0:00:02 > 0:00:05- It's the nation's favourite antiques experts.- All right, viewers?
0:00:05 > 0:00:07With £200 each, a classic car
0:00:07 > 0:00:10and a goal - to scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:10 > 0:00:12I'm on fire! Yes!
0:00:12 > 0:00:16- Sold, going, going, gone.- The aim? To make the biggest profit at auction,
0:00:16 > 0:00:18- but it's no mean feat.- Oh!- 50p!
0:00:18 > 0:00:22There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24Are they papier-mache buttocks?
0:00:24 > 0:00:28So will it be the high road to glory or the slow road to disaster?
0:00:28 > 0:00:30- Ooh! Oh!- There we go.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32This is the Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:34 > 0:00:36Yeah!
0:00:38 > 0:00:41Welcome to the start of a brand-new road trip, featuring Margie Cooper,
0:00:41 > 0:00:44Charlie Ross and several reasons to be cheerful.
0:00:46 > 0:00:50- Driving along in my mother country... - One of us is!- ..of Scotland,
0:00:50 > 0:00:55with a young girl, a sexy car. I think all my dreams have come true.
0:00:55 > 0:00:56SHE LAUGHS
0:00:56 > 0:01:00Charming Charlie from Oxfordshire is an auctioneering legend,
0:01:00 > 0:01:04with a fondness for all things Georgian and the misguided belief
0:01:04 > 0:01:07that he can get a tune out of any musical instrument.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09TUNELESS PARP
0:01:09 > 0:01:10Good sound!
0:01:10 > 0:01:13Really? Margie is a Lancashire lass with antiques in her blood.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16Her granny was a dealer, too, before her
0:01:16 > 0:01:19and she brings a no-nonsense approach to the competition.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21That would be handy for somebody, wouldn't it?
0:01:21 > 0:01:23Give Charlie Ross one of these across his bottom.
0:01:23 > 0:01:27Prepare for whacks, Charlie. But not just yet,
0:01:27 > 0:01:31because with £200 each and a gorgeous 1961 Sunbeam Rapier,
0:01:31 > 0:01:34it looks like these two are in for quite a week.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37- Now it's a pretty special day, today. - Yes.- Do you know why?- Go on.
0:01:37 > 0:01:42- It's my birthday.- Oh, my... If we weren't travelling, I'd give you a kiss.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44Oh! I think, actually, if I slow down...
0:01:44 > 0:01:46- Aw.- Ah, who said romance is dead?
0:01:50 > 0:01:53Charlie and Margie set out from Jedburgh, in the Borders,
0:01:53 > 0:01:56before travelling the length and breadth of Scotland
0:01:56 > 0:01:59to reach journey's end at Hamilton, South Lanarkshire.
0:01:59 > 0:02:03Today, they start in Jedburgh, head out towards the North Sea coastline
0:02:03 > 0:02:06and then conclude at an auction in Edinburgh.
0:02:11 > 0:02:12This pretty market town
0:02:12 > 0:02:14is just ten miles from England
0:02:14 > 0:02:15and that's had quite a bearing
0:02:15 > 0:02:17on Jedburgh's history.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19One notable former resident
0:02:19 > 0:02:21was Mary, Queen of Scots.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23The town's motto is, "Earnestly and Successfully",
0:02:23 > 0:02:28so there's no excuse for our two not to strive for bargains here.
0:02:28 > 0:02:32- Do not come in my shop!- I'm not coming in your shop, goodbye!
0:02:32 > 0:02:34- May you buy well.- See you later.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36But not too well!
0:02:39 > 0:02:41Right, is anybody here?
0:02:41 > 0:02:46Hello? I'm just going to have a look around, is that all right?
0:02:46 > 0:02:48Oak Tree Antiques is a mixture of genuine antiques,
0:02:48 > 0:02:53reproductions and the odd vintage item.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55Oh, my goodness me!
0:02:55 > 0:02:58Are they papier-mache buttocks?
0:02:58 > 0:03:02Cheeky! But one little complication is that shop-owner Michelle
0:03:02 > 0:03:07is a bit shy, so Margie will have to talk to her daughter Amy.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10Oh, that's gorgeous. Look at that. Isn't that absolutely lovely?
0:03:10 > 0:03:11Gorgeous snuff box.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14Well, It's £250 and I've only got £200.
0:03:14 > 0:03:20I couldn't possibly buy that on the first day of my buying trip.
0:03:20 > 0:03:24That's right up my street, but it's too much money for me.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27Are you allowed to drop the price?
0:03:27 > 0:03:30- Does your mother allow you to... - Yeah...- ..do me a deal? What sort of deals do you do?
0:03:32 > 0:03:35- MARGIE LAUGHS - I haven't a clue. I'm no good at this, I'm sorry.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38Oh, I'll tell you! It's £250. How about £50?
0:03:38 > 0:03:43- Behave, Margie! - I'm only pulling your leg.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46These two can get to know each other better,
0:03:46 > 0:03:48whilst we see where Charlie's got to.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51- Hello.- Hello, there.- Good morning, I'm Charlie.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54- My name's Merry.- Merry! Merry by nature?
0:03:54 > 0:03:56- Ha-ha. Sometimes.- I hope so.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59I'll bet she's never heard that one before.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02And, anyway, Charlie's merry enough for three.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05£6 for a farthing, that's inflation.
0:04:05 > 0:04:06There's plenty to ponder at Bygones,
0:04:06 > 0:04:08including some very nice paintings,
0:04:08 > 0:04:11although those may be a little too pricey.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14Ooh, that's rather...that's splendidly Scottish, isn't it?
0:04:14 > 0:04:16Which is that, oh, the brooch?
0:04:16 > 0:04:19- No. I think it's a pickle fork, isn't it?- Oh, right.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21Yes, it's lovely. There we are.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24Well, that couldn't be more Scottish, could it, with the thistle?
0:04:24 > 0:04:29Oh, it is silver, yeah. Birmingham. Isn't that a splendid...object?
0:04:31 > 0:04:34Marvellous. Does that say £30?
0:04:34 > 0:04:37Get your jar of pickles and...
0:04:37 > 0:04:40- eat your pickles. Do you like pickles?- Yes, I do.- So do I!
0:04:40 > 0:04:43- You haven't got any, have you?- No.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45Oh, I could have had a free pickle with every fork.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47Nice thing. Well, I'll ask the question,
0:04:47 > 0:04:49you can only say yes or no.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51Could you take £20 for it?
0:04:51 > 0:04:54- Umm...yes.- If you...- Yes, I could take £20 for it.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57What an amazingly pliable girl.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00- I can't think of any reason why I shouldn't buy it.- OK.
0:05:00 > 0:05:04- May I buy it for £20?- You certainly can.- That's the quickest buy I've ever made.
0:05:04 > 0:05:08I've walked through the door, met you, seen it, loved it, bought it.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10That's the way all buying should be.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12I bet old Margie's looking at something,
0:05:12 > 0:05:16thinking, oh, I don't know whether I should. Should I buy it? Should I not? Oh.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19Well, funny you should say that, Charlie...
