0:00:02 > 0:00:04The nation's favourite celebrities...
0:00:04 > 0:00:06- We are special then, are we? - Oh, that's excellent.
0:00:06 > 0:00:08..paired up with an expert...
0:00:08 > 0:00:10We are a very good team, you and me.
0:00:10 > 0:00:12..and a classic car.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15Their mission? To scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:15 > 0:00:17- I have no idea what it is. - Oh, I love it.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20The aim? To make the biggest profit at auction.
0:00:20 > 0:00:21Yes!
0:00:21 > 0:00:23But it's no easy ride.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25There's no accounting for taste.
0:00:25 > 0:00:27Who will find a hidden gem?
0:00:27 > 0:00:30Who will take the biggest risks?
0:00:30 > 0:00:33Will anybody follow expert advice?
0:00:33 > 0:00:35- Do you like them?- No.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38There will be worthy winners and valiant losers.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40- Are you happy?- Yes. - 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!
0:00:53 > 0:00:56Today's celebrities are two giants of daytime telly,
0:00:56 > 0:00:59breakfast presenting doyen Anne Diamond...
0:00:59 > 0:01:01Good morning, it's Tuesday.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04..joins top TV chef Ainsley Harriott.
0:01:04 > 0:01:05Good morning!
0:01:05 > 0:01:09Famous for his delicious recipes and flamboyant style,
0:01:09 > 0:01:11Ainsley is now one of our leading chefs.
0:01:11 > 0:01:15But his first big break was a slot on Good Morning With Anne And Nick.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20I'll never forget the first day I came on the show. I was so nervous.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23I heated all my pans so everything would cook quickly
0:01:23 > 0:01:26because we were against the clock and you came over,
0:01:26 > 0:01:28and went to shift the pan. I think you burnt your hand.
0:01:28 > 0:01:29Ow!
0:01:29 > 0:01:32I thought I was going to get the sack.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34"They are never going to have me back."
0:01:34 > 0:01:37Broadcaster and campaigner, Anne, started out in the '80s
0:01:37 > 0:01:41on the ground-breaking TV-AM but it wasn't until she got up
0:01:41 > 0:01:46a bit later and met Ainsley, that she really cracked TV cooking.
0:01:46 > 0:01:50- I remember you showing me how to poach an egg.- Yeah.- Live on air.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52And you've never forgotten that.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55No, and I've never still been able to do it!
0:01:55 > 0:01:58Ainsley went on to present legendary shows
0:01:58 > 0:02:02like Can't Cook Won't Cook and Ready Steady Cook.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04But now, after all these years, he's back with Anne.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07Ready Steady must have been a lovely programme to be on.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10- Oh, yeah.- Why wasn't I ever invited onto that?- I don't know!
0:02:10 > 0:02:13I should have rung you up. Maybe I was busy.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19Today's experts, dealer David Harper,
0:02:19 > 0:02:21an auctioneer Christina Trevanion,
0:02:21 > 0:02:26are certainly feeling bowled over about working with these two.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29- He was quite famous for his shirts, wasn't he?- Very much so.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31- You'll get on like a house on fire. - Yeah, I know.
0:02:31 > 0:02:36I love his dress sense. We've got the same hairstyle and everything!
0:02:36 > 0:02:39Do you know what, me and Ainsley Harriott will look like twins!
0:02:42 > 0:02:43With £400 each, celebrities
0:02:43 > 0:02:46and experts are making their way through the Thames Valley
0:02:46 > 0:02:51in a 1990s Alfa Romeo Spider and a 1980s Mercedes convertible.
0:02:52 > 0:02:56The last time we saw each other, this car was modern!
0:02:57 > 0:03:00Time to meet and decide who's going shopping with whom.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02We made it!
0:03:02 > 0:03:04Open the door, sir.
0:03:04 > 0:03:08Hang on. Sorry, Ainsley. Lovely to meet you.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11This is Christina. Are we going to win?
0:03:11 > 0:03:13Are we together?
0:03:13 > 0:03:16I think we are together. I think it's boy-girl, boy-girl.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18- I think it is. Absolutely. - I think so, I think so.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20OK, so who's going to go in which car?
0:03:20 > 0:03:21Would you prefer the auto?
0:03:21 > 0:03:23Quick, quick, quick, let's go!
