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

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-What a job.

-..with £200 each...

-Are you with me?

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-..a classic car...

-Buckle up.

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..and a goal to scour Britain for antiques.

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-Ooh, sorry.

-Ha-ha!

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The aim? To make the biggest profit at auction.

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But it's no mean feat.

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-There'll be worthy winners...

-Yes!

-..and valiant losers.

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So, will it be the high road to glory

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or the slow road to disaster?

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Have a good trip!

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This is the Antiques Road Trip.

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Yeah!

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This is the last leg of a terrific trek.

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Well, this is it.

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-What a fine morning...

-Ah, to finish this trip.

-.. to end our road trip.

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And every single one has been hugely enjoyable, James.

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Priceless, almost.

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Yes, this isn't the first Ross versus Braxton bout,

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although their rivalry has never got in their way of good manners.

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-Good morning, sir.

-Good morning.

-Morning.

-Morning.

-Morning.

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On this occasion, the open road has led them

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and their Alpha, called Nelly...

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-Ooh!

-THEY LAUGH

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..all the way from the Garden of England

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to the wonderful west.

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-Look at Somerset.

-Gosh, this is beautiful.

-Isn't it lovely?

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Is it time for a cider?

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-Never too early for a cider.

-THEY LAUGH

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James from Sussex is an auctioneer and gourmand

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with a fondness for almost anything of substance...

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It's got a lovely weight to it.

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..while Bicester boy Charlie...

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-Very good. Sold!

-..also familiar with a gavel,

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has a slightly more pragmatic approach

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to the art of buying antiques.

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I love it, I love it, I love it.

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I don't love it, but it's cheap.

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And, as they near the wire, it's still much too close to call.

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The last auction house is a good auction house.

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They'll be online, won't they?

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"Ladies and gentlemen, it gives me enormous pleasure

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"to offer the Braxton collection."

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HE CHUCKLES

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After several ups and downs,

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James's stake of £200 has grown to £297.72...

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..while Charlie, who also set out with 200,

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has managed a little bit extra

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and currently boasts £335.62, but this could all change.

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A couple of good purchases, a couple of flops.

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The sum of parts. That's another one of my great guiding principles.

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Quite. It all began back in Kent, at Chart Sutton.

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Then, Charlie and James motored mostly around the South East,

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took a mosey up the middle,

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before sliding south and west.

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They're now enjoying the West Country

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whilst en route to an auction in Dorchester.

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Today, they'll finally reach journey's end

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in the county town of Dorset.

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But we set out in Somerset, at Crewkerne.

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Birthplace of Ralph Reader,

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the theatre producer and Cub Scout who created the Gang Show.

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-Personal delivery service.

-Oh, thank you, thank you.

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Time for our gang of two to divide...

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-Got everything you need?

-I think I have.

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Do you need help? I can't really help.

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..and for James to find his first shop of the day.

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After all, I don't think he's got his haggling badge yet.

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-Hello.

-Hello, James. Tim.

-Hello.

-Nice to meet you.

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Good to meet you. Good to meet you.

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Plenty in here to get his bob-a-job on.

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But with just one auction to go, the pressure must be telling.

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Or perhaps not.

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Just getting in the swing, scouting about.

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Very interesting walking stick.

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-So, you collapse it up like that.

-Mm-hm.

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-Just walk quite normally with that and then...

-Yeah?

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-..if it all gets a bit too much, you just...

-Get on it.

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..have a seat and... Ooh! Ah!

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Slightly, erm...embarrassing.

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What DOES he mean?

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Ooh! Steady, James.

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Ah, there we are. Back to normal.

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That brought a tear to his eye.

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Let's catch up with his chum

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en route to the nearby town of Yetminster,

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which is across the county line in West Dorset.

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First profit of the day.

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Not short of confidence, is he? Or colour.

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Aha! Who have we got here?

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-My name's Sara. Hi.

-Hello. I'm Charlie.

-Hi.

-Nice to see you.

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This is fab.

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-Yeah, just like a village fete - full of antiques.

-Ah!

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-I've seen furniture.

-Ah! So you have.

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George III, mahogany, demilune card table.

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It will either be...

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..a card table or a tea table.

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So, we pull out the gate and on your marks, get set, go.

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It's a card table. Absolutely fabulous.

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But something's wrong at the bottom and we'll have a look.

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HE GROANS

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Look at the colour of that mahogany! It's fabulous.

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Ooh, dear! Be careful, be careful, be careful.

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What's up with the other end, though?

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I personally think it's had

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some sort of square cup brass casters at some stage

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because you can see this ebony stringing

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coming down the corner here.

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Suddenly, it ends before the end.

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If you were putting a cup caster on it, you wouldn't waste money

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by stringing it all the way down to the edge,

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which is more money and more work.

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I would not be surprised

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to see an auctioneer sell that for less than £100.

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Which makes the ticket price of £180 a bit of a concern, Charlie.

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I was rather hoping it was £80,

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and I'd buy it for 50, and it would probably sell for 75.

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We can always try.

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Meanwhile, back in Crewkerne,

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James has scouted out one of his favourite materials.

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-Ooh, bamboo. Bamboo.

-HE HUMS

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Look at that! Oh, it's an unusual design.

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Bamboo whatnot.

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-What's not to like about that whatnot, eh?

-Well, not a lot.

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These are absolutely fabulous for conservatories and things.

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It's constructed incredibly cheaply.

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You know, it's just done with nails here.

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Little pins are holding this thing together,

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but this has lasted 100 years.

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Bamboo Braxton. There we are, he's back.

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Ticket price of £55, though, James. Anything else take your fancy?

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Now, never underestimate the power of cute. A cute-looking dog.

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Look, its head's on a slant, it's got bead eyes.

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When does it date from?

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Dates from about the '30s or '40s, doesn't it? Woolwork panel.

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Oh, I tell you what it was. These supports here.

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It was a fireguard.

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This might be worth a punt. What's it got on it?

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34 quid.

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Maybe he should paws to consider the two pictures

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he bought earlier in this trip. Both lost money.

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Remember, doggy people are very keen people.

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Oh, well. Let's see what Tim makes of them both.

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Bamboo Braxton's found some bamboo, and also the power of cute.

