0:00:02 > 0:00:06- Some of the nations favourite celebrities.- Sensational!
0:00:06 > 0:00:08One antiques expert each.
0:00:08 > 0:00:10- Don't worry. - I'm just having a wobble.
0:00:10 > 0:00:11- Don't have a wobble!- Ha ha!
0:00:11 > 0:00:16And one big challenge - who can seek out and buy the best antiques
0:00:16 > 0:00:19at the very best prices?
0:00:19 > 0:00:21I'm such a baby when it comes to all this.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23An auction...
0:00:23 > 0:00:28- 55, a new bidder, thank you. - ..for a big profit further down the road.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31Who will spot the good investments?
0:00:31 > 0:00:34Who will listen to advice?
0:00:34 > 0:00:38And who will be the first to say, "Don't you know who I am"?
0:00:38 > 0:00:42Time to put your pedal to the metal.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45This is the Celebrity Antiques Road Trip, yeah!
0:00:51 > 0:00:56The heady mix of celebrity power and intense antiques bargaining continues.
0:00:56 > 0:01:00Two icons of stage and screen prepare to take on the road trip.
0:01:02 > 0:01:07Oh, a joy to be here. A joy, joy, joy. I must be mental.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09Less bonkers, more quirky, I'd say.
0:01:09 > 0:01:15She's the chastened princess of comedy, first lady to win the Edinburgh Fringe comedy award,
0:01:15 > 0:01:18and she's still touring her one-woman shows.
0:01:18 > 0:01:22With age comes cunning.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25She's raring to go. She's Jenny Eclair.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27A bit close, by the way.
0:01:30 > 0:01:34And this fine stout yeoman is Brian, Blessed be his name.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39He's done an awful lot of acting,
0:01:39 > 0:01:43even famously as the father of TV's Edmund Blackadder.
0:01:43 > 0:01:47And he was in that film... You know the one I mean.
0:01:47 > 0:01:48# Flash! Ahhh! #
0:01:48 > 0:01:51Gordon's alive!
0:01:51 > 0:01:52That's the one.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56But Brian has another life as revered mountaineer and adventurer.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59He's even climbed Mount Everest.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02Honestly! He did make it!
0:02:02 > 0:02:04I don't think I can get in.
0:02:04 > 0:02:10- And he's got into a car.- It's a kind of size 8 car. I'd say Brian's a 16.
0:02:11 > 0:02:15- I'm a cautious driver.- Really?
0:02:15 > 0:02:19- I do tend to drive a little bit like an old lady. - Are you braking all right?
0:02:19 > 0:02:22I haven't got my foot on the brake at all!
0:02:22 > 0:02:27I tend to now look at everything as an adventure. I look on this as an adventure.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29JENNY LAUGHS
0:02:30 > 0:02:35So we've given our celebrities £400 each for their buying expedition,
0:02:35 > 0:02:40but this isn't acting and this isn't comedy. Not on my watch.
0:02:40 > 0:02:45So, we've cast a pair of antiques understudies to guide them.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48This lovely lady is an auctioneer and antiques businesswoman.
0:02:48 > 0:02:53- 15 quid?- No!- She's one to watch. She's Anita Manning.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55Oh, you're a hard man.
0:02:56 > 0:02:57Now, enough of that.
0:02:57 > 0:03:02I know what you're thinking - who does he think he is in those trousers?
0:03:05 > 0:03:08But the rouge slacks mask a fine mind.
0:03:08 > 0:03:13He's a surveyor, an auctioneer, he loves great British design, he's James Braxton.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16Another winner secured, another winner secured.
0:03:16 > 0:03:21And what would an antiques road trip be without a pair of lovely motors?
0:03:21 > 0:03:27A suave 1959 Austin Healey 3000 for our celebrities,
0:03:27 > 0:03:33and a cute 1967 Triumph Vitesse for Anita and James.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36- Do Jenny or Brian know anything about antiques?- I'm not too sure.
0:03:36 > 0:03:40- Do you think we know enough? - I sincerely hope so.
0:03:40 > 0:03:45I think Brian might give us a rigorous examination, I think.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48That's in the spirit of the man, isn't it? Jenny will be very kind.
0:03:50 > 0:03:55But before we can get going, we need to know where we're going.
0:03:56 > 0:04:01We start the trip in Cockermouth and head south through Cumbria,
0:04:01 > 0:04:03ending up in Runcorn for the auction.
0:04:03 > 0:04:09Cockermouth is the rather damp meeting point for our thespian,
0:04:09 > 0:04:11comedian,
0:04:11 > 0:04:12auctioneer,
0:04:12 > 0:04:14and fashion icon.
0:04:14 > 0:04:19- Hiya! How lovely!- Hello, hello. So what's the plan?
0:04:19 > 0:04:21We'll put the two big guys together
0:04:21 > 0:04:26and the two beautiful wacky women together.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29- We'll win, obviously. - We'll win, obviously, yeah.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31You guys go that way, we'll go this way.
0:04:31 > 0:04:36- Is that where the best shops are? - And may the best women win. - We're off! Bye, Brian.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39We've got the brollies, too.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41Good luck to you all.
0:04:41 > 0:04:45Our celebrities have their money and their experts, now they each need a plan.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50Important not to peak too early, I presume.
0:04:50 > 0:04:55Well, if you see something you like and you can get it for the right price, then we go for it.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58- Have you never been here before?- No. - So this is all new to you.
0:04:58 > 0:05:03It's all new, but antique shops are my bread and butter. We love them.
0:05:03 > 0:05:08Indeed, James has much to teach if you'll lend him your ear, Brian.
0:05:08 > 0:05:13- How do you choose things? I mean... - Very easy, Brian.
0:05:13 > 0:05:18Two guidelines - quality of materials, quality of design.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20The rest is all subjective.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23So always a good thing to look for is the material.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26Is it made of gold, is it made of silver, or wood? What sort of wood?
0:05:26 > 0:05:30Well, I'm totally ignorant. I'll be guided by you.
0:05:30 > 0:05:34I'm not leaving this shop without one item at least.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36We're determined.
0:05:36 > 0:05:40- Oh, what a team.- Brollies down! - Brollies down. Bonnets off!
0:05:43 > 0:05:50Colin Graham antiques offers Jenny her first stab at this new buying game,
0:05:50 > 0:05:55- attended by the owner himself. - How are you?- Very well, thank you.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58- I've seen you somewhere before. - I've got a very common face.
0:05:58 > 0:06:03Right, there's something in the window that did catch my eye,
0:06:03 > 0:06:05it's the optician's box.
0:06:05 > 0:06:10Well now, no wonder this caught Jenny's eye.
0:06:10 > 0:06:16It looks like a turn of the 20th century optician's testing kit,
0:06:16 > 0:06:18complete with sight testing text.
0:06:18 > 0:06:22There's something rather beautiful and poetic about...
0:06:22 > 0:06:24"We had not long been travelling, air is sudden tempest."
0:06:24 > 0:06:28- That's an eye test and a half, isn't it?- Yes.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30I'd think it's sort of 1910, 1920s,
0:06:30 > 0:06:34although you could still use it today for eye testing.
0:06:34 > 0:06:39I'm minus 5 in my left eye, so I wonder whether this is
0:06:39 > 0:06:41on the same...
0:06:44 > 0:06:45No!
0:06:45 > 0:06:46LAUGHTER
0:06:46 > 0:06:51- Do you think these suit me? - It's good.- Are these good?
0:06:51 > 0:06:52Erm, well, maybe!
0:06:52 > 0:06:57I don't know why, it's the sort of thing you'd see in one of those gastropubs,
0:06:57 > 0:07:00you know where they have to have lots of stuff all over the place.
0:07:00 > 0:07:06And if you had a gastropub called The Optician's...
0:07:06 > 0:07:08I'm thinking ahead here! I don't know why.
0:07:08 > 0:07:12Interesting idea, and really quite specific.
0:07:12 > 0:07:18- I think this is rather beautiful. - You love it?- Yeah, I do. I don't know how much is it?- 265.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20Yes, it's out of our price range.
0:07:20 > 0:07:24- Negotiable.- Negotiable?- A little. - You don't like the price, I know.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26But Colin said...
0:07:26 > 0:07:28I haven't been in the back room yet.
0:07:28 > 0:07:32Miss Eclair, one doesn't flirt with a Cumbrian man
0:07:32 > 0:07:35and then say one wishes to see the back room!
0:07:37 > 0:07:41This was all exported from the Port of Canton so we all call it Cantonese.
0:07:41 > 0:07:45Of course I was master of ceremonies for the Hong Kong handover.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48- Oh, were you? - Yes, I did the whole ceremony.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50"Today the eyes of the world are upon us,"
0:07:50 > 0:07:55and afterwards I was the kind of toast of Hong Kong and I met the Chinese people.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59And when I'm in the Far East anywhere, I can't bargain.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02I'm a sucker. I always pay top whack for it.
0:08:02 > 0:08:06The fun of these antique shops is nobody really knows the price.
