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It's the nations favourite antiques experts. | 0:00:02 | 0:00:04 | |
-With £200 each, a classic car... -We're goin' roond! | 0:00:04 | 0:00:08 | |
..and a goal - to scour Britain for antiques. | 0:00:08 | 0:00:11 | |
-I want to spend lots of money. -The aim? | 0:00:11 | 0:00:14 | |
To make the biggest profit at auction. But it's no mean feat. | 0:00:14 | 0:00:17 | |
-Oh, no! -There'll be worthy winners... -We've done it! | 0:00:17 | 0:00:21 | |
-..and valiant losers. -You are kidding me on... | 0:00:21 | 0:00:25 | |
So, will it be the high road to glory or the slow road to disaster? | 0:00:25 | 0:00:29 | |
-What am I doing? -You've got a deal. -This is the Antiques Road Trip! | 0:00:29 | 0:00:32 | |
Yeah! | 0:00:34 | 0:00:35 | |
Today sees the start of a brand-new Road Trip with Charlie Ross, | 0:00:38 | 0:00:42 | |
a campervan and... | 0:00:42 | 0:00:44 | |
Hang on, we're missing someone. | 0:00:44 | 0:00:46 | |
SHE LAUGHS | 0:00:46 | 0:00:48 | |
Ah, welcome aboard! | 0:00:48 | 0:00:50 | |
Ah, yes, his antique adversary for this adventure | 0:00:50 | 0:00:54 | |
is Christina Trevanion. | 0:00:54 | 0:00:56 | |
Come on the trip of a lifetime with your old uncle Ross-co. | 0:00:56 | 0:00:59 | |
-Ah. That van's going down a treat. -We are in ultimate luxury. | 0:00:59 | 0:01:04 | |
-We can sleep in it. -Yeah. -When we pull up to a shop... | 0:01:04 | 0:01:07 | |
-We can eat in it. -..we can blow the horn | 0:01:07 | 0:01:08 | |
and ask the chap to bring the items out on a tray. | 0:01:08 | 0:01:11 | |
SHE LAUGHS | 0:01:11 | 0:01:13 | |
-Do you like that idea? -I don't think... | 0:01:13 | 0:01:15 | |
-'Your antiques, sir!' -Sounds like an adventure. | 0:01:15 | 0:01:20 | |
Hold on to your bonnets, folks. We're in Bonnie Scotland. | 0:01:20 | 0:01:24 | |
We're right up in the Highlands now. | 0:01:24 | 0:01:26 | |
-Are you a real Scotsman, Charles Ross? -Well... | 0:01:26 | 0:01:30 | |
Let's say, when the wind blows... | 0:01:30 | 0:01:34 | |
-I'll find out? -You'll find out. | 0:01:34 | 0:01:37 | |
Oh, crikey... | 0:01:37 | 0:01:38 | |
Road Trip veteran Charlie Ross is a flamboyant auctioneer | 0:01:40 | 0:01:44 | |
who knows no fear. | 0:01:44 | 0:01:46 | |
Will they kill me? | 0:01:46 | 0:01:47 | |
-No. No. -They've got big horns on them. | 0:01:47 | 0:01:51 | |
But of course they have. And he aims to please. | 0:01:51 | 0:01:54 | |
-Do you like the tea bag to dangle? -Yes, please. -Oh, yes. | 0:01:54 | 0:01:58 | |
His competition is Christina Trevanion. | 0:01:58 | 0:02:00 | |
She's an auctioneer embarking on her second Road Trip | 0:02:00 | 0:02:03 | |
and she loves a spot of dressing up. | 0:02:03 | 0:02:05 | |
Ooh, it fits. What do you think? | 0:02:06 | 0:02:09 | |
-And she hobnobs with celebs, don't you know? -You must be Madonna. | 0:02:09 | 0:02:13 | |
Hello. Hi, lovely to meet you. | 0:02:13 | 0:02:15 | |
Our handsome duo begin their awfully big adventure | 0:02:18 | 0:02:21 | |
with £200 each. | 0:02:21 | 0:02:23 | |
And their trusty 1977 VW campervan | 0:02:23 | 0:02:26 | |
called Geoffrey II. | 0:02:26 | 0:02:29 | |
Hawd on tae yer pants. We're goin' roond! | 0:02:29 | 0:02:32 | |
-Good Lord, this old gearbox is a bit sporting. -What's going on? Ooh! | 0:02:34 | 0:02:38 | |
-You enjoying that? Now I think we're in 2nd. -You think? | 0:02:38 | 0:02:42 | |
-Well, we're going uphill. -Oh, my. Come on, Geoffrey... | 0:02:42 | 0:02:45 | |
Come on, Geoffrey II! | 0:02:45 | 0:02:47 | |
Geoffrey II... | 0:02:47 | 0:02:49 | |
HORN TOOTS Oh, my goodness. | 0:02:49 | 0:02:51 | |
This is going to be a trip and a half. | 0:02:51 | 0:02:54 | |
It certainly seems that way so far. | 0:02:54 | 0:02:55 | |
Charlie and Christina will travel over 500 miles | 0:02:57 | 0:03:00 | |
from Inverness in the Scottish Highlands | 0:03:00 | 0:03:03 | |
all the way to the port town of Boston in Lincolnshire. | 0:03:03 | 0:03:06 | |
Today, they start in Inverness | 0:03:06 | 0:03:08 | |
and will head towards their first auction in Bo'ness, near Falkirk. | 0:03:08 | 0:03:13 | |
Boasting a 19th-century castle and sitting on the River Ness, | 0:03:15 | 0:03:18 | |
Inverness is regarded as the capital of the Scottish Highlands. | 0:03:18 | 0:03:23 | |
-I say. What a guy. -It's a little windy in the Trossachs. | 0:03:28 | 0:03:33 | |
SHE LAUGHS | 0:03:33 | 0:03:35 | |
-Have a good buying day. -Happy shopping. -And I'll see you later. | 0:03:35 | 0:03:37 | |
-I'll see you later. -Bye. -Bye. | 0:03:37 | 0:03:39 | |
Whoops! Nearly got an eyeful there. | 0:03:42 | 0:03:45 | |
Charlie's charged up as he gets stuck in to his first shop. | 0:03:45 | 0:03:49 | |
-Watch out, girls. -Good morning! -Morning. -It's Moira, is it not? | 0:03:49 | 0:03:53 | |
-It is. -Charlie. -How do you do? -Nice to meet you. -You too. | 0:03:53 | 0:03:56 | |
-May I be that forward? -Of course. -Steady on... | 0:03:56 | 0:03:59 | |
-How long have you been here? -Just since the end of last year. | 0:03:59 | 0:04:02 | |
Oh, really? | 0:04:02 | 0:04:03 | |
Did you come from another shop or is this a new project? | 0:04:03 | 0:04:06 | |
This is a new project. My husband's a collector as well. | 0:04:06 | 0:04:10 | |
-Do all the good things that you buy end up at home? -Yes. | 0:04:10 | 0:04:13 | |
-Where do you live? -I'm not telling you. | 0:04:13 | 0:04:14 | |
-THEY LAUGH -Nice try, Charlie. | 0:04:14 | 0:04:16 | |
Bother! That one didn't work. | 0:04:18 | 0:04:20 | |
-So all the things your husband doesn't like end up in the shop? -Yes. | 0:04:20 | 0:04:24 | |
-Oh, well, thank you very much. -That's why I'm here! | 0:04:24 | 0:04:26 | |
-I'm sure that's not true, Moira. -How dare you! | 0:04:26 | 0:04:29 | |
-May I have a look round? -Of course. -And he's not hanging about. | 0:04:29 | 0:04:33 | |
A pair of Cantonese vases. | 0:04:33 | 0:04:34 | |
Famille rose. | 0:04:35 | 0:04:36 | |
Famille rose is the style of 18th-century Chinese wares | 0:04:37 | 0:04:41 | |
typified by shades of pink and green. | 0:04:41 | 0:04:44 | |
-Someone's been having a bashing time, haven't they? -Yes. | 0:04:46 | 0:04:50 | |
Having said that, you've got one perfect one. | 0:04:50 | 0:04:53 | |
£90 the pair. | 0:04:56 | 0:04:57 | |
While he has a think, he's got a fancy for something else. | 0:04:59 | 0:05:03 | |
I like your quill basket. | 0:05:04 | 0:05:06 | |
Anglo-Indian? | 0:05:07 | 0:05:09 | |
-Do you think? -Spot on, Charlie. -I think so. | 0:05:09 | 0:05:11 | |
This 19th-century porcupine quill basket | 0:05:12 | 0:05:15 | |
was very popular during the British Empire | 0:05:15 | 0:05:17 | |
when it was the fashion to show off wares from far-flung travels. | 0:05:17 | 0:05:21 | |
You do have an easel clock there. | 0:05:23 | 0:05:25 | |
-I know nothing about that. -Charlie certainly does. | 0:05:26 | 0:05:30 | |
