0:00:03 > 0:00:08Some of the nation's favourite celebrities. Why have I such expensive taste?
0:00:08 > 0:00:11One antiques expert each.
0:00:13 > 0:00:15And one big challenge:
0:00:15 > 0:00:20who can seek out and buy the best antiques at the very best prices?
0:00:20 > 0:00:22Answers on a postcard.
0:00:22 > 0:00:26Oh! And auction for a big profit further down the road.
0:00:26 > 0:00:29I say! He's an absolute shower!
0:00:29 > 0:00:34Who will spot the good investments? Who will listen to advice? Like it? No. It's horrible.
0:00:34 > 0:00:55And who will be the first to say, "Don't you know who I am?"?
0:00:55 > 0:00:59two-thirds of much-loved 1970s comedy team The Goodies.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02# Goodies! Goody goody yum yum... #
0:01:02 > 0:01:07Most people concentrate on the giant kitten, I think, because it was in the opening titles.
0:01:07 > 0:01:12So it pulls that down in every show. Yeah, yeah.
0:01:16 > 0:01:21And they're just being kind and pretending they remember the series.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24Oh, come, come! Don't be so modest.
0:01:24 > 0:01:28These two have been chums and close collaborators for nigh on 50 years.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31I like it. Glad to hear it, Tim.
0:01:31 > 0:01:35# Tie a yellow gibbon round the old oak tree... #
0:01:35 > 0:01:39With colleague Bill Oddie, they transformed the laughter landscape
0:01:39 > 0:01:43with their trademark combination of surreal monkey business...
0:01:43 > 0:02:03# Do, do, do the funky gibbon... #
0:02:03 > 0:02:05Yes!
0:02:05 > 0:02:11While many of The Goodies' signature comedy stunts relied on Tim's considerable talents
0:02:11 > 0:02:13as a comic and actor.
0:02:13 > 0:02:19An almost inseparable pair, they've also spent more than 40 years as panellists on BBC Radio Four's
0:02:19 > 0:02:23chucklefest I'm Sorry, I Haven't A Clue.
0:02:24 > 0:02:30Today our Goodies are driving a great British classic updated for the modern age,
0:02:30 > 0:02:32the 1999 HMC Healey.
0:02:32 > 0:02:36They're on their way to meet their opposite numbers.
0:02:36 > 0:02:41They're the celebrities and we're the antiques. Yes. Oh, pish posh, Graeme!
0:02:41 > 0:02:46But they are antiquarian maestros - Philip Serrell and Will Axon.
0:02:46 > 0:02:50Philip is a Worcestershire auctioneer and Road Trip veteran
0:02:50 > 0:03:13whose predilection for buying eccentric objects is, at this stage, well-established.
0:03:13 > 0:03:17Well, he's not a woman! I'm loving these Miami palms.
0:03:17 > 0:03:21I feel like Crockett and Tubbs. Who? Miami Vice!
0:03:21 > 0:03:26Don't get carried away! This morning those two are piloting a scarlet stunner,
0:03:26 > 0:03:29the 1969 Triumph Vitesse.
0:03:30 > 0:03:34Where are you going? Do you know? I'm sorry, I haven't a clue! Ha!
0:03:34 > 0:03:38Today's first stop will be in Paignton, Devon,
0:03:38 > 0:03:42with both teams aiming for an auction in Cirencester, Gloucestershire.
0:03:42 > 0:03:47The next two days will see them tour the southern county of Devon.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50# Here comes the sun
0:03:50 > 0:03:54# Here comes the sun I say it's all right... #
0:03:54 > 0:03:59And the sunny summer weather certainly looks inviting.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02# Sun, sun, sun, here it comes... #
0:04:02 > 0:04:24Time for our celebrities to meet Phil and Will.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27How are you? I'm Will.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30Graeme, how are you?
0:04:30 > 0:04:34Shall we let these two get on with it, Tim? I think so. Exactly.
0:04:37 > 0:04:41Tim and Will face off against Graeme and Phil.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44Both teams start with a freshly-pressed ?400
0:04:44 > 0:04:47so let's get the show on the road.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50And they're off! Here we go.
0:04:50 > 0:04:55Handbrake. Well, sort of. You say when. When. Oh!
0:04:55 > 0:04:57HORN BLOWS Careful, Will.
0:04:57 > 0:05:04Always best to look in the wing mirror! Having narrowly cheated death once again, they're motoring on
0:05:04 > 0:05:07in their newly-formed twosomes.
0:05:07 > 0:05:11Well, Tim, my partner for this Road Trip. Winning partner.
0:05:11 > 0:05:35I was going to ask if you were competitive, but you want to beat Graeme? Yes. We want to, well...
0:05:35 > 0:05:38The social history context. Exactly.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40Ideal.
0:05:40 > 0:05:45Will and Tim are headed for the town of Totnes.
0:05:45 > 0:05:51Totnes is a bustling market town which celebrated the 800th anniversary of its Royal Charter
0:05:51 > 0:05:56in 2006. Tim and Will are parking up
0:05:56 > 0:06:02and heading off into their first shop of the day, the decisively named Not Made In China. Ha!
0:06:02 > 0:06:06They're meeting a dealer, James. Hello, James. Hello there.
0:06:06 > 0:06:11I'm Tim. How do you do? And he'll introduce himself.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13Hello, I'm Will. Hello, Will.
0:06:13 > 0:06:17Just have a quick scan, see if anything catches your eye.
0:06:17 > 0:06:21This clock is fairly... That is very showy, isn't it?
0:06:23 > 0:06:42I quite like the jaunty hat on that bear. Yes, the smoking cap.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44That is an original little oil.
0:06:44 > 0:06:49Bit of art glass. I've just remembered I've got this hat on.
0:06:49 > 0:06:53I wasn't going to mention it. I thought it suited you rather well.
0:06:53 > 0:07:00That would be where we hang the pendulum. But time is ticking on. You'll have to settle on something.
0:07:00 > 0:07:05Ah! What is that? What is it? A little sort of... It's a warmer.
0:07:05 > 0:07:10OK. Originally, the top would have unscrewed and you'd put coals in it.
