0:00:02 > 0:00:03It's the nation's favourite antiques experts.
0:00:03 > 0:00:05With £200 each...
0:00:05 > 0:00:06I want something shiny.
0:00:06 > 0:00:08..a classic car... HORN TOOTS
0:00:08 > 0:00:10and a goal - to scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:10 > 0:00:12I like a rummage.
0:00:12 > 0:00:13I can't resist.
0:00:13 > 0:00:15The aim? To make the biggest profit at auction.
0:00:15 > 0:00:17- DING But it's no mean feat.- Sorry!
0:00:17 > 0:00:19Why do I always do this to myself?
0:00:19 > 0:00:20There'll be worthy winners...
0:00:20 > 0:00:21Give us a kiss!
0:00:21 > 0:00:22..and valiant losers.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24Come on, stick 'em up.
0:00:24 > 0:00:25So, will it be the high road to glory?
0:00:25 > 0:00:27Onwards and upwards.
0:00:27 > 0:00:28Or the slow road to disaster?
0:00:28 > 0:00:29Take me home!
0:00:29 > 0:00:31This is Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:34 > 0:00:35Yeah!
0:00:41 > 0:00:42With astonishing speed,
0:00:42 > 0:00:46we've reached the grand finale of our road tripping spectacular,
0:00:46 > 0:00:49with auctioneer Christina Trevanion, and dealer Mark Stacey.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53Christina, I cannot believe...
0:00:53 > 0:00:55# And now...
0:00:55 > 0:00:56- # The end is near... - Oh, no!
0:00:56 > 0:00:58# And we must face...
0:00:58 > 0:00:59# Our final curtain... #
0:00:59 > 0:01:00No more, please.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02It's not over yet.
0:01:02 > 0:01:03Oh, my goodness!
0:01:03 > 0:01:07The antiquing adventures of Christina include a road trip first.
0:01:07 > 0:01:08I just bought a dragon.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12While her rival antiquer has been counting the pennies.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15£75, I think that's a bit too deer.
0:01:15 > 0:01:16LAUGHTER
0:01:16 > 0:01:18And we found some real treats.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21Hey, this is cool. What's this?!
0:01:21 > 0:01:22It's rather nice, that.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25But when the gavel began to fall...
0:01:27 > 0:01:29Look at that smile!
0:01:29 > 0:01:31..it left them just pennies apart.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33Honestly, it's this much between us.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36With one of the closest road trips ever,
0:01:36 > 0:01:38buckle up, they're both out to win.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42From her original £200,
0:01:42 > 0:01:48Christina has £377.10 securely stashed in her little old handbag.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52Mark began with the same amount,
0:01:52 > 0:01:55but he's taken lead position by an absolute whisker.
0:01:55 > 0:01:59Mark has £398.36.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03Well, I suppose the world's our oyster again, isn't it?
0:02:03 > 0:02:06The world, my love, is your lobster.
0:02:06 > 0:02:07Well, if you say so.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11Christina and Mark began tripping in West Sussex,
0:02:11 > 0:02:13jollied their way north as far as Liverpool,
0:02:13 > 0:02:15and have auctioned in Cheshire,
0:02:15 > 0:02:17Gloucestershire and Manchester.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19Their final destination is an auction in Bolton.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24And that's where they're headed, on this final trip.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26But they'll be kicking things off today
0:02:26 > 0:02:28in the Merseyside town of Wallasey.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32- We'd better get shopping, hadn't we? - You'd better drop me off.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34Yeah, there'll be shops around here somewhere.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36- Have you got the map?- A map?
0:02:36 > 0:02:38Yeah. How else am I going to find your shop?!
0:02:38 > 0:02:41- I thought you knew everything. - LAUGHTER
0:02:41 > 0:02:43- That's what you keep telling me. - Not all the time!
0:02:43 > 0:02:45- Oh, sorry.- What do I keep you around for, for goodness' sake?
0:02:45 > 0:02:47Yeah, that's true. I should just drive, Christina.
0:02:47 > 0:02:51It's like an old married couple, those two, aren't they?
0:02:51 > 0:02:53Anyway, look, there's the first shop,
0:02:53 > 0:02:55and Mark's initial stop of this trip,
0:02:55 > 0:02:56so stand by.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58- Christina, thank you.- Enjoy, sweetheart. I'll see you later.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00See you later. Have fun.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02- Will do. You, too.- Bye.- Bye!
0:03:03 > 0:03:06Mark's sporting the catalogue man look today.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08Nice.
0:03:08 > 0:03:09Hello, I'm Mark.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11Hi, Mark. Nice to see you.
0:03:11 > 0:03:12Nice to see you, too.
0:03:12 > 0:03:16Now, there's more to our host Sean's shop than meets the eye.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19- So you've got a basement? - It's not open to the public,
0:03:19 > 0:03:21but you're welcome to have a look if you want.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23I like the sound of that! Can I go rummage it?
0:03:23 > 0:03:25- Of course you can. - Lovely. I'll give you a shout.
0:03:25 > 0:03:26Oh, I say!
0:03:26 > 0:03:30Fresh, unsorted stock. Mark's dreams come true.
0:03:32 > 0:03:33I don't know where to start.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38You can't even get in more than a few feet.
0:03:38 > 0:03:39It's all piled up everywhere.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42Hope you're not wearing your best linen.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44Happy hunting!
0:03:44 > 0:03:48I'm going to try and see if I can possibly get in there
0:03:48 > 0:03:52without...breaking any of the quality stock.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57I might get in, but will I get out again?
0:03:57 > 0:03:59Well, who knows?
0:03:59 > 0:04:00Ooh!
0:04:00 > 0:04:02CROCKERY CLINKS
0:04:02 > 0:04:03He's ever so agile.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05Bear with me, I might take a while.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08While Mark journeys to the centre of the Earth,
0:04:08 > 0:04:10let's catch up with Christina.
0:04:11 > 0:04:16I've never, ever had a road trip when it has been so, so close
0:04:16 > 0:04:18going into the last auction.
0:04:18 > 0:04:19I agree.
0:04:19 > 0:04:23Christina has travelled to Wavertree, just south of Liverpool,
0:04:23 > 0:04:25to begin her shopping expedition.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30There's over ten dealers sharing two floors here,
0:04:30 > 0:04:33and there should be plenty to look at for Christina.
0:04:36 > 0:04:37What have we got here?
0:04:39 > 0:04:41So, we've got quite a few pictures,
0:04:41 > 0:04:42some nice furniture.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46Oh, this is quite lovely.
0:04:46 > 0:04:47Look at this.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52OK, that's quite nice. So we've got a three-piece...
0:04:53 > 0:04:57..little tea service here, which, even just looking at it,
0:04:57 > 0:05:00suddenly you can see that it's very much in the Doulton style,
0:05:00 > 0:05:02and actually looking at the bottom,
0:05:02 > 0:05:05we've got a really lovely Royal Doulton mark on here.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08Doulton actually started off, funnily enough,
0:05:08 > 0:05:11making sewage pipes, originally, believe it or not,
0:05:11 > 0:05:12but if you look at the bottom,
0:05:12 > 0:05:16you can see it has a stoneware base, there, so...
0:05:16 > 0:05:18that's really rather lovely.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22The whiplash curves and sinuous lines of the decoration
0:05:22 > 0:05:24are typically Art Nouveau,
0:05:24 > 0:05:27and all the more attractive because this pretty little tea service
0:05:27 > 0:05:30looks to be in mint condition.
0:05:30 > 0:05:31What have we got on it here?
0:05:31 > 0:05:3360...
0:05:33 > 0:05:34- WHISPERING:- £65?!
0:05:35 > 0:05:37That's quite good.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39One potential one for Christina.
0:05:39 > 0:05:40Now, what about Mark?
0:05:40 > 0:05:42Back in Wallasey, is he still in the basement?
0:05:42 > 0:05:43Ah, now what's that?
0:05:45 > 0:05:46Oh, these are quite fun.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49I mean, I don't think they're very old, they're little...
