0:00:02 > 0:00:03The nation's favourite celebrities...
0:00:03 > 0:00:05We are special then, are we?
0:00:05 > 0:00:08- Oh, that's excellent. - ..paired up with an expert...
0:00:08 > 0:00:10We're a very good team, you and me.
0:00:10 > 0:00:13..and a classic car. Their mission?
0:00:13 > 0:00:14To scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:14 > 0:00:16I've 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 > 0:00:22But it's no easy ride.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24THEY GASP
0:00:24 > 0:00:25There's no accounting for taste.
0:00:25 > 0:00:28Who will find a hidden gem?
0:00:28 > 0:00:30Who will take the biggest risks?
0:00:30 > 0:00:33Would 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.- 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!
0:00:51 > 0:00:53Today we are in the south of England,
0:00:53 > 0:00:57with the dynamic duo who strike fear into the heart
0:00:57 > 0:00:59of even the hardest entrepreneur.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02They are two of TV's biggest business brains. Yes,
0:01:02 > 0:01:06it's Margaret Mountford and Nick Hewer.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08Do you know anything about antiques, at all?
0:01:08 > 0:01:11You know from your days on The Apprentice
0:01:11 > 0:01:14it's about product selection, Margaret.
0:01:14 > 0:01:15Absolutely.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17You buy some at a low price,
0:01:17 > 0:01:19and some at a high price,
0:01:19 > 0:01:22- so you spread your risk.- Yup. - Spread betting.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25That's way we shouldn't just spend it all on one thing.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28If you come out with a stuffed monkey that's cost you 400 quid...
0:01:28 > 0:01:30(Then you'll be in big trouble!)
0:01:32 > 0:01:35Made famous as Lord Sugar's advisers on The Apprentice,
0:01:35 > 0:01:39Margaret and Nick are famed for their dry wit
0:01:39 > 0:01:40and damning way with words.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44Although you've got a very sharp teeth,
0:01:44 > 0:01:47you don't like talking about money.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49- No. And I don't bargain. - You're not going to bargain?
0:01:49 > 0:01:52No, I'm not. I hate bargaining. I hate bargaining!
0:01:52 > 0:01:54- Well, you're going to have to overcome that.- Why?
0:01:54 > 0:01:56Because... Because.
0:01:56 > 0:02:01Before hitting our screens, Margaret was a hotshot corporate finance lawyer
0:02:01 > 0:02:04and Nick was a PR impresario with his own business.
0:02:04 > 0:02:08Nick is still Lord Sugar's right-hand man on The Apprentice,
0:02:08 > 0:02:11and is also on the helm at Countdown.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14While Margaret gave up The Apprentice to complete a PhD,
0:02:14 > 0:02:17she still pops up on TV presenting documentaries
0:02:17 > 0:02:22focusing on burning issues of the day alongside her old pal Nick.
0:02:22 > 0:02:26- How do you know?!- Some of the things YOU would like, you'd have to travel
0:02:26 > 0:02:28halfway across the country to find somebody else who'd like it.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30Thank you(!)
0:02:30 > 0:02:33An impressive pair, needs an impressive car.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36So, they're travelling today in this beautiful beast -
0:02:36 > 0:02:39a 1976 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43It's a big sluggish brute.
0:02:43 > 0:02:44Oh!
0:02:44 > 0:02:48- It's like driving...- Glad you're driving it, not me.- ..a whale.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52Steering Margaret and Nick on the trip
0:02:52 > 0:02:54are two very experienced auctioneers
0:02:54 > 0:02:56Catherine Southon and Philip Serrell
0:02:56 > 0:02:59who are hurtling to meet them
0:02:59 > 0:03:02in a 1994 TVR Chimaera.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06I tell you what, this is fantastic.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09Open top car, glorious countryside,
0:03:09 > 0:03:13and a beautiful bird in the passenger seat. Look at this!
0:03:13 > 0:03:15- I am not a beautiful bird. - You are.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18Don't say that to Margaret. Don't call her a bird.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20- No, I'll get a slap, won't I? - You will. She won't appreciate that.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22What do you think they'll be like?
0:03:22 > 0:03:25I'm really looking forward to it, but...
0:03:25 > 0:03:29I'm a little bit nervous because it's going to be like...
0:03:29 > 0:03:33I don't know, I feel like I might get put in detention, or something.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35- We're on trial. - Make us read lines, or...
0:03:35 > 0:03:38I wonder if they'll give us a challenge.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41I don't know. They might do, mightn't they? Like on The Apprentice.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44If it's not making a profit, that could challenge us.
0:03:44 > 0:03:49Well, that's the name of the game!
0:03:49 > 0:03:52With £400 to spend, our two pairs will be taking a trip
0:03:52 > 0:03:55around the sunny south of England. Starting in Southampton
0:03:55 > 0:03:58they will venture north, making purchasing pit stops as they go,
0:03:58 > 0:04:02ending in Cambridge where they'll punt for a profit at auction.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04Exciting.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07With Southampton the cruise ship capital of the UK,
0:04:07 > 0:04:12it seems only fitting for the teams to meet up down by the quayside.
0:04:12 > 0:04:13Steady.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15Look at the size of that cruiser!
0:04:15 > 0:04:18- Does look grand, doesn't it? - Regal.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21It is. I feel like we're going to meet royalty.
0:04:21 > 0:04:22You got almost into a space.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24NICK AND MARGARET CHUCKLE
0:04:26 > 0:04:29- Hi, how are you?- Hello, Philip! - Margaret.- Lovely to meet you.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31You, too. You, too.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33I'm Catherine. Lovely to meet you.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38THEY EXCHANGE GREETINGS
0:04:39 > 0:04:42We were musing over what you might arrive in.
0:04:42 > 0:04:43We thought British style.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46- NICK:- We had this imposed on us.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48Well we need to decide who's going to work with who.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50We were thinking boy-girl, boy-girl.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53Yeah, we've kind of decided, if you don't mind.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55MARGARET: Nick will always like being with a girl.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57Catherine, what a pleasure!
0:04:57 > 0:05:03And I'm relying 100% on you, because I know nothing about this.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05We are doomed, Margaret. We are doomed.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07Well, we'll enjoy ourselves, though, won't we?
0:05:07 > 0:05:09You'll have fun. We've got to walk.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12- You know we're quite competitive. - Are you?- We've got to win this.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15That's what I like to hear. I love a bit of fighting spirit.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20En route to their first shop, Nick drops a bombshell.
0:05:20 > 0:05:24- I've got a notebook with me, and I'm marking you out of ten.- Oh, no!
0:05:24 > 0:05:29I am actually weighting your advice one to ten,
0:05:29 > 0:05:31and then I'm weighting the return at the auction one to ten,
0:05:31 > 0:05:35and there's a correlation between your advice and whether it works or not.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37This is what I was dreading.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40I thought you'd be around corners with your notebook -
0:05:40 > 0:05:42like you do on The Apprentice!
0:05:42 > 0:05:45- I won't be around corners - I'll be right beside you with a notebook. - No!
0:05:45 > 0:05:48Right, top of the game then, Catherine.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50- This way. - Shall I open the door?
0:05:50 > 0:05:52Go on.
0:05:52 > 0:05:53It's good fun, actually.
0:05:53 > 0:05:54Is it open?
0:05:54 > 0:05:57SHOP BELL RINGS Yes.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59- I'm Nick.- I'm Peter.
0:05:59 > 0:06:00Peter, how do you do?
0:06:00 > 0:06:03- Hi, Peter. Good to see you. - Nice to see you.- Hi, there.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06Time to declare war on the other team.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09- Is this a bazooka? - Yeah. Rocket launcher.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11- Is it really? - Yeah.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14Your kind of thing, Nick?
0:06:14 > 0:06:18There are times when I dearly wanted one of these.
0:06:20 > 0:06:24From guns to a pair of unusual metal vases.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26What are these? These are shell casings, are they?
0:06:26 > 0:06:29That's trench art. First World War.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31- Is that right?- Mm. Literally, they're 100 years old.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35But are they...?
0:06:35 > 0:06:37They're brass shell cases...
0:06:37 > 0:06:39£58 for the pair.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42- They weren't made in the trenches themselves.- No, no.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44They were made behind the trenches in blacksmith shops and so on.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47Nice shape. I like that sort of pinched in...
0:06:48 > 0:06:49..shape there.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52It's... There's a sort of sadness about it.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55I know. When you think about what went on behind it.
0:06:55 > 0:06:56Very evocative, aren't they?
0:06:56 > 0:06:58- It's not a thing of beauty, is it? - No, it's not.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01- It's quirky, and there's a story. - Yeah
0:07:02 > 0:07:04- I like that.- I do, too.- Which one?
0:07:04 > 0:07:07Look, look, look, look, look...
0:07:09 > 0:07:12Spotted something you like, Catherine?
0:07:12 > 0:07:13Kentish Town.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15From the Underground.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17- So, this is original? - Oh, yeah.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19Everything is original.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21How much is this?
0:07:21 > 0:07:22SHE LAUGHS
0:07:22 > 0:07:25Very clever - putting her hand over the price.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27Do you like that?
0:07:27 > 0:07:28All enamel sign.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30All enamel, yeah
0:07:30 > 0:07:32- I do. - It's quality enamel.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34Do you really like that? You do like that?
0:07:34 > 0:07:38Well, no, but I...I promised myself I would not tell you to buy anything.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41Because I know it could bite me on the bottom.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43Anyway, you know I am scoring you.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45And you'd tell me off. How much is it, by the way?
0:07:45 > 0:07:47What's the price on it?
0:07:47 > 0:07:48150.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50What, that?
0:07:52 > 0:07:53What's your normal...?
0:07:53 > 0:07:55- We're sort of trade, really. - Yeah.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57Trade is 10%.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59- Is that all you get?- Yeah.
0:07:59 > 0:08:00That's appalling!
0:08:00 > 0:08:02I had no idea it was so...
0:08:02 > 0:08:04That's normal trade.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07I thought you'd be quite good at this bargaining lark.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09Well, I haven't started yet.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11No, but is your background...? What is your background?
