0:00:02 > 0:00:05It's the nation's favourite antiques experts, with £200 each,
0:00:05 > 0:00:06a classic car,
0:00:06 > 0:00:09and a goal to scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11That hurts.
0:00:12 > 0:00:13I'm going to go for it.
0:00:13 > 0:00:18The aim? To make the biggest profit at auction, but it's no mean feat.
0:00:18 > 0:00:21There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.
0:00:21 > 0:00:22Goodness, gracious me.
0:00:22 > 0:00:27So, will it be the high road to glory or the slow road to disaster?
0:00:27 > 0:00:29Not nice to gloat. There we are.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31This is the Antiques Road Trip!
0:00:33 > 0:00:35Yeah!
0:00:41 > 0:00:44We're back on the road in the sunny south of England
0:00:44 > 0:00:48with two cheerful experts, Charlie Ross and Catherine Southon.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50I don't want to win the competition, Miss Southon,
0:00:50 > 0:00:52I just want to make you happy.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55Hah! Catherine is an expert in scientific instruments
0:00:55 > 0:00:57and the dark art of hypnosis
0:00:57 > 0:01:00when it comes to getting the price she wants to pay, that is.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03140. Look at this.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05130.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08130. I'm going to go for it, Joe.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11Charlie is an auctioneering supremo,
0:01:11 > 0:01:14especially when it comes to vintage Cars. And the odd bottle of ale.
0:01:14 > 0:01:18The last one I bought was 5p, I don't know if this is 4p or 6p?
0:01:20 > 0:01:23Our enthusiastic experts begin the trip with £200 each,
0:01:23 > 0:01:25but three auctions later,
0:01:25 > 0:01:28they still both have less than they started with.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32Charlie's meagre total has slipped further.
0:01:32 > 0:01:37He starts this leg with a measly £101.98
0:01:37 > 0:01:39Catherine's faring slightly better.
0:01:39 > 0:01:43Despite having dropped a few of her £105 bricks,
0:01:43 > 0:01:47she only has £172.20 left to spend this time.
0:01:47 > 0:01:51But they have each other and the sunshine, which is a bonus,
0:01:51 > 0:01:56considering their cute little 1966 Austin beady frog-eyed Sprite
0:01:56 > 0:01:58is entirely roofless.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05This week, the Road Trip sprits us eastwards
0:02:05 > 0:02:07along the south coast of England,
0:02:07 > 0:02:11starting in Corsham, Wiltshire, and finishing in Rye, East Sussex.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14Today, we're starting our journey in Lewes, East Sussex,
0:02:14 > 0:02:16and then heading north via Kent,
0:02:16 > 0:02:20culminating in an auction in Chiswick, West London. How lovely.
0:02:20 > 0:02:25Both experts have struggled to make a reasonable profit so far.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28But wouldn't it be lovely today if we both bought some items
0:02:28 > 0:02:31and then just they really did us proud at auction?
0:02:31 > 0:02:34In my case, it would be a miracle.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36Have faith, Charlie. You never know.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39Now, artist and designer William Morris wrote,
0:02:39 > 0:02:42"You can see Lewes lying like a box of toys
0:02:42 > 0:02:45"under a great amphitheatre of chalk hill."
0:02:45 > 0:02:48And indeed, this town is stuffed full of antique goodies
0:02:48 > 0:02:50just aching for a buyer.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52Antiques centre!
0:02:52 > 0:02:55It's a shame our experts don't have much cash left.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57Could you tell me what to buy?
0:02:57 > 0:03:01Still, it's shopping time and we're on Catherine's home turf here.
0:03:01 > 0:03:06- This is your sort of place, isn't it? - It is. This is my comfort zone.
0:03:06 > 0:03:10First stop, Emporium Antiques. Four floors of furniture,
0:03:10 > 0:03:12all manner of lovely collectables
0:03:12 > 0:03:15and dealers whom Catherine knows well, this being her patch.
0:03:15 > 0:03:19- Hello, Michelle.- How are you? - I'm good, thank you. - Are you going to introduce us?- Yes.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22- Charlie, Michelle. Michelle, Charlie.- Hello, nice to see you.
0:03:22 > 0:03:26- Have a look around and we'll see what we can see. - I will.- Is that all right?
0:03:26 > 0:03:29- I think you need to go down the back.- Why?
0:03:29 > 0:03:31Because it's the more, sort of, cheaper area.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34Ooh! But knowing your way around is one thing,
0:03:34 > 0:03:37finding something you can afford is another.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40Oh, everything I like is too much money.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43I think sort of small, decorative...
0:03:43 > 0:03:46Oh, the pressure, the pressure!
0:03:48 > 0:03:49What have I found?
0:03:50 > 0:03:52Close your eyes. Open them.
0:03:52 > 0:03:56It's the Whitbread Silver Jubilee ale.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59How many bottles of this must they make? I buy this on every trip.
0:03:59 > 0:04:03Now, the first one cost 5p
0:04:03 > 0:04:05and made £12.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08The second one cost £2
0:04:08 > 0:04:10and sold for £2.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12This one is £4.
0:04:12 > 0:04:16It will probably sell for £2. Perhaps it's time to give up.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19On the other hand, it might make £12.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21Oh, Charlie, when will you ever learn?
0:04:21 > 0:04:24Michelle, I have a track record on tour
0:04:24 > 0:04:28of always buying a bottle of Jubilee commemorative beer.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31- Ah, OK.- Now, it's over there,
0:04:31 > 0:04:34and it's got £4 on it. But I don't know.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36That can be £3, as it's you.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38Deal. I'm definitely having the beer,
0:04:38 > 0:04:41because that will keep my trend going.
0:04:41 > 0:04:46One purchase down for Charlie. Now, what's this Catherine's found?
0:04:46 > 0:04:49It's just a paperweight. Kosta Boda.
0:04:49 > 0:04:53It's quite nice though. Michelle, what's Kosta Boda?
0:04:53 > 0:04:56Scandinavian, I think it's Danish.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58Danish. If we say Scandinavian.
0:04:58 > 0:05:03Ah, let me enlighten you. Kosta Boda is actually a Swedish glassworks.
0:05:03 > 0:05:08It was formed back in 1742, but it was in the 20th century
0:05:08 > 0:05:10that it really came into its own
0:05:10 > 0:05:13with its stylish, artistic and functional designs.
0:05:13 > 0:05:17This swimming hippo has £65 on the ticket.
0:05:17 > 0:05:21- How much could that be? - 65 would be 55.- Oh, Michelle.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23Can it be 30?
0:05:23 > 0:05:25I don't think so.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28- Shall I ask Steve?- Yeah, ask Steve.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31I'm going to schmooze.
0:05:31 > 0:05:35- There's no way you could do 35 on it?- I could speak to him.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37Steve phones the dealer.
0:05:37 > 0:05:41If I get it for £35, I stand a bit of a chance with it.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44What did he say, Steve?
0:05:44 > 0:05:45- 40 quid.- Huh?
0:05:45 > 0:05:48- 40.- Oh.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51I'm going to hold that as a sort of possibility.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53- Hang on to it, have a think. - That's one to think about.
