0:00:02 > 0:00:04It's the nation's favourite antiques experts,
0:00:04 > 0:00:06with £200 each, a classic car...
0:00:06 > 0:00:08We're going round!
0:00:08 > 0:00:11..and a goal to scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13I want to spend lots of money.
0:00:13 > 0:00:17The aim, to make the biggest profit at auction, but it's no mean feat.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19Oh, no!
0:00:19 > 0:00:22- There'll be worthy winners... - Yes!- We've done it.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25- ..And valiant losers. - You are kidding me on.
0:00:25 > 0:00:27So, will it be the high road to glory
0:00:27 > 0:00:29or the slow road to disaster?
0:00:29 > 0:00:31- What am I doing?- You've got a deal?
0:00:31 > 0:00:33This is the Antiques Road Trip!
0:00:34 > 0:00:35Yeah!
0:00:38 > 0:00:41Today we're driving through the Arthurian West Country
0:00:41 > 0:00:44with Anita Manning and local boy Thomas Plant.
0:00:46 > 0:00:51- Wasn't this where King Arthur and Guinevere...?- Yeah.
0:00:51 > 0:00:55The thought is that Glastonbury is where he based his Camelot.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57And this was God's Own Country.
0:00:57 > 0:01:01And look, there is Glastonbury Tor. Now, that is a view.
0:01:01 > 0:01:05- Oh, wow. - That is Camelot, look at that!
0:01:05 > 0:01:08Oh, I'm going to search for a round table today.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10The round table, the Holy Grail.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13Well, there's nothing like setting the bar high, eh?
0:01:16 > 0:01:19Our Knight of the Round Table, Thomas Plant,
0:01:19 > 0:01:22is an antiques expert who has no problems blowing his own trumpet.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24HONKS
0:01:26 > 0:01:29Lady Anita Manning is an experienced auctioneer
0:01:29 > 0:01:31and a bit of an old romantic.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34It reminds me a bit of one of my old boyfriends.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39Oh, Thomas, do you think I might find my own wee Sir Galahad?
0:01:39 > 0:01:43- He'd be in a suit of armour... - Yeah?- ..on a white stallion...
0:01:43 > 0:01:45Yes! That's my type of guy!
0:01:45 > 0:01:46Crikey!
0:01:47 > 0:01:51Both Thomas and Anita started the trip with £200
0:01:51 > 0:01:53but, after a couple of auctions,
0:01:53 > 0:01:55Thomas is still in the lead with £211.
0:01:56 > 0:02:02Whilst poor Anita has seen her pot dwindle to £180.96.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05And what about the Holy Grail?
0:02:05 > 0:02:08The ancient cup of the Antiques Road Trip.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10The ancient cup of profit!
0:02:10 > 0:02:12Which has so far eluded us.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14It has eluded us, it has.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18Our duo are headed out on their quest for profit
0:02:18 > 0:02:20in a yellow 1968 Lotus Elan.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24Thomas and Anita are travelling over 550 miles
0:02:24 > 0:02:28from the village of Redbourn in Hertfordshire
0:02:28 > 0:02:31all the way to the town of Maidstone in Kent.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33Today they start in Somerton, in Somerset,
0:02:33 > 0:02:38before finishing at auction nearly 50 miles away in Wimborne in Dorset.
0:02:40 > 0:02:44Ah, here we are! Look at the reception committee.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47Oh, look, it's wee pals for our yellow Lotus.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50Are these rival road trippers? No, it's a vintage car meet.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53But, sadly, the pressures of shopping mean that there's no time
0:02:53 > 0:02:57to check these charming charabancs out.
0:02:57 > 0:02:58- Bye-bye.- Bye-bye.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02Thomas is off on his first shop of the day,
0:03:02 > 0:03:05Market Cross Antiques, run by Andy and Pete.
0:03:07 > 0:03:08Hello.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10- Thomas, nice to meet you. - Hi.- I'm Andrew.- Andrew.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12Welcome to Market Cross Antiques.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15- Thank you very much.- This is Peter. - Hello, Peter.- Nice to meet you.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17- Nice to meet you, Peter. - Nice to meet you.
0:03:18 > 0:03:19It looks good in that.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26Is that Teddy huge or is Thomas just tiny?
0:03:28 > 0:03:32The quest, like the Knights of the Round Table,
0:03:32 > 0:03:37is to find that something special, that elusive profit.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39That could be a rather battered Holy Grail.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44This is a British jardiniere, in copper.
0:03:44 > 0:03:45TINGING
0:03:45 > 0:03:49But it's by a maker, so it's got the maker's mark just there.
0:03:50 > 0:03:54And I think that's for Benson, WAS Benson.
0:03:54 > 0:03:59WAS Benson was a leading light in the Arts and Crafts movement,
0:03:59 > 0:04:05who incorporated mechanical production and hand craftsmanship.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07This is British Art Nouveau,
0:04:07 > 0:04:091900s, 1910.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11It's...
0:04:11 > 0:04:15I like the fact that it's beaten up, I like the fact it's been uncleaned.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17There's discovery there.
0:04:17 > 0:04:21Cos this could look like this if it was cleaned.
0:04:22 > 0:04:26But I kind of like the fact that it's not been cleaned.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28Um, so I think it's quite a cool, stylish thing.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30And then I see this -
0:04:30 > 0:04:35Art Nouveau continental candlestick.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37Quite stylish. I can't really figure the age out.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39It's in pewter, this one.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42£12.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46Hang on.
0:04:46 > 0:04:47£38.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50- 50 quid for the two.- Not bad.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54- It's quite good.- I mean, quite good.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58Let's see how he gets on.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01Do you think we could do a super, super, super deal?
0:05:01 > 0:05:03I should think we could do a super, super deal.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05About 40, how does that sound?
0:05:05 > 0:05:0730 quid for the two?
0:05:07 > 0:05:12We could do this one for 30, and then 35 if you want that one.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15- Are you sure you can't do 30 for the two?- No, I'm absolutely positive.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18- Absolutely positive?- Yeah. - That's fine, that's fine.- Yep.- OK.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20- Going to go for that?- Going to go for it. Thank you very much.
0:05:20 > 0:05:21Thank you, Thomas.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26Ah, cabinets full of curiosities.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28Any idea of a strategy here, Thomas?
0:05:30 > 0:05:31Little bit of a magpie.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33Little bit of a lot builder.
0:05:33 > 0:05:37There's a few bits of silver I find quite attractive in here.
0:05:37 > 0:05:38That's a nice little scent...