0:08:06 > 0:08:12We can look at that and we think, well, if that was £20 we'd probably put it back,
0:08:12 > 0:08:16but if it was five pounds we might think about buying it.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20I'd find it embarrassing making an offer four or five pounds less.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23These shop owners here will be loving that, won't they?
0:08:23 > 0:08:28Oh dear, Brian, you'll have to get over that fear.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31It's hard work, this antiques road tripping.
0:08:31 > 0:08:36- What you do is you run, doing that.- Yes.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39And then you ffft! Whack!
0:08:39 > 0:08:43It's a great game, and you can play it with eggs!
0:08:43 > 0:08:49Wow, what a wacky television set, and who's not terribly handsome - not - young man
0:08:49 > 0:08:50- not - filling the screen?
0:08:52 > 0:08:56Colin, this woman is our telly star,
0:08:56 > 0:08:59and we're looking at that star of a telly.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01We'd like to know the price.
0:09:01 > 0:09:05- £100.- £100.
0:09:05 > 0:09:09- But it's sold as a decorative item because it is electrical. - In other words it doesn't work.
0:09:09 > 0:09:14Well, yes, it will work but it does need alterations for digital.
0:09:14 > 0:09:19- Shall we go and whisper in the back? - Aha. Is it all right if we have a wee...?
0:09:19 > 0:09:23- Go right through. - We'll go and count our money. I think I've lost the money.
0:09:23 > 0:09:27Find the money, quick! Remember I've got a wife and six kids.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30Really? You've been busy!
0:09:30 > 0:09:32And it's been a very busy morning.
0:09:32 > 0:09:36This vision testing kit has caught Jenny's eye so far,
0:09:36 > 0:09:43and now the cool discovery space helmet TV is asking for our girls to look to the stars.
0:09:43 > 0:09:47But what's hoving in to view for Brian Blessed?
0:09:47 > 0:09:51My father was a coal miner, he lived till he was 98.
0:09:51 > 0:09:55He died a short while ago, the oldish Yorkshire coal miner.
0:09:55 > 0:10:00All of my uncles were coalminers, and of course he used to carry his Davy lamp.
0:10:00 > 0:10:04- And what do I see just there? - Ah! Yes, the Davy lamp.
0:10:04 > 0:10:08Sir Humphrey Davy invented his safety lamp in 1815
0:10:08 > 0:10:12to help deal with hazardous flammable gases in mines.
0:10:12 > 0:10:18The gauze layers prevented flames from turning any gas into an explosion.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21Today they have a socio historical interest and appeal.
0:10:21 > 0:10:25I expected my father to die any day in Hickleton Main.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27The sirens went off all the time.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30- Really?- It was a terrible sound. I had to leave school at 14
0:10:30 > 0:10:33and work as an undertaker and then a plasterer.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36- Really?- He was crushed in a roof fall.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39He almost died. It took him about 18 months to recover.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42- I haven't talked about that before. - No.- All because of a lamp!
0:10:42 > 0:10:45- All because of a lamp!- Yeah.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48Oh yes. Antiques can be incredibly powerful things,
0:10:48 > 0:10:51portals to many points in history, sometimes our own.
0:10:52 > 0:10:56I'm getting very serious. I'll have to put a definite offer in for that.
0:10:56 > 0:11:01- What price have they got on that? - They've got 75.- 75.
0:11:01 > 0:11:07If we buy a number of items, I think we may strengthen our position on getting that.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10I'm all for strengthening your position,
0:11:10 > 0:11:14sometimes boldly and sometimes quite quietly.
0:11:14 > 0:11:18WHISPERING: If we say the optician's case for 200...
0:11:18 > 0:11:22- No, no, no.- Remember, I'm from London, I'm an idiot!
0:11:22 > 0:11:24I've been ripped off the last 30 years.
0:11:24 > 0:11:28I think we're looking at the telly for around about 30 quid,
0:11:28 > 0:11:33and the opticians I think we're looking for about 100 quid.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36But this movement is called bargaining.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38Yes, but he's going to think we're taking the...
0:11:38 > 0:11:41- No, no! What I want you to do is... - I'll back you up.
0:11:41 > 0:11:46Back me up, and I want big lovely smiles.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48- Like that?- Excellent!
0:11:48 > 0:11:50I've got my pitch!
0:11:50 > 0:11:54If you'd like more information on Anita's negotiation techniques,
0:11:54 > 0:11:56then please watch and learn.
0:11:56 > 0:12:00Now, here she comes.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03Colin, you've got an Aladdin's cave in here.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06It just seems to go on and on forever.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09We've had the best time here actually, it's like a fun park.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12Well, make it a fun time and buy something off me!
0:12:12 > 0:12:16Yeah, Jenny, quit stalling and get haggling.
0:12:16 > 0:12:20You've got to start somewhere so how about that lovely optician's set?
0:12:20 > 0:12:24- The case is in need of some... - It's scratched, badly scratched.
0:12:24 > 0:12:30- Character, madam, character.- But... - We'd like it.
0:12:30 > 0:12:32Shh! She loves it.
0:12:34 > 0:12:38- I quite like it.- She quite likes it. - Quite likes it, yes.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40That's better, Jenny,
0:12:40 > 0:12:43but you've still got the retro TV to be nonchalant about.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46Now, once more, with feeling.
0:12:46 > 0:12:51This would need work if anybody was to want to use it as a television,
0:12:51 > 0:12:53and this is a very scratched box.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58- Can I make you an offer?- Yep, make us an offer. We won't fall out.
0:12:58 > 0:13:04Are we able to buy the two of these things for £150?
0:13:04 > 0:13:07Cos I'm thinking - I've got my auctioneer's hat on now.
0:13:07 > 0:13:11- I've got my auctioneer's hat, and I'm thinking...- Cash.- Cash.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14- We're struggling at that. - We're struggling? See, what I'm thinking...
0:13:14 > 0:13:17- We're not far away. But we- are- struggling.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20- Right, do you want to hear - my- best price? How's that?
0:13:20 > 0:13:22- Then you can work away from that. - Yes.- 180.
0:13:22 > 0:13:26- And the ball's in your court. - Right, OK.
0:13:28 > 0:13:33It's... I mean, you're really giving us a good... you're trying.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36I can't remember what he said!
0:13:36 > 0:13:38LAUGHTER
0:13:38 > 0:13:40You should be doing this for a living!
0:13:40 > 0:13:42- I can't - this is making me tense. - He said 180.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44I don't like it!
0:13:44 > 0:13:47What do you reckon they're saying?
0:13:47 > 0:13:50We'd like to offer £155 cash, in your hand.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53I've got to make some money out of it.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55Could you squeeze 160?
0:13:55 > 0:13:59Because we would love to buy them. We think that these are items...
0:13:59 > 0:14:01I'll meet you at 170.
0:14:01 > 0:14:02Could we come to...
0:14:02 > 0:14:05- 165.- 165.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08- Hey, hey!- Done!
0:14:08 > 0:14:11The first star purchase of the day.
0:14:11 > 0:14:12Go, Jenny!
0:14:12 > 0:14:14- Bye bye.- Bye bye.- See you both. Bye.
0:14:14 > 0:14:19A good shop. What do you think? I think we've done well.
0:14:19 > 0:14:23I hope we've not peaked too early. That's what's worrying me slightly. Come on!
0:14:23 > 0:14:28Jenny now has serious auction ammunition.
0:14:28 > 0:14:32So there's work to do back at Cockermouth Antiques,
0:14:32 > 0:14:35with Sean and his father Gerard in attendance.
0:14:35 > 0:14:37Brian has a mountain to climb,
0:14:37 > 0:14:40if he can possibly get out of that chair.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43- This has- you- written all over it.
0:14:43 > 0:14:47- That's a 1920s photograph.- Yeah.
0:14:47 > 0:14:51Of the ridge of the Allerhorn. And it's so easy to fall from there.
0:14:51 > 0:14:56He will have used techniques where he uses his hand, both hands, that way.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59And leaned his body over here, and gone against gravity like that.
0:14:59 > 0:15:03Oddly enough, he'll have kept his boots in here.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05But his whole body would be over here.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08He'd be leaning back, leaning back, leaning back,
0:15:08 > 0:15:10and holding with his hands like that.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12It definitely looks pretty tricky.
0:15:12 > 0:15:16Of course, Brian would be the man to know about climbing technique.
0:15:16 > 0:15:21Let's see if he can reach a negotiation summit soon.
0:15:21 > 0:15:25We should go for your lovely miner's lamp. 75.
0:15:25 > 0:15:30But the last one I sold at auction was £45.
0:15:30 > 0:15:34So the chances of us actually making any money are slim.
0:15:34 > 0:15:40This is a mining area, so...they are high priced. That one could be 58.
0:15:40 > 0:15:44- I think we'll take it.- Do you want to take that?- My soul feels it.
0:15:44 > 0:15:48I think we've got a chance with the mountaineering picture.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51- So £28 on that?- We can do that for 20 quid.- What about a tenner?
