0:00:02 > 0:00:04Some of the nation's favourite celebrities...
0:00:04 > 0:00:06Why have I got such expensive taste?
0:00:06 > 0:00:09..one antiques expert each...
0:00:11 > 0:00:12Size isn't everything.
0:00:12 > 0:00:14..and one big challenge -
0:00:14 > 0:00:18who can seek out and buy the best antiques at the very best prices...
0:00:18 > 0:00:20Answers on a postcard.
0:00:21 > 0:00:25..and auction for a big profit further down the road?
0:00:25 > 0:00:27Is it making you go, "Ooooh", though?
0:00:27 > 0:00:31Who will spot the good investments? Who will listen to advice?
0:00:31 > 0:00:33- Do you like it?- No, I think it's horrible.
0:00:33 > 0:00:37And who will be the first to say, "Don't you know who I am?!"
0:00:37 > 0:00:38Well done, us!
0:00:38 > 0:00:41Time to put your pedal to the metal.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44This is Celebrity Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:47 > 0:00:48Yeah!
0:00:50 > 0:00:55The luscious countryside of Cheshire is where today's race for antique riches begins.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58Packing £400 each and with an opinion on absolutely everything
0:00:58 > 0:01:00are cultural heavyweights
0:01:00 > 0:01:04interior designer Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen
0:01:04 > 0:01:07and art critic Waldemar Januszczak.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10I had two poached eggs. They were absolutely delicious.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12- That's a good idea. - I love a poached egg.
0:01:12 > 0:01:16Laurence, I like your suit. I have dressed differently
0:01:16 > 0:01:18so that people can tell us apart.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21- We're basically the same person in two bodies, aren't we?- We are.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24- And we've both still got our hair. - I know!- Isn't that fantastic?
0:01:24 > 0:01:25All over our lovely bodies.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29Well, I don't know about that.
0:01:29 > 0:01:30But what does have a lovely body
0:01:30 > 0:01:34is the bodacious British beauty they're purring along in -
0:01:34 > 0:01:37a Jaguar XJS.
0:01:37 > 0:01:38Rrrragh!
0:01:38 > 0:01:41How are you at this shopping for antiques thing?
0:01:41 > 0:01:44Well, I love antiques, but my trouble is,
0:01:44 > 0:01:46all the ones I love cost a quarter of a million pounds.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48- That's not going to work today.- No.
0:01:48 > 0:01:53This pair met in 1984, when Laurence was an art student
0:01:53 > 0:01:55and Waldemar was a critic with the Guardian.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58I'm Waldemar Januszczak when I'm in Poland.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01In England, I'm Waldemar Jannysack.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06His feisty opinions are the reason he's lasted so long as an art critic
0:02:06 > 0:02:09in the national press and on TV,
0:02:09 > 0:02:12writing, presenting and making films about art and culture
0:02:12 > 0:02:13for over 30 years.
0:02:13 > 0:02:18The whole thing has got so...damn...tacky.
0:02:19 > 0:02:23- I saw you on Changing Rooms - you just go for things that are purple? - Yeah.
0:02:23 > 0:02:27- Or have fur in them.- Never confuse antiques with good taste.- No, no.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32Suburbia, arise!
0:02:32 > 0:02:37Laurence flounced foppishly onto our tellies
0:02:37 > 0:02:39in the mid-'90s,
0:02:39 > 0:02:42changing rooms sometimes into those of fantasy -
0:02:42 > 0:02:46launching his TV career presenting shows on all types of lifestyle,
0:02:46 > 0:02:48from homes to holidays.
0:02:48 > 0:02:52I have no idea what you're saying, you extraordinary-looking bloke.
0:02:52 > 0:02:53Are you talking to me?!
0:02:53 > 0:02:57Why do antique types wear beige?
0:02:57 > 0:02:59- Do you know what beige means?- No. - It means underbelly.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01It does. It's Norman French.
0:03:01 > 0:03:06- Le beige.- Oh, there's no top to your bottom, is there?- Exactly!
0:03:06 > 0:03:10Antique types and beige - whatever can he mean?
0:03:10 > 0:03:12THEY LAUGH
0:03:12 > 0:03:13Oh, chaps!
0:03:13 > 0:03:15- Can I drive?- No!- Oh, go on, Charlie!
0:03:18 > 0:03:19Here are the wipers.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22# When it's raining... #
0:03:22 > 0:03:23Get a move on!
0:03:23 > 0:03:25- No, forwards!- Sorry!
0:03:25 > 0:03:28This 1952 Series 1 Land Rover
0:03:28 > 0:03:30is pre-seatbelt era,
0:03:30 > 0:03:33which is why the boys aren't wearing any.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36It's painted in military surplus cockpit paint.
0:03:36 > 0:03:37Tally ho!
0:03:39 > 0:03:42- # The sun is out - The sky is blue
0:03:43 > 0:03:46# There's not a cloud to spoil the view... #
0:03:46 > 0:03:49The voice of an angel belongs to Charlie Ross.
0:03:49 > 0:03:54He sings, he acts, and in his spare time, he's a world-renowned auctioneer.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56And he's a hit with the ladies.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00Sealed with a kiss!
0:04:00 > 0:04:02- No! No! No!- What's up?
0:04:02 > 0:04:04He hit me!
0:04:04 > 0:04:07We're in camouflage, don't forget!
0:04:09 > 0:04:12This jolly whippersnapper is a passionate historian
0:04:12 > 0:04:15with an eye for detail - it's Charles Hanson.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20Oh, sorry, Charlie! Sorry.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22Sorry!
0:04:22 > 0:04:24Where's the respect, eh?
0:04:24 > 0:04:27We're meeting Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen. He will have the crispest suit.
0:04:27 > 0:04:28Not as smart as you and I!
0:04:28 > 0:04:32- He'll be a lot smarter than you. - I don't believe that.
0:04:32 > 0:04:36- We're also meeting Waldemar. - # Wunderbar!
0:04:36 > 0:04:41# Wunderbar! What a glorious night for love... #
0:04:41 > 0:04:43It's Waldemar, boys.
0:04:43 > 0:04:44Waldemar.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48Our foray into fortune starts in Cheshire,
0:04:48 > 0:04:51a county known for cheese, salt and silk.
0:04:51 > 0:04:55We dip in and out of Staffordshire, home of the potteries,
0:04:55 > 0:04:58ending back in Cheshire, at auction in the market town of Macclesfield.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03First stop is the old Anglo-Saxon town of Sandbach.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06- I almost feel it's like warfare, isn't it?- It is.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09THEY WHISTLE "The Great Escape" THEME
0:05:15 > 0:05:17Look, Charlie, the Jaguar!
0:05:17 > 0:05:20- It's them! Go, go, go! Come on! - HONKS HORN
0:05:22 > 0:05:24Stop!
0:05:26 > 0:05:29It looks like It Ain't Half Hot Mum.
0:05:33 > 0:05:37- Hi there. How are you?- How come we've got a car and you've got a tractor?
0:05:38 > 0:05:44I've got something to break to you. We got on so well in the car. We had a really good time.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46You look so...similar,
0:05:46 > 0:05:48we thought we'd break the rules
0:05:48 > 0:05:52and Laurence and I would go off on our own
0:05:52 > 0:05:55and you two guys, because you're such brilliant antique dealers,
0:05:55 > 0:05:57you'd go off on your own.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59ALL TALK AT ONCE
0:05:59 > 0:06:04- We'd see whether antique dealers or cultural figures win.- Yes.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06Shall we take the 4x4?
0:06:06 > 0:06:09I say! This is most unprecedented.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11You'll love it.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14They think they've got what it takes to beat the experts.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16It could be a battle of epic proportions, this.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18HONKS HORN
0:06:18 > 0:06:21Charles and Charlie are auction supremos.
0:06:21 > 0:06:26They live and breathe antiques and have a combined experience of almost 70 years.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28Versus Laurence and Waldemar -
0:06:28 > 0:06:31heavy hitters in the world of contemporary culture,
0:06:31 > 0:06:35who create and critique art and design for a living.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37What are the tips for this kind of thing?
0:06:37 > 0:06:41What sort of sale does it go into?
0:06:41 > 0:06:44We've got to go for impact - mouth-watering flamboyance.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46You're good at that.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48This fight for fortune could go either way,
0:06:48 > 0:06:50but right now they're all going the same way -
0:06:50 > 0:06:51together.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53Third, Laurence.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56No, not first, Laurence!
0:06:56 > 0:06:58There's going to be no gearbox left on this.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00GEARS CRUNCH
0:07:00 > 0:07:03Each team has £400 to spend
0:07:03 > 0:07:06and the first stop on the wacky race for riches
0:07:06 > 0:07:08is Hidden Treasures.
0:07:08 > 0:07:09There you go, boys.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11I am so traumatised.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14Well, I suppose you want to go ahead, do a bit of shopping.
0:07:14 > 0:07:15Charles, wait!
0:07:15 > 0:07:18We'll see you in there.
0:07:18 > 0:07:19What will they buy?
0:07:19 > 0:07:22I don't think they've got a clue.
0:07:22 > 0:07:23I'm quite daunted,
0:07:23 > 0:07:26because, you what? I think they have so much in the tank
0:07:26 > 0:07:30- in terms of up here as well.- That's not going to help commercially.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32- It worries me.- Let's go in here.
0:07:32 > 0:07:33Come on.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35Will our celebrities' love of antiques
0:07:35 > 0:07:39and eye for art and design be enough to beat our experts?
0:07:39 > 0:07:40We shall see.
0:07:40 > 0:07:46So how are we going to do this? You're obviously the guy with the experience, the interior design...