0:07:10 > 0:07:15Oh, for your carriage. A little carriage footwarmer. For a picnic or something.
0:07:15 > 0:07:19It's quite interesting. Are you liking that? Yeah.
0:07:19 > 0:07:24It's campaign, I suppose. Campaign is a good word.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26It's a nice word. It certainly is!
0:07:26 > 0:07:34Campaign items are designed for travel and were popular in the 18th and 19th centuries.
0:07:34 > 0:07:51This is a little warming stool, decorated in an Indian style.
0:07:51 > 0:07:5818 whole pounds. It would be nice to buy something. That's got ?15 written all over it.
0:07:58 > 0:08:02OK. Look at that! Deal. I'm left holding the propeller.
0:08:02 > 0:08:09Good work, fella. So they've got the so-called campaign stool for ?15 and this contest is up and running.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12Hello, hello.
0:08:12 > 0:08:17Meanwhile, Graeme and Phil are in the car and on the way to their own first shop.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20Well, sir, have you got a plan?
0:08:20 > 0:08:24I think I'm going to buy some very expensive things very cheaply.
0:08:24 > 0:08:31I think you've got the measure of this game, Graeme. I was discussing this with Tim in the car. Yeah?
0:08:31 > 0:08:37And I gave him a bit of advice. I said, "Here's a tip, Tim. Always pay the asking price."
0:08:37 > 0:08:42Or a little bit more. People like generous people. That's it.
0:08:42 > 0:09:02Do you think he believed you? I think he did. All he has to do is convince Will.
0:09:02 > 0:09:09Yeah. He looks like he should be buying a silver spoon. Something that slips easily into a pocket.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11Oh, really?
0:09:11 > 0:09:14But to matters at hand... Where are we going?!
0:09:14 > 0:09:18They're heading for the Devon town of Salcombe.
0:09:18 > 0:09:24We should go round the harbour and try to find a boat. No, you jolly well should not,
0:09:24 > 0:09:30though Salcombe's lovely waterfront has ensured it's always been a sailing town.
0:09:30 > 0:09:36Graeme and Philip are cruising off into Mo Logan Antiques and meeting the proprietress,
0:09:36 > 0:09:41who oddly enough is called Mo. Hello! Hi. Hello, hello.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43Make yourselves at home.
0:09:43 > 0:09:50Quick as a flash, Phil's spotted something and as usual it is something large and heavy.
0:09:50 > 0:10:13Can I pull this out? Yeah, it's really heavy. Is it?
0:10:13 > 0:10:19Who buys columns? Well, I think it would be... It's a good decorator's lot.
0:10:19 > 0:10:24Yes. I could see that in the corner of a really trendy bathroom.
0:10:24 > 0:10:32Nice head, a marble head. You can't beat a good bust. Hey, steady!
0:10:32 > 0:10:34What's the ticket price on that? 195.
0:10:35 > 0:10:41Can we have a think about that? Can we put that one by? Yeah. It's not going anywhere. It isn't!
0:10:45 > 0:10:49Ah! Another hat! They never can resist.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51Am I modelling this? Yeah.
0:10:51 > 0:10:57Do you think that's me? Yeah. No, I think this is just a bit too much for me, really.
0:10:57 > 0:11:01It does look a bit small. It does him no favours, does it?
0:11:01 > 0:11:20That's just not his colour!
0:11:20 > 0:11:26They're totally asymmetrical. That doesn't help them, does it? No. No.
0:11:26 > 0:11:32Again, these iron railings are right up Phil's street, but Graeme's willing to go along with him
0:11:32 > 0:11:35on them and the wooden pedestal.
0:11:35 > 0:11:39What sort of price does Philip think they need to be?
0:11:39 > 0:11:43We'd like to try and get ?80 for them. For these? 20 and 60.
0:11:43 > 0:11:50Mm, blimey. That's a very substantial discount on the combined ticket price of ?270.
0:11:50 > 0:11:55But perhaps Mo is keen to see the back of these weighty items, with any luck.
0:11:55 > 0:12:01Would ?80 buy the two of them? Em... That puts this at 60 and those at 20.
0:12:01 > 0:12:06Yeah, I can... They're quite heavy things for people to buy on holiday.
0:12:06 > 0:12:12That's not going to go in the boot of your car. So I would be happy to do that. What do you think?
0:12:12 > 0:12:29Think we should buy those? All right. You buy that, I'll buy them. We'll see who does best.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32Hopefully, they'll be a sound buy.
0:12:32 > 0:12:37The sole purpose of this programme is to make a profit. It's actually to make a fool of him.
0:12:37 > 0:12:41I don't need any help in that! Ain't that the truth?
0:12:42 > 0:12:47Now Tim and Will are in the Healey and racing off to the next shop.
0:12:47 > 0:12:51Will's keen to ask about Tim's 50 years of friendship with Graeme.
0:12:51 > 0:12:58Now what about Graeme? He comes across to me as a very intelligent man, very broad knowledge.
0:12:58 > 0:13:02That's a very good description of him. He's quite a quiet man. He is.
0:13:02 > 0:13:07It could be infuriating. You get nothing out of him.
0:13:07 > 0:13:12Suddenly, he'd come up with the best idea of the lot. Worth waiting for.
0:13:12 > 0:13:16They're aiming for the town of Dartmouth.
0:13:16 > 0:13:42Every year since 1834, the lovely River Dart has played host to Dartmouth Royal Regatta.
0:13:42 > 0:13:48What about art? Do you like art? I do, but it's a very personal thing. It is.
0:13:48 > 0:13:53So I'm choosing something I want. Mind you, I like that.
0:13:53 > 0:14:00It's a nautical scene, painted by the late-19th, early-20th century artist William Matthew Hale.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02Ticket price is ?145.
0:14:04 > 0:14:09I quite like that. Is that a possible? I think it's a possible.
0:14:09 > 0:14:15OK, that's a possible. Well, Tim likes it. It's his pick. They make a note and browse on.
0:14:15 > 0:14:20Tricky little things that nobody else sees. Exactly.
0:14:20 > 0:14:24And something on the other side of the shop has really struck them.
0:14:24 > 0:14:29Blimey! Look at that. We used to have those when I was a lad!
