0:00:02 > 0:00:05It's the nation's favourite antiques experts with £200 each,
0:00:05 > 0:00:06a classic car...
0:00:06 > 0:00:08We'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 is no mean feat.
0:00:17 > 0:00:18Oh, no!
0:00:18 > 0:00:20There'll be worthy winners...
0:00:20 > 0:00:21- Yes!- We've done it!
0:00:21 > 0:00:23..and valiant losers.
0:00:23 > 0:00:24You are kidding me!
0:00:24 > 0:00:29So, will it be the high road to glory or the slow road to disaster?
0:00:29 > 0:00:30- What am I doing?- You got a deal.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32This is the Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35Yeah!
0:00:37 > 0:00:40It is the fifth and final leg of our road trip,
0:00:40 > 0:00:43with wily old foxes Philip and James.
0:00:43 > 0:00:47And Phil is getting all nostalgic about what has been a rather
0:00:47 > 0:00:48amiable journey.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51I'm quite sad that this is all coming to an end now.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53- So am I, Philip.- We have had some fun, haven't we?- We have.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55What has been your highlight?
0:00:56 > 0:00:59What has been my highlight?
0:00:59 > 0:01:00Mm, this is awkward.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04Um, I want to give that some thought.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06Nothing springing to mind, then?
0:01:06 > 0:01:08What would be the highlight?
0:01:08 > 0:01:10Moving on then...
0:01:12 > 0:01:15Worcester warrior Philip Serrell has not been adverse to
0:01:15 > 0:01:18a bit of random purchasing on this trip.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20I love the can.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25- Do you want to sell this? Can I buy this off you?- Yes, you can.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28And it has been standing him in reasonable stead.
0:01:28 > 0:01:29I'll take 21.
0:01:31 > 0:01:32Sold.
0:01:32 > 0:01:37James Braxton has also been taking a flexible approach to his buying.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39Don't do this at home.
0:01:39 > 0:01:40But it's all right.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43I do yoga, so I've got a good balance.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46Although it has had him on some shaky ground.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48Oh!
0:01:50 > 0:01:53This pally pair started the road trip with £200 each.
0:01:53 > 0:01:54With some ups and downs,
0:01:54 > 0:02:00James has worked hard to bring his total up to 348.74.
0:02:00 > 0:02:07And Phil has appreciated admirably also, to 449.26.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10So, with only about £100 separating them,
0:02:10 > 0:02:14it really is all to play for along the final furlong.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17- Well, James, this is our third country on this trip.- I know.
0:02:17 > 0:02:18We're in Wales!
0:02:18 > 0:02:20Talk about doing the Union.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23Sorry about the glasses, but those raindrops,
0:02:23 > 0:02:26they can cause the old black guy, can't they?
0:02:26 > 0:02:27# Raindrops keep falling... #
0:02:27 > 0:02:29No?
0:02:29 > 0:02:31Well, we are in the land of song, Phil,
0:02:31 > 0:02:34so a little tune would be appropriate.
0:02:34 > 0:02:35Very stony, isn't it?
0:02:35 > 0:02:38- Well, it is Snowdonia, isn't it? I suppose.- Snowdonia.- This is it.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41It has been really good fun, hasn't it?
0:02:41 > 0:02:44- It has been great fun. - Really good fun.- Really good fun.
0:02:44 > 0:02:48And, you know, all the way from Scotland, through England
0:02:48 > 0:02:51and now here, in Wales.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53And you have been my little ray of sunshine...
0:02:53 > 0:02:55- I have.- ..all the way through(!)
0:02:55 > 0:02:56You know...
0:02:57 > 0:02:59Aw, isn't that sweet?
0:03:01 > 0:03:04The trip has indeed taken the boys from Scotland,
0:03:04 > 0:03:07down through the borders to Lancashire and Cheshire,
0:03:07 > 0:03:10and the final leg sees us travel around North Wales,
0:03:10 > 0:03:13ending up at the auction in Newport.
0:03:14 > 0:03:19First stop, the town of Conwy, incorporating trips to Snowdon
0:03:19 > 0:03:22and Holyhead before travelling across to Newport,
0:03:22 > 0:03:24in the county of Shropshire.
0:03:25 > 0:03:29Conwy's famous castle and walls guard this medieval market town.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32Would this have been to keep us out or them in?
0:03:32 > 0:03:34I think a bit of both, really.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38I'll hazard a guess that it was to keep you two out.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43Conwy is a medieval market town surrounded by a circuit
0:03:43 > 0:03:46of walls over three quarters of a mile long
0:03:46 > 0:03:50and guarded by 22 towers. Built for Edward I, it is
0:03:50 > 0:03:55one of the finest surviving medieval fortifications in Britain.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58It is also home to Collinge Antiques,
0:03:58 > 0:04:00so it is time to procure some purchases.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03- You've got a great shop here, mate. - You know this fellow, do you?
0:04:03 > 0:04:06I know this man and I am very, very envious of you.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08- Oh, good!- Good shop, Jim. - Well, thank you.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11Thanks for the very pleasant drive, I felt well driven.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13I'm going to see if I can phone him up, tell him to whack the prices
0:04:13 > 0:04:17up a bit. Hold on. Let's see if I can get him on the line.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20- Just tell him I might be some time. - All right. Do want a lift out?
0:04:20 > 0:04:21Well, I haven't had any breakfast,
0:04:21 > 0:04:24so I don't have sort of core strength for this one.
0:04:24 > 0:04:28Still struggling with your exit, I see, James.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31- Get in there and start buying. - James, I hope you have an awful time.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33Thank you.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35See you, mate!
0:04:35 > 0:04:37You can take your time.
0:04:39 > 0:04:43- Hi, James, how are you? Nice to meet you.- Very nice to meet you.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46What a lovely treat to come into a shop like this.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49I think this looks a good emulsifier of money, in here.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51So I've got about 350 to spend.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53Good, that's all right, that's a decent amount.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56- I'm sure I could help you with that. - Good.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59I think James likes the look of this place.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02- Show me around, you know your stock better than I do.- Well, yes.
0:05:02 > 0:05:06Something like... A bit of a story you want as well, bit of interest.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09- Always, yeah.- How about this? Come this way.- History and story.
0:05:09 > 0:05:10What about that?
0:05:11 > 0:05:14Apparently made for a representation of King Lear,
0:05:14 > 0:05:16- from a stage production.- Right.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18It is probably dated about '50s or '60s,
0:05:18 > 0:05:20but I just thought a bit of fun.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23You have got Richard Burton, so RB, could be. Who knows?
0:05:23 > 0:05:25- Fabulous!- I'm not saying it is, but you never know.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27- A very famous Welshman. - There you go.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30- Any chance of Elizabeth Taylor being on this?- Probably, I don't know.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33You should be so lucky, James.
