0:00:02 > 0:00:04It's the nation's favourite antiques experts...
0:00:04 > 0:00:05This is beautiful.
0:00:05 > 0:00:06That's the way to do this.
0:00:06 > 0:00:09..with £200 each, a classic car
0:00:09 > 0:00:12and a goal to scour for antiques.
0:00:12 > 0:00:14- Joy.- Hello!
0:00:14 > 0:00:16The aim - to make the biggest profit at auction,
0:00:16 > 0:00:17but it's no mean feat.
0:00:19 > 0:00:22There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24Sorry, sorry, sorry.
0:00:24 > 0:00:26So, will it be the high road to glory
0:00:26 > 0:00:28or the slow road to disaster?
0:00:28 > 0:00:29The handbrake's on.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31This is Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:34 > 0:00:35Yeah!
0:00:38 > 0:00:40Today sees auctioneers James Braxton
0:00:40 > 0:00:43and Charlie Ross midway through their road trip.
0:00:43 > 0:00:47- We've got the sun on our backs, we are going to do well today.- Yeah.
0:00:47 > 0:00:48I mean, look at this.
0:00:48 > 0:00:53- English countryside...- Sheep! - Oh, sheep.- Sheep!- Sheep.- Sheep!
0:00:53 > 0:00:54He's rather excitable.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57Charlie is as charming as ever.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00- I'd quite like to go away with that. - Yes.- On holiday.- Yeah.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03- They're lovely. - Would you come with me?- Of course.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06And James is a patriotic soul.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09Well, I am very pleased with my Queen's shield.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12I think I can be a loyal citizen.
0:01:12 > 0:01:16They're navigating their road trip in a 1961 Ford Zephyr,
0:01:16 > 0:01:19a car made before seatbelts were legally required.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24- I think I put it into reverse. - JAMES LAUGHS
0:01:24 > 0:01:25Whoops-a-daisy!
0:01:27 > 0:01:30Our Road Trip pals started off with £200 each.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33After their second auction, Charlie is lagging somewhere behind James
0:01:33 > 0:01:38with a kitty of £148.76 for the day ahead.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44James is in pole position after the terrific result
0:01:44 > 0:01:45with the two Doulton vases.
0:01:45 > 0:01:51He has a stuffed wallet of £433.50 to spend today.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58Their trip began in the Lincolnshire town of Boston
0:01:58 > 0:02:00and meanders through Norfolk and Cambridgeshire,
0:02:00 > 0:02:02up to Leicestershire, before heading south
0:02:02 > 0:02:05and finishing in the Surrey town of Cobham.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07Today's leg
0:02:07 > 0:02:09sets off from Shenton, in Leicestershire,
0:02:09 > 0:02:11and will head to auction in the village
0:02:11 > 0:02:13of Bourne End, Buckinghamshire.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19Both chaps will be sharing a shop
0:02:19 > 0:02:21at Whitemoors Antiques Centre.
0:02:21 > 0:02:22Here we are.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26Charlie's first out of the traps.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31There are 40 different dealers here.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35- Aha! You look like the boss to me. - I am the boss.- Are you?- Yeah.
0:02:35 > 0:02:39- I'm Charlie.- Lovely to meet you, Charlie. Portia.- Portia!
0:02:39 > 0:02:41- That's a very racy name.- Very racy.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44Right. You've got work to do, Charlie.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49Oh, vintage luggage.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53Didn't they make luggage well?
0:02:53 > 0:02:54Look at that.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56An Edwardian piece of luggage.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58It's got its original brass studs on the bottom.
0:02:58 > 0:03:03There's quite a demand for vintage luggage these days.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05Look at the stitching.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08And it's got really rather a lovely patination.
0:03:08 > 0:03:12And what I like is when they've got original labels on them.
0:03:12 > 0:03:13It's £50.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18I could see that making £40 or £50 at auction.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21Portia!
0:03:21 > 0:03:24- Hi, you all right?- Yeah, I've seen something I quite like.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26- I love old luggage. - Beautiful, isn't it?
0:03:26 > 0:03:29- Oh, no, it's awful. - SHE LAUGHS
0:03:29 > 0:03:32- No, it's gorgeous!- No, it is lovely. What chance have we got?
0:03:32 > 0:03:35- I think I'll have to ring the tenant and see.- Could you do that?
0:03:35 > 0:03:37I will do that for you.
0:03:37 > 0:03:38- Ring that tenant.- One second.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41- Tell him I'm a really nice chap. - I will do.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43Figures crossed, Charlie.
0:03:43 > 0:03:44Portia's got some news.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47- Charles, I've just spoken to the tenant.- What have you done?
0:03:47 > 0:03:50- Have you done better than 45? - She'd be happy to take 27.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52- 27?!- Yes.
0:03:53 > 0:03:54What an odd figure.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57I think that's well worth the money. I'm not even going to try
0:03:57 > 0:04:03and beat her down to 25. I'm going to say £27 is really generous.
0:04:04 > 0:04:05What about James?
0:04:05 > 0:04:07With over £400 to spend,
0:04:07 > 0:04:12is he going to go all out or exercise some prudence?
0:04:12 > 0:04:13Mind your head.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16- Good morning, James.- Hello, hello. - Welcome to Whitemoors.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19- Hello, nice to meet you. And your name is?- Robert.- Robert.
0:04:20 > 0:04:24What wonders can you spot in here, then, James?
0:04:24 > 0:04:26This sort of leaps out at me here.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29- That is a very '50s look. - Isn't that great?
0:04:29 > 0:04:31The retro thing is in at the moment.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34I like the figurine. She is a very shapely lady, isn't she?
0:04:34 > 0:04:37And it has that nice sort of pull,
0:04:37 > 0:04:40that eggshell finish to the glaze, doesn't it? Where...?
0:04:40 > 0:04:43- So, who's made this?- It is West German.- Made in West Germany.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45And the pattern is called Jamaica.
0:04:45 > 0:04:50- That's right.- Just what we need, something exotic and warm, isn't it?
0:04:50 > 0:04:52- On a cold day. - THEY LAUGH
0:04:52 > 0:04:57I definitely need it. That would... She would be a lovely tonic.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59She'd lose your cold in a hurry, wouldn't she?
0:04:59 > 0:05:01Crumbs!
0:05:02 > 0:05:05West German pottery is a brand-new field of collecting
0:05:05 > 0:05:08and is proving to be very popular at auction.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10Now, what could you do on that, Rob?
0:05:10 > 0:05:13The absolute best to you, James...
0:05:13 > 0:05:15- Don't... - ..because I want you to win.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17Don't...don't put yourself down.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20- I won't. £12.- £12.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23It is in good order. It is bright, it has been looked after.
0:05:23 > 0:05:27It has been slightly treasured. I think that is very handsome.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29What about eight on that, Rob?
0:05:29 > 0:05:33- Oh... - You know how these auctioneers work.
0:05:33 > 0:05:34Oh, here we go.
0:05:34 > 0:05:38Yeah, you know, they all start in ten, five and everything.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41And, you know, if you're going to have a chance of it,
0:05:41 > 0:05:43a little profit, you need...
0:05:43 > 0:05:46- Ten.- Ten?- To give me a little bit.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49Ten. I am liking your start. Rob, put it there.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51- Thank you very much indeed. - You're welcome.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53A quick and efficient purchase from James.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56£10 for the 1950s West German vase.
0:06:00 > 0:06:04Charlie has journeyed east to the historic village of Kibworth.
0:06:05 > 0:06:09This large, family-owned antiques centre has over 60 dealers.
0:06:15 > 0:06:19That's...early Victorian. It's...
0:06:21 > 0:06:25Or even William IV rosewood over-mantle mirror.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28Now, you can see that the mirror is not in great condition.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30But frankly, when you look like me,
0:06:30 > 0:06:33it's quite good having a mirror like that, to be perfectly honest.
0:06:33 > 0:06:34He's hard on himself.
0:06:34 > 0:06:38It's 150-plus years old.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40160, 170 years old.
0:06:40 > 0:06:44And I could get away with putting a new mirror in there.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47And it's £25.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49If that could be really cheap...
0:06:50 > 0:06:55..I would buy it because it's a genuine antique.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57Let's go and see what we can do.
0:06:57 > 0:07:01Time to track down the lady in charge, the lovely Sally.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04- Turn right. It used to be a mirror. - Used to be a mirror.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06Well, it looks like it. Can you see?
0:07:06 > 0:07:08I have to say that the owner...
0:07:08 > 0:07:10Can you hold that end?
0:07:10 > 0:07:11- I can.- Well done.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13The owner does admit...
0:07:13 > 0:07:17- Cos it says antique tarnished mirror.- Very tarnished.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19- It certainly is. Look at us in there.- Absolutely.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21You can't really see us.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23- The fairest of them all. - CHARLIE LAUGHS
0:07:23 > 0:07:26- And I want to give a tenner for it. - SHE GASPS
0:07:26 > 0:07:28- HE IMITATES HER GASP - I can feel your heart
0:07:28 > 0:07:30- miss a beat there. - It's missing lots of beats.
0:07:30 > 0:07:31We can make a phone call.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34- Would you mind?- We can do that. - That's sweet of you.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36Tell her Charlie's desperate, would you?