0:08:11 > 0:08:13- What we're going to do... - Is it maths? Is it accounts?
0:08:13 > 0:08:17No, what we're going to do is we're going to...
0:08:17 > 0:08:20You can either take that and bargain on one,
0:08:20 > 0:08:21or you bundle.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23Bundle. I love "bundle".
0:08:23 > 0:08:24I love bundling.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26Then we have a list, and we say,
0:08:26 > 0:08:29"Well, if we take two of these, or three of these..."
0:08:29 > 0:08:32Then you work out the best sort of deal, as a bundle.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36While Nick's busy teaching Catherine how to do a deal - ha! -
0:08:36 > 0:08:40Margaret and Phil are ready for a ready for a right old rummage
0:08:40 > 0:08:42in the Old Curiosity Shop.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44- Hello, there. - Hello, I'm Margaret.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47After 45 years in the antiques game, owner James knows his stuff,
0:08:47 > 0:08:51and Philip's determined to sniff out the good bits.
0:08:52 > 0:08:56- Nobody comes up here. - That's what we like to hear!- Yep.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58- We are special then, are we? - Yes.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00Well, special to us, certainly.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03What are those? I like glasses.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05Not very big, though.
0:09:05 > 0:09:06That's the whole point about them.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08They're called illusion glasses.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11And the reason why... If you put your finger in there...
0:09:11 > 0:09:13I thought... Yes. They're for mean hosts.
0:09:13 > 0:09:14No.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17While you're pouring your guests a drink, they...
0:09:17 > 0:09:19You can drink a very meagre amount,
0:09:19 > 0:09:21while they are getting completely pickled.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24Because your glass will take about a quarter of theirs.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27So, these are illusion glasses because when you fill it up
0:09:27 > 0:09:29it looks like you've got a full glass.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31Wouldn't it be better to give them to the guests, though.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34- Well, yeah, yeah... - My thoughts exactly, Margaret.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37So these are probably around about...
0:09:37 > 0:09:40I would think 1820, 1840. Something like that.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42You can have those for 20 the pair.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44That's the marked price, though.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47We don't buy things at the marked price, do we?
0:09:47 > 0:09:49This lady is good, James.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52What about if we put a little parcel together, James?
0:09:52 > 0:09:53That might be the way forward.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56I've a good mind to take her to court about that.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58I think she might beat me. She knows a bit more than me.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00I think she knows a lot more than me.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03Well, let's just put those down...
0:10:03 > 0:10:05I quite like that - because they're plain.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07I don't like all this stuff with bits on them.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09What about these here?
0:10:09 > 0:10:11Books.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14- There you are, the MP's Garden of Verses.- MP's Garden of Verses.
0:10:14 > 0:10:18With apologies to... Must be Robert Louis Stevenson no less.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21I'll give you a deal on the two books and the glasses -
0:10:21 > 0:10:24- 30 for the lot.- 30.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26James, I'm warming to you, by the minute.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29- Do you like these?- Yeah, I do. I like this.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31I can't write legibly, at all,
0:10:31 > 0:10:33but I think the idea of something like this...
0:10:33 > 0:10:34And they're all different.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36It's nice and clean.
0:10:36 > 0:10:37James, you're asking us too much for this -
0:10:37 > 0:10:40it says here it's two shillings and sixpence. Which is...
0:10:40 > 0:10:43Which is very roughly 12 and a half pence, isn't it, Margaret?
0:10:43 > 0:10:44I think so.
0:10:44 > 0:10:48I'll do the books and those then, at 25. There you are.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50- Did you say 20? - I said 25.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53My hearing's awful!
0:10:54 > 0:10:56Go on, then, 20.
0:10:56 > 0:10:57- There we are, sir.- Thank you.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59I'll shake you by the hand. You're a gentleman.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01Thank you.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03That's two lots bagged -
0:11:03 > 0:11:05£15 for the illusion glasses
0:11:05 > 0:11:07and a fiver for the books.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10Meanwhile, back with the bundle-forming Nick,
0:11:10 > 0:11:13Catherine has spotted something tucked high on a shelf.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15I think that's a good thing.
0:11:15 > 0:11:16That might make us a bit of money.
0:11:16 > 0:11:18Which?
0:11:18 > 0:11:20The stained glass.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23Can your son, who looks a little more agile than you...
0:11:23 > 0:11:25PETER LAUGHS
0:11:25 > 0:11:28..shimmy up there and bring it down?
0:11:28 > 0:11:29It's heavy.
0:11:29 > 0:11:30Is it heavy?
0:11:30 > 0:11:32It will be flexible, too.
0:11:32 > 0:11:37And that's all original, legit and everything?
0:11:37 > 0:11:41Yeah. It's got one crack across the far side.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44Oh, yes. In the green.
0:11:44 > 0:11:50So, while the slightly cracked £120 Art Nouveau stained glass
0:11:50 > 0:11:51is added to the bundle...
0:11:51 > 0:11:53Do you mind if we head on down?
0:11:53 > 0:11:55- No, help yourself. - Thank you, Peter.
0:11:55 > 0:11:59..our team head into the bowels of the shop
0:11:59 > 0:12:01where they discover another sign -
0:12:01 > 0:12:02this time for a ship called Aurora.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04- Peter?- Yeah?
0:12:04 > 0:12:06Can I just ask you - these Aurora things...?
0:12:06 > 0:12:07Yeah.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11What were they actually...?
0:12:11 > 0:12:13Obviously, they were on the ship as, what...?
0:12:13 > 0:12:16They go along the railings, don't they?
0:12:16 > 0:12:17On the side of the gangway.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19By the gangway. OK.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22- That's quite interesting. - I think it's quite fun.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24Be great if he had a daughter called Aurora.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27- I was just thinking that! - You could put them on the pram!
0:12:27 > 0:12:31You'd have to have a pretty big pram.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34The MV Aurora is the modern cruise ship which
0:12:34 > 0:12:38sails from Southampton, so despite being relatively new,
0:12:38 > 0:12:42these gangplank signs have a high ticket price of £85.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44Bundling complete,
0:12:44 > 0:12:47Nick has chosen the trench art vases,
0:12:47 > 0:12:51the old enamel Kentish Town Underground sign,
0:12:51 > 0:12:54the stained glass window, and the Aurora signs.
0:12:54 > 0:12:58Their combined ticket prices are a whopping £413!
0:12:58 > 0:13:00Better get your bartering head on, Nick.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03So if we said 200, and we'll be out of your hair.
0:13:03 > 0:13:04200 and we'll go.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06You can say "200", but you won't get it for 200!
0:13:06 > 0:13:08HE CHUCKLES Aw!
0:13:08 > 0:13:11- We'll get out of your hair. - I can't do it. I really can't.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14- No?- No. I'll do 250 for the lot.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17- You can squeeze a little bit. - I have.
0:13:17 > 0:13:18- Have you?- Yeah.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20Could you squeeze a tiny bit more?
0:13:20 > 0:13:23Because that will be wonderful for you to get rid of all of this.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26- My back is killing me. - He's an old man.- All this standing.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28And I've got to heave it out to the car.
0:13:28 > 0:13:29Can we say 220?
0:13:29 > 0:13:31230.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34I tell you what, pal...
0:13:34 > 0:13:38You're going to get such a smacked bottom if that doesn't sell.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40I can tell you that much.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42Please help me out here.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45220, and then I won't get into so much trouble. Please.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49- Go on, then. - Got it here, cash.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52- Look...- Folding money. - The folding 20s.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54- Go on, 220. - 220. Put it there.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56- Thank you, Catherine. - I am so sorry.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59- He sounds exhausted, poor man. - I am! My legs have gone.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01No, not YOU - Peter! I'm not worried about you.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03Charming(!)
0:14:03 > 0:14:05Amazing discount on four items,
0:14:05 > 0:14:08all thanks to some bolshie bargaining.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10But they have taken a big risk
0:14:10 > 0:14:14by blowing more than half their budget in the first shop.
0:14:15 > 0:14:19Margaret and Phil have only spent a paltry £20 so have hit the road
0:14:19 > 0:14:22and are heading north to the pretty city of Salisbury.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26So, what are we going to buy in the next shop, in Salisbury?
0:14:26 > 0:14:30Well, I hope we get a good, interesting selection of things,
0:14:30 > 0:14:33- and I hope we can find something a bit different.- Do you want to win?
0:14:33 > 0:14:36- Is it important to you?- Certainly do. Yeah, I want to beat Nick.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38That's the Road Trip spirit!
0:14:38 > 0:14:43Salisbury Cathedral has the tallest church spire in the UK.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45In fact, it doesn't have a peal of bells
0:14:45 > 0:14:49for fear the vibrations would bring down the tower!
0:14:49 > 0:14:50Wow.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54But it's not the cathedral that the team are here for.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57Oh, no, they're heading to Salisbury Antiques Market
0:14:57 > 0:14:59in the hunt of some hidden gems.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02Watch you don't trip over that, whatever it is.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05What on earth's this? A gong.
0:15:05 > 0:15:09- Bells. Chimes. "Westminster chimes." - So they're all in an order, then.
0:15:09 > 0:15:10Four, three...
0:15:10 > 0:15:14- two, one.- I'm going to conduct. Are you ready?- OK.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16Four, three, two, one.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19- Whoops!- Come on! Timing!
0:15:19 > 0:15:23- Right.- Four, three, two, one, two...
0:15:23 > 0:15:25Which is two?
0:15:25 > 0:15:27The one that you just hit!
0:15:27 > 0:15:30Three, four, two. Four, two...
0:15:30 > 0:15:32It's like The bloody Generation Game.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34It's not going very well here at all.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39- You've got it!- I've got it! - Well done!
0:15:39 > 0:15:42But would anybody else want it? That's the question.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44Don't quit your day job.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47Better get that business head back on and give Peter here a grilling.
0:15:49 > 0:15:53Have you got anything nice we could have cheaply and make some money on?
0:15:53 > 0:15:55I'll have a look in my cupboard and see what I've got.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58- Is this the special cupboard? - A secret cupboard!