0:05:33 > 0:05:38- How much is this, Nicky?- To you? - Yeah.- £40, how's that?- Sold.
0:05:38 > 0:05:42A quick decision. James really likes this place. And the prices.
0:05:44 > 0:05:48- Ideal to put aside the bed.- Yeah. Your glass of water.- Yeah, or wine.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50Or wine.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53- God, they are lovely, aren't they? - Different, aren't they?
0:05:53 > 0:05:56- They are lovely!- Drawer. Probably French.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58How much could they be, then?
0:05:58 > 0:06:00- 140.- 140.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02Pair. That is for two, not one.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04Definitely. Sold. Thank you.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07God, this is easy work, isn't it? Keep going.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09Marvellous.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12He is rattling through this shop at a rate of knots.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14But will he live to regret it?
0:06:14 > 0:06:15Is that enough furniture?
0:06:17 > 0:06:20Can anybody ever have enough furniture?
0:06:20 > 0:06:23- No, not as far as I am concerned. - Exactly.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25And he is not done yet.
0:06:25 > 0:06:29- What about a moose?- Oh, look at that. Isn't he great?- Yeah.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32A moose loose in this hoose.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35That is quite a pretty little picture, isn't it?
0:06:35 > 0:06:39A proper little drawing. Signed. Watercolour, obviously.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42- George Oyston.- Yeah.
0:06:42 > 0:06:47- That is very nice, nice clean little fellow, isn't it?- Yeah. £40.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50£40, done. Definitely going to have that.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53Definitely will have that. God, easy shopping, isn't it?
0:06:53 > 0:06:56- It is, isn't it?- Easy shopping.
0:06:56 > 0:07:01James really is going for it. Is there any stopping him in here?
0:07:01 > 0:07:05- Another item, please. Make it expensive.- What about a Worcester?
0:07:05 > 0:07:09- A bit of Worcester.- There you go. Nicely potted. Nice colour.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11Only because we want to be beat Philip badly...
0:07:11 > 0:07:15- JAMES LAUGHS - we'll say, £40.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17Surely not.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19James, you will be all in if you are not careful.
0:07:19 > 0:07:23It's interesting, because they have had difficulty getting
0:07:23 > 0:07:25the glaze on it, haven't they? Sticking.
0:07:25 > 0:07:29So it has sort of bled a bit. But it has got good casting, hasn't it?
0:07:29 > 0:07:32- Very good casting. It's not marked as a second, is it?- No.
0:07:32 > 0:07:36They would mark it as a second, wouldn't they?
0:07:37 > 0:07:41- Do you think?- That is taking on Philip on his own turf, isn't it?
0:07:41 > 0:07:43Good, definitely, I'll have that one. Lovely.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46- I think it has got a chance, don't you?- Thank you. Yep.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49Nicky, I think you have been really kind. I think my work is done here.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51- Is it? Brilliant.- Thank you very much indeed.- Nice having you.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53Thank you.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56Well, watch out, Philip, Worcester to Worcester.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00- Nicky, think you very much indeed. - Pleasure.
0:08:00 > 0:08:01Four lots in one shop, eh?
0:08:01 > 0:08:05He's got the theatre prop throne, the bedside cabinets,
0:08:05 > 0:08:08a signed watercolour and the Worcester figure,
0:08:08 > 0:08:10all for £260.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12- Check this.- I hope you do all right with it, James.
0:08:12 > 0:08:13Now I am sure I will.
0:08:13 > 0:08:17A very unusual but bold start from James.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20But time will tell if he spent wisely.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22Thanks a lot.
0:08:24 > 0:08:25Phil, meanwhile,
0:08:25 > 0:08:29is on the road towards the village of Llanberis, at the foot
0:08:29 > 0:08:32of Mount Snowdon, and seems to be revelling in rural North Wales.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34Do you know, we are really, really lucky,
0:08:34 > 0:08:37cos it is just such fantastic countryside.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41Make no mistake, while he might be friendly with James,
0:08:41 > 0:08:43he is still up for the competition.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47He is going to be trying really hard to beat me.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50And I am going to be trying really hard to beat him.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53But I want to try to spend all my money. I don't want to wimp out.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55Get in there, spend it.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58Let's just hope the weather holds up for you, eh, Philip?
0:08:58 > 0:09:00Just up there is a bit of sun,
0:09:00 > 0:09:04just waiting just to creep its way through the clouds.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07I might even get up to Snowdon and see it up there.
0:09:10 > 0:09:14Snowdon is the highest mountain in Wales, with breathtaking
0:09:14 > 0:09:18scenery that attracts around half a million tourists a year.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21But you don't have to don your mountaineering gear to enjoy
0:09:21 > 0:09:24the views. For the less energetic of us, there is
0:09:24 > 0:09:30a railway that takes you most of the way to the 3,560 foot summit.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33This extraordinary feat of Victorian engineering was
0:09:33 > 0:09:37built in 1869. 150 men with picks and shovels
0:09:37 > 0:09:41and dynamite built two viaducts, constructed several bridges
0:09:41 > 0:09:46and laid almost eight kilometres of track up to the top of the mountain.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48All in 14 months.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54The train has carried around 12 million passengers up
0:09:54 > 0:09:56the mountain since it was built.
0:09:58 > 0:10:03Almost 120 years later, the railway remains a top tourist attraction.
0:10:03 > 0:10:07And Phil is here to meet Vince to learn about its remarkable history.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12Why would you want to go to the top of Snowdon anyway?
0:10:12 > 0:10:14Well, my first answer would always be for the views.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17I'm from England, right? Now, you'll have to forgive me here,
0:10:17 > 0:10:21but it is a well-known fact that in Wales, it always rains.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23I rest my case.
0:10:23 > 0:10:24Today, I'll give that to you.
0:10:24 > 0:10:25But nine times out of ten,
0:10:25 > 0:10:28some nice clear skies, some sunshine and some marvellous views.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30- They went there for the views? - Absolutely.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32- Definitely.- Fair enough.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35Hopefully, it might clear up when you get to the top, Phil.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37You better get a ticket, though.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40- Two tickets, please. - Oh, thank you.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43- We cut this a bit fine, aren't we? - We are indeed. We better take it up.
0:10:43 > 0:10:44All aboard!
0:10:46 > 0:10:50During the Victorian era, tourism boomed and holidays and trips
0:10:50 > 0:10:54became increasingly accessible for ordinary working people.
0:10:54 > 0:10:55That's the guards.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58In 1869, keen to jump on this bandwagon,
0:10:58 > 0:11:00railway pioneer Richard Moon
0:11:00 > 0:11:04suggested that a train should run to the top of the mountain.