0:07:36 > 0:07:38And a bit of a chancer.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44- Are you smiling? - I am smiling a little bit.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46I've spoken to the dealer,
0:07:46 > 0:07:50she says that she is quite happy to come down to £15 for you.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53- I can't ask for more than that, can I, really?- No, not really.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56- I was being very cheeky at ten. Put it there.- OK.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59- May I give you one of...those? - Thank you.
0:07:59 > 0:08:00That's really kind of you.
0:08:02 > 0:08:06James, meanwhile, has travelled 24 miles to the city of Leicester.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10So far, he has spent a tenner.
0:08:10 > 0:08:11Come on, James, get spending.
0:08:16 > 0:08:17What's that you've found?
0:08:20 > 0:08:24Quite a crude tribal stool, this.
0:08:24 > 0:08:25Not the finest carve,
0:08:25 > 0:08:31but it's carved from the solid, from the trunk.
0:08:31 > 0:08:32And they're useful.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35They make great occasional tables.
0:08:35 > 0:08:39They're just the right height for sitting beside a sofa or something.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42And they have a look, don't they?
0:08:43 > 0:08:44What about the price?
0:08:44 > 0:08:47I noticed this when I walked in, Mark.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50- Yes.- Not the finest one, but...
0:08:50 > 0:08:54It's not the most detailed carving, but crudities can be sometimes...
0:08:54 > 0:08:58- interesting.- Yeah, naive charm, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:08:58 > 0:08:59So it's carved out of the solid.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02I think it would've been one piece, definitely.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05- You can't see any joins or anything. - And does this come from...?
0:09:05 > 0:09:07Where do you think it comes from?
0:09:07 > 0:09:12Probably...African origin, somewhere around there.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14What sort of money do you have on that, Mark?
0:09:14 > 0:09:17Um, I've got 55 on that one.
0:09:17 > 0:09:1955...
0:09:19 > 0:09:22Would it be too cheeky to say 25 on that?
0:09:23 > 0:09:25- Could you make it 30?- 30?
0:09:25 > 0:09:29- Mm-hm.- You've gone and got yourself a deal, Mark.- OK, lovely.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31Thank you, I'll take that.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34James is attracted to the exotic today.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37The tribal stool for £30 is his second item.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39Anyway, I'm pleased with it
0:09:39 > 0:09:42and I'm off with it. Thank you, bye.
0:09:42 > 0:09:43He doesn't hang about much.
0:09:47 > 0:09:51Charlie has travelled south to the town of Northampton.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53It's the home of British shoemaking
0:09:53 > 0:09:57and even the local football team have the nickname The Cobblers.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02And it's here, at Northampton Town Football Club,
0:10:02 > 0:10:05that Charlie is heading to find out more about a pioneer,
0:10:05 > 0:10:08not just in sport, but also in British history.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13Charlie is meeting with author Phil Vasili.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15- Charlie, hiya.- Hello, Phil.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17- How are you? - Very well indeed, thank you.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20Welcome to Northampton Football Club.
0:10:20 > 0:10:24Walter Tull was one of the first black professional footballers
0:10:24 > 0:10:28who played right here, at Northampton Town Football Club.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31He was also the first black officer to lead troops into battle
0:10:31 > 0:10:33in the First World War.
0:10:33 > 0:10:37Phil is the biographer of Walter's sensational story.
0:10:39 > 0:10:40This is very appropriate,
0:10:40 > 0:10:44we are in the engine room of Northampton Town FC.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47We can see the pitch, we can see the stands.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49And where better to start?
0:10:49 > 0:10:51We've got this wonderful archive here.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53Yeah, it's a great place to start
0:10:53 > 0:10:56because Walter was very happy here, by all accounts.
0:10:58 > 0:11:02Walter was born in Folkestone, at the end of the 19th century.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05His father was a carpenter from Barbados and worked
0:11:05 > 0:11:09as a ship's joiner until he settled in England in 1876
0:11:09 > 0:11:10and married a local girl.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13Tragically, by the age of nine,
0:11:13 > 0:11:17Walter had lost both his parents to ill health and was sent,
0:11:17 > 0:11:20along with his brother, to an orphanage and Bethnal Green.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25- When he went to the orphanage, they had a football team...- Right.
0:11:25 > 0:11:30..and they played in a... They played competitive games.
0:11:30 > 0:11:31And somebody spotted him
0:11:31 > 0:11:34- round about this time as being particularly talented.- Yeah.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37Well, you could see in the photo, Charlie, that he's in the middle
0:11:37 > 0:11:39- and he's got the ball at his feet... - He has.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42..which usually signifies that he has got respect
0:11:42 > 0:11:44and he's one of the better players.
0:11:46 > 0:11:51In 1908, Walter was signed by amateur club Clapton FC.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53Within the year, he turned professional
0:11:53 > 0:11:55when he was signed by Tottenham Hotspur.
0:11:55 > 0:11:59It was here that Walter experienced a horrible display
0:11:59 > 0:12:00of spectator racism.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05Spurs, for him, wasn't a great source of happiness, was it?
0:12:05 > 0:12:08- It was wonderful that Spurs signed him.- Yes.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10And, you know, to be signed as a black player
0:12:10 > 0:12:12is unusual at the time.
0:12:12 > 0:12:16And Spurs have to be commended for that.
0:12:16 > 0:12:21However, Walter got a lot of abuse when he was playing
0:12:21 > 0:12:24and in one particular match,
0:12:24 > 0:12:27in September of 1909 at Bristol,
0:12:27 > 0:12:32it was so bad that one of the newspapers headlined
0:12:32 > 0:12:34the abuse that Walter got.
0:12:36 > 0:12:37And in the report,
0:12:37 > 0:12:41the journalist said that Walter was a model for all white men
0:12:41 > 0:12:44who play football, because of the way he withstood the abuse.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46I think that was the strength of Walter,
0:12:46 > 0:12:50- that he did his talking as a footballer, with his feet.- Yeah.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55A year later, Northampton Town
0:12:55 > 0:12:59was thrilled to snap up the talented Walter.
0:12:59 > 0:13:03But soon, the dark clouds of war loomed, in 1914.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06Walter was one of the first to enlist in the British Army.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11It wasn't until November 1915
0:13:11 > 0:13:13that Walter went to France,
0:13:13 > 0:13:15his battalion went to France.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18- Hm.- And they saw action almost immediately
0:13:18 > 0:13:22in around the Festubert-Givenchy region.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24Walter's cool-headed leadership
0:13:24 > 0:13:27ensured that he rose through the ranks quickly.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33So he saw action -
0:13:33 > 0:13:37and I think I'm right in saying - was he recommended for an MC?
0:13:37 > 0:13:41As far as we know, Walter was the first black officer
0:13:41 > 0:13:44to lead white troops into battle in the Army.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46And he was commended for his bravery
0:13:46 > 0:13:50and commended for bringing back his party without injury.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52That's when he was recommended for the Military Cross,
0:13:52 > 0:13:54which he never actually received.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56He embodied a legal contradiction.
0:13:56 > 0:14:00As a black soldier, he shouldn't have been an officer
0:14:00 > 0:14:02according to the manual of military law.
0:14:02 > 0:14:06So if they gave him his Military Cross, it was almost like
0:14:06 > 0:14:11they were admitting that they'd created
0:14:11 > 0:14:13- this illegal precedent.- Yeah.
0:14:13 > 0:14:17- They were giving a rubber stamp to breaking the law, really.- Yeah.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19Sadly, tragedy struck.
0:14:19 > 0:14:23On 25th March, 1918, Second Lieutenant Tull
0:14:23 > 0:14:27was killed in action at the German spring offensive on the Somme.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29He was 29 years old.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33He was certainly a very remarkable black Briton
0:14:33 > 0:14:37who achieved a great deal in his short life.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39I mean, we are here at a club that's...
0:14:39 > 0:14:42- The road that leads into the stadium is called Walter Tull Way.- Yeah.
0:14:42 > 0:14:46We've got the memorial stone detailing his achievements.
0:14:46 > 0:14:50I think it has been absolutely fascinating -
0:14:50 > 0:14:53an extraordinary tale of a remarkable man.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55Thank you, Charlie.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58The odds were stacked against Walter, but he succeeded
0:14:58 > 0:15:02as a star on the football field and a hero on the battlefield.
0:15:03 > 0:15:08It's the end of a long day, so time for a bit of a rest. Nighty-night.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17Cor, it's absolutely tipping it down this morning.
0:15:19 > 0:15:24This weather, very good for the leather upper, I would say.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26You need a leather upper.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29A good brogue is always the best option.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31Anyway, James is in Northampton
0:15:31 > 0:15:34to have a go at spending some of his money.
0:15:34 > 0:15:38Although he's rich in profits, he's only spent £40 so far.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41Oh, nice hat!
0:15:41 > 0:15:45- Hello. James.- Hello, I'm Sonia. - Hello, Sonia. Very nice to meet you.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50Maybe Sonia will persuade James
0:15:50 > 0:15:52to part with some cash.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56There's some nice things amongst here. I love this!
0:15:58 > 0:16:00This is very theatrical, isn't it?
0:16:02 > 0:16:04Great for a sort of baronial hall, isn't it?
0:16:04 > 0:16:06It is.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09Baron Braxton has a certain ring to it.
0:16:09 > 0:16:10Really good.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12Love that.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14Right, like that.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16So, the shield...
0:16:16 > 0:16:17It's on the list.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20The shield is priced up at £40
0:16:20 > 0:16:23and could have been made for the Queen's Silver Jubilee.
