0:00:02 > 0:00:04It's the nation's favourite antiques experts
0:00:04 > 0:00:07with £200 each, a classic car,
0:00:07 > 0:00:10and a goal to scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:10 > 0:00:12- Going, going, gone.- Yes!
0:00:12 > 0:00:14I'm loving that bird.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17The aim? To make the biggest profit at auction, but it's no mean feat.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19Yes!
0:00:19 > 0:00:22There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.
0:00:22 > 0:00:23Don't I look handsome?
0:00:23 > 0:00:27So, will it be the high road to glory or the slow road to disaster?
0:00:27 > 0:00:29- I'm going now.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32This is the Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:34 > 0:00:35Yeah.
0:00:42 > 0:00:46All this week we've been hitching a ride with a right couple
0:00:46 > 0:00:49of charmers, antiques experts Charlie Ross and Thomas plant.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52I've thoroughly, thoroughly enjoyed my week.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54Hasn't it been wonderful?
0:00:54 > 0:00:57Charlie ran his own auction house for over 25 years
0:00:57 > 0:01:01so really should know a thing or two about antiques by now.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04I am a past master at buying things about which
0:01:04 > 0:01:06I know absolutely nothing.
0:01:06 > 0:01:10Thomas has clocked up over 20 years as an auctioneer, but despite his considerable knowledge
0:01:10 > 0:01:13is still yet to win a Road Trip.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16I could really go completely wrong from now on in.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20Our chaps began their journey with £200 each,
0:01:20 > 0:01:23but over the week Thomas has been streaking ahead
0:01:23 > 0:01:27leaving his sparring partner lagging behind.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29- Final leg.- And I'm back here with 200 quid.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31I think that's marvellous.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36Charlie sustained some bruising losses leaving him
0:01:36 > 0:01:39with just £209.92 to spend today.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43Thomas on the other hand has made steady profits,
0:01:43 > 0:01:48so he has a luscious £553.44 to play with.
0:01:48 > 0:01:49Doesn't it show?
0:01:51 > 0:01:54Despite the feverish competition our chaps have been
0:01:54 > 0:02:00jollying along quite happily in their natty 1971 Triumph Spitfire.
0:02:00 > 0:02:04This week, Thomas and Charlie are travelling from Watchet in Somerset
0:02:04 > 0:02:07to Shropshire, via North Wales before looping
0:02:07 > 0:02:10back down south for their final auction in Bedford.
0:02:13 > 0:02:17Today our chaps are kicking off in Walsall in the West Midlands
0:02:17 > 0:02:20and then pop into Staffordshire and Leicestershire
0:02:20 > 0:02:23before travelling south to the auction showdown in Bedford.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30Traditionally, the town of Walsall
0:02:30 > 0:02:32has sat at the heart of manufacturing in Britain
0:02:32 > 0:02:35and is most famed for making saddles,
0:02:35 > 0:02:39hence the local football club's nickname of the Saddlers.
0:02:39 > 0:02:43Our couple of antique-hunting cowboys have ridden into town
0:02:43 > 0:02:46hoping to round up some quality antiques.
0:02:46 > 0:02:50- First stop for Thomas is the Curio Shop.- Hello, I'm Thomas.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52Hi, Thomas. I'm Spencer. Pleased to meet you.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54- Thank you for letting us in. - You're welcome.
0:02:54 > 0:02:58- It's lovely and tight in here, isn't it?- It is, it's the way I like it.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00I'm going to have a good rummage if that's all right.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03Lordy, there's stuff everywhere. Get rummaging, Thomas.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05Wow.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09Spencer's not lying, he's crammed.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16But before long Thomas spots a muffin dish.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20From Winchcombe...
0:03:21 > 0:03:23..in Somerset.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25There's a terracotta body
0:03:25 > 0:03:30and then the glaze and this glaze is a Nash glaze
0:03:30 > 0:03:33and he's just done a graffiti design around there.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35I like that. I'm going to buy that.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38I like the £8.95 price bracket,
0:03:38 > 0:03:41but we'll have to wait and see what else we find.
0:03:41 > 0:03:45And he's not stopping there. How about another bit of pottery?
0:03:47 > 0:03:49See, this is a blank.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52A Staffordshire blank, 19th century.
0:03:52 > 0:03:56Before the age of television, et cetera,
0:03:56 > 0:03:59some happy amateur has painted this as a still life.
0:04:02 > 0:04:06Crying shame that it's got a great big hairline crack running all the way through it.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09But what a super thing.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12And there is a mere £24 on the ticket.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14Have you forgotten you're rolling in it, Thomas?
0:04:14 > 0:04:17There speaks a man who's keen to win.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20Meanwhile, the opposition is on the road travelling nine miles
0:04:20 > 0:04:23north-east to the cathedral city of Lichfield.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27Charlie is hotfooting it to a road trip old haunt,
0:04:27 > 0:04:29the Lichfield Antiques Centre.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31- There's a reception committee to greet him.- Lovely day!
0:04:31 > 0:04:33Mainly women.
0:04:33 > 0:04:34- Nice to see you again.- Me too.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37- Come on, get a move on, Roscoe. - How are you all?
0:04:43 > 0:04:44Somewhere...
0:04:44 > 0:04:47I've got to find the lot of my dreams.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52Could this be just the ticket?
0:04:52 > 0:04:55There's a Chinese mirror,
0:04:55 > 0:04:58but it's a quite unusual form.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00It's got...
0:05:00 > 0:05:02a bank of drawers at the bottom.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04It's then got a typical,
0:05:04 > 0:05:07what looks like a triptych mirror on the top.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11Crudely made, the dovetails,
0:05:11 > 0:05:15and they are dovetailed just of pine, they are very crude,
0:05:15 > 0:05:18but it's got this rather nice
0:05:18 > 0:05:22typically Chinese gilded decoration.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25But it's £185.
0:05:25 > 0:05:29The poor man needs help. Any ideas, Madeleine?
0:05:29 > 0:05:31- This one.- Right!
0:05:34 > 0:05:37George IV solid silver sauce ladle, "Glasgae",
0:05:37 > 0:05:39you've got the full hallmark there.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41Pretty thing, isn't it?
0:05:41 > 0:05:44It's got nine pounds on... Oh, no, sorry £90!
0:05:44 > 0:05:46I thought it was 9,000.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49You thought it was 9,000, good line.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51Good line.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54It's a nice thing. Who does it belong to?
