0:00:01 > 0:00:04Some of the nation's favourite celebrities.
0:00:04 > 0:00:06Why have I got such expensive taste?
0:00:07 > 0:00:09One antiques expert each.
0:00:12 > 0:00:14And one big challenge.
0:00:14 > 0:00:19Who can seek out and buy the best antiques at the very best prices?
0:00:19 > 0:00:21Answers on a post card.
0:00:22 > 0:00:26And auction for a big profit further down the road.
0:00:26 > 0:00:27Phil... Whoosh!
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. It's horrible.
0:00:33 > 0:00:38And who will be the first to say, "Don't you know who I am?!"
0:00:38 > 0:00:39Well done, us.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42Time to put your pedal to the metal.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45This is Celebrity Antiques Road Trip!
0:00:47 > 0:00:49Yeah!
0:00:49 > 0:00:53We're in 1066 country for another epic battle.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56Two fresh celebrities each with £400 to spend
0:00:56 > 0:01:00and making their first foray into the world of oddities and curiosities.
0:01:01 > 0:01:06It's fellow actors and buddies Phil Davis and Frances Barber.
0:01:06 > 0:01:11So, Phil, do you think Battle was named before or after the Battle of Hastings?
0:01:11 > 0:01:16Well, my guess would be it was named after the Battle of Hastings.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20Unless they thought, "Let's attack there because it's already called Battle,
0:01:20 > 0:01:23- "and that would be convenient!" - Job done!
0:01:23 > 0:01:27We've known each other ever since the Battle of Hastings, haven't we?
0:01:27 > 0:01:30Shortly after the Battle of Hastings. Late '70s.
0:01:31 > 0:01:35A friendship forged on the set of numerous TV shows,
0:01:35 > 0:01:39this award-winning duo most recently shared the screen
0:01:39 > 0:01:42in the BBC's gritty courtroom drama, Silk.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45But it all started in the '70s for Phil,
0:01:45 > 0:01:50when he landed the role of teenage mod Chalkie in cult movie Quadrophenia.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53He's since carved a career playing the sneering villain,
0:01:53 > 0:01:56the Dickensian baddy and the not-to-be-messed-with cop.
0:01:56 > 0:02:00Everybody says to me, "Did you keep the parka you wore in Quadrophenia?"
0:02:00 > 0:02:02I wish I had. It would be worth a fortune.
0:02:02 > 0:02:06- I know nothing about antiques. - I don't know anything about antiques, either.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08Except I am one!
0:02:08 > 0:02:12Frances got her break in the '80s movie Sammy and Rosie Get Laid.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15In her lengthy stage and screen career,
0:02:15 > 0:02:17she's famous for playing fabulous, feisty females
0:02:17 > 0:02:22as everything from Cleopatra to Doctor Who's eye-patch-toting Madame Kovarian,
0:02:22 > 0:02:24hell-bent on his destruction.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27# The female of the species
0:02:27 > 0:02:29# Is more deadly than the male... #
0:02:29 > 0:02:34- Do you have a strategy? Tactics? - I think high camp. It's all I know!
0:02:34 > 0:02:38Yes. Well, I'd better go for farm implements.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41Working men's stuff!
0:02:41 > 0:02:44Unless I could try and contact my feminine side!
0:02:44 > 0:02:46You've got a feminine side.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48I have, yes. It's at the back!
0:02:50 > 0:02:53Frances looks every bit the glamorous leading lady
0:02:53 > 0:02:56being driven around in this 1974 MGB convertible.
0:02:56 > 0:03:01Our thespians are on their way to rendezvous with two treasure super-sleuths,
0:03:01 > 0:03:04Thomas Plant and Catherine Southon.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06I'm taking you to the seaside!
0:03:06 > 0:03:08A very famous part of the world.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10The Battle of Hastings.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13It's a bit like us, really, together these next two days.
0:03:13 > 0:03:17- You have got no chance.- I don't think I've got any chance at all.
0:03:17 > 0:03:22They've gone all continental in their 1985 Citroen Deux Chevaux,
0:03:22 > 0:03:24or 2CV, to you and me.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26But it's proving to be a bit of a handful.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28I think I'm in fourth.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30That's first!
0:03:30 > 0:03:32You can drive it, it's easy.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34Don't make out it's easy, Thomas.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36I know what's going on in that mind!
0:03:36 > 0:03:38What? My mind is simple!
0:03:38 > 0:03:40I know that!
0:03:40 > 0:03:43Check out this dashing young man.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46At home on the rostrum with a gavel in hand is Thomas Plant.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49With an eye for sparkle, he knows a thing or two about silver and jewellery.
0:03:49 > 0:03:53I'm like a pig in the proverbial, when it comes to things like that.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55But he can be a bit of a fuddy-duddy.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58I really like mother-of-pearl.
0:03:58 > 0:03:59It's sometimes a bit old-fashioned.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02Are you saying I'm a fusty old-fashioned man?
0:04:02 > 0:04:05The blonde bombshell is Catherine Southon.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08She knows exactly how to get her own way.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10You've got lovely eyes. Has anyone ever told you that?
0:04:10 > 0:04:13One of her specialities is maritime works of art.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16If she can ever make up her mind!
0:04:16 > 0:04:19I'm a ditherer. I really like something that you look at
0:04:19 > 0:04:21and you've got absolutely no idea what it is.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24You can't go wrong with a bit of novelty silver.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26Well, this should be interesting!
0:04:26 > 0:04:28The forage for fortune takes a route
0:04:28 > 0:04:31from Hastings on the coast of East Sussex
0:04:31 > 0:04:33through the home county of Kent,
0:04:33 > 0:04:35finishing at an auction in Chiswick,
0:04:35 > 0:04:37nestled on the meander of the Thames
0:04:37 > 0:04:40in the London borough of Hounslow.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43They're kicking off in the historic seaside town of Hastings.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45I think Frances is going to be hot.
0:04:45 > 0:04:49She's going to go in there and see what she wants and she'll buy it.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52- So what about Phil?- He's a lad, isn't he? He's a bloke.
0:04:52 > 0:04:56- He might not be so into... - I wouldn't call Phil Davis a lad.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59- He's a gentleman. You're a lad! - Thank you!
0:04:59 > 0:05:06I'm just going to go with what I think I might buy someone who I thought liked antiques.
0:05:06 > 0:05:11- Yes.- So, Derek Jacobi and his partner, they love antiques.
0:05:11 > 0:05:15Her Christmas card list must read like the credits of a Hollywood movie!
0:05:15 > 0:05:18If I was buying them a present, I'd go, "Derek would like that."
0:05:18 > 0:05:21You see, you're already up on me!
0:05:21 > 0:05:23Not only do I know nothing about antiques,
0:05:23 > 0:05:27I don't even know people who do know things about antiques!
0:05:27 > 0:05:29I'm at a severe disadvantage, here.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32ENGINE SPLUTTERS
0:05:32 > 0:05:35Oh, dear! Did someone say disadvantage?
0:05:35 > 0:05:37The Deux Chevaux is misbehaving already!
0:05:37 > 0:05:39Go on, give it some welly.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41- Oh!- Rubbish!
0:05:42 > 0:05:44See what's wrong.
0:05:45 > 0:05:46Ouch!
0:05:46 > 0:05:48Oh, Thomas!
0:05:48 > 0:05:51Oh, blow on it. That'll do the trick.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55Frankly, they haven't got a clue.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58- Come on. We'll have to walk.- Walk?!
0:05:58 > 0:06:00Yes, walk. You've got flat soles on.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02Which way?
0:06:04 > 0:06:05They've found out who we are!
0:06:05 > 0:06:07Yeah, they've done a runner!
0:06:07 > 0:06:09- Hello!- Hello!- Hello!
0:06:09 > 0:06:11What time do you call this?
0:06:11 > 0:06:16- Sorry!- Very nice to meet you. - Lovely to meet you, too.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18Sorry for being late! Thomas killed the car.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20So I think we're going to do battle of the sexes.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22- Right.- The girls are going to stick together?
0:06:22 > 0:06:25I'm very happy to be with Frances. I think she'll be very feisty
0:06:25 > 0:06:27and she'll be fabulous.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29The problem is, I don't know much about antiques.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31- We're antique virgins.- That's fine.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33We ARE antique virgins!
0:06:33 > 0:06:37- Let's get in. Come on. - They're cheating already!
0:06:37 > 0:06:39- That's not on.- You wait.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42We're going to find the biggest antiques, the bestest antiques, cos of that!
0:06:42 > 0:06:45Not very chivalrous of our gents,
0:06:45 > 0:06:47who are making a quick getaway in the only car that works.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51Philip, is this your first foray into the antiques world?
0:06:51 > 0:06:53I'm a junk shop aficionado,
0:06:53 > 0:06:56but I don't know the value of anything.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58But you do, so between us, we'll have it all covered.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01- There'll be a good cop/bad cop thing going on, I think.- Yes.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03How do you think the girls will get on?
0:07:03 > 0:07:05I think they'll get on famously.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08- They had their arms around each other when they walked off! - Did they?
0:07:08 > 0:07:10They did. It was very moving.
0:07:10 > 0:07:14Left without wheels, the girls are hot-footing it to their first shopping stop.
0:07:14 > 0:07:18But as Hastings is packed with antiques shops up these little cobbled streets,
0:07:18 > 0:07:20they've got the advantage.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22Feeling confident?
0:07:22 > 0:07:25No, not in the least. I'm just going to be led by you, Catherine.
0:07:25 > 0:07:30I was hoping to be led by you, cos I thought you'd have a very strong idea of what you wanted.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33The shop is aptly named Browsers
0:07:33 > 0:07:35and with £400 burning a hole in their pockets,
0:07:35 > 0:07:40the girls are ready to spend. The owner Pete has a couple of assistants on hand
0:07:40 > 0:07:42to help sniff out the best deals.
0:07:42 > 0:07:46- Hello!- This one is Hugo, and this is Hattie.- Beautiful.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48Let the ladies in.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50Let the bargain buying bonanza commence!
0:07:50 > 0:07:53Gosh! Where do we start?
