0:00:02 > 0:00:03The nations' favourite celebrities...
0:00:03 > 0:00:06- We're special, then, are we? - Well, that's excellent.
0:00:06 > 0:00:08..paired up with an expert...
0:00:08 > 0:00:09We're a very good team, you and me.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11..and a classic car.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15Their mission? To scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:15 > 0:00:16I have no idea what it is.
0:00:16 > 0:00:17Oh, I love it!
0:00:17 > 0:00:20The aim? To make the biggest profit at auction.
0:00:20 > 0:00:21Yes!
0:00:21 > 0:00:23But it's no easy ride.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25There's no accounting for taste.
0:00:25 > 0:00:30Who will find a hidden gem? Who will take the biggest risks?
0:00:30 > 0:00:33Will anybody follow expert advice?
0:00:33 > 0:00:35- Do you like them? - No.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38There will be worthy winners and valiant losers.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40- Are you happy? - Yes, ecstatic...
0:00:40 > 0:00:42Time to put your pedal to the metal.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45This is Celebrity Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:47 > 0:00:48Yeah!
0:00:50 > 0:00:53Today's celebrities are two top-notch actors
0:00:53 > 0:00:56who also happen to be a married couple.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59- Ooh!- If you keep doing showing me how to drive, darling,
0:00:59 > 0:01:01I'm going to slap that hand.
0:01:01 > 0:01:02Can you tell?
0:01:02 > 0:01:04You're almost driving the car in front.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07You keep doing this - "Up, up! Down, down!
0:01:07 > 0:01:10Meet Phyllis Logan and Kevin McNally.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13I'm not really, as you know, competitive by nature.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15But...
0:01:15 > 0:01:17"Silent guffaw."
0:01:17 > 0:01:19I want to win.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21Not only do I want to win, I want to destroy you
0:01:21 > 0:01:24and I want to break all records in terms of profit.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27What kind of talk is that to your wife?
0:01:27 > 0:01:29"I want to destroy you" -
0:01:29 > 0:01:31you have already have, darling.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33Hee-hee! Our celebrity couple
0:01:33 > 0:01:35have certainly got today's experts in a bit of a lather -
0:01:35 > 0:01:37auctioneers Mark Stacey and Thomas Plant.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40- Pirates! We're very lucky. - Very lucky.
0:01:40 > 0:01:44To get to meet proper Hollywood stars.
0:01:44 > 0:01:48- I know.- HOLLYWOOD stars. Red carpet stars.- A-listers.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51No wonder, because Kevin,
0:01:51 > 0:01:55who's more usually seen these days wearing humungous sideburns
0:01:55 > 0:01:58as Mr Gibbs in the Pirates Of The Caribbean movies
0:01:58 > 0:02:02and BAFTA-winning Phyllis, who starred in such powerful dramas
0:02:02 > 0:02:03as Secrets And Lies,
0:02:03 > 0:02:06are also very familiar from our TV screens.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11- I LOVE Downton Abbey.- I bet you do.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14I love Downton Abbey, I'm there with my slice of toast
0:02:14 > 0:02:17and cup of tea in the evening, watching Downton.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20And, of course, she played Lady Felsham in Lovejoy.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24Yes - as well as being TV's Mrs Hughes on Sunday evenings,
0:02:24 > 0:02:27Phyllis played alongside Ian McShane
0:02:27 > 0:02:30in the 1980s series about a naughty but nice antique dealer,
0:02:30 > 0:02:31do you remember?
0:02:31 > 0:02:33Should we have a wee bet on the side, just between us?
0:02:33 > 0:02:35I think we should, yeah.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37Right, so if you don't double your money,
0:02:37 > 0:02:40you're putting the bins out for the next six months.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42All right, it's a deal.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44- And if I DO double my money... - Yeah?
0:02:45 > 0:02:49- What?- You make breakfast every day for the next six months.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52What about when I'm working, darling?
0:02:52 > 0:02:54You have to get up especially early.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57How do you think your experiences in Lovejoy will help you?
0:02:57 > 0:02:59Probably not at all.
0:02:59 > 0:03:00THEY LAUGH
0:03:00 > 0:03:05Ha-ha! The stakes are already high on this road trip.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08Celebrities and experts are deep in the Kent countryside
0:03:08 > 0:03:09of the Garden of England,
0:03:09 > 0:03:12driving a 1960s Mark II Jaguar
0:03:12 > 0:03:15and a 1990s TVR Chimaera.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18They will be armed with £400 per side,
0:03:18 > 0:03:20but what will those pairings be?
0:03:20 > 0:03:22- Good morning!- Good morning.
0:03:22 > 0:03:26- Good morning? Isn't this lovely? - You brought the sun. - We did, didn't we?
0:03:26 > 0:03:30- How are you? Good to see you. - Hi! Hello!
0:03:30 > 0:03:32- Lovely to meet you. - You, too.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35THOMAS: Right - who's going to go with who?
0:03:36 > 0:03:39- I have this car... - Oh, well, I'm going with him.
0:03:39 > 0:03:40LAUGHTER
0:03:40 > 0:03:42PHYLLIS: You've got me, I'm afraid.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44- Do you want the TVR? - It's too low down for me.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46I'd never get in there with my lumbago!
0:03:46 > 0:03:49I think we'll go for classic beauty
0:03:49 > 0:03:52and we'll leave the nouveau brashness to them.
0:03:52 > 0:03:53GASPING
0:03:53 > 0:03:56Mark, are you going to be driving and Phyllis can sit in the back?
0:03:56 > 0:03:58Yes, shall we do that?
0:03:58 > 0:04:01- Come along, my lady. - Have you got your chauffer's hat on?
0:04:01 > 0:04:04So, that'll keep Downton fan Mark happy
0:04:04 > 0:04:08whilst Thomas is in for a right pirate's knees-up.
0:04:08 > 0:04:09And what an adventure awaits.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13Our route starts in Barham, Kent.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15Then we take a trip to the coast
0:04:15 > 0:04:17before heading over the border into Sussex,
0:04:17 > 0:04:21finally making for an auction by the Thames at Greenwich.
0:04:24 > 0:04:28This little village with three bears passant on its coat of arms
0:04:28 > 0:04:30was the home of one of the four knights
0:04:30 > 0:04:32who murdered Thomas a Becket
0:04:32 > 0:04:35at nearby Canterbury Cathedral in 1170.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38Lord Kitchener of recruitment poster fame
0:04:38 > 0:04:41once lived near Barham, too.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44What is Kevin going to be like? Is he quite competitive?
0:04:44 > 0:04:47- Oh...yes.- Is he?- Completely.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49See playing games with him? He's got to win.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51So we need to win.
0:04:51 > 0:04:55- Well, I'd really like to win. I'd really like to.- So would I.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58I think those two will do all right.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00Oh, Mark, look - shall I give it a pull?
0:05:00 > 0:05:01BELL RINGS
0:05:01 > 0:05:06- Wow!- Loud ring - well, it's worked. - It's worked indeed.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08- Hello.- I'm Mark.- I'm Christian. Nice to meet you.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11- Hi, I'm Phyllis. - Hi, Phyllis, nice to meet you.
0:05:11 > 0:05:12You've got some antiques, I gather.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14Yes, we've got one or two around the corner.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17- We're dying to see them. - We are, we can't wait.- Which way?
0:05:17 > 0:05:21- That way to the showroom. - Shall we?- Yes, we shall. Come on!
0:05:21 > 0:05:24He's not wrong - there are at least one or two.
0:05:24 > 0:05:29Good quality as well, which could put of a strain on the old funds.
0:05:29 > 0:05:33- It's not £16.50, is it? - Unfortunately not.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35- That's for the table, of course. - I wonder...look.
0:05:35 > 0:05:36- I like this.- Really?
0:05:36 > 0:05:38SHE LAUGHS
0:05:38 > 0:05:41Don't tell me our co-stars are falling out already.
0:05:41 > 0:05:42Fancy a duel?
0:05:42 > 0:05:45- We got taught this at drama school, actually.- Did you?- Yes.
0:05:47 > 0:05:48En garde!
0:05:49 > 0:05:52MARK LAUGHS It's even got the rapier, too.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56- Oh!- Take that!
0:05:56 > 0:05:59- Oh, you've remembered it.- Yes. - Very professional.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01Conservatoire-trained.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04If you're ever in The Scarlet Pimpernel or something,
0:06:04 > 0:06:05that would be wonderful.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08Now, those look cheap and familiar.
0:06:08 > 0:06:12- A load of old keys. - Yes. Well, that's what I wear.
0:06:12 > 0:06:16Very Mrs Hughes. A bit rusty, though.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20Now, that might suit a pirate film, don't you think?
0:06:20 > 0:06:22- Can you see anything?- No.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24Take the lid off - that's it.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26- Ho-ho! - PIRATE'S VOICE: Ship ahoy, Cap'n.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31The ticket price is £175, whatever they see in it...
0:06:31 > 0:06:32Yes, I can.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35..which is quite a bit.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37Just what did the actor say to the auctioneer?
0:06:37 > 0:06:41- Now, are you a good haggler? - Yes. A very good haggler.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43Because I'm a Bristolian.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46- Ah! I was born in Bristol myself. - Were you?
0:06:46 > 0:06:48- It's a lovely part of the world. - It is. And, of course,
0:06:48 > 0:06:49it's where pirates come from.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51It is where pirates come from.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54- Pieces of eight.- Pieces of eight - it's a Bristol thing.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56- A Bristol phrase.- A Bristol thing.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59And also to have the meanness of a Bristolian.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01- Won't spend a penny. - They're so tight with money.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03- Was your mother tight with money? - She was careful.
0:07:03 > 0:07:07She always said to me, "No, no, you hold on to your money."
0:07:08 > 0:07:12They seem like shipmates already. Does that make Tom the cabin boy?
0:07:12 > 0:07:16Time for a trip to the seaside, as we go looking for a deal...
0:07:16 > 0:07:17in Deal.
