0:00:02 > 0:00:07- Some of the nation's favourite celebrities... - That's the pig for you.
0:00:07 > 0:00:10- ..one antiques expert each... - Celebrities(!)
0:00:10 > 0:00:12We're here to make money.
0:00:12 > 0:00:19..and one big challenge - who can seek out and buy the best antiques at the very best prices?
0:00:19 > 0:00:22I've got a lovely eye. Just the one.
0:00:22 > 0:00:27And auction for a big profit further down the road?
0:00:27 > 0:00:33- Who will spot the good investments? Who will listen to good advice? - It goes with your eyes.- Does it?
0:00:33 > 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 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip!
0:00:46 > 0:00:48Yeah!
0:00:50 > 0:00:56Heroic Herefordshire opens its antiques shops for this round of the Road Trip.
0:00:56 > 0:01:01Squeezed into this rather suave 1972 Alfa Romeo Spider
0:01:01 > 0:01:04we have a pair of TV favourites.
0:01:04 > 0:01:10- You need a comedy moustache. What a shame. I've got a big bag, but no comedy moustache.- OK.
0:01:10 > 0:01:15Each with £400 to spend on antiques for auction.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18Do you know anything about antiques?
0:01:18 > 0:01:22Em...not a great deal.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25How about your good self?
0:01:25 > 0:01:28I once had a much older boyfriend.
0:01:28 > 0:01:35- Do you collect anything?- I collect wine.- That's not an antique. - I collect art.
0:01:35 > 0:01:39- You should collect Toby jugs. - How do you know I don't?
0:01:40 > 0:01:45How do you know that I'm not an antiques expert?
0:01:45 > 0:01:50He's not. He's the former comedy actor who took the sitcom to new depths -
0:01:50 > 0:01:54I mean heights - with the hilarious Game On.
0:01:54 > 0:02:00Thursday, half seven. Coming to my room to watch the netball team go past?
0:02:00 > 0:02:06Then he got all serious on us with glossy drama and he hasn't looked back.
0:02:06 > 0:02:10I've seen it all now. I am off to lunch.
0:02:10 > 0:02:16He's the smooth, handsome dealmaker from Silk. He's Neil Stuke.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18This land of ours...
0:02:18 > 0:02:21Shakespeare was here, you know.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23- This is England.- Are you drunk?
0:02:23 > 0:02:28And we have this charming spring flower, this lady from Rutland,
0:02:28 > 0:02:32the face of GMTV for 17 years.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35She kept us entertained throughout the day.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37She read us the news.
0:02:37 > 0:02:42They'll have police in inner city schools with high crime and truancy.
0:02:42 > 0:02:46- She made us laugh.- Teaching!
0:02:46 > 0:02:48She even sang us to sleep.
0:02:48 > 0:02:52- #- When I fall in love
0:02:54 > 0:02:58- #- It will be forever...- #
0:02:58 > 0:03:03And she's promised to sing no more! She's Penny Smith.
0:03:03 > 0:03:07- It doesn't matter if you hit all the notes, does it?- No, not here.
0:03:07 > 0:03:15- I think the key here, obviously, is...- To listen to the people who are our antiques experts!- No.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18It is our job to make money.
0:03:18 > 0:03:24So it's not about what we like, it's about making money.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26And it's about what I like.
0:03:26 > 0:03:32And it's about trust, so we've pulled out all the stops to get the very best experts.
0:03:32 > 0:03:39- When they weren't available, we got the best we could fit in this tiny Fiat Gamine.- Put on a few pounds?
0:03:39 > 0:03:44How very dare you! It's this car.
0:03:45 > 0:03:50- Does it make my bum look big? - It makes it look huge!
0:03:50 > 0:03:54He's the cavalier Caledonian, the maestro of militaria.
0:03:54 > 0:03:58- 'and over your money, sir! - He's the Napoleon of negotiation.
0:03:58 > 0:04:03This is where the nice young man turns into a hideous monster.
0:04:03 > 0:04:08He's a serious professional. He's Paul Laidlaw.
0:04:08 > 0:04:12Oh, dear! She's not sounding that good, is she?
0:04:12 > 0:04:17Either that or the SAS are machine-gunning at us!
0:04:17 > 0:04:23And I know what you're thinking - that cool cat's got some swagger. What's his name?
0:04:23 > 0:04:26I just want to smash them! Oh, God...!
0:04:26 > 0:04:31He's the strong, manly auctioneer who knows a lot about jewellery.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34I need to buy more!
0:04:34 > 0:04:41He's vivacious, he's bodacious, he's keen to impress us. He's Thomas Plant.
0:04:41 > 0:04:48- Any preference as to which...? - Not really. I don't really mind. As long as I don't get the Noddy car!
0:04:48 > 0:04:54- I've got a shopping list. Lava lamp. - Yeah.- Some sort of 1970s Japanese television.
0:04:54 > 0:04:58- Action Men figures. - Action Men figures!
0:04:58 > 0:05:02Will you get a Barbie and make them make babies?
0:05:02 > 0:05:05I think you can do better than that with £400, frankly.
0:05:05 > 0:05:10However, silly experts are not our celebrities' biggest problem.
0:05:10 > 0:05:15- She's a fantastic back seat driver. - Front seat driver.
0:05:15 > 0:05:22- Penelope needs a pit stop. - We're actually not that far away. - Shanks's pony?- Let's do it.
0:05:22 > 0:05:28Apologies for the wounded motor. Just a blip in a soon-to-be-perfect day, we hope!
0:05:28 > 0:05:29Da-da!
0:05:29 > 0:05:31Ah, here we go.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34- How are you doing?- Good!
0:05:34 > 0:05:37- We don't have a car. - We had car trouble.
0:05:37 > 0:05:41- What do you guys want to do? - What do you like talking about?
0:05:41 > 0:05:45- You bored me a bit about military history.- Military history.
0:05:45 > 0:05:50- That's a match made in heaven. They will be spooning.- Really?
0:05:50 > 0:05:54It's going to be unpleasant, is it? It'll be nasty?
0:05:54 > 0:05:56That I didn't know about.
0:05:58 > 0:06:02- Read the small print! - I need to just call my agent.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04Too late, Neil. We gotcha!
0:06:04 > 0:06:07Now let's see where we'll send ya.
0:06:07 > 0:06:13Hereford is the first port of call before our new teams cross into Shropshire
0:06:13 > 0:06:20and head for a decisive auction in Newport. But we're getting ahead and there's still that transport issue.
0:06:24 > 0:06:29- There go two losers.- Yeah, that's great that they're losers,
0:06:29 > 0:06:32but they've got a car and we haven't.
0:06:32 > 0:06:37I'm hoping to just get antiques that I like.
0:06:37 > 0:06:41- Is that the name of the game? - Well, yes and no.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43They do have to kind of make a profit.
0:06:43 > 0:06:48- Let's find the heart of Hereford. - Follow our noses, yeah?
0:06:48 > 0:06:52- Mind the bump!- I know! I saw it too late! Far too late.
0:06:52 > 0:06:57Penny and Thomas have made it to the towering Hereford Antiques Centre.
0:06:57 > 0:07:02Standing by to defend the cash register is marvellous Matthew.
0:07:02 > 0:07:03Hi, Matthew.
0:07:03 > 0:07:08- Let me just have a quick look round. I'm a quick shopper.- Are you? - Very fast.
0:07:08 > 0:07:13If it doesn't take my eye, it's not getting bought.
0:07:20 > 0:07:21PINGS
0:07:23 > 0:07:25Nice!
0:07:29 > 0:07:34OK, well, I like this one and the fact there's another one.
0:07:34 > 0:07:38- You like it because it's neat and restrained and tidy.- I do.
0:07:38 > 0:07:43- It's clean, lovely colours. You can't go wrong with blue and white. - No, you can't.
0:07:43 > 0:07:47- I quite like that. - It's a story, isn't it?
0:07:47 > 0:07:49Cupid.
0:07:49 > 0:07:55- His flames. Actually...hang on. - Hang on? What? Have you noticed something?
0:07:55 > 0:07:59- A star hairline crack. - Oh, no...!
0:07:59 > 0:08:06- Just there, look.- Any point in just getting one?- Not really, no. You want the two. It's better in pairs.
0:08:06 > 0:08:11- What did you see?- Actually... The big brass vase is quite me.
0:08:11 > 0:08:16- That looks like a milk churn. - OK, this is probably German.
0:08:16 > 0:08:21It's Art Nouveau style. Can we just turn it over?