Well, I think it's French. It's on a French porcelain plaque. | 0:05:30 | 0:05:34 | |
In terms of date, I would imagine 1890-1900. I imagine it's... | 0:05:34 | 0:05:39 | |
Well, it's got an enamel chapter ring here. | 0:05:39 | 0:05:43 | |
Is it buyable for 50 quid? | 0:05:43 | 0:05:45 | |
-Yeah. -Are you sure? -Yes. | 0:05:46 | 0:05:48 | |
Well, I think that's fabulous and I'm going to have it. And thank you. | 0:05:48 | 0:05:52 | |
-Perfect. -I say. Christina's going to be jealous of that. | 0:05:52 | 0:05:55 | |
And I'm going to win, ha-ha! | 0:05:55 | 0:05:57 | |
Gosh, he's got his tail up today. | 0:05:57 | 0:05:59 | |
What about Christina, poor girl? | 0:05:59 | 0:06:01 | |
She's just down the road and, as a relative newcomer, | 0:06:01 | 0:06:05 | |
she's got her work cut out today against the old hand, Charlie. | 0:06:05 | 0:06:08 | |
She's off to meet Madonna - no, not the Grammy Award winner, | 0:06:10 | 0:06:13 | |
but the lovely lady who owns this antiques emporium. | 0:06:13 | 0:06:16 | |
Stand by. | 0:06:16 | 0:06:18 | |
-Hello. Hi, you must be Madonna. -I'm Madonna, yes. -You're Madonna. | 0:06:18 | 0:06:21 | |
Brilliant, hi. I'm Christina. Lovely to meet you, how are you? | 0:06:21 | 0:06:24 | |
-I'm fine, thank you. -With £200 in her purse, what will take her fancy? | 0:06:24 | 0:06:30 | |
Those are quite impressive. There isn't a huge amount of age to them. | 0:06:32 | 0:06:36 | |
Nice. Nice little bit of Moorcroft. | 0:06:38 | 0:06:39 | |
And we've got a lovely sticker on the back here. | 0:06:39 | 0:06:41 | |
-Is it what they call, erm...a luckenbooth brooch? -It is, yes. | 0:06:43 | 0:06:47 | |
Just be grand if it would have a little mark on there, but... | 0:06:47 | 0:06:50 | |
You can't have everything, can you? I'm asking for everything. | 0:06:50 | 0:06:53 | |
Greedy! | 0:06:53 | 0:06:54 | |
This traditional brooch became popular in 18th-century Edinburgh | 0:06:55 | 0:07:00 | |
and were sold in luckenbooths, | 0:07:00 | 0:07:03 | |
tiny, lockable shops along the Royal Mile. | 0:07:03 | 0:07:06 | |
We've got £40 on that. | 0:07:06 | 0:07:08 | |
-What's your thoughts, Madonna? -Aye... | 0:07:09 | 0:07:12 | |
You should make a profit on it at 30, if I come down to 30. | 0:07:12 | 0:07:17 | |
Lovely. OK, all right, that's definitely a possibility. | 0:07:17 | 0:07:20 | |
Back to Charlie. How's he getting on? | 0:07:20 | 0:07:23 | |
What about the ebony and quill basket from earlier? | 0:07:23 | 0:07:26 | |
I think that would make, at auction, between £20 and £30. | 0:07:26 | 0:07:30 | |
Which would have to be bought... I think you've got it priced up at 35. | 0:07:30 | 0:07:33 | |
I think I would have to pay, sort of, 18 quid for it. | 0:07:33 | 0:07:35 | |
Something like that, I don't know. | 0:07:35 | 0:07:37 | |
-Is that any good? -Yeah... That should be fine. | 0:07:37 | 0:07:39 | |
-Are you sure? -Yes. | 0:07:39 | 0:07:41 | |
You're not just saying yes, because I'm wearing a kilt, are you? | 0:07:41 | 0:07:44 | |
-And if you are... -No. Even though, very nice. -..it's worked! THEY LAUGH | 0:07:44 | 0:07:47 | |
Well, I'll have that as well. | 0:07:47 | 0:07:49 | |
Well, for his first shop, he's definitely splashing the cash. | 0:07:49 | 0:07:52 | |
I'm going to have one last look aroond... | 0:07:52 | 0:07:55 | |
This is like a shopping spree, this is. Once I'm on a roll... | 0:07:55 | 0:07:58 | |
Quote me a price on those. Try me. | 0:08:00 | 0:08:02 | |
I could probably do 50 for the pair. | 0:08:03 | 0:08:08 | |
If 40 quid shows you a profit, I'll have those as well. | 0:08:08 | 0:08:10 | |
-I think that's quite fair. -That's fab. | 0:08:10 | 0:08:13 | |
Jeepers creepers, Charlie's going for it. | 0:08:13 | 0:08:15 | |
All in all, he's spent £40 on the pair of vases, 50 on the easel clock | 0:08:15 | 0:08:19 | |
and 18 on the quill basket, a whopping total of £108. | 0:08:19 | 0:08:23 | |
-Now, look out... -I'll dip into my sporran. | 0:08:23 | 0:08:26 | |
Oh, so that's what you keep in there... | 0:08:26 | 0:08:28 | |
And with a swirl of his kilt, he's off. | 0:08:31 | 0:08:34 | |
Meanwhile, Christina's a busy little bee. | 0:08:35 | 0:08:38 | |
What have you got over there? | 0:08:39 | 0:08:41 | |
This is a little piece of Swarovski crystal. | 0:08:41 | 0:08:44 | |
-Thought you might be interested in. -Pretty... | 0:08:44 | 0:08:47 | |
Gosh, where did that come from? | 0:08:48 | 0:08:50 | |
That's actually a friend's of mine. That's who I'm selling it for. | 0:08:50 | 0:08:53 | |
-Are you? -On her behalf, yes. | 0:08:53 | 0:08:55 | |
That's beautiful. Nice mark on the back as well. | 0:08:57 | 0:09:00 | |
-Because Swarovski is a really big, really luxury name, isn't it? -Yes. | 0:09:00 | 0:09:05 | |
So probably, to buy, that would have cost an absolute fortune. | 0:09:05 | 0:09:08 | |
It would have, yes. | 0:09:08 | 0:09:10 | |
-I like the little lovebirds. -Is that me and Charlie Ross? | 0:09:10 | 0:09:13 | |
-SHE LAUGHS -It could be. | 0:09:13 | 0:09:15 | |
Although, we'd probably be pecking each other and falling out. | 0:09:15 | 0:09:18 | |
"I'm driving! No, you're driving, no, I'm driving..." | 0:09:18 | 0:09:21 | |
Aw... And what have we got on that? That's £25 on that. OK. | 0:09:22 | 0:09:26 | |
What would your friend feel about an offer on that, do you think? | 0:09:26 | 0:09:29 | |
Was that her absolute limit on that? | 0:09:29 | 0:09:30 | |
-No, I think she would be happy with 20. -Be happy with 20? -Yes. Yes. | 0:09:30 | 0:09:35 | |
What about 40 on the two? | 0:09:35 | 0:09:37 | |
-How would you feel about that? -Since it's you... | 0:09:39 | 0:09:42 | |
-Really?! -Yes. -Really?! -Yes. | 0:09:42 | 0:09:44 | |
Thank you very much. Brilliant. Thank you. | 0:09:44 | 0:09:47 | |
Cor, Christina's not messing about. Two bits of jewellery for £40, eh? | 0:09:48 | 0:09:52 | |
-Thank you very much. -Thank you. Take care now. Bye-bye. | 0:09:54 | 0:09:57 | |
Both our Road Trip chums are making a confident start. | 0:09:57 | 0:10:00 | |
Her partner in crime, Charlie Ross, is back in the van, | 0:10:04 | 0:10:07 | |
making his way 15 miles to the village of Drumnadrochit - | 0:10:07 | 0:10:11 | |
try and say that quickly - on the shores of Loch Ness. | 0:10:11 | 0:10:14 | |
So, it's a good, solid start, Ross. | 0:10:15 | 0:10:17 | |
I like building an innings through the week, you know. | 0:10:17 | 0:10:20 | |
And as the week goes on, expand the stroke play. | 0:10:20 | 0:10:24 | |
Buy things for £100. £200. | 0:10:25 | 0:10:29 | |
Towards that £1,000 target. | 0:10:29 | 0:10:32 | |
That's it, Ross-co. Dream big, boy. | 0:10:32 | 0:10:35 | |
Look at this sun shining off Loch Ness. | 0:10:35 | 0:10:38 | |
It's glorious! | 0:10:39 | 0:10:41 | |
Hear, hear. | 0:10:41 | 0:10:43 | |
The magnificent Loch Ness | 0:10:43 | 0:10:45 | |