0:07:53 > 0:07:56This is where you'll see I'm not very good at bartering.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59I once was held hostage in Morocco
0:07:59 > 0:08:01and they held me hostage to buy a carpet!
0:08:01 > 0:08:04They wouldn't let me go until we bought the carpet!
0:08:04 > 0:08:07- Oh, crikey!- I hate Persian carpets, as a result!
0:08:08 > 0:08:10Darling, how awful!
0:08:10 > 0:08:12My nan had something like this.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15It's quite ugly, actually. It's depressing, isn't it?
0:08:15 > 0:08:19There's something about the colour that makes me feel it's not authentic.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21It's just too...
0:08:21 > 0:08:24As soon as you go in, she's, "I like this, I like that."
0:08:24 > 0:08:26And I knew she was going to be like that.
0:08:26 > 0:08:30She's really looking and finding some fantastic pieces.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32Looks like a death trap!
0:08:33 > 0:08:35That looks nice, Catherine.
0:08:35 > 0:08:39Look out! Frances has spotted another little thing of interest.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41You've got good taste.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44It's an Edwardian oak roll-top stationery holder.
0:08:44 > 0:08:48It's like, you know like one of those roll-top bureaux?
0:08:48 > 0:08:50- Does this work? - The timber front, yes.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52It works lovely.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54That's very sweet, isn't it?
0:08:54 > 0:08:57It is nice. Would you put your stationery in there?
0:08:57 > 0:08:59Do you get a lot of fan mail?
0:08:59 > 0:09:01Yes, I do, from Doctor Who, actually.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04So I don't think I could fit those in.
0:09:04 > 0:09:08But as a piece of furniture, I think it's really pretty.
0:09:09 > 0:09:13There's no ticket price on it, so what kind of money is Peter talking?
0:09:13 > 0:09:15- I could do it for...- Could you be very kind?
0:09:15 > 0:09:1750.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19Not very kind, then!
0:09:19 > 0:09:21What about if you did that for 40,
0:09:21 > 0:09:24and then the other one for free?
0:09:24 > 0:09:28Crikey! She's added a Georgian table top desk to the deal,
0:09:28 > 0:09:31but she hasn't even looked at it! She's keen!
0:09:31 > 0:09:33Both of them for 40.
0:09:33 > 0:09:34- Look at her...- Go on!
0:09:34 > 0:09:36She's got such a cheeky smile!
0:09:36 > 0:09:38Keep smiling, cos it's working!
0:09:38 > 0:09:41I think she's one of these ladies that gets what she wants!
0:09:41 > 0:09:45I don't think we ever argue with a woman like this!
0:09:45 > 0:09:47I don't think Peter's going to even put up a fight!
0:09:47 > 0:09:50- OK.- Brilliant.
0:09:50 > 0:09:54- She's good, isn't she? - You're a very good man.
0:09:54 > 0:09:55Here we go. There we go.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57She's very, very good.
0:09:57 > 0:10:01Two for the price of one, eh? Top dealing, and they've not finished yet.
0:10:01 > 0:10:05Catherine's now spotted something that floats her boat.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07A beautiful ship's clock.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10- Does it work? It's like a bulkhead clock.- Definitely works.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13- Definitely works.- He's got a smile on his face!
0:10:13 > 0:10:17Never trust a dealer when they say it definitely works!
0:10:17 > 0:10:22This brass ship's bulkhead clock is circa 1920.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25I wonder who might buy a timepiece like this at auction?
0:10:25 > 0:10:28I know someone who'd love that. Tim Spall, for his boat.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31Have you seen his programme where he goes round in a barge?
0:10:31 > 0:10:34- But we're not selling to him! - I know we're not selling to him!
0:10:34 > 0:10:36Wind him up, then. Give me a demo.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39The clock has a ticket price of £170 on it,
0:10:39 > 0:10:42but it's seen better days and Catherine knows it.
0:10:42 > 0:10:46It is working. If this was in tip-top condition,
0:10:46 > 0:10:49it would be worth about £200.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51It's not in tip-top condition.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53This is like a mould.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56- And this has all been repainted.- OK.
0:10:56 > 0:10:57A horrid green colour.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00So you'd have to strip all this back.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05I can feel a really bad bid coming on!
0:11:05 > 0:11:07You're not the only one!
0:11:07 > 0:11:09So, with that in mind,
0:11:09 > 0:11:12I'm going to let you have a go, because you're quite feisty.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15What about 99?
0:11:15 > 0:11:17No!
0:11:17 > 0:11:21- No?- No!- I thought I was doing really well!- No, you're not!
0:11:21 > 0:11:22It seems not!
0:11:22 > 0:11:2425 and I'll walk your dogs!
0:11:24 > 0:11:26Oh, cripes!
0:11:26 > 0:11:29I'm not happy about that, and they're definitely not happy!
0:11:29 > 0:11:31Try the cheeky smile again!
0:11:31 > 0:11:33What is your very best price you can do on that?
0:11:33 > 0:11:36I'll do £100 and you give the dogs a walk.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38Well, I never!
0:11:38 > 0:11:40- Come on!- Come on!
0:11:40 > 0:11:42Hold on, who's taking who for a walk, then?
0:11:42 > 0:11:44I've got the wrong shoes on!
0:11:44 > 0:11:47Take care of them - they're priceless!
0:11:47 > 0:11:50With the help of man's - or in this case, woman's - best friend,
0:11:50 > 0:11:53they've secured three items of treasure for their truck,
0:11:53 > 0:11:55purchased for the princely sum of £140.
0:11:55 > 0:11:59Now, if Frances would only return the prized pooches,
0:11:59 > 0:12:01they can get on their way!
0:12:03 > 0:12:06Bucking up at their first shop,
0:12:06 > 0:12:10it's time for Thomas and Phil's antiquarian "bromance" to begin.
0:12:10 > 0:12:15They're in London Road, where shopkeepers Nick and Jill are ready to do a roaring trade.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18Is there anything you're passionate about, you two?
0:12:19 > 0:12:22- Making money!- Making money!
0:12:22 > 0:12:24Touche, Jill!
0:12:24 > 0:12:27Phil, relaxing into his latest role as an antiques expert
0:12:27 > 0:12:29has already got something in his sights.
0:12:29 > 0:12:33- Do you know the way to tell if these are in good condition?- I don't.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36Look down each monocular the wrong way round
0:12:36 > 0:12:38to see if they're all in line.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42Yeah, they're both in line.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44Lieberman and Gortz.
0:12:44 > 0:12:48Lieberman and Gortz was a brand name used by a Brixton-based company
0:12:48 > 0:12:51called H&G - Headquarter & General Supplies.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53Successful in the late '40s to '60s,
0:12:53 > 0:12:56they sold optical items and army surplus gear.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58Got 22 quid on it.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00- That's a possibility, isn't it? - Yeah.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02We could build up quite a nice lot, actually.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06This is quite a nifty thing.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09Oh! I like that.
0:13:09 > 0:13:13You could buy the binoculars and put it with them as a little lot.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15What for the racing?
0:13:15 > 0:13:17It's midway between a seat and a shooting stick.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19Are you going to try it out?
0:13:22 > 0:13:25- Well, you know...- You could do that.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27The buttocks are not suffering unduly!
0:13:27 > 0:13:29It's always a worry!
0:13:29 > 0:13:31Do you want to do some negotiation?
0:13:31 > 0:13:35- No, you do it. I bet you're really hard.- I'm not. I'm not at all, I promise!
0:13:37 > 0:13:39It's all an act. He's a pussy cat, really.
0:13:39 > 0:13:45The twitching or racing set have a combined ticket price of £37.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47But Thomas is only offering £25.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49I have to say 25.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51- 25 is absolutely fine. - Is that all right?
0:13:51 > 0:13:54First deal of the day done in double-quick fashion.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58But this shop is full of enticing items,
0:13:58 > 0:14:00so the men are browsing on.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02- Do you play cribbage? - Yeah, I used to.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04It's quite a nice collection.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07This one is rosewood with satinwood in there.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10- Yes.- And it's on a mahogany base.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13- That's where the pegs would live. - Yeah.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16This is a 19th-century one.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18And that one is fantastic. Look at that.
0:14:18 > 0:14:22You've got the suits. I think they're rather fun.
0:14:22 > 0:14:24What would you feel if we bought the lot?
0:14:24 > 0:14:26How much will it come to?
0:14:26 > 0:14:27About 100 quid?
0:14:27 > 0:14:31Nice try, Phil. More like £128.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33They are interested, but they're searching on.
0:14:35 > 0:14:36I think he's pretty hot.
0:14:38 > 0:14:43He seems to know his stuff, and this idea of taking disparate items and putting them together in a lot
0:14:43 > 0:14:44I think it is a good one.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49I feel like I'm in a foreign land!
0:14:49 > 0:14:52Where I don't speak the language!
0:14:52 > 0:14:56Thomas has trotted off around the shop and found not one but two more items.
0:14:59 > 0:15:03A 20th-century riding crop and a tribal leather swish, no less.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07- That is lovely.- It is lovely.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09Hmm, lovely.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12Good antler handle, here.
0:15:12 > 0:15:13In the right sort of shop,
0:15:13 > 0:15:17that would be 50, £60.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20- What's it on for?- 12.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23And then the tribal fly swat for your chief.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26This is probably zebra. Look at the leather in there.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29- Yeah.- The toolmanship. That's a good thing.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32- And together?- Together I think that's a good lot, actually.
0:15:32 > 0:15:36The lads are quite taken with the whip and the swish. Ooh, I say!
0:15:36 > 0:15:38And they also want the cribbage boards.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41So it's time to find Jill and strike another deal.
0:15:41 > 0:15:46- We'd like the lot.- Have we worked out how much they are adding them up?- No!
0:15:46 > 0:15:48A dealer owns the boards,
0:15:48 > 0:15:50so Jill will need to make a call.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52But the whip and swish are hers to negotiate.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55They have a combined ticket price of £27
0:15:55 > 0:15:57but what will she let them go for?
