meanwhile, Christina has happily

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made her way to the spa town of Buxton in Derbyshire.

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It's known as the Gateway to the Peak District, don't you know!

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What a funny-looking bus.

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Christina's visiting this lovely town to shop, right here.

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Oh, he looks scary!

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-Hello.

-Hi, there.

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Hi. Christina.

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-Julia.

-Julia, lovely to meet you.

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-You too.

-Hi. My goodness, this is a treasure trove, isn't it?

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-Mmm!

-Stuffed to the gunnels.

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Do you mind if I have a quick squiz round?

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-No. Help yourself.

-Is that all right?

-Yes, that's fine.

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After that squiz around, what's Christina uncovered?

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Phillip's popular mannequin. Tell me about this.

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Right, this is in remarkable condition.

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I've had several of these before, but

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the contents have never been in such good condition.

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-OK.

-So, here, this is what's usually in a bit of a state,

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but this is in fantastic condition.

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-Wow!

-So, for a medical student or something, it's quite something.

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-Gosh, that's amazing, isn't it?

-All the lids open.

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So you've got the muscular system.

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You've got all the nervous system and then you've got all the organs.

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Organs, you've got your intestines...

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I think he might need to have his spleen out.

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-Do you think?

-THEY LAUGH

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In the late 19th century, publishers George Philip and Son

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moved from printing maps to producing a

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series of anatomical foldouts, such as this one.

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What an intriguing item. We'll return to Christina later.

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But now, let's catch up with Mark.

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He's motored the Alfa Romeo to the town of Macclesfield.

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Mark's visiting a building that was once at the centre of the town's

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booming silk industry.

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Two locals who know a lot about the silk history of Macclesfield are

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museum director Sue Hughes and tour guide Derek Isherwood.

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Welcome to Paradise Mill.

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We're going to go in the lift to learn all about silk.

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-That doesn't look like paradise.

-It IS paradise.

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Is it? Come on then, show me.

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Paradise Mill was built around 1860 and formed a major part of

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Macclesfield's silk production.

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How old is the lift?

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-1930s.

-And you have to operate it by hand?

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-You do, all the time.

-Don't tell me it breaks down!

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-Never.

-I don't believe you!

-THEY LAUGH

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-LIFT CLATTERS TO STOP

-Whoops!

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HE PULLS LEVER

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-Oh, no!

-SHE LAUGHS

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-Crumbs! This is a bit of a pickle.

-Derek, please tell me you're joking!

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I'm afraid it's the first time it's ever happened.

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-Sue?

-No, it's the first time it's ever happened.

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I can't believe it!

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-We're stuck in a lift.

-We're stuck in a lift, in Macclesfield.

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Only one thing for it.

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-Go on!

-All right. Thank you.

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-SIREN WAILS Crikey!

-It's an air raid shelter.

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Was that an alarm or an air raid warning?

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-An air raid!

-It's all happening.

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Gosh! Stuck in a lift with Mark Stacey.

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While they wait rescue,

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let's zip back to Buxton and that anatomical foldout.

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I really like that.

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Tell me, has it got a fantastic price?

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Well, in mint condition I've been told by the bookshop at the top of

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the hill that it's about 120. But I've actually got 85 on it.

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-You've got 85 on it?

-Yeah.

-What's your very best price?

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So that I get a teeny, weenie smidgen of a profit,

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£60.

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Deal! £60.

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-Fabulous! I'm a happy lady. What shall we call him?

-Anthony.

-Anthony.

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Nowadays, Tony!

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-Anthony. Anthony Philips.

-Anthony Philips. Yes!

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£60. I'm very happy with that. It's brilliant.

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Let's hope Anthony does make you a profit.

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£60 for the Philips' Popular Manikin.

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Interesting buy, that, Christina.

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Right, back to the lift in Macclesfield.

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Don't worry, dear viewers, they eventually managed to escape.

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-So I'm a hero, really.

-You really are.

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Flailing!

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Spirits revived, we can now get down to business.

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This Cheshire town was once a powerhouse of silk production

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and has long been regarded as the end of the famous Silk Road,

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the ancient trade route between the Far East and the West.

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A once closely guarded secret of the Chinese,

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the luxurious fabric made its way to these shores around the mid-17th

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century when this northern town became renowned for exquisite silk

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buttons. Silk production boomed,

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with ground-breaking technology in the early 19th century.

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Originally, they would have done it all by hand,

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but in 1801 a new loom came in called the Jacquard loom.