0:07:19 > 0:07:23Just off of Dover and a mere 25 miles from the French coast,
0:07:23 > 0:07:26Deal has a bit of a reputation for smuggling.
0:07:26 > 0:07:31Seems the perfect port of call for a pair of pirates to land up in...arr!
0:07:31 > 0:07:33Canute Road - that's where King Canute lived.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35He lived there - Canute Road.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37- Number 46, I think. - THOMAS LAUGHS
0:07:37 > 0:07:39Well, Vikings were pirates, too, weren't they?
0:07:39 > 0:07:43- Hello - I'm Kevin, nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you. How you doing?
0:07:43 > 0:07:44- Thomas.- Hi, Thomas. Mick.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47- PIRATE VOICE:- Plenty of loot in 'ere, maties.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49(Ghastly!)
0:07:49 > 0:07:53And Kevin certainly knows what he doesn't like.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56- My nickname on Pirates Of The Caribbean was Badger.- Yes.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59Though I wouldn't want to buy that, cos I can't stand stuffed animals.
0:07:59 > 0:08:03- My grandmother's house was full of them - dogs.- Pottery dogs.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06Yeah...never saw the point.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08Strangely enough, Phyllis has other ideas.
0:08:09 > 0:08:13- Oh, he's quite heavy. Not very old.- Hm.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15It's produced by a factory called Winstanley.
0:08:15 > 0:08:20They're more known, actually, for their cats.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22Oh, right. So that's quite unusual.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24I've never seen a bulldog by them.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27- Well...how much...?- Oh, dear.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29- 150.- Oh.
0:08:29 > 0:08:33But I think bulldogs are very popular subjects.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36- People like bulldogs. British bulldog.- Yes. Yes.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39- Fighting spirit.- That's true. - And we are in a battle.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41Time to see what Christian can do.
0:08:41 > 0:08:42How are you getting on?
0:08:42 > 0:08:45We quite like, funnily enough, the bulldog.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47- Shall we just be bold? - I think we should be bold.
0:08:47 > 0:08:48They can only ask us to leave.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50- I know.- And we've got the car ready, haven't we?
0:08:50 > 0:08:51SHE LAUGHS
0:08:51 > 0:08:54- I'm sure he won't do that. - We don't want to insult you, but...
0:08:54 > 0:08:56But we do, really.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59..but we are on a very tight budget.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02We thought around, sort of, £30, really.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05And then I thought we might make a reasonable profit on it.
0:09:05 > 0:09:09- I'm going to go a bit more. What about 60?- Oh, gosh...
0:09:09 > 0:09:12- What do you think? - It's not a Crufts winner, is it?
0:09:12 > 0:09:13Oh!
0:09:13 > 0:09:15So, maybe 40?
0:09:16 > 0:09:20- 55?- Oh, gosh, he's going down in fives!
0:09:20 > 0:09:23Come on, Phyllis! This is definitely a speaking part.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25I think Phyllis and I would be delighted
0:09:25 > 0:09:28if we could get it for 45, wouldn't we?
0:09:28 > 0:09:30I mean, if we could just do that...
0:09:30 > 0:09:33Cos I think it'll be estimated at £40-£60.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35What about meeting me in the middle?
0:09:35 > 0:09:37£2.50 each and make him 50.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41- Are you happy with 50?- Yes.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43- Let's shake his hand, then. - Thank you very much.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45Quite a reduction, Mark.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48But now Phyllis has spotted something else, it seems.
0:09:48 > 0:09:49We're rather intrigued by this,
0:09:49 > 0:09:52- which we couldn't find a price on, could we?- No.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54It's part of the display, I'm afraid.
0:09:54 > 0:09:58- Oh! We like it.- Yes.
0:09:58 > 0:10:02That appealed as a piece of, sort of, like an occasional table, almost.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04- Kind of modernist in a way, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07Obviously, the glass is a later top,
0:10:07 > 0:10:11but I loved that sinuousness - it's Art Nouveau, isn't it?
0:10:11 > 0:10:16- 1900, 1905, something like that. - But it's not for sale.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20Don't give up so easily. Christian, I know, wants to help us.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23- Anything is for sale for the right price, my dear.- Oh, I see!
0:10:23 > 0:10:27What if we started again at, say, around £40?
0:10:29 > 0:10:32What if I said about £70?
0:10:32 > 0:10:34MARK SIGHS Ooh...
0:10:34 > 0:10:37Phyllis is not looking happy about that.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39I mean, we like it, but you know, in the auction,
0:10:39 > 0:10:41it might not appeal to anybody.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43One of your finest performances, Phyllis.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45I feel another BAFTA coming on.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48Why don't we say 50 again, and then it's a round 100, isn't it?
0:10:49 > 0:10:53- Can we do that?- A round 100 for the bulldog and the pedestal.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56Well, I would say a lot more than that, really, but...
0:10:56 > 0:10:57Make it 60?
0:10:57 > 0:11:00- Shall we say, "yay"...?- To 60?- Mm.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03- So it's 110 for the two. - Yeah.
0:11:03 > 0:11:04It's all right, isn't it?
0:11:04 > 0:11:07- 110?- Yeah?- Yes.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11- Sound like a deal?- It does. Thank you very much.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13- Thank you, Christian. - Thank you so much.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16Team Phyllis is off the mark, purchasing the bulldog
0:11:16 > 0:11:19and the lamp table for £110.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21With that deal done,
0:11:21 > 0:11:22what about Deal?
0:11:22 > 0:11:25The place, that is, where Kevin is taking charge - here we go.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28- I like the look of these. - What, the scales?
0:11:28 > 0:11:30- The butchers' scales, yeah. - They're rather good, aren't they?
0:11:30 > 0:11:34- Does he have the weights with it? - With weights...
0:11:34 > 0:11:37Oh, there we are - "with brass weights".
0:11:37 > 0:11:40- I do think they're rather handsome. That has...- Yes, that has to go.
0:11:40 > 0:11:41We're not having that.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43He's made an impressive start.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47Still needs a guiding hand, though.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49Where the lack of experience comes in.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54- HE PLAYS "TUBULAR BELLS" ON ORGAN - He can play a bit, too.
0:11:55 > 0:11:56Spooky!
0:11:56 > 0:11:59Tubular Bells is fine, but definitely no Stairway.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01So, you've got to keep on pumping.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03Yeah, if you don't pump, it won't make a noise.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05It's like...Georgian aerobics.
0:12:05 > 0:12:09Fantastic it works - shame it's got that little wheeze in it, but...
0:12:09 > 0:12:12I think if you were 150 years old, you might have a bit of a wheeze.
0:12:12 > 0:12:13I'd have a wheeze, yeah!
0:12:15 > 0:12:19The harmonium, or pump organ, was once very popular in the home
0:12:19 > 0:12:21and in small churches and chapels
0:12:21 > 0:12:25where huge pipe organs would have been impractical.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28- So, yes. - What do you think that would do?
0:12:28 > 0:12:31I think it's...it's quite fun. It's small enough to be...
0:12:31 > 0:12:33- It is small enough, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36Shall we put that in our memory banks and come back to it?
0:12:36 > 0:12:38- That's a good idea.- Because it's...
0:12:38 > 0:12:39Quite a price.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41Not exactly going for a song - ha!
0:12:41 > 0:12:42We can't buy everything, can we?
0:12:42 > 0:12:45You can't, but you've picked out some amazing things.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48I'm quite impressed with your eye. Is there anything you're looking for?
0:12:48 > 0:12:49- No.- No.
0:12:49 > 0:12:50KEVIN LAUGHS
0:12:50 > 0:12:52I'm sure Thomas can come up with something.
0:12:53 > 0:12:57I've never seen this before, ever, in my working career.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59What is...? Oh, it's to hold a pipe.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02Clay pipes, you used to buy them in packs of 20.
0:13:02 > 0:13:06- Right, cos they break easily. - But this is for travelling.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09- Ah... - To keep them safe.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11The ticket says £45.
0:13:11 > 0:13:15- It's mahogany.- Lovely. - And comes with its own pipe.- Yeah.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17Well, I think that's a lovely little item.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20- Imagine just slipping it in your breeches.- Absolutely.
0:13:20 > 0:13:24The great thing on the day, with it being one of my lots,
0:13:24 > 0:13:25is it's darn piratey.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28- It is, isn't it?- Yeah. And someone might like to say,
0:13:28 > 0:13:31- "I got this from a real pirate."- Hm!
0:13:31 > 0:13:33I think that might be taking it a bit far.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35Method actors, eh?
0:13:35 > 0:13:39Worth talking to Mick about that and the harmonium.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41We need to speak to you, quite severely.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43We'd need a very, very good deal from you,
0:13:43 > 0:13:45cos it's a lot of my bank.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48I'll come straight to the point - I can take £100 off that.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50Oh, you'd have to take more than £100 off it, mate.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53- That would still be half my money. - My heart bleeds(!)
0:13:53 > 0:13:57I know! I can see how sympathetic you are to my plight.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00OK, bottom line, £150.
0:14:00 > 0:14:01150...
0:14:01 > 0:14:06And the pipe holder - and you haven't cleaned it out -
0:14:06 > 0:14:08what can that be?
0:14:08 > 0:14:10Again, bottom line would be 30 on that.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13With negotiations at a bit of a lull,
0:14:13 > 0:14:14it's time to refocus.
0:14:14 > 0:14:15Close your ears, Michael.
0:14:15 > 0:14:19We could take the two for 150?
0:14:19 > 0:14:20KEVIN GASPS
0:14:20 > 0:14:23- Offer him that. - You know what's coming, don't you?
0:14:23 > 0:14:24MICK SNORTS WITH LAUGHTER
0:14:24 > 0:14:26The harmonium and the pipe for 150.
0:14:26 > 0:14:30This is your last opportunity, Mick. It's not going to happen again.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32He's good - hardly needs an agent, I'd say.
0:14:32 > 0:14:37- 165.- Oh!- I've got to make a little bit, haven't I?