is the largest body of freshwater in Britain. | 0:10:45 | 0:10:48 | |
It's claimed there's more water here | 0:10:48 | 0:10:51 | |
than in all the lakes in England and Wales put together. How's that? | 0:10:51 | 0:10:54 | |
So much so, that anything could be lurking under the surface. | 0:10:54 | 0:10:57 | |
SNARLING | 0:11:00 | 0:11:02 | |
The myths of a Loch Ness monster are legendary. | 0:11:03 | 0:11:07 | |
Nessie, as she's more fondly known, is world-famous | 0:11:07 | 0:11:10 | |
and has become an icon of Scotland. | 0:11:10 | 0:11:12 | |
But does such a creature really exist? | 0:11:12 | 0:11:15 | |
Charlie's looking for answers | 0:11:15 | 0:11:17 | |
from a man who's spent his life hunting for the truth. | 0:11:17 | 0:11:20 | |
-Adrian, it must be. -Hello. -Hello. Lovely to see you. | 0:11:24 | 0:11:27 | |
Adrian Shine is a naturalist | 0:11:27 | 0:11:30 | |
and project leader of the Loch Ness Centre and Exhibition. | 0:11:30 | 0:11:33 | |
When did it all start? | 0:11:33 | 0:11:35 | |
Well, there was always the tradition of the waterhorse. | 0:11:35 | 0:11:39 | |
Which is not a nice, fluffy, benign thing, | 0:11:39 | 0:11:42 | |
it was something that would spoil your whole day. | 0:11:42 | 0:11:44 | |
Something deep in Highland folklore. | 0:11:44 | 0:11:47 | |
Yes. These ancient legends took a turn in 1933 | 0:11:47 | 0:11:52 | |
when a local woman claimed to have seen a more reptilian creature | 0:11:52 | 0:11:55 | |
and word spread quickly. | 0:11:55 | 0:11:58 | |
Later that year, a national newspaper | 0:11:58 | 0:12:00 | |
sent a renowned big game hunter, Marmaduke Wetherell, | 0:12:00 | 0:12:04 | |
up to the loch to gather evidence. | 0:12:04 | 0:12:06 | |
-He came to the lochside and he found, on the bank... -Yeah. | 0:12:06 | 0:12:11 | |
-..footprints. -Oh, no! -And... | 0:12:11 | 0:12:14 | |
Plaster casts were taken, very similar to this one. | 0:12:14 | 0:12:19 | |
-And with due ceremony, they are sent to the natural history museum. -Yep. | 0:12:19 | 0:12:23 | |
-In London. -Yep. | 0:12:23 | 0:12:25 | |
And they have a look at it and it gives them | 0:12:25 | 0:12:28 | |
some perplexity to start with but, as you see... | 0:12:28 | 0:12:31 | |
..they think, in the end, that it's from a stuffed hippopotamus. | 0:12:33 | 0:12:36 | |
Now, what is a hippopotamus doing by Loch Ness? | 0:12:36 | 0:12:40 | |
-A stuffed one? -Particularly a stuffed one. | 0:12:40 | 0:12:43 | |
-Well, a stuffed one couldn't move, for a start. -And there we have it. | 0:12:43 | 0:12:47 | |
But if it's an ashtray, it fits the purpose extremely well. | 0:12:47 | 0:12:51 | |
And that is where Marmaduke Wetherell | 0:12:51 | 0:12:54 | |
committed his first hoax at Loch Ness. | 0:12:54 | 0:12:57 | |
Amazingly, it took 60 years | 0:12:57 | 0:12:59 | |
to finally solve the hippo print mystery. | 0:12:59 | 0:13:03 | |
During this time, sightings continued and the legend grew. | 0:13:03 | 0:13:06 | |
In 1934, Nessie was finally caught on camera, | 0:13:06 | 0:13:10 | |
in a now famous image. | 0:13:10 | 0:13:12 | |
Now, Marmaduke Wetherell had a step-son. | 0:13:13 | 0:13:16 | |
And his name was Christian Spurling. | 0:13:16 | 0:13:18 | |
-And he was a model maker of some repute. -Aha... | 0:13:18 | 0:13:22 | |
And he made the model | 0:13:22 | 0:13:25 | |
-that sat on a toy submarine... -No! | 0:13:25 | 0:13:29 | |
..in April of 1934. | 0:13:29 | 0:13:32 | |
-Oh! -Our reconstruction of the picture. | 0:13:32 | 0:13:35 | |
-It's like a swan! -Exactly. | 0:13:35 | 0:13:38 | |
-You've spent your whole life round here with this project. -Yes. | 0:13:38 | 0:13:43 | |
Though my interests are more diverse than monsters. | 0:13:43 | 0:13:47 | |
In his now 40-year quest for the truth, | 0:13:47 | 0:13:50 | |
Adrian has gone to great lengths to explore what lies beneath the loch. | 0:13:50 | 0:13:55 | |
One of his early, ingenious inventions | 0:13:55 | 0:13:58 | |
was this self-built submarine. | 0:13:58 | 0:14:00 | |
My strategy was to look upward, against the surface brightness. | 0:14:00 | 0:14:05 | |
-Because anything relevant would be coming to the surface. -Exactly. | 0:14:05 | 0:14:09 | |
To this end, Adrian squeezed himself into his home-made submarine | 0:14:09 | 0:14:13 | |
and boldly went into the loch. | 0:14:13 | 0:14:15 | |
To go down, he let water in. | 0:14:18 | 0:14:20 | |
To go up, he had to hand-pump the water back out. | 0:14:20 | 0:14:24 | |
And you had to do huge calculations before you built this. | 0:14:24 | 0:14:28 | |
-Well, I did a few sums, but I wasn't very good at sums. -CHARLIE LAUGHS | 0:14:28 | 0:14:32 | |
Adrian spent hours in his submarine, | 0:14:32 | 0:14:35 | |
then conducted the largest ever search of the loch using sonar, | 0:14:35 | 0:14:40 | |
but both were inconclusive. | 0:14:40 | 0:14:42 | |
Yet Adrian remains philosophical | 0:14:42 | 0:14:44 | |
about the chance of one day meeting Nessie. | 0:14:44 | 0:14:47 | |
So I'm going to have to pop the question now. | 0:14:48 | 0:14:50 | |
After all these years... | 0:14:50 | 0:14:52 | |
Is there a monster? | 0:14:52 | 0:14:55 | |
Certainly, generically speaking, | 0:14:55 | 0:14:58 | |
in the human psyche, there is a monster and there always have been. | 0:14:58 | 0:15:01 | |
I don't believe Loch Ness is Jurassic Park, | 0:15:01 | 0:15:05 | |
so is Loch Ness a veil which we can penetrate? | 0:15:05 | 0:15:09 | |
Or is it a mirror to our imagination? | 0:15:09 | 0:15:13 | |
And we may, in the end, | 0:15:13 | 0:15:15 | |
learn more about human perception than we do about natural history. | 0:15:15 | 0:15:19 | |
What a wonderfully broad way of looking at it. And thank you. | 0:15:19 | 0:15:23 | |
Thank you for letting me in on your wonderful, wonderful experience. | 0:15:23 | 0:15:27 | |
That is quite a profound view. | 0:15:27 | 0:15:31 | |
One thing's for certain, Adrian has taken a true shine to these waters | 0:15:31 | 0:15:36 | |
and will always be vigilant in his search for the truth. | 0:15:36 | 0:15:40 | |
Now, while Charlie has been searching for Nessie, | 0:15:40 | 0:15:44 | |
the delectable Christina has travelled half an hour away | 0:15:44 | 0:15:47 | |
to the village of Auldearn, just outside the town of Nairn. | 0:15:47 | 0:15:50 | |
Christina's going for a mooch about Auldearn Antiques, | 0:15:52 | 0:15:55 | |
a family-run business owned by Roger. | 0:15:55 | 0:15:57 | |
This is just brilliant, isn't it? | 0:16:06 | 0:16:08 | |
-Yes, it is. -I mean, it's just what you want from an antiques shop. | 0:16:08 | 0:16:11 | |
It's full of character, it's stuffed to the brim and you just know | 0:16:11 | 0:16:15 | |
that in here somewhere, there's something just a little bit magical. | 0:16:15 | 0:16:19 | |
It's brilliant. | 0:16:19 | 0:16:20 | |
Here's hoping, Christina. | 0:16:20 | 0:16:22 | |
And before you can say abracadabra, she's found a couple of birds. | 0:16:22 | 0:16:26 | |