0:07:46 > 0:07:49And the no taste. So we could follow me over a cliff,
0:07:49 > 0:07:52or we could stick with you and your keen eye for quality.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55My trouble is, I'll choose all the expensive things.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58But that is our secret weapon.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01- Pay a lot?- No, you find an expensive thing,
0:08:01 > 0:08:03but make sure it's cheap.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05A cunning plan.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08- You know, we've got to like something, I think.- OK.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10But then also appreciate the fact
0:08:10 > 0:08:13that actually, probably that's worth a million quid.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15Really?
0:08:17 > 0:08:18You go over there, I'll go over here.
0:08:18 > 0:08:23- If we see anything we like, we shout. - But also, don't forget big and eye-catching.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25- Big...- And eye-catching.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28Looks like Laurence is wearing the trousers in this pairing.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30Literally.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34Next door, our experts are also planning a strategy.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37I think the secret is just to be nimble
0:08:37 > 0:08:39- and just to race around... - BANG
0:08:39 > 0:08:40Oops, sorry!
0:08:40 > 0:08:42What would impress Laurence?
0:08:42 > 0:08:45Do you want to impress them or buy things that will make money?
0:08:45 > 0:08:48I want to buy for our market,
0:08:48 > 0:08:51and also impress them, because they want to see quality items.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53- They want to see how it's done. - Exactly.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55They want to see the big boys in action.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58Well, then, big boys, less chat, more action,
0:08:58 > 0:09:02because our kings of culture have already got their eye on something.
0:09:02 > 0:09:06- Laurence.- Yeah? That's mad. - That's you.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08It is a proud cockerel.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10It's probably Murano.
0:09:10 > 0:09:11That is going to stand out anywhere.
0:09:11 > 0:09:15I think if you had that in the middle of the table, a few bonbons in the middle...
0:09:15 > 0:09:17truffles or something like that...
0:09:17 > 0:09:21You know, in the modern world, that is just a beautiful thing.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23I think that's an eye-catcher.
0:09:23 > 0:09:28Murano glass is a famous product of the Venetian island of Murano.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30The colourful cockerel is right up their street.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32But they're browsing on.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37Never knowingly understated,
0:09:37 > 0:09:39Laurence has spotted another statement piece
0:09:39 > 0:09:41shouting at him from the corner.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44There's someone here with a very, very fine sense of taste.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46Who'd have thought of covering
0:09:46 > 0:09:48a Victorian chaise longue in Astroturf?
0:09:48 > 0:09:50The famous faux fur fanatic
0:09:50 > 0:09:52just can't help himself.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55It's weird. It's Victorian - nicely turned.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58There are few things I've felt that are quite as horrible as that.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00Quintessentially as horrible as that.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03It's so you, it's untrue!
0:10:03 > 0:10:06Working on the LLB principle -
0:10:06 > 0:10:08the Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen principle -
0:10:08 > 0:10:14that you've got to stand out in the auction room with something major,
0:10:14 > 0:10:16something significant...
0:10:16 > 0:10:18that's got it.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20It'll stand out, but will it sell?
0:10:20 > 0:10:23The only problem is it is quite pricy.
0:10:23 > 0:10:28£99?! If we got it for 20 quid, I think we might be onto a winner.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30It'll be a crowd-pleaser.
0:10:30 > 0:10:34The chaps are going for the wow factor,
0:10:34 > 0:10:36with objects that will stand out in the auction room,
0:10:36 > 0:10:40but fit into the contemporary living room of a Cheshire home.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45But our experts won't rest until they find some real antiques.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48Cor! It's absolutely wonderful.
0:10:48 > 0:10:49Ahem! I said WON'T rest.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52Charlie, how about this?
0:10:52 > 0:10:54- Take a seat.- Oh, it's got some...
0:10:54 > 0:10:56Not to worry.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58These boys are still hard at work.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01Charles has picked up a stereoscopic viewer with photographs.
0:11:01 > 0:11:05So you've got the two images melding into one.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07Have a look.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09- The key is what the cards are. - Boer War?
0:11:09 > 0:11:12Look, look, look! Listen, you're a historian.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14Listen to this.
0:11:14 > 0:11:20"The first train of refugees out of Kimberley after the siege."
0:11:20 > 0:11:23- Yeah.- Diamond mines of Kimberley. Look at this!
0:11:23 > 0:11:27The river, guarded and preserved by the British, 1900.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29Winston Churchill fought here.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31These are live pictures at the time.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34Copyright 1900, by Underwood and Underwood.
0:11:34 > 0:11:39These are fabulous, Charles. You've done well to find these.
0:11:40 > 0:11:45Underwood and Underwood were once the largest publishers of stereo views in the world,
0:11:45 > 0:11:47founded by two brothers in 1881.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53The lads know from experience that these viewers and cards
0:11:53 > 0:11:57are highly collectable items. However, there's no ticket price attached,
0:11:57 > 0:11:59so it's time to find Richard to talk money.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02- We're in a really serious competition.- We love them.
0:12:02 > 0:12:07It's the antiques trade literally against these two cultural, arty people.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09What's the very best?
0:12:09 > 0:12:11To let you have it today, £40.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13- 40's your very best?- Hold on.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15Sit down there, Charles. Just sit down there.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23If I pulled out £30 and put it into your pocket, sir, would you take it?
0:12:23 > 0:12:25I just...
0:12:25 > 0:12:28You don't want to go with £30, do you? In which case, it makes up the mind.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31There's two of us on this great road trip.
0:12:31 > 0:12:37- We want to...- You can't expect to buy this for £20, for goodness sake!
0:12:37 > 0:12:40But we are in it to win. Don't forget that.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43We're going to leave it. Thanks ever so much. Come on, let's go.
0:12:43 > 0:12:47- Bye, Charles. I'm just going to have a quiet word with Richard.- OK.
0:12:47 > 0:12:48OK. Thanks, Richard.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51I think Charlie's pulling rank.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54I'm the senior member of this team.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56And...
0:12:56 > 0:12:58OK, I'm leaving!
0:12:58 > 0:13:01I think I'm going to put it on my head.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03I'm going to give you £30. Thank you very much indeed.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05Thank you.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07- Come on, let's go.- OK.
0:13:07 > 0:13:12Unbeknown to Mr Hanson, his partner has just bagged them their first auction oddity.
0:13:12 > 0:13:16£30 for the stereoscopic viewer and photographs.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18How are the other pair faring?
0:13:18 > 0:13:21Oh, you know what this is? A gramophone.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23But look at the detailing around that speaker.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25That's bronze.
0:13:25 > 0:13:26Beautiful bit of Art Deco.
0:13:26 > 0:13:30Just as a cabinet, you've got all these special little places
0:13:30 > 0:13:32for records and goodness knows what.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34And actually, people could use it at home.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36You could put a flat-screen TV in there.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39If you're living the retro life...
0:13:39 > 0:13:41- But they don't, do they?- They do!
0:13:41 > 0:13:43Come on, Grandpa, get with the programme!
0:13:43 > 0:13:45I just think it's really purty.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47- If we could get that for 50... - No, 20.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49- 30.- 20.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51What don't we do a deal for the chaise longue, the cock...?
0:13:51 > 0:13:56- But if we take the chaise longue, we've got to think how much that'll cost.- 20 quid.
0:13:56 > 0:13:5820 quid? OK.
0:13:58 > 0:13:59The cock, 20 quid.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01This, 20 quid.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03Everything's 20 quid.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05Cor! They'll have to drive a hard bargain
0:14:05 > 0:14:08to get all three items down to £20.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11Richard is asking £35 for the glass cockerel.
0:14:11 > 0:14:15There's a £99 ticket on the chaise.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18And the gramophone cabinet is priced at £85.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20Good luck, chaps!
0:14:20 > 0:14:24The first thing I'd like to propose to you - I know you're going to say yes...
0:14:24 > 0:14:31- You know that awful green chaise longue covered in Astroturf in the back there?- Yeah.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33£15.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35- I'd need 30 for that.- Cash.
0:14:35 > 0:14:39Cash for 15. Oh, dammit, 20, then!
0:14:39 > 0:14:42- Look at his puppy eyes. - I'll sell it you for 20.- 20.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44Well, I never!
0:14:44 > 0:14:47- CRASH - All breakages must be paid for.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49That'll be an extra fiver.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51Second thing we're going to talk about
0:14:51 > 0:14:54- is this...- Useless piece of toot.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57We're prepared to give you 15 quid for this.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01Charles!
0:15:01 > 0:15:03Nearby, the experts are furtively lurking.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06WALDEMAR: Or you can give us money to take it away.
0:15:06 > 0:15:08Absolutely. We've got a van.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10If you can make that 20, I'll sell you that as well.
0:15:10 > 0:15:1118?
0:15:11 > 0:15:14I'm not going to argue over £2.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17- 18?- That is fantastic, Richard. Thank you.
0:15:19 > 0:15:21- They've bought something.- Handshake.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23And finally, the Murano glass cockerel.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26It's ugly and nobody else wants it.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28"It's ugly and no-one else wants it."
0:15:28 > 0:15:29They've fallen into the trap!
0:15:29 > 0:15:31OK, 10. Go on then, 10.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34They should not have decided to let us go.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36- 25.- Go on then.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39Richard, you are a gentleman,
0:15:39 > 0:15:41and I'm not surprised at all that this shop is so wonderful.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44Whether their strategy of style over substance
0:15:44 > 0:15:46prevails at auction remains to be seen.
0:15:46 > 0:15:50But their ruthless bartering alone could clinch it.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53They've bought a Murano glass cockerel,
0:15:53 > 0:15:55a Chinese lacquered cabinet
0:15:55 > 0:15:57and a furry green chaise,
0:15:57 > 0:15:58all for £63.
0:16:00 > 0:16:04But can they match up to our experts, who are still in search of a little slice of history?