0:14:29 > 0:14:31I remember it well, Tim!
0:14:31 > 0:14:53It's a carved club, clearly fashioned of English ash.
0:14:53 > 0:14:57# Anything any time... # Oh, so you did!
0:14:57 > 0:15:00It's got a great weight to it.
0:15:00 > 0:15:01Yeah!
0:15:01 > 0:15:07People do like wood and I suppose you could call it treen.
0:15:07 > 0:15:12It seems a bit out of our league, but... Yeah, it's a little pricey.
0:15:12 > 0:15:16And there's one more item they reckon might see a profit.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18Ooh.
0:15:18 > 0:15:22You could almost become admiral, couldn't you? What does it say?
0:15:22 > 0:15:24A stalker telescope.
0:15:24 > 0:15:29Hang on. This looks like it's going to... You might need help here.
0:15:29 > 0:15:35It's a 19th-century, four-draw telescope designed for use when deerstalking
0:15:35 > 0:16:02on some heathery Victorian moor. Ticket price on that one is a substantial ?175.
0:16:02 > 0:16:07while they're only holding ?385, cash.
0:16:07 > 0:16:11They're going to have to get a super deal for all three. Watch out.
0:16:11 > 0:16:15I mean, if we could get all of them for 100 quid each.
0:16:15 > 0:16:19300 quid? Yeah, actually, that does make sense.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22Time to ambush dealer Nick.
0:16:22 > 0:16:28We found three items. Yep. The picture we were taken by. Yeah, the oil.
0:16:28 > 0:16:32The Goodies-esque club. Yeah. Cudgel.
0:16:32 > 0:16:36And the telescope. Give us your very best prices on them.
0:16:36 > 0:16:40And we'll see... What's on the picture?
0:16:40 > 0:16:45145. So you're looking at about 110 on that.
0:16:45 > 0:16:50The club, really I'd need to get 100 for that.
0:16:50 > 0:17:10OK. OK?
0:17:10 > 0:17:11OK.
0:17:11 > 0:17:18One of your telescopes has got 175 on it. I've had a really cheeky offer of 100.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21Huh. Doesn't sound like JJ's biting.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24No. 110.
0:17:24 > 0:17:29JJ, would you take 110 on the telescope? Whoever it is, it's 130.
0:17:30 > 0:17:34OK, all right. Thanks, JJ. Cheers. Bye.
0:17:34 > 0:17:40So the telescope's stuck at ?130, but could Nick come down a little further on the painting?
0:17:40 > 0:17:44If that could be 100, a straight 100. Yep. Yeah? Yeah.
0:17:44 > 0:17:48That's 100 and that's 130.
0:17:49 > 0:17:50So that's 330.
0:17:50 > 0:17:57We've got to spend it somewhere, haven't we? But what if tomorrow we suddenly find the ideal thing?
0:17:57 > 0:17:59But what if you don't? This is true.
0:17:59 > 0:18:20Could the club come down any further? What about if it's 70? Does that help you at all?
0:18:20 > 0:18:27So they pay ?100 for the painting, ?130 for the telescope and ?70 for the club.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29That's ?300 the lot.
0:18:29 > 0:18:34That's a nice deal, but they've blown the great majority of their budget.
0:18:34 > 0:18:39Some very confident buying there, chaps. Let's hope it pays off.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41Thanks. Cheers.
0:18:41 > 0:18:46Graeme and Phil meanwhile are driving to the outskirts of Salcombe
0:18:47 > 0:18:53where they're visiting a local National Trust property that commemorates the life
0:18:53 > 0:18:59of its last private owner. He was an inventor and great British eccentric in the classic mould
0:18:59 > 0:19:04by the marvellous name of Otto Overbeck.
0:19:09 > 0:19:29Otto gave life to several inventive innovations,
0:19:29 > 0:19:33So it will be certainly interesting to see what his take is.
0:19:33 > 0:19:40These trees could do with a trim. Always the critic, Philip! They're meeting guide Malcolm Wesley.
0:19:40 > 0:19:45Hello. Welcome to Overbeck's. Thank you. Very pleased to meet you both. Hi, I'm Phil.
0:19:46 > 0:19:52Overbeck owned this house from 1928 until his death in 1937.
0:19:52 > 0:19:57Although hailing from a relatively modest family, the curious and learned Otto managed to amass
0:19:57 > 0:20:01a fortune large enough to acquire this grand property.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03Do come on through.
0:20:03 > 0:20:09Otto was in his 60s before one of his inventions finally took off commercially.
0:20:09 > 0:20:14In the 1920s, when he was about 64, he was suffering from chronic kidney pain.
0:20:14 > 0:20:42And he turned to the field of electrotherapy and that led to the development of a product
0:20:42 > 0:20:48Otto's actual invention is this comb device and he filed the patent for that in 1924.
0:20:48 > 0:20:53In another room, we've actually got a working model. Fascinated.
0:20:53 > 0:20:59Malcolm has an original instruction card that lists the conditions the device claimed to treat.
0:20:59 > 0:21:05Basically, if you've heard of it, it's on this list. There's certainly all the nervous conditions
0:21:05 > 0:21:10and neurological conditions. Yeah. Anaemia, Asthma.
0:21:10 > 0:21:14Do you get chilblains any more? No, they've gone.
0:21:14 > 0:21:20And then on the reverse of the card he actually shows in this diagram how it interacts with the brain.
0:21:20 > 0:21:25Otto had an electrical theory which he felt explained how it worked.
0:21:25 > 0:21:48What he said was terribly important was maintaining a balance between the negative electricity
0:21:48 > 0:21:54Speaking of which, let's electrocute Philip! Malcolm is the technician.
0:21:54 > 0:22:01It's not going to do you any harm. You've got no hair. He's got no hair! It cures constipation and insomnia?
0:22:01 > 0:22:04Apparently so. OK, give it a go, then. OK, you take those two.
0:22:04 > 0:22:09Oh, I do it? Oh, yes. I'll take your coat. What are you laughing at?
0:22:09 > 0:22:11Nothing...yet.
0:22:11 > 0:22:18Can I ask just one question? Yes. Where is the nearest lavatory? Just in case it works very quickly.