0:05:54 > 0:05:55One of our traders.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57- It's quality.- It is quality.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59Mark's the owner of this cabinet.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01Perhaps Charlie can do a deal.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03If you buy a package, two or three items,
0:06:03 > 0:06:06I'm sure we can do something for you, Charlie.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08I'm all for a package.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10Is this your cabinet here?
0:06:10 > 0:06:12A nice Tiffany buckle there.
0:06:12 > 0:06:13Go on, let's have a look.
0:06:15 > 0:06:16It's a nice piece.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19It's a great buckle, isn't it? A great buckle.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21American Express Company,
0:06:21 > 0:06:23Wells Butterfield and Company
0:06:23 > 0:06:28- and I think Wells was the Wells Fargo.- Wells Fargo.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31Yeah, but the great thing about it is it's made by Tiffany,
0:06:31 > 0:06:33one of the great, great,
0:06:33 > 0:06:36Art Nouveau movement makers,
0:06:36 > 0:06:38most famously known for their glass,
0:06:38 > 0:06:41their wonderful glass lamps.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44I must say they don't quite fit together, really,
0:06:44 > 0:06:47a Scottish silver ladle and an American Express buckle,
0:06:47 > 0:06:51but it might give me a buying base, mightn't it?
0:06:51 > 0:06:54We have delivery, Charlie, so...
0:06:54 > 0:06:57You know, I've got a wife and three kids.
0:06:57 > 0:06:58- Have you really?- No.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00THEY LAUGH
0:07:00 > 0:07:02- No wife and no kids?- No.
0:07:02 > 0:07:03- How do you do it?- I don't know.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05That's remarkable.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09Now he's got a rapport going, Charlie's decided to chance his arm.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13I don't suppose that Chinese cabinet is likely to be ridiculously cheap?
0:07:13 > 0:07:16I could possibly do a deal on that.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19I mean, it's priced at £185.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21I'd have to buy it for 65 quid I think.
0:07:21 > 0:07:2365.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26Um...80?
0:07:26 > 0:07:28I'd pay £70 cash for it
0:07:28 > 0:07:31and run and pray.
0:07:31 > 0:07:32I'll take £70 to help you.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34Oh, to help me.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36It might beat Thomas, you never know.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39Look at that, one purchase down and he's all excited.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42Mark!
0:07:42 > 0:07:44I'd like to buy the two of them for £70.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47Charlie, you're...
0:07:47 > 0:07:49Oh, Lordy.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51No. It's Scottish silver, Charlie.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54- It is Scottish silver, absolutely. - Quality.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56- SCOTTISH ACCENTS: "Glasgae".- Aye.- Aye.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58It's the very, very best.
0:07:58 > 0:08:0090 for the two.
0:08:00 > 0:08:0275?
0:08:02 > 0:08:04Charlie, I can't.
0:08:04 > 0:08:0785 and that's it.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11Make it 80 and I'll give you the other fiver.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14- Oh, you can't do that, that's cheating.- Go on, then.- 80 quid?
0:08:14 > 0:08:16Yeah, yeah.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19- Look at you, you're smiling all the way to the bank.- I've been done.
0:08:19 > 0:08:20- You haven't been down.- I have.
0:08:20 > 0:08:24This was priced at 35 quid until you saw me coming through the door.
0:08:24 > 0:08:25Is that right?
0:08:25 > 0:08:28- So I owe you 150 quid. - It sounds like it, yes.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31140, 150, how's that?
0:08:31 > 0:08:33Thank you, Charlie.
0:08:33 > 0:08:37Back at the Curio Shop, Thomas has just put aside the muffin dish
0:08:37 > 0:08:39and the painted plaque
0:08:39 > 0:08:41and now he has something else in his sights.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44There's a corkscrew in this front cabinet, please.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47Also, there's a corkscrew in there, please.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54Thank you. This one has got a rosewood handle.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57Obviously wine is quite popular.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00Lovely, lovely twist on that.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02They are certainly something else to think about
0:09:02 > 0:09:04and now for another possible corker.
0:09:04 > 0:09:09These are cork pictures from the 1900s made in China.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14You've got these pagodas and the Prunus trees.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16They've aged.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18The landscape has been carved out of cork
0:09:18 > 0:09:22which is then layered to create a 3-D effect.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25A bit more rifling and Thomas unearths another cork picture.
0:09:25 > 0:09:29There's some sort of quality to them.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32I think they're rather fun, these cork pictures.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35The ticket price is £18.95 and the quite fashionable these days.
0:09:35 > 0:09:39Time to see if Spencer is amenable to a deal.
0:09:39 > 0:09:43- Spencer.- Yes, yes, Thomas.
0:09:43 > 0:09:47- I've done my homework. This is £95 for the whole lot.- For what?
0:09:47 > 0:09:50For the corkscrews, for the muffin dish, for the plaque,
0:09:50 > 0:09:52without the pictures.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55So we've got to add almost another 40 on top of that.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58So that's 135.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00That's the ticket price. What are you offering?
0:10:01 > 0:10:07- £65.- Oh, dear.- I know, I know, I know.- Oof!- Where can we go?
0:10:08 > 0:10:12- I see this whole deal at being £100. - Oh, Spencer! That's what I see.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16- You're not going to budge? - Not going to budge.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19- In fact, if you don't give me the money, I'll show you the door.- Yikes!
0:10:19 > 0:10:21Spencer's no pushover.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24- £80.- £95.- Halfway at 90?
0:10:28 > 0:10:31- Deal.- You're a star. - Am I? Thanks.- Cheers.
0:10:31 > 0:10:35- £90. There you are. A pleasure. - Thomas, good to meet you.
0:10:35 > 0:10:40Good to meet you as well. What have I done? Four items in my first shop!
0:10:42 > 0:10:44Hmm. Are they going to make a profit in Bedford?
0:10:44 > 0:10:47We'll have to wait and see, won't we?
0:10:47 > 0:10:50With all this shopping extravaganza over,
0:10:50 > 0:10:53Thomas now has a chance to find out why Walsall
0:10:53 > 0:10:55is so famous for making saddles.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58Just down the road is a museum dedicated to this heritage
0:10:58 > 0:11:02- and waiting to show Thomas round is curator Mike Glasson.- Hello.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05- I'm Thomas.- Hello and welcome to the Leather Museum.- Leather Museum.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08I believe that Walsall is famous for leather.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11It is unique in the world, really, as the centre of the saddlery trade.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14- And you're going to show me round? - Absolutely.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17- We're going to start in the tannery. - Lead on, then.- Follow me.
0:11:19 > 0:11:23- Why is Walsall famous for leather? - It goes back to the Middle Ages.