0:16:04 > 0:16:06Charlie, it's never-ending.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08Look!
0:16:08 > 0:16:13A French 19th-century bedside pot cupboard
0:16:13 > 0:16:16with a Venn marble top.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19Quarter-veneered front, cabriole leg...
0:16:19 > 0:16:23- That's got some age, hasn't it? - It's 1890.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25It's a good thing.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27Keeps your chamber pot nice and cool.
0:16:27 > 0:16:28What would you pay for this?
0:16:28 > 0:16:31If I could buy it for £35, I would take it away.
0:16:31 > 0:16:35You know what? If I could buy it for £35,
0:16:35 > 0:16:38I wouldn't walk away. I'll take it all day.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40That's what I mean - I'd walk away with it.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42We are in agreement.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44Richard, have a word with these two, will you?
0:16:44 > 0:16:48The pot cupboard has a ticket price of £85,
0:16:48 > 0:16:50but how low can Richard go?
0:16:51 > 0:16:53- 40 for it.- Oh, no!
0:16:56 > 0:16:58Charlie, for the first time,
0:16:58 > 0:17:00I'm going to say to you...
0:17:01 > 0:17:05- ..make the decision.- For the first time?! You're always wanting me to make the decision!
0:17:05 > 0:17:08Richard, I'll leave you with Hanson and I'll either see him
0:17:08 > 0:17:11walk out of the door holding a pot cupboard, or he won't be.
0:17:11 > 0:17:15I'll be 100% behind you, whatever decision you make.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17Crafty old devil!
0:17:17 > 0:17:20What's a young man with cash in his hand to do?
0:17:20 > 0:17:23It's just a lovely piece of furniture, it really is.
0:17:23 > 0:17:27It's charming. Have £40. Thank you, Richard. Thank you so much.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29There's 10...
0:17:29 > 0:17:30With another deal done,
0:17:30 > 0:17:33Charles is leaving by the back door. But in the cold light of day,
0:17:33 > 0:17:35there's a surprise in store.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38This item... Oh, gosh!
0:17:40 > 0:17:41There's some woodworm.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43It's got woodworm!
0:17:43 > 0:17:44Look.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46I didn't see that. Oh, no!
0:17:46 > 0:17:48There's some woodworm over here.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50He's going to go mad with me!
0:17:52 > 0:17:54Lordy! What a proper Charlie, Charlie.
0:17:54 > 0:17:55Time to confess.
0:17:55 > 0:17:59Now, Charlie, I just felt we needed to buy something...
0:17:59 > 0:18:00It's got woodworm.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02It's got woodworm!
0:18:02 > 0:18:05You idiot!
0:18:05 > 0:18:07It wasn't my fault!
0:18:07 > 0:18:10- What do you mean?!- You said buy it. - I didn't say buy it!
0:18:10 > 0:18:14I said, "I'm walking away. You can make the decision."
0:18:14 > 0:18:16I'm going to make this day worse for you now, Hanson.
0:18:16 > 0:18:20You bought woodworm. I bought a stereoscopic viewer and slides!
0:18:20 > 0:18:23You haven't!
0:18:23 > 0:18:25You haven't!
0:18:25 > 0:18:29With your woodworm and my stereoscopic viewer,
0:18:29 > 0:18:32we're going to lose this competition!
0:18:32 > 0:18:33They couldn't agree on prices,
0:18:33 > 0:18:38but they remain friends, having spent £75 of their £400 budget
0:18:38 > 0:18:41on a fabulous stereoscopic viewer with cards...
0:18:41 > 0:18:45But really - a woodworm-infested cupboard?!
0:18:45 > 0:18:47This battle's too important to lose.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50- Bye!- Bye!
0:18:56 > 0:18:59You know all those people who painted their room purple because of you,
0:18:59 > 0:19:02- has any of that survived? - I don't know.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05- The moment you're gone, do they get rid of it all?- I think there was one
0:19:05 > 0:19:07that actually did survive pretty unchanged.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10One out of 300 - it's a good ratio.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13It's better than me. All the things I've given bad reviews to,
0:19:13 > 0:19:15my ratio is about 500-1 that I might be right.
0:19:15 > 0:19:19Laurence and Waldemar are travelling about 22 miles southeast
0:19:19 > 0:19:22to Longton in Staffordshire.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27Staffordshire is home to famous porcelain manufacturers
0:19:27 > 0:19:31such as Wedgwood, Spode, Minton and Doulton.
0:19:31 > 0:19:35In pottery, they were the Hirsts and Emins of their time.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38But there's an unsung hero of the area.
0:19:38 > 0:19:44With an eye for design, these two can't fail to be impressed by a piece of ingenious engineering
0:19:44 > 0:19:47that was produced here by the thousand.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51The lavatory.
0:19:51 > 0:19:55The chaps are visiting Gladstone Pottery Museum,
0:19:55 > 0:19:57where Nerys Williams is ready to lift the lid
0:19:57 > 0:20:01on the role Staffordshire potteries played in its production.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05- Hello!- Hello! Welcome to Gladstone.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07I'm Batman, he's Robin.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09I had to physically persuade him
0:20:09 > 0:20:13- not to wear his pants outside his tights.- I'm pleased!
0:20:13 > 0:20:15Let's have a look.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21Gladstone Pottery Museum near Stoke
0:20:21 > 0:20:25is preserved as the last complete Victorian pottery factory in the UK
0:20:25 > 0:20:29and houses a unique exhibition that will help the chaps
0:20:29 > 0:20:31get to the bottom of the history of the loo.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33# Louie Louie
0:20:33 > 0:20:36# Oh baby I got to go... #
0:20:36 > 0:20:40Why does Stoke need a museum of toilets?
0:20:40 > 0:20:43Well, Stoke didn't just make cups and saucers and bowls
0:20:43 > 0:20:47and pretty china - it also made an awful lot of sanitary ware.
0:20:47 > 0:20:51So it's famous for making toilets and exporting them all over the world.
0:20:51 > 0:20:55- So Stoke was the toilet capital of Europe?- Absolutely!
0:20:55 > 0:21:01- And they keep it quiet.- You wouldn't do that, would you? You'd blow your own trumpet.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04The first flushing water closet recorded in history
0:21:04 > 0:21:06over 2,800 years ago
0:21:06 > 0:21:09was in the palace of Knossos in Crete.
0:21:09 > 0:21:15It was 1596 before the first flushing lavatory in the UK
0:21:15 > 0:21:17was invented for Queen Elizabeth I
0:21:17 > 0:21:20by her godson, John Harington.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24I like the fact that this is a throne, isn't it?
0:21:24 > 0:21:27And the fact that you ascend on this lovely little step.
0:21:27 > 0:21:31So it was Elizabeth I herself who had this toilet?
0:21:31 > 0:21:34Not this particular one.
0:21:34 > 0:21:35A similar one.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38And these would have been available probably to royalty,
0:21:38 > 0:21:41because inventors wanted to show off to the Queen
0:21:41 > 0:21:43and get royal warrants for things,
0:21:43 > 0:21:46but it wasn't something that affected the general populace.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48It was something that rich people had.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51So it's something we take for granted these days
0:21:51 > 0:21:53that did have a huge impact on society.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56The toilet, as an invention, is a pretty great one.
0:21:56 > 0:21:58Let's hear it for the toilet!
0:21:58 > 0:22:01- Thumbs up!- Where would we be without it?
0:22:01 > 0:22:04Shall we move on?
0:22:04 > 0:22:07The flushing lavatory went through a few hundred years of development
0:22:07 > 0:22:09before it became popular.
0:22:09 > 0:22:14One industrious plumber who tested and patented major improvements
0:22:14 > 0:22:17in its advancement was Thomas Crapper.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20This is a Thomas Crapper.
0:22:20 > 0:22:25So he's the guy the toilet was named after, isn't he?
0:22:25 > 0:22:28No! A lot of people think that Thomas Crapper
0:22:28 > 0:22:30invented the toilet and it was named after him,
0:22:30 > 0:22:34but it was already a slang term in the English language.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36He was just a really, really good marketeer.
0:22:36 > 0:22:40His advertising was the best, and people began to associate his name
0:22:40 > 0:22:42with the toilet.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44What are the chances of someone being called Crapper...
0:22:44 > 0:22:47who ends up as the king of the toilet?
0:22:47 > 0:22:50How many names are there for a toilet? Crapper,
0:22:50 > 0:22:53toilet, loo, privy...
0:22:53 > 0:22:56Call it what you like, we all use them
0:22:56 > 0:22:59and as they became commonplace in every home,
0:22:59 > 0:23:00design became paramount.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03No fashionable water closet
0:23:03 > 0:23:06would be seen without flower festoons.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08Laurence would have been in his element.
0:23:08 > 0:23:12These are beautiful. Funny thing is that the shape doesn't really change that much.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15I mean, it still retains that basic engineering.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18They're beautiful. This is a Rapidus.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21- They've got fantastic names. - Ricardia - I love it.
0:23:21 > 0:23:25In fact, if I ever have another child, I'll call it Ricardia,
0:23:25 > 0:23:27after that particularly beautiful loo.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30The famous artist El Greco said,
0:23:30 > 0:23:33"Art is everywhere you look for it."
0:23:33 > 0:23:35Even in the loo, it seems.
0:23:35 > 0:23:39And Staffordshire proudly takes it place at the heart of the production
0:23:39 > 0:23:42of this simple yet revolutionary invention.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49The brothers in beige are marching on Nantwich,
0:23:49 > 0:23:52which is around 10 miles southwest.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54I'm very nervous.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56It's a very serious competition, this, you know.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58You're with your old mate - no need to be nervous.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01- Is that what's making you nervous? - You're my mate.
0:24:01 > 0:24:03Come on, Charlie, we've got to not surrender.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05I have no intention of surrendering.