0:22:18 > 0:22:22Round the corner. That corner? Don;t fall asleep on the way. Ready?
0:22:24 > 0:22:29There you are. Do you feel that? Oh...I'll be back in a minute.
0:22:29 > 0:22:33Well, he doesn't look very rejuvenated!
0:22:33 > 0:22:37But what's trained medic Graeme's verdict?
0:22:37 > 0:22:59I'm not sure about the negative and the positive electrical balance.
0:22:59 > 0:23:04One is the stimulators that the Victorians had as toys.
0:23:04 > 0:23:10Yes. And the other was the fad for rejuvenation, which happened in the 1920s and '30s. Right.
0:23:10 > 0:23:14People like Gaylord Wilshire of Wilshire Boulevard.
0:23:14 > 0:23:20His thing was Ionico, which was a magnetic belt. OK. That's how he made his fortune,
0:23:20 > 0:23:27like Overbeck here made his fortune with this one. Gaylord Wilshire, eh?
0:23:27 > 0:23:31Graeme, you truly are a font of knowledge.
0:23:31 > 0:23:35It is a wonderful example of the sort of eccentric
0:23:35 > 0:23:42that came out in that time in this country, somebody with an idea. He must have believed in it,
0:23:42 > 0:23:47that in some way it worked for him. Yes, I think that's right.
0:23:47 > 0:24:08It's very ingenious. And it's the way eccentricity leads to strange forms of creativity.
0:24:08 > 0:24:10Night night, chaps.
0:24:13 > 0:24:19But you just can't keep a Goodie man down and the sunny morning greets all four of them
0:24:19 > 0:24:21back on the road and raring to go.
0:24:21 > 0:24:28Another sunny day! Gorgeous, isn't it? There's nothing like England in the sun, or Britain in the sun.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30Yeah.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32COUGHS Idyllic(!)
0:24:32 > 0:24:36But the drive's sent Graeme and Tim wandering down memory lane.
0:24:36 > 0:24:43It takes you back to the Goodies filming here. I remember once when Bill arrived late in the morning
0:24:43 > 0:24:49to say he had just seen whatever it was in a reserve.
0:24:49 > 0:24:56Bill quote often used to arrange our locations around his birdwatching interests, didn't he?
0:24:56 > 0:25:17Yes. He'd get the producer to go somewhere where he'd see a very interesting small grey bird.
0:25:17 > 0:25:21You buy that, I'll buy them, see who does best. We're on the same team!
0:25:21 > 0:25:27Whilst Tim and Will have been significantly more scattercash,
0:25:27 > 0:25:30spending a whopping ?315 on four lots.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33The warming stool,
0:25:33 > 0:25:36the nautical painting,
0:25:36 > 0:25:39the wooden club and the stalker's telescope.
0:25:39 > 0:25:44Where are you taking me, Will? This is one of my favourite lay-bys.
0:25:44 > 0:25:50That's why it's always so busy. How lovely! They're heading to meet Tim and Graeme.
0:25:50 > 0:25:56They're good value, those two. They've been working together now for 40-odd years.
0:25:56 > 0:26:02Can you imagine us pootling about in a Triumph Vitesse in 40 years'? I can't see that happening.
0:26:02 > 0:26:27We might be wandering in circles wondering what we're doing. So completely different from now(!)
0:26:27 > 0:26:31which was once home to the Monster Raving Loony Party.
0:26:31 > 0:26:37What better place for our madcap duos to get back on the hunt? Tim's got the hang of that car now.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40He has indeed. I hope the brakes work!
0:26:40 > 0:26:45How are we? Terrific. We've just been badmouthing both of you.
0:26:45 > 0:26:50I don't feel so bad about us badmouthing you now.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53Good to see you again. Morning, Phil.
0:26:54 > 0:27:00Tim and Will are heading into their first shop of the day, Etc Etc.
0:27:00 > 0:27:06That's the name of the shop. They're meeting dealer Robert. Hi. Hi, Robert. Will.
0:27:06 > 0:27:12Lovely shop you have here. Thanks. Is it OK to have a wander? There's more upstairs.
0:27:12 > 0:27:16Indeed there is. There's plenty to keep them occupied.
0:27:16 > 0:27:37It feels like one of those programmes about properties. Heaven forfend!
0:27:37 > 0:27:40It's not big enough!
0:27:41 > 0:27:46Tell me about it, Tim. Remembering the telescope they bought yesterday,
0:27:46 > 0:27:51they've spotted a walking stick topped with an antler handle
0:27:51 > 0:27:57and are thinking of combining them into a job lot. The stick's ticketed at ?30.
0:27:57 > 0:28:03At that sort of money, we could knock him down. If it doesn't eat too much of our budget...
0:28:03 > 0:28:08It's not "deer". Oh, dear. Leave it alone. Boom-boom-tish!
0:28:08 > 0:28:10Anyone got a trombone?
0:28:10 > 0:28:13What did you have for breakfast?!
0:28:13 > 0:28:18Speaking of country life, they've soon spotted something else with a strong flavour of the bucolic.
0:28:18 > 0:28:23Oh, look at that. It does look rather splendid. A pitchfork.
0:28:23 > 0:28:26I do like that, actually. Yeah.
0:28:26 > 0:28:45Do you think this mark here...? It looks Japanese. Yeah.
0:28:45 > 0:28:50So it's almost... That's one of our possibilities. Maybes.
0:28:50 > 0:28:54Best get downstairs and speak to Robert. Look what we found.
0:28:54 > 0:28:57Hurry up, chaps. Here comes trouble.
0:28:57 > 0:29:01You come near us...! Out you go!
0:29:01 > 0:29:06It's a great shop. Where are you shopping? Tesco's.
0:29:06 > 0:29:09Ah, Phil, other supermarkets are available.
0:29:09 > 0:29:15We were told you were coming, so we picked up the nearest things. A bit of misdirection there, Tim.
0:29:15 > 0:29:20But Phil's already spotted something that's taken his eye.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23(Do you like that light?)
0:29:25 > 0:29:29How much do you think...? But before he can do anything about it...
0:29:29 > 0:29:33Are you going to leave us to it? We'll be back. See you in a while.