0:05:38 > 0:05:41Oh, dear, the top's broken, but still.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44These are Georgian sugar tongs.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46And this is what we call bright cut design.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49Little miniature silver...
0:05:49 > 0:05:50pepper.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54Quite like that. This is fun, look at this.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57So, this is your average tobacco box, right?
0:05:57 > 0:05:59How do you open this up?
0:05:59 > 0:06:03You don't... There's no lip, there's no hinge. Watch.
0:06:04 > 0:06:08- BOX CLATTERS ON FLOOR - Then I break it, I drop it.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10Whoops! That was spotted,
0:06:10 > 0:06:12and that's a dent.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15Let's try again, shall we?
0:06:15 > 0:06:19There you are. It's brilliant, that, isn't it?
0:06:19 > 0:06:21It's quite cool. Really cool.
0:06:21 > 0:06:25Time to find Andy, with armloads of silver bits.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27Please don't drop anything else, Tom.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31So, I-I've got to buy that off you, cos I dropped it.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33PETER LAUGHS
0:06:33 > 0:06:34That's my morals, I've got to.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36I'm sorry about dropping it, but I've got to.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39- And I really like this one here. - That's really sweet.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43This sweet thing is a Bristol Blue Glass scent bottle.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45But I also like these tongs, which are lovely.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47- They're nice, and... - They're clean.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49And they're a good price.
0:06:49 > 0:06:53- So let's see, how much are those, could you do those for?- Right.
0:06:53 > 0:06:54Instead of...
0:06:54 > 0:06:57So I'll leave, I'll park all of those on the other side.
0:06:57 > 0:06:58Right, 115 for those, Tom.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03- Right, now, this is really cheeky. - It's going to be very cheeky.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05It IS going to be cheeky.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07- 115 is very kind.- Yeah.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10- Do I need to sit down? - No, no, you don't need to sit down.
0:07:10 > 0:07:11But, um...
0:07:11 > 0:07:14could we look at two figures, rather than three?
0:07:14 > 0:07:16And don't say 99.
0:07:16 > 0:07:17Er...
0:07:17 > 0:07:20We can look at three figures, 100.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23THOMAS SIGHS That is my very...
0:07:23 > 0:07:25- Is that your very best?- That is my very best, yeah.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27Because I did...
0:07:27 > 0:07:28- I know, I know.- Yeah.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30(100 quid.)
0:07:30 > 0:07:33You can have that one there, as well. For 100.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37That's the silver pepper or sugar shaker he's added.
0:07:39 > 0:07:44- £100 for all of that?- £100. - All right, £100.- Thank you, Thomas.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47- You're very, very kind, thank you very much.- You're welcome.
0:07:47 > 0:07:48Giddy-up, Silver.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51He's made the deal, a ticket price of £303,
0:07:51 > 0:07:56but Thomas paid £100 for a great little lot of antique silver.
0:07:57 > 0:08:01Something else in the shop is sending out a signal to Tom, too.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03Quite like these flags.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05Signalling flags.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08I come from this from a point of view of,
0:08:08 > 0:08:13in jewellery sometimes you get flags on enamel bracelets
0:08:13 > 0:08:15and they spell out a word.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18You know, like they spell out, you know, "I love you".
0:08:18 > 0:08:20But these are World War II ones.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22Flags are quite popular.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26These flags would fly on ships to communicate messages
0:08:26 > 0:08:27to nearby vessels.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30The red diamond in the white flag, for example,
0:08:30 > 0:08:35can mean the letter F or that the ship is disabled.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39They're quite fun, actually.
0:08:39 > 0:08:40I'll definitely speak about those,
0:08:40 > 0:08:43cos they're really decorative, aren't they?
0:08:43 > 0:08:45They've got a real look to them.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48Ah, they're great, the World War II flags, aren't they?
0:08:48 > 0:08:51- Yeah, they're really interesting. - Really nice. Yeah.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53Really interesting. They're good, fun things.
0:08:53 > 0:08:54I can do you a good deal on those.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57- Can you?- Yep, I've got them at sort of 15 to 20 quid apiece
0:08:57 > 0:09:01- but if you wanted to take the lot, and a nice little job lot...- I do.
0:09:01 > 0:09:05Well, I mean, I could do you the five for 40 quid?
0:09:05 > 0:09:06- Perfect.- All right?
0:09:06 > 0:09:08- I can't say fairer than that, really.- Fantastic.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10That's a brilliant deal. Thank you very much.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13- Thank you very much.- Thank you. - You'll do well with those, I think.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15- I think they're really good.- Yeah.
0:09:15 > 0:09:19That was nearly all Thomas's cash gone in the first shop.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22£40 for the flags, £100 for the silver,
0:09:22 > 0:09:27and £35 for the Art Nouveau lot makes £175 in total.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30And, thankfully, he didn't drop anything else.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34Anita, meanwhile, has headed nine miles north
0:09:34 > 0:09:37to the mystical heart of the West Country, Glastonbury.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44She's come to Glastonbury Reclamation.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46Helping Anita today is Simon.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48- Hello.- Hi, hi.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51- I'm Anita.- Hi, Anita, pleased to meet you, I'm Simon.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53There's a lot of great items here,
0:09:53 > 0:09:55cleared from sold or demolished old buildings.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04After a bit of walking about,
0:10:04 > 0:10:06at last Anita finds something of interest.
0:10:08 > 0:10:13I keep being drawn to things which are associated with shoes!
0:10:13 > 0:10:17And what we have here is a nice little set of...
0:10:17 > 0:10:22I suppose these would be moulds that were used by shoemakers.
0:10:22 > 0:10:27There moulds are called "lasts", and date from the late 19th century.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30They're a nice decorative thing,
0:10:30 > 0:10:33a little conversation piece to have in your house.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36You could even use them as a paperweight.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39To me, they're aesthetically pleasing.
0:10:40 > 0:10:41- Simon!- Yeah?
0:10:43 > 0:10:46- Something has caught my eye here.- OK.
0:10:46 > 0:10:47SHE CHUCKLES
0:10:47 > 0:10:49- I'm crazy about shoes.- OK.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52These are shoe lasts from Clarks shoes,
0:10:52 > 0:10:55who are in the next town over.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57That's where their headquarters are.
0:10:57 > 0:11:02So these are old shoe lasts, made of beech I think, all handmade.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05Would it be for specific customers?
0:11:05 > 0:11:08These would be a more general, factory-made shoe,
0:11:08 > 0:11:10but they did do specific ones for...
0:11:10 > 0:11:14I think they did Princess Diana's shoes for her wedding.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17So somewhere there's a shoe last for Diana.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19- Could be that be Princess Diana's? - Possibly.