0:15:58 > 0:15:59Oh, look at this, eh?
0:15:59 > 0:16:02Ah! A box of assorted silver goodies.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04And not a ticket price to be seen.
0:16:04 > 0:16:09- Mm! I like silver.- Do you? - Is that a pill box?
0:16:09 > 0:16:13This is... You press that there, and that comes open,
0:16:13 > 0:16:15and that would have had little pins and things in there.
0:16:15 > 0:16:19- Bits of a toy, or something.- Yeah. So this is like a little etui.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22- I would think it dates to, what, 1790?- Yeah.
0:16:22 > 0:16:23And this would have been...
0:16:23 > 0:16:26You'd have put perhaps needle cases, toothpicks in there.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28It's Samuel Pemberton.
0:16:28 > 0:16:33- He used to play inside left for Southampton.- Still does, doesn't he?
0:16:33 > 0:16:35- When was this? 1790? - Comes from round the corner.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37It's a nice little piece of antique silver.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40Right, come on, then, hit us with the bad news.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42- 50.- So what about if you put those two together?
0:16:42 > 0:16:45- Which two?- That one and that one.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47Ah! Phil has spotted a Scottish snuff box
0:16:47 > 0:16:53made of horn, probably cow, with a rather lovely amethyst on the top.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55What's the best you can do for these, then?
0:16:55 > 0:16:57I could do the two for £90.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00- Have you no conscience at all? - Not very much, no.- No. OK, fine.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02I can understand that.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04If it was up to me, right...
0:17:04 > 0:17:08I'd pay you whatever you wanted for this stuff, if it was up to me.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11- Yeah.- But Margaret here, she's got a reputation to hold.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13- Have you seen her on The Apprentice? - I have.- Hard.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16- Mm-hm.- Hard?!- But not in real life. - Oh, no, she's lovely.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19- This is not real life.- Pussycat, really.- This is television.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21- The claws might have to come out. - See that?
0:17:23 > 0:17:27Meow! So, come on, then, is there a deal to be done?
0:17:27 > 0:17:30I think the very best we could do would be 50 quid for the two.
0:17:30 > 0:17:34- Would you meet me halfway?- 45.
0:17:34 > 0:17:38- Cos we said 40 to begin with. - Are we talking about for the two?
0:17:38 > 0:17:42- 50 quid for the two.- Yeah, and we have to try and make a profit on it.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44- Yeah.- 60. I'll do it for 60.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47- Did you say 50?- 60.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49Go on, Margaret, work your charm.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52I've never been accused of having charm, I'm afraid.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55Looks like the wooing's up to you, then, Phil.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57I've always liked Peter. I don't know what you think.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00- Yeah, he's a nice man.- Been a genuine, straight bloke, hasn't he?
0:18:00 > 0:18:03- People have said round here what a lovely man he is.- Mm.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05Really nice, lovely, kind man.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07- That's what they've said about him.- Mm.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10- Do you think they're right, though? - I don't know. We might find out.
0:18:12 > 0:18:13PETER SIGHS
0:18:13 > 0:18:15As long as you don't tell anyone else.
0:18:15 > 0:18:19Trust me, no-one is ever going to know.
0:18:19 > 0:18:20No. Well, I won't tell.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22Shall I put it in a bag?
0:18:22 > 0:18:26Margaret, job's a good 'un.
0:18:26 > 0:18:27He finally got there.
0:18:27 > 0:18:31At £25 each, they've shaved £40 off the asking price.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33Now that's what I call doing a deal.
0:18:36 > 0:18:40Back in Southampton, Catherine and Nick have hit the road.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43- So, are you going to win this? - I sincerely hope so.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46There are bragging rights involved in this.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49- OK...- So we've got to win.
0:18:49 > 0:18:53The man who got the better of Margaret Mountford!
0:18:53 > 0:18:57- There's a trophy in there somewhere. - I think so. That would be good.
0:18:59 > 0:19:00He's clearly a man on a mission.
0:19:00 > 0:19:05This afternoon, Catherine and Nick are taking a break from shopping.
0:19:05 > 0:19:11- Where are we off to?- We're going to learn all about Spitfires.- Oh!- Yeah.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13Do you know anything about Spitfires?
0:19:14 > 0:19:17Oh, that WILL be interesting! That's wonderful.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19It's the most beautiful aircraft.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22And my...father-in-law, as it were...
0:19:22 > 0:19:25was a Spitfire pilot,
0:19:25 > 0:19:27so this means quite a lot to me.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31When he died...
0:19:31 > 0:19:35we hired a Spitfire to fly over the house
0:19:35 > 0:19:39after the funeral and do a victory roll.
0:19:39 > 0:19:40It was a terribly emotional moment.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42- That's lovely.- Lovely, yeah.
0:19:43 > 0:19:49Well, Nick's in for a real treat as they head off to Solent Sky,
0:19:49 > 0:19:53an aviation museum which houses an array of impressive old aircraft,
0:19:53 > 0:19:57including two of Southampton's most famous products,
0:19:57 > 0:19:59the Supermarine S6 seaplane
0:19:59 > 0:20:02and, of course, the superb Spitfire,
0:20:02 > 0:20:05around 8,000 of which were built in the city.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07A symbol of British resistance,
0:20:07 > 0:20:11the iconic Spitfire was a decisive weapon during World War II
0:20:11 > 0:20:15and until its retirement from active service in 1954,
0:20:15 > 0:20:19and its design was thanks to the late, great Reginald Mitchell.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22Telling them all about him is Andy.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24So, who was he? Where did he come from?
0:20:24 > 0:20:26He came from Stoke-on-Trent,
0:20:26 > 0:20:28and he came down to Southampton in about 1916.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31He'd been trained on the railways up in Stoke-on-Trent.
0:20:31 > 0:20:35So from going from big locomotive engines to delicate aeroplanes
0:20:35 > 0:20:38must have been quite a difference.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41Within just two years of joining Supermarine,
0:20:41 > 0:20:43Mitchell was appointed chief designer,
0:20:43 > 0:20:48and, between 1920 and 1936, he designed 24 aircraft,
0:20:48 > 0:20:53including the single-seat racing seaplane, the S6.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55When Mitchell penned this, he didn't sit down to say,
0:20:55 > 0:20:58"I want to design a beautiful-looking aeroplane".
0:20:58 > 0:21:00Everything about it is functional.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02So when you look at this beautiful wing shape,
0:21:02 > 0:21:05that's the best aerodynamic shape you could come up with.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08But not only that, he made the wings into radiators,
0:21:08 > 0:21:10- so they cool the water.- Clever.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12These beautiful flutes which run down the side of the aircraft,
0:21:12 > 0:21:16they cool the oil on the exterior vanes,
0:21:16 > 0:21:19and the floats underneath, they actually double as fuel tanks,
0:21:19 > 0:21:21so everything on it is functional.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24The majority of the technology that was designed for this aircraft
0:21:24 > 0:21:27was then taken and put into the early Spitfires,
0:21:27 > 0:21:31- so this aircraft is a precursor of the Spitfire.- Mm.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34And of course, this, when it appeared,
0:21:34 > 0:21:38- was space-age to the public. - Revolutionary, sure.- Absolutely.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41But you can't tell me that a fully grown man
0:21:41 > 0:21:44got into that tiny, tiny cockpit.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46I know. It's amazing, isn't it?
0:21:46 > 0:21:48I must confess, I tried to get in it the other day myself.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51I'm not the slimmest of beasts by any means.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54I know these chaps would have been a lot thinner than me,
0:21:54 > 0:21:57but not that thin. It must have been absolutely awful.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59- It's really quite incredible.- Mm.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02In 1931, the Air Ministry invited
0:22:02 > 0:22:06a selection of the best aircraft manufacturers to compete
0:22:06 > 0:22:10to develop a new technologically advanced fighter plane.
0:22:10 > 0:22:15Using the lessons he'd learned designing planes such as the S6,
0:22:15 > 0:22:17Mitchell went on to win the contract
0:22:17 > 0:22:20with his innovative and deadly fighter plane
0:22:20 > 0:22:21the Supermarine Spitfire.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24You can see the family resemblance, that's for sure.
0:22:24 > 0:22:29- Very, very beautiful.- Mm.- And very decisive, too, in the battle.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31Absolutely, absolutely.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34The key thing, though, is this streamlined approach
0:22:34 > 0:22:36to designing the aeroplane.
0:22:36 > 0:22:40So what Mitchell did was he wanted to work on the aerodynamics
0:22:40 > 0:22:42as opposed to just having a big engine,
0:22:42 > 0:22:45because the Americans had big, big, fat radial engines
0:22:45 > 0:22:47and worried about the wings afterwards.
0:22:47 > 0:22:52Mitchell's approach was to design a thoroughbred, streamlined aeroplane.
0:22:52 > 0:22:57- And these turn?- That's right. - To alter the pitch?
0:22:57 > 0:23:01The pitch alters on the propeller.
0:23:01 > 0:23:05So when you take off and you don't want too much power,
0:23:05 > 0:23:10you have a fine pitch so that the thread into the air is finer
0:23:10 > 0:23:12and gives you a nice, smooth take-off,
0:23:12 > 0:23:15and then when you're roaring down attacking a position,
0:23:15 > 0:23:17you want that coarse pitch,
0:23:17 > 0:23:19so you shove it over to a coarse pitch with the propeller
0:23:19 > 0:23:23- and you're really getting maximum power through the engine.- Mm. Mm.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26The design is incredible. He really did think of everything, didn't he?
0:23:26 > 0:23:28Oh, absolutely, all the way through.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31I think one of the key things of the Spitfire,
0:23:31 > 0:23:33it was such a good-looking aircraft,
0:23:33 > 0:23:38such an important symbol of what the RAF were doing at the time,
0:23:38 > 0:23:40that I think from the morale point of view,
0:23:40 > 0:23:42it was the biggest contribution that she brought
0:23:42 > 0:23:44during the Battle of Britain.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46So, what year did Mitchell die?