0:05:19 > 0:05:22Well, it's not going well, is it?
0:05:22 > 0:05:25I think my bottom lip's going to have to come out now.
0:05:25 > 0:05:29Sounds like the "talk to Amy as she talks to her mum" plan
0:05:29 > 0:05:31isn't proving a great success.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34I think I'd much rather talk to the person.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37She has spotted this brass standard lamp, though,
0:05:37 > 0:05:39and also a little Edwardian duplicating set.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42- So, come along, Margie. - Now what you know about this...
0:05:43 > 0:05:47- old duplicating machine?- I have not got a clue. I don't know anything.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50It looks very complete. 80-90 years old.
0:05:50 > 0:05:51Yeah, probably.
0:05:51 > 0:05:55And, oh, look, Gestetner. I remember Gestetners.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58I remember, as a secretary, the Gestetners where you...
0:05:58 > 0:06:02it was like a drum. And you typed on this sort of plasticky stuff
0:06:02 > 0:06:05- and it came out.- And you got fingers like that there.
0:06:05 > 0:06:06Brings it all back, eh?
0:06:08 > 0:06:11The Hungarian inventor of the duplicating machine
0:06:11 > 0:06:14established the Gestetner Cyclograph Company
0:06:14 > 0:06:16in North London, at the start of the 20th century.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19His patents transformed the modern office
0:06:19 > 0:06:22by reproducing copies of documents, quickly and inexpensively.
0:06:22 > 0:06:26- Well, how much is that then? £10?- £15.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29I think Amy's getting the hang of this.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32- I quite like that. What did you say, £15?- Yeah.
0:06:32 > 0:06:36Well, maybe if I find something else and we do a little parcel, or something.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39Why not add the lamp, then? Ticket price, £95.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43Yeah...hmm...
0:06:43 > 0:06:46Yeah, it's a nice item.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49Loaded at the...extend...ooh!
0:06:49 > 0:06:52it has that extending baton, which is nice.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54Uh, converted to electricity. Ha-ha.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56Converted to electricity!
0:06:56 > 0:07:00Great expert! Oil went in there.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03It must have been terribly smelly, can you imagine?
0:07:03 > 0:07:05OK, Margie. I think Amy's ready.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08Well, I'm buying the old duplicating set.
0:07:08 > 0:07:12So can we do the two together? A bit cheap? Can we do £50 for the two?
0:07:12 > 0:07:13Go on, £50.
0:07:13 > 0:07:18- Ah, you see, Amy's coming round. So we've got the two for £50.- Yes.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21- Fine, thank you very much, Amy. - Thank you.- A deal.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23Well, I think they both did awfully well.
0:07:24 > 0:07:28Meanwhile, elsewhere in Jedburgh, Charlie's back in that cabinet.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30Nice little things in here.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33- You've got a gold chain there but I don't know...- Mm-hmm.
0:07:33 > 0:07:38- I don't suppose you know what it weighs?- It weighs about 8g.
0:07:38 > 0:07:438g, fantastic value, isn't it? To be able to get a gold chain for £50.
0:07:43 > 0:07:47You wouldn't buy that in Bond Street for 50 quid, would you?
0:07:47 > 0:07:49It does sound like a good deal.
0:07:49 > 0:07:54Maybe later because Merry's also got a good little snuffbox. Price, £30.
0:07:54 > 0:08:00- There we are.- Thank you. 19th-century papier-mache.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02- Yes.- And quite collectable.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05- The first half of the 19th century, I think, isn't it?- I don't know.
0:08:05 > 0:08:10Yeah, I would think that's 1830-1840, probably.
0:08:10 > 0:08:16I'm sure that is tortoiseshell under there, isn't it? It's so difficult,
0:08:16 > 0:08:20running a thumb over it, whether it's actually tortoiseshell
0:08:20 > 0:08:23that's inset in there, or whether it's a piece of simulated,
0:08:23 > 0:08:25a bit like some sort of early plastic.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28It's what they called faux-tortoiseshell.
0:08:28 > 0:08:29But it's like Bakelite.
0:08:29 > 0:08:33If it is real tortoiseshell, it's legal to trade
0:08:33 > 0:08:36under the CITES Agreement, as it was made before 1947.
0:08:36 > 0:08:40If I could buy something like that, it would have to be, sort of, 15 quid.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43I think it would make £20-£24 at auction.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46- Well...- What do you think? - ..I think, as it's you.
0:08:46 > 0:08:50- Oh, as it's me!- Uh, yes, I'll say yes.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53- Does it show you a profit?- It will do, yes.- Are you sure?- Yes.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56If it shows you a profit, then I'm happy.
0:08:56 > 0:09:00Well, that means I've bought two objects and spent only £35.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03- Well done.- Well, it's better than nothing, isn't it?
0:09:03 > 0:09:08But as he takes his leave, he's thinking more about the item he didn't buy, it seems.
0:09:08 > 0:09:12What about that gold chain? Did she say it was nearly 8g?
0:09:13 > 0:09:18I think it is actually £11 or £12 a gram, at the moment.
0:09:18 > 0:09:24Eight elevens are £88. Less the commission, £70
0:09:24 > 0:09:26and she wants £50.
0:09:26 > 0:09:27Hold on, I'll ask her.
0:09:29 > 0:09:33I may have made a boo-boo here.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36- Merry?- Oh! Hello!- I didn't get far outside.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39Did you say you'd weighed that gold chain?
0:09:39 > 0:09:44- I had, yes.- Where are the scales? - There we are.
0:09:44 > 0:09:487.9...is that grams?
0:09:48 > 0:09:51Yep. It's a take it or leave it price, isn't it?
0:09:51 > 0:09:54It would be too cheeky to ask if there was trade price, wouldn't it?
0:09:54 > 0:09:56I think so.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01- I'm going to have it, please.- OK.
0:10:01 > 0:10:05HE SINGS A good job I didn't go down the street too far.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08When have I ever gone into a shop and paid the asking price?
0:10:08 > 0:10:10Now.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13At £50, Charlie may have well have got a bargain.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15And I think he really is off...this time.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19Now Margie's moved on too,
0:10:19 > 0:10:23making her way from Jedburgh across the border to the town of Powburn.
0:10:25 > 0:10:29It's a large antique centre so there's sure to be plenty of choice.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34This is a sweet little child's rocker. Isn't that cute?
0:10:34 > 0:10:37But could there be a little too much choice?
0:10:37 > 0:10:39Luckily, Beryl is on hand to help.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41Which is your bit?
0:10:41 > 0:10:44Well, I've got little bits all over the place.
0:10:44 > 0:10:49Oh yeah?! I think those Prattware mugs are Beryl's, £110 the pair.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52- Yeah, it's nice.- That one's damaged, but that one's good.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54So you've just bought this?