0:11:05 > 0:11:09The local landowner, George Ashton Smith,
0:11:09 > 0:11:12was opposed to the idea as he believed it would spoil the scenery.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15And for 20 years, he turned down every request.
0:11:18 > 0:11:19But Moon was a persistent fellow.
0:11:19 > 0:11:23And his powers of persuasion alongside the prospect of some
0:11:23 > 0:11:26local competition eventually pushed the construction through.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32When news came out that a rival rail company was planning to build
0:11:32 > 0:11:34a line from Beddgelert
0:11:34 > 0:11:38up to Snowdon, on the other side of the mountain,
0:11:38 > 0:11:41it pretty much would have wiped Llanberis off the tourism map.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44It's hard for me to understand how over 100 years ago,
0:11:44 > 0:11:47they are focusing on tourism as a business, really, aren't they?
0:11:47 > 0:11:49Well, they are.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52The interesting thing, this was one of the first railways
0:11:52 > 0:11:54that was built specifically for tourism.
0:11:54 > 0:11:58In May, 1896, the railway opened for the first time.
0:11:58 > 0:12:02- And that had to be spectacular. - Absolutely fantastic.- All go well?
0:12:02 > 0:12:04Unfortunately, it didn't.
0:12:04 > 0:12:08On the second train of that day, there was a derailment.
0:12:08 > 0:12:12And what they feel is there was some subsidence in the track.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15And on the way back down, a locomotive actually disengaged with
0:12:15 > 0:12:18its carriage and actually toppled over the side of the mountain.
0:12:18 > 0:12:22A couple of people panicked and actually jumped off the carriage.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25One gentleman hit on the side and managed to fall back underneath
0:12:25 > 0:12:28the carriage, and, unfortunately, it was a fatal injury.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30So from that day...
0:12:30 > 0:12:33They actually closed the railway for investigation
0:12:33 > 0:12:36and it took a whole year till it reopened.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39So it has been a real labour of love to get this thing up and running.
0:12:39 > 0:12:43It has. Thankfully, that was the only major incident.
0:12:43 > 0:12:47So, just for the record, you've been rock solid safe ever since.
0:12:47 > 0:12:48Absolutely, yes.
0:12:48 > 0:12:52Despite the inauspicious start, the railway has been ferrying
0:12:52 > 0:12:55passengers safely up the mountain for nigh on 120 years.
0:12:55 > 0:12:59One of the original locomotives still pushes a carriage up
0:12:59 > 0:13:02the mountain. And I'm sure behind all that cloud, there is
0:13:02 > 0:13:05some stunning scenery...somewhere.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07You brought me up here for the view.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09And then the weather...
0:13:09 > 0:13:11Welcome to the top of Wales.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14You look chilly, old chap.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17You better get yourself warmed up in the visitors' centre.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19So, Phil, do you fancy walk up to the summit?
0:13:19 > 0:13:21No. I'm frozen!
0:13:21 > 0:13:23The soup is good, though.
0:13:23 > 0:13:24Mm!
0:13:25 > 0:13:28This is just the best soup there is.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31Traditional Welsh leek and potato soup.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33Home-made soup, top of Snowdon,
0:13:33 > 0:13:35in the warm. I'm not going out there.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38Well, you finish your soup, then.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41Make sure you don't miss your train back down. Ha!
0:13:41 > 0:13:42Nice up here(!)
0:13:43 > 0:13:45Back at the bottom of the mountain,
0:13:45 > 0:13:48does Phil have his eyes set on a deal?
0:13:48 > 0:13:50How much would one of those cost?
0:13:50 > 0:13:52- About 1.2 million.- 1.2 million...
0:13:52 > 0:13:56That's about 1.9999999 million more than I've got.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59Um... What about a name plate or...?
0:13:59 > 0:14:01What about something off one of these?
0:14:01 > 0:14:04Yeah, I've got a few parts that've just come off another locomotive.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07- We could take a look at those. - Yeah, where are they?- Just over here.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11These are brass water gauge covers.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14- I don't know what you'd ever use them for.- Maybe candle holders.- Yeah.
0:14:14 > 0:14:18- Could be quite nice. - £15 I will give you.- 15, done.
0:14:18 > 0:14:19Go on, you're a gentleman.
0:14:19 > 0:14:23Well, Phil, the views may not have been up to much,
0:14:23 > 0:14:25but you got yourself a cheeky little purchase.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28And you never know, it might turn a profit.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31Well, that is a real good double whammy for me
0:14:31 > 0:14:34cos I've had a great visit and I've bought something!
0:14:34 > 0:14:39James has also been out buying. In fact, he can't seem to stop today.
0:14:39 > 0:14:43He has now made his way to the seaside town of Colwyn Bay
0:14:43 > 0:14:45to visit North Wales Antiques.
0:14:45 > 0:14:49- Hello. James.- Hi. Frank. - Hello, nice to meet you, Frank.
0:14:49 > 0:14:50Hello, I'm Tim.
0:14:50 > 0:14:54- I come here armed. I want to try and spend up.- Right.
0:14:54 > 0:14:59And I've got a sum of monies under 100 quid.
0:14:59 > 0:15:05- So, I wonder whether we could find something.- Right.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08Now, what have you taken in? What is nice and fresh to the market, Frank?
0:15:08 > 0:15:12- Most of it is fresh. We turn it over a lot. As you'll see...- Perfect.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15..there are quite a few things that we have moved along.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17- So, shall I have a wander round? - Please do, yes.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19- And I'll come and hook up with you.- Right.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22- And I'll chance my arm. - We'll do the best we can.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26James is very keen on splashing cash,
0:15:26 > 0:15:29but with very little separating him and Phil in the competition,
0:15:29 > 0:15:31he needs to spend wisely.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35A good old pot, isn't it?
0:15:35 > 0:15:38That's what you want to do,
0:15:38 > 0:15:41you want to buy small furniture and big china.
0:15:41 > 0:15:42That's always the way, isn't it?
0:15:42 > 0:15:44I quite like that.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47I'll do you that for 75.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50Ideal for a collection, you know, if you're...
0:15:50 > 0:15:52- Yeah.- Of miniatures.- Yeah.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55Let's say, Hummel or something like that.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57It is mahogany.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59- Can I put two bits together, Frank? - Right.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01What else could I put with that?
0:16:01 > 0:16:05Here comes the dealing side of him now, see? Here comes the deal.
0:16:05 > 0:16:06This is the punishing part.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08This is where he's twisting the knife.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10Twisting the knife!
0:16:10 > 0:16:12You make it seem so brutal, chaps.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15James has picked a mirror to go with his display cabinet.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17Now, is there a deal to be done?
0:16:19 > 0:16:23That's two wall bits. I tell you what I quite like about this, Frank.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26It has got some top quality hangers there.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29Frank, I've got...
0:16:29 > 0:16:35a total of £88.74.
