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The nation's favourite antique experts. £200 each and one big challenge.

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Well, duck, do I buy you or don't I?

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Who can make the most money

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buying and selling antiques as they scour the UK?

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The aim is trade up and hope that each antique turns a profit,

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but it's not as easy as it looks,

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and dreams of glory can end in tatters.

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So, will it be the fast lane to success

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or the slow road to bankruptcy?

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-There's a mouth!

-This is the Antiques Road Trip.

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It's the third day of our road trip in the classic 1959 Hillman Minx,

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and Charles Hanson has got one over on his rival, David Barby.

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Hanson, the young pretender, has a tiny lead

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over the well-provenanced David Barby, and I'm very excited.

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Charles Hanson is an auctioneer from Derbyshire,

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and so loves Chinese porcelain, he'll even try to talk to it.

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-You're quite right.

-But when it comes to spotting a fake, he's clueless.

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I just don't know, you look so closely.

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David Barby, on the other hand, is a valuer from Rugby,

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and he likes to indulge in a little disguise.

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But he's finding his back-seat passenger somewhat trying.

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-Turn left up here, David.

-Charles.

-Stop here, David.

-Charles!

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Oh, dear.

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These two started the week with a handsome £200 each,

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but after the second leg of the trip, it's all change.

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David sustained losses at yesterday's auction,

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leaving him with £248.08 going into today.

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I'm just collapsing.

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Charles, however, made healthy gains, giving him £261.88

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and catapulting him into the lead over his rival, David.

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That's why I call Charles the young pretender.

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-Give me a high five, David.

-It's great for you. It's great for you, Charles. Congratulations.

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This week's Road Trip is a huge 300-mile sprint

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from Lichfield, south to Frome,

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back up north to the Wirral Peninsula

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and ending in Nottingham for the final showdown.

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Gosh!

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Today's leg kicks off in Ross-on-Wye on the Welsh border,

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and with a fair wind should end up in Frome in Somerset for the auction.

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But with Charles's navigating skills, it will be pure luck

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if they ever get there.

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David, all I've heard of Ross-on-Wye is it's a place that's really full of books.

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-Is that right?

-I think that's Hay-on-Wye, actually.

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-Isn't Hay-on-Wye also in Wales?

-Ross-on-Wye is not in Wales.

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-Where is Ross-on-Wye?

-Just on the border.

-Is it coastal?

-No.

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Charles, how can it be coastal if it's right on the border?

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Ross-on-Wye is often called the birthplace of British tourism

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after rector Dr John Egerton took friends on boat trips

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down the Wye valley in the mid-18th century.

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Ever since then, its picturesque qualities have struck

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even the flightiest of visitors.

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-It's charming, David, isn't it?

-It's alarming how charming it is.

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-It's alarming charming, Charlie!

-Look, Charles, pull over there.

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-What do you mean, all the gears?

-Handbrake. Handbrake.

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Right, Charles, I'm going up the hill, OK?

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Why are you going up the hill, David?

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Well, I think you saw the antique shops down there, so I'm going to explore the top.

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OK, that's fine by me, David. Thank you very much. Look after yourself.

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-Spend all your money, OK?

-Likewise.

-See you later.

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David is heading for Deja Vu,

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which is barely in "vu" under all that scaffolding.

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It says it has collectibles to suit all tastes and budgets,

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and David has quickly spotted this quirky chair.

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So in fact, what happens, these two arms engage, do they?

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Yes, they come forward like this.

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And then they have little handles on the back as well.

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-Gosh, that is unusual.

-Yes.

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Actually, this is an invalid's chair,

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and it was used to transport patients

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when porters would carry a seated person around

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using the handles at the front and at the rear of the chair.

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The beauty of this one is that it has a brass plaque,

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giving its maker's details.

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Anything or any item that has a label indicating its manufacture,

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and the very fact that this is a one-off... It's a one-off...

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Only that particular company produced this type of chair.

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That is very nice indeed. How much is that?

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-I was thinking about £70.

-70?

-Yes.

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-What about 45? 45.

-55?

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-Let's split the difference at 50.

-OK.

-Right, at £50.

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Thank you very much indeed.

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So, it's £50 for the chair, but Whisperer David hasn't finished yet.

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-Penny, I've just picked this up. This is quite quirky, isn't it?

-It is, yes.

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I know it's a Victorian majolica glaze jug.

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It's a well-known design, the monkey-headed jug.

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But during the 1920s, I would imagine,

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when these weren't fashionable,

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somebody poured liquid concrete in there

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and then put this home-made fitment holder for a lamp.

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How much would that be?

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You've got £15 on it, but it's useless as a piece of pottery.

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I suppose I could let that go for 10.

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Do I love you enough for £10?

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Take me, take me, I'm yours, yours.

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I'm going to contemplate that, if I may.

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The other thing I love are these Worcester Japanese-inspired coffee cups.

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Yes, they're lovely, but unfortunately no saucers.

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Why I like these is the fact that these are in the Japanese taste.

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These would date probably around about the 1880 period.

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-Those are £6 the pair?

-Yes.

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If I bought that and that, how much would they be?

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Say £12 for the lot?