0:10:54 > 0:10:57Well, I haven't bought them, I've just brought it down here
0:10:57 > 0:10:58because it was a nice piece.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01- It's a nice thing, isn't it? - Lovely condition.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04Don't often do porcelain but I must say, I quite like that.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06And this is how badly cracked?
0:11:08 > 0:11:10Just got a crack down the...
0:11:10 > 0:11:13- Just there, it's quite bad though. - Yes.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16Probably what...middle 19th century?
0:11:16 > 0:11:18Lovely decoration on the front.
0:11:18 > 0:11:22Prattware is...popular and collectable.
0:11:22 > 0:11:23How much would the two be?
0:11:26 > 0:11:29If you wanted to buy the one, I could throw the other one in for you.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32You'd throw that in? Right, OK.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35I'd do them both for 80. I think it's a good buy.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38- But it's a big chunk of my money. - Is it?
0:11:38 > 0:11:41How much would the broken one be? You don't want to be stuck...
0:11:41 > 0:11:44I was going to give it you with the other one.
0:11:44 > 0:11:45What about 60 for the two?
0:11:47 > 0:11:49- I don't think you can...- Go wrong.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52..go wrong there. Bargain of the day.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54I'll put them in the office.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56Bit of a gem, our Beryl.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58You put them on your desk and I'll spend a little bit longer.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01- Yes.- And that's very kind of you.
0:12:01 > 0:12:05Meanwhile, Charlie seems to have found his way to Margie's old stomping ground.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08- Hello. - Is it Amy?- Yeah.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10- Have you had Margie with you? - Yes, I have.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13- May I have a quick look round? - Yeah, no problem.- Thank you.
0:12:13 > 0:12:17I'm sure he'll find that Margie has left him plenty to ponder.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19Beware though, Charlie,
0:12:19 > 0:12:22because Amy's starting to get the hang of this dealing lark.
0:12:22 > 0:12:26- Look at that! Do you know how old that is? Have a guess.- I don't know.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28- You don't know?- No.
0:12:28 > 0:12:32Well, I can tell you it's about 1820.
0:12:33 > 0:12:37That's even older than I am. It's mahogany...
0:12:37 > 0:12:41- Brass handles with wonderful... can you see those lion masks?- Yeah.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43Aren't they fab? Absolutely brilliant.
0:12:43 > 0:12:48And I think they're probably original handles.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50In fact, I'm certain they're original handles.
0:12:50 > 0:12:52And the linings of the drawers...
0:12:54 > 0:12:55..are cedar, I think.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58I don't think they're oak. No, I think it's cedar lining,
0:12:58 > 0:13:00which is rather lovely.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02How much is it? 110...Hmm.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05- Nice label.- I would buy that chest of drawers at a price.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09Well, go on then, buy it, Charlie.
0:13:09 > 0:13:13Are you here to negotiate? Have you got permission to negotiate here?
0:13:13 > 0:13:17- Yes.- Who owns the shop? - My mum.- Your mum?- Yes.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20What would you do, run off to mum with a price, if I offer you one?
0:13:20 > 0:13:23- It would be very cheeky. - What would you offer?
0:13:23 > 0:13:25May I try and offer a cheeky price?
0:13:25 > 0:13:28You can show me the door and you can ask mum to come and chase me
0:13:28 > 0:13:30with a frying pan if she doesn't think it's fair.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33- 50 quid.- I'll do 60.
0:13:33 > 0:13:34Quick work, Amy.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37What?! Without speaking to Mum?
0:13:37 > 0:13:38He wasn't expecting that.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41Blimey, that's knocked me backwards a bit.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44What would Mum say if we met halfway at 55...
0:13:44 > 0:13:45I'll ask her.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47- Could you ask her?- Yeah.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50Tell her I'm not being rude,
0:13:50 > 0:13:52I'm just trying to buy it to sell it at auction.
0:13:52 > 0:13:56- If it's no good, it's no good. - That's fine, 55.- What?!- 55.
0:13:56 > 0:14:01Have you got Mum...she's sort of... oh, she's lurking in the background.
0:14:01 > 0:14:06- Thank you, Mum. Are you happy with 55?- Yes.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08That's fab, that's half price.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10Amy's certainly learned a thing or two today
0:14:10 > 0:14:14and Charlie now has four lots for a total of £140.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16Margie's got her mugs reserved,
0:14:16 > 0:14:21but now she's been tempted by another of Beryl's goodies...a footstool.
0:14:21 > 0:14:25That is nice. Late Victorian, it's very nice.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27And that's in good nick.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29- Yeah. What have I got on it? - You've got...
0:14:31 > 0:14:33- 55. The embroidery's nice on it. - Yeah.
0:14:35 > 0:14:39If you wanted to spend some money, I could do that one for 30.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41Almost half price.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44It is, it's very nice, that. I like that very much.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47You haven't got a pair anywhere?
0:14:47 > 0:14:48I'll go and whittle you one up.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51- Pairs of footstools do really well. - Yeah.
0:14:51 > 0:14:52Time for a dither.
0:14:52 > 0:14:56- So I buy the two Prattware mugs that were what?- 60.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58And I'll buy that for?
0:14:58 > 0:14:5930.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02That's the absolute end of this conversation.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04LAUGHTER
0:15:04 > 0:15:06Oh God, do you want blood?
0:15:06 > 0:15:08- Yeah.- Yeah, I know.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12But if you could ease it a bit, we'll shake hands.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15What if I say 80? I couldn't go any more.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17You're having that for free.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19Right, thank you very much.
0:15:19 > 0:15:20Thank you.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23But while Margie's been bargaining with Beryl...
0:15:24 > 0:15:28Charlie's grabbed the Rapier and moved on.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30All right, viewers? Steady on.
0:15:30 > 0:15:34Travelling from Jedburgh via Powburn to Alnwick.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37In a very good mood too...
0:15:37 > 0:15:39Even by his standards.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41I would like to put it on record now,
0:15:41 > 0:15:44just how much I'm in love with Margie.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48She is attractive.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50She's fun.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53She must be hugely intelligent because she laughs at my jokes.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57Charlie's come to Alnwick, just around the corner
0:15:57 > 0:16:01from its famous castle to see a unique garden.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03Capability Brown built the first garden on this site
0:16:03 > 0:16:07for the Duke of Northumberland, back in 1750.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10But it fell into disrepair until just a few years ago,
0:16:10 > 0:16:12a new one was planned.
0:16:13 > 0:16:17Regular viewers may feel they've been here before,
0:16:17 > 0:16:20but Charlie's come to learn about the lethal side of horticulture.
0:16:22 > 0:16:25- Trevor. Charlie. - Welcome to the Poison Garden.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27I'm a bit worried when you say that.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29Especially when you see the coffin.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31Has anybody ever ended up in the coffin?
0:16:31 > 0:16:34Not that I'm aware of, but you never know, there's always a first time.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36Is everything in here poisonous?