0:16:35 > 0:16:36Would that by that lot?
0:16:38 > 0:16:40And then I am all in. Those two.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42The notice board and the mirror.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48- Yep?- Do well.- We have a deal. Thank you very much indeed, Frank.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50That is very kind.
0:16:50 > 0:16:54The thumbs up from Frank, I think it was the 74p that swung it.
0:16:54 > 0:16:55Ha!
0:16:55 > 0:17:00So, James has a notice board and a mirror, all for £88.74.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03And that's his spending complete.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10I'm wearing a smile. I'm totally spent up. All my money is gone.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12North Wales has all of it.
0:17:12 > 0:17:16Bold move, Brackers, bold move indeed.
0:17:16 > 0:17:21Phil, who so far has only had the opportunity to spend £15 on
0:17:21 > 0:17:24the water gauge covers from the steam train in Snowdon,
0:17:24 > 0:17:26has returned to Colwyn Bay
0:17:26 > 0:17:28to Shawna Peters' shop.
0:17:28 > 0:17:32Hi, Shawna. I've seen your name over the door, so I know you are Shawna.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34- I'm Philip, how are you? - I'm fine, thank you.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37I'm looking for something really quite specific.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40- Yeah.- I need to buy a profit.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42That is the point of the game, Phil.
0:17:42 > 0:17:46- I'll have a look round, I'll see what I can come up with.- Mm-hm.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49And he has already spotted something he likes the look of.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51Shot silk, aren't they?
0:17:51 > 0:17:55This one is about 1919, cos it has got a star on the bottom,
0:17:55 > 0:17:57which they started putting on in 1916.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59And it has got three dots.
0:17:59 > 0:18:00So it is about 1919.
0:18:00 > 0:18:05- Mm-hm.- These used to be really quite sought after and fashionable.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08Weren't we all, Philip, weren't we all.
0:18:08 > 0:18:09These items are Worcester porcelain,
0:18:09 > 0:18:13so no wonder Worcester local Phil is considering them.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17- I think those are a real possibility. Can I put them on...- Yeah.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19- ..on the counter?- You can put them on the counter.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21And let me have another look round.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23What have we got here?
0:18:23 > 0:18:25Oh, here we go. Sounds like... You hungry?
0:18:25 > 0:18:27A squeeze-box?
0:18:27 > 0:18:29Go on, Phil, give us a tune.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38Do you know, I wonder if I could play one of these.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40I can't say I know that one.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47I think I'm going to put that down.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49Shall we get back to business, then?
0:18:49 > 0:18:52- Hold on a minute. Go on, Shawna, what can you do those for?- 120.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58Shawna is giving it as good as she gets.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04If you could do them for £100, I would have them.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06That's £50 each.
0:19:06 > 0:19:10No. It isn't. It's 60 or £70 for that one.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12And it is 30 quid for that one, which is broken.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14Not 110?
0:19:14 > 0:19:17That is giving me a tenner on what I paid.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19In that case, that's what I'll do.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22- OK. That's what I'll do. If you are happy with that...- Yes.
0:19:22 > 0:19:2310, 20...
0:19:23 > 0:19:25So, after a bit of toing and froing,
0:19:25 > 0:19:29Phil walks away with the Worcester figures for £110.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32- Thank you very much indeed. Wish me luck.- I will.
0:19:32 > 0:19:33- Cheers now.- All the best.
0:19:34 > 0:19:38It has been a busy first day, with James going for the risky tactic
0:19:38 > 0:19:44of spending everything, Phil still has over £300 in his coffers though.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47So will tomorrow be his day? Night-night.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53The next morning, and the inclement conditions mean
0:19:53 > 0:19:57the boys have the top up on their Austin-Healey.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59- There is a lovely view, isn't it? - It's lovely.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02- Just the driving rain pounding into the hillside.- Yes.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05No windswept hair today, I'm afraid, fellas.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08- I'm all in, mate.- Done? - Yeah, all done.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11What, done, finished, spent, kaput, over?
0:20:11 > 0:20:15- Down to the last 74 pence. - You've spent every penny?
0:20:15 > 0:20:19Every penny. And I forgot till I asked for a bit of money.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22I thought I'd have just a little bit of cash.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24- Well, you're all right, aren't you? - Yeah, I'm all in.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26I'm very envious that you've done the job.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28I've done the job.
0:20:28 > 0:20:32So you can just go and enjoy this wonderful Welsh weather, can't you?
0:20:32 > 0:20:39Yesterday, James spent all his £348.73 on a theatre prop throne,
0:20:39 > 0:20:42a pair of bedside cabinets, a signed watercolour picture,
0:20:42 > 0:20:45a Worcester figure, and a notice board and mirror.
0:20:45 > 0:20:50Our first stop of the day is the beautiful village of Penmaenmawr.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53Phil has come to Perry Higgins Antiques,
0:20:53 > 0:20:56but Perry is nowhere to be seen.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59He is meeting Mick to see if anything here tempts him.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02- Hello, Philip. Good to see you. - When was I here last?
0:21:02 > 0:21:04- Five or six years ago. - I did well then, didn't I?
0:21:04 > 0:21:06You robbed me nicely, yes.
0:21:06 > 0:21:10Can I have a quick look round? And I will give you a shout in a wee while.
0:21:10 > 0:21:15And he is wasting no time getting reacquainted with the place.
0:21:15 > 0:21:19It's either out of a chemist or out of a really good store.
0:21:19 > 0:21:23You would ask for, I don't know, 2oz of antimony.
0:21:23 > 0:21:29A shopkeeper would go over, open the drawer, get it out, serve you.
0:21:29 > 0:21:33These things have become hugely collectable and valuable.
0:21:33 > 0:21:37I've got about £324 left, or something like that.
0:21:37 > 0:21:42If I could buy those for £324, I would spend every penny on them.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44And they are...
0:21:46 > 0:21:491,650 quid.
0:21:49 > 0:21:53I'm not sure even the old Serrell charm could wangle
0:21:53 > 0:21:57that price down enough. Back to the matter in hand...
0:21:57 > 0:21:58This place is massive.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01It wouldn't be a road trip for me if I didn't buy something big,
0:22:01 > 0:22:03lumpy and awkward.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05Big, lumpy and what?
0:22:05 > 0:22:09Have you got any, I don't know, big lumps of stone?
0:22:09 > 0:22:10It's full of stuff like that.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13- Which way is that? - I'll take you. It's this way.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19This is heaven!
0:22:19 > 0:22:21Look at all this!
0:22:21 > 0:22:24What I love about it is, you've got a millstone
0:22:24 > 0:22:28and someone sort of fabricated a fairly rustic frame, haven't they?
0:22:28 > 0:22:30- Has that been here a long time? - Not that long.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32It's only been here about three years.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35Not long at all, Mick, eh?