0:03:23 > 0:03:26- Make a decision because they are off.- You drive first.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29All right, all right, it's not against the clock, you know?
0:03:29 > 0:03:33- Auf wiedersehen, pet. - Really!
0:03:33 > 0:03:36Our trip starts in Maidenhead beside the Thames.
0:03:36 > 0:03:40We then shop into London before making our way out east, winding
0:03:40 > 0:03:45up at an auction even further downstream in Dartford, Kent.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50But first, a little celebrity expert bonding.
0:03:50 > 0:03:54- Are you a lover of antiques? - My first answer is no. But hang on.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57I've got absolutely no idea why
0:03:57 > 0:04:01but I've always been interested in little interesting side tables.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03Maidenhead will be ready, after all,
0:04:03 > 0:04:06it's seen a few celebrities over the years.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09Britain's own blonde bombshell Diana Dors used to live here
0:04:09 > 0:04:12and we are just a few minutes from the Thameside studio
0:04:12 > 0:04:15where the Hammer horrors were made.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18- Hello, you must be Marie. - Hello, Anne. Nice to meet you.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21- Hello, David.- Lovely to see you. - What a fantastic place.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24- You've got so much going on here. - We certainly do.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27- So, we are going to be dealing with you, then?- Yes, you will be.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30Are you going to be nice and friendly and gorgeous?
0:04:30 > 0:04:32- Of course, as always.- Wonderful.
0:04:32 > 0:04:36That's the spirit! Although, she has got 40 dealers to keep happy, too.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42Anne has declared a passion for furniture
0:04:42 > 0:04:45but there's a good bit of retro here as well.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47Hardly seems like yesterday, does it?
0:04:47 > 0:04:49I think I've got this hat.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52I think I wore this to Ascot once. Ascot coming up.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54Are you into vintage clothing?
0:04:54 > 0:04:58Not particularly, although I have the finest collection of '80s stuff.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01Have you got those huge shoulder pads?
0:05:01 > 0:05:04I went to an exhibition at the V&A and their stuff from the '80s was
0:05:04 > 0:05:08nothing like my stuff from the '80s because I had the money to spend on
0:05:08 > 0:05:11designer stuff in the '80s, sequins and huge dynasty padded shoulders.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14I felt like writing to the V&A and saying if you want to borrow
0:05:14 > 0:05:17any of my stuff and put it in the cabinet instead, you are most
0:05:17 > 0:05:20welcome because I thought I had a much better collection.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23Would they actually get it in the cabinet though? They'd be too wide.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26- And speaking of padding... - Look at that little chair.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29I'm into upholstery and I could put new upholstery on it
0:05:29 > 0:05:31that would make it look such a pretty piece.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33- Do you do your own upholstery? - Yeah, I do.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36I've had the same sofa for 27 years because I will not let it die.
0:05:36 > 0:05:37She really does love furniture.
0:05:37 > 0:05:41- It's a little table and I like little tables.- It is a little table.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43I like little tables with little compartments.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46That would look beautiful in the corner of a room.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48I would be terrified that that's reproduction
0:05:48 > 0:05:51- and I'm falling for a reproduction. - I promise you it's not.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53This is marquetry inlay, so if you take your nail
0:05:53 > 0:05:55and run across the top of it, you can feel...
0:05:55 > 0:05:57- You can feel the way it is done. - Exactly.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00- Now, if it was a repro, that would certainly be transfer print.- Yes.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03I think this is lovely because it has a distinct name
0:06:03 > 0:06:05and a great history. It's the Davenport desk.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07This was made in about 1910
0:06:07 > 0:06:12but the original Davenport was made for a Captain Davenport
0:06:12 > 0:06:17by Gillows of Lancaster in the late 18th, early 19th century,
0:06:17 > 0:06:21and Captain Davenport ordered himself a desk
0:06:21 > 0:06:24very small and neat, that could travel with him on campaign.
0:06:24 > 0:06:25Oh, I like that.
0:06:25 > 0:06:29And 100 years later, this was made in England out of walnut with
0:06:29 > 0:06:31marquetry, and it's ever so sweet.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33It would look nice in my cottage.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36- Now, we're not buying for you, we're buying for profit.- I know!
0:06:36 > 0:06:38Yeah, don't get carried away.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40The ticket price is £225 -
0:06:40 > 0:06:43hefty but already reduced from £385.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46And there's a good reason why.