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That made intricate patterns a lot easier and cheaper.

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How does that machine work?

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So, it actually starts off with the pattern.

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This is drawn onto squared paper.

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That pattern is then transferred on to these cards,

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which are called Jacquard cards or punch cards.

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-So these simple cards create this wonderful design?

-They do.

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If there's a hole in the card it means the needle can go through.

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If there's no hole in the card it means the needle can't go through

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and that's how you create those fantastic, elaborate patterns.

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Amazing, isn't it?

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It is, yeah. And this is the birth of computers, basically.

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This is where it all came from.

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This simple binary system was cutting-edge technology in its day.

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In 19th-century Macclesfield there were 70 mills

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producing silk clothing for royalty and the wealthy,

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but during the Second World War the mills swapped exotic garments for

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parachute silk.

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And an important contribution particularly to the D-Day landings.

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They were really important, but more important here were

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actually making silk maps for the airmen

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and in Macclesfield they developed a system where they could print on

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both sides and of course it meant they couldn't get torn, or ripped,

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or destroyed and they could be folded up to tiny little pieces

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and sewn into their clothing...

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-And hidden anywhere.

-Yeah, so they could take them with them.

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Now, let's see the machines in action.

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To produce approximately one inch of that woven silk would be 200 of

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-these treadle movements...

-No!

-..and a good weaver,

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on a good working week, could produce about 12-15 yards of silk.

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-Good Lord.

-So would you like to try weaving, Mark?

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I'd love to have a go, but I'll be very slow, Derek.

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Don't you worry. Let me come this side.

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This is when it goes horribly wrong.

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Don't tempt fate, Mark, you already did that in the lift early year on.

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-So, I push that back. Foot down.

-Bring it across.

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That's it. You did it.

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I did it. I think I'm going to quit while I'm ahead.

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-Good idea!

-I think you would make a weaver, after all.

-Oh, thank you!

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For four centuries, Macclesfield has been home to silk production and to

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this very day still is home to companies continuing to make

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thousands of kilometres of finished silk fabric every year.

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It's been a busy day, and time for a rest, so nighty-night.

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Morning has broken and Mark's getting a grand tour

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of Christina's home turf.

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Also, my friends, the Applebys, live here, so they produce cheese,

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that's Hawkstone Abbey Farm.

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And that is literally just behind Hawkstone Hall,

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so they're big cheesemakers,

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I think one of the last farm producers in the w...

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-Oi!

-Oh, sorry, sorry.

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-I'm so sorry. Were you saying something?

-Yes, I was!

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-CHRISTINA:

-You are rude!

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He's a cheeky blighter.

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Let's refresh our memories with what our two luvvies have bought so far.

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Christina's been very busy and has four lots.

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The oversized jaw,

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the gentleman's valet, the model railway station

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and, of course, Anthony, or, to give him his proper name,

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Philips' Popular Manikin.

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Christina still has £150.90 for the day ahead.

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Mark has two lots. The portrait miniature

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and the late Victorian spirit barrel.

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Mark has £228.90.

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So he's got some catching up to do.

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Our pair are headed for Christina's hometown of Whitchurch, Shropshire.

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-MARK:

-Here we are.

-CHRISTINA:

-Here we are.

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-I see you've already got your fans out.

-Ha-ha! Yes.

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-Give them a cheery wave!

-Absolutely.

-Let's go!

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Whitchurch Antiques Emporium's Simon and Linda are on hand to show our

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twosome around.

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BOTH: Hello!

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How are you? Ooh, don't know which way round to go!

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-Good.

-I'm dying to get inside. Aren't you?

-Go ahead.

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Go for it. Right.

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-Now, which way do we go, Christina? You know it.

-I'll go this way.

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-Ah, I'll go this way, then, I guess.

-I'll go with you.

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It's stuffed to the rafters in here and, with over two floors,

0:21:360:21:39

I'm sure these two can find something.

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Oh, he's nice.

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My eye is instantly drawn to this... What's this behind here?

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There's a beautiful bed, and what's that?

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Four-poster.

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What's that?

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That says Floating Bridge, Shirley.

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-Am I allowed to sit on this?

-'No, you just did.'

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This is Southampton!

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It's believed to have been on a tram.

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Royal Pier, Holyrood, Bassett Junction, Depot Only, Special,

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East Street via St Mary's... I used to live in St Mary's.

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-Well, there you go!

-Winn Road, Bitterne Park Triangle,

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University Road...

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Because I was at university in Southampton.