0:29:33 > 0:29:55If they say, "What's the best?", double it. Then add a nought.
0:29:55 > 0:30:02Lucky that comes to ?85! But everyone knows you'll be kind and do us a bit of a deal.
0:30:02 > 0:30:06I'm never known for my kindness. Oh, dear!
0:30:06 > 0:30:13I may be able to help a little bit. I will do it for 40. It doesn't belong to me so I don't rally care!
0:30:13 > 0:30:18I don't know... I'm warming to him!
0:30:18 > 0:30:22So that could be 40 and this one can be 20. That's ?60 the two.
0:30:22 > 0:30:27So we've got 25 quid to spend on women and wine and song.
0:30:27 > 0:30:31Not on my watch, sonny! That's Road Trip cash.
0:30:31 > 0:30:35But they've secured a good deal on the stick and pitchfork.
0:30:35 > 0:30:39Rob, it's been really kind of you to have us. Thank you. Good luck.
0:30:41 > 0:30:46Meanwhile, Graeme and Philip have wandered over to another shop, The Shambles.
0:30:46 > 0:31:06Let's hope they're anything but as they meet dealer Paula.
0:31:06 > 0:31:11She's a big, strong girl. Hey, watch your hands there, Phil. Honestly.
0:31:11 > 0:31:17Do you like that? Stand behind it and put your head over the...
0:31:18 > 0:31:23But he's soon spotted another item which also takes his fancy.
0:31:23 > 0:31:25What would you pay for that?
0:31:25 > 0:31:29I would only pay about a fiver for that. OK.
0:31:29 > 0:31:35That's 53 quid too much money. That's ?58. I think that's quite a cool chair.
0:31:35 > 0:31:40It is. You wouldn't sit on it, though. Not without a lot of work.
0:31:40 > 0:31:43Mm. I'm not sure Graeme's convinced.
0:31:43 > 0:31:46How old is that?
0:31:46 > 0:31:49That's a very awkward question!
0:31:49 > 0:31:52It's trying to be regency. But I don't think it is.
0:31:52 > 0:32:14It's a wrought-iron garden chair, modelled in the regency style of the early 19th century,
0:32:14 > 0:32:17Graeme... Your heart is set on this, isn't it?
0:32:17 > 0:32:22Have a seat. Sit down. Now tell me your problems. Very good.
0:32:22 > 0:32:26Yeah. Tell me what colour my back is when I get up.
0:32:27 > 0:32:31It's like a criss-cross. No, it's a good garden chair.
0:32:31 > 0:32:35What's that one? You've got 58 on it.
0:32:35 > 0:32:42The very best to you would be 45. Phil definitely seems to see something in it that Graeme doesn't,
0:32:42 > 0:32:46but again Graeme's willing to trust him. Now, discount?
0:32:46 > 0:32:51Can I give you 30 quid for it? No, you can't! We said 45. 40 would be the best.
0:32:51 > 0:32:54What do you reckon? Worth it?
0:32:54 > 0:32:58Do you think it'll do all right? I think it should. She would say that.
0:32:58 > 0:33:03Lovely. Thank you very much. Deal done, then, at ?40.
0:33:03 > 0:33:23Thank you. Bye-bye now. But that buy seems to have put the scent of bargains in their nostrils.
0:33:23 > 0:33:27It's a 20th century fire hydrant remodelled into a standard lamp.
0:33:27 > 0:33:31Ticket price is ?155. Too much.
0:33:32 > 0:33:34155.
0:33:34 > 0:33:38And that's tested and all ready to go?
0:33:40 > 0:33:43I love that. Do you? Yes.
0:33:43 > 0:33:49So they're in agreement on liking that and browsing on. Do you want to try it on?
0:33:49 > 0:33:55You don't get away that easily, Phil. See a hat, try it on. You know the rule.
0:33:55 > 0:33:57How's that? That's very good.
0:33:57 > 0:34:01It gives a new meaning to the term mounted police.
0:34:01 > 0:34:07If all else fails, we've got the vaulting horse. And Graeme's found items upstairs
0:34:07 > 0:34:11which have him "Russian" to get Phil's opinion.
0:34:11 > 0:34:32What do you think of these pictures? The little silhouettes? Yeah. They're quite sweet. They're a series.
0:34:32 > 0:34:39and in a style somewhat similar to that of 19th-century French satirist Caran d'Ache.
0:34:39 > 0:34:42It says ?155 on the ticket. Do you like those?
0:34:42 > 0:34:47I like them because I like cartoons and...
0:34:47 > 0:34:50These are really well done.
0:34:50 > 0:34:57Time for a word with Robert. In the generous mood I am in, they could be ?120,
0:34:57 > 0:35:00which isn't a lot of money, is it? I like your style.
0:35:00 > 0:35:05And what about the fire hydrant cum lamp they're also keen on?
0:35:05 > 0:35:11What's the best you could do on that? That's about the same price as this. Yeah, 155 that was.
0:35:11 > 0:35:16Normally I would say about 130 would be the best.
0:35:18 > 0:35:24Because the sun's shining, maybe I'll let you have it for ?100. Do the two for 200? Go on, then.
0:35:24 > 0:35:45I'm going to pay the man
0:35:45 > 0:35:49has been a market town since the 13th century.
0:35:49 > 0:35:56Not to be outdone by the other team's investigations into whimsical West Country pioneers,
0:35:56 > 0:36:03they're keen to learn about an 18th-century invention devised by a courageous British eccentric,
0:36:03 > 0:36:07in this case at the vanguard of early deep sea diving.
0:36:07 > 0:36:11Hello! Sorry about the dramatic entrance there.
0:36:11 > 0:36:14They're meeting Newton Abbot Museum curator Felicity Cole.
0:36:14 > 0:36:20I'm Will. How do you do? Hello, I'm Felicity. And this man you'll recognise. Sterling Moss.
0:36:20 > 0:36:23Better dive right in.
0:36:23 > 0:36:29Here we have a room about our local hero John Lethbridge. Lethbridge?
0:36:29 > 0:36:33Yes, and he invented an amazing diving machine.