0:06:46 > 0:06:4815 years ago, I wouldn't have haggled.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51I would have bought it instantly and ran out the door.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53Why is it different now?
0:06:53 > 0:06:56Prices have just collapsed over the last ten or 15 years,
0:06:56 > 0:06:59with furniture. We'd have to get it at 100 quid.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01We really would.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04Put it on the short list then.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07So, little bits of furniture really get you, don't they?
0:07:07 > 0:07:10I didn't realise they did but actually, yes, they do.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13I mean even that little table is quite interesting, isn't it?
0:07:13 > 0:07:17It's funny because that's Edwardian as well. Do you know what it is?
0:07:17 > 0:07:21- It's a coal scuttle.- Yes.- Wow! - Isn't that brilliant?
0:07:21 > 0:07:23Do you know what I would do now is I'd clean that bit out,
0:07:23 > 0:07:26completely clean it out and keep magazines and books in there.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28Absolutely perfect.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31- Anne's enjoying herself here. - You could repair that, couldn't you?
0:07:31 > 0:07:33Yeah, you could.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36Get a bit of brown beeswax and it will come up an absolute delight.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39- I like it.- Isn't that gorgeous? - If we can find out how much it is...
0:07:39 > 0:07:42- We'll get a price on that. There's Marie.- The coal scuttle.
0:07:42 > 0:07:46- Now, you've got that label for how much?- 80, I think. Yes, 80.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49So, I would have to get in touch with the dealer.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51- Actually, let's backtrack.- OK.
0:07:51 > 0:07:56The Davenport. To make a profit, I'd say 100, if Anne was up for it.
0:07:56 > 0:08:02- That, I think, would probably be OK. - Shall we have the Davenport?- Yeah.
0:08:02 > 0:08:07- I think that's a good deal.- We'll have that.- Excellent, thank you.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10Oh, that's really lovely because I loved that.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13Well, Anne has got those two off to a brave start,
0:08:13 > 0:08:16with the coal scuttle still under consideration.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19But what about our other couple?
0:08:19 > 0:08:21Go, Ainsley! Go, go, go!
0:08:21 > 0:08:25Oh, Lordy, if he shops like that, we're in for quite a ride.
0:08:25 > 0:08:26So what's the plan?
0:08:26 > 0:08:28Let's buy things that we like.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32Let's buy things that are a bit quirky. Let's buy fun things.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35Yes, OK. And something that you feel passionate about, too,
0:08:35 > 0:08:37- really, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40I think if you believe in it then we are halfway there.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43- OK, that's a very good tip. - Believe in it.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46I believe we are now about to head into Buckinghamshire
0:08:46 > 0:08:48and the village of Burnham.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51If it all seems a bit familiar, that might be
0:08:51 > 0:08:55because of the numerous Carry On movies that were shot around here.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58Burnham is awfully close to Pinewood Studios, you see?
0:08:58 > 0:09:01Hey, we're here. Look at this!
0:09:02 > 0:09:03Ooh! Come on!
0:09:03 > 0:09:07Any movie memorabilia here, I wonder? Kitchenalia?
0:09:07 > 0:09:09Will Ainsley do an Anne?
0:09:09 > 0:09:11- Let's have a look over there.- OK.
0:09:11 > 0:09:15So, have a good luck. See if there's anything you like the look of.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17Anything, anything, anything and give me a shout.
0:09:17 > 0:09:22Ainsley, "No unaccompanied children." Come on, come on. This way, this way.
0:09:22 > 0:09:26Now, let's not take our expert status too seriously, Christina.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29My mother had her tea service in a glass cabinet.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31- Were you ever allowed to touch it? - No.- On pain of death?
0:09:31 > 0:09:34It was next to the Encyclopaedia Britannicas.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36You weren't allowed to touch it.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38Ainsley is not too bothered about furniture
0:09:38 > 0:09:40but what will he put his hat on?
0:09:40 > 0:09:45- Marylou, would you marry me? - I think I would, sir.
0:09:45 > 0:09:46Carry on, cowboy!
0:09:46 > 0:09:49Let's take a look in "them thar" cabinets.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52- That's quite nice.- That is fun, isn't it? What's that?