0:05:49 > 0:05:52I suppose they're modelled on carpet bowls,
0:05:52 > 0:05:54Victorian carpet bowls, that were made out of pottery,
0:05:54 > 0:05:57but these are slices of various marble.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59I've just had this brainwave.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01We've got a nice leather bowl here,
0:06:01 > 0:06:03filled with some things already.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05We're going to a very general sale,
0:06:05 > 0:06:07but it's online.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09So why not make an interesting job lot?
0:06:09 > 0:06:10Cos out of the corner of my eye,
0:06:10 > 0:06:13can't believe I'm even looking at this,
0:06:13 > 0:06:17there is this ghastly, this cast metal, painted...
0:06:17 > 0:06:18I mean, look at that.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22That's going to be the look of horror on Christina's face
0:06:22 > 0:06:24when she sees what I'm buying!
0:06:24 > 0:06:26HE TITTERS
0:06:26 > 0:06:28That can go in. Now, what else have we got?
0:06:28 > 0:06:31Oh, what's all this? Oh, my gosh, look at this.
0:06:32 > 0:06:33We've got a whistle.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35HARSH TONE
0:06:35 > 0:06:36Well, it works.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38That can go in.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41And the end of a pipe. Well, it's a job lot after all.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44And then the little brass peacock...
0:06:44 > 0:06:46Well, that can go in.
0:06:46 > 0:06:47This is novel.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49- This is fun, isn't it? - Well...
0:06:49 > 0:06:51Ooh! A gold cigarette case.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54I wish.
0:06:54 > 0:06:55Texaco.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58Oh, let me guess where that's going.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00I don't think it is gold, but that can go in.
0:07:00 > 0:07:04Oh! A little lighter, made in Japan, 1950s.
0:07:04 > 0:07:05That can go in.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07Oh, just...
0:07:07 > 0:07:08got it!
0:07:08 > 0:07:11This is a little sort of trinket box or something
0:07:11 > 0:07:14with a printed, 18th-century... Oh, there's a key inside!
0:07:16 > 0:07:17That can go in.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20Actually, I think I'd better leave him some stock left.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23Let's take this up. That could be cheap.
0:07:23 > 0:07:24Might be a winner.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27Laden down with his bountiful bowl of goodies,
0:07:27 > 0:07:29it's time to talk money.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31Stand by, Sean!
0:07:31 > 0:07:32Oh, hang on.
0:07:33 > 0:07:34They're dialling my number.
0:07:36 > 0:07:37Hey.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39Are they another possible?
0:07:40 > 0:07:42- Sean.- Oh, hi, Mark.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45Now, I found a bowl downstairs and I thought,
0:07:45 > 0:07:48as I'm going to a general auction, I'd fill it up with things.
0:07:48 > 0:07:49A few little bits and pieces.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52- It's quite heavy.- They've been down there about three years.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54- Have they really? - Yes, haven't seen the light of day.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56- So you'll be glad to see the back of them?- I will be.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58How much do you want for that little job lot?
0:07:58 > 0:08:01- A couple of quid.- £2?!- Yep.
0:08:01 > 0:08:02You're doing me a favour!
0:08:02 > 0:08:04MARK PANTS SEAN LAUGHS
0:08:04 > 0:08:06Well... I feel awful.
0:08:06 > 0:08:10I'll tell you what, I'll give you a fiver, cos I don't deal in coins.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13- OK.- But I did see, coming up the stairs as well...- Yeah?
0:08:13 > 0:08:15..a collection of old telephones.
0:08:15 > 0:08:16There's ten of them left.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18- There was 24 of them or something.- Wow!
0:08:18 > 0:08:22I sold them one by one, so I've done OK out of them.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24So how much would the ten be?
0:08:25 > 0:08:28- A tenner. - Tenner for ten phones?!- Yep.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30- Well, I'm going to shake your hand. - Deal of the day.
0:08:30 > 0:08:31Absolutely deal of the day!
0:08:31 > 0:08:33You have to make money on that, Mark.
0:08:33 > 0:08:34The numbers are right for me!
0:08:34 > 0:08:36LAUGHTER
0:08:36 > 0:08:37What's just happened there, then?
0:08:39 > 0:08:43One lot of leather bowl and its vast collection of curios for £5.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47Oh, and Sean's added a few more for luck.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52And the gaggle of telephones for £10.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55Back to Christina, now, and she's still mooching about in Wavertree.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59Oh, I do love a cabinet of curiosities.
0:08:59 > 0:09:00What have we got in here?
0:09:00 > 0:09:01Is this open?
0:09:02 > 0:09:03Ooh!
0:09:05 > 0:09:06It's got a little silver...
0:09:07 > 0:09:08..box. That's quite interesting,
0:09:08 > 0:09:10isn't it? Let's have a look at this.
0:09:10 > 0:09:15So, a really unusual scene on the cover of this.
0:09:15 > 0:09:19We've got a little golfer here, obviously playing his round of golf,
0:09:19 > 0:09:20and in full swing,
0:09:20 > 0:09:22literally, in full swing.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25Now this would have been a tobacco box, originally,
0:09:25 > 0:09:27and probably would have been a pressure one,
0:09:27 > 0:09:29so if you can't see an obvious way of opening them,
0:09:29 > 0:09:32sometimes you squeeze the sides and the top pops up,
0:09:32 > 0:09:34so tobacco or snuff.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37Unfortunately, it has seen better days.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40It's looking fairly dented around here.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42Silver golfing snuffbox circa 1912,
0:09:42 > 0:09:45£22.50. Hmm.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48I think that's quite unusual and there is quite a collectors market
0:09:48 > 0:09:49for sporting and golfing wares.
0:09:51 > 0:09:52Right, despite the dings,
0:09:52 > 0:09:56this solid silver golfing jobbie is a goodie.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59Dealer Mark is on hand to help with negotiations.
0:10:00 > 0:10:01This little golfing trophy.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04- Oh, yeah.- The golfing stuff, which I thought was quite sweet.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06The other one was this Doulton tea service.
0:10:07 > 0:10:12So what could you do, potentially, for the two items, Mark?
0:10:12 > 0:10:13£60 for the two?
0:10:13 > 0:10:14£60 for the two.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17Do you know what, I'm not even going to haggle with you, darling.
0:10:17 > 0:10:18£60 for the two, I'm a happy girl.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20- Good, I'm happy, too. - Brilliant. Thank you.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23Thank you very much. Two really nice lots, I think.
0:10:23 > 0:10:24That they are.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27£45 for the Royal Doulton tea service,
0:10:27 > 0:10:30and £15 for the silver snuffbox.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34Meanwhile, Mark has journeyed to the town of Birkenhead
0:10:34 > 0:10:36on the Wirral peninsula.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38He's had a successful road trip so far.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41Can he be consistent with his savvy choices?
0:10:41 > 0:10:43Let's take a look in here.
0:10:43 > 0:10:44I wonder if they've got a basement.
0:10:49 > 0:10:50Right...
0:10:50 > 0:10:52I love these little things.
0:10:52 > 0:10:53A few years ago,
0:10:53 > 0:10:58anything from India or Persia was always considered inferior,
0:10:58 > 0:11:01or second-rate, because yes, the amount of the silver
0:11:01 > 0:11:03is less than you would find in sterling silver,
0:11:03 > 0:11:08but actually, the designs are all hand chased,
0:11:08 > 0:11:09and they often relate to...
0:11:10 > 0:11:12..ancient history or religious subjects,
0:11:12 > 0:11:15and I think that little bowl is charming.
0:11:16 > 0:11:18And it's probably a little sugar bowl from...
0:11:18 > 0:11:20a tea set or a coffee set,
0:11:20 > 0:11:22but if you look at the seam going round,
0:11:22 > 0:11:23you've got this little man.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25I think he's sort of playing something.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27There is a little deer running,
0:11:27 > 0:11:31and there's obviously a sort of Mogul emperor on horseback,
0:11:31 > 0:11:34and even underneath, they've sort of decorated it.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36I mean, that's a very sweet little thing.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39And it's ticketed at £45.
0:11:39 > 0:11:40Moving on.
0:11:40 > 0:11:41What's this?