0:05:55 > 0:05:56I want to buy silver.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59That's the only thing that's doing well for me at the moment.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01Silver, silver, silver.
0:06:01 > 0:06:05Ah, a Cabinet stuffed with... silver.
0:06:05 > 0:06:09- Steve?- Yeah.- Can I just have a look in this cabinet?
0:06:09 > 0:06:11- It's almost like a miniature claret jug.- A claret jug, isn't it?
0:06:11 > 0:06:15- I'm not sure what you'd use it for now though.- Err, claret?
0:06:15 > 0:06:17"1894, Gibson and Langman."
0:06:17 > 0:06:21Cut glass and then silver mounted. Pretty handle there.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23What would he take then? Off that?
0:06:23 > 0:06:25What's it got? 65, yeah.
0:06:25 > 0:06:2760 quid at a push, maybe.
0:06:27 > 0:06:31Catherine's not getting the discounts she was hoping for,
0:06:31 > 0:06:33but maybe Steve can come to the rescue.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36I'll tell you what, have a look at this, it's not dear.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38But it might not be enough money for you that you want to spend.
0:06:38 > 0:06:43Rubens angels. No holes, no cheese grater. It's in good nick.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45It's moulded, isn't it? Hobnail moulded.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48Just a glass dressing table jar.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51- The angels are good. - The angels are good.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54- 34.- That'll be 25.
0:06:54 > 0:06:58These little dressing table jars are really ten a penny.
0:06:58 > 0:07:03This is slightly different. It's got angels on the top.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06Rubens angels, after the artist.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08Hallmarked there for Birmingham.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12I'm still tempted by this,
0:07:12 > 0:07:14because I think it's such an elegant, beautiful shape.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16Time to phone the dealer.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18Barry, it's Steve at the Emporium.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20You've got a little sort of posh bottle.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23- What's the very best you'll do on this, Barry?- Don't say posh.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26If he says posh, he's not going to give it to me at a reduced price!
0:07:26 > 0:07:29- Cheers, mate, bye now. - What did he say?- 55.
0:07:29 > 0:07:33- Did he?- No, he didn't, but let's say 55.- Oh, right, really?
0:07:33 > 0:07:36You know what they say, it's not what you know...
0:07:36 > 0:07:40I mean, I think the two together, 80 quid, is...
0:07:40 > 0:07:43for two fairly decent things, I think both saleable.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45And the hippo was 35.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47Well, actually it was £40 the last time I heard.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49- Yeah, it can be 35.- Yeah?
0:07:49 > 0:07:52OK.
0:07:53 > 0:07:5425.
0:07:54 > 0:08:00- 55, makes 80. - Hungry hippo, 115.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03110 and we're done. We don't deal with fives, do we?
0:08:03 > 0:08:05Go on, 110, 110. OK, that's good, yeah.
0:08:05 > 0:08:09That's good, I've got a little mixture. There we are, my dear, 20...
0:08:09 > 0:08:12Smooth operator, Miss Southon.
0:08:12 > 0:08:16Charlie's notionally spent three whole pounds on a bottle of ale so far.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18But now, something else has caught his eye -
0:08:18 > 0:08:20an Art Deco lady's travelling clock.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23- I looked at that. I like that. - That's not bad.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25Oh, please don't buy it, cos I found that.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29If you buy that and if that makes some money,
0:08:29 > 0:08:30I'm going to be very upset.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34You are really making me want to buy this, aren't you?
0:08:35 > 0:08:39Right, I don't know whether that can be within my budget.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42It doesn't look like it will come down a huge amount, but I love that.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44- It has got...- Pretty.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47A little nick there, which is a shame,
0:08:47 > 0:08:50- but it's a really pretty enamelled clock.- Pretty.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53It's a very pretty clock. It's got 115. I've got, I think,
0:08:53 > 0:08:58101 quid or something, so I haven't got to beg it.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01- I would say the normal trade could be about 100 quid.- Yeah, quite.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04- I'd expect that.- We could probably do a bit better than that.
0:09:04 > 0:09:09If whoever owns that could take 80 quid,
0:09:09 > 0:09:10I would buy it straight away.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13- I'll give him a ring.- Yeah, thank you very much indeed.- No problem.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18Best price on the clock? Yeah, sure, OK.
0:09:19 > 0:09:24- Ah, what's the verdict?- £80, sir. - Really?- He'd like more.
0:09:24 > 0:09:26That is a great chunk out of your budget, Charlie,
0:09:26 > 0:09:28you brave or foolish fellow.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30Proper antique.
0:09:30 > 0:09:31Unusual for Ross.
0:09:31 > 0:09:35But if we can't make something on that,
0:09:35 > 0:09:39then, for the fourth time on this tour, I give up.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42- Steven, thank you very much indeed. I owe you 80 quid.- 80 quid.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45And you probably don't also know that I owe you three quid as well.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47- Three quid? - Yes, I bought a bottle of beer.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50- A bottle of beer.- 20, 40...
0:09:50 > 0:09:54So, just to recap, Charlie spent £83 on yet another bottle of ale
0:09:54 > 0:09:56and an Art Deco travelling clock,
0:09:56 > 0:10:01while Catherine's parted with £110 for her hippo, a glass jug,
0:10:01 > 0:10:03and a silver-topped jar.
0:10:03 > 0:10:04Which means Charlie's late.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07- Come on!- How long have you been sitting there?
0:10:07 > 0:10:10About five hours. How long do you take...?
0:10:10 > 0:10:12Nag, nag, nag.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15All this pitiful, "I've got no money."
0:10:15 > 0:10:18- Nag, nag, nag. - Put it on the accelerator.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26Charlie and Catherine are leaving Lewes behind,
0:10:26 > 0:10:28heading ten miles south, to Seaford.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32This seaside town sits at the base of Seaford Head,
0:10:32 > 0:10:36at east end of the South Downs. In the Middle Ages,
0:10:36 > 0:10:39Seaford was one of southern England's main ports,
0:10:39 > 0:10:42persistently raided by French pirates. Ooh la la!
0:10:42 > 0:10:45Now all the residents need to worry about
0:10:45 > 0:10:48are a couple of new invaders - well, Catherine anyway.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51Charlie's dropping her off so she can do a spot of shopping.
0:10:51 > 0:10:55Bye-bye. See you later, have fun at your visit.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58- Have a lovely shop.- Arrivederci.
0:11:00 > 0:11:04With just over £62 left in her pocket,
0:11:04 > 0:11:05it's time to explore Seaford's wares.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08And it's not long before Catherine spots something
0:11:08 > 0:11:11she really likes the look of in Mark's Antiques.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13Questions is, can she afford it?
0:11:13 > 0:11:16Best to ask the shop's owner. Yep, it's Mark.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19- Hi. I'm Mark.- Hello, Mark, hi.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22Something caught my eye in your window. I was just walking past,
0:11:22 > 0:11:24- cos I think you're mainly jewellery, are you, here?- No.