0:23:46 > 0:23:49Mitchell died in 1937,
0:23:49 > 0:23:52bearing in mind the Spitfire first flew in 1936,
0:23:52 > 0:23:55so Mitchell never got to see the Spitfire he designed
0:23:55 > 0:23:59enter service into the RAF or take part in the Battle of Britain,
0:23:59 > 0:24:01which was its finest hour.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04That's really sad, actually, isn't it,
0:24:04 > 0:24:08- that he didn't actually get to see that in battle?- Absolutely.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11And one wonders what he would have done
0:24:11 > 0:24:14had he not been lost at such an early age.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20Reginald Mitchell, we salute you.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24And on that patriotic note,
0:24:24 > 0:24:28it's time to say toodle-pip to the first day of the trip.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30Nighty-night!
0:24:32 > 0:24:37The next morning. It's not even 9am, and already the bickering's begun.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39But I will tell you one thing,
0:24:39 > 0:24:43I'm coming out of the final shop without a penny.
0:24:43 > 0:24:47Well, that may not be the right tactic.
0:24:47 > 0:24:51Well, I don't care, that's what I'm doing. He who dares wins.
0:24:51 > 0:24:55- Not necessarily.- The winner takes it all. Any more cliches?
0:24:55 > 0:24:57What else have we got?
0:24:57 > 0:24:59Fortune favours the brave.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02- Give me a timid one. - Ooh, dear, I can't think of any.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05- HIGHPITCHED:- Live to fight another day!
0:25:05 > 0:25:10He who laughs last laughs longest? Maybe that isn't quite apposite.
0:25:10 > 0:25:12- HIGH-PITCHED:- It's a straight road that has no turnings.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17- HIGH-PITCHED:- He digs deepest who deepest digs.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22- Where did you get that from? HIGH-PITCHED:- I don't know!
0:25:22 > 0:25:25Don't let Lord Sugar hear you speak like that.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30Silly voices aside, Nick certainly has dug deep
0:25:30 > 0:25:32when it comes to spending.
0:25:32 > 0:25:37He's forked out £220 on four items, a pair of trench art vases,
0:25:37 > 0:25:41a Kentish Town sign, a stained-glass window,
0:25:41 > 0:25:44and gangplank signs from a ship called Aurora,
0:25:44 > 0:25:47leaving £180 to spend today...
0:25:48 > 0:25:53..whereas Margaret hasn't made much of a dent in her £400 budget,
0:25:53 > 0:25:55spending just £70 of it,
0:25:55 > 0:25:59bagging the Modern Alphabet and MP joke books,
0:25:59 > 0:26:03a pair of illusion glasses, a small silver case and a snuff box...
0:26:04 > 0:26:07..which means she'll have £330 to play with
0:26:07 > 0:26:11when they arrive at their next stop on the trip, Bath.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14We're in the same shop this morning. That's going to be a bit of fun.
0:26:14 > 0:26:18- I think it's an antique market. - That'll be like the boardroom.
0:26:18 > 0:26:22That will! We're going to be behind you, sneaking up, making notes.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24Well, that'll be a job, cos we'll be behind you.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27Nick will be peering with his glasses...
0:26:27 > 0:26:28making notes.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32The Bath VA Vintage & Antiques Market
0:26:32 > 0:26:37is held within Green Park station, which closed in the early '70s,
0:26:37 > 0:26:40but this Grade II listed building was saved
0:26:40 > 0:26:42and has been put to good use.
0:26:42 > 0:26:43Are you all focused, ready to go?
0:26:43 > 0:26:46They haven't spent very much money yesterday.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48- Is the word "parsimonious"? Is that the word?- You're mean.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50- I know you're mean.- Yes. Very mean.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53MARGARET: Canny. Possibly canny. CATHERINE: Canny, yes.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56- So, which way are you going to head off?- We're going that way.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58And they're off!
0:26:58 > 0:27:01This monthly market has an eclectic mix of traders,
0:27:01 > 0:27:04so plenty of treats for our teams to get their teeth into.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09- 600.- 600? For that?- Yeah.
0:27:09 > 0:27:10- No!- Yeah.
0:27:10 > 0:27:14- Yeah.- That's what you'd give us to take it away?
0:27:16 > 0:27:19Have you seen this lady perform?
0:27:19 > 0:27:20Ouch!
0:27:20 > 0:27:23While Margaret's busy terrifying the traders,
0:27:23 > 0:27:26Catherine and Nick are getting creative.
0:27:26 > 0:27:31- How much is the easel? - The easel is £75.- 75.
0:27:31 > 0:27:35I bet this is not the sort of thing you thought you would be looking at
0:27:35 > 0:27:36- on the Road Trip.- I didn't.
0:27:36 > 0:27:40But I appreciate the fact that new it would cost...what?
0:27:40 > 0:27:44It would cost several hundred, I think, to get something like that.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47- Several hundred. - 300, something like that.- Yeah.
0:27:47 > 0:27:50Well, no, I'll go along with it, actually.
0:27:50 > 0:27:54And I think, obviously, £75 is out of the question.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56TRADER LAUGHS
0:27:56 > 0:28:00£70 bottom price. And I'll hold it for you.
0:28:00 > 0:28:04- Will you hold that price for us for 30 minutes?- Yes.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07- Thank you. We're not committed to buying it.- No, that's fair enough.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10But you're going to hold that price stable for 30 minutes.
0:28:10 > 0:28:13- It's now 11.30.- He's got the watch!
0:28:13 > 0:28:17- By 12 o'clock, we will commit or walk away.- OK.
0:28:17 > 0:28:21- That's fair enough, yeah.- I'm frightened of you, Nick.- No, come on.
0:28:21 > 0:28:25- That's 30 minutes. - Lovely.- Welcome.
0:28:25 > 0:28:27Blimey! Nick certainly doesn't mess about.
0:28:27 > 0:28:31Now, shopping in the same place does have its advantages,
0:28:31 > 0:28:33like spying on the other team.
0:28:33 > 0:28:35They're over there, look.
0:28:36 > 0:28:38They're doing a deal over there.
0:28:40 > 0:28:42I can't see what it is, but they've got something.
0:28:42 > 0:28:44He's got a sign!
0:28:44 > 0:28:47- He's what?- He's got a sign. - Not a railway sign?
0:28:47 > 0:28:50- No.- Not Kentish Town, is it?
0:28:50 > 0:28:52You'd better hope not.
0:28:53 > 0:28:58- Ooh, I don't like that. That's horrible.- It is, isn't it?- Ugh!
0:28:58 > 0:29:00- That looks like Nick on a bad day, doesn't it?- It does.
0:29:00 > 0:29:03I'm not sure how being likened to a psychotic character
0:29:03 > 0:29:06from a horror movie is going to go down with Nick.
0:29:06 > 0:29:09MARGARET: Look what we've found. CATHERINE: What?
0:29:09 > 0:29:11I'm not so sure, but you reckon it is, do you?
0:29:12 > 0:29:13What IS this?
0:29:15 > 0:29:17- MARGARET: Truly horrible. - Jack Nicholson!
0:29:17 > 0:29:19- PHIL:- She said it looks like Nick!
0:29:19 > 0:29:23- NICK:- I tell you what, the colouring is an absolute match for you!
0:29:24 > 0:29:28- CATHERINE: You've got the wrinkles and the little chubby cheeks.- Sh!
0:29:29 > 0:29:33Ritual humiliation over, Phil needs to get Margaret buying.
0:29:34 > 0:29:37- That sign, do you like that? - I like that German shoe sign, yeah.
0:29:37 > 0:29:40Pre-war German, isn't it?
0:29:40 > 0:29:46- How much is that poster?- Well, the very, very best price is £20.
0:29:46 > 0:29:48I think that's all right, don't you?
0:29:48 > 0:29:52"Only the shoemaker master warrants..."
0:29:52 > 0:29:56- And what's your best?- 20. £20. - And that's it, finished?
0:29:56 > 0:30:00It is finished, yeah. That's it. It is fragile, I warn you.
0:30:00 > 0:30:02So, that's another lot bought by Margaret.
0:30:03 > 0:30:07How's Catherine coping with her genial companion?
0:30:07 > 0:30:09I can't believe him. He's got a...
0:30:09 > 0:30:11He's got a stick now, he's quite frightening.
0:30:11 > 0:30:13He really means business with this.
0:30:15 > 0:30:19Ah, he's found a swagger stick, a symbol of military authority.
0:30:19 > 0:30:21Stand easy, Sergeant Hewer!
0:30:22 > 0:30:24Now, what's Phil found?
0:30:24 > 0:30:26- Solid, isn't it?- Let's go.
0:30:26 > 0:30:27Can we have a look at this?
0:30:28 > 0:30:31- Now I've got a problem here... - Go on, then.
0:30:32 > 0:30:34..and this is the problem, right,
0:30:34 > 0:30:37- because Margaret does not like that chest.- I don't like it very much.
0:30:40 > 0:30:41Oh!
0:30:41 > 0:30:43Neither does Phil by the look of it.
0:30:43 > 0:30:46- Right.- Right, that hasn't helped, has it? Sorry.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48How's that?
0:30:48 > 0:30:51- Does that make it worth more or less?- It's, erm...
0:30:52 > 0:30:55Well, it's put a price on it, that is for sure.
0:30:55 > 0:30:57If we give you a one-off offer...
0:30:57 > 0:31:00- Yeah, if you're generous. - ..of 35 quid, because...
0:31:00 > 0:31:03- 45 is my...- It was going to be 45 until the end came off!
0:31:03 > 0:31:06- And I won't charge you for the damage.- What do you think, Margaret?
0:31:06 > 0:31:08I think 35.
0:31:08 > 0:31:10You see, we've got to get it in a van,
0:31:10 > 0:31:12it's just going to be problematic.
0:31:12 > 0:31:16- Oh, what a gentleman!- £35.- You're a good chap, thank you very much.
0:31:16 > 0:31:18- That's all right, you're welcome. - Let me just pay you.
0:31:18 > 0:31:22So a spot of sweet talking's got them the 19th century pine chest.