0:15:51 > 0:15:54- Oh, I can't do that!- Why not? - There's 28 on it.
0:15:54 > 0:15:58I'm such a baby when it comes to all this!
0:15:58 > 0:16:00I'm an absolute, total coward.
0:16:00 > 0:16:05- Well, you can always chin them, Brian.- They're very sweet.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07They're very, very sweet.
0:16:07 > 0:16:11However, even the suggestion of fisticuffs has seemingly worked.
0:16:13 > 0:16:18So, it's £10 for the picture, and £58 for the Davy lamp.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20I just hope there are no consequences.
0:16:20 > 0:16:24Have you seen The House of Horrors? The film with Peter Cushing?
0:16:25 > 0:16:31People come in, and they see things, and they don't pay the proper price for it.
0:16:31 > 0:16:36And they go out, and each item they've bought
0:16:36 > 0:16:39brings the most terrible kind of vengeance on them, and karma.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42And they all die horribly.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48- There's only one thing I would- love- to ask.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51Do you have a toilet?
0:16:51 > 0:16:53Thank you.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56I'm not like the Queen - I have to go!
0:16:56 > 0:16:59Well, I wouldn't want to be the man to try and stop you, Brian.
0:16:59 > 0:17:04And with your first plucky purchases under your belt,
0:17:04 > 0:17:06how does James fancy your chances?
0:17:06 > 0:17:07Brian is hysterical.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09You know, he's a wealth of experience,
0:17:09 > 0:17:12and all that exploration is such fun.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15And I think we'll do well. You know,
0:17:15 > 0:17:18if I can keep him off the violence and the ginny, we're going to win!
0:17:18 > 0:17:22I think it's too soon to tell, frankly.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25We've all had a good first shop, haven't we?
0:17:25 > 0:17:27And now it's time to swap about a bit.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30- Oh no!- Hi, guys! How are you doing?
0:17:30 > 0:17:32Brian's been sitting on the step holding court.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35- And he's been talking...- Has he been doing anecdotes?
0:17:35 > 0:17:37Yes... anecdotes?!
0:17:37 > 0:17:41- You'll need to do stand-up in there. - Oh, don't put pressure on me!
0:17:41 > 0:17:47- Don't feel pressurised! They'll win, they'll win.- Don't trust us. Don't trust us at all.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50I don't trust them at all. She's very sweet and charming.
0:17:50 > 0:17:51But she's a liar!
0:17:51 > 0:17:54I can't let the Blessed win.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57- You can't let the Blessed win? - No, no.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59He's climbed Everest, he's been in Z-Cars.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02He's already beaten me, on certain things.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04- He's not going to win on this one. - Right.
0:18:04 > 0:18:09Well, at least you're still on your feet and fighting, Jenny.
0:18:09 > 0:18:13Brian, meanwhile, has found Colin's antique shop and, well -
0:18:13 > 0:18:15another comfy chair.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17Here you are, Brian.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20Oh, look at that! Thank you very much.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23I accept this.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25I... I...
0:18:25 > 0:18:28I want to thank my mother.
0:18:28 > 0:18:32And my father, and my brother - and his wife. And all the family.
0:18:32 > 0:18:36That's about as close as I'm going to get to an Oscar award, an Oscar!
0:18:36 > 0:18:38Congratulations, Brian.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40No, don't get up!
0:18:40 > 0:18:43When you've all quite finished,
0:18:43 > 0:18:47- please remember what we're - really- looking for here.
0:18:47 > 0:18:51- Colin, where are your winners? - What are you looking for?- A profit!
0:18:51 > 0:18:53What do you like? What do you want?
0:18:53 > 0:18:57What about your sort of funny '30s display cabinet down here?
0:18:57 > 0:18:59Yeah, we can have a good deal on that.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01It's quite a nice item, that.
0:19:01 > 0:19:05- Could we have an- outrageous- deal on that, Colin?
0:19:05 > 0:19:09- Sort of...25 quid?- Oof! That- is- outrageous!
0:19:09 > 0:19:12I've got to make a crust! 50 quid.
0:19:12 > 0:19:13It's a bargain at that.
0:19:13 > 0:19:18- It's lovely, isn't it? - Colin, what about 30 on that?
0:19:18 > 0:19:22- Can I squeeze you a bit? - Meet you halfway - 40.- 40?
0:19:22 > 0:19:25You know you want it.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27He certainly does.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30But can James talk Brian into buying it?
0:19:30 > 0:19:34I think it's quite a good buy, because it's a great shape.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37And it's a great price at £40, I think.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39- You got that for 40 quid?- Yeah.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42I think it could easily make 100, 150.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44Wow. I'm all for it.
0:19:44 > 0:19:48- So we'd make a profit.- It's a bold idea. It's got a bold style.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51- And Art deco, which I love... - Yeah, yes.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54And it's coming back more and more. It's a find. Let's buy it.
0:19:54 > 0:20:01- Let's buy it.- Good idea, Brian. Although you sort of took a back seat in the negotiations.
0:20:01 > 0:20:02No, don't get up.
0:20:02 > 0:20:06There you are, Brian. You can do the honours!
0:20:06 > 0:20:10Still, the money keeps flowing.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13And everyone's getting the antiques bug now.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15I'm sniffing bargains.
0:20:15 > 0:20:19- Are you?- God, I'm - yeah. My waters are running. Come on!
0:20:19 > 0:20:23- Let's have a wee look at this. - Yeah, I can see something.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25- You like that?- I- really- like it.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28- I used to- be- a reclining nude.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31I used to be a life model at Camberwell Art School.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33- I've done that pose. - Did you enjoy that?
0:20:33 > 0:20:36Well, I liked it when you were lying down, not standing up.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39The hardest was when the leg starts to shake like that.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42Starts to go a bit Shakin' Stevens.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44Oh, that's very interesting.
0:20:44 > 0:20:48So, we really fancy that strongly? But it all depends on the price.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50Come on.
0:20:50 > 0:20:54Jenny loves the reclining nude in the window.
0:20:54 > 0:20:58- I think it's 1920s/30s Art deco. - Can I have a wee look at it?
0:20:58 > 0:21:00Why not?
0:21:00 > 0:21:04Art deco was all about elegance, modernity, and glamour.
0:21:04 > 0:21:09Just look at all these succulent naked curves.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12She's lovely but she's also £120. Time to get to work, Anita.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17- So it's a model? A cast?- It's a ceramic.
0:21:17 > 0:21:22It's in good condition. I don't think we've got any damage on it. We like it.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25I mean, it's not a thing of high quality.
0:21:25 > 0:21:29But it's an item which is expressing a time.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32How much do you like it?
0:21:32 > 0:21:34We like it £18 worth.
0:21:34 > 0:21:39Oh, no, I suppose we would let it go for, what, 95, wouldn't we?
0:21:39 > 0:21:46But that is really. That would be the absolute rock-bottom. Yes.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48I might have to have a little lie-down, a little weep.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51- It's taking her back. - Making me feel young again.
0:21:51 > 0:21:53Making her feel young again.
0:21:53 > 0:21:57Dearie me! These celebrities are really letting
0:21:57 > 0:22:01their hearts rule their heads. There may just be trouble ahead.
0:22:01 > 0:22:06Do you like this type of thing, highly coloured and it's Poole.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09- I think that's Poole Pottery. - Is that '70s?- Yeah.
0:22:09 > 0:22:14Poole Pottery hit its stride after World War II with popular
0:22:14 > 0:22:19hand-painted ceramics and from the 1960s, designs and colours went wild
0:22:19 > 0:22:26creating striking exotic beauties such as this one priced at £65.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30This is talking to me more and more loudly.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32Because it's a turtle or a tortoise?
0:22:32 > 0:22:36- Yeah.- OK?- There's a picture emerging there. I like it. I do like it.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39- So will we talk about these ones? - You can. I'm going to slink off.
0:22:39 > 0:22:45This is, this I can't stand. OK. Do I have to?
0:22:45 > 0:22:47This is a double act.
0:22:47 > 0:22:49Now, a nice big smile at this point.
0:22:51 > 0:22:56If we bought both of these things, Sean, could you give us
0:22:56 > 0:22:58a better deal?
0:22:58 > 0:23:01- We are not paying by credit card, what are we paying by?- Cash.- Cash?
0:23:01 > 0:23:02Uh-huh.
0:23:02 > 0:23:07Oh, cash! You've found a word Sean likes. Keep going.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10Cash is king.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12It certainly is.
0:23:12 > 0:23:18Now, that's really the bottom line on that's 50 and this one would be £95.
0:23:18 > 0:23:24- I only like it a bit. - You only like it a bit?
0:23:24 > 0:23:26I'm trying my hardest.
0:23:26 > 0:23:31- Jenny, you're doing very well. - Sean, how about 130 for the two?
0:23:31 > 0:23:35Well, 135 and you've got a deal.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38I think that we should go for that.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41- Yes, I'm really happy. - I think so.