0:22:35 > 0:22:36How much is that?
0:22:36 > 0:22:38It could be about 120.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41- Can I bear that in mind? - Yes, certainly.
0:22:41 > 0:22:46Back inside, out of the rain, it's a veritable treasure trove in here.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49- You've got some good stuff, haven't you?- Yes.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51He's quite fun, isn't it?
0:22:51 > 0:22:53And Phil is only just getting started.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56These are Globe Wernick bookcases, aren't they?
0:22:56 > 0:22:59Globe Wernick was the brand. They are library bookcases.
0:22:59 > 0:23:03Why people love these is because you can take the top off...
0:23:03 > 0:23:07And then you've got stacks. The top lifts up and slide back.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11These would date to 1920s, 1910.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15It's also 385 quid.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17Could we do something on that, perhaps?
0:23:17 > 0:23:20- SIGHING:- Might be. Depends what else you are buying in this place.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23Sounds like Phil could be looking for a bulk deal here.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25He has a millstone as an option
0:23:25 > 0:23:27and he might be up for a bit of horseplay.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30There is your other horse.
0:23:30 > 0:23:31- Oh, yes. So it is.- Dobbin.- Dobbin.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33Dobbin.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35Can we get it down, do you think, Mick?
0:23:35 > 0:23:38Just have a look at it. Do you want me to give you a hand?
0:23:38 > 0:23:40- This is heavier than you'd think. - It is, isn't it?
0:23:40 > 0:23:41You weigh a lot, Dobbin.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44Careful, he is a thoroughbred, you know.
0:23:44 > 0:23:45Put him down there.
0:23:45 > 0:23:47What date would he be? He is Edwardian almost.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49I think he could be earlier.
0:23:49 > 0:23:53You think he's Victorian? You think he's 19th-century, not early 20th.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55I think so. Somewhere between the two.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58- What have you got these priced up at? - 165, is it?
0:23:58 > 0:24:00- Blimey! 185?- 185.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04Time to strike a deal, I think.
0:24:04 > 0:24:08This is very cool. This is an annexe to your antique business, then?
0:24:08 > 0:24:10- It certainly is, yes.- This is where you come for lunch.- Yes.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13Mick, I'd like to have a deal with you.
0:24:13 > 0:24:14All right.
0:24:14 > 0:24:21I'd like to buy the millstone on the iron frame out the back.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24I'd like to buy the brown Dobbin horse.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27And I'd like to buy the Globe Wernick-style bookcase.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30I'd like to put them all together and buy them as a parcel off you.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33One price, take the three.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36And I'm thinking like 250.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38No, it's not enough, Philip.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40He's got the look of a wounded man.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42Come on, Philip, don't muck about.
0:24:42 > 0:24:43£300.
0:24:43 > 0:24:48£300. £300.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51- £300.- I want a bit more. A bit more.
0:24:51 > 0:24:54£301. £305.
0:24:54 > 0:24:55£312.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59£310 and you'll have a deal.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04That's the man! I had better pay you now, hadn't I?
0:25:04 > 0:25:08We have a deal at £310 for the three items.
0:25:09 > 0:25:15£160 for the bookcase and £75 each for the rocking horse and millstone.
0:25:15 > 0:25:19Although Philip looks like he needs to work on his arithmetic a bit.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23You have robbed me. Look. 10. There's 100 quid.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26I've robbed you, haven't I?
0:25:26 > 0:25:30I'm so sorry, mate. I didn't mean to do that. I'm really sorry.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32The Philip School of Thieves. That's it.
0:25:32 > 0:25:36Naughty boy, Phil. Lucky for Mick he was on the ball there.
0:25:37 > 0:25:41James, meanwhile, is heading west to the port of Holyhead.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44The largest town on Anglesey, Holyhead's history is
0:25:44 > 0:25:48intricately linked to its position, jutting out into the Irish Sea.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51The fast tidal currents in the major shipping route,
0:25:51 > 0:25:55from the large ports of Liverpool and Dublin, has earned Holyhead
0:25:55 > 0:25:59the reputation as one of the most dangerous stretches of coastline.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02This led to Wales' first-ever lifeboat station being built
0:26:02 > 0:26:04here in 1858.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07The station is now the Holyhead Maritime Museum,
0:26:07 > 0:26:11which tells the tales of the countless rescue attempts conducted
0:26:11 > 0:26:15off the coast, including one of the worst peacetime maritime
0:26:15 > 0:26:17disasters to occur in the UK.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20The submarine HMS Thetis was undergoing sea
0:26:20 > 0:26:23trials in preparation for war in 1939.
0:26:23 > 0:26:24On the 1st of June,
0:26:24 > 0:26:28Thetis left Birkenhead to undergo her final diving tests.
0:26:28 > 0:26:29But only hours into the dive,
0:26:29 > 0:26:34all 103 people on board were facing a catastrophic disaster.
0:26:34 > 0:26:38James has come to meet volunteer Leslie Jones to hear more about it.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41Initially, she just failed to surface.
0:26:41 > 0:26:43They didn't know what had happened to her
0:26:43 > 0:26:46until her stern appeared above the water.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50Two escaped.
0:26:50 > 0:26:56Then it became clear that the torpedo room had flooded.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00With part of the submarine flooded and weighted down,
0:27:00 > 0:27:04those on board decided to send some men to the surface.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07First out was Royal Naval Captain Oram,
0:27:07 > 0:27:11who escaped using an early underwater breathing mask.
0:27:11 > 0:27:16An expert on submarines, Oram helped coordinate the rescue attempt.
0:27:16 > 0:27:17Despite days of trying,
0:27:17 > 0:27:22the rescuers failed to save the remaining 99 souls on board.
0:27:22 > 0:27:26Thetis was eventually salvaged and brought to Holyhead,
0:27:26 > 0:27:30with some of its artefacts now housed in the museum.
0:27:30 > 0:27:36The T is an original T off the conning tower.
0:27:36 > 0:27:42The inclinometer, which shows you the angle of descent, of dive.
0:27:42 > 0:27:45I'm sure the poor, old captain was looking at that thinking,
0:27:45 > 0:27:48"Oh, my God!" I've never seen one of those.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50No, I suppose it is quite rare.
0:27:50 > 0:27:55During the ensuing inquiry, it became clear that the tragedy was
0:27:55 > 0:27:58caused by an inner torpedo pipe door being opened
0:27:58 > 0:28:02when the outer door to the sea was also open.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05And were lessons learned from the tragedy?
0:28:05 > 0:28:07Yes.
0:28:07 > 0:28:14Afterwards, they introduced what everybody knew as the Thetis clip -
0:28:14 > 0:28:19a second-stage clip on the inner torpedo door.
