0:00:02 > 0:00:07- Some of the nation's favourite celebrities... - Why have I got such expensive taste?
0:00:07 > 0:00:09..one antiques expert each...
0:00:11 > 0:00:14..and one big challenge -
0:00:14 > 0:00:17who can seek out and buy the best antiques
0:00:17 > 0:00:19at the very best prices...
0:00:19 > 0:00:21Answers on a postcard...
0:00:21 > 0:00:25- Oh!- ..and auction for a big profit further down the road?
0:00:25 > 0:00:27It's a wee bit funky!
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 > 0:00:39Well 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 > 0:00:48Yeah!
0:00:50 > 0:00:55On this road trip, we're enjoying the talents of two great British grandes dames
0:00:55 > 0:00:57of the acting world.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01A standing ovation please for good chums
0:01:01 > 0:01:03Anne Reid and Thelma Barlow.
0:01:03 > 0:01:04I love you, Thelma.
0:01:04 > 0:01:09- I know you do. Put your other hand on the wheel, darling! - I really love you!
0:01:11 > 0:01:14Anne and Thelma together, of course,
0:01:14 > 0:01:18are best known for their parts in Victoria Wood's much-loved sitcom Dinnerladies,
0:01:18 > 0:01:21where they became the best of friends...
0:01:21 > 0:01:25I think we should ask somebody with bigger hips.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27Jean!
0:01:28 > 0:01:30..and a comedy double act.
0:01:30 > 0:01:35With Keith's family? Last big wedding, his Auntie Dot ate a coaster.
0:01:35 > 0:01:36No!
0:01:36 > 0:01:39She thought it was a high-fibre biscuit.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41LAUGHTER
0:01:42 > 0:01:46- The first time we worked together, wasn't it?- It's the only time we've worked together.
0:01:46 > 0:01:50- The one and only.- Yes. - It was enough for both of us!
0:01:50 > 0:01:54- Yes, well, I said to my agent, "Please don't."- "Don't, please!"
0:01:54 > 0:01:58"Don't ever put me with Thelma Barlow again."
0:01:58 > 0:02:00I don't think your agent's listening, darling.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03Anne spent the Swinging '60s on Coronation Street,
0:02:03 > 0:02:08before branching out to shine in a stunning variety of productions,
0:02:08 > 0:02:10flitting from popular comedy to serious drama.
0:02:10 > 0:02:15She's just recently been snuggling up to Sir Derek Jacobi
0:02:15 > 0:02:19in the BAFTA-bagging BBC drama Last Tango in Halifax.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21What a girl!
0:02:21 > 0:02:26- It's exciting, isn't it? I've never done anything like this before. - No, I haven't.
0:02:26 > 0:02:27Really thrilling.
0:02:27 > 0:02:31My hair is going to be ruined, of course, that's the only thing.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33But who is Thelma Barlow?
0:02:33 > 0:02:37Well, I don't really know! Just kidding!
0:02:37 > 0:02:40The charming Thelma spent more than two decades
0:02:40 > 0:02:44portraying treasured Corrie character Mavis Wilton,
0:02:44 > 0:02:46and gave life to what's probably
0:02:46 > 0:02:49still the series' best-known catchphrase.
0:02:49 > 0:02:53- Or is it?- I don't really know!
0:02:53 > 0:02:56When she left the Street in the late '90s,
0:02:56 > 0:02:59she went on to feature in many of our best-loved dramas.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02She's our twinkle-eyed performance powerhouse.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04- This is lovely, this car. - It's a lovely area.
0:03:04 > 0:03:08Do you think they'd miss it if we just...
0:03:08 > 0:03:10- We could take off. - We could just drive off!
0:03:10 > 0:03:13We could head for the coast and a ferry, we'd be gone!
0:03:13 > 0:03:18Thelma and Louise, I mean Anne, are piloting a blue-bodied beauty,
0:03:18 > 0:03:22the 1985 Mercedes 280SL.
0:03:22 > 0:03:26- It's so beautiful, though, isn't it? - It's beautiful!
0:03:26 > 0:03:28Not as lovely as you two girls.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31And they're getting into the mood for antiquity.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34- I've just had my ancestors traced. - Have you?
0:03:34 > 0:03:38- I might be royal.- Oh, Christ! - I have...
0:03:38 > 0:03:41- It gets worse! - ..high-born ancestors.
0:03:41 > 0:03:45High born? Up in the attic!
0:03:47 > 0:03:51Every leading lady needs her stage-door Johnny
0:03:51 > 0:03:53and we have got a pair of them.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56David Harper is an auctioneer who's proud to say
0:03:56 > 0:04:00that his passion for antiques courses through his very veins.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03- I'm the purest, you're like the nouveau.- You're puerile!
0:04:03 > 0:04:06Puerile! THEY LAUGH
0:04:06 > 0:04:10Paul Laidlaw's a canny Scottish antiques expert
0:04:10 > 0:04:12with a keen eye for quality.
0:04:12 > 0:04:16A day like this, open-top classic car, whatever it is...
0:04:16 > 0:04:21OK, there's you, but we can't have it all!
0:04:21 > 0:04:24The chaps are driving a neat little number today -
0:04:24 > 0:04:28the 1968 Triumph Vitesse. Saucy!
0:04:28 > 0:04:30I'm loving the Vitesse.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32Do you love the Vitesse as much as I love the Vitesse?
0:04:32 > 0:04:36- David, almost certainly not! - THEY LAUGH
0:04:37 > 0:04:41Today, they'll begin their buying in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire,
0:04:41 > 0:04:45aiming for their auction in Penkridge, Staffordshire.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49Henley-on-Thames is, of course,
0:04:49 > 0:04:51the rowing capital of Britain,
0:04:51 > 0:04:55hosting the annual Henley Royal Regatta.
0:04:55 > 0:04:59Let's hope some of that sportsmanlike spirit rubs off on Paul and David
0:04:59 > 0:05:03as they meet our right royal ladies of stage and screen.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05ALL: Hello! Hello there! Hello! Good morning!
0:05:05 > 0:05:08Hello! I'm David.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11There we go. If he's getting kisses, I'm getting kisses.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13Lordy! Let's get paired up, then.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15Who got the short straw? THEY LAUGH
0:05:15 > 0:05:16Who's getting me?
0:05:16 > 0:05:21OK, well, I can reveal that poor Thelma's got the short straw,
0:05:21 > 0:05:25- because you've got me, I'm afraid. - Oh, I'm delighted!
0:05:25 > 0:05:28- Are you ready to go shopping?- We are!
0:05:28 > 0:05:30- Come on. Link on!- OK.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33- Indeed.- Your chariot is this way!
0:05:33 > 0:05:38Newly-minted twosome Anne and Paul are heading off towards their first shop.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40I'll just have to follow my instinct
0:05:40 > 0:05:44because I don't know anything about antiques at all.
0:05:44 > 0:05:48- OK.- You do know that? - I'll guide you. We're a double act.
0:05:48 > 0:05:53We've got £400 to spend on up to five auction lots.
0:05:53 > 0:05:57- Jolly good.- Shall we?- Yes! - You lead the way, Anne, come on!
0:05:57 > 0:06:01With that decided, they're going into Henley Antiques and meeting dealer Simon.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03- Good afternoon! - Hello. Good afternoon.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06- Hello. I'm Annie.- Hello, Annie. Welcome to Henley-on-Thames.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08- Hi, I'm Paul.- Hello, Paul. Simon.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10You can call me Tim.
0:06:10 > 0:06:14Anyway, you'd both better get browsing.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22To aid the search,
0:06:22 > 0:06:26Paul's trying to glean some info on Anne's tastes.
0:06:26 > 0:06:30- Are you a collector, Anne? - I collect music.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32- Music?- Music. - What do you mean by music?
0:06:32 > 0:06:33- Sheet music?- Yes.
0:06:33 > 0:06:38Well, if there's a sheet music shop, I love that.
0:06:38 > 0:06:42There doesn't seem to be any sheet music to be had in this shop,
0:06:42 > 0:06:46but Anne has spied something which looks like it might ring true.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48It's a pewter plate,
0:06:48 > 0:06:50circa 1700.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53- Ooh, I like that.- Yours for £45.
0:06:53 > 0:06:54Should we have a little look?
0:06:54 > 0:06:59Pewter is a metal alloy comprising largely tin.
0:06:59 > 0:07:03It was ubiquitous as a material for manufacturing everyday objects
0:07:03 > 0:07:06up until the 19th century.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09I don't know why I like it, I just do.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11- Something drew you.- Yep.
0:07:11 > 0:07:15Something did. I just think it's pretty. I'd like it on my table.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18And that one I like, as well, that little one.
0:07:18 > 0:07:22Look at what you're buying into, something that's, what, 300 years old?
0:07:22 > 0:07:26- Yes.- Yes. The mouths that that fed...
0:07:26 > 0:07:29- I know.- The conversations that went on around the table...
0:07:29 > 0:07:32I know. Isn't that amazing?
0:07:32 > 0:07:35It also bears some little marriage marks,
0:07:35 > 0:07:39the initials of the couple who owned it.
0:07:39 > 0:07:44It's a real piece of history and priced up at £45.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46I love the fact that you like it,
0:07:46 > 0:07:50- and I don't think it's expensive. - OK.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52Are we looking at something we might want to buy?
0:07:52 > 0:07:56Oh, gosh! You make the mind up, darling!