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While David contemplates a job lot for £12,

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Charles is yet to contemplate anything.

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He's up the road at Elizabethan House Antiques,

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an impressive 17th century timber-framed antiques shop,

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but things aren't going smoothly.

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A long day ahead. Only £13 ahead, don't blow it too quickly.

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I'm going off it a bit. I'm going off it, I'm not sure why. I'm going off it.

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I've got a lot more shopping to do today

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and I don't want to feel I've got to buy already.

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David, on the other hand, just can't help himself.

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He's already acquired an invalid's chair

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and is eyeing up a jug filled with concrete.

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And two coffee cups without saucers as a combined lot. That's not all.

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This is George III. This would have been a bedroom spark guard.

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It's projected out into the room

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so anybody wearing flanked skirts would not be too close to the fire.

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We are looking at something round about 1780-1900.

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But at £60, it's on the hot side.

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Time to haggle with Penny, poor girl.

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Could I suggest 38?

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-Make it 40.

-38.

-Oh, go on, then.

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38. Penny, thank you.

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At £38. Yeah! Two buys!

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Steady on! Such a hooligan!

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Right, I do like downstairs, the jug and the two Worcester pieces.

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-You said £10 for the three pieces, did you?

-12.

-Cheeky.

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Right, you've been so kind on the other two items

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that I can't refuse your even more generous offer

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on those three other pieces, so that's another sale.

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Thank you very much indeed, and now I must stop.

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So, with four pieces under his belt already and only one shop down,

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is there no stopping to this man?

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Time for our experts to swap shops.

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Surely empty-handed Charles can find something in Deja Vu.

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It's packed with goodies and all that lovely blue scaffolding.

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-You've had Mr Barby in already.

-Yes.

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Has he caressed your wares?

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-No comment.

-Charles, for goodness sake! She could be your mother.

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One of those antique shops where it's all very much like this.

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It's all together. Here, you can almost swim around and get a feel.

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Is that the breaststroke he's doing?

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Penny, thanks ever so much.

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-I'm a bit concerned now, I've been to two shops and bought nothing.

-Oh, dear.

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So, the pressure is on.

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Someone who definitely hasn't got buyer's block is David,

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who's found a funny coloured stool.

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What's interesting about this is that it's rustic.

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This could have been made by a cottager wanting a hearth stool

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and some timber that's hanging around,

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so we've got a solid oak top,

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and you can see the oak through there underneath this hideous paint.

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And it's got some age to it.

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Oh, yeah.

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It's OK. It's a good piece of furniture, this.

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I like it.

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Quite sturdy. But at £15, is there a deal to be done with owner Fred?

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-You've got 15 quid on it, what's the best?

-I'll do it for £10.

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-What about eight?

-Eight?

-£8. It really, really is...

-Oh, go on, then.

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-£8 will do.

-Thank you very much indeed.

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If somebody is prepared to take all this paint off, which won't be too difficult...

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Oh, I would leave it. It's part of its life story.

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What would you do? Polish it up or something?

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-Just wax it up, I would.

-It's an interesting concept.

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With a farewell to Ross-on-Wye,

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our plucky road trippers head north to Hereford.

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To take his mind off what can only be described as

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a disastrous morning shop, Charles is taking a short break from it all.

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Look, look, look.

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Oh gosh, there's buildings all the way around.

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Charles has come to St John's Medieval Museum in Hereford

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to find out how this site became home

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to the crusading Knights of St John.

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Here to meet him is John... Worlan. Curator.

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-I have come here today to learn about crusades.

-Yes, yes.

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And to learn about knights, but tell me, put it into context for me.

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It was very, very popular in the 11th and 12th century and even beyond,

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to actually make a journey, make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.

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Of course, the Knights of St John, we were all there to protect them, look after their illnesses.

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And they did this wearing their signature red and white tunics over heavy armour.

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The Order was founded by the Blessed Gerard about 1070,

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but it wasn't until the 13th century that they came here,

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to this chapel in Hereford.

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It was founded, this room, this building, in around 1260.

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What happened next?

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Well, after 1260, of course,

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it wasn't very long before the Knights were all thrown out of the Holy Land.

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They had nowhere else to go so they came back here in numbers.

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All the ground area became a chapel.

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All the upper area became an infirmary.

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So what happened is that it became a place

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where if you were sick, elderly or infirm,

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the Knights would look after you.

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It wasn't just the Knights.

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A 14th-century skeleton found in the grounds suggested

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there were women there too.

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-Oh, my gosh.

-Here she is.

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Now, we had thought for a considerable period of time

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that it was a fellow.

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But she is in actual fact a woman.

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She would probably have been the equivalent,

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as we understand it now, to a nursing matron.

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The life and work of the Catholic Knights was, however,

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in stark contrast to the Dominican Black Friars,

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whose monastery adjoined the chapel.

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Who were the Black Friars?

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They were monks or friars and what they did is

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they depended on preaching and teaching for their alms.

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-They were established over there in the friary.

-Wonderful.

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Where the Knights would have been over here,

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the Knights would have been influential in the city,

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they would have been rich people.

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While the Black Friars' monastery is long gone,

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their 14th century Gothic Preaching Cross

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does survive, thanks to restoration work,

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and is the only remaining example of its type in England.