0:28:19 > 0:28:24You could just open the inner door, but just a fraction, to see
0:28:24 > 0:28:26if there was water there.
0:28:26 > 0:28:31They had a system with a lever that they could close it again.
0:28:31 > 0:28:34It didn't just swing fully open.
0:28:34 > 0:28:36That is still on submarines.
0:28:36 > 0:28:40Leslie, thank you very much indeed for this afternoon.
0:28:40 > 0:28:43Despite this tragedy, the legacy of the Thetis
0:28:43 > 0:28:46has no doubt helped to save countless lives.
0:28:49 > 0:28:52With James making his way back from Holyhead, Phil is heading
0:28:52 > 0:28:56to his final shop, Denbighshire Antiques,
0:28:56 > 0:29:01with the princely sum of £14.26 left to spend.
0:29:01 > 0:29:03- Hi, Paul.- Hiya.- How are you? - Are you OK?- Fine, thanks.
0:29:03 > 0:29:06- You've got some good stock here. - Thank you.
0:29:06 > 0:29:08Now I'm in a...in a...incomp...
0:29:08 > 0:29:10Spit it out, Phil!
0:29:10 > 0:29:14I'm in a peculiar state. I'm going to give you every shilling I've got.
0:29:16 > 0:29:17- Right.- All right?
0:29:17 > 0:29:21- Are you ready for this?- OK. - Put your hand out.
0:29:21 > 0:29:26There's ten pounds. There's 11. 12.
0:29:26 > 0:29:3113, 14, £14.26. That, I'm afraid to say, it's all I've got.
0:29:31 > 0:29:34- Yeah?- Right. I'm definitely going to go away with something.- OK.
0:29:34 > 0:29:37All you've got to do is find something. Right, let's go outside.
0:29:37 > 0:29:39- Right, we'll go to the bargain basement.- Absolutely right.
0:29:39 > 0:29:41I like bargain basements.
0:29:41 > 0:29:45Paul certainly has some interesting stock here,
0:29:45 > 0:29:48including what looks to be a very impressive collection of wildlife.
0:29:48 > 0:29:50Huh!
0:29:50 > 0:29:54I got all this lot from one house, but I'm talking three years ago.
0:29:54 > 0:29:56I couldn't walk through the centre of there.
0:29:56 > 0:29:59And they were all this high.
0:29:59 > 0:30:00Right from here to the top.
0:30:00 > 0:30:06- Why?- He was a man who collected for 35 years. An old man.
0:30:06 > 0:30:07He had it all in one garden.
0:30:07 > 0:30:10He can't afford any of this lot.
0:30:10 > 0:30:13But might you be able to swing something here with these old
0:30:13 > 0:30:15prison doors.
0:30:15 > 0:30:17- Dartmoor prison these. - Dartmoor nick?- Yeah.
0:30:17 > 0:30:19Are they £14.26 worth?
0:30:19 > 0:30:23You are miles away. But I think I'm going to do you a favour here.
0:30:23 > 0:30:25- Really?- Yeah, I think I'm going to let you go with one.
0:30:25 > 0:30:28- Really? Could you do something on one of those?- Yes.
0:30:28 > 0:30:30I'm going to let you have one of those.
0:30:30 > 0:30:33- Whoo-hoo!- Because I want to see how they go.- I'm so pleased!
0:30:33 > 0:30:34I'm so, so pleased!
0:30:34 > 0:30:37You go back inside and I'm going to have a look through these.
0:30:37 > 0:30:41That's a great deal, especially if they do indeed hail from Dartmoor.
0:30:41 > 0:30:43He said that I can have any one that I want.
0:30:43 > 0:30:46What I really want is, you know...
0:30:46 > 0:30:50Perhaps, "The Kray twins were here," or "The Richardsons were here,"
0:30:50 > 0:30:53on the door. That's what you call provenance.
0:30:53 > 0:30:55Prison provenance, isn't it?
0:30:55 > 0:30:57Perhaps even Ronnie Barker in Porridge.
0:30:57 > 0:30:58He might have been in there.
0:30:58 > 0:31:00Fletcher?!
0:31:00 > 0:31:03They really didn't mean anyone to get out.
0:31:03 > 0:31:08You've got a spy hole here, look. You look through there.
0:31:08 > 0:31:11You really wouldn't have got out of this in a rush, would you?
0:31:14 > 0:31:16Oh.
0:31:16 > 0:31:17Let's just... Oooh!
0:31:18 > 0:31:21Careful, Phil.
0:31:21 > 0:31:24I think I'm going to go for the red one. What a fantastic buy that is.
0:31:26 > 0:31:29The prison door from Dartmoor,
0:31:29 > 0:31:35Victorian, for £14.26.
0:31:35 > 0:31:39I think it's time for me to check on Prisoner 47398, it's Braxton,
0:31:39 > 0:31:41just to see if he's behaving himself.
0:31:45 > 0:31:47Looks like nothing too suspicious.
0:31:47 > 0:31:50With all the shopping done and everyone spent out,
0:31:50 > 0:31:52let's have a look at the lots.
0:31:52 > 0:31:56Phil has picked a book case, a pair of Worcester figures,
0:31:56 > 0:31:59a millstone, the rocking horse,
0:31:59 > 0:32:03and his wild card lot of the prison door and railway water gauges,
0:32:03 > 0:32:07all at a total cost of £449.26.
0:32:07 > 0:32:10Whilst James has gone for some bedside cabinets,
0:32:10 > 0:32:14a notice board and mirror, a signed watercolour painting,
0:32:14 > 0:32:22a Worcester figurine, and a theatre prop throne, all for £348.74.
0:32:22 > 0:32:25But what do they make of each other's choices.
0:32:25 > 0:32:27I think it's going to be a really interesting one
0:32:27 > 0:32:28because we've both spent out.
0:32:28 > 0:32:32James, I think, has bought some really good things.
0:32:32 > 0:32:34The throne though, at £40...
0:32:34 > 0:32:36How did that happen?
0:32:36 > 0:32:39If that doesn't make, I don't know, £120-£180, well,
0:32:39 > 0:32:43for James there is no justice. It looks a really, really good thing.
0:32:43 > 0:32:46Phil has bought some good items and he's spent out.
0:32:46 > 0:32:51He had £100 more than I did. But the googly is that prison door.
0:32:51 > 0:32:55I thought something like that was worth about £100
0:32:55 > 0:32:58and he appears to have bought it for absolutely nothing.
0:32:58 > 0:33:00That might be his winner.
0:33:00 > 0:33:02That little bit of Worcester that James bought.
0:33:02 > 0:33:04What's he doing buying Worcester?
0:33:04 > 0:33:06There is only one of us buys Worcester.
0:33:06 > 0:33:09I don't go around buying things from Tunbridge. James, that's my area.