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I want to buy one of these.

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What could we do on something like that?

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-20? 25? What could you do on that one, Tim, do you think?

-27?

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And this one - it's done well.

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It's got a bit of damage, but I sometimes wonder,

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am I the only person who buys bamboo?

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-Do you sell other bamboo items?

-Erm...we do, yes, yes.

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Not a huge amount, but we do sell it.

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-THEY LAUGH

-I think you're hedging, Tim.

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-I think he's right.

-Could something be done on that?

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We could squeeze 40 on it.

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So, we've got the power of cute versus the sum of parts, the bamboo.

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-What about 23 on that, Tim?

-23.

-Put it there.

-OK.

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-I'll take the dog.

-All right.

-The hound is mine!

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-Woof, woof!

-Thank you very much.

-Thank you very much indeed.

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That's really kind.

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So, while James takes that picture for walkies...

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# I'll show you how to walk your dog... #

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..let's see where Charlie's nose has lead him.

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What a wonderful tunic.

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Isn't that fabulous? Original buttons.

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It's late, obviously, cos it's got "Elizabeth Rex" on there.

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It's small.

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It's very Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, isn't it?

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I don't know what regiment.

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It's £95, but what would that have cost to make? Ho!

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Hundreds and hundreds. Think how hot they were.

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What's the bonus? It's red.

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When you're shot, nobody can tell, so you gallop on regardless.

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Carry on, sir. So, the tunic and table are under orders.

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-Anything else?

-A metamorphic child's chair.

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Edwardian with its original transfer.

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Little Bo Peep.

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Jack and Jill, no doubt. They're going up the hill.

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Tom, Tom, the piper's son,

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except he stole a pig and away he run, and I can't see a pig...

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Oh, yes! There's the pig! # Stole a pig and away he run. #

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He knows them all, you know.

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Amazing that that's still in order after all these years,

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this being the best part of 100 years old, Edwardian.

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It's just possible that Ross could put this into a high chair.

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-Here we go.

-Mind your fingers.

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-Look at that.

-Impressive.

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And for the potty training, voila!

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That's a great bit of furniture and still useful today.

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All ready for your second childhood. The price is £52.

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Sara!

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I've seen three things I really like.

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There's a Georgian card table,

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which has been the most wonderful piece of furniture,

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and something's happened to the bottom of the feet.

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There's a fab tunic,

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but it's 20th-century and it's very small.

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And I love that chair.

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-There's probably a couple we can make a little adjustment on.

-Yeah.

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It's got to be a huge adjustment. It can't be little adjustments.

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-It's got to be enormous.

-Give her a chance, Charlie.

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What's been here a long time?

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Um, the table and I believe the tunic has been here

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-for a little while.

-Yeah.

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-But I really love the tunic.

-Yeah. So, there's no point...

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So, I don't mind it staying.

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I suspect, if I offered you 50 or 60 quid for that table,

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it's probably as much as anybody would offer for it.

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Ticket price - £180, remember.

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I would certainly offer you £100 for the table and the chair.

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-I'll do 100 for the pair.

-Thank you very much indeed.

-No problem.

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Thank you. That's really sweet of you.

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-So, £40 for the chair and 60 for the table.

-Thank you.

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-Keep your fingers crossed. Thank you.

-I wish you luck.

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Cross everything. And Charlie's off to pastures new.

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Nelly never lets you down.

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Now, back in Somerset, James is taking a brief break from shopping

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in the historic county town of Taunton,

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where he's come to learn about the British agency

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which supplies the world's mariners with charts of the ocean,

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in the company of its chief archivist.

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-Hello, James Braxton.

-Hello, Adrian Webb.

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Welcome to the Hydrographic Office Archive.

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Oh, I've been dying to look at some charts.

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Me, too.

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James is getting a peek at one of the most complete

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maritime collections with charts, surveys and journals

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by some of our greatest explorers.

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We've been in existence since 1795

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when we were established by King George III.

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Our first hydrographer, Alexander Dalrymple,

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he spent five years sorting through all of the charts

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and old surveys and atlases that he could find

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and put together our archive.

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There's thousands of charts and surveys going back to the 1620s.

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Dalrymple's task was to review the difficulties

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and dangers facing His Majesty's fleet

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because the Admiralty had reached the conclusion

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that British ships were more likely to be lost from poor charts

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than from attacks by enemy vessels.

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Here we are. This is the oldest item in our collection.

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-This is the chart from the reign of King James I.

-Wow!

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The period when the Pilgrim Fathers were heading off for the New World.

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Was this produced by the Admiralty?

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No, this is from a time

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when charting was very much a private affair,

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and you'll probably notice one or two features on here

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that are similar to items that we put on charts today.

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-We have a compass to point you in the right direction.

-Right.

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-And also we have some depths here in the river.

-Fathoms.

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And, of course, we have a very nice, detailed scale.

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So, you get some indicators that makes this a chart

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rather than a map.

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Wow.

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The first government-sponsored hydrographic survey of Britain,

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in 1681, was the work of naval officer Captain Greenville Collins -

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a task which involved a royal yacht, a crew of 21 men

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and instruments like a measuring chain,

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compass and lead line.

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So, they're charting safe passage round the British Isles.

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All cargoes, everything, went by sea, didn't it?

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-Oh, certainly the bulk cargoes did.

-Yeah.

-Yes, indeed.

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And the whole purpose of these particular surveys

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was to make sure that there were less losses.

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And it's testament to Collins' work

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that his atlas actually stayed in print for 100 years.

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Several of the charting innovations that followed over the years

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were associated with British explorers,

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like Captain James Cook, who mapped the waters of the Pacific,

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and the modern UK Hydrographic Office,

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which maintains that tradition using state-of-the-art, multi-beam,

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echo-sounding surveys and satellite images

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to keep mariners safe with men such as Rear Admiral Tim Lowe.

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The mariner has all these fabulous electronic aids now,

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like us in our cars, sat nav and everything.

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But before, it was done with the stars, wasn't it?

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Absolutely, and we still provide a service for the mariner today,

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if he wants to continue to use the old, traditional methods.

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But we're getting into digitisation and the data that's coming in now,

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we're looking at terabytes of data

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as opposed to single data points that used to come in.