0:07:56 > 0:08:03Dealer Simon is a pewter specialist, so Paul's quite confident of its 18th-century provenance.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06But what sort of price could he let it go for?
0:08:06 > 0:08:10- You've found something of interest? - I just like it. It's just pretty.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13- Annie likes that. - That's all I go in.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15- (We're going to buy this!) - All right.
0:08:15 > 0:08:21Forgive me, I've got to haggle. Can you give us a wee bit of discount on that?
0:08:21 > 0:08:24Well, £45 I had to sell it,
0:08:24 > 0:08:27but two crisp 20-pound-notes and it's yours.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30- Annie? - If I knew you better, I'd kiss you!
0:08:30 > 0:08:34Ooh! So they've got their first buy in hand. Pewt-her there!
0:08:34 > 0:08:36- Thank you very much.- Wonderful!
0:08:36 > 0:08:39- Our first purchase!- There is a little pewter plate for you.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42PAUL LAUGHS There we are.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44Thelma and David, meanwhile,
0:08:44 > 0:08:48are getting chummy on their walk to the first shop.
0:08:48 > 0:08:52- Are we going to be a competitive team?- Ooh, tremendously! Absolutely.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55- Are you very competitive by nature? - I didn't think I was
0:08:55 > 0:08:58until I went to yoga and I found I was.
0:08:58 > 0:09:02- Yoga?- It's a very wrong thing to do! - That's meant to make you calm and relaxed!
0:09:02 > 0:09:07So just imagine how competitive the road trip's going to make her!
0:09:07 > 0:09:08Golly gosh!
0:09:08 > 0:09:13- So we're really looking to... - How about this? It's a bit unusual.
0:09:13 > 0:09:14Let's have a look in here.
0:09:14 > 0:09:18They're moseying in. Owner Abba presides.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21- Hello.- Thelma Barlow. - Pleased to meet you.- How do you do?
0:09:21 > 0:09:24- Fantastic.- Where do we start?
0:09:24 > 0:09:28Let's just have a wander, Thelma. Come on, we'll have a wander!
0:09:28 > 0:09:29Right.
0:09:35 > 0:09:40Before long, Thelma spotted something she thinks is quite cracking.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42That is quite a pretty little thing.
0:09:42 > 0:09:47It's not something I would buy or use, but it's an attractive little item.
0:09:47 > 0:09:52- So, why are you drawn to it, then? - Just because it's pretty.- OK.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54No other reason.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56It's a silver-plated egg cruet set,
0:09:56 > 0:10:01comprising a tray, four egg cups and four spoons.
0:10:01 > 0:10:03- Because your butler, of course... - Of course!
0:10:03 > 0:10:05..would deliver this to you, Thelma,
0:10:05 > 0:10:09but he's going to carry it from one part of the house to another
0:10:09 > 0:10:13and what he doesn't want to happen, he doesn't want to lose any of those eggs,
0:10:13 > 0:10:16- so the egg cups are fixed pretty tight.- It's very pretty.
0:10:16 > 0:10:17It's really good.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20Mm. It dates from the early part of the 20th century
0:10:20 > 0:10:23and bears the mark of maker Walker and Hall.
0:10:23 > 0:10:27- What date do you think it is? It would have to be cheap, I've got to tell you.- Yes.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29- Shall we get a price?- Yes.- OK.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32- Let's consult Abba. - What would you like?
0:10:32 > 0:10:34Just that.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37- What kind of price?- The best price?
0:10:37 > 0:10:40- The absolute best price, please?- £40.
0:10:40 > 0:10:44In the cold reality of an auction,
0:10:44 > 0:10:47on a wet Wednesday afternoon, with no-one there potentially,
0:10:47 > 0:10:51- it has to be 10 to £20 as an estimate.- OK.
0:10:51 > 0:10:55So then you have to think, "I've got to pay less than £10."
0:10:55 > 0:10:58Abba will do it for a knockdown £10,
0:10:58 > 0:11:01but devilish haggler David's not finished.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04We're competitive, aren't we? We've got to beat the other team.
0:11:04 > 0:11:09A fiver would be an absolute steal. It would be a steal at a fiver.
0:11:09 > 0:11:13- You can have it for five. - Let's shake his hand! - Thank you so much!
0:11:13 > 0:11:17- Thank you.- That's so kind! Thank you very much.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20So with some very hard bargaining from David,
0:11:20 > 0:11:24they have their first buy and they're browsing on.
0:11:29 > 0:11:33Thelma, I'm hoping you're an expert in musical instruments.
0:11:33 > 0:11:34No, I'm not!
0:11:34 > 0:11:37- What is it? - It's a musical instrument.- Yes.
0:11:37 > 0:11:41It's this expert insight we rely on you for, David.
0:11:41 > 0:11:46- What a lovely sound! - I'm going to do that again. I didn't know how talented I was.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49- PLAYS SLIGHTLY OFF-KEY - # A bit more! #
0:11:49 > 0:11:52Ooh, you've got a lovely voice. Do that again. Ready?
0:11:52 > 0:11:55# A bit more! #
0:11:55 > 0:11:57Beautiful! Beautiful!
0:11:57 > 0:12:01- It's utterly gorgeous. - It's got a little box! - How much it is, I don't know.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04- It's probably too expensive for us. - It might be.
0:12:04 > 0:12:08- Abba?- Yes?- Can you give us a idea on this musical instrument?
0:12:08 > 0:12:12- Which one?- This one here. - It's a flutina.
0:12:12 > 0:12:16It's a type of accordion, popular in the 19th century,
0:12:16 > 0:12:19fashioned from rosewood and mother-of-pearl
0:12:19 > 0:12:23and complete with its original box.
0:12:23 > 0:12:29But having already grabbed Abba down to a tiddly price on the cruet set,
0:12:29 > 0:12:33can this fledgling bargaining tag-team repeat the trick?
0:12:33 > 0:12:36What kind of money are we looking at?
0:12:36 > 0:12:39- Be careful!- 150.- Ouch!
0:12:39 > 0:12:42- Ouch!- Ooh, I think we'll have to leave the shop!
0:12:42 > 0:12:46No, it's beautiful, but it's a bit out of our range, isn't it?
0:12:46 > 0:12:48A lot out of our range.
0:12:48 > 0:12:52It's going into auction, it's a competition,
0:12:52 > 0:12:54and I'm going to ask you a question...
0:12:54 > 0:12:58- Do you want to see Thelma win this competition?- Yes, I do.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00- Thank you.- £50.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03Crikey! That's some discount!
0:13:03 > 0:13:04As an object,
0:13:04 > 0:13:08- it's absolutely delicious, isn't it? - It's lovely.- Utterly delicious.
0:13:08 > 0:13:12Abba, it couldn't be 30, could it?
0:13:12 > 0:13:15- It's beautiful. - Go in the middle. 40.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17- Yes?- Thelma, it's over to you. What do you think?
0:13:17 > 0:13:21Do you think we might get it for 35, if you look at him nicely?
0:13:21 > 0:13:23- We can have it for 35. - Has he said yes?- Yes.
0:13:23 > 0:13:27- He's brilliant!- He certainly is! - Thank you very much indeed.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30- That's very kind. Thank you very much.- Fantastic.
0:13:30 > 0:13:36So Thelma and David are proving to be a deadly duo in the haggling stakes,
0:13:36 > 0:13:40and they got the egg cruet set and the flutina
0:13:40 > 0:13:42for very little loot-ina.
0:13:42 > 0:13:46Now, Anne and Paul are also still in sunny Henley
0:13:46 > 0:13:51and have made their way to their next shop, Tudor House, where they're meeting dealer David.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53- Hi!- Good afternoon.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55- How are you doing?- Hello.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57- Pleased to meet you.- Annie. Hello.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00- Paul.- I'm David. - David, it's good to see you.
0:14:00 > 0:14:04This shop's a jam-packed treasure trove, full of thousands of items.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06Best get hunting!
0:14:12 > 0:14:15- Wigs... Do you want a wig? - Er, not yet!
0:14:15 > 0:14:19I might be heading in that direction ultimately, but at the moment...
0:14:19 > 0:14:24That's a shame. I think one of those might rather suit you, Paul.
0:14:24 > 0:14:28While they search, Paul quizzes Anne on her friendship with Thelma.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31With regards to Coronation Street,
0:14:31 > 0:14:35- did your roles overlap?- No, never.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38We got really to know each other a lot
0:14:38 > 0:14:41- just before Dinnerladies. - Ah, yes, yes!
0:14:41 > 0:14:44- And Victoria Wood saw us together. - Right.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47She said, "Would you like to work with Thelma?"
0:14:47 > 0:14:50and I said, "No, but all right, go on!"
0:14:52 > 0:14:58- Any competition between you? - No! She's one of my best friends!
0:14:58 > 0:15:01- I love her to pieces! - So, you really don't mind who wins?
0:15:01 > 0:15:04Ooh, no, I love it. No, no...
0:15:04 > 0:15:07Oh, no, I'm quite competitive about this.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10Yes, I want us to win. PAUL LAUGHS
0:15:10 > 0:15:12Quite right, too, Anne.
0:15:12 > 0:15:17And she's soon spotted something that might help in that cause.
0:15:17 > 0:15:21We used to have those when I was a little girl. I think it's lovely!
0:15:21 > 0:15:25- Your face lights up when you love things.- Well, yes.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28- It's the same look we saw with pewter.- Yes.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31It's a tea service.