0:08:22 > 0:08:26- Isn't it a bit woofed or whatever your word is?- Whacked.
0:08:26 > 0:08:31- Metal can be whacked. It's fine. - Metal is allowed to be whacked?
0:08:31 > 0:08:34You can have silver or metal.
0:08:34 > 0:08:38- Have a look at this. - What is it?
0:08:38 > 0:08:41It was plated. Big Art Nouveau bowl.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43Oh, right.
0:08:43 > 0:08:48But it's...1890s. It's brass. It was silver-plated.
0:08:48 > 0:08:52- And the silver plate's all come off. - Polished off.- Does it matter?
0:08:52 > 0:08:55Not really. You can get it re-plated.
0:08:55 > 0:08:59I almost want it upside down. I almost want you to wear it.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02- Like a...- Like a Viking helmet?
0:09:02 > 0:09:06- Oh, now you see that... - Now it comes alive.- It does.
0:09:06 > 0:09:12- And it goes with your eyes.- Does it? - It's a much more attractive piece!
0:09:12 > 0:09:17Are you... Oh, that was a bit close. I think I might be having your child!
0:09:17 > 0:09:22- Is that OK?- Blimey! This working relationship is going very well!
0:09:22 > 0:09:27- I love the colour. - Uranium has been put in that to make it that colour.
0:09:27 > 0:09:33- What is uranium? - Well, it's the thing that powers nuclear power stations.
0:09:33 > 0:09:39- So are they radioactive? - If you put a Geiger counter to them, they'd go a little bit higher.
0:09:39 > 0:09:44- Really? That's quite exciting. - It's quite nice being a pair.
0:09:44 > 0:09:50Uranium is famous as a source of fuel in the creation of nuclear power,
0:09:50 > 0:09:56but has been used since Roma times as a yellow colorant for glass and ceramics.
0:09:56 > 0:10:03These vases should not be too radioactive. However, they do say that two heads are better than one.
0:10:03 > 0:10:09- Victorian moulded uranium vases, glasses.- Glasses, vases.- £38.
0:10:09 > 0:10:13- I will get them for a lot less than that.- All right.- Is it worth having?
0:10:13 > 0:10:18- Not really, but...- I quite like them. Are they buffed? Chaffed?
0:10:18 > 0:10:22- Whacked!- Whacked. Does it matter that this one is woofed?
0:10:22 > 0:10:27- Whacked.- Splicked.- Woofed. It's got a chip.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30I know. Chips for lunch. I'm hungry.
0:10:30 > 0:10:34It'll have to be a working lunch, Penelope.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37Suave, business-savvy Matthew is waiting for a deal!
0:10:37 > 0:10:40Best, best price.
0:10:40 > 0:10:41Sixty.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43- Oh!- Sixty...
0:10:43 > 0:10:48- No, so that's not going to happen. - What are you thinking is best price?
0:10:48 > 0:10:52- Less than that. - The very best would be fifty.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55Fifty.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58It's got the look.
0:10:58 > 0:11:05It's got something, all right. So can Matthew stoically hold to £38 on the uranium glass vases?
0:11:05 > 0:11:11- What's the best price?- 25. - Even though they're whacked? - Whacked?- One's got a chip.
0:11:11 > 0:11:15- Has it?- One's got a chip with no mayonnaise.
0:11:15 > 0:11:19I can hear your tummy rumble.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21- Twenty.- This one here.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24- Twenty.- Twenty's your best price?
0:11:24 > 0:11:29- That's 70 quid. - I'd like to do a deal at 50 for the two.
0:11:29 > 0:11:33- 65...- No. - Plus you're going to sign my book.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36- Halfway. 55.- Oh, I like that.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38Oh, God.
0:11:38 > 0:11:43- 65...- Look at him. He's screwing that chair to the floor.
0:11:43 > 0:11:47My mother, when she sees this, will be just...
0:11:47 > 0:11:51Well, if it's not one thing, it's your mother. That's life.
0:11:51 > 0:11:55- It's hard enough in this world. - You should tread the boards.
0:11:55 > 0:12:03- Why don't we go 57?- No, 55... - OK, we're willing to go for 57. Don't roll your eyes at me. 57.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05- OK?- 60.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08No, look. He wanted 55. I'm going to 57.
0:12:08 > 0:12:14Otherwise he'll be really annoyed and I've got three days with him! It's going to be awful.
0:12:14 > 0:12:1657, a signature and you're done.
0:12:16 > 0:12:20- Cheers.- Well done, Penny. Two great purchases under your belt.
0:12:22 > 0:12:28So, car or no car, our chaps need to make some antique investments this morning.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30OK, let's go do some work.
0:12:30 > 0:12:36Matthew's on a double shift and bracing himself for a second celebrity onslaught.
0:12:36 > 0:12:42- Let's hope he can make mother proud. - I'm slightly daunted.
0:12:47 > 0:12:54- I've already noticed quite a few pairs of these dogs. - I'd call those wally dugs.
0:12:54 > 0:12:59They are, can I say, the working man's hearth ornaments.
0:12:59 > 0:13:05- They are ubiquitous. - If Neil wants to make serious money, he'll need to look harder
0:13:05 > 0:13:07- for shrewd investments.- Right.
0:13:10 > 0:13:16So this place is... It's very big. There's another pair of those dogs up there.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20Then there's some more there, look.
0:13:20 > 0:13:25I think they're screaming, "Don't buy me! Don't buy me! We're so common."
0:13:25 > 0:13:30Well, focus on something you DO like the look of, common or not.
0:13:30 > 0:13:34I just can't help but think
0:13:34 > 0:13:36that in these cases
0:13:36 > 0:13:39there is something of value.
0:13:39 > 0:13:46- There's a pair there. - Wemyss. A pair of waisted - that describes the form - vases.
0:13:46 > 0:13:50That's a big cabbage rose you've got there. I do like that they're a pair
0:13:50 > 0:13:54and they've got a brand that's immediately recognisable.
0:13:54 > 0:14:00- Wemyss were highly collectable. Let me see if I can get one for you...- Yeah.
0:14:00 > 0:14:04One for me. We're looking at the condition.
0:14:04 > 0:14:08Wemyss ware hails from the Kingdom of Fife in Scotland.
0:14:08 > 0:14:15This highly collectable cabbage rose pattern, designed by gifted bohemian painter Karel Nikola.
0:14:15 > 0:14:21- The pair are priced at £165. - I think I spotted in here, while we've got the door open,
0:14:21 > 0:14:25- a cocktail shaker.- Yeah. - These are decadent things.
0:14:25 > 0:14:31- My eye always goes on cocktail shakers. I used to be a cocktail barman.- Really?- Yeah.
0:14:31 > 0:14:36So you found something you like that could possibly make some money.
0:14:36 > 0:14:40And I still love to make cocktails all the time.
0:14:40 > 0:14:46- I trained under the great Dick Bradsell.- THE great Dick Bradsell?
0:14:46 > 0:14:49- THE great Dick Bradsell. - Who was he?- Exactly.
0:14:49 > 0:14:54- One of the world's most famous mixologists.- Get in!
0:14:54 > 0:14:58- Mixology. That's what Tom Cruise is into.- That's Scientology.
0:14:58 > 0:15:02- You prat! I don't think we should be talking about that.- Indeed.
0:15:02 > 0:15:08Although Tom Cruise once made a film all about cocktails. I forget the name - must have been drunk.
0:15:08 > 0:15:15This suave Asprey's cocktail shaker is currently priced at £95, so it's time for Matthew to call the dealer.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17Go for it, Matt.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20- What do you want to pay?- £80-£100.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23Sorry. Who am I talking to?
0:15:23 > 0:15:25- Richard.- Hi. How are you?
0:15:26 > 0:15:31I'm Paul and I'm on a mission to spend some money today.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34But I'm as miserable as sin.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37Not miserable! Just tight.
0:15:37 > 0:15:43Hang on a minute. ..Could we buy the two? How would you feel about the two?
0:15:43 > 0:15:47If we bought the two, what could they be? I'm wanting to pay 120.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50What are you saying?
0:15:51 > 0:15:53Awww!
0:15:53 > 0:15:55You've gone down to 135.
0:15:55 > 0:16:00Look, don't say that's it. Give me it on a round number. 130.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02And we nail it.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05You've got a deal, my man.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10I do apologise, Richard.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14So at 120 for cash, yeah?
0:16:16 > 0:16:18Paul's influence is rubbing off!
0:16:18 > 0:16:22I could murder a cocktail at this juncture.