0:16:36 > 0:16:38Everything in this part of the garden is very poisonous,
0:16:38 > 0:16:42so watch you don't touch anything or stand too close to anything, because you never know.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44- Are you being serious? - He most certainly is.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47Everyone who works here wears gloves and not surprisingly,
0:16:47 > 0:16:50children love the place.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52The gardens were started by the Duchess of Northumberland?
0:16:52 > 0:16:56She wanted to create a quirky, modern, contemporary garden.
0:16:56 > 0:17:00And so she had a fascination with poisonous plants and death.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02Goodness.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05Well, it takes all sorts and it's certainly educational to
0:17:05 > 0:17:09discover just how many common plants can be very, very deadly.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12I can remember foxgloves. I think there were some in my mother's garden.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15That's right, very, very common cottage garden plants, really.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18But the whole plant is deadly poisonous.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20It does have a good side because the large
0:17:20 > 0:17:24leaves are used for treating people that have had heart attacks.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27They make a drug from it, but if you take too much, you can
0:17:27 > 0:17:31- kill people very, very easily. Even things like Rosemary...- Rosemary?!
0:17:31 > 0:17:33I eat it.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36Rosemary and lamb go very well together and yet in mediaeval times
0:17:36 > 0:17:41- especially, pregnant women used to eat lots of rosemary to abort... - Really?!
0:17:41 > 0:17:45Even today, pregnant women are warned not to eat a lot of rosemary.
0:17:45 > 0:17:49Other plants in the garden are less likely to be confused with anything
0:17:49 > 0:17:56remotely tasty or healthy like nux vomica, or strychnine.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59And Ricinus communis with its bright red flowers,
0:17:59 > 0:18:02which only requires a dose the size of a few grains of salt
0:18:02 > 0:18:03to kill an adult human.
0:18:03 > 0:18:04Is there any antidote to it?
0:18:04 > 0:18:07- There's not that I'm aware of. - That's it?- That it, yes.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10- How frightening. - But a very attractive plant.- Lovely.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12Often called the castor oil plant.
0:18:12 > 0:18:13But castor oil doesn't come from it?
0:18:13 > 0:18:15No way.
0:18:15 > 0:18:19It was ricin in the tip of an umbrella that killed
0:18:19 > 0:18:23Bulgarian dissident, Georgi Markov, on Waterloo Bridge.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26And elsewhere at Alnwick, they have aconitum,
0:18:26 > 0:18:31a.k.a. wolfsbane, monkshood and the queen of poisons.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34A notorious killer since the days of the ancient Greeks.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37Recently, about three years ago, there was a case where
0:18:37 > 0:18:41a young lady decided she wanted to get rid of her ex-lover
0:18:41 > 0:18:44so she broke into his house and took the seeds of this
0:18:44 > 0:18:48and dropped the seeds into his curry, which was in the fridge.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51When he and his new girlfriend came home, they sat down to eat dinner
0:18:51 > 0:18:53and unfortunately he didn't survive.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55Can you buy a plant like that in a garden centre?
0:18:55 > 0:18:59You can go along to any garden centre this time of the year and buy this plant, yes.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01- Do they sell them with a health warning?- No.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03- Do they not?!- No.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10But not everything growing in this section of the garden is
0:19:10 > 0:19:13likely to cause such gruesome results.
0:19:13 > 0:19:17They take a keen interest in the mood-altering side of plants also.
0:19:17 > 0:19:22And that pagoda-looking cage, is that cannabis?
0:19:22 > 0:19:23That is cannabis, yes.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26- We have a licence from the Home Office to grow cannabis.- Do you?
0:19:26 > 0:19:28But we use it as an educational tool, obviously!
0:19:28 > 0:19:31I'm sure you do, I'm sure you do, Trevor.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33We have a more interesting plant here.
0:19:33 > 0:19:38This is datura, often called the angel's trumpet because these pods
0:19:38 > 0:19:42will open up into great big white trumpet-shaped flowers.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45And these were very popular in Victorian times where
0:19:45 > 0:19:48Victorian ladies would have them growing on their tea tables,
0:19:48 > 0:19:51invite their Victorian lady friends to come round for tea
0:19:51 > 0:19:54and just tap a little bit of pollen into the teapot and serve tea.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57And those ladies then used to loosen up slightly
0:19:57 > 0:19:59and tell more intimate secrets about their life.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01LAUGHTER
0:20:01 > 0:20:03- And it's called what? - Datura.- Datura.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05Could you spell that for me?
0:20:05 > 0:20:08So, anyone receiving an invitation to tea at Charlie's house
0:20:08 > 0:20:12in future, had better look out for unusual flower arrangements.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15Come on, Charlie, stop messing about.
0:20:15 > 0:20:16Charlie?
0:20:19 > 0:20:21I'm sure he'll make a full recovery.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25Yay! All clear, matron.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27Night-night.
0:20:32 > 0:20:36Next morning, surprise surprise, Charlie's flirting again.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38I don't care what happens at the auction.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41I just want you to drive me around Scotland for the rest of my life.
0:20:41 > 0:20:42GEARS CRUNCH
0:20:42 > 0:20:44Good lord - that's reverse, by the way.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46Oh, Lordy.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48Margie set off in overdrive yesterday,
0:20:48 > 0:20:52splashing out £130 on a standard lamp, a duplicating set,
0:20:52 > 0:20:55some Prattware mugs and a footstool, as you do.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57- Do you want blood? - Yeah.- Yeah.
0:20:57 > 0:21:02Leaving her with £70 to spend today while Charlie went even further
0:21:02 > 0:21:05and faster, weighing in with £140 for the gold chain...
0:21:05 > 0:21:07Da-da-da-da-da-da-da...
0:21:07 > 0:21:09..a snuffbox,
0:21:09 > 0:21:12a thistle pickle fork and a Georgian chest of drawers.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14Thank you, Mum!
0:21:14 > 0:21:17Leaving just £60 in his wallet.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19Later they'll be making for the auction in Edinburgh,
0:21:19 > 0:21:22but our first stop is still in England.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24The village of Ford.
0:21:27 > 0:21:28Bubbly, anyone?
0:21:28 > 0:21:29Champagne bar, it says.
0:21:29 > 0:21:33- Hey!- See you later.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36And you drive carefully.
0:21:36 > 0:21:37Bye!
0:21:37 > 0:21:39I'll be drunk when you see me.
0:21:41 > 0:21:45How exactly is she going to tell the difference, Charlie?
0:21:47 > 0:21:49- Morning.- Good morning, Charlie.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51- Is it Keith?- It is, Keith.
0:21:51 > 0:21:53Thank you very much for having us along today.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56- What a wonderful part of the world.- Isn't it?
0:21:56 > 0:21:58We've got the most amazing views here as well, and there they are.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01- That's looking out onto the Cheviots.- Splendid.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03Well, I'm going to have a look round, if I may?
0:22:03 > 0:22:06And I'll give you a call if there's something I can't resist.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08I think Charlie's really going to like the old dairy.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12But will it warm to him?