0:24:05 > 0:24:07- Do I look like a surrenderer?- No.
0:24:07 > 0:24:12No. The troops are rallied and ready for the next foray
0:24:12 > 0:24:15into antique territory, AKA Dagfields,
0:24:15 > 0:24:17a huge antiques centre,
0:24:17 > 0:24:21spread through seven massive old aircraft hangars.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23- It's make or break for us now. - I know.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26It's time for the men to hit the deck running.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29Why don't you go up there and I'll go over here?
0:24:29 > 0:24:33I'll see you in 20 minutes and you can tell me what you've found.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37In a flash, Charlie's found something that's caught his fancy.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40There's a tapestry there,
0:24:40 > 0:24:43which is not a 17th-century Belgian tapestry,
0:24:43 > 0:24:46but I think it's not bad and it's got age.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49It's certainly the first part of the 20th century
0:24:49 > 0:24:52and it's got a typically northern European feel to it.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54It's got no price on it.
0:24:56 > 0:25:00In the 17th century, Belgium was the centre of European tapestry production.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03There are still some original Flemish tapestries in existence,
0:25:03 > 0:25:06worth hundreds of thousands of pounds.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09Charlie's summoned Charles for his considered opinion.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11Smell the polish!
0:25:12 > 0:25:15You feel like it's a stumpwork from the 17th century.
0:25:15 > 0:25:19- And Wolfman, he loves the 17th century.- Yeah.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22- And Wunderbar...- Wunderbar.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24Waldemar!
0:25:24 > 0:25:28Waldemar will go wild for that because he loves the 17th century.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30There's a chap falconing there. On the left,
0:25:30 > 0:25:32we've got somebody killing a boar.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34Oh, that's great!
0:25:34 > 0:25:36Oh, I like that.
0:25:36 > 0:25:37So far, so good.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40- Importantly, the colours haven't faded.- No, they haven't.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42- Go and tell me how old it is.- OK.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46- Out of 10, I like it.- Put it there.
0:25:46 > 0:25:48- I like it.- It's got age.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51They like it, but can they agree on how much to spend?
0:25:51 > 0:25:55- Charlie, it's a good find. You and I work so well together.- Yeah.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57- We would love it for £100.- Yeah.
0:25:59 > 0:26:00The dealer's asking 250 for it,
0:26:00 > 0:26:05so Charlie's asked next-door shop owner Anne-Marie to get him on the phone.
0:26:05 > 0:26:07Is he ready to give a discount?
0:26:07 > 0:26:10How are you? We have a pot of cash.
0:26:10 > 0:26:14And I would happily, from my pot, put in £60.
0:26:14 > 0:26:19- My mate Charlie would also put in... - £60.- £60,
0:26:19 > 0:26:21which would make 120.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24Could I say...going, going, gone?
0:26:24 > 0:26:26- It's gone!- Fabulous!
0:26:26 > 0:26:28Thanks so much!
0:26:28 > 0:26:31At last, they deal together, but even with the hefty discount,
0:26:31 > 0:26:35they've put a considerable amount of their budget into that one item.
0:26:35 > 0:26:36Risky business.
0:26:38 > 0:26:39# Hi-ho, hi-ho... #
0:26:39 > 0:26:42I wonder who's Happy and who's Dopey?
0:26:42 > 0:26:46- I think it'll go in sideways. - No, it won't go in sideways.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49What you want to do is put the front over the top.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52No, no, no, no. Through here.
0:26:52 > 0:26:53Through here.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55Under the...
0:26:57 > 0:26:58- How's that?- Perfect.
0:27:03 > 0:27:07What a day it's been! With their vintage wheels weighed down by bountiful booty,
0:27:07 > 0:27:10it's time to say good night. Nighty-night.
0:27:14 > 0:27:19It's a new dawn, it's a new day. It's another opportunity to shop till you drop.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23I've seen that Charlie Hanson on the telly.
0:27:23 > 0:27:25He buys big noisy things.
0:27:25 > 0:27:29- And the other one is noisy, but seems to buy more sensitively.- Yeah.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32- What are they going to go for? - Ghastly good taste.
0:27:34 > 0:27:36I'm really confident, you know.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39I think Laurence will cater for
0:27:39 > 0:27:44that interior decorator, designer, Del Boy taste. '70s.
0:27:47 > 0:27:50Charles is right. With all their art and design pedigree,
0:27:50 > 0:27:52they opted for flashy retro,
0:27:52 > 0:27:54buying a lurid green chaise,
0:27:54 > 0:27:56a Murano cockerel
0:27:56 > 0:27:59and a gramophone cabinet. But they only spent £63.
0:27:59 > 0:28:03They have £337 to go wild with today.
0:28:03 > 0:28:06Find an expensive thing, but make sure it's cheap.
0:28:06 > 0:28:09In their quest for the real antique,
0:28:09 > 0:28:13our specialists have bagged a Victorian stereoscope and slides,
0:28:13 > 0:28:15a chamber pot cupboard and a tapestry.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18This little lot cost them £190.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21They still have £210 to splurge.
0:28:21 > 0:28:23Oh, gosh!
0:28:23 > 0:28:25There's some woodworm.
0:28:25 > 0:28:30Let's go out the second half, let's really sweat hard. Let's sweat.
0:28:30 > 0:28:33- Let's get sweaty.- I'm with you there, Hanson.
0:28:33 > 0:28:35I'm with you there, man!
0:28:35 > 0:28:37We're fuelled up by history.
0:28:37 > 0:28:39- Yep. And friendship.- And friendship.
0:28:39 > 0:28:43Love, romance, drama - I got you!
0:28:43 > 0:28:45- You have.- I've got you.
0:28:45 > 0:28:46You got me.
0:28:51 > 0:28:53The treasure seekers are on their way to Congleton
0:28:53 > 0:28:55in the southeast corner of Cheshire.
0:28:55 > 0:28:58It's a pretty little market town
0:28:58 > 0:29:01and as the celebrities are fashionably late,
0:29:01 > 0:29:04the experts are flexing their antique muscles.
0:29:04 > 0:29:06Some more than others.
0:29:06 > 0:29:07Eh, Charlie?
0:29:07 > 0:29:09Morning, chaps!
0:29:09 > 0:29:11We're just limbering up.
0:29:11 > 0:29:12We're feeling light and springy today.
0:29:12 > 0:29:15I feel completely confident in our abilities.
0:29:15 > 0:29:17You've even got the same shoes on.
0:29:17 > 0:29:20Hold on! Let me look at your socks!
0:29:20 > 0:29:22Oh, no!
0:29:22 > 0:29:24Come on, let's go shopping!
0:29:29 > 0:29:30Go upstairs...left...
0:29:30 > 0:29:32The experts have broken rank.
0:29:32 > 0:29:36They've £210 burning a hole in their pockets,
0:29:36 > 0:29:39so it's once more into the fray.
0:29:39 > 0:29:41If those guys want a battle, Charlie...
0:29:41 > 0:29:43Who's this? Who's that?
0:29:43 > 0:29:47- Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen. - And I am... Hold on.
0:29:47 > 0:29:49I'm Waldemar.
0:29:49 > 0:29:52We don't want those. We want antiques. Come on!
0:29:52 > 0:29:53Concentrate.
0:29:53 > 0:29:56Our Charlies have their eyes on the prize
0:29:56 > 0:29:59and if this little beauty was the real deal,
0:29:59 > 0:30:01they'd have been in the money.
0:30:01 > 0:30:03Vivaldi, Four Seasons.
0:30:03 > 0:30:05FLAT, SCREECHING NOTES
0:30:05 > 0:30:06STOP!
0:30:06 > 0:30:07My ears!
0:30:07 > 0:30:10- He's quite scary. - He's a dark character.
0:30:10 > 0:30:12- It gives me a shiver.- Don't shiver. Stick with me.
0:30:12 > 0:30:14Quite the villain, isn't it?
0:30:14 > 0:30:18The first violin I ever saw - 18 - I looked and it had a label inside saying Stradivarius.
0:30:18 > 0:30:23- No!- It did. I went all the way to London, took it to Sotheby's.
0:30:23 > 0:30:27They said, "You wouldn't believe how many people stick Stradivarius labels on!"
0:30:27 > 0:30:29- Good way to learn.- Fantastic.
0:30:29 > 0:30:33Charlie knows this battered old fiddle
0:30:33 > 0:30:35is no Stradivarius, so the chaps are browsing on.
0:30:35 > 0:30:40Upstairs, Waldemar has his eye on an old mincer.
0:30:40 > 0:30:43My mother used to make sausages with these.
0:30:43 > 0:30:49Polish camp where I grew up, this was the must-have kitchen appliance.
0:30:49 > 0:30:53- How long were you in a camp for? - Five years. Couldn't speak any English until I was six.
0:30:53 > 0:30:56It was a converted airfield, so Nissen huts.
0:30:56 > 0:31:00Totally Polish environment and just loads of post-war Polish families.
0:31:00 > 0:31:03I know at least 40 Polish songs.
0:31:03 > 0:31:07My estimation of you has gone up by about that much now.
0:31:07 > 0:31:08Now I know that.
0:31:08 > 0:31:12What does it take to impress Mr Llewelyn-Bowen?
0:31:13 > 0:31:16That would certainly get a reaction.
0:31:16 > 0:31:20I think that's got an exciting thing to it.
0:31:20 > 0:31:22It's a cot, but I'm not sure how it works.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24It's that way up.
0:31:24 > 0:31:28It's a Gothic revival. This ogee is beautiful.
0:31:28 > 0:31:31It looks like it's the original rattan.
0:31:31 > 0:31:35I'm impressed. They've spotted their first antique.