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-Oh, right!

-So it would've been on the front of a tram or a bus,

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wound up in a spool, and, as you went to the next junction, you'd...

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Yes. The driver would change it, so people would know each destination.

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Brilliant. That's really cool. So how much is that?

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"Southampton...vintage bus route, £125."

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-I really like that.

-'No hanging around.'

0:22:460:22:50

'Time to get the vendor on the blower.'

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-Hi, Molly?

-'Hello, Christina.'

0:22:540:22:56

Hi, Molly, how are you? It's Christina Trevanion here.

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Hello, my love. I'm just looking at your amazing bus route thingummy.

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What sort of price could you do it for?

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-'90 is the best I could do it for.'

-90 is your absolute death on that?

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-'Absolutely.'

-Well, I'm happy at £90, I think it's brilliant.

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Thanks, Molly, bye now, bye, love, bye.

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Well, I think that's fantastic. I'm thrilled to bits with that.

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I can't believe I found a bit of my university nostalgia in my hometown.

0:23:230:23:27

No, there you go. That's really good luck.

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Will a Southampton bus route sell in a Cotswold auction?

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We'll soon find out. Christina's all done.

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How's Mark getting along?

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Gosh.

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Well, I've never seen one of those before.

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Don't worry, I'm not armed and dangerous.

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-'Not much(!)'

-This is apparently a dummy training Home Guard rifle.

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£75. It's got the weight of a rifle, you know.

0:23:540:23:57

Simply made of a shaped piece of wood, and a solid barrel,

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so you can't fire anything through this.

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'I gathered that!'

0:24:040:24:06

I wonder if I could shoot a hole in Christina's profit with this.

0:24:060:24:09

Let's find out. Simon?

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Hello.

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I have no idea what this is.

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According to the description it's a Home Guard training gun.

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I imagine that's pretty accurate.

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It's got a good weight, the weight of a rifle.

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They had Lee-Enfield 303s back in the day.

0:24:240:24:27

-Oh!

-But they didn't have enough to give to the Home Guard,

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so when they first came out, the Dad's Army movie,

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they started off with the broomsticks.

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Then they moved on to things like this - you are very

0:24:370:24:39

Captain Mainwaring.

0:24:390:24:41

Don't tell them your name, Mark! Hee-hee!

0:24:410:24:43

-He's going for a deal.

-I would like to pay £60 for it.

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-£60...

-Because I think, I have no idea whether it worth 20 or 120.

0:24:470:24:52

And I think if I can get it for 60, it stands me with a better chance.

0:24:520:24:57

She's written on here, "Do not sell to Mark".

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Has she?! That's Christina's handwriting!

0:25:000:25:02

I think, it is a one-off, though, it is a one-off.

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Come on, Simon, shake hands at 60? As friends.

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-Thank you.

-Go on, then.

-I just happen to have some money, there.

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-£60.

-Let me check this. Oh!

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Thank you, I'll let you go, I'll let you go.

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Thank you again. Thank you.

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The unusual World War II Home Guard practice rifle, for £60.

0:25:220:25:27

Meanwhile Christina is back in the trustee Alfa Romeo.

0:25:270:25:30

I think it's quite a girlie car, because the pedals are quite close together.

0:25:320:25:36

So, it's quite handy to drive in my heels.

0:25:360:25:39

Quite!

0:25:390:25:40

Christina's headed somewhere just outside Nantwich.

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Amidst this rural area lies a once top-secret bunker.

0:25:470:25:52

One of 12 in the UK,

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Hack Green was built in 1976

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to house regional government in the event of nuclear war.

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From the rise of the Berlin Wall to Glasnost in the late 1980s,

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the world seemed on a permanent countdown to Armageddon.

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The existence of the covert bunkers would have allowed Britain to make

0:26:100:26:14

plans to rebuild the country, should such an attack occur.

0:26:140:26:18

Christina is meeting with museum

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director Lucy Siebert to find out just

0:26:200:26:23

how vital the bunker was to Britain's survival.

0:26:230:26:26

Hi, welcome to Hack Green secret bunker.

0:26:260:26:28

-Shall we take a look?

-Yeah, let's!

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An abandoned radar site at Hack Green became the headquarters for

0:26:330:26:36

the local defence region.

0:26:360:26:40

In the event of an attack,

0:26:400:26:43

the Queen and the government would have been dissolved of power.

0:26:430:26:47

The Civil Defence network takes up control of the country.