0:11:19 > 0:11:2115 quid, maybe not.
0:11:21 > 0:11:25Now, I wasn't sure if it was 15 for the lot.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28No, it's not, they're £15 each.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30But I can maybe do a little bit of a deal for you.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32- A wee bit of a deal? - Yeah.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35Can you give me the lot for 15?
0:11:35 > 0:11:37No. No, I can't, no.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39SHE LAUGHS
0:11:39 > 0:11:44- I was thinking I'd do them at a tenner each, maybe.- A tenner each?
0:11:44 > 0:11:46- I'd lose money. - OK, what shall we do then?
0:11:48 > 0:11:49Could you go to 20?
0:11:52 > 0:11:54Go on, then. We'll shake on 20.
0:11:54 > 0:11:58OK, thanks very much, Simon, that's absolutely great.
0:11:58 > 0:12:03With four shoe lasts bought for £20, Anita steps outside.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06I think this type of thing's quite good fun.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09It's not old, er...
0:12:09 > 0:12:10recently made,
0:12:10 > 0:12:14but I quite like the detail on these things,
0:12:14 > 0:12:18and I think that it reminds me a bit of one of my old boyfriends.
0:12:19 > 0:12:23He's only £15, that's not dear, I'm going to have a go at that.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26Is there any movement on the price of it?
0:12:26 > 0:12:27We can do a little bit on that one..
0:12:27 > 0:12:29It's just whatever you think, Simon.
0:12:29 > 0:12:33I'm going to go for him, and I'm going to call him wee Jimmy.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36Wee Jimmy! OK, you can have wee Jimmy for a tenner.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39- OK, that's lovely, thank you very much, Simon.- That's OK.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42That was a bit quicker than the last sale, the LASTS sale.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45Anyway, that's Anita's first shop done.
0:12:45 > 0:12:49She's picked up the shoe lasts for £20 and wee Jimmy for a tenner.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54Thomas meanwhile, has made the trip
0:12:54 > 0:12:5816 miles north to the beautiful little village of Blackford.
0:12:58 > 0:13:02He's only got £36 left, so what will he spend
0:13:02 > 0:13:05in the lovely old building that houses Lemon Tree Antiques?
0:13:10 > 0:13:11If he can ever get in, that is.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13Ah.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18- Ah, hello!- Ah, Thomas!
0:13:18 > 0:13:22Ha! And to help him is an old friend - Les.
0:13:22 > 0:13:23Gosh, you look longer, as well.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26Les, you know that's not true - I look fatter.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29I was trying to be complimentary, Thomas.
0:13:31 > 0:13:32THEY LAUGH
0:13:32 > 0:13:34That's how you get in.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37Now, he's finally in - what treasures can Thomas find?
0:13:39 > 0:13:41- ECHOING:- Hello, hello?
0:13:41 > 0:13:43Hello, hello, yourself.
0:13:45 > 0:13:49- It's a glass sword.- It's Excalibur!
0:13:49 > 0:13:52Very difficult to restore, these, VERY difficult to restore.
0:13:52 > 0:13:53Well, maybe not then.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55- Whoops.- Don't drop it.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57You've got some lovely things.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59- Thank you, Thomas. - I'm going to be honest,
0:13:59 > 0:14:01I have £36 left.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04I'd like to spend it all with you.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07Your parents blessed you with too much generosity, young man.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13Having commandeered Thomas's hat,
0:14:13 > 0:14:17Les knows what he might want to spend the last of his money on.
0:14:17 > 0:14:21This is a good piece, Thomas, very, very desirable.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24I think I need something a bit more country. How about this?
0:14:26 > 0:14:29Nice, sort of...more country stool.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31It's Arts and Crafts!
0:14:31 > 0:14:35Well, it is a bit, I quite like the revealed design to it, etc.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38Why would you want to give for a thing like that, Thomas?
0:14:38 > 0:14:39Well, how much have you got on it?
0:14:39 > 0:14:42- Oh, I don't know, about 40 quid. - THOMAS SIGHS
0:14:42 > 0:14:44- Cheap, isn't it?- Cheap? I was thinking about 20.
0:14:46 > 0:14:51God, do you know, his generosity is surpassed only by his beauty.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53Oh, you are so kind.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55I think I better escort you around.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58Come with me, I'll look after that little wallet of yours.
0:14:58 > 0:14:59That little empty wallet.
0:14:59 > 0:15:03I bet he will! What else has he got in store for Tom?
0:15:04 > 0:15:08- Quite a nice pill box. - How much is on that?- Porcelain.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12This lovely little 19th century porcelain pill box
0:15:12 > 0:15:15has a ticket price of £23, but what can Thomas get it for?
0:15:17 > 0:15:19Do you think I could relieve you
0:15:19 > 0:15:24of this and the stool for all my spondoolies?
0:15:24 > 0:15:28- 36 quid the two.- 36 quid the two.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31Well, that all seemed a bit too easy.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34- I'm nicking your hat.- You're not. - I am, that's it, deal's done.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37- That hat's a fortune! - Tough, deal's done.
0:15:37 > 0:15:38You can't nick my hat!
0:15:38 > 0:15:40I'm sure he's joking.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42He is, surely, isn't he?
0:15:42 > 0:15:45Without the hat in the deal, Thomas got the stool for £25
0:15:45 > 0:15:47and the pill box for £11.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50Meaning he's spent the lot and it's only day one.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55At least he's got his hat back.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58But where's he going? A cash machine, perhaps.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02Anita has made her way 18.5 miles
0:16:02 > 0:16:05northwest from Glastonbury to the stunning Cheddar Gorge
0:16:05 > 0:16:08to find out more about the people who used to live here
0:16:08 > 0:16:12and one of the country's most amazing archaeological finds.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17Here to meet here is a rather wet John.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19- John.- Anita, hi.- Hi.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21Welcome to Cheddar Gorge.
0:16:21 > 0:16:25- Well, it's lovely to be here. - Sorry about the weather.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27I have just driven through
0:16:27 > 0:16:29some of the most spectacular rock formations
0:16:29 > 0:16:32- that I've ever seen in my life. - It's fantastic, isn't it?
0:16:32 > 0:16:35The Gorge was formed during the ice age,
0:16:35 > 0:16:38when underground rivers in the caves froze.
0:16:38 > 0:16:39When the ice melted,
0:16:39 > 0:16:42the sheer volume of water coming through the valley split
0:16:42 > 0:16:46the limestone and formed more caves and the Gorge itself.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49As the ice retreated about 30,000 years ago,
0:16:49 > 0:16:51people began to live in the caves.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54The caves were inhabited until Victorian times
0:16:54 > 0:16:57when local entrepreneur Richard Gough decided
0:16:57 > 0:17:00to put Cheddar on the burgeoning tourist trail.
