0:00:01 > 0:00:04Some of the nation's favourite celebrities...
0:00:04 > 0:00:06Why have I got such expensive taste?
0:00:07 > 0:00:09..one antiques expert each.
0:00:13 > 0:00:15And one big challenge.
0:00:15 > 0:00:19Who can seek out and buy the best antiques at the very best prices...
0:00:19 > 0:00:21Answers on a post card.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25..and auction for a big profit further down the road?
0:00:25 > 0:00:28I'm having my own Marilyn moment here!
0:00:28 > 0:00:31Who will spot the good investments? Who will listen to advice?
0:00:31 > 0:00:34- Do you like it?- I think it's horrible.
0:00:34 > 0:00:38And who will be the first to say, "Don't you know who I am?!"
0:00:38 > 0:00:39Well done us!
0:00:39 > 0:00:42Time to put your pedal to the metal.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45This is Celebrity Antiques Road Trip!
0:00:47 > 0:00:49Yeah!
0:00:51 > 0:00:55It's a family feud for fortunes today in the home county of Essex.
0:00:55 > 0:01:01But it's not the only way, as our trippers will take a brief jaunt into Kent.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04The amateur antiquarians are mother and daughter combo
0:01:04 > 0:01:06TV presenter Janet Ellis
0:01:06 > 0:01:08and pop star Sophie Ellis-Bextor.
0:01:09 > 0:01:13Have you noticed the car is making quite a weird noise when we're driving?
0:01:13 > 0:01:16It's like angel followers or something.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18- GEARS GRATE - Oh, sorry, everybody!
0:01:18 > 0:01:21Ooh, zut alors!
0:01:21 > 0:01:24Our ladies of leisure are styling it out in this little French automobile,
0:01:24 > 0:01:27a 1989 Citroen Deux Chevaux.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29C'est chic, n'est-ce pas?
0:01:30 > 0:01:33Mum, what kind of things do you think you'll buy today?
0:01:33 > 0:01:36I shouldn't be giving you clues! Hang on, you're a rival!
0:01:36 > 0:01:39Like you, I have sort of magpie tendencies
0:01:39 > 0:01:43I like things that make me laugh or look amazing.
0:01:44 > 0:01:48Janet's telly career began as an actress in 1978.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50She's appeared in Jackanory Playhouse,
0:01:50 > 0:01:53followed by kids' favourite Jigsaw.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56I think the J's taste rather better than the A's.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59Welcome to Blue Peter, Janet.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01Thanks. It's jolly nice to be here!
0:02:01 > 0:02:04But it was her golden time on Blue Peter in the '80s
0:02:04 > 0:02:08that launched her into the hearts and minds of the nation's children.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11Sophie's very kindly come along to help demonstrate.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14- What do you think? - It looks very nice.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17I do remember coming to your dressing room.
0:02:17 > 0:02:22- And all the make-up.- People still write to me in just one word. Nosey-bonk.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24These people writing to you, Nosey-bonk.
0:02:24 > 0:02:28People that would like me to foot their therapist's bill.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30Yeah. Actually, it's me!
0:02:33 > 0:02:34I'll stop it now, if you don't like it!
0:02:35 > 0:02:37# Take me home
0:02:37 > 0:02:39# Take me home... #
0:02:39 > 0:02:41Sophie's early taste of the limelight set her up for pop stardom.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44Her musical career took off in 1997.
0:02:44 > 0:02:48She famously beat Victoria Beckham to Number One with her first solo single.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50# If this ain't love... #
0:02:50 > 0:02:55She's since become a multi-platinum selling and award-winning artist
0:02:55 > 0:02:58with four solo albums and numerous Top 10 singles.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02My instinct would be to buy stuff that I would like to own,
0:03:02 > 0:03:04that I find beautiful.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07Maybe we should both think about it as let's have an imaginary person.
0:03:07 > 0:03:12- Someone with a discerning eye. - Someone who knows what's practicable in the world of antiques.
0:03:12 > 0:03:13"Who'd buy that?!"
0:03:13 > 0:03:18Lucky for you, we have four discerning eyes
0:03:18 > 0:03:20belonging to two distinct connoisseurs of curiosity,
0:03:20 > 0:03:22who'll be happy to help.
0:03:22 > 0:03:26- No, I'm going to drive this.- No, I'll drive. I'm going to drive. - You always drive!
0:03:26 > 0:03:28If they can decide who's driving!
0:03:28 > 0:03:30There you go. Just be gentle with me.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35There's nothing gentle about this throbbing beast!
0:03:36 > 0:03:43The boys are seeing the Deux Chevaux and raising it a 1965 Ford Mustang
0:03:43 > 0:03:45which makes it a three-horse race.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47It's like I'm driving a boat!
0:03:47 > 0:03:49Iceberg!
0:03:49 > 0:03:52I remember Janet from her Blue Peter days.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55I think, regrettably, I'm too old.
0:03:55 > 0:03:56Sophie's fairly cool, isn't she?
0:03:56 > 0:04:00- So she's going to be vintage, retro. - That sort of young, hip...
0:04:00 > 0:04:02A bit like me, really!
0:04:03 > 0:04:06You got the vintage part right! Aye-aye, sir.
0:04:08 > 0:04:13Hailing from Worcester, veteran auctioneer Philip Serrell has a passion for the unusual,
0:04:13 > 0:04:15no matter how large or small.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18Some might say he prefers a salvage yard to an antiques centre.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20And they'd be right!
0:04:20 > 0:04:25Which is more Serrell? A radiator that might be for warming your feet, or part of a bridge?
0:04:25 > 0:04:28Never trust a man with a goatee beard.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31- The bearded brethren will rally!- Eh?
0:04:31 > 0:04:35Hairy-faced Will Axon's roots are in the Newmarket area,
0:04:35 > 0:04:40where, thankfully, he gave up the idea of being a jockey in favour of antiques,
0:04:40 > 0:04:43and now wields a gavel with expert accuracy.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45Oh, the tension! Oh!
0:04:46 > 0:04:50- Do you think they'll be interested in antiques?- They've obviously got an artistic flair.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52- Like what we have! - Like what we have!
0:04:52 > 0:04:57But I might come out of it with a desk-tidy made of loo rolls, which I'm looking forward to.
0:04:57 > 0:04:58What?
0:04:58 > 0:05:00Come on, Philip! Get with the programme!
0:05:00 > 0:05:06This treasure trip takes place in what used to be the old kingdoms of Essex and Kent
0:05:06 > 0:05:09before a long journey north over hill and dale
0:05:09 > 0:05:12to auction in the town of Baildon in West Yorkshire.
0:05:12 > 0:05:18The journey begins in a towns that the Romans once called Caesar's marketplace,
0:05:18 > 0:05:21that's Chelmsford, to you and I.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25- Oh, dear. Do you think there'll be a cappuccino here?- No.
0:05:25 > 0:05:29What do you fancy? A 99 flake? Looks like an ice cream van, doesn't it?
0:05:29 > 0:05:34- Let me open the door for you. What have they given you? - Forever the gentleman!
0:05:34 > 0:05:36- Hi, there.- Hi, Sophie, I'm Will. Nice to meet you.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40- Survived the 2CV.- It's definitely a driving experience!
0:05:40 > 0:05:42We've got to decide who's going to work with who.
0:05:42 > 0:05:47I would say, whatever happens, my mum's done enough driving of this beautiful vehicle.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49So who'd like the keys, then?
0:05:49 > 0:05:50I think you would suit that, Philip.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52Story of my life!
0:05:52 > 0:05:54Pop in my Mustang. It's as big as a whale!
0:05:54 > 0:05:57- Go for it, Mum.- Come on, Sophie.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01# Got me a car and it's as big as a whale
0:06:01 > 0:06:04# And we're heading on down to the Love Shack #
0:06:06 > 0:06:08He just stalled that!
0:06:08 > 0:06:10ENGINE RESTARTS That's better.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12Right, we're off. See you later, guys!
0:06:14 > 0:06:18The intrepid treasure seekers go forth, clutching £400 per team.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20What damage can they do with that?
0:06:20 > 0:06:23PHILIP: Well, this is a big day for us, isn't it?
0:06:23 > 0:06:25- A big day.- Ooh, blimey!
0:06:25 > 0:06:29- You are your mum.- I know. The gloves are off.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31The gloves are off!
0:06:31 > 0:06:34Do you have an interest in antiques? What do you collect?
0:06:34 > 0:06:36I don't own much in the way of antiques.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39I own a lot of, I guess it's called modern vintage?
0:06:39 > 0:06:41- Yes.- From the last 100 years. - Yes, that's fine. That's cool.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44- '50s and '60s, I love. - That's a good eye,
0:06:44 > 0:06:46because that stuff is getting more and more collectable
0:06:46 > 0:06:51than the 19th-century old gunk that fogies and dinosaurs like me used to buy.
0:06:51 > 0:06:56For someone who says they don't know much about it, I think you know a lot more than you're letting on.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58I don't, as you'll find out!
0:06:59 > 0:07:04We soon will, as Philip and Sophie sally forth to their primary place of procurement,
0:07:04 > 0:07:06Baddow Antiques Centre.
0:07:06 > 0:07:10But it seems antiques couldn't be further from Philip's mind.
0:07:10 > 0:07:14I was immediately attracted to any place that calls itself The Strip Shop! We're in!
0:07:14 > 0:07:16Oh, Lordy!
0:07:16 > 0:07:19- Yes, we get some funny phone calls! - I bet you do!
0:07:19 > 0:07:21We wondered if you've got anything you can flog us.
0:07:21 > 0:07:25Perhaps any unseen, unhidden, unrestored gem?
0:07:25 > 0:07:28There are one or two bits that we inherited when we took the business over.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30Let's have a look.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33Thankfully, Russ isn't a stripper.
0:07:33 > 0:07:34He's a furniture restorer
0:07:34 > 0:07:38which is why he might just have something of interest.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41Ooh, I like those. Are they walnut?
0:07:41 > 0:07:43- What are they? Are they Ercol? - I think they're Ercol.