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This pulpit would have been central to the friar's life

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as preachers and teachers.

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What would have happened there was local people

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would come in that gateway area and would muster around here.

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They would be grumbling and everything.

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-The friars would then preach at them.

-Can anyone go inside or not really?

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-Is it sacred to go inside?

-No, no, No.

-Can I go inside?

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Well, I wouldn't recommend it, Charles.

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You're a bit tall, actually.

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-I'll be OK.

-Oh, well done.

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There he goes.

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-John, you had to go up like this. John, I'm stuck.

-Are you stuck?

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John, I'm stuck!

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John, it's OK.

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-I'm up, John.

-Fantastic.

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You suddenly feel power here, to be in this confined space,

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to be surrounded by so much history.

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It's very special.

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To think of those great folk who have been up here

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in years gone by is tremendous.

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I would say that you've entered into the spirit of it.

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While Charles has been pontificating from the pulpit,

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David's heading further north to Kidderminster in Worcestershire.

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After his morning buying spree, he can afford to cruise

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to the end of the day,

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but once an antiques hound, always an antiques hound.

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This is the forerunner of jukeboxes.

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It's operated by putting in a penny at the side there,

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which will then start the disc into motion.

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So I'm going to give it a turn and then you can listen.

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MUSIC PLAYS

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Lovely.

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But at seven and a half grand,

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there's no way David's going to get this for under £30.

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Ha! Instead, he's going down memory lane with a Hornby signal cabin.

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I like that because it brings back my youth.

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My father bought me a Hornby train set.

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The only problem is he played with it more than I did!

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I like that immensely. Ian, sorry. Can I bother you just a second?

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-Not a problem.

-What's the very best you can do on that?

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The very, very best, and no haggling, £20. That's it.

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That is the best.

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Don't bid me 18 or even 19. It's got to be £20.

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-It's a little bit battered, that's the only point.

-It's got its box.

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-Right, Ian, I'm going to go for this.

-Good choice.

-Happy memories.

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It's another one in the bag for David,

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and as the sun sets on the Hillman Minx,

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empty-handed Charles can only hope for a miracle tomorrow.

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Red sky at night, shepherd's delight.

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It's a new day for our road trippers and the young pretender,

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Charles, is angling for a union with his rival.

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Maybe he thinks David can help him out of the hole he's found himself in.

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You are a piece of work, Mr Barby. Shall we shop in unison?

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-Shall we shop as a couple?

-I'd rather not.

-Why not?

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-We're not married.

-Let's shop together.

-Thank God!

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So far, David is motoring ahead on this road trip.

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He's spent a conservative £128, but bought five auction lots.

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Charles, on the other hand, has spent zilch. That's nothing.

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Our daring duo are on their way to Stourbridge,

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just 13 miles west of Birmingham.

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The town built its reputation

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on its prodigious glass-making industry.

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So will there be something here to catch Charles's eye

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or is it going to be one mad dash at the end of the day?

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-Feeling confident?

-Go in first.

-Why?

-Charles, make a move.

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You've got to buy!

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The pair are kicking off the day at Charles Langford,

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a massive 4,000 square foot shop packed with furniture and smaller objects.

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I think these are quite nice.

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These are probably English-made coloured glass bottles

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which will date to around 1880.

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I love these fruit and vine forms of design, but there's no price on here.

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Is that a concern?

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Sometimes, no price, maybe I've got room to negotiate myself

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and really negotiate them down quite hard.

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Is Charles actually considering buying something? We can only hope.

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-What's the best price on the bottles?

-65.

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I do like them, Steve.

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I was hoping, Steve, that you might take a mid-estimate for them

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of £50 and give young Hanson a chance.

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-£50, then. There we go.

-I'm off and running.

-You'd better be.

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-I'm firing up in Stourbridge.

-Don't change your mind.

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-My mate, Steve, is going to take 50.

-£50.

-Sold. Thanks, Steve.

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We're on the way.

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Hooray, and about time too.

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But there's still a long way to go, and time waits for no man, Charles.

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David, meanwhile, is on the home stretch

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and fishing for a final item.

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-Steve, what are those ugly fish down there?

-On the bottom, Clarice Cliff.

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These are late 1930s, and it was the Newport factory

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that she was working for at that particular time.

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These are late.

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They're not the sort of bizarre or fantastique models,

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the Cubist patterns, that really make a lot of money.

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This pair of odd-looking ceramic creatures are in fact wall pockets,

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probably used for storing tapers to light the fire,

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or sticking flowers in.

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They clearly tickle David's fancy, though.

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I look at these and they amuse me,

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possibly because I think in terms of fish-and-chip shops.

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I love fish and chips.

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They have an element of nostalgia that I like about them.

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They're ugly, but sometimes ugly is good.

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I look in the mirror every morning and I think of that.

0:19:570:20:02

-I think these are quite nice. What's the price on them?

-£95.

-Goodness me.

0:20:020:20:07

-What about £40 for the two?

-I'll do them at 50, but I want 50.

0:20:070:20:13

Split the difference, 45? 45.

0:20:130:20:16

-It's nearly half the price, you know? Go on, 45.