0:17:00 > 0:17:04In 1890, he opened the spectacular Gough's Cave.
0:17:04 > 0:17:08You know, John, this is pretty vast.
0:17:08 > 0:17:12I imagined it to be, I suppose, a wee cave.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15There's no squeezes in here, it's all wide open.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18This is Gough's Cave and this is Richard Gough.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21Tell me a bit about him and why it's his cave.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24Purportedly, he was a retired sea captain from Bristol.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26He had family in Cheddar so he moved to the area
0:17:26 > 0:17:30and he saw that caves were a viable business proposition.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33It was blocked by mud, boulders, debris,
0:17:33 > 0:17:36so he and his six sons began excavating that
0:17:36 > 0:17:37to see what was beyond.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40I'd like to say for the benefit of science and good and mankind
0:17:40 > 0:17:42but I'd be a liar if I said that.
0:17:42 > 0:17:47He saw it as a tourist attraction, a money-making scheme.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49He did, he did, very much so.
0:17:49 > 0:17:55Oh, this is amazing, these rock formations are just astonishing.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58It's amazing what nature can do left to its own devices.
0:17:58 > 0:18:02The unique rock formations drew the crowds in
0:18:02 > 0:18:05and, by 1903, Gough, ever the businessman,
0:18:05 > 0:18:08decided to drain part of the cave to fit more tourists in.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11It was a decision motivated by money but it resulted
0:18:11 > 0:18:15in one of Britain's greatest ever discoveries - the Cheddar Man.
0:18:15 > 0:18:19- OK, I've got something to show you just in here.- Ah!
0:18:20 > 0:18:24- Don't worry, it's not real. - Is it real?- It's a replica.
0:18:24 > 0:18:28But it's laid out as it was discovered in 1903.
0:18:28 > 0:18:32- Is that the exact position that it was in?- It is, yeah.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34This is Cheddar Man, the oldest complete skeleton
0:18:34 > 0:18:36found in this country.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38It's over 9,000 years old.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41- 9,000 years old?- Yeah.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43And it was in its entirety?
0:18:43 > 0:18:46The only one found in its entirety, yeah.
0:18:46 > 0:18:50- Where is the real one?- The real one's now in the Natural History Museum.
0:18:50 > 0:18:54Far too valuable an artefact to leave lying around in a damp cave.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56- Really priceless.- Yep.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58How did these bones get here?
0:18:58 > 0:19:00We don't know. It's all guesswork.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02But we do know what killed him.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04He received a nasty blow to the head at some point
0:19:04 > 0:19:07but it didn't kill him, we can see it recalcified.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10But a tiny fraction of the bone got caught in his sinuses,
0:19:10 > 0:19:13caused a massive infection and, ultimately, his demise.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16Whether that blow to the head changed his behaviour,
0:19:16 > 0:19:17made him act strangely and they thought
0:19:17 > 0:19:19maybe he was possessed by evil spirits
0:19:19 > 0:19:22or something, so when he died they put him away in a cave
0:19:22 > 0:19:26maybe to try and stop him coming back and haunting them...
0:19:26 > 0:19:27Who knows? We can only guess.
0:19:27 > 0:19:32Archaeologists also found some other rather macabre human remains
0:19:32 > 0:19:34mixed up in an ancient rubbish tip.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36There was a lot of conjecture for a long time
0:19:36 > 0:19:41but they seem fairly certain now these human bones were treated
0:19:41 > 0:19:43exactly the same way as the animal bones.
0:19:43 > 0:19:47The soft tissue was taken out, there are cut marks where the tongue
0:19:47 > 0:19:50and the eyes were removed, they were smashed to remove the marrow.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52There was cannibalism going on.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56This was at a different time period.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58Cheddar Man is 9,000 years old,
0:19:58 > 0:20:01these bones were from about 14,700 years ago.
0:20:01 > 0:20:06One man's desire to get money out of Victorian tourists
0:20:06 > 0:20:10had inadvertently left us with not only Britain's oldest skeleton
0:20:10 > 0:20:12but a fascinating insight
0:20:12 > 0:20:15into the darker side of our prehistoric ancestors.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17Thank you so much for that.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20But, looking up at this at the moment,
0:20:20 > 0:20:25it's giving me a wee bit of vertigo, upside down,
0:20:25 > 0:20:29so I think what I might do is thank you very much
0:20:29 > 0:20:31and make my way out now.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33- Thank you.- Thank you again, John.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37Eh, Anita.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41Anita, it's this way.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43This way!
0:20:45 > 0:20:50So, Anita said she wanted rescuing by a knight on white stallion.
0:20:50 > 0:20:54Instead, she got Thomas in a yellow sports car. Ah, well.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56That brings us to the end of day one.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58The quest for the Holy Grail continues tomorrow.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00Nighty night, you two.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06It's back on the road again for Anita and Thomas
0:21:06 > 0:21:08but what is he wearing?
0:21:09 > 0:21:15- Thomas, what's the straw bunnet all about?- And the tie?
0:21:15 > 0:21:20This is a trip down memory lane, I am regressing!
0:21:20 > 0:21:23We've just touched in to the county of Devon
0:21:23 > 0:21:28and I spent five informative years here at school.
0:21:28 > 0:21:32- And that is the daft bunnet you wore? - The daft bunnet we wore.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35Did your mammy and daddy no' want you?
0:21:35 > 0:21:36THEY LAUGH
0:21:36 > 0:21:39Let's just see how they both did yesterday, shall we?
0:21:39 > 0:21:41Thomas had a hectic day.
0:21:41 > 0:21:45He spent his entire £211 on five lots -
0:21:45 > 0:21:48the assorted silver set,
0:21:48 > 0:21:50the maritime flags,
0:21:50 > 0:21:51the Art Nouveau lot,
0:21:51 > 0:21:54the pillbox and the stool.
0:21:54 > 0:21:59Anita paced herself and only spent £30 on the shoe lasts
0:21:59 > 0:22:00and the garden ornament.
0:22:00 > 0:22:04That leaves her with £150.96 for the day ahead.
0:22:05 > 0:22:09But, before we do any shopping, our duo are taking a little trip
0:22:09 > 0:22:12down memory lane for Thomas in Tiverton in Devon.
0:22:13 > 0:22:17- It's home to his old school, Blundell's.- Here we are, Anita.
0:22:17 > 0:22:21You can see the school, Blundell's, it's beautiful, isn't it?
0:22:21 > 0:22:22The clocktower.
0:22:22 > 0:22:26And because I was a school monitor, I could walk across the grass.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28- Oh, look, you're rubbing your hands in glee.- I am.
0:22:28 > 0:22:31- You want to go back to school, don't you?- No, never.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33You want to go back to school.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36- I'd like you to be my school-ma'am. - Oh!
0:22:37 > 0:22:42Moving swiftly on from that detour, our intrepid duo double back
0:22:42 > 0:22:4720 miles east to Taunton in the heart of cider country.
0:22:47 > 0:22:49Thomas is off on a stroll around the town in his boater
0:22:49 > 0:22:53to reflect on whether he was rash to blow all his cash.
0:22:53 > 0:22:57However, next stop for Anita is Cider Press Antiques.
0:22:57 > 0:22:58Here to help her out is Norman.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00That's him in front of the bear there.
0:23:00 > 0:23:04- Hello, I'm Anita. - Hello, Anita, Norman Clarke.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06It's lovely to be in Taunton.
0:23:17 > 0:23:21I always find jewellery cabinets irresistible.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27And Norman can't resist a customer.
0:23:27 > 0:23:32I was looking at this little pendant here,
0:23:32 > 0:23:34the little citrine one.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36Citrine is a yellow-coloured gemstone
0:23:36 > 0:23:39that takes its name from citron,
0:23:39 > 0:23:41the French word for a car - I mean, lemon.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44For me, it has the look.
0:23:44 > 0:23:48Now, do you have a chain that would suit that?
0:23:48 > 0:23:51I'll see if we've got one in the corner here.
0:23:53 > 0:23:58For the pendant and chain, the ticket price is £22.
0:23:58 > 0:24:02- See that? It has a lovely, simple look about it.- Yes.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04It's not gold but...well.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10What's the best that you could do on that for me?
0:24:10 > 0:24:12Well, you're really coming today
0:24:12 > 0:24:16when we're starting our sale today so you can have a half-price...
0:24:16 > 0:24:18- Start of the sale?- Yes.- Excellent!
0:24:18 > 0:24:20Well, that's terrific.
0:24:20 > 0:24:25So, for you, that would be £11 but we'll call it around £10.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28It's a deal. It's a wonderful deal.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30She's on a roll now
0:24:30 > 0:24:34and eagle-eyed Anita spots something lurking in the background.
0:24:34 > 0:24:38I've seen a little panel here which I really do like.
0:24:38 > 0:24:44It's a lacquer panel with gilt figures.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47It's an oriental panel.
0:24:48 > 0:24:53I think it has been the panel for a cabinet at one point
0:24:53 > 0:24:56which has been dissembled and I think it's quite a nice thing.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01There's only one thing that's worrying me about this.
0:25:01 > 0:25:06I think there's a wee bit of damage here which has been filled.
0:25:06 > 0:25:12And...that potentially might...put the buyers off.
0:25:12 > 0:25:16So, with a bit of damage and a half-price sale,
0:25:16 > 0:25:18what can Anita get it for?
0:25:18 > 0:25:20Well, I know it was originally up for £55
0:25:20 > 0:25:22so that was the original price.
0:25:22 > 0:25:26So, well, £27.50, that's a pretty good price.
0:25:26 > 0:25:31And if I said to you £20, just as it's you?
0:25:31 > 0:25:35Can't knock it back for £20. Can't knock it back, it's a nice thing.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39So, that's a deal on the screen for £20 and the chain
0:25:39 > 0:25:41and citrine pendant for £10.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44Not a bad bit of business for low-spending Anita.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47He was at his school earlier
0:25:47 > 0:25:50but now it's time for some further education for Thomas.
0:25:50 > 0:25:54He's travelling 32 miles southeast to the Meteorological
0:25:54 > 0:25:57or Met Office in Exeter and, thankfully, it's sunny.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04He's meeting Helen Chivers to hear the remarkable story
0:26:04 > 0:26:08of an unsung Victorian hero who saved millions of lives
0:26:08 > 0:26:11worldwide by starting the weather forecast.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13- What a lovely day. - I know, isn't it?
0:26:13 > 0:26:17- We turned the sunshine on just for you.- Do you do that here?
0:26:17 > 0:26:20Well, you know, most people like to think that we can but the Met Office
0:26:20 > 0:26:22can do many things - controlling the weather is not one of them.
0:26:22 > 0:26:26- I'm sure it will be invented one day.- It probably will.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29The Met Office dates back to the 19th century
0:26:29 > 0:26:32when understanding the weather at sea was vital to maintain
0:26:32 > 0:26:35Britain's military and financial supremacy.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38It's now housed in this magnificent purpose-built centre
0:26:38 > 0:26:41but its beginnings start with this man -
0:26:41 > 0:26:45Vice Admiral Robert FitzRoy who had already played a leading role
0:26:45 > 0:26:49in one of the major scientific discoveries of the age.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52FitzRoy had been a long-standing sea captain,
0:26:52 > 0:26:57he had a really illustrious career. He'd been the captain on the Beagle.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00- Oh, really? Darwin's ship? - Yes, Darwin's ship.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02- So, he went to the Galapagos Islands?- Yes.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05He went all around the world captaining that ship for Darwin
0:27:05 > 0:27:08and the scientific experiments that they did.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11Thanks to his experience of both science and seafaring,
0:27:11 > 0:27:16FitzRoy was offered a job in 1854 as the chief of a new government
0:27:16 > 0:27:20department to deal with the collection of weather data at sea.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23It was the birth of what we now know as the Met Office.
0:27:23 > 0:27:27- I suppose before that it was a lot of finger-in-the-wind.- Yes.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29- Wing and a prayer.- Yeah, exactly.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32It's amazing that people actually survived.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35Well, in a lot of ways, it was cos you didn't know what was coming.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38So, what he wanted to do was try and chart it,
0:27:38 > 0:27:40he wanted to put down the observations on to a map
0:27:40 > 0:27:44so you could actually see everything at the same time,
0:27:44 > 0:27:47and from that start point you can then try
0:27:47 > 0:27:51and work out what's going to happen in the future.
0:27:51 > 0:27:53Using remote weather stations, ships at sea
0:27:53 > 0:27:56and the nascent telegraph technology,
0:27:56 > 0:27:58FitzRoy meticulously recorded
0:27:58 > 0:28:01and studied the weather looking for patterns.
0:28:01 > 0:28:05The thing that really drove him on into trying to develop proper
0:28:05 > 0:28:11scientific forecasts was a big storm that hit in October, 1859
0:28:11 > 0:28:15and that saw the sinking of the ship The Royal Charter.
0:28:15 > 0:28:19And it was that loss of life that really drove FitzRoy on
0:28:19 > 0:28:21to think we've got to be able to forecast this
0:28:21 > 0:28:23and we've got to be able to warn people about it.
0:28:23 > 0:28:27He began to publish the world's first storm warnings
0:28:27 > 0:28:30or forecasts in The Times in 1861.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32They saved countless lives
0:28:32 > 0:28:36but became deeply unpopular with his sceptical bosses and fishing
0:28:36 > 0:28:38fleet owners who lost money when boats stayed in harbour.
0:28:38 > 0:28:41People went, "Ah, you can't forecast the weather,
0:28:41 > 0:28:46"you're always wrong," and the same thing happens today.
0:28:46 > 0:28:48- We get those sorts of things all the time.- No!
0:28:48 > 0:28:50I mean you're so correct now.
0:28:50 > 0:28:53- What you say is going to happen.- Exactly.
0:28:53 > 0:28:57If a storm's going to come in, we're all told and it does.
0:28:57 > 0:28:59But the criticism really, really hurt him.
0:28:59 > 0:29:01He invested most of his money
0:29:01 > 0:29:04in trying to develop this forecasting service,
0:29:04 > 0:29:07- and in the end he committed suicide.- No.
0:29:07 > 0:29:09Yeah, and some people think that may well have been due to the
0:29:09 > 0:29:13criticism that he got about the forecasts that he was developing.
0:29:13 > 0:29:14And he invested all his time into...
0:29:14 > 0:29:18- All his time and his passion and his life.- How disappointing.- Terrible.
0:29:18 > 0:29:20- It's terribly tragic.- Yeah, it is.
0:29:20 > 0:29:24FitzRoy died a broken man in 1865 at the age of 59.
0:29:24 > 0:29:28His hard work and personal wealth had gone to waste.
0:29:28 > 0:29:30His wife and daughter faced destitution
0:29:30 > 0:29:34and the fleet owners managed to have his forecasts stopped.
0:29:34 > 0:29:35But, after his death,
0:29:35 > 0:29:39his family was saved thanks to help from Charles Darwin
0:29:39 > 0:29:41and Queen Victoria, amongst others.
0:29:41 > 0:29:43And, due to pressure from ordinary fishermen -
0:29:43 > 0:29:44to whom he was a hero -
0:29:44 > 0:29:47his storm warnings were reinstated in 1874,
0:29:47 > 0:29:50which later became the Shipping Forecast.
0:29:50 > 0:29:54In a final honour in 2002, the shipping area of Finisterre
0:29:54 > 0:29:59was renamed FitzRoy after this remarkable Victorian hero.
0:29:59 > 0:30:03From the very simple things that he did and his passion for weather
0:30:03 > 0:30:08and seafaring, you know, comes a world-leading Met Office.
0:30:08 > 0:30:10- Thank you.- It's a pleasure.
0:30:10 > 0:30:12It's been lovely and I better go
0:30:12 > 0:30:15and put my antiques into the auction now.
0:30:15 > 0:30:18- Yeah, good luck. - Thank you, I need it.
0:30:22 > 0:30:24Ah, yes, the auction.
0:30:24 > 0:30:26Well, Anita's had some good weather of her own
0:30:26 > 0:30:31and has travelled 19 miles south to Cullompton.
0:30:31 > 0:30:33Unlike Thomas, she's been buying carefully
0:30:33 > 0:30:36and Cullompton Antiques is her last shop of the day.
0:30:36 > 0:30:41- Ready to part her from her cash is Richard. Hello, Richard.- Hi, Anita.
0:30:41 > 0:30:44- Hello, I'm Anita.- Nice to meet you. - Oh, it's lovely to be here.
0:30:57 > 0:31:01I was drawn again to this piece of pottery, this lovely bowl,
0:31:01 > 0:31:06which looks so nice against the pine furniture.
0:31:06 > 0:31:10Now, this is a commemorative plaque
0:31:10 > 0:31:16and it's commemorating the Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II.
0:31:16 > 0:31:19This bowl, or charger to give its correct title,
0:31:19 > 0:31:21doesn't carry a maker's name.
0:31:21 > 0:31:24The ticket price is £50 but what will Richard let it go for?
0:31:24 > 0:31:27Time to play the Thomas card.
0:31:27 > 0:31:30- Thomas is ahead of me at the moment.- Right.
0:31:30 > 0:31:31I would like you to beat Thomas.
0:31:31 > 0:31:34I know, I love Thomas, he's absolutely wonderful.
0:31:34 > 0:31:37- And he's not that far ahead of me. - But Thomas isn't here.
0:31:37 > 0:31:38But he isn't here.
0:31:38 > 0:31:40ANITA LAUGHS
0:31:40 > 0:31:45- Would £20 do it for you? - £20 would be absolutely wonderful.
0:31:45 > 0:31:48Less than half price! Well done, Anita.
0:31:48 > 0:31:52Slow and steady might just win the day or even put you in the lead.
0:31:52 > 0:31:56Right, let's remind ourselves what they've both bought.
0:31:57 > 0:32:01Thomas went on a sprint of spending yesterday buying five lots -
0:32:01 > 0:32:03the naval signal flags,
0:32:03 > 0:32:05the silver set,
0:32:05 > 0:32:06the Art Nouveau lot,
0:32:06 > 0:32:08the pillbox
0:32:08 > 0:32:09and the milking stool.
0:32:09 > 0:32:13Is he going to regret spending all his £211?
0:32:13 > 0:32:17Anita has spent carefully on five lots - the shoe lasts,
0:32:17 > 0:32:19the garden ornament,
0:32:19 > 0:32:20the pendant and chain,
0:32:20 > 0:32:21the lacquered panel
0:32:21 > 0:32:23and the pottery charger.
0:32:23 > 0:32:26That collection cost her a modest £80.
0:32:26 > 0:32:30Let's hear what they think of one another's purchases.
0:32:30 > 0:32:34My favourite lot of Anita's is the studio pottery charger
0:32:34 > 0:32:37for the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.
0:32:37 > 0:32:39And £20? Well done, Anita.
0:32:39 > 0:32:43Although I love those wee vintage lasts, I think
0:32:43 > 0:32:48I would swap them any day of the week for those fabulous flags.
0:32:48 > 0:32:51And I would pay the extra £20 on them.
0:32:51 > 0:32:54If there was a magic wand and I could wave it,
0:32:54 > 0:32:56I'd wave away the Arts and Crafts stool.
0:32:56 > 0:32:59He's been a bit sort of...
0:32:59 > 0:33:02flibbertigibbet this time.
0:33:02 > 0:33:07I might be able to get in front of him after the next auction.
0:33:07 > 0:33:09It's the cavalier and complacent Thomas
0:33:09 > 0:33:12versus the prudent and patient Anita.
0:33:12 > 0:33:15So, off to auction in the lovely Dorset town of Wimborne.
0:33:17 > 0:33:19Well done. How are you feeling?
0:33:19 > 0:33:21Fine, it's a beautiful morning
0:33:21 > 0:33:25and I'm sure this auction will be packed to the gunnels.
0:33:25 > 0:33:29I'm, I have to say, Anita, extremely nervous.
0:33:29 > 0:33:32I'm more nervous than I've ever been.
0:33:33 > 0:33:37Our auction today is at Elliotts who have been serving the Dorset
0:33:37 > 0:33:41area since 2005. Wielding the hammer is Richard Clarke.
0:33:41 > 0:33:44What does he think of the duo's deals?
0:33:45 > 0:33:47Well, I actually quite like the panel.
0:33:47 > 0:33:50Lacquer work, chinoiserie is in the style of Chinese,
0:33:50 > 0:33:52so could be quite a good piece.
0:33:52 > 0:33:54It'll look good on the internet, it'll look good on the photo
0:33:54 > 0:33:57on the screens so fingers crossed that should do quite well.
0:33:57 > 0:34:00I think the stool will probably be the one we struggle with.
0:34:00 > 0:34:03Obviously, with the extra livestock, I think people will see
0:34:03 > 0:34:06the holes and just think I'm not putting that in my house.
0:34:06 > 0:34:08The room is packed
0:34:08 > 0:34:11and our internet bidders are poised by their keyboards.
0:34:11 > 0:34:13Let's start this auction.
0:34:13 > 0:34:18- Do you regret buying anything now? - Yeah, all of it.
0:34:19 > 0:34:24First to go is Thomas's silver lot including that bashed tobacco box.
0:34:24 > 0:34:29- Let's hope that it was a lucky drop. - Well, let's hope.
0:34:29 > 0:34:34- Interesting with me, I'm straight in at 50.- 50, well, half.- At £50.
0:34:34 > 0:34:38Five on the internet, 55. 60 still with me.
0:34:38 > 0:34:40At £60, five, 70.
0:34:40 > 0:34:44- Good, we're getting there.- £70 here with me. At £70 here with me.
0:34:44 > 0:34:47Oh, I thought it was going to be a lot worse.
0:34:48 > 0:34:51Ouch! The silver hasn't bashed out a profit for Thomas.
0:34:52 > 0:34:59- You've also dropped a profit into the bargain.- Drop, double drop.
0:35:00 > 0:35:05- Next, it's another of Thomas' items - the porcelain pillbox.- £20.
0:35:05 > 0:35:07Nice little pillbox. 10?
0:35:07 > 0:35:10- Ten away there...- We're good. - 14, 16, 18, 20.
0:35:10 > 0:35:1422, 25, 28, 30.
0:35:14 > 0:35:1832, 35, 38.
0:35:18 > 0:35:20- 38 in the middle.- 38.
0:35:20 > 0:35:23- 40 right at the back.- £40?
0:35:23 > 0:35:26- Get in there. - Are we all done at £40?
0:35:26 > 0:35:28- 42, she's back.- Go on!
0:35:28 > 0:35:30THEY LAUGH
0:35:30 > 0:35:33I need to make up a few losses from the last lot.
0:35:34 > 0:35:38Can you do that on all the lots? At £42 there in the middle.
0:35:40 > 0:35:43Just what the doctor ordered - a nice, healthy profit.
0:35:43 > 0:35:49- Well, that made up for your first failure.- All right!
0:35:50 > 0:35:54It's Anita's first item - the oriental lacquered panel.
0:35:54 > 0:35:56Will you hold my hand, Thomas?
0:35:57 > 0:36:00Nice chinoiserie panel there, what shall we say on that? 30?
0:36:00 > 0:36:03Yes, somebody's got to say 30, it's Anita's.
0:36:03 > 0:36:05LAUGHTER
0:36:05 > 0:36:10- I want her to win.- Awww. - 30 we've got on the internet.- Yes!
0:36:10 > 0:36:14£30 on the internet. At 30. Two anywhere? Two at the back.
0:36:14 > 0:36:16There we are, 32 at the back.
0:36:16 > 0:36:21- That was short-lived. 35? - Oh, look, the lady's bidding here.
0:36:21 > 0:36:2538 at the back. 40. 42.
0:36:26 > 0:36:2942 at the back. 45? 48.
0:36:30 > 0:36:33- Go on, make it 50.- 50. 55.
0:36:33 > 0:36:39- And there we are. That's cool waving.- 60. £60?
0:36:39 > 0:36:41He'll sign it for you, that will make it more valuable.
0:36:41 > 0:36:46At £60 down here in front, on the internet at 60. 65, she's back.
0:36:46 > 0:36:50- Oh, Anita! You can stop now.- 70.
0:36:50 > 0:36:56We're still on the internet, £70 now. At £70, all done at £70.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58- Yes.- Yes!
0:36:58 > 0:36:59THEY CHUCKLE
0:37:00 > 0:37:05It might have been a bit damaged but the profit is perfect for Anita.
0:37:05 > 0:37:08- Can I borrow some money? - I could refuse you nothing, darling.
0:37:11 > 0:37:16Now, it's Thomas's flags. Will this signal a change in his fortunes?
0:37:16 > 0:37:20- Loads of them there. 20 somewhere, surely?- Go on.- Yes.
0:37:20 > 0:37:24- Tenner?- Oh, no. - Ten with the hand, at ten.
0:37:24 > 0:37:26We've got a bid, we've got a bid.
0:37:26 > 0:37:29- 16, 18...- It's away.
0:37:29 > 0:37:3225, 25 up close now.
0:37:32 > 0:37:35- At £25.- 25.
0:37:35 > 0:37:37At £25...
0:37:37 > 0:37:40- There we are. - Well, it didn't flag up a profit.
0:37:40 > 0:37:43- Didn't flag a profit, but still... - Awww, what a shame.
0:37:45 > 0:37:47Oh! It's another loss for Thomas.
0:37:47 > 0:37:49What's the sign for "my ship is sinking"?
0:37:52 > 0:37:56It's Anita's Silver Jubilee commemorative pottery charger next.
0:37:56 > 0:37:58On that one there - £20?
0:37:58 > 0:38:02- (Come on!) - Tenner? £10 there. 12 anywhere now?
0:38:02 > 0:38:05- At 10, 12 on the internet. - 12, it's off, Anita.
0:38:05 > 0:38:0714.
0:38:07 > 0:38:0916.
0:38:09 > 0:38:1118.
0:38:11 > 0:38:1220.
0:38:14 > 0:38:1622. 22 in the room.
0:38:16 > 0:38:1925? 25.
0:38:19 > 0:38:24At £25 now. On the internet at £25.
0:38:25 > 0:38:29- Well, there you are. - It's licked its face.
0:38:29 > 0:38:33That's still a profit, though, and they all count.
0:38:33 > 0:38:35It's not going to take us to the Bahamas.
0:38:35 > 0:38:39- No, it's not, might be an ice cream. - An ice cream, ah!
0:38:40 > 0:38:45It's the Arts and Crafts oak stool. Let's see if it can milk a profit.
0:38:45 > 0:38:48Tenner, let's get it moving. Ten away there, at ten, we've got.
0:38:48 > 0:38:54- At ten. 12 anywhere now?- Come on, come on.- I'm selling it at a tenner.
0:38:55 > 0:39:00- 139.- Put your head on my shoulder, sweets.
0:39:01 > 0:39:03That's another loss for Tom.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08Next, it's Anita's citrine pendant with chain.
0:39:08 > 0:39:13- Only a tenner to buy but what can it make?- Nice, little citrine...
0:39:13 > 0:39:17- Yep, 20 away there.- 20 away.
0:39:17 > 0:39:21At 20 on the right, 22. 25.
0:39:21 > 0:39:2528, 30. No?
0:39:25 > 0:39:27At 30, 32 on the internet.
0:39:27 > 0:39:2935. 38,
0:39:29 > 0:39:33- 40. 42.- (Yeah.)
0:39:33 > 0:39:36All done at 42?
0:39:36 > 0:39:40- Yes!- How did you do that? - Cos I'm brilliant.- You are!
0:39:43 > 0:39:47And that profit, Anita, proves you are dead brilliant.
0:39:49 > 0:39:53Thomas really needs a profit now on his Art Nouveau lot.
0:39:53 > 0:39:56- 40?- Come on.- Go on.
0:39:56 > 0:39:5830? Away at 30. 32 anywhere now?
0:39:58 > 0:40:01At £30 only on this.
0:40:01 > 0:40:0432, 35, 38, 40, 42.
0:40:04 > 0:40:07On the stairs. £42 now.
0:40:07 > 0:40:10- On the steps. - All done at £42.- One more!
0:40:12 > 0:40:15- Agh.- 42.- Profit.
0:40:15 > 0:40:19Profit, profit. Well done, darling, well done.
0:40:19 > 0:40:22That's a bit better but is it too little, too late?
0:40:23 > 0:40:25Calm down, Anita.
0:40:27 > 0:40:32For the second-last lot, we have Anita's lot of shoe lasts.
0:40:32 > 0:40:35- They're already getting some interest online.- I have two bids...
0:40:35 > 0:40:37- No!- I don't believe it.
0:40:37 > 0:40:40- ..of £25.- Yes!
0:40:40 > 0:40:41LAUGHTER
0:40:41 > 0:40:43- There's no justice.- Yes!
0:40:43 > 0:40:45- There is none. - There is no justice.
0:40:45 > 0:40:4828 at the back. They're both gone.
0:40:48 > 0:40:52At £28 now. Right at the back of the room at £28.
0:40:53 > 0:40:55- 30.- Oh, yes!
0:40:55 > 0:40:58£30 on the left now.
0:40:58 > 0:41:01At £30, all done at £30.
0:41:02 > 0:41:03Yes!
0:41:03 > 0:41:05THEY LAUGH
0:41:05 > 0:41:07Superb.
0:41:07 > 0:41:10The lot of lasts haven't made a lot
0:41:10 > 0:41:13but they have kept Anita one step ahead of Thomas.
0:41:13 > 0:41:17- Tell me how much that was again, Thomas.- £30.- Three-zero.
0:41:17 > 0:41:21I'm definitely having an ice cream off you this time.
0:41:21 > 0:41:24Finally, it's wee Jimmy, the garden gargoyle.
0:41:24 > 0:41:28He's not the bonniest but he might still make a healthy profit.
0:41:28 > 0:41:29Tenner start me.
0:41:29 > 0:41:35- Ten.- 12, 14, 16, 18...
0:41:35 > 0:41:38There's no justice.
0:41:38 > 0:41:39In the room now at 20, 22.
0:41:39 > 0:41:41THEY LAUGH
0:41:41 > 0:41:43No!
0:41:43 > 0:41:44At 22.
0:41:45 > 0:41:49- Right, that's it. - You see, looks do count.
0:41:51 > 0:41:56Jimmy has made more than 100% profit. Well done, wee man.
0:41:56 > 0:42:01- Well done, Anita.- Oh, thank you. - A thoroughly good thrashing.
0:42:01 > 0:42:04- Right, let's go. Come on.- OK. - I want my ice cream.
0:42:04 > 0:42:08Thomas has conceded defeat but let's just check, shall we?
0:42:08 > 0:42:13After paying auction costs, Thomas racked up a loss of £56.02
0:42:13 > 0:42:18and starts next time with £154.98.
0:42:18 > 0:42:20But, after starting the day well behind,
0:42:20 > 0:42:25Anita has not only won the day with a fabulous profit of £74.98
0:42:25 > 0:42:27but has also stormed up
0:42:27 > 0:42:32and into the overall lead with a running total of £255.94.
0:42:34 > 0:42:39What happened, Anita? You've beaten me. You've given me a thrashing.
0:42:39 > 0:42:41Ahh. A bit of a bloodbath but never mind.
0:42:41 > 0:42:44I've got a wee consolation prize for you.
0:42:44 > 0:42:48- Anita, we spoke about ice creams. - It's melting a little bit.
0:42:48 > 0:42:51It is, it's slightly dripping, but thank you very much.
0:42:51 > 0:42:54- You're welcome, darling. Let's go. - Are you going to give me both?
0:42:54 > 0:42:56Anita!
0:42:56 > 0:42:58Don't drip on the upholstery.
0:43:03 > 0:43:05Next time on the Antiques Road Trip,
0:43:05 > 0:43:08Thomas shows us how to be a bull in a china shop...
0:43:10 > 0:43:12HE CHUCKLES
0:43:12 > 0:43:15..and Anita gets a big surprise.
0:43:15 > 0:43:17DINOSAUR ROARS