0:11:43 > 0:11:45Actually, this is quite charming, when you look at it in detail.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48I mean, it's obviously come out of a little sketchbook,
0:11:48 > 0:11:51but somebody has framed it actually in quite a sympathetic frame.
0:11:53 > 0:11:54What I particularly like about it,
0:11:54 > 0:11:56it's quite sentimental.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59It's a little sketch of a young girl,
0:11:59 > 0:12:01late Victorian, Edwardian.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04It has a very much of a sort of Kate Greenaway style.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08Now, Kate Greenaway was a children's book illustrator
0:12:08 > 0:12:09in the late 19th century,
0:12:09 > 0:12:11and her popular style was often imitated.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15It's very quickly done, but very nicely.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17It's not signed or initialled anywhere or dated,
0:12:17 > 0:12:20but it certainly dates from around 1900.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22It's priced up at £29.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25I think if that was nicely catalogued and illustrated,
0:12:25 > 0:12:29online, you might just find a couple of private people who think,
0:12:29 > 0:12:31"Oh, I could live with that on my wall."
0:12:31 > 0:12:34Let's see what Bob can do on the ticket price.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38Bob, I found this charming little pencil drawing.
0:12:38 > 0:12:39- Yes.- And...
0:12:40 > 0:12:42..I still like this bowl...
0:12:42 > 0:12:44- Yep.- ..for my sins. - BOB CHUCKLES
0:12:44 > 0:12:46Now, you said 45 on this.
0:12:46 > 0:12:50- Yes.- And this is 29, so if my maths is right,
0:12:50 > 0:12:51that's 74, is it?
0:12:51 > 0:12:52That's right.
0:12:52 > 0:12:56What is the very best price you can do for the two together?
0:12:56 > 0:12:57For the two?
0:12:57 > 0:13:00Best I could do from 74 would be...
0:13:00 > 0:13:02- 50.- 50?- Yep.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05I'd be very happy with that, Bob.
0:13:05 > 0:13:06Thank you very much.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09Appealing lots, Mark.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11That's 30 for the Indian silver bowl,
0:13:11 > 0:13:13and £20 for the Victorian sketch.
0:13:13 > 0:13:14Splendid stuff.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20In the meantime, Christina has travelled to the city of Liverpool.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23Hidden deep beneath the city's streets,
0:13:23 > 0:13:27Christina's visiting what was once the most secretive location
0:13:27 > 0:13:28in the country.
0:13:28 > 0:13:32Right here, the greatest of wartime intelligence took place,
0:13:32 > 0:13:36and helped win the longest continuous battle of World War II,
0:13:36 > 0:13:39the fight to stop Britain from starving.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43- Blown in! Hello, you must be Margaret.- I certainly am.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46The Western Approaches Museum manager Margaret Jones
0:13:46 > 0:13:47knows the story.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51Why was there a need for a control centre in Liverpool?
0:13:51 > 0:13:53The Battle of the Atlantic.
0:13:53 > 0:13:57It was Churchill's biggest fear from the whole of World War II,
0:13:57 > 0:13:59and the MoD decided for this particular battle,
0:13:59 > 0:14:00which was on these waters,
0:14:00 > 0:14:04it would be far more relevant to be somewhere up there
0:14:04 > 0:14:06and it was Churchill himself that wanted it to be Liverpool,
0:14:06 > 0:14:09cos at the time we were the next biggest port to London,
0:14:09 > 0:14:11and the most important in the Empire.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13- So it made sense.- Exactly.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16On 7th February, 1941,
0:14:16 > 0:14:19combined forces moved to this very building
0:14:19 > 0:14:23in an attempt to closely monitor the Luftwaffe and German Navy.
0:14:23 > 0:14:27This department became known as Western Approaches Command.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31They were looking for somewhere suitable, came across this building.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34It's huge, covers the whole block,
0:14:34 > 0:14:38a ten floor, very prestigious office block.
0:14:38 > 0:14:39Unknown to the workers above,
0:14:39 > 0:14:43the super bunker in the basement had over 100 rooms
0:14:43 > 0:14:45covering 50,000 square feet,
0:14:45 > 0:14:49with extensive reinforced concrete protection,
0:14:49 > 0:14:54it had a seven feet thick roof, and three foot deep walls.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56Little wonder it was nicknamed The Fortress.
0:14:57 > 0:15:01The people working in this basement, which happened to be 400 staff...
0:15:01 > 0:15:03400 people?!
0:15:03 > 0:15:05That was the amount of people that were here, 400.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07So they had to make sure that if there was a direct hit...
0:15:07 > 0:15:09They would have been safe, so it was bombproof,
0:15:09 > 0:15:10gas-proof, everything-proof.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13So from here, from this bunker,
0:15:13 > 0:15:18they co-ordinated the Second World War Western Approaches, basically?
0:15:18 > 0:15:21Yeah. We do have the map room, the famous map room.
0:15:21 > 0:15:22- Can we go and see it? - We certainly can.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24Ooh, Margaret, let's go and show me.
0:15:27 > 0:15:28As an island nation,
0:15:28 > 0:15:31the UK was dependent on imported goods
0:15:31 > 0:15:33to be able to survive and fight.
0:15:33 > 0:15:34The Battle of the Atlantic
0:15:34 > 0:15:38was the struggle for the Allies to supply Britain,
0:15:38 > 0:15:40while Germany was determined to destroy
0:15:40 > 0:15:42as many merchant ships as possible.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46The map room was critical for tracking enemy movements,
0:15:46 > 0:15:48in particular the deadly U-boats.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54- This is the map room.- Oh, wow!
0:15:54 > 0:15:56That's fantastic, isn't it?
0:15:56 > 0:15:57- Yep.- Look at that!
0:15:57 > 0:16:01So we've got the entire Atlantic in grid format there,
0:16:01 > 0:16:03- haven't we?- Yeah, we have.
0:16:03 > 0:16:04So what are these people here doing,
0:16:04 > 0:16:07with these wonderful, sort of, pushing sticks, here?
0:16:07 > 0:16:11There were messages coming in all the time, 24-7,
0:16:11 > 0:16:13from sea and air,
0:16:13 > 0:16:15and this is the plotting room,
0:16:15 > 0:16:16and those little wooden ships,
0:16:16 > 0:16:18when one was removed,
0:16:18 > 0:16:21were representative of the loss of over 1,000 men.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25Despite the efforts of the map room,
0:16:25 > 0:16:28the Merchant Navy incurred a higher proportion of casualties
0:16:28 > 0:16:32than any of the armed services during World War II.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34Between 1940 and 1941,
0:16:34 > 0:16:36they lost almost half of their crews.
0:16:38 > 0:16:42So basically, if we didn't have control over the western side
0:16:42 > 0:16:43of the British Isles,
0:16:43 > 0:16:47we lost, potentially, food coming in, supplies coming in.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50- Yep.- So it was really, really important for us.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52Yeah, yeah, if we'd have lost the Battle of the Atlantic,
0:16:52 > 0:16:55we wouldn't have won the war. It's as simple as that.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57The Nazi battle cruiser the Bismarck
0:16:57 > 0:17:00was a huge threat in Atlantic waters.
0:17:00 > 0:17:04Its guns could fire one-tonne shells 24 miles.
0:17:04 > 0:17:08She was responsible for sinking the pride of the Royal Navy fleet,
0:17:08 > 0:17:09HMS Hood.
0:17:09 > 0:17:13But when Germany's flagship was finally sunk,
0:17:13 > 0:17:16it led to a turning point in the war.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19The sinking of the Bismarck was planned from here as well.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21- Was it?- Yeah.- My goodness.- Yeah.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24Cos that was a really huge moral blow to the Germans, wasn't it?
0:17:24 > 0:17:26- Oh, yeah.- It was sort of their...
0:17:26 > 0:17:29Literally their flagship, their icon of the war.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31- It was unsinkable.- Yeah, the unsinkable ship, of course.
0:17:31 > 0:17:32But we sank it.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36For the Royal Navy, this victory was a triumph.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39Although there were four more years to go,
0:17:39 > 0:17:42this was one of the most decisive fights of World War II.