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Now, I know that the navy's flagship vessel made a historic journey.

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-Were you involved in that recently?

-Very much so.

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HMS Queen Elizabeth had to come down from Rosyth in Scotland

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and those waters were not surveyed to modern standards.

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So, a combination of the Royal Navy surveying teams

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and our own cartographers and geologists here

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helped develop the new charts and products

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to actually get her out of Rosyth and then, more importantly,

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into her new home in Portsmouth Harbour.

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They had to do a massive amount of infrastructure change

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to actually allow her to get into the harbour.

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They had to dredge quite a lot of the water approach channel

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to actually allow her room to manoeuvre.

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Portsmouth Harbour's a large area,

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so there's always going to be things there

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and the seabed can change, so we'll have to keep going back.

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We'll have to keep checking.

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400 years since the first chart, the work goes on.

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Meanwhile, Nelly and the Alpha male driver,

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have moved on.

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Not that the big fella is ever far from their thoughts.

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Simply couldn't have had a jollier companion than James Braxton.

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He's just up for it. I don't think he'd ever say no to anything.

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He's taken our route deeper into Dorset, towards Bridport,

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and the county's fabulous Jurassic coastline.

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That's East Cliff, by the way.

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-Hello!

-Oh, hi, Charlie. I'm Frances.

-Frances.

-Bill.

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-Bill, hello. Nice to see you.

-And you.

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-You've got some rather nice things on the pavement.

-Yes.

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Sun's shining today. We've got lots out there.

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Well, let's have a butcher's hook.

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Remember, he's still got over £235 left to spend.

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Hang on.

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-Not another one of those, please.

-Chinese altar table.

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I would expect that to be hardwood of some sort, like teak.

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It's very light. Looks like it's elm.

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So, is it Chinese?

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I think it is Chinese. £190. How old is it?

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I find Chinese furniture incredibly difficult to date.

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I'm going to own up to ignorance here with this furniture.

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This is either incredibly cheap or, wait for it, incredibly expensive.

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Plus, you've already bought a table today.

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How about something that isn't furniture?

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Silver candlesticks. Birmingham.

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19 what? 1920.

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-Yeah, someone's had a bit of a bash at those, haven't they?

-Yes.

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-Split there.

-Overenthusiastic Cluedo in the billiard room, perhaps.

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-Still nice.

-Of course they are.

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-They're yours, Bill.

-Yes, that's it. Exactly.

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Ticket price is £48.

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Have you got any other silver?

0:16:300:16:32

Oh, yes, he has.

0:16:320:16:33

-Is that silver?

-Yeah, that's a little silver...

0:16:330:16:36

-Cor, that's posh, isn't it?

-Yes.

0:16:360:16:38

It's an old-fashioned cigarette case.

0:16:380:16:40

-But wouldn't it make a lovely card case?

-Yeah, that's right.

0:16:400:16:43

-Put your business cards in now.

-Business cards in there.

0:16:430:16:46

-Yeah, that's a good idea.

-And it's a good case. It's weighty.

0:16:460:16:50

"Dodo from Dennis."

0:16:500:16:52

-Oh, lovely.

-Isn't that lovely?

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In the form of a book, priced at £55.

0:16:540:16:58

-Beautiful, engine-turned decoration.

-Yeah.

-And look at that clasp.

0:16:580:17:02

-You don't think that's gold, do you?

-It could be.

0:17:020:17:06

-It's 1933. It's Charleston period, isn't it?

-Oh, yeah.

0:17:060:17:09

You could see a lady pulling that out of her bag

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and taking a slender cigarette, putting it in the cigarette holder.

0:17:120:17:15

Bit of Noel Coward, darling. I like that.

0:17:150:17:19

Good gravy, sir?

0:17:190:17:20

It's Birmingham on an L.

0:17:200:17:23

Ooh, you've dated it for me. 1935.

0:17:230:17:25

I think sauce boats are great when you've got a pair.

0:17:250:17:27

-When you have one...

-It's cheaper. Ticket price - £42.

0:17:270:17:32

-I'm making a parcel here.

-I could do a deal.

-Yes.

0:17:320:17:35

I'd want these sort of thrown in, although, frankly,

0:17:350:17:38

they look as if they've been thrown in from quite a distance.

0:17:380:17:41

-HE LAUGHS

-Yes, I see what you mean.

0:17:410:17:43

There's something that I could pass the savings on to you kind of thing.

0:17:430:17:47

What could you do for the three items?

0:17:470:17:49

I could do £55 for the three.

0:17:490:17:52

Do you know, the sort of thing I would do now is come back at 50,

0:17:520:17:55

-but it's such a reasonable offer...

-Certainly is, Charlie.

0:17:550:17:57

Shake the man's hand and grab that silverware.

0:17:570:18:00

Here we go. Wonderful!

0:18:000:18:02

-Half the silver vault's here.

-Ha!

0:18:020:18:04

Time to go and find his chum. Cue drone.

0:18:040:18:06

There you go. Now, what's for tea?

0:18:060:18:09

Something with garlic. I don't mind a snail.

0:18:090:18:12

A dozen escargot.

0:18:120:18:14

After all, L'Escargot won the Grand National once.

0:18:140:18:17

-Really?

-Yeah.

0:18:170:18:18

That's quite an achievement for a snail, isn't it?

0:18:180:18:20

For a snail. Remarkable!

0:18:200:18:22

Especially if you backed Red Rum, or had one or two. Nighty-night.

0:18:220:18:26

It's the last shopping day of their trip. Obvious, really.

0:18:290:18:34

It's a rather poignant end to it. We've had lovely weather.

0:18:340:18:36

-We have had lovely weather.

-As it comes to an end,

0:18:360:18:38

-the heavens open.

-Yeah.

0:18:380:18:40

Yesterday, Charlie's funds ran to some candlesticks...

0:18:400:18:43

There he goes.

0:18:430:18:45

..a gravy boat, a cigarette case,

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a card table, and a metamorphic chair...

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And for the potty training...

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..leaving him with £180 in his wallet,

0:18:520:18:55

whereas James picked up just a picture of a pooch...

0:18:550:18:59

Never underestimate the power of cute.