0:11:23 > 0:11:27Walsall became a centre for making what's called lorinery,
0:11:27 > 0:11:32be it stirrups, spurs, metalwork associated with riding and horses.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34And then at a later date somebody had the bright idea,
0:11:34 > 0:11:36"If we are making all the metalwork,
0:11:36 > 0:11:39"we might as well make the leather work as well."
0:11:39 > 0:11:42In the 19th century, the Walsall leather industry
0:11:42 > 0:11:45profited from a society very much centred around horses,
0:11:45 > 0:11:48with one of its biggest customers being the British Army.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51Over here we've got an example of a typical Walsall saddle.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54This is a military one
0:11:54 > 0:11:57but it's representative of the sort of thing that would have been
0:11:57 > 0:12:00made in Walsall for most of the 19th and 20th centuries.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02The saddlers tended to be men.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05All of the cutting out and assembly was done by men
0:12:05 > 0:12:07but the stitching was generally done by women.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10And one of those women volunteers is here today.
0:12:10 > 0:12:14Sue's showing Thomas how leather stitching was traditionally done.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16Pay attention, Thomas.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18It's double hand stitching,
0:12:18 > 0:12:20and that means we've got a needle in each hand.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23We're coming from the left with our left hand, obviously.
0:12:23 > 0:12:27Then you go through with your right hand,
0:12:27 > 0:12:29retrieve it with your left hand.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32You've got two loops and you pull.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35- Sue, do you think I could have a go? - Certainly, yes.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38Uh-oh! Don't mess it up, Thomas.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41Left-hand first. Pull it through.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44Pull it through with your right hand.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46Now put the right-hand needle in the same hole,
0:12:46 > 0:12:48going to the left.
0:12:48 > 0:12:52Hang on. Have I cast that over this side here, like this?
0:12:52 > 0:12:55- I think you've got a bit of a knot coming, there.- Oh, my gosh.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57This is more complicated... I thought, "I'll do this.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00- "I'll be all right." - You're very good.
0:13:00 > 0:13:04Bear in mind if you don't get it as neat as it possibly can be,
0:13:04 > 0:13:07they'll give it you back and you have to undo it and do it again.
0:13:07 > 0:13:12- Really? I don't want that to happen. - Yes. Best stop there.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15As the age of the horse disappeared,
0:13:15 > 0:13:18the leather industry here had to reinvent itself.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21The skilled craftsmen and women instead turned to making light
0:13:21 > 0:13:25leather goods such as travelling bags, hat boxes and wallets.
0:13:25 > 0:13:29In the '60s you get the beginning of mass imports from economies
0:13:29 > 0:13:33in the Far East and that's really bad news for Walsall.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36Nevertheless, I think leather retained its cachet
0:13:36 > 0:13:39so quality in the top end of the market.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42There is still a cachet about English made.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45The made in England brand is very powerful.
0:13:45 > 0:13:49Walsall leather companies now make goods for top end designers,
0:13:49 > 0:13:51such as Mulberry and Ralph Lauren.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54- We have for Royal warrant holders still in Walsall.- Really?
0:13:54 > 0:13:58So it is very much a top end quality trade.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00This is a good example.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03This is a bag that was made to be presented to the Queen.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05Two were made and we've got one of them.
0:14:05 > 0:14:10It's so lovely to hear that a trade in this part of Britain,
0:14:10 > 0:14:13from the 19th century, and before,
0:14:13 > 0:14:16you said, but still very popular.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19And still going today. Thank you very much.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22It has been a real pleasure and I thoroughly enjoyed myself.
0:14:22 > 0:14:26Now, while Thomas has been luxuriating in leather,
0:14:26 > 0:14:28Charlie has left Lichfield behind
0:14:28 > 0:14:32and is heading back to Walsall with his remaining £59.92.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36This is where we dropped Thomas earlier.
0:14:36 > 0:14:37I wonder if he's still in here.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42- Hello!- Hi.- Anyone in?- Yes.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45- Hi, I'm Charlie.- I'm Spencer. Pleased to meet you.
0:14:45 > 0:14:49- Lovely to see you. Is there any room for you in this shop?- No!
0:14:49 > 0:14:53The question is how will Charlie fare in Spencer's Aladdin's cave?
0:14:53 > 0:14:56- It's an experience. - Oh, my goodness me!
0:14:56 > 0:15:00- This is where all the stuff goes that you can't sell?- Yes.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03- What an honest answer! - THEY LAUGH
0:15:04 > 0:15:07Luckily, Spencer has an idea of something that might be visionary.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09Good Lord!
0:15:11 > 0:15:13- From an optician.- Yes.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16The box of opticians' lenses is Edwardian.
0:15:16 > 0:15:20That is either worth three quid or 200 quid,
0:15:20 > 0:15:23depending on who wants something like that.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26You test people with these. Look at that.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29You can't see anything through something like that.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35Is it ridiculously cheap? Is it sort of free?
0:15:36 > 0:15:40- HE LAUGHS - What does that mean?
0:15:40 > 0:15:44- Yes. No, but is it a 20 quid thing? - It's 50.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51- It's not much each, is it?- No.
0:15:51 > 0:15:52- 30 quid? - HE LAUGHS
0:15:52 > 0:15:54Sorry.
0:15:54 > 0:15:58- It's got to be 50.- Did I mention that Spencer's no pushover?
0:15:59 > 0:16:03Can you do the lenses for 40 quid, if I don't steal that...
0:16:03 > 0:16:07- Could you do it for 45? - I like that.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10That is a very good impersonation of Roscoe begging.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12THEY LAUGH
0:16:12 > 0:16:14I'll give you 40 quid cash and run.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16You can give me 45 and get out.
0:16:16 > 0:16:20- THEY LAUGH - I don't know why I'm laughing.
0:16:20 > 0:16:24I'm going to just take a ridiculously silly gamble
0:16:24 > 0:16:28- and give you 45 quid for those lenses.- OK.- 45.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31- It's going to you, sir.- Thank you.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34So it's time to reunite our two experts.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37- Hello, my son.- Hello.
0:16:37 > 0:16:41- Had a lovely day?- Lovely day. I've been waiting for hours.
0:16:41 > 0:16:45- What have you been doing? - I've been pretending to shop.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47HE LAUGHS
0:16:47 > 0:16:52Of you go for a little lie down now, chaps. Night-night.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57Day two and the sun is shining
0:16:57 > 0:17:00but there is a tinge of sadness in the air.