0:15:31 > 0:15:35It's likely fashioned of Britannia metal,
0:15:35 > 0:15:39another pewter-like alloy of tin, in this case plated with silver,
0:15:40 > 0:15:43and dating from the early 20th century.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46There's no ticket price on it.
0:15:46 > 0:15:50David, is that expensive? How much do you want for a four-piece...?
0:15:50 > 0:15:53- About £40, 40 to 50.- Yeah.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55That's too rich for their blood.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58But David's got a proposal.
0:15:58 > 0:16:03I tell you what we'll do, why don't you ask me if you can have it for £20?
0:16:05 > 0:16:08- Can we have it? - Certainly. No problem. £20.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11Would you like it gift-wrapped, madam?!
0:16:11 > 0:16:13TIM LAUGHS
0:16:13 > 0:16:17Anne dazzles him with her leading-lady's peepers...
0:16:17 > 0:16:20- You're a star. - ..and it's a deal done at £20.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22They're continuing the hunt.
0:16:22 > 0:16:25- But hark...! - It's a gorgeous building.- It is.
0:16:25 > 0:16:29- Look at the staircase! - If I'm not mistaken, Annie...
0:16:29 > 0:16:33- What, darling?- If I'm not mistaken, that's the dulcet tones of Mr Harper.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36Thelma and David have caught up with them.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38PAUL LAUGHS Oh, hello!
0:16:38 > 0:16:42ANNE: I thought I heard your dulcet tones!
0:16:42 > 0:16:45- I wonder what that's for! - Oh, be careful!
0:16:45 > 0:16:47Come and have a sit down. We need a break.
0:16:47 > 0:16:51You're looking much too pleased with yourselves!
0:16:51 > 0:16:54No. And what about this shop?
0:16:54 > 0:16:58This whole morning, "I don't anything about antiques!"
0:16:58 > 0:17:00I do know a bit more now because of David.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03It's fascinating, isn't it? I'm learning, as well.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06DAVID: She's the best negotiator I've ever had.
0:17:06 > 0:17:10- Oh, shut up!- She's fabulous!
0:17:11 > 0:17:15- I'm wonderful, as well, aren't I? - Of course!
0:17:15 > 0:17:16Well, we know that, Anne.
0:17:16 > 0:17:20She can wrap these people round there!
0:17:20 > 0:17:21You haven't seen this one...
0:17:21 > 0:17:25Well, then, let this battle of the fluttered eyelashes commence!
0:17:25 > 0:17:28- ..you haven't got it yet. - No, we haven't.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30Those two are looking worried and I like it.
0:17:30 > 0:17:35To aid the search, David's keen to learn more about the lovely Ms Barlow.
0:17:35 > 0:17:39- Whereabouts in Yorkshire were you born?- I was born in Middlesbrough. Teesside.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42- I was born in Middlesbrough. - Were you?- Seriously.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44- You were born in Middlesbrough?- Yes!
0:17:44 > 0:17:47- Good heavens!- Isn't that amazing? We make a proper team, don't we?
0:17:47 > 0:17:50- That's lovely!- Isn't that wonderful? - Yes!
0:17:50 > 0:17:53I'm glad you proud northerners are bonding,
0:17:53 > 0:17:56but we're supposed to be looking for items, you know.
0:17:56 > 0:17:57Oh, look, he's spied something.
0:17:57 > 0:18:01- Let me ask you what you think about him.- He's a handsome thing, isn't he?
0:18:01 > 0:18:05No, not me, Thelma, the... the fish!
0:18:05 > 0:18:09Honestly! It's a large wooden carp, late 20th century,
0:18:09 > 0:18:13and carved from hardwood in an Oriental style.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17You're not over enamoured by him at all, are you?
0:18:17 > 0:18:20No! But if you think he's a jolly good...
0:18:20 > 0:18:25I think he is jolly good. I think he's got some good age. I think he's fantastically carved.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27It's certainly got quality.
0:18:27 > 0:18:31The ticket price is £75. That's a little on the costly side
0:18:31 > 0:18:36so they're noting it and browsing on.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39But David clearly has timber on the brain today,
0:18:39 > 0:18:43as he's shortly spotted another wooden item.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46What on earth is that, the Egyptian-looking thing?
0:18:46 > 0:18:48It's just a box!
0:18:48 > 0:18:51But it's very different.
0:18:51 > 0:18:53- It is.- It's very different.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58It's a hand-carved box, or possibly a seat,
0:18:58 > 0:19:01rendered in an Egyptian style,
0:19:01 > 0:19:04perhaps dating from the 1950s or '60s.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07To be honest, it's a little bit of a mystery.
0:19:07 > 0:19:11# Walk like an Egyptian #
0:19:11 > 0:19:15- I love it because we haven't got a clue what it is.- That's right.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18OK, I don't think we can hide that from those two!
0:19:18 > 0:19:22Do you think they'd be drawn to it? THEY LAUGH
0:19:22 > 0:19:25- No!- That's not very... - I don't know about Paul, you see.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28- He might see it as you see it. - He's a bit straight-laced.- Is he?
0:19:28 > 0:19:30- He's a straight-laced Scotsman. - Oh, right.
0:19:30 > 0:19:34- So, he would find that a bit funky? - Yes!
0:19:34 > 0:19:37"Oh, it's a wee bit funky!"
0:19:37 > 0:19:40I thought that was Paul Laidlaw! That was absolutely amazing!
0:19:40 > 0:19:44Ha! So they're definitely interested in the carp
0:19:44 > 0:19:47and the Egyptian box.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49Downstairs to dealer David they go.
0:19:49 > 0:19:54Will he prove as susceptible to Thelma's charms as he was to Anne's?
0:19:54 > 0:19:58- Do you think he's particularly good-looking, Thelma?- I do.- I do.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00I've fallen hook, line and sinker.
0:20:00 > 0:20:04That would work if you said it to me but I don't know about him!
0:20:04 > 0:20:09- There's a very odd Egyptian-looking box upstairs.- Yes.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11What could he do on the price?
0:20:11 > 0:20:13Could you do it for 30?
0:20:13 > 0:20:17I could do it for 15. DEALER SIGHS
0:20:17 > 0:20:20- It's the girls, isn't it?- I know! - You bring the girls in!
0:20:20 > 0:20:22No less than £20, I'm afraid.
0:20:22 > 0:20:27- Didn't he get to 15, or was that me? - That was you, but we could go in between the two.
0:20:27 > 0:20:32If you promise not to tell Anne that you got something cheaper off of me than she did...
0:20:32 > 0:20:33I promise I won't tell.
0:20:33 > 0:20:37And neither will I. Deal done at £15!
0:20:37 > 0:20:40But what about the carp David's so very keen on?
0:20:40 > 0:20:43My partner in crime isn't a lover of it.
0:20:43 > 0:20:48I would go along with it if you think it's a very good thing to buy for the auction.
0:20:48 > 0:20:54- I'm not carping about it!- Oh, no! - Oh, Thelma, you are a card!
0:20:54 > 0:20:58If Thelma asked me very nicely if she could have it for 20, I'd probably say yes.
0:20:58 > 0:21:02Do you think you could do it for £20 for us?
0:21:02 > 0:21:05I could do it for you for 20,
0:21:05 > 0:21:07- but not for "us"! - THEY LAUGH
0:21:07 > 0:21:11- Story of my life... - Oh, cruel!- I don't mind.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14- Shall we have him?- Yes. - Let's have a big fat carp.
0:21:14 > 0:21:15- Fabulous.- Thank you so much.
0:21:15 > 0:21:19Crikey! Our experts barely get a look in when Thelma and Anne are around.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22Dealer David is putty in her hands
0:21:22 > 0:21:26and she's 2-1 up in this championship flirt-off.
0:21:26 > 0:21:31I'm not even trying. I didn't know I had this gift!
0:21:32 > 0:21:35The other two had better up their game.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37What is that?
0:21:37 > 0:21:43That is an extremely elegant magazine rack. Edwardian.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46- What do you think of that? - It's pretty.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48It is elegant, actually.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51Is that an oak base?
0:21:51 > 0:21:53- You're asking me?- Allow me, Anne.
0:21:53 > 0:21:57It's an Edwardian lacquered brass and oak magazine rack.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00Ticket price is a whopping £85.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02Oh, David...!
0:22:02 > 0:22:04What can I do for you?
0:22:04 > 0:22:09- What do you think of this, Annie? Help me.- I think it's very sweet and charming.
0:22:09 > 0:22:14- Rather Downton Abbey, we thought. - Well, yes, of course. That's where I got it from.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17Downton Abbey? You got it from Highclere!
0:22:17 > 0:22:22- A day to Highclere! You just walked out with it, did you? - I'm only joking!
0:22:22 > 0:22:24I think it's more Upstairs, Downstairs, personally.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26I can probably help you with the price a little bit.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28- Halfway there!- Yes.
0:22:28 > 0:22:31- Can we...? - THEY LAUGH
0:22:31 > 0:22:33- She's doing it again! - Work that magic!
0:22:33 > 0:22:36Listen, if I was... Darling, if I was younger,
0:22:36 > 0:22:41I could really persuade you! I'm an old girl now!
0:22:41 > 0:22:44We're not too far apart, I don't think.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46Steady on, you two! This is a family show.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49Now that you've been, er, charmed...
0:22:49 > 0:22:51Mesmerised!