0:16:22 > 0:16:26- Ahh. Come on. Let's do it. - A bit early, isn't it?- Thank you.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28Bye!
0:16:30 > 0:16:34Meanwhile, Penny and Thomas are hard at it and pressing on.
0:16:34 > 0:16:39- What was your first job? - Plucking turkeys for Christmas.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42- Is this in Rutland?- In Rutland, yes.
0:16:42 > 0:16:49And then a man phoned me and said, "Would you like to come to a new thing we're doing called Sky News?"
0:16:49 > 0:16:56So I went to Sky News and I became the first face on Sky News.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59Penny Smith is certainly a girl on the move.
0:16:59 > 0:17:05And this Road Trip is moving at last, making its way safely and soberly
0:17:05 > 0:17:0914 miles due north to a place they call Leominster.
0:17:09 > 0:17:13My dad's an engineer and my mum was the worst hairdresser in the world.
0:17:13 > 0:17:19She used to cut our hair so badly that we looked like a collection of steak and kidney puddings.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23Mothers, honestly!
0:17:23 > 0:17:29In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles
0:17:29 > 0:17:35described Leominster as "situated in a fertile valley, its commerce is chiefly hops and cider".
0:17:35 > 0:17:42Fortunately, both Penny and Thomas are responsible designated drivers, come rain or shine.
0:17:42 > 0:17:46- Are we dying?- We're dying! - Oh, no!
0:17:46 > 0:17:49We're dying! Oh, no! ENGINE SPLUTTERS
0:17:49 > 0:17:50Oh!
0:17:51 > 0:17:53Aaaargh!
0:17:53 > 0:17:56- Oh, no!- I'm getting out.
0:17:56 > 0:18:00Oh, dear. Our vintage cars are not faring well today,
0:18:00 > 0:18:04but at least the mechanics of Hereford will be kept busy.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08Poor car.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11I do feel very sorry for it.
0:18:11 > 0:18:15- Are we going down Cordwainers Lane? - There's some wee.- Oh, no!
0:18:15 > 0:18:20That's you boys and your inability to stop weeing in places.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22Honestly, you boys!
0:18:22 > 0:18:26Still, at last we reach the Leominster Antiques Market,
0:18:26 > 0:18:31an enticing, up and downy cavern of potential treasures.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34We're going to have a good look.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37Yeah, you and your whips.
0:18:37 > 0:18:41A-ha-ha! So nice. I'll repay the favour.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43- Give me some...- Action!
0:18:43 > 0:18:47It is a massage. I'm not quite ready for it yet.
0:18:47 > 0:18:48Ah!
0:18:49 > 0:18:52It's OK. Nothing to see here.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58Did you see these lovely brass things here?
0:18:58 > 0:19:02That's what we used to spend Sundays doing, wet Sundays.
0:19:02 > 0:19:07- Mum got all the brass out. - And get you to polish it?- Yes.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10Last to finish got a Mrs Smith haircut, no doubt.
0:19:10 > 0:19:15- What have they got here? I love agricultural things.- What is it?
0:19:15 > 0:19:20- I don't know.- Didn't you put things on and pull it behind a cow?
0:19:20 > 0:19:23- What a lovely bit of wood. - Beautiful.
0:19:23 > 0:19:27It is a delightful shaped piece of sycamore.
0:19:27 > 0:19:31A four-pronged oxen yoke, possibly 19th-century
0:19:31 > 0:19:35and definitely with an asking price of £85.
0:19:35 > 0:19:41- You could mount that on a wall. - Or mount it the other way and have it for coats.
0:19:41 > 0:19:49Good idea! Just occasionally, negotiations occur behind closed doors, but Penny and Thomas got
0:19:49 > 0:19:51a fairly reasonable deal at £50.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54Gosh, they're working hard today.
0:19:57 > 0:20:01Back in Hereford, dedicated Neil is leading Paul to...
0:20:01 > 0:20:04Look out!
0:20:04 > 0:20:09- Good morning. Welcome to the Cider Museum. I'm Margaret Thompson. - Good morning. Neil.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12Well, we're here now.
0:20:12 > 0:20:18Hereford's fascinating Cider Museum is a living, breathing, drinking recreation
0:20:18 > 0:20:22of a cottage industry grown into mass production.
0:20:22 > 0:20:26Britain has been a highly-organised cider producer since the Middle Ages.
0:20:26 > 0:20:33Apple pressing and fermenting is an art and, with the right equipment, can be achieved in vast quantities.
0:20:33 > 0:20:38The museum has steadfastly acquired some amazing artefacts,
0:20:38 > 0:20:42like this huge, 300-year-old apple press from Normandy.
0:20:42 > 0:20:46- That's a trunk of a tree! - It's astonishing.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48I've never seen anything like this.
0:20:48 > 0:20:54In France, they would make the cheese using straw, whereas in Herefordshire,
0:20:54 > 0:20:59- we would make a cheese using hairs. - That's quite interesting.
0:20:59 > 0:21:03You're using the word "cheese" in relation to cider?!
0:21:03 > 0:21:08- Absolutely.- Can you explain that? - When making cider in Hereford,
0:21:08 > 0:21:14we would take a cloth and the crushed apple would be put into the middle of the cloth.
0:21:14 > 0:21:19They would be stacked on the press, eight to fourteen high.
0:21:19 > 0:21:24- When it's on the press and built, it's called a cheese.- Oh, OK.
0:21:24 > 0:21:30- Of course.- But then cheese and cider goes extremely well, anyway. - Certainly does!
0:21:30 > 0:21:34This incredible machine is the beginning of industrial production,
0:21:34 > 0:21:37but cider making has had its peaks and troughs.
0:21:37 > 0:21:42Medieval orchards declined during the Black Death and War of the Roses
0:21:42 > 0:21:46until Henry VIII ordered new apple trees to be imported from Europe.
0:21:46 > 0:21:52The cider cottage industry boomed well into the Industrial Revolution.
0:21:52 > 0:21:58This type of equipment, the portable scratter, was introduced about 1850.
0:21:58 > 0:22:04We probably don't appreciate the efforts the travelling cider maker went to. It's so heavy.
0:22:04 > 0:22:10- Yeah.- There's no power steering. - We in this country are fascinated by that,
0:22:10 > 0:22:14but that still happens in villages in Italy and Spain and France,
0:22:14 > 0:22:18where they bring their grapes from their grapevines
0:22:18 > 0:22:23and they have a village wine that's produced in one place.
0:22:23 > 0:22:28Neil certainly knows his stuff, especially when it's about booze.
0:22:28 > 0:22:31Fortunately, small artisan production never died out.
0:22:31 > 0:22:37In fact, we've seen a cider-making resurgence throughout Britain fuelled by nostalgia
0:22:37 > 0:22:40and a seemingly-unquenchable thirst.
0:22:40 > 0:22:44So today the process is much bigger, but...
0:22:44 > 0:22:51- it's gone back to its green and more organic roots- Many of the craft cider makers grow
0:22:51 > 0:22:56and use the local fruit. Some commercial cider makers
0:22:56 > 0:23:02probably have to import some apple concentrate. It still makes good drink, though.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05Speaking of which...
0:23:05 > 0:23:09That leads me on nicely... I don't know about you.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12The back of my throat is so dry.
0:23:12 > 0:23:18Sorry, Margaret. I'm sure our cheeky chaps are just practising their negotiation skills.
0:23:18 > 0:23:22It is such a shame you're driving. It really is.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25- Cheers!- Cheers!
0:23:26 > 0:23:29I'm going to get my jacket.
0:23:30 > 0:23:34Sorry about this. Really not good Road Trip behaviour, frankly.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37- DRUNKENLY: Paul...- Tut tut!
0:23:37 > 0:23:41No sympathy! You brought it on yourself.
0:23:41 > 0:23:45Aye. Though not without incident, it's been a great first day.
0:23:45 > 0:23:49The shops close, the sun sets across the county
0:23:49 > 0:23:54and only shoe leather can deliver our lads and lass to their lodgings,
0:23:54 > 0:24:00but whilst most road trippers are in bed, Neil is road testing his new favourite antique.
0:24:00 > 0:24:05And this time Paul is not the designated driver.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08- Oh, look at that! - Bottoms up, old chap.
0:24:09 > 0:24:13Now drink responsibly, lads. Night night.
0:24:18 > 0:24:23Morning! With clear heads - well, more or less -
0:24:23 > 0:24:29- our celebrities face the first issue of the day. - Right. What's the car situation?
0:24:29 > 0:24:34- We blew ours up.- We're now two cars down. We're without a car.