0:15:57 > 0:15:59- I thought 20 for those two would be all right.- Yeah.
0:15:59 > 0:16:03- And ask her about the cribbage... - I'll call her on the cribbage boards.
0:16:03 > 0:16:04Let's hope Jill's back with good news
0:16:04 > 0:16:06that won't make muggins out of them.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08What's the news?
0:16:08 > 0:16:10£60 buys them.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12- The lot?- The lot.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14- Well, let's do it, yeah? - Yes, do it for 60.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16Do it for 60. Thank you very much.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18- Thank you very much.- I think our shopping's done, here.
0:16:18 > 0:16:22The chaps have kicked off their shopping spree in spectacular style
0:16:22 > 0:16:24on the sporty set of treasures.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27Field glasses, a folding stool, a plethora of cribbage boards,
0:16:27 > 0:16:32a riding crop and swish, all for £105 of their £400 budget.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34- Thank you very much. - Thank you very much!
0:16:34 > 0:16:36We're along here, somewhere.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39Catherine's taking our leading lady off the beaten track
0:16:39 > 0:16:41to a museum and working shop
0:16:41 > 0:16:45internationally renowned for producing artificial flowers and leaves
0:16:45 > 0:16:48for multi-million-pound movies and theatrical productions.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56So this should be right up Frances's street.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58Hello, ladies!
0:16:58 > 0:17:00- And you are?- Brenda.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02Brenda, nice to meet you.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04Hello. This is Frances?
0:17:04 > 0:17:08Brenda has one of the largest collections of flower moulds in the UK,
0:17:08 > 0:17:11consisting of 10,000 different species,
0:17:11 > 0:17:13so it's no wonder she's in high demand.
0:17:13 > 0:17:17I'm a bit mesmerised at the moment, by all of these flowers!
0:17:17 > 0:17:20- Lovely.- This is incredible!
0:17:20 > 0:17:25Her flowery creations adorn the sets and costumes of West End and Broadway shows.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28She works regularly with Mamma Mia,
0:17:28 > 0:17:30not to mention Andrew Lloyd Webber.
0:17:30 > 0:17:35We're known in this country that we produce the best leaves in the world.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37So what stage production is this for?
0:17:37 > 0:17:40That's for Love Never Dies, Andrew Lloyd Webber's.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43I bet you've done The Winter's Tale a few times!
0:17:43 > 0:17:47- Yes!- Midsummer Night's Dream and Madame Butterfly, we specialise in.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50- Of course!- How amazing.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55Some of Brenda's film credits include The Iron Lady,
0:17:55 > 0:17:58Reign of Fire, and Kingdom of Heaven.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01But there's one spectacular scene in Ridley Scott's Gladiator
0:18:01 > 0:18:04that most fans of the movie will recall.
0:18:04 > 0:18:08Somebody told me that you did all the flowers for Gladiator,
0:18:08 > 0:18:12when all the rose petals went into the gladiatorial ring.
0:18:12 > 0:18:19And the brief for that was that we had to cover 38,000 square feet with petals!
0:18:19 > 0:18:21And it was filmed in Malta, I believe.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23- I was there.- Oh, you were there! - Were you?
0:18:23 > 0:18:27A friend of mine was in it, and I saw that scene being filmed.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29- You saw them with all the... - I certainly did.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32I was trying to be one of the Vestal Virgins, but they wouldn't have me!
0:18:32 > 0:18:34They wouldn't have you!
0:18:36 > 0:18:41Brenda owns one of the largest collections of archive samples
0:18:41 > 0:18:44and tools of the trade preserved in this working shop and museum.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46Downstairs is where the magic happens
0:18:46 > 0:18:51and where Brenda's extraordinary working collection of cutting moulds and machinery
0:18:51 > 0:18:53are used and displayed.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56- Wow!- I'm sort of speechless, really. - So am I!
0:18:56 > 0:19:00Your faces are amazing, actually. Yes, it's lovely.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02I had no idea these things existed.
0:19:02 > 0:19:06Why would you? You wear costumes all the time,
0:19:06 > 0:19:12- and you probably don't even give it a thought where some of these leaves have come from.- Indeed I don't.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15Brenda and her assistant Loretta
0:19:15 > 0:19:18use the cutting machine and the various moulds,
0:19:18 > 0:19:21some of which are over 100 years old, to cut out the leaves.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23This is only part of the process.
0:19:23 > 0:19:29Next door is a room dedicated to embossing or veining the many species Brenda recreates.
0:19:29 > 0:19:33That's the job we've just finished. It's gone to the Met in New York.
0:19:33 > 0:19:34They're so real, aren't they?
0:19:34 > 0:19:39So the operator puts it in there. That's the top that goes on it.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41It goes under there...
0:19:43 > 0:19:44..and out it comes.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46That is incredible.
0:19:46 > 0:19:50- God!- And that absolutely does look real, now.
0:19:50 > 0:19:54So you can be a worker, and you can vein some leaves.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57Have you looked to see it's going in the right way?
0:19:57 > 0:19:59You haven't, have you?
0:19:59 > 0:20:01But she's got it in there!
0:20:04 > 0:20:07Now, I failed my Art O Level, I'm here to tell you!
0:20:09 > 0:20:11- And then I put it back...- That's it.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13Hooray!
0:20:13 > 0:20:17- Look at that, your first... - My first veiny leaf!
0:20:17 > 0:20:21Now, when you see these in the National Theatre...
0:20:21 > 0:20:24I will know how much work and effort and love went into it.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26It's been wonderful. Thank you so much.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29And now I think we should drift off like leaves!
0:20:31 > 0:20:34- Go and have a glass of wine. - Ooh, lovely!
0:20:34 > 0:20:35- Thank you!- Bye!
0:20:35 > 0:20:37Bravo, girls.
0:20:38 > 0:20:42Ambling to the next antique emporium are the chaps.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45And, boy, are they starting to feel the pressure of the competition.
0:20:45 > 0:20:49- I do want to win, don't you?- We've got to beat the girls, yeah.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52- They beat you at everything else in life!- Indeed!
0:20:52 > 0:20:55Definitely! So this is our one chance!
0:20:55 > 0:20:58This is our one chance to say who's boss.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00Anyway, King's Road Antiques.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03Feeling a little inferior, perhaps? Time to man up.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06- I'm Charles.- Nice to meet you. - Hello, Charles.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08- Can we have a look round?- Please do.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13What's this?
0:21:13 > 0:21:14How much is the croquet set?
0:21:14 > 0:21:17Another game? Oh, boys!
0:21:17 > 0:21:19- 150.- 150 on that.
0:21:19 > 0:21:23Never played croquet. They say it's a terrifically good game.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26- Let's check we've got everything.- So you've got to get through the hoops.
0:21:26 > 0:21:30And then you've got to end up almost like the flat.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33- Four balls.- They're plastic.
0:21:33 > 0:21:34- It's not the oldest thing in the world.- No.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36It's not an antique.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38Do you know what the best is on that?
0:21:38 > 0:21:42- It's only just arrived in.- OK.- I need to have a chat with the trader.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44- See what I can do.- We'll look down here, as well.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46The croquet set is made by Jaques of London,
0:21:46 > 0:21:49one of the oldest manufacturers of games in the world.
0:21:49 > 0:21:53The company may be old, but this set is definitely not.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55What is his very best?
0:21:55 > 0:21:57Can we do 130?
0:21:57 > 0:21:58Oh, no!
0:21:58 > 0:22:00No, a bit less.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02Let's get it down to about 120, then.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04I was thinking more like a two-figure price.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07That would be my preferred figure.
0:22:07 > 0:22:11I'll have another word and see what the rock bottom price is that we can do for you.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13It's a good thing, a wonderful thing,
0:22:13 > 0:22:16but we're trying to make a bit of profit on it as well.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18We would do, too.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20Yes, I can see that. It does make two of us.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22Actually, that makes three of them.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24The dealer who owns the set is in the shop, now,
0:22:24 > 0:22:26so Charles can consult him directly.
0:22:26 > 0:22:30It's only just come in today. I always sell them.
0:22:30 > 0:22:34- It's a lot of money.- They should easily get that.- Easily get it.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37- There's a margin in it for them. - Yeah.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39- He's a tough-looking cookie! - He's a tough-looking...
0:22:41 > 0:22:46- That's leather, that pork pie. I'm not going to mess with him. You'll have to negotiate.- Think so?
0:22:46 > 0:22:47Got something against hats?
0:22:47 > 0:22:50See what you can do, Chas.
0:22:50 > 0:22:51Chas, have you got bad news for us?
0:22:51 > 0:22:55Bad news? No, I can move a little bit more.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58- It's not going to be the two figures.- No? What's it going to be?
0:22:58 > 0:23:00- £100?- I can do 110.
0:23:00 > 0:23:05- 110.- If you can't make a good profit on that, change the day job!
0:23:05 > 0:23:07Cheeky monkey!
0:23:07 > 0:23:09It's time to hammer home a deal,
0:23:09 > 0:23:12and Thomas sees a final opportunity to try his luck with Charles.
0:23:13 > 0:23:15And this is sure to work.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17After all, us men have got to stick together.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21WHISPERS: Charles, we've got to beat the girls!
0:23:21 > 0:23:23£100. Come on.
0:23:23 > 0:23:28- Everything at stake, is it?- Bring back that...- If they beat us, we'll be so humiliated.
0:23:28 > 0:23:34- They win everything. Don't they? - In life.- Yeah.- Except giving birth.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37- Yeah. Well, they can keep that one. - They can keep that one!
0:23:37 > 0:23:39100 quid.
0:23:40 > 0:23:41100 quid?
0:23:42 > 0:23:44All right. 100 quid. Done.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46- Thank you, Charles. - We appreciate this.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49A man's got to do what a man's got to do.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51And that's another item of swag bagged.
0:23:51 > 0:23:55Leaving them with £195 left to splurge before auction.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00Meanwhile, these two treasure-seeking trail-blazers
0:24:00 > 0:24:02are tripping the light fantastic
0:24:02 > 0:24:03to their next port of call,
0:24:03 > 0:24:06pondering their performance thus far.
0:24:08 > 0:24:10- I'm happy with what we've bought. - Good.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13- I wonder how they're getting on? - Oh, I hope terribly!
0:24:13 > 0:24:15I hope they've broken down.
0:24:15 > 0:24:20No such luck, lovey. The girls are here today at a shop called Gone Tomorrow,
0:24:20 > 0:24:23hoping to discover more precious oddities.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26- This was my dog!- Oh, no!
0:24:26 > 0:24:28Ruff! Down, boy!
0:24:28 > 0:24:30- Really? What was he called?- Smack.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32Smack? Why Smack?
0:24:32 > 0:24:36Louis Spence named him. I was in a show with Louis.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38A man about a dog. A dog called Smack.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41Oh, he's lovely. But I wouldn't have anywhere to put him.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44- We're not buying for you! - I know! I forgot!
0:24:44 > 0:24:46Right. I shall shut up.
0:24:46 > 0:24:50Just a matter of the silly old auction to bear in mind, darling.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53So you might just want to put that saucy little thing down, too.
0:24:53 > 0:24:57One of the pictures is of somebody spanking another person's bottom.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59- Oh, how fabulous.- One of the reasons I bought it!
0:25:03 > 0:25:05A woman after my own heart!
0:25:05 > 0:25:08A-hem! The less said about that, the better!
0:25:08 > 0:25:10These are nice. Aren't they beautiful?
0:25:10 > 0:25:14Catherine's attention is on something far more appropriate.
0:25:14 > 0:25:18A pair of wooden clubs with a ticket price of £100.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20Why are they so much money, though?
0:25:20 > 0:25:28Because a local businessman told me he thought they were used in the original Schweppes advert.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31There was some guy in a suit, juggling these things.
0:25:31 > 0:25:33Hmm. Likely story!
0:25:33 > 0:25:38It reminds me of one of the pictures of a strongman in a circus.
0:25:38 > 0:25:43In early Victoriana doing that kind of thing.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45- Do you know what I mean?- Show me.
0:25:45 > 0:25:50Give me a pose. Show me what they do!
0:25:50 > 0:25:53When they used to do those kind of things with their legs,
0:25:53 > 0:25:54the strongmen in the circus.
0:25:54 > 0:25:58- But what does that do?- I don't know. I've seen photos of things like that.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01- People holding things like this? - I think so.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05That's my best bet!
0:26:05 > 0:26:07She's such a thespian!
0:26:07 > 0:26:10- What would you do on those? - Go on, offer me.
0:26:10 > 0:26:12We'd probably go about 20, I think.
0:26:13 > 0:26:17Cos it's a gamble. They're things that you just don't know about.
0:26:17 > 0:26:21- 25?- I'm not getting any feedback from my partner.
0:26:21 > 0:26:23- No, I'm thinking...- She's being a silent partner!
0:26:23 > 0:26:25No, I'm thinking that...
0:26:27 > 0:26:28..that's very interesting.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30Very interesting indeed.
0:26:30 > 0:26:35Frances's theatrics have obviously left an impression on Catherine,
0:26:35 > 0:26:38as she's desperate for more background to the unusual clubs.
0:26:38 > 0:26:42- Who was the gentleman who... - It was his great-uncle.
0:26:42 > 0:26:44He was an engineer on the Titanic.
0:26:44 > 0:26:47This is all I know, but I believe it to be true.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50It's certainly a romantic notion,
0:26:50 > 0:26:52but why let the truth get in the way of a good story, eh?
0:26:52 > 0:26:54What's the magic number?
0:26:54 > 0:26:59- Would you do 20? - 22.50 and I'll do it.
0:26:59 > 0:27:03- I think that's very attractive. - It is.- Jolly fair.
0:27:03 > 0:27:04Incredibly fair.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06Thank you very much indeed.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09The girls' collection of curiosities is mounting.
0:27:09 > 0:27:13And they still have over half their budget left. Good work.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16The battle of the sexes has begun!
0:27:17 > 0:27:20I know you want to beat the boys, but that's taking it too far!
0:27:21 > 0:27:23So, with two bulging bags of swag,
0:27:23 > 0:27:28our dedicated followers of fortune can wrap up today's buying blitz.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31I think the girls may be off "clubbing"!
0:27:31 > 0:27:32Night-night, teams.
0:27:34 > 0:27:36It's curtains up on a new day in sunny East Sussex.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38The Deux Chevaux is back on the road
0:27:38 > 0:27:41and before our teams take sides,
0:27:41 > 0:27:43they're reflecting on their progress.
0:27:43 > 0:27:47- How was your day?- It was brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.
0:27:47 > 0:27:48We bought some fabulous items!
0:27:48 > 0:27:51Oh, we're gonna beat you!
0:27:51 > 0:27:53You're trying to bluff, aren't you?
0:27:53 > 0:27:55How mature, Thomas!
0:27:55 > 0:27:57How did you get on yesterday?
0:27:57 > 0:28:02As an antique virgin, I actually think we did really well.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05I think we got three lots.
0:28:05 > 0:28:07- We got four.- You did not!
0:28:07 > 0:28:10We got three in the first shop. I don't want to boast.
0:28:10 > 0:28:13- Three in the first shop?! - And I found one of them.- Huh!
0:28:13 > 0:28:16So, looking good for the boys.
0:28:16 > 0:28:17Don't get too cocky, chaps!
0:28:21 > 0:28:25Our foraging females have so far spent £162.50,
0:28:25 > 0:28:27picking up a brass bulkhead clock,
0:28:27 > 0:28:29a couple of table-top stationery desks,
0:28:29 > 0:28:32and a pair of Edwardian exercise clubs.
0:28:32 > 0:28:36They have £237.50 left to spend before auction.
0:28:36 > 0:28:38Phil... Whoosh!
0:28:39 > 0:28:41So far, the wheeling-dealing men
0:28:41 > 0:28:45have forked out £205 on field glasses, a stool,
0:28:45 > 0:28:47a crop and tribal swish,
0:28:47 > 0:28:49a Jaques croquet set
0:28:49 > 0:28:52plus enough cribbage boards to choke a horse,
0:28:52 > 0:28:55leaving them £195 to splash out today.
0:28:55 > 0:28:57The buttocks are not suffering unduly.
0:28:57 > 0:28:59Staying in East Sussex,
0:28:59 > 0:29:01the troops are heading north-west
0:29:01 > 0:29:03to a little market town called Heathfield
0:29:03 > 0:29:06which has its very own Doctor Who.
0:29:06 > 0:29:08Tom Baker lives here.
0:29:08 > 0:29:10- Morning!- Morning!
0:29:10 > 0:29:12What time do you call this?
0:29:12 > 0:29:14Frances is still in the car. What's going on?
0:29:14 > 0:29:17I'm not getting out. The girls are having this car.
0:29:17 > 0:29:23I don't look good in that car. It's going to clash with my outfit. I'm not getting out.
0:29:23 > 0:29:24You'd look good in anything, darling!
0:29:24 > 0:29:27All right. OK. The women win.
0:29:27 > 0:29:30This is the last time you're going to win! Bye!
0:29:30 > 0:29:32Go, girls! Go, girls!
0:29:32 > 0:29:35- Good luck, Phil! - Thanks. And you, Frances!
0:29:35 > 0:29:37They've won the battle, but they'll lose the war.
0:29:38 > 0:29:41I think the girls might beg to differ.
0:29:41 > 0:29:46The thing is, we've won a sort of moral victory anyway, because we've got the car.
0:29:46 > 0:29:50- Which I think is only right because...- They had it yesterday.
0:29:50 > 0:29:52It's as simple as that.
0:29:52 > 0:29:54But my worry is that when I get into the auction,
0:29:54 > 0:29:57I will be very competitive.
0:29:57 > 0:30:00- That's OK.- I'm not happy with that trait in my personality,
0:30:00 > 0:30:02but I just know it'll be there.
0:30:02 > 0:30:06Oh, crikey! Watch out, boys, this lady means business!
0:30:08 > 0:30:10Right. Here we go.
0:30:10 > 0:30:14Time for the men's pursuit of riches to continue.
0:30:14 > 0:30:16By the look of things, they've come to the right place.
0:30:16 > 0:30:18Oh, my God. This is like the Tardis!
0:30:18 > 0:30:21Frances would be right at home!
0:30:21 > 0:30:23Shopminder Caroline is on hand
0:30:23 > 0:30:26to help with all Thomas's unusual queries.
0:30:26 > 0:30:28- Is that a rollock? - 'Excuse me?'
0:30:28 > 0:30:32- To put your oar in? Called rollocks, are they?- Yes, possibly!
0:30:33 > 0:30:34They usually come in pairs!
0:30:34 > 0:30:36Rollocks, of course.
0:30:36 > 0:30:39It's the chaps' final shopping destination,
0:30:39 > 0:30:41and with plenty of plunder already purchased,
0:30:41 > 0:30:43they can browse at their leisure.
0:30:43 > 0:30:45What on earth has Caroline got there?
0:30:45 > 0:30:47It's a sherry engine.
0:30:47 > 0:30:49A what?
0:30:49 > 0:30:51Obviously it does the job it's meant to do.
0:30:51 > 0:30:53- It pours the sherry.- Yeah.
0:30:53 > 0:30:57It's a very good price. I just thought you might want to think about it.
0:30:59 > 0:31:02- I don't fancy this sherry pourer. - I hate the sherry thing.
0:31:02 > 0:31:04You could just pour it yourself with your hand!
0:31:04 > 0:31:06Absolutely!
0:31:06 > 0:31:07I couldn't agree more, Phil.
0:31:07 > 0:31:12Thomas loves a bit of silver, and he's homed in on a cabinet stacked with the shiny stuff.
0:31:12 > 0:31:16Napkin rings. Silver-topped cut glass jar.
0:31:16 > 0:31:17This is silver.
0:31:17 > 0:31:21Not worth a great deal just as a piece of silver. Probably about 13 quid.
0:31:21 > 0:31:25But as a glass jar, it's actually rather delightful.
0:31:25 > 0:31:27Toasting fork, is it?
0:31:27 > 0:31:29A toasting fork, quite right.
0:31:29 > 0:31:32This is a Staffordshire porcelain handle.
0:31:32 > 0:31:35Probably by Derby or somebody like that.
0:31:35 > 0:31:39- Silver plate. Lovely handle. - Lovely handle pattern.- Yeah.
0:31:42 > 0:31:44I can feel a lot coming on.
0:31:44 > 0:31:46I thought it was just the way you were standing.
0:31:46 > 0:31:49You could put the cake basket with it. This is silver plate.
0:31:49 > 0:31:51£65.
0:31:52 > 0:31:53Too pricey, by far.
0:31:53 > 0:31:57Get Caroline on the line to the dealer to negotiate for the whole lot.
0:31:57 > 0:32:02The 19th-century silver cake basket, silver-topped glass bottles and toasting fork
0:32:02 > 0:32:05have a combined ticket price of £116
0:32:05 > 0:32:07but the chaps are pleading poverty.
0:32:07 > 0:32:09As usual.
0:32:09 > 0:32:13- Explain the dire situation. - We're very poor.
0:32:13 > 0:32:14Oh, please!
0:32:14 > 0:32:18- That's quite a good lot.- Yeah. - Happy with that?- Yeah, I am.
0:32:18 > 0:32:21I love especially the fork.
0:32:21 > 0:32:23The fork is good.
0:32:23 > 0:32:26I think we've established that they like the fork.
0:32:26 > 0:32:28So what's the damage, Caroline?
0:32:28 > 0:32:34It comes to 116, and his bottom dollar, I'm afraid there's no bartering, £65.
0:32:34 > 0:32:36- Oh!- I think that's really fair.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39- That is quite nice. What do you think?- I think we should go for it.
0:32:39 > 0:32:42- I think it's a good lot.- We'll go for it. Thank you, Caroline. - Appreciate it.
0:32:42 > 0:32:44- Thank your friend. - Right, we're done.
0:32:44 > 0:32:47Hoorah! What a knock-out price!
0:32:47 > 0:32:50And with that, the men's whistle-stop shopping trip is over
0:32:50 > 0:32:53and they've £130 of their budget left unspent.
0:32:55 > 0:32:57- I fell in love with the fork. - You did love the fork!
0:32:57 > 0:32:59It's the first time it's ever happened to me.
0:32:59 > 0:33:00I'm a bit overwhelmed!
0:33:04 > 0:33:05Come on, let's go.
0:33:05 > 0:33:08There's no rest for the wicked, though,
0:33:08 > 0:33:11which means Catherine and Frances better get cracking.
0:33:11 > 0:33:14So do you have a particular strategy for today?
0:33:14 > 0:33:18I'm thinking slightly smaller, value things.
0:33:18 > 0:33:21- Unless we do see something that is so...- A whopper.
0:33:21 > 0:33:23..so fabulous that we can't walk away.
0:33:23 > 0:33:29I'm going to let you negotiate, because you are the best negotiator in the country.
0:33:29 > 0:33:32- I've never been able to negotiate in my life before!- You're brilliant.
0:33:32 > 0:33:36I'm a showing off pill, because I've never been able to do it.
0:33:36 > 0:33:40Oh, I don't know. For a novice, you seem to have taken the lead role.
0:33:40 > 0:33:45They've arrived at the treasure trove, and hopefully, Aunty's got a treat in store.
0:33:45 > 0:33:48For the auction, Frances, for the auction.
0:33:48 > 0:33:50You've caught me! I'm not supposed... It's rather marvellous.
0:33:50 > 0:33:53That's lovely, isn't it?
0:33:53 > 0:33:55She just can't help herself!
0:33:55 > 0:33:58Right. I'll get something and then come back and buy it.
0:33:58 > 0:34:00Right. Um...
0:34:00 > 0:34:02Off you go, then!
0:34:02 > 0:34:05Catherine's drawn to a mahogany snuff box, circa 1800.
0:34:05 > 0:34:12But these tiny bellows have an over-inflated price tag of £265.
0:34:12 > 0:34:14So much for going for smaller value items!
0:34:14 > 0:34:19Look at that. Miniature bellows. This is Georgian.
0:34:19 > 0:34:22And it's just divine.
0:34:22 > 0:34:23It's actually a little snuff box.
0:34:23 > 0:34:30- Oh, it's a snuff box?- On the back, that slides open, and you put your snuff in.- How amazing!
0:34:30 > 0:34:34- That's just fabulous, isn't it? - That is beautiful.
0:34:34 > 0:34:38But who uses snuff boxes these days? Frances?
0:34:38 > 0:34:41I know Pete Townshend from The Who. He's a friend of mine.
0:34:41 > 0:34:45- I don't know if he still does it, but he takes snuff all the time. - Does he?
0:34:45 > 0:34:48- Would he have something like that? - In the shape of a guitar, he might.
0:34:48 > 0:34:51- It's beautifully made. - It's gorgeous.
0:34:51 > 0:34:52And it's got on it, "Forget me not".
0:34:52 > 0:34:55It's the sort of thing you'd give to your loved one.
0:34:55 > 0:35:00It's a proper love gift. All I ever got was a travel kettle as a love gift!
0:35:00 > 0:35:03- Did you? That's quite sad, isn't it? - From a French man.
0:35:03 > 0:35:08But he did say, "The kettle is a love gift", but it didn't make it any better!
0:35:08 > 0:35:13Sacre bleu! With such a hefty price tag of £265,
0:35:13 > 0:35:16Catherine needs to get her negotiating head on
0:35:16 > 0:35:18and speak to the dealer direct.
0:35:18 > 0:35:20210? You wouldn't go to 200?
0:35:21 > 0:35:23Thank you very much. Thank you. Bye.
0:35:25 > 0:35:27I think 210 was her best.
0:35:27 > 0:35:30- 210 is too much, isn't it? - It is, isn't it?
0:35:30 > 0:35:34£210 is a huge sum of money. Too much to risk.
0:35:34 > 0:35:39Upstairs, Frances spots a set of decorative horse brasses, called hames,
0:35:39 > 0:35:41priced at £90 for the pair.
0:35:41 > 0:35:44These are the weirdest things. They're vintage harnesses.
0:35:44 > 0:35:48For a carthorse with a mark from the manufacturer, I suppose.
0:35:48 > 0:35:50- Where?- There.
0:35:50 > 0:35:55- No, it says "solid brass". - I haven't got my glasses on!
0:35:55 > 0:35:58At least one of you can see what's going on.
0:35:58 > 0:36:02There's an incomplete pair of hames downstairs at only £26
0:36:02 > 0:36:06and owner Nigel is happy to be drawn into a discussion over the price.
0:36:06 > 0:36:09Frances is throwing in some familiar moves. Look out!
0:36:09 > 0:36:14- I can hold them like the Indian clubs.- You're amazing! Amazing.
0:36:14 > 0:36:16How much are they?
0:36:16 > 0:36:18Smile at me nicely.
0:36:18 > 0:36:21She's got the best smile on television!
0:36:21 > 0:36:23Go for 15 quid for them.
0:36:23 > 0:36:26He "hames" to please! Sorry.
0:36:26 > 0:36:28- Happy with that?- Yes, I am.
0:36:28 > 0:36:31She's really got the hang of this negotiating lark,
0:36:31 > 0:36:34but there's still a little something playing on their minds.
0:36:34 > 0:36:36The snuff box.
0:36:36 > 0:36:40- Your very shrewd instincts.- I don't like the way you call them "your".
0:36:42 > 0:36:45- Only because...- It means you're having nothing to do with them!
0:36:45 > 0:36:48I'll tell you exactly why. You've never seen one like that.
0:36:48 > 0:36:54- And I think that is a very shrewd... - I love novelty things like that. - Exactly.
0:36:54 > 0:36:59- I think we should do it. - It shouldn't... It should not make a loss. It shouldn't.
0:36:59 > 0:37:05The dealer wants £210 for it. To be sure of a profit, they need a considerable discount.
0:37:05 > 0:37:07Stop umming and ah-ing, and make your mind up, girls.
0:37:07 > 0:37:10If it all goes wrong...
0:37:10 > 0:37:14I'm not going to blame you in the least. Not at all.
0:37:14 > 0:37:16Go on, Catherine. Knock 'em down on price, girl!
0:37:17 > 0:37:18200?
0:37:18 > 0:37:20No, it has got to be 210.
0:37:20 > 0:37:22Or not.
0:37:23 > 0:37:25Yes, go on, go on.
0:37:25 > 0:37:27- Go for it.- That was quick!
0:37:27 > 0:37:30Blimey! What a big price for such a tiny object.
0:37:30 > 0:37:32They've really taken a risk on that snuff box!
0:37:33 > 0:37:34Oh, my gosh. Look.
0:37:34 > 0:37:36Oh, Lord, what now?
0:37:37 > 0:37:39Oh, they're lovely!
0:37:39 > 0:37:42You're terrible, aren't you?
0:37:42 > 0:37:44- Nigel...- Yes, love?
0:37:44 > 0:37:48Watch out, Nigel. She's fixing you with that winning smile!
0:37:48 > 0:37:50These 1930s nickel-plated binoculars
0:37:50 > 0:37:52are 13.50.
0:37:52 > 0:37:54The girls have £12.50 left.
0:37:54 > 0:37:57I'll do them for nine for you. How's that?
0:37:57 > 0:38:01- Shake on nine. Thank you very much. - You're a lovely man, Nigel. - Thank you.
0:38:01 > 0:38:05Hey presto, they've spent almost their entire £400 budget.
0:38:05 > 0:38:09They've got £3.50 left to get them to the auction.
0:38:09 > 0:38:11I can't believe we've spent so much money.
0:38:11 > 0:38:13I always spend everything I've got!
0:38:13 > 0:38:17- You're a bad influence!- I've never gone shopping and come home with change!- Really? Right.
0:38:17 > 0:38:19Now she tells us!
0:38:21 > 0:38:23Not sparing any horses,
0:38:23 > 0:38:25the chaps are taking the Deux Chevaux north into Kent.
0:38:25 > 0:38:28They're heading to Chiddingstone Castle.
0:38:28 > 0:38:30Phil, how did you become an actor?
0:38:30 > 0:38:33I've wanted to become an actor from a very young age
0:38:33 > 0:38:35when I was about eight or nine.
0:38:35 > 0:38:39Before I'd ever seen a play or been to the theatre or anything like that.
0:38:39 > 0:38:42It's been a long haul.
0:38:42 > 0:38:45But as I've got older, the range of parts that I've played have spread.
0:38:45 > 0:38:49But the first film that was a big success
0:38:49 > 0:38:51was Quadrophenia.
0:38:51 > 0:38:54This was a film that everybody wanted to be in.
0:38:54 > 0:38:56We were all great Who fans.
0:38:56 > 0:38:59Riding round Brighton on the scooters. Absolutely hoot.
0:38:59 > 0:39:01The shopping trip is at an end,
0:39:01 > 0:39:04but the learning curve for Phil continues here
0:39:04 > 0:39:05at Chiddingstone Castle.
0:39:05 > 0:39:10It was once home to eccentric bank clerk turned antique collector
0:39:10 > 0:39:11Denys Bower.
0:39:11 > 0:39:13Jailed for attempted murder,
0:39:13 > 0:39:18his unusual story tells like a gritty drama that Phil might play the lead in.
0:39:18 > 0:39:22- Hello!- I'm Thomas.- I'm Phil. - Hi, Phil. Very nice to see you.
0:39:22 > 0:39:23- Come on in.- Thank you.
0:39:25 > 0:39:28The castle still houses his eclectic collection
0:39:28 > 0:39:31of Japanese, Egyptian, Buddhist and Jacobean artefacts
0:39:31 > 0:39:34and trustee Margaret knows a thing or two about them
0:39:34 > 0:39:36and the extraordinary man who lived here.
0:39:36 > 0:39:38Did he have plenty of money?
0:39:38 > 0:39:41He didn't. That was the amazing thing.
0:39:41 > 0:39:45He began life, his working life, as a bank clerk.
0:39:45 > 0:39:51And he used to go from branch to branch because he was always slipping off to auctions
0:39:51 > 0:39:53and so they kept moving him on!
0:39:54 > 0:39:57Bower left banking, opened an antiques shop in London
0:39:57 > 0:40:00and became a very successful dealer.
0:40:00 > 0:40:02In the 1950s, his shop lease ran out,
0:40:02 > 0:40:05so he decided to buy a castle
0:40:05 > 0:40:07where he could house and exhibit his collection.
0:40:07 > 0:40:12His Japanese collection is one of the largest outside Japan
0:40:12 > 0:40:16and includes an extensive range of lacquer objects, armour, helmets and swords.
0:40:18 > 0:40:19Look at this - a Samurai outfit.
0:40:19 > 0:40:21That's so rare, isn't it?
0:40:21 > 0:40:24- It's not metal, is it? - It's probably a lacquer.
0:40:24 > 0:40:28A papier mache with lacquer built up and fabric and silks.
0:40:28 > 0:40:33They were meant to stop an arrow, all those layers in there.
0:40:33 > 0:40:35- He's got swords coming out of his ears!- He has, hasn't he?
0:40:35 > 0:40:40Bower was a Buddhist and believed he was the reincarnation of Bonnie Prince Charlie.
0:40:40 > 0:40:44Which was one of the reasons for his keen interest in the Jacobites
0:40:44 > 0:40:46and the history of the Stuart line.
0:40:46 > 0:40:48He wasn't completely mad, was he?
0:40:48 > 0:40:52No... I mean an eccentric.
0:40:52 > 0:40:56So extensive and intimate is Bower's Jacobean collection,
0:40:56 > 0:41:01he actually acquired the "parts" of King James II.
0:41:01 > 0:41:03The little heart here, silver heart,
0:41:03 > 0:41:06that holds some of James II's heart.
0:41:06 > 0:41:11A piece of it, which apparently was quite common in those days
0:41:11 > 0:41:16that after the death of a king, people would be able to take a little bit of it
0:41:16 > 0:41:18as a souvenir.
0:41:18 > 0:41:20Rather gruesome, picking up little bits of the king!
0:41:20 > 0:41:24- Bits of his heart.- His hair. - A bit of liver.- Liver!
0:41:24 > 0:41:27- A bit of pancreas! - No, just heart, actually!
0:41:27 > 0:41:28Oh, right.
0:41:30 > 0:41:32Bower was an obsessive collector
0:41:32 > 0:41:34and somewhat obsessive in life.
0:41:34 > 0:41:39To learn more about the man, Margaret's taking them to Denys's study
0:41:39 > 0:41:41for an extraordinary tale.
0:41:41 > 0:41:43He was something of a womaniser.
0:41:43 > 0:41:45He had been married twice, briefly,
0:41:45 > 0:41:50and then when he was 50, he met a young woman of 19
0:41:50 > 0:41:54who purported to be a countess from Monaco.
0:41:54 > 0:41:58And she kept up this pretence for over a year
0:41:58 > 0:41:59and he became engaged to her.
0:41:59 > 0:42:02She wasn't actually a countess from Monaco.
0:42:02 > 0:42:08She was the daughter of either a Peckham bus driver or cab driver!
0:42:08 > 0:42:11- A good actor!- A very good actress. - A woman in my line.
0:42:11 > 0:42:13What became of them?
0:42:13 > 0:42:19Well, she broke off the engagement and he was devastated.
0:42:19 > 0:42:22Denys took a revolver from one of his collections,
0:42:22 > 0:42:24went to the woman's lodgings
0:42:24 > 0:42:26and told her, "If you're going to leave me,
0:42:26 > 0:42:28"I'm going to shoot myself."
0:42:28 > 0:42:30I don't know exactly what ensued,
0:42:30 > 0:42:34but she got shot and he then attempted suicide.
0:42:34 > 0:42:37He was obviously a lousy shot or it was a lousy gun, not sure which,
0:42:37 > 0:42:40but he ended up in hospital for a couple of weeks.
0:42:40 > 0:42:45He was arrested for attempted murder
0:42:45 > 0:42:48and attempted suicide.
0:42:48 > 0:42:52- Must have been a big scandal at the time.- A big scandal in the 1950s.
0:42:52 > 0:42:55He went to prison. He was tried and given a life sentence.
0:42:56 > 0:42:59In the end, he spent only four years in Wormwood Scrubs.
0:42:59 > 0:43:02The sensationalist press coverage
0:43:02 > 0:43:04caught the interest of a solicitor
0:43:04 > 0:43:07who'd met Bower once in London
0:43:07 > 0:43:10and considered there to have been a miscarriage of justice.
0:43:10 > 0:43:12He took up his case and won.
0:43:12 > 0:43:16- What a story!- Isn't it? - Thank you very much, Margaret.
0:43:16 > 0:43:18- Thank you very much.- Fascinating.
0:43:18 > 0:43:20Denys was released and returned to the castle.
0:43:20 > 0:43:22On his death in 1977,
0:43:22 > 0:43:26he bequeathed his life's work to the nation.
0:43:26 > 0:43:31The ladies are also on their way to Chiddingstone Castle for the grand unveiling,
0:43:31 > 0:43:34giving them time to chat about Frances's glittering career.
0:43:34 > 0:43:38This girl's worked with everyone who's anyone.
0:43:38 > 0:43:42Gosh. I went to university with Danny Boyle.
0:43:42 > 0:43:43Whatever happened to him?
0:43:43 > 0:43:49We were girlfriend and boyfriend, actually, at Bangor University.
0:43:49 > 0:43:51And I worked for Mike Leigh.
0:43:51 > 0:43:55Then I did quite a lot of movies with Stephen Frears and Peter Greenaway.
0:43:55 > 0:43:57Do you know, they're going to need a longer journey!
0:43:57 > 0:44:00But now it's time for our crusaders of curiosity
0:44:00 > 0:44:02to unveil their wares.
0:44:02 > 0:44:03Da-da-da!
0:44:03 > 0:44:06- Oh, what a surprise!- Look at that!
0:44:06 > 0:44:10- Are they for juggling?- No.- They're for beating people around the head?
0:44:10 > 0:44:12Yes, we're going to beat you!
0:44:12 > 0:44:19- They're actually Indian callisthenic things from a gymnasium for exercise.- Brilliant.
0:44:19 > 0:44:21You've no idea what they are, have you, Thomas?
0:44:21 > 0:44:24The most interesting thing on here which I want to pick up
0:44:24 > 0:44:26is that lovely treen bellows.
0:44:27 > 0:44:29So this is... Oh, it's a little snuff.
0:44:29 > 0:44:31- It's a snuff box!- Isn't it sweet?
0:44:31 > 0:44:35So this might have been made by a blacksmith going off to war.
0:44:35 > 0:44:38- Except it's wooden. - I know, but still.
0:44:38 > 0:44:41- £100? - Oh, shut up!
0:44:41 > 0:44:44No! You know it's not worth that!
0:44:44 > 0:44:46How much was it? £45?
0:44:46 > 0:44:47You know exactly what it's worth.
0:44:47 > 0:44:50We know what it's worth. But what did you pay for it!
0:44:50 > 0:44:52That's worth a couple of hundred pounds.
0:44:52 > 0:44:54- £120? - No. It was £200.
0:44:54 > 0:44:56£200?! Whoosh!
0:44:56 > 0:44:59Actually, Catherine, it was £210.
0:44:59 > 0:45:00We've got to make a bit of a profit.
0:45:00 > 0:45:02More than a bit!
0:45:02 > 0:45:04Then you've got two writing slopes.
0:45:04 > 0:45:09- Da-da-da! There you are.- Oh, you keep your envelopes and things in there.
0:45:09 > 0:45:10Billet-doux.
0:45:10 > 0:45:12Billy whose?
0:45:12 > 0:45:13Absolutely.
0:45:13 > 0:45:17- I couldn't agree more.- Very nice. Well done.- Congratulations.
0:45:17 > 0:45:19Actually, not very girly.
0:45:19 > 0:45:23- No. I expected glassware and jewellery.- Why should we go for girly things?
0:45:23 > 0:45:25- Cos that's what we've got! - We've got girly things.
0:45:25 > 0:45:27Underwear, lingerie...
0:45:27 > 0:45:29Are you ready?
0:45:29 > 0:45:31Ooh!
0:45:32 > 0:45:35- This kind of has a theme. - A sporting theme.
0:45:35 > 0:45:37- A bit of sport. - Guess what these are?
0:45:37 > 0:45:41- They're matchstick "crabbage"... - Cribbage boards.
0:45:41 > 0:45:43- You don't play cards, do you? - Cribbage.
0:45:43 > 0:45:47- A game called cribbage.- Matchsticks. - This is a cribbage board.
0:45:47 > 0:45:51And we seem to have acquired several hundred of them.
0:45:51 > 0:45:53How much did you pay for that lot?
0:45:53 > 0:45:55For the whole lot, £65.
0:45:55 > 0:45:59There's a huge profit. Some of these, you'll pay £60 for on their own.
0:45:59 > 0:46:04- Who did you rob?- We didn't rob anybody. We tied them up and gagged them.
0:46:04 > 0:46:08- And we beat them.- We beat them.- Beat them with the horse-hair whip!
0:46:08 > 0:46:10- It's a fly swatter.- A fly swatter.
0:46:10 > 0:46:13- A fly swatter.- It's what Idi Amin used to use.- Absolutely.
0:46:13 > 0:46:15They're all the rage with dictators!
0:46:15 > 0:46:17- This is pretty rubbish, though. - No, it's not!
0:46:17 > 0:46:19THOMAS: It's a good set of binoculars!
0:46:19 > 0:46:22- So this is a cake...- Swing-handled cake basket.
0:46:22 > 0:46:26What will they think of Phil's beloved tasting fork?
0:46:26 > 0:46:28- It's a bit feminine. - 'Oh, dear!'
0:46:28 > 0:46:30- What do you think? - Do you think quality here...
0:46:30 > 0:46:33- And... - Dross over this side?
0:46:33 > 0:46:37I think you should be congratulated. You've done extremely well.
0:46:37 > 0:46:39- Well done, Thomas. - Well done.
0:46:39 > 0:46:41May the best team win!
0:46:41 > 0:46:45I think they've been pretty honest, to be fair.
0:46:45 > 0:46:48But it's amazing how a little privacy can bring out the truth!
0:46:49 > 0:46:52I'm speechless. Catherine has spent all her money on those bellows.
0:46:52 > 0:46:55That's the key thing, the snuff box.
0:46:55 > 0:47:00I think they'll probably make their money, but it'll be really tight.
0:47:00 > 0:47:04I wouldn't bother with the silver plate. Or the fly swatter thing.
0:47:04 > 0:47:08I'm quietly confident. I think we've got our noses in front.
0:47:08 > 0:47:10I hope so.
0:47:10 > 0:47:11Do you think we're going to win?
0:47:14 > 0:47:16There's an optimistic couple!
0:47:16 > 0:47:19The battle lines are drawn and it's time to advance to the auction.
0:47:19 > 0:47:22They're leaving behind the country for the big city.
0:47:22 > 0:47:24Chiswick is a large suburb of London
0:47:24 > 0:47:27and it's also seen its fair share of war.
0:47:27 > 0:47:31The Battle of Turnham Green took place here in 1642.
0:47:31 > 0:47:35So, Catherine, this is it. A very sad day. The finale.
0:47:35 > 0:47:38No, it's not sad. It's going to be fantastic.
0:47:38 > 0:47:43Whatever the result, we have had an amazing time. It's been a good giggle.
0:47:43 > 0:47:45How are you feeling? Are you nervous?
0:47:45 > 0:47:49Do you think you're in with a chance of making more money than you spent?
0:47:49 > 0:47:53I have to admit that I'm slightly anxious
0:47:53 > 0:47:57that we spent quite a lot of money on that little snuff box.
0:47:57 > 0:47:59The snuff box is the dodgy thing.
0:47:59 > 0:48:03- My croquet set, with weather like this...- No chance, Thomas.
0:48:03 > 0:48:07- No chance.- But they may want to stay indoors and play cribbage!
0:48:07 > 0:48:11The croquet set's not really an antique. It's younger than I am.
0:48:11 > 0:48:13It's nowhere near 21, Phil!
0:48:13 > 0:48:16We're going to walk out with our heads held high
0:48:16 > 0:48:18holding our BAFTAs.
0:48:18 > 0:48:20Or hopefully, plenty of cash!
0:48:20 > 0:48:22Cash is more likely.
0:48:26 > 0:48:28Busy Chiswick Auction is well established,
0:48:28 > 0:48:31specialising in furniture, jewellery, toys and dolls
0:48:31 > 0:48:34and Oriental art, to name a few.
0:48:34 > 0:48:36They always draw a crowd.
0:48:36 > 0:48:39- Here we go.- D-Day.
0:48:39 > 0:48:40D-Day.
0:48:41 > 0:48:44- Hello!- Hello!- How are you?
0:48:44 > 0:48:46Hello, partner!
0:48:46 > 0:48:48Mwa! Mwa! Darlings, it's time for auction.
0:48:48 > 0:48:50- Are you quietly confident?- No!
0:48:50 > 0:48:53I don't care. We'll be fine. It'll be fun.
0:48:54 > 0:48:59The gavel-wielder at the helm, expertly steering today's sale is William Rowse.
0:48:59 > 0:49:03Has he spotted anything amongst the lots to tickle his fancy?
0:49:03 > 0:49:05There are some nice lots in terms of the quality.
0:49:05 > 0:49:08There's a lovely little snuff box.
0:49:08 > 0:49:11Whether it's necessarily going to make a big profit, I couldn't be sure.
0:49:11 > 0:49:14There are some that perhaps won't get much excitement,
0:49:14 > 0:49:17for example the pair of rather ordinary binoculars,
0:49:17 > 0:49:21which I'm sure will sell, but won't get any hearts racing.
0:49:21 > 0:49:23I think Frances and Catherine are probably going to win,
0:49:23 > 0:49:25perhaps by a small margin.
0:49:25 > 0:49:27They have some of the more interesting lots,
0:49:27 > 0:49:32whereas the other team have got more, maybe the phrase to use is "pedestrian".
0:49:32 > 0:49:34It's not the phrase they would use!
0:49:35 > 0:49:39Catherine and Frances all but maxed out their £400 budget,
0:49:39 > 0:49:43spending £396.50 to make five lots.
0:49:43 > 0:49:4525 and I'll walk your dogs!
0:49:47 > 0:49:53Whereas shrewd shoppers Thomas and Phil only spent £270 to make up their five lots for auction.
0:49:53 > 0:49:57I fell in love with the fork. The first time it's ever happened to me!
0:49:57 > 0:50:02The most hotly contested battle of the sexes the antique arena has ever witnessed
0:50:02 > 0:50:04is about to commence.
0:50:04 > 0:50:07- I'm feeling really nervous! - I am Mr Cool, me.
0:50:07 > 0:50:10If we do really badly, I'm going to auction my ring!
0:50:10 > 0:50:13Let's hope it doesn't come to that!
0:50:13 > 0:50:16The men are first with the binoculars and stool.
0:50:16 > 0:50:19Will this little sporty set get the bidders twitching?
0:50:19 > 0:50:21What's it worth? £10 this lot.
0:50:21 > 0:50:25- I'm bid ten. £10. 12.- They've all got their hands up!- 16. 18.
0:50:25 > 0:50:2920. 22. 25. £28 there.
0:50:29 > 0:50:3130 in the red here. 32.
0:50:31 > 0:50:35- 35. 38.- You were lucky! - £40 in the red.
0:50:35 > 0:50:37Are you all done for 40?
0:50:37 > 0:50:39He's cocky, isn't he?
0:50:41 > 0:50:44A neat little profit, despite earlier predictions.
0:50:44 > 0:50:47It's time for the girls to get in the game
0:50:47 > 0:50:49with the ship's bulkhead clock.
0:50:49 > 0:50:53I think you should give them one of your stares if the clock doesn't do well.
0:50:53 > 0:50:54Yes.
0:50:54 > 0:50:57And I'm straight in at £40.
0:50:57 > 0:50:59- Please, more than that.- 45.
0:50:59 > 0:51:0250. At £50. Anybody else?
0:51:02 > 0:51:05Careful now. At £50. Anybody else want to bid?
0:51:06 > 0:51:07£50.
0:51:07 > 0:51:10Oh, dear. A rotten, stinking loss
0:51:10 > 0:51:12and a disappointing start for the girls.
0:51:12 > 0:51:13Don't you laugh!
0:51:14 > 0:51:20- I'm trying not to smile, but I can't...- You're an actor. You can try!
0:51:21 > 0:51:25Time to stop sniggering and get your game faces on, boys.
0:51:25 > 0:51:27It's your cribbage collection next.
0:51:27 > 0:51:30It's very boring. You didn't choose them, did you?
0:51:30 > 0:51:32No, they're very interesting.
0:51:32 > 0:51:33To someone, maybe.
0:51:33 > 0:51:36What's the lot worth? Start me. £30 for the lot.
0:51:36 > 0:51:3830 I'm bid. Thank you, Chris. 30 I'm bid.
0:51:38 > 0:51:3932.
0:51:39 > 0:51:4135.
0:51:41 > 0:51:42Are you al done and finished?
0:51:42 > 0:51:44- That is ridiculously cheap. - At £35.
0:51:44 > 0:51:46I'm surprised.
0:51:46 > 0:51:48Who's sniggering now, then?
0:51:48 > 0:51:52The gamble didn't pay off and the chaps also take a nasty loss.
0:51:52 > 0:51:57I thought they'd be worth a lot more. They were beautiful.
0:51:57 > 0:52:01Next, it's the natty pair of table-top stationery desks.
0:52:01 > 0:52:04The ladies really need a profit on these.