0:18:590:19:01

..which means he still has over £270 left

0:19:010:19:05

to try to overtake his chum today.

0:19:050:19:08

-Tactics?

-I always try, on my last day, to spend out.

0:19:080:19:11

-So, you're looking for a big buy?

-Enormous.

0:19:110:19:13

I'm looking for something that's going to cost in excess of £100.

0:19:130:19:17

Ooh! But I don't think anybody became rich

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on a £30 or £40 purchase.

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-An £8 purchase, possibly.

-THEY LAUGH

0:19:230:19:27

There goes that elephant again.

0:19:270:19:30

Later, they'll be Dorset-bound for the last auction in Dorchester.

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But they start out in Devon at Newton Abbot,

0:19:360:19:39

where England's most westerly racecourse

0:19:390:19:41

has seen a few thrilling finishes.

0:19:410:19:43

-"Antiques are us."

-That's half the battle.

0:19:430:19:46

And, what's more, our two colts are in this one together.

0:19:460:19:50

-Good morning!

-Good morning.

-You look deep in thought there.

0:19:500:19:53

Busy working, as always.

0:19:530:19:55

-Charlie and James.

-Hello.

-Hello, James. I'm Andrea.

0:19:550:19:58

And I'm Charles.

0:19:580:20:00

Niceties observed, it's time to go their separate ways.

0:20:000:20:05

These cigarette cards depict the Ashes Series

0:20:050:20:10

played in Australia infamously known as the Bodyline tour.

0:20:100:20:15

England were captained by Douglas Jardine.

0:20:150:20:18

He ruled with a rod of iron

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and he asked Harold Larwood in particular,

0:20:200:20:23

who you see here, to bowl short, very, very fast,

0:20:230:20:28

and the ball was coming up to the rib cage and above for the batsman.

0:20:280:20:33

Not illegal, but not exactly cricket, either.

0:20:330:20:36

We won that one.

0:20:360:20:37

The most famous Australian player was Donald Bradman,

0:20:370:20:41

who was the greatest cricketer the world has ever seen

0:20:410:20:44

with a batting average of 99.94.

0:20:440:20:48

I love those. £48 the pair, but they're in fabulous order.

0:20:480:20:53

Fascinating. I wish I had seen the series.

0:20:530:20:56

Oh, me, too. Now, what's James unearthed?

0:20:560:21:00

Ah, that's interesting.

0:21:000:21:02

So, we've got an early grenade here. World War I relic.

0:21:020:21:04

It's got a good weight to it. Obviously cast iron.

0:21:040:21:07

Invented by William Mills from Sunderland.

0:21:070:21:10

£50. Exactly as it says - a relic of war.

0:21:100:21:14

In no great hurry to part with his £270, is he?

0:21:140:21:18

Charlie said he wants to spend the lot.

0:21:180:21:21

That's rather nice. I wonder if that's silver.

0:21:210:21:24

It is silver!

0:21:240:21:25

It's made in London and it's very Art Deco.

0:21:250:21:30

You'd expect this to be 1920, 1930.

0:21:300:21:34

"Third prize Royal Wimbledon Tournament."

0:21:340:21:38

Now, the Royal Wimbledon Tournament,

0:21:380:21:40

that's not Wimbledon, as in Wimbledon tennis.

0:21:400:21:43

Royal Wimbledon is the Royal Wimbledon Golf Course.

0:21:430:21:46

It's got very nice, pierced handles, a nice, octagonal shape to it.

0:21:460:21:51

I think, with the engraving on it,

0:21:510:21:53

the value of it is probably limited to its weight, really.

0:21:530:21:57

-Brandon, does this belong to you?

-Indeed it does.

0:21:570:21:59

I was thinking, it's a pleasing shape. Very Deco.

0:21:590:22:03

Can you imagine how big the prize was for first?

0:22:030:22:05

Time to put it on the scales

0:22:050:22:07

because weight is pretty much everything.

0:22:070:22:09

The scrap price is £149.08.

0:22:090:22:13

Because I like it, I would pay £130. No more.

0:22:130:22:18

-145.

-Is 130 any good to you, sir?

0:22:180:22:21

-I will pay £130 cash.

-45 sounds better.

0:22:210:22:26

I think the record's got stuck. What about upstairs?

0:22:260:22:29

Silver lead.

0:22:290:22:31

Sure to have heft.

0:22:310:22:33

Ooh! That is heavy. It weighs a ton.

0:22:330:22:38

Aye aye.

0:22:380:22:39

-How's it going, Mr Braxton?

-Very good. Very good.

0:22:390:22:42

This is the Braxton weight test. Now, put your arms out.

0:22:420:22:45

-It's quite light.

-Oh!

-HE LAUGHS

0:22:450:22:49

Now, if you don't buy that, I'll eat my hat.

0:22:490:22:51

I think that might be even too heavy for James.

0:22:510:22:54

At least Charlie seems a bit more motivated.

0:22:540:22:57

These are rather lovely.

0:22:570:22:58

A pair of Doulton Lambeth salts together with...

0:22:580:23:03

Well, it's described as a toothpick holder,

0:23:030:23:06

which I'm sure is what it is.

0:23:060:23:07

And they're silver rimmed. Chester, 1891.

0:23:070:23:11

So, they're Victorian.

0:23:110:23:13

Doulton started off by making drains in London

0:23:130:23:17

and then developed their wares. They're quite unusual.

0:23:170:23:20

I think, not so much the salts, but the toothpick holder is unusual.

0:23:200:23:24

They're priced at £65.

0:23:240:23:25

I'd stand a sporting chance, I suppose,

0:23:250:23:28

at sort of 40, something like that.

0:23:280:23:30

Well, I wonder what Charles can manage.

0:23:300:23:33

Do they call that the harvest pattern or the hunting pattern?

0:23:330:23:35

-Hunting pattern, I believe.

-Hunting pattern, yeah.

0:23:350:23:37

They're Chester as well.

0:23:370:23:39

Just a little bit more cachet to Chester, isn't there?

0:23:390:23:43

I think that's a sweet object.

0:23:430:23:45

Cracked top to bottom. Had you spotted the crack?

0:23:460:23:49

-I hadn't, no.