0:24:34 > 0:24:38- I know, but apparently something else is coming.- OK.
0:24:38 > 0:24:42Something's coming, all right. It's blue, it's from 1960
0:24:42 > 0:24:44and...it works!
0:24:44 > 0:24:48Is it me or has this car got bigger and changed colour?
0:24:48 > 0:24:52The Noddy car, I'm afraid I have to say, is dead.
0:24:52 > 0:24:56- That cute, lovable, adorable... - Don't rub it in!
0:24:56 > 0:25:01- You killed the car. - So far, Penny and Thomas have launched into proceedings
0:25:01 > 0:25:06spending a sober £107 on three items.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09The Art Nouveau brass fruit bowl,
0:25:09 > 0:25:11the uranium glass vases
0:25:11 > 0:25:17and the sycamore yoke. They face another day with £293 left to spend.
0:25:17 > 0:25:22- Sorry. I'm on my knees now. - Are you all right on your knees?
0:25:22 > 0:25:28Oh, dear. Neil and Paul, meanwhile, kind of eased into the day,
0:25:28 > 0:25:32eventually spending a well-lubricated £130 on two items.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35The cabbage rose Wemyss vases
0:25:35 > 0:25:38and the Asprey cocktail shaker.
0:25:38 > 0:25:44The wayward barflies have £270 to help them beat Penny and Tom.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47There's another pair of the dogs.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49Now let's resolve the burning issue.
0:25:49 > 0:25:53- We've got a car. Have we? - Do we not have a car?
0:25:53 > 0:25:58- We do not have a car. - You had it yesterday. - You've got the Morris.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02- Bye!- Bye-bye!
0:26:02 > 0:26:08- Have a good one.- Before today's Road Trip can move on, our teams have unfinished business in Leominster.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11So let's hope Neil and Paul can stay off the sauce, eh?
0:26:11 > 0:26:16Looks like we have rolled into town, dude.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19Rolled being the operative word.
0:26:19 > 0:26:26Leominster House Antiques Centre has five floors of wonders. The lights are on and Nigel's home. Hi, Nige.
0:26:26 > 0:26:31- So it's down...- But can Neil find the investment he's seeking?
0:26:31 > 0:26:34Come on, Paul. Only 16 more floors.
0:26:34 > 0:26:37Not junk.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39- Neil...- Yeah?
0:26:40 > 0:26:44I've found something. ..That's a period spinning wheel.
0:26:44 > 0:26:47- Right. - By period, I mean 19th century.
0:26:47 > 0:26:52For me, I think it's quite interesting because it's mechanical
0:26:52 > 0:26:57and made of wood. There's clearly some craftsmanship gone into this.
0:26:57 > 0:27:01I don't like it, but I need to know if it's going to make money.
0:27:01 > 0:27:07Truth of the matter is, while once you got a couple of hundred pounds for good ones at auction,
0:27:07 > 0:27:11now £50-£80 tends to be the mark.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13But look at the price tag.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16We're in the right region.
0:27:16 > 0:27:22£55 is the right ballpark and this delightful 19th-century machine works,
0:27:22 > 0:27:25spinning fine yarn from the rawest of wool.
0:27:25 > 0:27:31I'd like to buy that for £30-£35 to be able to sleep easy. We're going to make a little.
0:27:31 > 0:27:36- What do you think? - I don't know what to think.
0:27:36 > 0:27:40- Have we got time to think? - That's not going to be sold.
0:27:40 > 0:27:47Good question. As the shopping moments evaporate, I'd say it's time to find Nigel and have a good grab.
0:27:47 > 0:27:52- We have something we want to talk to you about.- Right.- A spinning wheel.
0:27:52 > 0:27:56The spinning wheel is up there because it's never going to sell.
0:27:56 > 0:28:02- It's sitting at £55. I see its merit, but I see its detractors.- Yeah.
0:28:02 > 0:28:09Nigel needs to check his books and Neil needs to decide if he really wants to take the plunge.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12That happens to be mine. The best I could do on that is 45.
0:28:12 > 0:28:17- 40, cash, and we'll take it. - No, 45 cash. I'm sticking there.
0:28:17 > 0:28:24Poor Neil. It's not an easy decision, especially with a sore head. He needs shades.
0:28:24 > 0:28:28I say we move on. I've got to be honest with you.
0:28:28 > 0:28:33I don't like it, but I understand its beauty. ..I feel terrible.
0:28:33 > 0:28:35I feel terrible. Look...
0:28:36 > 0:28:42How big a risk...? We're going to walk away from that. How big a risk is £45 on that?
0:28:45 > 0:28:48We're back. We are back.
0:28:48 > 0:28:52- We're going to do it. We'll take you up on the wheel.- OK.
0:28:52 > 0:28:54You're a hard man.
0:28:55 > 0:28:59- You're a hard man.- Thank you. Thanks for your custom.
0:28:59 > 0:29:04- Wish us luck!- Absolutely. - £5 change, please.- It's coming now!
0:29:04 > 0:29:09Keep your hair on, Neil. You've got a wonderful new purchase to feel great about.
0:29:09 > 0:29:11- Well?- I've bought a spinning wheel.
0:29:12 > 0:29:15An old granny's spinning wheel!
0:29:16 > 0:29:21Oh, dear. And as Minster House Antique Centre sighs with relief,
0:29:21 > 0:29:25Penny and Thomas arrive on foot ready for their rummage,
0:29:25 > 0:29:29now under the watchful eye of "Jeremie" in his beret.
0:29:29 > 0:29:31He looks a bit French to me.
0:29:33 > 0:29:38- You want Sooty's Xylophone! That's the only thing you want.- What's this?
0:29:38 > 0:29:40- Naked Sooty.- Yeah.
0:29:40 > 0:29:46Ah, well, the old ones are the best ones, so let's find some good, old objects!
0:29:46 > 0:29:47What an unusual thing!
0:29:49 > 0:29:51What would you use...?
0:29:51 > 0:29:53For the garden?
0:29:53 > 0:29:55- Lead?- Yeah, you could do.
0:29:55 > 0:30:01- It would kill the plants. - Look at this. This is a mortar, a 17th century mortar.
0:30:01 > 0:30:04Now, that is exciting. How much is it?
0:30:04 > 0:30:0665. That is amazing.
0:30:06 > 0:30:12Do you want the lead or the pestle...? If I hold the two up, I'm just doing my exercise here.
0:30:12 > 0:30:15- Um...- No rush.
0:30:15 > 0:30:17- Bit higher.- No rush.
0:30:17 > 0:30:21- Could you hold them higher?- Aaagh!
0:30:21 > 0:30:25- I don't know. I think I prefer the lead one.- Really?
0:30:25 > 0:30:30To be honest with you, Penny, it's fun, but the medieval one's got more going for it.
0:30:30 > 0:30:34OK. Can we just take it, otherwise we'll never get fed?
0:30:34 > 0:30:37Still thinking about chips, eh, Penny? Hmm, chips!
0:30:37 > 0:30:39Deco bowl.
0:30:39 > 0:30:43- Do you like a Deco bowl? - I do like a Deco bowl.
0:30:43 > 0:30:46"Art Deco, pressed glass vase, £36."
0:30:46 > 0:30:49And it's got the thing in the middle.
0:30:49 > 0:30:53It's got the little stand. It's sweet. It's lovely, very decorative.
0:30:53 > 0:30:56I also like the touring game.
0:30:56 > 0:31:00- "Rare 1930s touring game, £26."- It's like our little Noddy car, isn't it?
0:31:00 > 0:31:06Oh, it is! You almost want to get it just because it's like our little Noddy car that you've blown up.
0:31:06 > 0:31:08No, no, it just...
0:31:08 > 0:31:13And look, it's "exciting, interesting" and "educative".
0:31:19 > 0:31:21I'm liking this cupboard.
0:31:21 > 0:31:25- It's got nice taste. What's on the base?- 22.
0:31:25 > 0:31:30- Beautiful shape.- Lovely.- Bit of nice-looking pewter.- OK, are we done?
0:31:32 > 0:31:35- Let's take that down.- Good choice. - That is gorgeous.
0:31:35 > 0:31:40- I'm good, aren't I?- You've got a really nice eye.- I'm good on pots.
0:31:40 > 0:31:47And so modest(!) Penny and Thomas have gathered a host of potential, all before lunchtime. Oh, chips!
0:31:47 > 0:31:53But they've got the Art Nouveau pewter vase for £22, the Art Deco vase for £36,
0:31:53 > 0:31:57the medieval mortar for £65
0:31:57 > 0:32:00and the road trip game for £26. Lovely!