0:17:42 > 0:17:43CHEERING
0:17:45 > 0:17:47After the war, when it was all over,
0:17:47 > 0:17:50this bunker was under the Official Secrets Act for 30 years.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53The rest of the building carried on as an office block,
0:17:53 > 0:17:56but where we are now was cordoned off.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59- Goodness me, so nobody was allowed down here?- No, no.
0:17:59 > 0:18:03Well, Margaret, it's been absolutely fascinating, it really has,
0:18:03 > 0:18:06and to see all this is really very atmospheric,
0:18:06 > 0:18:09- it's wonderful. - It is.- Really wonderful to see.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11So thank you so much. I feel very, very privileged.
0:18:11 > 0:18:15One of the most strategic battlegrounds during World War II,
0:18:15 > 0:18:20this tactical nerve centre ensured Britain didn't starve.
0:18:20 > 0:18:24The supplies shipped across the Atlantic helped defeat Nazi Germany,
0:18:24 > 0:18:26and occupied Europe was free, once more.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33What a wonderful day!
0:18:33 > 0:18:35But the evening is upon us,
0:18:35 > 0:18:38and our pair really must get some rest, so nighty-night.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44Oh, dear, looks cold and miserable this morning.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47What's the mood in the Spider?
0:18:47 > 0:18:48You look like the cat that's got the cream and,
0:18:48 > 0:18:51because we're in Cheshire, you're the Cheshire Cat that got the cream.
0:18:51 > 0:18:55Well, I'm quite pleased with what I bought.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57Do you know, that...
0:18:57 > 0:19:01that face at the moment could be the dictionary definition for smug.
0:19:01 > 0:19:02HE CHUCKLES
0:19:02 > 0:19:04It's not over yet, dear Christina.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09Our charming young lady has two lots so far,
0:19:09 > 0:19:11the Royal Doulton tea service,
0:19:11 > 0:19:13and the golfing silver snuff box.
0:19:14 > 0:19:19- OK.- Christina has £317.10 for her final attempt to out-buy Mark.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24Sitting pretty, Mark has a total of four lots.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26The leather bowl filled with curios,
0:19:26 > 0:19:29the ten retro telephones,
0:19:29 > 0:19:30the Indian silver bowl,
0:19:30 > 0:19:32and the Victorian pencil sketch.
0:19:33 > 0:19:38He has a total of £333.36 to spend as he wishes.
0:19:40 > 0:19:41We're so close, Christina.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43I know, that's what's worrying me.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45- There's a whisper between us. - A very, very small whisper.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47Come on, let's get shopping!
0:19:47 > 0:19:49Yeah, it's anybody's game.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53Christina is headed for the hamlet of Milton Green in Cheshire.
0:19:56 > 0:19:57Oh, this looks lovely, Christina.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59Antiques and craft centre.
0:19:59 > 0:20:00Happy days.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03- See you later. - Good luck.- Have fun, sweetheart.
0:20:03 > 0:20:04- Bye!- Bye!
0:20:04 > 0:20:05Ooh!
0:20:07 > 0:20:08SHE SIGHS
0:20:08 > 0:20:11- Ooh!- There are over 30 dealers selling their wares in here.
0:20:14 > 0:20:18After a spin around inside, dealer Dave suggests a look outside.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22So your outside area, you've got some garden-y type things,
0:20:22 > 0:20:23you've got bird tables and ladders.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26- Yes.- Oh, that's fun, isn't it? - Yes, that's nice, that is.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28- That sort of caught my eye when I walked in.- Yeah?
0:20:28 > 0:20:30Is it like a little dog cart, or something?
0:20:30 > 0:20:32A rabbit hutch.
0:20:32 > 0:20:33It's quite nice, isn't it?
0:20:33 > 0:20:36- A rabbit hutch?!- A rabbit hutch.
0:20:36 > 0:20:37Unusual.
0:20:38 > 0:20:39That's quite fun!
0:20:42 > 0:20:45OK. It's definitely had a rabbit in it, hasn't it?
0:20:45 > 0:20:47- It has had a rabbit in it, yes. - THEY LAUGH
0:20:47 > 0:20:50Said like a farmer's wife.
0:20:50 > 0:20:52And who would have thought that a rabbit would want to live
0:20:52 > 0:20:55in a traditional barrel-top caravan?
0:20:55 > 0:20:57- Yeah, it is. - I think that's quite cool.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00But it has been living outside, so it's not in the best of condition,
0:21:00 > 0:21:02- is it, Dave?- No, no.
0:21:02 > 0:21:04So what could your best price be on it?
0:21:04 > 0:21:08Well, I know the dealer's got 65 on it.
0:21:08 > 0:21:15- Oh.- But I know the dealer well, so...I think maybe 35?
0:21:16 > 0:21:18I'd be happier closer to 30.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20You'd be happier closer to 30?
0:21:21 > 0:21:22What do you think?
0:21:22 > 0:21:24- Go on, we'll do it.- Yeah?
0:21:24 > 0:21:26- We'll do it.- I'm happy.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28Brilliant. Thank you very much, Dave.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31I don't quite know why I have just bought it, but I have,
0:21:31 > 0:21:34- and it's a bit of fun! - It is a bit of fun.
0:21:34 > 0:21:35Well, this is a first.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38A caravan for a bunny, for £30.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41If you know of any bunnies looking for a new home,
0:21:41 > 0:21:42send them to Christina.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45Moving on, though.
0:21:45 > 0:21:50The richly historic City of Chester is next on Mark's list to visit.
0:21:50 > 0:21:51Our very own Prince Charming
0:21:51 > 0:21:54has come to the gardens of Chester Cathedral
0:21:54 > 0:21:57to learn about the sport of kings.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00Mark is meeting falconer Tommy McNally.
0:22:02 > 0:22:03This is a Harris hawk.
0:22:03 > 0:22:07His name is Rio, and he's a four-year-old male Harris hawk.
0:22:07 > 0:22:11Now you've not got him chained there at all, so he's looking around,
0:22:11 > 0:22:13he can fly off at any time?
0:22:13 > 0:22:16- Yeah.- Oh, there he goes!- We put our hands up and the bird will fly off.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18And we leave it his own devices.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20And he goes straight for the tree.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22He will, because he's a hawk, you see.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25The hawks are all woodland birds of prey.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28If he was a falcon, he would have headed off to the skies.
0:22:28 > 0:22:32- Circling around.- Yeah, and he would have gone up to a fantastic height.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34And how would you now attract him back?
0:22:34 > 0:22:36Right, all's we do is we have a small piece of meat.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39- Yes.- And this is what we call a bechin.- A bechin.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41So we put it on the hand,
0:22:41 > 0:22:44- and we always bring the hawk in to the back of the hand.- Whoa!
0:22:44 > 0:22:47And obviously keeping our arms nice and still for the hawk
0:22:47 > 0:22:49to provide it with a safe landing.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51And, do you know, almost silent.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53Very, very quiet.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55Such grace. I mean, the speed as well.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57They've actually been known as the phantom of the forest.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59Really?
0:22:59 > 0:23:01And there he goes again.
0:23:01 > 0:23:02- Would you like a try, Mark? - I'd love a go.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05So I just told my hand out?
0:23:05 > 0:23:07- Yeah, and we just put a piece of meat on here.- Wow.
0:23:07 > 0:23:08Oh, gosh!
0:23:10 > 0:23:11You are very keen.
0:23:13 > 0:23:15Rio's got his eye on you, Mark.
0:23:15 > 0:23:16Cor, look at that beak.
0:23:22 > 0:23:26Falconry dates back as far as 1700 BC,
0:23:26 > 0:23:29and is thought to have originated in the Far East.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31It's the art of training a wild bird of prey
0:23:31 > 0:23:34to hunt for food for the table.
0:23:34 > 0:23:35In the early days,
0:23:35 > 0:23:39falconry was confined to the world of aristocrats.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41The larger and more majestic the bird,
0:23:41 > 0:23:43the bigger the status symbol.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46Servants would capture and then train an eagle for an emperor,
0:23:46 > 0:23:49a gyrfalcon for a king,
0:23:49 > 0:23:53with the lowly servant limited to owning a mere kestrel.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57One of the first books on falconry, The Art Of Hunting With Birds,
0:23:57 > 0:24:01was written in the 13th century by a holy Roman Emperor.