-HE LAUGHS

0:23:490:23:53

I reckon we're getting somewhere.

0:23:530:23:55

-Would £40 buy those three objects?

-As you've pointed out the crack,

0:23:550:23:58

-I would say that £40 would be a fair price.

-Would you?

0:23:580:24:01

-That's very kind of you. Thank you.

-Thank you.

-At last!

0:24:010:24:04

I don't think he's quite forgotten the silver, either.

0:24:040:24:07

-Well, I'm about to leave. I've come to say goodbye.

-Oh, farewell.

0:24:070:24:11

But I'm still happy to pay £130. You don't have to say yes.

0:24:110:24:16

-I shall say yes.

-Are you sure? Thank you. That's wonderful.

0:24:160:24:21

So, £130, plus 40 for the salts and toothpick holder.

0:24:210:24:25

It's a pleasure doing business with you. Lovely, thank you.

0:24:250:24:29

-Enjoy your day.

-I will.

0:24:290:24:30

And with Charlie now safely off the premises,

0:24:310:24:34

can James be persuaded to part with some cash?

0:24:340:24:38

What does it say here? We've got "Chinese tea set".

0:24:380:24:40

Well, I know it's not Chinese. It's made in England.

0:24:400:24:44

We've got four teacups and saucers. Unusual pattern, this.

0:24:440:24:47

It's quite early, but it's a very soft-paste pottery

0:24:470:24:51

and it's made in Staffordshire by a company called Hilditch & Sons.

0:24:510:24:56

Very short-lived. 1822 to 1830. So, classic Regency period.

0:24:560:25:02

-You know, these are 200 years old.

-Good spot, James.

0:25:020:25:06

Eight pieces here, £8. So, that's £2 a cup and saucer.

0:25:060:25:10

That's quite cheap. Actually, I think I've found a bargain.

0:25:100:25:15

Time to talk to Andrea.

0:25:150:25:17

So, we've got this tea set here - Hilditch & Son.

0:25:170:25:20

-I couldn't identify them, so you've done very well.

-Thank you.

0:25:200:25:24

Is there some reward for that, Andrea?

0:25:240:25:26

-There's eight on them.

-Could I slash you in half? Could you do four?

0:25:260:25:31

-We'll do five.

-Five?

-Yeah.

-£5. A round five. There you are.

0:25:310:25:36

-All right?

-Thank you very much indeed.

-That's OK.

0:25:360:25:38

Not splashing the cash just yet, is he?

0:25:380:25:41

A fiver is yours. I have a fiver there.

0:25:410:25:43

Let's leave Mr Moneybags

0:25:430:25:46

and catch up with his fellow road-tripper

0:25:460:25:49

in the cathedral city of Devon

0:25:490:25:51

to see a portrait of an inspirational figure

0:25:510:25:54

at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, which is a great place.

0:25:540:25:59

-Michele, hello!

-Oh, hello, hi. Good to meet you.

-Lovely to be here.

0:25:590:26:02

-Shall we go in?

-Thank you.

0:26:020:26:03

Assistant curator Michele Green has been studying how this man,

0:26:030:26:07

former slave Ignatius Sancho...

0:26:070:26:10

-There he is.

-There he is.

0:26:100:26:12

..came to have his likeness painted

0:26:120:26:14

by one of our greatest portrait painters.

0:26:140:26:16

-It was thought to be painted by Joshua Reynolds.

-Yeah.

0:26:160:26:19

In 2006, a lot of research was carried out

0:26:190:26:22

-and we found out that the painter is Allan Ramsay.

-Ah.

0:26:220:26:26

Ah. The story of this early black Briton,

0:26:260:26:29

who became a celebrity and a published writer

0:26:290:26:31

75 years before abolition, began in 1729.

0:26:310:26:36

So, we've got a ship coming in from the West Indies

0:26:360:26:39

-with sugar and also Ignatius.

-And Ignatius, yes.

0:26:390:26:43

-Unfortunately, his mother died soon after his birth.

-Right.

0:26:430:26:46

His father also took his own life, rather than becoming a slave...

0:26:460:26:50

-Really?

-..so, effectively, he was an orphan.

-Goodness me.

0:26:500:26:52

Do we know who actually bought him?

0:26:520:26:54

Three sisters in London and he went to the house and worked for them.

0:26:540:27:00

Does history relate how he got on with them?

0:27:000:27:02

Whilst he was with the sisters, he met the 2nd Duke of Montagu,

0:27:020:27:06

who was a friend of the family, and he saw his great intelligence.

0:27:060:27:11

He basically encouraged him to start reading

0:27:110:27:15

and also lent him his books.

0:27:150:27:17

In 1749, he ran away and he went back to the Montagus.

0:27:170:27:21

And they took him in?

0:27:210:27:23

They took him in and he worked as a butler for Mary, Duchess Montagu.

0:27:230:27:27

-Yeah.

-And she must have had great affection for him

0:27:270:27:30

because, when she died, she left him money.

0:27:300:27:34

Cor, I bet that was frowned upon by the rest of her family.

0:27:340:27:37

As an emancipated man, Sancho encountered artists

0:27:370:27:40

and writers, composing music

0:27:400:27:42

and making quite an impression on 18th-century society.

0:27:420:27:45

He also used his fame, and his example,

0:27:450:27:48

to argue for the abolition of the slave trade.

0:27:480:27:51

He even wrote poetry. He was cultured and witty.

0:27:510:27:54

We see him painted on his own,

0:27:540:27:56

which reflects his status in society.

0:27:560:27:59

-Gosh, it gets even better the closer you get.

-It does.

0:28:000:28:03

-The detail's fantastic.

-Yeah.

0:28:030:28:06

-Are there particular hallmarks of Ramsay's work here?

-There are.

0:28:060:28:09

First, the eyes are so naturalistic. They stand out.

0:28:090:28:13

It's almost like they follow you.

0:28:130:28:15

-And also, you see these very small, short brushstrokes...

-Yeah.

0:28:150:28:19

-..which is a technique he used from the 1740s.

-Yeah.

0:28:190:28:23

-And it really helps to illuminate his face.

-And the colouring is...

0:28:230:28:27

-I mean, that silk tunic.

-It's very strongly lit.

-Yeah.