0:09:52 > 0:09:55"Oriental brass and copper cicada cricket snuffbox."
0:09:55 > 0:09:57That is interesting, isn't it?
0:09:57 > 0:09:59Might have a little look at that.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02- I quite like the look of that. - I think that's really pretty.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05What would they have used that for, then?
0:10:05 > 0:10:09- It's technically termed as a "thing to put things in."- Yeah? OK.
0:10:09 > 0:10:10She's good.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13Hello!
0:10:13 > 0:10:16- Could we possibly have a look in a cabinet?- Yes.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18Anne, this is Ainsley, who I've brought with me today.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20- Hello, Anne, how are you? - I'm fine, thank you.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22Pleased to meet you too.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25- We really like that silver box. - No, we don't!
0:10:25 > 0:10:27Oh, sorry. We don't like that silver box.
0:10:29 > 0:10:33And I'm particularly fond of this piece too.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36It's a snuff box, oriental snuff box.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39So you'd put your snuff in there, obviously, then take out the wings
0:10:39 > 0:10:41- and you'd take your snuff. - And fold it up.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43Very sweet. I like that.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46Let's have a little look at that. What do you think of that?
0:10:46 > 0:10:48I like this. There's a little indentation there.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51- You see it? - Like a little crease across the top.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53- Oh, look at that, look. - That is nice.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55Can you see a hallmark on there?
0:10:55 > 0:10:56Can you see a silver hallmark?
0:10:56 > 0:10:59- There we are.- There we go. - I am clever, aren't I?
0:10:59 > 0:11:01This is the Birmingham hallmark, which is the anchor,
0:11:01 > 0:11:04and then a D, which is 1903.
0:11:04 > 0:11:05- Typically Edwardian.- OK.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07It's got this lovely, lightly-hammered finish,
0:11:07 > 0:11:09so it's quite Arts and Crafts,
0:11:09 > 0:11:11which means it was handmade, hand-finished as well.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14What I really like about it is it's got this silver gilt interior,
0:11:14 > 0:11:15which is a sign of quality.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17Ah!
0:11:17 > 0:11:19I think the silver's winning.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21Box not quite up to snuff?
0:11:21 > 0:11:25Snuff box collectors really want something that is really antique,
0:11:25 > 0:11:27really unique and has got some history to it,
0:11:27 > 0:11:29- so this is...- A no-no.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31Sorry about that, Anne.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34So how much have you got on the silver box, Anne?
0:11:34 > 0:11:36I've got 35 on that.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39£35. Is there any flexibility on that price at all?
0:11:40 > 0:11:42I love you, Anne!
0:11:43 > 0:11:4530, how about 30?
0:11:45 > 0:11:47How about 25?
0:11:47 > 0:11:49Seeing as you're holding my hand so nicely...
0:11:49 > 0:11:5122.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57- 25.- All right, then.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59I think that's a deal, don't you? Thank you very much.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Sealed with a loving kiss?
0:12:02 > 0:12:04Another one? Oh, how lovely!
0:12:06 > 0:12:08# Shall we dance... #
0:12:08 > 0:12:12That Ainsley's certainly proving a smooth operator,
0:12:12 > 0:12:14plus for a lot less than Anne and David,
0:12:14 > 0:12:17they've acquired a very sellable first lot.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19This is great for storing things in.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22That is the key to buying nice silver successfully these days -
0:12:22 > 0:12:23it's still got to be usable.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26These lovely entree dishes you can get in solid silver
0:12:26 > 0:12:27are incredibly expensive,
0:12:27 > 0:12:30but when was the last time you used your silver entree dish?
0:12:30 > 0:12:33How dare you talk about my entree dish(!)
0:12:33 > 0:12:34It was all going so well, too...
0:12:36 > 0:12:38Any news from Maidenhead, I wonder?
0:12:38 > 0:12:39Is that just an opening table, then?
0:12:39 > 0:12:41It's a tea table.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44Anne's got yet more furniture. Look out...
0:12:44 > 0:12:47OK, so, there you go, there's your occasional table.
0:12:47 > 0:12:48Lovely, lovely, shape.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50That's in solid mahogany,
0:12:50 > 0:12:53so the table legs should have a wooden hinge, look at that.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57- Ooh, yes!- That's hand-crafted.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59How do they come out?