0:24:02 > 0:24:06Frederick II is probably the most noted famous falconer
0:24:06 > 0:24:08in the history of falconry,
0:24:08 > 0:24:11because of this book that took him 30 years to write.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13Wow. And it was a manual of falconry.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16With all the dos and don'ts, and the protections, and the...?
0:24:16 > 0:24:20Yeah, but it was also the very first example of a book
0:24:20 > 0:24:22being wrote about the anatomy of birds.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24Oh, really?
0:24:24 > 0:24:26Well, blimey!
0:24:26 > 0:24:29OK, Mark, this is your reward for being such a great help here today.
0:24:29 > 0:24:30Oh, my gosh! Really?
0:24:30 > 0:24:32We've decided to let you hold the golden eagle.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34- I get a chance to hold Grace? - Yeah, you certainly do.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37- So I lift my arm up? - Just lift your arm out here, Mark.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40And all's I'm simply going to do
0:24:40 > 0:24:42is place the golden eagle out there, on there, on the end of your arm.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44Oh, wow.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47- And are you ready to feel the weight?- Yes.
0:24:47 > 0:24:48OK, I'm about to let go, now.
0:24:49 > 0:24:50Oh, my gosh.
0:24:51 > 0:24:53She's a heavy bird.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55I think it's only when you hold a golden eagle
0:24:55 > 0:24:57that you appreciate what big birds they are.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59I tell you what, with that attacking you,
0:24:59 > 0:25:01- you'd know it. - Oh, incredible weight.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03- You'd know that, wouldn't you? - You really would.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05She's fabulous. And, again, so patient.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08- Oh, she is, she is a fantastic bird. - She's such a patient bird.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10- Hello.- There you go, she's talking to you.
0:25:10 > 0:25:12- Hello there, how are you? - TOMMY LAUGHS
0:25:12 > 0:25:16Er, I don't think Grace quite likes the look of you, Mark.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19Well, Tommy, thank you so much, and thank you, Grace.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21I've had the most wonderful experience, Tommy, thank you.
0:25:21 > 0:25:23Well done, Mark.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28Meanwhile, the village of Gwersyllt in Wrexham
0:25:28 > 0:25:30is next on Christina's list.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34Acorn Antiques and Collectables is rammed to the rafters
0:25:34 > 0:25:36- with all things antique.- Ooh!
0:25:36 > 0:25:40- Hello.- Hello.- Hello, there. Christina.- Dennis.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42- Hi, Dennis.- Hello, Christina, nice to see you.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44- Lovely to see you, how are you? Are you well?- Very well.
0:25:46 > 0:25:51Christina's got £287.10 to spend in here.
0:25:51 > 0:25:52Now, what's this she's uncovered?
0:25:54 > 0:25:56This is quite fun, isn't it? Look at this.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00So this is... Well, obviously not the iron chicken.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03Everyone needs an iron chicken in their lives, but maybe not today.
0:26:03 > 0:26:08So we've got an old milk churn here that's been painted.
0:26:08 > 0:26:09It's what we call bargeware.
0:26:10 > 0:26:14Bargeware is the brightly coloured folk art on items,
0:26:14 > 0:26:15like this milk churn,
0:26:15 > 0:26:17that were once on barges.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20With the current trend for upcycling, this could be a good'un.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22What else can you find?
0:26:22 > 0:26:23Oh,
0:26:23 > 0:26:25there's another bargeware churn.
0:26:27 > 0:26:28Are they breeding?
0:26:28 > 0:26:30- Multiplying! - SHE LAUGHS
0:26:30 > 0:26:31With another chicken on the top.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33Do you think they come with the chickens?
0:26:33 > 0:26:35Do you think they're sort of a regal pair?
0:26:35 > 0:26:37This one looks actually in slightly better condition,
0:26:37 > 0:26:39although there is a bit of a dent there. But..
0:26:39 > 0:26:41Hmm. OK, how much is this one?
0:26:41 > 0:26:44Is this the same price? £78.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46OK, that's worth remembering.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51Dennis is on hand to help Christina rummage in the cabinets.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55Silver plated pan and shovel.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58- As a piece of novelty... - That's special.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00- Special?- Yeah, very.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04- Here, what price is on that? - THEY LAUGH
0:27:04 > 0:27:05You get your sticky paws off this!
0:27:08 > 0:27:10I mean, I think it's a novelty salt, isn't it?
0:27:10 > 0:27:13- Yeah, that's right.- So it looks to me like it's that sort of
0:27:13 > 0:27:17wonderful Edwardian era, early 20th-century...
0:27:17 > 0:27:20- I think so.- And they just made some really quirky, unusual things,
0:27:20 > 0:27:21but I like that.
0:27:21 > 0:27:24It has got, Denis the Menace...
0:27:24 > 0:27:27Oh, 12, that's a give-away, that's got to be wrong.
0:27:27 > 0:27:32I think the decimal point is in the wrong place, it's got to be!
0:27:32 > 0:27:35- Come on.- You are very good at this, you're very persuasive.
0:27:37 > 0:27:38You've got to make a decision quick.
0:27:38 > 0:27:40Seriously, is this if I don't buy it, you will?
0:27:40 > 0:27:43- Yes, absolutely.- Oh, man, OK, let's go to the desk!
0:27:43 > 0:27:44THEY LAUGH
0:27:44 > 0:27:46Come on, you giggling Gerties.
0:27:46 > 0:27:49Looks like the little silver plated novelty salt
0:27:49 > 0:27:50has got Christina's name on it,
0:27:50 > 0:27:53and dealer Holly has something unusual to show.
0:27:53 > 0:27:55So what have you got, Holly?
0:27:55 > 0:27:58What is that? That looks to me like,
0:27:58 > 0:28:00if you had a shop, a greengrocer's or something,
0:28:00 > 0:28:04you would pull the canopy down with, something like that?
0:28:04 > 0:28:05It's a good guess, it's a good guess.
0:28:05 > 0:28:07- Is it the right guess?- No! - LAUGHTER
0:28:07 > 0:28:09Is it not? No, correct.
0:28:10 > 0:28:13- What is it?- It's a railwayman's shunting stick.
0:28:13 > 0:28:16A railwayman's shunting... What's a shunting...? I don't know...
0:28:16 > 0:28:18So, before we had electric carriages,
0:28:18 > 0:28:21we'd shunt the train carriages together, and then hook them on.
0:28:22 > 0:28:26- Oh, cool!- This gentleman had it presented to him on his retirement.
0:28:26 > 0:28:28- Really?- Yeah, that was his present.
0:28:28 > 0:28:31So normally you'd get a gold watch.
0:28:31 > 0:28:34- He got a shunting stick.- At which I'm sure his wife was made up!
0:28:34 > 0:28:36LAUGHTER
0:28:36 > 0:28:38Yeah! So have you got a stand here?
0:28:38 > 0:28:39- I do.- Where's your stand?
0:28:39 > 0:28:40Right this way.
0:28:40 > 0:28:43- This way?- Oh, have I been in it?
0:28:43 > 0:28:44- Possibly.- Dennis... - I think you have.
0:28:44 > 0:28:47Dennis, if that's not there when I get back,
0:28:47 > 0:28:48I will be frisking you!
0:28:48 > 0:28:49LAUGHTER
0:28:49 > 0:28:50I'll see you in a sec.
0:28:52 > 0:28:53As luck would have it,
0:28:53 > 0:28:56Holly owns the milk churn that Christina so liked the look of.
0:28:56 > 0:28:57And the old bird?
0:28:57 > 0:28:59You know, you can either have them as planters,
0:28:59 > 0:29:01they can be garden ornaments, but that's Cadbury's,
0:29:01 > 0:29:04so Cadbury's Brothers, it's just written round the edge.
0:29:04 > 0:29:05- This one?- Yep.
0:29:05 > 0:29:07If you have a look, you can see it etched.