0:17:00 > 0:17:04It is such sad, sorrow news. It's our last buying day together.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07Do you think if we could finish with a dead heat
0:17:07 > 0:17:09- they would then give us another week?- I hope so.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11How sweet.
0:17:11 > 0:17:15So far Thomas has spent £90 on two corkscrews, a muffin dish,
0:17:15 > 0:17:19a pair of Chinese cork pictures and a 19th century painted plaque.
0:17:20 > 0:17:26That leaves him with a magnificent £463.44 to spend today.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30Charlie, meanwhile, has already splashed out
0:17:30 > 0:17:34£195 on four items - a silver ladle, a brass belt buckle,
0:17:34 > 0:17:37an early 20th-century Chinese table mirror
0:17:37 > 0:17:43and an Edwardian optician's box, leaving him with a miserly £14.92.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48This could be your first ever Road Trip win.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51Our chaps have left Walsall behind
0:17:51 > 0:17:55and are heading for the beautiful hamlet of Shenton in Leicestershire.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57Do you know where we're going now?
0:17:57 > 0:18:01- We're going to share a shop. - Are we going to share a shop? Oh, no!
0:18:01 > 0:18:06Yes. Sadly, the peace of this rural idyll is about to be shattered
0:18:06 > 0:18:08as our experts descend
0:18:08 > 0:18:11on Whitemore's Antiques and Crafts Centre.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13On hand to meet them are dealers Margaret and Dave.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15- Margaret, are you coming with me? - Yes.
0:18:15 > 0:18:19Come on, Dave. Take me somewhere. Take me in here. This looks lovely.
0:18:23 > 0:18:27And pretty much straightaway, Thomas hears something calling him.
0:18:27 > 0:18:33It's an art deco speaker in an oak case with a painted black
0:18:33 > 0:18:36front to it of Pan playing pipes.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39It's a speaker, it's nothing else, but it's quite decorative.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42(And there are huge collectors for this stuff.)
0:18:42 > 0:18:44It has £75 on the ticket
0:18:44 > 0:18:48so that's one to think about but there's plenty more to see here.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50Just get browsing, you two.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05Roscoe's so relaxed, isn't he?
0:19:07 > 0:19:11He's got that real relaxedness about him. It's so wonderful to be around.
0:19:11 > 0:19:15A-ha! "Keep calm and relax"!
0:19:17 > 0:19:19Fat chance.
0:19:23 > 0:19:27- Has something caught his eye at last?- An old drum...
0:19:27 > 0:19:32made by the world-famous Henry Potter & Co, London.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35£49, which is not a lot of money for a snare drum.
0:19:35 > 0:19:41Beautiful brass workmanship on it. Isn't that fabulous?
0:19:41 > 0:19:46Do you think you'd sell a £49 drum for £14.92?
0:19:47 > 0:19:50Time to get David.
0:19:50 > 0:19:55It's just beautifully, beautifully made and it's a good maker but...
0:19:55 > 0:19:57That is Margaret's.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01- If you give her a cuddle...- Yeah.
0:20:01 > 0:20:05..you can have the drum for the paltry amount that you've offered us.
0:20:05 > 0:20:09- It's all I've got in the world, Margaret.- You are cheeky!- I'm sorry.
0:20:09 > 0:20:14- But you can say no. - As you are on your knees...
0:20:14 > 0:20:16- Do you want a cuddle? - If you give me a cuddle.
0:20:16 > 0:20:22- Is this my lucky day, Margaret? Melt into my arms!- Wonderful.
0:20:22 > 0:20:27Splendid! It has been reskinned but passport to success.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29- So you're very happy? - I'm over the moon.- Jolly good.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32I'm so pleased I came along today.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34The sun is shining...
0:20:34 > 0:20:36# And with musket, fife and drum
0:20:36 > 0:20:39# Oh no sweet maid I cannot marry you
0:20:39 > 0:20:41# For I have no coat to put on... #
0:20:41 > 0:20:44Well, that has cheered him up. How are you feeling, Thomas?
0:20:44 > 0:20:47(I'm feeling under pressure
0:20:47 > 0:20:50(and I don't like that feeling cos Roscoe is quite a quick buyer.)
0:20:52 > 0:20:55No pressure at all, Thomas. You just take your time, mate.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58- Margaret.- Hello again.
0:20:59 > 0:21:04- (The speaker.)- The speaker that you're interested in. Yeah.
0:21:04 > 0:21:08- 75, is it?- Yeah, yeah, yeah. What's the best on that?
0:21:08 > 0:21:12I actually had a word with the tenant
0:21:12 > 0:21:15and he is willing to let you have it for 55.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21What would he say if I offered 45?
0:21:21 > 0:21:25- I really will have to have another word.- Do you mind?
0:21:25 > 0:21:28(I want to buy it for 45 quid)
0:21:28 > 0:21:31because they've got the potential of only making 20.
0:21:31 > 0:21:36Thomas, he has actually says he will go with your offer of £45.
0:21:36 > 0:21:40- I should have said 35!- I don't think he would have gone that low!
0:21:40 > 0:21:42THEY LAUGH
0:21:42 > 0:21:45I think that's lovely. Let me give you some money.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48Well done, Thomas, the deal is done. And without a cuddle, too.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51- Thank you.- Roscoe. Wake up. What are you doing?
0:21:51 > 0:21:57- Would have you been doing? - Shut up.- I've been here for hours.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59I've had four cups of coffee, spent my money.
0:21:59 > 0:22:03That means you're going to be stopping all the way to your visit.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06"I want a wee-wee! I want to go to the loo." Come on.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08There's no rest for the wicked.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11It is easy for you, when you got no money, to find something.
0:22:11 > 0:22:15- For me it's just more difficult. - Don't be pathetic.
0:22:15 > 0:22:19- It is more difficult.- I bet you've got a great pocketful of money.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22- I have got a pocketful of money. - Calm down, children.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24With our Charlie entirely spent up,
0:22:24 > 0:22:29what better time to go visit an amazing piece of local history?
0:22:29 > 0:22:32Thomas is giving him a lift to Bruntingthorpe Airfield.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38- What do you think is in there? - Look at that!
0:22:38 > 0:22:42- You're going to have some fun today, you lucky boy.- I certainly an.
0:22:42 > 0:22:47- Look at you!- You go and spend that 550 quid!- Off you go.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50- Have a lovely time. - I will.- You lucky old thing!
0:22:50 > 0:22:54- You might never see me again! - Enjoy yourself!
0:22:54 > 0:22:57Charlie is meeting Chris Norris, who has something rather special
0:22:57 > 0:23:01- tucked away in his shed. - Is this your garden shed?