0:11:24 > 0:11:28- No, you do a bit of everything. - Everything, many things.- Ah.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30Well, what I saw in the window
0:11:30 > 0:11:35- was a beautiful Cloisonne enamel little pot.- Certainly.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37Is it expensive, before you go to the trouble of opening it?
0:11:37 > 0:11:40- It is expensive. - How expensive is it?
0:11:40 > 0:11:45The very best on it would be £650.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48- Have I got that sort of money? - Er, no.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50Do you have things under £100?
0:11:50 > 0:11:56There are quite a few other nice silver items in the cabinet.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58- Shall I go and have a look in the cabinet?- Do.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00- Are you flexible, Mark? - I'm always flexible.
0:12:00 > 0:12:04Are you? That's my man. That's my guy.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06OK, I'm going to open this up.
0:12:06 > 0:12:11My eye is instantly drawn to the cocktail sticks.
0:12:11 > 0:12:15The enamel is not crisp. Can you see that here?
0:12:16 > 0:12:20The colours sort of slightly run into one another.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24Sterling silver cocktail sticks,
0:12:24 > 0:12:28terminating in a little cock, figure of a cock.
0:12:28 > 0:12:32But I'm not sure that they're really crisp enough.
0:12:32 > 0:12:37- Mark. From a distance, I love these. - Yeah.- But when you get up close...
0:12:37 > 0:12:41the enamel's not great on them, is it?
0:12:41 > 0:12:44I do like them, but there's also a borderline
0:12:44 > 0:12:48between naively painted and not-so-skilfully painted.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51- True.- How much are they? I haven't even asked you. How much are they?
0:12:51 > 0:12:56- Or how much could you have them for? - How much could I have them for?
0:12:56 > 0:13:01I like the way there's a real differentiation between those two.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03OK.
0:13:03 > 0:13:08Those you could have for £45.
0:13:08 > 0:13:13- 45. How much did you have on them then?- £60.- Right.
0:13:13 > 0:13:14Would you do 40 on those, Mark?
0:13:14 > 0:13:16- I couldn't, no.- Could you not?- No.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18Here we go, Catherine's technique
0:13:18 > 0:13:21of repeating the price she wants to pay.
0:13:21 > 0:13:25- Oh. Are you sure you don't want to do 40.- I cannot do 40, no.
0:13:25 > 0:13:29I think I'd have them for 40, but not 45.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32I know that's not a big difference, but it is when you're trying to win
0:13:32 > 0:13:35against Charlie Ross and try and make a profit.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42- OK, £40.- Can I?
0:13:43 > 0:13:46It's a deal. And you're a lovely man.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48Flattery will get you everywhere.
0:13:48 > 0:13:52Well, with her shopping done today, Catherine can put her feet up.
0:13:54 > 0:13:59Charlie, meanwhile, is on his way to somewhere quite otherworldly.
0:14:00 > 0:14:05He's skimming 17 miles eastwards to Hailsham, East Sussex.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09Deep in the Sussex countryside
0:14:09 > 0:14:13lies the astonishing sight of the Observatory Science Centre.
0:14:13 > 0:14:17Showing Charlie around is Science Director Dr Sandra Voss.
0:14:18 > 0:14:22Wonderful. It looked stunning coming up the drive,
0:14:22 > 0:14:24- across the fields.- Yeah. It is.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26Now, starting at the very beginning,
0:14:26 > 0:14:28it is the Royal Observatory
0:14:28 > 0:14:29commissioned by...
0:14:29 > 0:14:32King Charles II, 1675.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35There was an awful lot of ships being lost at sea,
0:14:35 > 0:14:39so they wanted to get a really good star catalogue.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42- So he said we do need to make a good star catalogue.- Yeah.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44But we need an observatory for that.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47Initially, the observatory was built in Greenwich,
0:14:47 > 0:14:49but was later moved here in 1947
0:14:49 > 0:14:52because the London smog was hampering visibility.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56So they had to reconstruct all of the...
0:14:56 > 0:15:00They did have to reconstruct them, without plans or anything.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02Hadn't they got any plans?
0:15:02 > 0:15:04No, they had pictures and postcards
0:15:04 > 0:15:06and a chap who knew what he was doing.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11Now, are we allowed to go into one of these domes?
0:15:11 > 0:15:15- I think so. Would you like to go into this one?- Please. I'd love to.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23So come on into our smallest dome.
0:15:23 > 0:15:30And this one is a 13-inch astrographic refracting telescope.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32My first reaction is
0:15:32 > 0:15:36it looks like a gun off a battleship. It's extraordinary!
0:15:36 > 0:15:38- Battleship grey.- Battleship grey,
0:15:38 > 0:15:40and of course all this was owned by the Royal Navy.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43Owned by the Admiralty, so everything was battleship grey.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45And this was built when?
0:15:45 > 0:15:47It was built in 1890.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50And it was commissioned for a project called the Carte du Ciel,
0:15:50 > 0:15:55- which was involved with about 17 other observatories.- Yeah.
0:15:55 > 0:15:59Making a map of the sky. Exactly.
0:15:59 > 0:16:04Back in 1890, this telescope was cutting-edge technology,
0:16:04 > 0:16:07made by British manufacturers.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10- You look through there? - Yeah, you do.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13I can switch this one on if you like.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15We take the brakes off.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19And then we can come and move it.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21Would you like to come and just have a try?
0:16:25 > 0:16:28How phenomenal! Oh, I see, you just peep through there.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31- Yes, there's two telescopes.- Yeah, but I can't see anything, can I?
0:16:31 > 0:16:33Can't you do something with the roof?
0:16:33 > 0:16:36We could do something with the roof, yes.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39Oh, my goodness. This is James Bond!
0:16:40 > 0:16:42This is extraordinary!
0:16:51 > 0:16:54This telescope tracks perfectly
0:16:54 > 0:16:55opposite the Earth's rotation.
0:16:55 > 0:16:59So it perfectly tracks what you're looking at.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02What a feat of engineering and science that is.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04- And still working perfectly well. - Oh, it's beautiful.
0:17:04 > 0:17:08- Am I allowed to spin it round or will something awful happen? - You can spin it round.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11Just press this button there and see what happens.
0:17:13 > 0:17:14Oh, my God.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16We're moving. Oh, no we're not.
0:17:16 > 0:17:20I need to look at the floor, otherwise I'm going to fall over.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22You're full of tricks, aren't you?
0:17:22 > 0:17:25This amazing dome can rotate 360 degrees
0:17:25 > 0:17:30so the telescope can look at any area of the sky.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33- Press the button.- Yeah, yeah.- Stop!
0:17:33 > 0:17:36- Let's see.- Perfect, I'm good at this.- Perfect.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38Now, that really was quite an experience.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40- I'm going to come back here when it's dark.- Yes.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43- And we move onto another dome? - Yeah, I think.- Come on.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45The domes were built from copper
0:17:45 > 0:17:48because, when it weathers, it turns green,
0:17:48 > 0:17:51so blending into this beautiful countryside.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54And each one houses telescopes capable of different magnifications.
0:17:56 > 0:18:00- It's like a space rocket. - It's absolutely beautiful.
0:18:00 > 0:18:04The other telescope is a bit of machinery.