-Steve, thank you.

0:20:160:20:23

-You've got a deal.

-Thank you.

0:20:230:20:25

How weird is that? Hope he's washed it.

0:20:250:20:29

-They are so ugly.

-They are, aren't they?

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Meanwhile, the day's moving fast and Charles still only has one buy.

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Cripes!

0:20:380:20:39

So, next stop, Lye Antiques.

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A mountain of things to rummage through.

0:20:450:20:48

Better get digging, Charles!

0:20:480:20:50

You know when you feel quite claustrophobic? It's happening.

0:20:500:20:54

That's nice.

0:20:580:21:00

You think back to the 1920s, you think of the skyscrapers,

0:21:000:21:04

you think of everything art deco, and in this pot,

0:21:040:21:07

it's very much evocative of that great 1920s time.

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It was a race in life.

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It was the depression at one moment and it was the jazz age

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and high-living and cocktail parties at the other.

0:21:170:21:21

Here, you've got a wonderful signed Charlotte Reid vase.

0:21:210:21:24

Has it been here for a while? Would you take £30 for it?

0:21:240:21:27

I might then buy something else.

0:21:270:21:29

It might give me enough change to buy something else. I mean it.

0:21:290:21:33

-As I say, I did pay 50 quid for it.

-OK.

-£50 for that.

-Yeah.

0:21:330:21:38

Are you sure?

0:21:380:21:41

-Look at me, look at me!

-Go on.

-Are you sure?

0:21:410:21:44

It's a jug and bowl,

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and the reeds or the rushes of this enamelled and printed ground

0:21:540:21:58

is very much inspired by the Victorians

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to really move slightly away

0:22:020:22:05

from all things patterned and Etruscan or Roman.

0:22:050:22:10

This is more of a return to the aesthetic, to the natural foliage.

0:22:100:22:15

This jug and bowl from circa 1868 could be yours for £20.

0:22:150:22:21

10 to £15 at auction, give me a chance of profit

0:22:210:22:24

and to turn it over for you, I will perhaps give you £5?

0:22:240:22:27

-No, I can't do it. I'll do it for the tenner.

-For a tenner?

0:22:270:22:31

I'm going to say, Paul, I said five, you said 10, let's meet halfway.

0:22:310:22:38

-£8.

-Go on.

0:22:380:22:40

Paul, that's great. Thanks so much, mate.

0:22:400:22:42

That, Paul, gives me now three items with about an hour to go.

0:22:420:22:46

Thanks very much. Cheers, Paul. All the best. See you.

0:22:460:22:48

And now, a man who's definitely not in a rush is David.

0:22:480:22:53

After calling time on his shopping with those dreadful looking fish,

0:22:530:22:57

he's taking it easy,

0:22:570:22:59

with a trip south to the Herefordshire village of Much Marcle.

0:22:590:23:04

He's visiting one of the oldest houses in England.

0:23:050:23:10

Hellens Manor is steeped in history, dating back to the Middle Ages

0:23:100:23:15

and the time of the Crusades.

0:23:150:23:17

Live-in curator, Nicholas Stevens,

0:23:170:23:19

has agreed to let David in on one of its chilling secrets.

0:23:190:23:22

-Curator of this wonderful house!

-Indeed, welcome to Hellens.

0:23:220:23:26

Here it is. Wonderful brick-built mansion.

0:23:260:23:29

-I'm intrigued by the inside, let's go and have a look.

-Come and have a look.

0:23:290:23:33

The interior is a feast of history,

0:23:350:23:38

from its magnificent stone hall and fireplace

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to old tapestries and Cromwellian armour.

0:23:410:23:44

But it's the story behind one of its bedrooms that's most compelling.

0:23:440:23:49

-Peter, is this the haunted room?

-It is. It's Hetty Walwyn's room.

0:23:490:23:52

-I didn't have a shiver at all.

-No? Sorry about that.

0:23:520:23:56

-Who is Hetty Walwyn?

-OK.

0:23:560:23:58

Well, after the Civil War, John Walwyn got the house back

0:23:580:24:02

and had some children rather late in life.

0:24:020:24:04

His youngest child was a daughter called Mehitabel.

0:24:040:24:08

She disgraced the family.

0:24:080:24:10

She fell in love with an ordinary working fellow from the village.

0:24:100:24:13

-Ran off with him.

-Right, eloped.

-Eloped.

0:24:130:24:18

Sad to say, it was not a success and we don't quite know why,

0:24:180:24:21

but within two years, she was back at the door,

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begging for forgiveness.

0:24:250:24:27

Her mother took her in all right, but locked her up in this room.

0:24:270:24:31

-And here she stayed.

-Until she died?

-Until she died.

0:24:310:24:35

And how did she die? She didn't hang herself, did she?

0:24:410:24:44

We've no details about that at all.

0:24:440:24:46

No, that rope is so that if she was in dire straits,

0:24:460:24:50

needed help, she could ring the bell.

0:24:500:24:53

They took all the trouble to put a bell on the roof,

0:24:530:24:55

right above her room.

0:24:550:24:56

BELL RINGS

0:24:560:24:57

-Doesn't that sound mournful?

-It does.

-Oh, dear.