0:29:07 > 0:29:10Oh, so that's why it's more expensive than the one
0:29:10 > 0:29:12- in the first room? - And twice as heavy, yeah.
0:29:12 > 0:29:13- Is it?- Very.
0:29:14 > 0:29:16What's with the chickens?
0:29:16 > 0:29:17Farmhouse effect.
0:29:17 > 0:29:19- Oh.- We live in farmhouse country.
0:29:19 > 0:29:22- OK. They're lovely. - CHICKEN RATTLES
0:29:23 > 0:29:26Cadbury Brothers, Ltd. Yeah!
0:29:27 > 0:29:30Gosh, so that'd have been a milk churn that they would have used
0:29:30 > 0:29:31to deliver milk to the factory.
0:29:31 > 0:29:33What's your best price, Holly?
0:29:33 > 0:29:35OK, so...
0:29:35 > 0:29:36How about 55...
0:29:36 > 0:29:40- Oh.- And I will give you a chicken for your rabbit hutch.
0:29:40 > 0:29:41CHRISTINA LAUGHS
0:29:41 > 0:29:43How is that?
0:29:43 > 0:29:45Cos I think it's lonely, and I think it needs a pet!
0:29:47 > 0:29:48- Are you serious?- Yeah, absolutely.
0:29:49 > 0:29:5155 and a chicken.
0:29:51 > 0:29:5355 and a chicken?
0:29:53 > 0:29:55I mean, how could I say no?
0:29:55 > 0:29:59- It's a deal, 55 and a chicken. - Thank you very much.- Thanks.
0:29:59 > 0:30:03That's £54 for the Cadbury's milk churn, and £1 for the chicken.
0:30:03 > 0:30:07Christina is definitely channelling surreal today.
0:30:07 > 0:30:08You'd better cough up, girl.
0:30:08 > 0:30:10I owe you £55, Holly.
0:30:10 > 0:30:13- Fantastic.- And then could we say ten for that?
0:30:13 > 0:30:15- Oh, go on, £10. - Ten, you're an angel.
0:30:15 > 0:30:19Right, in which case, I owe you guys £65, don't I?
0:30:22 > 0:30:24Meanwhile, Mark's hot on Christina's tail,
0:30:24 > 0:30:26and is headed also to Gwersyllt.
0:30:28 > 0:30:31He's found his compadre having a well-earned cuppa.
0:30:32 > 0:30:34Anyway, I must go shopping.
0:30:34 > 0:30:35Go on, skedaddle, I'll wait for you.
0:30:35 > 0:30:37- Enjoy.- Thank you.- There's nothing left, I've had it all.
0:30:37 > 0:30:39HE CHUCKLES
0:30:39 > 0:30:41- Heard that before.- Bye!
0:30:41 > 0:30:42Mark's rolling in it.
0:30:42 > 0:30:45He's got £333.36 to spend.
0:30:45 > 0:30:47No wonder he's smiling.
0:30:47 > 0:30:48- Hello. - HOLLY:- Hello.
0:30:48 > 0:30:50- I'm Mark.- Nice to meet you.
0:30:51 > 0:30:53- I'm Holly.- And I'm Dennis. Nice to see you.
0:30:53 > 0:30:54Dennis, Holly and Dennis.
0:30:54 > 0:30:56It's great, so it's an antiques centre, is it?
0:30:56 > 0:30:58- That's right. - How many dealers have you got?
0:30:58 > 0:31:00- 46, now.- 46!
0:31:00 > 0:31:01That's a lot of dealers.
0:31:01 > 0:31:02Many things to see.
0:31:02 > 0:31:03Hello, what's this?
0:31:03 > 0:31:05I mean, this is quite nice.
0:31:05 > 0:31:06- They're lovely.- They're known as...
0:31:06 > 0:31:08Just come in this morning, they have, actually.
0:31:08 > 0:31:11- They're known as death pennies, aren't they?- That's right.
0:31:11 > 0:31:13Rather sad, really, when you think about it.
0:31:13 > 0:31:15- Absolutely.- The First World War.
0:31:15 > 0:31:19Everyone who died got one of these, along with the medals of the war.
0:31:19 > 0:31:22- That's right.- And it's named, as well, Thomas McGhee.
0:31:22 > 0:31:25- Thomas McGhee.- And these have just come in, you say?
0:31:25 > 0:31:26That's right, this morning.
0:31:26 > 0:31:28That's interesting. Look, the Somme.
0:31:28 > 0:31:29The Somme.
0:31:29 > 0:31:31- Wow.- Trench art.
0:31:31 > 0:31:33- They came from the same family? - Yes, they did.
0:31:33 > 0:31:35So obviously somebody was out at the Somme.
0:31:35 > 0:31:37- It's quite interesting, you've got this little plaque.- Yes, indeed.
0:31:37 > 0:31:41And then somebody's embossed this on there, by hand.
0:31:41 > 0:31:43- Yeah, that's right. - So are those for sale?
0:31:43 > 0:31:45- Yes.- How much are they?
0:31:48 > 0:31:49£60 for the two.
0:31:49 > 0:31:51- 55?- 55.
0:31:51 > 0:31:52Are you happy with 55?
0:31:52 > 0:31:54- CHUCKLING:- No, but I'll accept 55.
0:31:54 > 0:31:55- Are you sure?- Yes!
0:31:55 > 0:31:57Well, I'll shake your hand for 55.
0:31:58 > 0:32:00Well, that was a joyful experience.
0:32:00 > 0:32:02Our shopping trip is now at an end.
0:32:02 > 0:32:07Along with the World War I death penny and trench art jug,
0:32:07 > 0:32:09Mark has a total of five lots.
0:32:09 > 0:32:11The leather bowl filled with curios,
0:32:11 > 0:32:14the ten 1970s telephones,
0:32:14 > 0:32:15the Indian silver bowl,
0:32:15 > 0:32:17and the Victorian pencil sketch.
0:32:17 > 0:32:19Mark has been careful with his cash.
0:32:19 > 0:32:22He's spent a total of £120 on that lot.
0:32:23 > 0:32:26Christina has a real mixed bag for the final auction.
0:32:26 > 0:32:28She also has five lots.
0:32:28 > 0:32:30The Royal Doulton tea service,
0:32:30 > 0:32:32the golfing snuffbox,
0:32:32 > 0:32:35the combo lot of the novelty rabbit hutch complete with...
0:32:35 > 0:32:37chicken... Ha!
0:32:37 > 0:32:39..the silver-plated novelty salt,
0:32:39 > 0:32:41and the Cadbury's milk churn.
0:32:41 > 0:32:42What a lot.
0:32:42 > 0:32:46Christina has spelt a total of £155.
0:32:46 > 0:32:48Thoughts, please, on each other's goodies.
0:32:49 > 0:32:52Ten telephones for £10!
0:32:52 > 0:32:54I mean, he cannot go wrong, surely?
0:32:54 > 0:32:57The most commercial item, I think, is the little silver box.
0:32:57 > 0:32:59Battered or not, it's a nice looking object.
0:32:59 > 0:33:03His really beautiful little Indian silver bowl
0:33:03 > 0:33:04I think is just gorgeous,
0:33:04 > 0:33:06and it's what the market wants right now.
0:33:06 > 0:33:09A rabbit hutch. Why on earth would you buy a rabbit hutch?
0:33:09 > 0:33:10All in all...
0:33:12 > 0:33:13..I'm feeling quite uncomfortable.
0:33:15 > 0:33:17Christina and Mark are travelling to
0:33:17 > 0:33:20an auction in Bolton, in greater Manchester.
0:33:22 > 0:33:24With just over £20 separating them,
0:33:24 > 0:33:27this is one of the closest finals in road trip history.
0:33:28 > 0:33:31It's the last sale, so whatever happens, we're going to be thriving.
0:33:31 > 0:33:33Exactly. That makes me quite sad.
0:33:33 > 0:33:35It does, I'm going to have a tear.
0:33:35 > 0:33:38- SHE LAUGHS - Oh, no, it's all right, it's OK. No.
