0:00:02 > 0:00:03The nation's favourite celebrities...
0:00:03 > 0:00:06- We are special, then, are we? - Oh, that's excellent.
0:00:06 > 0:00:07..paired up with an expert...
0:00:07 > 0:00:09We're a very good team, you and me.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11..and a classic car.
0:00:11 > 0:00:14Their mission - to scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:14 > 0:00:16It's very me, isn't it?
0:00:16 > 0:00:17Oh, I love it.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20The aim - to make the biggest profit at auction.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23But it's no easy ride.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25There's no accounting for taste.
0:00:25 > 0:00:27Who will find a hidden gem?
0:00:27 > 0:00:30Who will take the biggest risks?
0:00:30 > 0:00:32Will anybody follow expert advice?
0:00:32 > 0:00:35What I'm doing is watching the haggling.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38There will be worthy winners and valiant losers.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40- Are you happy?- Yes. - Promise?- 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.
0:00:49 > 0:00:53This Celebrity Road Trip promises to be a laugh a minute
0:00:53 > 0:00:57as comedy duo Rory McGrath and Steve Punt take to the roads.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00Now, I know we worked together on a programme
0:01:00 > 0:01:02which I think was recorded in Manchester.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05You said something on the train coming home...
0:01:05 > 0:01:07- Yeah.- ..which was so funny...
0:01:07 > 0:01:13that I lost it. I was giggling. I very nearly had an underwear issue.
0:01:13 > 0:01:17Well, I hope there are no unfortunate accidents today,
0:01:17 > 0:01:20with £400 burning a hole in each of their pants.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23Rory and Steve are swapping the comedy circuit for
0:01:23 > 0:01:24the antiques trail.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26I do feel in need of an expert.
0:01:26 > 0:01:30- Oh, God, yeah. - My own level of expertise is...
0:01:30 > 0:01:34sort of hovering somewhere between zero and minus five.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36They tend to be quite...
0:01:36 > 0:01:41But when it comes to comedy he goes straight to the top of the class.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44Steve has written for many radio shows and contributed to the likes
0:01:44 > 0:01:47of Mock The Week, but he's best known for his appearances on
0:01:47 > 0:01:50The Mary Whitehouse Experience, The Punt and Dennis Show
0:01:50 > 0:01:54and his current news satire radio programme The Now Show.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58I certainly feel I could use a bit of help
0:01:58 > 0:02:00cos I never know how they price things in antique shops.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02They presumably just think,
0:02:02 > 0:02:05"Stick a price on it and see if anyone's prepared to cough it up."
0:02:05 > 0:02:06Exactly. I think that's true.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10Rory also rose to fame through his comedy writing
0:02:10 > 0:02:13and is renowned for loving a good road trip.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16His comedy feats include Not The Nine O'Clock News,
0:02:16 > 0:02:20They Think It's All Over and Three Men In A Boat.
0:02:20 > 0:02:25In my experience, comedians tend to be secretly very competitive.
0:02:25 > 0:02:29I'm not competitive. In fact, I'm competitively uncompetitive.
0:02:29 > 0:02:30I bet I'm more uncompetitive than you are.
0:02:30 > 0:02:34Isn't that the sort of thing a closet competitive person would say?
0:02:34 > 0:02:35It's not about winning...
0:02:35 > 0:02:38- It's about taking part. - Yeah.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40It's about not coming second.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42Ha! Yup, he's certainly not competitive.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44Rather than three men in a boat,
0:02:44 > 0:02:47today it's all about two guys in a car, and a pretty one at that,
0:02:47 > 0:02:50a 1961 Morris Minor. Good old Moggie.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53These cars always remind me of one thing -
0:02:53 > 0:02:58rather smug man at the wheel, frozen, beleaguered wife thinking,
0:02:58 > 0:03:00"Why do we have to do this every Sunday?
0:03:00 > 0:03:03"Trevor, do we have to do this?"
0:03:03 > 0:03:06Well, what can I say, today's expert auctioneers Christina Trevanion
0:03:06 > 0:03:09and David Harper may act like an old married couple...
0:03:09 > 0:03:11Do you think I'm interesting?
0:03:11 > 0:03:14On a scale of on to ten. Give me a score.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16I'd give you one.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19Excellent. My life is complete.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22..but they know a thing or two about antiques.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24This is going to sound like a really odd question to ask,
0:03:24 > 0:03:26but do you think they'll be funny?
0:03:26 > 0:03:28They're highly intelligent. Do you know what?
0:03:28 > 0:03:31Comedians have to be highly intelligent.
0:03:31 > 0:03:35To have that quick wit is quite a rarity.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38I think with a comedian they'll go to a supermarket and people will say,
0:03:38 > 0:03:42"Make me laugh." And that must be a nightmare.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44Yup, a terrible burden.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47But not one our two fabulous experts
0:03:47 > 0:03:49need to worry themselves about though.
0:03:49 > 0:03:53- They're both pretty intelligent. - They will be.- Quick witted.- Yeah.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56I'm not entirely sure I'm going to have much in common with them.
0:03:56 > 0:04:00Oh, at least these two have got a nice car to drive,
0:04:00 > 0:04:02a 1970 Triumph Stag.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06This side-splitting journey will take our two teams through
0:04:06 > 0:04:08the heart of the Midlands.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10Starting in Balsall Common, Warwickshire.
0:04:10 > 0:04:14Our double acts will be scouring the area for new material
0:04:14 > 0:04:15and some antiques.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18As they head north to an auction in Langar in Nottinghamshire.
0:04:18 > 0:04:23Buckle up and hold on to your sides, it's going to be a right laugh.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26And today's merriment commences in the large commuter village
0:04:26 > 0:04:28of Balsall Common.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30Oh, look, it's Rory. Quick, say something funny.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33- I hope I end up with the sexy one. - Well, you've got me.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37Thanks, Rory, we're going to get on great.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39Do you guys know anything about antiques?
0:04:39 > 0:04:42He knows a lot about antiques. He's been secretly swotting up...
0:04:42 > 0:04:44- Have you? - ..in order to win the competition.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46I think he's been secretly swotting up.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49He's playing a double bluff here.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51Oh, yeah, we'll soon find out.
0:04:54 > 0:04:58Antiques In An Old Barn At Lodge Farm, yes, that's the actual name,
0:04:58 > 0:05:00does exactly what it does on the packet.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03And it's a great place for that all important mosey.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05It stocks everything from furniture,
0:05:05 > 0:05:07silver to a couple of familiar faces.
0:05:09 > 0:05:10It looks like David and Rory.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13And you said you weren't funny, Christina?
0:05:13 > 0:05:15It does a bit actually, yeah.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17It's not dissimilar.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20Can you tell which is which?
0:05:20 > 0:05:22And speaking of the devils, David
0:05:22 > 0:05:25and Rory have discovered something slightly turbulent themselves.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27- Wow.- What's this?
0:05:27 > 0:05:29This is part of an aeroplane.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31It's something in the cockpit, isn't it?
0:05:31 > 0:05:36If you've got lots of imagination you can do so much with this.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38Hey. Plenty of legroom.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41These were expensive seats, weren't they?
0:05:41 > 0:05:43Anyway. Time for some actual shopping.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46Tell me about your negotiating skills.
0:05:46 > 0:05:47I'm quite good.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49I've never done it in an antiques shop before.
0:05:49 > 0:05:53I normally do it in newsagents.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56£1 for The Daily Telegraph?! I'll give you 50p for it.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59Sounds like this could be an interesting shopping trip.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01Speaking of interesting...
0:06:03 > 0:06:06- Be careful what you're saying. - Go on.
0:06:06 > 0:06:07- That's a boar.- It is.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09I quite like the idea of...
0:06:09 > 0:06:11Do they fetch any...?
0:06:11 > 0:06:15They can do if the taxidermy is by somebody quite special.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17It's got a cricket cap on it.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19Shall we get it out and have a look at it?
0:06:19 > 0:06:21Yeah. You stay, I'll bring it out.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23People have funny ideas about taxidermy,
0:06:23 > 0:06:26but there's something quite noble about that.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28Very noble.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31I don't have a problem with him because he's ancient.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33Is that going to be 19th or 20th century?
0:06:33 > 0:06:37I think this is early 20th century, maybe 1910, 1920.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39No maker's mark on the back.
0:06:39 > 0:06:44If we had the Rowland Ward mark, he would two of three times his value.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47So the guy who did it, actually what makes the value...
0:06:47 > 0:06:50I was thinking a good old-fashioned low oak beamed pub...
0:06:50 > 0:06:52Called The Boar's Head.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54And if they don't have a boar's head
0:06:54 > 0:06:57- they're going to be desperate for him.- Exactly.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00An interesting logic and a speedy decision from Rory.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04But how is the competition getting on?
0:07:06 > 0:07:10Do you buy antiques? Are you interested in antiques?
0:07:10 > 0:07:14I don't really. I'm not confident in what I'm buying.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17I would only buy something just because I like it.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19Well, that's the way to do it, isn't it?
0:07:19 > 0:07:21Rather than it might be complete...
0:07:21 > 0:07:22Yeah, I suppose so.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27But what will Steve think of Christina's first find?
0:07:28 > 0:07:31- That's quite fun. What do you think of that?- It is fun.
0:07:31 > 0:07:36They have got that as a garden sundial, which it isn't.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39This is an armillary sphere.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41- This is where I get a bit geeky. - No, go on. That's fine.
0:07:41 > 0:07:46Originally, the unique or the genuine ones would have had
0:07:46 > 0:07:49bands inside here where you would have been able to chart the stars.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52Whereas this one is in that style,
0:07:52 > 0:07:54but it's actually just a garden ornament.
0:07:54 > 0:07:58It's got a sundial, but I'd like to see anybody that would be able to
0:07:58 > 0:08:00tell the time with that and the sun.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03What I really like about it is that it looks like the logo
0:08:03 > 0:08:07- of an evil corporation... - Yeah, it does.