0:22:51 > 0:22:56..what can it be? I know what it needs to be.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59- Would 40 be all right? That's half price.- Oh!
0:22:59 > 0:23:02That man took the words out of my mouth!
0:23:03 > 0:23:05- Thank you very much. - Another great deal for Anne,
0:23:05 > 0:23:09and it looks like the charm offensive is a draw.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12If today has proved anything, it's that dealers stand no chance
0:23:12 > 0:23:16against the wiles of an accomplished actress.
0:23:16 > 0:23:20I wonder where I can get one! Nighty-night, you lovely lot.
0:23:20 > 0:23:24But the show must go on, and so must this road trip.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27This is the great, glorious British summer.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30Having spent the whole of their first day in Henley,
0:23:30 > 0:23:35they're all in the motorcars and travelling on... damply.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39- It's a bit wetter today, darling, isn't it?- Oh, it is!
0:23:39 > 0:23:45It turns out that dark horse Thelma has got previous in this trade.
0:23:45 > 0:23:49- I worked for an auctioneer in my pre-theatre days.- Did you?- Yes.
0:23:49 > 0:23:53- What did you do?- I was in the office. I was a terrible secretary.
0:23:53 > 0:23:57- You never told me that.- There's a lot about me you don't know...
0:23:57 > 0:24:00- ..still to reveal! - THEY LAUGH
0:24:00 > 0:24:04How intriguing. I like a woman of mystery.
0:24:05 > 0:24:11So far, Thelma and David have spent £75 on four lots -
0:24:11 > 0:24:15the egg cruet set, the rosewood flutina,
0:24:15 > 0:24:17the carved wooden carp
0:24:17 > 0:24:22and an item that's probably a box and might well be Egyptian.
0:24:22 > 0:24:28While Anne and Paul take the prize for spend-thriftery so far,
0:24:28 > 0:24:31having shelled out a cool 100 smackers for three items -
0:24:31 > 0:24:33the pewter dish,
0:24:33 > 0:24:36the silver-plated tea set
0:24:36 > 0:24:40and the Edwardian magazine rack.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47# He played the ukulele As the ship went down #
0:24:47 > 0:24:51- Oh, please don't...- That's a song. - Don't sing, darling.- I won't sing.
0:24:51 > 0:24:54- I'd rather you didn't sing. - All right, darling.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57Where are we going from here, I wonder.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00You're going to meet Paul and David.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03- Two ladies!- Ah, here they are.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06- Right, my brolly... - I'm getting dribbled on!
0:25:06 > 0:25:08Good morning!
0:25:09 > 0:25:14- Hello. Round that side. - WOMEN: Hello!
0:25:14 > 0:25:17Luckily for you, you can stay in the car.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20- THEY LAUGH - Have you seen him?!
0:25:20 > 0:25:24Oh, dear! Come on, Mary Poppins, let's get going!
0:25:25 > 0:25:31Anne and Paul are motoring on towards Northend in Warwickshire...
0:25:33 > 0:25:35..and chatting away like old pals.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38I've twin boys, six year old,
0:25:38 > 0:25:42and they are massive fans of Doctor Who.
0:25:42 > 0:25:46- Oh!- Would I be right in thinking...? - I did, you're absolutely right.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49There was a lot of giggling went on that day.
0:25:49 > 0:25:54- David Tennant did not behave very well.- Oh!
0:25:54 > 0:25:56Those things always make me giggle.
0:25:56 > 0:26:00You think, "This is no job for grown-ups."
0:26:00 > 0:26:03Neither is this, to be honest, Anne.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08Having acquired a good haul of items yesterday,
0:26:08 > 0:26:11they've decided to take their feet off the gas a little
0:26:11 > 0:26:14and spend this morning visiting a fascinating local collection
0:26:14 > 0:26:17relating to World War I.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20- My dad was in the First World War. - Really?- Yes.
0:26:20 > 0:26:25I think he was in the Middle East, actually, because he learnt to speak Arabic.
0:26:25 > 0:26:29Between Anne's family link to the Great War via her dad's service,
0:26:29 > 0:26:33and Paul's great enthusiasm for all things militaria,
0:26:33 > 0:26:36they're certainly in for a treat this morning.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38What an interesting wee building.
0:26:38 > 0:26:42They're meeting collector James Gordon-Cummings.
0:26:42 > 0:26:44- James?- Yes.- Good to see you.
0:26:44 > 0:26:48- Amassed over the last 15 years... - Oh, wow!
0:26:48 > 0:26:54..James's huge collection numbers more than 1,300 items of trench art.
0:26:54 > 0:26:59He's fascinated by these objects, crafted by people caught up in war.
0:26:59 > 0:27:03These items were often handmade by servicemen, fighting in conflicts,
0:27:03 > 0:27:06or by civilians affected by them,
0:27:06 > 0:27:12so that they can be highly evocative of personal war experiences.
0:27:12 > 0:27:16The objects are often fashioned from discarded war materials,
0:27:16 > 0:27:23such as shell casings or, as here, discarded fighter plane propellers.
0:27:24 > 0:27:28Trench art was made during World War I and the post-war period.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30It's very iconic of the First World War.
0:27:30 > 0:27:34You only really get it in this scale
0:27:34 > 0:27:37because the First World War came slap-bang in the middle
0:27:37 > 0:27:40of the Arts & Crafts movement and Art Nouveau
0:27:40 > 0:27:41and everybody was a craftsman,
0:27:41 > 0:27:46and, suddenly, this 20th-century warfare lands in the middle
0:27:46 > 0:27:50and they have that ability to make things that they lost.
0:27:50 > 0:27:54In the '20s and '30s, machinery came in and everything became more mechanised.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57This truly was a World War
0:27:57 > 0:28:01and trench-art items can be found from many countries.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04I recognise those as hailing from the Middle East.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07- That's Damascus-type work, isn't it? - Yes.
0:28:07 > 0:28:11This type of inlay, where they've inlaid copper and silver,
0:28:11 > 0:28:15is very peculiar to the Middle East.
0:28:15 > 0:28:20These shells were actually made at the Bezalel School of Arts in Jerusalem.
0:28:20 > 0:28:22Oh, my goodness!
0:28:22 > 0:28:25But these are exceptionally nice...
0:28:25 > 0:28:28- ..and unusual things. - They're lovely!
0:28:29 > 0:28:35Anne has a personal connection to the Middle Eastern Theatre of War in World War I
0:28:35 > 0:28:38and a fascinating link to a very famous name.
0:28:38 > 0:28:42My father served in the Middle East as a young man.
0:28:42 > 0:28:45He was supposed to be one of the soldiers
0:28:45 > 0:28:47who was connected with Lawrence.
0:28:47 > 0:28:50- Yes, TE Lawrence.- Yes. - Lawrence of Arabia.
0:28:50 > 0:28:54One of the people who carried the money that he needed,
0:28:54 > 0:28:56he was one of the links, apparently.
0:28:56 > 0:29:01TE Lawrence was providing support, financial support,
0:29:01 > 0:29:04from England to the Arab tribes
0:29:04 > 0:29:07in order to help them and arm them
0:29:07 > 0:29:09to revolt against the Turkish occupation.
0:29:09 > 0:29:11So, yes, he did a very important job
0:29:11 > 0:29:14if he was actually part of that funnel of money
0:29:14 > 0:29:17to Lawrence and the Arab troops.
0:29:17 > 0:29:20James is taking them to see an object that tells another personal story,
0:29:20 > 0:29:24that of a British fighter pilot, Frank Billinge,
0:29:24 > 0:29:28who flew in the Royal Flying Corps, the precursor of the RAF.
0:29:28 > 0:29:31It's a clock, fashioned from Frank's damaged plane propeller.
0:29:31 > 0:29:36That propeller was on Frank Billinge's plane,
0:29:36 > 0:29:38he was in the Royal Flying Corps,
0:29:38 > 0:29:39and he was flying in France
0:29:39 > 0:29:43and they got attacked by three German Fokker planes,
0:29:43 > 0:29:48and that propeller actually got hit five times by German bullets
0:29:48 > 0:29:50but didn't destruct
0:29:50 > 0:29:54and managed to bring him back over the lines.
0:29:54 > 0:29:56But in the course of that, he was injured
0:29:56 > 0:29:59and sent back to England to recuperate.
0:29:59 > 0:30:02He was sent to a hospital for servicemen
0:30:02 > 0:30:08which had been set up in the grand former Hampshire home of Empress Eugenie,
0:30:08 > 0:30:13the exiled wife of former French Emperor Napoleon III.
0:30:13 > 0:30:17Frank was sent there, with his injury,
0:30:17 > 0:30:19and they struck up a friendship,
0:30:19 > 0:30:22and he had the propeller from his accident
0:30:22 > 0:30:26turned into that clock and presented to the Empress
0:30:26 > 0:30:29as a mark of respect to her and her friendship.
0:30:29 > 0:30:31- What a lovely story.- It is indeed!
0:30:31 > 0:30:35It's all written on that little silver plaque at the bottom.
0:30:35 > 0:30:37Yes.
0:30:37 > 0:30:40That's a fantastic object!
0:30:40 > 0:30:43Great story, isn't it?
0:30:43 > 0:30:45How wonderful!
0:30:45 > 0:30:48But having paid tribute to Anne's dad
0:30:48 > 0:30:50and all the other brave men who served,
0:30:50 > 0:30:53it's time for them to be hitting the road.