0:16:26 > 0:16:30I like this. A modest woodcut.
0:16:30 > 0:16:35But what I like about this is it's very much in its contemporary frame.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38It has a good look. Does it have a date on it?
0:16:38 > 0:16:42It's evocative of a period, isn't it? 1920s.
0:16:42 > 0:16:43The Untidy Corner.
0:16:43 > 0:16:48It's got a personal inscription on it. And it is a wood block print.
0:16:48 > 0:16:52Very much used early illustrations for newspapers
0:16:52 > 0:16:56and book illustrations. Artists really loved it.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59I like that. It's got style.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02Another one on the list.
0:17:02 > 0:17:06The wood block print has a ticket price of £10.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09Now, to find Sonia to talk money.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11These are my two items, Sonia.
0:17:11 > 0:17:15I love this shield. Isn't that fun?
0:17:15 > 0:17:16So that's the shield.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19You don't have to do me a special price on the wood block print.
0:17:19 > 0:17:23- I'm very happy to pay your ticket price.- OK.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26- But could I get a price on the shield?- What have we got on that?
0:17:26 > 0:17:29I think... What have we got? We've got £40.
0:17:32 > 0:17:36- What price did you have in mind?- Oh! - See if we can meet in the middle.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38Oh, if you're going to meet in the middle, 20 quid.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40SHE LAUGHS
0:17:40 > 0:17:42- SHE SIGHS - 25?
0:17:42 > 0:17:4525, you've got yourself a deal, Sonia.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47- Thank you very much indeed.- Lovely.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49I am very pleased with my Queen's shield.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52I think I can be a loyal citizen.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55- You'll have to find a sword now to go with it.- I will!
0:18:00 > 0:18:02Charlie is also in Northampton.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07This looks interesting, Charlie.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12Our man is having a look around The Old Bakehouse Antiques.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17There are over 60 dealers here.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19Blimey, he's like a dog let off the lead.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23Look at that old projector.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26With its original box.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29"Specto film projector.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32"Wood box and accessories. Bulb not working."
0:18:32 > 0:18:36Well, you can get a bulb these days for something like that.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38In the mid-1930s,
0:18:38 > 0:18:42the British company Specto were renowned for their cine projectors.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44During the Second World War,
0:18:44 > 0:18:47the British government used the projectors to review intelligence
0:18:47 > 0:18:50captured by British aircraft flying over occupied Europe.
0:18:52 > 0:18:53£110.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57HE SIGHS
0:18:57 > 0:18:59I'm not going to spend £110 on that.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01But I'd buy it at a price.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04Good to hear, Charlie.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08Ooh, what's that you've found?
0:19:09 > 0:19:11Joy!
0:19:11 > 0:19:13Look at that.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16A vintage bamboo child's push chair.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20That is fantastic!
0:19:20 > 0:19:22Original wheels.
0:19:22 > 0:19:27It's got two little wheels at the front here, just to stabilise it.
0:19:27 > 0:19:32The bamboo's in good condition. It is a really unusual object.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34And I'm always looking for something quirky and unusual.
0:19:34 > 0:19:39It's got age, it's got quality in a certain sort of way,
0:19:39 > 0:19:40it's got originality.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43It is £68.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48I don't think that's untoward.
0:19:48 > 0:19:54That is as charming and historically interesting as that projector.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57But he's not finished yet.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00Wonder if his enthusiasm is infectious?
0:20:00 > 0:20:02Aha!
0:20:02 > 0:20:05Churchill, bulldog spirit.
0:20:05 > 0:20:11That's a Beswick model there, Toby jug of Churchill.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15Beswick Pottery began in the 19th century and produced
0:20:15 > 0:20:18a lot of commemorative and advertising wares like this one.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21The price tag on the jug is £60.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23I've seen a projector.
0:20:23 > 0:20:30I've seen that - I think - fabulous child's bamboo pushchair.
0:20:30 > 0:20:35The sum total of these objects is comfortably over £200.
0:20:35 > 0:20:40I've got £106.76 in total.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43Time to strike a deal. Where is Steve?
0:20:44 > 0:20:47Well, I think you've got a fantastic mix here.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50I've got three things I've completely fallen in love with.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53- There is a projector upstairs with its original box.- Yeah.
0:20:53 > 0:20:57There is a real talking point, which is that bamboo pushchair.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59The other thing, completely differently,
0:20:59 > 0:21:02is Mr Bulldog Spirit here, Winston Churchill,
0:21:02 > 0:21:05simply because I need a bit of that bulldog spirit
0:21:05 > 0:21:07to beat old Bingo.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09And some extra cash.
0:21:09 > 0:21:11I'm not going to beat around the bush, I mean,
0:21:11 > 0:21:12I like those three things.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14I don't suppose I'd be able to buy those three things,
0:21:14 > 0:21:20but I'll tell you what I've got. I've got £106.76.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22I can't add to it because that's all I've got.
0:21:22 > 0:21:26- I mean, you're adding up to 230-odd quid. I mean, that's...- Yeah.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29- It depends on what these things have cost.- Yeah.
0:21:29 > 0:21:31If I can't buy the three things...
0:21:31 > 0:21:33- No, I think we can... - Do you think you could?
0:21:33 > 0:21:36The projector's sat around for a while, so I'd like to get it gone.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38- Has it?- You know, cos you're only taking dust.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40You take the dust with you, don't you?
0:21:40 > 0:21:43I'll take the dust, I'll clean it, I'll do your washing up...
0:21:43 > 0:21:46That's good. Oh, yeah, if you're doing the washing up as well...
0:21:46 > 0:21:49Would you take all I've got for those three? Are you sure?
0:21:49 > 0:21:50I don't want you...
0:21:50 > 0:21:53When I walk out of that door, I don't want you to think,
0:21:53 > 0:21:54"Mr Ross, honestly!"
0:21:54 > 0:21:57No, I'll just phone the police. "I've just been robbed."
0:21:57 > 0:22:00- You are the best dealer I've ever met in my life!- Thanks.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03- Shake me by the hand. You sure?- Oh, yeah...
0:22:03 > 0:22:05Yeah, let me have it, please.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07Please. And the change.
0:22:07 > 0:22:08Well done, Charlie.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11He has blown the last of his cash on three items -
0:22:11 > 0:22:14the cine projector for £40,
0:22:14 > 0:22:15the pushchair for 30
0:22:15 > 0:22:20and Churchill jug for £36.76.
0:22:23 > 0:22:24That plucky display of buying
0:22:24 > 0:22:28and big discounts wraps up our shopping trip.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30Charlie has bought a total of five items -
0:22:30 > 0:22:33the 1930s leather valise,
0:22:33 > 0:22:35the antique mirror,
0:22:35 > 0:22:37the cine projector,
0:22:37 > 0:22:41the Edwardian pushchair and the Beswick Churchill jug.
0:22:41 > 0:22:46His purse is empty. £148.76 gone!
0:22:48 > 0:22:53James has four items - the 1960s West German vase,
0:22:53 > 0:22:56the African tribal stool,
0:22:56 > 0:22:58the decorative shield
0:22:58 > 0:23:01and the 1920s wood block print.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04He is reluctant to let go of his profits
0:23:04 > 0:23:08and has been very thrifty, spending a total of just £75.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12But what do they think of one another's buys?
0:23:15 > 0:23:17I think all his things might make a profit,
0:23:17 > 0:23:19simply because he's been so stingy!
0:23:19 > 0:23:22Would I swap my lots for his? No.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27Charlie and James are travelling south to Bourne End,
0:23:27 > 0:23:29in Buckinghamshire.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32Bourne End Auctions is where we're headed.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34We're here. Bourne End Auction Rooms.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36This, remember this, Bingo,
0:23:36 > 0:23:39- cos this is when it turned round.- Really?
0:23:39 > 0:23:43This is where your frugal behaviour comes back to bite you.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45Ah-ha-ha!
0:23:45 > 0:23:49Taking to the rostrum today is auctioneer Simon Brown.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51All quiet then, the auction is about to begin.
0:23:53 > 0:23:57First to go is Charlie with his leather valise.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59Start me at £30, please, for this lot.
0:23:59 > 0:24:03- 20 then to start. 20, anybody interested?- Ten.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05- 20?- Ten.- 20? Nobody interested?
0:24:05 > 0:24:07Ten to start. Ten I'm bid. Got you at ten.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09- You got a bidder. - I recognise that lady.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11Never mind the lady, Charlie.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14- Are we all done at ten on my left? - JAMES LAUGHS
0:24:16 > 0:24:18That buyer's got a great deal there.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22James's West German vase is next.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24£10. Ten I'm bid. Yours at ten.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27- Bingo, you are already in at ten. - 12.- 14.
0:24:27 > 0:24:3016. 18. 20. 20. 22.
0:24:30 > 0:24:3225.
0:24:32 > 0:24:3425. 22 on my right.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36Selling at 22. Are we all done at 22?
0:24:36 > 0:24:39Got you at 22 on my right now.
0:24:39 > 0:24:4022.
0:24:40 > 0:24:41There we are.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45All smiles for James as he starts off with a profit.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49It is Charlie's rosewood mirror next.
0:24:49 > 0:24:54Start me at £30, please, for this lot. 30. Anybody interested at 30?
0:24:54 > 0:24:57Nobody interested at 30? 20 then start.
0:24:57 > 0:25:0020, anybody interested? Nobody interested? No?