0:25:000:25:03

But you see, she messed up everything for the entire family.

0:25:030:25:06

-Brought disgrace on the family.

-Absolutely.

-Yes.

0:25:060:25:09

So this is Hetty's room?

0:25:090:25:11

Do we have any evidence that she actually existed

0:25:110:25:13

or did she leave any mementos behind?

0:25:130:25:15

I'm glad you asked because she scratched messages on the glass,

0:25:150:25:19

and there's one in the middle there

0:25:190:25:21

which says, "It is a part of virtue to abstain from what we love if it should prove our bain."

0:25:210:25:27

Legend has it that no-one knew of Hetty's incarceration.

0:25:290:25:34

To the world, she simply vanished.

0:25:340:25:36

As to her death, it's not clear

0:25:360:25:37

if she died naturally or took her own life, poor soul.

0:25:370:25:42

Apart from its famed hauntings,

0:25:440:25:46

Hellens Manor also has a unique jewel in its crown.

0:25:460:25:50

A piece of work by the famous 16th century miniature portrait painter,

0:25:500:25:55

Nicholas Hilliard.

0:25:550:25:57

Here you are, David. I've got this out especially for you.

0:25:570:26:01

-It's not generally on view.

-It's kept under lock and key, is it?

-Yes.

0:26:010:26:05

I can understand why.

0:26:050:26:06

This is a beautiful piece of Renaissance jewellery.

0:26:060:26:11

-So we have a gold jewel.

-Yes.

0:26:110:26:14

I can see the Renaissance details here with these sort of figures,

0:26:140:26:19

almost like little caryatids or cornucopia, the figures coming out.

0:26:190:26:24

What I'd like to do is turn it over because I want to see

0:26:240:26:27

the portraits which are contained in this gold locket.

0:26:270:26:33

It's a double portrait because it's a marriage gift,

0:26:330:26:36

probably given by Queen Elizabeth I.

0:26:360:26:38

These portraits are absolutely exquisite.

0:26:380:26:42

While the portraits are of a couple unconnected with the house,

0:26:420:26:46

they are nevertheless remarkable.

0:26:460:26:49

-It has to be unique.

-Yes, it is.

-There's not another one like this.

0:26:490:26:54

-No, it is completely unique.

-That is such a treasure.

0:26:540:26:58

You have given me so many thrills today. Not just the ghost!

0:26:580:27:03

But that is a lovely piece to end this visit.

0:27:030:27:07

Back on the road, Charles, our young pretender,

0:27:090:27:13

is rushing to find more items before the day is done.

0:27:130:27:17

He's left Stourbridge

0:27:170:27:18

and is heading for Kidderminster, where David was the day before.

0:27:180:27:22

Of course, our expert is as cool as a cucumber, as you'd expect.

0:27:220:27:26

My time is almost up, and I feel quite bashful and ashamed,

0:27:280:27:32

but I'm going to trace David's steps in where he came yesterday,

0:27:320:27:36

because you never know what hasn't been upturned.

0:27:360:27:40

-Some silver in that cabinet, some silver in this one.

-Fine.

0:27:400:27:43

Bit of plate over there.

0:27:430:27:44

Maybe with my budget, plate's more what I'm after.

0:27:440:27:47

-That's a nice thing, isn't it? How early is it?

-I don't think it's that early.

0:27:470:27:51

-1960s?

-Probably.

-I quite like the form of this.

0:27:510:27:54

It's a really stylish tapered and ribbed cocktail shaker.

0:27:540:27:57

We've got the actual inner cover and the liner.

0:27:570:28:02

It's quite striking, Ian.

0:28:020:28:05

What does concern me is the fact that maybe when someone's been...

0:28:050:28:09

..doing all of that...

0:28:110:28:12

Quite clearly, it's been dropped,

0:28:120:28:14

and there's this big indentation on its base down here.

0:28:140:28:18

That will affect value, but, do you know what, to me, it's been used.

0:28:180:28:22

It's been enjoyed. It's been thrown for the right reasons.

0:28:220:28:25

Careful!

0:28:250:28:27

-Sorry! Sorry, Ian.

-It's all right.

0:28:270:28:30

-Sorry, Ian.

-You're rushing, aren't you? That's what it is. Chill.

0:28:300:28:35

I'm in trouble, you see. What's the best price, then, on this?

0:28:350:28:39

-Between friends.

-Between friends.

-Are you a man who negotiates hard?

0:28:390:28:43

Um... Depending on cost.

0:28:430:28:47

That one you can have for £25.

0:28:470:28:49

I quite like it. £15?

0:28:490:28:53

Give me 20 quid, that's it. That's it done. I can't do any more.

0:28:530:28:57

Do you know what, I'd meet you halfway at £18.

0:28:580:29:03

-Give me your money.

-OK, Ian, money. There's your cocktail shaker.

0:29:030:29:06

Do you want it wrapped?

0:29:060:29:08

-Ian, that would be great, please.

-Newspaper, we can't afford tissue.

0:29:080:29:12

On ice, Ian, please. Put it on ice for me.

0:29:120:29:14

It's back in the Hillman Minx for Charles,

0:29:150:29:17

who's now heading over to Ludlow, a town on the Shropshire Welsh border,

0:29:170:29:22

overlooked by a picturesque medieval castle.