0:28:270:28:31

And you can see it's so skilfully done.

0:28:310:28:34

But it wasn't just one great 18th-century artist

0:28:340:28:37

because later in his life,

0:28:370:28:39

Ignatius was painted by Thomas Gainsborough as well.

0:28:390:28:42

By that time, it would seem, he had become a London shopkeeper,

0:28:420:28:45

which entitled him to another first.

0:28:450:28:48

In 1780, he voted in the free elections

0:28:480:28:51

-for Charles James Fox.

-Yeah.

0:28:510:28:54

This is the first record of a black person

0:28:540:28:57

voting in a British election.

0:28:570:28:59

Must have been an extraordinary man.

0:28:590:29:01

Someone that was born on a slave ship

0:29:010:29:05

and ended up being painted by such famous artists.

0:29:050:29:09

One final achievement - the first person of African descent

0:29:090:29:12

to have his obituary in the British press. Wow.

0:29:120:29:16

Meanwhile, James is a man on a mission.

0:29:200:29:23

The last shop and Charlie and I have rather agreed

0:29:230:29:26

that we want to spend up. I've got over £250 to spend.

0:29:260:29:31

I would like to try and wrestle it away from Charlie.

0:29:310:29:34

He has been in a dominant position now for the last two auctions.

0:29:340:29:39

Crikey!

0:29:390:29:41

It's all down to one final buying opportunity on the Devon coast

0:29:410:29:45

at Torquay, known as the English Riviera.

0:29:450:29:48

-Hello. James.

-Hi, I'm Penny.

-Good to meet you, Penny.

-And you.

0:29:500:29:53

-What should I be looking out for?

-Just everything. It's all lovely.

0:29:530:29:56

Watch out for the crocodile, though.

0:29:560:29:59

Sound advice,

0:29:590:30:00

although he's definitely watching out for you, too, James.

0:30:000:30:03

And don't forget to watch the ceiling.

0:30:030:30:06

See what I mean?

0:30:060:30:08

-Whoa! They're a good weight, Penny.

-They are.

0:30:080:30:11

Absolutely lethal.

0:30:120:30:14

Yes, do be careful.

0:30:140:30:16

-So, where do they come from?

-Oh, someone came and sold them to us.

0:30:160:30:19

So, I think these would have been

0:30:190:30:21

sort of like practice duelling swords.

0:30:210:30:23

Very unpleasant.

0:30:230:30:25

Goodness me!

0:30:250:30:27

Epee and foil, you're like this, but sabre, you look like a teapot.

0:30:270:30:32

THEY LAUGH

0:30:320:30:33

They might make quite a good decorative...

0:30:330:30:35

-What could they be?

-They can be £50 to you.

0:30:350:30:38

Swords and crocodiles - it's like Peter Pan in here, isn't it?

0:30:380:30:42

This is a pretty little fellow. What have we got here?

0:30:430:30:46

We've got a black grate, small size.

0:30:460:30:48

So, it would have been in a little bedroom.

0:30:480:30:50

We're going to Dorchester. Quite a historic...

0:30:500:30:53

It's the county town of Dorset. There's lots of old houses there.

0:30:530:30:57

In the '60s and '70s, everybody ripped these things out.

0:30:570:31:01

Now, people want them back in again.

0:31:010:31:03

But it's quite small, quite sweet, quite heavy.

0:31:030:31:06

Date-wise - 1830, 1840.

0:31:060:31:09

-Ticket price - £50.

-Let's go and see Penny.

0:31:090:31:12

So, will it be a cut throat or grate deal? Ha!

0:31:120:31:16

-It's a pretty little item, Penny, isn't it?

-It's lovely.

0:31:160:31:19

Penny, 30 quid for that.

0:31:190:31:21

-Cash.

-That's a bit low.

-Is it?

-Yeah.

0:31:210:31:26

-Well, it is quite low, isn't it?

-SHE CHUCKLES

0:31:260:31:28

-45.

-What about 35?

0:31:280:31:31

-What about 40?

-What about 38?

0:31:310:31:33

-Go on, then.

-HE LAUGHS

0:31:330:31:36

38. I like that. And I like the sabres.

0:31:360:31:39

Bit rusty, aren't they?

0:31:390:31:40

There's a lot of work I'm going to have to put into those, Penny.

0:31:400:31:43

-And I noticed, up there, you've got some epees.

-Mm-hm.

0:31:430:31:47

-Did they come in from the same source?

-Yeah.

0:31:470:31:49

What about 30 for the sabres and 30 the epees?

0:31:490:31:52

-No, that's a bit too low.

-Bit too low, is it? Oh, dear.

0:31:520:31:56

-£80 the pair.

-£80 the pair. That's valuing them at £40 each.

0:31:560:32:01

Can you do 38? 38. 38. We've got a trio of 38s.

0:32:010:32:07

-Yeah, that's OK.

-Is that OK?

-Go on, then.

-Go on, put it there.

0:32:070:32:12

Thank you very much indeed.

0:32:120:32:13

-So, 114 smacks in total...

-Merci beaucoup.

0:32:130:32:17

..for the great and dangerous-looking group

0:32:170:32:19

of rusty weaponry.

0:32:190:32:21

-I'm going to leave these swords here...

-OK.

0:32:210:32:23

..lest there's a duel between Charlie and I.

0:32:230:32:26

And with his form at the moment, I think I might lose.

0:32:260:32:30

-Thank you.

-Bye!

-Bye!

0:32:300:32:32

Now, with all the shopping done,

0:32:350:32:37

he's persuaded Charlie to join him on that much-threatened dip

0:32:370:32:41

further along the Riviera in Teignmouth.

0:32:410:32:44

Well, it would be rude not to, wouldn't it?

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Ah, takes me back! Takes me back. Sea bathing.

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-Whatever the temperature...

-Oh, James!

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-You look like Charles Atlas.

-Must be the yoga.

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Do you know, they're such sports, these two, aren't they?

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The greatest fun. Heading for France!

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When the surf's finally up, it'll be time for some shut-eye.

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Now, a fictionalised version of this lovely town

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features in Thomas Hardy's Mayor Of Casterbridge.

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There's an auction, too, although I'm sure that

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any resemblance to today's events will be purely coincidental.