0:25:00 > 0:25:02I am moving on.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05- Lot 36 is... - JAMES LAUGHS
0:25:05 > 0:25:06What do you mean "moving on"?
0:25:06 > 0:25:08He's moving on.
0:25:08 > 0:25:14Uh-oh. This no sale means it will be added into your next leg's auction.
0:25:14 > 0:25:19- Moving on.- Do you think he might not sell any of my items?
0:25:19 > 0:25:20Surely not.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24It's James's tribal stool next.
0:25:24 > 0:25:28Who will start me at 20, please, for this lot? 20 I'm bid.
0:25:28 > 0:25:3122. 25. 27. 30. 32.
0:25:31 > 0:25:3535. 37. 40. 42. 45. 47.
0:25:35 > 0:25:3950. 55. 60. 65. 60 in the corner.
0:25:39 > 0:25:43Selling at 60. Yours at 60. Are we all done at 60?
0:25:43 > 0:25:45On my right. Selling at 60 now.
0:25:45 > 0:25:46Marvellous!
0:25:46 > 0:25:51Absolutely. Thank the good people of Bourne.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53Well done, James, another great profit.
0:25:54 > 0:25:56James is in the lead.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59Can Charlie ramp up his profits with the cine projector?
0:25:59 > 0:26:01Who will start me at £30, please, for this?
0:26:01 > 0:26:05- 30 I'm bid. Yours at 30. - What?- Are we all done at 30?
0:26:05 > 0:26:08Maiden bid. Selling at 30 on my left. Yours at 30.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11With William, are we all done at £30 now?
0:26:11 > 0:26:14Marvellous, that's only a small loss there.
0:26:14 > 0:26:16At least you got a bid on that.
0:26:16 > 0:26:17Yeah, but not a profit.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20Maybe blowing the whole budget was a bit hasty.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23Don't dwell on the figures, Charlie.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26I've got to because I've got to go shopping again, Bingo.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29And at this rate, I won't even be able to buy a West German vase.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32- Oh, because you spent...? - I spent all my money!
0:26:32 > 0:26:34- JAMES LAUGHS - So...
0:26:34 > 0:26:36Whoops, Charlie!
0:26:37 > 0:26:40James's turn now with the big decorative shield.
0:26:40 > 0:26:4240 anybody interested? 40 I'm bid.
0:26:42 > 0:26:47With Martin at 40. Yours at 40. 42. 45. 45 with Martin.
0:26:47 > 0:26:52Selling at 45. Are we all done at 45? Got you at 45 on my left now.
0:26:52 > 0:26:54That'll do me.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56JAMES LAUGHS
0:26:57 > 0:27:00So far, James is enjoying profits on every item.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02In round terms,
0:27:02 > 0:27:07- it's the biggest ever thrashing... - Really, why?- ..in Road Trip history.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10Profit, loss. Profit, not even a bid.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12Profit, loss.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15Are we setting a trend here now?
0:27:15 > 0:27:17For your sake, Charlie, let's hope not.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21It's your Edwardian pushchair next.
0:27:21 > 0:27:26Who will start me at £50, please, for this lot? Interesting lot at 50.
0:27:26 > 0:27:30Anybody interested? 40 then to start. 40, nobody interested?
0:27:30 > 0:27:3340 I'm bid. Selling at 40. Yours at 40. 42.
0:27:33 > 0:27:3545. 42 in front.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38Selling at 42. Are we all done at 42?
0:27:38 > 0:27:40On my left now, got you at 42.
0:27:40 > 0:27:42Well done.
0:27:42 > 0:27:46A profit, hurrah! But sadly, not enough to catch up with James.
0:27:46 > 0:27:49- Well done. - Keep the hanky in reserve.
0:27:49 > 0:27:51Well, that goes into the kitty.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55It's James's last item of the day - the wood block print.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59Who will start me at £20, please, for this lot?
0:27:59 > 0:28:0220, anybody interested? At 20.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05Ten then to start. £10. Ten I'm bid. Selling at ten.
0:28:05 > 0:28:06- Ten?- Are we all done?
0:28:06 > 0:28:10Maiden bid, got you at ten. Selling at £10.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12First loss of the day, though, for you, James.
0:28:12 > 0:28:15And you are still way ahead of Charlie.
0:28:16 > 0:28:18It's all or nothing with Charlie's last lot of the day -
0:28:18 > 0:28:20the Churchill jug.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23Wouldn't it be fun if he got to my character jug and said,
0:28:23 > 0:28:26"I have four commission bids...
0:28:26 > 0:28:29- Yeah. - "..and I'm going to start at 320."
0:28:29 > 0:28:31It would be fun.
0:28:31 > 0:28:33Unbelievable, but fun.
0:28:33 > 0:28:35It would be.
0:28:35 > 0:28:37- MIMICS CHURCHILL:- 'My last chance...
0:28:37 > 0:28:38'for profit.'
0:28:38 > 0:28:40100, I'm bid. 110. 120.
0:28:40 > 0:28:43130. 140. 150.
0:28:43 > 0:28:46160. 170. 180. 190.
0:28:46 > 0:28:50180 standing. Selling at 180. Are we all done at 180?
0:28:50 > 0:28:51Yours at 180.
0:28:54 > 0:28:56Winston's has come good.
0:28:56 > 0:28:58- 'We did fight them on the beaches.' - We did.
0:29:00 > 0:29:03Unbelievable! Saved by Winston at the 11th hour, Charlie.
0:29:03 > 0:29:05Excellent stuff.
0:29:05 > 0:29:10- That is a surprise. - COCKILY:- Well, I didn't think so...
0:29:10 > 0:29:12THEY LAUGH
0:29:14 > 0:29:17Has Charlie done enough to get back into the game?
0:29:17 > 0:29:22James started the third leg with £433.50.
0:29:22 > 0:29:24His frugality made him a profit
0:29:24 > 0:29:29of £37.34 after auction house costs.
0:29:29 > 0:29:34James has a total of £470.84 for the next leg.
0:29:37 > 0:29:42Charlie began this leg with £148.76.
0:29:42 > 0:29:45Astounding success with the Churchill jug means that
0:29:45 > 0:29:51Charlie wins this leg with a profit of £66.08 after costs.
0:29:51 > 0:29:56He now has £214.84 to take forwards.
0:29:58 > 0:30:01And the road trip wheels keep moving!
0:30:01 > 0:30:05We're on to the penultimate leg with Charlie and James.
0:30:06 > 0:30:10And Charlie's starting the day with a refreshing drink of water...
0:30:10 > 0:30:13- It's gone all over my face. - JAMES LAUGHS
0:30:13 > 0:30:15Oh! It's gone over my trousers.
0:30:15 > 0:30:18In fact, you've got water all over you now.
0:30:18 > 0:30:20Oh, it's gone everywhere!
0:30:20 > 0:30:21Oh, poor old love.
0:30:23 > 0:30:25The boys are kicking off in Rushden,
0:30:25 > 0:30:29and they'll then shop their way to auction in St Alban's,
0:30:29 > 0:30:30Hertfordshire.
0:30:30 > 0:30:33- Pleasure to be driven by you. - Ah, very fine.
0:30:36 > 0:30:39Charlie's off for a nosey in Continental Collectables.
0:30:45 > 0:30:48Oh, look at that canework seat!
0:30:48 > 0:30:52I was going to say evocative of the '30s,
0:30:52 > 0:30:57but, actually, it can't be, because it says 1948 on it!
0:30:57 > 0:30:58"Madeira."
0:30:58 > 0:31:02That's wonderful! Madeira - a place and also a drink.
0:31:02 > 0:31:04Have some Madeira, m'dear.
0:31:04 > 0:31:07MUSIC: Madeira, M'dear by Michael Flanders & Donald Swann
0:31:07 > 0:31:10# Have some Madeira, m'dear
0:31:10 > 0:31:13# You really have nothing to fear
0:31:13 > 0:31:14# I'm not trying to tempt you
0:31:14 > 0:31:15# That wouldn't be right
0:31:15 > 0:31:18# You shouldn't drink spirits at this time of night
0:31:18 > 0:31:21# Have some Madeira, m'dear. #
0:31:22 > 0:31:24Ah!
0:31:25 > 0:31:27Oh, dear...
0:31:27 > 0:31:28Oh, dear, m'dear.
0:31:31 > 0:31:33Well, it's a BIT tatty.
0:31:34 > 0:31:37"Madeira" - do you think that came off a ship called Madeira?
0:31:37 > 0:31:39I don't think it's called a Madeira chair.
0:31:41 > 0:31:44Perhaps dealer Ralph can shed some light...
0:31:44 > 0:31:47- They're made in Madeira.- They were?
0:31:47 > 0:31:50They're renowned in Madeira for making wickerwork
0:31:50 > 0:31:54and they were sold to the tourists who came off the steamer ships.
0:31:54 > 0:31:57I would buy that if it was devilish cheap...
0:31:57 > 0:32:00but I see it's priceless, cos it hasn't even got a label on it!
0:32:00 > 0:32:02- It could be devilishly cheap. - Could it?
0:32:02 > 0:32:04We'll make it easy, £10.
0:32:04 > 0:32:09I can't resist that. Ralph, that's the quickest purchase and...
0:32:09 > 0:32:11Do you know, every time I get really enthusiastic
0:32:11 > 0:32:14about something, it fails, but this can't fail.