0:12:59 > 0:13:00Oh, the whole leg comes out!
0:13:00 > 0:13:02- Oh, this is brilliant. - Flip that over.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06Oh, I love it. I would like to own that.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09Now, Anne, it's all about making a profit, love,
0:13:09 > 0:13:11not home furnishing.
0:13:11 > 0:13:15I need to work out whether it is a Georgian restored
0:13:15 > 0:13:16or an Edwardian...
0:13:17 > 0:13:18..copy.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21An indicator for Georgian furniture are the blocks.
0:13:21 > 0:13:22- You see the corner blocks?- Yes.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25- In the Georgian period, you've got these round...- A bit of beauty.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27Yes, and they're just hand-cut.
0:13:27 > 0:13:31This is made in the Georgian period, but at some point,
0:13:31 > 0:13:34it's been completely reworked and restored.
0:13:34 > 0:13:35- But it would need to be... - Cheaper.- Yeah.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37We can try. It'd need to be 100 quid.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40If Mhairi wants to sell it to us for 100 quid, we'd have it.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43What price is on it.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46- 238.- That's less than half.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49I know, but we are the mercenary band.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51Ah...
0:13:51 > 0:13:52I realise.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54- I'll just go and have a quick word...- Have a word.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56- ..and come back to you.- OK.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58Everybody is petrified of furniture
0:13:58 > 0:14:01because they keep getting told it's worth nothing.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04You know what? It's for nothing to buy.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07Could be "for nothing" to sell too, though, David.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10Now, how have negotiations progressed?
0:14:10 > 0:14:12I've just had a word with the dealer
0:14:12 > 0:14:17and they're suggesting that if you pay 170 for the table,
0:14:17 > 0:14:19the coal scuttle will be thrown in for nothing.
0:14:20 > 0:14:24- Ah, the coal scuttle's back. - Really, we want to pay 130.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27The very lowest would be 150.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29I say we go for it, then.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32- Can we shake our hands, then?- OK.
0:14:32 > 0:14:36So £120 for the table and £30 for the scuttle -
0:14:36 > 0:14:37Anne's really following her heart.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40- We're breaking all rules here.- Yeah!
0:14:40 > 0:14:42- Marvellous!- I hope that augurs well.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46Meanwhile, Ainsley and Christina make for the capital.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48This is a complete treat for me,
0:14:48 > 0:14:51because I used to come home from school, turn on the telly,
0:14:51 > 0:14:54- and Ready Steady Cook was on. - I know, it's...
0:14:54 > 0:14:57You are just like an icon of my generation.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59I thought I was!
0:14:59 > 0:15:03They're motoring further down the River Thames towards Lambeth
0:15:03 > 0:15:07to learn all about the chef who revolutionised British Army food.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10- Hello!- Hello!- Natasha. - Hi, Natasha, Christina.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12Hi, Natasha. Ainsley, how are you?
0:15:12 > 0:15:14- Do come through. - Lovely, looking forward to this.
0:15:14 > 0:15:18The Florence Nightingale Museum is of course dedicated
0:15:18 > 0:15:20to the famous "Lady with the Lamp,"
0:15:20 > 0:15:22but it also celebrates those other heroes
0:15:22 > 0:15:25who travelled to the Crimea in the mid-1850s.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28One of those was Alexis Soyer,
0:15:28 > 0:15:30the Victorian celebrity chef.
0:15:31 > 0:15:36Perhaps an example of quite how famous Alexis Soyer was
0:15:36 > 0:15:39is the fact that he actually sold his own brand
0:15:39 > 0:15:40of cooking sauces.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42Hello!
0:15:42 > 0:15:45- Thank you!- Just copying him, aren't you?- I know, I know!
0:15:45 > 0:15:49- All these years later. - It's actually got his face on it.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51Oh, wow, look at that!
0:15:51 > 0:15:54That is amazing. Really commercially-minded, isn't it?
0:15:54 > 0:15:56What do we have here, Natasha?
0:15:56 > 0:15:58This is baking powder.
0:15:58 > 0:15:59Maybe you need to adopt that hat.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02And that lovely, very French sort of 'tache.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05How did he become a celebrity chef? What made him so special?