0:36:33 > 0:36:55John Lethbridge was a Newton Abbot man born in 1675
0:36:55 > 0:37:01so with the technologies available at the time it was a serious challenge. His initial experiments
0:37:01 > 0:37:05were conducted right here in Newton Abbot.
0:37:05 > 0:37:10He got himself into a barrel and a friend sealed him in and timed how long he could last
0:37:10 > 0:37:18with the air in the barrel. Then he recovered and they did it again and he rolled him into his pond.
0:37:18 > 0:37:24No. In an ordinary barrel? In an ordinary barrel. You'd have to choose a very good friend.
0:37:25 > 0:37:30After his pond-based experiments, Lethbridge used what he'd learned
0:37:30 > 0:37:35to commission a custom-built diving machine, still looking like a barrel.
0:37:35 > 0:37:42He was actually lowered down almost flat on his belly. Yes. You can see the rope.
0:37:42 > 0:38:06He could last, he says, for half an hour in the barrel. Really?
0:38:06 > 0:38:10His exploits eventually made him wildly wealthy.
0:38:10 > 0:38:15One of the traditional, I suppose, British eccentrics. Exactly.
0:38:15 > 0:38:19Hurrah! Like this one between us. Hurrah! Hurrah!
0:38:19 > 0:38:25Hurrah! The original diving engine of the 18th century was long ago lost or destroyed,
0:38:25 > 0:38:30but the museum has a replica, created from drawings of the era.
0:38:30 > 0:38:34Local carpenter Nick Hunt recreated the legendary machine.
0:38:34 > 0:38:37So you're Nick. I'm Nick. How do you do?
0:38:37 > 0:38:42You're the man responsible for this rather wonderful contraption.
0:38:42 > 0:38:47They're going to take it down to have a closer look. Careful, chaps.
0:38:47 > 0:38:52I've done a little bit of diving. Not to the depths of... Can we get you in here?
0:38:52 > 0:39:12You're determined, aren't you? Absolutely. Good. So am I. And so is Nick. A man possessed!
0:39:12 > 0:39:17We've got to put this one on. Yes, we have. No question.
0:39:17 > 0:39:23I'm slightly worried that you couldn't get it off very easily. See what it's like when it's dark.
0:39:23 > 0:39:30What's it like in there, Will? Actually, that means up. It's OK. I'm glad you're enjoying yourself.
0:39:30 > 0:39:36Thanks very much for that. I think it's time for a cup of tea. I think so.
0:39:36 > 0:39:39Er, guys? Guys?
0:39:39 > 0:39:45Hello? Haha! That'll teach you to eat all the mint humbugs in the car!
0:39:45 > 0:39:46I'll get you!
0:39:46 > 0:39:53While those two sort that out, Phil and Graeme are on their way to their next shop,
0:39:53 > 0:39:58but they seem to be slightly lost. Excuse me. Which way is Bovey Tracey?
0:39:59 > 0:40:23Oh, lord... Hold on. Oh, that can't be Bovey Tracey. No.
0:40:23 > 0:40:25Yes. Thank you very much.
0:40:25 > 0:40:28Phil already knows dealer Tina.
0:40:28 > 0:40:34Are you keeping well? Not bad. He'll be hoping to talk her into giving them a bargain.
0:40:34 > 0:40:39Ah! Another legendary comedy threesome. Comedy heroes.
0:40:39 > 0:40:42On your Marx! Let's get browsing.
0:40:46 > 0:40:52Isn't this Tim Brooke-Taylor up here? Is that him there? It comes from London.
0:40:52 > 0:40:54It could well be. I think it is him.
0:40:54 > 0:40:59It could be him. 1917. That would be about right, wouldn't it?
0:41:00 > 0:41:04Soon enough, Graeme's spotted something that's just his cuppa.
0:41:04 > 0:41:07# I'm a teapot I'm a teapot... #
0:41:07 > 0:41:31It's a tea set by Picquot ware, a distinctive manufacturer, popular in the mid-20th century.
0:41:31 > 0:41:35Can we buy them off you for 20 quid? That's too low.
0:41:35 > 0:41:39I tell you what, my best shot here would be 25.
0:41:39 > 0:41:44Cos I think they're going to make 30-50.
0:41:44 > 0:41:48If they go and make 30 quid, by the time... 28. I'll compromise.
0:41:49 > 0:41:52What do you think?
0:41:52 > 0:41:54I think somebody might.
0:41:54 > 0:41:59You can have ?28, but do we get a cup of tea and a cake? Of course.
0:41:59 > 0:42:04Thank you very much indeed! Deal. A cup of cha thrown in.
0:42:04 > 0:42:06And they're all bought up!
0:42:08 > 0:42:09Oh.
0:42:14 > 0:42:17'I'm a coffee percolator. I've changed my mind.'
0:42:19 > 0:42:44Now both teams have their buys. Time for our tussling teams to reveal their purchases to each other.
0:42:44 > 0:42:51Yeah, they're in the style of Caran d'Ache, who was an artist around about the turn of the century.
0:42:51 > 0:42:57I think they're drawn for illustration. There's crayon, blue, in the sky,
0:42:57 > 0:43:03which is an instruction to the printer. He'd take a photogravure of the black.
0:43:03 > 0:43:09- The blue wouldn't show up. - We're the so-called celebrities! Not the experts!
0:43:09 > 0:43:15You've got a secret weapon here. Smarty pants! You don't fancy a job as an antiques expert, Graeme?
0:43:15 > 0:43:20You're putting these two to shame. Do you like my column?
0:43:20 > 0:43:26I'm loving your column. If you've got a marble bust or a nice bronze you want to show off, there it is.
0:43:26 > 0:43:31There is one more. What's under here? Who have you kidnapped?
0:43:31 > 0:43:52- You might have seen this before. - We have!
0:43:52 > 0:43:55It was worth it just for that.
0:43:55 > 0:43:59Very good, Philip. Now it's Tim and Will's turn.
0:43:59 > 0:44:04What on earth is that?! What? This? Like a prehistoric false hip!
0:44:04 > 0:44:10It has got something of the dinosaur bone about it, hasn't it? Lob it over.
0:44:10 > 0:44:14It's a real tactile... It's a great bit of wood.