So we've got a glazed case here, | 0:16:26 | 0:16:29 | |
containing what looks to be a rather magnificent cock pheasant and a... | 0:16:29 | 0:16:34 | |
Is that a grouse? Is that a grouse? Or a capercaillie? | 0:16:34 | 0:16:37 | |
Look, I'm no David Attenborough, but I think it's a hen pheasant... | 0:16:37 | 0:16:41 | |
hen. | 0:16:41 | 0:16:42 | |
Now, taxidermy isn't really everyone's cup of tea. | 0:16:43 | 0:16:48 | |
It is a bit of a controversial area. | 0:16:48 | 0:16:50 | |
But I'm certainly finding at the moment that it does seem | 0:16:50 | 0:16:54 | |
to be quite fashionable. | 0:16:54 | 0:16:55 | |
The Victorians loved taxidermy. | 0:16:55 | 0:16:59 | |
It was a fashionable feature within many a parlour. | 0:16:59 | 0:17:02 | |
-Ah, here's owner Roger for a chat. -Tell me about... | 0:17:03 | 0:17:07 | |
-Because obviously, this is a cock pheasant. -Yes. -This is a grouse? | 0:17:07 | 0:17:10 | |
This is male and female. | 0:17:10 | 0:17:12 | |
-Oh, this is a pheasant? -Told you so. | 0:17:12 | 0:17:14 | |
-The man is decked out in full finery. -Yeah, he looks... | 0:17:14 | 0:17:18 | |
But I wouldn't have put that as a female. Ooh, blimey. Very nice. | 0:17:18 | 0:17:22 | |
-Watch out. Here comes the Christina charm. -Roger... -Yes? | 0:17:22 | 0:17:26 | |
-I hate haggling... -Fibber! -You've got 125 on it. | 0:17:26 | 0:17:29 | |
-You're in the wrong business. -I know. I am. I'm hopeless. | 0:17:29 | 0:17:33 | |
It's 125 on it, what could be your best price on it? | 0:17:33 | 0:17:37 | |
I could come close to £100 | 0:17:37 | 0:17:39 | |
but it has to be probably the wrong side of £100 for you. | 0:17:39 | 0:17:43 | |
-Probably 105, I could sell it for. -105? -Yeah. -OK. All right. | 0:17:43 | 0:17:48 | |
What I'll do is, I'll see if I can find anything else, | 0:17:48 | 0:17:51 | |
but if we can stick a red dot on that for me for the moment, | 0:17:51 | 0:17:55 | |
that would be great. Grand. I'll see you in five. | 0:17:55 | 0:17:57 | |
There are more antiques in the outbuildings. | 0:17:59 | 0:18:02 | |
Christina's off to explore. | 0:18:02 | 0:18:03 | |
-Ooh. This is quite pretty, isn't it? -Lovely. -What have we got? | 0:18:05 | 0:18:08 | |
-We've got the Fifty Pence Shop. Which sounds good. -Sounds cheap. | 0:18:08 | 0:18:13 | |
50p... | 0:18:13 | 0:18:14 | |
Ooh. | 0:18:16 | 0:18:17 | |
-That's rather lovely, isn't it, for 50p? -If you say so. | 0:18:18 | 0:18:22 | |
Somebody might want that. | 0:18:22 | 0:18:24 | |
Though I'm not sure you'd be able to fit many letters through it. | 0:18:24 | 0:18:26 | |
I mean, given a bit of a paint strip, | 0:18:26 | 0:18:29 | |
it would be rather lovely. | 0:18:29 | 0:18:31 | |
And for 50p? That can't be bad, surely. | 0:18:31 | 0:18:33 | |
Surely. So, it's back to Roger to talk business. | 0:18:35 | 0:18:39 | |
I like my 50p letter rack. Very sweet. | 0:18:41 | 0:18:44 | |
And I also like the taxidermy very much. | 0:18:44 | 0:18:48 | |
-And you're going to try and beat me down even further. -Oh, but no. | 0:18:48 | 0:18:52 | |
That's not very civilised, is it? No, give me something, Roger. | 0:18:52 | 0:18:55 | |
All I can do is... | 0:18:55 | 0:18:57 | |
-bring it to a round figure for the two items of £100. -£100. | 0:18:57 | 0:19:01 | |
Hopefully you'll do well with that. | 0:19:01 | 0:19:03 | |
OK. £100. | 0:19:03 | 0:19:05 | |
-For the pheasants and for my letter box? -Yep. | 0:19:06 | 0:19:09 | |
-£100 is it. -Good. -Thank you very much. -Good luck. -Brilliant. | 0:19:09 | 0:19:12 | |
-Thank you. -Cor, she's bold. That's half of her budget gone. | 0:19:12 | 0:19:16 | |
£100 on a pair of stuffed birds and a letter flap. Huh. | 0:19:16 | 0:19:21 | |
Back together again, | 0:19:21 | 0:19:22 | |
it's time for Charlie and Christina to have a rest. | 0:19:22 | 0:19:26 | |
The thrilling adventure continues tomorrow. | 0:19:26 | 0:19:28 | |
Nightie night, you two birds. | 0:19:28 | 0:19:30 | |
# There's a chookin a-clookin it here... # | 0:19:32 | 0:19:34 | |
It's the start of a brand-new day, | 0:19:34 | 0:19:36 | |
and Charlie and Christina are in a musical mood. | 0:19:36 | 0:19:39 | |
Well. Charlie is, mainly. | 0:19:39 | 0:19:40 | |
# And there's a cow a-mooing it here | 0:19:40 | 0:19:42 | |
# and a cow a-mooing it there | 0:19:42 | 0:19:43 | |
# They were mooing it here mooing it there every... # | 0:19:43 | 0:19:46 | |
Is that like the grown-up version of Old MacDonald? | 0:19:46 | 0:19:48 | |
# There's a pig a-SNORT there and a pig a-SNORT there | 0:19:48 | 0:19:51 | |
# Here a SNORT, there a SNORT, everywhere a SNORT SNORT... # | 0:19:51 | 0:19:54 | |
Oh, dear. What did he have for breakfast? | 0:19:54 | 0:19:56 | |
So far, Charlie has spent £108 on three items. | 0:19:57 | 0:20:02 | |
The pair of Cantonese famille rose lidded vases, | 0:20:02 | 0:20:05 | |
the ebony and porcupine quill basket | 0:20:05 | 0:20:07 | |
and the 19th-century French easel clock. | 0:20:07 | 0:20:10 | |
Leaving him £92 for the day ahead. | 0:20:10 | 0:20:13 | |
Christina has also been rather industrious. | 0:20:15 | 0:20:18 | |
She's spent £140 pounds on four items. | 0:20:18 | 0:20:20 | |
The luckenbooth brooch, | 0:20:22 | 0:20:24 | |
the crystal necklace, | 0:20:24 | 0:20:25 | |
the taxidermy study of a cock and hen pheasant | 0:20:25 | 0:20:28 | |
and the little letters flap. | 0:20:28 | 0:20:31 | |
She only had £60 to spend today. | 0:20:32 | 0:20:35 | |
With Christina at the helm of the campervan, | 0:20:37 | 0:20:40 | |
our duo are snaking their way to Glass, near Huntly in Aberdeenshire. | 0:20:40 | 0:20:45 | |
So what have you bought? How many things have you bought? Come on. | 0:20:46 | 0:20:49 | |
-Tell me. -Oh, don't do that. Your knees are distracting me! | 0:20:49 | 0:20:51 | |
Oh, stop it. Get your hand... | 0:20:51 | 0:20:53 | |
# Keep your hands on your wheel | 0:20:53 | 0:20:55 | |
# Get your hands off my knee... | 0:20:55 | 0:20:57 | |
-# Put... # -It's quite racy, isn't it? Wearing a kilt? | 0:20:57 | 0:20:59 | |
It is quite racy when you're sitting down. THEY LAUGH | 0:20:59 | 0:21:03 | |
Lordy. They're quite fruity, this pair, aren't they? | 0:21:03 | 0:21:05 | |
Look, there's a lay-by here. | 0:21:05 | 0:21:07 | |
I'll tell you what. | 0:21:08 | 0:21:10 | |
You pull over there. And I'll give you a treat. | 0:21:10 | 0:21:13 | |
Ooh. | 0:21:13 | 0:21:15 | |
Brace yourself, Christina. | 0:21:15 | 0:21:17 | |
-I know how to treat a girl. -Don't you just? | 0:21:17 | 0:21:20 | |
-Make yourself at home, darling. -I feel very special. | 0:21:20 | 0:21:23 | |
What are you up to, Charlie? | 0:21:23 | 0:21:25 | |
-Kettle on. -Yep. Charlie, are you an English Breakfast man? | 0:21:25 | 0:21:29 | |
Oh, they're jolly good to themselves. | 0:21:29 | 0:21:31 | |