0:23:01 > 0:23:03No, not really, but if I can just show you.
0:23:13 > 0:23:15Charlie is in for a treat.
0:23:15 > 0:23:19He is about to get up close to some of the fastest military jets
0:23:19 > 0:23:23ever built - not one but two English Electric Lightning jets.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29These magnificent machines have been bought by the
0:23:29 > 0:23:33Lightning Preservation Group, of which Chris is a member.
0:23:33 > 0:23:37They were built to defend British airspace during the Cold War
0:23:37 > 0:23:41with the aim of intercepting aircraft from the USSR
0:23:41 > 0:23:44as they approached our airspace.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47This is the closest I have been to a Lightning
0:23:47 > 0:23:51since I had my Airfix model at home when I was probably about ten.
0:23:51 > 0:23:57We actually bought this aircraft in 1988 direct from the RAF
0:23:57 > 0:24:00for the princely sum of £11,300.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04These Lightenings have been decommissioned now
0:24:04 > 0:24:08but still remain a remarkable feat of engineering.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11Once these supersonic jets were able to fly over twice the speed
0:24:11 > 0:24:15of sound and could climb 50,000 feet per minute
0:24:15 > 0:24:20to an altitude of over 16 miles, flying faster than Concorde.
0:24:21 > 0:24:25The original design was conceived in 1947.
0:24:25 > 0:24:29- That's just two years after the end of the war!- Absolutely.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31They were flying Spitfires and Hurricanes!
0:24:31 > 0:24:34It was a quantum leap from that and then you went to the
0:24:34 > 0:24:36Lightning in squadron service in 1960,
0:24:36 > 0:24:38when it first entered service.
0:24:38 > 0:24:42And it was an immense plane for the guys to fly.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45This underneath here, that is an enlarged ventral tank,
0:24:45 > 0:24:48- which increased the range. - What was the range?
0:24:48 > 0:24:52- They could only stay out for about an hour.- Is that all?
0:24:52 > 0:24:55- I suppose at that speed they can go a fair distance.- Absolutely.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57Here is the engines.
0:24:57 > 0:25:01One on top of the other, which is quite unique
0:25:01 > 0:25:05but can be a problem, if you get the problem with the top engine,
0:25:05 > 0:25:10you then went from a single fire to a double fire
0:25:10 > 0:25:13and there was a lot lost, which ended up in the North Sea.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16If you get a fuel leak from that one, it explodes this one.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19- Absolutely.- Thank you very much. It's wonderful from the front.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21When you pull back the doors,
0:25:21 > 0:25:23the view of it is absolutely breathtaking.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26- It looks like a wasp coming towards you.- Absolutely.
0:25:26 > 0:25:27Rather a large wasp.
0:25:27 > 0:25:31The Lightning was never required to fly in a combat situation
0:25:31 > 0:25:34but instead acted as a deterrent to the Russians.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37It has got two Red Top missiles on this one.
0:25:37 > 0:25:41- That's those things at the front. - They're air to air.- Air to air.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47I'm Looking at that ladder thinking it needs climbing.
0:25:47 > 0:25:51- Am I allowed in?- I think that can be arranged, Charlie.
0:25:52 > 0:25:54# Take my breath away
0:25:54 > 0:25:56Step aside, Tom Cruise.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01# Take my breath away... #
0:26:01 > 0:26:05- HE CHUCKLES - There are a lot of knobs up here.
0:26:05 > 0:26:07HE CHUCKLES
0:26:09 > 0:26:11Pretty cramped, isn't it?
0:26:11 > 0:26:14How on earth does anybody concentrate on all this lot?
0:26:14 > 0:26:18- Extraordinary instruments, here. - You are one of the elite now.- Yeah.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21I'm so thrilled. What is my mission, sir?
0:26:21 > 0:26:24I'm absolutely terrified, to be honest, Chris.
0:26:27 > 0:26:32- Tell Thomas there'll only be one for tea.- OK. Nice knowing you!
0:26:32 > 0:26:34- Goodbye, sir.- Goodbye.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36As the Cold War was drawing to a close,
0:26:36 > 0:26:39these extraordinary planes had had their day.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42Lightnings were finally decommissioned in 1988,
0:26:42 > 0:26:46a year before the falling of the Berlin Wall,
0:26:46 > 0:26:50paving the way for a new generation of super jets.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53I'm a very, very privileged guy to be sitting in one of these.
0:26:55 > 0:26:59I shall savour this moment for a long time.
0:26:59 > 0:27:01And I shall think of the chaps that flew them.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08While Charlie disappears over the horizon,
0:27:08 > 0:27:11Thomas has more earthly matters to consider.
0:27:11 > 0:27:15He's travelled six miles east of the village of Kibworth.
0:27:16 > 0:27:20He's come to splash the last of his cash at Kibworth Antiques Centre.
0:27:24 > 0:27:29- Hello. I'm Thomas.- Hello, I'm Sharon. - Nice to meet you. Is this all yours?
0:27:29 > 0:27:32It is. We have about 40 different dealers within the centre.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35With £418.44 burning a hole in your pocket,
0:27:35 > 0:27:38what's the plan here, Planters?
0:27:38 > 0:27:41I've already got five lots so here I'm looking to add
0:27:41 > 0:27:45to one of those lots and the best lot is going to be the corkscrews.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48We either buy more corkscrews, buy every single corkscrew I see,
0:27:48 > 0:27:51to make it into a beefy lot of corkscrews,
0:27:51 > 0:27:54or we buy a coaster, buy anything wine related.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56So that should be quite fun.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58This is a cellarman's corkscrew.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01It's just literally your bog-standard for your cellar
0:28:01 > 0:28:04and there were loads of these produced.
0:28:04 > 0:28:08There's definitely a cellerman's one. It's no money.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11That is definitely something which we are going to add to the lot.
0:28:11 > 0:28:13We've found this corkscrew.
0:28:13 > 0:28:16There's a corkscrew there. So we will leave that there
0:28:16 > 0:28:18and see if we can find any more items.
0:28:22 > 0:28:24A-ha! He's spotted something.
0:28:24 > 0:28:29There are these two studio pottery bits which are quite nice.
0:28:29 > 0:28:31Sharon.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34Thank you.
0:28:36 > 0:28:38And the other.
0:28:38 > 0:28:40They are quite fun and colourful, aren't they?
0:28:40 > 0:28:44- They're lovely. Really nice. - They're really sweet.
0:28:44 > 0:28:48- They were at £20 each, weren't they? - They are, yes.