0:18:04 > 0:18:05It sort of talks to you.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08Something to do with that kind of balanced weight being round,
0:18:08 > 0:18:12- as opposed to the other one being square.- Yes.
0:18:12 > 0:18:16This is the Thompson 26-inch refracting telescope.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19But, again, there's the two telescopes on this one,
0:18:19 > 0:18:22with the guidoscope on top. Can you see that one?
0:18:22 > 0:18:25The guide one just to get the clues to roughly where you are in the sky.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28The guidoscope itself was built in 1860
0:18:28 > 0:18:30and that was really significant in Greenwich.
0:18:30 > 0:18:34It was called the Great Equatorial Telescope.
0:18:34 > 0:18:39- And it was the biggest telescope they had at the time. - It must be a very tall man
0:18:39 > 0:18:43- to have a look there. - We have to do something a bit different in this one
0:18:43 > 0:18:44to make it safe and comfortable
0:18:44 > 0:18:46to actually look through the telescope.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48We just press this button,
0:18:48 > 0:18:51and we're away.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54Oh, my goodness, what's happening?
0:18:54 > 0:18:56- We're on a rising floor. - Are we going up
0:18:56 > 0:18:59- or is the machine going down? - We're going up.
0:18:59 > 0:19:03Telescope technology has left these astonishing machines behind
0:19:03 > 0:19:05and found more suitable locations.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08Nowadays, the world's most powerful telescopes
0:19:08 > 0:19:11sit on the top of mountains and extinct volcanoes,
0:19:11 > 0:19:15where astronomers have much longer and clearer viewing times.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17It's just a really uncanny thought
0:19:17 > 0:19:21to think that you can move tons and tons.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24- How many tons?- 12 tons. 12 tons like that. Yes.
0:19:24 > 0:19:28It's beautifully balanced. It's just absolutely beautifully balanced.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30The observatory is open to the public,
0:19:30 > 0:19:34but for Charlie, his visit has now sadly come to an end.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37He has another hard day's shopping ahead.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40So, sleep tight, dear experts.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47Day two and getting into focus,
0:19:47 > 0:19:50our duelling duo are raring for another day's spend, spend, spend.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53There's an antiques shop.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55Good morning! How are you?
0:19:55 > 0:19:58- I'm fine, and you? - Lovely to see you.- Thank you.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01Oh, I'm going there. Yes.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04- Charlie!- Ross, go, you are on fire!
0:20:04 > 0:20:07You are so shallow, Charlie Ross!
0:20:07 > 0:20:11Charlie and Catherine have left East Sussex in the dust
0:20:11 > 0:20:13and are heading for Sevenoaks in Kent.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17So far, Charlie has spent exactly £83
0:20:17 > 0:20:21on an Art Deco travelling clock and a bottle of Silver Jubilee ale.
0:20:21 > 0:20:25That leaves him with a trifling £18.98 to knock about with.
0:20:26 > 0:20:30Catherine, on the other hand, has spent £150 on four items.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33A Victorian carafe, a silver-topped jar,
0:20:33 > 0:20:37a set of cocktail sticks and a crystal hippo, as you do.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40And now has a mud-wallowing £22.20 left in her coffers.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43But a lack of money isn't going to stop our experts
0:20:43 > 0:20:44in their antiques quest.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47I don't think I'll be in the fine furniture room.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50I'm not sure you'll be in the antiques section either.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53Is there a bric-a-brac section, do you think?
0:20:53 > 0:20:58- Just for me.- Wonderful, perfect.- It's going to be out of my price range.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02Have a lovely day.
0:21:02 > 0:21:06- Enjoy your shopping. How much is it you've got? £17?- Get on with it.
0:21:06 > 0:21:10Actually, he's got £18.98.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14This shop is bursting with gorgeous antiques
0:21:14 > 0:21:16and a large restoration workshop.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18It's run by former butcher Eddie.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21Nice to see you, Eddie. Now, I'm in a pathetic position
0:21:21 > 0:21:23and I'll come clean with you.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26I'd love to buy all your lovely furniture.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28I started my week with a couple of hundred quid
0:21:28 > 0:21:30and it's been going steadily down ever since.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33But I bought something for 80 quid yesterday,
0:21:33 > 0:21:36so I've got a pathetic amount of money to spend.
0:21:36 > 0:21:37- May I look round?- Please do.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40- I'll give you a call if I can find something.- Yeah.- Thank you.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43Yes, Charlie, you could do with putting some meat
0:21:43 > 0:21:45onto your bony budget.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48So is there anything here you can actually afford?
0:21:48 > 0:21:51That's very Chiswick, very rustic.
0:21:51 > 0:21:55A salting trough. Rough hewn.
0:21:55 > 0:22:00Look at these cut chisel marks, just literally made out of a chunk of wood.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02Before the days of refrigeration,
0:22:02 > 0:22:05salt was commonly used to preserve meat.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07Sides of meat would have been rubbed with salt
0:22:07 > 0:22:08and then laid in troughs like this one,
0:22:08 > 0:22:12drying them out and thereby providing food for the winter months.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14It would look wonderful
0:22:14 > 0:22:16on a big dining table
0:22:16 > 0:22:20with bananas and oranges and any manner of fruit.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22Won't be in my price range, of course.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25But it's £46. And what have I got?
0:22:26 > 0:22:29I've written it down on the back of my hand so I don't forget.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31£17.98.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34Charlie, your maths really is appalling.
0:22:34 > 0:22:38You have £18.98, I'm pleased to tell you.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40What would you salt in there, a bit of pork?
0:22:40 > 0:22:43- Yeah, a bit of pork. - Yeah. That's not elm, is it?
0:22:43 > 0:22:46Beech? Would it be beech? It's beech wood, yes, yes.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49I mean, it's got all the elements that I like to see,
0:22:49 > 0:22:52a few wormholes. I love to see a few wormholes.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55That's right, yeah, gives it a bit of flavour.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59I'm not sure it's the flavour you want!
0:22:59 > 0:23:03- Do you want to know what I've got left in my kitty?- If you must.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06I've got about 15 quid left,
0:23:06 > 0:23:09- and it's got £46 on it.- £46.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11Is it yours? I presume it's yours.
0:23:11 > 0:23:15It belongs to one of the ladies that's got the pine shop in here.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17She does the pines, one of the dealers.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20- Is she lovely?- She's lovely, yeah. I could ring her and ask her.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23- Well, nothing ventured, nothing gained. Off you go.- OK.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25I'm going to sit here and pray.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28- Do your best, Eddie.- OK.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33Eddie tries the dealer but gets her answer phone instead.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35Would you like me to go ahead with it?
0:23:35 > 0:23:38And I'll speak to you later. OK, thank you, bye-bye.
0:23:38 > 0:23:42I'm not sure whether you're looking happy or sad, really.
0:23:42 > 0:23:43What's the verdict?
0:23:43 > 0:23:46I haven't spoken to her, I couldn't get through to her, actually,
0:23:46 > 0:23:49but I think I could do the deal with you anyway.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51- Are you sure?- Yeah, sure.