I might get some biscuits. Ho-ho! | 0:21:31 | 0:21:34 | |
You're going to have the best cup of tea you've ever had in your life. | 0:21:34 | 0:21:37 | |
No expenses spared on this Road Trip. | 0:21:37 | 0:21:40 | |
-Do your own dangling. -Blimey! | 0:21:40 | 0:21:42 | |
Cheers. | 0:21:42 | 0:21:43 | |
-Can I tempt you? -Ooh, thank you. | 0:21:44 | 0:21:46 | |
-It's not a hard life. It's not a bad life, is it? -No. | 0:21:48 | 0:21:51 | |
Beats shopping, doesn't it? | 0:21:51 | 0:21:52 | |
Fab. | 0:21:53 | 0:21:54 | |
I hate to spoil your moment, but this is the Antiques Road Trip, | 0:21:54 | 0:21:59 | |
so perhaps you should get back on the road and look for some antiques. | 0:21:59 | 0:22:04 | |
So, come on, you two. Charlie's got some shopping to do. | 0:22:04 | 0:22:06 | |
This is sensational! | 0:22:09 | 0:22:10 | |
Well, I think this has to be the antique shop | 0:22:10 | 0:22:12 | |
that wins the best view. | 0:22:12 | 0:22:14 | |
Can you believe that there are antiques here? | 0:22:14 | 0:22:16 | |
-SHE LAUGHS -Yes. -We're getting antiques here. -I'm looking at one. | 0:22:16 | 0:22:19 | |
-Cheeky! -Goodbye, dear. -Bye-bye, love. See you later. | 0:22:19 | 0:22:23 | |
-Have a lovely day. -Will do, you too. Have fun. | 0:22:23 | 0:22:25 | |
Antiques At Glass is a rural hideaway | 0:22:25 | 0:22:28 | |
where Charlie's hoping to add some more jewels to his antiques booty. | 0:22:28 | 0:22:32 | |
-Hello? -Hello. -Hi! The sun's coming out. -Lovely. -You do get sun up here. | 0:22:34 | 0:22:39 | |
-We do, yeah. -Hi, I'm Charlie. | 0:22:39 | 0:22:41 | |
-Tim. -Hello, Tim. -This is Lyn. -Hello, Lyn. Nice to see you. -Hello. | 0:22:41 | 0:22:45 | |
Thank you for allowing me in. | 0:22:45 | 0:22:48 | |
Hope they know what they're letting themselves in for. | 0:22:48 | 0:22:50 | |
-It's a nice bit of brass, isn't it? -I thought it was a tapestry. | 0:22:53 | 0:22:56 | |
Christina's mode of transport! | 0:22:56 | 0:22:58 | |
Naughty. What's he found here, though? | 0:23:00 | 0:23:02 | |
There we go. | 0:23:05 | 0:23:06 | |
That's a really pleasing object. I think that's nice. | 0:23:08 | 0:23:10 | |
It's an inkwell, old boy, in the shape of a miniature curling stone. | 0:23:10 | 0:23:14 | |
The full-sized ones make quite a lot of money. | 0:23:14 | 0:23:15 | |
-You see them in shops, don't you? -Oh, yes. -Make a few hundred pounds. | 0:23:15 | 0:23:18 | |
£200, £300, quite easily. | 0:23:18 | 0:23:20 | |
I suppose they must cost that to make, or probably more. | 0:23:20 | 0:23:23 | |
Look at that. I think that's delightful. Has it... | 0:23:24 | 0:23:28 | |
got any age? Don't suppose it's Victorian, is it? | 0:23:28 | 0:23:30 | |
-No, I think it's 20th-century. -Is it? | 0:23:30 | 0:23:32 | |
The ticket price on this little curio is £45. | 0:23:34 | 0:23:38 | |
It's not that much money. | 0:23:38 | 0:23:39 | |
I'd do that for 20. | 0:23:41 | 0:23:43 | |
If you're really happy with that, I think it's a sweet, sweet object. | 0:23:44 | 0:23:47 | |
Um... Fab. | 0:23:47 | 0:23:50 | |
-OK. -I think it's really, really lovely. I'll dip into my sporran. | 0:23:50 | 0:23:54 | |
Uh-oh. | 0:23:54 | 0:23:56 | |
But £20, that's less than half price. Well done. | 0:23:56 | 0:23:58 | |
Now THAT'S what you call a whopper. | 0:24:01 | 0:24:03 | |
A wooden pitchfork. Isn't that fabulous? | 0:24:06 | 0:24:09 | |
It's certainly big enough. | 0:24:09 | 0:24:10 | |
And that is, actually... That's something you'd put on a wall | 0:24:12 | 0:24:15 | |
and you're never going to use that as a pitchfork, are you? | 0:24:15 | 0:24:18 | |
But isn't it fantastic? It's got some age too. | 0:24:18 | 0:24:21 | |
Yeah. With the old farm houses, it's the sort of thing... | 0:24:21 | 0:24:23 | |
Yeah, you can stick that on a farmhouse wall. | 0:24:23 | 0:24:26 | |
Isn't that a super thing? | 0:24:26 | 0:24:27 | |
Could that come through the door for very little? | 0:24:28 | 0:24:31 | |
It's got £28 on it. | 0:24:32 | 0:24:33 | |
-Can that be ever so...? -I'd do that for 20. -Could you? | 0:24:34 | 0:24:38 | |
But that would be the best offer. | 0:24:38 | 0:24:39 | |
My, would I be bonkers buying something like that? I don't know. | 0:24:41 | 0:24:45 | |
Quite possibly, Ross-co. | 0:24:45 | 0:24:46 | |
So, as Charlie has a ponder about whether to have a pitch or not, | 0:24:46 | 0:24:51 | |
Christina has travelled east to Newmachar in Aberdeenshire. | 0:24:51 | 0:24:55 | |
-Christina's keen to get shopping, but she only has £60 left. -Hello. | 0:24:57 | 0:25:02 | |
Hi, Brian? Nice to meet you, I'm Christina, hi. Oh, my goodness. | 0:25:02 | 0:25:07 | |
This is a little treasure trove, isn't it? | 0:25:07 | 0:25:10 | |
Collecting The World has recently opened, | 0:25:10 | 0:25:12 | |
so there may be some fresh goodies on the go. | 0:25:12 | 0:25:15 | |
This is an odd thing. I don't know if you know about... | 0:25:17 | 0:25:20 | |
fossils or gem relics. | 0:25:20 | 0:25:22 | |
-Someone thought it might be a lead ore. -Well, I don't... | 0:25:23 | 0:25:26 | |
-This is basically a...stone specimen, isn't it? -Yeah. | 0:25:26 | 0:25:31 | |
Yeah, I think so. | 0:25:31 | 0:25:33 | |
But it's interesting, how it's got | 0:25:33 | 0:25:35 | |
the almost geographical lines through it. | 0:25:35 | 0:25:37 | |
Do you think that might be a, erm... | 0:25:37 | 0:25:39 | |
-See, it might be a meteorite or something. -You think? | 0:25:39 | 0:25:41 | |
Then it's probably worth a fortune, eh? | 0:25:41 | 0:25:43 | |
That would be quite fun, wouldn't it? It's jolly heavy, isn't it? | 0:25:43 | 0:25:46 | |
-Feel. -Yeah, I know. Someone thought it was lead ore | 0:25:46 | 0:25:48 | |
but I don't know. Bit of a...quirky one. | 0:25:48 | 0:25:51 | |
What have you got on that? | 0:25:51 | 0:25:52 | |
-You can have that for £10. -I mean, it's just a paperweight, isn't it? | 0:25:54 | 0:25:57 | |
-Effectively. -Quirky, cute thing. -Bit of fun, bit of a paperweight. | 0:25:57 | 0:26:01 | |
It would certainly keep your paper on your desk, wouldn't it? | 0:26:01 | 0:26:04 | |
It's actually a piece of crystallised rock. | 0:26:04 | 0:26:07 | |
So that's one for the back burner. What's she going for next? | 0:26:07 | 0:26:12 | |
-Brian, that's nice. -Oh, I know. It's a super box. | 0:26:12 | 0:26:15 | |
It's an egg box. "Dated 1930s-1940s egg box for 48 eggs. | 0:26:17 | 0:26:22 | |
"Has nice decals and also railway stickers from the 1940s. | 0:26:22 | 0:26:25 | |
-"Would look good in a kitchen and useful." -Yeah. | 0:26:25 | 0:26:28 | |
More than can be said for your sparkly rock thingy. | 0:26:28 | 0:26:31 | |
Now, cue the Christina charm. | 0:26:31 | 0:26:33 | |
Brian, my negotiating skills are horrendous. That's £100. | 0:26:34 | 0:26:37 | |
Brian, I've got £60 left in my budget and I love this egg box. | 0:26:39 | 0:26:44 | |
And I also love that meteorite thing. Would you do both for £60? | 0:26:44 | 0:26:48 | |