0:28:48 > 0:28:51(Do you think I could have them for 20 for the two?)
0:28:51 > 0:28:53- (No.)- No? Why not?
0:28:53 > 0:28:57Because I'm not allowed to let you have them for that.
0:28:57 > 0:29:01- What could I have them for?- You could have them for 17 each?- Really? Yes.
0:29:03 > 0:29:06- Not...- I'm afraid. - Not 30 for the two?
0:29:06 > 0:29:09Do you want me to call the dealer? See what the very best is?
0:29:09 > 0:29:12- Do you mind? That would be really helpful.- For the two?
0:29:12 > 0:29:15These could go with my muffin dish to make a lot,
0:29:15 > 0:29:17a lot of studio pottery, contemporary pottery.
0:29:18 > 0:29:22- What's the news?- OK. I've spoken to the dealer.
0:29:22 > 0:29:25Because you are buying the two, he's happy to do them for 30 for you.
0:29:25 > 0:29:28Look at that! Isn't that lovely! What a nice chap.
0:29:28 > 0:29:30- I'll have those and the corkscrew.- Yes.
0:29:30 > 0:29:32Not a great deal, I know, so could I...
0:29:32 > 0:29:35What could I do for that?
0:29:35 > 0:29:38What could I have the whole lot for? What are you going to do?
0:29:39 > 0:29:42I would say there is really not a lot to do on the six.
0:29:42 > 0:29:46But I would say let's do the two for 34.
0:29:46 > 0:29:50Thank you very much. 35. There you are. Thank you very much.
0:29:50 > 0:29:53- Thank you very much.- Thank you. That concludes my work.
0:29:53 > 0:29:57Just stuff the rest of your cash back in the pocket, old fruit.
0:29:57 > 0:29:59So with both chaps shopped out,
0:29:59 > 0:30:03it's that time again when they have to reveal all to each other.
0:30:03 > 0:30:05First on the chopping block is Charlie.
0:30:05 > 0:30:08What have you got here? A drum. A signed drum.
0:30:08 > 0:30:12It's a signed drum by Henry Potter of London.
0:30:12 > 0:30:15Unfortunately this, of course, not original
0:30:15 > 0:30:18- but I like the brass work on it. - How much was that?
0:30:18 > 0:30:21- That was all I had in the world, Thomas.- Was that with Margaret?
0:30:21 > 0:30:25- That was £14.92. - How did you get that off her?
0:30:25 > 0:30:29- Because I gave her a cuddle.- Roscoe!
0:30:29 > 0:30:32- That is my gamble.- I didn't see that.
0:30:32 > 0:30:36Because that could make 20 quid and it might make 150 quid.
0:30:36 > 0:30:40Some of these are remarkable. Look at the thickness of some of them.
0:30:40 > 0:30:43HE LAUGHS
0:30:43 > 0:30:47- Anyway, how much was that? - 45 quid, the lot.- Oh! £100.
0:30:47 > 0:30:49Have a look at the back of that.
0:30:51 > 0:30:53- Who made it?- Tiffany!- Yeah.
0:30:53 > 0:30:57- "Tiffany Broadway New York". - 40 quid.
0:30:57 > 0:31:00- I quite like that. - Right. Whip it off, Thomas.
0:31:00 > 0:31:02HE MIMICS FANFARE
0:31:02 > 0:31:04You've bought some corkscrews.
0:31:04 > 0:31:08- One very ordinary one, one slightly better and...- Yeah.
0:31:08 > 0:31:12- They are too expensive. They're my bad buy.- What about your plaque?
0:31:12 > 0:31:15It's a 19th-century Staffordshire plaque, painted still life.
0:31:15 > 0:31:18May I have a look at it? I think it is rather well painted.
0:31:18 > 0:31:19It's beautifully painted.
0:31:19 > 0:31:23It's lovely, like a 17th-century Dutch still life.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26- This time I went for colour. - How much?- £15.
0:31:26 > 0:31:30That's... That... I think that is a good profit.
0:31:30 > 0:31:32I've never been a great lover of these. They're chancy.
0:31:32 > 0:31:34I've never been a great lover
0:31:34 > 0:31:37but there is something wonderful about them.
0:31:37 > 0:31:40They were 30 quid for the pair. You can't say fairer than that.
0:31:40 > 0:31:43You can't. 165, I think you've spent.
0:31:43 > 0:31:45It's something like that but I've got loads of money left.
0:31:45 > 0:31:47You've got about 400 quid and all that lot
0:31:47 > 0:31:49and I have got precisely...
0:31:50 > 0:31:54..rien and these bits!
0:31:54 > 0:31:58Someone has got to lose! How many Road Trips have you ever won?
0:31:58 > 0:32:04- None. How many have you won?- One! - THEY BOTH LAUGH
0:32:04 > 0:32:09We're going to be all square at the end of this. One each.
0:32:09 > 0:32:13- Thomas, it has been a treat, old bean.- Hasn't it?- A treat.
0:32:13 > 0:32:15So, what did they really think?
0:32:15 > 0:32:18The spectacle things, I mean...
0:32:18 > 0:32:21I mean, those were doing really well when he had his saleroom.
0:32:21 > 0:32:24HE LAUGHS Poor old Charlie.
0:32:24 > 0:32:28Disappointing, Thomas. Disappointing, old boy.
0:32:28 > 0:32:31Quite a good plaque with a crack.
0:32:31 > 0:32:35I can't stand the belt buckle. I really don't like the belt buckle.
0:32:35 > 0:32:39He has done all right but I would rather he had spent £400 or £500.
0:32:39 > 0:32:42Thomas and Charlie have had a thoroughly enjoyable final leg,
0:32:42 > 0:32:45kicking off at Walsall in the West Midlands before passing
0:32:45 > 0:32:47through Staffordshire and Leicestershire.
0:32:47 > 0:32:51Now they are en route to their final auction in Bedford, Bedfordshire.
0:32:52 > 0:32:55Oh, Roscoe.
0:32:55 > 0:32:57- Good luck, old bean.- Good luck.
0:32:57 > 0:33:01- I'm told there are some very fine corkscrews at this sale.- There are.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04Fine and rare. Come on, Roscoe.
0:33:04 > 0:33:06Last time I have to get out that car.
0:33:07 > 0:33:10Today's battlefield is W&H Peacock,
0:33:10 > 0:33:14a thriving auction house that has been in business since 1901.
0:33:14 > 0:33:18Presiding over the proceedings today is auctioneer David Fletcher.
0:33:18 > 0:33:22Let's see what he thinks of our experts choices.