0:22:12 > 0:22:15Because let's face it, with only £60 left in his pocket,
0:22:15 > 0:22:16he's hardly a rich man.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21How Art Nouveau is that?
0:22:21 > 0:22:25Aneroid barometer, in an oak case.
0:22:28 > 0:22:31I thought it said 195.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33It says 795.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35That's a fabulous thing.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38But it's not in my price range.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40Euphemistically put.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42But I'm sure he can come up with something that will get
0:22:42 > 0:22:45noticed that the auction.
0:22:45 > 0:22:50IN A SCOTTISH ACCENT: Berwick Rangers, 4. Rest of the World, 0.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52Noticed, Charlie, not thumped.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54Arts And Crafts candlesticks.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57I thought they were brand-new, but they've got some age.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59And aren't they stylish?
0:22:59 > 0:23:04And with a ticket price of £38, they are certainly affordable.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07Are they from 1910, 1920?
0:23:07 > 0:23:10Don't think they're earlier than that.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13Made of mahogany, but they've got this wonderful twisted stem
0:23:13 > 0:23:16to them which I think is delightful.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18And they're practical things.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20The great thing about something like this is somebody can
0:23:20 > 0:23:22look at them, love them, but use them.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25They'd be great on a mahogany dining table with candles in them.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27Little candlelit supper.
0:23:27 > 0:23:31Me and Margie and a pair of Art Nouveau candlesticks.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34Luurv. I feel lurrv coming on.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37Let's not get carried away, shall we, Charlie?
0:23:37 > 0:23:39Better have a word with Keith first.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41Those I would buy at a price...
0:23:41 > 0:23:47Well, we usually say 10%. But go on, make me an offer,
0:23:47 > 0:23:48see what we can do.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51- I'd like to pay £25 for them.- Hmm.
0:23:51 > 0:23:52Probably a bit mean,
0:23:52 > 0:23:56but I think they'll probably make between 30 and 40 quid at auction.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59- Yeah.- And that would give me a chance.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01Could I tweak you up a little bit?
0:24:01 > 0:24:05Could I get you up another couple of pounds, say 28,
0:24:05 > 0:24:08so we are taking £10 off for you?
0:24:08 > 0:24:10I think that's extremely fair.
0:24:10 > 0:24:15£28 I think... what can you buy at £28 these days?
0:24:15 > 0:24:19- A wonderful pair of candlesticks. I'm going to have those.- Good.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21And thank you, very much indeed.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23That was all very convivial, wasn't it?
0:24:23 > 0:24:26And straightaway, Charlie's spotted something else.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28I think that is so stylish.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31Art Nouveau, it's such a stylish Art Nouveau jug.
0:24:31 > 0:24:35I think it's really charming. But it's got no price on it.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37If it was ever so cheap, I would buy it.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40Time for the dealer to be consulted.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43I'd be intrigued to find out is who JS&S are.
0:24:43 > 0:24:48Well, Joseph Sankey and Sons of Bilston in the Black Country...actually.
0:24:48 > 0:24:52For the purposes of auction, I've got five lots.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54I would have to put them with the candlesticks.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57I don't think that's too bad, they both have an Art Nouveau influence.
0:24:57 > 0:25:01This is pure Art Nouveau. Those are more Arts And Crafts movement.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04How does £10 sound?
0:25:04 > 0:25:08I couldn't really resist that, could I?
0:25:08 > 0:25:10There's not a lot of downside, is there? Tenner!
0:25:10 > 0:25:12Right.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15Deal.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17But while Charlie's been completing his collection,
0:25:17 > 0:25:20Margie's made for the North Sea coast.
0:25:21 > 0:25:25Motoring over from Ford to Bamburgh.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28This is the birthplace of Grace Darling, the lighthouse
0:25:28 > 0:25:32keeper's daughter whose remarkable act of bravery saved nine lives.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37In the Bamburgh churchyard there's an elaborate cenotaph
0:25:37 > 0:25:40carved from Northumberland stone,
0:25:40 > 0:25:42which was built to honour their Victorian heroine.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48It all happened in the early hours of 7th September 1838,
0:25:48 > 0:25:50when Grace and her father William
0:25:50 > 0:25:55set out from the Longstone lighthouse in a violent storm
0:25:55 > 0:26:01to rescue survivors of the SS Forfarshire from the rocks it had foundered upon.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07100 years later, a museum was opened in Bamburgh
0:26:07 > 0:26:10to commemorate the events of that incredible night.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13And Margie's here to learn more about Grace's story.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16- Good morning, Virginia.- Good morning.
0:26:16 > 0:26:18I've been really looking forward to this visit.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21- Well, it's lovely to see you and this is Grace.- This is Grace.
0:26:21 > 0:26:23Grace Darling, what a fabulous name.
0:26:23 > 0:26:25After the rescue, it seemed that everyone
0:26:25 > 0:26:29wanted to know about Grace and artists clamoured to paint
0:26:29 > 0:26:33her picture while poets and playwrights extolled her heroism.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35- She was a pop star?- Very much.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37She was the pinup of her day.
0:26:37 > 0:26:41She had offers of marriage from people who had never met her.
0:26:41 > 0:26:46And she really did become the darling of everybody's heart.
0:26:46 > 0:26:50Shy Grace shrank from all that attention, much of which was
0:26:50 > 0:26:54due to her father's even more heroic actions that night.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56Her celebrity still became an industry,
0:26:56 > 0:27:00with the family coble boat a key exhibit.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02# Grace Darling...
0:27:02 > 0:27:04# All the way. #
0:27:04 > 0:27:06And here we have Grace's coble.
0:27:06 > 0:27:07The coble.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09Just a phenomenal boat.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12You can see how large it is for one girl.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15I imagined it to be smaller. How could she row that?
0:27:15 > 0:27:17Well, she would have had a lot of strength
0:27:17 > 0:27:19- and an awful lot of adrenaline going through.- 5'2"?
0:27:19 > 0:27:225'2", yes. Not much to her.
0:27:22 > 0:27:24- Are those the original oars, Virginia?- Yes, they are.
0:27:24 > 0:27:29And we would also have the mast, but that has disappeared somewhere.
0:27:29 > 0:27:33One of Grace's relatives started selling off pieces of oar,
0:27:33 > 0:27:35so we don't have all the original oars.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38But also we think the mast went the same sort of way.
0:27:38 > 0:27:42People would collect just about anything Grace had owned or
0:27:42 > 0:27:44touched, as a keepsake to treasure.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47Grace was asked by just about anybody
0:27:47 > 0:27:50and everybody for little bits of her, literally.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53So a scrap of hair, a piece of the dress she wore,
0:27:53 > 0:27:55so we've got two examples here.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58Of course, when people received these, and Grace almost never said no,
0:27:58 > 0:28:02people would have framed them up, put them proudly on display
0:28:02 > 0:28:05and say, "I have a bit of Grace Darling". This is fabulous.