0:29:220:29:26

He's meant to be meeting up with David, but instead,

0:29:280:29:31

he's getting all flustered because it's closing time.

0:29:310:29:34

I'm just panicking now. I've got literally 20 minutes to go,

0:29:340:29:37

20 minutes to go, and I cannot find any other items

0:29:370:29:40

apart from hopefully here is my last shot.

0:29:400:29:43

It's got to be. Time is of the essence.

0:29:430:29:47

So, can Don Bayliss antiques come up with one final killer item

0:29:470:29:51

in the twilight moments of Charles's frantic shopping day?

0:29:510:29:55

This is a quarter pint jug and it is marked with the word,

0:29:550:30:00

what appears to be "Sterling." There's an "S".

0:30:000:30:04

Beaded, nice scroll handle with an engraved initial

0:30:040:30:10

"For E.P.,"

0:30:100:30:11

who would have been the owner of this jug.

0:30:110:30:13

It probably dates to around 1910. The feel of it feels like silver.

0:30:130:30:18

With the silver values for scrap being at about £18 or £19,

0:30:180:30:24

I tend to think, that's good value. But what's it worth?

0:30:240:30:28

Priced at £30, can Charles wheedle out an end of the day deal?

0:30:280:30:33

-Would you take for it £25?

-28.

0:30:330:30:37

-£25.

-Go on, then.

-Don, look at me. Are you sure? Are you happy?

-Yes.

0:30:370:30:43

There's my jug. That's a gamble. Is it worth it?

0:30:430:30:48

He's saying, yes it is. Great.

0:30:480:30:50

Phew. What a day.

0:30:500:30:53

With the sun setting over Ludlow,

0:30:530:30:56

it's time for our two experts to meet for the big reveal.

0:30:560:31:00

So there we have the little Hornby train set signal box.

0:31:020:31:08

David, I think it's splendid.

0:31:080:31:10

I think it captures a great golden age of toy manufacture

0:31:100:31:13

in our great country, but it's in its original box.

0:31:130:31:16

It's clean, it's neat, it's tidy. Let me guess, David.

0:31:160:31:19

I think you paid for this about £35.

0:31:190:31:22

-I paid £20.

-I found these, David.

0:31:220:31:26

-Oh, I saw those.

-Did you?

-Yes. I love the colour.

-Yeah.

0:31:260:31:30

What would you call the colour? It's not an amethyst.

0:31:300:31:34

-Its almost a citrine, isn't it?

-Like a lemon tint.

0:31:340:31:36

Nice, but what about that stool?

0:31:360:31:39

Crikey me! It's possibly oak or beech.

0:31:390:31:41

I don't know without uncoating it.

0:31:410:31:45

I wouldn't buy it.

0:31:450:31:47

-He doesn't mince his words.

-I bought this.

0:31:470:31:51

It's sweet, it's charming. Do you likey-likey?

0:31:520:31:56

I love the colour green. I love the design, the bulrushes.

0:31:560:32:00

-I think that's a very nice buy.

-Next, David.

0:32:000:32:02

-Uh-oh.

-What a peculiar thing.

0:32:020:32:04

-But also, what came with it are two other little things.

-Right.

0:32:040:32:08

-They're very aesthetic.

-Exactly. Oh, you've got a Charlotte Reid.

0:32:080:32:12

Very nice, Charles. I think you paid round about £20 for that.

0:32:120:32:16

-It cost me £30.

-You might get 45.

0:32:160:32:19

Oh, great!

0:32:190:32:21

-Are they Clarice Cliff?

-Yes.

-They're just happy, happy fish.

0:32:210:32:26

There's a chip there, David, as well. Big chip there.

0:32:260:32:29

Well, you've got fish and chips.

0:32:290:32:31

Listen, let me do the jokes, Barby.

0:32:310:32:34

-That's nice. Is it silver?

-No, David. It's not very clever and to be honest, David, I was panicking.

0:32:340:32:41

I was racing around like a headless chicken and I just lost my marbles a bit.

0:32:410:32:45

You've concentrated on drink-related items.

0:32:450:32:47

-Liquid, David, liquid. £18.

-I think that's very good.

0:32:470:32:50

-Now, for the fire guard.

-That's nice. I congratulate you.

0:32:500:32:55

That's our best find on our road trip so far. OK, David.

0:32:550:32:59

That's your biggie. My last buy came only about an hour and a half ago.

0:32:590:33:04

-It's American silver.

-Right, how much did you pay for it?

0:33:040:33:07

-I paid £25.

-That's OK.

0:33:070:33:10

Right.

0:33:100:33:12

-This is what they term as a sedan.

-Oh, right, OK.

0:33:120:33:18

Campaign chair.

0:33:180:33:21

The last one that sold without the legs was in Christie's in 2008.

0:33:210:33:26

-How much did it make?

-£625.

0:33:260:33:29

David, I take my hat off to you, I congratulate you

0:33:290:33:34

and I think you may be on to a real winner.

0:33:340:33:37

But what do our experts really think of each other's buys?

0:33:380:33:43

I think he bought well with the jug and vase. I can see that making a profit.