0:44:15 > 0:44:21That was nearly your painting! It's a funky thing. What did you pay for it?
0:44:21 > 0:44:28Mm, we ended up buying three items from this shop. We've worked it out that each item is about 100 quid.
0:44:28 > 0:44:32So what did you spend? We spent 300 quid in this shop.
0:44:32 > 0:44:35That's not about. It's exactly.
0:44:35 > 0:44:37You're right! Who's the 'scope by?
0:44:37 > 0:45:03Unfortunately, it hasn't got a maker's name, but it's impressive.
0:45:03 > 0:45:09- I think, between us, we've done well. - If it was all in one shop...
0:45:09 > 0:45:13We'd have saved a lot of legwork! Don't be so lazy, Will!
0:45:13 > 0:45:18But now that they've had a peek, what do they really think?
0:45:18 > 0:45:22He will be laughing uproariously at our garden chair.
0:45:22 > 0:45:26I don't think he rates that at all.
0:45:26 > 0:45:29I can't believe it's worth anything!
0:45:29 > 0:45:35If somebody sets fire to their log, we've got the ability to put it out! But would we? No!
0:45:35 > 0:45:40We're in the hands of the auctioneer now. Yeah. It's out of our hands.
0:45:40 > 0:45:43Would we swap any of our items for theirs? Yeah.
0:45:43 > 0:45:50I think for me the answer is no. The only thing I'd swap is Will for you, I suppose.
0:45:50 > 0:46:13On this southwestern odyssey, they began in Paignton, Devon,
0:46:13 > 0:46:16A nasty button cut. You two are sharp as a button.
0:46:16 > 0:46:21Who do you think is the best expert, apart from us, of course?
0:46:21 > 0:46:28I think we've taught them a thing or two. They'll be very grateful. Quite right, Graeme. Modest, too.
0:46:30 > 0:46:34Picturesque Cirencester is known as the capital of the Cotswolds.
0:46:37 > 0:46:42They're nearly at the auction house and Graeme's feeling confident about his items.
0:46:42 > 0:46:47How do you feel about it? Quietly confident.
0:46:47 > 0:46:51You seemed quite noisily confident! We've got some very good lots.
0:46:51 > 0:46:55I do very like the sea painting.
0:46:55 > 0:47:00Your sea painting? Yeah. A whale by W Hale.
0:47:00 > 0:47:20It's W Hale, not a whale! That's how I interpreted a signature.
0:47:20 > 0:47:26They've arrived at the rather poetically named sale room of Moore Allen and Innocent.
0:47:26 > 0:47:32Tim's just discovered that a photo of one of Graeme's favourite pen and ink drawings graces
0:47:32 > 0:47:35the front of the auction catalogue. Have you had a word?
0:47:35 > 0:47:42Ha ha ha! With this front page publicity and the auction welcoming bids online,
0:47:42 > 0:47:46let's hope they have the best of all chances.
0:47:46 > 0:47:52Winning! Presiding over proceedings today is auctioneer Philip J Allwood.
0:47:52 > 0:47:55?20. Five now. At 25.
0:47:55 > 0:47:58What does he make of the lots?
0:47:58 > 0:48:05The urn stand is a very stylish thing from another era. It should do around ?100, ?150 or so.
0:48:05 > 0:48:10The club is probably one of the more interesting ones.
0:48:31 > 0:48:36and also have five lots to show for it. That'll do nicely. It's a winner.
0:48:36 > 0:48:41204. The Picquot ware tea set. Oh, Goodie!
0:48:41 > 0:48:43The sale's about to begin.
0:48:43 > 0:48:49First up. It's the mid-century Picquot ware tea service, which Graeme spotted.
0:48:49 > 0:48:53Will the punters fancy a sip? I've got to stay at 30.
0:48:53 > 0:48:55At ?30. Five anywhere?
0:48:55 > 0:48:59At ?30. Five. 40. At 45.
0:48:59 > 0:49:0250. At 50 with me. At ?50. Five anywhere?
0:49:02 > 0:49:07That's a good price. Very tasty. On the book at 60. Five anywhere?
0:49:07 > 0:49:09At ?60. Here on the book at ?60.
0:49:09 > 0:49:13All sure and selling here at 60. Are you all done?
0:49:13 > 0:49:17What a start! Yeah, really good.
0:49:17 > 0:49:20Really good. Pleased with that.
0:49:20 > 0:49:38And the first for Tim and Will now as their Japanese pitchfork pitches up.
0:49:38 > 0:49:41At ?35. All done at 35?
0:49:43 > 0:49:47Sadly, it doesn't make hay today. Here we go.
0:49:47 > 0:49:50It looks good on the screen.
0:49:50 > 0:49:56Now it's Graeme and Phil's weighty job lot of cast-iron railing and wrought-iron garden chair.
0:49:56 > 0:50:02Have we got a phone on this? OK, at 60. I'll take five now.
0:50:02 > 0:50:06The chair's worth more than that. Five can I say now? Five. 70.
0:50:06 > 0:50:09Five. 80. At 80 with me.
0:50:09 > 0:50:13At ?80. Five anywhere now? At ?80. Five on the phone?
0:50:13 > 0:50:16At ?80 I have. Five? No?
0:50:16 > 0:50:19At ?80. It's here. And five. 90.
0:50:19 > 0:50:21Back with me at ?90. Five anywhere?
0:50:21 > 0:50:25At ?90. Are you all sure? Selling here at 90.
0:50:26 > 0:50:30Terrific! And they widen their lead.
0:50:30 > 0:50:51Now Tim and Will's portable warming stool. Can it heat up their game?
0:50:51 > 0:50:54At ?20. That's the scrap value.
0:50:54 > 0:50:58Five now? At ?20. Got to be cheap. Five now?
0:50:58 > 0:51:01Right in front of me at ?20. Five anywhere?
0:51:01 > 0:51:05?20. Quite a cool response. Selling here. At ?20.
0:51:05 > 0:51:09You all sure? Not another bid? Surely! It's selling then.
0:51:09 > 0:51:13All done at a minor ?20?
0:51:13 > 0:51:19Despite some very thorough auctioneering, the bid doesn't travel far.