0:23:42 > 0:23:47- Lovely boy.- Thank you very much. - Well done, everyone.- Good pickings.
0:23:47 > 0:23:51I guess! Do you know, I can't help feeling our celebrities are taking
0:23:51 > 0:23:53a bit of a back seat.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55Especially Brian.
0:23:55 > 0:24:00Luckily, it's time to go. The road trip is calling everyone to their cars.
0:24:00 > 0:24:04If you'd like to keep to your side of the road.
0:24:04 > 0:24:05Are you a back seat driver?
0:24:05 > 0:24:09I'm a front seat driver and I'm feeling quite anxious.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11Could you slow down, you maniac!
0:24:11 > 0:24:14We're only going at 15 miles an hour and you're squeaking
0:24:14 > 0:24:16and skwitching and squealing.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19For God's sake, woman. Calm down!
0:24:21 > 0:24:25Top Gear's got nothing like this. This is far superior to Top Gear.
0:24:25 > 0:24:30They're very Nancy. They boob and scream! It sounds very sexual.
0:24:30 > 0:24:31SCREAMING
0:24:33 > 0:24:36- I find it very, very, very poofy. - Oh, I wouldn't say that.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39But onwards we ride.
0:24:39 > 0:24:44Celebrity and expert alike going 30 miles east from Cockermouth
0:24:44 > 0:24:48to the intriguing estate of Hutton in the Forest.
0:24:50 > 0:24:52I'm enjoying it without the roof.
0:24:52 > 0:24:56I wonder if it would drive better without the engine?
0:24:56 > 0:25:00It's been a frenetic and emotional morning
0:25:00 > 0:25:04for Brian, bless him, so he's asked James for a little treat
0:25:04 > 0:25:06here in a Hutton-in-the-Forest.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10- Fantastic.- Amazing.
0:25:12 > 0:25:16Hutton-in-the-Forest is an amazing cobbled together ancestral home
0:25:16 > 0:25:21with tales of myth, murder and mayhem to reveal.
0:25:21 > 0:25:26Valiant cultural defender and head tour guide, Edward,
0:25:26 > 0:25:29is waiting to welcome our boys.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32- Welcome to Hutton-in-the-Forest. - What's your name?- Edward.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35- Hello, I'm James. - I'm the King from Blackadder.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37Oh, right, I thought I'd seen you somewhere before.
0:25:37 > 0:25:41- Did you see Edward, or eh? - Edward, yes.- Not Egbert?
0:25:41 > 0:25:45- Not Egbert or... - So I can call you Enid?
0:25:45 > 0:25:49As you wish, Brian. I'm sure Edward won't be offended.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52Around this vast courtyard are five very different
0:25:52 > 0:25:55periods of English housebuilding joined together
0:25:55 > 0:25:59from Medieval to Tudor to Victorian.
0:25:59 > 0:26:04This 1830s tower was the last edition from the famous
0:26:04 > 0:26:07architect Anthony Salvin.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10- Are we allowed in, Egbert?!- Yes.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13Sorry, Edward. He's new.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16Well, new to the Road Trip.
0:26:16 > 0:26:20Strangely, this part of the world was, for centuries,
0:26:20 > 0:26:24neither England nor Scotland in any real sense.
0:26:24 > 0:26:29Feuding families robbed, plundered, built castles
0:26:29 > 0:26:32and curried favour with both sides of the border.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35The 13th century de Hoghton family savoured their ill-gotten gains
0:26:35 > 0:26:40and built the defensive peel tower to built it all in.
0:26:42 > 0:26:47Then found other intriguing ways to protect what they'd gained.
0:26:47 > 0:26:51This end of Inglewood Forest was a royal hunting forest
0:26:51 > 0:26:53so the animals would belong to the King.
0:26:53 > 0:26:58To stop the poachers, we'd need quite a few of these.
0:26:58 > 0:27:02- Oh, dear, you cannot believe that! - And so, this would be set.
0:27:02 > 0:27:03Covered with leaves and grass.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06And in the dusk, when the poachers do their stuff,
0:27:06 > 0:27:08they would come in contact.
0:27:08 > 0:27:13- Wow!- Wow.- Oh! God.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15I mean, the state of your leg.
0:27:15 > 0:27:19- That would break the leg, wouldn't it?- Yes, oh yes.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22And there would be nobody passing. It would be a lonely part of forest.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25So, blood poisoning, gangrene,
0:27:25 > 0:27:28you wouldn't last very long afterwards.
0:27:29 > 0:27:31What a ghastly contraption.
0:27:31 > 0:27:36This was found in the surrounding grounds in the 1640s,
0:27:36 > 0:27:39after the estate was sold from the de Hoghtons
0:27:39 > 0:27:42to the Fletchers in 1605.
0:27:42 > 0:27:45These devices would have been forged in their hundreds
0:27:45 > 0:27:50and littered in the estate forests to catch the desperate and hungry.
0:27:50 > 0:27:55A rather extreme method of preventing the locals from having game pie. What?
0:27:55 > 0:28:00There would be so many starving people around the forests that the poachers would really be driven
0:28:00 > 0:28:02to steal the king's animals.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04Well, that sounds very good. Food.
0:28:04 > 0:28:08I think it's time. Let's go off to one of the great big rooms
0:28:08 > 0:28:10and have a wonderful big lunch!
0:28:10 > 0:28:13- What do you say to that?- If only! - Woo hoo!
0:28:13 > 0:28:16Later, Brian, later.
0:28:16 > 0:28:20There's still more to see in this marvellous historical hodgepodge.
0:28:21 > 0:28:27With many tales to tell here, but not all are necessarily true.
0:28:29 > 0:28:33In these mythical surroundings, it's thought the Arthurian legend
0:28:33 > 0:28:37of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
0:28:37 > 0:28:39took place where the Round Table regular met
0:28:39 > 0:28:44his ultimate trial of chivalry and bravery against an immortal foe.
0:28:44 > 0:28:47Well, there is the myth that this might have been
0:28:47 > 0:28:50the Green Knight's castle from the days of King Arthur.
0:28:50 > 0:28:52Gawain and the Green Knight?
0:28:52 > 0:28:55Yes, but that's if you believe Carlisle was Camelot.
0:28:55 > 0:28:58This castle was in an ancient forest, Inglewood Forest,
0:28:58 > 0:29:02which stretched all the way from Penrith up to Carlisle.
0:29:02 > 0:29:05It's in about the right relationship to Camelot if it was Carlisle.
0:29:05 > 0:29:11Gosh. I think, if you wouldn't mind, Egbert?
0:29:11 > 0:29:12- Edward!- Edward!
0:29:12 > 0:29:16Yes, yes, yes, yes. Ethel! Show us a bit more, then.
0:29:16 > 0:29:20Well done, Egbert.
0:29:20 > 0:29:24- Apologies again, Edward. - What is this?
0:29:24 > 0:29:27This is the Cupid's staircase. The Fletchers, owners of the house,
0:29:27 > 0:29:30their coat of arms has got arrow heads on it.
0:29:30 > 0:29:32Well, cupids have got arrows as well
0:29:32 > 0:29:35so they used cupids as a decorative theme.
0:29:37 > 0:29:38This is totally unrestrained.
0:29:38 > 0:29:41It's got huge acanthus scrolls going on.
0:29:41 > 0:29:44- Very chubby sort of Rubens-like cherubs, isn't it?- Yes.
0:29:44 > 0:29:46Pink and fluffy and fat.
0:29:46 > 0:29:51Cherubs are first mentioned in the bible as sword-wielding
0:29:51 > 0:29:53defenders of heaven.
0:29:53 > 0:29:57Possibly another threat to would-be thieves and poachers, eh?
0:29:57 > 0:30:01However, some things are thankfully designed to be unthreatening.
0:30:02 > 0:30:06- Do you know why classical figures were given small willies?- No.
0:30:06 > 0:30:10So that they didn't detract from the whole sculpture.
0:30:10 > 0:30:14Because it was felt that if they gave them large willies,
0:30:14 > 0:30:16everybody would look at the willie!
0:30:16 > 0:30:18A lot of men have lost confidence since that.
0:30:18 > 0:30:22Because they all thought, "My chopper's bigger than that"!
0:30:23 > 0:30:26Wonderful Hutton-in-the-Forest is a family home today.
0:30:26 > 0:30:30Still owned by descendants of the Fletchers
0:30:30 > 0:30:32and open to the visiting public.
0:30:32 > 0:30:34Although I'm not entirely sure they'd allow
0:30:34 > 0:30:36Brian Blessed a second visit.
0:30:36 > 0:30:41Where are you, Edward?! It's time for dinner!
0:30:41 > 0:30:45Cheswick! Fresh horses!
0:30:45 > 0:30:47Bring me some horses!
0:30:47 > 0:30:49(LAUGHS)
0:30:49 > 0:30:52Oh, dear. Do you think it's time?
0:30:52 > 0:30:55I think it's time to leave!