0:31:35 > 0:31:37It's a Victorian cot, but it's missing its rocker,
0:31:37 > 0:31:39so it's no use as a cot any more.
0:31:39 > 0:31:42- It's actually a very decorative object.- Beautiful.
0:31:42 > 0:31:44You could keep logs in it.
0:31:44 > 0:31:48Laurence has already got designs on how to sell it.
0:31:48 > 0:31:50I think we should put some plants in it. Just imagine this -
0:31:50 > 0:31:54there's a big interiors spread in Cheshire Life.
0:31:54 > 0:31:57This is in a Cheshire mansion, next to the inglenook,
0:31:57 > 0:31:59full of abundant orchidage,
0:31:59 > 0:32:02on a tundra of beige carpet. That's exactly how we sell it.
0:32:02 > 0:32:04That's how you would have done it yesterday.
0:32:04 > 0:32:07Today, you would do it the way I would display this at home,
0:32:07 > 0:32:11which is in a very spare niche.
0:32:11 > 0:32:14There's a creative storm brewing.
0:32:14 > 0:32:16Then you could appreciate the beauty of its lines
0:32:16 > 0:32:19and I would treat it as a piece of sculpture.
0:32:19 > 0:32:21Because to me that's a piece of Georgian minimalism.
0:32:21 > 0:32:23Victorian, actually.
0:32:23 > 0:32:25This is where an expert comes in handy.
0:32:27 > 0:32:30Julia, the able shop assistant, is asking £50 for it.
0:32:30 > 0:32:33But the boys have a shameless offer of their own.
0:32:33 > 0:32:35Quelle surprise!
0:32:35 > 0:32:37I was going to offer you £25.
0:32:37 > 0:32:39- SHE GASPS - Gosh!
0:32:39 > 0:32:42Bear in mind, for that kind of money, I'm more than happy to be photographed
0:32:42 > 0:32:44all over your lovely antiques centre.
0:32:44 > 0:32:46That's not an incentive, it's a threat.
0:32:46 > 0:32:48Deal.
0:32:48 > 0:32:49Lo and behold, it's worked.
0:32:49 > 0:32:54Thank you very much. You are a woman of impeccable grace and standing.
0:32:54 > 0:32:56Oh, Julia, what have you done?!
0:32:56 > 0:32:58Look at your lovely toes!
0:32:58 > 0:33:03That's another piece of booty bagged - a Victorian cot for £25.
0:33:03 > 0:33:06Well, they can spot a real antique,
0:33:06 > 0:33:09but would the experts have gone for it without a stand?
0:33:09 > 0:33:13Meanwhile, the Charlies have plucked out another violin
0:33:13 > 0:33:14that they're fretting over.
0:33:14 > 0:33:19Look here - Antonius Stradivarius.
0:33:19 > 0:33:21I've found a Stradivarius!
0:33:21 > 0:33:23Another one?
0:33:24 > 0:33:27Charles, if you were going to buy a violin, that's the one I would buy.
0:33:27 > 0:33:30Thousands of violins were made
0:33:30 > 0:33:34in the Stradivarius style and labelled as such, in tribute to the maker,
0:33:34 > 0:33:38but all 650 of the original Stradivarius instruments
0:33:38 > 0:33:41that still exist today have been accounted for.
0:33:41 > 0:33:44It's on the market to the tune of £48,
0:33:44 > 0:33:47and the owner Jeff's just in time to talk cash.
0:33:47 > 0:33:51What would be your best price on the violin and bow in the case?
0:33:51 > 0:33:53I think that's quite a good price!
0:33:53 > 0:33:55I like your style.
0:33:55 > 0:33:59He's speaking with a Northern accent - you may have met your match!
0:33:59 > 0:34:02Shall we think about it?
0:34:02 > 0:34:06Even though it's not a Stradivarius, well-made violins are very sought-after,
0:34:06 > 0:34:09but it seems these two can't agree on a price...again.
0:34:09 > 0:34:11HE INHALES SHARPLY
0:34:11 > 0:34:14(If I said to you...)
0:34:14 > 0:34:17- Charles!- (If I said to you £35, would you take it?)
0:34:17 > 0:34:19Hold your hand out.
0:34:22 > 0:34:23(I'll take it.) Yes, Charlie?
0:34:23 > 0:34:27Charles has landed more loot for the boot,
0:34:27 > 0:34:29but will Charlie be happy with the price?
0:34:29 > 0:34:30£35.
0:34:30 > 0:34:32I'm really happy with it.
0:34:34 > 0:34:35Crisis averted,
0:34:35 > 0:34:39but there's still precious plunder to procure, so time to get a move on.
0:34:42 > 0:34:46Laurence and Waldemar are always looking for ways to indulge
0:34:46 > 0:34:48their creative side.
0:34:48 > 0:34:50Who's a pretty boy, then?
0:34:50 > 0:34:51- That's so you.- Can we have a look?
0:34:51 > 0:34:54I really fancy myself like that!
0:34:54 > 0:34:57- Somebody has to.- These things go for a fortune.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00It's all hand-done.
0:35:00 > 0:35:02It's very pretty.
0:35:02 > 0:35:06Vintage compact cases can be very collectable.
0:35:06 > 0:35:09This one has a ticket price of £28.
0:35:09 > 0:35:11The boys want it for £10.
0:35:11 > 0:35:13But Julia's not going to be a pushover.
0:35:13 > 0:35:15Let me just get the violin.
0:35:15 > 0:35:20If we could buy that...it's not just us who'd be grateful.
0:35:20 > 0:35:23He doesn't even bring a proper-sized violin!
0:35:23 > 0:35:26Well, you know, size isn't everything.
0:35:26 > 0:35:2815. It's a deal.
0:35:28 > 0:35:2915.
0:35:29 > 0:35:31I think we'll have to walk away from that, Laurence.
0:35:31 > 0:35:34- But we're not going to discard it. - OK, we can leave it there.
0:35:34 > 0:35:37Can I just say one thing, Julia? My heart is broken.
0:35:37 > 0:35:39- Oh!- Yeah.
0:35:39 > 0:35:41It's not often you see him like that.
0:35:41 > 0:35:43Look at this dejection.
0:35:43 > 0:35:45- OK, Laurence, shall we do the 15? - Oh, yeah.
0:35:47 > 0:35:50Julia stuck to her guns while our creatives
0:35:50 > 0:35:54plumbed new depths to secure another tasty trinket.
0:35:54 > 0:35:56So it's time they took off.
0:35:56 > 0:35:58How good is that?
0:35:58 > 0:35:59Come on, Charlie.
0:36:00 > 0:36:03The boffins are still treasure-seeking,
0:36:03 > 0:36:05and they've spotted a chair to rival the green chaise,
0:36:05 > 0:36:08and theirs is retaining all its historic charm.
0:36:08 > 0:36:10But only a few of its legs.
0:36:10 > 0:36:15This is the most has-been, worn-out, wonderful, wonderful chair
0:36:15 > 0:36:18of its period. We're looking at Regency-cum-William IV.
0:36:18 > 0:36:22With the most wonderful Bergere back and seat.
0:36:22 > 0:36:25Less seat, more kindling, unfortunately.
0:36:25 > 0:36:27But it's a fabulous chair.
0:36:29 > 0:36:34- Do you love it?- Yeah.- Have I found another thing that you like?- Yeah.
0:36:34 > 0:36:39So captivated is Charles by the chair that he's off to find Paul, the owner, to strike a deal.
0:36:39 > 0:36:41Charlie's right.
0:36:41 > 0:36:43It's a wonderful chair.
0:36:43 > 0:36:47You can imagine, back in 1815, following the Battle of Waterloo,
0:36:47 > 0:36:49a gentleman in his country retreat
0:36:49 > 0:36:54would have sat on this chair, celebrating Wellington's victory.
0:36:54 > 0:36:56And that's history. But it's tired.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58Like Charlie and me.
0:36:58 > 0:37:00The ticket price on the chair was £24.
0:37:00 > 0:37:0219.
0:37:05 > 0:37:0619.
0:37:06 > 0:37:09Charlie's back with a deal.
0:37:09 > 0:37:13- How much?- I'm hoping you've paid about £30.
0:37:13 > 0:37:1419.
0:37:14 > 0:37:16With their little piece of history,
0:37:16 > 0:37:19their trunk is now teeming with treasures.
0:37:19 > 0:37:23They've splurged £244 of their £400 budget
0:37:23 > 0:37:25and are ready for auction.
0:37:25 > 0:37:27- Over the moon.- Over the moon.
0:37:27 > 0:37:29Over and out.
0:37:36 > 0:37:38- Tell me, did you do art? - I was a cartoonist.
0:37:38 > 0:37:42I started off, I did cartooning for the New Manchester Review
0:37:42 > 0:37:44in Manchester, where I was at university.
0:37:44 > 0:37:49And after a few weeks of it, the editor said, "These are really...crap",
0:37:49 > 0:37:53so they got me writing some art reviews, so that was that.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55I've never looked back. What about you?
0:37:55 > 0:37:58A lot of people think you're stuck in the '70s...
0:37:58 > 0:38:00Which '70s?
0:38:00 > 0:38:02Several to choose from - 1770s...
0:38:02 > 0:38:05- No, very much the 1970s. - Do you reckon?
0:38:05 > 0:38:07- With my art training...- You can see beyond that.
0:38:07 > 0:38:10I can see that in the 18th century,
0:38:10 > 0:38:12there were plenty of people around who liked purple,
0:38:12 > 0:38:14who liked fur,
0:38:14 > 0:38:17who would have leopard-skin prints.
0:38:17 > 0:38:19You haven't invented anything, have you?
0:38:19 > 0:38:21There's nothing new under the sun.
0:38:24 > 0:38:27The cultural trailblazers and our historic heroes
0:38:27 > 0:38:31are all motoring around 25 miles southeast to Cheadle.