0:33:180:33:23

-Come on. Energy.

-Energy.

-Energy.

-Keep it up. Keep it up.

0:33:230:33:27

That swim really did work wonders.

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After starting out, putting the "crew" into Crewkerne,

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our pair are about to attend their very last auction of the trip

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at Dorset's county town.

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Welcome to Duke's - with internet bidding.

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James parted with a mere £142 for his five auction lots...

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Come on. Come on.

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..while Charlie, as promised, spent almost all he had,

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£325, also on five lots.

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So, what do we reckon? Cards on the table, eh?

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Now, this could be no other's than Charlie Ross's.

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He loves a bit of Georgian mahogany.

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We've got a nice bit of cross banding going on round there.

0:34:060:34:09

Anyway, another loss to Charlie.

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James, you must be barking mad buying this.

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A West Highland terrier in delicious woolwork.

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It's been so beautifully put together

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in the most ghastly frame.

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Estimate? I don't think it deserves one.

0:34:230:34:27

Well, I wonder what auctioneer Garry Batt thinks will be a hit.

0:34:270:34:31

I like the cups and saucers. I think they're very primitive.

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Having said that, the market for just pretty little cups

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and saucers is quieter than it was.

0:34:370:34:40

I think the metamorphic highchair is possibly more difficult.

0:34:400:34:43

Probably would be illegal to put your child in it.

0:34:430:34:45

People who collect dolls would like it.

0:34:450:34:48

Those pre-First World War swords are very decorative

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and I think they could be certainly the top end of our estimate,

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and maybe even more.

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Cavalry pattern by Wilkinson. Just part of the Braxton collection.

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-Breathe in.

-Not to mention Charlie's choices.

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Thank you.

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It's all come down to this.

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You've got a little bit of a fighting bent

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to your purchases, haven't you?

0:35:120:35:13

Yeah, I'm tooled up for this last one.

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First, though, we have his great expectations.

0:35:160:35:20

Well, good luck, sir. Here we go.

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-£30 bid. I'll take five now.

-Oh!

-I've got 30.

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Five. 40. Any advance on 40?

0:35:250:35:28

Commission bid at £40.

0:35:280:35:31

-Well done.

-Slightly got away with it.

-Washing the face.

0:35:330:35:36

Yes, but you won't be catching up with Charlie like this.

0:35:360:35:39

-The grate was not great.

-No, no.

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Next, we have Charlie's trip back to his childhood.

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-Two words for you, Charlie.

-Yeah?

-Sticky fingers.

0:35:440:35:47

-HE LAUGHS

-Ew!

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Ten bid. 15. 20. Five, sir? £25.

0:35:490:35:54

-Any advance on £25?

-Oh, a bit more than this.

0:35:540:35:57

Anywhere? Going, then, now, at £25

0:35:570:35:59

-to you, sir. Thank you.

-Put it down. Put it down.

0:35:590:36:02

-Oh!

-Not the hot seat he'd hoped for. Ha!

0:36:020:36:06

It is, as I thought, going to go down to the wire.

0:36:060:36:09

This is just so exciting, I can't tell you.

0:36:090:36:12

Now, has James been sold a pup?

0:36:120:36:14

-I like the glass bead eyes.

-Do you?

0:36:140:36:17

If you make a profit in this, I'm leaving.

0:36:190:36:21

-Charming little thing...

-Charming?!

-..depicting a West Highland terrier.

0:36:210:36:24

I've got £10 to start. I'll take 15. 15. And 20 anyone? At £15.

0:36:240:36:30

This is far too much. 15?

0:36:300:36:32

-Take 20 bid. 20.

-Go on.

-Five anywhere now?

-Don't make it 25.

0:36:320:36:36

-I said I'd leave if it made 25.

-£20.

0:36:360:36:39

-You did very well getting £20 out of that.

-I've lost on that.

0:36:390:36:42

As long as he goes to a good home, eh?

0:36:420:36:45

Here is the test.

0:36:450:36:47

Would you have hung that woolwork picture in your house?

0:36:470:36:50

-Yes.

-You're a liar!

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Whereas Charlie is a good deal prouder of his card table.

0:36:540:36:58

Something I would have in my house.

0:36:580:36:59

I imagine your house is stuffed full of card tables.

0:36:590:37:03

-Oh, it's got card tables...

-Can you move?

0:37:030:37:04

..whatnots, chests of drawers.

0:37:040:37:06

My wife is now wedged into the corner of the drawing-room.

0:37:060:37:09

Who will start me off with this at £50?

0:37:090:37:12

50's bid. 60, I'll take.

0:37:120:37:14

-60 down here. At 60.

-Well done.

-Oh, come on.

-70 bid. 80 now, then.

0:37:140:37:20

-£80 is bid.

-It's for nothing. It's worth £150.

0:37:200:37:22

90, anyone like?

0:37:220:37:24

All done? Everybody out?

0:37:240:37:27

I feel a tear moistening my eye.

0:37:270:37:30

Profit's the name of the game, though, Charlie.

0:37:300:37:32

-I'm out of touch, aren't I?

-I hate to break this to you.

-Yeah?

0:37:320:37:35

-You may be.

-HE LAUGHS

0:37:350:37:37

Well, this lot's hardly trending either, James,

0:37:370:37:40

but they were cheap.

0:37:400:37:41

-£20 to start me. Ten is bid, then. Ten.

-Ten?

-15.

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20. Any advance on 20 for the discerning buyer? 25.

0:37:440:37:48

-30. Thank you, madam. 30.

-Madam!

-At £30.

0:37:480:37:52

There you are, ma'am, at £30.

0:37:520:37:54

-Are we all done? I sell...

-Bring the gavel down!

-..over here.

0:37:540:37:57

-Oh! Congratulations, old mate.

-Thank you.

-Well done.

0:37:580:38:01

Thankfully, they were somebody's cup of tea.

0:38:010:38:04

You are coming up behind me

0:38:040:38:06

and the faster I ride, you're riding slightly faster.

0:38:060:38:09

Can Charlie's Doulton bits give him a boost?

0:38:090:38:13

-Who'll start me where?

-Look.

-20 is bid.

0:38:130:38:15

Five now. At 20.