0:07:43 > 0:07:47Ercol is the name of a British furniture manufacturer
0:07:47 > 0:07:51founded by Lucian Ercolani in 1920.
0:07:51 > 0:07:55Retro Ercol furniture is very fashionable to young hipsters
0:07:55 > 0:07:57so these are right up Sophie's street.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00There's no extra for the dust.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02You are too kind!
0:08:02 > 0:08:04Hope we get some spiders in with that, too.
0:08:04 > 0:08:05I don't want to be picky here,
0:08:05 > 0:08:12I just think that chairs with no seats might have a limited appeal to the marketplace!
0:08:12 > 0:08:14No flies on Phil, eh?
0:08:14 > 0:08:15What seat would they have had in there?
0:08:15 > 0:08:18- Rubber straps.- Yeah. - And then just a cushion.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21Clearly, this isn't an antiques stall,
0:08:21 > 0:08:23and these retro chairs don't have a price attached.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26But that doesn't mean they're free, eh, Russ?
0:08:26 > 0:08:28This is just stuff you want to get rid of.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30- This might be your lucky day. - At a price!
0:08:30 > 0:08:35I think at auction, if they were all together and up together,
0:08:35 > 0:08:38I think they might make 40 to 60 quid.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40- Yeah.- But in the condition that they are,
0:08:40 > 0:08:45I think they might make somewhere between ten and 30 quid.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47Yeah. It's quite a lot of work.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50Which means we've got to try and give you a fiver for them.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54Try and give me a fiver, yeah.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56Go on! Try and give them a fiver.
0:08:56 > 0:09:01- I'll get the money out. Because often, if you get the money out... - See the colour of your money.
0:09:01 > 0:09:05If I give you that, I've a feeling you've got stronger bargaining power than me!
0:09:05 > 0:09:07# Wow-wow-wow-wow! #
0:09:07 > 0:09:09Five pounds would buy them.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11- Whoa! Get in there!- Smooth!
0:09:11 > 0:09:13- Really?- Thank you ever so much. - You're welcome.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15- Do you know what, Soph? - Go and have a bath!
0:09:17 > 0:09:21Cheeky! They settle on a rock bottom price for the chairs
0:09:21 > 0:09:26but if it's bums on seats they want, it's time to get to the bottom of their upholstery problem!
0:09:27 > 0:09:32As luck would have it, there's a very shop round the corner, and Steve's agreed to have a look.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35- There they are.- They want Pirelli straps, that's what they want.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37It's a chair, not a car!
0:09:37 > 0:09:40Probably be looking around £20 a seat for the webbing.
0:09:40 > 0:09:44- Hell's bells!- It is expensive.
0:09:44 > 0:09:49I think if they had the webbing on the bottom, that would make them finished chairs.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51Well, depends on your definition of finished!
0:09:51 > 0:09:53Could you do them for a tenner each?
0:09:53 > 0:09:56I'll do 'em for...15 each.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58Sophie, we're in your hands, darling.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01- I think do it.- OK. You're the boss, boss!
0:10:01 > 0:10:04On my head be it. Thank you very much for doing us a good deal.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07Well! Who knew Philip's detour into a strip shop
0:10:07 > 0:10:09could be such a success.
0:10:09 > 0:10:14Two Ercol chairs with webbing for £35, and they'll be ready for collection later.
0:10:17 > 0:10:21Janet and Will are cruising around six miles south-west
0:10:21 > 0:10:23to a little town called Ingatestone.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26I'm very attracted to quirky things.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29- Good.- I like weird stuff.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32- I love stuffed things.- You like taxidermy?- Taxidermy, yeah.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35Yeah. Not stuffed food. Stuffed things.
0:10:35 > 0:10:40I do actually have a fondness for those Victorian animals playing cards.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43- Oh, they're great.- Cricket matches, that kind of thing.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45- Boxing squirrels.- Yes, exactly.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48- I don't think our budget will stretch to that.- I don't think so!
0:10:48 > 0:10:50That budget is £400.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53And they're about to start their trolley dash for treasure
0:10:53 > 0:10:55at Hutchinson's.
0:10:55 > 0:10:59Maggie's ready to deal. Let the bargain buying commence.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02- Ooh.- Treasure trove. It's like someone's library, actually.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05- Shh!- Or the headmistress's study, I don't know which!
0:11:05 > 0:11:09Hm. Spent a lot of time in detention, did we, Janet?
0:11:11 > 0:11:13There's a little pill box for the modern man.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15Oh, that's nice.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17Good gracious!
0:11:20 > 0:11:21You've made me blush!
0:11:21 > 0:11:23Phew, it is warm in here!
0:11:25 > 0:11:27A-hem! Moving on.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33- Whoa.- For cakes.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35That is rather amazing, isn't it?
0:11:35 > 0:11:40You know what the trend is like at the moment for baking cup cakes and things like that.
0:11:40 > 0:11:46Like typical magpies, they're drawn towards the largest gleaming object in the shop.
0:11:46 > 0:11:50It's been freshly polished, almost as though they knew we were coming.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52- Whacky enough?- Yeah, I like it.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55I'd like to get some money out. Oh, don't listen!
0:11:57 > 0:11:58This dazzling piece of plate
0:11:58 > 0:12:02is actually a Victorian centrepiece
0:12:02 > 0:12:04with a whopping ticket price of £100.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08It's nice that that's period, and got some age to it, which I like.
0:12:08 > 0:12:14- What would you put on it?- I can see it with some big blousy peonies on it, or something like that.
0:12:14 > 0:12:18Ex-Blue Peter, she can whip up a floral arrangement in a trice.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20Of course!
0:12:20 > 0:12:24Everything's present and correct. Good solid cast feet,
0:12:24 > 0:12:27stained pine, nicely engraved.
0:12:27 > 0:12:32- And I think I saw, yes, a little vacant cartouche.- Oh, yeah.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35- So people haven't had it initialled. - Ah, no.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38They're very smitten with the shiny centrepiece.
0:12:38 > 0:12:42But they want a better price, so Maggie's getting the dealer on the line.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44Definitely don't want three numbers, just two.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47If you want to talk to Janet, she's more than happy to.
0:12:47 > 0:12:51I've got to try and use your celebrity status.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53I'm nervous, now.
0:12:53 > 0:12:57Gavin, it's me, Janet. Gavin...
0:12:57 > 0:12:59Would you like to speak to Janet?
0:13:00 > 0:13:03OK. You're a bit busy, are you?
0:13:05 > 0:13:08Some grown men would jump at the chance!
0:13:08 > 0:13:11So that's it, you can't... Bye.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13He must be from the Valerie Singleton era.
0:13:13 > 0:13:17With no movement on the price, they can't still be interested, can they?
0:13:17 > 0:13:23I would be happy to pay 90 for it, because the 100 sounds like a lot of money.
0:13:23 > 0:13:29- I think in an auction, it would start lower, and if it made 100 we'd be happy.- Exactly.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32If we just make our money back, then we're no better off.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34Can't do it.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36Maggie's not for turning!
0:13:36 > 0:13:38- It's a lot of silver plate for £100. - Yes.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40- Let's go for it.- Let's do it.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43- Right. Get the money out. - Fine. Thank you.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45They've bagged their first piece of swag,
0:13:45 > 0:13:50but I can't help thinking they may regret spending such a wad of cash on one item.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52Onwards and upwards!
0:13:52 > 0:13:54- Thank you very much.- Very nice to meet you. Thank you.
0:13:54 > 0:13:58- And you. Regards to Gavin(!) - I will.- Sort of!
0:14:03 > 0:14:08I think those chairs are cool. They've got a great 1960s retro look.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10- I love them.- I would own those.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12How do you reckon your mum's getting on?
0:14:12 > 0:14:16The worst thing that could have happened is that she's just spent it all, really quickly.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18- Do you think that'll happen?- I don't think she'll be as careful.
0:14:18 > 0:14:22She's a person who when I go shopping with, she encourages me to buy stuff.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25- So we're going to look at the bee farm, are we?- Yep.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28- There's a sting in the tail here, isn't there?- Good.
0:14:28 > 0:14:32Oh, "bee-hive" yourself!
0:14:34 > 0:14:37Sophie's passionate about environmental issues,
0:14:37 > 0:14:40so the pair are off to Chelmsford Museum,
0:14:40 > 0:14:41home to a unique living exhibit.
0:14:41 > 0:14:46A super organism, a bee colony, set in glass.
0:14:46 > 0:14:47Here we are.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50- Hi, I'm Sophie.- Pleased to meet you.
0:14:50 > 0:14:55- Nice to meet you. I'm Roy. This is Richard.- We're local bee keepers. - We look after some bees here.
0:14:55 > 0:15:00Richard Alabone and Roy Hardwick are volunteer beekeepers
0:15:00 > 0:15:03who know just how crucial honey bees are to our environment.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05How many bees have you got here?
0:15:05 > 0:15:09- Maybe 10,000.- 10,000?! What have you called them all?
0:15:09 > 0:15:12I'll open the book and we'll see.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15Why are bees so important?
0:15:15 > 0:15:17For pollination purposes, mainly.
0:15:17 > 0:15:22For the environment. Without bees, most crops don't get pollinated.
0:15:23 > 0:15:27Honey bees collect pollen, nectar and water to feed themselves and their larvae.
0:15:27 > 0:15:31By doing so, they pollinate fruit, flowers, vegetables and crops
0:15:31 > 0:15:34which puts the food on our plates.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37But the bee population in the UK is dwindling.
0:15:37 > 0:15:42Last year's long, harsh winter put paid to a third of bee colonies.
0:15:43 > 0:15:47Less bees means less food, and not just for us.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49The entire food chain is affected.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51Bees can see ultraviolet light.
0:15:51 > 0:15:56So in some of these flowers, there will be an ultraviolet pattern.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58You can't see it, but they can.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00I like that bee fact. That's a good bee fact.
0:16:00 > 0:16:04What's a bee's favourite flower to fly towards? What's it looking for?
0:16:04 > 0:16:06They're looking for nectar. This is the point.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08And pollen.