0:26:470:26:51

And the 12 defence regions

0:26:510:26:53

the country is split into would be headed up

0:26:530:26:56

by regional commissioners and they would have been in control

0:26:560:26:59

of their particular region.

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Ours is ten two, which takes a big piece out of Cheshire

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and Manchester and Merseyside.

0:27:050:27:08

We were in charge of making sure

0:27:080:27:09

that everything happened when it needed to be

0:27:090:27:12

because the hardest thing to repair after any disaster,

0:27:120:27:16

whether it's natural or man-made, is the basic infrastructure.

0:27:160:27:19

Roads, supplies, water, communications,

0:27:190:27:23

basic things that people needed to continue.

0:27:230:27:27

At a cost of around £32 million - ha! -

0:27:270:27:31

the bunker was transformed into a vast underground complex that would

0:27:310:27:36

allow 135 civil servants

0:27:360:27:38

and military personnel to survive a nuclear attack.

0:27:380:27:42

In 1984 it became fully operational.

0:27:420:27:46

So, did this bunker provide communication?

0:27:470:27:50

We had communications for all sorts of different things -

0:27:500:27:54

including talking to the Queen herself.

0:27:540:27:56

-Really?

-Yes, I can show you one of such phones.

0:27:560:27:58

You had a hotline to the Queen?

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They were for calling her to make sure she could give Royal Assent

0:28:010:28:05

to enact the Emergency Powers Act,

0:28:050:28:07

which puts us on the highest state of alert.

0:28:070:28:10

But just how protected was this bunker from a nuclear attack?

0:28:100:28:14

We can actually take everything up to a direct hit.

0:28:140:28:17

We can take one megaton up to 500 yards away.

0:28:170:28:20

One megaton is the size of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

0:28:200:28:24

While the bunker may have been secure,

0:28:240:28:26

what measures would have been taken to protect the British public in the

0:28:260:28:29

event of a nuclear attack?

0:28:290:28:32

So, there's a lot of machines around me here.

0:28:320:28:34

Who am I? Who would have sat here?

0:28:340:28:36

You were in charge of receiving and giving out the four-minute warning

0:28:360:28:41

which is how long you've got, at home, until the bombs actually hit.

0:28:410:28:44

OK.

0:28:440:28:46

SIREN SOUNDS

0:28:460:28:48

-Pick that phone up.

-OK.

0:28:480:28:50

-Say, "Attack warning red".

-Attack warning red, attack warning red!

0:28:500:28:54

Now, you are going to set the sirens off for the entire defence region

0:28:560:29:01

to let the people at home know there's an imminent attack.

0:29:010:29:04

So all of that area ten two?

0:29:040:29:05

Yeah, and we're going to put this one into attack mode.

0:29:050:29:09

Attack. OK.

0:29:090:29:10

So that's telling you that it's powering up the system,

0:29:120:29:16

it's sending the message, and pretty soon a siren should go off.

0:29:160:29:21

SIREN SOUNDS

0:29:210:29:22

There you go. And that's what you'd hear on the outside.

0:29:220:29:25

Following the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989,

0:29:280:29:31

the real threat of nuclear war began to fade.

0:29:310:29:35

Hack Green, though, serves as a reminder of how Britain prepared

0:29:350:29:39

itself for the worst possible outcome.

0:29:390:29:43

Back to Mark now,

0:29:450:29:46

and he's in the town of Market Drayton in North Yorkshire.

0:29:460:29:51

He's got £168.90 to spend.

0:29:510:29:55

Hello, I'm Mark.

0:29:550:29:56

-Hi, Mark.

-Nice to see you.

0:29:560:29:58

-Can I have a look?

-Please feel free.

-Lovely. Thank you.

0:29:580:30:01

John, I saw a pair of candles in the window.

0:30:070:30:09

-Can I have a look at them?

-Yeah, I'll just go and get them for you.

0:30:090:30:12

There you go.

0:30:120:30:14

Great, thank you. I love this style.

0:30:160:30:19

It's sort of Adams revival, isn't it? Classical 18th-century shape.

0:30:190:30:24

With that sort of spiral, fluted urn.

0:30:240:30:27

I guess these are sort of 1920s.

0:30:270:30:30

I like the shape.

0:30:300:30:31

They're very classical. It's nice to have a pair them.

0:30:310:30:33

And there's no price on those, are they free?!

0:30:330:30:35

I'm a bit naughty on that.

0:30:350:30:37

-£30.

-£30 for the pair?

0:30:370:30:39

-Yes.

-Those are quite nice, actually.

0:30:390:30:41

I like those.

0:30:410:30:44

I think I'm going to have those as a consideration.

0:30:440:30:47

-OK. I'll put them to one side.

-I'm going to put them down here.

0:30:470:30:50

So we have a possible on the oak candlesticks.

0:30:500:30:54

Anything else?

0:30:540:30:57

Oh, gosh.

0:30:570:30:59

Those are really heavy.

0:30:590:31:01

Think they might be lead, actually. Feels like lead.

0:31:010:31:05

How much are these? Lead doorstops, £15 each.

0:31:050:31:08

They are quite quirky. And dogs are quite popular.

0:31:080:31:14

They're quite crudely made, so I don't know when

0:31:140:31:17

they were manufactured.

0:31:170:31:19

Time for a chat with John.

0:31:200:31:22

I would like to try and buy the pair of candlesticks

0:31:220:31:26

-and the two charming little doggies.

-Right.

0:31:260:31:29

So you said 30 on those, and they're 15 each, so another 30.

0:31:290:31:33

-Yes.

-What about £30?

0:31:330:31:37

I'll do them for 40.

0:31:370:31:40

I think that seems very reasonable, actually.

0:31:400:31:42

-I think that's very fair.

-Lovely.

0:31:420:31:44

That's our shopping complete for this road trip.

0:31:440:31:48

Mark adds a pair of candlesticks and doggy doorstops to his haul of

0:31:480:31:52

goodies which include the portrait miniature,

0:31:520:31:55

the spirit barrel and the Home Guard practice rifle.

0:31:550:31:59

In total, Mark has notched up a spend of £145.

0:31:590:32:03

Christina has also bought a total of five lots.

0:32:030:32:06

The oversized jaw, the gentleman's valet, the model railway station,

0:32:060:32:12

Philips' Popular Manekin and the Southampton bus route indicator.

0:32:120:32:16

Christina has spent a total of £270.

0:32:160:32:20

Come on, you two, what do you think of each other's extraordinary buys?

0:32:200:32:24

I adore your anatomical jaw. It's wonderful.

0:32:240:32:30

The doorstops, hmm, they're all right, but for the price he paid,

0:32:300:32:34

-can't be bad.

-Your bus sign from Southampton I think is wonderful

0:32:340:32:38

but £90, Christina?

0:32:380:32:40

I think he's done very well, but I think he's also played it very,

0:32:400:32:44

very safe, because he hasn't spent a lot of money.

0:32:440:32:47

It's auction time,

0:32:470:32:48

and we're heading our way to the town of Wotton-under-Edge,

0:32:480:32:52

nestled in the Southern Cotswold Hills in Gloucestershire.

0:32:520:32:57

And look, we've got a new car!

0:32:570:32:58

This updated version of the Alfa Romeo Spider

0:32:580:33:02

replaces a kaput original.

0:33:020:33:05

It's wonderful, though, isn't it?

0:33:050:33:07

It really is. And we can move our in our seats.

0:33:070:33:10

And it's leather. We've got leather upholstery.

0:33:100:33:13

Electric windows...

0:33:130:33:15

Electric windows. Oh, stop it, Christina!

0:33:150:33:17

Certainly looks very luxurious.

0:33:170:33:19

They're headed for Wotton Auction Rooms.

0:33:200:33:23

-Look at this, isn't it beautiful?

-It's an old chapel.

0:33:240:33:28

We could pray for profits.

0:33:280:33:29

Well, I think I might have to.

0:33:290:33:32

-Let's get in. Come on, dear.

-She's not your granny, Mark.

0:33:320:33:36

Philip Taubenheim is the gentleman wielding the gavel today.

0:33:360:33:40

What do you think of Christina and Mark's lots, Philip?

0:33:400:33:43

The spirit barrel, I think that was an ideal size for the rostrum!

0:33:430:33:46

I don't see why we can't have one there ourselves.

0:33:460:33:48

The jaw model, now, that's caused a bit of excitement here.

0:33:480:33:50

I think somebody will buy that for a bit of fun.

0:33:500:33:54

Today's auction is also live on the web.

0:33:540:33:56

Time to take your seats, please.

0:33:560:33:59

-Oh, gosh, here we are, Christina.

-Here we are.

0:33:590:34:02

-I've got squeaky shoes today.

-It's hot. I brought my own fan!

0:34:020:34:06

You've only got the one! How very diva.

0:34:070:34:10

Your little doggy doorstops are up next.

0:34:100:34:13

-Thank you.