0:30:55 > 0:30:57It certainly is.
0:30:57 > 0:30:59The weather's closing in and Cumbria must provide shelter
0:30:59 > 0:31:01for one and all.
0:31:01 > 0:31:05Good night, road trippers. Good night, Egbert.
0:31:12 > 0:31:17An ill-timed yawn from Brian wakes us all so it's straight back
0:31:17 > 0:31:20in the cars for more adventure.
0:31:20 > 0:31:23- James, have you had a good day? - Great day.
0:31:23 > 0:31:27- I've managed to get in two words. - What were they?
0:31:27 > 0:31:30I've always admired you, Jenny.
0:31:30 > 0:31:35What I detect always in you, is there's this gravitas and stillness.
0:31:35 > 0:31:39- Oh, wow, me?- Yes. - I've got such gravitas!- You do.
0:31:39 > 0:31:43- Which I find fascinating. - So, tell me about your wife.
0:31:43 > 0:31:45Ooh, enough of that!
0:31:45 > 0:31:48So far then, Jenny "Cream Centered" Eclair,
0:31:48 > 0:31:52fought her natural timidity to spend a healthy £300 on four items.
0:31:54 > 0:31:59The fine optician's set, the cool 1980s TV,
0:31:59 > 0:32:02the Art Deco reclining nude.
0:32:02 > 0:32:03(COUGHS) Whoah!
0:32:03 > 0:32:08- And the lovely Poole Pottery dish. - Thank you very much indeed.
0:32:09 > 0:32:12Jenny and Anita have £100 left to fight on with.
0:32:13 > 0:32:17You go to your brutal Glaswegian mode
0:32:17 > 0:32:20and just beat him down and beat him down.
0:32:21 > 0:32:26- But I'm not as bad as some people. - True enough.
0:32:26 > 0:32:28Brian "Mad Dog" Blessed
0:32:28 > 0:32:31just made it into the shops and into a few comfy chairs
0:32:31 > 0:32:35but still spent £108 on three items.
0:32:36 > 0:32:38The '30s mining lamp,
0:32:38 > 0:32:40the heroic mountaineering photograph
0:32:40 > 0:32:43and the handsome Art Deco cabinet.
0:32:45 > 0:32:51Brian and James begin day two sky-high with £292.
0:32:51 > 0:32:55No end to my talents. And I'm not remotely vain.
0:32:58 > 0:33:01Look at that view! I've got to get my camera out, I'm afraid.
0:33:01 > 0:33:05It would be nice if you could see it.
0:33:05 > 0:33:08Hutton-in-the-Forest has been lost in the mist,
0:33:08 > 0:33:13consigned to myth as we head southeast along the open road
0:33:13 > 0:33:14to lovely Penrith.
0:33:18 > 0:33:22I must say, there is quite a lot of heat coming off this engine.
0:33:22 > 0:33:25There's that much heat, we're going to be rare cooked!
0:33:25 > 0:33:27It's the best ride I've had in years!
0:33:30 > 0:33:33These shopping moments will fast be behind us
0:33:33 > 0:33:39so make haste to the nearest antiques purveyor forthwith.
0:33:39 > 0:33:43- Make haste.- Make haste.- Make haste! That's a nice table.
0:33:43 > 0:33:46And who is that good lady hiding in the corner? Is that a ghost?
0:33:46 > 0:33:49Be not shy! Come here, for...!
0:33:49 > 0:33:55For God's sake, darling! She's lovely.
0:33:55 > 0:33:57She's glamorous. This is a...
0:33:57 > 0:34:00It's why I like doing programmes like this.
0:34:00 > 0:34:03Because you can get all the glamorous ladies.
0:34:03 > 0:34:04I love kissing ladies.
0:34:06 > 0:34:07Clearly.
0:34:07 > 0:34:10But you might consider if they really, really, really,
0:34:10 > 0:34:12want a big, wet, sloppy, hairy kiss, Brian.
0:34:12 > 0:34:18So, please keep a safe distance from lovely, helpful Sylvia here.
0:34:19 > 0:34:25Are you a fisherman? It's a fish set. I think it's lovely.
0:34:25 > 0:34:28- It's so unusual. - Absolutely fantastic.
0:34:28 > 0:34:31- I've never seen anything like them. - It came from a lady
0:34:31 > 0:34:35that used to cook for the Fish Marketing Board.
0:34:35 > 0:34:37But you've got to find room for that, haven't you?
0:34:37 > 0:34:40You cannot move for fishermen while...their carp.
0:34:40 > 0:34:46I've bred koi carp all my life, but I think that that could be an ace.
0:34:46 > 0:34:47Our winner?
0:34:47 > 0:34:5280% of people who have gardens have koi in the garden.
0:34:52 > 0:34:55Mmmm. I'm not sure that's right.
0:34:56 > 0:35:02Maybe 80% of people who have ponds in their garden have koi carp.
0:35:03 > 0:35:07However, fish and fishing are massive in Britain.
0:35:07 > 0:35:11Could Brian be talking James into a shrewd investment here?
0:35:11 > 0:35:16- Fishing, isn't it the largest hobby in the UK?- Absolutely.
0:35:16 > 0:35:22- It appeals to the soul of the British fisherman.- Ah, ha, ha, sole!
0:35:22 > 0:35:23Anyone? No.
0:35:23 > 0:35:26What do you think we should offer her, Brian?
0:35:26 > 0:35:29Well you're the expert. I'm hopeless at striking a bargain.
0:35:29 > 0:35:34- I'm a coward.- Sylvia, how much for all this lot?
0:35:34 > 0:35:39- They're £95, aren't they? So, £70 for all that.- What about 50? Sylvia?
0:35:39 > 0:35:4260, I'll meet you halfway and that's my last bid.
0:35:42 > 0:35:45- That's really... - You get a lot for your money.
0:35:45 > 0:35:47- You really do.- You've got a bargain.
0:35:47 > 0:35:50- I think that's awfully good. - And it's very unusual.
0:35:50 > 0:35:53- Shake the lady's hand, Brian. - Goodness me! And a kiss!
0:35:53 > 0:35:57Give it all for the camera! Come here.
0:35:57 > 0:36:00- Oh! A whiskery kiss!- That's why I'm doing the programme.
0:36:02 > 0:36:05Sorry, Sylvia, you'll recover, eventually.
0:36:06 > 0:36:12On a positive note, our boys have seized the day. Carpe diem, Brian.
0:36:14 > 0:36:18Jenny and Anita, however, frankly, they've just stopped shopping.
0:36:18 > 0:36:20No brakes!
0:36:20 > 0:36:23Who do they think they are, eh?
0:36:23 > 0:36:26I would have enjoyed buying things more if I was buying for me.
0:36:26 > 0:36:28I like buying things.
0:36:28 > 0:36:30Do you want them, do you lust after material objects?
0:36:30 > 0:36:34I have that London thing of wanting stuff. Buying it, then feeling sick.
0:36:34 > 0:36:38So you go from extremes to extremes?
0:36:38 > 0:36:42What you're doing just now is extreme antique hunting.
0:36:42 > 0:36:46- Not touristy taking photographs. - I'm a tourist!
0:36:46 > 0:36:50So long, rainswept Penrith. See you in our dreams.
0:36:52 > 0:36:55This fine road tripping escapade continues,
0:36:55 > 0:37:00lurching southwesterly to lovely, lovely Hawkshead.
0:37:02 > 0:37:07In fact, our ladies have not only selfishly shirked their
0:37:07 > 0:37:11shopping duties, they're actually en route to their own little treat.
0:37:11 > 0:37:14Unbelievable, isn't it?
0:37:14 > 0:37:18What a shame, that weather. What a crying shame.
0:37:18 > 0:37:20All those families
0:37:20 > 0:37:23having holidays at home, all stuck in playing Monopoly.
0:37:23 > 0:37:26Screaming at each other. Children misbehaving.
0:37:26 > 0:37:29Stuffing their faces full of sweeties to keep them quiet
0:37:29 > 0:37:30and then they're sick.
0:37:30 > 0:37:34Well, what a cheerful travelling pair you are!
0:37:38 > 0:37:42Beautiful scenery surrounds the now world-famous Hill Top House.
0:37:42 > 0:37:46Not just a home, but once a source of great inspiration
0:37:46 > 0:37:49for the famous Potter of children's literature.
0:37:49 > 0:37:52No, not him! Beatrix Potter.
0:37:55 > 0:37:59Jenny and Anita are heading for a world of imagination,
0:37:59 > 0:38:03of well-mannered, well-dressed woodland creatures
0:38:03 > 0:38:08who've been loved by successive generations of young readers.
0:38:08 > 0:38:13- Hello.- Hello.- Hello, I'm Anita. And this is Jenny.- Hello.
0:38:13 > 0:38:14Hello, nice to meet you.
0:38:14 > 0:38:17Would you like to come and have a look round Beatrix Potter's house?
0:38:17 > 0:38:19- I would love to.- Very much.