0:52:04 > 0:52:07I'm nervous now cos we lost so much on the clock.
0:52:07 > 0:52:09Don't worry. Don't worry about it.
0:52:09 > 0:52:11This could be a bloodbath.
0:52:11 > 0:52:13That's a way to raise the spirits, Thomas(!)
0:52:13 > 0:52:16I've got two identical bids at £55.
0:52:16 > 0:52:18- There. A £15 profit.- 60 in the room against a commission bid.
0:52:18 > 0:52:21In the room at £60 against commission.
0:52:21 > 0:52:24Anybody else, then? AT £60. It can be sold for 60.
0:52:25 > 0:52:27- Well done. Congratulations. - It's money.
0:52:27 > 0:52:30- Yeah, but not enough! - Oh, shut up.
0:52:30 > 0:52:32Not a profit to write home about,
0:52:32 > 0:52:33but a profit, nevertheless.
0:52:33 > 0:52:38Can the boys get a cracking price for the riding crop and swish?
0:52:39 > 0:52:42I covet that myself. You're not allowed to bid for your own stuff?
0:52:42 > 0:52:43No, you can't!
0:52:43 > 0:52:45Not the done thing, old boy.
0:52:45 > 0:52:47£20 for these two items. Surely worth £10 each.
0:52:47 > 0:52:5022. 25. 28.
0:52:51 > 0:52:5330. 32. 35.
0:52:53 > 0:52:56£35 I'm bid there in the distance.
0:52:56 > 0:52:58At 35. Anybody else, then?
0:52:58 > 0:53:01- I can sell them. £35 and going. - Give it a swish!
0:53:03 > 0:53:05Ker-ching!
0:53:05 > 0:53:07And the chaps cash in,
0:53:07 > 0:53:09increasing their lead, marginally.
0:53:09 > 0:53:12- You buy cheap things, don't you? - We did.- Was that your idea, Phil?
0:53:12 > 0:53:15Yeah. Keep it cheap and nasty, like me!
0:53:15 > 0:53:18He's a big softie, really!
0:53:18 > 0:53:23The girls are desperate to beat the boys, one way or the other, with these clubs.
0:53:23 > 0:53:28- How do you feel about the clubs? - Have you ever done that form of exercise?
0:53:28 > 0:53:30Of course, every morning!
0:53:30 > 0:53:34I'm straight in here with a bid of £20. At 20. 22.
0:53:34 > 0:53:37- 25. 28.- A profit.- 30.
0:53:37 > 0:53:3832 in the room.
0:53:38 > 0:53:40£32 in the distance.
0:53:40 > 0:53:42Selling then, for 32.
0:53:44 > 0:53:45We knew, you see.
0:53:45 > 0:53:47We knew!
0:53:47 > 0:53:50The chaps were close to getting one of those round the earhole
0:53:50 > 0:53:52if they hadn't made a profit!
0:53:52 > 0:53:54You didn't have any faith in those, did you?
0:53:54 > 0:53:55No faith in them whatsoever.
0:53:55 > 0:53:58- You liked them, though, Phil? - What, the clubs?
0:53:58 > 0:54:01Can we not have a post-mortem on the clubs. You've sold them. Move on.
0:54:01 > 0:54:06And on we move to the boys' dazzling array of silverware
0:54:06 > 0:54:08and Phil's favourite fork!
0:54:08 > 0:54:10We need a plant.
0:54:10 > 0:54:12You've got a plant. Or is he a fruit cake?
0:54:12 > 0:54:14I've got a mate who'd be perfect.
0:54:14 > 0:54:18He's strange-looking, wears a straw hat.
0:54:18 > 0:54:20Is he talking about me?
0:54:20 > 0:54:22He'd fit in beautifully.
0:54:22 > 0:54:24- Start me at £20, a mixed lot. - Oh, here we go!
0:54:24 > 0:54:2820 I'm bid there, the lady. 22. 25.
0:54:28 > 0:54:3028. 30.
0:54:30 > 0:54:3132. 35.
0:54:31 > 0:54:33- Just keep going.- 38. - It's a good lot.- 40.
0:54:33 > 0:54:35- 42. £42.- Come on!
0:54:35 > 0:54:38- All done and finished. 42 it goes. - Oh, no!
0:54:38 > 0:54:43- It's a disaster.- A disaster. All that hard work.- I know.
0:54:43 > 0:54:45Naughty Frances.
0:54:45 > 0:54:48The boys aren't laughing as they take another hit.
0:54:48 > 0:54:52It's a complete... She's so pleased!
0:54:52 > 0:54:54- Shut up!- So...
0:54:55 > 0:54:57But will she still be smiling after this lot?
0:54:57 > 0:55:00It's the brassy harness and leather-bound binoculars.
0:55:00 > 0:55:03There we go. What's it worth? Start me at £20 for this lot.
0:55:03 > 0:55:0520 I'm bid. Thank you, Chris.
0:55:05 > 0:55:0722. Thank you. 25.
0:55:07 > 0:55:0828.
0:55:08 > 0:55:1030.
0:55:10 > 0:55:12£30. With my original bidder at 30.
0:55:12 > 0:55:14Wiped the smile off your face!
0:55:14 > 0:55:17- Tiny profit.- £30.
0:55:17 > 0:55:18£30, it's gone.
0:55:18 > 0:55:20- Sees a profit.- It's very healthy.
0:55:20 > 0:55:24Profits are small and losses are large for both teams.
0:55:24 > 0:55:27With only two lots to go, it could go either way.
0:55:27 > 0:55:29- It all lies on the last two lots. - It does.
0:55:33 > 0:55:35The boys' big pricey lot is their last item.
0:55:35 > 0:55:37Will they strike it lucky with the croquet set?
0:55:37 > 0:55:41THOMAS: I've just seen the world's champion croquet player walk in.
0:55:41 > 0:55:45If he is the world champion, he might already have his own set.
0:55:45 > 0:55:46Yes.
0:55:46 > 0:55:48I'm bid £75.
0:55:48 > 0:55:50- With me at 75.- Already?
0:55:50 > 0:55:5275. 80. 85.
0:55:52 > 0:55:5490. 95.
0:55:54 > 0:55:56- With me at 95.- Go on!
0:55:56 > 0:55:59100. I've got 105 as the last bid. With you at 110.
0:55:59 > 0:56:02- At £110.- There will be a sale.
0:56:02 > 0:56:04Anybody else? At 110, it will be sold.
0:56:05 > 0:56:07Bus fare home, then.
0:56:09 > 0:56:12Are the bidders getting younger, or am I getting older?
0:56:12 > 0:56:15With such a small profit, there's no clear leader.
0:56:15 > 0:56:17Everything rests on the last lot.
0:56:17 > 0:56:20The greatly anticipated snuff box.
0:56:21 > 0:56:26- It's make or break.- As you love our little snuff box so much,
0:56:26 > 0:56:28would you have spent £200 on it?
0:56:28 > 0:56:29No.
0:56:29 > 0:56:31It was £210, Catherine.
0:56:31 > 0:56:33I'm bid £80 for this. Thank you.
0:56:33 > 0:56:36- £80 I'm bid.- What do you think? - 85. 90.
0:56:36 > 0:56:38- 95.- I can't bear to listen!
0:56:38 > 0:56:41- £100 it is in the doorway. - It's got legs.- 110 there.
0:56:41 > 0:56:44- 120. 130.- Come on!- 140. 150.
0:56:44 > 0:56:46- Come on!- 160.
0:56:46 > 0:56:47160 in the hall.
0:56:47 > 0:56:49- Anybody else, then?- Come on!
0:56:49 > 0:56:51£160 for the bellows.
0:56:51 > 0:56:53160 all done? 160.
0:56:56 > 0:56:59Oh, God. That is just so irritating!
0:56:59 > 0:57:04The girls' chance of success snuffed out, in the end,
0:57:04 > 0:57:07by the miniature bellows and the boys are rubbing it in!
0:57:07 > 0:57:09Look at his face!
0:57:09 > 0:57:11Not very sporting.
0:57:11 > 0:57:13So smug!
0:57:13 > 0:57:16So our celebrities started with £400 each.
0:57:18 > 0:57:20Catherine and Frances shopped till they dropped
0:57:20 > 0:57:25and after auction costs, they made a crashing loss of £124.26,
0:57:25 > 0:57:29leaving them with only £275.74.
0:57:31 > 0:57:33Thomas and Phil only did slightly better,
0:57:33 > 0:57:37and after costs made a loss of £55.16,
0:57:37 > 0:57:40leaving them with £344.84.
0:57:40 > 0:57:45Any profit made on the Road Trip, no matter how large or small, goes to Children in Need.
0:57:45 > 0:57:46Except there isn't any today.
0:57:46 > 0:57:50We've both lost money, but we've lost slightly less.
0:57:50 > 0:57:52Which means the boys are the winners!
0:57:52 > 0:57:55But we both made three profits.
0:57:55 > 0:57:57- Yes.- Absolutely. Let's look for the positives.
0:57:57 > 0:57:59We had a moral victory.
0:57:59 > 0:58:02I think Phil's quite a good dealer. You've got a good eye.
0:58:02 > 0:58:04- I've got a wet head!- You're getting wet hair, yes.
0:58:04 > 0:58:08- Go on, get in that car.- Let's go. - Bye!- Bye!
0:58:09 > 0:58:12It's time for the final curtain. Take a bow, teams.
0:58:12 > 0:58:15It's been wonderful, hasn't it? It's been great fun.
0:58:15 > 0:58:17Do you want to get into acting, now?
0:58:17 > 0:58:19No, I have done my bit.
0:58:19 > 0:58:23I started off this thing saying I didn't know anything about antiques.
0:58:23 > 0:58:26And I've just realised that I still know nothing!
0:58:26 > 0:58:28I've really enjoyed it, though. Have you?
0:58:28 > 0:58:31Yes, it's been fun, driving around in this lovely old car.
0:58:31 > 0:58:34- We had a laugh, actually. - Yeah, so did we.
0:58:34 > 0:58:36We had quite a good one.
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