Erm... | 0:26:50 | 0:26:51 | |
-Yes, I think I will. -Would you?! -Yes. -Ooh, Brian! | 0:26:51 | 0:26:55 | |
Thank you! | 0:26:55 | 0:26:56 | |
Ooooh! I think she's happy. | 0:26:56 | 0:26:59 | |
That's £50 for the egg box and £10 for the lump of rock. | 0:26:59 | 0:27:03 | |
She's blown every single penny of her £200. Good girl. | 0:27:03 | 0:27:07 | |
Back to Charlie and that pitchfork. | 0:27:08 | 0:27:11 | |
It seems owner Tim has come up with a rather original discount offer. | 0:27:11 | 0:27:15 | |
I'm always up for a challenge, you see. | 0:27:15 | 0:27:17 | |
I mean, frankly, a fiver off this... | 0:27:17 | 0:27:20 | |
It involves putting that pitchfork to good use. | 0:27:20 | 0:27:24 | |
SHE CALLS THE GOATS Oh, look! | 0:27:24 | 0:27:27 | |
Oh, fantastic! | 0:27:27 | 0:27:28 | |
-Come on! -Look at their beards! | 0:27:28 | 0:27:31 | |
How fantastic. So, where's the work to be done? | 0:27:33 | 0:27:35 | |
-Up there. -In there? | 0:27:37 | 0:27:39 | |
What happens if I walk? Will they kill me? | 0:27:39 | 0:27:41 | |
What, you, you old goat? Are you a lion or a mouse? | 0:27:41 | 0:27:45 | |
-They've got big horns on them. -Huh. | 0:27:45 | 0:27:47 | |
-I do hope you can run faster than them. -Am I safe? | 0:27:47 | 0:27:50 | |
Hello. | 0:27:52 | 0:27:53 | |
Because the winter's been so bad, we haven't been able to clear it out. | 0:27:53 | 0:27:57 | |
-Right. -For quite some time. | 0:27:57 | 0:27:58 | |
How deep is that? | 0:28:01 | 0:28:03 | |
It's probably about that deep. | 0:28:03 | 0:28:05 | |
Well, that's a stinky task | 0:28:05 | 0:28:07 | |
in a kilt. | 0:28:07 | 0:28:08 | |
I think, on balance, I'll give you 20 quid for this. THEY LAUGH | 0:28:08 | 0:28:13 | |
Farm work obviously gets your goat! | 0:28:13 | 0:28:16 | |
Nice try at getting the price lowered though. | 0:28:16 | 0:28:19 | |
So, £20 for the little curling stone and £20 for the pitchfork. | 0:28:19 | 0:28:23 | |
With her shopping all done, | 0:28:26 | 0:28:27 | |
Christina's heading ten miles south to the city of Aberdeen. | 0:28:27 | 0:28:31 | |
Sitting on the coast, | 0:28:31 | 0:28:33 | |
Aberdeen is Scotland's third-most populated city, | 0:28:33 | 0:28:36 | |
famed for its harbour | 0:28:36 | 0:28:38 | |
and locally-quarried granite architecture. | 0:28:38 | 0:28:41 | |
Christina's here to visit the Aberdeen Maritime Museum | 0:28:41 | 0:28:44 | |
and find out how a major discovery 40 years ago | 0:28:44 | 0:28:47 | |
changed the city's fortunes and put it on the global energy map. | 0:28:47 | 0:28:52 | |
-Hello. -Hi. | 0:28:52 | 0:28:53 | |
You must be Meredith, hi. Nice to meet you. Goodness me. | 0:28:53 | 0:28:57 | |
This is pretty exciting, isn't it? | 0:28:57 | 0:28:59 | |
-It looks like I've come to some sort of space museum. -Well, nearly. | 0:28:59 | 0:29:02 | |
Welcome. It's Aberdeen Maritime Museum. | 0:29:02 | 0:29:04 | |
The main part of the building that we're looking at here, | 0:29:04 | 0:29:07 | |
-we talk about the history of oil and gas. -Oh, how exciting. | 0:29:07 | 0:29:09 | |
So, I can tell you a bit more about that, if you like. | 0:29:09 | 0:29:11 | |
Please, that would be wonderful. | 0:29:11 | 0:29:13 | |
I'm just going to take my coat off. It's jolly warm. | 0:29:13 | 0:29:15 | |
But let's go on up. Fantastic. | 0:29:15 | 0:29:17 | |
In the 1960s, Aberdeen relied on more traditional industries, | 0:29:17 | 0:29:20 | |
like fishing and agriculture, but a top secret discovery | 0:29:20 | 0:29:24 | |
was about to transform the city into the energy capital of Europe. | 0:29:24 | 0:29:28 | |
The discovery of oil off the coast of southern Norway | 0:29:33 | 0:29:35 | |
kick-started a modern-day gold rush in the North Sea | 0:29:35 | 0:29:39 | |
and the industry drafted in experts to help harvest this liquid gold. | 0:29:39 | 0:29:44 | |
This came in the form of Stetson-wearing Texans, | 0:29:44 | 0:29:47 | |
who flooded into Aberdeen with their families. | 0:29:47 | 0:29:49 | |
So, I love the idea of these Texans coming over from the States | 0:29:52 | 0:29:55 | |
and coming to Aberdeen. It must have been... | 0:29:55 | 0:29:58 | |
really very different for them. | 0:29:58 | 0:30:00 | |
Quite rugged and wild, I would imagine. Am I right? | 0:30:00 | 0:30:02 | |
I think it was probably quite a culture shock for them | 0:30:02 | 0:30:05 | |
and their families. And still today, there is | 0:30:05 | 0:30:07 | |
a lot of traffic of personnel between Aberdeen and Houston, Texas | 0:30:07 | 0:30:11 | |
and actually all around the oil-producing world. | 0:30:11 | 0:30:15 | |
With the huge global demand for oil, came the need for rigs | 0:30:15 | 0:30:19 | |
that could withstand the rugged conditions of the North Sea. | 0:30:19 | 0:30:21 | |
These huge structures, built here in Aberdeen, were engineering marvels. | 0:30:21 | 0:30:26 | |
How do you get that into the sea? | 0:30:27 | 0:30:30 | |
Well, this was one structure, and it's built on its side | 0:30:30 | 0:30:35 | |
-and it's launched like a ship. -OK. -And towed out to sea. | 0:30:35 | 0:30:39 | |
And then it's sunk, very carefully. | 0:30:39 | 0:30:42 | |
So they then, if you like, semi-capsize it | 0:30:42 | 0:30:45 | |
so that this bit sinks and it turns. I mean, that's clever. | 0:30:45 | 0:30:49 | |
We're used to seeing photographs of oil platforms at sea | 0:30:49 | 0:30:52 | |
and the bit that you can see above the water is huge, | 0:30:52 | 0:30:55 | |
but actually, what's going on below the water is massive. | 0:30:55 | 0:30:58 | |
-It's just literally the tip of the iceberg. -Absolutely. -Yeah. | 0:30:58 | 0:31:01 | |
Throughout the 1970s, exploration continued. | 0:31:01 | 0:31:03 | |
To date, over 40 billion barrels of oil | 0:31:03 | 0:31:07 | |
have been extracted from the North Sea | 0:31:07 | 0:31:09 | |
and the industry has been largely responsible | 0:31:09 | 0:31:11 | |
for Aberdeen's economic boom over the last three decades. | 0:31:11 | 0:31:15 | |
What did the oil industry do to Aberdeen? | 0:31:17 | 0:31:21 | |
Well, it's had a massive impact on Aberdeen. | 0:31:21 | 0:31:23 | |
It's a very cosmopolitan city, it's a very wealthy city. | 0:31:23 | 0:31:26 | |
-Because of the wealth the oil industry has brought in? -Exactly. | 0:31:26 | 0:31:29 | |
Well, Meredith, it's been absolutely fascinating. | 0:31:29 | 0:31:31 | |
Something that I knew nothing about, so thank you so much. | 0:31:31 | 0:31:33 | |
-It's been lovely to meet you. -You're welcome. Nice to meet you too. | 0:31:33 | 0:31:36 | |
With our experts nearing the end of the first leg, | 0:31:39 | 0:31:42 | |
here's a reminder of their antique gems. | 0:31:42 | 0:31:46 | |
Charlie has indulged in five lots. | 0:31:46 | 0:31:49 | |
A pair of 19th-century Cantonese vases, | 0:31:49 | 0:31:51 | |