0:23:51 > 0:23:55- You haven't made a mis-take? - Mis-take!- Oh, no!
0:23:55 > 0:23:57- Are you sure with that? - Yeah, that's fine, that's fine.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00My lifelong savings.
0:24:02 > 0:24:06Well, while Charlie makes his way to his next shop with £3.98,
0:24:06 > 0:24:09Catherine's travelling nine miles north to the village of Downe.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15She's coming to visit the former house
0:24:15 > 0:24:18of one of the most famous naturalists
0:24:18 > 0:24:20the world has ever known.
0:24:20 > 0:24:24This is Charles Darwin's family home.
0:24:24 > 0:24:29And showing Catherine round is Julie Paternaude of English Heritage.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32- Wow.- This is Darwin's study,
0:24:32 > 0:24:36where he spent most of his 40 years, essentially,
0:24:36 > 0:24:38working on his book.
0:24:38 > 0:24:42- This is where he wrote Origin Of Species?- It is.
0:24:42 > 0:24:46In 1859, Charles Darwin published a book that was to rock the world.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48The Origin Of Species set out his theory
0:24:48 > 0:24:51that populations evolved over a number of generations
0:24:51 > 0:24:54through a process of natural selection,
0:24:54 > 0:24:57going against the dominant, and his wife's, Christian beliefs.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02He used to sit on that chair.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05He used the board and the papers to write.
0:25:05 > 0:25:09I like especially the way that he's organised his books.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12He spent five years on the Beagle on his trip.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15And because space was so condensed,
0:25:15 > 0:25:20he had to kind of develop a way to organise and file his things.
0:25:20 > 0:25:21Six years after he returned
0:25:21 > 0:25:24from his round-the-world voyage on the Beagle,
0:25:24 > 0:25:27Charles Darwin settled here, in Down House.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30He moved here in 1842 with his wife, Emma.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33They had two kids and she was pregnant with their third.
0:25:33 > 0:25:37- How many children did he have? - In all, they had ten children.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40- Really?!- But three of them passed away.- Oh, good grief.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42Tell me a bit about Emma, his wife.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45Emma was basically running the house.
0:25:45 > 0:25:49She taught the children when they were younger.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52Darwin didn't think that girls needed to learn maths or science.
0:25:52 > 0:25:54Really? That's interesting.
0:25:54 > 0:25:56Well, I mean, it's, you know, it's the times.
0:25:56 > 0:26:00He was a very loving father, not a very typical Victorian parent.
0:26:00 > 0:26:05And he didn't mind them coming in and playing games.
0:26:05 > 0:26:06I think that's wonderful.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09I feel very privileged to be standing in here,
0:26:09 > 0:26:12in the room where he wrote Origin Of Species.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14With seven children knocking about,
0:26:14 > 0:26:17the Darwins needed a large living room.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19Yeah, it's the family room, it's the drawing room.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22It's where everything basically happened
0:26:22 > 0:26:25that isn't Darwin's work.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28Emma would sit at her piano, she loved to play.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30- Was she a musician? - She was. Apparently,
0:26:30 > 0:26:33- she took lessons from Chopin.- Oh!
0:26:33 > 0:26:36She would play to amuse herself essentially,
0:26:36 > 0:26:41but also to please and let Darwin relax a bit.
0:26:41 > 0:26:42She also loved to read to him as well.
0:26:42 > 0:26:47Emma was a big fan of Dickens and Sir Walter Scott as well.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50Obviously, you can see the family library here.
0:26:50 > 0:26:54I'm getting a wonderful picture of a real family atmosphere in here.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57The paintings behind are of the young couple
0:26:57 > 0:27:01when they were first married, or a few years later.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04It's actually quite nice to see that picture of him in early life
0:27:04 > 0:27:06because, when we think of Darwin,
0:27:06 > 0:27:09we always associate the picture that we know from later life,
0:27:09 > 0:27:11when he's a lot bigger and he's got a hat.
0:27:11 > 0:27:16Or the picture that's on the back of the £10 note with the beard.
0:27:16 > 0:27:20Darwin is known most famously for writing the Origin Of Species,
0:27:20 > 0:27:23but the bulk of his work was as a botanist,
0:27:23 > 0:27:27and he spent every day in the garden and greenhouses, observing plants.
0:27:28 > 0:27:32Head gardener Rowan Blake continues his work today.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34This is really quite something.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37Is this an original greenhouse that was built?
0:27:37 > 0:27:40- It is, yeah.- For Darwin?- Yes, yeah.
0:27:40 > 0:27:44We're in the oldest section of the greenhouse.
0:27:44 > 0:27:48And then he gradually added more and more sections on.
0:27:48 > 0:27:51Darwin used his greenhouse to carry out various experiments
0:27:51 > 0:27:54in his quest to understand the natural world.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56This plant, the Venus flytrap,
0:27:56 > 0:27:59he wanted to find how little force was needed
0:27:59 > 0:28:01to touch the hairs and make the traps shut.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04Emma Darwin, his wife, had very, very fine hair.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07Darwin cut the tiniest piece of Emma's hair possible
0:28:07 > 0:28:10and inserted it into the Venus flytrap.
0:28:10 > 0:28:13When it closed, he realised it wasn't the weight triggering the plant,
0:28:13 > 0:28:16it was the nutrients in the hair itself.
0:28:16 > 0:28:20He didn't just write about diversity in the Origin Of Species.
0:28:20 > 0:28:25He also wrote very, very good books on plant science.
0:28:25 > 0:28:27He wrote about how carnivorous plants work,
0:28:27 > 0:28:30he wrote about how climbing plants work.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32This plant, for example,
0:28:32 > 0:28:34he saw how it was growing up a piece of rope in the greenhouse,
0:28:34 > 0:28:38and he said, "Isn't that interesting, how it's rooting into the rope?"
0:28:38 > 0:28:40It's from South America. He wrote to Asa Gray,
0:28:40 > 0:28:44the botanist he used to speak to about South America, and he said,
0:28:44 > 0:28:46"Does it grow up the mossy bark of trees?
0:28:46 > 0:28:50"And it roots into it, and the leaves are round on the sunny side."
0:28:50 > 0:28:51And they said, "Well, yes, it does.
0:28:51 > 0:28:54"How did you know about its environment that it's growing in?"
0:28:54 > 0:28:56and he said, "I've got it growing up a piece of rope
0:28:56 > 0:28:59"and I've been observing how it's rooted into that piece of rope".
0:28:59 > 0:29:01It's fascinating, cos when we think of Darwin,
0:29:01 > 0:29:04we're sometimes quite narrow-minded
0:29:04 > 0:29:06and tend to think of the Origin Of Species,
0:29:06 > 0:29:09but actually, what went on here, all the research,
0:29:09 > 0:29:12- was a huge part of his life.- Yeah.
0:29:12 > 0:29:15Charles Darwin changed the way we viewed the world
0:29:15 > 0:29:20due to his careful observations of the natural behaviour around him.
0:29:20 > 0:29:22What a fascinating visit for Catherine.
0:29:22 > 0:29:26While she learns about natural selection,
0:29:26 > 0:29:30the Charlie Ross species is travelling to the village of Otford.