0:33:430:33:47

The silver jug, I think that's going to be sold for scrap. there's too many dents in it.

0:33:470:33:53

David's done really well. I'm actually really quite nervous.

0:33:530:33:56

He's bought some really good things. I love his George III fire surround.

0:33:560:34:00

I really, really adore his magnificent sedan chair.

0:34:000:34:05

His smalls weren't really up to that much.

0:34:050:34:07

He bought that awful, grotesque monkey jug,

0:34:070:34:10

which to me was a job lot barely worth going to auction.

0:34:100:34:13

So, with Charles just ahead of David and only £13 between them,

0:34:130:34:18

our experts head south to fight it out in the auction room.

0:34:180:34:22

Ross-on-Wye in Herefordshire is where they started

0:34:220:34:25

this leg of the road trip, but it's Frome in Somerset

0:34:250:34:28

where they face their next date with destiny.

0:34:280:34:31

Sitting on the edge of the pretty market town of Frome

0:34:370:34:40

is the auction house, Cooper & Tanner.

0:34:400:34:43

They sell everything here

0:34:430:34:44

from cattle to household goods and fine antiques.

0:34:440:34:49

-David, do you know what?

-What?

0:34:490:34:52

-It feels like we're at a cattle market.

-Here?

-Yes.

0:34:520:34:56

-I'm sure it is.

-Do you know what, David?

0:34:560:34:59

I feel you might just make mincemeat of me.

0:34:590:35:02

So, with the bidders gathering,

0:35:020:35:05

what does auctioneer Dennis Barnard

0:35:050:35:08

think of our experts' choices?

0:35:080:35:10

The sedan chair is the one that's created most interest.

0:35:100:35:13

People have been looking carefully at it, taking it outside.

0:35:130:35:17

The jug and the ewer is very, very attractive.

0:35:170:35:19

The good thing about that is it is small,

0:35:190:35:22

but nowadays, people are collecting fewer items and things like that

0:35:220:35:26

don't sell as well as they did even three or four years ago.

0:35:260:35:30

Charles started this leg with £261.88

0:35:300:35:34

and a lot of dancing around,

0:35:340:35:36

and spent £131 on five auction lots.

0:35:360:35:39

David, however, started slightly down on his rival with £248.08,

0:35:420:35:48

but went mad, spending £173 on six auction lots.

0:35:480:35:52

Gosh.

0:35:520:35:54

Currently, Charles has a £13 lead on his rival, so can he hold on to it?

0:35:560:36:01

It's all down to the auction.

0:36:010:36:03

-Here we are, coming up now.

-Here we go. Keep it down.

0:36:030:36:07

Thank you, Charles.

0:36:070:36:09

Right. Here is David's completely intact fire guard,

0:36:090:36:13

much coveted by Charles.

0:36:130:36:15

Start me off, somebody, at £20. £20, quickly.

0:36:150:36:18

10, then, for the fire guard. Three we've got, three.

0:36:180:36:21

-Come on!

-Come on, this won't do.

-It will do.

-Charles, shut up.

0:36:210:36:26

At £5, then, it's going to be gone at £5.

0:36:260:36:29

£5, it's a crime,

0:36:310:36:33

but I bet competitive Charles is secretly relieved.

0:36:330:36:36

It was historical, it was important.

0:36:360:36:40

Look, Charles, it's hysterical.

0:36:400:36:43

Not historical, it's hysterical. That's so disappointing.

0:36:430:36:46

Can David do any better with his old paint-covered stool?

0:36:460:36:51

Where shall we start, £10, somebody?

0:36:510:36:54

Five we've got down at the end, five and who's got eight?

0:36:540:36:57

-Eight, 10 with the lady and 12, sir?

-Come on, David.

-I'm in profit.

0:36:570:37:01

13, 14 and 15. 16, at 18, 20 now.

0:37:010:37:06

22. All done? £22.

0:37:060:37:09

Excellent stuff. David is off.

0:37:090:37:13

Can he keep flying with his star buy,

0:37:130:37:17

which is similar to one sold at Christie's

0:37:170:37:20

for more than £600, apparently.

0:37:200:37:22

-I'm going to start from bids on the book at £40.

-Great. A good start.

0:37:220:37:27

-Good start, David.

-45 and 50. 50 and five. Now 60, 60 and five.

0:37:270:37:33

70, sir? 75, 75 and 80, sir. 85, 85.

0:37:330:37:39

90, sir.

0:37:390:37:41

Everybody happy at £90?

0:37:410:37:43

-Oh, dear. Not quite the fireworks we were all hoping for.

-Disappointing.

0:37:450:37:49

I thought I was going to fly on that, I really did.

0:37:490:37:53

Still, time now for the boys to relocate to the other end

0:37:530:37:56

of the auction and Charles is in the dock

0:37:560:38:00

with his Staffordshire jug and bowl.

0:38:000:38:02

It's my time, David. The moment is almost nigh.

0:38:020:38:05

-Your place in history.

-Start me at £10. 10 we've got, 10.

0:38:050:38:08

You're in profit, Charles.

0:38:080:38:10

15 and 20. 25, 30, 32. 34, 36.