0:32:14 > 0:32:15- Well, at £10...- And, you know,
0:32:15 > 0:32:19my opposition is going to be jealous of that.
0:32:19 > 0:32:21I'm not so sure... HE CHUCKLES
0:32:25 > 0:32:28Anything else grab you?
0:32:28 > 0:32:31How about those nice little bottle coasters?
0:32:31 > 0:32:32I like those.
0:32:35 > 0:32:38Certainly silver plate coasters.
0:32:38 > 0:32:40- Got a bit of age, haven't they?- Yes.
0:32:40 > 0:32:45I like it when silver plate is rubbed like that...
0:32:45 > 0:32:48- You see the copper.- ..and the copper comes shining through.
0:32:48 > 0:32:50Um...
0:32:50 > 0:32:53- but they're knackered. - I had £40 on the pair.- Did you?- Yes.
0:32:53 > 0:32:56Are they are buyable for me?
0:32:56 > 0:32:57You can have them for 25.
0:32:57 > 0:33:01Well, now I think they'd make 25 at auction. That's my trouble.
0:33:01 > 0:33:05Something to think about, then.
0:33:05 > 0:33:08Meanwhile, James is moving on towards St Neots,
0:33:08 > 0:33:10and his first shop of the day.
0:33:13 > 0:33:15Hello...James.
0:33:15 > 0:33:18Hello, James, I'm Jacqueline.
0:33:18 > 0:33:20Hello, Jacqueline. What a lovely place.
0:33:20 > 0:33:23Although Jacqueline specialises in jewellery,
0:33:23 > 0:33:25there's also plenty of furniture,
0:33:25 > 0:33:27collectables and memorabilia on offer.
0:33:31 > 0:33:34Jacqueline, I'm a great fan,
0:33:34 > 0:33:38I'm a great fan of the bamboo...
0:33:38 > 0:33:39Right.
0:33:39 > 0:33:43..cos I think it's just one of the most fabulous materials.
0:33:43 > 0:33:46It's so strong, it is the sum of parts.
0:33:46 > 0:33:50You can work it very quickly and cheaply, very cheap material,
0:33:50 > 0:33:54and yet you can make out of that bamboo,
0:33:54 > 0:33:57out of the thing that's growing in your garden,
0:33:57 > 0:34:00you can make two, very stylish
0:34:00 > 0:34:04'60s, '70s side tables.
0:34:04 > 0:34:07- Look at that. - Lovely in a conservatory.
0:34:08 > 0:34:09Quite fun.
0:34:09 > 0:34:12If you had a '60s... If you had a contemporary house,
0:34:12 > 0:34:13you could easily add these.
0:34:13 > 0:34:17This is very much Margo and Jerry territory, isn't it?
0:34:17 > 0:34:20- THE GOOD LIFE THEME TUNE PLAYS - Oh, definitely. The Good Life?
0:34:20 > 0:34:26The Good Life. I'd like those, they're very stylish, very simple...
0:34:26 > 0:34:29Good price. I know the dealer very well.
0:34:29 > 0:34:31Very good price. He's very keen.
0:34:31 > 0:34:33- Is he?- Mmm.
0:34:33 > 0:34:37Keen on prices? What has he got? 12 for the two?
0:34:37 > 0:34:40It'll be 12 each, I should imagine.
0:34:40 > 0:34:42He's got two after it.
0:34:42 > 0:34:44Yes, we'll do 12 for the two.
0:34:44 > 0:34:46- 12, right, come on, put it here. - Yes.
0:34:46 > 0:34:47- BOTH:- Well done.
0:34:47 > 0:34:49Thank you very much indeed.
0:34:49 > 0:34:52See, first one in the bag! Thank you, goodbye.
0:34:52 > 0:34:54And good work, James.
0:34:55 > 0:34:56What's he up to now, then?
0:34:56 > 0:34:59I'm just texting Charlie because he's always berating me
0:34:59 > 0:35:02about getting my hand deeper into my pocket.
0:35:02 > 0:35:06I just wanted to give him the good news
0:35:06 > 0:35:09that I have frugally spent £12.
0:35:09 > 0:35:10He's going to love it.
0:35:10 > 0:35:14James knows his shrewd tactic of spending less
0:35:14 > 0:35:16gets Charlie's goat.
0:35:16 > 0:35:17Cor, what a scamp, eh?
0:35:19 > 0:35:22Speaking of Charlie, looks like he's spotted an old friend...
0:35:22 > 0:35:24Ooh... Ah, ha!
0:35:26 > 0:35:28My largest success so far on this trip
0:35:28 > 0:35:30has been thanks to Winston Churchill.
0:35:30 > 0:35:34Well, you have an interesting one there.
0:35:34 > 0:35:36Oh, blimey. Someone's given it a right bashing.
0:35:37 > 0:35:41It says silver, but that appears to be silver-plate to me.
0:35:41 > 0:35:43I think the medallion in the centre is the silver.
0:35:43 > 0:35:45It's hallmarked...
0:35:45 > 0:35:50Ah, clever, so the medallion of Churchill is silver
0:35:50 > 0:35:53and the dish is plated.
0:35:53 > 0:35:55Ticket price is £100.
0:35:56 > 0:35:58Very best would have to be...
0:35:59 > 0:36:01..60.
0:36:01 > 0:36:03That's a gamble lot, isn't it?
0:36:03 > 0:36:06A couple of people like Churchill, they could get stuck into that.
0:36:06 > 0:36:07Right...
0:36:07 > 0:36:11If I rolled Churchill in with a couple of coasters,
0:36:11 > 0:36:14would that shave them at all...? Or not?
0:36:14 > 0:36:18- No, I don't want you losing money... - 60 for the pair of coasters.
0:36:18 > 0:36:21- The pair of coasters and the dish... - ..is the very best.
0:36:21 > 0:36:23I think that's incredibly generous.
0:36:23 > 0:36:25I've got to keep Churchill going.
0:36:25 > 0:36:28- Are you happy with that?- Yes. - Let's put it there.
0:36:28 > 0:36:33- Thank you very much. - 60 quid and Madeira was a tenner.
0:36:33 > 0:36:35- 70 quid.- £70.
0:36:35 > 0:36:38Three items!
0:36:38 > 0:36:41Shopping made easy by Ralph!
0:36:41 > 0:36:44Good work, Charlie. Three lots with potential in your first shop.
0:36:48 > 0:36:51James, meanwhile, has made his way to Bedford.
0:36:53 > 0:36:57In the 17th century, this town became the focus of a brutal crackdown
0:36:57 > 0:36:58on religious freedom.
0:36:59 > 0:37:02At a time when the church, Parliament and the monarchy
0:37:02 > 0:37:03were in turmoil,
0:37:03 > 0:37:07there was one man who stood fast in his beliefs - John Bunyan.
0:37:09 > 0:37:13He was jailed in Bedford for being one of the country's most radical religious thinkers
0:37:13 > 0:37:16and went on to write a revolutionary book
0:37:16 > 0:37:19that would rival the Bible's popularity around the world.
0:37:21 > 0:37:26Here to tell James more is John Bunyan Museum curator
0:37:26 > 0:37:27Nicola Sherwood.
0:37:27 > 0:37:30I come seeking Bunyan! Tell me all about him.
0:37:30 > 0:37:32Well, he was born in Elstow
0:37:32 > 0:37:34and his family had lived there for generations.
0:37:34 > 0:37:37Bunyan, as a sort of a slightly hot-headed teenager,
0:37:37 > 0:37:3916, decided to join the army
0:37:39 > 0:37:43and went to fight for Oliver Cromwell and Parliament.
0:37:44 > 0:37:48The young Bunyan had entered the English Civil War.
0:37:48 > 0:37:51This was one of the most turbulent times in British history,
0:37:51 > 0:37:53resulting in the abolition of the monarchy
0:37:53 > 0:37:56and the establishment of a republic, led by Oliver Cromwell.
0:37:58 > 0:38:01This heralded a period of religious freedom for England
0:38:01 > 0:38:04and a time of great religious discovery for Bunyan.
0:38:06 > 0:38:08When did the light shine for him?
0:38:08 > 0:38:12It was really when he returned back to Elstow
0:38:12 > 0:38:15when suddenly this voice came into his head to sort of say,
0:38:15 > 0:38:20"Wilt thou have thy sin and go to hell?
0:38:20 > 0:38:23"Or wilt thou leave thy sin and go to heaven?"
0:38:23 > 0:38:24Heaven.
0:38:26 > 0:38:30From that moment on, Bunyan's life was changed for ever.
0:38:30 > 0:38:33He renounced the Church of England and began to preach
0:38:33 > 0:38:37his nonconformist message around the country with great success.
0:38:37 > 0:38:39But within just seven years,
0:38:39 > 0:38:42the country underwent another radical change
0:38:42 > 0:38:45and religious freedom came to an end.
0:38:45 > 0:38:49With the return of the King and the monarchy in 1660,
0:38:49 > 0:38:53basically they felt that the way to reunify the country
0:38:53 > 0:38:55was to reunify religion
0:38:55 > 0:38:59and bring everyone back under the Anglican Church of England
0:38:59 > 0:39:02and get people to start following the Common Book Of Prayer,
0:39:02 > 0:39:07having people ordained rather than just anyone being allowed to preach.
0:39:07 > 0:39:10So when the clampdown came with the restoration of the monarchy,
0:39:10 > 0:39:15- what happened to dear old Bunyan then?- Well, he ignored it, basically.