0:29:30 > 0:29:32He's struggling to survive in a competitive jungle
0:29:32 > 0:29:37with only £3.98 to spend in his last shop of this leg.
0:29:37 > 0:29:40- Hello, sir.- Hello there. Charlie, how are you? All right.
0:29:40 > 0:29:42- Pleased to meet you. - Your name is?- Joe.
0:29:42 > 0:29:46- Joe. And you're in control, are you, here?- Well, I try and be.
0:29:46 > 0:29:49You've got a lot of people in here, have you, with things?
0:29:49 > 0:29:51Yeah, at least 26 different dealers. 26 dealers.
0:29:51 > 0:29:54- Do you mind if I go and have a look?- Yeah, look round.
0:29:54 > 0:29:58You do know that my budget is severely limited?
0:29:58 > 0:30:02- Well, we'll see. - I've got £2.98.- Oh, dear.
0:30:02 > 0:30:06- It's hopeless. Never mind.- You'll find something at the right price.
0:30:06 > 0:30:08I will find something. Thank you.
0:30:08 > 0:30:13Oh, I do feel an idiot shopping with £2.98.
0:30:13 > 0:30:15Actually, Charlie, you have £3.98.
0:30:15 > 0:30:17But who's counting? Not me.
0:30:17 > 0:30:20Oh, I say, there's something I'd buy.
0:30:21 > 0:30:24Oh, surprise, surprise, not within my price range.
0:30:26 > 0:30:28It's never-ending, this shop.
0:30:28 > 0:30:30- Hello, I'm Charlie. - Hello, how nice to meet you.
0:30:30 > 0:30:34- Nice to see you.- Yes, nice to see you.- What's your name, my dear? - My name's Elaine.
0:30:34 > 0:30:37- Elaine. Is this your...?- It is.
0:30:37 > 0:30:38It's wonderful. Everywhere I go,
0:30:38 > 0:30:41everybody seems to be manning their own department.
0:30:41 > 0:30:43I'll tell you straight up,
0:30:43 > 0:30:48I have been shopping for two days, and I have got left £2.98.
0:30:48 > 0:30:51- Oh, my goodness me! - I'm not saying anything.
0:30:51 > 0:30:54Is there anything there you could recommend?
0:30:54 > 0:30:57- For £2.98?! - That I could have for £2.98.
0:30:57 > 0:30:59How about this?
0:30:59 > 0:31:02I can see several things there that I don't think are going to be...
0:31:02 > 0:31:05- This is quite unusual, do you know what that is?- Curling!- Yes.
0:31:05 > 0:31:09- It's a curling stone.- Well, it's not really a curling stone.
0:31:09 > 0:31:11Well, it did have whisky in it at one time,
0:31:11 > 0:31:14- but I'm afraid the whisky is gone now. - Oh, the whisky. Have you ever curled?
0:31:14 > 0:31:16Yes, I have, a long time ago.
0:31:16 > 0:31:19- Have you?- Yes I did, in the Highlands of Scotland.
0:31:19 > 0:31:22- I mean, these are heavy, aren't they? - Very heavy. But great fun.
0:31:22 > 0:31:23- This one's not heavy.- No.
0:31:23 > 0:31:27This one would make you feel very light-headed if you drank the contents!
0:31:29 > 0:31:31Peter Thomson of Perth.
0:31:32 > 0:31:36How fantastic. Does that say Gleneagles Scotch Whisky?
0:31:36 > 0:31:39There we go, so that's a very good Scotch.
0:31:40 > 0:31:42What a wonderful Scotch decanter.
0:31:42 > 0:31:44This can't be in my price range though, can it?
0:31:44 > 0:31:48If you talk to me very nicely, I might be able to do you a deal.
0:31:48 > 0:31:50- I can talk so sweetly.- Very sweetly!
0:31:50 > 0:31:52- You wouldn't believe it.- OK, what...
0:31:52 > 0:31:56- £2.98 is what I have. - Oh, £2,98!- £2.98.
0:31:56 > 0:31:59Do you know, I'm going to let you have a go with it.
0:31:59 > 0:32:01Let's see if you can make a profit with it.
0:32:01 > 0:32:04Charlie, you're blessed to have met the lovely Elaine.
0:32:04 > 0:32:07- £2.98.- Cos it's all I've got.
0:32:07 > 0:32:10That will help the holiday fund to Acapulco.
0:32:10 > 0:32:12It won't get you to Acapulco.
0:32:13 > 0:32:16So, that's our expert shopping all done and dusted
0:32:16 > 0:32:20and now, it's that moment when they have to reveal all to each other.
0:32:20 > 0:32:23What a lovely place to be. In a leafy glade,
0:32:23 > 0:32:26with a green Miss Southon.
0:32:26 > 0:32:28Green and navy.
0:32:28 > 0:32:31- This is lovely.- This looks worryingly familiar, Charlie.
0:32:31 > 0:32:35- I'm afraid there is something there, Catherine, that you will probably recognise.- Oh!
0:32:35 > 0:32:38It's not all bad news, not all bad news.
0:32:38 > 0:32:41And there's another thing Catherine will recognise.
0:32:41 > 0:32:43Very nice, I am instantly drawn to that.
0:32:43 > 0:32:45- I saw that in Lewes.- Yeah.
0:32:46 > 0:32:50- I love it.- It's lovely. It's got one little nick on it.- Oh, has it?
0:32:50 > 0:32:52I think they dated it a little earlier than it is,
0:32:52 > 0:32:55I mean, they said 1900 on the ticket.
0:32:55 > 0:32:57- I think it's about 1920. - 1920, isn't it?
0:32:57 > 0:32:59Yes, it is. I think they were a little optimistic there.
0:32:59 > 0:33:02But that, of course, we needn't talk about, because you'll hate it.
0:33:02 > 0:33:07- No, I'm not even going to bother going there. I love that, by the way.- I bought my salting trough.
0:33:07 > 0:33:11I thought, in a nice big house, on a kitchen table or a dining table,
0:33:11 > 0:33:13- with fruit in it, do you think? - Beautiful.
0:33:13 > 0:33:15Yeah, a really, really great idea.
0:33:15 > 0:33:19- £15.- That's very good. And what's the curling stone?
0:33:20 > 0:33:24It is a whisky decanter.
0:33:24 > 0:33:26- Oh, that's fabulous.- Isn't it super?
0:33:26 > 0:33:28It could make an inkwell, couldn't it?
0:33:28 > 0:33:30- Do you know how much it was?- No.
0:33:30 > 0:33:33£2.98. Well, you told me to spend most of my money on one thing.
0:33:33 > 0:33:35I did. So you've gambled it on that.
0:33:35 > 0:33:37It's going to be really interesting to see what that makes.
0:33:37 > 0:33:41If that goes over £100, I shall be standing in the saleroom
0:33:41 > 0:33:43crying my eyes out.
0:33:43 > 0:33:45No wallowing now, Catherine. Time to move on.
0:33:45 > 0:33:47Miss Southon! Oh, it's a hippo!