0:38:31 > 0:38:34Not to be mistaken with Cheadle in Greater Manchester.
0:38:34 > 0:38:38You see, there's no such thing as originality.
0:38:38 > 0:38:42Charles and Charlie are passionate about history and tradition,
0:38:42 > 0:38:45and they've arrived in Cheadle to visit the work of a gentleman
0:38:45 > 0:38:47whose influence on architecture can be seen
0:38:47 > 0:38:50in some of Britain's most historic buildings.
0:38:50 > 0:38:52- Where are we?- Pugin.- Pugin!
0:38:54 > 0:38:55Augustus Welby Pugin
0:38:55 > 0:38:58was an architect, designer, writer and theorist.
0:38:58 > 0:39:00His most famous works include
0:39:00 > 0:39:04the Palace of Westminster and nearby Alton Castle.
0:39:04 > 0:39:08The Charlies are hooking up with Hannah Barter
0:39:08 > 0:39:11to find out why North Staffordshire is known as Pugin Land.
0:39:11 > 0:39:15- Come on in. Welcome. I'm Hannah. - Charles Hanson and Charlie Ross. - Welcome.
0:39:15 > 0:39:17Come with me.
0:39:17 > 0:39:20Pugin pioneered the Gothic revival style,
0:39:20 > 0:39:23which was based on patterns used in the Middle Ages.
0:39:23 > 0:39:28In architecture, the style could be typically recognised by pointed arches
0:39:28 > 0:39:29and steep sloping roofs,
0:39:29 > 0:39:32as well as elaborately painted furnishings,
0:39:32 > 0:39:36all of which can be seen in what's said to be his best work -
0:39:36 > 0:39:38St Giles's Church here in Cheadle.
0:39:38 > 0:39:41Being a Derbyshire man, I never knew about this in Cheadle.
0:39:41 > 0:39:44And Pugin clearly had his works spread across this area.
0:39:44 > 0:39:47In Cheadle, and within about eight miles of the town,
0:39:47 > 0:39:52we have a concentration of no less than 14 buildings of Pugin's,
0:39:52 > 0:39:55ranging from fantastic Staffordshire privies
0:39:55 > 0:39:58right the way to Pugin's gem, St Giles.
0:39:58 > 0:39:59Unusually for an architect,
0:39:59 > 0:40:04Pugin was as passionate about the interior design of his buildings
0:40:04 > 0:40:06as the exteriors,
0:40:06 > 0:40:10as he attempted to create entire schemes of Gothic design.
0:40:11 > 0:40:14Pugin's gem, St Giles's Church,
0:40:14 > 0:40:18is considered to be the culmination of all his experience.
0:40:18 > 0:40:20Oh, my goodness me!
0:40:22 > 0:40:24Oh, isn't it just a jewel!
0:40:24 > 0:40:27This is quite extraordinary.
0:40:28 > 0:40:32Commissioned by his good friend, the 16th Earl of Shrewsbury,
0:40:32 > 0:40:36who he'd previously designed parts of Alton Tower and Castle for,
0:40:36 > 0:40:38he was given a blank cheque to indulge himself.
0:40:38 > 0:40:41Is all this decoration original?
0:40:41 > 0:40:42Absolutely.
0:40:42 > 0:40:45And it's a fantastic representation of all of his life's work.
0:40:45 > 0:40:48The intensity of all the colour
0:40:48 > 0:40:51and the pattern, and that fantastic Gothic style.
0:40:51 > 0:40:53Can I say one thing? It almost looks like a wallpaper.
0:40:53 > 0:40:56I'm really itching to go and touch a pillar!
0:40:56 > 0:40:59- Go!- I think it's a tile. I think they're Minton tiles.
0:41:02 > 0:41:03- That's painted on.- Yes.
0:41:03 > 0:41:07Directly. Pugin was about the experience,
0:41:07 > 0:41:10and you have to touch the surfaces to know whether it's tiled,
0:41:10 > 0:41:13whether it's directly painted onto the stone
0:41:13 > 0:41:16or whether it's actually onto plaster.
0:41:16 > 0:41:17It has drama, doesn't it?
0:41:17 > 0:41:20- Drama's the word. - Exciting and passionate.
0:41:20 > 0:41:23- He was a perfectionist.- Absolutely.
0:41:25 > 0:41:26Pugin was fascinated with theatre
0:41:26 > 0:41:33and decorated his churches in a way so as to present Mass to the congregation as a spectacle.
0:41:33 > 0:41:35A gated screen.
0:41:35 > 0:41:38This is the decoration that sets the stage.
0:41:38 > 0:41:41- Like a theatre.- Absolutely. Just like a theatre.
0:41:41 > 0:41:43And if you come on through...
0:41:43 > 0:41:44Golly!
0:41:46 > 0:41:48Oh, I feel like I'm in heaven.
0:41:50 > 0:41:53- It is just...- Such an experience.
0:41:53 > 0:41:56It was five years to build.
0:41:57 > 0:41:59It could have taken 50 years to build.
0:41:59 > 0:42:03But there's two little hidden secrets to Pugin's gem.
0:42:03 > 0:42:07The first is in the large stained-glass window here.
0:42:07 > 0:42:09In one of them where you see the monk,
0:42:09 > 0:42:11just below his chin
0:42:11 > 0:42:13is a piece of clear glass.
0:42:13 > 0:42:16And that was designed to allow natural light
0:42:16 > 0:42:19to come on to the table at the altar,
0:42:19 > 0:42:22to give the impression of having a holy light.
0:42:25 > 0:42:28And the second is just behind us.
0:42:28 > 0:42:32The choir and the organ were installed here behind this beautiful screen.
0:42:32 > 0:42:35It had the brilliance of the acoustics in this space,
0:42:35 > 0:42:39but you would sit in the congregation as part of the theatre.
0:42:39 > 0:42:42Hear the voices of heaven and see the light of God.
0:42:42 > 0:42:47It's magical, isn't it? Charlie, we're not normally lost for words.
0:42:47 > 0:42:50But...I am.
0:42:50 > 0:42:53This is one of the most exciting buildings I've ever been in.
0:42:53 > 0:42:54It really is.
0:42:54 > 0:42:56It's breathtaking.
0:42:56 > 0:42:58I can't get over it, actually.
0:42:58 > 0:43:01It's quite something, isn't it?
0:43:01 > 0:43:04And I can say, sadly, as a man who doesn't go to church every week,
0:43:04 > 0:43:07if I lived here, I think I would.
0:43:11 > 0:43:14After that vision of English architectural heritage,
0:43:14 > 0:43:18the boys are en route once more to the big show and tell.
0:43:18 > 0:43:20Secrets will be divulged
0:43:20 > 0:43:22and treasures exposed.
0:43:22 > 0:43:25Oh, what is going on here?!
0:43:25 > 0:43:28- Are there any spare glasses?- No.
0:43:28 > 0:43:32We have a clash here between culture and antiques types.
0:43:32 > 0:43:35- That's right.- We have a clash between the future and the past.- Yes.
0:43:35 > 0:43:37Show us what you've got.
0:43:37 > 0:43:39Just enjoy it, Charlie.
0:43:39 > 0:43:42Pleasure yourself! Go for it!
0:43:42 > 0:43:44Can I honestly say that I absolutely love
0:43:44 > 0:43:46the bit of crushed velvet?
0:43:46 > 0:43:48Look at that. This is Carolean.
0:43:48 > 0:43:50That's not - that's John Lewis.
0:43:50 > 0:43:53The one word that springs to my mind when I look at that...
0:43:53 > 0:43:55carvery.
0:43:55 > 0:43:56How much did you pay for it?
0:43:56 > 0:43:58£120.
0:43:58 > 0:44:00THEY GUFFAW
0:44:01 > 0:44:05You're a man with a good patination. What date's that chair?
0:44:05 > 0:44:08That is a really good chair.
0:44:08 > 0:44:11- Shall I tell you one of the things I look for in a chair?- Yes.- Four legs.
0:44:11 > 0:44:13And they say they're the future.
0:44:13 > 0:44:14Pah!
0:44:14 > 0:44:18CHARLES: Roll back to Trafalgar. This is a chair of that period.
0:44:18 > 0:44:20Just imagine the Duke of Wellington sitting reading...
0:44:20 > 0:44:24The thing is, if the Duke of Wellington sat in that, he'd have a very sore bottom.
0:44:24 > 0:44:26Because he'd be on the floor!
0:44:26 > 0:44:28Shall we move on?
0:44:28 > 0:44:30One of the things I love beyond anything
0:44:30 > 0:44:32is your pot cupboard.
0:44:32 > 0:44:34Not all bad, then.
0:44:34 > 0:44:36- A pot cupboard. - You don't need a pair.
0:44:36 > 0:44:38Why not, Charles?
0:44:38 > 0:44:40Surely it's friendly to...
0:44:40 > 0:44:42No, it's anything but friendly to have two pot cupboards.
0:44:42 > 0:44:47- Giving Mrs Ross the option of having a widdle in the middle of the night is quite nice.- She doesn't need it.
0:44:47 > 0:44:51- I reckon you paid 60 quid for that. - No!
0:44:51 > 0:44:53No!
0:44:53 > 0:44:55It cost us £40.
0:44:55 > 0:44:58- No!- And a really interesting...
0:44:58 > 0:45:00What's that?
0:45:00 > 0:45:02- Boer War.- Boer War?
0:45:02 > 0:45:0440 slides of the Boer War.
0:45:04 > 0:45:06I like these.
0:45:06 > 0:45:08Right, shall we show you some glory?
0:45:08 > 0:45:10This is a lifestyle collection
0:45:10 > 0:45:14that defines the concept of tough love evolution.