0:16:05 > 0:16:07Well, he was born in a small town in France,
0:16:07 > 0:16:12but finding out that in England, French cooks are madly fashionable,
0:16:12 > 0:16:14he went across to England
0:16:14 > 0:16:19and due to his charm and flamboyant nature, people just adored him.
0:16:19 > 0:16:23In 1837, Soyer became the chef de cuisine
0:16:23 > 0:16:27at London's new Reform Club and set about designing the kitchens,
0:16:27 > 0:16:29along with architect Charles Barry.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32I actually used to work at the Reform Club in the '80s.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34- No, you didn't! Did you?- Absolutely!
0:16:34 > 0:16:38There's a famous recipe he had, which is the lamb cutlet Reform,
0:16:38 > 0:16:41which was flour and breadcrumb,
0:16:41 > 0:16:43pan-fried the cutlet to a golden brown,
0:16:43 > 0:16:45and I think, I think...
0:16:45 > 0:16:48This is taking me back a long, long way here.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51I think it was served with beetroot, gherkin and ham.
0:16:51 > 0:16:52Sounds tasty.
0:16:52 > 0:16:56Amongst Soyer's many Reform Club innovations
0:16:56 > 0:16:57was the use of gas in cooking
0:16:57 > 0:17:00and refrigerators cooled by running water.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02Do you recognise these kitchens?
0:17:02 > 0:17:03Well, the layout's probably the same.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06I wouldn't have thought it had changed very much at all.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08Modern equipment, and you certainly wouldn't have that -
0:17:08 > 0:17:10health and safety would close you down instantly...
0:17:10 > 0:17:12- They'd love that! - ..if you had a couple of stags
0:17:12 > 0:17:14hanging up in your kitchen.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16But as well as catering to the rich,
0:17:16 > 0:17:19Soyer wrote cookbooks for those of more modest means.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22I think one of the nice things about Alexis Soyer
0:17:22 > 0:17:25is that he never forgot his poor background.
0:17:25 > 0:17:29During the Irish potato famine in 1847,
0:17:29 > 0:17:31the French chef invented the soup kitchen
0:17:31 > 0:17:34and he was equally inventive a few years later
0:17:34 > 0:17:36when he heard of the suffering
0:17:36 > 0:17:39of British soldiers during the Crimean War.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41The soldiers weren't dying in battle.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44They weren't even dying of illness and disease.
0:17:44 > 0:17:49They were actually dying because they were underfed in many cases.
0:17:49 > 0:17:53The soldiers were all given their own rations of meat
0:17:53 > 0:17:58and, crucially, these rations weren't boned or sorted out at all,
0:17:58 > 0:18:00so you might find your ration for the day
0:18:00 > 0:18:02was nearly all bones and gristle.
0:18:02 > 0:18:07The method of cooking this was to bind meat very, very tightly
0:18:07 > 0:18:11to a wooden paddle and just plonk it in water and boil it.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14If you boiled it for long enough, you might have a chance,
0:18:14 > 0:18:16but I should imagine they'd be so hungry
0:18:16 > 0:18:19that they'd put it in there and take it out so quickly.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22Soyer's solution was a simple metal cylinder
0:18:22 > 0:18:24that can stand on a table top
0:18:24 > 0:18:27and is so light that a horse could carry two.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30The Soyer Stove and adaptations of it
0:18:30 > 0:18:32became a British military standard.
0:18:32 > 0:18:33They used them for years and years.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36They were in use until well after the Second World War.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39- Really?- But what a great, simple design, as you say.
0:18:39 > 0:18:43The simplicity of it and versatility of it - brilliant.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45What an amazing story.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47First celebrity chef - not you.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49- I know.- Sorry about that.- Shucks!
0:18:55 > 0:18:57Meanwhile, out in the suburbs,
0:18:57 > 0:18:59Anne's about to do a bit more shopping.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01Any other passions to declare?
0:19:01 > 0:19:05The only other thing I'm interested in is I'm very into model railways.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07- Very strong market.- I have my own.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09- You do not!- I do.
0:19:09 > 0:19:15If we were to see a proper, old, 1950s Hornby GWR loco,
0:19:15 > 0:19:16I'd think, "Wow!"