0:16:08 > 0:16:12Bees fly about 55,000 miles to collect enough nectar and pollen to make a pound of honey!
0:16:12 > 0:16:18Wow! That's one-and-a-half times round the world!
0:16:18 > 0:16:24An average colony of around 50,000 bees needs around 20 to 30lbs of honey to survive a winter,
0:16:24 > 0:16:27but they generally produce twice more than is needed.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30The queen bee is leading us in!
0:16:30 > 0:16:32SOPHIE LAUGHS
0:16:32 > 0:16:34The practice of collecting honey from bees
0:16:34 > 0:16:36dates back thousands of years.
0:16:36 > 0:16:40Efforts to domesticate them can be seen in Egyptian art
0:16:40 > 0:16:42around 4,500 years ago.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46Beekeeping goes back centuries.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49But there's a big connection between the antiques world and bees.
0:16:49 > 0:16:53- You've got beeswax polish, and these things that people collect.- Yes.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55- It's like a social process, isn't it?- That's right.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58Is there a massive difference in bees across the world?
0:16:58 > 0:17:00Just the accent!
0:17:00 > 0:17:03- Really? They're buzzing!- Exactly. - They're all different strains.
0:17:06 > 0:17:12Chelmsford's glass beehive is one of only a few set out in a way that gives people the opportunity
0:17:12 > 0:17:16to see the intricacies of a living, working colony.
0:17:16 > 0:17:17Oh, wow!
0:17:17 > 0:17:19Hello, guys!
0:17:19 > 0:17:22This observation hive has been here for 30 to 40 years.
0:17:22 > 0:17:27We're not sure how long. I've tended it 30 years ago, so I know it's been here at least that long.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29What am I looking at? What's happening in here?
0:17:29 > 0:17:32- In the bee world.- At the moment, there's a new queen in here.
0:17:32 > 0:17:37- The old queen has swarmed, gone off. - Do you know where the new queen is?
0:17:37 > 0:17:40No. Because she's only a virgin...
0:17:40 > 0:17:45Bit personal! She might not want you to tell me that!
0:17:45 > 0:17:49- When she starts laying, we know she's not a virgin any more.- OK.
0:17:49 > 0:17:50That's true.
0:17:50 > 0:17:54The survival of a colony requires all bees to work together as a super organism.
0:17:54 > 0:18:00The queen, thousands of female workers, and in summer, hundreds of male drones.
0:18:00 > 0:18:04They work all day. When it comes dark, or it gets too cold,
0:18:04 > 0:18:08they're all coming in, but they'll work basically all night long.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11They feed on honey, keep the whole thing warm.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13- The drones don't sting. - Oh, that's interesting.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15Comforting, as well!
0:18:15 > 0:18:18The drones are substantially bigger than the workers.
0:18:18 > 0:18:22- The main thing is they have big eyes.- They've got bigger eyes? I'm trying to work this out.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24They all look kind of same bee size!
0:18:26 > 0:18:29These hard workers don't just make honey.
0:18:29 > 0:18:33They make wax, which is used in all manner of things in our daily lives,
0:18:33 > 0:18:36from cosmetics to pharmaceuticals to household products,
0:18:36 > 0:18:38such as candles.
0:18:38 > 0:18:39Would you let me have a go?
0:18:39 > 0:18:41- Put your fingers on there.- OK.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44- Push along. That's it.- Don't want to break it.- Marvellous job.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46You've done a good job of that, you really have.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49Thanks, guys. Would it be OK if I kept this?
0:18:49 > 0:18:52I can give it to my mum, to say thank you for all the things she used to make me
0:18:52 > 0:18:54when she was doing Blue Peter.
0:18:54 > 0:18:58- Thank you very much. It was fascinating.- Our pleasure.
0:18:58 > 0:19:03The next time you flail around, desperately trying to swat the life from one of those stripey chaps,
0:19:03 > 0:19:07remember, it's not just the environment and the food chain that's affected.
0:19:07 > 0:19:11The honey bee really is the hardest-working insect on the planet.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17You were pretty young when you decided to go into acting?
0:19:17 > 0:19:19That's all I ever wanted to do, really.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22I think I started saying it before I knew what it meant.
0:19:22 > 0:19:27I did various plays and bits and pieces including The Sweeney and Doctor Who.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29I mean, for me, you are Blue Peter.
0:19:29 > 0:19:31It has to be said.
0:19:31 > 0:19:36How much do you reckon we would get for a genuine, made by the fair hands of Janet Ellis,
0:19:36 > 0:19:38Advent Crown?
0:19:38 > 0:19:42I think we'd probably get tuppence ha'penny!
0:19:42 > 0:19:45I was going to ask you to rustle one up and stick it in the sale!
0:19:45 > 0:19:47You find the gear, I can make one.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50Where's the tinsel and baubles when you need them, eh?
0:19:50 > 0:19:54This dealing duo are hoofing it around five and a half miles west
0:19:54 > 0:19:57to the picturesque village of Blackmore,
0:19:57 > 0:20:01where there's an altogether more laid-back way of life.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23- Oh, this looks like it. - It looks great.
0:20:23 > 0:20:28It's spend, spend, spend. Will and Janet have arrived at Megarry Antiques,
0:20:28 > 0:20:33where Judy and Peter have a shop stacked with curiosities and cake. Yummy!
0:20:33 > 0:20:36Hi. Thank you very much. I'm distracted already.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39I am looking at you, but I'm not, I'm looking at the...
0:20:39 > 0:20:41Show me!
0:20:41 > 0:20:43There's a lot here to have a look at, isn't there?
0:20:43 > 0:20:46Straight to the shiny stuff again!
0:20:46 > 0:20:47Shall we have a wander round the shop?
0:20:47 > 0:20:49Yes. Yes, sorry. Normal voice. Yes.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53Janet mentioned she liked quirky objects.
0:20:53 > 0:20:58And they don't come much quirkier than this piece of 19th-century porcelain.
0:20:58 > 0:21:02# Marina
0:21:02 > 0:21:05# Aquamarina... #
0:21:05 > 0:21:08I love this. That's so ridiculous.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11I quite like it, cos it's showy and over the top.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14Continental, figure of a child sitting on a shell.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16I'm going to put my neck out and say it's German,
0:21:16 > 0:21:18circa 1900.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20- I love the colours. - I love the dolphins.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22Queer-looking dolphins!
0:21:22 > 0:21:24It's quite pricey at £58,
0:21:24 > 0:21:26so they're browsing on - thank goodness!
0:21:28 > 0:21:31- And there's the cabinet that you were taken with when we first came in.- Yes.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34- Let's have a look at your little cabinet.- Just a look!
0:21:34 > 0:21:38The magnetic pull of the silver cabinet is just too much for Janet,
0:21:38 > 0:21:43and their eyes have been caught by a rather fetching solid silver fish slice.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45So Judy's giving them a closer look.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48That is nicely done.
0:21:48 > 0:21:49Good set of clean hallmarks.
0:21:49 > 0:21:55London. You can tell it's Georgian, cos the leopard's got his crown on.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58Really? That's really clever to know that.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01When George III dies, the leopard loses its crown.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03Wow.
0:22:03 > 0:22:07I like that trout - I suppose it looks like a trout, or pike.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09But it's £225.
0:22:10 > 0:22:15At auction, you'd probably want that at 100, 150.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17The owner of the fish slice is just next door,
0:22:17 > 0:22:20so Peter's been dispatched with a home-baked bribe
0:22:20 > 0:22:22to see if he'll take £150.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25Yes, he will take 150 for it.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29- We can't say no, now.- Can't say fairer than that, no.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32I think your instinct there was right.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34- Shall we say yes to that? Do you like it?- I do like it, yes. I do.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37Buoyed up by bagging another treasure,
0:22:37 > 0:22:40there's no stopping them now! Janet had a brainwave.
0:22:40 > 0:22:44- Fish and fish slice.- Come on, it's done. We have to buy.
0:22:44 > 0:22:48The child with the feet on fish has a ticket price of £58
0:22:48 > 0:22:52and it belongs to Judy, so it's time for Janet to earn her Blue Peter badge for haggling.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54Stand by!
0:22:54 > 0:22:57- I'll leave it with you!- You see, the thing is, Judy...
0:22:57 > 0:23:00Good start!
0:23:00 > 0:23:02- I love this.- Me, too!
0:23:02 > 0:23:04I love the necessary pointlessness
0:23:04 > 0:23:09of somebody going to the trouble of putting tiny flowers on the scarf.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12- To fire something like that... - It's actually beautifully made.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14- It is beautifully made. - And it's hand-painted.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17- Very, very pretty.- It is very pretty.- Beautifully modelled.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20- Is it 30 quid of pretty, do you think?- Ooh, that's pushing it a bit.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22- Look at that detail. - I wouldn't do it for 30.
0:23:22 > 0:23:26- 35, surely?- 40.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29Bottom line.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32She's got her fierce face on! Look at you!
0:23:32 > 0:23:35I feel like I've been naughty!
0:23:35 > 0:23:37Really? 38?
0:23:37 > 0:23:39Yes, OK.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42Good work, both of you. I'm impressed!
0:23:42 > 0:23:45Janet expertly executes the haggle.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48£38 for the child with feet on fish,
0:23:48 > 0:23:51so along with a £150 fish slice,
0:23:51 > 0:23:53they've netted themselves a double deal.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00A great first day on the quest for quirk,
0:24:00 > 0:24:02with both teams banking some loot.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05Bedtime, now. Nighty-night!
0:24:06 > 0:24:08Another day breaks out,
0:24:08 > 0:24:13and our antique aficionados are bright-eyed and bushy-tailed and catching up on the trip thus far.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17- Did you get on well with Will? - I learned a lot.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19It's fascinating watching someone like Will
0:24:19 > 0:24:21just go straight to something,
0:24:21 > 0:24:25and tell me all about it, tell me if it's repro, or if it's been repaired.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28- I bet Phil's the same.- Phil's definitely got a good eye
0:24:28 > 0:24:32for walking in and being like, "It's all rubbish except for that and that."
0:24:32 > 0:24:37- What about Janet?- You know I sort of...- That was a bit high! "You know I..."