a porcupine quill basket, | 0:31:51 | 0:31:54 | |
a French easel clock, | 0:31:54 | 0:31:56 | |
a miniature curling stone | 0:31:56 | 0:31:57 | |
and the giant sized wooden pitchfork. | 0:31:57 | 0:32:00 | |
This bumper haul cost a total of £148. | 0:32:00 | 0:32:04 | |
Christina also has five lots. The crystal necklace, | 0:32:04 | 0:32:07 | |
the luckenbooth style brooch, | 0:32:07 | 0:32:09 | |
the taxidermy study of pheasants, | 0:32:09 | 0:32:12 | |
the 1940s egg crate | 0:32:12 | 0:32:14 | |
and she's coupled the letters flap and the crystal paperweight | 0:32:14 | 0:32:17 | |
as one lot. | 0:32:17 | 0:32:19 | |
All in all, she's blown every single penny of her £200 budget. | 0:32:19 | 0:32:23 | |
So, let's hear what they think of one another's treasures. | 0:32:23 | 0:32:26 | |
Why do you buy an egg box? Because it looks fun, doesn't it? | 0:32:28 | 0:32:31 | |
And it's quite original, but it's not really what I would call an antique. | 0:32:31 | 0:32:35 | |
What's he doing with a pitchfork? Why has he got a pitchfork? | 0:32:35 | 0:32:39 | |
It's because I LIKE it. No other reason. | 0:32:39 | 0:32:42 | |
I can tell you absolutely now, that he will hate my Swarovski necklace. | 0:32:42 | 0:32:46 | |
He will hate it with a passion. | 0:32:46 | 0:32:48 | |
The Swarovski...lovebirds? | 0:32:48 | 0:32:51 | |
Something or other? That's...ghastly! | 0:32:51 | 0:32:54 | |
It's going to be interesting. I feel a bit like | 0:32:54 | 0:32:57 | |
going into the unknown. | 0:32:57 | 0:32:58 | |
Or, with Charlie, it's a bit like the blind leading the blind. | 0:32:58 | 0:33:01 | |
SHE LAUGHS | 0:33:01 | 0:33:03 | |
That doesn't bode well. | 0:33:03 | 0:33:04 | |
Our intrepid adventurers are heading for an auction showdown | 0:33:04 | 0:33:07 | |
at their final destination of Bo'ness, near Falkirk. | 0:33:07 | 0:33:12 | |
Originally, the town was called Borrowstouness | 0:33:14 | 0:33:18 | |
but in the late 17th century, it was shortened to Bo'ness. | 0:33:18 | 0:33:21 | |
Thankfully. | 0:33:21 | 0:33:23 | |
-Oh. -Where are we? -Yeah, we're near Bo'ness. -Bo'ness? -Look at this! | 0:33:23 | 0:33:27 | |
-Yeah. Is this the sea? -Is that near Loch Ness? -Erm... | 0:33:27 | 0:33:31 | |
-It's in Scotland. -SHE LAUGHS | 0:33:31 | 0:33:34 | |
Let's hope you're better at making profits than you are at geography. | 0:33:34 | 0:33:38 | |
-This is it! -Can I park across everybody? -Loving it. -Here we go. | 0:33:40 | 0:33:44 | |
-Grosvenor's. Right. -Here we go. | 0:33:44 | 0:33:47 | |
-OK, Christina. The moment of truth. -Oh, goodness me! | 0:33:48 | 0:33:53 | |
If the auction is half as good as the weather, it'll be a stormer. | 0:33:53 | 0:33:57 | |
Let's hope so. | 0:33:57 | 0:33:59 | |
The auction will take place at Grosvenor's, | 0:33:59 | 0:34:01 | |
a family-run business for the last 35 years. | 0:34:01 | 0:34:04 | |
Charles Grosvenor is today's auctioneer | 0:34:04 | 0:34:06 | |
and he has a few thoughts on Charlie and Christina's lots. | 0:34:06 | 0:34:09 | |
The taxidermy should do OK. I mean, it's always been popular. | 0:34:11 | 0:34:15 | |
In the past, it was popular. | 0:34:15 | 0:34:16 | |
I don't know how it is in today's market but, erm... | 0:34:16 | 0:34:19 | |
Yeah, usually the taxidermy should do quite well. | 0:34:19 | 0:34:21 | |
The pitchfork. I like the pitchfork. It's a desirable item. | 0:34:21 | 0:34:25 | |
Ideal decorator's piece, but... | 0:34:25 | 0:34:27 | |
No' a great value in it, unfortunately. | 0:34:27 | 0:34:29 | |
-Ah. -Now, just keep your skirt down, OK? | 0:34:31 | 0:34:33 | |
All quiet, please. The auction is about to begin. | 0:34:35 | 0:34:38 | |
First up, it's Christina's 1940s egg crate. | 0:34:38 | 0:34:42 | |
-And with commission bids... -BOTH: Ooh! | 0:34:42 | 0:34:44 | |
Believe it or not, there's two bids exactly the same. | 0:34:44 | 0:34:48 | |
So I can start the bidding at £32. | 0:34:48 | 0:34:51 | |
-Result! -Any advance on £32? £35 puts all my bids out. | 0:34:51 | 0:34:56 | |
-Any advance on 35... -I'm still losing money, but it's fine. | 0:34:56 | 0:35:00 | |
-Come on, look. -42... | 0:35:00 | 0:35:01 | |
-Nope? -Oh, come on, go on. -Any advance? 44, a new bidder. | 0:35:03 | 0:35:05 | |
I take my hat off to you. | 0:35:05 | 0:35:07 | |
46. 48. 50. Any advance on 50. | 0:35:07 | 0:35:12 | |
-Unbelievable. -To the left at 50. | 0:35:12 | 0:35:14 | |
Are you all finished at 50? | 0:35:14 | 0:35:17 | |
Well done! Do you know, you haven't lost a lot. | 0:35:17 | 0:35:19 | |
That's the most expensive thing in the sale. | 0:35:19 | 0:35:22 | |
This little cracker didn't whip up a big profit, | 0:35:22 | 0:35:24 | |
but at least you get a kiss from Charlie. | 0:35:24 | 0:35:26 | |
Next, it's the taxidermy pheasants. | 0:35:28 | 0:35:32 | |
-The taxidermy study of the cock and hen pheasant. -Ooh, ooh, ooh! | 0:35:32 | 0:35:36 | |
Again, with commission bids on this. We've a bit of interest. | 0:35:36 | 0:35:39 | |
-Only a bit of interest. -I can start the bidding at £80. | 0:35:39 | 0:35:43 | |
-Any advance on 80? -You are a... You're a genius! | 0:35:43 | 0:35:47 | |
85. 90. | 0:35:47 | 0:35:49 | |
-Still with the commission bids at £90. -Come on! | 0:35:49 | 0:35:51 | |
Yes? 95, puts my bids out. Any advance on £95? To the left at 95? | 0:35:51 | 0:35:56 | |
-You're absolutely superb. -I'm still losing money. -Are you all finished? | 0:35:56 | 0:35:59 | |
At £95. | 0:35:59 | 0:36:02 | |
-Oh! -You are a genius at this game. | 0:36:02 | 0:36:05 | |
Never have I seen someone lose money so beautifully... SHE LAUGHS | 0:36:05 | 0:36:09 | |
Huh. True, but it's only a small loss for Christina | 0:36:09 | 0:36:12 | |
and it's early days. | 0:36:12 | 0:36:14 | |
-It proves that there's money in the room, doesn't it? -Yep. | 0:36:14 | 0:36:18 | |
Yeah, but the question is, will you get any of it, Charlie? | 0:36:18 | 0:36:22 | |
Now it's Charlie's first lot. The porcupine quill basket. | 0:36:22 | 0:36:26 | |
I'm going to remember this moment. | 0:36:27 | 0:36:29 | |
-This is the beginning of Ross-co's Road Trip. -£20, start it? | 0:36:29 | 0:36:33 | |
£20? 20 bid, thank you. | 0:36:33 | 0:36:37 | |
-See! -Any advance on £20? -Brilliant. -The porcupine quill basket. | 0:36:37 | 0:36:42 | |
-Ba-ba bup ba-da bup... -22? 24. -It's going up! -26. -I'm amazed. -28. | 0:36:42 | 0:36:47 | |
-Any advance on £28? To my left. -Thank you very much... | 0:36:47 | 0:36:51 | |
-30, a new bidder. -Brilliant. -32, 34, 36, 38. | 0:36:51 | 0:36:56 | |
-40. Any advance on £40? Back with the original bidder. -I am amazed. | 0:36:56 | 0:37:00 | |
Are you all finished at 40? | 0:37:00 | 0:37:04 | |
-Well done! -That's what they call a solid start. -It is. | 0:37:04 | 0:37:07 | |
-You doubled your money. -Doubling your money from the off, eh? | 0:37:07 | 0:37:11 | |
Certainly a strong start. | 0:37:11 | 0:37:13 | |