0:28:05 > 0:28:10The Duke of Northumberland became Grace's patron and he gave
0:28:10 > 0:28:12her a variety of different gifts, including this book.
0:28:12 > 0:28:16The Notes In The Study of Holy Scriptures.
0:28:16 > 0:28:19Grace was brought up very much as a Christian girl.
0:28:19 > 0:28:23- She would have been really interested in this.- She'd never have owned that, would she?
0:28:23 > 0:28:25She would never have owned that without the rescue, no.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28- And finally...- Look at that. - ..Grace Darling chocolates.
0:28:28 > 0:28:30I love this object because it tells us
0:28:30 > 0:28:34- so much about the way Grace is seen today.- Look at that lovely picture.
0:28:34 > 0:28:38Don't you think it's lovely? Have you noticed the colour of her hair?
0:28:38 > 0:28:40- And the colour of her eyes?- Yes.
0:28:40 > 0:28:42Well, she's suddenly gone blonde and white.
0:28:42 > 0:28:45- Making her into a bit of a glamour girl.- Well, quite.
0:28:47 > 0:28:53Sadly, Grace was to die from TB just four years later, at the age of 26.
0:28:54 > 0:28:57But she was the first woman to be awarded a silver medal
0:28:57 > 0:29:00by the fledgling RNLI.
0:29:00 > 0:29:03And the museum provides a link between what Grace
0:29:03 > 0:29:07and her father achieved and the bravery of volunteers today.
0:29:07 > 0:29:10We've got so many volunteer crew doing so many wonderful things,
0:29:10 > 0:29:13day in, day out, and modern-day Graces.
0:29:13 > 0:29:16- I bet you didn't know 8% of our crews are girls these days.- Really?
0:29:16 > 0:29:20# Grace Darling all the way. #
0:29:22 > 0:29:26Now, remember how Charlie completed his shopping a little earlier?
0:29:26 > 0:29:30So, whilst his co-driver has been exploring Bamburgh,
0:29:30 > 0:29:32he's headed for the coast,
0:29:32 > 0:29:34journeying from Ford
0:29:34 > 0:29:36back into Scotland and Coldingham.
0:29:40 > 0:29:44There's a very fine ruined monastery just outside the village,
0:29:44 > 0:29:47bits of which the date from 660.
0:29:47 > 0:29:51That Charlie has another bit of Coldingham in mind. The beach.
0:29:51 > 0:29:52Oh, Lord, here goes.
0:29:56 > 0:30:02Margie, I've finished my shopping. Do you fancy joining a hunk for a dip?
0:30:06 > 0:30:07Unfortunately for Charlie,
0:30:07 > 0:30:11the surf most definitely isn't up today.
0:30:11 > 0:30:14At least he won't be troubling the Coast Guard. Go on, up you go!
0:30:16 > 0:30:21Oh, dear. Elsewhere in the village, Margie still has a bit of shopping.
0:30:23 > 0:30:26- Hello, I'm Jane.- Margie. - If you need any help, just ask.
0:30:26 > 0:30:27Thank you very much indeed.
0:30:27 > 0:30:30That's sounded full of promise, didn't it?
0:30:30 > 0:30:34- Well, things haven't exactly turned out that way.- Nice silvery bits.
0:30:34 > 0:30:39- Well, they are silver plate. We never have real silver.- Right.
0:30:39 > 0:30:42- And there's a couple of bureaus there.- Bureaus?
0:30:42 > 0:30:47Yes, I'm a bit off furniture at the moment.
0:30:47 > 0:30:51- This is a nice jug. But it's got a crack in it, hasn't it?- Lordy.
0:30:51 > 0:30:54And there's also that ship sign which is rather nice,
0:30:54 > 0:30:57- but whether that's antique or not, I don't know.- No, it's not.
0:30:57 > 0:30:59It came off a pub.
0:30:59 > 0:31:02I tell you what, Jane, you get 10 out of 10 for effort.
0:31:03 > 0:31:09- Patience, too, I'd say.- Nowhere near for me. Am I being fussy, or what?
0:31:09 > 0:31:11Just buy something, Margie.
0:31:11 > 0:31:14You've got lots of jugs and things, haven't you?
0:31:14 > 0:31:16A real porcelain person, aren't you?
0:31:16 > 0:31:19- What about this Highlander? - Oh, yes.
0:31:19 > 0:31:23- Again, he might be a reproduction. - Yes, I think he probably is.
0:31:23 > 0:31:25The price is £20.
0:31:25 > 0:31:28It's quite a nice thing cos the colour's good on it.
0:31:28 > 0:31:31Well, Charlie bagged something with a Scottish theme yesterday.
0:31:31 > 0:31:34He's got a big chunk off his hat. Oh, dear, his feather's come off!
0:31:34 > 0:31:38- It has, yes. - Could that be an absolute knockdown?
0:31:38 > 0:31:41- So I don't leave with nothing.- Yes.
0:31:41 > 0:31:44- Yes.- What are you looking for?
0:31:47 > 0:31:51- It's got to be five quid.- OK.- OK. We've bought.- We'll do that.
0:31:53 > 0:31:55- We've bought.- Phew!
0:31:55 > 0:31:57With that struggle safely over,
0:31:57 > 0:31:59it's now time to take a look at what they bought.
0:31:59 > 0:32:04- Happy with your purchases?- Some and some. How was it for you?- Not bad.
0:32:04 > 0:32:08- Let's start.- Oh, start, good grief! What have you got there?
0:32:08 > 0:32:10You've got a brass standard lamp.
0:32:10 > 0:32:15- With a nice big...- I like the bulb.- Right, seen it?- Yes, I have.
0:32:15 > 0:32:19- Because the wind is going to blow it. - That's absolutely fine.
0:32:19 > 0:32:22Come on, let's... Oh!
0:32:22 > 0:32:24What about her mugs, Charlie?
0:32:24 > 0:32:26You've been dealing in Prattware.
0:32:26 > 0:32:29Do you know, this is something I'm often accused of.
0:32:29 > 0:32:33- Yesterday's antiques. - They are.- Aren't they?
0:32:33 > 0:32:35They're just unfashionable now, aren't they?
0:32:35 > 0:32:40- That's fun and quirky. If that was cheap, it'll sell for £25-£30.- £15.
0:32:40 > 0:32:42That's fine.
0:32:42 > 0:32:45He could test Charlie's approbation.
0:32:45 > 0:32:48- There's a story here.- There needs to be a story behind that.
0:32:48 > 0:32:50It needs to be made of gold, really.
0:32:50 > 0:32:52My last call was a little bit sort of, you know...
0:32:52 > 0:32:55- Was that the best thing in the shop? - It was a bric-a-brac.
0:32:55 > 0:32:57And she was so sweet, she was so persistent
0:32:57 > 0:32:59and she just kept offering and offering.
0:32:59 > 0:33:02I hope she gave you a discount on this £20 asking price.