0:31:22 > 0:31:25- Do you have a second? - He's busy with us, actually.
0:31:27 > 0:31:29NICK CHUCKLES
0:31:29 > 0:31:33- What does that say about you? - It says, "Be careful."- Oh, right.
0:31:33 > 0:31:35I mean, he means business.
0:31:35 > 0:31:37If we don't get our way he's going to be very cross today.
0:31:37 > 0:31:41- Yes, but you don't have to humour him, you know.- You don't have to.
0:31:41 > 0:31:44It's all, the expression isn't, "All mouth and no trousers," is it,
0:31:44 > 0:31:45but it's something like that.
0:31:45 > 0:31:47- All gong and no dinner. - MARGARET LAUGHS
0:31:47 > 0:31:50Now, now, children, play nice.
0:31:50 > 0:31:53Now, come on, what about this easel? Shall we deal with the easel?
0:31:53 > 0:31:56We actually have £60 here in my pocket,
0:31:56 > 0:32:00and we're very happy to do a deal and walk away. I think that's fair.
0:32:00 > 0:32:03If you fancy that, I think it's less than a 10% discount...
0:32:03 > 0:32:08I'll take the stick off you first. £65 is my last offer.
0:32:08 > 0:32:11Shall I put that back? I've now got the stick.
0:32:11 > 0:32:14- I'm going to give the stick to you.- £65.
0:32:14 > 0:32:17Does it come with all the paint, the, erm, paint pots?
0:32:17 > 0:32:21- Pots and the brushes, yes, it does. - And everything else in the shop?
0:32:21 > 0:32:25- No, just that.- Stall, everything on the stall.- And this.
0:32:25 > 0:32:27No, that's an extra £5, Nick.
0:32:27 > 0:32:29This is a swagger stick?
0:32:29 > 0:32:31It's a proper leather-covered swagger stick, yeah.
0:32:31 > 0:32:36- What's inside it?- A cane. - Is it a cane?- It's a cane, yeah.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39What are we going to do with that? Why do we want this?
0:32:39 > 0:32:41Well, we can whack it in with the trench art.
0:32:41 > 0:32:43Trench art, good, love it.
0:32:43 > 0:32:45I like your style, Nick.
0:32:45 > 0:32:48Please could we have them all? 68.
0:32:48 > 0:32:49- Yes, you can.- Good.
0:32:49 > 0:32:52Thank you very much. Thank you.
0:32:52 > 0:32:55That final commando swoop got the swagger stick for £3,
0:32:55 > 0:33:02and the easel and, erm, paint pots and brushes for £65.
0:33:02 > 0:33:05Looks like the other team have spotted a potential purchase too.
0:33:05 > 0:33:11- Er, I could do that one for 18.- What have we got we could put that with?
0:33:11 > 0:33:14- How much did you say?- 18.- 18 quid.
0:33:14 > 0:33:16Can we put that with something?
0:33:17 > 0:33:21- What is it?- Well, it's a model foot, isn't it?- Yes.- Model foot?
0:33:21 > 0:33:23- It'd be a good doorstop.- Yeah.
0:33:23 > 0:33:25Blast.
0:33:26 > 0:33:29I thought that was rolling downhill then. Could you take 15 quid for it?
0:33:29 > 0:33:31- Yeah.- What do you want to do?
0:33:31 > 0:33:33- I think we should put it with the poster.- That'll do.
0:33:33 > 0:33:37It's a load of old cobblers. Pay the man, please.
0:33:37 > 0:33:41So, that's deal done and shopping complete for Margaret and Phil,
0:33:41 > 0:33:43who have spent a total of £140,
0:33:43 > 0:33:47less than Nick and Catherine spent in their first shop.
0:33:47 > 0:33:50There's time now for a bit of exploring.
0:33:52 > 0:33:55That Margaret is one smart cookie.
0:33:55 > 0:33:58She recently completed her PhD in papyrology,
0:33:58 > 0:34:00that's the study of ancient documents to you and me,
0:34:00 > 0:34:04and as luck would have it, the historic city of Bath has some
0:34:04 > 0:34:09rather fascinating Roman artefacts that I know will tickle her fancy.
0:34:09 > 0:34:12So, they're heading off to the Roman baths.
0:34:12 > 0:34:17Dating back to around 60 AD, this is one of the most significant sites of
0:34:17 > 0:34:21archaeological interest in the whole country.
0:34:21 > 0:34:23The baths are a major tourist attraction,
0:34:23 > 0:34:26with more than a million visitors flocking to the bubbling waters of
0:34:26 > 0:34:28the Sacred Spring every year.
0:34:30 > 0:34:34Now, it may look like it's boiling, but it's actually natural gases
0:34:34 > 0:34:38being released, a bit like opening a bottle of fizzy pop.
0:34:39 > 0:34:42The Romans believed this natural phenomenon to be
0:34:42 > 0:34:44the work of ancient gods.
0:34:44 > 0:34:49The temple was dedicated to the goddess Sulis Minerva,
0:34:49 > 0:34:52and the water was said to be both nourishing and life-giving,
0:34:52 > 0:34:55as well as being an effective agent of curses.
0:34:58 > 0:35:01In Roman Britain, the baths were an exclusive luxury,
0:35:01 > 0:35:05reserved for only the most rich and powerful.
0:35:05 > 0:35:08When they were excavated 35 years ago, they uncovered some
0:35:08 > 0:35:12amazing artefacts, as manager Steven explains.
0:35:12 > 0:35:16It was found that all sorts of things had been thrown in as offerings.
0:35:16 > 0:35:22A lot of coins, 12,500, but also something very special and curious,
0:35:22 > 0:35:25which are the Roman curse tablets
0:35:25 > 0:35:31from Bath, er, which are small sheets of lead or pewter that have had
0:35:31 > 0:35:34a message to the goddess inscribed on them,
0:35:34 > 0:35:38and then rolled or folded and thrown into the spring.
0:35:38 > 0:35:42And what they are, they're prayers.
0:35:42 > 0:35:45They, er, they're asking the goddess to intervene,
0:35:45 > 0:35:49usually because the person has suffered some sort of wrong,
0:35:49 > 0:35:55very often had something stolen, and they're looking for
0:35:55 > 0:35:59the goddess' help in retrieving the goods, but not for them,
0:35:59 > 0:36:01they're being retrieved for the goddess.
0:36:01 > 0:36:04- To give her an interest in doing it. - Yes, I think so.
0:36:06 > 0:36:08There are 130 curse tablets,
0:36:08 > 0:36:13each with their own message scratched into the metal in Latin.
0:36:13 > 0:36:16Dating from the 2nd to the 4th century,
0:36:16 > 0:36:19they highlight the type of skulduggery that took place
0:36:19 > 0:36:24back in Roman times, mainly good old-fashioned thievery.
0:36:24 > 0:36:28A lot of the curses talk about things that are fairly modest objects.
0:36:28 > 0:36:32Docemedis, who lost two gloves, asked that the person who had
0:36:32 > 0:36:36stolen them, er, should lose both his mind and his eyes.
0:36:36 > 0:36:39So it was worth his while going to the trouble of
0:36:39 > 0:36:41writing all that out for two gloves.
0:36:41 > 0:36:49Erm, this is one wishing blindness, childlessness and ill health
0:36:49 > 0:36:53on someone, but we don't know what the crime is cos that bit's missing.
0:36:53 > 0:36:57And, er, this one's, erm, particularly relevant to the
0:36:57 > 0:37:01Roman baths because this is someone who's lost a bathing tunic.
0:37:01 > 0:37:03At which point did people think,
0:37:03 > 0:37:08- "Er, actually, these aren't working?"- Well, they go out of use
0:37:08 > 0:37:12in about the 5th century AD, that's when they stop being used.
0:37:12 > 0:37:15- Right.- This may be due to Christian influence, we don't know.
0:37:15 > 0:37:18But we don't know that they didn't work, do we?
0:37:18 > 0:37:22Er, no, I suppose not, but I'm thinking, sort of kind of thinking,
0:37:22 > 0:37:25if they did we'd still be chucking them in, wouldn't we?
0:37:25 > 0:37:26- "Didn't like him."- Well, people are.
0:37:26 > 0:37:29you go past any fountain that you see, there's all sorts of,
0:37:29 > 0:37:32well, not curses, but people are throwing coins into fountains,
0:37:32 > 0:37:34aren't they? What on earth are they doing that for?
0:37:34 > 0:37:37See, the sad thing is that in my world,
0:37:37 > 0:37:39things sort of tend to have to have values.
0:37:39 > 0:37:41I mean, where would you stand with these?
0:37:41 > 0:37:44Are they worth hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands?
0:37:44 > 0:37:46That's an interesting point because, to my knowledge,
0:37:46 > 0:37:48none has ever been sold.
0:37:48 > 0:37:51Well, I don't think we'd have got any for our £400
0:37:51 > 0:37:54- to put in our auction...- No, no, I think the way you go on, Margaret,
0:37:54 > 0:37:57you could probably negotiate your way round one of these.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00So, as Phil has neatly brought us back to the subject of shopping,
0:38:00 > 0:38:04half a mile away, Sergeant Hewer and second-in-command Catherine
0:38:04 > 0:38:06have come to Caroline's antique shop,
0:38:06 > 0:38:09armed with their remaining £112.
0:38:11 > 0:38:13CAROLINE LAUGHS
0:38:17 > 0:38:19- Why are you laughing? - CAROLINE LAUGHS
0:38:19 > 0:38:22- Well, it looks comical! - My bowler. What?
0:38:22 > 0:38:24It looks very comical.
0:38:24 > 0:38:26Oh!
0:38:26 > 0:38:30And surprise-surprise, it's another sign that's turned their heads.
0:38:30 > 0:38:34- Your Lyons' Tea sign? - Oh, the Lyons' Tea sign?- Mm.
0:38:34 > 0:38:38- Erm, that would be £130.- Right.
0:38:39 > 0:38:42What would your best price be, Caroline?
0:38:42 > 0:38:44Well, us poor shopkeepers, you know, it's a hard life.