0:30:53 > 0:30:56James, thanks for having us. That was absolutely magic.
0:30:56 > 0:30:58Pleasure. Thank you for coming.
0:30:58 > 0:31:02- Thank you.- Lovely to meet you, Anne. I'm glad we had a link with your father.
0:31:02 > 0:31:04I know! That was really nice.
0:31:04 > 0:31:07Thank you very much.
0:31:08 > 0:31:12- Thelma and David, meanwhile, are in the Merc...- What a day!
0:31:12 > 0:31:16..and heading for the town of Woodstock, Oxfordshire.
0:31:19 > 0:31:21This attractive and historic town
0:31:21 > 0:31:24makes an excellent place to continue their buying,
0:31:24 > 0:31:25despite the weather.
0:31:25 > 0:31:28- We're going to go in this one here. - OK.
0:31:28 > 0:31:32They're dashing into Woodstock Art And Antiques,
0:31:32 > 0:31:35where there's a very warm welcome from dealer Michael.
0:31:35 > 0:31:36- Whaa!- Hello, David!- Hello!
0:31:36 > 0:31:40- Welcome to Woodstock.- Thank you! - Very, very wet!
0:31:40 > 0:31:42Thelma! Thelma!
0:31:42 > 0:31:43Ahh!
0:31:43 > 0:31:46- Pleased to meet you. Sorry about the weather.- I know!
0:31:46 > 0:31:50Well, a browse should keep you out of the soup for a bit.
0:31:50 > 0:31:52- CHIMING - Oh!
0:31:53 > 0:31:58And some items are leading Thelma down Memory Lane this morning.
0:31:58 > 0:32:02And this, certainly, reminds me of my great aunt.
0:32:02 > 0:32:05One of our celebrations when I was in Coronation Street,
0:32:05 > 0:32:09- we all got lovely carriage clocks like that.- Did you? - Yes. I've still got it.
0:32:09 > 0:32:12You know, it's just a lot of things that just tick with you.
0:32:12 > 0:32:15- TICK with you...! - TIM LAUGHS
0:32:16 > 0:32:21Sorry! A pretty little something's caught Thelma's eye.
0:32:21 > 0:32:25That's been here less than a week. It is fabulous silver.
0:32:25 > 0:32:29It's a silver lady's calling-card case.
0:32:29 > 0:32:33There's a Birmingham hallmark, dating from 1915.
0:32:33 > 0:32:35- That is solid silver.- It's lovely.
0:32:35 > 0:32:38- It's very elegant. It's very you.- Mm.
0:32:38 > 0:32:42Gilded interior. So solid silver with a gold-plated interior.
0:32:42 > 0:32:43Isn't it lovely?
0:32:43 > 0:32:46How much is it to us, trade, Michael?
0:32:46 > 0:32:49I've got to pick up £90 on that, I think.
0:32:49 > 0:32:52Maybe parcel it again, another bit of silver,
0:32:52 > 0:32:56- which has got a lot more to play with.- OK. OK.
0:32:56 > 0:32:59David's not convinced at £90,
0:32:59 > 0:33:03so they're going to try to assemble a job lot of silver items
0:33:03 > 0:33:08which Michael might be able to let them have for a more attractive price.
0:33:08 > 0:33:12- A fruit knife! - A lady's fruit knife. Cased.
0:33:12 > 0:33:15It is indeed a lady's fruit knife, dating from 1924,
0:33:15 > 0:33:18in its original case.
0:33:20 > 0:33:23- That's a nice little thing. - That's gorgeous.- That's very nice.
0:33:23 > 0:33:26He's got something else from the Jazz Age -
0:33:26 > 0:33:29a white metal chainmail handbag.
0:33:29 > 0:33:32A 1920s...
0:33:32 > 0:33:34- That's pretty.- ..bag.
0:33:35 > 0:33:39- You tell me what you think, Thelma. - You can do the Charleston with that. - Yes!
0:33:39 > 0:33:42I'm really, really going to help you.
0:33:42 > 0:33:47I shall do the three for £80.
0:33:47 > 0:33:49All three for 80?
0:33:49 > 0:33:54But David's still worried the lot won't perform at auction.
0:33:54 > 0:33:58- It doesn't get me overly excited on the profit stakes.- No.
0:33:58 > 0:34:01So Michael's generously offering to throw in
0:34:01 > 0:34:06another two silver gewgaws from the early 20th century -
0:34:06 > 0:34:11a manicure tool and a little magnifying glass.
0:34:11 > 0:34:13This little magnifying glass is so pretty.
0:34:13 > 0:34:16- Silver enamel. - Oh, that's rather nice.
0:34:16 > 0:34:18- It's lovely, isn't it? - Birmingham 1934.
0:34:18 > 0:34:22So, how much can he do this silvery mega-lot for?
0:34:22 > 0:34:25100 for the five.
0:34:25 > 0:34:28It sounds marvellous, you've been wonderfully generous,
0:34:28 > 0:34:31but if you could do a little bit more!
0:34:31 > 0:34:3490, and that is going to be it!
0:34:34 > 0:34:38He daren't look at you! Have you noticed?
0:34:38 > 0:34:42- I'm sure we've got a deal at 90. - Yes.- Right.
0:34:42 > 0:34:46I think it is an interesting lot and it's a cracking deal.
0:34:46 > 0:34:49- It's wonderful. - It's a cracking deal.- Yes. Thank you.
0:34:49 > 0:34:52- Are we going to say yes?- Yes. - Go for it.
0:34:52 > 0:34:56- Thank you.- The Thelma magic works again. Thank you very much.
0:34:56 > 0:34:59So they've got a sterling deal on all that pretty stuff
0:34:59 > 0:35:02and David and Thelma are all bought up!
0:35:02 > 0:35:04DAVID LAUGHS
0:35:05 > 0:35:10Anne and Paul are making their way onto Banbury in Oxfordshire...
0:35:11 > 0:35:16..where they're aiming for Slade's Antiques & House Clearances.
0:35:16 > 0:35:18Yes, fine!
0:35:18 > 0:35:20They're meeting dealer Ian.
0:35:20 > 0:35:22Come on in, Annie!
0:35:23 > 0:35:26- Hello there!- Hello!
0:35:26 > 0:35:28- Hello. I'm Annie. - I'm Ian. Nice to meet you.
0:35:28 > 0:35:33- Paul. Good to see you. - Along with Cheryl and baby Isla.
0:35:33 > 0:35:36- Hi there, both! - HE LAUGHS
0:35:36 > 0:35:38Happy soul!
0:35:38 > 0:35:41Ian specialises in house clearances,
0:35:41 > 0:35:47so this large warehouse is stuffed with large boxes and boxes full of items.
0:35:47 > 0:35:52What we're looking at is the content of houses.
0:35:52 > 0:35:56This sort of place is exactly where they might find a hidden gem,
0:35:56 > 0:36:00but combing through the stock is a daunting task.
0:36:00 > 0:36:02- Holy Moses! - I know. It's impossible, isn't it?
0:36:02 > 0:36:06There's so much stuff!
0:36:06 > 0:36:09I don't know where to start.
0:36:09 > 0:36:10Ooh, look who it is -
0:36:10 > 0:36:14another of Anne's Dinnerladies colleagues.
0:36:14 > 0:36:16- Is that Thora?- Yes.
0:36:16 > 0:36:18Now, Thora,
0:36:18 > 0:36:23point us in the direction of something really good, please, darling.
0:36:23 > 0:36:25Thank you. I remember that hat.
0:36:27 > 0:36:30Shortly, Paul spies something.
0:36:30 > 0:36:34We've got some old magic lantern slides.
0:36:34 > 0:36:36- OK.- Magic lantern...- They're French.
0:36:36 > 0:36:40It's a fair big quantity.
0:36:40 > 0:36:44It is a big quantity. What sort of subject matters do we have?
0:36:44 > 0:36:47- Oh!- Cracking label, isn't it?
0:36:47 > 0:36:50They're slides for a late Victorian magic lantern,
0:36:50 > 0:36:52bearing the images of engravings
0:36:52 > 0:36:55that would be projected onto a wall or screen.
0:36:55 > 0:36:59- This is what they had instead of television.- Yes.
0:36:59 > 0:37:03Let's all three of us hope they don't make a comeback, then!
0:37:03 > 0:37:05Have we found anything...
0:37:06 > 0:37:09..really interesting?
0:37:09 > 0:37:12How are you working the prices on these?
0:37:12 > 0:37:15I haven't actually had the time to go through them all,
0:37:15 > 0:37:20but for the whole lot, I'd want 200,
0:37:20 > 0:37:23or we can come to a price on a few boxes.
0:37:23 > 0:37:29Can you slaughter your price or are you going to give me paltry little discounts?
0:37:29 > 0:37:33- Make me an offer.- I'll give you £50 the lot, easy as that.
0:37:33 > 0:37:35I'll take 100.
0:37:35 > 0:37:3870 quid cash and we've got...
0:37:38 > 0:37:40I'll tell you something else - as a sweetener,
0:37:40 > 0:37:44I promise we'll buy something else off you today.
0:37:46 > 0:37:49Annie, work your magic. Look the man in the eyes!
0:37:49 > 0:37:54- Help me here!- No, he doesn't look like I'm his type!
0:37:54 > 0:37:57Try, woman, try!
0:37:57 > 0:38:01Shall I sing you a song to persuade you to come down?