0:24:37 > 0:24:39She likes quirky things.
0:24:39 > 0:24:42Things that speak to her.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44- That she gets a reaction to.- Yeah.
0:24:44 > 0:24:48It's a silly thing, but some objects do give off a sort of vibration
0:24:48 > 0:24:51about whether or not they've had a happy life.
0:24:51 > 0:24:54- Don't they? And I'm not at all... - That's a bit heavy!
0:24:54 > 0:24:59Sort of. Except that I do think that there's a way you connect to something to do with...
0:24:59 > 0:25:04- Aghh! Sorry! It's all right. There's a little wasp in the car! - Oh, yes!
0:25:04 > 0:25:06Ah. A little wasp in the car.
0:25:06 > 0:25:10Could be a bee. Yesterday, Janet connected with this breathtaking porcelain,
0:25:10 > 0:25:13a shiny silver centrepiece and a fish slice
0:25:13 > 0:25:17which vibed £288 out of their pocket.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20They've £112 to play with today.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22She's got her fierce face on. Look at you!
0:25:24 > 0:25:28Sophie and Phil bought two 1960s Ercol chairs for five pounds,
0:25:28 > 0:25:34£35 in total after Steve the upholsterer gets his hands on their bottoms, so to speak.
0:25:34 > 0:25:39They really need to get a shop on today with their £365.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42- Thank you so much.- Thank you. You're welcome.- Now go and have a bath!
0:25:45 > 0:25:47She really is a star. A lovely, lovely girl.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50And she knows exactly what she wants.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52- Oh, really?- "I like that. We'll have that."
0:25:52 > 0:25:55What's your tactic? Blow the lot? Or save something?
0:25:55 > 0:25:59I follow Sophie, mate. She's the boss. What she says, goes.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01Ooh! He's a big fan, then.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04I said to Will, "Listen, this is win/win.
0:26:04 > 0:26:08"If I get more money than Sophie, then that's fine.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11"And if you get more money than me, I've taught you well!"
0:26:11 > 0:26:16I hope we both make a profit and I hope I make slightly more profit.
0:26:18 > 0:26:19Hang on!
0:26:21 > 0:26:25The fortune finders are rolling on to Battlesbridge in Essex,
0:26:25 > 0:26:26in pursuit of more plunder.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31Morning! Blimey, you're up early!
0:26:31 > 0:26:33They're keen, Philip, very keen.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36We thought how about us against you?
0:26:36 > 0:26:39- Yeah, maybe...- No, cos we'd lose and that would be horribly embarrassing!
0:26:39 > 0:26:41- Let's spend some money? - Shall we have a look round?- Yes.
0:26:41 > 0:26:46- Thank you very much.- Good luck!- Have a good day!- Good luck, but in a less luck than us sort of way!
0:26:46 > 0:26:50Time to split up this family feud and get shopping.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53Philip and Sophie have lots to buy,
0:26:53 > 0:26:55so what delights do they desire today?
0:26:55 > 0:26:57Do you like garden things?
0:26:57 > 0:27:00Yeah, but kind of slightly off the beaten track kind of things.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02- We've got some weird stuff in our garden.- What like?
0:27:02 > 0:27:06You know those children's rides, where you put 20p in them?
0:27:06 > 0:27:10- We've got one of those.- Cool. - And a big toadstool from one of The Feelings videos.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12Weird stuff. We like that kind of thing.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15Do you want something gardeny, funky, crazy, crackers?
0:27:15 > 0:27:17Just let's go and have a look.
0:27:20 > 0:27:24# On white horses let me ride away #
0:27:24 > 0:27:26I like the little rocking horse. Quite cute, isn't it?
0:27:26 > 0:27:29- I quite like it. That's My Little Pony, isn't it?- OK.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32It's, what, 1960s, possibly a bit later.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35- I'd say '60s.- It's moulded plastic. - Moulded plastic.
0:27:35 > 0:27:40Tubular steel base. But the good thing about moulded plastic is it isn't rotted.
0:27:40 > 0:27:42And there's no sharp edges for little peeps.
0:27:42 > 0:27:45- What's it going to make?- Not very much. But these things are quite covetable.
0:27:47 > 0:27:48There's no price on old Dobbin,
0:27:48 > 0:27:53but owner George has arrived on the scene and Sophie's got the bit between her teeth!
0:27:53 > 0:27:55We like your horsey.
0:27:55 > 0:27:59- We did have £40 on it, but it's only about £30.- "About"?- Yeah.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02Can I ask you, I know that's a big ask cos I know you said 30,
0:28:02 > 0:28:04but how would you feel about 20?
0:28:04 > 0:28:06- Shouldn't really, should I? - No, you shouldn't!
0:28:06 > 0:28:09- OK.- Yeah? OK, cool.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11That's a good deal. That's a good deal.
0:28:11 > 0:28:15So a cool £20 for old Sea Biscuit, and they're trotting off!
0:28:20 > 0:28:24In no time at all, Phil's spotted something else he thinks could propel them to victory.
0:28:24 > 0:28:26Look out!
0:28:26 > 0:28:27- What do you think? - I like that, actually.
0:28:27 > 0:28:31- It's a wooden propeller. They have different sections of wood.- Right.
0:28:31 > 0:28:33- And they're all laminated together. - Mm-hm.
0:28:33 > 0:28:36They've got a slightly different curve.
0:28:36 > 0:28:41The early ones would be off a First World War Sopwith Camel, or something like that.
0:28:41 > 0:28:43But they've become boys' toys
0:28:43 > 0:28:46because people put clocks or barometers in them.
0:28:46 > 0:28:48They put them on the walls. It's just a decorative item.
0:28:48 > 0:28:51The propeller is priced at £245.
0:28:51 > 0:28:54So Phil and Sophie need to cut a good deal.
0:28:54 > 0:28:59Owner Jim is standing by. But is he ready to take off...
0:28:59 > 0:29:02some cash from that rather large price tag?
0:29:02 > 0:29:05- What could you do?- Uh, 120.
0:29:05 > 0:29:09- I would feel more confident about it if it was...- 100.- ..100.
0:29:09 > 0:29:11She's a good girl, isn't she? She is good!
0:29:11 > 0:29:14Shall we have a look round and think about the propeller,
0:29:14 > 0:29:16and if you could think about 100 quid, that would be wizard.
0:29:16 > 0:29:20It would be what?! It's all gone a bit Harry Potter over here!
0:29:20 > 0:29:23What magic is happening elsewhere on site?
0:29:23 > 0:29:27Janet's drawn to something that reminds her of the good old days.
0:29:27 > 0:29:29I love that sign!
0:29:29 > 0:29:32Blue Peter? Sailor?
0:29:32 > 0:29:34- I think it might be a pub sign.- Oh!
0:29:34 > 0:29:36Yeah, the True Blue at Wick.
0:29:36 > 0:29:38True Blue at Wick. I would give it house room
0:29:38 > 0:29:41and I think other people would respond in the same way.
0:29:41 > 0:29:43How old do you think it is?
0:29:43 > 0:29:45I think 20th century, but early.
0:29:45 > 0:29:47- Hang on, hang on.- How much is it? - 220.
0:29:47 > 0:29:49How much have we got left?
0:29:49 > 0:29:52One hundred and not 220!
0:29:52 > 0:29:54- 112.- Gosh.
0:29:54 > 0:29:55With only £112 left,
0:29:55 > 0:29:58they need to get the dealer David on board.
0:29:58 > 0:30:00- Morning!- Morning! Hello. - How are you, sir?
0:30:00 > 0:30:02- Hello, Will. Not bad.- Hello. - Hello, Janet.
0:30:02 > 0:30:06- Partner in crime.- Instantly recognisable. Massive Blue Peter fan.- Really?
0:30:06 > 0:30:08Promising!
0:30:08 > 0:30:11I'll tell you what caught our eye was the sign you've got outside.
0:30:11 > 0:30:14- The pub sign, yeah.- But you've got 220 on the ticket.- Yeah.
0:30:14 > 0:30:18I've got 112 in my pocket. That is everything that we've got.
0:30:18 > 0:30:20I have had it a while.
0:30:20 > 0:30:21So I would let it go.
0:30:21 > 0:30:23For 100 quid?
0:30:23 > 0:30:28And then that leaves us £12 to try and buy our fifth object.
0:30:29 > 0:30:31- I can do that.- Can you?- Really?
0:30:31 > 0:30:35- Do you like that?- Yes.- Shall we go for it?- What's wrong with it?
0:30:35 > 0:30:37That is a deal.
0:30:37 > 0:30:40David's given them a knock-out price for the sign,
0:30:40 > 0:30:44so they've got £12 left to spend, and they're determined to do so.
0:30:45 > 0:30:47What are those? Honey pot bookstands.
0:30:47 > 0:30:52- Would that be a sort of...- That would be a nice riposte.- ..a poke in the eye for the other two
0:30:52 > 0:30:54after their bee visit!
0:30:54 > 0:30:55More like a sting in the tail!
0:30:55 > 0:30:58Let's have a good look at them. They're solid oak.
0:30:58 > 0:31:00- I like these a lot. Do you?- Yeah.
0:31:00 > 0:31:03Go and work your magic.
0:31:03 > 0:31:07They're taken with the honey pot bookends which are priced at £20.
0:31:07 > 0:31:12Janet's making a beeline for David to see if he can sweeten the deal.
0:31:12 > 0:31:16The other team, who obviously we're in deep mortal combat with,
0:31:16 > 0:31:19were looking at bees and beehives yesterday.
0:31:19 > 0:31:25We thought it would be nice to do a little riposte in wooden bookstand form for £12.
0:31:25 > 0:31:28- There's your ticket. - That's what we thought.
0:31:28 > 0:31:30That's not an outrageous discount, is it?
0:31:30 > 0:31:31I think we can do that.
0:31:31 > 0:31:33I'm going to come and live with you!
0:31:33 > 0:31:36I think he might take you up on that!
0:31:36 > 0:31:40- Brilliant!- So that's the sign and the bookends, 112 quid. Deal!