0:33:02 > 0:33:05I paid a fiver. I thought his plume was missing,
0:33:05 > 0:33:06but when I came out, his head's been off.
0:33:06 > 0:33:08- But are going to Scotland.- We are.
0:33:08 > 0:33:13Right, Margie, let me show you my absolutely stunning purchases.
0:33:13 > 0:33:17- Ah! Oh, my word.- What do you think? - Yes, those are lovely.
0:33:17 > 0:33:20Those are fab, I really like those.
0:33:20 > 0:33:23- What are they worth?- 60 quid.
0:33:23 > 0:33:24Yeah, cost £28.
0:33:24 > 0:33:26- How good is that?- There's a profit.
0:33:26 > 0:33:29- I- bought something because we're going to Scotland, a bit of silver.
0:33:29 > 0:33:31This is a very light...
0:33:31 > 0:33:34Yes, it is, I'm looking forward to being shot down in flames
0:33:34 > 0:33:38- with this because this is your... - It's part of a necklace, really.
0:33:38 > 0:33:43It's eight grams. So I thought it's worth 80 quid.
0:33:43 > 0:33:47- It's not worth 80 quid.- Well, it cost 50 quid.- Oh, you'll make a few quid.
0:33:47 > 0:33:51- It'll make something.- Between 15 and 20 quid.- Here's my coup de grace.
0:33:51 > 0:33:54- And what a nice thing it is.- I shouldn't have bought it, should I?
0:33:54 > 0:33:57Well, I wouldn't have touched it with a barge pole, personally.
0:33:57 > 0:34:01- It's what they call brown furniture. - But it's small, it's compact.
0:34:01 > 0:34:04It's got original handles. It's about 1820.
0:34:04 > 0:34:07- It needs some TLC. - It does.
0:34:07 > 0:34:09- How much did you pay?- 55.
0:34:09 > 0:34:12Oh, goodness gracious. 200-year-old Georgian.
0:34:12 > 0:34:15- Unbelievably cheap. - Georgian furniture.
0:34:15 > 0:34:19- Yeah, that's why I walked past it personally.- OK, honey, come on.
0:34:19 > 0:34:22But what did they really think?
0:34:22 > 0:34:26Not particularly worried about Charlie's purchases.
0:34:26 > 0:34:31But neither am I very optimistic about my purchases either.
0:34:31 > 0:34:33I love the Prattware mugs.
0:34:33 > 0:34:36But one's got a crack and Prattware is a bit passe nowadays
0:34:36 > 0:34:38and they cost £55.
0:34:38 > 0:34:41I think they could be her Achilles heel.
0:34:41 > 0:34:44His candlesticks are nice and they are cheap and very stylish.
0:34:44 > 0:34:48She really liked my candlesticks, didn't she?
0:34:48 > 0:34:54She's got more money left in her purse, but candlesticks to the fore!
0:34:54 > 0:34:55After setting out at Jedburgh,
0:34:55 > 0:34:59today's opening encounter will conclude in Scotland's capital city.
0:35:01 > 0:35:04Well, not actually in the centre, but in Leith,
0:35:04 > 0:35:07which serves as Edinburgh's port on the Firth of Forth.
0:35:07 > 0:35:09Famous for shipbuilding,
0:35:09 > 0:35:12they also wrote the rules of golf here back in 1744.
0:35:12 > 0:35:15Plus, the sun is shining on Leith.
0:35:15 > 0:35:16There's a song in that, you know.
0:35:16 > 0:35:20# Sunshine on Leith... #
0:35:20 > 0:35:24This is where you're going to make a fortune, young lady.
0:35:25 > 0:35:29How to turn 200 quid into half a million.
0:35:29 > 0:35:31Welcome to Ramsay Cornish,
0:35:31 > 0:35:35where Leithers have gathered to inspect the wares while
0:35:35 > 0:35:40auctioneer Martin Cornish seems to have a soft spot for the Sunbeam.
0:35:40 > 0:35:43- You've got lovely leather seats and upholstery.- Who, Margie?
0:35:44 > 0:35:48Charlie began with £200 and he's spent almost all of it,
0:35:48 > 0:35:51a total of £178 on five auction lots.
0:35:51 > 0:35:53- A tenner.- Right.
0:35:53 > 0:35:58Whilst Margie, who also started out with £200, has spent a little less,
0:35:58 > 0:36:02parting with £135, also on five auction lots.
0:36:02 > 0:36:04The auction approaches
0:36:04 > 0:36:07and there's something Charlie needs to get off his chest.
0:36:07 > 0:36:12I ought to warn you, if I lose money on anything, I tend to cry.
0:36:13 > 0:36:16Up first, Margie's duplicating set.
0:36:16 > 0:36:19If I make a fiver, I'll be very happy.
0:36:19 > 0:36:22What, profit? Or a fiver in total?
0:36:22 > 0:36:24I think it might be a fiver in total.
0:36:24 > 0:36:26£30, 20 for this.
0:36:26 > 0:36:3020 for the duplicating set. 20 I'm bid.
0:36:30 > 0:36:3520 I'm bid for it. At £20 I'm bid. 25, 30.
0:36:35 > 0:36:37At £30. Last call at 30.
0:36:39 > 0:36:42# Double your money And try to get rich... #
0:36:42 > 0:36:45Good start, Margie.
0:36:45 > 0:36:47I'm travelling with a genius.
0:36:48 > 0:36:51Time for Charlie's very Scottish-looking pickle fork.
0:36:51 > 0:36:56- I hope you don't get in a pickle with it.- Ha-ha-ha.
0:36:56 > 0:36:57£10 to start it.
0:36:57 > 0:37:00A little pickle fork. 10 I'm bid. 12, 14, 16.
0:37:00 > 0:37:0418, 20. 22, 24, 26.
0:37:04 > 0:37:09- At 26. On my right, last call. - That will do.- £20.
0:37:09 > 0:37:11There'll be no tears yet, then.
0:37:11 > 0:37:15It's not the sort of profits you're used to, but in my humble way...
0:37:15 > 0:37:18- You've made six pounds. - Not after commission.
0:37:18 > 0:37:21What about the chain he almost overlooked?
0:37:21 > 0:37:2430 to start it. 20.
0:37:24 > 0:37:2920 I'm bid. 25, 35, 40. £40.
0:37:30 > 0:37:35- There's a phone bid coming in. 45. 50.- There you go.
0:37:36 > 0:37:40- 55, 60.- Getting there. Need a bit more.
0:37:40 > 0:37:42At 60.
0:37:42 > 0:37:46Standing at the back at £60. Last call at 60.
0:37:46 > 0:37:48- It's away.- It's about right.- Oh!
0:37:48 > 0:37:51A profit, but a little less than he hoped for.
0:37:51 > 0:37:55Is it lilac or has it gone in with the...something red?
0:37:55 > 0:37:57Steady on, Charlie.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00Let's see how Margie's footstool fares.