0:38:01 > 0:38:03THEY LAUGH
0:38:03 > 0:38:05£70 here on these,
0:38:05 > 0:38:08and I assure you, we will make another purchase before we go.
0:38:08 > 0:38:11- Oh, go on, then. - Good man! Thanks, Ian.- No problem.
0:38:11 > 0:38:14- Thanks for the support there, compadre!- Thank you.
0:38:14 > 0:38:20The magic two-hander of hard haggling and star power does it again!
0:38:20 > 0:38:25And sheet music enthusiast Anne has spotted some keys.
0:38:25 > 0:38:28SHE PLAYS DISCORDANTLY
0:38:28 > 0:38:30Oh, it's a bit out of tune!
0:38:30 > 0:38:32What about the vertebrae?
0:38:32 > 0:38:35There's no age to that, but it's quirky.
0:38:35 > 0:38:37Oh, gosh, no!
0:38:37 > 0:38:40Fear not, dear viewers, it's only plastic.
0:38:40 > 0:38:44Vertebrae! Who wants a vertebrae?
0:38:44 > 0:38:49Let's hope they've got the backbone to keep on hunting!
0:38:49 > 0:38:52But there's something elsewhere that might spin them a profit.
0:38:52 > 0:38:55Oh, there's a spindle. Look at the spindle.
0:38:55 > 0:38:57- A spinning wheel, yes. - A spinning wheel.
0:38:57 > 0:38:59That's quite unusual.
0:38:59 > 0:39:03- Do you like? - Yes. I just think that's so unusual.
0:39:03 > 0:39:06How much is that going for?
0:39:06 > 0:39:08- Be gentle!- Yes?
0:39:08 > 0:39:11That would have to be £80.
0:39:11 > 0:39:15- Right.- But, of course, Paul has another figure in mind.
0:39:15 > 0:39:20At 40, I think it's there or thereabouts, from our point of view.
0:39:20 > 0:39:23The best price I could do on it would be £50.
0:39:23 > 0:39:27- It's a big, striking object. - All right.- It stands out.
0:39:27 > 0:39:31- I would do that, too, really.- Yes? - Yes.
0:39:31 > 0:39:33- Are you shaking Ian's hand?- Yes.
0:39:33 > 0:39:37- Thank you very much, Anne. - Thanks, Ian.
0:39:37 > 0:39:39Deal done, and it's time to be off.
0:39:40 > 0:39:44Meanwhile, Thelma and David are also all bought up
0:39:44 > 0:39:50so they've travelled onwards to the environs of Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire...
0:39:50 > 0:39:55- It's a bit tight. - ..where they're visiting a centuries' old local landmark -
0:39:55 > 0:39:59the atmospheric Jacobean home Chastleton House.
0:40:03 > 0:40:07A National Trust property, Chastleton is an incredible time capsule,
0:40:07 > 0:40:12transporting visitors back to its 17th-century origins.
0:40:14 > 0:40:16As Thelma is a keen gardener,
0:40:16 > 0:40:20they're definitely going to take a tour around the house grounds.
0:40:20 > 0:40:23But first, they're going to learn a little bit more
0:40:23 > 0:40:26about what makes it so unique.
0:40:26 > 0:40:30They're meeting Sebastian Conway, the house steward.
0:40:30 > 0:40:34- Hello there.- Hello!- Hi!- Oh, dear! - Welcome to Chastleton.
0:40:34 > 0:40:37- Are we going inside? - Please do come straight in.
0:40:37 > 0:40:39- Thank you.- Thank you very much.
0:40:39 > 0:40:41Do come into the Great Hall.
0:40:41 > 0:40:45- The Great Hall.- The Great Hall. - Gosh, it is a great hall, isn't it?
0:40:45 > 0:40:48The same family owned the house for 400 years.
0:40:48 > 0:40:51You can't believe this is just for a family, can you?
0:40:51 > 0:40:53The chap above the fireplace is Walter Jones.
0:40:53 > 0:40:56He purchased the estate back in 1603,
0:40:56 > 0:40:59with grand ideas that he'd marry his children into very good local families
0:40:59 > 0:41:02and perhaps the estate would continue to grow.
0:41:02 > 0:41:06What did he do? How did he get his money to do this?
0:41:06 > 0:41:10We're told he inherited quite a large fortune from his grandfather.
0:41:10 > 0:41:12They were wool merchants.
0:41:12 > 0:41:15But sadly, the family's prosperous times were not to last.
0:41:15 > 0:41:18Walter dies in 1632,
0:41:18 > 0:41:22to be sort of, er, succeeded by his son and heir Henry.
0:41:22 > 0:41:25There seems to be a sort of marked decline.
0:41:25 > 0:41:29Over the subsequent three centuries, the family have really struggled to keep the house,
0:41:29 > 0:41:30the estate has always shrunk.
0:41:30 > 0:41:33But remarkably, this meant that the house was preserved
0:41:33 > 0:41:36almost in its 17th-century state.
0:41:36 > 0:41:39The last lady who lived here, Mrs Clutton-Brock,
0:41:39 > 0:41:42she had a wonderful saying - poverty was a great preserver.
0:41:42 > 0:41:47The fact that didn't have the money meant that there was no other option to altering it.
0:41:47 > 0:41:51So when the National Trust became involved with the house in the early '90s,
0:41:51 > 0:41:54it really presented with us this fantastic time capsule
0:41:54 > 0:41:57which had been unaltered since the early 17th century.
0:41:57 > 0:42:01Remarkable! Now a special treat for green-fingered Thelma -
0:42:01 > 0:42:05Sebastian's going to take them outside to see the gardens.
0:42:07 > 0:42:09Do come through.
0:42:09 > 0:42:14Sebastian is handing them over to his colleague, volunteer gardener Julie.
0:42:14 > 0:42:17- Hello, Julie. David Harper.- Hello. - Nice to meet you.
0:42:17 > 0:42:19Lovely to meet you.
0:42:19 > 0:42:21Beautiful, beautiful garden!
0:42:21 > 0:42:23This garden layout, like the house,
0:42:23 > 0:42:28is a gently faded echo of the estate's cash-strapped past.
0:42:28 > 0:42:32It was laid out in the early 1600s, probably by the architect of the house,
0:42:32 > 0:42:35and it then never really changed much.
0:42:35 > 0:42:40The topiary shrubs here were once fashioned into precise shapes.
0:42:40 > 0:42:42Like a ship in sail,
0:42:42 > 0:42:44a tea cup,
0:42:44 > 0:42:46a milk jug, a horse,
0:42:46 > 0:42:49but over the last 50 years the family lived here,
0:42:49 > 0:42:51they got a bit big and out of shape.
0:42:51 > 0:42:55- You're trying to get them back to... - We can't get them back because they're too old,
0:42:55 > 0:42:59but we like to give a hint of what they looked like.
0:42:59 > 0:43:02Can David and Thelma guess what they were?
0:43:02 > 0:43:05- Which one?- That one, to the right of the arch.- Oh...
0:43:05 > 0:43:09It's a... It's a... It's a, erm, a bust, a head, on a plinth!
0:43:09 > 0:43:11I was going to say a monster head.
0:43:11 > 0:43:14- No, it's a horse!- It's a horse! - Of course it's a horse! Thelma!
0:43:14 > 0:43:18Yes, tut-tut, Thelma! Of course it's a horse!
0:43:18 > 0:43:21- This, for you, is fantastic, isn't it?- It's lovely.
0:43:21 > 0:43:24Look how serene it is. It's just lovely.
0:43:24 > 0:43:29- Do you spend plenty of time still in the garden these days? - Oh, yes, I do a lot.
0:43:29 > 0:43:31As you say, it's healthy, you're getting fresh air
0:43:31 > 0:43:35and you're being creative, which is another great thing.
0:43:35 > 0:43:38Indeed it is.
0:43:38 > 0:43:41And the grounds have one other big claim to fame -
0:43:41 > 0:43:46the rules of croquet were codified here in the 1860s
0:43:46 > 0:43:49by a chap called Walter Whitmore Jones.
0:43:49 > 0:43:53So, how about a game on the croquet lawn to round off the visit?
0:43:53 > 0:43:56I don't know the rules!
0:43:56 > 0:43:59You've never let that stop you before, David!
0:44:00 > 0:44:01Yeah...
0:44:01 > 0:44:05Oh! Almost! That would've been fantastic.
0:44:05 > 0:44:07Ohh!
0:44:08 > 0:44:13- # We're proud of the stately homes Of England #- Bad luck!
0:44:13 > 0:44:15You've either got it or you haven't.
0:44:15 > 0:44:19- Yes! Yes!- And I haven't got it! - You haven't!
0:44:19 > 0:44:22Lordy! Anne and Paul have caught up with them at Chastleton
0:44:22 > 0:44:25and it's time for our duelling teams of mixed doubles
0:44:25 > 0:44:28to reveal their items to each other.
0:44:28 > 0:44:31First up, Thelma and David.
0:44:31 > 0:44:33Oh, dear! PAUL LAUGHS
0:44:33 > 0:44:35What?!
0:44:35 > 0:44:36They look... impressed?
0:44:36 > 0:44:38What's that?
0:44:38 > 0:44:41- DAVID:- It's a box with a lift-up lid.
0:44:41 > 0:44:43- It could be a seat. - It could be a seat.
0:44:43 > 0:44:46It could be just something a bit unusual.
0:44:46 > 0:44:47It's a bit bonkers.