0:31:40 > 0:31:43- Good work.- Thank you very much! - How's that?
0:31:43 > 0:31:47Cor, Janet and Will have spent out. Their treasure trove is full.
0:31:47 > 0:31:51So they've got the rest of the day to kick back and relax.
0:31:52 > 0:31:55- Quite exhilarating, our position, isn't it?- I think so.
0:31:55 > 0:32:00The pressure's off. Oh, look who's coming! Look who's coming this way.
0:32:02 > 0:32:04- How are you getting on? - How are you feeling?
0:32:04 > 0:32:07- We're good.- We're spent up. - Really?- Well done.
0:32:07 > 0:32:09Philip's bought a barrow of bricks!
0:32:09 > 0:32:12- We've bought two cool things so far. - Two things I like.
0:32:12 > 0:32:14Well, we'll leave you to it.
0:32:14 > 0:32:17We're off to the sweet smell of victory!
0:32:20 > 0:32:23- Buckle up!- Right.- We're off!- Ready.
0:32:23 > 0:32:28While Janet and Will are off gallivanting round the countryside,
0:32:28 > 0:32:32this duo still have £345 to spend on trinkets.
0:32:32 > 0:32:37- It would be quite fun to get something that's a talking point, a bit interesting.- Really?- Yeah.
0:32:37 > 0:32:40- I saw a cart earlier on over there. - Really?
0:32:40 > 0:32:45- Thing is, it's only got one wheel! - Sounds wonderful(!) - One-wheel carts are in this year.
0:32:45 > 0:32:47Says who, Phil?
0:32:47 > 0:32:50One-wheeled carts? Bottomless chairs? Whatever next?
0:32:50 > 0:32:53But isn't that? That's a fab cart.
0:32:53 > 0:32:58I would say I don't mind too much about the cart, but I like the wheel.
0:32:58 > 0:33:00- Yeah?- I think the wheel's lovely.
0:33:00 > 0:33:03We either just bid him for the wheel or we try and get all of it
0:33:03 > 0:33:05and let people make their own mind up.
0:33:05 > 0:33:06I know what I would do.
0:33:06 > 0:33:08- You'd take all of it? - I'd take all of it.
0:33:08 > 0:33:12What's the demand like for one-wheeled trailers round here?
0:33:12 > 0:33:13Fantastic!
0:33:13 > 0:33:15The shafts are in good condition.
0:33:15 > 0:33:18People use them as flower beds, all sorts of things.
0:33:18 > 0:33:21As a flower bed? That's a nice idea.
0:33:21 > 0:33:23This, Jim, would date to where? Probably about 1860?
0:33:23 > 0:33:26- Victorian times. 1860, 1880. - And it's English.
0:33:26 > 0:33:28What was the original ticket price on it?
0:33:28 > 0:33:32- The original price was about 450, something like that.- Wow.
0:33:32 > 0:33:34I think the way it is, it's 50 quid's-worth, Jim.
0:33:34 > 0:33:37- 100 quid's-worth.- 50 quid's-worth.
0:33:37 > 0:33:39Sophie and Philip can see the potential in the cart
0:33:39 > 0:33:41as a shi shi garden ornament.
0:33:41 > 0:33:44So they've got a price in mind for it and the propeller,
0:33:44 > 0:33:47which Jim is asking £120 for.
0:33:47 > 0:33:49What about if we bought this and the propeller?
0:33:49 > 0:33:51150 quid the two.
0:33:51 > 0:33:55I'll have to phone a friend! I'll check on what I paid for them.
0:33:55 > 0:33:58Sophie and Philip retire to a cafe and drink tea
0:33:58 > 0:34:00while Jim phones a friend.
0:34:00 > 0:34:01Will it be a deal or no deal?
0:34:01 > 0:34:03No, that's a different show, isn't it?
0:34:03 > 0:34:05So, what's the verdict, then?
0:34:05 > 0:34:07Have you found out anything about the propeller?
0:34:07 > 0:34:12- Yes. The aircraft was built pre-1940.- Wow.
0:34:12 > 0:34:15The hub has eight holes. Later propellers had six.
0:34:15 > 0:34:19Of course. The post-1940 ones are the valuable ones, aren't they, Sophie?
0:34:19 > 0:34:21- Yes, exactly!- Those are the mega-valuable ones.
0:34:21 > 0:34:23- So...- No chance!
0:34:23 > 0:34:26I think we'd like to buy the two off you.
0:34:26 > 0:34:31- If you buy the two, I've already said 120, which is...- 120 the two. Thanks, Jim!
0:34:31 > 0:34:34- No, no, no.- No way!- If you say 170 the two, it's a deal.
0:34:34 > 0:34:37- Yes. I trust you, Jim. I think you're being...- More than generous.
0:34:37 > 0:34:40- Very generous.- Yeah. - That's cash now.
0:34:40 > 0:34:43That's cash now. And we'd like them delivered to Arbroath!
0:34:43 > 0:34:46Don't push it too far, Philip!
0:34:46 > 0:34:48# One wheel on my wagon
0:34:49 > 0:34:51# And I'm still rollin' along... #
0:34:51 > 0:34:56The old cart and propeller cost them a tidy £170.
0:34:56 > 0:34:58And the hobby horse, a mere 20.
0:34:58 > 0:35:01So their boot is almost full of loot.
0:35:05 > 0:35:09The two-some are day tripping around 30 miles south
0:35:09 > 0:35:11over the Thames into Kent
0:35:11 > 0:35:13to Gravesend.
0:35:13 > 0:35:19It's a glorious day, so what better to do than take a walk around a grave yard!
0:35:21 > 0:35:22Might seem strange to some,
0:35:22 > 0:35:25but it's one of Janet's passions, don't you know?
0:35:31 > 0:35:35Janet loves how gravestones tell a story of the person buried there
0:35:35 > 0:35:38and their families.
0:35:38 > 0:35:41Gravesend cemetery in Kent dates back to 1839
0:35:41 > 0:35:43and has many such stories.
0:35:43 > 0:35:47But people used to come here to be entertained, not interred!
0:35:47 > 0:35:50And Verna Rowe tells the unusual tale.
0:35:50 > 0:35:54We've brought the weather with us. How nice to meet you.
0:35:54 > 0:35:58- Thank you for the weather. Welcome to Gravesend and Milton Cemetery. - Thank you.
0:35:59 > 0:36:04Gravesend cemetery began life as a tea garden called Victoria Gardens,
0:36:04 > 0:36:07named after Princess Victoria in 1834.
0:36:09 > 0:36:15John Robert Hall, who owned the land, made every effort to make it into a lovely place.
0:36:15 > 0:36:19He planted these trees, he provided people with a bowling green
0:36:19 > 0:36:23and had this hall here built as an assembly hall
0:36:23 > 0:36:28so that people could have concerts there and dances.
0:36:28 > 0:36:30- It was a business venture for him, was it?- Yes.- Oh, I see.
0:36:30 > 0:36:37Unfortunately, as the concert hall was three-quarters of a mile outside Gravesend town centre,
0:36:37 > 0:36:40and as people weren't prepared to travel, the business died.
0:36:40 > 0:36:45John Robert Hall thought, "If it's too far from town to be a tea room,
0:36:45 > 0:36:48"perhaps it will be successful as a cemetery."
0:36:48 > 0:36:51- So they formed the Gravesend & Milton Cemetery Company.- I see.
0:36:51 > 0:36:55- He sounds like a proper Victorian entrepreneur!- "What are we always going to need?"
0:36:55 > 0:36:57"If one thing doesn't work, I'll try something else!"
0:36:57 > 0:37:01- Well, people always die. That's just a fact!- Yes!
0:37:02 > 0:37:05The graveyard business was booming at that time,
0:37:05 > 0:37:08so they immediately employed the architect Stephen Geary,
0:37:08 > 0:37:11who'd recently designed Highgate Cemetery,
0:37:11 > 0:37:14to redesign the tea garden into a graveyard
0:37:14 > 0:37:17and build underground burial chambers called catacombs.
0:37:17 > 0:37:21Stephen Geary was very passionate about catacombs.
0:37:21 > 0:37:25So he persuaded them to build catacombs here.
0:37:25 > 0:37:28- To hold..?- There's room in there for 500 people.- 500?!- Yeah.
0:37:28 > 0:37:33- But the English didn't want to go into catacombs!- "What's all that about?"
0:37:33 > 0:37:37Because you're hidden away there. Whereas in the cemetery,
0:37:37 > 0:37:40people can look and say, "Look at that marvellous monument there!
0:37:40 > 0:37:43"Who was that important person?"
0:37:43 > 0:37:47- What happened to them, then?- Well, 13 people chose to be buried there,
0:37:47 > 0:37:51but they were closed relatively early and haven't been used since.
0:37:51 > 0:37:56So, despite all that design effort, or perhaps because of it,
0:37:56 > 0:37:59ten years later, the graveyard went bust.
0:37:59 > 0:38:03Catacombs were unfashionable and expensive, as were grave plots.
0:38:03 > 0:38:05What happened to Mr Hall, then? Is he here?
0:38:05 > 0:38:07No.
0:38:07 > 0:38:11- Because he wasn't a local man. - He wasn't even buried in his own cemetery?
0:38:11 > 0:38:14- That is...- You'd think there'd be some perk to the job!
0:38:16 > 0:38:19Although John Robert Hall isn't buried here,
0:38:19 > 0:38:23there are a few people of note, included Major Herbert Garland,
0:38:23 > 0:38:26a long-forgotten hero of the First World War.
0:38:26 > 0:38:31- This looks more recent than the ones surrounding it.- As you can see...
0:38:31 > 0:38:33"Lost but found." What does that mean?
0:38:33 > 0:38:37- Well, a descendant of the man buried here...- Major Garland.
0:38:37 > 0:38:40..was tracing her ancestor, Major Herbert Garland.
0:38:40 > 0:38:45- Not very old.- When she finally found it, she found it had no headstone.
0:38:45 > 0:38:48So she decided to give him a gravestone.