0:08:07 > 0:08:11- ..in a film. It's where the baddie works.- Dr Evil Corps!
0:08:11 > 0:08:14It's the kind of thing you perhaps wouldn't think of buying
0:08:14 > 0:08:16until you see it.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18You wouldn't go to the shops with a list that says
0:08:18 > 0:08:21- "armillary sphere" on it.- Yeah. Really, wouldn't you?
0:08:21 > 0:08:24But if someone brings one up you think, "That's nice.
0:08:24 > 0:08:25"I've always wanted one of those."
0:08:25 > 0:08:27Let's go and ask the price.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33- Ask the price?- Yes. - You mean not this price?- No.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36Go and say, "What are you doing...?"
0:08:36 > 0:08:39- Are you good at haggling?- No.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41Of course not, I'm British.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43"Do you really expect me to pay £44 for this?!"
0:08:43 > 0:08:45Is that good?
0:08:45 > 0:08:48OK. Maybe leave it to the expert, then.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51Let's hope Rory makes less of a pig's ear of things
0:08:51 > 0:08:54when it comes to haggling for his beloved boar.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57Priced at £165, poor old thing.
0:08:57 > 0:08:58What shall we call the boar, Diane?
0:08:58 > 0:09:01- Boris.- Boris the boar.
0:09:01 > 0:09:05This is lovely. What do we reckon?
0:09:05 > 0:09:08Trade price. I'm ignoring that.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10Ignore all of that.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12I've got £50 in cash.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15That's retail prices, we're not retail buyers.
0:09:15 > 0:09:20- The trade price would be 95. - 95?- Yep.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22We need to start from 50, don't we?
0:09:22 > 0:09:24He gets it so quickly.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27He's been going about three minutes, he's an expert already.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30Can we get Steve down to watch and learn?
0:09:30 > 0:09:31I can't do 50, again.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33I'm sorry. I can't get close to that.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36- £51.99.- 60.
0:09:36 > 0:09:40When you said no to 50, did you mean no or yes to 50?
0:09:40 > 0:09:42Cos some people get no and yes mixed up.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45Rory's not so secret competitive nature
0:09:45 > 0:09:47is certainly shining through now.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49- Just give me another five.- 55.
0:09:49 > 0:09:50Shall we go?
0:09:50 > 0:09:52- What do you reckon?- Let's do it.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54Right, OK. Thank you very much.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57- I'll hold it.- Thank you.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00That's one wild boar head in the bag for
0:10:00 > 0:10:03the greatly reduced price of £55.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05Back with the other team,
0:10:05 > 0:10:08Steve has found a little piece of history very close to home.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10- Christina?- Yeah.- Look.
0:10:10 > 0:10:15I'm afraid, someone who's spent a while on the radio,
0:10:15 > 0:10:20- this really fascinates me.- Oh, wow.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23BBC Broadcasting House.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25It looks a bit different now, doesn't it?
0:10:25 > 0:10:27Is this your office?
0:10:27 > 0:10:30Uh...that's where we do The Now Show, just right in there.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33- Wow.- Where the radio theatre is.
0:10:33 > 0:10:37These cigarette cards feature 1930s radio celebrities.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40So you would have collected all your cigarette cards with
0:10:40 > 0:10:43the cigarettes and then you would have filled your little album.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46- Yeah. - That's very appropriate for you.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49There's a pub near Broadcasting House that has these in frames
0:10:49 > 0:10:52and I've always wondered where they came from.
0:10:52 > 0:10:57Clapham and Dwyer - who I think were a comedy double act.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59I can't be doing with them.
0:10:59 > 0:11:00Has it got a price on it?
0:11:00 > 0:11:02No, it hasn't. Well, it has, one penny.
0:11:02 > 0:11:06I suspect they'll be wanting a bit more than that.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08I'd imagine so.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11Steve has also found some World War II pamphlets
0:11:11 > 0:11:13on what to do during an air raid.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16Combing them with the cigarette cards,
0:11:16 > 0:11:19time to find out just how bad at haggling he actually is.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21£15.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23I think we can go up to that.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26Let's just have a little bit of a chat
0:11:26 > 0:11:28before we talk about things like that.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30OK, yeah, that is pretty bad.
0:11:30 > 0:11:34Would there be any flexibility in the price?
0:11:34 > 0:11:36What about if I said...
0:11:36 > 0:11:41that and that £10, and threw that one in?
0:11:41 > 0:11:43£10 for three.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48- You are terrible at haggling.- I am.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50- But I did warn you.- You did.
0:11:50 > 0:11:54What about the armillary sphere priced at £44?
0:11:54 > 0:11:57I'll run to 30.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59If that's any help to you.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02Could you do 35 for everything?
0:12:02 > 0:12:0338.
0:12:03 > 0:12:07- I've given you a little bit extra. - You have.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10What I'm doing is watching the haggling and learning.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12A keen student indeed.
0:12:12 > 0:12:1438 and ten is £48.
0:12:14 > 0:12:18- No, £38 for the whole lot!- Oh!
0:12:18 > 0:12:22Of course, that was the whole base of that. I was testing her.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25Lucky for Steve, Christina is an expert haggler,
0:12:25 > 0:12:30so that's the cigarette cards and armillary sphere bagged for £38.
0:12:30 > 0:12:34Not bad. Meanwhile, Rory and David are in the party mood.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36- Oh, look at these.- Oh, my gosh.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38You're too young to remember these.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40You know what? Do you know what it reminds me of?
0:12:40 > 0:12:43- Champagne perry? - Yeah. My grandmother.
0:12:43 > 0:12:47Yeah, that era. That sort of innocent, late '50s, early '60s.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49Yeah, it's that kind of thing.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52They're actually quite nice glasses. They're quite substantial.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55I would have put him as more of a pipe man myself.
0:12:55 > 0:12:59- Do you think anybody would by that? - Yes, I do.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02The most exciting thing is the box.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05The box can treble or quadruple the value
0:13:05 > 0:13:07because the box is the rarer thing.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09Shall we call that...?
0:13:09 > 0:13:11Yes, let's get Diane in here.
0:13:11 > 0:13:16The glasses are priced at £30. But can Rory work his magic again?
0:13:16 > 0:13:18Rory, you remember Diane.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20Diane, gosh, yeah.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22You've let yourself go.
0:13:22 > 0:13:26- What was your name?- Trevor.
0:13:26 > 0:13:30Our eye has been taken by this lovely set of glasses.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33But we wanted to talk about the price.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35Someone's written £30 on that.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37Obviously a mistake.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41Sometimes the threes and twos look different.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45Mm, Diane... I mean, Trevor is not looking too impressed.
0:13:45 > 0:13:4725 is the best I can do.
0:13:47 > 0:13:5025. A tenner, you say?
0:13:50 > 0:13:53No, I said 25.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56Rory's trying every trick in the book.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58I'm very superstitious about odd numbers.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01Well, you would be, yes.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03- They worry me.- Make it 26.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05I was thinking 24, actually.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07You're just too fast for me there.
0:14:07 > 0:14:0924?
0:14:09 > 0:14:11- No.- Oh, go on.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13Then I can say I knocked you down a quid.
0:14:13 > 0:14:17- Go on, then. - Fantastic.- We've done a deal.
0:14:17 > 0:14:21That's great, Diane, Trevor... Whoever you really are.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23A deal is done.
0:14:23 > 0:14:28Through determination Rory saved a whopping £6 on these retro glasses,
0:14:28 > 0:14:31bringing his final spend in this shop to £79.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37- It was a good day's work, David. - Brilliant.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40But the shopping's not over for the other guys
0:14:40 > 0:14:42as Christina's spotted something sparkly.
0:14:42 > 0:14:46I know this is probably a bit girlie, but I can't resist shiny things.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48And I just saw this.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50You've seen a shiny barrel organ.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52Yes, which I know is slight contradiction in terms...
0:14:52 > 0:14:55That's the one monkeys sit on, isn't it? And you turn the handle.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57Isn't that fab?
0:14:57 > 0:14:58In its original barrow as well.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00Are you musical?
0:15:00 > 0:15:02Well, I don't play the barrel organ.
0:15:02 > 0:15:07- Why not?- I play the piano and guitar, both quite badly.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09But I like musical stuff.
0:15:09 > 0:15:14If there's a market for miniature silver then I think
0:15:14 > 0:15:17- we should go for it. - Let's go and ask a price.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19You are technically from this point on banned
0:15:19 > 0:15:23- from talking to people about money. - Probably wise.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25It's got £55 on it.
0:15:25 > 0:15:29Would you have any flexibility going to about £30 on it?
0:15:29 > 0:15:31Not down to 30.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33- If I were to do... - Gives us a fighting chance.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35Yeah, I'll try.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38If I was to say 40...
0:15:38 > 0:15:40Could you go down to 35?
0:15:43 > 0:15:45Oh, look, it's a steely gaze, isn't it?
0:15:45 > 0:15:4735 would be brilliant.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49Just to give us a fighting chance.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51I can't come down to 35.
0:15:51 > 0:15:5338.
0:15:53 > 0:15:54What do you think?
0:15:54 > 0:15:57I'm not allowed to participate in this discussion.
0:15:57 > 0:15:58It's a good price.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01That is a good price, isn't it?
0:16:01 > 0:16:04Yes, very much so. I'm very happy at that.
0:16:04 > 0:16:05And so you should be, Christina.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08This silver barrel brings their spending here to £76.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11Leaving them with £324.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13Not bad for their first shop.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17OK, it's time to hit the road.
0:16:19 > 0:16:20It certainly is.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23And Steve seems quite at home in the Triumph.
0:16:23 > 0:16:27# Hit the road, Jack, and don't you come back no more... #
0:16:27 > 0:16:29It's got a good throaty roar.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33The Morris Minor really didn't have that.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36It had more of a polite cough.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39- It's got a cassette deck! - Oh, cassettes.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42It's got an authentic '70s cassette deck.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44Well, if you like that, Steve,
0:16:44 > 0:16:47you're going to love where you're being sent to next -
0:16:47 > 0:16:48Coventry.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52While many associate Coventry with Lady Godiva,
0:16:52 > 0:16:55there was another lesser known social movement
0:16:55 > 0:16:57that took place here in the 1970s.
0:16:57 > 0:17:01It stemmed from a form of music that revolutionised the British
0:17:01 > 0:17:05music scene and had a lasting effect on culture and society.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10- Are we ready?- Yes. - Let's go 2 Tone.
0:17:10 > 0:17:14Aside from comedy, Steve is also a massive music fan,
0:17:14 > 0:17:16so this is sure to be a treat for him.
0:17:16 > 0:17:17Welcome aboard.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20Today they're meeting director and curator Pete Chambers.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23This is the Coventry Music Museum.
0:17:23 > 0:17:27It's about all types of music, 2 Tone is the big one.
0:17:27 > 0:17:31It's what Coventry's known for, more than any other music,
0:17:31 > 0:17:33it's our unique selling point.
0:17:35 > 0:17:392 Tone is a music genre created in Coventry in the late 1970s
0:17:39 > 0:17:44by fusing elements of punk rock and ska music together.
0:17:44 > 0:17:48A guy called Jerry Dammers, he's the guy that came up with this idea.
0:17:48 > 0:17:52He wanted to fuse reggae with punk.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54Unfortunately, that didn't really work,
0:17:54 > 0:17:57but when he sped everything up to ska
0:17:57 > 0:18:02suddenly the speeds met each other and he created this fantastic brand
0:18:02 > 0:18:04which we know today as 2 Tone Records.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07Punk had come and gone, and punk had a big mouth,
0:18:07 > 0:18:08but it didn't have a lot to say.
0:18:08 > 0:18:12Whereas what followed was 2 Tone, and that had a lot to say.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14It was music for the feet and the head.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17You could dance to it and you could also listen to it, take it in.
0:18:18 > 0:18:23At the time, Coventry was a very multicultural society,
0:18:23 > 0:18:25with a strong Caribbean community.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28This new form of music brought communities together
0:18:28 > 0:18:29for the first time.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33Is the black and white symbolic of something? What is that?
0:18:33 > 0:18:37It was evidence on there, all the graphics on the records
0:18:37 > 0:18:40and everything, and it was evident in the bands
0:18:40 > 0:18:43cos the bands were multicultural bands, black and white guys
0:18:43 > 0:18:45singing this black and white stuff.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47It was a fusion of black and white music.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50Listen, we're going to play the number one from these dizzy heights,
0:18:50 > 0:18:51it's The Specials.
0:18:52 > 0:18:57Jerry Dammers, a 2 Tone pioneer, went on to form The Specials,
0:18:57 > 0:19:00probably the best known of the 2 Tone bands
0:19:00 > 0:19:02with his college friend Horace Panter.
0:19:04 > 0:19:08The movement was branded with the iconic art work of the black
0:19:08 > 0:19:11and white squares and the image of Walt Jabsco.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14I think of it as bringing in almost like the mod feel
0:19:14 > 0:19:17cos there was a bit of a mod element to the whole thing as well.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20Walt Jabsco was a fictional character
0:19:20 > 0:19:22based on a photo of Peter Tosh,
0:19:22 > 0:19:26one of the main members of The Wailers, alongside Bob Marley.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29The imagery of the band was to become almost as famous as
0:19:29 > 0:19:31- the music itself. - Well, this was it.
0:19:31 > 0:19:36The style as well, it just wasn't about music, it was the whole thing.
0:19:36 > 0:19:41For three years 2 Tone was at the forefront of the UK music industry,
0:19:41 > 0:19:44affecting culture, fashion and politics as well.
0:19:46 > 0:19:51I remember The Specials catching a moment with Ghost Town
0:19:51 > 0:19:55that probably, more perfectly than any other record I can remember
0:19:55 > 0:20:00in terms of just absolutely summing up the time it was made.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03The early '80s were a time of great unrest in Britain.
0:20:03 > 0:20:07# This town is coming like a ghost town... #
0:20:07 > 0:20:09It was the first year of Thatcherism.
0:20:09 > 0:20:14And that record just caught what it was like for young people.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17Cos the last line of the record is, the people getting angry...
0:20:17 > 0:20:21- Yeah.- ..and literally, two weeks later there were riots.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24And this wasn't the only political movement
0:20:24 > 0:20:26Jerry Dammers was involved in.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28Jerry Dammers also went on to write...
0:20:28 > 0:20:31one of the few songs I can think of that really helped to
0:20:31 > 0:20:33change the world, didn't he?
0:20:33 > 0:20:36Yeah. Possibly the greatest protest song ever.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38What was that?
0:20:38 > 0:20:41# Free Nelson Mandela. #
0:20:41 > 0:20:45- Yeah. Well done.- Thank you. - Absolutely.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49Other famous bands that came up through the 2 Tone label were
0:20:49 > 0:20:52Madness, The Beat and Selecter.
0:20:52 > 0:20:56Even today, 2 Tone's influence lives on in modern artists.
0:20:57 > 0:21:01I remember seeing The Specials at Glastonbury two or three years ago.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04And not only were they great,
0:21:04 > 0:21:06but Lily Allen was on with them as a guest.
0:21:06 > 0:21:10So there's a cross generational thing going on there.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13The museum is full of original artefacts for Steve
0:21:13 > 0:21:15and Christina to discover, including the master tape from
0:21:15 > 0:21:20The Specials' first album and a replica of Jerry Dammers' bedroom.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22Oh, good. Look!
0:21:22 > 0:21:26If I can move the marathon bar here.
0:21:26 > 0:21:274p.
0:21:27 > 0:21:31But what you have here is Letraset, this is how people made posters.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33If you were in a band and you wanted to make a poster,
0:21:33 > 0:21:38- you couldn't just typeset it, you had to buy these.- Wow.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41I once saw a very early poster for The Cure in Reigate
0:21:41 > 0:21:43that I reckon hand Letrasetted by Robert Smith.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46And I wish I peeled it off the wall and kept it
0:21:46 > 0:21:49because then you could have told me how much it was worth.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52Does this take you back to being a teenager?
0:21:52 > 0:21:54It does.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57I had friends whose bedrooms didn't look at all unlike this.
0:21:57 > 0:22:01And the trouble is, it's making me feel I ought to be revising.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04That's the overwhelming feeling that I'm getting.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06I need to do some geography.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08Quick. Start revising.
0:22:08 > 0:22:13Whilst Steve is being taken back to his youth,
0:22:13 > 0:22:18Rory is being taken to his next shop in the market town of Coleshill.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21In the market square there still exists the town's pillory
0:22:21 > 0:22:23and whipping post.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25Though I'm sure David won't be needing that today.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27We've got 320 nicker left, haven't we?
0:22:27 > 0:22:30- Gosh, that's quite a lot. - Yeah.- Quite a lot.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33How do you feel about your first buying experience?
0:22:33 > 0:22:36We haven't bought a grandfather clock or a table or a chair,
0:22:36 > 0:22:39we've come out with a boar's head and some Babycham glasses.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41We haven't exactly gone the traditional route.
0:22:41 > 0:22:45I expected nothing less, but perhaps you'll find more antiquities
0:22:45 > 0:22:49at Remember When Antiques shop.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51Oh, it's a wool shop, Rory.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54Don't worry, Rory, there are antiques at the back.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57Is it an antique wool shop? Hello.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00- Hello.- We could knit ourselves an antique, couldn't we?
0:23:00 > 0:23:02We could knit ourselves a Queen Anne desk, shall we?
0:23:02 > 0:23:04Can you do that for us?
0:23:04 > 0:23:07Perhaps slightly outside her particular skill set
0:23:07 > 0:23:10but I'm sure she's got a wealth of other interesting wares to offer.
0:23:12 > 0:23:16This old theatre programme, 1957, '58 from Coventry Theatre
0:23:16 > 0:23:21- as signed Morecambe and Wise. - Wow.
0:23:21 > 0:23:22That says Morecambe.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24And I presume that says Wise.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26And Harry Secombe! Look at him with hair.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28Very young Harry Secombe!
0:23:28 > 0:23:30Anybody else signed on there?
0:23:30 > 0:23:32Not in that one, no.
0:23:32 > 0:23:36This one is signed on the front by Bruce Forsyth.
0:23:36 > 0:23:38Brucie!
0:23:38 > 0:23:39Good old Brucie, yeah.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42And then inside, a very young Brucie.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45- Again, another signature. - "I'll sign every page."
0:23:45 > 0:23:48IMPERSONATES BRUCE FORSYTH: I'll sign every page.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51I love the comedy connection, for you.
0:23:51 > 0:23:52Yeah, exactly.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54You couldn't have made it up.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56Ten, £15 for the two?
0:23:56 > 0:23:59I was thinking, yes, about £15 for the two.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02I think a tenner would be good.
0:24:02 > 0:24:03Cash.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05Meet me halfway, 12?
0:24:05 > 0:24:07I just like the clean tenner.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10And I'm thinking at auction, where's it going to stop.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12It's all...
0:24:12 > 0:24:15Ten is a beautifully almost decimal number.
0:24:15 > 0:24:16It is.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19All right, OK.
0:24:19 > 0:24:20How decimal do you want to be?
0:24:20 > 0:24:23- You can't get any more decimal than that.- Exactly.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26Uh, if you just stop talking, boys, I think she said yes to your offer.
0:24:26 > 0:24:30I hear what you're saying, so, yes, and I will throw that one in as well.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33You wouldn't throw those in, would you?
0:24:33 > 0:24:35- These two?- Would you?
0:24:35 > 0:24:37David, you are incorrigible.
0:24:37 > 0:24:41These sporting dinner menus are also signed by celebrities,
0:24:41 > 0:24:43so is Kim in a generous mood?
0:24:43 > 0:24:47- Go on, then. Yes. - You're an angel.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49We might even buy some wool.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52For an incredible price of a tenner, Rory
0:24:52 > 0:24:55and David have acquired a selection of theatre programmes
0:24:55 > 0:24:58and dinner menus all with famous autographs.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01But has David found something else already?
0:25:01 > 0:25:06- I do like that dish. - Mm, tell me about that, David.
0:25:06 > 0:25:07Well, do you like it?
0:25:07 > 0:25:11It looks like a Celtic shield to me, but it is, in fact...?
0:25:11 > 0:25:15It's simply a plaque circa 1890-1900.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18Really! Is that our antique for the day.
0:25:18 > 0:25:22- That's a real one. - That's a genuine one.
0:25:22 > 0:25:26It's priced at £62. I feel some more haggling coming.
0:25:26 > 0:25:2920 quid? Is that a very attractive figure to you?
0:25:29 > 0:25:32It's a little on the low side.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34I would probably be looking for 30.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38- I'll have to consult with head office!- OK.
0:25:38 > 0:25:39THEY MURMUR
0:25:39 > 0:25:41We've got to be really, really firm on it.
0:25:41 > 0:25:45OK. I will let it go for 20.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47Do you think 20 is close to the edge?
0:25:47 > 0:25:52- Who can say that's expensive for 20 quid? It's impossible.- 15?
0:25:53 > 0:25:55You're pushing it now, Rory.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58OK. All right. Yes, yes.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00That will be the lowest that I go on that.
0:26:00 > 0:26:04- I'm... sorry! I'm learning from him. That was amazing!- Oh!
0:26:04 > 0:26:09The student has become the master and for an incredible £15,
0:26:09 > 0:26:13Rory and David are now the proud owners of an arts and crafts
0:26:13 > 0:26:15copper dish which, coupled with their previous purchases,
0:26:15 > 0:26:19means they now have £296 left to splash.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21- See ya! - Bye-bye.- Bye.
0:26:21 > 0:26:27But there's no more spending for now as it is curtains down
0:26:27 > 0:26:29on a successful day's shopping.
0:26:31 > 0:26:35Have you heard the one about the comedian who couldn't haggle? No?
0:26:35 > 0:26:38Well, it's certainly the topic on everyone's lips this morning.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40That's the bit I'm really bad at.
0:26:40 > 0:26:43I have this terrible thing at the back of my mind all the time
0:26:43 > 0:26:45that it's a bit rude.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48How are you getting on with the lovely Christina?
0:26:48 > 0:26:50She is haggler-in-chief.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53- Is she?- She really knows her haggling.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56David, I think that must go with the territory of being an expert.
0:26:56 > 0:26:57David is exactly the same.
0:26:59 > 0:27:01And you're no shrinking violet, Rory!
0:27:04 > 0:27:07So, how did you get on yesterday with Rory? He seems a lot of fun.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10He's absolutely... Well, he's on fire, isn't he?
0:27:10 > 0:27:13- Is he? - Yes, absolutely on fire.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17- What about you? - Yeah, great.
0:27:17 > 0:27:21Steve is incredibly clever, which is slightly intimidating.
0:27:21 > 0:27:24But he's also the worst haggler I think I have ever met.
0:27:24 > 0:27:25Why, why, why?
0:27:25 > 0:27:28If dealers say a price on the ticket, he'll say,
0:27:28 > 0:27:30"Yeah, that's fine. Yeah, yeah."
0:27:33 > 0:27:37But luckily Christina was there to step in with some expert negotiation
0:27:37 > 0:27:40bringing home an armillary sphere, some cigarette cards
0:27:40 > 0:27:45and a miniature silver barrel organ for £76, as you do!
0:27:45 > 0:27:48What I'm doing is watching the haggling and learning.
0:27:48 > 0:27:51Rory, on the other hand, took to haggling like a duck to water
0:27:51 > 0:27:55and purchased Boris the boar's head, Babycham glasses,
0:27:55 > 0:27:59signed theatre programmes and a copper dish for a total of £104.
0:27:59 > 0:28:00And he was brutal.
0:28:00 > 0:28:04He's been going about three minutes and he's an expert already!
0:28:04 > 0:28:06This morning, both teams are off to the trendy,
0:28:06 > 0:28:11cosmopolitan suburb of Moseley, in Birmingham, which, funnily enough,
0:28:11 > 0:28:14is where famous comedian Jasper Carrott went to school.
0:28:14 > 0:28:18And, it seems, Rory and Steve are in the mood for a bit of a singsong.
0:28:18 > 0:28:24# Christina, she used to be a cleaner
0:28:24 > 0:28:28# In a Mexican cantina
0:28:28 > 0:28:31# Boy! You should have seen her on her knees
0:28:31 > 0:28:32# With a sponge in her hands! #
0:28:32 > 0:28:35- Pardon! - Don't encourage the buskers.
0:28:35 > 0:28:38The good thing with Christina, she's has the most...
0:28:38 > 0:28:42She's so modest... angelic voice, I promise you.
0:28:42 > 0:28:46She sings! Oh, she sings... Just beautifully.
0:28:46 > 0:28:49- We will see you later. - I thought that'd get rid of her!
0:28:52 > 0:28:56The first shop of the day is the Moseley Emporium.
0:28:56 > 0:28:58So, what's the plan for today then, folks?
0:28:59 > 0:29:02Shall we do like in Scooby-Doo and you go to the cellar
0:29:02 > 0:29:06- and I'll check out upstairs? - Oh, thanks. That's really brave.
0:29:06 > 0:29:10- Yeah, I'll go down in the cellar! - We're splitting up.- All right.
0:29:10 > 0:29:13But, as Scooby would say... (SCOOBY VOICE) "Let's go!"
0:29:13 > 0:29:17Flying solo, Steve is keen to impart his new-found antiques knowledge.
0:29:17 > 0:29:20There's a lot of what you might call furniture here.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23I'm developing that amount of expertise,
0:29:23 > 0:29:25I recognise this is furniture.
0:29:25 > 0:29:26This is quite nice.
0:29:26 > 0:29:28It's basically a chair you can put things in.
0:29:28 > 0:29:31Say what you see, Stephen. Say what you see.
0:29:31 > 0:29:34But will anything actually catch his interest?
0:29:34 > 0:29:36There's a nice mirror here.
0:29:36 > 0:29:39Although, suddenly it seems to come with a horrible reflection in it.
0:29:39 > 0:29:42I hope that's optional.
0:29:42 > 0:29:43EERIE NOISES
0:29:43 > 0:29:44Speaking of scary sights,
0:29:44 > 0:29:49how's Christina getting on six feet under? Poor girl!
0:29:49 > 0:29:53This actually is Scooby-Doo. You see, you should never make jokes.
0:29:53 > 0:29:56Interesting philosophy coming from a comedian.
0:29:56 > 0:29:58There is actually a mummy.
0:30:00 > 0:30:03CHRISTINA SCREAMS
0:30:03 > 0:30:05No, not just a mummy, Christina!
0:30:05 > 0:30:07It's surprisingly comfortable in here.
0:30:07 > 0:30:11I think I might stay for a while. Just come back in a minute.
0:30:11 > 0:30:13Put the lid back down.
0:30:13 > 0:30:16I mean, I hate to say this but you will need one eventually.
0:30:16 > 0:30:20What a cheery thought! Luckily, it's only a stage coffin.
0:30:20 > 0:30:22Maybe one we'll save for later.
0:30:22 > 0:30:24Maybe ask how much a second-hand coffin is.
0:30:24 > 0:30:27Are you seriously considering buying a coffin?
0:30:27 > 0:30:30There's a nice mirror upstairs I think you should look at.
0:30:30 > 0:30:32Shall I stop being silly and come with you?
0:30:32 > 0:30:35Yes, please. It gives me the creeps down here.
0:30:35 > 0:30:39The mirror is priced at £85, but what does Christina think?
0:30:39 > 0:30:43I have sold them in the past and they make sort of £40 or £50.
0:30:43 > 0:30:46I have sold some similar to that in a bit of a job lot for...
0:30:46 > 0:30:49So we'd have to get a lot off that to make it worth getting?
0:30:49 > 0:30:52Yes, and I think we need a masterclass in haggling
0:30:52 > 0:30:54before we do that.
0:30:54 > 0:30:56Right! Yes, I think we probably do.
0:30:56 > 0:31:00Oh, dear! That doesn't bode well, but certainly one to bear in mind
0:31:00 > 0:31:03and what have they found on the stairwell now?
0:31:03 > 0:31:07- I'm rather drawn to that. - Yeah, it's really nice.
0:31:07 > 0:31:10Oh, look, it's HM Government!
0:31:10 > 0:31:14This is what... Civil servants sat around playing billiards.
0:31:14 > 0:31:17It's a Thomas Padmore and Sons billiard scorer.
0:31:17 > 0:31:20So, it's got Edwardian on here which would indicate
0:31:20 > 0:31:23he thinks it's between 1901 and 1910.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26I'd say maybe nudging it into the Victorian era,
0:31:26 > 0:31:27slightly earlier than that.
0:31:27 > 0:31:29It looks like it's made of oak, which is nice.
0:31:29 > 0:31:33And these ebony sliders. They're still running so smoothly.
0:31:33 > 0:31:38They're beautiful. Really lovely. And I like its sort of faded grandeur.
0:31:39 > 0:31:41So, with this, the coffin and the mirror,
0:31:41 > 0:31:44that's three items they're interested in.
0:31:44 > 0:31:47All that remains to be seen is what they can get the best price on.
0:31:47 > 0:31:50- Steve!- How brave are you feeling about haggling?
0:31:50 > 0:31:52Well, if I could take you leaping out of a coffin at me,
0:31:52 > 0:31:56- I feel I can maybe haggle a bit. - OK.
0:31:57 > 0:31:59- Ready? - Er, yep.
0:32:01 > 0:32:03Come on, Steve. You can do it!
0:32:03 > 0:32:06It's all about eye contact, determination and, above all,
0:32:06 > 0:32:07confidence.
0:32:07 > 0:32:09So, there's a mirror right at the top.
0:32:09 > 0:32:11- An Art Deco mirror.- Yeah.
0:32:11 > 0:32:12Erm...
0:32:13 > 0:32:16- Oh, no! - Don't be scared to ask.
0:32:16 > 0:32:18- Well... - Get the words out.
0:32:19 > 0:32:22We are thinking we would happily pay £40 for that.
0:32:22 > 0:32:23No, no, no!
0:32:23 > 0:32:27- What have I done wrong now? - Start at 30!- Oh, start at 30!
0:32:27 > 0:32:31We, myself and my manager, were hoping...
0:32:31 > 0:32:34Oh, God! This is like car crash television!
0:32:34 > 0:32:35Come on, Steve!
0:32:35 > 0:32:37You get knocked down! You get back up again.
0:32:37 > 0:32:39We were hoping that perhaps £30
0:32:39 > 0:32:42would take that mirror off your hands, sir.
0:32:42 > 0:32:45- Ooh!- That's better, Steve. - It's 85.
0:32:45 > 0:32:50For 85. I'll tell you what I'll do for you. 45.
0:32:50 > 0:32:53And, what about, dare I say, the coffin?
0:32:53 > 0:32:56- I think it's about 85, I'm not sure.- Is it?!
0:32:56 > 0:32:59No, no, that's down in the cellar. But the lowest...
0:32:59 > 0:33:03- Does that make a difference?- Yes, it's nice in the cellar.
0:33:03 > 0:33:05- Nice and cool.- Is it literally the bargain basement?
0:33:05 > 0:33:08Good line! Humour him down on the price, Steve!
0:33:08 > 0:33:12It's a bargain because it will be £40 but no less.
0:33:12 > 0:33:17- No less. Do I take that? "No less." - 45 and I would have took it myself.
0:33:17 > 0:33:19Before Steve can make a decision, there is
0:33:19 > 0:33:21one final piece he needs a price on.
0:33:21 > 0:33:25- Now, the billiard scoring thing, we like that.- OK.
0:33:25 > 0:33:29I probably shouldn't have told you! No, we hated that. We hated that.
0:33:29 > 0:33:30We don't really want to buy it.
0:33:30 > 0:33:34We are willing to pay you £30...
0:33:34 > 0:33:36- £20. - ..£20 for the privilege of...
0:33:36 > 0:33:40- Taking it away.- Taking it away. Taking it off your hands, really.
0:33:40 > 0:33:45- It's 55, I think, is it?- Er... Yes, it is 55. 55 on the sticker.
0:33:45 > 0:33:47For the privilege of being in the shop,
0:33:47 > 0:33:49I'll do it for you for 25 and that's it.
0:33:49 > 0:33:51What do we think about the mirror?
0:33:51 > 0:33:54Deep in our hearts we prefer the scorer, don't we?
0:33:55 > 0:33:58If we bought the coffin and the scorer,
0:33:58 > 0:33:59is there any movement on the price?
0:33:59 > 0:34:02- What's that, 65?- Yeah.
0:34:02 > 0:34:06£60, that's fair, it really is.
0:34:06 > 0:34:08- Um... - Shall we do it?- Yeah, let's do it.
0:34:08 > 0:34:11- We both want to do it, let's face it.- The coffin and the scorer?
0:34:11 > 0:34:13- And the scorer.- I'm happy with that.
0:34:13 > 0:34:16You can take both of them away for that and bury them for all I care.
0:34:16 > 0:34:18THEY LAUGH
0:34:18 > 0:34:20Everyone is a joker today.
0:34:20 > 0:34:22So, for the princely sum of £60...
0:34:22 > 0:34:24A pleasure doing business with you.
0:34:24 > 0:34:27..Steve can hold his head high at this victory as he walks away
0:34:27 > 0:34:32with a snooker scorer, coffin, and £264 left to spend.
0:34:32 > 0:34:35What on earth are they planning to do with that coffin?
0:34:37 > 0:34:42- There were people in the hairdressers just sat there.- I'm not surprised.
0:34:42 > 0:34:46Oh, show it off down the local high street, good plan.
0:34:46 > 0:34:48Just a couple of miles away, taking a break from shopping,
0:34:48 > 0:34:51Rory and David are at Moseley Road Baths.
0:34:51 > 0:34:54This is us. Men's first-class. In you go.
0:34:54 > 0:34:56Designed for us, I think.
0:34:56 > 0:34:59During the Industrial Revolution,
0:34:59 > 0:35:02Birmingham emerged as one of the country's super cities.
0:35:02 > 0:35:05Built in 1907, the baths offered swimming
0:35:05 > 0:35:07as a luxury leisure activity
0:35:07 > 0:35:10but were primarily providing washing facilities,
0:35:10 > 0:35:15as the majority of homes at that time did not have private bathrooms.
0:35:15 > 0:35:18For more than a century, they became a focal point of the community.
0:35:18 > 0:35:23Hosting dances and even a casualty station during the Second World War.
0:35:23 > 0:35:25Today, Rory and David are meeting with Jennifer,
0:35:25 > 0:35:28a member of the Friends of Moseley Baths.
0:35:28 > 0:35:31- Hello.- Hello.- Hello! Hi, hi.
0:35:31 > 0:35:33I'm Rory, hello, Jenny.
0:35:33 > 0:35:36They're a group campaigning to keep the baths open
0:35:36 > 0:35:40because the future of this spectacular building is in jeopardy.
0:35:40 > 0:35:44- Right!- Gosh.- Gentleman, you are now in the first-class men's.
0:35:44 > 0:35:46What do we get for that, then?
0:35:46 > 0:35:48I think you get a nicer towel,
0:35:48 > 0:35:50possibly two towels, but I'm not actually sure.
0:35:50 > 0:35:52OK. Are we currently naked, or not?
0:35:52 > 0:35:55- No, no, no, no. Please! - Good question!
0:35:55 > 0:35:58You come through into here, in the first-class men's,
0:35:58 > 0:36:00and you're going to be taken to your cubicle
0:36:00 > 0:36:03where the tub of hot water will await you.
0:36:03 > 0:36:06How did they decide which man was a first-class man
0:36:06 > 0:36:08and which man was a second-class man?
0:36:08 > 0:36:11- Surely money!- I think it was how much you could afford.
0:36:11 > 0:36:13Some things never change.
0:36:15 > 0:36:19- Gosh.- So, we've got our luxury soap and our nice towels.
0:36:19 > 0:36:21- There would never be three of us in here, of course.- Oh, I see.
0:36:21 > 0:36:24- One person, of course. - Is there an attendant?
0:36:24 > 0:36:26The attendant's there, you can ring the bell,
0:36:26 > 0:36:28there's a little notice on the door behind you.
0:36:28 > 0:36:31You only had half an hour in the bath.
0:36:31 > 0:36:33And you couldn't have extra hot,
0:36:33 > 0:36:35though we do hear stories of people taking...
0:36:35 > 0:36:37staff taking backhanders in the old days
0:36:37 > 0:36:39to put in a little bit of extra hot.
0:36:39 > 0:36:43Or even manufacture a sort of key that was used to turn
0:36:43 > 0:36:47- these enormous taps that you can see here.- Not in first class, Jenny.
0:36:47 > 0:36:51- No, no.- Possibly second class.
0:36:51 > 0:36:53So, how often would people use a facility like this?
0:36:53 > 0:36:57About once a week. If you're using public baths, you come once a week.
0:36:57 > 0:36:59But for some families, poor families,
0:36:59 > 0:37:02it was such a luxury, maybe it was just on special occasions.
0:37:02 > 0:37:05We had one person we interviewed for our Memory Project, a young woman,
0:37:05 > 0:37:09who said she came here especially on the night before she got married,
0:37:09 > 0:37:11to have a really special, good clean-up
0:37:11 > 0:37:14before she went into married life. That's very nice.
0:37:14 > 0:37:16- I hope the husband did the same. - I hope he did!
0:37:16 > 0:37:18A lot has changed since 1907,
0:37:18 > 0:37:22and with more and more bathrooms being built in houses,
0:37:22 > 0:37:24the baths became obsolete.
0:37:24 > 0:37:27Though they remained open until 2004.
0:37:27 > 0:37:29But it wasn't just about bathing.
0:37:29 > 0:37:31There's a first and second class pool.
0:37:31 > 0:37:33If you'd like to come with me now,
0:37:33 > 0:37:35- I'll take you in and show you the gala pool.- Yes, good.
0:37:35 > 0:37:39- Have you got your swimming trunks on under there?- I've got my bikini on.
0:37:39 > 0:37:41Let's hope he's joking.
0:37:42 > 0:37:47The first-class pool, or gala pool, has been closed since 2003,
0:37:47 > 0:37:49but its unique balconettes
0:37:49 > 0:37:53and cathedral-like structure are still a unique sight to behold.
0:37:55 > 0:37:58What do we get here that they don't get in the second-class pool?
0:37:58 > 0:38:01In the first-class pool, you get the best water, for a start.
0:38:01 > 0:38:04I didn't know there were different sorts of water.
0:38:04 > 0:38:06- I thought it was just the same stuff. - Clean and dirty.
0:38:06 > 0:38:07Oh, I see. You're kidding!
0:38:07 > 0:38:11Before they had proper filtration and chlorination systems,
0:38:11 > 0:38:16the water was stored in a very large cast iron tank in the roof.
0:38:16 > 0:38:18The cold water was heated up and used here in this,
0:38:18 > 0:38:20the first-class pool.
0:38:20 > 0:38:24After several days it would have gone through to the second class.
0:38:24 > 0:38:28So you basically got used water from this pool.
0:38:28 > 0:38:30So gala pool, why gala pool?
0:38:30 > 0:38:32Gala pool because they had galas here.
0:38:32 > 0:38:34And you'll notice in this pool,
0:38:34 > 0:38:36one special feature of it is the beautiful balcony.
0:38:36 > 0:38:38It goes all the way round the top here
0:38:38 > 0:38:40so this would have been full of people
0:38:40 > 0:38:42cheering on local interschool galas,
0:38:42 > 0:38:47this is in the period going back to the '50s and '60s, the heyday.
0:38:47 > 0:38:51Lots and lots of competitive swimming went on here.
0:38:51 > 0:38:54Well, it's obvious then, Jenny, that it's not in order any more.
0:38:54 > 0:38:56Look at the building, it's magnificent,
0:38:56 > 0:38:58but it really is in need of restoration.
0:38:58 > 0:39:00Yes, I absolutely agree.
0:39:03 > 0:39:06Next door, what was the second-class pool
0:39:06 > 0:39:09is now the only part of the building still in use.
0:39:09 > 0:39:12It's the oldest of only three Grade II-listed pools
0:39:12 > 0:39:15still operating in the UK and a wonderful piece of history.
0:39:15 > 0:39:17In you go, boys.
0:39:20 > 0:39:24Meanwhile, Steve and Christina are hotfooting it north
0:39:24 > 0:39:26to the beautiful cathedral city of Lichfield.
0:39:27 > 0:39:30In a sense, what we do is rather like what you do.
0:39:30 > 0:39:32We scour the country looking for old jokes.
0:39:32 > 0:39:34And then we polish them up a bit
0:39:34 > 0:39:36and we try to sell them to a new audience.
0:39:36 > 0:39:39So we are nearing the end of our road trip now.
0:39:39 > 0:39:42I know. I feel like I was just getting going.
0:39:42 > 0:39:45Good! Because there's still more shopping to do.
0:39:45 > 0:39:49I think I can smell antiques in this direction.
0:39:49 > 0:39:51Now he's done a bit of haggling,
0:39:51 > 0:39:56let's see if Steve can sniff out a bargain in James A Jordan Antiques.
0:39:56 > 0:39:58This is rather lovely, isn't it?
0:39:58 > 0:40:02I saw some twinkly things when I walked in, are you mainly jewellery?
0:40:02 > 0:40:05- You want to look at the twinkly things, don't you?- Steve, I'm sorry.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07Go and look at the twinkly things.
0:40:07 > 0:40:11Now, it's Steve and Christina who sound like an old married couple.
0:40:11 > 0:40:14So, I'll have that one, that one, that one, that one, that one,
0:40:14 > 0:40:16- that one, that one. - You have to bear in mind...
0:40:16 > 0:40:20- Earrings don't suit me.- You have to bear in mind the budget.- What?!
0:40:20 > 0:40:23Yep, definitely like an old married couple.
0:40:23 > 0:40:27I just saw this over there. It's obviously a frame.
0:40:27 > 0:40:30Very typically Edwardian, this sort of typical swags and garlands
0:40:30 > 0:40:35and bows is typically 1901-1910. What do you think?
0:40:35 > 0:40:39Um... Well, it's got a clear and obvious use. Which is good.
0:40:39 > 0:40:41Do you like it?
0:40:41 > 0:40:45- Nice photo frames are, um, much in demand.- Eternally popular.
0:40:45 > 0:40:49- I like it.- Shall we ask the price? - Yeah, let's ask the price.- Yeah?
0:40:49 > 0:40:50Now...
0:40:50 > 0:40:52I know. I know.
0:40:52 > 0:40:55What do you want to do? Do you want to do the haggling?
0:40:55 > 0:40:58No! But I can do if you want me to.
0:40:58 > 0:41:02- But I, I...- I trust you. - This is the last chance to haggle.
0:41:02 > 0:41:04So, really, you ought to do your stuff.
0:41:04 > 0:41:06It's probably for the best.
0:41:06 > 0:41:10Christina, before you start, just remember everything I taught you.
0:41:10 > 0:41:12LAUGHTER
0:41:12 > 0:41:15- Really?- You'll be OK. You'll be OK. - Thank you, that's very kind.
0:41:15 > 0:41:17Yeah, thanks, Steve(!)
0:41:17 > 0:41:20- That's marked up at £20. - £20, OK, all right.
0:41:20 > 0:41:24I would really be looking to pay maybe £10 for it, really.
0:41:24 > 0:41:25At auction.
0:41:25 > 0:41:28To give us a fighting chance of it making any money at all.
0:41:28 > 0:41:32- This is very much the correct technique.- Yeah? Happy?- Yeah.
0:41:32 > 0:41:35- You should have asked him for it for nothing.- OK, sorry. A pound?
0:41:35 > 0:41:37- £10 is fine.- Are you happy with £10?
0:41:37 > 0:41:40- For a beginner, that's fine, yeah. - Happy?
0:41:40 > 0:41:42- Yeah, yeah.- All right. - We'll have a deal on 10.
0:41:42 > 0:41:44Oh! You were right!
0:41:44 > 0:41:48I should have asked for a pound! A pound?!
0:41:49 > 0:41:52It wasn't free, but Steve and Christina
0:41:52 > 0:41:54did manage to get the picture frame for half price.
0:41:56 > 0:42:00Bringing their total spends for this trip to £146.
0:42:01 > 0:42:04Thank you! Bye!
0:42:04 > 0:42:08Rory and David are also en route to Lichfield.
0:42:08 > 0:42:12There are only two cities in England with three-spired cathedrals.
0:42:12 > 0:42:14And Lichfield is one of them.
0:42:14 > 0:42:17That's pub quiz gold.
0:42:17 > 0:42:20You can admire the cathedral, I'll admire the antiques centre.
0:42:20 > 0:42:24Quite right, David. This is no weather for sightseeing.
0:42:24 > 0:42:26Good bit of parking, look at that!
0:42:27 > 0:42:31Rory and David are sheltering in the abundantly stocked
0:42:31 > 0:42:32Lichfield Antiques Centre.
0:42:32 > 0:42:36There's some proper what we call antiques here.
0:42:36 > 0:42:39- I call them antiques. - Well, you are in the business.
0:42:39 > 0:42:41And Rory is keen to prove it.
0:42:41 > 0:42:45- I suspect you put a plant pot on top of it, do you?- Yes, you do.
0:42:45 > 0:42:47It's a bit art thingy, isn't it?
0:42:47 > 0:42:49Art...quelque chose.
0:42:49 > 0:42:50That's right, Rory.
0:42:50 > 0:42:54French words always make you sound more knowledgeable.
0:42:54 > 0:42:57You could say it adds a certain je ne sais quoi.
0:42:57 > 0:42:59- It's a tray.- It's a tray... - You see, how good am I?
0:42:59 > 0:43:02You seriously need a change of careers, you know that, don't you?
0:43:02 > 0:43:07- Made of something tree-based. - Yeah, tree-based.- What an eye, eh?
0:43:07 > 0:43:11Now that Rory has asserted himself as an antiques connoisseur,
0:43:11 > 0:43:14- time for some serious shopping. - Now that's interesting.
0:43:14 > 0:43:19Now what... See, I've got no idea what that's made of, is that metal?
0:43:19 > 0:43:22- Not tree-based, then? - It looks odd, doesn't it?
0:43:22 > 0:43:24It looks like it could be metal but it doesn't,
0:43:24 > 0:43:27it feels more sort of, it's not wood, either, is it?
0:43:27 > 0:43:29Have a feel of the weight of it.
0:43:29 > 0:43:32- Oh, it's light!- It's light. Yeah. - That's interesting.
0:43:32 > 0:43:36- It's paper. It's papier-mache. - Is that really papier-mache?
0:43:36 > 0:43:38It's papier-mache.
0:43:38 > 0:43:42From the height of the Victorian period but it's all gone to pot.
0:43:42 > 0:43:45- It hasn't been cared for... - I see.- ..all its life.
0:43:45 > 0:43:48It's lost original decoration. It's been waxed and polished.
0:43:48 > 0:43:50It hasn't been cared for.
0:43:50 > 0:43:54It needs desperately restoring but I still love it.
0:43:54 > 0:43:57There's no price tag but armed with a list of defects, Rory is
0:43:57 > 0:44:02poised once more for some serious negotiations with dealer Denise.
0:44:02 > 0:44:04- This has caught our eye.- Right.
0:44:04 > 0:44:09- We like it that it's not in perfect condition, is it?- No.
0:44:09 > 0:44:13- It's a really sweet little table. - I like it.- It's got a charm.- Yeah.
0:44:13 > 0:44:15But we're here on business.
0:44:15 > 0:44:19- Could I walk away with that for £10 cash?- Ooh, ouch!
0:44:19 > 0:44:20SHE LAUGHS
0:44:20 > 0:44:26- We've got to start somewhere. - I could go around 30.- Ooh.- Ooh.
0:44:26 > 0:44:29You said 30 but you said 30 as if you were going to say 15.
0:44:29 > 0:44:32- That's what threw me. - Call it 20, we've got a deal.
0:44:32 > 0:44:35Though it looks like he might finally have met his match.
0:44:35 > 0:44:40- You say 20, I say 15, meet me halfway at 16.- Oh, that's good, he's good.
0:44:40 > 0:44:44- £16.- 18. Call it a deal.
0:44:44 > 0:44:48- £17.50.- Deal.- £17.50. I love you.
0:44:48 > 0:44:50Unbelievable.
0:44:50 > 0:44:55- I'll say.- It's fantastic.- I'm enjoying this. I'm getting the bug.
0:44:57 > 0:45:01Having spent a mere £17.50 on this Victorian papier-mache table,
0:45:01 > 0:45:05Rory and David have now bought their final lot, having spent
0:45:05 > 0:45:09- a total of £121.50. - See you again soon, goodbye.
0:45:09 > 0:45:12And with the shopping now finished, it's time to meet Steve
0:45:12 > 0:45:17and Christina to reveal their interesting array of artefacts.
0:45:17 > 0:45:22- Here we go.- Amaze us.- Reveal, reveal. Wayey!
0:45:22 > 0:45:26Who advised you that buying anything dead was a good idea?
0:45:26 > 0:45:28Says the woman with the coffin.
0:45:28 > 0:45:31It's olden dead. It's decorative.
0:45:31 > 0:45:33It's showing respect to the creature.
0:45:33 > 0:45:37- It doesn't look very happy. - Serene.
0:45:37 > 0:45:41How many people would love to see that on the wall of their local pub
0:45:41 > 0:45:44- above a log fire? 55.- 55. - You let me go.
0:45:44 > 0:45:49Someone turns up, fitting out a vegetarian restaurant. Huge profit.
0:45:49 > 0:45:54What about that, 1870 papier-mache occasional table with rather
0:45:54 > 0:45:56interesting cast metal duck-webbed feet.
0:45:56 > 0:45:59Yeah, what happened to the base though, that's not very good, is it?
0:45:59 > 0:46:03- Well, it's all...it's just as it is.- It's massively repaired.
0:46:03 > 0:46:05- No, no, it's got patination. - What did you pay for that?
0:46:05 > 0:46:08- It's got patination?- Patination, build up of waxes...
0:46:08 > 0:46:13- It's got a massive repair on the bottom.- Character, Christina.
0:46:13 > 0:46:16I would be surprised if you paid any more than £20 for it.
0:46:16 > 0:46:19Well, you've bought it, baby. Give us your £20.
0:46:19 > 0:46:22Well, there we go, happy days.
0:46:22 > 0:46:26I must remember that if something's old and filthy, it's got patination.
0:46:26 > 0:46:27I like that.
0:46:27 > 0:46:29Yeah, spoken like a true expert, Steve,
0:46:29 > 0:46:33- but let's see what they think of your selection.- Ready?
0:46:33 > 0:46:35- That's a coffin. - It's a coffin.- Yeah.
0:46:35 > 0:46:38You know what, I thought, it can't be. It just looks like one.
0:46:38 > 0:46:43- It really is.- It's a stage coffin.- It's a comedy coffin.
0:46:43 > 0:46:45Is there anything else that you would like to comment on,
0:46:45 > 0:46:49- anything at all?- I don't know why you bought the 21st century er...
0:46:49 > 0:46:51- What do you think it is? - That was made last Tuesday.
0:46:51 > 0:46:55- It's not heavily patinated enough. - It's the BBC News logo, isn't it?
0:46:55 > 0:46:59Yes, exactly. No, it's nice. It's a piece of garden statuary.
0:46:59 > 0:47:00It's a nice thing.
0:47:00 > 0:47:03I tell you what, it's a conversation piece.
0:47:03 > 0:47:07- We're having a conversation about it right now.- Yes, exactly.- It works.
0:47:07 > 0:47:08OK.
0:47:08 > 0:47:11Well, I seriously do not think we could have got a more
0:47:11 > 0:47:15- eclectic mix than we have got here. - Eclectic?- Well done. Yes.
0:47:15 > 0:47:17That is the word, definitely.
0:47:17 > 0:47:21Neither team seems particularly impressed by the other's purchases.
0:47:21 > 0:47:24- I was disappointed for them. - For them.- Yes.
0:47:24 > 0:47:26- I was disappointed for them. - And the boar's head.
0:47:26 > 0:47:28I find it a slightly frightening thing.
0:47:28 > 0:47:31And they tried to be very disparaging over our lovely
0:47:31 > 0:47:35- boar's head.- I know that. And they produced a coffin.- Hello.- Hello.
0:47:35 > 0:47:39- Death, death? Hello, what's this death?- What's going on there?
0:47:39 > 0:47:41You've either got to give it all or nothing.
0:47:41 > 0:47:44- What, and they've given it nothing? - Well, they've given it a little bit.
0:47:44 > 0:47:45Rory...
0:47:45 > 0:47:49- Shall we have a round of golf? - Round of golf, a great idea, yes.
0:47:51 > 0:47:54Well, there's no holding back there but who will have the last laugh
0:47:54 > 0:47:57remains to be seen as the next stop is the auction
0:47:57 > 0:48:01in the picturesque village of Langar in Nottinghamshire.
0:48:02 > 0:48:04I'm a bit worried about the boar in a way.
0:48:04 > 0:48:08I think basically it's an all or nothing situation there.
0:48:08 > 0:48:14You either want a really ferocious pig on your wall or you don't.
0:48:14 > 0:48:15And Christina really doesn't.
0:48:16 > 0:48:20So what on earth possessed you to go out and buy a boar's head?
0:48:20 > 0:48:22Well, how dare you...
0:48:22 > 0:48:25mention anything to do with my boar's head
0:48:25 > 0:48:28when you bought a blinking coffin!
0:48:28 > 0:48:29He's got you there, Christina.
0:48:30 > 0:48:33- Could you get out of our parking place?- Yeah, absolutely. Come on in.
0:48:33 > 0:48:35Loving that shirt, Rory.
0:48:35 > 0:48:38- I think he had stolen it actually from my room.- Do you think?
0:48:38 > 0:48:40But bizarrely left those trousers behind!
0:48:41 > 0:48:45- Actually, it's started, you two are late.- Yeah, you are.
0:48:45 > 0:48:46Hurry up, chaps.
0:48:48 > 0:48:51Today, we're at Henry Spencer's auctioneers for a general
0:48:51 > 0:48:55- sale with auctioneer David Ward. - I think they've done very well.
0:48:55 > 0:48:57The boar is a very interesting item.
0:48:57 > 0:49:00We've had a look at it, we think it'll probably make between £80
0:49:00 > 0:49:01and £120.
0:49:01 > 0:49:05- Hopefully that will be a good result for them.- Yikes!
0:49:05 > 0:49:08Well, the coffin is an interesting item.
0:49:08 > 0:49:10Quirky items tend to go well
0:49:10 > 0:49:15and we are probably thinking it could fetch between £40 and £100.
0:49:15 > 0:49:18With a little divine intervention.
0:49:20 > 0:49:24Rory and David had a right giggle but spent just £121.50 on five lots.
0:49:24 > 0:49:30- What shall we call the boar, Diane? - Boris.- Boris the boar.
0:49:30 > 0:49:34And no-one could accuse Steve and Christina of being boring either,
0:49:34 > 0:49:38- as they got six lots for £146. - Oh, my God!
0:49:38 > 0:49:41This is like car crash television!
0:49:41 > 0:49:45The more competitive Rory certainly came out on top at haggling
0:49:45 > 0:49:47but who will win at the all-important auction?
0:49:47 > 0:49:50- Well, good luck. Good luck.- Come on!
0:49:50 > 0:49:54First up is Steve and Christina's armillary sphere.
0:49:54 > 0:49:58We really like this one. Who will give £20 for it?
0:49:58 > 0:50:02- We've got £20 for it.- Oh!- Never! - Straight in? I can't believe it!
0:50:02 > 0:50:07- 25? We've got 30. 35? - CHRISTINA: Yes! Go on!- 35.
0:50:07 > 0:50:10- Do we see 40?- Yeah, go on! Go on!
0:50:10 > 0:50:12It's being sold at £35.
0:50:12 > 0:50:16- Blimey! That's not bad! I'll take that!- A small profit. Small profit.
0:50:16 > 0:50:19In spite of the other team's unsporting comments,
0:50:19 > 0:50:22Steve and Christina walk away with £7 profit.
0:50:22 > 0:50:26- That's a very good start, profit. Very good.- Great.
0:50:26 > 0:50:30Next up it's Rory and David's classy glasses.
0:50:30 > 0:50:32- Who's got £10 for them? - RORY: More than that!
0:50:32 > 0:50:35- Was that each?- Fiver?
0:50:37 > 0:50:42- Shall we say eight? Eight. - Come on! A very rare item.
0:50:42 > 0:50:45- We've got- 10. Very rare item.
0:50:45 > 0:50:48- So rare, never been used. - We've got 18.
0:50:48 > 0:50:51The girls will think you're fantastic if you open one of those.
0:50:51 > 0:50:55- Do they have to do this?- Not really! - Bid is at £18.
0:50:55 > 0:50:58- There has got to be a 20! - THEY GROAN
0:50:58 > 0:51:00- No!- Bad luck.
0:51:00 > 0:51:04There will be no champagne popping for those glasses today.
0:51:04 > 0:51:07- So, you lost?- We lost a little bit there.- Lost some money.
0:51:07 > 0:51:10- This is my sad face. - Aw, look at that.
0:51:12 > 0:51:15Next up is Steve's favourite item, the cigarette cards.
0:51:15 > 0:51:18- But will anyone else love them? - I've got five pounds.
0:51:18 > 0:51:21I should think so! Someone with a sense of history!
0:51:21 > 0:51:24I've got £10. Give me 12?
0:51:24 > 0:51:30- We've got 12.- Go on! Yes! Before you even seen them.
0:51:30 > 0:51:35- We've got 18.- Hey, this is good!- 20. - They're on fire. They are on fire.
0:51:35 > 0:51:38- No, no they're not. They're not on fire!- 20.
0:51:38 > 0:51:41- £20.- They are perfectly intact!
0:51:41 > 0:51:44Give me 25. 25.
0:51:45 > 0:51:48Give me 30. He says no.
0:51:48 > 0:51:52Perhaps because I've turned round. Go on, go for it. Go for it.
0:51:52 > 0:51:56- It's worth it for how to build a shelter alone.- Fantastic. Well done.
0:51:56 > 0:51:59That's a great profit for them.
0:51:59 > 0:52:02Does that mean I'm not quite as weird as I thought I was?
0:52:02 > 0:52:04DAVID: Surprising, that. Well done.
0:52:04 > 0:52:07Well, Rory got quite the deal on his signed theatre programmes
0:52:07 > 0:52:12and menus but will his efforts be rewarded?
0:52:12 > 0:52:15- Where is our £30 for it?- Go on. Morecambe and Wise, early.
0:52:15 > 0:52:18- 20.- Go on!- Tenner. - RORY: Early Morecambe and Wise!
0:52:18 > 0:52:20We've got a phone bid from Bruce Forsyth.
0:52:20 > 0:52:23£10 bid. 15? 15.
0:52:23 > 0:52:25- 20?- Come on!- 20. 25?
0:52:25 > 0:52:27- We're away! Brilliant.- 30.
0:52:27 > 0:52:30- This is early Morecambe and Wise. - Early '57!- Go on!
0:52:30 > 0:52:32THEY LAUGH
0:52:32 > 0:52:37- We've got a fresh bidder. - Another bidder! £35. Just in time.
0:52:37 > 0:52:39- Are you 40?- Go on. You'll regret it. You will.
0:52:39 > 0:52:43Any more bids? Sold to the lady at £35.
0:52:43 > 0:52:47- Sold.- Done. £25 profit. - That's very good.
0:52:47 > 0:52:50It really is. Bless Kim and her woollen shop, hey?
0:52:50 > 0:52:53- Very good. Pleased with that. - Terrific.
0:52:53 > 0:52:58Christina loves her silver, but will it bring in a blinging good profit?
0:52:58 > 0:53:02- 30.- RORY: 30? Are you kidding?
0:53:02 > 0:53:04- 20?- Solid silver.
0:53:04 > 0:53:08- £20.- They're all up now, they are going crazy.- Any advance on 20?
0:53:08 > 0:53:10I've got one in the passageway, 25.
0:53:10 > 0:53:14- 30.- 30 in scrap alone.- 35. 40? - There you go.- £40.- Go on.
0:53:16 > 0:53:19- The 45 is back in. - That's all right.- Are you 50?
0:53:19 > 0:53:21Being sold at £45.
0:53:21 > 0:53:25- RORY: Well done, auctioneer. - Yeah, well done, auctioneer!
0:53:25 > 0:53:28Well done, Steve and Christina. That's another profit racked up.
0:53:28 > 0:53:32- Admittedly a tiny profit, but a profit.- That's OK.
0:53:32 > 0:53:34Slow and steady wins the race.
0:53:34 > 0:53:37And for our next lot it's Rory and David's 19th-century
0:53:37 > 0:53:41papier-mache occasional table, with a touch of patination.
0:53:41 > 0:53:4420. I've got £20.
0:53:44 > 0:53:47- I've got 22.- Yes!- I need 25.- Go on!
0:53:47 > 0:53:50- 28. Come in at 30?- Go on! - We've got £30.
0:53:50 > 0:53:53Will you come in at 32?
0:53:53 > 0:53:55Make no mistake, it's going to be sold for...
0:53:55 > 0:53:59- Are you 32?- Way-hey!- 32. - RORY: Go, girl!
0:53:59 > 0:54:03Being sold for £32 to the lady in green.
0:54:03 > 0:54:07- Marvellous.- What did it make? - 32.- Well done.
0:54:07 > 0:54:10Another brilliant profit for Steve and Rory.
0:54:10 > 0:54:13Rory's haggling skills are really paying off.
0:54:13 > 0:54:17Even Steve finally stepped up to the haggling challenge
0:54:17 > 0:54:19with his next item.
0:54:19 > 0:54:21- Who's got £20 for it? - For your mantelpiece.
0:54:21 > 0:54:25Who's got a tenner for it? £10. Are you 12, sir?
0:54:25 > 0:54:28- 12. Are you 15?- Go on, go on, go on! That's nice!
0:54:28 > 0:54:32- Keep going, keep going, keep going.- £15.- No more?
0:54:32 > 0:54:36- It's got to be more than that! - Shall we say 18?
0:54:36 > 0:54:40- A classy item.- Lovely thing. - Any advance on £15?
0:54:40 > 0:54:42- It'll be sold at 15. - THEY GROAN
0:54:42 > 0:54:46- Our first loss. - You've lost a fiver.
0:54:47 > 0:54:49A disappointing score but not a massive loss.
0:54:51 > 0:54:55Will Rory's copper dish circa 1900 bring home another profit?
0:54:55 > 0:54:59- We've got £20 at the front of the room.- It will keep on going.
0:54:59 > 0:55:0325? We've got 25. 30, madam? We've got 25.
0:55:03 > 0:55:06- Come on!- We've got 30. 35?
0:55:06 > 0:55:1135 at the back. We've got 40. Lady, new bidder.
0:55:11 > 0:55:16We've got £40. Have we got 45? We've got 45 at the back of the room.
0:55:16 > 0:55:18- Any more bids?- Come on!
0:55:18 > 0:55:21- What did it make?- 45. - Oh, well done.
0:55:21 > 0:55:24Yep. Another great result for team Rory and David.
0:55:24 > 0:55:27I think that was well deserved. I think it was a really nice piece.
0:55:27 > 0:55:31Sporting of you, Steve. Let's hope your picture frame does as well.
0:55:31 > 0:55:34- I've got £10, front of the room.- It is well worth more, more than that.
0:55:34 > 0:55:36I've got 12 at the back. Are you 15? 15.
0:55:36 > 0:55:4018. 20. £20. Are you 25? 25. Are you 30?
0:55:40 > 0:55:43- Imagine your nephew in there. - £30!
0:55:43 > 0:55:46- Are you 35? No. - Or your grandchildren.
0:55:46 > 0:55:50- Being sold at 30.- Well done. Doubled our money.
0:55:50 > 0:55:54Both teams are bringing in the cash.
0:55:54 > 0:55:56It's hard to keep track of who's on top.
0:55:56 > 0:55:59And from a picture perfect moment to a deathly one.
0:55:59 > 0:56:03Hopefully no-one is going to corpse in the audience today.
0:56:03 > 0:56:07Right, we have a very interesting item now. It's a coffin.
0:56:07 > 0:56:10- EVIL LAUGH - Solid wood construction
0:56:10 > 0:56:12and I understand it's had one careful owner
0:56:12 > 0:56:14but never actually been used.
0:56:14 > 0:56:17- 20. I've got £20.- Oh, no!
0:56:17 > 0:56:20Of course you've got £20! Are you not feeling very well?
0:56:20 > 0:56:24- 25. 30.- Think of the Halloween money.
0:56:24 > 0:56:2635. 40. 40. 45.
0:56:26 > 0:56:28Come on, go one more.
0:56:28 > 0:56:32- 45. Being sold at 40. - Only 40!- Surely!
0:56:32 > 0:56:35THEY GROAN
0:56:35 > 0:56:38Breaking even is no mean feat but is this death
0:56:38 > 0:56:42- to their chances of winning? - Tell you what, I can be honest,
0:56:42 > 0:56:45that made much more than I ever dreamt it was going to make.
0:56:45 > 0:56:50It all rests on Rory and David's biggest purchase. Boris the boar.
0:56:50 > 0:56:53- This could be their make or break. - Come on, Boris.
0:56:53 > 0:56:56- Back of the room.- He's called Boris.
0:56:56 > 0:56:58- 90.- Come on!- 100.- Yes!
0:56:58 > 0:57:01- Come on, Boris.- You can do better than that.
0:57:01 > 0:57:04- Do we say 110?- Let's say 200.
0:57:04 > 0:57:06110?
0:57:06 > 0:57:09- Sold at 110?- No!- Come on.- 120.- Yes!
0:57:09 > 0:57:13Oh, my goodness! You are very surprised.
0:57:13 > 0:57:17- 120. Come on, then.- Go on!- You love it!- One more, you might get it.
0:57:17 > 0:57:23- Sold at 130.- Excellent. - Any advance on 130?
0:57:23 > 0:57:26- Come on!- Being sold at £130.
0:57:26 > 0:57:29- THEY CLAP - Thank you very much.
0:57:29 > 0:57:33- Unbelievable!- Absolutely amazing.
0:57:33 > 0:57:36Rory's keen eye certainly picked a winner there.
0:57:36 > 0:57:38Right, that's it. We now need to go and work of our figures.
0:57:38 > 0:57:42- Oh, no, it's not the maths time, is it?- Maths time. OK.
0:57:42 > 0:57:46Well, it's been a funny old Road Trip but the numbers are in.
0:57:46 > 0:57:49And Steve and Christina made a small profit after auction costs
0:57:49 > 0:57:54of £9.80, leaving them with £409.80.
0:57:54 > 0:57:56But, thanks largely to Boris the boar,
0:57:56 > 0:58:00Rory and David came out on top with an amazing £91.70 profit
0:58:00 > 0:58:07after costs, and a final figure of £491.70.
0:58:07 > 0:58:09A brilliant Road Trip and a fabulous victory
0:58:09 > 0:58:11with all profits going to Children In Need.
0:58:11 > 0:58:14So, you know what they say in antiques? Losers drive.
0:58:16 > 0:58:21- I cannot believe he beat me again. - I know. It's awful. It's awful.
0:58:21 > 0:58:25- See you, guys.- Stay in touch, now. - Thanks for the memories!
0:58:25 > 0:58:27We've have had a few laughs.
0:58:27 > 0:58:29It is good to see you after all these years.
0:58:29 > 0:58:32I think we've had quite a lot of fun actually, haven't we?
0:58:32 > 0:58:34We've had an indecent amount of fun.
0:58:34 > 0:58:36So, at the end of an incredible Road Trip,
0:58:36 > 0:58:39all that's left to say is thanks for coming.
0:58:39 > 0:58:41You've been a right laugh.