-Oh, I know my place!

0:34:140:34:18

20, the two, 20, the two. And £20, I'm bid for the two doorstops.

0:34:180:34:22

30 online.

0:34:220:34:25

The room's coming back now, at £30, I'm bid, at £30.

0:34:250:34:28

At 35 at the back of the room...

0:34:280:34:30

35 at the back of the room. Come on, 40.

0:34:300:34:32

-Come on, internet!

-Back of the room. At 35. Anybody moving?

0:34:320:34:34

All happy with that? No mistake, then. £35.

0:34:340:34:37

Take them away.

0:34:370:34:39

-A howling success, my love. Howling!

-Woof, woof!

0:34:400:34:44

He's barking, you know!

0:34:440:34:46

Wonderful start there, Mark.

0:34:460:34:49

Oh, I'm relieved.

0:34:490:34:50

Good. I'm very nervous now.

0:34:500:34:53

Keep the faith, Christina.

0:34:530:34:55

It's your home-made, Doncaster railway station next.

0:34:550:34:59

At £20, four and £20 I'm bid.

0:34:590:35:01

At £20, here we go. At 20, I'm bid. At £20, I'm bid.

0:35:010:35:04

There it starts, and over there it stops.

0:35:040:35:07

Haven't left the station yet. At 25, I'm bid.

0:35:070:35:10

At 25, 30, I'm bid. At £30 I'm bid.

0:35:100:35:12

At £30. Against you now. At £30 I'm bid.

0:35:120:35:15

At £30. 35. £40.

0:35:150:35:17

-Oh!

-40.

-Ooh! Lord!

0:35:170:35:19

£40 it remains, then. At £40, I'm bid. Who moves it along at £40?

0:35:190:35:22

We're all out, then? You sure? £40 this time and at £40, then, 306.

0:35:220:35:27

Wow! It wasn't as bad as it could've been.

0:35:270:35:30

No, could have chugged out a lot slower than that.

0:35:300:35:33

-Precisely but remember, it's only your first lot.

-Never mind.

0:35:330:35:37

-Don't buy another Doncaster station, will you?

-I'll remember why!

0:35:370:35:40

-I'll know for next time.

-You will.

0:35:410:35:43

Onwards we go. Mark's spirit barrel is next.

0:35:440:35:48

£20 but better than that, isn't it at 20?

0:35:480:35:50

20, I'm bid. 25, I'm bid. 30, I'm bid.

0:35:500:35:53

35, I'm bid. 40, I'm bid.

0:35:530:35:55

-At £40, I'm bid.

-No, come on.

-Keep going, keep going, keep going.

0:35:550:35:59

-Where's the internet?

-At £40, I'm bid.

0:35:590:36:01

-Out?

-Are you sure? Happy enough with that? At £40.

0:36:010:36:04

-No mistake, then, at 40.

-All that for a fiver.

0:36:040:36:07

-Oh!

-It's just the way of the auction, Mark, but don't fret.

0:36:070:36:12

We've still got a way to go.

0:36:120:36:14

Hey, all hope is not lost.

0:36:140:36:16

No, it's not.

0:36:160:36:18

-Who is Hope, anyway?

-Where is she?

0:36:180:36:19

She might be outside enjoying the sun.

0:36:190:36:22

It's where we should be. I think she's just left in the car!

0:36:220:36:25

Never mind about Hope,

0:36:250:36:27

it's Christina's foldout Anthony next.

0:36:270:36:29

-I called him Tony.

-Tony? After whom?

-Anatomy.

0:36:300:36:34

Anato... anato-Tony!

0:36:350:36:38

20. 20 for the book. At £20, I'm bid. £20.

0:36:380:36:42

-Oh, 25.

-At £30, I'm bid, 35, I have.

0:36:420:36:45

-35.

-Yeah, right.

-£35, I'm bid. At £40, I'm bid.

0:36:450:36:51

On the internet, £40, I'm bid.

0:36:510:36:52

You're having another go. At £40, I'm bid.

0:36:520:36:54

Bid lies online at £40.

0:36:540:36:56

-Come on!

-No.

-Because it is great, actually.

0:36:560:36:59

-Really?

-No, I love it.

0:36:590:37:01

No, I do. Seriously.

0:37:010:37:03

-Down the hammer come.

-BOTH: Aw! Aw!

0:37:030:37:05

No, indeed.

0:37:050:37:07

What a shame. That's a real bargain for some lucky bidder.