0:33:47 > 0:33:51I got the glass hippo, but it's by Kosta Boda.
0:33:51 > 0:33:54Oh, it's really nice. What date is it?
0:33:54 > 0:33:56It's only about 1970, it's not that old.
0:33:56 > 0:33:59I don't think it's going to make big bucks.
0:33:59 > 0:34:03- What do you think about this? I've got to show you this.- Fabulous. Is that George III?- It's beautiful.
0:34:03 > 0:34:07- No, it's not. It is Victorian. It's 1894.- Is it?
0:34:07 > 0:34:09But isn't it just so elegant?
0:34:09 > 0:34:11It's the most gorgeous, gorgeous shape.
0:34:11 > 0:34:13Surely it's worth £100, is it not?
0:34:13 > 0:34:17Well, I would like to think so. I paid 55 for it.
0:34:17 > 0:34:19Yes, she's done it again.
0:34:19 > 0:34:23This, of course, you bought simply because you did so well with the last ones.
0:34:23 > 0:34:27No, but I bought it simply because it's got Rubens cherubs on,
0:34:27 > 0:34:29- Rubens angels.- Yeah.
0:34:29 > 0:34:30And I thought that was a nice little touch.
0:34:30 > 0:34:33It is a nice thing. How much?
0:34:33 > 0:34:36- 20.- (20?)
0:34:36 > 0:34:38You've bought well again. No wonder I'm losing.
0:34:38 > 0:34:41But I bought that purely because of the cherubs.
0:34:41 > 0:34:44- I'm not sure I want to look in there, do I?- Go on.
0:34:44 > 0:34:47- It's a set of coffee spoons.- No.
0:34:48 > 0:34:51- Are they silver? - Sterling silver.- Yeah.
0:34:51 > 0:34:54- Although the enamel is perfect, they are quite naively... - It's poor quality.
0:34:54 > 0:34:59- No. They're quite naively painted. - Poor quality.- Ouch!
0:34:59 > 0:35:02I really love them. Reminds me of France.
0:35:02 > 0:35:04What would you pay for them? French cockerel.
0:35:04 > 0:35:06What would I pay for them?
0:35:06 > 0:35:09I would pay 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30,
0:35:09 > 0:35:1135, 40.
0:35:11 > 0:35:16- No, stop doing this. I'd pay £50 for them.- Oh.
0:35:16 > 0:35:19- What did you pay for them?- 40.
0:35:19 > 0:35:22What do you mean, "Oh?" 50's more than 40.
0:35:22 > 0:35:25Yeah, but it would be nice if you said a little bit more than that.
0:35:25 > 0:35:27Sorry, I'd pay about 120.
0:35:27 > 0:35:30Yeah, that's about right. Thanks, Charlie. Always been my friend.
0:35:30 > 0:35:33You've done really well with your money.
0:35:33 > 0:35:35Good luck, Charlie.
0:35:36 > 0:35:39You've done really, really well again.
0:35:39 > 0:35:40And you've done well, too.
0:35:40 > 0:35:43Very cordial. But what do they really think?
0:35:43 > 0:35:47Catherine's done it again, she's bought really, really well.
0:35:47 > 0:35:50Her oil bottle is delicious and will double the money.
0:35:50 > 0:35:53I have to say, when I first saw it, I thought it was late 18th century.
0:35:53 > 0:35:56It's late Victorian but, nevertheless, it's wonderful.
0:35:56 > 0:36:00He surprised me with that clock.
0:36:00 > 0:36:04I know he's had a sneaky look at it when we were in Lewes.
0:36:04 > 0:36:07And I looked at it as well, but I absolutely loved it.
0:36:07 > 0:36:10I thought it was a beautiful thing, it's very vibrant.
0:36:10 > 0:36:11The one concern I have about it
0:36:11 > 0:36:14is the little bit of damage to the enamel.
0:36:14 > 0:36:19Personally, I think that's going to put off a lot of potential buyers.
0:36:19 > 0:36:23Charlie and Catherine kicked off this leg in Lewes, East Sussex,
0:36:23 > 0:36:27and travelled steadily north, winding their way through Kent.
0:36:27 > 0:36:30Their destination for today's auction is in Chiswick, West London.
0:36:35 > 0:36:39- (SINGS) I got a good feeling... - Have you?- Yeah, I don't know why.
0:36:39 > 0:36:42I'm not surprised. You've got such lovely things.
0:36:42 > 0:36:45It all hinges on the clock though, doesn't it?
0:36:45 > 0:36:47Have you seen the estimate on the clock?
0:36:47 > 0:36:50Yet again, it's a mere fraction of what I paid.
0:36:50 > 0:36:53It's just because of the chip.
0:36:53 > 0:36:56I'm good at chips. Close the door, come on.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58That's got a chip on it now.
0:36:58 > 0:37:02Chiswick Auctions is our theatre of dreams today.
0:37:02 > 0:37:05A buzzing saleroom full of gorgeous collectables.
0:37:05 > 0:37:09So does auctioneer Tom Keane think our experts have chosen wisely?
0:37:09 > 0:37:12The cocktail sticks might do all right, they're silver.
0:37:12 > 0:37:17The little Art Deco clock's OK, but what is it worth?
0:37:17 > 0:37:2030, 40 quid, 50 quid on a good day. So I'm not confident.
0:37:20 > 0:37:23I really feel like a man walking towards the gallows
0:37:23 > 0:37:24walking towards the rostrum today.
0:37:24 > 0:37:28Catherine started this leg with £172.20
0:37:28 > 0:37:31and spent £150 on four auction lots.
0:37:32 > 0:37:35Charlie kicked off with £101.98
0:37:35 > 0:37:38and managed to mess up his figures again.
0:37:38 > 0:37:42He thinks he's spent every penny, also on four auction lots
0:37:42 > 0:37:44but, in fact, he has £1 left over.
0:37:44 > 0:37:49Good luck, you two, you need to do well today.
0:37:49 > 0:37:51Look, when you haven't got much money to spend,
0:37:51 > 0:37:54- you buy what you can.- You do.
0:37:54 > 0:37:57You told me to buy something expensive, I did.
0:37:57 > 0:37:58And it's going to blow up in my face.
0:37:58 > 0:37:59You don't know that, Charlie.
0:37:59 > 0:38:05Look sharp, it's Catherine's crystal hippopotamus up first.
0:38:05 > 0:38:09£20 for it. Bidding 20, 25,
0:38:09 > 0:38:1128, 30, 32, 35.
0:38:11 > 0:38:14£32, is that it?
0:38:14 > 0:38:16£32 and going at £32.
0:38:16 > 0:38:17£32 and gone.
0:38:17 > 0:38:19Oh, dear, it did "Kosta lotta",
0:38:19 > 0:38:21and that's an even bigger loss after the auction house
0:38:21 > 0:38:23takes its well-earned commission.
0:38:23 > 0:38:25Didn't lose much.
0:38:25 > 0:38:29Now, Charlie has one hit and one miss with his ale purchases.
0:38:29 > 0:38:31- How will this one fare?- £5.
0:38:33 > 0:38:35Oh, is that a bid? You don't even drink, Tony.