0:38:50 > 0:38:54Now, he went out and worked with the Egyptian army
0:38:54 > 0:38:55during the First World War,
0:38:55 > 0:39:01trying to blow up the trains of the Turks, who were the enemy in the First World War.
0:39:01 > 0:39:08- And he got together with someone you might have heard of, Lawrence of Arabia.- Really?
0:39:08 > 0:39:12And he was the one who taught Lawrence how to make these bombs
0:39:12 > 0:39:15to blow up the trains.
0:39:15 > 0:39:21Major Garland's role in the campaign that allowed the British to bring down the Ottoman Empire was crucial.
0:39:21 > 0:39:25But his part was overshadowed by his famous brother-in-arms.
0:39:25 > 0:39:31He died forgotten and almost penniless in Gravesend, aged 42.
0:39:31 > 0:39:34I think "Lost but found" is particularly apt, isn't it?
0:39:34 > 0:39:38Although the original cemetery company was declared bankrupt,
0:39:38 > 0:39:40the graveyard continued in private ownership
0:39:40 > 0:39:42and after many extensions,
0:39:42 > 0:39:45people are still being buried here today.
0:39:45 > 0:39:48I feel so privileged, sometimes,
0:39:48 > 0:39:50to be standing in front of these, reading people's stories.
0:39:50 > 0:39:52And I hope they kind of know!
0:39:52 > 0:39:56I was here and I enjoyed it. Thank you very much!
0:40:00 > 0:40:03When you were teensy-weensy...
0:40:03 > 0:40:06- Yes.- ..who inspired you to sing? Who did you look up to?
0:40:06 > 0:40:09Initially, probably Julie Andrews.
0:40:09 > 0:40:12- I used to watch Sound of Music and Mary Poppins.- Yeah.
0:40:12 > 0:40:15It's funny, you talking about Mary Poppins. It's something that makes me smile,
0:40:15 > 0:40:18is David Tomlinson, Let's Go Fly a Kite.
0:40:18 > 0:40:22Actually, we sang that at my wedding! The congregation sang it.
0:40:22 > 0:40:25- It's on my phone!- Really?- Yeah. I love it, absolutely love that song.
0:40:25 > 0:40:28- And Madonna.- I loved Madonna when I was little.
0:40:28 > 0:40:31Your career was fairly stratospheric, wasn't it?
0:40:31 > 0:40:37There was an exciting bit where my first band got a record deal before I left school.
0:40:37 > 0:40:39When you're first starting out,
0:40:39 > 0:40:43everybody encourages you to think that whatever you get offered to do, the right answer is yes.
0:40:43 > 0:40:47But actually I'm a big believer in saying "No" sometimes, too.
0:40:47 > 0:40:50- That's true of your shopping as well, isn't it?- Yes!
0:40:50 > 0:40:51Exactly.
0:40:51 > 0:40:55Our deal-doers are touring around 11 miles south-east
0:40:55 > 0:40:57to a suburb of Southend-on-Sea
0:40:57 > 0:40:59called Westcliff-on-Sea.
0:41:02 > 0:41:06Do you think we'll look conspicuous with our horse sticking out the top?
0:41:06 > 0:41:08I think we can just cruise into town, under the radar,
0:41:08 > 0:41:10no-one will even know we're there!
0:41:11 > 0:41:14Last stop for curiosities is Sally's.
0:41:14 > 0:41:15Let's hope she's not out of them,
0:41:15 > 0:41:17as it says on the sign,
0:41:17 > 0:41:21as these guys still have £175 to spend.
0:41:21 > 0:41:23- I'm excited. Let's go. - Let you loose, let you loose!
0:41:25 > 0:41:26# Boo-boo-bi-doo! #
0:41:26 > 0:41:28This place is cool. Nice to meet you.
0:41:28 > 0:41:30I think that's quite funny!
0:41:30 > 0:41:34- This is Sophie in heaven, isn't it? - Yeah, I think it might be.
0:41:34 > 0:41:37- Come back in an hour!- We'll have a real good look round.
0:41:37 > 0:41:40Sophie owns lots of vintage and retro items
0:41:40 > 0:41:42from furniture to frocks.
0:41:42 > 0:41:44I'm having my own Marilyn moment here!
0:41:44 > 0:41:47Lovely! Time to get shopping!
0:41:48 > 0:41:50Sally's is full of weird and wonderful objects,
0:41:50 > 0:41:54and outside, there's something that might have them blowing their big tops!
0:41:54 > 0:41:56We call it the elephant's foot.
0:41:56 > 0:41:57Here.
0:41:57 > 0:42:00Oh, yeah. That's really cool.
0:42:00 > 0:42:02Did you see that? From the circus.
0:42:02 > 0:42:05- That's 20.- Isn't that cool?
0:42:05 > 0:42:07- Yeah, I quite like that.- Yeah?
0:42:07 > 0:42:09It's a brand-new, effectively wooden drum, isn't it?
0:42:09 > 0:42:11It's brilliant. And it came from a circus.
0:42:11 > 0:42:13I gather it came from the circus.
0:42:13 > 0:42:15I feel like trumpeting at the moment!
0:42:15 > 0:42:17Ha. Not a good choice of words, Phil!
0:42:17 > 0:42:21- I quite like that.- I think that's great.- Shall we have a look round?
0:42:21 > 0:42:23- OK.- See if anything else grabs us. - Yep.
0:42:23 > 0:42:26The elephant foot stool is on the back burner
0:42:26 > 0:42:27while they have a thorough rummage,
0:42:27 > 0:42:33giving Sophie the perfect opportunity to check out some vintage nick-nacks.
0:42:34 > 0:42:36Paddy-wacks.
0:42:36 > 0:42:38- It's only a pound.- What is that?
0:42:38 > 0:42:39A bra.
0:42:39 > 0:42:41Seriously?
0:42:41 > 0:42:45- No, but is it...- I feel a bit sad if you don't know what that is!
0:42:47 > 0:42:49- Aw! Poor Phil!- I can get that much!
0:42:49 > 0:42:51Go and take your feet out of your mouth, Phil!
0:42:51 > 0:42:54A-hem. I've gone red, now!
0:42:55 > 0:42:59Why does that elephant's foot thingy still appeal to you?
0:42:59 > 0:43:01Cos it's quirky and it evokes happy memories of going to the circus
0:43:01 > 0:43:04and it's something you can't buy off the peg or find somewhere else.
0:43:04 > 0:43:08I'll be truthful, 35 years I've been doing this now,
0:43:08 > 0:43:11- and I don't think I've ever seen an elephant's stool!- There you go!
0:43:11 > 0:43:15Suspiciously free of elephant prints, too!
0:43:15 > 0:43:18Now's your moment. Let's be part of it.
0:43:18 > 0:43:23She's sold on the circus curio and what Sophie wants, Sophie gets, as we know!
0:43:23 > 0:43:26Elephant foot. Is that what you call it? That's what he puts his foot on?
0:43:26 > 0:43:29If there's an elephant in the auction room, we're sorted.
0:43:29 > 0:43:31- I know.- There's always an elephant in the room!
0:43:31 > 0:43:33And right now, it's the price.
0:43:35 > 0:43:37Phil suggested £10.
0:43:37 > 0:43:40- Oh, come on, 15!- That's it. You're on my side.
0:43:40 > 0:43:42- Well...- 12 quid. How's that?
0:43:42 > 0:43:44- OK. 12.- I'll go and pay for it quickly. You keep her talking!
0:43:44 > 0:43:46- Thanks very much.- Amazing discount. Thank you.
0:43:46 > 0:43:49£12 bags them the circus equipment
0:43:49 > 0:43:51and they're all stocked up and ready for auction.
0:43:51 > 0:43:54So pack up your trunk of treasure and be off!
0:43:57 > 0:44:00The forage for fortunes is at an end.
0:44:00 > 0:44:03Time for the teams to unwrap their goodies.
0:44:03 > 0:44:06- Let's see what you've got.- Let's have a look. Give us your best.
0:44:08 > 0:44:09Oh, cuddles.
0:44:09 > 0:44:11Look at his face!
0:44:11 > 0:44:14I'm guessing that you chose that, Mum, not you, Will?
0:44:14 > 0:44:15Well spotted!
0:44:15 > 0:44:18- How much was your thing, Mum? - 38, was it?
0:44:18 > 0:44:20I can see somebody making that a cool lamp, actually.
0:44:20 > 0:44:23It's a beautiful thing as it is, Phil. Look at that!
0:44:23 > 0:44:25Look at the dolphins!
0:44:25 > 0:44:27They're not dolphins!
0:44:27 > 0:44:29- What do you think to that? - I like that.
0:44:29 > 0:44:32- Could you see cupcakes...- I don't know what it is, but I like it.
0:44:32 > 0:44:34- On the table with peonies on it. - How much was it?
0:44:34 > 0:44:36100 quid. WHISTLES
0:44:36 > 0:44:39- And your beehives? - The beehive bookends were Janet...
0:44:39 > 0:44:41- Dogwood, aren't they? - Oak!
0:44:41 > 0:44:43Dogwood. You can tell by the bark!
0:44:43 > 0:44:45He's here all week, folks(!)
0:44:45 > 0:44:47- Wait there.- Da-da-da!
0:44:48 > 0:44:50Oh, I love that!
0:44:50 > 0:44:53- That is wicked.- That's my favourite. - That's fantastic.
0:44:53 > 0:44:55WILL: Quirky, folky, decorative...
0:44:55 > 0:44:57- PHIL: That's really lovely. - I might bid on that!
0:44:57 > 0:45:01- No, no, no! You can't do that! - Feel free to!
0:45:01 > 0:45:03- How much did that cost? - It cost us 100 quid.
0:45:03 > 0:45:05- Well done.- It'll go for 50.
0:45:05 > 0:45:0850?! Let me put this down.
0:45:09 > 0:45:12- Ready for this?- Yes, we are. - Ready for our weird and wonderful.
0:45:12 > 0:45:14I can't wait!
0:45:14 > 0:45:16What time does the show start?
0:45:16 > 0:45:18There's more!
0:45:18 > 0:45:20- They're lovely.- Do you like them?
0:45:20 > 0:45:23This is an elephant's foot.