0:38:19 > 0:38:22- Can we leave our brollies here? - Absolutely.
0:38:22 > 0:38:25Beatrix Potter bought Hill Top House,
0:38:25 > 0:38:28moving her life here from London in 1905,
0:38:28 > 0:38:33after the success of her first published books -
0:38:33 > 0:38:36The Tale Of Peter Rabbit, The Tale Of Benjamin Bunny,
0:38:36 > 0:38:38and The Tale Of Two Bad Mice.
0:38:40 > 0:38:44In all, Beatrix produced 23 successful, well-loved books
0:38:44 > 0:38:48between 1902 and 1930.
0:38:48 > 0:38:52Today, Liz works here as the house and collections manager.
0:38:52 > 0:38:56So this is the kitchen which is probably the most well-known
0:38:56 > 0:38:58room in the house.
0:38:58 > 0:39:02In terms of the Beatrix Potter stories, it features in quite a few.
0:39:02 > 0:39:04So, The Tale Of Samuel Whiskers,
0:39:04 > 0:39:06Anna Maria runs along here to get to her rat hole.
0:39:06 > 0:39:08THEY LAUGH
0:39:08 > 0:39:12- Is the rat hole still there? - It's still there, that's right.
0:39:12 > 0:39:15We've also got the range that Tom Kitten disappears up
0:39:15 > 0:39:18- when he's escaping from his mother.- Isn't that lovely?
0:39:18 > 0:39:22These tales were unusual for their time.
0:39:22 > 0:39:26Self-illustrated with skills learned from a solitary childhood.
0:39:27 > 0:39:32Beatrix was educated at home, away from other children
0:39:32 > 0:39:36and with an over-protective mother terrified of London's germs.
0:39:36 > 0:39:41Fresh-aired family holidays here in the Lake District
0:39:41 > 0:39:43provided further inspiration.
0:39:43 > 0:39:49Behind us here, we can also see some of the trivets that Beatrix painted
0:39:49 > 0:39:54using Victorian books which instructed you on how to draw
0:39:54 > 0:39:57- as the inspiration. - What age would she have been, Liz?
0:39:57 > 0:40:01- She was just 14 when she produced these.- She's got a natural talent.
0:40:01 > 0:40:03But there is technique in there as well.
0:40:03 > 0:40:08The technique came from just hours and days and weeks of practice.
0:40:08 > 0:40:11Being left to get on with it, really.
0:40:11 > 0:40:15She said, she was so glad that she didn't have any more instruction
0:40:15 > 0:40:19because she thought it would have rubbed off the originality.
0:40:19 > 0:40:23Great success would follow years after these first illustrations,
0:40:23 > 0:40:26with most of Beatrix Potter's books
0:40:26 > 0:40:28written or completed around Hill Top House.
0:40:30 > 0:40:33We've got this wonderful bureau bookcase here.
0:40:33 > 0:40:37Another bureau here and another little writing desk.
0:40:37 > 0:40:40She's totting up how much all this is worth!
0:40:40 > 0:40:43- Did she write in this room, Liz? - Absolutely, she did.
0:40:43 > 0:40:45And we know that because one of the illustrations from
0:40:45 > 0:40:48The Tail Of Samuel Whiskers actually features
0:40:48 > 0:40:51the view from this window.
0:40:51 > 0:40:54Beatrix Potter's first tales came from an unlikely combination
0:40:54 > 0:40:58of bad weather, a lack of news and a poorly penpal.
0:41:00 > 0:41:04An almost accidental foray into literature.
0:41:04 > 0:41:07A copy of the original source material is here
0:41:07 > 0:41:12for all visitors to read, bespectacled or otherwise.
0:41:12 > 0:41:15"My dear Noel, I don't know what to write to you,
0:41:15 > 0:41:22"so I will tell you a story about four little rabbits whose names are..."
0:41:22 > 0:41:27- And we've got...the drawing.- Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail and Peter.
0:41:27 > 0:41:31- There.- So this is how it all started off.- That's right.
0:41:31 > 0:41:32Who's Noel?
0:41:32 > 0:41:36Noel was the son of her last governess and he was suffering from
0:41:36 > 0:41:42polio and was in bed, she wanted to write to him, but on this particular
0:41:42 > 0:41:45day it was raining which is why she didn't know what to write to him.
0:41:45 > 0:41:48And it wasn't until quite a few years later that she borrowed
0:41:48 > 0:41:49the letter back to copy it.
0:41:49 > 0:41:52Gave Noel his original, and from her copy
0:41:52 > 0:41:55she wrote the manuscript for The Tale Of Peter Rabbit.
0:41:55 > 0:41:59In this first literary outing, Peter Rabbit
0:41:59 > 0:42:03and his sisters sport human attire in their make-believe world.
0:42:03 > 0:42:07Mother has banned them from playing next door in Mr McGregor's
0:42:07 > 0:42:10garden following their father's bad luck
0:42:10 > 0:42:14and untimely inclusion in Mr McGregor's savoury pie.
0:42:16 > 0:42:18Harsh for the times they lived in.
0:42:18 > 0:42:22"They lived with their mother in a sandbank under the roof of a...
0:42:22 > 0:42:25- "Big fir tree."- Was that 1893?
0:42:25 > 0:42:27Must be, it can't be 1993.
0:42:29 > 0:42:31That's Harry Potter!
0:42:32 > 0:42:37- Don't forget your brolly.- That was great. Right, into the rain!
0:42:37 > 0:42:39Alluding Mr McGregor's crosshairs,
0:42:39 > 0:42:43our road trip bunnies hurry to the car.
0:42:43 > 0:42:48A savoury end in sight as it's finally time for Brian and Jenny's
0:42:48 > 0:42:52- tales of antique shopping. - And now...
0:42:52 > 0:42:54DRUMROLL
0:42:54 > 0:42:57- Da-ra!- Wow!
0:42:57 > 0:42:59I just thought, you know
0:42:59 > 0:43:02there are all these gastropubs now that have nick-nacks hanging around?
0:43:02 > 0:43:07- Yeah.- I thought maybe somebody would have one called The Optician that could buy this.
0:43:07 > 0:43:11It's original, it's visionary, it's imaginative.
0:43:11 > 0:43:15And though I profoundly would want to hate you. That's a piece of magic.
0:43:15 > 0:43:19A compliment of sorts from the miner's son.
0:43:19 > 0:43:21My father worked at Hickleton Main which is one of the
0:43:21 > 0:43:23biggest pits in Yorkshire.
0:43:23 > 0:43:27And my father was down there with a Davy lamp and he did sense
0:43:27 > 0:43:31the air was very bad and he told them all to lie flat on their faces.
0:43:31 > 0:43:35If they had not, these 300 miners would have all died instantly.
0:43:35 > 0:43:37You die instantly from gas.
0:43:37 > 0:43:40And it cost the Coal Board an awful lot of money
0:43:40 > 0:43:41but saved many lives.
0:43:41 > 0:43:44The Hickleton Main colliery discovered the vast
0:43:44 > 0:43:49Barnsley seam in 1894, where Brian's father worked,
0:43:49 > 0:43:52unearthing large quantities of coal for Britain
0:43:52 > 0:43:56until it closed for good in 1970.
0:43:56 > 0:43:59It's part of social history and I think that these things
0:43:59 > 0:44:04are very important to remind us of what these guys did.
0:44:04 > 0:44:07Oh, a telly!
0:44:07 > 0:44:09It's not just an ordinary TV.
0:44:09 > 0:44:12It's a Sputnik television. It's called Discovery, isn't it?
0:44:12 > 0:44:16It's made to look like a spaceman's helmet.
0:44:16 > 0:44:21You could buy a pub, a gastropub, called The Astronaut!
0:44:21 > 0:44:23But you'd have that sitting in the corner.
0:44:23 > 0:44:25I think we're being outclassed.
0:44:25 > 0:44:29I just, I just think that's a divine choice.
0:44:29 > 0:44:31That's Hermann Buhl.
0:44:31 > 0:44:36Rankles with Messner and Doug Scott and with
0:44:36 > 0:44:38Mallory as one of the greatest climbers ever.
0:44:38 > 0:44:42How do you know that's Hermann Buhl? It says Viceless.
0:44:42 > 0:44:44No, no, that's just the photographer.
0:44:44 > 0:44:47I've never heard so much "Buhl" in all my life!
0:44:47 > 0:44:52No, no, Jenny, this was meant for Brian to buy.
0:44:53 > 0:44:57For Brian's sake, let's hope this is Hermann Buhl.
0:44:57 > 0:45:01That legendary climber and Blessed kindred spirit.
0:45:01 > 0:45:04Buhl achieved great fame for his pioneering style.
0:45:04 > 0:45:10His 1953 ascent of the Himalayan Nanga Parbat peak is still
0:45:10 > 0:45:14considered one of the greatest climbs of all time.
0:45:14 > 0:45:18If you want to have a wee look at a bonnie lassie.