0:33:22 > 0:33:24The so-called Tiffany buckle,
0:33:24 > 0:33:26I'm not terribly happy about this lot really.
0:33:26 > 0:33:28In my view that is not by Tiffany.
0:33:28 > 0:33:31I hesitate even to call it a reproduction because I don't
0:33:31 > 0:33:35think anyone ever made them so we have catalogued it as modern.
0:33:35 > 0:33:38I hope someone will part with a tenner for it but you never know.
0:33:38 > 0:33:41The Staffordshire painted plaque. An interesting thing this, really.
0:33:41 > 0:33:45I think this will do OK. Plenty of people buying this sort of thing.
0:33:45 > 0:33:47Not as saleable as it might have been five years ago.
0:33:47 > 0:33:50I like to think it might make £100.
0:33:50 > 0:33:54Charlie started this leg with £209.92
0:33:54 > 0:33:57and blew every penny on five auction lots.
0:33:58 > 0:34:04Thomas began with the princely sum of £553.44 and spent £169,
0:34:04 > 0:34:06also on five auction lots.
0:34:06 > 0:34:09It's an uphill struggle for Charlie
0:34:09 > 0:34:11but he still has a chance to win the day.
0:34:11 > 0:34:13Settle down, chaps.
0:34:14 > 0:34:18First up is Charlie's buckle, made by world famous designers Tiffany's.
0:34:18 > 0:34:20Or is it?
0:34:20 > 0:34:24It is sold as a Wells Butterfield & Co style buckle.
0:34:24 > 0:34:30It is marked Tiffany but is not being sold as Tiffany. £10 for it?
0:34:30 > 0:34:34- Why don't you actually shoot me? - 10, I say. 5, I'm bid.
0:34:34 > 0:34:368. 10. 12. 15. 18.
0:34:36 > 0:34:39This is better than I could possibly have hoped.
0:34:39 > 0:34:4122. 25. 28. 30.
0:34:43 > 0:34:48- 35, sir?- See? It is all right! - At £35. All done?
0:34:48 > 0:34:51- Hang on!- 40. Fresh bid, now. At £40.
0:34:51 > 0:34:54This is a world record price for a buckle.
0:34:54 > 0:34:57- I beg your pardon, sir! - HE LAUGHS
0:34:57 > 0:35:00On my left at £45.
0:35:01 > 0:35:04Tiffany's or not, it still made a profit.
0:35:04 > 0:35:08Had he not said that, it could have made £450.
0:35:08 > 0:35:10I'm not speaking to him again.
0:35:10 > 0:35:14Thomas's first lot of the day is next, his three corkscrews.
0:35:14 > 0:35:1730, £20.
0:35:17 > 0:35:18Bid, thank you, madam.
0:35:18 > 0:35:20At £20. At 22, online.
0:35:20 > 0:35:24- Online, now you are going. - 22, 25, 28.
0:35:24 > 0:35:26- At £30.- They are taking off now.
0:35:26 > 0:35:28In the room. At 30.
0:35:28 > 0:35:32All done, latest bid at £30.
0:35:32 > 0:35:33A loss for Thomas,
0:35:33 > 0:35:37especially after the auction house takes its well-earned commission.
0:35:37 > 0:35:42It's a very small consolation to me but today I'm winning.
0:35:42 > 0:35:44Today you are winning.
0:35:44 > 0:35:47Will your next lot drum up a profit, Charlie?
0:35:47 > 0:35:4830.
0:35:49 > 0:35:5120.
0:35:51 > 0:35:53Oh.
0:35:53 > 0:35:55£20 I'm bid, thank heavens.
0:35:55 > 0:35:58£20. Latest bid at 20.
0:35:58 > 0:36:0322, 25, we are off now, 28, 30.
0:36:03 > 0:36:06- 35, all done at 35. - That is enough now.
0:36:06 > 0:36:09It is far too much.
0:36:09 > 0:36:12Another profit for Roscoe. Things are looking up!
0:36:13 > 0:36:16Now it's Thomas's Art Deco speaker.
0:36:16 > 0:36:2040, 30, 20... Oh, dear.
0:36:21 > 0:36:26- £10, the lady over there, thanks. - This is wrong, this is wrong.
0:36:26 > 0:36:31- Thomas, this is not fair.- 12 online, thank you. At £12. 15, latest bid.
0:36:31 > 0:36:34- Come on, come on.- 18 may I say?
0:36:34 > 0:36:36It is in the room at 18.
0:36:36 > 0:36:39- It's an iconic thing.- It is.
0:36:39 > 0:36:43- £20, all done?- Come on.
0:36:43 > 0:36:45Another blow for Thomas.
0:36:45 > 0:36:47Charlie's lead today continues.
0:36:47 > 0:36:51I think I bought it and then thought, Oh, dear. You know how you do.
0:36:51 > 0:36:53I've done a Roscoe, bought two items now.
0:36:55 > 0:36:58It's Charlie's gamble lot up next,
0:36:58 > 0:37:01- his optician's box.- £50 anywhere?
0:37:01 > 0:37:04- Oh, Roscoe.- Most of you are wearing specs so you are probably all right.
0:37:04 > 0:37:0730, I've got it online, thank you.
0:37:07 > 0:37:11- £30 online. At 30.- Now five.
0:37:11 > 0:37:14At £30. All done and I sell.
0:37:16 > 0:37:19The buyers just didn't have the vision for that one.
0:37:19 > 0:37:22Why, when I lose money do you laugh?
0:37:22 > 0:37:25When you lose money, I say, it's all wrong.
0:37:25 > 0:37:28Because... HE LAUGHS
0:37:28 > 0:37:30You're cruel man.
0:37:30 > 0:37:34Now, Charlie wasn't keen on them, how will the bidders feel?
0:37:34 > 0:37:36Five I'm bid, thank you, at £5.
0:37:36 > 0:37:37I think they're overpriced at five.
0:37:37 > 0:37:39- I don't think they are.- Six anywhere?
0:37:39 > 0:37:43All done at a fiver. Six. Eight.
0:37:43 > 0:37:47- It's creeping.- 10. - There, double figures.
0:37:47 > 0:37:50£10. 12. 15.
0:37:50 > 0:37:5618. 20. 22. At £22.
0:37:56 > 0:37:58Back of the room, all done.
0:38:00 > 0:38:01Clearly not much interest in those.
0:38:01 > 0:38:03Another loss, I am afraid, Thomas.
0:38:05 > 0:38:08Let's see if Charlie's silver will ladle up a profit.
0:38:08 > 0:38:10£30 I'm bid.