0:38:44 > 0:38:46No, I could come down to 110,
0:38:46 > 0:38:50but that really is my rock bottom, truly.
0:38:50 > 0:38:54Can I take my advisor, who knows everything,
0:38:54 > 0:38:57just for a walk around the shop? We'll come back with an answer.
0:38:57 > 0:38:59- Little chat.- Little chat.
0:38:59 > 0:39:03I think Nick's met his match in Caroline.
0:39:03 > 0:39:06I would be happy to buy that at sort of £60-£80,
0:39:06 > 0:39:09- but she's not going to go anywhere near that, so... - She's not moving, is she?
0:39:09 > 0:39:12I fear you could be right there, Catherine.
0:39:12 > 0:39:16Look, I'll tell you what, 100 for the sign, and then you can run away.
0:39:16 > 0:39:19- 100 for the sign? - Shall we toss, yes or no?
0:39:21 > 0:39:25No, I think we need to make a decision that we're comfortable with.
0:39:25 > 0:39:28Catherine, I am tossing for it. Hold my stick.
0:39:28 > 0:39:30Oh, you're in control now.
0:39:30 > 0:39:33- Can we go for 95?- No. - There we go, look.
0:39:35 > 0:39:38- Heads, we buy it. There you go, £100.- And it's heads.
0:39:38 > 0:39:39It's on my head.
0:39:41 > 0:39:42The sale might be down to Nick,
0:39:42 > 0:39:47but it looks like the dirty work is being left to poor old Catherine.
0:39:47 > 0:39:50- What about over here? - Give me a chance to get there!
0:39:50 > 0:39:53- That's what I said, that's scratching.- Yeah.
0:39:53 > 0:39:55Well, that's enamel. But look at that.
0:39:57 > 0:40:00That comes off and that looks lovely, you see?
0:40:00 > 0:40:01D'you want to do some?
0:40:01 > 0:40:04My scrubbing days are over.
0:40:04 > 0:40:08- A bit more elbow grease at the bottom.- You're a real...
0:40:09 > 0:40:15..taskmaster, aren't you? I bet Margaret's not doing this!
0:40:15 > 0:40:17Oh, I shouldn't think so for a minute!
0:40:19 > 0:40:22Sign scrubbed to Sergeant Hewer's satisfaction,
0:40:22 > 0:40:24the shopping is complete,
0:40:24 > 0:40:27and it's off to Sham Castle, overlooking Bath,
0:40:27 > 0:40:31the perfect spot for our teams to compare their treasures.
0:40:31 > 0:40:33Oh, they've been round scrap metal shops, haven't they?
0:40:33 > 0:40:38You are just horrible, Philip Serrell, I don't love you anymore.
0:40:38 > 0:40:42- Don't fall out now, folks. - Lyons' Tea.- We haven't finished yet.
0:40:42 > 0:40:44An easel with a whole load of old paint on it.
0:40:47 > 0:40:51- Trench art, made in the trenches of the Somme.- Oh, yes?
0:40:51 > 0:40:53- We've got more.- More?
0:40:54 > 0:40:57I think you probably should have stopped.
0:40:57 > 0:40:59- We've got an underground sign. - OK, OK.
0:40:59 > 0:41:01How much was your Lyons' Tea sign?
0:41:01 > 0:41:04- How much d'you think we would have paid for that?- A fiver.
0:41:04 > 0:41:06No, we'd have gone 40 quid for that.
0:41:06 > 0:41:09- In that state?- Yeah, we'd have gone definitely 40 quid.
0:41:09 > 0:41:12That's the patina, that makes it genuine, that's £100 worth.
0:41:12 > 0:41:16At trade that's going to go out for maybe £180, is that right?
0:41:18 > 0:41:20Right, OK, and how much is the easel?
0:41:21 > 0:41:24- The easel was a particularly good buy.- He's deluded.
0:41:24 > 0:41:28Erm, rescued from the studio, perhaps of Lucien Freud,
0:41:28 > 0:41:31we're not absolutely sure about that.
0:41:31 > 0:41:33- Absolutely completely deluded. - Francis Bacon.
0:41:33 > 0:41:35And the pots, and the brushes.
0:41:35 > 0:41:37And the pots and the brushes?
0:41:37 > 0:41:40- Oh, well, that makes a huge difference!- 65.
0:41:40 > 0:41:42Let's see what you've got then, Margaret.
0:41:42 > 0:41:43What?!
0:41:45 > 0:41:47Oh, come along.
0:41:47 > 0:41:48Is that it?!
0:41:48 > 0:41:50I don't think he's impressed.
0:41:51 > 0:41:53How much did you spend?
0:41:53 > 0:41:56- They were £5. - You said he was mean.
0:41:56 > 0:41:58- Parsimonious is the word.
0:41:58 > 0:42:00- Careful! Careful! - We were careful.- Careful.
0:42:00 > 0:42:01OK.
0:42:01 > 0:42:04We've got a lovely little etui, silver.
0:42:04 > 0:42:08- Etui? Is it an etui?- 25 quid.
0:42:08 > 0:42:10- Or is it a vesta case? - No, it's not a vesta case.
0:42:10 > 0:42:11- 25p?!- £25.
0:42:11 > 0:42:13- Can I pick this up? - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:42:13 > 0:42:16- So, this has got the... - You said he was mean, mean, mean.
0:42:16 > 0:42:18- Don't break it. - Samuel Pemberton.
0:42:18 > 0:42:20That is beautifully chased. No, it's lovely.
0:42:20 > 0:42:21- And then... - Look at this.
0:42:21 > 0:42:23- This is Margaret's... - Yeah, we saw that. We saw that.
0:42:23 > 0:42:26This is mine, - a load of old cobblers, this is.
0:42:26 > 0:42:27And the lovely shoe.
0:42:27 > 0:42:30And the shoe. The shoe was 15 and the poster was 20.
0:42:30 > 0:42:3235 quid, that was.
0:42:32 > 0:42:34Are you impressed?
0:42:34 > 0:42:35Right, come on, then.
0:42:36 > 0:42:38Interesting.
0:42:39 > 0:42:43Banter aside, what do they really think of the competition?
0:42:44 > 0:42:48- What do you reckon? - Mean comes to mind.- Yeah.
0:42:48 > 0:42:50- It's all a bit quirky, their stuff, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:42:50 > 0:42:52I mean, I like quirky and I like their things,
0:42:52 > 0:42:56but if they've spent nearly 350, £400 on that lot,
0:42:56 > 0:42:58I think they've spent a lot of money
0:42:58 > 0:43:02on things that perhaps I wouldn't have bought for that sort of money.
0:43:02 > 0:43:05Tell me we'll win. Catherine?
0:43:05 > 0:43:09I'm not that confident now because they spent so little.
0:43:09 > 0:43:11I'll never hear the end of it.
0:43:11 > 0:43:14Overall, I think we've done OK, you know.
0:43:14 > 0:43:16I hope so. I'm relying on you!
0:43:16 > 0:43:19Come on. Well done, you, you've been top dollar.
0:43:19 > 0:43:21And I've absolutely thoroughly enjoyed it.
0:43:21 > 0:43:23- I've enjoyed it, too. - Really, really good fun.
0:43:23 > 0:43:25It's been fun, and I hope we win.
0:43:25 > 0:43:29Well, they'll soon find out, as we're heading for auction.
0:43:29 > 0:43:33The teams have taken a 230 mile shopping trip,
0:43:33 > 0:43:35starting in Southampton,
0:43:35 > 0:43:38and motoring towards Cambridge for the big finale.
0:43:38 > 0:43:40So, predictions for the auction?
0:43:41 > 0:43:45- Oh, I think you'll win hands down. - Do you?- Yeah.
0:43:45 > 0:43:47Because we just went all out and spent everything.
0:43:47 > 0:43:50So, is Cambridge ready
0:43:50 > 0:43:55for painted easels and ropy old trunks?
0:43:55 > 0:43:59- What do you reckon? - Yeah. I think they are.
0:43:59 > 0:44:02I'm not sure Nick will be when he knows the result.
0:44:03 > 0:44:04Anyway, here goes.
0:44:04 > 0:44:09Cambridge is home to one of the top ten universities of the world
0:44:09 > 0:44:12and is where Margaret herself studied in her youth.
0:44:12 > 0:44:15Our teams' treasures will be going under the hammer
0:44:15 > 0:44:17at Cheffins auction house
0:44:17 > 0:44:19and Charles Ashton will be the man with the gavel.
0:44:19 > 0:44:22So, what does he make of our celebrities' lots?
0:44:24 > 0:44:27A place like Cambridge is always full of undergraduate students,
0:44:27 > 0:44:31collectors, academics, so I'm hoping that something like maybe
0:44:31 > 0:44:32that little silver case
0:44:32 > 0:44:36might just appeal to one of the Cambridge collectors.
0:44:36 > 0:44:39We were a little bit dubious when we saw the artist's easel.
0:44:39 > 0:44:42We're possibly a little bit sceptical about its chances,
0:44:42 > 0:44:45but you never know - it's an auction, anything could happen.
0:44:45 > 0:44:49Nick and Catherine began their road trip with £400
0:44:49 > 0:44:52and spent a bold £388 on six lots.
0:44:54 > 0:45:00While Margaret and Phil spent just £140, also on a total of six lots.
0:45:02 > 0:45:07First to the auction are Margaret and Nick. So, get the seats in.
0:45:09 > 0:45:11We approach in style.
0:45:11 > 0:45:14Catherine and Phil arrive just as the weather
0:45:14 > 0:45:16takes a turn for the worst.
0:45:16 > 0:45:19Let's hope the auction isn't going to be a wash-out.
0:45:19 > 0:45:21Better make a dash for it, Catherine.
0:45:24 > 0:45:29- Hello, Margaret, how are you? How are we looking?- Can we all squeeze in?
0:45:29 > 0:45:32You can park that big backside in there somewhere.
0:45:32 > 0:45:35- We're all squeezing in here. - That's optimistic, that is.
0:45:35 > 0:45:36Is it to test this piece of furniture?