0:44:47 > 0:44:50TIM: 'I'm not sure they're sold on that one.'
0:44:50 > 0:44:51What is that?
0:44:51 > 0:44:56- You'll love this, Anne. - This is what we call in the business
0:44:56 > 0:44:58a chest expander.
0:44:58 > 0:45:02- DISCORDANT NOTES Oh, I love it!- I knew you would!
0:45:02 > 0:45:04I want that! I'll have that.
0:45:04 > 0:45:08- Isn't that just utterly delicious? - Can I?- Go for it.- It's beautiful.
0:45:08 > 0:45:11Late 19th century, Marquetry inlaid.
0:45:11 > 0:45:13- SHE GASPS - 'Sabotage.'
0:45:13 > 0:45:15- I think you press one of these.- Oh.
0:45:15 > 0:45:19Have you been teaching Anne some naughty tricks? I know you!
0:45:19 > 0:45:21Sorry. I didn't know I was supposed to press a button.
0:45:21 > 0:45:26- I apologise.- Press the buttons. If you don't mind, do it quite gently.- I will.
0:45:26 > 0:45:28- Press one of those?- Any one.
0:45:28 > 0:45:30- And pull gently.- And that one?
0:45:30 > 0:45:33ACCORDION-STYLE MUSIC # La! #
0:45:35 > 0:45:39'At least they're in tune with you on that buy. Lovely!'
0:45:39 > 0:45:41What else did you buy?
0:45:41 > 0:45:45- We've got a collection of silver. - That's the prettiest thing you've ever seen.
0:45:45 > 0:45:47- Is that silver, the purse?- Yes.
0:45:47 > 0:45:51That's silver-plate or white metal. The rest of it is silver.
0:45:51 > 0:45:54- All hallmarked, apart from that item there.- Yes.
0:45:54 > 0:45:57We spent roughly £20...
0:45:57 > 0:45:59- No!- ..for this,
0:45:59 > 0:46:02- 90 for the silver collection. - That's good.
0:46:02 > 0:46:04But I think this is truly the star.
0:46:04 > 0:46:09'Thelma's the star! But at £35, the flutina is pretty good, too.'
0:46:09 > 0:46:11- So that's us! - 'Now for Anne and Paul.'
0:46:11 > 0:46:13We're still all right!
0:46:13 > 0:46:16- I'll roll the drums now. - He's confident.
0:46:16 > 0:46:19Here we go! Here we go!
0:46:19 > 0:46:22Oh, look! Totally different, isn't it?
0:46:22 > 0:46:25- Totally different. - Totally different.- Yes!
0:46:25 > 0:46:28OK. I can see a nice piece of pewter.
0:46:28 > 0:46:29- Yes.- A pewter plate.
0:46:29 > 0:46:32That was my choice. I picked that out.
0:46:32 > 0:46:35- Is that a spice dish?- Yes. - It's quite old.
0:46:35 > 0:46:38- It's pretty... It's got, er, initials on.- Here.- Yes.
0:46:38 > 0:46:41- What date? 200 years old?- Erm...
0:46:41 > 0:46:45It's 18th century and it could be mid or early,
0:46:45 > 0:46:47- but it's 18th century.- OK.
0:46:47 > 0:46:49- I think 250 years is a safe bet.- OK.
0:46:49 > 0:46:51BOTH: Ooh!
0:46:51 > 0:46:53How much was that?
0:46:53 > 0:46:56- £40.- OK.
0:46:56 > 0:47:00- And what's here?- The biggest and most interesting collection of magic lantern slides
0:47:00 > 0:47:02- I've seen in many a moon.- Oh!
0:47:02 > 0:47:04Mm...!
0:47:04 > 0:47:08- I paid £70 for those. - OK. That's possibly cute.
0:47:08 > 0:47:11That could make a £10 note off several hundred!
0:47:11 > 0:47:13Only making a tenner? You're prayers are answered!
0:47:13 > 0:47:17'Maybe. But what's behind you, David?'
0:47:17 > 0:47:21- Ta-da!- I thought that was a prop! - I thought it belonged to the house!
0:47:21 > 0:47:25I think there's going to be some profit here, both sides.
0:47:25 > 0:47:28- 'Well, let's hope so.' - Shake on it, darling!- Good luck.
0:47:28 > 0:47:32'Everything's very friendly when they're face-to-face.
0:47:32 > 0:47:35'But do the gloves come off behind closed doors?'
0:47:35 > 0:47:39- I would never have thought of buying those slides.- I know. - They wouldn't appeal to me.
0:47:39 > 0:47:44- What else did they have? The pewter plate.- I love that. - Ah, it's a pewter plate!
0:47:44 > 0:47:48Is there anything on their table you would swap for something on our table?
0:47:48 > 0:47:50No. Absolutely not.
0:47:50 > 0:47:54- Even the daft carp? - Come on now, don't be so koi!
0:47:54 > 0:47:56I thought that box was...
0:47:56 > 0:48:00You'd really have to be a specialist to want that.
0:48:00 > 0:48:03I loved the little handbag and the little card case.
0:48:03 > 0:48:05- Lovely.- I like that.
0:48:05 > 0:48:07- Lovely.- And the squeeze box was...
0:48:07 > 0:48:11- I would like that. - What an exquisite little object.
0:48:11 > 0:48:14- I'm quite confident. - Are you feeling good?- Yes, I am.
0:48:14 > 0:48:17Sounds like everyone's primed and ready for battle.
0:48:17 > 0:48:20Let's get at it!
0:48:20 > 0:48:25Our pair of tussling twosomes have travelled from Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire,
0:48:25 > 0:48:28to end up here, in Penkridge, Staffordshire.
0:48:28 > 0:48:32The ancient market town of Penkridge seems a fine place
0:48:32 > 0:48:35to set the scene for some selling.
0:48:36 > 0:48:41They're pulling up at Cuttlestones Auctioneers & Valuers.
0:48:41 > 0:48:45Here we are! There's plenty of people, Paul!
0:48:45 > 0:48:47Plenty of people!
0:48:50 > 0:48:53I'm going to get my lady, you get yours.
0:48:53 > 0:48:58- Good morning.- Good morning. How are you?- Very well. - Good.- I'm raring to go.
0:48:58 > 0:49:01- Show time, Annie.- Show time!
0:49:01 > 0:49:05Just follow me. Ignore these two. They're of no importance.
0:49:05 > 0:49:10Huh! Someone's getting a little big for his britches.
0:49:10 > 0:49:15Auctioneer Dave Eglington holds our teams' fates in his gavel hands.
0:49:15 > 0:49:18Before the off, what does he make of their lots?
0:49:18 > 0:49:21The Egyptian carved box could struggle a little bit.
0:49:21 > 0:49:26Nice little pewter spice dish, but it's a nice utility piece and it fits in with today's styles.
0:49:26 > 0:49:30With the rosewood accordion - no musicians in my family -
0:49:30 > 0:49:33but there will be one or two in the crowd today.
0:49:33 > 0:49:37So it might be going for a song.
0:49:37 > 0:49:41Thelma and David began the road trip with £400.
0:49:41 > 0:49:45They spent quite a modest £165...
0:49:45 > 0:49:46# La! #
0:49:46 > 0:49:51..and have assembled five lots for today's sale.
0:49:52 > 0:49:54Anne and Paul also began with 400 smackers.
0:49:54 > 0:49:58They spent £220 of that...
0:49:58 > 0:50:01- Please... - Certainly! It's a done deal!
0:50:02 > 0:50:05..and also have five lots to show for it.
0:50:05 > 0:50:09- No!- No? HE COUGHS THEATRICALLY
0:50:09 > 0:50:12It's almost time for curtain up. On your marks...
0:50:12 > 0:50:15I can feel the pressure building now. Can you feel it?
0:50:15 > 0:50:19- Do you feel the pressure? - I'm very pressured, yes.
0:50:19 > 0:50:23I think I'll have to go. I don't think I can stand the strain!
0:50:23 > 0:50:28First up are Anne and Paul's many boxes of magic lantern slides.
0:50:28 > 0:50:30Will they light their way to a profit?
0:50:30 > 0:50:32Fantastic bids here. £20 bid.
0:50:32 > 0:50:35Oh! Low start...
0:50:35 > 0:50:39..22. 24. 26. 28. 30. 32. 34.
0:50:39 > 0:50:41Any advance on £34?
0:50:41 > 0:50:45Are we all done? I shall sell at £34.
0:50:45 > 0:50:49That definitely puts them in the shade.
0:50:49 > 0:50:51Ouch! Ouch, ouch!
0:50:51 > 0:50:54Now, the first for Thelma and David,
0:50:54 > 0:50:59as their entirely eccentric Egyptian-style box is up.
0:50:59 > 0:51:02- It's rare. Really rare.- Very nice.
0:51:02 > 0:51:0414. 18. 20.
0:51:04 > 0:51:06- Go on!- 24.
0:51:06 > 0:51:08- More than that!- Any advance on £24?
0:51:08 > 0:51:13- It's a bargain! Go on!- You'll never see another one like it!
0:51:13 > 0:51:16- You'll definitely never see another! - There might be a reason for that!
0:51:16 > 0:51:20Yes! There's a fresh one! That's more like it!
0:51:20 > 0:51:24- I shall sell for £38.- Oh!
0:51:24 > 0:51:28It's a tidy profit. Anne is feeling the pressure.