0:39:16 > 0:39:19He carried on preaching.
0:39:19 > 0:39:22He carried on around the country, People...
0:39:22 > 0:39:25He was becoming very famous, very popular.
0:39:25 > 0:39:30He was starting to be perceived as a bit of a threat by the establishment...
0:39:30 > 0:39:32- Because he was outspoken?- Yes.
0:39:32 > 0:39:38Exactly, so an arrest warrant was put out which had 13 signatures,
0:39:38 > 0:39:41when, actually, only two would have been necessary.
0:39:43 > 0:39:45As a prominent nonconformist,
0:39:45 > 0:39:48Bunyan was arrested whilst speaking just outside Bedford
0:39:48 > 0:39:51and was imprisoned in the county jail in November 1660.
0:39:53 > 0:39:56Bunyan ended up being put in prison, basically, indefinitely.
0:39:56 > 0:39:58He ended up spending 12 years.
0:39:58 > 0:40:01So we see Bunyan here, writing.
0:40:01 > 0:40:02Did he start writing in jail?
0:40:02 > 0:40:06Certainly, his spiritual autobiography, Grace Abounding.
0:40:06 > 0:40:10We know he probably wrote that during his 12 years.
0:40:10 > 0:40:13We do believe he got the idea for the Pilgrim's Progress
0:40:13 > 0:40:15- and started sketching that out. - And this was his big book.
0:40:15 > 0:40:19That was THE book, the one that made him famous
0:40:19 > 0:40:23and that has gone on to be so incredibly well regarded around the world.
0:40:23 > 0:40:27Bunyan was finally released from prison in 1672,
0:40:27 > 0:40:32thanks to a law of religious clemency introduced by the new monarch, Charles II.
0:40:36 > 0:40:38Bunyan went straight back to preaching
0:40:38 > 0:40:41and completed his greatest work, The Pilgrim's Progress,
0:40:41 > 0:40:44a simple tale of good versus evil.
0:40:44 > 0:40:48It tells the story of a pilgrimage through this world to the afterlife.
0:40:50 > 0:40:53From its first publication in 1678,
0:40:53 > 0:40:56it was an instant success.
0:40:56 > 0:40:58He did a sort of synopsis of the Bible.
0:40:58 > 0:41:00He repackaged it.
0:41:00 > 0:41:06Yes, basically, he sort of nailed it in terms of a simple, clear message
0:41:06 > 0:41:10that anyone... it doesn't even have to be a Christian message.
0:41:10 > 0:41:13It is the simple, how to live a good life.
0:41:13 > 0:41:15Because it was such a simple story,
0:41:15 > 0:41:20it was used by the missionaries to go out to other countries
0:41:20 > 0:41:22and to share the Christian word
0:41:22 > 0:41:26and the Bible in a much simpler way than getting them to read the Bible.
0:41:26 > 0:41:29- Yes.- So there are over 200 languages
0:41:29 > 0:41:33- and dialects that it's been translated into.- Oh, did it?
0:41:33 > 0:41:36At one point, there were more copies of Pilgrim's Progress
0:41:36 > 0:41:39than there were the Bible in working people's houses.
0:41:39 > 0:41:41Goodness!
0:41:41 > 0:41:44Bunyan wrote about 60 books and pamphlets
0:41:44 > 0:41:47and continued preaching right up to his death from illness
0:41:47 > 0:41:49at the age of 59.
0:41:49 > 0:41:52But the one he will forever be remembered for,
0:41:52 > 0:41:55The Pilgrim's Progress, has been continuously in print
0:41:55 > 0:41:59from its first release over 300 years ago to the present day.
0:42:02 > 0:42:05Charlie's journeyed west to the market town of Wellingborough
0:42:05 > 0:42:06in Northamptonshire.
0:42:08 > 0:42:10After his buying frenzy this morning,
0:42:10 > 0:42:13what will Charlie uncover at Hunters Antiques?
0:42:17 > 0:42:20Feast my eyes on the cabinet. There's loads of stuff in it.
0:42:20 > 0:42:23Now that is quirky and original, Nick.
0:42:25 > 0:42:29- You have a gun.- We do, we do.
0:42:29 > 0:42:32Or rather a novelty pipe in the shape of a gun.
0:42:32 > 0:42:34Hang on one second, I'll get it out for you.
0:42:38 > 0:42:40There we go, sir.
0:42:40 > 0:42:41Is that Bakelite?
0:42:41 > 0:42:43I think so, I'm not entirely sure, but I think it is.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45Bakelite and briar pipe.
0:42:46 > 0:42:49Inexpensive, but I dare say the auctioneer would want
0:42:49 > 0:42:53to sell that for ten quid or something, wouldn't he?
0:42:53 > 0:42:56It's been knocking around for a bit. I don't think you'd see another...
0:42:56 > 0:42:59I think that's probably the best part of 50 years old.
0:42:59 > 0:43:02I don't suppose that could be insultingly cheap, could it?
0:43:02 > 0:43:03Like a fiver or something?
0:43:03 > 0:43:06I think the auctioneer might sell that for a tenner...
0:43:06 > 0:43:10- Yeah, I could do that.- As they say, there's not much downside.
0:43:10 > 0:43:12- THEY LAUGH - You can't lose a lot on it, no.
0:43:12 > 0:43:14- Sold, sir.- Well done, thank you.
0:43:14 > 0:43:16- That's not going to make you the richest man...- No...
0:43:16 > 0:43:19..in Wellingborough, but there we go.
0:43:19 > 0:43:22Charlie might not have risked much on the pipe,
0:43:22 > 0:43:26but novelty items often do well at auction, so it could be a canny buy.
0:43:28 > 0:43:30With that final purchase of the day,
0:43:30 > 0:43:33it's time for a well-earned sleep, so nighty-night...
0:43:36 > 0:43:38# Good morning, world, it's a brand-new day! #
0:43:38 > 0:43:39Oh, yes!
0:43:41 > 0:43:45First stop of the day is Woburn in Bedfordshire.
0:43:47 > 0:43:48With only one lot bought so far,
0:43:48 > 0:43:51James has some serious shopping to do.
0:43:51 > 0:43:52DOORBELL TINKLES
0:43:52 > 0:43:56- Hello.- Hello, James.- Hello, Alvin. Very nice to meet you.
0:43:56 > 0:43:59- Nice to see you.- Good. So this is your emporium?
0:43:59 > 0:44:01Well, shop.
0:44:01 > 0:44:04Shop! It's quite a big shop, isn't it?
0:44:04 > 0:44:06You'd better get on with it, then.
0:44:10 > 0:44:12He's on to more bamboo, look.
0:44:13 > 0:44:15Nice bit of bamboo.
0:44:15 > 0:44:17Incredibly light.
0:44:17 > 0:44:20Now, this is very much your Victorian bamboo -
0:44:20 > 0:44:23aspidistra flowing out of the brass pot...
0:44:24 > 0:44:29But do people want that in a modern interior? That's the difficulty.
0:44:29 > 0:44:31Quite fun if you did have a nice conservatory.
0:44:32 > 0:44:34Ah, just the man!
0:44:36 > 0:44:39Something like 28? Could that buy it?
0:44:39 > 0:44:40Don't look at the label, no clues.
0:44:40 > 0:44:42The ticket says 50.
0:44:43 > 0:44:46- No.- No. OK, that's all right.
0:44:46 > 0:44:48£40 you can have it for.
0:44:48 > 0:44:50Now, I'm going to look at other items
0:44:50 > 0:44:53- and I might do a collective.- OK.
0:44:53 > 0:44:54Smart thinking.
0:44:59 > 0:45:00Now what's he onto?
0:45:01 > 0:45:03I quite like this little lot.
0:45:03 > 0:45:06I've always loved picnic cups
0:45:06 > 0:45:09and you've got six there, which is really unusual.
0:45:09 > 0:45:11They fit together in the cases there.
0:45:11 > 0:45:14Worth a closer look, I guess.
0:45:14 > 0:45:16I suppose you'd call it a nest, wouldn't you?
0:45:16 > 0:45:17Well, yeah.
0:45:17 > 0:45:21This is-this is... Very fine maker - Hukin and Heath.
0:45:21 > 0:45:26- And look...- They sit together... - They just fall beautifully,
0:45:26 > 0:45:29so when people were motoring and various things like this...
0:45:29 > 0:45:32And there's a leather case, which is a little bit tired.
0:45:32 > 0:45:34And they're gilded inside, of course, which is...
0:45:34 > 0:45:37- Quite like those. - They're quite cheap, I think.
0:45:37 > 0:45:44- They might join the planter in the great scheme of things...- Right.
0:45:44 > 0:45:45Another possibility.
0:45:46 > 0:45:50Anything else before you go in for the deal, James?
0:45:50 > 0:45:53- Now, I quite like the look of that. - OK.
0:45:53 > 0:45:55So games are always quite fun.
0:45:55 > 0:45:57- That's quite big, isn't it? - It's unusual, this size.
0:45:57 > 0:46:00They are normally quite a bit smaller than that.
0:46:00 > 0:46:02So that's... This is a solitaire board.
0:46:02 > 0:46:05- It's quite nice having the big marbles, isn't it?- Yes.
0:46:05 > 0:46:07They are obviously all original.
0:46:07 > 0:46:11I guess this is best part of 100 years old.