0:45:36 > 0:45:39Settle down, chaps, the auction is about to begin.
0:45:39 > 0:45:42It's like going to the pictures, isn't it?
0:45:43 > 0:45:46Let's hope it's as entertaining, Nick.
0:45:46 > 0:45:51First up are Margaret's MP joke book and alphabet book.
0:45:51 > 0:45:54£30 to start me, £30 for it. Be brave.
0:45:54 > 0:45:5625, then. Come along. 25.
0:45:56 > 0:45:58- Ooh! - Get in, Margaret.
0:45:58 > 0:46:0125 bid, now. 25 in the room it is. At 25 bid now, 25 it is.
0:46:01 > 0:46:04At 25, and 30. At the back, there, it's 30. 30 bid now.
0:46:04 > 0:46:0735, sir? 35. That won't buy it. 35 is on my right.
0:46:07 > 0:46:10- We've sunk. - I'm trying to hold my jaw up.
0:46:10 > 0:46:11The room is out elsewhere.
0:46:11 > 0:46:15At £35, and I shall sell by the cabinets over here at £35.
0:46:15 > 0:46:16Whose choice was this?
0:46:16 > 0:46:18- Mine. - Margaret's.
0:46:18 > 0:46:20- Well, well done, Margaret.- £35.
0:46:20 > 0:46:25Great start to the auction, giving Margaret a healthy lead.
0:46:25 > 0:46:29- That's a bit of a relief, isn't it? - So hot right now.
0:46:31 > 0:46:35Next up is Nick's militaria with the trench art vases
0:46:35 > 0:46:38and his beloved leather swagger stick
0:46:38 > 0:46:41but, uh-oh, it's missing from the auction picture.
0:46:42 > 0:46:43Where's the swagger stick?
0:46:43 > 0:46:46Start me around about £30 for those, £30 to start off, I'd have thought.
0:46:46 > 0:46:47£30 and get on with it.
0:46:47 > 0:46:50Thank you, Ray. 30 I'm bid in the room now. At 30, I'm over there.
0:46:50 > 0:46:52- At 30 and bid now. At 30. - We need more than 30.
0:46:52 > 0:46:54At 30 I'm bid now, 30 bid now. At 30.
0:46:54 > 0:46:57- I'll take the five more.- 35 is here. - 35, and 40 in the room.
0:46:57 > 0:46:58Who's bidding for it?
0:46:58 > 0:47:0245. Whoops! I'm flying around here with excitement. 45 here bid now.
0:47:02 > 0:47:0645, and 50 over there. At 50 bid now, at 50. In the room it is.
0:47:06 > 0:47:09At 50, bid at 50. In the room.
0:47:09 > 0:47:11Internet's out at £50, and I shall sell.
0:47:11 > 0:47:13- Bit more! Bit more! - Come on!
0:47:13 > 0:47:18All done then, away then. Nobody else? All finished at £50.
0:47:18 > 0:47:20Where's the swagger stick?
0:47:20 > 0:47:23If the swagger stick had been in there, made hundreds.
0:47:23 > 0:47:24I thought thousands.
0:47:24 > 0:47:27Millions, I thought, actually. Millions.
0:47:27 > 0:47:31Yeah, right. A strong start for Nick, too - we have a competition.
0:47:32 > 0:47:34Can I have my swagger stick?
0:47:34 > 0:47:38No. You swagger enough. You don't need a stick.
0:47:39 > 0:47:40That's you told, then.
0:47:40 > 0:47:44Time for Margaret's pair of 19th century illusion glasses.
0:47:44 > 0:47:49£30 to start me. 25, then. 25 twice over. 25 standing I took first.
0:47:49 > 0:47:5325 there. At 25 bid now, 25. At 30 there, bid now, 30.
0:47:53 > 0:47:5735, sir. 35 bid now. £35. At 35, who else is coming in?
0:47:57 > 0:48:01Who can I tempt? Anybody else? At £35, all done, then? Seen enough?
0:48:01 > 0:48:03I shall sell them at £35.
0:48:03 > 0:48:06I feel sick in my stomach. More profit for you.
0:48:08 > 0:48:10Much to Nick's disgust,
0:48:10 > 0:48:13that nice little result pushes Margaret further into the lead.
0:48:15 > 0:48:20It's Nick's Aurora gang plank signs next and he's far from optimistic.
0:48:20 > 0:48:22Will you be cross with me, Nick?
0:48:22 > 0:48:26I could never be cross with you, Catherine. I'd be disappointed.
0:48:27 > 0:48:29I feel like you're my teacher!
0:48:29 > 0:48:33It'll say, "Could do better," on your report card.
0:48:33 > 0:48:35No, it would say, "Must do better."
0:48:35 > 0:48:38No pressure, then, Catherine.
0:48:38 > 0:48:42£30. 30 I'm bid down here, thank you. 30 I'm bid. 30 bid now, 30.
0:48:42 > 0:48:47At 30 bid. At 30. At 35, now. At 35, fresh blood, 35.
0:48:47 > 0:48:49And 40. I'm bid 50.
0:48:49 > 0:48:5260 in the room now, 60 bid now. 60.
0:48:52 > 0:48:53Well done!
0:48:55 > 0:48:58- I knew there was something in it. - Pants on fire!
0:48:58 > 0:49:01Any more interest anywhere else? At 60, I've got 60.
0:49:01 > 0:49:03They're begging over here. Any more bids at all?
0:49:03 > 0:49:07At £60, here's your opportunity. Where are you? We need you.
0:49:07 > 0:49:11The hammer falls then at £60. All done, then, at 60?
0:49:11 > 0:49:13You did OK.
0:49:13 > 0:49:16- OK?- You made a tenner. - I could do better.
0:49:16 > 0:49:20Catherine's got to be relieved about that little profit.
0:49:20 > 0:49:22I actually can't bear to see it.
0:49:22 > 0:49:26It's like I'm on a date at the cinema. Excuse me!
0:49:26 > 0:49:28Hands to yourself, Hewer, and pay attention
0:49:28 > 0:49:32because it's your Art Nouveau stained glass panel up now.
0:49:32 > 0:49:35- It upside down! - Well, on its side, actually.
0:49:35 > 0:49:37Who will start me for that? £30 now, I'm bid.
0:49:37 > 0:49:42Nice little Art Nouveau panel. Glass, leaded glass. 20, then, £20.
0:49:42 > 0:49:47£20 on my left, a bid now at 20. And five, 25? And 30. 30.
0:49:47 > 0:49:48£30, the bid's behind me now at 30.
0:49:48 > 0:49:52She shakes the head. At 30 bid now, 30 bid, 30. 35, new place. 35.
0:49:52 > 0:49:54No, sir. Thank you. At 35 bid, now, 35 bid.
0:49:54 > 0:49:57The bid's online now, at 35 bid now, 35 it is. A single panel.
0:49:57 > 0:50:00Nobody else tempted at all? At £35, then.
0:50:00 > 0:50:03- I think it was badly shown there. - Doesn't help, does it?
0:50:03 > 0:50:07- It's the wrong way up. - That didn't help.
0:50:07 > 0:50:11I think even Margaret's starting to feel sorry for Nick.
0:50:11 > 0:50:13Not that he's interested!
0:50:13 > 0:50:16I don't want you two to fall out over this,
0:50:16 > 0:50:18because you've been friends a long time.
0:50:18 > 0:50:22- It's a very superficial friendship. - Yes, doesn't take much, does it?
0:50:24 > 0:50:27Back to your corners, you two, as it's time for the next lot -
0:50:27 > 0:50:31Margret's Scottish horn snuff box with the amethyst on top.
0:50:31 > 0:50:34I can begin at £20 for this, already bid. At 20, bid, now. 20 bid, now.
0:50:34 > 0:50:3820. Anybody else now? At 25 bid now, £25.
0:50:38 > 0:50:40At 25, the bid now, 25. And 30.
0:50:40 > 0:50:4330 bid, now, 30. Now it's your turn to come in.
0:50:43 > 0:50:45At 35 bid now, 35 the bid now, 35 it is.
0:50:45 > 0:50:47A £35, nobody else want it at all?
0:50:47 > 0:50:49At 35, all done, then? 40 bid, now, 40.
0:50:49 > 0:50:51At 40 bid, now, 40 bid now.
0:50:51 > 0:50:52So jammy!
0:50:52 > 0:50:56At £40, but nevertheless, here we are, and we shall sell then,
0:50:56 > 0:50:58and away at £40. At 40.
0:50:59 > 0:51:03Another tidy profit there for Margaret. Excellent.
0:51:03 > 0:51:06If you'd seen the work that went into buying that lot,
0:51:06 > 0:51:09the effort, and the time that it took.
0:51:09 > 0:51:12- It was like a war of attrition. - It was.
0:51:12 > 0:51:16Nick sure needs to do well with his Kentish Town Underground sign.
0:51:16 > 0:51:18Come along, now, mind the gap!
0:51:18 > 0:51:2020, 25, 30 bid to start here,
0:51:20 > 0:51:22at 30 I'm bid now for Kentish Town enamel sign.
0:51:22 > 0:51:25At 30 I bid now, at 30 bid to start it off.
0:51:25 > 0:51:30At 30 I'm bid now, 30 bid now, 30. 35 over there. 35, and 40.
0:51:30 > 0:51:3345, and 50. The bid's with me now, 50 bid now with me, 50.
0:51:33 > 0:51:36- Some way to go.- At 50, and 60. 70.
0:51:36 > 0:51:38At 70, bid now, 70.
0:51:38 > 0:51:41At 70 bid now, 70 bid now. Where have you all gone now?
0:51:41 > 0:51:46The Kentish Town enamel sign, at £70. Any more or not, at 70? And 80.
0:51:46 > 0:51:4980 bid now, 80. Another bidder. 80, I'm bid at 80, on at 80.
0:51:49 > 0:51:52Somebody's very keen. We have the Kentish Town supporters club here.
0:51:52 > 0:51:54At £80, then, all done, then? I shall sell.
0:51:54 > 0:51:55Come on, 80!
0:51:55 > 0:51:57All done then at £80?