0:37:070:37:11

Like a stake through my heart.

0:37:110:37:13

If I had a heart. I'll borrow his heart!

0:37:130:37:16

Onwards and upwards, eh? It's Mark's portrait miniature next.

0:37:160:37:20

£20, I'm bid. £20, I'm bid.

0:37:200:37:22

-Doubled your money already.

-We've got 20.

0:37:220:37:24

25 online. 25, I'm bid.

0:37:240:37:26

30 in the room. At £30, I'm bid.

0:37:260:37:28

-£30, I'm bid. £30, I have. The room holds it.

-Oh, no!

0:37:280:37:31

-Where's the internet?

-Anybody coming back out?

0:37:310:37:33

As 30, I'm bid. All out?

0:37:330:37:35

You're quite happy with that? At £30, and it's sold at £30, then.

0:37:350:37:39

Even though the portrait looks a bit glum, it's a sizeable profit.

0:37:390:37:44

Hey, that's not bad. £20 profit.

0:37:440:37:46

It's not bad, it's not bad, but I just thought, you know...

0:37:460:37:48

-Yeah.

-That might...

0:37:480:37:50

Takeoff. Yeah. I was hoping it might...

0:37:500:37:52

but must be grateful for a profit.

0:37:520:37:56

That's the spirit. Now, watch out.

0:37:560:37:58

It's the giant-sized jawbone next.

0:37:580:38:02

£30. £30 online.

0:38:020:38:04

Where would you get another? £30 I'm only bid.

0:38:040:38:07

Where would you get the pair? At £30, £40, I'm bid.

0:38:070:38:09

At £40, I'm bid. Bids online at £40, I'm bid.

0:38:090:38:12

At £40, I'm bid. 45 on commission.

0:38:120:38:14

It's not the kind of thing that the room would buy, though, is it?

0:38:140:38:17

It was 45 on commission...

0:38:170:38:19

Anybody want it now? It's cheaper, that!

0:38:190:38:21

How can you value it, really? £45, I'm bid.

0:38:210:38:23

-All done. You happy enough with that at 45?

-Oh.

0:38:230:38:26

-Oh!

-45, then.

0:38:260:38:27

Ouch! That's taken a bite out of Christina's profit.

0:38:270:38:32

-That was great, you know. I loved that.

-Well, me, too.

0:38:320:38:35

Sorry.

0:38:350:38:37

Dry your eyes, eh?

0:38:390:38:41

Mark's Home Guard practice rifle next.

0:38:410:38:44

It's great, because it's the right weight and I've never seen anything

0:38:440:38:47

-like it.

-50, I'll take.

0:38:470:38:49

£30, I'm bid. Thank you. 30, I'm bid. Oh, 30.

0:38:490:38:51

At £30 here on the commission book at 30, I'm bid.

0:38:510:38:55

35 on commission. 40 on commission. 45, I'm bid.

0:38:550:38:58

-50, I'm bid.

-Come on!

0:38:580:39:00

Five, 70. Five.

0:39:000:39:04

With you. 75, thank you.

0:39:040:39:06

-80, I'm bid.

-In a Home Guard museum, it would be brilliant.

0:39:060:39:09

80, I'm bid. At £80. Commission bid at £80.

0:39:090:39:12

-Oh, magic!

-At £80.

0:39:120:39:14

Anybody moving it along now, you sure?

0:39:140:39:15

At £80, it's sold at 80.

0:39:150:39:17

Great shot, Mark. Another profit.

0:39:180:39:22

-Well done.

-Well, know, I'm relieved.

0:39:220:39:24

There's not much profit in it, Christina,

0:39:240:39:26

but it sort of justifies why you bought it.

0:39:260:39:28

-Exactly.

-And somebody else appreciated it.

0:39:280:39:31

-Exactly.

-Next up, Christina's Southampton bus route indicator.

0:39:310:39:35

It would look great in a hallway, wouldn't it?

0:39:350:39:37

-Yes.

-Just on the wall.

-Oh, amazing.

0:39:370:39:39

Particularly if you lived near Bassett Junction.

0:39:390:39:41

Exactly, or if you lived, near, you know, near Special!

0:39:410:39:44

-Well!

-At £50, I'm bid.

0:39:440:39:46

Online at 50. And five in the room.

0:39:460:39:48

At 50, I'm bid. 55, I'm bid. 60, I'm bid. 65 in the room.

0:39:480:39:52

At 65, I'm bid.

0:39:520:39:53

A long way to go before I start make profit.