0:38:100:38:13

-Great! One more.

-That is good.

0:38:130:38:18

Are we all done at £36?

0:38:180:38:20

A £28 profit before costs. Now, that will get Charles excited.

0:38:200:38:26

-Well done!

-Great. A great start.

-Well done.

-Thank you, David.

0:38:260:38:31

-A great start.

-Next, the silver jug.

0:38:310:38:34

David thought it would go for scrap,

0:38:340:38:36

but can it claw out another profit for Charles?

0:38:360:38:39

30 on here, and 32. 32 and four now.

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36, 38, sir? 38 and 40 now.

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45 and 50 perhaps, sir? 55 with you, Brian, at 55.

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-Is everybody happy at 55?

-We're really happy.

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Another healthy profit. The young pretender is storming ahead.

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-Hanson is off to a great start.

-It is amazing, actually. It is amazing.

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How does he do it, David?

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Next is the cocktail shaker.

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Will it be Margaritas all-round or could it end up as a Bloody Mary?

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Where shall we start?

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£10 on this one? £10. Three!

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-£3, yes!

-That's not very sporting, David.

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-We've got three with Reg, who's got five?

-Eight quickly.

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Who's bidding, eight? 10 now. 10 with you, sir.

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12 with the lady in the middle. 14, yours, then, at £14.

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A small loss, but not enough to dent Charles's £35 lead before costs.

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-Gosh, you've been so lucky.

-He's not bitter, you know.

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Now for Charles's expensive wine bottles minus their stoppers.

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-I'm nervous.

-I never thought you'd get nervous or worked up.

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Start me at £10.

0:39:580:39:59

-Oh, no!

-We've got 12, 14, 16 there.

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-18 and 20.

-One more, sir.

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It should do better than this. Are you all done at £18?

0:40:080:40:11

Oh, no. A disaster!

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-I'm wiped out. I'm completely wiped out, David.

-Wait till my Clarice Cliff come up. They'll bomb.

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And here they are.

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£20, somebody. £20 we've got. Have we got 25? 30, 32, 35.

0:40:220:40:28

-They are worth more than that!

-That's a good price.

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-At £35, they're going to be gone.

-Oh, no!

-You said it.

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That's wiped the smile off his face.

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Next, David's job lot.

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A jug turned into a table lamp and two coffee cups without saucers.

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-Great.

-Start me at £10.

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-10, 12, 14, sir. 14 now, 16.

-Come on, come on!

-£20, 22.

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24, 26. At 26, all done at £26.

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Well, that profit has put our two rivals virtually neck-and-neck.

0:41:010:41:06

I was really worried about that.

0:41:060:41:07

David will have to do a lot better to win this leg outright.

0:41:070:41:12

Now for a bit of nostalgia.

0:41:120:41:13

For all those men who play with trains.

0:41:150:41:18

I think you've got a good market here.

0:41:180:41:20

You've got a lot of old men who are going to reminisce.

0:41:200:41:24

Where shall we start? £20 we've got. 25, 30, 35 and 40. 36, 38 there?

0:41:240:41:30

That's good.

0:41:300:41:31

42. On the right, is this the final lot? Final answer, £42.

0:41:310:41:37

A good result, and all that puts David in the lead,

0:41:370:41:41

but will it be enough to win outright?

0:41:410:41:44

I tell you what, it's been like a roller-coaster.

0:41:440:41:46

-I know.

-A big dipper.

0:41:460:41:48

-Up and plunging down and up again.

-Just ride it, just ride it, David.

0:41:480:41:52

I'll say.

0:41:520:41:53

-Charles has one more lot to go.

-Shall we start at £10? £3.

-£3!

0:41:530:42:00

8 and 10. 15, 25.

0:42:000:42:04

35 and 45. 45, 46.

0:42:040:42:08

Over there at £46, going to be gone at £46.

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And with that, Hanson clinches today's crown.

0:42:120:42:17

Good man. I'm happy, delighted. Delighted with that.

0:42:170:42:20

David started this third leg with £248.08,

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and after auction costs,

0:42:280:42:32

made a small profit of £7.40,

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leaving him with £255.48 going into the fourth round.

0:42:340:42:38

Charles, on the other hand, began ahead with £261.88,

0:42:400:42:46

and after costs, made £7.58,

0:42:460:42:49

leaving him with £269.46 to spend

0:42:490:42:54

and putting him yet again in the lead.

0:42:540:42:58

Well done, Carlos. You and your piggy bank.

0:42:580:43:01

So, until the next time, it's bon voyage!

0:43:020:43:05

-Go on, David!

-Go on, boys, push!

0:43:050:43:08

Yes!

0:43:090:43:11

Thank you very much indeed. Wave goodbye to Somerset, Charles.

0:43:130:43:17

-I thought we were in Wiltshire.

-No!

-OK.

-This is Somerset.

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Hopeless!

0:43:230:43:25

Next time on the road trip, David finds a novel form of exercise.

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He's then forced to put his new muscles to the test.

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-Have you got it in gear?

-No, now I have.

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And Charles gets a right royal telling-off.

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Do you know, you're the most irritating person I absolutely...

0:43:380:43:41

I know. I'm sorry.

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