0:33:09 > 0:33:11You leave it alone!
0:33:11 > 0:33:12Quite right, too.
0:33:12 > 0:33:14After starting out in Conwy
0:33:14 > 0:33:17and travelling all around North Wales, this final
0:33:17 > 0:33:20leg of our trip concludes at an auction in Newport, in Shropshire.
0:33:24 > 0:33:27James, what have been your highs and lows of this road trip?
0:33:27 > 0:33:30I mean, clearly other than us working together.
0:33:30 > 0:33:32Which could fall into both categories.
0:33:32 > 0:33:36No, I think definitely high, you know, working with you.
0:33:36 > 0:33:38The car has been a real high.
0:33:38 > 0:33:40It hasn't broken, has it?
0:33:40 > 0:33:43It hasn't broken. And we've seen some fabulous things on our trip.
0:33:43 > 0:33:45We have been to some lovely places.
0:33:46 > 0:33:48I don't know that I've had a low.
0:33:48 > 0:33:51- I haven't had a low. - I haven't had a low.
0:33:51 > 0:33:54I think we've had a jolly good time, actually.
0:33:54 > 0:33:55We've had a good time.
0:33:55 > 0:33:59Don't speak too soon, chaps. We still have the auction to come.
0:34:01 > 0:34:03One last time.
0:34:07 > 0:34:12I really will miss you boys trying to get in and out of that car.
0:34:12 > 0:34:16THEY LAUGH
0:34:16 > 0:34:18Welcome to Brettells Auctioneers in Newport.
0:34:18 > 0:34:22Seasoned auctioneer David Brettell will be conducting affairs.
0:34:22 > 0:34:24So what does he think of the items?
0:34:24 > 0:34:27What an eclectic mix!
0:34:27 > 0:34:30When they came in, I just couldn't believe it.
0:34:30 > 0:34:33I thought, what are you doing, boys?
0:34:33 > 0:34:38A prison door and some steam engine glasses together? What?
0:34:38 > 0:34:42I can safely say this is the first prison door I've ever
0:34:42 > 0:34:44sold in my entire auctioneering life.
0:34:44 > 0:34:48Well, there is a first time for everything, eh, David?
0:34:48 > 0:34:50Now, are we all sitting comfortably?
0:34:50 > 0:34:53I think I've got a spring sticking where a spring shouldn't stick.
0:34:53 > 0:34:55- Really?- Yes.
0:34:55 > 0:34:57Never mind. Let's begin!
0:34:57 > 0:35:00First up, it's James' bedside cabinets.
0:35:00 > 0:35:02OK, here we go.
0:35:03 > 0:35:08£30 bid. 35. 40. Five. 50. Five.
0:35:08 > 0:35:1360. Five. 70. £70. £70.
0:35:13 > 0:35:1575. 80. Five. 90.
0:35:15 > 0:35:17Five. 100.
0:35:17 > 0:35:21Five. 110. 110. 110. Still cheap.
0:35:21 > 0:35:2415. 20. 120 bid. 120.
0:35:24 > 0:35:27120 where I'm pointing. Anybody else?
0:35:27 > 0:35:30£120. Last chance. Last chance at 120...
0:35:32 > 0:35:34783.
0:35:34 > 0:35:37Not a great start there, James.
0:35:37 > 0:35:41That's a £20 loss, and double that when you add on the commission.
0:35:41 > 0:35:43£40 loss isn't a bad start, is it?
0:35:43 > 0:35:46PHIL LAUGHS
0:35:46 > 0:35:49Phil is on familiar ground with his first lot,
0:35:49 > 0:35:51the Worcester porcelain figures.
0:35:51 > 0:35:54£100 straight in. £100 bid.
0:35:54 > 0:35:5750. 60.
0:35:57 > 0:35:5970. £70 bid.
0:35:59 > 0:36:01£70 bid. £70. 80.
0:36:01 > 0:36:0590. 100. 10. 20.
0:36:05 > 0:36:08- 120 there.- 120.- 120. 120.
0:36:08 > 0:36:10Anyone else?
0:36:10 > 0:36:13That's enough. I think. 120, that's good.
0:36:13 > 0:36:15120, hands up, will be sold.
0:36:15 > 0:36:16£120.
0:36:16 > 0:36:18Put it down, for goodness' sake.
0:36:20 > 0:36:24So the result Phil was expecting, if not hoping for.
0:36:24 > 0:36:27I think I said to the lady in the shop that one was worth 80 quid
0:36:27 > 0:36:29- and the other was worth 40. - Lot number 61...
0:36:29 > 0:36:31You're spot on.
0:36:32 > 0:36:35How will James fare, stepping into Phil's turf
0:36:35 > 0:36:36with his Worcester porcelain?
0:36:36 > 0:36:41Over 100 and I'm back. I'm nipping. Begin to nip.
0:36:41 > 0:36:44Where are you starting me? 20.
0:36:44 > 0:36:4625. 25 bid.
0:36:46 > 0:36:4925. Anybody else? Have a go at 25.
0:36:49 > 0:36:53- At 25. Anybody else want to go for this?- Keep going.
0:36:53 > 0:36:57- Keep going, keep going, keep going.- 25.
0:36:57 > 0:36:59Dear, oh, dear. All gone.
0:37:00 > 0:37:03James loses out on the battle of the Worcester
0:37:03 > 0:37:07and Phil can keep his head held high when he gets home.
0:37:07 > 0:37:10Will Phil's grindstone turn a profit?
0:37:10 > 0:37:12- £40?- 10.- £30?
0:37:12 > 0:37:1410, 10, 10.
0:37:14 > 0:37:16£20?
0:37:17 > 0:37:20Thank you! £20 bid. At £20.
0:37:20 > 0:37:21And five.
0:37:22 > 0:37:24£30.
0:37:24 > 0:37:26- 35.- Looks very determined.
0:37:26 > 0:37:30- £45.- You're lucky. You're going to be lucky.
0:37:30 > 0:37:33£50 now. £50. 50.
0:37:35 > 0:37:37Yep, she got for 50.
0:37:37 > 0:37:42Nobody is really standing out here. But it's still all to play for.
0:37:42 > 0:37:46Next it's James' oak theatre prop throne.
0:37:46 > 0:37:4720.
0:37:48 > 0:37:51Thank you. £20 bid. At £20. Throne chair.
0:37:51 > 0:37:54At 25. £30. 35. £40.
0:37:54 > 0:37:5745. £50. See?
0:37:57 > 0:37:58It didn't hurt.
0:37:58 > 0:38:02£50 bid. £50. In front of me now, £50.
0:38:02 > 0:38:05£50. Last chance. Right in front of me. Sold.
0:38:05 > 0:38:07All done at £50.
0:38:07 > 0:38:12That's a disappointment. The Richard Burton rumour clearly didn't spread.