0:14:38 > 0:14:39160 and you've got a deal.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44- OK.- I like your style! I'd say that myself.- Excellent.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47- I step in with my sweaty paw. - Go on, then.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49- And give you the dosh. - Excellent.
0:14:49 > 0:14:53Oh, after all that effort, it's time for a pirate time-out.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56- Oh!- Three!
0:14:56 > 0:14:58Although I'm not sure skimming stones
0:14:58 > 0:15:00is very Treasure Island, are you?
0:15:00 > 0:15:03I've never been to Deal before. Of course, like you,
0:15:03 > 0:15:05being a Bristol boy, it's Weston-super-Mud.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07Weston-super-Mud.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10- My grandmother used to take me there, loads.- It's great.
0:15:10 > 0:15:14One year we went there and the tide was in. It was really exciting.
0:15:16 > 0:15:20But while Kevin and Thomas have been making a bit of a splash in Deal...
0:15:23 > 0:15:27Phyllis and Mark have temporarily suspended all purchases,
0:15:27 > 0:15:31motoring to another part of the Kent coast at
0:15:31 > 0:15:35Birchington-on-Sea at Quex House, once the Regency home of hunter
0:15:35 > 0:15:37and collector, Percy Powell-Cotton.
0:15:37 > 0:15:42- Hello. You're Keith, yeah? - I am.- Hi, I'm Phyllis.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45- I'm Mark, very nice to meet you. - Good to meet you both.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48- Spectacular house. - It's amazing, isn't it?- Lead on.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50MUSIC
0:15:54 > 0:15:56I feel as though I'm back in the Masai Mara.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02This impressive, if slightly disconcerting museum,
0:16:02 > 0:16:05was first established in 1896 by Major Powell-Cotton
0:16:05 > 0:16:08to house the specimens and cultural artefacts
0:16:08 > 0:16:11he collected whilst exploring the globe.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16He collected animals, he shot them.
0:16:16 > 0:16:20It was a very different world to the world that we're in now
0:16:20 > 0:16:24and he was collecting with this scientific purpose.
0:16:24 > 0:16:28There was always this drive to understand the world he was in.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32Africa was the continent Powell-Cotton fell in love with,
0:16:32 > 0:16:35making 28 expeditions over the course of 50 years,
0:16:35 > 0:16:38but although he slaughtered many thousands of animals,
0:16:38 > 0:16:42the meticulous records that Powell-Cotton kept of each kill
0:16:42 > 0:16:45can now play an important role in conservation.
0:16:45 > 0:16:50- This is one of the specimens. - A warthog.
0:16:50 > 0:16:55This gives a breakdown of what he brought back, but also we have
0:16:55 > 0:16:59the latitude and longitude of every specimen he brought back.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01- Very useful.- Really is.
0:17:01 > 0:17:05The latitude and longitude today can be used to help protect
0:17:05 > 0:17:08areas of Africa and species.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11Someone was recently working with bush babies
0:17:11 > 0:17:14and they were identifying where they used to be found,
0:17:14 > 0:17:18using that information to say, well, they were here once,
0:17:18 > 0:17:22so protect this space and there's a chance they'll be back.
0:17:23 > 0:17:28As well as the 500 creatures on display in the museum's dioramas,
0:17:28 > 0:17:31there are over 4,000 skeletons and 6,000 skins,
0:17:31 > 0:17:36a huge DNA database which has helped breeding programmes designed
0:17:36 > 0:17:38to save species from extinction.
0:17:40 > 0:17:45In the collection, we have this type of thing.
0:17:45 > 0:17:49- Every time you find a red label... - A Diana monkey.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51It's just behind you.
0:17:51 > 0:17:55Percy brought some back that have not been identified
0:17:55 > 0:17:59- to science before.- That's amazing. Can I touch it?- Please do.
0:18:00 > 0:18:05Again, used by researchers looking at primates.
0:18:07 > 0:18:11So, was the Major a misunderstood conservationist or just
0:18:11 > 0:18:13a big game hunter who kept good books?
0:18:13 > 0:18:16Like many Victorians, he had the urge to educate
0:18:16 > 0:18:19and didn't always use his gun to do the shooting.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22His 16mm films of his expeditions
0:18:22 > 0:18:25depict tribal ceremonies as well as wildlife.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28His daughters also followed in the family tradition,
0:18:28 > 0:18:30contributing to a huge archive.
0:18:31 > 0:18:35In 1905, he wrote a book, In Unknown Africa.
0:18:35 > 0:18:40In that book, he talks about how, if we don't protect the wild
0:18:40 > 0:18:45places of Africa, we'll start to lose species in special areas.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49He even goes as far as to say it might reach a point where
0:18:49 > 0:18:53the only place you'll see these animals is in the museum.
0:18:53 > 0:18:54Good Lord.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56Whatever his methods, Powell-Cotton certainly had
0:18:56 > 0:19:01a genuine love of Africa, even getting married there in 1905.
0:19:01 > 0:19:05One of the most striking displays at the museum results from that
0:19:05 > 0:19:09- same expedition.- That is amazing.
0:19:09 > 0:19:13The buffalo is yet another example of a previously unknown species
0:19:13 > 0:19:16which the Major soon had his name appended to
0:19:16 > 0:19:19and the lion has an even closer connection to the museum's
0:19:19 > 0:19:22founder, having nearly killed him.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24If you look at his clothing,
0:19:24 > 0:19:27you'll see the major wound he suffered was on his back.
0:19:27 > 0:19:32He thought he had killed the lion, went over to it and it leapt up,
0:19:32 > 0:19:35dragged him to the ground. He suffered this major wound here.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37The thing that saved him was,
0:19:37 > 0:19:41tucked in his trousers, was a copy of Punch.
0:19:41 > 0:19:42That saved his life?
0:19:42 > 0:19:47Saved his life and when he got back to Britain, Punch magazine
0:19:47 > 0:19:50had published the story of the lion.
0:19:55 > 0:19:59Time to find out what our other pair of antique explorers are up to
0:19:59 > 0:20:03in darkest Kent, heading to the famous resort of Margate.
0:20:05 > 0:20:09Painter, Turner, described these skies as the loveliest in all Europe
0:20:09 > 0:20:12and there is now an art gallery here in the great man's name.
0:20:17 > 0:20:21No point in locking it. It hasn't got a top.
0:20:21 > 0:20:25- There is the door here.- Is it? - Let's walk in the door.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27- It's a big place.- Hi there, Kevin.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30- Hi, welcome to sunny Margate. I'm Ron.- Ron, nice to see you.
0:20:30 > 0:20:35- Thomas.- A lot of clocks, I see. - I'm a clock fancier myself.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38They're not very good business at the moment, to be honest.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41Thanks for the advice. We won't be looking at clocks them, thank you.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43Decisive, Kevin. He continues to impress.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46A TU-95, very nice.
0:20:48 > 0:20:52- Soviet, of course.- Perhaps they'll pick up a piece of militaria then.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54M85 helmet. First Gulf War.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00Hoorah!
0:21:00 > 0:21:02I wish I hadn't had my fish and chips at lunchtime.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05You look lovely, but could we please press on?
0:21:05 > 0:21:09I don't think I could take it off. I'm stuck.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12Ron's huge establishment is very different from the shop
0:21:12 > 0:21:15- they were in earlier. - This is overwhelming.
0:21:15 > 0:21:22- But Kevin still seems intent on following his instincts.- Tom?
0:21:22 > 0:21:27- Tom?- Coming. What have you got...? Is this a dentist chair or a barbers?
0:21:27 > 0:21:29- It's a dentist. - It's a dentist chair.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34People associate these things with pain.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36Remember Larry and Dustin in Marathon Man?
0:21:36 > 0:21:40- Put your head back, let's have a look.- But is it safe?
0:21:40 > 0:21:42That'll have to come out, for a start.
0:21:43 > 0:21:47I think Thomas's advice plus the £300 price tag might deter
0:21:47 > 0:21:49a splurge. More pain.
0:21:49 > 0:21:54It's a cat and nine tails. Is this something you use on your films.
0:21:54 > 0:21:59Yes, yes. The lashings will continue until morale improves.
0:22:01 > 0:22:06- It seems that Ron has always got a bit more shop to explore.- Oh, look.
0:22:11 > 0:22:16- Do you remember Steptoe And Son? - Yeah.- I think it was shot here.
0:22:16 > 0:22:20I'm not sure the warehouse is actually open to the public, Kevin.
0:22:20 > 0:22:25My sideburns. Oh, look, big old tuba there.
0:22:25 > 0:22:30Big old tuba, but there's nothing there. Wouldn't be able to play it.
0:22:30 > 0:22:35- That doesn't matter.- Really? - These are converted to lamps now.
0:22:36 > 0:22:37I love it.
0:22:37 > 0:22:41It's a Boosey and so pre-dates 1930 when the company merged
0:22:41 > 0:22:45with the other great British musical dynasty of Hawkes.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49BBC television, Tony Hancock...
0:22:51 > 0:22:56- Hey, look, look, look, Boosey. It's a Boosey one.- Really?
0:22:56 > 0:22:59- Yes.- Slipped up there then. - You've slipped up there.
0:22:59 > 0:23:03Ron is asking £50 for this battered bit of brass.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05Could this be better than the 50?
0:23:05 > 0:23:09- I think 50 is a gift, to be honest with you.- Do you think so?
0:23:09 > 0:23:14- I didn't know it was Boosey. - 40. There's a lot of work on here.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16You've wheedled your way into my warehouse.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19- You don't like that, do you?- I don't mind, but you can't come in here
0:23:19 > 0:23:23and nail me to the floor for things in the warehouse, I'm afraid.
0:23:23 > 0:23:24If I could take that away with me
0:23:24 > 0:23:28and still have 200 quid left for tomorrow, I'd be such a happy bunny.
0:23:29 > 0:23:33But once we give him 50, I'm under the 200 and I've got no negotiation.
0:23:33 > 0:23:39- I've got no leverage, you see. - £40 and Kevin will take it away.