0:38:35 > 0:38:40You're just feeling sorry for him. £5, anyone at 6? £5.
0:38:40 > 0:38:43All the excitement's over, I'm afraid.
0:38:43 > 0:38:45You did well there, Charlie, well done.
0:38:45 > 0:38:47It's a profit, it's a profit.
0:38:47 > 0:38:51Catherine's Victorian carafe is up next.
0:38:51 > 0:38:53Right, Miss Southon,
0:38:53 > 0:38:54I'm with you all the way, hon.
0:38:54 > 0:38:57Not a bad lot. £100 for it.
0:38:57 > 0:38:59£50 for it.
0:38:59 > 0:39:03£50, 55, take 55, 55.
0:39:03 > 0:39:06You're 60, 65. 70?
0:39:06 > 0:39:09At £70.
0:39:09 > 0:39:11- Come on, you've got £100. - Disappointing.
0:39:11 > 0:39:15But that is a profit. Cheer up, you two.
0:39:15 > 0:39:19If I were you, I would be well, well upset.
0:39:20 > 0:39:22It's just one of those things, isn't it?
0:39:22 > 0:39:24You're taking it jolly well.
0:39:24 > 0:39:25That was my only hope.
0:39:25 > 0:39:29They both clearly hoped for a lot more. Oh, well, onwards and upwards.
0:39:29 > 0:39:31Charlie's whisky decanter.
0:39:31 > 0:39:34£20 for it. £10 for it.
0:39:34 > 0:39:3612, 14, 16.
0:39:36 > 0:39:40At 14, give me 16, 16 bid, we want 18.
0:39:40 > 0:39:43At £16.
0:39:43 > 0:39:46- Here we go, here we go. - 18, new bidder, from the Scotsman.
0:39:46 > 0:39:47I'm getting excited.
0:39:47 > 0:39:51£18, at £18 I'm going to go. £18.
0:39:51 > 0:39:55Charlie's on a roll. That is a decent profit.
0:39:55 > 0:39:57I tell you what, I'm not buying antiques any more.
0:39:57 > 0:40:00I'm not buying classic antiques, I'm buying tat.
0:40:02 > 0:40:05It's Catherine's cocktail sticks next.
0:40:05 > 0:40:08£30. £30 for the lot, £30,
0:40:08 > 0:40:12£32, 32 there, 35,
0:40:12 > 0:40:1438, 40, 42, 45, 48,
0:40:14 > 0:40:1750, 52, 55, 58.
0:40:18 > 0:40:21£55, are we done?
0:40:21 > 0:40:25Going all done. At £55, your last chance.
0:40:25 > 0:40:28Stick it to me. That's a great profit.
0:40:28 > 0:40:30Not enough to please Catherine, though.
0:40:30 > 0:40:34I'm walking through treacle. You've made about £6.
0:40:35 > 0:40:37It's Charlie's Art Deco timepiece now,
0:40:37 > 0:40:39the one Catherine wanted to buy.
0:40:39 > 0:40:42£50 for it. Should make more.
0:40:42 > 0:40:44£30 for it. Bidder at £30,
0:40:44 > 0:40:4732, 35, 38, 40, 42,
0:40:47 > 0:40:4945, 48, 50, 55,
0:40:49 > 0:40:53- 60, 65, 70.- Good.
0:40:53 > 0:40:56- 65, give me 70 for it.- Come on.
0:40:56 > 0:40:59Are we done at £65? Going back to America, isn't it, yes?
0:41:00 > 0:41:02Sadly, that's a loss for Charlie.
0:41:02 > 0:41:06- When it started rattling along... - I know.- I really thought it'd make 100.
0:41:06 > 0:41:08- Positive bidding.- I know.
0:41:08 > 0:41:11It's Catherine's last item. Her silver-topped jar.
0:41:11 > 0:41:15- Start me at £20. £20 for it. Thank you, bid at 20.- Bid at 20.
0:41:15 > 0:41:1922, 25 there, 28 there. It's going all over the place.
0:41:19 > 0:41:22- 32, 35, 38, 40.- Fantastic.
0:41:22 > 0:41:25- £38, give me 40, at £38.- Well done.
0:41:25 > 0:41:30- 42. Right at the back at £40.- £40.
0:41:30 > 0:41:34- Double your money. - Last chance at £40, it's gone.
0:41:34 > 0:41:35That's an excellent profit for Catherine,
0:41:35 > 0:41:38putting her firmly in the lead.
0:41:38 > 0:41:40Well done. Finished with a bang.
0:41:40 > 0:41:42# Double your money.
0:41:42 > 0:41:44# Try and get rich. #
0:41:44 > 0:41:47It all hangs on Charlie's trough now.
0:41:47 > 0:41:50He needs a decent profit to catch Catherine up.
0:41:50 > 0:41:54£30 for it. £20 for it.
0:41:54 > 0:41:56Bid at £20, 22, 25,
0:41:56 > 0:41:5928, 30, 32, 35,
0:41:59 > 0:42:0435 bid, 38, 40, 42, 45, 48. That's better.
0:42:04 > 0:42:08At 45. At £45, 45 and gone.
0:42:09 > 0:42:11That's another good profit for Charlie,
0:42:11 > 0:42:14but is it enough to overtake his competitor?
0:42:14 > 0:42:16I'm very happy with that.
0:42:16 > 0:42:20- Charlie, that's amazing. - Very. What do you mean amazing?
0:42:20 > 0:42:2245 quid!
0:42:22 > 0:42:25Cost 15, made 45!
0:42:26 > 0:42:28Come on.
0:42:29 > 0:42:32So, Charlie started this leg with £101.98
0:42:32 > 0:42:37and has made a profit of £8.08 after auction costs.
0:42:37 > 0:42:41That leaves him with a slightly inflated £110.06
0:42:41 > 0:42:43to carry forward.
0:42:43 > 0:42:46But Catherine has edged ahead yet again
0:42:46 > 0:42:49and began this leg with £172.20
0:42:49 > 0:42:53and made a profit of £11.54, beating Charlie by just over £3.
0:42:53 > 0:42:56That leaves her with a grand total of £183.74
0:42:56 > 0:43:00to spend next time. Oo-ah.
0:43:04 > 0:43:06The sun is shining, Charlie.
0:43:06 > 0:43:08And I made a profit, about £8.
0:43:08 > 0:43:12- What did you make? - I made 11. But never mind.
0:43:12 > 0:43:14One auction to go.
0:43:14 > 0:43:16You won't believe it, but I can still catch you.
0:43:16 > 0:43:18- Have you got your swimming costume? - No.
0:43:18 > 0:43:20Let's go to the seaside.
0:43:21 > 0:43:23Next time on the Antiques Road Trip,
0:43:23 > 0:43:27Catherine confuses a dealer into a bargain.
0:43:27 > 0:43:29- 40 for the two. - What are you going to hit me with?
0:43:29 > 0:43:32I wasn't going to hit you with anything, but as you've asked.
0:43:33 > 0:43:36And Charlie comes over all Continental.
0:43:36 > 0:43:38May I do it the French way?
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