0:45:14 > 0:45:17Basically, get on board or stop existing.
0:45:17 > 0:45:22And there's nothing brown about what we're taking to town.
0:45:22 > 0:45:24LAUGHTER
0:45:24 > 0:45:27The creatives have branded everything,
0:45:27 > 0:45:31hoping that anything touched by Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen
0:45:31 > 0:45:33will be worth more at auction,
0:45:33 > 0:45:35and they've accessorised the chaise too.
0:45:35 > 0:45:38- Drink it in!- This is ghastly.
0:45:38 > 0:45:40This is absolutely GHASTLY!
0:45:40 > 0:45:43- It's sensational!- I've never seen anything so horrible!
0:45:43 > 0:45:46- Guess how much we paid?- I can't believe you paid anything.
0:45:46 > 0:45:49- Just one question - the actual carcass is old, isn't it?- Victorian.
0:45:49 > 0:45:51It's got nice legs.
0:45:51 > 0:45:53It had nice legs, then somebody painted them.
0:45:53 > 0:45:55- 20 quid.- £20?
0:45:55 > 0:45:57£20?
0:45:57 > 0:45:59£20.
0:45:59 > 0:46:01£25 when you include the cushion.
0:46:01 > 0:46:05CHARLES: I must admit I did look at that and I was quite taken by it.
0:46:05 > 0:46:06It's SO Diana Dors.
0:46:06 > 0:46:10You know, it's got the original little Bakelite light there.
0:46:10 > 0:46:13Yes, none of the working parts are working or indeed exist.
0:46:13 > 0:46:16It is just loved to death.
0:46:16 > 0:46:18The reason I like it is because of the chinoiserie -
0:46:18 > 0:46:19it's fanciful, fun...
0:46:19 > 0:46:23You have bought one real antique, haven't you, which of course is this.
0:46:23 > 0:46:25It probably has a stand.
0:46:25 > 0:46:28Somewhere...but we don't need a stand because it's for orchids.
0:46:28 > 0:46:30- Orchids?- Its function has changed.
0:46:30 > 0:46:32It's now a thing of beauty on its own.
0:46:32 > 0:46:34- Good luck to you. - Well done, Laurence.
0:46:34 > 0:46:36- Good luck.- Good luck.
0:46:36 > 0:46:37Wowsers!
0:46:37 > 0:46:39Plenty of food for thought.
0:46:39 > 0:46:42So now you've gathered yours, I'll give you a penny for them, teams.
0:46:43 > 0:46:45Charles, you look deflated.
0:46:45 > 0:46:51I'll be honest with you - I think they've bought some really stunning, exceptionally vivid
0:46:51 > 0:46:53retro objects.
0:46:53 > 0:46:55I think they've done very well.
0:46:55 > 0:46:59I now feel really guilty, because neither of us were with them.
0:46:59 > 0:47:01It meant there was no pizzazz.
0:47:01 > 0:47:04The chair - I know you're meant to restore things...
0:47:04 > 0:47:06- And as for the tapestry! - The tapestry!
0:47:06 > 0:47:10There's one object I think might make us become unstuck.
0:47:10 > 0:47:13I didn't like that term the "carvery" wall-hanging.
0:47:13 > 0:47:16- Yeah.- And that could be our nemesis.
0:47:16 > 0:47:18Roll on tomorrow.
0:47:18 > 0:47:21Come on, Llewelyn-Bowen, come on, Waldemar -
0:47:21 > 0:47:23take on the two antique experts. Who are you?
0:47:25 > 0:47:26Who WERE you?
0:47:26 > 0:47:29In an unprecedented break from the norm,
0:47:29 > 0:47:31our celebrities decided to take on the experts.
0:47:31 > 0:47:36But who will win out? Time to take this cultural clash to auction.
0:47:36 > 0:47:39So keep your eyes upon the road, your hands upon the wheel
0:47:39 > 0:47:43as they go around 24 miles north to Macclesfield.
0:47:45 > 0:47:48- I think Laurence will take defeat really badly.- He'll weep.
0:47:48 > 0:47:50He will weep, he will cry.
0:47:50 > 0:47:54- But Waldemar will take it on the chin. He'll say, "Well done, chaps". - Yes, he will.
0:47:54 > 0:47:59- Did you wake up feeling confident? - It's down to the showbiz now.
0:47:59 > 0:48:02They'll probably write about that in the Antiques Trade Gazette.
0:48:02 > 0:48:05- Almost certainly.- "Men of culture beat antique types."
0:48:05 > 0:48:10- And they'll spell culture with a K! - Spell culture with a K! They will.
0:48:10 > 0:48:12Argh, there's a moth on me!
0:48:12 > 0:48:14- There's a moth!- A moth?- A moth.
0:48:14 > 0:48:15It's gone.
0:48:18 > 0:48:20Our experts won't go down without a fight.
0:48:20 > 0:48:23And where better for it than Adam Partridge Auctioneers and Valuers?
0:48:23 > 0:48:29A relative youngster as far as auction houses go, but already making a name for themselves.
0:48:31 > 0:48:33- How are you?- Very well.
0:48:33 > 0:48:35We're really confident.
0:48:35 > 0:48:38I'm even more confident than I was yesterday.
0:48:38 > 0:48:40Have you bumped your head?
0:48:40 > 0:48:42Come and have a look at the salerooms.
0:48:42 > 0:48:47Today's gavel-slammer, with his hand round the hammer,
0:48:47 > 0:48:48is Adam Partridge.
0:48:48 > 0:48:50That's Adam, not Alan.
0:48:52 > 0:48:55I've never seen anything like the green chaise longue.
0:48:55 > 0:48:58It's not actually Astroturf - I think that would have had a better chance.
0:48:58 > 0:49:00The crib's a nice thing, a proper antique.
0:49:00 > 0:49:02I'd like to see that make £80 or more.
0:49:02 > 0:49:04They've really lucked out buying a violin.
0:49:04 > 0:49:07We do a special musical instruments sale, and it's this morning.
0:49:07 > 0:49:09So there could be a profit there.
0:49:09 > 0:49:12When I saw the Regency chair, I said to my colleagues,
0:49:12 > 0:49:14"I wouldn't mind a saleroom full of these."
0:49:14 > 0:49:17In good condition, that chair is worth 600 or 800 quid.
0:49:19 > 0:49:21The antiquarian supremos
0:49:21 > 0:49:23splurged £244
0:49:23 > 0:49:25to amass five lots for auction.
0:49:28 > 0:49:31The creatives' "Touched by LLB" range
0:49:31 > 0:49:33also consists of five lots,
0:49:33 > 0:49:35costing them £108 in total.
0:49:35 > 0:49:39- Come on, Grandpa, get with the programme!- I don't know.
0:49:39 > 0:49:42There's only one way to settle this argument,
0:49:42 > 0:49:45and with all profits going to Children In Need,
0:49:45 > 0:49:46it's time to auction.
0:49:46 > 0:49:49This is the clash of the Titans.
0:49:49 > 0:49:51This is the ultimate in decor
0:49:51 > 0:49:53against the ultimate in antiques.
0:49:53 > 0:49:56- Are you nervous, Laurence? - I don't know.- No.
0:49:56 > 0:50:01Up first is the Charlies' Victorian stereoscopic viewer.
0:50:01 > 0:50:04They'll be hoping to see a profit with this historic beauty.
0:50:04 > 0:50:06This is a banker, I think.
0:50:06 > 0:50:08Banker.
0:50:08 > 0:50:09£40?
0:50:09 > 0:50:1120 I have. 20.
0:50:11 > 0:50:145. 30. 5. 40. 5.
0:50:14 > 0:50:16Your bid at 45, front row. 45.
0:50:16 > 0:50:18Are you all done? 50 online.
0:50:18 > 0:50:205 in the room. At 55.
0:50:20 > 0:50:2460 online. In the room now and selling - hammer's up - 65.
0:50:24 > 0:50:26All done? The hammer's up. At 65, we sell...
0:50:28 > 0:50:31£65 for that?!
0:50:32 > 0:50:34Well done, boys. Round one to the experts.
0:50:34 > 0:50:37# Double your money and try to get rich! #
0:50:37 > 0:50:39We are off and running!
0:50:39 > 0:50:42But our showbiz pair are about to make a statement
0:50:42 > 0:50:44with their chaise...up next.
0:50:44 > 0:50:47I'm feeling strangely confident now.
0:50:47 > 0:50:49Certainly strange!
0:50:49 > 0:50:51Anybody at £30, the chaise longue?
0:50:55 > 0:50:57A present for someone you don't like?
0:50:57 > 0:50:59LAUGHTER
0:50:59 > 0:51:0120's online. 20's bid on the internet.
0:51:01 > 0:51:04At £20. 5. 25.
0:51:04 > 0:51:05At 25.
0:51:05 > 0:51:0830 online. At £30.
0:51:08 > 0:51:10Anyone else, the chaise longue?
0:51:10 > 0:51:14Anyone in the room, with the benefit of seeing it in all its glory?
0:51:14 > 0:51:17That's giving it away! We're giving it away.
0:51:17 > 0:51:19Very good price, boys.
0:51:19 > 0:51:21Not exactly the statement they were hoping for.
0:51:21 > 0:51:24It's an antique of the future. No accounting for taste.
0:51:24 > 0:51:27You said it!
0:51:29 > 0:51:32Charles and Charlie's 19th-century French pot cupboard is next.
0:51:32 > 0:51:36Usually make 100 quid, don't they, or 120? Start me £40 for it.
0:51:36 > 0:51:38£40?
0:51:38 > 0:51:40- There's £20 online.- It's over there.
0:51:40 > 0:51:45- 35. Any more now? 40's online. At £40.- Yes!