0:38:00 > 0:38:03I've got a bit of a feeling about your stool.
0:38:03 > 0:38:04Have you really? Tell me.
0:38:04 > 0:38:10It's mixed. I think it's either going to make 15 quid or 65 quid.
0:38:10 > 0:38:1230 for this to start it quickly.
0:38:12 > 0:38:14- He knows his values, doesn't he? - 35, 40.
0:38:14 > 0:38:19- 45, 50, 55, 60. At £60.- 60!
0:38:19 > 0:38:21You have it in the back.
0:38:21 > 0:38:24Do you know, I've met some rich women in my time,
0:38:24 > 0:38:28but you are the richest. You're doubling up on everything.
0:38:28 > 0:38:31Yes, perhaps she will need that hanky, Charlie.
0:38:31 > 0:38:35- Are you getting a bit miffed on the quiet?- I'm British.
0:38:35 > 0:38:38I'm not really happy unless I'm losing.
0:38:38 > 0:38:41Chin up, Charlie, it's your snuffbox next.
0:38:41 > 0:38:45- £10 to start it, little snuffbox. - Should fetch 30, shouldn't it?
0:38:45 > 0:38:4910 I'm bid, 12. 14, 16, 18.
0:38:49 > 0:38:54- 20.- Good man.- 22.- He's bidding. - You'll get it, keep going. 26.
0:38:54 > 0:38:5826, 28. At 28.
0:38:58 > 0:39:03- In the back at 28.- Well done. - Did you hear what he said?- What?
0:39:03 > 0:39:05He said it'd better be worth it.
0:39:05 > 0:39:07Almost double your money there, Charlie.
0:39:07 > 0:39:10Although it will be less after auction costs.
0:39:10 > 0:39:13What about Margie's old-fashioned mugs?
0:39:13 > 0:39:17- Look, he's got the telephone ready. The telephone is ready.- Where?
0:39:17 > 0:39:20- There.- 50 to start them quickly. 50 I'm bid.
0:39:20 > 0:39:2555, 60, five, 70, 75, 80.
0:39:25 > 0:39:2785, 90, 95, 100.
0:39:29 > 0:39:33At £100. On commission with me at £100 now.
0:39:33 > 0:39:36Last call at 100.
0:39:36 > 0:39:40- Oh, Margie.- There's a definite pattern forming here.
0:39:40 > 0:39:42She's doubled again.
0:39:42 > 0:39:43Terrific.
0:39:44 > 0:39:49Now for Charlie's lovely bit of Georgian. His biggest buy.
0:39:49 > 0:39:53- Do we have faith in English furniture?- Yes, it'll make 95 quid.
0:39:53 > 0:39:57I need it to make a little bit more than £95.
0:39:57 > 0:40:0150 to start it quickly? 50 I'm bid, 55,
0:40:01 > 0:40:0660. 65, 70, 75, 80. 85, 90.
0:40:06 > 0:40:1095, 100. 110. 110 in the back.
0:40:10 > 0:40:14At £110 in the back. At 110.
0:40:15 > 0:40:19- You have it, 110. - Well done, my friend.- Plant one.
0:40:21 > 0:40:25Charlie's day is definitely perking up now. Yet another double.
0:40:25 > 0:40:28- Steady, sir.- Do you think we could come here for our next sale?
0:40:28 > 0:40:32Can Margie's great run extend to her lamp?
0:40:32 > 0:40:3620 for that lot to start it quickly. 20 I'm bid, 25.
0:40:36 > 0:40:40- There's a lady bidding already. - 40, 45, 50, 55, 60.
0:40:40 > 0:40:45- 65, 70, 75, 80. - Oh, she's going for it.- 85.
0:40:45 > 0:40:51Lady's bid down at the front at 85. The last call at 85.
0:40:51 > 0:40:55- Well done.- Hang on, I'm going to reciprocate. Put your cheek out.
0:40:57 > 0:41:00I think Margie will almost certainly triumph today.
0:41:00 > 0:41:01I'm enjoying myself.
0:41:01 > 0:41:04- Are you enjoying yourself? - I'm not surprised you are,
0:41:04 > 0:41:08- you've made so much money. - You've done all right.- I have.
0:41:08 > 0:41:12How about a Scotsman minus his wee feather, of course?
0:41:12 > 0:41:15# Oh, flower of Scotland
0:41:15 > 0:41:19# When will we see your likes again? #
0:41:19 > 0:41:21- His little kilt and socks. - Fantastic, look at him.
0:41:21 > 0:41:24Nice 19th-century Staffordshire flatback figure.
0:41:24 > 0:41:2730, 20 for him? 20 I'm bid.
0:41:27 > 0:41:32- 20 I'm bid for the Staffordshire. - It's all I can hope.- 20 quid?- At £30.
0:41:32 > 0:41:36Last call at £30. At 30.
0:41:36 > 0:41:38You have it, 30.
0:41:38 > 0:41:42Never mind double, she's several times better off with him.
0:41:42 > 0:41:45Finally, Charlie's candlesticks and jug.
0:41:45 > 0:41:47Here you go, here you go.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51That's a nice little set, that.
0:41:51 > 0:41:5350 to start them quickly. 50 I'm bid.
0:41:53 > 0:41:5550 I'm bid for the set. At £50.
0:41:55 > 0:41:59- 55, 60, 65, 70. 75, 80.- No way!
0:41:59 > 0:42:05- At £80. At £80.- Not bad, not bad. I'd like a little more.
0:42:05 > 0:42:07At 80, you have it on commission, 80.
0:42:07 > 0:42:08Another good result,
0:42:08 > 0:42:12but Margie's consistent profits have put her on top.
0:42:12 > 0:42:15Miss Cooper, Gladys to her friends,
0:42:15 > 0:42:18I congratulate you, you've been brilliant.
0:42:18 > 0:42:22- Thank you, and so have you.- We've had fun.- We've done well.- We made money.
0:42:22 > 0:42:25- Gosh, I can't believe it. - Shall we go for a swim?
0:42:28 > 0:42:32Charlie began with £200 and after paying auction costs,
0:42:32 > 0:42:35he's made a profit of £71.28.
0:42:35 > 0:42:40So he now has £271.28 to spend next time.
0:42:41 > 0:42:46Margie also started off with £200, but her Prattware really paid off.
0:42:46 > 0:42:51So that after paying auction costs, she made a profit of £115.10,
0:42:51 > 0:42:57leaving her with £315.10 and all the bragging rights.
0:42:57 > 0:43:00- I say, have I won the day? - You certainly have.
0:43:00 > 0:43:03- I don't want to keep rubbing it in. - Just get in that car!
0:43:04 > 0:43:06Onward and upward.
0:43:08 > 0:43:12Next time on the Antiques Road Trip, Margie get a personal shopper.
0:43:12 > 0:43:15- I do like that.- OK. - I haven't said yes yet.- You have.
0:43:16 > 0:43:20- While Charlie could do with a Sherpa.- Can I have a clamber?