0:51:57 > 0:52:00That's unlucky, that is. That's just really unlucky.
0:52:00 > 0:52:02Just not getting it.
0:52:02 > 0:52:05Unlucky? I'm not interested in unlucky! We're going down, here!
0:52:05 > 0:52:08If Lord Sugar was here, you know what he'd be saying, Nick.
0:52:10 > 0:52:12I feel that we've been encased in concrete
0:52:12 > 0:52:13and thrown out of a window.
0:52:13 > 0:52:16I think you've encased yourself in concrete and jumped, actually.
0:52:16 > 0:52:19Don't get too cocky, Margaret.
0:52:19 > 0:52:21It's your lot next -
0:52:21 > 0:52:26the German shoemaker's poster from 1930 the 19th-century elm shoe last.
0:52:28 > 0:52:31- I've got no idea. Will you tell me, who wants to bid me on these?- £18.
0:52:31 > 0:52:34£30, we're all buying. Thank you, Barbara, in the corner.
0:52:34 > 0:52:37At 30 in the corner, 30's in now. 30 bid, now, 30.
0:52:37 > 0:52:4030 I have bid now. I'll take five more. Anybody else coming in?
0:52:40 > 0:52:43At £30, all done, then at £30, then?
0:52:44 > 0:52:48Margaret's first loss, but she's still well out in front of Nick.
0:52:50 > 0:52:52Don't let's burst into tears over it.
0:52:52 > 0:52:54No, no, we're not that upset, actually.
0:52:54 > 0:52:56- Now I know what you feel like. - Bad luck!
0:52:58 > 0:53:02Now for the artist's double picture easel with paint pots
0:53:02 > 0:53:05and brushes, which auctioneer Charles has reservations about,
0:53:05 > 0:53:07and it looks like Nick does, too.
0:53:08 > 0:53:12I don't think it's going to do anything. I've just got a feeling.
0:53:12 > 0:53:15Here we are, another curiosity lot here.
0:53:15 > 0:53:17- Curiosity?- Absolutely. Couldn't say it better myself.
0:53:17 > 0:53:21Lot 148 is the artist's easel, complete with original paint...
0:53:21 > 0:53:24- I don't see it. - ..the pots and the brushes.- £8.
0:53:24 > 0:53:26You don't often get there with the brushes as well.
0:53:26 > 0:53:29So, now's your chance. Anyway, a bit of interest I have.
0:53:29 > 0:53:33To start off at 30, 35, 40 I'm bid to begin.
0:53:33 > 0:53:38- At 40, I'm bid to start on, at 40 bid now, 40 bid. At 45.- Paid 65.
0:53:38 > 0:53:44- And 60, 70. 80.- Oh, well, I knew we'd done something right here.
0:53:45 > 0:53:46Have faith.
0:53:46 > 0:53:48110. 120.
0:53:48 > 0:53:52You were right! You were right, well done.
0:53:52 > 0:53:56At £120, the bid's with me. 120, one more might do it. 130.
0:53:56 > 0:53:57Back in at 130.
0:53:57 > 0:54:00Well, who'd have thought it?
0:54:00 > 0:54:03- You've just romped ahead here. - We've doubled. We've doubled.
0:54:03 > 0:54:07130, I shall sell then. Left-handed, at 130.
0:54:07 > 0:54:11- Yes! Yes!- Well done, Catherine. - Yes!- Well done.
0:54:11 > 0:54:16Thanks to Catherine's smart choice, you're back in the game, Nick.
0:54:16 > 0:54:20It shows, actually, Margaret, that I've got no idea about anything.
0:54:20 > 0:54:21And neither have I.
0:54:23 > 0:54:26- You are in excellent company, the pair of you.- You are fantastic.
0:54:27 > 0:54:30Time from Margaret's penultimate lot -
0:54:30 > 0:54:33the 19th-century Dutch pine trunk that Phil broke.
0:54:33 > 0:54:35Sh! Don't tell anyone.
0:54:36 > 0:54:41£50. 30. £30. 30, I'm bid. I thought somebody would bid be that.
0:54:41 > 0:54:4330, I'm bid, across the room. At 30 I'm bid now.
0:54:43 > 0:54:46Thank you, Rosemary, at 30 bid over here. At 30 bid now, at 30.
0:54:46 > 0:54:50At 35, all right? 35. And 40. 40 bid, 40. 45.
0:54:50 > 0:54:52- And 50.- It's climbing.
0:54:52 > 0:54:53With 50. Like teeth. 50.
0:54:53 > 0:54:56It's like driving a sword into my sternum and stomach.
0:54:58 > 0:55:01I shall sell, then. Nobody else want it at £50? £50, it goes.
0:55:01 > 0:55:03It's eked a little bit of a profit, hasn't it?
0:55:03 > 0:55:06It's eked a bit of profit. I'd have paid more than that for it.
0:55:06 > 0:55:08As firewood, it'd be worth more than that.
0:55:09 > 0:55:13Not sure about that, Margaret. But still, a profit's a profit.
0:55:15 > 0:55:19Time for Nick's final lot, the 1950s Lyons' Tea enamel sign,
0:55:19 > 0:55:21bought on the toss of a coin.
0:55:21 > 0:55:25Nick said this would be on his head, remember?
0:55:25 > 0:55:29If I've learnt anything in this ramble round England,
0:55:29 > 0:55:33it's that I'd lose my shirt if I went into this business.
0:55:33 > 0:55:34No idea what I'm doing.
0:55:34 > 0:55:38£100 for that. 100. You tell me. £50, then? Put me in? 50?
0:55:38 > 0:55:41Thank you, Ray, 50 bid over there. At 50 I'm bid now. 50 bid, now, 50.
0:55:41 > 0:55:43At 50, bid now, at 50 bid, now, 50.
0:55:43 > 0:55:46For the enamel sign. And 60 online bid now, 60.
0:55:46 > 0:55:50And 70 in the room, bid now, 70 bid. 70. At 70 bid now, 70 bid, 70.
0:55:50 > 0:55:53And over here, at 80 bid now, at 80, Graham, at 80.
0:55:53 > 0:55:56- 90.- Come on, Graham, whoever Graham is.
0:55:56 > 0:55:5890 bid, 90, 90. Graham, your turn again.
0:55:58 > 0:56:02100 bid, now, 100 is in. At £100 bid now, at 100 bid, 100.
0:56:02 > 0:56:03You're out over there, Ray.
0:56:03 > 0:56:06Come on, Nick, get behind it. Come on! 110!
0:56:06 > 0:56:08I'm behind you.
0:56:08 > 0:56:11- Come on, Nick.- Well done. - - It wasn't you bidding, was it?
0:56:11 > 0:56:13- No!- 110?
0:56:13 > 0:56:16No, he says. With £110, then, all done? Nobody else?
0:56:16 > 0:56:18Internet!
0:56:18 > 0:56:21At 110 - but they're out, I'm afraid. At £110, 110.
0:56:21 > 0:56:26I think it's a good price, at 110, all done? £110, then.
0:56:26 > 0:56:29I think we'll get more, yeah. What did that sell for?
0:56:29 > 0:56:33So, his big gamble paid off.
0:56:33 > 0:56:36But it's not over yet for Margaret.
0:56:36 > 0:56:39There's still her silver Samuel Pemberton case to go.
0:56:39 > 0:56:43£50 for that, I would have thought for that, for 50.
0:56:43 > 0:56:45Put me in for that, the case, silver case, 50, or 40.
0:56:45 > 0:56:46Stop me and buy one, 40?
0:56:46 > 0:56:5040 I'm bid down here, at 40. Thank you. At 40 and bid now, 40 bid.
0:56:50 > 0:56:52At 40. At 45, bid now, 45.
0:56:52 > 0:56:55At 45, bid now, at 45. And 50 I have here.
0:56:55 > 0:56:59At 50 bid now, at 50. At £50, it's going to go at 50. All done, then?
0:56:59 > 0:57:02Right-handed at the back. Finished then, at £50.
0:57:02 > 0:57:05- I thought we'd have got more than that for that.- Yeah...
0:57:05 > 0:57:09Well done, but it sort of deserves to be worth more.
0:57:09 > 0:57:11- Does really. - Yeah...
0:57:11 > 0:57:14That's very gracious of you, Nick.
0:57:16 > 0:57:19Time to find out who is the winner.
0:57:19 > 0:57:23Nick and Catherine started with £400 and spent big,
0:57:23 > 0:57:25blowing almost all of it.
0:57:25 > 0:57:30Unfortunately, after auction costs, they made a loss of £6.70.
0:57:30 > 0:57:34So, they end the trip with £393.30.
0:57:36 > 0:57:38Margaret and Phil also started with £400
0:57:38 > 0:57:41and spent less than half the budget.
0:57:41 > 0:57:46A canny move, it turns out, as they made a profit of £56.80,
0:57:46 > 0:57:53meaning they finish with £456.80, making them the rightful winners.
0:57:53 > 0:57:56All profits will go to Children In Need.
0:57:56 > 0:58:01So, with that result it means, Nick and Catherine, you're fired!
0:58:01 > 0:58:04- Oh, dear.- It's the end of a beautiful relationship.
0:58:04 > 0:58:06- If not a beautiful day. - It's been jolly good fun.
0:58:06 > 0:58:08It's been great, thank you.
0:58:08 > 0:58:10- It's been great sport. - Nick.- Well done.
0:58:10 > 0:58:11- Well done, you.- I enjoyed it.
0:58:11 > 0:58:13Oh, we've got a lake here!
0:58:15 > 0:58:18- You drive, you won.- Righty-ho.
0:58:18 > 0:58:19Same old story.
0:58:19 > 0:58:21What breaks my heart is that somebody's
0:58:21 > 0:58:24waltzed off with my swagger stick.
0:58:24 > 0:58:27- I'll buy you one for Christmas. - Anyway, good sport, Margaret.
0:58:27 > 0:58:30- Are you going to do it again? - Will they ask us?
0:58:30 > 0:58:35I'm sure you high rollers will be welcomed back any old time. Cheerio.