0:38:10 > 0:38:14- It's worth it.- Two, five. With me at 35.
0:38:14 > 0:38:17Not you, online. It is here at 35.
0:38:17 > 0:38:2140 online. 42 I've got here.
0:38:21 > 0:38:2345 I'll take. 45.
0:38:23 > 0:38:27- 45, in the room now. - In the room at £45.
0:38:27 > 0:38:29At 45...
0:38:29 > 0:38:30GAVEL
0:38:30 > 0:38:34A small profit but a profit nevertheless.
0:38:34 > 0:38:37Superb. A little gentle nibble.
0:38:39 > 0:38:44- Thomas's collection of pottery is up next.- £10 is all I'm bid for them.
0:38:44 > 0:38:45£10, it's a start.
0:38:45 > 0:38:50All done, I shall sell for just a tenner. 12, latest bid.
0:38:50 > 0:38:5415. 18, Madam? 18. At £18.
0:38:54 > 0:38:56Anyone would think we were going up in thousands. 20.
0:38:56 > 0:38:58LAUGHTER
0:38:58 > 0:39:00Gentleman's bid at £20.
0:39:00 > 0:39:01All done, sir, at 20.
0:39:03 > 0:39:05It's really not going well.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08That's Thomas's fourth loss of the day.
0:39:10 > 0:39:13It's Charlie's big hope now, his Chinese cabinet.
0:39:13 > 0:39:15- 10 anywhere?- Oh, dear.
0:39:15 > 0:39:1710 I'm bid, thank you, madam.
0:39:17 > 0:39:21£10 at the back of the room. 10. 12 anywhere?
0:39:21 > 0:39:24At £10. 12 online.
0:39:24 > 0:39:2715, 18 may I say?
0:39:27 > 0:39:2918 online now.
0:39:29 > 0:39:33- At 18, 20, 22, fresh bid.- Fresh bid.
0:39:33 > 0:39:38No? At £22, the lady on my left.
0:39:38 > 0:39:41Ouch! Poor old Charlie!
0:39:41 > 0:39:43Stretcher bearers?
0:39:45 > 0:39:49Thomas's victory is insured now but by how much?
0:39:49 > 0:39:51It is his last lot, the plaque.
0:39:51 > 0:39:5350 to get on?
0:39:53 > 0:39:56A sea of blank faces.
0:39:56 > 0:39:5950 bid, thank you, madam. At £50.
0:39:59 > 0:40:0555. 60. 65. 70.
0:40:05 > 0:40:09- Thomas!- Five. - Ride it, Thomas, ride it!
0:40:09 > 0:40:1185, Madam? 85.
0:40:11 > 0:40:14- 90.- Make it a cool 100.- 95.
0:40:14 > 0:40:16(Go on, Madam.)
0:40:16 > 0:40:22- I said it would make £100. £100.- You did, you are a clairvoyant!- £100.
0:40:22 > 0:40:24All done?
0:40:25 > 0:40:29And true to form, Thomas goes out on a blinder.
0:40:29 > 0:40:33- Well done, old bean. - Well done, Roscoe.
0:40:33 > 0:40:35I can only say, it's a bit like my life, really,
0:40:35 > 0:40:40I have done my best, and so often my best is not good enough.
0:40:40 > 0:40:44- Come on, you've thrashed me. - Oh, Charlie! Don't despair.
0:40:44 > 0:40:46Let's see who won the day.
0:40:46 > 0:40:50Our Roscoe started the final leg with £209.92,
0:40:50 > 0:40:54and made a loss of £64.78 after auction costs.
0:40:54 > 0:40:59Leaving him with a miserly £145.14 at the end of the trip.
0:41:01 > 0:41:05Thomas, meanwhile, kicked off with £553.44,
0:41:05 > 0:41:08and after making a much smaller loss of £11.56,
0:41:08 > 0:41:11he is crowned not only today's winner,
0:41:11 > 0:41:16but also the champion of this week's Road Trip, his first-ever win.
0:41:16 > 0:41:22He's left with a grand total of £541.88. Well done, Thomas!
0:41:22 > 0:41:24All profits of course, go to Children in Need.
0:41:24 > 0:41:26CHARLIE LAUGHS
0:41:26 > 0:41:30You've got one under your belt now, Planters.
0:41:30 > 0:41:32- I have, I have. - There will be no holding you.
0:41:32 > 0:41:34Roscoe, but you did so well to begin with.
0:41:34 > 0:41:37But what you've done is you've lost and you've bought,
0:41:37 > 0:41:38you've lost and bought,
0:41:38 > 0:41:40and then you've made money and then you've lost money.
0:41:40 > 0:41:41But that's quite cool.
0:41:41 > 0:41:44Don't ever spend ever spend more than 40 quid on anything!
0:41:44 > 0:41:47- Come on, that's the rule, isn't it?- Toot-toot!
0:41:47 > 0:41:50It's been a marvellous week.
0:41:51 > 0:41:54- And what a week it's been. - Well done!
0:41:54 > 0:41:57Once upon a time, long, long ago, Charlie won the first leg.
0:41:57 > 0:41:59Since then...
0:41:59 > 0:42:00# I don't wanna talk
0:42:01 > 0:42:04# About the things we've gone through
0:42:04 > 0:42:07- I feel your pain.- Thy will be done.
0:42:07 > 0:42:12# Though it's hurting me now it's history...#
0:42:14 > 0:42:15- You may indeed!- Mwah!
0:42:17 > 0:42:20- Do you want a cuddle?- No!
0:42:20 > 0:42:22- £60, sir.- Oh!
0:42:24 > 0:42:26Don't I look handsome?
0:42:28 > 0:42:30Ha-ha-ha-ha!
0:42:30 > 0:42:32# The winner takes it all...#
0:42:32 > 0:42:34I've never been in a car with such a rich person.
0:42:34 > 0:42:37I only came in here for an insole.
0:42:37 > 0:42:40# Beside the victory
0:42:40 > 0:42:44# That's her destiny
0:42:44 > 0:42:45# But you see
0:42:45 > 0:42:47# The winner takes it all...#
0:42:47 > 0:42:49But despite the yawning gap in their fortunes,
0:42:49 > 0:42:53something beautiful has blossomed out on the road.
0:42:53 > 0:42:57You have improved me. I have learnt so much from you, Roscoe.
0:42:57 > 0:43:01- Your temperament has been such a pleasure.- My mate, Thomas.
0:43:03 > 0:43:04And all he taught me.
0:43:04 > 0:43:06Bon voyage!