0:46:11 > 0:46:15- Yeah. I think it... It looks 1920s, doesn't it?- Yeah, yeah.
0:46:15 > 0:46:19So I like the bamboo, the brass pot...
0:46:19 > 0:46:20I like the Hukin and Heath
0:46:20 > 0:46:22and I like this.
0:46:22 > 0:46:25Could the lot be bought for, say, 95?
0:46:25 > 0:46:30Erm... They are all priced around the 40, 45 mark, aren't they?
0:46:30 > 0:46:33I'm looking for a discount!
0:46:33 > 0:46:35You're not a million miles away.
0:46:35 > 0:46:38Ooh! Is there a little chink of hope there?
0:46:38 > 0:46:40Let's say 110.
0:46:41 > 0:46:43Let's say 100.
0:46:43 > 0:46:47- 105 and you've got it. - 105 and you've got it?
0:46:47 > 0:46:48Cor...
0:46:48 > 0:46:51I got the feeling it's 105, isn't it?
0:46:51 > 0:46:53- It is. Thank you, James. - JAMES LAUGHS
0:46:54 > 0:46:58You're slightly frightening, I was going to chance me arm.
0:46:59 > 0:47:03Well, some serious shopping done there with three lots bought.
0:47:05 > 0:47:10James has now moved onwards to Bletchley in Buckinghamshire,
0:47:10 > 0:47:15and home, it would seem, to a rather large family of Canada geese.
0:47:15 > 0:47:17Look at that!
0:47:17 > 0:47:20James has one last shop of the day.
0:47:22 > 0:47:25- Charming weather out there, isn't it?- It's lovely, isn't it? Hello.
0:47:25 > 0:47:26- James.- Mags.
0:47:26 > 0:47:29Hello, nice to meet you, Mags.
0:47:29 > 0:47:34Fenny Antiques is full of the combined treasures of 40 dealers.
0:47:34 > 0:47:38- Anything upstairs? - Only general furniture.
0:47:38 > 0:47:40Only general furniture.
0:47:40 > 0:47:42Ooh! I might have a look up there.
0:47:45 > 0:47:47That's quite nice. I've got a carpet here...
0:47:52 > 0:47:53..and it's tapestry
0:47:53 > 0:47:57and this is known as a design called aubusson
0:47:57 > 0:48:00and it comes from... The designs come from France
0:48:00 > 0:48:05and they're very often these, sort of, light colours.
0:48:05 > 0:48:08You know, there is evidence of craft here.
0:48:08 > 0:48:09Look at the back of it.
0:48:11 > 0:48:14(For £20. I think that's quite a good deal.)
0:48:15 > 0:48:19Can Mags do an even better deal?
0:48:19 > 0:48:21It's got a couple of wine stains and things...
0:48:21 > 0:48:25Fortunately it hasn't got a hole - I've checked it all over for a hole.
0:48:25 > 0:48:28Hasn't got the moth, which I'm pleased about.
0:48:28 > 0:48:31I wouldn't mind buying it for a tenner, if that's possible?
0:48:31 > 0:48:32OK, I'll go a tenner.
0:48:32 > 0:48:35Do you? Oh, well done, Mags.
0:48:35 > 0:48:37Well done.
0:48:37 > 0:48:41With one aubusson rug bagged for half price,
0:48:41 > 0:48:43both our boys are bought up.
0:48:48 > 0:48:53James spent a total of £127 on five lots -
0:48:53 > 0:48:55the pair of bamboo wine tables,
0:48:55 > 0:48:58the late Victorian bamboo plant stand and planter,
0:48:58 > 0:49:01the nest of picnic cups,
0:49:01 > 0:49:04the hardwood solitaire board
0:49:04 > 0:49:05and the aubusson wool carpet.
0:49:07 > 0:49:11Charlie spent less, shelling out £75 on four lots -
0:49:11 > 0:49:13the Madeira wicker chair,
0:49:13 > 0:49:16the Churchill centenary dish,
0:49:16 > 0:49:19the late Victorian plated bottle coasters
0:49:19 > 0:49:21and the vintage novelty pipe.
0:49:22 > 0:49:25He will also take his unsold rosewood mirror
0:49:25 > 0:49:28from the last auction to this auction.
0:49:28 > 0:49:31So what do they think of each other's lots?
0:49:31 > 0:49:34That pipe! Now, there's no excuse for that pipe.
0:49:34 > 0:49:38It's quite fun that it's in the style of a colt 45,
0:49:38 > 0:49:41but at the end of the day, it's a pipe and it's a fiver.
0:49:41 > 0:49:44As for your rug at a tenner?
0:49:44 > 0:49:47(Well, off to the skip with that!)
0:49:47 > 0:49:50After starting this leg in Rushden,
0:49:50 > 0:49:52our experts are now motoring south
0:49:52 > 0:49:54towards auction in St Albans, Hertfordshire.
0:49:56 > 0:49:58Go on!
0:49:58 > 0:50:01Our boys will battle it out at Hertfordshire Auctioneers.
0:50:01 > 0:50:04Chris Small will be wielding the gavel today.
0:50:06 > 0:50:08We've got bidders in the room and online.
0:50:08 > 0:50:10Get comfy, chaps, the games are about to begin.
0:50:10 > 0:50:11At £10, at £10...
0:50:11 > 0:50:13- JAMES SIGHS - Here we are.
0:50:13 > 0:50:15- Back in your favourite position. - I know.
0:50:15 > 0:50:20- Front row of the stalls.- Front row, I'm looking forward to this.
0:50:20 > 0:50:22Well, you're up first, James,
0:50:22 > 0:50:25with the late Victorian bamboo stand and planter.
0:50:25 > 0:50:27- 15, you've got 15, have you?- Ooh!
0:50:27 > 0:50:2915, I've got. £15 I've got.
0:50:29 > 0:50:31And 20, Steve at 20.
0:50:31 > 0:50:33- Taking off now, James.- Taking off.
0:50:33 > 0:50:35At 20, I've got now, £20 I've got.
0:50:35 > 0:50:3920 for this one, at £20 for the bamboo,
0:50:39 > 0:50:41plant stand and brass pot there.
0:50:41 > 0:50:43£20 only I'm bid.
0:50:43 > 0:50:44All done with that one at £20?
0:50:44 > 0:50:47- Mmm, James.- £20.
0:50:47 > 0:50:48You've halved your money!
0:50:48 > 0:50:50- Half my money. - Less a little commission...
0:50:50 > 0:50:53You're coming back to join me, James.
0:50:53 > 0:50:55You're coming back!
0:50:55 > 0:50:59Much to Charlie's delight, that's a disappointing start for James.
0:51:01 > 0:51:05Will his pair of 1970s bamboo tables do a bit better?
0:51:05 > 0:51:07Bid me a tenner, who's in?
0:51:07 > 0:51:09- Yes!- Quiet!- Ooh!
0:51:09 > 0:51:10'£5.'
0:51:10 > 0:51:13- Ooh, that's a man!- Cheeky monkey! - I've got 5, it's a bid, it's a bid!
0:51:13 > 0:51:15£5 I've got.
0:51:15 > 0:51:1710 bid, £15 got.
0:51:17 > 0:51:18£15 I've got.
0:51:18 > 0:51:22- See, he's out. - 15, got now at 18.- 18. Keep going.
0:51:22 > 0:51:2418 and 20, bid 20.
0:51:24 > 0:51:26You're riding it now, James.
0:51:26 > 0:51:28- 22.- Ooh!
0:51:28 > 0:51:29£22 I'm bid.
0:51:29 > 0:51:32Uncharted territory.
0:51:32 > 0:51:35Amazing. £22 I am bid for these.
0:51:35 > 0:51:38Any more now at £22?
0:51:38 > 0:51:39Can't be!
0:51:39 > 0:51:42- 22 salvaged.- That's marvellous.
0:51:42 > 0:51:44Indeed, bravo, James.
0:51:45 > 0:51:48Charlie, m'dear, it's your Madeira chair.
0:51:49 > 0:51:52- Ten I've got, thank you, at ten. - Well done.- We're away.
0:51:52 > 0:51:54£12, 12 I've got.
0:51:54 > 0:51:5512 I've got now.
0:51:55 > 0:51:57It's from Madeira, m'dear!
0:51:57 > 0:52:001948 Madeira sunlounger there.
0:52:00 > 0:52:03£12 is bid to my left, at £12 for it. Is there any more now?
0:52:03 > 0:52:05£12 for the sunlounger?
0:52:05 > 0:52:07- It's got to go, then.- It's a profit.
0:52:07 > 0:52:09£12, oh, dear, oh, dear, oh, dear!
0:52:09 > 0:52:11Oh, dear! Once, twice and...
0:52:11 > 0:52:14Ooh!
0:52:14 > 0:52:17It's like a bullet through the heart.
0:52:17 > 0:52:19I don't think he's taking it very well.
0:52:19 > 0:52:23- I feel a moistening of the eye. - JAMES CHUCKLES
0:52:23 > 0:52:25Come on, chaps, dry those eyes.
0:52:25 > 0:52:29Your rosewood mirror that failed to sell at the last auction is up next.
0:52:29 > 0:52:32Start me at 20, who's in?
0:52:32 > 0:52:3420, 30 I'm bid. Goodness me.
0:52:34 > 0:52:36Oh, come on, folks - lovely thing.
0:52:36 > 0:52:39- £30.- Thank goodness for that, Charlie.
0:52:39 > 0:52:4230 on the net, £30 I'm bid this one. Is there any more now?
0:52:42 > 0:52:44At £30 on this one.
0:52:44 > 0:52:46£30, doubling money.
0:52:46 > 0:52:49- Good work, sir.- Well done.
0:52:49 > 0:52:51Well done.
0:52:51 > 0:52:54A lovely profit and Charlie can finally say farewell to the mirror
0:52:54 > 0:52:56and we don't have to cart it round any more.
0:52:57 > 0:53:01Can Charlie's luck continue with his silver-plated bottle coasters?
0:53:01 > 0:53:05- 20, got 20 I'm bid straight in. - 20, straight in.- 20! Straight in!
0:53:05 > 0:53:08At 20 I'm bid these, at £20 I've got.
0:53:08 > 0:53:11Nearly all the bidding is online, isn't it?
0:53:11 > 0:53:13I don't know what all these people are here for.
0:53:13 > 0:53:16£20 I've got now. It's the net bidder at £20.
0:53:16 > 0:53:17Are you done with them?
0:53:17 > 0:53:19- He'll be delighted.- Gone!- £20.
0:53:19 > 0:53:22- I think the buyer will be over the moon.- Yeah.
0:53:22 > 0:53:25Someone's bagged themselves a real bargain there.
0:53:25 > 0:53:29Charlie's up again now with his Bakelite pipe shaped like a gun.
0:53:31 > 0:53:3320, thank you, straight in. £20 I got.
0:53:33 > 0:53:3420 I'm bid, it's on the net.
0:53:34 > 0:53:37£20 I've got. 20 and 5, 25.
0:53:37 > 0:53:39- In with...- 25, madam.
0:53:39 > 0:53:40Got this in the room now,
0:53:40 > 0:53:4325 I've got, lady's bid. Are we selling?
0:53:43 > 0:53:44- 30, back in.- Oh!
0:53:44 > 0:53:47- No!- 35.- 35.- 35.
0:53:47 > 0:53:5035, got. 35, it's in the room now.
0:53:50 > 0:53:52Net bidder, you're out at £35.
0:53:52 > 0:53:55Selling it once, twice...
0:53:58 > 0:54:01- Well done.- Thank you, madam. - Well done.
0:54:02 > 0:54:04What a result. Fabulous profit there for Charlie
0:54:04 > 0:54:06and something to bang on about. Huh!
0:54:06 > 0:54:09Auctioneer Chris' son James is taking the helm now.
0:54:11 > 0:54:12And it's the turn of
0:54:12 > 0:54:15James Braxton's hardwood solitaire board with marbles...
0:54:15 > 0:54:16£10 I'm bid.
0:54:16 > 0:54:17At ten on this, at £10 I'm bid.
0:54:17 > 0:54:19- Keep going!- 12 on the net.
0:54:19 > 0:54:22- 12 on the net.- Here we go. - Keep going.
0:54:22 > 0:54:24Back in. £15 now, 15.
0:54:24 > 0:54:25Are we all done then?
0:54:25 > 0:54:27- Oh, here we are, madam. - New bidder at £18.
0:54:27 > 0:54:30£18 now. At 20. You got 20.
0:54:30 > 0:54:32- Over at 20, you're out. - Keep going, madam!
0:54:32 > 0:54:33At £20 in the furniture.
0:54:33 > 0:54:36Do you want two? At 22, says no.
0:54:36 > 0:54:40- At £22, I'm bid at £22.- 25? - At £22 I'm bid. At 22 on this.
0:54:40 > 0:54:42Down the front at £22 in.
0:54:42 > 0:54:44Last warning at £22...
0:54:45 > 0:54:47- Nearly bailed you out.- Nearly.
0:54:47 > 0:54:50Thank you, madam, thank you. Thank you.
0:54:50 > 0:54:55James seems pretty relieved with that result.
0:54:55 > 0:54:56Charlie's final lot -
0:54:56 > 0:54:59the commemorative Churchill dish.
0:54:59 > 0:55:01- Start me at 20.- Oh.
0:55:01 > 0:55:0320 I've got, at 20 now.
0:55:03 > 0:55:04- 20 on the internet.- 22.
0:55:04 > 0:55:08At 22, got 28. 28, 28, 28. £28
0:55:08 > 0:55:10I'm bid and 30. At 30, got 30.
0:55:10 > 0:55:13- 30.- Come on, we need to get on a bit here.
0:55:13 > 0:55:16This is Winston Churchill, this isn't Enid Blyton.
0:55:16 > 0:55:18The saviour of a nation.
0:55:18 > 0:55:20With the box, as well. £30.
0:55:20 > 0:55:22- With the box!- At 30.
0:55:22 > 0:55:2432, at £32. 32.
0:55:24 > 0:55:2735. 38. 38, bid 38.
0:55:27 > 0:55:2938. Now were getting there.
0:55:29 > 0:55:32- We're getting there.- At 40. I've got 40.- We need a bit more, sir.
0:55:32 > 0:55:3442, got 42. At 42.
0:55:34 > 0:55:35At £42.
0:55:35 > 0:55:37That should be enough.
0:55:37 > 0:55:39No, no, no. I think we need a little more.
0:55:39 > 0:55:40- 48, got 48.- It is Churchill.
0:55:40 > 0:55:43At £48 I'm bid. Any more?
0:55:43 > 0:55:46At £48 - are we all done in the room and on the net at £48, then?
0:55:46 > 0:55:48Hammer's up.
0:55:50 > 0:55:52- Well done.- A rollercoaster.
0:55:52 > 0:55:54Churchill does Charlie proud again.
0:55:54 > 0:55:55Another profit.
0:55:56 > 0:56:00Will James' six plated picnic cups prove popular?
0:56:00 > 0:56:03Bid 20, got 20 at £20 in the room.
0:56:03 > 0:56:05And two, and five, and 25.
0:56:05 > 0:56:09Got 25, at 25. At 28, got 28, at 30...
0:56:09 > 0:56:10Now we're going!
0:56:10 > 0:56:12- At £30 I'm bid for this.- 30.
0:56:12 > 0:56:16- 30, 2, 5, 35.- James!- At £35 I'm bid.
0:56:16 > 0:56:2035, 38, 40, at £40 I'm bid.
0:56:20 > 0:56:23At £40 now, 42, 45.
0:56:23 > 0:56:26£45, 45. Still cheap for these.
0:56:26 > 0:56:29- Hukin and Heath.- 48, at 48.
0:56:29 > 0:56:31They're a good size, aren't they?
0:56:31 > 0:56:34- At £48.- Go on, go 50.
0:56:34 > 0:56:36- 50!- At £48 I'm bid.
0:56:36 > 0:56:37Are we all done at 48?
0:56:39 > 0:56:40Nice little profit there.
0:56:41 > 0:56:43It's their last lot of the day
0:56:43 > 0:56:46and to have any chance of winning this leg,
0:56:46 > 0:56:50James needs a good result on his aubusson rug.
0:56:50 > 0:56:51Here we are, here we go.
0:56:51 > 0:56:54My bids, then. I've got 10, £15 I'm bid.
0:56:54 > 0:56:55- At 15 on this, 15.- 15.
0:56:55 > 0:56:59At £15. I'm bid at 15. At 15, 20, 5... 25.
0:56:59 > 0:57:01- Keep going.- Bid 30, got 30. - Back in the room
0:57:01 > 0:57:03Keep him rocking on! Come on.
0:57:03 > 0:57:05I'm out at £30. £30 I'm bid.
0:57:05 > 0:57:0835? Got 35.
0:57:08 > 0:57:10- Well done.- At 35. At £35 I'm bid.
0:57:10 > 0:57:12At 35 I'm bid. Says no.
0:57:12 > 0:57:16At £35 I'm bid. At 35 on this. Any more?
0:57:16 > 0:57:20- At £35 are you out?- No! We need another one!
0:57:20 > 0:57:23Once, twice, third and final time at £35...
0:57:25 > 0:57:28Serious triumph, though, 10 to 35.
0:57:28 > 0:57:3010 to 35!
0:57:30 > 0:57:32Lovely profit there for James.
0:57:32 > 0:57:34But has he done enough to win this leg?
0:57:35 > 0:57:39James began with £470.84.
0:57:39 > 0:57:44After auction costs, he made a small loss of £6.46,
0:57:44 > 0:57:47but he still goes into the last leg in the overall lead
0:57:47 > 0:57:51with a fantastic £464.38
0:57:51 > 0:57:55and he's looking very prosperous, if you don't mind my saying so.
0:57:57 > 0:58:01Charlie started this leg with £214.84.
0:58:01 > 0:58:06He made a profit of £43.90 after auction costs,
0:58:06 > 0:58:11which means he goes into the final leg with £258.74
0:58:11 > 0:58:14and is crowned today's winner.
0:58:14 > 0:58:16Well done, old bean.
0:58:16 > 0:58:17Very good, sir, very good.
0:58:17 > 0:58:19Well, as the winner, winner takes all.
0:58:19 > 0:58:22- Thank you very much, sir.- Thank you. - Take me away.- Take you away.
0:58:22 > 0:58:26- Where to, sir? - Somewhere exotic.- Exotic, sir.
0:58:26 > 0:58:28Ah, home, James.
0:58:28 > 0:58:30See you soon, road trippers!