0:51:28 > 0:51:32I think acting is much less stressful!
0:51:33 > 0:51:37I think I'd happily play Hamlet rather than go through this.
0:51:38 > 0:51:43To be or not to be... a profit on Anne and Paul's pewter dish?
0:51:43 > 0:51:46- Straight in at £22.- 22.
0:51:46 > 0:51:49It's gorgeous! I chose it!
0:51:49 > 0:51:52It was my choice. It's 1700-and-something!
0:51:52 > 0:51:56- It's beautiful!- 24. 26. 28. 30. No?
0:51:56 > 0:52:00- Oh, go on!- Come on!- Honestly!
0:52:00 > 0:52:02Crikey, it's not flying!
0:52:02 > 0:52:04At £40...
0:52:04 > 0:52:08- At £40, all done?- It's beautiful with fruit on it! Lovely!
0:52:08 > 0:52:13And they'll have to subtract auction costs from that.
0:52:13 > 0:52:17Another chance for Anne and Paul to rack up some profit
0:52:17 > 0:52:19with their Edwardian magazine stand.
0:52:19 > 0:52:22Fantastic bids in here. £20 is bid on the magazine rack.
0:52:22 > 0:52:2522. 24. 26. 28. 30.
0:52:25 > 0:52:2730 away. At £30.
0:52:27 > 0:52:31Are we all done? I shall sell for £30.
0:52:31 > 0:52:35Sadly, the punters' brass stays in their pockets.
0:52:35 > 0:52:41I don't know what we did, but it must've been very, very bad!
0:52:41 > 0:52:45Now it's Thelma and David's expertly assembled job lot
0:52:45 > 0:52:48of silvery trinkets.
0:52:48 > 0:52:50- £30 bid.- It's beautiful!
0:52:50 > 0:52:55- 32. 34. 36. 38. 40. 42. 44. 46. - A long way to go.
0:52:55 > 0:53:0048. 50. At £50 with me. £50. 55.
0:53:00 > 0:53:04- 60. At £60.- Come on!- 65. 70.
0:53:04 > 0:53:0675. 80.
0:53:06 > 0:53:11- At £85 in the corner. £85. Any advance on 85?- Please!
0:53:11 > 0:53:16- Am I all done?- No.- Selling for £85.
0:53:16 > 0:53:18- GAVEL BANGS - Terrible luck!
0:53:18 > 0:53:21That lot really should've sparkled.
0:53:21 > 0:53:25There's another chance for Anne and Paul to shine now
0:53:25 > 0:53:27with the silver-plated tea service.
0:53:27 > 0:53:31- Bids in here at £10.- Oh!- Go on! - 10 bid. Any advance on £10?
0:53:31 > 0:53:3412. 14. 16. 18.
0:53:34 > 0:53:38- £20 with the lady. £20. 22.- Yes! - £22 in the far corner.
0:53:38 > 0:53:41- Go on!- Any advance on £22?
0:53:41 > 0:53:4424. 26. 28.
0:53:44 > 0:53:48- 30. 32.- That's better.- 34. - It's so pretty.
0:53:48 > 0:53:4936. Fresh money.
0:53:49 > 0:53:52Good!
0:53:52 > 0:53:55All done at £36.
0:53:55 > 0:54:00Phew! That finally serves up a steaming cup of profit.
0:54:01 > 0:54:06It's the carved carp next. Will it leave them swimming in dosh?
0:54:06 > 0:54:10- Bids in here at £8 only.- Oh!- £8. 10. 12. 14.
0:54:10 > 0:54:16- 16. 18's with you, sir. 20.- Better! - 22.- Go on!- 24.
0:54:16 > 0:54:19- 26. 28. 30.- Go on.
0:54:19 > 0:54:23- Has somebody got a restaurant they can...?- At £32 with the lady.
0:54:23 > 0:54:25- Any advance? With you at £32. - CARPE diem!
0:54:25 > 0:54:28All done and selling at £32.
0:54:28 > 0:54:31Did I tell you the one about the profit they caught?
0:54:31 > 0:54:33It was this big!
0:54:33 > 0:54:36What do you think of Mr Carp now, then, Thelma Barlow?
0:54:36 > 0:54:40- Mr Carp's maybe a little bit better than I thought.- Yeah. Aye, aye!
0:54:40 > 0:54:44Now it's the 19th-century contraption for Anne and Paul.
0:54:44 > 0:54:47- But will it spin them a profit? - £20 is bid.
0:54:47 > 0:54:50At 20. Any advance on 20? 22. 24.
0:54:50 > 0:54:5326. 28. £30 with you, sir, at £30.
0:54:53 > 0:54:56Any advance on £30? To my left, 32. 34.
0:54:56 > 0:55:00- 36.- That's better.- 38. - That's better.- 40.- Go on.
0:55:00 > 0:55:02- Come on.- 42. 44.
0:55:02 > 0:55:06- Come on!- 46. Fresh money.- Yes!- 48.
0:55:06 > 0:55:09- Get to the 50s!- 50.- Come on!
0:55:09 > 0:55:11- 55?- This is better.- One more?
0:55:11 > 0:55:13It's beautiful.
0:55:13 > 0:55:15PAUL: You'll regret it!
0:55:15 > 0:55:17- 60.- Yes!
0:55:17 > 0:55:1865. He's determined.
0:55:18 > 0:55:21- Any advance on £65? - GAVEL BANGS
0:55:21 > 0:55:24After a woolly start, they do get a profit.
0:55:24 > 0:55:28Now it's the silver-plated egg cruet set for Thelma and David.
0:55:28 > 0:55:32- Here we go! Here we go! This is ours.- Bids in at £10.
0:55:32 > 0:55:36- Double money!- £10 bid. 12. 14. 16.
0:55:36 > 0:55:40- 18.- Come on.- 20 is with you. 22. 24.- Go on!
0:55:40 > 0:55:45- People of taste, obviously! - £24. Any advance on £24?
0:55:45 > 0:55:49- 26. Fresh money. £26.- Good price. - 28.
0:55:49 > 0:55:52No? At £26...
0:55:52 > 0:55:55All done and selling for £26.
0:55:55 > 0:55:58A smashing little buy for that team.
0:55:58 > 0:56:03Next it's the lovely flutina - Thelma and David's star lot.
0:56:03 > 0:56:05Oh! Hang on!
0:56:05 > 0:56:10# Are you going To Scarborough Fair? #
0:56:10 > 0:56:13Lovely! But that's enough of that, thank you, girls!
0:56:13 > 0:56:15£30 is bid. At 30.
0:56:15 > 0:56:17Any advance on 30? 32. 34.
0:56:17 > 0:56:21- 36. 38. 40. 50.- Come on!- And five. - Come on.
0:56:21 > 0:56:24- 60. And five.- Come on. - 70 with me. £70.
0:56:24 > 0:56:27- No?- No? At £70!- Oh, go on, please! - Any advance? 75.
0:56:27 > 0:56:31- At 85 in the far corner. - Get bidding! Never mind that!- £85.
0:56:31 > 0:56:33- 90.- Yes! Come on.
0:56:33 > 0:56:36- That's better!- 100.- A lady of taste!
0:56:36 > 0:56:40- Ooh, it's climbing! - Thelma, tell him!
0:56:40 > 0:56:45130. She's determined. At £130.
0:56:45 > 0:56:48- Come on.- 135.- Ooh! - 140. Are we all done?
0:56:48 > 0:56:52- I shall sell for £140. - GAVEL BANGS
0:56:52 > 0:56:56Our lovely showgirls lead the saleroom a merry dance
0:56:56 > 0:56:57and earn a win.
0:56:57 > 0:57:01- Are you a musician? - No, but I'm going to learn!
0:57:01 > 0:57:03LAUGHTER
0:57:03 > 0:57:06No insult, but it couldn't be any worse!
0:57:06 > 0:57:08Everyone's a critic.
0:57:08 > 0:57:11And with that spot of audience participation,
0:57:11 > 0:57:15- the curtain falls on this performance.- Come on.
0:57:15 > 0:57:19Understudies Anne and Paul started this trip with £400.
0:57:19 > 0:57:21After paying auction costs,
0:57:21 > 0:57:24they made an unfortunate loss of £51.90,
0:57:24 > 0:57:27leaving them with £348.10.
0:57:27 > 0:57:29Bad luck, you two.
0:57:33 > 0:57:36But Thelma and David are the undisputed stars.
0:57:36 > 0:57:38They also started with £400
0:57:38 > 0:57:43and managed to secure a handsome profit of £98.22,
0:57:43 > 0:57:45meaning they finished the road trip with,
0:57:45 > 0:57:47let's do the maths now,
0:57:47 > 0:57:51£498.22.
0:57:52 > 0:57:57All the profits generated from the auction will be donated to Children In Need.
0:57:57 > 0:58:01Don't worry, we made up for your failings, so it's all OK!
0:58:01 > 0:58:05- Doesn't he put things nicely! - Stop looking so smug!
0:58:05 > 0:58:08- Paul...- Always a pleasure, David. - Absolutely marvellous.
0:58:08 > 0:58:13And you two have been just angels. Thank you so much.
0:58:13 > 0:58:15It's been great fun.
0:58:15 > 0:58:17Oh, luvvies,
0:58:17 > 0:58:19it's been a blast!
0:58:20 > 0:58:22Ready, Paul?
0:58:22 > 0:58:25Bye!
0:58:25 > 0:58:28Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd