Episode 9 Antiques Road Trip


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It's the nation's favourite antiques experts...

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-That's cracking!

-..with £200 each...

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Wonderful!

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

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That's exactly what I'm talking about.

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I am all over a shiver.

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The aim - to make the biggest profit at auction. But it's no mean feat.

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-No-brainer.

-Going, going, gone.

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There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.

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

-Push!

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..or the slow road to disaster?

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How awfully, awfully nice.

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This is Antiques Road Trip.

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Yeah!

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# Don't stop me

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# Having a good time Having a good time... #

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It's the penultimate leg of this week's exciting adventure

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for two top auctioneers - James Braxton and Charles Hanson.

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Do they ever stop laughing?

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-This is our fourth leg, James. Time is nearing.

-Fourth leg.

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-Fourth leg.

-The journey...

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You're £100 clear.

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About £130 clear, between friends.

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And what a pair of friends they are.

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James is a very competitive Road Trip veteran.

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You wouldn't think so to look at him.

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To the winner goes the spoils.

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And Charles is an antiques hotshot, willing to do anything to win.

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Don't look at me like that. I'm not a bad man, OK?

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Don't you believe that!

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After starting this trip with £200 in his pocket,

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some canny buys means James now has £315.68 to spend.

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Charles has also bought cleverly,

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more than doubling his original £200 stake.

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He's sitting pretty out in front with £447.34.

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While Charles might be brilliant at buying antiques,

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when it comes to driving one, well...

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that's another matter, so stand by.

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What gear are you in?

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-Are you in first or second?

-Third. Sorry.

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-Sorry!

-JAMES CHUCKLES

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On this trip, our boys are struggling to zip around

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in this ill-sounding 1964 DKW 1000 Coupe.

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Made before seat belts were mandatory

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means our experts aren't wearing any. Got it?

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The car's breaking down! It's stopping. Yeah.

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No, literally. Guys, this is your Captain Hanson speaking.

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Antiques Road Trip, we have a problem.

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You certainly do. Looks like that car's given up the ghost.

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Oh, careful, James.

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Hi-vis jacket on, it's Braxton to the rescue.

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ENGINE TURNS OVER

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What worries me - we're on a hill.

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James has got his yellow jacket on.

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-Now, hold on. While you're speaking to me, could you please wear the helmet?

-Yeah, let me just...

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ENGINE TURNS OVER

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I'll tell you what - only you, Charles,

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-could make a helmet...

-Yes.

-..look like a comedy prop.

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-Get out of here!

-I think if I just get it going, I could get it...

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-It would come right.

-Should I try and push you, James?

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-No, not uphill.

-I'm strong enough.

-I tell you what I could do.

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-I could reverse it, but bump start reverse.

-OK, bump it.

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Forward! Forward!

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Run, Charles. Run, quick!

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-Ow!

-Sorry. Ow!

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So, thanks to Braxton, the boys are back on track.

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After beginning their roving road trip in the Highlands,

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Charles and James have been journeying all over bonny Scotland,

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taking in the north-east and the Central Belt.

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They'll eventually finish up over the border in Berwick-upon-Tweed.

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This leg will kick off in Perth, Scotland,

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and end in England at auction in Crooklands, Cumbria.

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A former capital of Scotland,

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Perth was made a city again by the Queen, as part of

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her diamond jubilee celebrations in 2012.

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It's home to James's first shop, Fair City Antiques.

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-Hello.

-All right, James.

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Hello, good to see you.

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-And your name is?

-My name's Max.

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Max, good to meet you.

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So, it's a big area.

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It is. It's a very vast area. We have eight to ten vendors in here.

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-Can you guide me around? It's a big place, isn't it?

-Yeah, sure.

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-If you want to start up this way...

-Up this way. Good.

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Determined to beat Charles on this leg,

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James is on the hunt for hidden gems.

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So, we've got a pair of, er, sort of fonts.

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It looks as though it might have taken a dish, a liner there.

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-Doesn't it?

-Yeah, well, I would presume so, yeah.

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-Yeah.

-A ceramic dish or something like that.

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Yeah. Could have been, maybe, for washing your hands.

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Maybe, you know, people, if they went to church,

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maybe you'd wash your hands and things like that, you know.

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Very difficult to get the old foot in.

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-You know, bathing, isn't it? You know.

-Yeah.

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You'd need to be a yogic master, Max, to do that, don't you?

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Oh. The ticket says £490 for the pair.

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They're too pricey for your purse, James. So, moving on...

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What have you found now?

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Have these got any age, or are they brand-new?

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I'm not sure. Probably...

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So, this has got some lacquer on it, hasn't it?

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Most of the Chinese stuff was always lacquered.

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-Yeah, yeah. This is more your red cinnabar lacquer.

-Mm-hm.

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It's just got a little bit of tracery

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rushing around here, hasn't it?

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I quite like stools, but these ones are slightly lower.

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That's a sort of seat level.

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Often, you rather hope a stool is slightly higher.

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That's quite a low one.

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They're just a sort of decorative things, really.

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I haven't even asked how much you've got on these.

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140 for the pair.

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140 for the pair.

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I like them.

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It would absolutely make my day at 75 for those.

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-MAX SIGHS

-Er...

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Speak to me, Max.

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-You're worried.

-Do you know what?

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-What? Really?

-Put it there.

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-75.

-That's very kind. Thank you.

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-I've had them a while.

-That's for the two?

-That's for the pair.

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For the pair - lovely. Very pleased with those.

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So that's James's first lot bought.

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And it's not long before another pair catches his eye.

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Two tables this time.

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It is definitely a Sikh-like headdress here.

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So, Indian. This is for export.

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-So, you can...

-For packing.

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-You would have packed...

-Flat-pack.

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Flat-pack. So you could have taken that home with you.

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Yes. Not bad, is it?

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It's very nice hardwood.

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Who can resist an elephant?

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I can never resist an elephant.

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They're beautiful, beautiful animals.

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And it's just quite nice.

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Quite a nice scene there.

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What could these be?

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45 for t'pair.

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-45 for pair?

-Yeah.

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-Yeah, I'll take them, 45.

-All right?

-Thank you. Really kind.

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-Sometimes I buy singularly, sometimes I buy in pairs.

-Mm-hm.

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Today is a pairs day.

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And what a pair of pairs they are.

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Great start!

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-Thanks for coming.

-Thanks a lot.

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Charles, meanwhile, has motored up the road

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to his first shop of the day, Farang Antiques...

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-Good morning.

-Morning.

-Hello, my name's Charles Hanson.

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-John Stewart. Nice to meet you.

-Hi, John.

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Have you any interesting finds of recent date?

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-We've got lots of interesting things.

-Fantastic.

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-If you want to come through, I'll be glad to show you.

-Wonderful - can't wait!

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..housing a large selection of fine arts and crafts

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from Southeast Asia.

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There are plenty of exotic pieces on offer.

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I love that burnished gilt.

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This is a wonderful piece.

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-It is.

-I mean, this is a fabulous Shan 19th-century Buddha

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made from teak wood, been gilded.

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Lots of wear and tear, as it would be of this age.

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I suppose I wouldn't get much change, John, from £2,500.

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You wouldn't get any change on £2,500 pounds at all.

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This one would be £4,500.

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-And between friends?

-4,400.

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4,400. I like your style.

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Well out of your price range, Charles.

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I like, John, the Edwardian cabinet.

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-Is that for sale?

-I'm afraid not.

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I need it for my display here desperately.

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It's the display that's actually caught my eye.

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You've got these figures in almost, I suppose, miniature frames.

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And they are full-length portraits.

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These are what you'd call Chinese pith paintings.

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Pith paintings. Meaning they're on rice paper?

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-They're on rice paper.

-Yes.

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Be about 19th century. Wow! They're really well painted.

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-Beautifully painted.

-They're very well detailed.

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It's a shame... This one, I can see,

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has got the split in the pith, or the rice paper.

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-Are they expensive?

-No, they're not.

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It's a set of three. They're £60 altogether.

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Yeah, yeah.

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They are well done.

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He likes them, but enough to buy, I wonder?

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I'm going to say thanks but no, thanks.

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-OK.

-John, thank you. I've had a really enjoyable visit.

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I might regret not buying these.

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And to you, John, I shall say...

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-Sa-wut dee krup.

-Sa-wut dee krup.

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And that's "goodbye" in...

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-In Thai.

-Goodbye, John.

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Sa-wut dee krup. See you, John. See you.

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Charles leaves his first shop empty-handed,

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and his wallet is still bulging.

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James's buying is going much better

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and he's now made his way six miles east to Glencarse.

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He's come to Michael Young Antiques.

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BELL RINGS

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-Hello. James.

-Hello, James.

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-Hello.

-Good to meet you.

-Good to meet you. What a lovely place.

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With a mixed bag of antiques on offer,

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James is hoping Michael can help him sniff out a potential purchase.

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Why can't he look for himself?

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Do you keep all your junk in the cabinets or do you keep all your precious items in the cabinets?

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I don't profess to have a lot of junk but, in actual fact,

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you've hit upon the right cabinet.

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-Very lucky horseshoe.

-Very early, yeah.

-Very early.

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Find some goodies.

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Have you got so much money to spend? Is that it?

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No, I haven't got a huge amount of money to spend, unfortunately.

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Well, you've still got nearly £200, James.

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A little pot.

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Oh, not as old as I thought.

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-That's a shame. It's a lovely Iznik pattern, isn't it?

-Yeah.

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How much have you got on that?

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-£20.

-£20, yeah.

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It's damaged on the corner.

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Yeah, I saw that. I like to call it fritting.

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Fair enough.

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Call it what you like.

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Fritting, indeed!

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With the pot put back on the shelf,

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James's attention turns to something a bit bulkier.

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Big old mirror there.

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Old brass-framed mirror.

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-Yeah.

-Base metals.

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I love a bit of base metal.

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What could that be, Michael?

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150?

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And the glass - is that deterioration...?

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Pull it off the wall and have a look.

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-Is there deterioration behind it? Probably.

-Yeah, it's behind.

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Steady!

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It's got a sort of zinc back, hasn't it?

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-So you've got a sort of...

-Polish up beautifully.

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..stylised rose there, haven't you?

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It's a big old thing.

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-Very much in the Arts and Crafts manner, isn't it?

-Mm.

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Superb, I think, actually.

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The stylised flowers. Shame about the mirror, but there we are.

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What about 100, Michael?

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-Thank you, sir.

-Very much indeed.

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That's very kind of you, Michael.

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Kind indeed. That generous discount sees James secure another lot

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to take to auction. Jolly good!

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Charles, meanwhile, has made his way to Crieff.

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He's come to learn about an elite band of hardy Scots

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known as the Highland drovers.

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From the mid-17th century,

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tough and courageous herdsmen drove cattle

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from the Highlands and Islands across Scotland's roughest terrain,

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to trade at market.

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Charles is meeting chairman of the Crieff and Strathearn Drovers' Tryst Festival

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John Cummings, to find out more.

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-Welcome to Crieff. Come this way.

-Wonderful!

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I've been a driver, John, and it's been quite difficult

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navigating over these hills and around lochs

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in an old classic car but, of course, for the drovers

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-it was a different story.

-Very much so, yes.

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There were no roads, basically, when they were at their height.

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There were no maps, there were no GPS systems.

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The droving would take on average 12 miles a day,

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they could cover with cattle.

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So you're talking about possibly two weeks en route.

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-Really?

-Yeah, it was a long, long haul.

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What did the Highland cattle have?

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Why travel all that distance?

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Were these special beasts?

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Scottish beef was traditionally very, very much valued.

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And certainly during the 17th century

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and part of the 18th century, there was a tremendous demand -

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80% of beef came from Scotland.

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-Really?

-And what did it serve?

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It served the Navy.

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It served the Armed Forces.

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Salted beef.

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The Drovers' Tryst in Crieff

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was one of the busiest cattle markets in the country.

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Held in the second week in October, trade was so substantial

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that Crieff was the financial centre of Scotland during this period.

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Why Perthshire?

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What did that region have in Scotland which others didn't?

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If you look at the map of Scotland,

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a lot of the droving routes converge on Crieff.

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The traders that were coming up from either the Borders early on or,

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after the Union, increasingly from England,

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they were quite happy to come as far as Crieff, but not beyond Crieff.

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That was wild, untamed country.

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-At its height, 30,000 cattle came through Crieff.

-Really?

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For the Highlander, it was his form of wealth.

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But they had to guard the cattle

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because you had, very often, cattle thieving.

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That went on and that was part and parcel of the whole story

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about droving, because a lot of drovers were previously cattle thieves.

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Rob Roy MacGregor - the famous Rob Roy - he was a cattle thief,

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but he was part of the MacGregor clan and an outlaw.

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The drovers were a key part of Scottish life

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for more than 200 years but due to the Highland Clearances,

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faster steamships and the birth of railways,

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the droving trade in Scotland dried up.

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The hardy Highlanders were forced to find work elsewhere.

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Where did these drovers end up?

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Australia. America. Canada.

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And the skills they took with them, of course,

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were the skills of the droving.

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So the drovers, in many ways, become the cowboys.

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We know all about the cowboys.

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They've been romanticised by John Ford and John Wayne and so on.

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But they went across there, they became the big, big landowners

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and the ranchers of Texas.

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So really, the cowboys almost began, in a way, in Scotland?

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Well, you could say that.

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Many, many Scottish traditions and, as we know,

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many names over in Canada and so on.

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Charles reckons he could be a daring drover.

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So John's brought him to meet local farmer Euan Stewart,

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who's kindly offered to let him loose on his Highland coos.

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Looks angry.

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And there they are. Aren't they beautiful creatures?

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What's the secret? What is the way to drove?

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Just go and say, "Come on, girls.

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-"On your way."

-Do I whistle a bit?

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-HE WHISTLES

-You can, yes. OK.

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Well, I'll try that.

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That's what we do down south.

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Come on. This way.

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You have mighty fine horns. Thank you.

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No need to be personal, Charles.

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Come on. We're going south towards Derbyshire.

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That's it.

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-What do you want?

-Don't ask!

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You've had...

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You've had your water.

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BULL MOOS

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Don't look at me like that. I'm not a bad man, OK? I know.

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Come on, let's go.

0:16:330:16:35

Let's find the way.

0:16:350:16:37

And as Charles heads off with the herd...

0:16:370:16:40

TIM CHUCKLES

0:16:400:16:41

..day one draws to an end, so nighty-night.

0:16:410:16:44

It's a brand-new day, and our boys are back together

0:16:480:16:51

and have made their way to Edinburgh.

0:16:510:16:53

The sun is shining on the Scottish capital -

0:16:530:16:55

surely a good omen.

0:16:550:16:56

If you go at the back and push and I'll steer, OK?

0:16:560:16:59

Is that all right?

0:16:590:17:01

Uh-oh. Maybe not, then. Looks like the car's had it again.

0:17:010:17:04

The run-up's OK.

0:17:040:17:06

It's not too steep.

0:17:060:17:08

-I'll have a go.

-Yeah, OK.

0:17:080:17:10

Let me get those biceps just warmed up, James, first, OK?

0:17:100:17:14

-Hold on. OK, ready?

-In your own time.

0:17:140:17:17

Come on, Charles. Put your back into it.

0:17:170:17:19

Ooh! Hope you don't do yourself a mischief.

0:17:190:17:22

James. James.

0:17:220:17:24

Yeah, sorry. I think I'll come and give you a hand.

0:17:240:17:27

Take it out of gear!

0:17:270:17:29

Oh, crikey. Really?

0:17:290:17:31

-Ready?

-Why would he do it any better?

0:17:310:17:34

Come on, James.

0:17:350:17:36

Push! Push!

0:17:360:17:38

He's so much older than you!

0:17:400:17:41

-James...

-I've run out.

0:17:410:17:43

-I've run out.

-The road trip...

0:17:430:17:45

This isn't right!

0:17:450:17:46

..is all about the two of us, OK?

0:17:460:17:48

-Do you want me to drive instead?

-Oh, no!

0:17:480:17:51

OK, let's try brute force from both boys

0:17:520:17:54

and a helping hand from a mechanic.

0:17:540:17:56

Push for all your might, here in Edinburgh!

0:17:560:17:58

Let's go.

0:17:580:18:00

Let's go, James. Keep going.

0:18:000:18:03

Keep going. Hold it there, James. Hold it there.

0:18:030:18:07

Handbrake on, driver.

0:18:070:18:08

-Well done.

-There we go. The day is alive.

-Come on, let's walk.

0:18:080:18:12

Thanks a lot. All the best to you.

0:18:120:18:14

Oh, yes, of course - there's shopping to do.

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So far, James has bagged himself three lots -

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the Chinese stools, the hardwood tables and the Arts and Crafts mirror -

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which means he's still got £95.68 in his pocket.

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Charles, meanwhile, hasn't bought a single thing. Ha!

0:18:280:18:31

So he's got some big buying to do today, with his £447.34.

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Thankfully, our experts aren't too far from their first shop

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so, with the car out of action, they're walking the rest of the way.

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Look at this view!

0:18:480:18:49

MUSIC: I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) by The Proclaimers

0:18:490:18:53

-BOTH:

-# And I would walk 500 more

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# Just to be the man who walks a thousand miles

0:18:560:19:01

# To fall down at your door

0:19:010:19:04

# La-la, la-la

0:19:040:19:06

# La-la, la-la... #

0:19:060:19:08

What a lovely tone you've got, Charles!

0:19:080:19:10

That's a matter of opinion.

0:19:100:19:11

Oh, look at that - snake hips!

0:19:130:19:15

-Are you shattered?

-Yeah.

-Are you shattered?

0:19:200:19:21

-I need to get fit.

-You need to get fit.

0:19:210:19:23

-I'm almost losing my sap and energy for this first shop, James.

-Really?

0:19:230:19:28

This is a cunning plan.

0:19:280:19:31

So cunning you could put a tail on it.

0:19:310:19:34

Charles and James will be doing a spot of joint shopping this morning.

0:19:340:19:37

Oh, Lord! Do be careful, Charles.

0:19:390:19:42

They've finally arrived in one piece at Courtyard Antiques.

0:19:420:19:46

After you.

0:19:460:19:47

Oh, James! Get it together, chaps.

0:19:490:19:52

With a wide selection of antiques spread over two floors,

0:19:530:19:56

it's time for some serious shopping, particularly Charles.

0:19:560:19:59

This is an amazing shop, isn't it?

0:19:590:20:01

Well...there's no shortage of content here, is there?

0:20:010:20:04

-Shall I go this way and you go that way?

-OK. You have choice. Good luck, good luck.

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Still to start spending, Charles has decided to seek out dealer Lewis

0:20:090:20:13

to get some insider knowledge.

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-Hello, there.

-Hi, Charles.

-You must be the proprietor here.

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-Yes.

-Would you have anything that is quite market fresh,

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that maybe is something full of Eastern promise?

0:20:230:20:26

-We have some early carvings...

-Oh, really?

0:20:260:20:28

-..up at that end.

-Let's go for a wander.

0:20:280:20:31

James, meanwhile, is going it alone upstairs.

0:20:310:20:34

Always look up, always look down.

0:20:340:20:37

There might be some lovely rugs,

0:20:370:20:38

there might be something interesting hanging up.

0:20:380:20:41

It's mainly chairs at the moment.

0:20:410:20:43

Downstairs, Charles is getting a closer look

0:20:450:20:47

at the group of 17th and 18th-century carvings.

0:20:470:20:50

-Have they just come in, or...?

-Yeah.

0:20:520:20:54

God, they're beautiful. How much are they?

0:20:540:20:56

Erm, I was hoping to get 140 each for them.

0:20:560:20:59

Aren't they gorgeous?

0:20:590:21:01

-Have they been here a while?

-They've been here four days.

0:21:010:21:04

Aren't they nice?

0:21:040:21:06

I suppose they're what we call caryatids, aren't they?

0:21:060:21:09

And a caryatid is almost like a plaster,

0:21:090:21:12

where it's almost a moulding applied to a piece of furniture.

0:21:120:21:18

I haven't really seen so much up here.

0:21:180:21:21

I think I might head down.

0:21:210:21:22

Let's muscle in on young Hanson downstairs, shall we?

0:21:220:21:26

HE HUMS

0:21:260:21:29

What could be the best price on them?

0:21:290:21:31

590?

0:21:330:21:34

Keep it high, Lewis, keep it high!

0:21:360:21:38

Keep it high. He's got plenty of money.

0:21:380:21:41

He's ahead. He's ahead at the moment.

0:21:410:21:43

-They're very nice, those, aren't they?

-Yeah, they are.

0:21:430:21:45

-You've got £590.

-I wish I did, I wish I did.

0:21:450:21:47

-Keep spending, keep spending.

-Thanks a lot!

-I'm just going to come by, do you mind?

0:21:490:21:53

You know, when you're at that moment, caught in time...

0:21:530:21:55

-I know.

-..you get your old mate just come and upset the apple cart.

0:21:550:21:59

Before Friday sings,

0:21:590:22:01

I would like to go for the big one that could dip high or dip low.

0:22:010:22:06

Yeah, I know. It's worth it, isn't it?

0:22:060:22:08

After that walk we've had, I've got to clear my head a bit,

0:22:080:22:10

because I'm still, in my own mind, walking still.

0:22:100:22:13

Talking of walkies, James has found a Studio Pottery corgi moneybox

0:22:130:22:18

right under Charles's nose.

0:22:180:22:19

-That's a nice thing. Can I have a look at that?

-No, you can't!

0:22:190:22:22

No, you can't! Do you know what?

0:22:220:22:24

-Good design...

-Yes.

-Good design always has humour.

0:22:240:22:28

-I do like that.

-It's like Martinware Brothers.

0:22:280:22:30

-I think, Lewis, what I'm going to do...

-I like the crown.

0:22:300:22:33

I think I'm going to make a note of these and just say, "Let's put them to one side."

0:22:330:22:37

-I'm going to put that to one side as well.

-No, no, no, you're not.

0:22:370:22:40

-Let's have a chat. That'll be first come, first served.

-Lewis...

0:22:400:22:44

I'm looking at this,

0:22:440:22:46

I'm looking at this, and I'm getting as feel of about £20.

0:22:460:22:49

About half of what I was thinking.

0:22:490:22:50

Really? 25 and it's yours.

0:22:500:22:53

I'll buy them at 25.

0:22:530:22:54

Go on. First one done!

0:22:540:22:56

-Wahey!

-I can't believe it!

0:22:560:22:59

I almost feel like giving you a Glasgow head-butt,

0:22:590:23:03

via this delightful...

0:23:030:23:04

-To the winner goes the spoils!

-That's a very good object, James.

0:23:040:23:07

-That's a lovely object.

-And to Queen and country.

0:23:070:23:10

Get out of here! Go on!

0:23:100:23:11

-Thank you, Lewis.

-Go walk those 500 miles that way!

0:23:110:23:14

Go on, get out of here!

0:23:140:23:16

An interruption by James sees him walk off with his fourth lot for auction.

0:23:170:23:22

Charles, meanwhile, is still thinking about the caryatids - as you do.

0:23:220:23:26

I'd be prepared to spend £400 on them.

0:23:270:23:30

Cash.

0:23:300:23:31

Charlie is slightly wearing him down.

0:23:310:23:34

The poor man's going to have to lie down in a darkened room soon, isn't he?

0:23:340:23:38

I would be prepared to go kind of halfway with you, 450.

0:23:380:23:41

That's quite interesting.

0:23:430:23:44

Oh, it's open! It's a sort of weird curio.

0:23:460:23:49

It's very heavy. It's made of lead...

0:23:500:23:52

..and it's got a donkey on it, a mule, a donkey.

0:23:540:23:57

It's rather sweet, isn't it?

0:23:570:24:00

It's got no price on it. A couple of quid...

0:24:000:24:02

So, he's off to interrupt - yet again.

0:24:020:24:05

I found this in a little cabinet, rather... Curio.

0:24:060:24:09

-That's pretty.

-Pretty, isn't it?

0:24:090:24:11

-That's nice.

-It's not TOO nice.

0:24:110:24:14

It's really nice.

0:24:140:24:16

-Wonderful!

-Hold on, hold on...

0:24:160:24:18

It's very good, isn't it?

0:24:200:24:21

-How much is that?

-A couple of pounds?

0:24:210:24:23

Never mind the quality - feel the weight.

0:24:230:24:25

It hasn't got a price tag,

0:24:250:24:28

so, you know, I thought I'd give you a lift from nought.

0:24:280:24:31

15.

0:24:310:24:32

I think we're moving in the right direction, Lewis.

0:24:330:24:36

It's nice to see. Lewis - a tenner.

0:24:360:24:38

Go on, put it there.

0:24:380:24:40

Well done. My work is done here.

0:24:400:24:42

-Do you know...

-My work is done here.

-He's more a decision kind of guy.

0:24:420:24:45

My work is done here. Thank you, good people.

0:24:450:24:47

-Good people of Edinburgh, I leave you.

-I shall wish you good day.

-Good day, good day.

0:24:470:24:51

Do you know, sometimes you worry that a man's on fire.

0:24:510:24:53

This man's come from nowhere and he is on fire.

0:24:530:24:56

He's certainly hot!

0:24:560:24:58

With a total of five lots bought, that's James spent.

0:24:580:25:01

Charles, we're still waiting for you to get started.

0:25:010:25:04

Now, how about those caryatids?

0:25:040:25:08

Would you meet me at £400 and give me a chance?

0:25:080:25:11

420.

0:25:110:25:12

Oh, don't say that! Would you meet me at 410?

0:25:120:25:15

Here he goes.

0:25:200:25:21

-Come on.

-Do you know what, Lewis?

0:25:210:25:23

Life's a journey.

0:25:250:25:27

We hold tight and as I go back into England,

0:25:270:25:31

I'll think of England and hope the nation will rejoice...

0:25:310:25:35

at £410.

0:25:350:25:37

Thank you very much.

0:25:380:25:39

Took a while to get there, but you got there.

0:25:390:25:43

Charles has almost blown his whole budget on the six caryatids,

0:25:430:25:46

which he will split into three lots for auction. Dear, oh, dear.

0:25:460:25:49

-Lewis, thank you again.

-Goodbye to you.

-Bye-bye.

0:25:490:25:53

All shopped-out, James is taking it easy in Edinburgh this afternoon

0:25:560:26:00

and heading to the birthplace of one of the greatest scientists in history,

0:26:000:26:04

James Clerk Maxwell.

0:26:040:26:07

Unknown to many but held in high esteem by fellow scientists,

0:26:070:26:12

Maxwell inspired Einstein,

0:26:120:26:13

and his discoveries helped in the development

0:26:130:26:16

of electricity, radio, television and much more.

0:26:160:26:20

Born in this building in June 1831, Maxwell's theories on astronomy,

0:26:200:26:26

physiology, colour optics, thermodynamics,

0:26:260:26:29

electricity and magnetism were ground-breaking.

0:26:290:26:32

James has come to meet particle physicist Dr Aidan Robson to find out more.

0:26:320:26:37

I guess science is one of James's special subjects.

0:26:370:26:42

Such a bright spark!

0:26:420:26:43

One of the things that James Clerk Maxwell is best known for

0:26:440:26:47

is the theory of electromagnetism and so,

0:26:470:26:50

around the middle of the 19th century,

0:26:500:26:52

a lot of people were investigating these two phenomena,

0:26:520:26:55

electricity and magnetism,

0:26:550:26:57

and realising that they're different sides of the same thing.

0:26:570:27:00

-OK.

-So, if we pass a current through a coil of wire...

-Yep.

0:27:000:27:05

..then it becomes magnetic.

0:27:050:27:07

Or, alternatively, if we move a magnet inside a coil of wire,

0:27:070:27:13

then it generates an

0:27:130:27:16

-electric current.

-Can I feel that?

0:27:160:27:18

And so these were the sort of experiments that Michael Faraday

0:27:180:27:21

was doing, for example,

0:27:210:27:22

and what James Clerk Maxwell was trying to do was develop a combined

0:27:220:27:28

mathematical theory that explained everything, and he did that.

0:27:280:27:32

It's what we know now as Maxwell's equations.

0:27:320:27:35

And the extraordinary thing that came out of that was a prediction

0:27:350:27:39

that energy was propagating what we know as an electromagnetic field

0:27:390:27:44

at the speed of light.

0:27:440:27:46

James Clerk Maxwell made the jump to realise that light itself

0:27:460:27:50

is electromagnetic radiation, and this was extraordinary.

0:27:500:27:54

This was one of the triumphs of 19th-century science.

0:27:540:27:58

Maxwell's pioneering research into electromagnetic radiation

0:28:010:28:06

led to inventions like the television, radio and mobile phones.

0:28:060:28:11

Even more than that, he founded the whole field

0:28:110:28:15

of mathematical physics

0:28:150:28:18

and this is really what led to Einstein's success

0:28:180:28:21

and led to Peter Higgs's work, as well.

0:28:210:28:24

So Maxwell was really the foundation of a lot of the breakthroughs

0:28:240:28:28

in physics since then.

0:28:280:28:30

Maxwell was a hero of Albert Einstein, who famously said,

0:28:300:28:34

"I stand on the shoulders of James Clerk Maxwell."

0:28:340:28:39

Despite this recognition from possibly the most famous scientist in history,

0:28:390:28:43

Maxwell has remained largely in the shadows since his death in 1879.

0:28:430:28:49

But to those in the know,

0:28:490:28:51

Maxwell's theories have shaped our modern world,

0:28:510:28:53

paving the way for much of the world's technological innovations.

0:28:530:28:58

Aidan, absolutely fascinating.

0:28:580:29:00

It's lovely to know where the source material of the radio,

0:29:000:29:04

the television, of mobile telephones...

0:29:040:29:07

I must say, I do wish I concentrated slightly more at physics.

0:29:070:29:10

Anyway, it's been absolutely fascinating. Thank you very much indeed.

0:29:100:29:13

Charles has made his way to North Berwick, where he's arrived

0:29:180:29:22

at the final shop of the day.

0:29:220:29:24

-Hello, there!

-Oh, hello.

0:29:250:29:27

How are you? Your name, sir, is?

0:29:270:29:29

-Charles.

-You're Charles as well?

-Yes, exactly the same.

0:29:290:29:32

-Occasionally Charlie.

-Are you a Charlie?

0:29:320:29:35

I'm normally a Charles.

0:29:350:29:36

OUR Charles spent the bulk of his budget in the last shop,

0:29:370:29:41

so has just over £37 available to spend.

0:29:410:29:44

Almost takes me back to my droving days.

0:29:440:29:47

Beautiful, beautiful shop, Charles. I'm trying to butter you up as well.

0:29:530:29:56

Flattery will only get you so far, Charles.

0:29:580:30:00

Now, what have you spotted in here?

0:30:000:30:02

It's quite a cute little, erm...

0:30:050:30:08

cup, little tea bowl. Maybe a bowl.

0:30:080:30:10

And often we see images of 18th-century ladies

0:30:100:30:14

taking their tea like this.

0:30:140:30:16

But it's a beautiful little blue-and-white example.

0:30:170:30:20

-Charles?

-Yes?

0:30:200:30:22

They say small is beautiful.

0:30:220:30:24

The little bowl here's quite sweet.

0:30:240:30:26

Nice, isn't it? Just cute.

0:30:260:30:27

-Yes, yes.

-What could it be?

0:30:270:30:29

-A couple of pounds?

-Yeah.

-Fine.

0:30:290:30:31

-Quite cute, isn't it, for a couple of pounds?

-Mm.

0:30:310:30:33

Yeah, I like your style.

0:30:330:30:35

Thanks, Charles. That's one purchase.

0:30:350:30:37

I'll keep wandering. Thanks a lot. OK.

0:30:370:30:40

That's the tea bowl bought for £2,

0:30:400:30:42

and it looks like there may be one more buy on the cards.

0:30:420:30:47

That's a nice little dish.

0:30:470:30:49

It's quite a nice pewter...

0:30:490:30:51

I suppose what you might call a dinner plate,

0:30:510:30:54

in this lovely almost pie-crust reeded-moulded cast frame.

0:30:540:30:58

What you look for on any pewter or early metalware

0:30:580:31:02

is where it's languished on tables,

0:31:020:31:04

and you can see on the base of this dish,

0:31:040:31:08

there are some nice knife marks.

0:31:080:31:10

It's not overly early, but it's quite tactile.

0:31:100:31:14

He likes it, but how much will it set him back?

0:31:140:31:17

Er, Charlie?

0:31:170:31:18

-Is it expensive or...?

-It's 15.

0:31:190:31:21

-15?

-Yeah.

0:31:210:31:23

It's quite nice, isn't it?

0:31:240:31:26

Yeah, because...

0:31:260:31:27

something that doesn't sell an awful lot is pewter.

0:31:270:31:31

-It's kind of out of...

-Would you take £10 for it?

0:31:310:31:34

Mmm, yes.

0:31:340:31:36

Thanks ever so much. Pick up my blue-and-white...

0:31:360:31:39

..tea bowl down here and the waiter that I am,

0:31:400:31:44

walk this, or drove it, down to Cumbria.

0:31:440:31:47

I'll pay for it first.

0:31:470:31:49

Charles pays for the tea bowl and pewter plate...

0:31:510:31:54

..which he'll add to his three pairs of wooden caryatids,

0:31:550:31:59

giving him five lots to take to auction.

0:31:590:32:01

James also has five lots - his pair of Chinese stools,

0:32:030:32:07

a pair of Indian hardwood tables,

0:32:070:32:09

the Arts and Crafts mirror,

0:32:090:32:11

a Studio Pottery corgi moneybox

0:32:110:32:14

and the lead donkey.

0:32:140:32:16

The big question is, what do they think of each other's lots?

0:32:160:32:20

He's bought a pewter plate. Nobody buys pewter.

0:32:210:32:25

Charles was very excited about the caryatids.

0:32:250:32:28

I had a look at them and some I liked and some I didn't really like.

0:32:280:32:33

He paid £10

0:32:330:32:35

for that little beautifully tactile donkey so, hopefully...

0:32:350:32:38

..he'll be the ass at the end of this auction.

0:32:400:32:43

I say, Carlos!

0:32:430:32:44

The boys are back on the road in a car that works -

0:32:440:32:47

well, at the moment.

0:32:470:32:48

It's another DKW 1000 Coupe.

0:32:480:32:51

After beginning in Perth,

0:32:510:32:53

our experts have now made their way over the border en route to auction

0:32:530:32:56

in Crooklands, Cumbria.

0:32:560:32:58

I must say, behind the wheel, this is a very different car.

0:33:000:33:03

It actually feels like a decent car.

0:33:030:33:05

-But it's not the same car.

-No, it's red.

0:33:050:33:08

This car's red. Our last car was blue, wasn't it?

0:33:080:33:10

So it's had no spray job - it's just a completely different car?

0:33:100:33:13

It feels like a different car.

0:33:130:33:15

I think the other one died.

0:33:150:33:17

Fingers crossed on this one, anyway.

0:33:170:33:19

The boys have arrived at Eighteen Eighteen Auctioneers.

0:33:190:33:23

This is my moment to shine in the prize Cumbrian weather.

0:33:230:33:27

James, on a day like today...

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..may your luck be an antique horse.

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On a day like today, let's get inside.

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With a history stretching back nearly 200 years -

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but not in this building - it's a well-established saleroom.

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The gentleman holding the gavel today is David Brooks.

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What does he make of our experts' lots?

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The lead token donkey is quite sweet.

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Is it going to sell well? I really don't know.

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Jury's out on that one.

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The tea bowl - supposedly 16th-century.

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It's got damage to it, so I don't think it will do terribly well,

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despite its age. But, again, we do get real surprises, sometimes,

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with the Chinese market.

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Oh, yes, it's a busy room and there's online and phone bidding here, too,

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so take your seat, chaps.

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Hold tight! Oh... OK!

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Oh, blimey!

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Sorry about that. Sorry about that.

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First up, James's pair of Chinese stools.

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I have to start the bidding with me at £60.

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You watch. The net's going up, up.

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65 on the internet.

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70 with me.

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-Profit.

-80 with me. £80 here.

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-We have 85...

-I'd like to start bidding now.

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Just in time, sir, 90 in the room.

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It's against you on the net. In the room at £90, have we finished?

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-Chin up.

-With the scarf in the room at £90...

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-Profit.

-Cheap lot.

-£15.

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James hoped for more, but a profit nevertheless.

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How do you feel?

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-Look at me.

-Gutted.

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Now, now! Less of the negative, James.

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Right, the first pair of Charles's caryatids are the next to go.

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Where am I going to start?

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-£50?

-Come on, internet.

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Apparently, we have a telephone bid. 50 now on the internet.

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-Come on, let's go!

-55 on the phone.

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60 now. 65 on the phone.

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I've got a net bid and a phone bid.

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I'm more confident now.

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75 on the phone.

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80 on the internet.

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85, phone.

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90, net.

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95 on the phone.

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-We'll get there slowly.

-Hold tight, everybody, hold tight!

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We've got a long way to go. It's those two over there.

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110 on the phone.

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-120 on the internet.

-Go on, phone line!

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130 on the phone.

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-We've got a long way to go.

-140 on the net.

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150 on the phone.

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-Have we finished?

-Come on!

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No, 160. 160 on the internet.

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And we will sell if no further interest at £160...

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I make that a profit apiece. Well done, boys.

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It just shows - the room is out...

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-The room is out.

-We're very...

-I don't think the room was ever in.

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No.

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Well, let's see how the room feels

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about your pair of Indian tables, shall we, James?

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20. £20, madam? Thank you.

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£20 bid in the room.

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You watch this now - it's going to move.

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-25.

-25.

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28, fresh bid. 30.

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-32. 32 in the room.

-Come on.

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It's against you on the net.

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They're here to be sold at the 32...

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Oh, dear, that's a shame. Bad luck, James.

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You know what, James? It's a funny old game.

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It IS a funny old game, isn't it?

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It IS a funny old game.

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Charles, time for your second pair of caryatids.

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£70 on the internet.

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Bidding on the phone? 75? 75 on the phone.

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-80 on the net.

-Phone's in, is it?

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85, phone. 90, net.

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-These are good.

-95, phone.

-I thought the first ones were lovely.

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Caryatids are carrying on. Come on, phone bid.

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-110 on the phone.

-Come on, internet.

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120 on the internet. 130 on the phone.

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140 now.

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-Go on, phone bid!

-140 on the internet, 150 on the phone.

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-160 on the internet.

-Come on, phone bid.

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160 on the internet.

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-Phone bid, look at me.

-That should be enough.

-Look at me!

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160 on the internet - have we finished?

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-Out on the phone.

-Go on, phone bid!

-Anything from the room, no?

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160 on the internet here and going...

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Another profit there for Charles - marvellous!

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What a gamble! What a gamble!

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I'd love to know, how far would that net bid go?

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We'll never know, Charles.

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Next up, it's James and his Arts and Crafts mirror.

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I'm going to have to start the bidding with me at £55.

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-Ah, well done, chief.

-So you should. I paid £100 for it.

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55. It's against you on the net.

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60. 65 with me. 70. Now we're jumping up.

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-The net really wants this.

-Commissions are out

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-and the internet has jumped up to £90.

-Oh, my goodness!

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-Wow!

-£90.

-Well done, chief.

-Interest on the phone?

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95. I've come back to you. 100 now on the internet.

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-At 100 on the internet.

-This net really wants it.

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-That net will go up and up.

-We have £130 on the phone now,

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and selling...

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That profit puts you back in the game, James.

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-That's a whopping £30 profit.

-It's a £30 profit.

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-Yeah, happy?

-I am happy.

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Will it be third time's the charm for Charles,

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as his final pair of caryatids go on offer?

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Let's ask £50, got to be.

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£50 on the phone, thank you.

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-Net's in, net's in.

-That's before the internet.

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-100.

-We've jumped to £100.

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-I like your style!

-£100 on the phone.

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Straight in. He's jumped.

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110, there you go.

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-120 on the phone.

-Come on, net.

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-These could move.

-130 on the net.

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140 on the phone. How are we doing? 150?

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-Yes, we are.

-Come on, internet and phone bid!

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160 on the phone, is it?

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Yes, 160 on the phone.

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-170 on the internet.

-Go on, phone bid!

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-No!

-On the internet now, going...

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This pair fared a little better than the other two

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and Charles bags another good profit.

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Overall, James, I'm delighted with that,

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because it was a gamble worth taking, just to enjoy that voyage.

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James is up again. This time, it's his lead donkey.

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£20, please. Start me somewhere.

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-Thank you, madam.

-Here we go.

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£20 I have bid.

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22 right by you.

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25. 28.

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30. 32.

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35. 38.

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40. 42, fresh bid.

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This is kicking on.

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48. 50.

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Have we finished here at £50 now, and selling?

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Wow!

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Wow indeed!

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A fantastic profit there for James.

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That donkey made five times its purchase price.

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-Fantastic!

-It did, it did.

-Fantastic!

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He's good at maths, but will Charles manage to do as well

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with his pewter plate, I wonder?

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£20 start me, please, cheap and cheerful.

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It's a nice plate.

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-Thank you, madam, £20 we have bid.

-Hello there. Thanks a lot.

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Come on! Nice plate!

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22 on the internet.

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25. 28.

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No? 28 on the internet.

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One over there, one over there.

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£30 in the room.

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32. 35.

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-I must say...

-It's 18th-century.

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38. 40.

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-He knows something. It's a very early plate.

-Finished?

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No, 42. 45.

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In the room...

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Oh!

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Oh! Another great profit. Well done, Charles.

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-That's a good return.

-That's a good return.

-That could,

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after today's journey, just get me into the positive.

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James's last lot now - his Studio Pottery corgi moneybox.

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£20 on the internet.

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-Wow!

-22 bid.

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I'll come back to the room. 22 bid.

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Are we bidding in the room? I have 25 on the internet.

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28 in the room, thank you.

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Concentrate on the room.

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At £28 in the room, and we will sell if no further...

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-£30.

-Well done, chief, you're in.

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No? Sure?

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£30 in the room here with this lady.

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-They've been ignored.

-32, she's come back.

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-Well done, mate.

-35.

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-Net's back in again.

-35 with the lady here. At £35...

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James finishes with a final profit.

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Well done, that man! And his dog.

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From one corgi to another...

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THEY SNORT

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Oh, you two!

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Right, time for one last lot.

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It's Charles's porcelain tea bowl.

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-22 on the net.

-Come on!

-25 in the room.

-It's a good thing.

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28. 30. 32 on the internet.

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-32, 35, a bidder in the room now.

-Come on! Do you like it?

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Thank you very much. Come on, internet!

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-40.

-That's enough.

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42. 45 in the room.

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£2! It cost me £2!

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-48.

-48!

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48.

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Have I got to listen to any more of this?

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-Have I really got to...

-Call me Emperor Ming!

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Make no mistake, if no further interest, at the 50 in the room...

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-Put it there.

-Oh, do I have to?

-Yeah.

-Really?

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-Give us a kiss.

-No.

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Don't blame you! Anyway, amazing ending there for Charles.

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-Come on.

-Well done.

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Right, let's see who's coming out on top.

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James started this leg with £315.68.

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Pulling in a profit of £21.34 after auction costs,

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means he now has £337.02.

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Charles began with £447.34.

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Plenty of profits means he gained £57.70 after auction costs.

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He goes into the final leg way out in the lead

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with £505.04. Well done, boy.

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Thank you very much, James! The Escape To Victory.

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You got away with it. You did get away with it, Charles, again.

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Fare thee well, Road Trippers.

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Next time on the Antiques Road Trip,

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it's the final leg of the boys' Scottish adventure.

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Oh, sorry, madam. Sorry.

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And there's everything to play for.

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You've just got to keep your eyes open.

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-Just like that!

-You get too easily distracted, mate.

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