0:45:23 > 0:45:27This is what the elephant would put his feet on in the circus. It's been used in a circus.
0:45:27 > 0:45:30Ordinarily, I'd say put a piece of glass in there and turn it into a lamp,
0:45:30 > 0:45:35but now, somebody will take that home and get their pet elephant to put its foot on it.
0:45:35 > 0:45:39I'm sure there'll be plenty of Maharajahs at the sale(!)
0:45:39 > 0:45:42This one I saw and thought, "I like you."
0:45:42 > 0:45:44- I love the colours. - Is it a he or a she?
0:45:44 > 0:45:47I thought it was a boy, but he's called it Sophie.
0:45:47 > 0:45:49- The chairs...- The chairs are great.
0:45:49 > 0:45:55- We managed to get the chairs themselves for five pounds.- Wow! - For both?!- Both.- A giveaway!
0:45:55 > 0:45:57Don't forget £30 for the webbing
0:45:57 > 0:45:59and Steve's thrown in some cushions.
0:45:59 > 0:46:03- Come on, then, where's your last lot?- It's your phone?!
0:46:05 > 0:46:06It's a wagon with one wheel.
0:46:06 > 0:46:09- You bought that?- Victorian, late 1800s.- But only one wheel?
0:46:09 > 0:46:13- You could take off the wheel and put nice cushions in it.- I've trained her well!
0:46:13 > 0:46:16You've been hanging out with Phil a bit too long!
0:46:16 > 0:46:18I think that would be nice. Or make it into a flower bed.
0:46:18 > 0:46:20- It's 50 quid, so...- It's OK.
0:46:20 > 0:46:22I think it's time for a drink, isn't it?
0:46:24 > 0:46:27Having clapped eyes on each other's lots,
0:46:27 > 0:46:29how do they fancy their chances now?
0:46:29 > 0:46:31I think my mum has approached this in the same way I have.
0:46:31 > 0:46:35She's bought stuff she likes. The little figurine in the shell...
0:46:35 > 0:46:38- Has that got Janet Ellis written all over it?- It sure has.
0:46:38 > 0:46:41There's no way Will picked that! "Janet, check this out."
0:46:41 > 0:46:43Those chairs are lovely. I'd give those house room.
0:46:43 > 0:46:46They could easily make ten or 20 quid.
0:46:47 > 0:46:51- I love their sign.- Their sign is wonderful. I would own that.
0:46:51 > 0:46:54- Who's going to win?- I don't know. It's not obvious, actually.
0:46:54 > 0:46:57We've bought, like we said, a huge variety of stuff.
0:46:57 > 0:47:00- From a Georgian silver fish slice... - And I've had fun!- Have you?
0:47:00 > 0:47:03I'll say all this now, because after the auction, we won't be speaking!
0:47:03 > 0:47:06- "That Will, he knows nothing!"- "What was the point of a fish slice?"
0:47:06 > 0:47:09To auction, and don't spare the horses!
0:47:11 > 0:47:14They're all heading north around 230 miles
0:47:14 > 0:47:17to an auction in Baildon, West Yorkshire.
0:47:20 > 0:47:24- I'm feeling strangely nervous.- Cos you're driving this car again?
0:47:26 > 0:47:27The auction I'm not worried about!
0:47:27 > 0:47:30- It's just getting there. - Got to get up a hill first!
0:47:30 > 0:47:33- This is the first auction I've ever been to.- Is it?
0:47:33 > 0:47:35That's how I ended up buying a commode.
0:47:35 > 0:47:38Cos I got so over-excited!
0:47:38 > 0:47:41When they're calling your lots, I'll be going, "Boo!"
0:47:42 > 0:47:48- You'll be offering things that I can't, like singing.- You're a beautiful singer.
0:47:48 > 0:47:51I think I've given most of my badges away to traffic wardens!
0:47:54 > 0:47:56William, this is a gorgeous day!
0:47:56 > 0:47:58Beautiful. Roof down, jacket off.
0:47:58 > 0:48:01Not quite sleeves rolled up, but nearly.
0:48:01 > 0:48:03- Oh, you are.- I've got demi-roll!
0:48:04 > 0:48:06I'm actually getting a bit twitchy about this now.
0:48:06 > 0:48:10But I can just feel the bottom begin to tighten just a little.
0:48:10 > 0:48:12I thought that was the suspension!
0:48:16 > 0:48:19Halfway Auctions at the Halfway House in Baildon
0:48:19 > 0:48:22is the seat of today's epic antique joust.
0:48:22 > 0:48:27If all goes terribly wrong, they can pop next door and drown their sorrows.
0:48:28 > 0:48:30WILL: Oh dear, oh dear! What is that?
0:48:30 > 0:48:32- Someone's left a pile of wood in the corner!- Oh, behave!
0:48:35 > 0:48:37What have you done to that car?
0:48:39 > 0:48:41Nice to see you again!
0:48:42 > 0:48:44- How are you?- I'm well. Lovely to see you.
0:48:44 > 0:48:46Feeling confident?
0:48:46 > 0:48:49- Not really, no.- Oh, Philip!
0:48:49 > 0:48:51- Come on, let's go in. - It's all going to be good.
0:48:51 > 0:48:53It is going to be good.
0:48:53 > 0:48:56At 22. 22 I have. Got 24, anyone?
0:48:56 > 0:49:00Philip Chester strikes a powerful pose at the helm of today's sale.
0:49:00 > 0:49:03He's got his own thoughts on our teams' lots.
0:49:03 > 0:49:05I enjoy a challenge!
0:49:05 > 0:49:09Sophie and Phil have brought a circus elephant's foot stand.
0:49:09 > 0:49:13Unfortunately, the circus isn't in town today, but we'll do our very best!
0:49:13 > 0:49:18Janet and Will have brought what I believe to be a 19th-century probably German porcelain figure.
0:49:18 > 0:49:21Unfortunately, nowadays, people aren't displaying as they used to.
0:49:21 > 0:49:25Sophie and Phil have brought two rather nice 1950s armchairs.
0:49:25 > 0:49:28They are of Ercol design but there's no markings on them,
0:49:28 > 0:49:30so we can't actually sell them as Ercol.
0:49:30 > 0:49:34Janet and Will have brought a splendid George III fish knife.
0:49:34 > 0:49:36George III still at its very best.
0:49:36 > 0:49:39Sophie and Phil have brought a cart.
0:49:39 > 0:49:41What can I say? It's got a good wheel.
0:49:42 > 0:49:47Janet and Will went all out and spent their whole £400 budget
0:49:47 > 0:49:49to present five lots for auction.
0:49:49 > 0:49:53- I'm going to come and live with you. This is a perfect shopping day. - The main man.
0:49:53 > 0:49:55# Boo-boo-bi-doo! #
0:49:55 > 0:49:58And Sophie and Phil also amassed five bold lots,
0:49:58 > 0:50:01forking out £237.
0:50:01 > 0:50:05- What is that?- A bra. - I've gone red now!
0:50:05 > 0:50:10It's time to take this antiquarian joust into the sale room
0:50:10 > 0:50:12where all profits will go to Children in Need.
0:50:13 > 0:50:15I'm getting twitchy!
0:50:15 > 0:50:17I'm nervous too, now.
0:50:17 > 0:50:22It's up, up and away with the propeller, Sophie and Phil's first lot.
0:50:22 > 0:50:25- It's a lovely thing.- I love it.
0:50:25 > 0:50:27We might get some people who are looking for one!
0:50:27 > 0:50:31If there was one thing on my wish-list, what would it be?
0:50:31 > 0:50:33I must start this with me
0:50:33 > 0:50:35- at £30. Can I have 32?- Ow!
0:50:35 > 0:50:3832. 35. 38. 40.
0:50:38 > 0:50:4042. 45. 48.
0:50:40 > 0:50:41On the front at 48.
0:50:41 > 0:50:4450. 50 and five.
0:50:44 > 0:50:4860? On the phone? At £55 I have. 60.
0:50:48 > 0:50:5165. 70. 75 on the phone.
0:50:51 > 0:50:5380. 80 I'm bid. And five?
0:50:53 > 0:50:5580 I've got now. Five? 85.
0:50:55 > 0:50:57- 90.- Come on!- 95.
0:50:57 > 0:51:01100 I've got. £100.
0:51:02 > 0:51:04It just didn't take off the way they'd hoped.
0:51:04 > 0:51:07- There's no justice in this room.- No.
0:51:09 > 0:51:12Can Janet and Will make a dazzling profit with the shiny centrepiece?
0:51:12 > 0:51:15Start me at £50. This is for nothing.
0:51:15 > 0:51:17- At £50 anywhere?- Surely... - It's worth 50 to start me.
0:51:17 > 0:51:19Surely at £50?
0:51:19 > 0:51:21Start me at 20.
0:51:21 > 0:51:22£20 only. 20 I'm bid.
0:51:22 > 0:51:24- 22. 25.- I like "Start me at 100"! - 28.
0:51:24 > 0:51:2730. 32. 35. 38.
0:51:27 > 0:51:29- Keep going.- 40. 42.
0:51:29 > 0:51:3142. 45. 48 I'm bid. Do I have 50?
0:51:31 > 0:51:33At £48... 50.
0:51:33 > 0:51:36And two. 52. And five?
0:51:36 > 0:51:38- Surely!- 52 I'm bid. Do I have five anywhere?
0:51:38 > 0:51:4155. I'm selling it at £55.
0:51:41 > 0:51:44- Somebody's got a bargain.- So cheap. - I'm sorry about that.
0:51:44 > 0:51:47We liked it, didn't we. You liked it.
0:51:47 > 0:51:49A disappointing start for both teams.
0:51:49 > 0:51:52Which means there's some catching up to do.
0:51:52 > 0:51:54Things are looking up, Sophie.
0:51:54 > 0:51:57They've lost more than we've lost!
0:51:57 > 0:51:59Things are looking up, cos it's the cart next!
0:52:01 > 0:52:03One-wheeled carts are in vogue,
0:52:03 > 0:52:05according to Mr Serrell! Will the crowd think so?