0:39:530:39:55

70, I'm bid. A £70 commission bid.

0:39:550:39:58

At £70. 75.

0:39:580:40:02

-Oh, in the room!

-And 80, I'm bid. £80, I'm bid. Shakes his head.

0:40:020:40:05

And five. 85.

0:40:050:40:06

-Oh!

-Oh!

-85, bid's there.

0:40:060:40:08

At £85 I'm bid. 90, anywhere? At £85 and it's sold.

0:40:080:40:13

-Buyer 72.

-Well...

-It could have been a lot worse.

0:40:130:40:15

It could have been a lot worse!

0:40:150:40:18

Yeah, it's not your day, Christina.

0:40:180:40:21

Sort of story of my life. Missed the bus!

0:40:210:40:25

It was a gamble, but a buy that didn't pay.

0:40:280:40:31

Next, Mark's Edwardian candlesticks.

0:40:310:40:33

20 for the two.

0:40:330:40:35

20, I'm bid. Thank you.

0:40:350:40:36

Well, we've got 20. I've got my money back.

0:40:360:40:39

Who wants them now at £20 I'm bid? 20, 25 I'm bid.

0:40:390:40:42

30, I'm bid. 35, I'm bid. At £35, I'm bid.

0:40:420:40:46

-At £35, I'm bid.

-That's all right, then.

-£35!

0:40:460:40:49

At £35, I'm bid.

0:40:490:40:51

You're out. You're sure? At £35 and they go.

0:40:510:40:54

Well, it's a profit.

0:40:540:40:56

That's a profit on every lot today for Mark.

0:40:560:40:59

You're an absolute golden boy today, aren't you?

0:40:590:41:03

He liked that, Christina. It's the last lot now.

0:41:030:41:06

Christina's gentleman's valet.

0:41:060:41:09

This could claw you back, because I know they are fashionable.

0:41:090:41:13

£20, the lot. £20.

0:41:130:41:15

-Come on.

-30. 35, 45.

0:41:150:41:17

-This is the internet.

-Aw, Lordy! Look!

-At £60 I'm bid.

0:41:170:41:21

-Oh! God, Christina!

-At 65, I can't believe it!

0:41:210:41:24

-65.

-£65!

0:41:240:41:25

At £65 I'm bid.

0:41:250:41:26

70, I'm bid. He goes on another five.

0:41:260:41:28

-Right, put the gavel down.

-Yeah!

0:41:280:41:30

£70, I'm bid.

0:41:300:41:32

And five again! At 75, I'm bid.

0:41:320:41:34

At £75, I'm bid.

0:41:340:41:36

80 anyway now? At £75, right, we're sure?

0:41:360:41:40

Hammer's up at £75, and it's sold.

0:41:400:41:42

-Well done, you!

-What a way to end, Christina!

0:41:420:41:46

It's the biggest profit of the day.

0:41:460:41:48

-Well, I'm blowed!

-Right, we'll do some sums?

0:41:480:41:51

Oh, do we have to? I was quite happy till now!

0:41:510:41:53

-Oh, really? Shall we just go and sit in the sun!

-Yeah.

0:41:530:41:57

Yeah! Let's find out who clinched victory today.

0:41:570:42:01

Christina began with £330.90.

0:42:010:42:05

And after auction costs, made a small loss of £36.30.

0:42:050:42:11

This gives Christina £294.60 to begin the penultimate leg.

0:42:110:42:16

Mark began with £273.90

0:42:180:42:23

and made a profit of £35.40,

0:42:230:42:25

so Mark wins today and now takes the lead

0:42:250:42:30

with a grand total of £309.30.

0:42:300:42:34

Christina!

0:42:340:42:35

You've got £15 ahead of me, I think.

0:42:350:42:37

So it's still all to play for?

0:42:370:42:39

It's all to play for, darling, into the next leg.

0:42:390:42:43

-All righty!

-Are you buckled up?

-I am and ready to get going again.

0:42:430:42:48

-Or should I say, belt up?

-Well, you do, regularly!

0:42:480:42:52

-Ready?

-Yeah.

-We're off.

0:42:520:42:54

Eh, cheerio, road trippers!

0:42:540:42:57

Next time on the Antiques Road Trip, Mark offers up a pearl of wisdom.

0:42:570:43:02

It could be worth thousands. It could be worth ten quid.

0:43:020:43:05

-Oh, my goodness!

-And Christina invests in the exotic.

0:43:050:43:09

-I just bought a dragon.

-As you do.

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