0:51:19 > 0:51:22Oh, dear. He was trying hard.
0:51:22 > 0:51:27Now it's Graeme and Phil's fire extinguisher turned standard lamp.
0:51:27 > 0:51:32The extinguisher standard lamp. A most unusual lot, you'll agree.
0:51:32 > 0:51:35?50? 30 to get on.
0:51:36 > 0:52:02It's not on fire. ?20? No firemen in here? Oh, dear.
0:52:02 > 0:52:08At ?30. Selling here on the 'net. Are you all sure? At ?30. All done?
0:52:08 > 0:52:13Oh, Phil! And that's entirely extinguished their profit.
0:52:13 > 0:52:17Tim and Will's wooden caveman's club is up now.
0:52:17 > 0:52:23It put Tim in mind of a Goodies sketch, but will it clobber the opposition?
0:52:23 > 0:52:27A club of The Goodies!
0:52:27 > 0:52:31Disappointed I haven't heard anyone humming the theme tune.
0:52:31 > 0:52:32CROWD HUM TUNE
0:52:32 > 0:52:36There we go. There had to be one. So the club there.
0:52:36 > 0:52:38Good-looking piece.
0:52:38 > 0:52:42Well, in a way. And I mean the club,
0:52:42 > 0:52:47not somebody who looks like he's been hit with it. Start me. ?50?
0:52:47 > 0:53:07Surely. A good piece of nostalgia. ?50?
0:53:07 > 0:53:1055. 60. Surely! At ?60 here.
0:53:10 > 0:53:14At 60. At ?60, you all done?
0:53:16 > 0:53:22Some more hard work from Philip, but bidders don't see the funny side. We got away with that.
0:53:24 > 0:53:31Another from Graeme and Phil now as their Russian pen and ink drawings face the room.
0:53:31 > 0:53:34Good luck, gents. Cracking little set, this.
0:53:34 > 0:53:37I hope it goes quite well.
0:53:37 > 0:53:40Start me at ?100 for the set. Got to be cheap at 100.
0:53:40 > 0:53:42?100?
0:53:42 > 0:53:4850 to get on, then. It's got to be 50 to get on, hasn't it?
0:53:48 > 0:53:51?30? 30 all over the place. Five if you like. Five.
0:53:51 > 0:53:5440. Five. 50.
0:53:54 > 0:53:56Five. 60.
0:53:56 > 0:54:18At ?60. Got to be cheap. Five.
0:54:18 > 0:54:23Clearly they aren't what the punters are looking for today.
0:54:23 > 0:54:29You were 30-odd quid up. I reckon you've more or less broken even. That's where we are.
0:54:29 > 0:54:34Tim and Will have the competition in their sights now
0:54:34 > 0:54:38with the deerstalker's telescope and antler walking stick.
0:54:38 > 0:54:42Here we go. Everything you need for a day out in the Cotswolds.
0:54:42 > 0:54:46He's got what we were coming for. A day out.
0:54:46 > 0:54:48Start me at 50.
0:54:48 > 0:54:51?30, then. At ?30 a bid. Five. 40.
0:54:51 > 0:54:55There's a man who knows his telescopes. 70.
0:54:55 > 0:55:00At ?70 at the back. And another. Anyone now? At ?70.
0:55:00 > 0:55:07At ?70 in the room. We're going to take a hit here, Tim. Are you all sure? At ?70.
0:55:07 > 0:55:27And any chance of a profit gambols off into the undergrowth.
0:55:27 > 0:55:29At ?100. 100. 110 if you like now.
0:55:29 > 0:55:34At ?100. 110. 120. A solid start. 130. 140.
0:55:34 > 0:55:38150. 160. At 160. 170 if you like.
0:55:38 > 0:55:42170, he says. At 180 now? At 170 on the left.
0:55:42 > 0:55:44170. 180 anywhere now then?
0:55:44 > 0:55:47170.
0:55:47 > 0:55:51What a performance and that's put them back in the black.
0:55:51 > 0:55:53Well done. 170. Good price.
0:55:53 > 0:55:58- Very well done indeed(!) - Tim looks pleased with that.
0:55:58 > 0:56:05And, finally, for Tim and Will it's the much loved painting by W Hale, not of a whale.
0:56:05 > 0:56:09It's a long shot, but can this save their day?
0:56:09 > 0:56:12A good little piece. Who'll start me at 50?
0:56:12 > 0:56:14?50?
0:56:14 > 0:56:18?30 to get on? 20, then?
0:56:18 > 0:56:36At ?20. 320. Five.
0:56:36 > 0:56:4165 here. It's at 70. ?70 on the 'net. Five.
0:56:41 > 0:56:44Go on, go on. ?75 on the 'net.
0:56:44 > 0:56:4780 in the room if you like. At ?75 here.
0:56:47 > 0:56:51That's a cheap picture at 75 quid. And ?80.
0:56:51 > 0:56:53Go on, keep going. At ?80.
0:56:53 > 0:56:56At ?80. It's on the 'net. Five now?
0:56:56 > 0:57:00At ?80. Still look cheap. 85. 90 now?
0:57:00 > 0:57:03It's creeping up. Doing well.
0:57:03 > 0:57:05At ?85. You sure?
0:57:05 > 0:57:09- Selling, make no mistake, at 85. - Oh, no!
0:57:09 > 0:57:1185.
0:57:12 > 0:57:15Ah, what a shame. They're sunk.
0:57:15 > 0:57:18Well done, well done.
0:57:18 > 0:57:20Philip, well done.
0:57:20 > 0:57:25So Graeme and Phil had the last laugh today.
0:57:25 > 0:57:51Tim and Will began this Road Trip with ?400.
0:57:51 > 0:57:53?404.60.
0:57:53 > 0:57:58So no one's actually covered themselves in glory.
0:57:58 > 0:58:02Look at these two! Not good, is it?
0:58:02 > 0:58:06We ended up in profit. Fantastic!
0:58:06 > 0:58:11We'll leave these gents to it, shall we? See you, chaps! Bye bye!
0:58:11 > 0:58:15But at least they've had a laugh. On your trike, everyone!
0:58:15 > 0:58:20And the profits from this series go to Children In Need. Every little helps, eh?