0:33:39 > 0:33:41Aww! Hang on a second, I've got a hanky somewhere.
0:33:41 > 0:33:43No, it's fine, honestly, I forced it back.
0:33:43 > 0:33:44- Oh, really? - LAUGHTER
0:33:46 > 0:33:48No boo-hooing on this show, you two.
0:33:49 > 0:33:53Bolton Auction Rooms is the venue for our big showdown.
0:33:53 > 0:33:55Oh, sweetheart, I'm hoping for a miracle.
0:33:55 > 0:33:57You don't need a miracle, come on!
0:33:59 > 0:34:02Harry Howcroft is the man residing on the rostrum today.
0:34:02 > 0:34:06What does he think of Mark and Christina's wares?
0:34:06 > 0:34:09The rabbit hutch would actually be a first for us.
0:34:09 > 0:34:12We've never sold a rabbit hutch in our auction.
0:34:12 > 0:34:15The only thing I like about this is the chicken.
0:34:15 > 0:34:17The little pencil sketch, quite charming.
0:34:17 > 0:34:20How much it will bring, we simply do not know.
0:34:20 > 0:34:21This is it.
0:34:21 > 0:34:23The auction final is about to begin.
0:34:23 > 0:34:25The sale is also live on the internet.
0:34:25 > 0:34:26Oh, good.
0:34:28 > 0:34:30- Ooh!- It's quite a full room, isn't it?- It is, isn't it?
0:34:31 > 0:34:33Christina's silver snuff box is up first.
0:34:35 > 0:34:37I have 24 to start.
0:34:37 > 0:34:3926.
0:34:39 > 0:34:40Oh, brilliant.
0:34:40 > 0:34:4326, 28, 28.
0:34:44 > 0:34:46I've got £30 bid, do you want 32?
0:34:46 > 0:34:4732 on the floor.
0:34:47 > 0:34:49- Come on, Harry Howcroft!- I told you.
0:34:50 > 0:34:52- 34, new bidder in the room.- Oh!
0:34:52 > 0:34:53All right, don't fraternise.
0:34:53 > 0:34:55£34 bid. 36, 38.
0:34:55 > 0:34:58- It's very nice.- It's very damaged.
0:34:58 > 0:34:59£40 bid, 42.
0:34:59 > 0:35:01At £40 bid with the lady.
0:35:01 > 0:35:0344, 46.
0:35:03 > 0:35:04At £44 bid.
0:35:04 > 0:35:06£44 bid. Gent's bid.
0:35:06 > 0:35:08That's enough, now. Put the gavel down.
0:35:08 > 0:35:09All done at 44.
0:35:09 > 0:35:11(Put the gavel down!)
0:35:12 > 0:35:13You see, I told you.
0:35:14 > 0:35:16Great start, Christina.
0:35:16 > 0:35:18A healthy profit from the get-go.
0:35:18 > 0:35:20Brilliant. First out of the blocks. Right!
0:35:21 > 0:35:22It's Mark's turn now.
0:35:22 > 0:35:24The leather bowl, heaving with curios.
0:35:26 > 0:35:27I've got butterflies.
0:35:27 > 0:35:3014 with me, 16 anywhere?
0:35:30 > 0:35:3116, 18, £20 bid.
0:35:31 > 0:35:35I've 20, then... 22, 24, 26, 28.
0:35:35 > 0:35:3728, £30, £28 bid.
0:35:37 > 0:35:39At £28 bid.
0:35:39 > 0:35:40With the lady in the red.
0:35:40 > 0:35:41See? And again.
0:35:41 > 0:35:4334, new bidder.
0:35:43 > 0:35:4436, 36,
0:35:44 > 0:35:4738, 40, £40 bid.
0:35:47 > 0:35:4942, £40 bid.
0:35:49 > 0:35:50All done at 40.
0:35:53 > 0:35:55£35 profit.
0:35:55 > 0:35:57Whoever would have thought it?
0:35:57 > 0:36:00Well done, Mark. That launches you straight into the lead.
0:36:01 > 0:36:03Well done, well done!
0:36:04 > 0:36:06Now, can we keep up with these chunky profits?
0:36:06 > 0:36:10It's Christina's silver plated novelty salt, next.
0:36:10 > 0:36:12- I've £16 bid.- Oh. OK.- Good. That's all right.
0:36:12 > 0:36:14On commission, at £16.
0:36:14 > 0:36:16- Bit more, bit more. - I expect a little more.
0:36:16 > 0:36:17£16 bid.
0:36:17 > 0:36:1918, 20, £22 bid.
0:36:19 > 0:36:21It's in the room at £22 bid.
0:36:21 > 0:36:23Is there 24 anywhere?
0:36:23 > 0:36:24At £22 bid.
0:36:24 > 0:36:26- All done at 22... - Oh, a bit more than that?!
0:36:26 > 0:36:27It's worth more than that.
0:36:27 > 0:36:29- I think you did all right on that, Christina.- Oh...
0:36:30 > 0:36:32I concur, Mark. Every little counts.
0:36:34 > 0:36:35Cos I think it's so cute.
0:36:36 > 0:36:37- A little bit like you.- Oh...
0:36:39 > 0:36:42It's Mark's collection of retro telephones next at £1 each.
0:36:42 > 0:36:44On commission at 42, 44...
0:36:44 > 0:36:4644, 46.
0:36:46 > 0:36:4850, 55, £55 bid.
0:36:48 > 0:36:51It's in the room at £55 bid.
0:36:51 > 0:36:52At 55 only bid.
0:36:52 > 0:36:55For all these phones at 55.
0:36:55 > 0:36:56One for each of his bedrooms.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58- LAUGHTER - All done, finished.
0:37:00 > 0:37:02Blimey, that's a real corker of a profit.
0:37:02 > 0:37:05Mark is soaring into the lead.
0:37:05 > 0:37:07I'm not sitting back comfortably at the moment.
0:37:07 > 0:37:09Yeah, you are. I've got my arm round you.
0:37:09 > 0:37:10Yes, I know, that's not comfortable.
0:37:10 > 0:37:11- Oh! - LAUGHTER
0:37:12 > 0:37:14Yeah, leave the man alone, Christina.
0:37:15 > 0:37:18Prepare yourself, it's Christina's bunny caravan next.
0:37:19 > 0:37:20£30 bid. With me at 30.
0:37:20 > 0:37:22Don't forget the chicken.
0:37:22 > 0:37:2334, 36.
0:37:23 > 0:37:26- All right, Christina. - It's in the room at £36.
0:37:26 > 0:37:28Is there 38 anywhere else?
0:37:28 > 0:37:31At £36 bid, gent's bid, back to the room.
0:37:31 > 0:37:33All done at £36.
0:37:34 > 0:37:37Well, someone loved it enough to give you a small profit.
0:37:38 > 0:37:40Hopped along nicely.
0:37:40 > 0:37:41LAUGHTER
0:37:41 > 0:37:42But it didn't lay the golden egg.
0:37:42 > 0:37:45It didn't, I'm afraid, and that's a goose.
0:37:47 > 0:37:49All right, smarty pants.
0:37:49 > 0:37:51It's Mark's Victorian pencil sketch next.
0:37:52 > 0:37:54I've £18 on commission.
0:37:54 > 0:37:56- Little loss...- At the back, he's bidding at the back.
0:37:56 > 0:37:58I've got 20, 22, 24.
0:37:58 > 0:38:00At 24, 26, 28.
0:38:01 > 0:38:03No? At £26 bid.
0:38:03 > 0:38:05At 26, 28.
0:38:05 > 0:38:07Oh, good. Let's get to 30.
0:38:07 > 0:38:0932, 32,
0:38:09 > 0:38:1134, 36,
0:38:11 > 0:38:1338, £40. 42.
0:38:13 > 0:38:14Oh, I'm happy with that.
0:38:14 > 0:38:1846, 48, £50.
0:38:18 > 0:38:1955, 60.
0:38:21 > 0:38:22No. £55 bid.
0:38:22 > 0:38:24All done at £55.
0:38:26 > 0:38:28Oh, well done, darling, well done.
0:38:28 > 0:38:31The saleroom are loving your lots, Mark, well done.