0:23:39 > 0:23:43No, no, sorry, thank you very much for the interest
0:23:43 > 0:23:46but honest truth, I think it's a steal at 50 quid.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49- Boosey is better than Boosey and Hawkes.- It's earlier.
0:23:51 > 0:23:56- I've had a little practice. - You're good, you're good.
0:23:56 > 0:24:02- 45 quid and we'll have a deal. - Go on.- Go on, absolutely, got it.
0:24:02 > 0:24:06Yes, the thrill, the adrenaline. I'm becoming a junkie.
0:24:07 > 0:24:12- Never a script, darlings. Improv, every time.- Let's go.
0:24:16 > 0:24:20After quite a day, Kevin and Phyllis are together again.
0:24:20 > 0:24:24Is that a squirrel? It's a rabbit! Oh, we really are in the countryside.
0:24:24 > 0:24:31- We really are in the depths.- A bunny rabbit, there.- I think we're lost.
0:24:31 > 0:24:36- We should have brought a map. - Well. Hasn't his not got any Sat Nav?
0:24:39 > 0:24:44- Afraid not.- I do hope they find their way. Nighty night.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49Next morning, we're in Sussex where it's raining.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51Do you need your wipers on?
0:24:51 > 0:24:54- Do you know where they are?- Have a look there, see if it says wipers.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57- Here we are, look.- Wipers.- Lovely.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02That is what marriage is all about, teamwork
0:25:02 > 0:25:05and betting on household chores of course.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08I think we should forget about that whole breakfast thing
0:25:08 > 0:25:10and just make it totally about the bins.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15Exactly. Bins and recycling. What a chore.
0:25:17 > 0:25:21- See, that's you for the next six months.- So cocky.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24No, Mark's got me sorted, well sorted.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29I love to see you confident, darling,
0:25:29 > 0:25:32but I'm sad to see it's so misplaced.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34Phyllis and Mark were the cautious couple yesterday,
0:25:34 > 0:25:38spending a mere £110 on a bulldog and a lamp table, as you do.
0:25:39 > 0:25:43- I don't want to insult you, but... - But we do, really.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46..leaving just under £300 to spend today,
0:25:46 > 0:25:50while Kevin and Thomas splurged out on a tuba, a pipe holder
0:25:50 > 0:25:51and a harmonium...
0:25:51 > 0:25:54You be careful with that now, because it belongs to me.
0:25:55 > 0:26:02..for a total cost of £205, meaning they've almost £200 in their wallet.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05- I'm feeling a little bit of insecurity from you.- From me?
0:26:05 > 0:26:08- Yeah, you're cracking. - No, darling, no.
0:26:08 > 0:26:12Later, they'll be ending up in the capital for a Greenwich auction
0:26:12 > 0:26:15but in the meantime, we're in Sussex at Eastbourne.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21The comedian, Charlie Chester, was born in Eastbourne
0:26:21 > 0:26:25and political theorist Friedrich Engels who co-wrote
0:26:25 > 0:26:27the Communist Manifesto with Karl Marx.
0:26:27 > 0:26:31He has his ashes scattered at nearby Beachy Head. Handy.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33- Are we going to the same place? - I think we are.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35Let's get there before them.
0:26:36 > 0:26:40I wonder if there'll be much chitchat about the theory
0:26:40 > 0:26:43of surplus value as our gang of four shop together.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50Yesterday, Phyllis took a bit of a supporting role
0:26:50 > 0:26:54when it came to the choosing, so she's keen to play her part today.
0:26:55 > 0:27:01- Do it like this?- This? - Well, it's nice. It's Art Deco...ish.
0:27:01 > 0:27:07- It's French, probably 1940s. They don't do terribly well.- Maybe not.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09Kevin is after a new career.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12Do you want to go over and do Pirates Of The Caribbean 5
0:27:12 > 0:27:16- and I'll do this?- Yes. - Shall we do that?- Yeah, great.
0:27:16 > 0:27:20I know Thomas quite well and you obviously know Kevin very well.
0:27:20 > 0:27:22- What do you think they're going for? - Toys.
0:27:22 > 0:27:26- It's a model aeroplane. - It's an actual flying aeroplane.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28They are going for blokey things as well.
0:27:28 > 0:27:34- Yes, train sets and stuff, soldiers. - That lives there.- Uncanny.
0:27:36 > 0:27:37Here's something you'd like.
0:27:37 > 0:27:44- A Lancaster or Wellington bomber cockpit compass.- Let me in there.
0:27:44 > 0:27:48- Can you see that?- Oh, that is great. That could be my military thing.
0:27:50 > 0:27:54Let's have a closer look with shopkeeper, Damian.
0:27:54 > 0:27:58- Tell him we hate it. - The price of the compass is £85.
0:27:58 > 0:28:03- Not sure they can see that though. - I want to see the date.
0:28:03 > 0:28:07- Very interesting.- You like that? - It works, which is great.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09I love the fact that it's got that box.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12- We should wash our hands after this.- Why?
0:28:12 > 0:28:16- If this is luminescent, there will be some radiation.- Will there?
0:28:16 > 0:28:18Crikey, step away from the antique.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21Meanwhile, Phyllis has taken Mark outside.
0:28:21 > 0:28:26- What about these chairs?- These are what I would call nursing chairs.
0:28:26 > 0:28:30- Nursing chairs? - Yes, for a mother to sit on.
0:28:30 > 0:28:35They probably date to 1890, 1900. They're antique.
0:28:35 > 0:28:39They're asking 155 for the pair but again,
0:28:39 > 0:28:42if they are outside, maybe the dealer wants to get rid of them,
0:28:42 > 0:28:45maybe they bought them with some other stuff.
0:28:45 > 0:28:47Actually, they'd be glad to see the back of them.
0:28:47 > 0:28:50Everybody watching at home would be saying, "Don't buy them,
0:28:50 > 0:28:53- "don't buy them."- There'll be some lively discussion, for certain.
0:28:53 > 0:28:58- Have a go, see what you think.- Yes. - What does it feel like?
0:28:58 > 0:29:02It feels lovely, actually. You could put your feet up.
0:29:02 > 0:29:03I think you should.
0:29:03 > 0:29:06I'll tell you what, it's hard work all this, isn't it?
0:29:06 > 0:29:11- I know, it's exhausting. - If you like them, we can maybe...
0:29:11 > 0:29:14- Knock them down a bit.- Knock them down a bit.- Yes.- Shall we?
0:29:14 > 0:29:17- I'm feeling like...- You're feeling like you really want it.
0:29:17 > 0:29:21- I was so wussy yesterday. - You weren't wussy.
0:29:21 > 0:29:24Prepare yourself, Paul, she means business.
0:29:24 > 0:29:28We're on quite a tight budget here and, of course, going to try
0:29:28 > 0:29:30and knock you down a bit.
0:29:30 > 0:29:35We need these at a really special Downton Abbey price, don't we?
0:29:35 > 0:29:40- I'm emphasising the word, down. - Subtle, Mark.
0:29:40 > 0:29:42- How does 110 sound?- No. - Much too much.
0:29:42 > 0:29:44No, I'm sorry, we can't do that.
0:29:46 > 0:29:50- How does £90 sound?- We're heading in the right direction.
0:29:50 > 0:29:54- We're going down.- In order for the better team to win...
0:29:54 > 0:29:57- I like that.- I like your style.
0:29:57 > 0:29:59The pair of chairs for £70.
0:30:00 > 0:30:02- We are so close.- We ARE so close.
0:30:02 > 0:30:05I was thinking maybe around the figure of 60
0:30:05 > 0:30:07and we could shake your hand.
0:30:07 > 0:30:10- Go on, have them for 60.- Shake his hand, before he changes his mind.
0:30:10 > 0:30:14- I hope you win this one.- Thank you very much!- Thanks so much, Paul. We're thrilled with those.
0:30:14 > 0:30:16Well done, Phyllis.
0:30:16 > 0:30:20How are the boys getting on with their much-loved compass?
0:30:20 > 0:30:24Regarding the compass, the gentleman who owns it is currently in Europe.
0:30:24 > 0:30:26I can't get hold of him on the phone.
0:30:26 > 0:30:28What could you do that for normally?
0:30:28 > 0:30:29We could do it for 65.
0:30:30 > 0:30:33With £195 still in the kitty, it's affordable -
0:30:33 > 0:30:37but the pirates go back on the prowl for more treasure.
0:30:37 > 0:30:39He's doing that walking away thing - I really like that!
0:30:39 > 0:30:43The rivals, however, look altogether more relaxed.
0:30:43 > 0:30:46- Have you ever worked together? - Er...not for ages.
0:30:46 > 0:30:49Well, mind you, having said that, he did come on to Downton Abbey.
0:30:49 > 0:30:52- Oh, did he?- Yes, it was horrible.
0:30:52 > 0:30:55- No, it wasn't!- It must be quite fun.
0:30:55 > 0:30:57It was quite fun, I must say, and this is nice.
0:30:57 > 0:31:00I mean, this is...like being on a little holiday.
0:31:00 > 0:31:02Yes, it is, coming around and having a look.
0:31:02 > 0:31:06The boys, though, are keeping their minds on the game.
0:31:06 > 0:31:11- I like that Iraqi silver.- At the back? That is nice. I do like that.
0:31:11 > 0:31:15A 19th-century Islamic dish for Turkish delights or sweets -
0:31:15 > 0:31:17baklava or something like that.
0:31:17 > 0:31:19This is on copper with silver.
0:31:19 > 0:31:22Is there any interest? I mean, I think it's lovely.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24A huge amount of interest. Because you're thinking of the
0:31:24 > 0:31:28emerging economies of the Middle East and this is a near Middle East piece.
0:31:28 > 0:31:32And they do like to buy back their works of art, which will create it.
0:31:32 > 0:31:35So you have got a possibility with something like this.
0:31:35 > 0:31:38The price is at 161, so it's got to be...
0:31:38 > 0:31:43100 quid, really, hasn't it, or 80? Go and talk to them about that, yeah?
0:31:43 > 0:31:45What can Damian do?
0:31:45 > 0:31:50I asked him to make my day. He's come in at £110.
0:31:53 > 0:31:54He wouldn't do it for...
0:31:55 > 0:31:58- ..95?- He actually paid 110 for it.
0:31:58 > 0:32:00And you want 65 for the...
0:32:00 > 0:32:02Well, I could come down to 60,
0:32:02 > 0:32:05- so that gives you 170 for the two items.- Yeah, yeah.
0:32:05 > 0:32:07That's all right. OK.
0:32:07 > 0:32:10I think we're almost there. Almost all the cash gone, too.
0:32:10 > 0:32:12- Well, I think it's these two, isn't it?- We going to do it?
0:32:12 > 0:32:16- Yes.- Leaves us a little bit of money left but we didn't spend it all.
0:32:16 > 0:32:18Well, we'll spend it down the pub. Thank you.
0:32:18 > 0:32:20- Good idea.- Thank you very much.
0:32:20 > 0:32:24- Better give you some money.- Pay the man!- Yeah, I will.- Absolutely, yes.
0:32:24 > 0:32:26Cor, they're going out with a bang,
0:32:26 > 0:32:29wrapping up their shopping with the World War II compass
0:32:29 > 0:32:34and the Middle Eastern silver-on-laid-copper plate for a total of £170.
0:32:34 > 0:32:37Time for a parting of the ways,
0:32:37 > 0:32:42with one side still hot to shop and the other aiming for the stars.
0:32:42 > 0:32:46- You're quite into astrology, aren't you?- Astronomy.- Astronomy?- Astronomy.
0:32:47 > 0:32:50Really, Thomas! They may sound the same, but astronomy,
0:32:50 > 0:32:52the study of the stars and planets,
0:32:52 > 0:32:56is really quite different from looking at horoscopes, or astrology.
0:32:57 > 0:33:02When I was a kid, I took one of the first astronomy O-levels.
0:33:02 > 0:33:04- Astrology?- I... Astronomy.
0:33:04 > 0:33:06- Astronomy?- Astronomy.
0:33:06 > 0:33:08Oh, Thomas!
0:33:08 > 0:33:10They're making for Herstmonceux, East Sussex.
0:33:10 > 0:33:15The Greenwich Royal Observatory moved their telescopes here
0:33:15 > 0:33:18after the war and, although they've since gone further abroad
0:33:18 > 0:33:21to escape this weather, much remains.
0:33:21 > 0:33:24- Are you like a boy in a sweetie shop? - Oh, absolutely!
0:33:24 > 0:33:27I can't express how excited I am.
0:33:27 > 0:33:30- Hi, I'm Kevin.- Good afternoon. I'm Helen.- Helen, nice to meet you. - I'm Thomas.
0:33:30 > 0:33:34- Hi, Thomas. Come on in. - This is Tom, but don't mind him!
0:33:34 > 0:33:37Some regular viewers may recognise these domes
0:33:37 > 0:33:40from a previous pitstop by Charlie Ross.
0:33:40 > 0:33:43Today, however, Thomas and Kevin are here to learn
0:33:43 > 0:33:48about an outlandish experiment using two telescope lenses that turned
0:33:48 > 0:33:53an unknown Austrian physicist into one of the world's most famous men.
0:33:53 > 0:33:56In 1919, two of the lenses that are on this site now were taken
0:33:56 > 0:33:59to Africa and Brazil respectively and they were instrumental
0:33:59 > 0:34:01in proving Einstein's theory of relativity.
0:34:01 > 0:34:06One of the key points of Albert Einstein's famous theory
0:34:06 > 0:34:09was that even light is affected by gravity.
0:34:09 > 0:34:12To prove this, he predicted that if you could see
0:34:12 > 0:34:15stars in the daytime, any stars hidden behind the sun
0:34:15 > 0:34:18would appear to have moved position,
0:34:18 > 0:34:21but it was actually the sun's gravity bending the stars' light.
0:34:21 > 0:34:23Deep stuff, eh? You keeping up?
0:34:23 > 0:34:27And the way it worked was that they proved that
0:34:27 > 0:34:29the gravity of a big object like the sun would bend light,
0:34:29 > 0:34:33which is a central core of special relativity, isn't it?
0:34:33 > 0:34:37- Absolutely.- That's what I was going to ask - what is the theory of relativity?
0:34:37 > 0:34:40- I'll tell you later.- Will you? - We don't have the time.
0:34:42 > 0:34:45Well, we've all heard of E = mc2,
0:34:45 > 0:34:49but fear not, Thomas - even the world's best scientists
0:34:49 > 0:34:53at the time couldn't wrap their minds around Einstein's ideas.
0:34:53 > 0:34:55The only chap who saw the vast potential
0:34:55 > 0:34:58was British physicist Arthur Eddington.
0:34:58 > 0:35:02With the help of the Royal Astronomical Society,
0:35:02 > 0:35:05Eddington set out on a grand global expedition
0:35:05 > 0:35:10to get observational proof of part of Einstein's theory.
0:35:15 > 0:35:17They knew they'd need a solar eclipse
0:35:17 > 0:35:20to view the stars and sun together,
0:35:20 > 0:35:23so a ship carrying two huge telescopes
0:35:23 > 0:35:26was sent along the route of the next eclipse.
0:35:26 > 0:35:29The goal was to photograph the position of the stars
0:35:29 > 0:35:34- during the eclipse, to prove Einstein was right. - TIM WHISTLES
0:35:34 > 0:35:36That's why the eclipse is so important -
0:35:36 > 0:35:39because the sky goes dark and you can take the photograph,
0:35:39 > 0:35:41the stars come out...
0:35:41 > 0:35:44Because they're always there, but,
0:35:44 > 0:35:46obviously, we just see the blue sky of the atmosphere.
0:35:46 > 0:35:48It's a brilliant experiment!
0:35:48 > 0:35:51Actually, when you break it down, it's an extremely simple experiment.
0:35:51 > 0:35:53Yes, and that's the genius of it, I think.
0:35:55 > 0:35:57But the task was far from easy.
0:35:57 > 0:36:00Weather clouded their six-minute window,
0:36:00 > 0:36:03obscuring all but a few seconds of the eclipse.
0:36:03 > 0:36:08They had one usable picture but it was all that was needed.
0:36:08 > 0:36:10The stars were shown to be out of position,
0:36:10 > 0:36:15Einstein was proved right and science was changed for ever.
0:36:15 > 0:36:16He became an overnight celebrity,
0:36:16 > 0:36:19thanks to the team of intrepid British pioneers
0:36:19 > 0:36:23and two telescope lenses, both of which are now housed on this site.
0:36:27 > 0:36:29This is an actual lens from the telescope?
0:36:29 > 0:36:33- The actual lens that was taken to Africa.- It's a mighty lens, isn't it?
0:36:33 > 0:36:35And to think they were hand ground at the time, as well.
0:36:35 > 0:36:39- Where's the rest of the telescope? - Your guess is as good as mine.
0:36:39 > 0:36:44- I think it was left.- Left? - All we have is the lens now.
0:36:44 > 0:36:46That's where the money is, the lenses.
0:36:46 > 0:36:50Talking of which, just shut that because he'll have that auctioned by the end of the week.
0:36:50 > 0:36:53"Lot one, a very famous lens. £5 million."
0:36:53 > 0:36:55Make sure it's locked up. Get out!
0:36:56 > 0:36:59Incredibly, the lens from the second telescope
0:36:59 > 0:37:02used in the experiment is still in use here in Sussex.
0:37:03 > 0:37:07- Well, this on top is the viewfinder, right?- Yes, that's the guider scope.
0:37:07 > 0:37:12The guider scope. But this is the telescope with its original Brazilian lens?
0:37:12 > 0:37:14Yeah, this is the lens that was taken to Brazil.
0:37:14 > 0:37:18- It's like you're some sort of mad professor.- I am a mad professor.
0:37:18 > 0:37:22I feel like it. I just need my hair up a little bit more and start talking like Patrick Moore!
0:37:22 > 0:37:24And Helen and I are your, sort of, pupils.
0:37:24 > 0:37:26And you know so much! I'm so impressed!
0:37:26 > 0:37:29Well, I know so little compared to these guys.
0:37:29 > 0:37:31Could I move this telescope?
0:37:31 > 0:37:35- Yeah, I can take the clamps off for you and you can move it yourself.- OK.
0:37:35 > 0:37:38Oh, I'm so excited! Are the clamps off?
0:37:38 > 0:37:40HE GASPS Look at that!
0:37:42 > 0:37:46The simplest touch - just move around the sky.
0:37:48 > 0:37:51- I love the dial there.- Oh, yeah.
0:37:51 > 0:37:52Boys and their toys, eh?
0:37:54 > 0:37:55Oh, that's amazing!
0:37:55 > 0:37:57Hang on!
0:37:57 > 0:38:01Ah, we're doing that again, are we? There they are.
0:38:03 > 0:38:05Meanwhile, back in Eastbourne...
0:38:05 > 0:38:06This looks rather intriguing.
0:38:06 > 0:38:08It does, doesn't it?
0:38:08 > 0:38:11..Phyllis and Mark still have work to do.
0:38:11 > 0:38:13Oh, it's nice and dry in here!
0:38:13 > 0:38:17- It's good to see you again.- Pleased to meet you again.- And you.- Hello.
0:38:17 > 0:38:18- I'm Phyllis.- Pleased to meet you.
0:38:21 > 0:38:24Those two are looking for a couple more objects...
0:38:26 > 0:38:29..although I think they're taking it in turns.
0:38:29 > 0:38:33Well, we've got a dog. Maybe we should get a cat.
0:38:33 > 0:38:35Mark's got a similar approach, it seems.
0:38:35 > 0:38:39- I think this is Indian. Indian brass work.- Oh, yes, cowbell.
0:38:39 > 0:38:42I think it's quite nicely made, actually.