0:45:20 > 0:45:25What we have is a very beautiful 1930s Art Deco nude
0:45:25 > 0:45:26and Jenny loved this
0:45:26 > 0:45:31because she was a live model at Camberwell Art School.
0:45:31 > 0:45:33- Right.- Not in the '30s!
0:45:33 > 0:45:37- Cheeky!- And we think that sex sells.
0:45:37 > 0:45:40I agree.
0:45:40 > 0:45:45- However, let's try and raise the tone, shall we?- Do you like it?
0:45:45 > 0:45:49Oh yes, I'm sorry, I really like it. There's a shelf missing!
0:45:49 > 0:45:52- Yeah, no, we have the shelf.- Ah!
0:45:53 > 0:45:58I'm going to guess you paid about 300 quid for it.
0:45:58 > 0:46:02How much did we pay for it? I've forgotten. Five quid? What was it?
0:46:02 > 0:46:0340.
0:46:03 > 0:46:08- £40.- She's feeling sick. She's crying.- You mustn't, Jenny.
0:46:08 > 0:46:11I don't really want to play this game any more.
0:46:11 > 0:46:15- I know we've got one more item to show you.- That's lovely.
0:46:15 > 0:46:19- Bull's blood. - James will know what this is worth.
0:46:19 > 0:46:23Did you pay £22 for that?
0:46:23 > 0:46:26- Sorry, have I been really mean? - Quite rude, actually!
0:46:26 > 0:46:29It's like going round someone's house and saying,
0:46:29 > 0:46:33"Oh, look at that table, what did you buy that for, five pounds or something?"
0:46:33 > 0:46:39- We paid £45 for it.- £45?- Ah, but it's great.- I was jesting with you.
0:46:39 > 0:46:44A well-timed backtrack, James. Best not to swim against the tide.
0:46:44 > 0:46:50- Fishy, fishy, fishy, swimmy, swimmy. - They're all carp, you see?
0:46:50 > 0:46:52And there's a whole dinner set and tea set.
0:46:52 > 0:46:56But 80% of people in this country are now mad on carp.
0:46:56 > 0:47:00Hold on, 80% of people in this country are mad on carp?
0:47:00 > 0:47:02No, no, it's huge!
0:47:02 > 0:47:06That still doesn't sound quite right, does it? 80%?
0:47:06 > 0:47:08(MAKES POPPING NOISE)
0:47:08 > 0:47:12Still, enough of what I think. What do they think?
0:47:12 > 0:47:14I love the ladies.
0:47:14 > 0:47:16- And they started very strongly. - They did.
0:47:16 > 0:47:18And they thought they were doing so well.
0:47:18 > 0:47:21But gradually, it got less and less, didn't it?
0:47:21 > 0:47:23They didn't reckon with Hermann Buhl.
0:47:23 > 0:47:28They've got a black and white snap in a grotty little frame.
0:47:28 > 0:47:30It might be Buhl!
0:47:31 > 0:47:34She'll go to bed tonight cursing Hermann Buhl.
0:47:34 > 0:47:37She'll wake up during the night going, "Hermann Buhl.
0:47:37 > 0:47:40"Hermann Buhl, Hermann Buhl!"
0:47:40 > 0:47:42Know what my biggest nightmare is?
0:47:42 > 0:47:46If that hideous carp dinner service pulled more money in
0:47:46 > 0:47:48than our beautiful reclining nude.
0:47:48 > 0:47:50Jenny has taken it to heart.
0:47:50 > 0:47:57She will end up like Edward was, in that manner. Edward!
0:47:57 > 0:48:01She's going to end up not knowing whether she is Egbert, Ethel,
0:48:01 > 0:48:04Enid, Blackadder or Black-udder.
0:48:07 > 0:48:12Actually, I think we are all quite discombobulated after that.
0:48:12 > 0:48:13Whatever that means.
0:48:13 > 0:48:17So let's distract ourselves with another blast on the open road.
0:48:17 > 0:48:19Here comes your big task. A hump-backed bridge.
0:48:19 > 0:48:22- Hump-backed bridge!- Keep it in second gear. In second.
0:48:22 > 0:48:27- I'm not going into third.- That's it. That's it.- Room for one, coming over.
0:48:27 > 0:48:30That's it. You're doing fine.
0:48:30 > 0:48:35The many pleasures of Cumbria are far behind us now.
0:48:36 > 0:48:37As destiny approaches,
0:48:37 > 0:48:43the road trip heads 101 miles due south to Cheshire's own Runcorn.
0:48:43 > 0:48:45Auction day is once more upon us
0:48:45 > 0:48:49and all eyes turn to the fate of celebrity antique shoppers.
0:48:50 > 0:48:55We have got an adventure ahead of us, Brian. We've got the auction.
0:48:55 > 0:48:57Yes, I've never been to an auction.
0:48:57 > 0:49:00Well, I don't think I have, when I think about it!
0:49:00 > 0:49:01I don't know what to expect.
0:49:01 > 0:49:03Here we come, Runcorn!
0:49:06 > 0:49:10This is lovely, isn't it? Open-top motoring at its finest.
0:49:10 > 0:49:12Here we are, we're following you!
0:49:12 > 0:49:16- Stop!- Brian can't wait to get out. I don't know why!
0:49:16 > 0:49:20Let's do it when it's raining! They made us do it in the rain.
0:49:21 > 0:49:25Runcorn's auction centre has been selling antiques
0:49:25 > 0:49:27and collectables since 2006.
0:49:28 > 0:49:32Today's auctioneer is Michael Bain with his own thoughts on Brian
0:49:32 > 0:49:34and Jenny's best offerings.
0:49:34 > 0:49:36Well, the ophthalmic set,
0:49:36 > 0:49:40they could sell for anywhere between 50 on a bad day, 200 on a good day.
0:49:40 > 0:49:42Let's hope it's a good day today.
0:49:42 > 0:49:45Brian's bought an interesting mountaineering lot.
0:49:45 > 0:49:48I do know that Brian takes an interest in mountaineering.
0:49:48 > 0:49:50Yes, I think that's got chances as well.
0:49:50 > 0:49:53If you're asking me who's going to win today,
0:49:53 > 0:49:56I think it's a day for the ladies. But that's just my opinion.
0:49:56 > 0:49:59Well, there's optimism for you!
0:49:59 > 0:50:02Bread and butter. Calm down.
0:50:02 > 0:50:04Our celebrities began with £400 each.
0:50:05 > 0:50:10Jenny and Anita shopped with great passion, spending £300 on four lots.
0:50:11 > 0:50:13- Hello!- Hey!
0:50:13 > 0:50:18Brian and James shopped with great, um, gusto?!
0:50:20 > 0:50:24And many a tale to tell. But only spent £168.
0:50:24 > 0:50:27Also on four auction lots.
0:50:27 > 0:50:29Give us a kiss!
0:50:30 > 0:50:34So, hold fast, man the barricades and prepare for glory.
0:50:34 > 0:50:36The auction is about to begin.
0:50:36 > 0:50:40And up first, the mining lamp that's dear to Brian's heart.
0:50:40 > 0:50:44However, there's actually a few of them on sale today.
0:50:44 > 0:50:48What could be done to make yours special?
0:50:48 > 0:50:51Oh, that's mine! My father was a coal miner in Yorkshire.
0:50:51 > 0:50:54- So was his mother! - So was me mother!
0:50:54 > 0:51:00My father, using that lamp, closed the Barnsley seam, saving 300 lives.
0:51:00 > 0:51:03Well, it wasn't actually THAT lamp, was it, Brian?
0:51:03 > 0:51:07I think it's overrated, the truth. Who wants the truth? Tell me lies!
0:51:07 > 0:51:10Tell me I'm handsome, tell me I'm sexy!
0:51:10 > 0:51:12OK, Brian, you're very...
0:51:12 > 0:51:14Oh, get on with it.
0:51:14 > 0:51:16A first-class provenance goes with this lamp.
0:51:16 > 0:51:21So I can start this off at... £28 on commission with me.
0:51:21 > 0:51:22Where's the 30 on the net?
0:51:22 > 0:51:25- 30...30 on the net. - BRIAN: Oh, brilliant.
0:51:25 > 0:51:28Come on, me old sons! Come on, lovelies!
0:51:28 > 0:51:30The internet...
0:51:30 > 0:51:33Otherwise I'll subject you to more vocal power!
0:51:33 > 0:51:35Boy!
0:51:35 > 0:51:37Don't feel pressurised.
0:51:37 > 0:51:39The bid is on commission at £30.
0:51:39 > 0:51:42It's 32 now on the internet. The hammer goes down at 32, then.
0:51:42 > 0:51:46- Brian, I think that could have been a lot worse.- It could.
0:51:46 > 0:51:50Sadly, this happens when your heart rules your head.
0:51:51 > 0:51:55Now, for Brian and James's sake, let's hope that there are at least
0:51:55 > 0:52:00two people from the alleged 80% of nationwide carp lovers here today.
0:52:00 > 0:52:03This one is a rather nice one, not at all tacky.