0:52:05 > 0:52:07We might have put the horse before the cart!
0:52:07 > 0:52:10- His puns are terrible.- Yeah.
0:52:10 > 0:52:13- It's a restoration piece. - That it is!
0:52:13 > 0:52:15They're laughing at us!
0:52:15 > 0:52:17We need somebody with time on their hands.
0:52:17 > 0:52:19I can start on commission at £20.
0:52:19 > 0:52:22- It's an outrage!- Isn't it?- Come on!
0:52:22 > 0:52:2622. 24. 26 takes me out sir.
0:52:26 > 0:52:2828. 30.
0:52:28 > 0:52:3032.
0:52:30 > 0:52:32- 34.- These people are mad!
0:52:32 > 0:52:33At £34. 36.
0:52:33 > 0:52:35- 38.- I wonder if he'll deliver it?
0:52:35 > 0:52:37Even I don't know why they're bidding on this!
0:52:37 > 0:52:39- 42.- What are they doing? Stop!
0:52:39 > 0:52:41- It's going to wipe its face. - Is it worth that?
0:52:41 > 0:52:44At £42. It's yours, sir. Well done.
0:52:44 > 0:52:47Someone paid £42 for that?
0:52:48 > 0:52:51With only one wheel, the cart couldn't turn a profit.
0:52:51 > 0:52:53That's another loss for Sophie and Phil.
0:52:53 > 0:52:59Will Janet and Will's George III fish knife win them a slice of profit?
0:53:00 > 0:53:04Don't see many fish-eaters in here. If they were steak knives, I might be in business!
0:53:04 > 0:53:07Start me at £100. This is cheap.
0:53:07 > 0:53:08- Surely!- 100 to start me.
0:53:08 > 0:53:11- 50 to get me going.- Surely! - 50 I'm bid. Five.- Thank you.
0:53:11 > 0:53:1460 and five.
0:53:14 > 0:53:1670. And five. 80.
0:53:17 > 0:53:1990. Five.
0:53:19 > 0:53:20100.
0:53:20 > 0:53:23105. 105. 110.
0:53:23 > 0:53:26115. New bidder. 115. 120, sir?
0:53:26 > 0:53:29- 120 I've got. Five?- Don't lose it now. Still cheap.
0:53:29 > 0:53:31At 120 I'm selling, then.
0:53:31 > 0:53:33It could have been a lot worse.
0:53:33 > 0:53:35The fish knife couldn't cut it.
0:53:35 > 0:53:38And with losses all round, hopes are high
0:53:38 > 0:53:40for Sophie and Phil's retro hobby horse.
0:53:40 > 0:53:43Nice thing. Is it worth £30 to you?
0:53:43 > 0:53:45£20 anywhere? 20 I've got. 22 now?
0:53:45 > 0:53:48- 24.- I don't want to worry anybody, but that's a profit!
0:53:48 > 0:53:5132. 34. 36.
0:53:51 > 0:53:53At £36, are we finished?
0:53:53 > 0:53:55£36.
0:53:55 > 0:53:57Well done, you.
0:53:57 > 0:54:00Sophie's choice bags them the first profit of the day.
0:54:01 > 0:54:03- Yes.- Well done, Sophie.
0:54:04 > 0:54:09Surely there's a frenzy of fortune to come for Janet and Will's porcelain?
0:54:09 > 0:54:12- Yes, that was your buy. Completely your buy.- Yes.
0:54:12 > 0:54:15Lovely piece. Lovely piece. Worth every pound.
0:54:15 > 0:54:1750 anywhere? 40?
0:54:17 > 0:54:20Start me at 20. I'll take 20 to get me going. £20 I'm bid.
0:54:20 > 0:54:22Do I have 22 now? 22. 25.
0:54:22 > 0:54:2328?
0:54:23 > 0:54:2625 I've got. 25. 28 anybody?
0:54:26 > 0:54:2825 I'm bid. At 25 only.
0:54:28 > 0:54:30Oh, that's such a bargain!
0:54:32 > 0:54:34The child with fish on feet was a flop!
0:54:34 > 0:54:36And their losses just keep mounting.
0:54:36 > 0:54:40Sophie and Phil's retro chairs are up next.
0:54:40 > 0:54:42But having no designer name
0:54:42 > 0:54:43may not sit well with the bidders.
0:54:43 > 0:54:47- If they don't make a profit, there's no justice.- That's true.
0:54:47 > 0:54:50Two lovely armchairs. Can I say £50 for the pair?
0:54:50 > 0:54:52- £50 anyone?- You can try!
0:54:52 > 0:54:54£20 anywhere? At 20? No interest?
0:54:54 > 0:54:5620 I'm bid. Thank you, sir. Two now?
0:54:56 > 0:54:5720 I've got. Can I say 22?
0:54:57 > 0:54:59£20 I'm bid. 22 anywhere?
0:54:59 > 0:55:01£20 only.
0:55:02 > 0:55:04Don't they know it's got new webbing?
0:55:04 > 0:55:06New webbing, and style.
0:55:06 > 0:55:09Our eclectic lots aren't enticing the bidders today.
0:55:09 > 0:55:14But Sophie and Phil have made one profit and lost the least.
0:55:14 > 0:55:16So are slightly ahead - or is that less behind?
0:55:18 > 0:55:20Janet and Will are yet to make a profit.
0:55:20 > 0:55:23Can they create a buzz with their beehive bookends?
0:55:23 > 0:55:25- Thank you.- Everybody likes books.
0:55:25 > 0:55:27£20 to start me. £20 the bookends.
0:55:27 > 0:55:2920 I have. Thank you, sir. Do I have 22?
0:55:29 > 0:55:31This is cheap. £20 I've got.
0:55:31 > 0:55:33Do I have 22 now? At £20 I'm bid. 22 now?
0:55:33 > 0:55:35Get heady on that feeling, guys!
0:55:35 > 0:55:37- 22?- Hands up if you can read.
0:55:37 > 0:55:39£20 I'm bid. Selling at £20.
0:55:39 > 0:55:41- We made a profit!- We made a profit!
0:55:41 > 0:55:43Woo!
0:55:43 > 0:55:45At last, a profit!
0:55:45 > 0:55:46But it may be too little, too late.
0:55:46 > 0:55:49It all rides on the final two lots.
0:55:50 > 0:55:54Janet and Will's retro pub sign takes the stage.
0:55:54 > 0:55:56These are very desirable items.
0:55:56 > 0:55:58We need our sign to make about 500 quid!
0:55:59 > 0:56:01£20 I've got. Do I have 22? At 22.
0:56:01 > 0:56:0425 I've got. Come on, this is for nothing!
0:56:04 > 0:56:06At £25 I'm bid. Do I have 28? £25 I've got.
0:56:06 > 0:56:0928 anywhere? Anyone opening a pub anywhere?
0:56:09 > 0:56:11£25. This is for nothing at £25.
0:56:14 > 0:56:19What a blow! That crashing loss pretty much seals Janet and Will's fate.
0:56:20 > 0:56:21I'm in shock.
0:56:21 > 0:56:24It's the grand finale!
0:56:24 > 0:56:27Roll up! Roll up! See the mighty elephant's foot stool(!)
0:56:27 > 0:56:29Sophie and Phil's final lot.
0:56:29 > 0:56:33I think the old elephant's jobby is going to do very well.
0:56:33 > 0:56:37I do. On the way up here, I passed a number of elephants in the fields.
0:56:37 > 0:56:39Did you see them?
0:56:41 > 0:56:43# Nellie the elephant packed her trunk
0:56:43 > 0:56:45# and trundled off to the jungle. #
0:56:45 > 0:56:47Your neighbours won't have one of these! 20 I'm bid.
0:56:47 > 0:56:5122 behind you. 24. 26. 28.
0:56:51 > 0:56:53Do I have 30 anywhere?
0:56:53 > 0:56:5628. I'm selling it at £28. Are we all finished? 30, new bidder.
0:56:56 > 0:56:59- 32?- Come on!
0:56:59 > 0:57:01One more? 32 I'm bid. 34. Good man.
0:57:01 > 0:57:0436? 36 I'm bid.
0:57:04 > 0:57:05At £36 only.
0:57:06 > 0:57:08- It's yours.- Well done.- Well done.
0:57:08 > 0:57:10Well done.
0:57:10 > 0:57:11Sophie picked another winner.
0:57:11 > 0:57:14The elephant's foot stool elevates them to victory
0:57:14 > 0:57:17but with only three lots profiting,
0:57:17 > 0:57:18there's not a lot to shout about.
0:57:20 > 0:57:23- That was bad.- That was my contract for the next series!
0:57:25 > 0:57:27The teams each had £400.
0:57:27 > 0:57:32Janet and Will cashed in on one item, and after auction costs
0:57:32 > 0:57:34made a loss of £199.10,
0:57:34 > 0:57:38leaving them with only £200.90.
0:57:39 > 0:57:44Sophie and Phil did only slightly better, winning on two items.
0:57:44 > 0:57:47After costs, they made a loss of £45.12,
0:57:47 > 0:57:51leaving them with £354.88.
0:57:52 > 0:57:55How undignified for poor old Dobbin!
0:57:56 > 0:57:59No, I just want to go, "Aghh!"
0:57:59 > 0:58:02That was just the end, wasn't it?
0:58:02 > 0:58:04Was that an auction, or was that an "auction"?
0:58:04 > 0:58:06I thought it was an auction!
0:58:06 > 0:58:09- That was an auction.- I think the girls should drive the Mustang.
0:58:09 > 0:58:13Seeing you in that is worth it, so yes. More than happy, ladies.
0:58:13 > 0:58:16- I'm driving the dolly.- This is not au revoir, this is goodbye!
0:58:20 > 0:58:22Bye!
0:58:22 > 0:58:25Pedal faster, Will!
0:58:25 > 0:58:28This is trippy.
0:58:28 > 0:58:29What would your fantasy car be?
0:58:29 > 0:58:31Penelope Pitstop style.
0:58:31 > 0:58:32Oh, yeah.
0:58:32 > 0:58:34Bon voyage!
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