0:38:42 > 0:38:45It's all hand engraved there and the bells are quite nice.
0:38:45 > 0:38:48So that would have been made when, do you think?
0:38:48 > 0:38:51You'd think something like that was fairly modern, wouldn't you, really?
0:38:51 > 0:38:55You know. But I think it's got a bit of age. If you look...
0:38:55 > 0:38:59You know, this is all handmade nails here.
0:38:59 > 0:39:03I don't think it's any later than around about 1920.
0:39:03 > 0:39:08- So we're heading off to 100 years old.- Do you think it would do well?
0:39:08 > 0:39:11These type of items are becoming more collectable.
0:39:11 > 0:39:16You know, Chinese, Indian, Arabic items with a bit of age.
0:39:16 > 0:39:20The ticket price is £30 - but are they agreed?
0:39:20 > 0:39:23I mean, if we could get that really down,
0:39:23 > 0:39:26I think it just might stand a chance.
0:39:26 > 0:39:29- Not impressed with my old cow? - SHE CHUCKLES
0:39:29 > 0:39:32You know, if people who go to auction don't appreciate
0:39:32 > 0:39:35this type of art, you know, it could sell for a fiver.
0:39:35 > 0:39:38- I know. I think it might.- Shall we leave it?- I think we should.
0:39:38 > 0:39:43- We'll leave it.- But then...- You're not indecisive at all, are you?
0:39:44 > 0:39:48- Look, shall we just ask what the best price is?- Yes, yes.- Phew!
0:39:48 > 0:39:50We finally got there.
0:39:50 > 0:39:54We might have a little something which intrigued us.
0:39:54 > 0:39:55An old cow.
0:39:57 > 0:40:00That's no way to speak to your guest!
0:40:00 > 0:40:03- Well, I just think it's rather fun. - It is. Fire away.
0:40:03 > 0:40:05£10?
0:40:05 > 0:40:08HE SNORTS I heard you snorting there!
0:40:08 > 0:40:10- 11?- Oh, do try harder.
0:40:10 > 0:40:1111.50?
0:40:12 > 0:40:15- Come on!- 15?
0:40:15 > 0:40:20- £12? Yes, £12. £12?- 15.- Well, 15's such an odd number, isn't it?
0:40:20 > 0:40:2312 is pretty odd, as well!
0:40:23 > 0:40:26Should we say 15? Are we being too mean?
0:40:26 > 0:40:29- I think we should say 15. - 15. 15?
0:40:31 > 0:40:34- Thank you very much.- Deal. - Thank you.- Thank you very much.
0:40:34 > 0:40:38- For a little cow and baby.- I do hope we can milk a profit on it!
0:40:38 > 0:40:39Oh!
0:40:39 > 0:40:42Quite! Time to move on.
0:40:42 > 0:40:44- Moo!- Moo!
0:40:46 > 0:40:49Now motoring towards the village of Hailsham
0:40:49 > 0:40:51and their last chance to buy.
0:40:51 > 0:40:53Oh, hello. You must be Rhoda.
0:40:53 > 0:40:56- I am indeed.- Hello, I'm Phyllis. - Nice to meet you.- I'm Mark.
0:40:56 > 0:40:58- Hello, Mark.- Lovely to meet you.
0:40:58 > 0:41:01We've got to you in the nick of time but we have so little time.
0:41:01 > 0:41:03Is there something here you think
0:41:03 > 0:41:06you want to help two desperate people?
0:41:06 > 0:41:11Interesting question - because, as well as quite a few traditional antiques on offer,
0:41:11 > 0:41:15Rhoda has a bit of an eye-catching novelty item.
0:41:15 > 0:41:16Anyone spotted it yet?
0:41:16 > 0:41:19Oh, yes. Say hello to Diana!
0:41:19 > 0:41:21DRAMATIC MUSIC
0:41:21 > 0:41:26- Oh, Lordy Lord!- Oh, my gosh! It's scary, isn't it?
0:41:26 > 0:41:30Sounds like a no to the lovely Diana. Anything a bit smaller?
0:41:30 > 0:41:32This is quite interesting.
0:41:32 > 0:41:35He looks like a military naval type, doesn't he?
0:41:35 > 0:41:38- Is it a doorstop or something?- It is. It's filled with lead in the bottom.
0:41:38 > 0:41:40It looks 19th century.
0:41:40 > 0:41:42I mean, I thought it might have been Nelson.
0:41:42 > 0:41:48- Unfortunately, it's not.- No. - It would be lovely if we could find something with Nelson on it.
0:41:48 > 0:41:52Or we'd be absolutely ridiculous and if the doll in the box
0:41:52 > 0:41:55is terribly cheap, we take that for a laugh.
0:41:55 > 0:41:58Cos Thomas and Kevin will think we've gone completely
0:41:58 > 0:42:00and utterly mad. And we have, haven't we?
0:42:00 > 0:42:02SHE CHUCKLES
0:42:02 > 0:42:06- Diana in the box?- Yes. Life-size.
0:42:06 > 0:42:09- They won't be expecting that, will they?- They certainly will not.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12- Cos you hate the doll, don't you? - Oh, absolutely.- And I hate the doll.
0:42:12 > 0:42:15- Oh, I see. - And they'll hate the Doll.- Yes.
0:42:15 > 0:42:18You don't have to buy it, Phyllis.
0:42:18 > 0:42:20I'm not even sure I want to touch it. And she's wearing this...
0:42:20 > 0:42:22- I don't want to touch it. - ..plastic...
0:42:22 > 0:42:24It's like a jockey's outfit or something.
0:42:24 > 0:42:30- I just think she is so ridiculously hideous.- Yep.
0:42:30 > 0:42:35- Could we appeal to your generous side, Rhoda...- Uh-huh?
0:42:35 > 0:42:38- ..and could you please let us have it for £10?- No.
0:42:39 > 0:42:43- Well, I tried.- I'll do her for 20.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45- Yes, go on, then.- Are you happy?
0:42:45 > 0:42:49- Yes, ecstatic.- You won't shout at me at the auction?- No.
0:42:50 > 0:42:54- Let's not put any naked flames near her.- Here you are, Rhoda.
0:42:54 > 0:42:57- Thank you so much.- Goodbye, Diana. - Get back in your box!
0:42:57 > 0:43:01- "Don't want to go back in the box!" - She's going back in the box.- "I don't want to go back in the box!"
0:43:01 > 0:43:05# I love you, but do you love me?
0:43:05 > 0:43:09# Oh, Diana, can't you see? #
0:43:09 > 0:43:12Well, that rather unusual purchase completes their shopping.
0:43:12 > 0:43:15So, what will they make of each other's offerings?
0:43:15 > 0:43:18- I was going to let the lady reveal first.- I think we should.
0:43:18 > 0:43:21- I think that was very sensible. - Oh, really? Yes.
0:43:21 > 0:43:25- So, I'm going to take this off first.- Right. Oh, interesting!
0:43:25 > 0:43:26He IS an actor!
0:43:26 > 0:43:29- We've obviously got a doggie here. - A Winstanley bulldog.
0:43:29 > 0:43:32I know, but I've seen the cat - I've never seen a bulldog.
0:43:32 > 0:43:36- I've never seen a Winstanley bulldog. - And I think he's rather charming.
0:43:36 > 0:43:39- OK, and the pair of chairs?- The pair of chairs, again.- Are they inlaid?
0:43:39 > 0:43:42- Shall we walk round? Come on, Kevin. - Yeah, no, they're inlaid.
0:43:42 > 0:43:45I did want a chair but we got a pair.
0:43:45 > 0:43:48Inlaid. And I've just seen the horror show!
0:43:48 > 0:43:51- Yes, yes.- Oh, my God Almighty!
0:43:51 > 0:43:55- Do you know, that's the reaction I wanted!- What have we done?
0:43:55 > 0:43:59Do you know, I thought rather than go safe, we'd go hideous, didn't we?
0:43:59 > 0:44:03- Yes, we did.- Well, that you achieved, let me tell you.- Thank you.
0:44:03 > 0:44:05- How much is the horror show?- 20 quid.
0:44:05 > 0:44:07So, how much have you spent?
0:44:07 > 0:44:13- Actually, I'm sorry. We didn't spend a lot.- 20, 60, 80.- £205.
0:44:13 > 0:44:15We spent that on the first day!
0:44:15 > 0:44:19Yeah, well, they're playing a canny game that I would never have considered myself.
0:44:19 > 0:44:22Let's have a look at your booty, then, chaps.
0:44:22 > 0:44:26- Oh, my gosh! - So a pirate's pipe holder.
0:44:26 > 0:44:29For travelling pipes.
0:44:29 > 0:44:32- Cos you're pirates here!- I love it!
0:44:32 > 0:44:38This is a compass from a World War II Lancaster or Wellington bomber.
0:44:38 > 0:44:41- Oh!- Oh, wow!- Where did you get that?
0:44:41 > 0:44:44We got that in one of the untidiest places I've ever been in my life
0:44:44 > 0:44:46and, of course, this has a great relevance to me as
0:44:46 > 0:44:50being the instrument upon which the theme tune for Hancock is played.
0:44:50 > 0:44:53- I like that. - Mark and Phyllis definitely approve.
0:44:53 > 0:44:57But the centrepiece, and the biggest gamble for us, is...
0:44:57 > 0:45:00Whoosh! KEVIN IMITATES FANFARE
0:45:00 > 0:45:03- Oh, wow!- Sweet!- Gosh!
0:45:03 > 0:45:05Not the most practical thing.
0:45:05 > 0:45:08Not the most practical, but a fun object.
0:45:08 > 0:45:12I can't imagine our sets of objects being any more different.
0:45:12 > 0:45:14But what do they really think?
0:45:14 > 0:45:18I've never seen such a pile of tat in all my life!
0:45:18 > 0:45:20I just thought it was all hideous.
0:45:20 > 0:45:24Well, they managed to spend every last penny, practically.
0:45:24 > 0:45:27I don't dislike any of their items at all.
0:45:27 > 0:45:31That doll is the worst thing in the world. It's a horror show!
0:45:31 > 0:45:35I love the little Islamic brass and silver tray.
0:45:35 > 0:45:40We have definitely won the battle. But we could lose the war.
0:45:40 > 0:45:42He loves all the wartime stuff, Kevin.
0:45:42 > 0:45:46- The military thing I'm quite frightened of.- What, the compass?
0:45:46 > 0:45:48- Thank you. - I'm proud that we have bought well,
0:45:48 > 0:45:52like the true men that we are, the pirates.
0:45:52 > 0:45:53Yes, we are the pirates!
0:45:55 > 0:45:57SEA SHANTY PLAYS
0:46:02 > 0:46:04# Sandbanks, windbags Camels with a hump
0:46:04 > 0:46:07# Fat girls, thin girls Some a little plump
0:46:07 > 0:46:12# Slave girls sold here, 50 bob a lump, in the old bazaar in Cairo. #
0:46:16 > 0:46:19After starting out in the Kent countryside of Barham,
0:46:19 > 0:46:22our celebrities and experts are making their way towards
0:46:22 > 0:46:23an auction in Greenwich,
0:46:23 > 0:46:27one of London's most internationally famous boroughs
0:46:27 > 0:46:30with a fine and rich maritime history.
0:46:30 > 0:46:32- Well, it's a lovely day for it. - Brilliant, isn't it?
0:46:32 > 0:46:34It's nice, Greenwich, isn't it?
0:46:34 > 0:46:37I feel like a bit of an East End villain in this car, though.
0:46:37 > 0:46:39- COCKNEY:- I used to drive for the Krays, you know!- Did you?
0:46:39 > 0:46:42How do you think you're going to fare at the auction?
0:46:42 > 0:46:45I'm not terribly confident, Tom, to be honest.
0:46:45 > 0:46:51I honestly think that because you've spent little, you might gain a lot.
0:46:51 > 0:46:55I see what you mean. See, you're building up already for losing.
0:46:55 > 0:46:56I am.
0:46:56 > 0:47:01I really like your stuff but I don't think it's going to make any money.
0:47:01 > 0:47:04I know, I think that's probably a very fair appraisal.
0:47:04 > 0:47:08I really like it. I would, personally, have all your stuff,
0:47:08 > 0:47:11- but I wouldn't pay that for it. - I wouldn't have yours in the house.
0:47:15 > 0:47:17- A tight squeeze.- Good afternoon.
0:47:17 > 0:47:19With everyone in the sparring mood,
0:47:19 > 0:47:23this South-East Road Trip concludes at Greenwich Auctions.
0:47:23 > 0:47:27- Ready for a trouncing?- They're the ones who should worry, aren't they?
0:47:27 > 0:47:32- Come on, let's go in.- Shall we do it? - So, who will win the day?
0:47:32 > 0:47:34Let's hear from auctioneer Robert Dodd.
0:47:34 > 0:47:37It's an iconic piece, typical 1970s.
0:47:37 > 0:47:41Lovely it's got its box with the illustration.
0:47:41 > 0:47:45And let's hope we've got a Diana doll collector.
0:47:45 > 0:47:48I think the one that's going to struggle is the harmonium.
0:47:48 > 0:47:52I don't think you'd be happy if you lived next door to someone who played one of those things.
0:47:52 > 0:47:53Yeah!
0:47:53 > 0:47:58Kevin and Thomas bought five auction lots for a total cost of £375,
0:47:58 > 0:48:01whilst Phyllis and Mark also bought five auction lots,
0:48:01 > 0:48:02spending just £205.
0:48:04 > 0:48:07Fasten your safety belts - it's going to be a bumpy ride!
0:48:07 > 0:48:11First out of the traps, Phyllis and Mark's bulldog.
0:48:11 > 0:48:14- It's going to make £65, £75. - Oh, Thomas, you don't know that!
0:48:14 > 0:48:17- Stop trying to predict it. - He's an auctioneer.
0:48:17 > 0:48:22- A really bad one!- Have you been to his sale room?- Will you please...?
0:48:22 > 0:48:25A bid with me of £45 only on the bulldog.
0:48:25 > 0:48:27Looking for 48. 50 with me.
0:48:27 > 0:48:32- 55 anywhere?- Come on.- I've got 50. Are we all done?- Come on!
0:48:32 > 0:48:34The last time. At £50...
0:48:34 > 0:48:39- You've broken even on that one. - It's a travesty!
0:48:39 > 0:48:42- It's a travesty!- I'm so disappointed.
0:48:42 > 0:48:44He doesn't look all that happy, either.
0:48:44 > 0:48:46It's ours coming up and I want a bit of that 80, 85, 90.
0:48:46 > 0:48:48- You like that, don't you? - Love a bit of that.
0:48:50 > 0:48:52Hmm. That may well be a pipe dream.
0:48:52 > 0:48:56It's a lovely lot and it's got to start with a bid with me
0:48:56 > 0:48:59at £22 on this. Looking for 25.
0:48:59 > 0:49:03I've got 22. Looking for 25.
0:49:03 > 0:49:0528. 30 I want.
0:49:05 > 0:49:08£30 I'm at. Looking for 32. I've got £30 on it.
0:49:08 > 0:49:12- Looking for 32 anywhere. Are we all done?- It's a rare thing!
0:49:12 > 0:49:16- Last time at £30.- Oh, gosh!
0:49:16 > 0:49:19Looks like Kevin's pirate endorsement didn't pay off.
0:49:20 > 0:49:23I just hope one of our items creates a bit of...
0:49:23 > 0:49:26I don't even mind if it's Phyllis's any more. You know what I mean?
0:49:26 > 0:49:29- That's very magnanimous of you! - It is magnanimous of me.
0:49:29 > 0:49:33Now for Phyllis and Mark's table that wasn't even for sale.
0:49:33 > 0:49:36And it's got to start with a bid with me of £38.
0:49:36 > 0:49:38That's better than I thought, to be honest with you.
0:49:38 > 0:49:41- It's worth all of that.- It's worth more than that.- I've got 38.
0:49:41 > 0:49:4542 with me. Looking for 45. 45 on the phone.
0:49:45 > 0:49:50- Oh, there's a phone bidder. Come on, a bit more.- Are we all done? 48.
0:49:50 > 0:49:5150 I need. £50.
0:49:51 > 0:49:57- What now?- 48 at the back of the room. £50 only I need.
0:49:57 > 0:50:00- 50 I've got. I'll take 52.- Well done, madam. Someone with taste.
0:50:00 > 0:50:03- We all done? Last time at 50. - Come on, a bit more!
0:50:03 > 0:50:06- £50!- Well done.
0:50:06 > 0:50:10Better than it might have been, but another loss, I'm afraid.
0:50:10 > 0:50:14- It all changes from now on in. - Does it?- We start with our tuba.
0:50:14 > 0:50:19- And this is it.- This is the game-changer.- Oh, is it?
0:50:19 > 0:50:21This is when you get really trounced!
0:50:21 > 0:50:24Yeah, can that thing play the Last Post?
0:50:24 > 0:50:26Lovely lot this, quality.
0:50:26 > 0:50:30Got to start with a with a bid with me of £35 only on that.
0:50:30 > 0:50:33- Ooh.- I think it's worth all of that. Looking at 38.
0:50:33 > 0:50:35I've got 35 on the Boosey & Co tuba,
0:50:35 > 0:50:39I'm looking for 38. I've got 35. Look 38.
0:50:39 > 0:50:43- 40 with me. Looking for 42. I'm looking for 42 anywhere.- Go on.
0:50:43 > 0:50:45Are we all done?
0:50:45 > 0:50:49- No! No, more, more, more! - Last time on the tuba. At £40.
0:50:49 > 0:50:51Oh, Thomas.
0:50:51 > 0:50:54I think you were too "Boosey" when you bought that.
0:50:54 > 0:50:56No, we weren't!
0:50:56 > 0:51:00Someone's got a nice tuba for not very much money.
0:51:00 > 0:51:03I wonder how Phyllis' chairs will fare.
0:51:03 > 0:51:06I'm not sanguine, I'm not sanguine. But best of luck to you both.
0:51:06 > 0:51:09- Thank you. Do you mean that? - I do mean it!
0:51:09 > 0:51:12Do you know, that was said with such insincerity.
0:51:12 > 0:51:13And it was!
0:51:13 > 0:51:17- Bids with me at only £45 on these on the pair.- Oh, come on!
0:51:17 > 0:51:20- I've got 45, I'm looking for 48 anywhere.- They're worth that each.
0:51:20 > 0:51:22They are, at least.
0:51:22 > 0:51:2448, 50. 55 I'm out if you want 'em.
0:51:24 > 0:51:26- I'm out at 50. It's a fiver.- Go on.
0:51:26 > 0:51:29- Yeah!- 55, I'm out.
0:51:29 > 0:51:32- At the back?- 60.- Bid at the back. - £60.- Yes, come on. Bit more.
0:51:32 > 0:51:34I'll take 62. Hello, stop shaking your head! 62.
0:51:34 > 0:51:37Can't get an Happy Meal for that. Here, £60. 62.
0:51:37 > 0:51:41- Come on, bit more.- 68 I want.
0:51:41 > 0:51:4568... No? 68 there, looking for 70. Are you sure?
0:51:45 > 0:51:47Oh, they're a bargain.
0:51:47 > 0:51:50- At £68.- Oh, well done!
0:51:50 > 0:51:53Sadly that's a loss, after auction costs.
0:51:53 > 0:51:55- KEVIN:- Our first profit, well done.
0:51:55 > 0:51:57- Now it's "our". - Oh, yes, did you hear that?
0:51:57 > 0:51:59- It's "our" profit now. - We're all in it together.
0:51:59 > 0:52:02It's "our". No, it's not. It's OUR...
0:52:02 > 0:52:04I'm going to call them the Coalition from now on -
0:52:04 > 0:52:07"we're all in it together."
0:52:07 > 0:52:09Kevin and Thomas's plate is up next.
0:52:09 > 0:52:12I'm feeling bad it's over 100 quid now.
0:52:12 > 0:52:15I'm feeling bad it's over 20 quid actually, but...
0:52:15 > 0:52:19And it's got to start with a bid with me straight in at £32.
0:52:19 > 0:52:21We've got a long way to go.
0:52:21 > 0:52:23- Long way to go. - 35 on this dish. Got 32.
0:52:23 > 0:52:2535, 38,
0:52:25 > 0:52:2640, 45, 50.
0:52:26 > 0:52:2855, 65, 75,
0:52:28 > 0:52:3080 I'm out.
0:52:30 > 0:52:31Looking for 85.
0:52:31 > 0:52:35I've got £80. I'm looking for 85 on this dish.
0:52:35 > 0:52:37Are we all done? You sure? Got 80.
0:52:37 > 0:52:39Last time at £80.
0:52:41 > 0:52:43Bad luck. Bad luck.
0:52:43 > 0:52:45That was like a knife in my heart.
0:52:45 > 0:52:48Can you be "coppered off"?
0:52:48 > 0:52:51At least Phyllis and Mark's figurines came cheap.
0:52:51 > 0:52:55- Great lot, this. It's a late-19th... - PHONE RINGS
0:52:55 > 0:52:57Somebody's on the phone for it already!
0:52:57 > 0:52:59..An oval base.
0:52:59 > 0:53:03And it's got to start with a bid with me of only...
0:53:03 > 0:53:04£10 on this.
0:53:04 > 0:53:06- Oh!- Looking for 12,
0:53:06 > 0:53:09- it's worth all of that. The golden calf...- Come on.
0:53:09 > 0:53:12I've got 10, 12, 15 with me. Looking fro 18.
0:53:12 > 0:53:16I've got 15, I need 18 anywhere on this. Are we all done? You sure?
0:53:16 > 0:53:18At £15.
0:53:19 > 0:53:21- I'm sorry, Phyllis.- No, no, no.
0:53:21 > 0:53:24- Cos I really loved them. - Can we have our money back?- No.
0:53:24 > 0:53:25Could we go and do it again?
0:53:25 > 0:53:28- This is just a dress rehearsal. - Can we do it next week? Yay!
0:53:28 > 0:53:32- When we really do it, it's going to be much better, right?- It is.
0:53:32 > 0:53:34Yeah, break a leg, everyone!
0:53:34 > 0:53:35Tat.
0:53:36 > 0:53:38Are you talking about us?
0:53:38 > 0:53:40Talking about your doll, darling.
0:53:40 > 0:53:43- Was that the last lot? - I think it's your last lot.
0:53:43 > 0:53:45That's your piece de resistance.
0:53:45 > 0:53:47Ignore him. I do.
0:53:47 > 0:53:48They really are a pair of...pirates.
0:53:48 > 0:53:50We are.
0:53:50 > 0:53:52Penzance and Caribbean over there.
0:53:52 > 0:53:55The compass which guides us to our golden doubloon.
0:53:55 > 0:53:56Oh!
0:53:56 > 0:53:59The Isle of Dogs, more like!
0:53:59 > 0:54:02Got to start with a bid with me of only £45 on this.
0:54:02 > 0:54:04Looking for 48.
0:54:04 > 0:54:07Hello, is there anyone out there?
0:54:07 > 0:54:0950, 55, 65 - I'm out.
0:54:09 > 0:54:1162 I'll take.
0:54:11 > 0:54:13For £2.
0:54:13 > 0:54:15Yes? Geez, it's like pulling teeth!
0:54:15 > 0:54:17- 62.- Yeah, we got it over there.
0:54:17 > 0:54:1965 there, 68 I need.
0:54:19 > 0:54:24You can't pull out - you started it. 68 there, £70 over there.
0:54:24 > 0:54:27Take 72. I need £72. Hello?
0:54:27 > 0:54:30I've got 72 there. Looking for 75 there,
0:54:30 > 0:54:31looking for 78. 78 I want.
0:54:31 > 0:54:33I've got 75 with you, sir.
0:54:33 > 0:54:36Last time! At £75...
0:54:36 > 0:54:38- Well done.- Well done, sir.
0:54:38 > 0:54:40Well done. You made a profit there.
0:54:40 > 0:54:42You made a profit.
0:54:42 > 0:54:45- Profit's a profit whichever way you slice it, right?- Exactly.
0:54:45 > 0:54:47We've got to pamper him.
0:54:47 > 0:54:50- Yes, yes.- Stroke his ego.
0:54:50 > 0:54:53I'd almost given up hope.
0:54:53 > 0:54:55- What's next?- It's the doll.
0:54:55 > 0:54:57It's the doll from hell.
0:54:57 > 0:55:00This is going to walk us right into profit.
0:55:00 > 0:55:01Was that a joke, Mark?
0:55:01 > 0:55:05There will be no justice if that is the case.
0:55:05 > 0:55:07- I won't be able to show my face! - Oh, don't be so bitter!
0:55:07 > 0:55:10What do you think this is anyway? No!
0:55:10 > 0:55:13- You'll be known as The Doll Lady from now on, won't you?- Attention, please.
0:55:13 > 0:55:18Absolutely cracking, stunning lot coming up here.
0:55:18 > 0:55:21I've got to be honest with you, I want to start this at three grand.
0:55:24 > 0:55:26It's got to start with a bid with me of only £18.
0:55:26 > 0:55:31She's worth that, I want £20 on this. I've got 18.
0:55:31 > 0:55:33I want 20 on the doll.
0:55:33 > 0:55:35- Come on.- I'm not moving on.
0:55:35 > 0:55:39Might as well stay here, I want £20. It's worth all of that.
0:55:39 > 0:55:41£20 I've got. 22?
0:55:41 > 0:55:43Did you bid?
0:55:43 > 0:55:46I'll take 21. Our computer don't do 50ps.
0:55:46 > 0:55:49I've got 20 there, I'll take £21.
0:55:49 > 0:55:54We all done? 21 there! 22 I need, madam.
0:55:54 > 0:55:57You can't pull out now, you started it. £22 I've got,
0:55:57 > 0:55:5923 there. Looking for 24.
0:55:59 > 0:56:01£24 I've got. 25 there,
0:56:01 > 0:56:04- looking for 26.- Go on, go on.
0:56:04 > 0:56:07Looking for 26. Are we all done? Last time. Are you all sure?
0:56:07 > 0:56:09You'll kick yourself when you get home!
0:56:09 > 0:56:1125, 26 - are we all done?
0:56:11 > 0:56:14Last time for £25.
0:56:14 > 0:56:15776.
0:56:15 > 0:56:17Oh, Mark!
0:56:17 > 0:56:20She'd make a good scarecrow for someone.
0:56:20 > 0:56:21Now for our climax.
0:56:21 > 0:56:23That man I hired with the sandwich board
0:56:23 > 0:56:26saying "harmonium for sale" is obviously paying off.
0:56:26 > 0:56:28Let's pull out all the stops - ha!
0:56:28 > 0:56:30We tried to go online
0:56:30 > 0:56:36and find out if there was a harmonium appreciation society.
0:56:36 > 0:56:40But they closed in about 1795.
0:56:40 > 0:56:42Let's get down to it.
0:56:42 > 0:56:45Bids with me at only £70 on that harmonium table.
0:56:45 > 0:56:48I want 75. I've got 70 for it,
0:56:48 > 0:56:52I want 75. It's worth all of that.
0:56:52 > 0:56:55- It is.- 75, £80, 85, £90.
0:56:55 > 0:56:58£95 I need. I want 95 anywhere.
0:56:58 > 0:57:00It is working.
0:57:00 > 0:57:0195 I need. I'll take 92.
0:57:01 > 0:57:05- 90, I'm looking for 92. Are we all done?- No. No!
0:57:05 > 0:57:07Last time at £90?
0:57:07 > 0:57:10- Oh!- Oh... That's it.
0:57:10 > 0:57:13- It's all over.- £90.
0:57:13 > 0:57:17That organ failure has almost certainly sunk the pirates,
0:57:17 > 0:57:19but Thomas has the scores.
0:57:19 > 0:57:21I've done my maths.
0:57:21 > 0:57:23- PHYLLIS: Uh-huh? - Tell us.
0:57:23 > 0:57:25I'm afraid, Kevin,
0:57:25 > 0:57:28- you're taking out the recycling.- Oh!
0:57:28 > 0:57:30Yes, oh, yes!
0:57:30 > 0:57:32- Yes!- Well done.
0:57:32 > 0:57:35- Nobody likes a gloater, Phyl.- Aw!
0:57:35 > 0:57:38Kevin and Thomas began with £400
0:57:38 > 0:57:41and, after paying auction costs,
0:57:41 > 0:57:44they made a loss of £116.70,
0:57:44 > 0:57:48leaving them with just £283.30.
0:57:48 > 0:57:50Whilst Phyllis and Mark,
0:57:50 > 0:57:52who also started out with £400,
0:57:52 > 0:57:54made, after paying auction costs,
0:57:54 > 0:57:57a loss of £34.44.
0:57:57 > 0:57:59So, they are today's victors
0:57:59 > 0:58:02with £365.56.
0:58:02 > 0:58:05- There's really nothing in it. - THEY LAUGH
0:58:05 > 0:58:08- Cheeky.- We've had a great time. - It's been fantastic.
0:58:08 > 0:58:10- I'm only sorry we didn't make any money.- I know.
0:58:10 > 0:58:13- But it was really good fun and very exciting.- Tough luck!
0:58:13 > 0:58:16Never mind. It's been fantastic.
0:58:16 > 0:58:19- Well done, victor.- Thanks, Tom. Let's do it again some time.
0:58:19 > 0:58:22- Well done, us. - See you later!- Bye-bye.
0:58:30 > 0:58:33We'll flog the Jag and make some money.