0:52:03 > 0:52:05JENNY LAUGHS
0:52:05 > 0:52:08It's absolutely bloody marvellous!
0:52:08 > 0:52:09Do you want to start at 20?
0:52:09 > 0:52:1320 I've got, 22 at the front. 22 at the front. 25.
0:52:13 > 0:52:1728. 30. 32.
0:52:17 > 0:52:21- There's lots of pieces, it's wonderful!- There's 7,000 pieces.
0:52:21 > 0:52:23- At 35. - LAUGHTER
0:52:23 > 0:52:26£35 for the lady.
0:52:26 > 0:52:30- Don't worry, Brian, we're only 50 down.- We're only 50 down.
0:52:31 > 0:52:36That's the spirit. Now for Jenny and Anita's retro TV.
0:52:36 > 0:52:40- It's demanding our full attention, look.- Oh, here we go!
0:52:40 > 0:52:44Ladies and gentlemen, let's all sit up in our chairs now.
0:52:44 > 0:52:47I can start this off at £80 with me.
0:52:47 > 0:52:51- Yes! Yes! Come on!- 80 I've got, and 85 comes next.
0:52:51 > 0:52:5485 in the gallery. 90 still with me.
0:52:54 > 0:52:57Look at this! The success has gone to her head! >
0:52:57 > 0:52:59- Oh, God, no!- Oh, yes!
0:52:59 > 0:53:01Thank you very much!
0:53:01 > 0:53:04Fantastic. Double money for the girls,
0:53:04 > 0:53:06and they've shot into an early lead.
0:53:06 > 0:53:10Whilst their Poole Pottery stunner waits in the wings.
0:53:10 > 0:53:12Fingers crossed.
0:53:12 > 0:53:15This is a lovely piece. This is a lovely piece, everybody.
0:53:15 > 0:53:1722. 25. 28.
0:53:17 > 0:53:21Yes? 30. 30 there. 32.
0:53:21 > 0:53:2335. Do you want to go back in?
0:53:23 > 0:53:25No, it's 32 with the young gentleman.
0:53:25 > 0:53:26Goodness.
0:53:26 > 0:53:30Either I'm getting older or these auction bidders are getting younger.
0:53:30 > 0:53:33£38. All done at 38?
0:53:33 > 0:53:36- You did all right, girls! - You did all right, girls.
0:53:36 > 0:53:39- That was lovely! - We've lost two quid on that!
0:53:39 > 0:53:42Actually, you've lost £7.
0:53:42 > 0:53:45These young bidders, they're not very generous.
0:53:45 > 0:53:49And, if anyone else wants a nice gift for their nan,
0:53:49 > 0:53:54Brian and James's lovely Art Deco cabinet is up next.
0:53:54 > 0:53:5750 bid. 50 I've got. Thank you, sir. 55 comes next.
0:53:57 > 0:54:0055. 60. £60 I have.
0:54:00 > 0:54:01- It's a steal! - All done at 60? >
0:54:01 > 0:54:04And I sell at £60, all done?
0:54:04 > 0:54:09- Oh, useless.- You still made, you still made. You've made £20.
0:54:09 > 0:54:13- But we've lost 50 already.- But we've lost 15,000 quid on the other things.
0:54:13 > 0:54:18If I can just remind everyone, there are no prizes today for moaning.
0:54:18 > 0:54:23So, chin up, and let's get to the lads' last lot today.
0:54:23 > 0:54:26I'm afraid it's down to Hermann Buhl. He'll save the day.
0:54:26 > 0:54:31Assuming, of course, that that is Hermann Buhl in the picture.
0:54:31 > 0:54:35You can be a bit economical with the truth, Brian.
0:54:35 > 0:54:3820 bid, thank you, sir. £20 I've got, and 22 comes next.
0:54:38 > 0:54:4225. 28. 30. 32.
0:54:42 > 0:54:4635. 38. 40. 42.
0:54:46 > 0:54:4742 at the back.
0:54:47 > 0:54:49- Keep going!- All done at £42?
0:54:49 > 0:54:51Are we all done at £42?
0:54:51 > 0:54:54Yeeeeeeee-hoo! Marvellous!
0:54:54 > 0:54:57Crackers or what?
0:54:57 > 0:54:59He's on top of the world.
0:54:59 > 0:55:02We're up £48, guys. How much are you up?
0:55:02 > 0:55:05- Er...a pound.- A pound.
0:55:05 > 0:55:09And that was a fast descent.
0:55:09 > 0:55:14Still, keep 'em peeled for Jenny and Anita's big hopeful contender.
0:55:14 > 0:55:17Feast your eyes, ladies and gentlemen, feast your eyes.
0:55:17 > 0:55:19Right, what shall we say for this?
0:55:19 > 0:55:22There are bids on the book, so I can start this at 35,
0:55:22 > 0:55:2538 with me and 40 with me.
0:55:25 > 0:55:2940 I've got. 42. 45. 48. 50, and 55.
0:55:29 > 0:55:3160 comes next. 60.
0:55:31 > 0:55:32Five. 70.
0:55:32 > 0:55:34Five? What do you mean, "No"?
0:55:34 > 0:55:37Oh, Jenny. There's not a dry eye in the house.
0:55:37 > 0:55:3970 I've got. Selling at 70, then.
0:55:39 > 0:55:41All done at 70?
0:55:41 > 0:55:44Ohh!
0:55:44 > 0:55:46- WOMAN: Is that good?- No, it's awful.
0:55:46 > 0:55:50Never mind, Jenny, let's just try and focus on...
0:55:50 > 0:55:52Sorry, not "focus", that was misjudged.
0:55:52 > 0:55:55Erm, let's look to, er, the lovely Art Deco nude,
0:55:55 > 0:56:00which is last to offer our ladies an auction spectacle...
0:56:00 > 0:56:02Sorry, not "spectacle".
0:56:02 > 0:56:06Oh, she's lovely. Isn't she? It's very stylish.
0:56:06 > 0:56:07Start me at 30.
0:56:07 > 0:56:09Oh, dear.
0:56:09 > 0:56:12This auction is not about who's going to win,
0:56:12 > 0:56:14but who's going to lose the least.
0:56:14 > 0:56:1935 with me. 38 in the front row. 40 at the back. 42.
0:56:19 > 0:56:2442 at the front. All done at 45? The hammer is going down. At 45...
0:56:26 > 0:56:31I genuinely, genuinely wish that I'd bought it for myself
0:56:31 > 0:56:35and taken it home and... kept it for myself.
0:56:35 > 0:56:37Genuinely...
0:56:37 > 0:56:39I feel a bit weepy about it.
0:56:40 > 0:56:43Runcorn has not been kind today.
0:56:43 > 0:56:47And our girls have snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.
0:56:47 > 0:56:50But at least Jenny has taken it well.
0:56:50 > 0:56:53I can't stay. I'm sorry, everybody, but I've got to go.
0:56:53 > 0:56:57I'm far too disappointed to stay. Come on.
0:56:57 > 0:56:59It's terrible.
0:56:59 > 0:57:02It's really tragic and I do feel for them.
0:57:02 > 0:57:06BRIAN WHEEZES WITH LAUGHTER It's terrible!
0:57:06 > 0:57:08Brian Blessed, that is not funny.
0:57:09 > 0:57:15Anyway, our celebrities at least began well, with £400 each.
0:57:17 > 0:57:21After auction costs were deducted,
0:57:21 > 0:57:26Jenny and Anita made a very, very sad loss of £100.74,
0:57:26 > 0:57:31ending their road trip with just £299.26.
0:57:32 > 0:57:38Blackadder and Baldrick, meanwhile, fared slightly better,
0:57:38 > 0:57:41with a mildly nagging loss of £29.42.
0:57:41 > 0:57:47Brian and James end their road trip with £370.58.
0:57:47 > 0:57:53Losses or not, all the monies generated by our Celebrity Antique Road Trippers in this series
0:57:53 > 0:58:00will go to Children in Need, so thank you, at least, for trying your hardest. Well done.
0:58:00 > 0:58:04- Well, I'm starting to recover. - I know, and we started so well.
0:58:04 > 0:58:08- And we ended so badly, Anita. - That's what can happen.
0:58:08 > 0:58:11We have to say congratulations to the boys. We actually have to.
0:58:11 > 0:58:13- Ah, thank you, thank you.- Thank you.
0:58:13 > 0:58:19Next time I'm going to put the £400 on the roulette wheel. That's what I'm going to do!
0:58:19 > 0:58:22Well, it's all a game of chance, dear friends.
0:58:22 > 0:58:23Oh, and it's raining!
0:58:23 > 0:58:26There are no certainties on the Road Trip.
0:58:26 > 0:58:28Here we go. Here we go.
0:58:29 > 0:58:33- Yeah, go on, me old son.- I'm a bit worried about that blue car.
0:58:33 > 0:58:37It's a long road back to stage and screen for our celebrities.
0:58:37 > 0:58:40So, just for now, adventure is out there.
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