0:32:00 > 0:32:04I can do this for 20. That gives you a really good sporting chance.
0:32:04 > 0:32:07What can you do that one for?
0:32:07 > 0:32:09The very best for 30.
0:32:09 > 0:32:12Unless I get a kiss and you might get it for 28.
0:32:12 > 0:32:15I don't care. I've sold my kisses...
0:32:15 > 0:32:18- I was talking to Thomas! - LAUGHTER
0:32:18 > 0:32:21I sold mine once for chips and curry sauce.
0:32:21 > 0:32:25Enough with the chips already. What's it going to be?
0:32:26 > 0:32:30Jeremy's offers come to £120 plus a kiss.
0:32:30 > 0:32:34- Shall we make that 121?- 121.- 121. - Or 120 to make it nice and round.
0:32:34 > 0:32:37- That really is...- Do I get the kiss?
0:32:37 > 0:32:39Yes, you do. Tom, give him a kiss.
0:32:40 > 0:32:42- 120...- Thank you, Jeremy.
0:32:43 > 0:32:46- I feel like I'm in France.- Yeah.
0:32:46 > 0:32:48France, beret, French fries...
0:32:48 > 0:32:51Ooh, French fries!
0:32:51 > 0:32:55That's a bumper bag of potential profit-makers for Penny.
0:32:55 > 0:32:59So it's lucky that Neil is taking his shopping so seriously.
0:32:59 > 0:33:02I just wanted to mention the budget to you.
0:33:02 > 0:33:05You know you gave me the money yesterday...
0:33:05 > 0:33:07PAUL LAUGHS LOUDLY
0:33:07 > 0:33:12Well, you know, because when you lot went to bed last night...
0:33:12 > 0:33:14I don't know.
0:33:14 > 0:33:17I'm sure we can get to a cash point and stuff.
0:33:17 > 0:33:19He's joking, of course.
0:33:19 > 0:33:21Isn't he?
0:33:21 > 0:33:24Petrol money or not, the road trip moves on.
0:33:24 > 0:33:27Leominster becomes the past
0:33:27 > 0:33:30as we head 30 miles north into the future, into Shropshire
0:33:30 > 0:33:36and on to Bridgnorth, but Paul wants to journey into Neil's past, especially his favourite TV sitcom.
0:33:36 > 0:33:38Game On.
0:33:38 > 0:33:41That was a big deal for me, man!
0:33:41 > 0:33:45It's so lovely that people hold... that people cherish that.
0:33:45 > 0:33:50People have got such fond memories of it, something I did 16 years ago.
0:33:50 > 0:33:53Obviously, now people are talking about Silk,
0:33:53 > 0:33:56but there was quite a bit of work in between.
0:33:56 > 0:33:59But no-one ever talks about that!
0:34:00 > 0:34:04Bridgnorth prospered greatly from many a King Henry.
0:34:04 > 0:34:09Henry I granted privileges to the town's burgesses.
0:34:09 > 0:34:11Henry II extended these privileges.
0:34:11 > 0:34:15Henry III granted liberties to the guild merchants.
0:34:15 > 0:34:19And Henry VI gave regulations for local trade in bread and ale.
0:34:19 > 0:34:24He came after the Agincourt Henry and before the fat one with all those wives.
0:34:24 > 0:34:31I bow to your experience and your knowledge and frankly feel utterly inadequate next to it,
0:34:31 > 0:34:33but thank God you're here!
0:34:33 > 0:34:34Aw!
0:34:36 > 0:34:40Now, Micawber Antiques presents a world of opportunity
0:34:40 > 0:34:43with Nick standing by. Hi, Nick.
0:34:45 > 0:34:48But what kind of object could possibly catch Neil's eye?
0:34:48 > 0:34:51These are amazing, aren't they?
0:34:52 > 0:34:53Cor!
0:34:53 > 0:34:56They're so heavy. It's unbelievable!
0:34:56 > 0:35:01- Are you drawn to those?- Absolutely beautiful. Yeah, totally and utterly.
0:35:01 > 0:35:03With your interest in wine...
0:35:03 > 0:35:10We should be a double act here. We're wasting our time talking about these if there's much damage at all
0:35:10 > 0:35:14and I've got fretting on that edge of that stopper already.
0:35:14 > 0:35:20If they are to adorn a table, they really do need to be fine. Are you interested, warts and all?
0:35:20 > 0:35:25We've just walked in the door, so we know they're there. That's a great beginning.
0:35:25 > 0:35:29- OK.- But obviously... I've spotted something.
0:35:29 > 0:35:35- There they are!- Do you feel like you're being followed then, Neil? Paranoia? They might be fans.
0:35:35 > 0:35:37MAKES HOOTING SOUND
0:35:45 > 0:35:48I have to say the two decanters so far are...
0:35:48 > 0:35:54- Are they still doing it for you? - Yeah. But we're not going to make much money on them.
0:35:54 > 0:35:56Even if he does a good deal.
0:35:56 > 0:36:00We need to do something that's going to make us loads of money!
0:36:00 > 0:36:04Don't stress, Neil! Just try your best.
0:36:04 > 0:36:07Or let Paul knock them down from £45.
0:36:07 > 0:36:11- Can I be really brutal?- Yes. - Because I'm an auctioneer.
0:36:11 > 0:36:13But as a trade buyer...
0:36:13 > 0:36:1820 quid? Can you help? Have you got much invested in them?
0:36:18 > 0:36:20I can just about get out on 25.
0:36:20 > 0:36:24Thank you. I really respect that.
0:36:24 > 0:36:26So we know where we're at.
0:36:26 > 0:36:29What do you make of the pewter there?
0:36:30 > 0:36:32OK, this is...
0:36:32 > 0:36:34I'm guessing Deco, is it?
0:36:34 > 0:36:37It's a Wurttembergische... MUMBLES
0:36:37 > 0:36:41- Metallwarenfabrik.- Yeah, exactly. That's what I said.
0:36:41 > 0:36:46Neil is trying to say Wurttembergische Metallwarenfabrik.
0:36:47 > 0:36:49But we can just say WMF, luckily.
0:36:49 > 0:36:54German Art Nouveau from the early 20th century with a £90 ticket.
0:36:54 > 0:36:56Auf Wiedersehen, pet!
0:36:56 > 0:37:00What is the death on the WMF, so I know where we're...?
0:37:00 > 0:37:04It would have to be 35 on the basket, yes.
0:37:04 > 0:37:06Which do you prefer?
0:37:06 > 0:37:11I think we should ask what you'd do for both of them.
0:37:12 > 0:37:14- The decanters are 25.- 25.
0:37:15 > 0:37:19And the Vorsprung durch Technik...
0:37:19 > 0:37:21LAUGHTER
0:37:21 > 0:37:25- ..is...- That's 35 at the moment? - 35?- 35.- 35.
0:37:25 > 0:37:29- Can we get rid of those 5s? - We might get rid of one of them.
0:37:29 > 0:37:32- Please.- Can we dig our heels... For a fiver?
0:37:32 > 0:37:34- Go on then.- Oh!
0:37:36 > 0:37:39- Thank you very much.- Thanks, Nick. - You're welcome.
0:37:39 > 0:37:45Well done, boys, especially Neil. He's really quite good when he brightens up, isn't he?
0:37:45 > 0:37:49Both celebrities have made a great fist of this shopping adventure
0:37:49 > 0:37:53and quietly impressed their attentive experts.
0:37:53 > 0:37:59So Penny is dragging poor Thomas to a tea-time treat that is right up her street.
0:37:59 > 0:38:04- Smell!- Roses.- It's so sort of otherworldly, isn't it?
0:38:04 > 0:38:06I had no sense of smell for five years.
0:38:06 > 0:38:09That explains everything, Thomas!
0:38:09 > 0:38:16In this part of the world, in a secret location, there's an amazing collection of fellow entertainers -
0:38:16 > 0:38:18some stringed and some hand-operated.
0:38:18 > 0:38:24This is the archive of the British Puppet and Model Theatre Guild,
0:38:24 > 0:38:27lovingly curated by honorary archivist Michael Dixon.
0:38:27 > 0:38:30He's real, by the way. No strings attached. Watch!
0:38:30 > 0:38:34Michael, how did you get to be involved in all of this?
0:38:34 > 0:38:39I met Jim Henson when I was seven years old. I was very interested in the Muppets.
0:38:39 > 0:38:42I met him and interviewed him and Kermit on TV.
0:38:42 > 0:38:48Though Michael's only seven, he's a total Muppet maniac, whose dream has been to meet the great Muppet maker.
0:38:48 > 0:38:51Why did you call the Muppets Muppets?
0:38:51 > 0:38:56Well, you know, in reality, it was just a word that we made up.
0:38:56 > 0:39:01I used to tell people it was a combination of "puppets" and "marionettes",
0:39:01 > 0:39:07but that was just an answer, so I would have something to tell people when they asked the question.
0:39:07 > 0:39:11The Muppets are probably the world's most famous puppets,
0:39:11 > 0:39:13created by hippie genius Jim Henson.
0:39:13 > 0:39:19But many characters date back centuries to the dawn of entertainment.
0:39:19 > 0:39:222012 is the 350th anniversary of Punch and Judy,
0:39:22 > 0:39:25probably the oldest known puppets in Britain.
0:39:25 > 0:39:29This collection has built up over ten years to around 3,000 puppets,
0:39:29 > 0:39:31half of which are Michael's own.
0:39:32 > 0:39:36These are the ancestors of today's entertainers.
0:39:38 > 0:39:44Early TV cameras were large and cumbersome, so puppet shows were ideal for test recordings.
0:39:44 > 0:39:46And cheaper.
0:39:46 > 0:39:52When John Logie Baird was doing his experimental television at the end of the 1920s, early '30s,
0:39:52 > 0:39:54he asked the Guild to come and perform.
0:39:54 > 0:39:57Harry Whanslaw, one of the Presidents of the Guild,
0:39:57 > 0:40:01made this puppet which was the first ever made for television.
0:40:01 > 0:40:04He was painted in these colours, so he'd show up.
0:40:04 > 0:40:07Isn't he lovely? He's slightly evil.
0:40:07 > 0:40:11- Was he supposed to be slightly evil? - Some people think all puppets are evil.
0:40:11 > 0:40:16Some people? Naturally, puppets also became some of television's early stars.
0:40:16 > 0:40:22Children of the 1950s enjoyed the simple exploits of Andy Pandy and Bill and Ben,
0:40:22 > 0:40:26but they were not the first to steal the nation's heart.
0:40:26 > 0:40:28Hello, everyone.
0:40:28 > 0:40:32And now we're going to give you just a little bit of our...
0:40:32 > 0:40:36LOUD BANGING Muffin, stop it!
0:40:36 > 0:40:38- Celebrity...- I know that one.
0:40:38 > 0:40:42The Hogarth Puppets actually created Muffin the Mule.
0:40:42 > 0:40:45They were approached by the BBC to have a puppet created
0:40:45 > 0:40:48to go on a show with Annette Mills while she was on the piano,
0:40:48 > 0:40:54but as he got more famous, lots of people wanted to see him, but the puppet was quite small.
0:40:54 > 0:40:57Fred Tickner created and carved the puppet,
0:40:57 > 0:41:02so Fred Ticker made a reproduction of Muffin but in a much larger scale which is this one.
0:41:02 > 0:41:08- He's got a friendly face.- I like Muffin. He's sweet.- Look at him with his little pink lips.- He is sweet.
0:41:08 > 0:41:15Technological advancements changed the way puppets entertained us and also changed the audience,
0:41:15 > 0:41:19so by the 1980s, it was big kids watching grown-up puppets.
0:41:19 > 0:41:23- What puppets did you have? - I had some Muppet-style puppets.
0:41:23 > 0:41:27Are Muppets... They're marionettes, aren't they?
0:41:27 > 0:41:33No, they're hand in the mouth, so they operate with a glove or a rod and a hand like that.
0:41:33 > 0:41:38- I know you don't like working in the shadow of somebody else, but he's a very intelligent man.- It's OK.
0:41:38 > 0:41:40It's not part of my reality.
0:41:40 > 0:41:47The Muppet Show was filmed in Britain, but a lot of UK puppeteers went on to work on Spitting Image,
0:41:47 > 0:41:49one of our most famous puppet shows.
0:41:49 > 0:41:55Spitting Image was certainly not for children - hilarious, foul-mouthed, heavy satire,
0:41:55 > 0:42:02created by little-known sculptors Peter Fluck and Roger Law in the 1980s.
0:42:02 > 0:42:08Its unwitting targets were usually the so-called great and good, especially Margaret Thatcher.
0:42:08 > 0:42:13When they were in a restaurant, she said, "I'll have the meat raw."
0:42:13 > 0:42:17"What about the vegetables?" "They'll have the same."
0:42:17 > 0:42:20- That's right, the Cabinet... - The Cabinet were around there, yes.
0:42:20 > 0:42:23The Queen puppet there is quite an early version.
0:42:23 > 0:42:30- Speaking like, "My husband and I would like to thank you all for coming."- You've got all the voices.
0:42:30 > 0:42:33- Princess Anne just went, "Naff off." - LAUGHTER
0:42:33 > 0:42:35I remember that!
0:42:35 > 0:42:41In the evolution of entertainment, Spitting Image was probably the last great TV puppet show
0:42:41 > 0:42:46before computer animation won the day. Penny remembers the voices, but has she got the moves?
0:42:46 > 0:42:50- You're doing very well. Look at that. - There we go.- Yeah.
0:42:53 > 0:42:56# High on a hill with a lonely goatherd
0:42:56 > 0:42:58# Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee ho... #
0:42:58 > 0:43:04I'm imagining I'm Captain von Trapp myself, as grumpy, but really kind-hearted.
0:43:04 > 0:43:07- He's playing that. - Very good. Look at that.- Yes...
0:43:08 > 0:43:11There we are, bowing.
0:43:13 > 0:43:17- Time for us to go. Bye! - Bye-bye, Mr Puppet.
0:43:17 > 0:43:20- Bye-bye, Michael.- Bye-bye, Muffin.
0:43:20 > 0:43:22Bye-bye, everybody.
0:43:22 > 0:43:25Now the shopping's done, it's time to put on make-up,
0:43:25 > 0:43:29it's time to light the lights and review what they've bought.
0:43:29 > 0:43:31- Brace yourselves! - Do we go over here?- We can go over.
0:43:31 > 0:43:35- Something of interest. - Asprey. Asprey.
0:43:35 > 0:43:42- So what did you buy it with? - We got the pair of Wemyss and that for 130.
0:43:42 > 0:43:47- 130 for the two. It's got a hairline crack in there though, hasn't it? - How very dare you!
0:43:47 > 0:43:52May I introduce you to our star...
0:43:52 > 0:43:54star?
0:43:54 > 0:43:56- Your spinning...- Your "star" star?
0:43:56 > 0:44:01- Look at the craftsmanship. - It is lovely. Look at those lovely little turns.
0:44:01 > 0:44:03We paid what for it?
0:44:03 > 0:44:05- 40 quid.- 125.
0:44:06 > 0:44:0745.
0:44:07 > 0:44:09Nice work, chaps.
0:44:09 > 0:44:15Now, what do Penny and Thomas have underneath their black shroud?
0:44:15 > 0:44:19Thomas, is that a Kenrick mortar? Or earlier? You think that's early?
0:44:19 > 0:44:22I think that's early, yeah.
0:44:22 > 0:44:27- You think that's 17th century? - Oh, look at him, he's going, "No, it's not!"
0:44:27 > 0:44:32- I like the ribbing to it. - It looks like it's been in the sea for 200 years!
0:44:32 > 0:44:35A bit of pressed glass and some urin...uranium?
0:44:35 > 0:44:37- Yeah, uranium.- Behave yourself!
0:44:37 > 0:44:40Oh, behave!
0:44:40 > 0:44:44If you put a Geiger counter near them, they'll go tick-tock
0:44:44 > 0:44:47because they're made out of uranium, obviously.
0:44:47 > 0:44:51- Tom, this is your bag. What's going on here?- This is very us.
0:44:51 > 0:44:54- I love that. - Little Noddy car touring England.
0:44:54 > 0:44:57I'll have to do this to show you. There it is.
0:44:57 > 0:45:00- I love that, Tom. - It's great, isn't it?- It's cool.
0:45:00 > 0:45:03And what's inside that?
0:45:03 > 0:45:07Is it a Fiat? Is there a Fiat in there? A little red Fiat?
0:45:07 > 0:45:10- That is a riot! - It's fun, isn't it?- I love it.
0:45:10 > 0:45:16More fun when the cars don't break down all the time! So what do you really think? Fancy a drink?
0:45:16 > 0:45:20I feel pretty good. I feel pretty confident, actually.
0:45:20 > 0:45:24- We're in the hands of the auctioneer now, all right?- And the market.
0:45:24 > 0:45:29And we're in the hands of the market. The punch bowl is beautiful, beautiful.
0:45:29 > 0:45:32For me, it's the yoke and the board game.
0:45:32 > 0:45:36- The credibility...- Yeah. - Love them. Hats off.
0:45:36 > 0:45:38So who do you think is going to win?
0:45:40 > 0:45:44- I don't know.- It's tough, isn't it? - I really don't know.
0:45:44 > 0:45:47If you could swap any items, what would you have?
0:45:47 > 0:45:50I still think that cocktail shaker is a good one.
0:45:50 > 0:45:54Is there anything they've got you'd swap for anything we've got?
0:45:54 > 0:45:56None whatsoever.
0:45:56 > 0:46:00I'm going to be really, really vicious.
0:46:00 > 0:46:03- Our six foot...- Yeah.- Antiques fair.
0:46:05 > 0:46:07Their six foot... Car boot sale.
0:46:07 > 0:46:09- Wow!- Harsh.
0:46:09 > 0:46:13Ooh! Come on, girls, let's get on the road to auction.
0:46:13 > 0:46:17Our lucky celebrities now have their own, fully functioning MG Midget.
0:46:17 > 0:46:20Even the windscreen wipers work... for the moment.
0:46:20 > 0:46:23Another car, another day.
0:46:23 > 0:46:29- Some more weather. - We have been extraordinarily lucky with the weather!
0:46:30 > 0:46:35So this two-car road trip makes its merry way to the final destination...
0:46:36 > 0:46:42..heading 21 miles due north from Bridgnorth to Shropshire's very own Newport.
0:46:42 > 0:46:46I still think that your mortar is thousands of years old.
0:46:46 > 0:46:50- Thousands of years old.- Thousands. - It's from Atlantis.
0:46:50 > 0:46:55- When mammoths were... - A collector is going to turn up and pay £30,000 for it.
0:46:55 > 0:46:57Indubitably.
0:46:57 > 0:47:02Medieval Newport built its fortune on trade in leather, wool and fish,
0:47:02 > 0:47:06but not a drop of cider, you'll be pleased to hear.
0:47:06 > 0:47:09- Are you feeling lucky? - Am I feeling lucky, punk?
0:47:09 > 0:47:11Uh...
0:47:11 > 0:47:13- It's so close, Laidlaw.- It's not.
0:47:13 > 0:47:17- It's so close.- How very dare you! How very dare you!
0:47:17 > 0:47:22Awaiting our rain-swept travellers is Brettells Auctioneers.
0:47:22 > 0:47:27Both celebrity swag bags have arrived safely and auctioneer David Brettell has peeked within
0:47:27 > 0:47:32- to give his honest opinion. - I like the spinning wheel. It's clean and tidy.
0:47:32 > 0:47:36I like the WMF, good quality, and the Asprey cocktail shaker.
0:47:36 > 0:47:41Interesting thing, the oxen yoke. It has got those little pieces that drop down.
0:47:41 > 0:47:46I'm not sure whether those aren't perhaps a later addition on display.
0:47:46 > 0:47:50It will be finding the right customer for that one.
0:47:50 > 0:47:54Heavy mortar pot, interesting thing, and it's hugely old,
0:47:54 > 0:47:56but it's got huge character.
0:47:56 > 0:48:00Neil and Paul, in my opinion, will walk it.
0:48:00 > 0:48:03That's lucky. They've been walking for the last two days!
0:48:03 > 0:48:07Our celebrity teams began with £400 apiece.
0:48:07 > 0:48:13Neil and Paul spent a thoroughly healthy £225 on five auction lots,
0:48:13 > 0:48:17whilst Penny and Thomas went a modicum crazier,
0:48:17 > 0:48:20spending £227 also on five lots.
0:48:20 > 0:48:25- That's all.- Is it really?- Yeah. We need another...- Brettells Auctioneers are ready to sell.
0:48:25 > 0:48:28But we seem to be missing... something.
0:48:28 > 0:48:30Where are they?
0:48:30 > 0:48:35That's actually a good point. For a ten o'clock auction at...
0:48:35 > 0:48:39- And I go... Ready? - Ten o'clock...- Now!
0:48:39 > 0:48:41Disaster has struck again.
0:48:41 > 0:48:44These are the moments that I shall cherish.
0:48:44 > 0:48:48Neil and Penny are having... How can I put this?
0:48:48 > 0:48:49Car trouble!
0:48:49 > 0:48:55- Do you reckon they've deserted, had second thoughts after that reveal? - They've done a runner.
0:48:55 > 0:48:59It's awful, but the auction waits for no man...or woman!
0:48:59 > 0:49:04- Seriously, he's going to start. He's starting. Do you think it was something I said?- Yeah.
0:49:04 > 0:49:09First up, lonesome Paul is pinning Neil's hopes on the Wemyss vases.
0:49:09 > 0:49:11They're Scottish.
0:49:11 > 0:49:14- Good luck. This is it. - Nice Wemyss vases.
0:49:14 > 0:49:16£50, the Wemyss? 30 bid.
0:49:16 > 0:49:19At £30 I have. At £30. 40. 50.
0:49:19 > 0:49:2360 sat down left. £60 here on my left. At £60.
0:49:23 > 0:49:25Keep going. Way too cheap.
0:49:25 > 0:49:29- At £60. Going to be sold then at £60...- More, more, more!
0:49:29 > 0:49:32- 70. 80.- Yeah.- 90.- Yeah.
0:49:32 > 0:49:35- 100. £100 bid. - Well done. Well done.
0:49:35 > 0:49:37You're in profit.
0:49:37 > 0:49:42£100, I'm selling then. Quickly round at 100...
0:49:42 > 0:49:45Neil missed it, but that's an excellent start
0:49:45 > 0:49:47to what could be a fine sale.
0:49:49 > 0:49:51- That's good.- But he missed it!
0:49:51 > 0:49:55Soldier on, lads. Thomas can keep the home fires burning
0:49:55 > 0:49:59with Penny's brass fruit bowl, selling with the pewter vase.
0:49:59 > 0:50:02- £20 bid. At 20.- That's a good start.
0:50:02 > 0:50:05£20. Anybody going for 5? At £20 bid.
0:50:05 > 0:50:0725. 30. 5.
0:50:07 > 0:50:09- 40.- It's still going, still going.
0:50:09 > 0:50:14At £40. Anybody else? Quickly round. All done, sold away at 40...
0:50:14 > 0:50:16Oh, dear, not so great for Team Smith.
0:50:16 > 0:50:21Still, onwards and, um... Well, honestly now, where are they?
0:50:21 > 0:50:24I don't think you did badly there, to be honest with you.
0:50:24 > 0:50:29Hopefully, Neil's cocktail shaker can shake things up in his absence.
0:50:29 > 0:50:31Mine's a Harvey Wallbanger!
0:50:31 > 0:50:34£20 and off we go. 20. 5. 30. Sat down.
0:50:34 > 0:50:37£30 bid. Now at £30. £30. 5.
0:50:37 > 0:50:4140. £40 bid. Don't stop now.
0:50:41 > 0:50:43We need a bit more than that.
0:50:43 > 0:50:47At £40 sat down, all done? Going to be sold on my left.
0:50:47 > 0:50:50- Ouch!- Quickly round, the Asprey, £40, sold away at 40...
0:50:50 > 0:50:55Oh, another loss! Maybe it's best that Neil and Penny aren't here.
0:50:55 > 0:51:00- 40.- We're going backwards. I'm in reverse.- Same with me.
0:51:00 > 0:51:03Now a chance to improve Penny's fortunes -
0:51:03 > 0:51:07the Art Deco vase selling with the uranium vases. Cross your fingers!
0:51:07 > 0:51:10Where are we going to be? 20?
0:51:11 > 0:51:15- Tumbleweed! - 5. Big help, but it's a start. £5.
0:51:15 > 0:51:20£5 on my left. At £5. 8. At £8. Don't stop now.
0:51:20 > 0:51:23- Don't stop! - Don't you dare stop now! 10. 12.
0:51:23 > 0:51:25- £12 now... - No way!
0:51:25 > 0:51:28£12. 15. 18...? 15.
0:51:28 > 0:51:33At £15 in front of me now. Anybody else? At £15. It will be sold.
0:51:33 > 0:51:35- David, you are out. - No!
0:51:35 > 0:51:37At 15. Sold away at 15...
0:51:37 > 0:51:39Is that 15?
0:51:39 > 0:51:4215. Done.
0:51:42 > 0:51:45- Call ourselves experts? - Best not to answer that one, Paul.
0:51:45 > 0:51:50Chin upwards and onwards with Neil's beloved spinning wheel of fortune.
0:51:50 > 0:51:52I can't believe he'll miss this.
0:51:52 > 0:51:55- Spinning wheel, good size. - This is nice.
0:51:55 > 0:51:59Put me in for that. Where are we going to be? £50?
0:51:59 > 0:52:03- Got to be 50 for a start. - And it works.- Yeah.- It does work. 50?
0:52:03 > 0:52:0440?
0:52:04 > 0:52:06£30 bid. £30. £30.
0:52:06 > 0:52:10At £30. £30 for a spinning wheel. 5. 40.
0:52:10 > 0:52:135. 50. 5.
0:52:13 > 0:52:17- 55 down there through the gap. - OK, it's washing its face.
0:52:17 > 0:52:19It's washing its face.
0:52:19 > 0:52:23- - £55. - 55. It's washed its face.- OK.
0:52:23 > 0:52:28Oh, dear! A profit, but not a great big one for Neil's star buy.
0:52:28 > 0:52:31Oh, hello, look out! Nice of you to join us.
0:52:31 > 0:52:35Here they come. I can see the green car. Shall I go and get them?
0:52:35 > 0:52:38- Ah!- I'm getting them in.- Lovely.
0:52:41 > 0:52:44No rush then, Neil. You just stroll, mate.
0:52:46 > 0:52:49- Oh, man, man, man! - It's not been good news.
0:52:51 > 0:52:55- Two of our lots? - Our lots, three of theirs.
0:52:55 > 0:53:00Let's not dwell on it. At least Penny can witness her yoke selling,
0:53:00 > 0:53:02possibly making a profit.
0:53:02 > 0:53:06- Who'll start me there? £50? - What did the Wemyss get?
0:53:06 > 0:53:08- 40?- ..100.
0:53:08 > 0:53:11- It's all very quiet. - It's like tumbleweed.
0:53:11 > 0:53:14Any interest? £30, kick me off?
0:53:14 > 0:53:17You're buying history.
0:53:17 > 0:53:20To hang coats on!
0:53:20 > 0:53:2220 to start me? Thank you, Georgina.
0:53:22 > 0:53:26£20 bid. £20, Georgina, at the very back. £20 bid. £20.
0:53:26 > 0:53:28We'd better go 5. 30.
0:53:28 > 0:53:335. 40. £40 bid, Georgina at the very back.
0:53:33 > 0:53:36At £40 bid. At £40 I'm selling...
0:53:36 > 0:53:38- - Is this your yoke?- Yeah. - - Nobody else?
0:53:39 > 0:53:42The losses keep coming for Penny and Thomas.
0:53:42 > 0:53:44Another loss.
0:53:44 > 0:53:46The yoke is on you!
0:53:48 > 0:53:50That'll lift our spirits(!)
0:53:50 > 0:53:53Can Neil's Victorian decanters keep us buoyant?
0:53:53 > 0:53:57£20, off we go. £20 for the pair. 20 bid. £20 bid. £20 sat down.
0:53:57 > 0:54:00At £20 bid. 25. 30.
0:54:00 > 0:54:025. 35 bid.
0:54:02 > 0:54:0635 bid. Nice pair of Victorian decanters. 35 in front of me now.
0:54:06 > 0:54:08- 40.- Yeah!
0:54:08 > 0:54:11- Very good.- £40, top right. £40.
0:54:11 > 0:54:15£40. Nobody else? Left of me at £40.
0:54:15 > 0:54:19£40 right down at the bottom of the saleroom. Sold away at 40...
0:54:20 > 0:54:23Rather nice to see a small profit, ain't it?
0:54:25 > 0:54:29- Doubled your money, man.- Well done. - That's all right. I'll take that.
0:54:29 > 0:54:32Now Penny and Thomas really need to up their game.
0:54:32 > 0:54:37Clean and tidy. Good condition. There we are, put me in for that.
0:54:37 > 0:54:40- Who'll start me there at 25 or 30? - Go on!
0:54:40 > 0:54:43£10 bid. At £10. Simon's bid.
0:54:43 > 0:54:4615. 20. £20.
0:54:46 > 0:54:47More!
0:54:47 > 0:54:52- A fiver anywhere? At £20...- Is that the first one we haven't lost on?
0:54:52 > 0:54:57Even the road trip game can't save today's road trip auction!
0:54:57 > 0:54:59That'll be a loss after costs.
0:54:59 > 0:55:03Paul's looking so smug. He's saying, "Yeah, yeah, well done."
0:55:03 > 0:55:08- He's got no reason to look smug. - Yeah, there's no shame in that.
0:55:08 > 0:55:13So with no profits to Penny and Thomas's name, this auction is Neil and Paul's for the taking
0:55:13 > 0:55:16as their pewter basket awaits the bidders.
0:55:16 > 0:55:19£20, start me now. Thank you, £20, we're off.
0:55:19 > 0:55:22- 25. Here we go. 30. - Here we go.
0:55:22 > 0:55:2435. 40. 50.
0:55:24 > 0:55:27- - £50 bid. £50 bid. - Come on, come on.- He's working.
0:55:27 > 0:55:32Anybody else at £50? Quickly round? Anybody else in the room at 50...?
0:55:33 > 0:55:36Neil and Paul's small profits have kept this sale alive
0:55:36 > 0:55:39and keep them on top.
0:55:43 > 0:55:46Penny's intriguing mortar may be 17th century.
0:55:46 > 0:55:49The last lot today and their last hope!
0:55:49 > 0:55:52£30? Who's in? 20?
0:55:52 > 0:55:55- £20? 20, thank you, sat down. - Do they just know...?
0:55:55 > 0:55:58£20. Sat down at £20. Have a look what I'm doing...
0:55:58 > 0:56:01- There's no point. - A fiver anywhere?
0:56:01 > 0:56:03- At £20... - Go on!
0:56:03 > 0:56:07At £20 bid. At £20. I've got a maiden bid of £20.
0:56:07 > 0:56:09- That's all.- That's it.
0:56:09 > 0:56:11- In the room, last chance... - There we are.
0:56:11 > 0:56:15Last chance for you all. Anybody else at 20?
0:56:15 > 0:56:18An appalling loss and a devastating end
0:56:18 > 0:56:21to Penny and Thomas's fortunes.
0:56:21 > 0:56:24Wonderful. That's exactly what I wanted to see(!)
0:56:24 > 0:56:27- That's a hefty loss. - That is a hefty loss.
0:56:27 > 0:56:30Don't make it any worse than it is.
0:56:30 > 0:56:33Reluctantly, we turn our eyes to the full horror.
0:56:33 > 0:56:37So, both teams began with £400.
0:56:38 > 0:56:40Penny and Thomas took a pretty big hit
0:56:40 > 0:56:45and after auction costs, actually made a loss of £116.30.
0:56:45 > 0:56:47Doesn't sound much if you say it quickly!
0:56:47 > 0:56:52Ending their road trip with a mildly tragic £283.70.
0:56:53 > 0:56:56Neil and Paul did a bit better, but not much.
0:56:56 > 0:57:01They end their road trip in the lead with £408.70.
0:57:02 > 0:57:06By the rules of the road trip, all profits go to Children In Need,
0:57:06 > 0:57:12however small those profits may be, and today, they're titchy!
0:57:12 > 0:57:15- Come on. Well done, you two. - Yes, well done.
0:57:15 > 0:57:17- Thank you very much. - Well done.
0:57:17 > 0:57:21- Enjoyed the journey. - Well, I didn't.
0:57:21 > 0:57:24I enjoyed the journey buying. We had great fun.
0:57:24 > 0:57:28- We had a lovely time. - I didn't enjoy the auction so much.
0:57:28 > 0:57:31No. I'm sort of rather glad that we missed half of it!
0:57:31 > 0:57:33LAUGHTER
0:57:33 > 0:57:35I'm going to miss you guys now.
0:57:35 > 0:57:40Oh, shucks! We'll miss you too, Neil. And you, Penny.
0:57:46 > 0:57:49# The sun ain't gonna shine any more... #
0:57:52 > 0:57:56Charles II's lover Nell Gwyn is from Herefordshire.
0:57:56 > 0:57:59- Is that actually true?- Yes. - Do you know something?
0:57:59 > 0:58:05The thing is, what we have gained in our brains, you can't just give to somebody immediately.
0:58:05 > 0:58:09Give me five minutes. I could write it down.
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