-What was it? £40? -Oh... -Less commission though. | 0:37:13 | 0:37:16 | |
-I haven't made a lot. -Not much(!) -THEY LAUGH | 0:37:16 | 0:37:20 | |
Can he keep the old profits going, though? | 0:37:21 | 0:37:23 | |
It's Charlie's pair of Cantonese vases. | 0:37:23 | 0:37:26 | |
For the pair, we've commission bids. | 0:37:26 | 0:37:29 | |
With two bids exactly the same, I can start the bidding at £80. | 0:37:29 | 0:37:33 | |
Brilliant, well done. | 0:37:33 | 0:37:35 | |
Any advance on £80 for the famille rose Canton vases? With me at 80. | 0:37:35 | 0:37:39 | |
Make your minds up quickly because I'm going to sell them at 80. | 0:37:39 | 0:37:42 | |
-Oh, more. More, more. -Somebody go 85? -Go on. | 0:37:42 | 0:37:46 | |
-Not bad, though. Not bad. -Well done, that's fantastic. | 0:37:46 | 0:37:49 | |
Another juicy profit. Things are looking good, Charlie boy. | 0:37:49 | 0:37:53 | |
It's Christina's turn next with the combo lot | 0:37:54 | 0:37:58 | |
of the crystal paperweight and the letters flap. Good luck. | 0:37:58 | 0:38:01 | |
-£10 to get it started, surely? -It's gold. -£5 then? | 0:38:03 | 0:38:06 | |
-What do you mean, it's gold? -Someone's bid a fiver. -Six? Seven? | 0:38:06 | 0:38:10 | |
-Eight? Nine? -Here we go, see? See, see? -12? Any advance on £12? | 0:38:10 | 0:38:15 | |
-In the centre of the hall at 12. -Come on, one more. | 0:38:15 | 0:38:18 | |
Are you all finished at £12? | 0:38:18 | 0:38:21 | |
-Did I make any money? -No, you lost a little bit. THEY LAUGH | 0:38:21 | 0:38:26 | |
Oh, dear. Well, nothing to get in a flap about. | 0:38:26 | 0:38:30 | |
-You're a good sport, aren't you? -Well, I'm used to losing. | 0:38:30 | 0:38:33 | |
Over to Charlie. It's the French easel clock next. | 0:38:35 | 0:38:38 | |
-Lovely. -Hold my hand. | 0:38:39 | 0:38:41 | |
-And with commission bids, I can start the bidding at... £80. -Good. | 0:38:41 | 0:38:46 | |
Any advance on £80? It's with me at 80. Make your minds up. 85, 90? | 0:38:46 | 0:38:54 | |
-95, puts my bids out. -Charlie, well done. | 0:38:54 | 0:38:56 | |
Any advance on £95 for the French easel clock? | 0:38:56 | 0:39:00 | |
At 95, are you all finished? At £95. | 0:39:00 | 0:39:04 | |
-Well done. -Solid. Solid. -You are doubling your money on everything. | 0:39:05 | 0:39:09 | |
SHE LAUGHS | 0:39:09 | 0:39:13 | |
Cor, he's pleased as punch with that result. | 0:39:13 | 0:39:15 | |
Good, steady profits, Ross-co. | 0:39:15 | 0:39:17 | |
It's Charlie's giant pitchfork next. | 0:39:19 | 0:39:22 | |
With commission bids, I can start the bidding at... | 0:39:25 | 0:39:27 | |
-..£14. -Not quite. -15, 16. | 0:39:29 | 0:39:33 | |
18, puts my bids out. 20. 2. 24. | 0:39:33 | 0:39:40 | |
-26. -Profit! -28. 30. 2. | 0:39:40 | 0:39:45 | |
35, 38. | 0:39:45 | 0:39:47 | |
40. 2. | 0:39:48 | 0:39:51 | |
-45. -Oh! -48. -Oh! | 0:39:51 | 0:39:53 | |
I could make you one for this... | 0:39:53 | 0:39:55 | |
50. 5. Any advance on £55? | 0:39:55 | 0:39:59 | |
-This is sheer heaven. -At 55. Last call. | 0:39:59 | 0:40:02 | |
At 55. | 0:40:02 | 0:40:05 | |
How do you do it? | 0:40:05 | 0:40:07 | |
I'm not really sure. SHE LAUGHS | 0:40:07 | 0:40:09 | |
I don't think anyone is, but another sizable profit for Charlie. | 0:40:09 | 0:40:13 | |
Can Christina fight back with the luckenbooth brooch? | 0:40:16 | 0:40:20 | |
Again, with interest and commission bids, I can start the bidding at 30. | 0:40:20 | 0:40:25 | |
-You're at 30, right now. -And advance on £30? -32. Go on. -32, 34. 36, 38. | 0:40:25 | 0:40:31 | |
-Any advance on £38? -I've made some money! | 0:40:31 | 0:40:33 | |
-Making your minds up? -You're making a profit. -At 38. Last call at £38. | 0:40:33 | 0:40:39 | |
-£38! I've made some money! -A profit. | 0:40:39 | 0:40:43 | |
It's been a long time coming, and you're lagging behind, Christina. | 0:40:43 | 0:40:48 | |
Now for her last lot. The little Lovebird necklace. | 0:40:48 | 0:40:51 | |
Can it help up the ante? | 0:40:51 | 0:40:53 | |
-100, 80, 50, 40...£20 to start them? -Go on. | 0:40:53 | 0:40:57 | |
20 bid, thank you. | 0:40:57 | 0:40:59 | |
Any advance on £20? For the lot at 20. | 0:40:59 | 0:41:02 | |
Be quick in making your minds up. | 0:41:02 | 0:41:04 | |
I'm going to sell it at one, only bid, at 20. | 0:41:04 | 0:41:08 | |
-That's all right. You've doubled your money. -That's not bad, is it? | 0:41:08 | 0:41:11 | |
Finally, you've doubled your money, Christina, | 0:41:11 | 0:41:13 | |
It's their last lot of the day. | 0:41:16 | 0:41:17 | |
Can Charlie score another lovely profit | 0:41:17 | 0:41:19 | |
with his little curling stone? | 0:41:19 | 0:41:21 | |
-With commission bids... -Ooh! -I can start the bidding at £20. | 0:41:22 | 0:41:28 | |
-Be quick. -Jolly good. -Making your minds up. Yes? 22, puts my bids out. | 0:41:28 | 0:41:35 | |
-Any advance on 24... -Ooh, now, we're going. -26, 28. Any advance on £28? | 0:41:35 | 0:41:42 | |
Are you all finished at 28? | 0:41:42 | 0:41:45 | |
Well done. | 0:41:45 | 0:41:47 | |
Well, it's not a biggie, but a good run of profits, Charlie. | 0:41:47 | 0:41:50 | |
Right, come on. Cup of tea. It's all got too exciting. | 0:41:50 | 0:41:53 | |
-I'll buy you something stronger than a cup of tea. -Really? -You deserve it. | 0:41:53 | 0:41:56 | |
-Come on. -Hey. Almost a bit of an eyeful. | 0:41:56 | 0:41:59 | |
Sharon Stone, eat your heart out. | 0:41:59 | 0:42:02 | |
Our team started with £200 each | 0:42:02 | 0:42:03 | |
and it's been a mixed bag of results, but who's today's winner? | 0:42:03 | 0:42:07 | |
After paying auction costs, | 0:42:07 | 0:42:08 | |
Christina made a small loss of £23.70. | 0:42:08 | 0:42:13 | |
Ms Trevanion has £176.30 to carry forward. | 0:42:13 | 0:42:18 | |
Charlie, meanwhile, is storming ahead with a profit of £96.36. | 0:42:20 | 0:42:25 | |
Mr Ross claims victory, with £296.36 to start the next leg. | 0:42:25 | 0:42:31 | |
-Well, well, well, well, well! -I am... -Give me the keys! | 0:42:32 | 0:42:36 | |
..super-duper-duperly impressed. | 0:42:36 | 0:42:38 | |
-I think, next time, I am donning a kilt. -Give me the keys. -Why? | 0:42:38 | 0:42:42 | |
I'm going to drive you away because I'm feeling... | 0:42:42 | 0:42:46 | |
-rather smug. -I bet you are! -THEY LAUGH | 0:42:46 | 0:42:48 | |
-It's dark. -Well done. | 0:42:48 | 0:42:49 | |
-It is. -It's dark. -And it's got cold. -Come on. | 0:42:49 | 0:42:51 | |
Let's go, go, go. | 0:42:51 | 0:42:53 | |
-Oh! -Here we go. -Off into the glooming we go. -Onwards and upwards. | 0:42:53 | 0:43:00 | |
Next time on Antiques Road Trip, | 0:43:04 | 0:43:05 | |
Christina suspects something fishy is going on... | 0:43:05 | 0:43:09 | |
-Are you a den of iniquities? -I am not. -THEY LAUGH | 0:43:09 | 0:43:12 | |
-But Charlie is one step ahead. -Hello! | 0:43:12 | 0:43:15 | |
I've bought a pufferfish! | 0:43:15 | 0:43:17 |