0:38:150:38:17

-25.

-Hey, look, look.

-Any advance on 30? Five.

0:38:170:38:20

Thank you, sir. 35. 40. Five for you, sir.

0:38:200:38:24

Oh, sir! What a shame.

0:38:240:38:26

Going at 40. Any advance then? Now then, all done at £40 with me?

0:38:260:38:31

Good effort, sir.

0:38:310:38:33

James is inching ever closer.

0:38:340:38:37

But, hey, it's the end of the trip. Pressy time.

0:38:370:38:40

-I've got a little something for you.

-What?

-Rather an important tome.

0:38:400:38:45

-You wily...!

-HE LAUGHS

0:38:450:38:48

Yoga!

0:38:480:38:50

-I want you to get into some of those positions.

-Oh, I can do that one.

0:38:500:38:53

Well, he's a former fencer. He should. Next, his epees.

0:38:530:38:57

I have overlapping bids at ten. 15 now, then. 20.

0:38:570:39:03

£20. £20.

0:39:030:39:05

25. 30. At £30, then, now.

0:39:050:39:08

-I don't want to make nothing.

-Beats the room.

0:39:080:39:10

-Going at £30. I sell for 30.

-A small loss?

0:39:100:39:14

He'll be cross about those, but not for long.

0:39:160:39:19

When you have a little libation at your local pub...

0:39:210:39:25

It's a beaker.

0:39:250:39:26

-CHARLIE GASPS

-Look at that.

0:39:260:39:29

James, thank you very much indeed.

0:39:290:39:31

As you get fitter, I'll get less and less fit.

0:39:310:39:35

Well, let's see how you're looking after the sell of your big buy,

0:39:350:39:38

the silver fella.

0:39:380:39:40

Start me at where?

0:39:400:39:41

£70 is bid. 80 now, then. 80, thank you, at the back, sir. 80.

0:39:410:39:46

90 anywhere, then? At 80. 90. 100. 110. 120. 130.

0:39:460:39:51

-Well done.

-No, that's...

-140.

-140.

0:39:510:39:54

140, if you like, in the door. No?

0:39:540:39:57

At £130, then. Now, near me at 130. All clear?

0:39:570:40:02

Struggling to make an impression there.

0:40:040:40:06

-You're struggling to get a bit of traction on this.

-I am.

0:40:060:40:09

Still a few lots to go, though.

0:40:090:40:11

Fiddling around with a few pounds up and a few pounds down.

0:40:110:40:14

Something enormous is going to happen.

0:40:140:40:16

But will it be rusty and pointed? James's sabres.

0:40:160:40:21

I have £60 to start. At 70 now, then. 60. 70. 80.

0:40:210:40:26

Any advance on 80? 80. 90.

0:40:260:40:28

£90 is bid. 90. 100, anyone like? 100 is bid. And ten. 120.

0:40:280:40:33

-Braxton...

-130. £130.

-..I submit.

-130.

0:40:330:40:37

130. 140. 140. All over? Going at 140...

0:40:370:40:43

-I have to say...

-Charlie, Charlie, Charlie.

-..I take my hat off to you.

0:40:450:40:48

That huge profit may well have clinched it for James.

0:40:480:40:51

In spite of any knowledge or experience, I've managed to...

0:40:510:40:55

How did I latch onto it?

0:40:550:40:57

Last chance, Charlie - your bargain silver collection.

0:40:570:41:01

Who will start me at £60?

0:41:010:41:04

60 bid. 70. Commission 80. 90. 100. And... No?

0:41:040:41:10

£100 is bid, then. Nothing in the room?

0:41:100:41:13

I sell at £100, therefore.

0:41:130:41:15

100. Thank you.

0:41:150:41:17

-Very nice, but will it be enough?

-It's going to be close.

0:41:170:41:20

There's not going to be a lot in it, but I just have a feeling...

0:41:200:41:23

-It's going to be close.

-..that you've nibbled ahead.

0:41:230:41:26

Come on, James.

0:41:260:41:27

Well, best left to our crack team of mathematicians, then.

0:41:270:41:32

Charles started out with £335.62, and after auction costs,

0:41:320:41:37

made a loss of £17.50.

0:41:370:41:39

So, he ends up with £318.12.

0:41:390:41:44

While James, who began with £297.72, made, after costs,

0:41:450:41:51

a profit of £71.20.

0:41:510:41:54

So, his winning total is £368.92.

0:41:540:41:59

All profits go to Children In Need.

0:41:590:42:02

That is absolutely fascinating.

0:42:020:42:05

Do you know, there are one or two positions in that book

0:42:050:42:08

that you could only dream about.

0:42:080:42:09

I think I need to be craned into them.

0:42:090:42:12

-THEY LAUGH

-Well, James...

-Anyway...

0:42:120:42:14

..congratulations. You've done it again.

0:42:140:42:16

-I know.

-I'm going to drown my sorrows.

0:42:160:42:18

Oh, don't drown your sorrows. Come and join me on the mats.

0:42:180:42:21

It's the future.

0:42:210:42:22

Not down on any map. True places never are.

0:42:220:42:26

Have a good trip!

0:42:260:42:27

# Hey, look at us now

0:42:280:42:30

# Hey, look at us now

0:42:310:42:33

# Hey, look at us now, now, now, now, now, now

0:42:350:42:38

# Look at us now... #

0:42:380:42:40

You're safe with the safe.

0:42:410:42:43

Oh, Mother, I want to pay ten for it!

0:42:430:42:46

Ooh, sorry.

0:42:480:42:50

# Look at me now

0:42:500:42:52

# Hey, look at me now... #

0:42:530:42:55

No! No! No!

0:42:550:42:58

Perfect fit. Ooh!

0:42:580:43:00

I think it's the best road trip I've ever had.

0:43:000:43:02

Do you know, I think he's right.

0:43:020:43:04

Next time, it's quite a fling with new friends...

0:43:040:43:08

-I'll give you a tenner for it.

-OK, darling, buckle up.

0:43:080:43:11

..and old pals, as Anita and Charles show us how it's done.

0:43:110:43:15

SMASHING

0:43:160:43:19

Come on, Charlie!

0:43:190:43:21

Game on!

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