0:51:45 > 0:51:48Where will you find one cheaper? We're selling at £40.
0:51:50 > 0:51:51Oh, no!
0:51:51 > 0:51:54It's broken even, even with the woodworm.
0:51:54 > 0:51:56C'est la vie.
0:51:56 > 0:51:58Laurence and Waldemar's gramophone cabinet is up next.
0:51:58 > 0:52:02They'll be hoping to make a noise in the crowd with this item.
0:52:02 > 0:52:04Start me at £20 for this.
0:52:04 > 0:52:06£20. 20.
0:52:08 > 0:52:10Any advance on £20?
0:52:10 > 0:52:12It isn't that expensive, is it?
0:52:12 > 0:52:14At £20, we're selling online.
0:52:14 > 0:52:17- Oh, dear!- 288.
0:52:17 > 0:52:20The branding isn't having the desired effect.
0:52:20 > 0:52:23There's been a collapse of taste today.
0:52:25 > 0:52:27Will the Charlies' little slice of history
0:52:27 > 0:52:29get the crowds out of their seats?
0:52:29 > 0:52:30It's the Regency chair.
0:52:30 > 0:52:33Sorry, the leg just fell off!
0:52:33 > 0:52:35It has got four.
0:52:37 > 0:52:39Now, who says you need four legs on a chair?
0:52:39 > 0:52:41You did, actually.
0:52:41 > 0:52:43- We have the leg.- Here, sir!
0:52:43 > 0:52:45£20 the chair. £20.
0:52:45 > 0:52:48Come on, chaps! Have a go!
0:52:49 > 0:52:5010?
0:52:50 > 0:52:51Oh!
0:52:51 > 0:52:5315. There you go, sir.
0:52:53 > 0:52:56Rescued by the man in black.
0:52:56 > 0:52:57The leg's worth 50!
0:52:57 > 0:52:59Have you banged your head?
0:52:59 > 0:53:01At £15. In pink, at £18.
0:53:01 > 0:53:03Yes!
0:53:03 > 0:53:05At 18. We sell at 18.
0:53:05 > 0:53:06It cost 19!
0:53:09 > 0:53:12The chair was just too far gone for this crowd.
0:53:13 > 0:53:15But the experts are still ahead.
0:53:15 > 0:53:19The creatives want to maximise the impact of their next lot.
0:53:19 > 0:53:23I want to make sure the Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen sign is on it.
0:53:23 > 0:53:27Do you know where the glass cock is?
0:53:30 > 0:53:34Have you seen a big glass cock, by any chance?
0:53:34 > 0:53:36Somewhere.
0:53:36 > 0:53:37It's over there?
0:53:37 > 0:53:40Could you take it to the front, and when you take it to the front,
0:53:40 > 0:53:43could you make sure that is visible on the front?
0:53:43 > 0:53:46Are you sure, sir? It'll lower the value of the lot.
0:53:46 > 0:53:48That was very rude, wasn't it?
0:53:50 > 0:53:52Frankly, it requires no further introduction.
0:53:52 > 0:53:54£10.
0:53:54 > 0:53:56At £10.
0:53:56 > 0:53:58At 10. At 20.
0:53:58 > 0:54:01Have another one, sir. 25 in the room.
0:54:01 > 0:54:03For goodness sake!
0:54:03 > 0:54:05At 25. 30, and a new place.
0:54:05 > 0:54:06£30.
0:54:06 > 0:54:08A gentleman of such taste!
0:54:08 > 0:54:11£35. At £35 online.
0:54:11 > 0:54:1240 in the middle.
0:54:12 > 0:54:14At £40.
0:54:18 > 0:54:19Well done!
0:54:19 > 0:54:23Profit at last for the colourful cockerel.
0:54:23 > 0:54:24Ooh...and Waldemar.
0:54:24 > 0:54:27I salute you. Well done. Well done.
0:54:27 > 0:54:30Well done.
0:54:33 > 0:54:35Will the Charlies be able to string along the crowd
0:54:35 > 0:54:37with their wannabe Stradivarius?
0:54:37 > 0:54:38You're getting nervous, aren't you?
0:54:38 > 0:54:40I'm not surprised.
0:54:40 > 0:54:42The violin could make £100.
0:54:42 > 0:54:44It could, but it won't.
0:54:44 > 0:54:47It's a Stradivarius...labelled violin.
0:54:47 > 0:54:49LAUGHTER
0:54:49 > 0:54:52I'm bid £20. I'll take 5. 30. And 5.
0:54:52 > 0:54:54And 40. And 5. And 50. And 5.
0:54:54 > 0:54:56- Keep going, baby.- £55 in the middle.
0:54:56 > 0:55:00£55. Any advance on the violin at £55?
0:55:00 > 0:55:06Not millions, but another profit keeps the experts in the lead.
0:55:09 > 0:55:11But the celebrities' antique is next.
0:55:11 > 0:55:13Will the cradle rock the crowd?
0:55:13 > 0:55:16I can see this blowing the game away for us.
0:55:16 > 0:55:17Where's the rest of it?
0:55:17 > 0:55:20- It should have a rocking base. - What date is it, sir?
0:55:20 > 0:55:23It's a Victorian one, by the look of it.
0:55:23 > 0:55:24I thought it was Georgian.
0:55:24 > 0:55:27No, it's mid-19th-century.
0:55:27 > 0:55:30He's the expert.
0:55:30 > 0:55:3220.
0:55:32 > 0:55:35Thank you, sir. 20 is bid. In the corner at £20.
0:55:35 > 0:55:37I'll take 5 now. At £20.
0:55:37 > 0:55:39Just get rid of it!
0:55:39 > 0:55:42It's £20. We're selling at 20.
0:55:42 > 0:55:44Any advance on £20?
0:55:45 > 0:55:47- Thank you. - That's disappointing. Cheap!
0:55:47 > 0:55:50That really was cheap.
0:55:50 > 0:55:53It's not going well for the celebrities.
0:55:53 > 0:55:55Charlie's pricy tapestry is next.
0:55:55 > 0:55:57But they're having their doubts.
0:55:57 > 0:55:59Charlie, this could be our downfall.
0:55:59 > 0:56:01I've never seen a man with less faith!
0:56:01 > 0:56:04Lift it a bit higher!
0:56:04 > 0:56:06LAUGHTER
0:56:06 > 0:56:07Lower, lower!
0:56:07 > 0:56:10What do you bid me for that? Very big decorative tapestry.
0:56:10 > 0:56:11£30.
0:56:11 > 0:56:13£20, the tapestry.
0:56:15 > 0:56:16£20.
0:56:18 > 0:56:20It's 15 online. We're selling it.
0:56:20 > 0:56:2220 in the front row. Well done, sir.
0:56:22 > 0:56:23At £20.
0:56:23 > 0:56:26- 25 online.- No!
0:56:26 > 0:56:28At £30, the tapestry.
0:56:28 > 0:56:31- Well, there we are. - Well done, sir.
0:56:31 > 0:56:34What a disaster! That loss wipes out all their previous profits.
0:56:34 > 0:56:38We've been well and truly trounced.
0:56:38 > 0:56:40We tried.
0:56:40 > 0:56:44Listen, that fat lady hasn't sung yet, and we've got our powder compact.
0:56:44 > 0:56:46It's all academic now, though.
0:56:46 > 0:56:49The vintage lipstick is the final lot,
0:56:49 > 0:56:51as worn by Laurence.
0:56:51 > 0:56:53But don't let that put you off.
0:56:53 > 0:56:54Where do you want to be - £20?
0:56:54 > 0:56:5615. Online at 15.
0:56:56 > 0:56:58£20. Lady's bid at 20.
0:56:58 > 0:57:00I'll take 5. Online, 25.
0:57:00 > 0:57:0328, sir? Thank you, sir.
0:57:03 > 0:57:0730's online. At £30.
0:57:07 > 0:57:09Thank you.
0:57:09 > 0:57:11Well done.
0:57:11 > 0:57:13Give me a high five, Laurence.
0:57:13 > 0:57:15I don't do that! I've got people to do that for me.
0:57:15 > 0:57:17Although it pains me to say it,
0:57:17 > 0:57:19the celebrities have won,
0:57:19 > 0:57:20but only just.
0:57:20 > 0:57:23Had the experts not been stitched up by the tapestry,
0:57:23 > 0:57:25it would have been a wholly different story.
0:57:25 > 0:57:28- Well played. - Pleasure to be thrashed.
0:57:28 > 0:57:30Yes, I've heard that about you!
0:57:30 > 0:57:31LAUGHTER
0:57:35 > 0:57:37The teams each had £400.
0:57:38 > 0:57:40The experts made a heroic effort,
0:57:40 > 0:57:44but after auction costs, took a loss of £73.44,
0:57:44 > 0:57:48leaving them with £326.56.
0:57:51 > 0:57:54Waldemar and Laurence's hard bargaining leaves them,
0:57:54 > 0:57:57after costs, with a profit of £6.80,
0:57:57 > 0:58:01so they finish with a budget of £406.80.
0:58:02 > 0:58:06We really salute you two, because you came and you conquered.
0:58:06 > 0:58:09- I mean that sincerely, don't we? - Yeah, yeah. We do.
0:58:09 > 0:58:13We came into your world. We thought we'd take it by storm.
0:58:13 > 0:58:14We should have taken it by storm,
0:58:14 > 0:58:17but in the end, victory doesn't feel that great, does it?
0:58:17 > 0:58:19Victory - but at what cost?
0:58:19 > 0:58:21It's been a lovely time.
0:58:21 > 0:58:23I'll drive.
0:58:23 > 0:58:26The culture clash endeth.
0:58:26 > 0:58:29Time to retreat to familiar surroundings.
0:58:29 > 0:58:31Get me to the Ritz SOON.
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