0:38:12 > 0:38:14Limped home really.
0:38:14 > 0:38:17How will Phil's horse fare?
0:38:17 > 0:38:19£10 for the rocking horse.
0:38:19 > 0:38:24Hours of fun. Thank you. £5.
0:38:24 > 0:38:25It's a monstrous lot.
0:38:25 > 0:38:27Eight. It's on an auction.
0:38:27 > 0:38:30At £8. Bid at £8.
0:38:30 > 0:38:32- I can't believe that.- 10. 12.
0:38:32 > 0:38:36£12 it is. £12 the lady bid.
0:38:36 > 0:38:39At £12. Thanks for your help anyway.
0:38:39 > 0:38:41Sold away at 12. Good luck!
0:38:42 > 0:38:45Poor Dobbin fell at the first hurdle.
0:38:45 > 0:38:48Doesn't matter. It doesn't matter.
0:38:48 > 0:38:52Back to James and his combined notice board and mirror lot.
0:38:52 > 0:38:56Start at 10. 12. 15. 18. 20.
0:38:56 > 0:38:59£20 bid. 22. Five. Eight. Anybody else?
0:38:59 > 0:39:01- We've got £30.- £30 bid.
0:39:01 > 0:39:05£30. Will be sold. £30. Sold then at 30.
0:39:06 > 0:39:08Not going very well for me.
0:39:08 > 0:39:11Well, this is not going to plan.
0:39:11 > 0:39:14Surely Philip's bookcase will get us back on track.
0:39:14 > 0:39:17£50 start me off. £50 bid. 60.
0:39:17 > 0:39:1970. 80.
0:39:19 > 0:39:2190. 100.
0:39:21 > 0:39:2210. 20.
0:39:22 > 0:39:2430. 40.
0:39:24 > 0:39:2650 bid.
0:39:26 > 0:39:2860. 70. 80.
0:39:28 > 0:39:3090. 200.
0:39:30 > 0:39:3310. 20. 30.
0:39:33 > 0:39:3540.
0:39:35 > 0:39:3850. 60. You sure?
0:39:38 > 0:39:43One more. 260. Will be sold. Anybody else?
0:39:43 > 0:39:47Last chance for you. 260 on my right. Sold away at 260.
0:39:47 > 0:39:49778.
0:39:49 > 0:39:51That's more like it!
0:39:51 > 0:39:52I don't believe that.
0:39:52 > 0:39:54260. That's a good price.
0:39:54 > 0:39:57James has some catching up to do here.
0:39:57 > 0:40:00His early spending spree may come back to haunt him.
0:40:00 > 0:40:02Will the signed watercolour get him up and running?
0:40:03 > 0:40:06150. £100 start the bid?
0:40:07 > 0:40:11It's all gone very quiet. 50 bid. 60 bid. 70 bid.
0:40:11 > 0:40:1480 bid. £80 I have.
0:40:14 > 0:40:18£90? £90 bid. 100 bid. 100.
0:40:18 > 0:40:2210. 20. 120 bid. 120. Going to be sold.
0:40:22 > 0:40:26- That's good.- 120. Anybody else?
0:40:26 > 0:40:30£120. Last chance. 120.
0:40:31 > 0:40:33That's better!
0:40:33 > 0:40:37A solid profit to keep James' hopes alive.
0:40:37 > 0:40:40I've come out of my corner, thrown the sponge away...
0:40:40 > 0:40:42I'm really pleased for you(!)
0:40:42 > 0:40:46It all comes down to Phil's combined lot of the prison door
0:40:46 > 0:40:48and the steam train water gauges.
0:40:48 > 0:40:52If he can turn any sort of profit on these, he'll win the day.
0:40:52 > 0:40:54There we are. Interest in this.
0:40:54 > 0:40:56"Interest."
0:40:56 > 0:40:58100? How much? 50?
0:40:58 > 0:41:0030. Five. 40.
0:41:00 > 0:41:03Five. 50. 60.
0:41:03 > 0:41:04- 70.- Well done.
0:41:04 > 0:41:08£70 with me. On a commission with £70 bid. 80.
0:41:08 > 0:41:0980 in the room.
0:41:09 > 0:41:12100. 10. 20.
0:41:12 > 0:41:1530. 130 left of me.
0:41:15 > 0:41:16- 40.- I'm staggered.
0:41:16 > 0:41:19- 50.- I'm staggered.- 160. 170.
0:41:19 > 0:41:23This is looking very good, Phil. Very good indeed.
0:41:23 > 0:41:27And 20. 220 there. 220. 220 bid.
0:41:27 > 0:41:29- MUFFLED SPEECH - It's good.
0:41:29 > 0:41:32Last chance. 220. Anybody else?
0:41:32 > 0:41:34Hands up. Sold away. Quickly now.
0:41:34 > 0:41:36220. Sold.
0:41:37 > 0:41:43- Blimey O'Reilly, Philip! That's good. That's a lot.- It's luck.
0:41:43 > 0:41:46Whether it was luck or good judgment, the gamble paid off.
0:41:46 > 0:41:51And then some. That lot was the game changer.
0:41:51 > 0:41:54- A handshake.- Well done, mate. - Well done, matey.
0:41:54 > 0:41:57James began today's leg with £348.74.
0:41:57 > 0:42:00And after paying auction costs,
0:42:00 > 0:42:05lost £65.84, leaving him with an overall total of £282.90.
0:42:09 > 0:42:13Phil had £449.26. After paying his auction costs, he made a profit
0:42:13 > 0:42:20of £98.58, and is left with £542.84,
0:42:20 > 0:42:24and wins this trip by over £250.
0:42:24 > 0:42:29- Congratulations.- Look at this. - Sly old fox. Sly old fox.
0:42:29 > 0:42:32- What are we going to do now, then? - How are we going to fill time?
0:42:32 > 0:42:36I think we probably just ought to go and have some lunch.
0:42:36 > 0:42:40Lunch in Ludlow. I hear there are some fine establishments.
0:42:40 > 0:42:43There are some very good places there.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45Sounds smashing. Can I come?
0:42:50 > 0:42:53This trip has been a real eye opener.
0:42:53 > 0:42:55Is there anybody out there?
0:42:55 > 0:42:58But hats off to Philip on his victory.
0:42:58 > 0:42:59That's a bit racy, isn't it?
0:42:59 > 0:43:02His keen eye for the unconventional won the day.
0:43:02 > 0:43:04Oh, I love that!
0:43:04 > 0:43:07If only James could have stretched himself that little bit more...
0:43:07 > 0:43:10It's all right. I do yoga.
0:43:10 > 0:43:12..it could have been oh, so different.
0:43:13 > 0:43:15Oops.
0:43:15 > 0:43:17It doesn't get any easier that.