0:38:33 > 0:38:36Mark, we are so close that every penny counts.
0:38:36 > 0:38:37- That's true.- Every penny.
0:38:38 > 0:38:39Very true.
0:38:39 > 0:38:43Christina's Cadbury milk churn is next.
0:38:43 > 0:38:44I have £28 bid.
0:38:44 > 0:38:4630, 32, 34.
0:38:46 > 0:38:47Come on, Harry, come on, Harry.
0:38:47 > 0:38:49At £38 bid.
0:38:49 > 0:38:50Come on.
0:38:50 > 0:38:51£40, 42,
0:38:51 > 0:38:52at £40 bid.
0:38:52 > 0:38:54- At 42 I need.- Go on.
0:38:54 > 0:38:56No, no, Harry, we need more than that.
0:38:56 > 0:38:57£40 only bid.
0:38:57 > 0:38:58I expect a little more.
0:38:58 > 0:38:59At £40 bid.
0:38:59 > 0:39:01All done at £40.
0:39:01 > 0:39:02Oh, no!
0:39:04 > 0:39:06Ouch!
0:39:06 > 0:39:09A genuine surprise, and the first loss of the day.
0:39:10 > 0:39:11- I'm sorry.- No, you're not.
0:39:11 > 0:39:13- I AM sorry! - Well, then stop smiling!
0:39:13 > 0:39:15LAUGHTER
0:39:16 > 0:39:17Yeah, he's a rascal.
0:39:17 > 0:39:20Mark's death penny and trench art jug are next.
0:39:21 > 0:39:24I have 52 with me on commission. Is there...?
0:39:24 > 0:39:2755. Do you want to go 60?
0:39:27 > 0:39:29I've got £60 bid in the room.
0:39:29 > 0:39:31- Oh, more than that.- Come on. - It should be more than that.
0:39:31 > 0:39:32- It's in brilliant condition. - Come on.
0:39:32 > 0:39:34All done, then, at £60 bid. Gent's bid, then, at 60.
0:39:34 > 0:39:36HE GROANS
0:39:36 > 0:39:38- Wow. So close.- Oh...
0:39:40 > 0:39:43A moving piece of history, and a small profit for Mark.
0:39:44 > 0:39:45I think that's a brave purchase.
0:39:45 > 0:39:46Thank you.
0:39:47 > 0:39:51Christina's Royal Doulton tea set is next to go under the gavel.
0:39:51 > 0:39:5332 with me, 34 I need.
0:39:53 > 0:39:5634, 36, 38,
0:39:56 > 0:39:5840, 42, £42 bid.
0:39:58 > 0:39:59It's in the room at 44.
0:39:59 > 0:40:0246, 48, £50.
0:40:02 > 0:40:0455. 55, 60,
0:40:04 > 0:40:0665, 70.
0:40:06 > 0:40:09It's on the net at the moment at £65.
0:40:09 > 0:40:10Is there 70 anywhere else?
0:40:10 > 0:40:13It's the condition, isn't it? It's the condition of it.
0:40:13 > 0:40:14All done at £65...
0:40:17 > 0:40:18£20 profit, Christina.
0:40:19 > 0:40:21That's more like it, Christina.
0:40:22 > 0:40:24Christina, the last lot of the auction.
0:40:24 > 0:40:26# And now...
0:40:26 > 0:40:27- # The end is near. # - Oh...
0:40:29 > 0:40:30Not singing again!
0:40:30 > 0:40:32Mark's silver Indian bowl is next.
0:40:33 > 0:40:35I've got 32, 34 I need.
0:40:35 > 0:40:38- Quite rightly so.- 36 on the phone.
0:40:38 > 0:40:40They should be all over this, it's fabulous.
0:40:40 > 0:40:42£40 on the phone.
0:40:42 > 0:40:44£40 bid on the phone.
0:40:44 > 0:40:4642. 42, 44.
0:40:46 > 0:40:48£44 bid. 46. 48.
0:40:48 > 0:40:50At £48 bid on the phone.
0:40:50 > 0:40:5250. 55 I need.
0:40:52 > 0:40:5355 on the phone.
0:40:53 > 0:40:5560, new bidder. 65.
0:40:55 > 0:40:57At 65, back on the phone.
0:40:57 > 0:41:00All done then at £65, phone bid then at 65.
0:41:00 > 0:41:0165?
0:41:02 > 0:41:04Well done.
0:41:04 > 0:41:05Wonderful result, Mark,
0:41:05 > 0:41:07and what an excellent way to end the auction.
0:41:10 > 0:41:12Ahh. That's it, Christina, it's all over.
0:41:12 > 0:41:13I can't believe it's all over.
0:41:13 > 0:41:15I know, the last auction.
0:41:15 > 0:41:16Yeah.
0:41:16 > 0:41:19And for once, I think I might have had a good auction.
0:41:19 > 0:41:20Can we just do it all again?
0:41:20 > 0:41:21I'll try harder next time.
0:41:22 > 0:41:24- I think you've tried hard enough. - SHE LAUGHS
0:41:24 > 0:41:26On a happier note, come on.
0:41:26 > 0:41:27- I'll get you some chocolate. - Oh, yes, please.
0:41:28 > 0:41:30I think you both deserve it.
0:41:31 > 0:41:33For the final time this week, let's figure out the calculations.
0:41:35 > 0:41:38Christina began with £377.10,
0:41:38 > 0:41:40and after auction costs,
0:41:40 > 0:41:43she's made a small profit of £14.74.
0:41:46 > 0:41:50Christina's final earnings are £391.84.
0:41:53 > 0:41:55On the fifth and final leg,
0:41:55 > 0:41:58Mark began with £398.36.
0:41:58 > 0:42:00After auction room costs,
0:42:00 > 0:42:04he's made a smashing profit of £105.50.
0:42:04 > 0:42:07Mark takes the shiny road trip crown!
0:42:07 > 0:42:12His final earnings are a wonderful £503.86.
0:42:12 > 0:42:14So well done, old fruit.
0:42:14 > 0:42:17And all profits go to Children In Need.
0:42:17 > 0:42:18- Did you win?- I did.
0:42:18 > 0:42:20- Well done.- But thank you.
0:42:20 > 0:42:21- Ohh! Thank you. - It's been wonderful.
0:42:21 > 0:42:24- Shall I drive?- Yes, come on, winner takes it all.
0:42:24 > 0:42:25I'll get wet.
0:42:26 > 0:42:27What a humdinger of a week!
0:42:29 > 0:42:30Oi! Come back!
0:42:31 > 0:42:34Christina put her head to good use.
0:42:34 > 0:42:36Do you think I'd be a good Chinese dragon?
0:42:36 > 0:42:37Old dragon, more like it.
0:42:37 > 0:42:39Meanwhile, Mark was in udder chaos.
0:42:39 > 0:42:40I'll have to sit and wait.
0:42:40 > 0:42:41MOOING
0:42:41 > 0:42:42Morning.
0:42:42 > 0:42:44And they both loved larking about.
0:42:44 > 0:42:46- Let me see your teeth.- Why?
0:42:46 > 0:42:48That's all right. Your fangs aren't out yet.
0:42:48 > 0:42:49No, not yet.
0:42:50 > 0:42:53But most of all, our road trip luvvies don't want it to end.
0:42:53 > 0:42:56Hey, I couldn't have hoped for a better companion.
0:42:56 > 0:42:58Oh! Stop it.
0:42:58 > 0:42:59I'm welling up.
0:42:59 > 0:43:01CRYING: You'll get me going in a minute!
0:43:02 > 0:43:04Bye-bye, road trippers.
0:43:04 > 0:43:06Next time, we start a new road trip,
0:43:06 > 0:43:08with wily fox Paul Laidlaw,
0:43:08 > 0:43:11and fresh-faced Natasha Raskin.
0:43:11 > 0:43:13I'm terrified of Paul's finesse.
0:43:13 > 0:43:15But will he take her under his wing?
0:43:15 > 0:43:17You're very easily manipulable, aren't you?
0:43:17 > 0:43:19Muahahaha!