0:19:18 > 0:19:21They're steaming towards Kingston upon Thames,
0:19:21 > 0:19:25famous for its collapsing telephone boxes and the last resting place
0:19:25 > 0:19:27of Nipper, the musical dog,
0:19:27 > 0:19:29Kingston's only been part of Greater London
0:19:29 > 0:19:31for less than 50 years.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33THEY GREET EACH OTHER
0:19:33 > 0:19:36Just to let you know, we haven't got very long before we close.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38Right, OK. How long have we got?
0:19:38 > 0:19:39Um, about half an hour.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41Half an hour, can we do it in half an hour?
0:19:41 > 0:19:44- Oh, yes, we're good at this! - We are good at this!
0:19:44 > 0:19:47OK, you two, let's get ready to rummage!
0:19:47 > 0:19:49- Right...- I'm going to go down here.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52- I'll go down here and then we'll meet in the middle.- I'll call.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54Bring some treasure.
0:19:54 > 0:19:55Interesting.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57I wonder what Anne will come up with solo?
0:19:57 > 0:20:00She certainly seems to be getting to grips with it.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03You know, I think she does have an eye. There really is something...
0:20:03 > 0:20:06Oh, hello! We're talking about your eye, saying you've got lovely eyes.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08I found a few more little tables.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11Is it going to be all furniture for those two, then?
0:20:11 > 0:20:13It was... It was...
0:20:13 > 0:20:16It was an ordinary mahogany round-y thing.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18"Mahogany round-y thing." Well, that's helpful.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20Better still - get three, eh?
0:20:20 > 0:20:23I tell you what I do like - that shape in the leg, there.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25- It's nice, isn't it? - Isn't that lovely?- Yeah.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28They're good-looking tables, but they're not mega-quality.
0:20:28 > 0:20:29- No.- Any more tables?
0:20:29 > 0:20:31- Yes, one more I want to show you. - All right.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35- It's round here.- I love tables.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37Nicely avoided, David.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40Come on, you two, let's steer clear of the furniture, shall we?
0:20:42 > 0:20:45Now what about a bit of 1980s funk?
0:20:45 > 0:20:47At least they're not brown.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50Does that remind you of your days on breakfast television?
0:20:50 > 0:20:52I don't think I ever sat in anything like that.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54Well, you should have done.
0:20:54 > 0:20:55- It's the colour I like.- Really?
0:20:55 > 0:20:59- £75 for the pair.- For the pair? - Yeah.- That's not bad.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01Go on, let's have a look at you, see what you look like.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03Good morning, Britain.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06I never sat in one of these, but I tell you what, it's comfortable.
0:21:06 > 0:21:10- There you go.- I tell you what, with the colour and the style...
0:21:10 > 0:21:11Interview me.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14Yes, I will. Tell me about your latest book.
0:21:14 > 0:21:15Oh, well, how long have you got?
0:21:15 > 0:21:17Wrap it up, Anne, quick!
0:21:17 > 0:21:19- Now, Lesley...- Hi, yep?
0:21:19 > 0:21:22..you look like a girl who's going to love these chairs.
0:21:23 > 0:21:2475 the pair, that's really good.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26It's far too expensive, isn't it, Anne?
0:21:26 > 0:21:28Yeah, it is too expensive.
0:21:28 > 0:21:3065.
0:21:30 > 0:21:31Lesley, can they be 45?
0:21:31 > 0:21:32- How much?- 45?
0:21:32 > 0:21:34LESLEY GASPS
0:21:34 > 0:21:3645? Erm...
0:21:36 > 0:21:38I think that's a bit of a drop.
0:21:38 > 0:21:4265 is really good for two fabulous pieces.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45We have to try and make a profit, don't we?
0:21:45 > 0:21:46Come on, Anne, what do you think?
0:21:47 > 0:21:49What about 55?
0:21:49 > 0:21:51Oh, now...
0:21:51 > 0:21:53- Have I done something wicked? - Well, no,
0:21:53 > 0:21:55but in this business,
0:21:55 > 0:21:58if you say, "What about 55?"
0:21:58 > 0:22:01and they say yes, that's it.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03- It's a done deal.- You're joking!
0:22:03 > 0:22:05It's a done deal. You can't then say,
0:22:05 > 0:22:07"Hmm, what about 50, then?" You can't go down.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09- You've now set the benchmark. - That's your offer?
0:22:09 > 0:22:10That's it.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12I've sunk us in it, then?
0:22:12 > 0:22:16I don't think I can say yes without consultation.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18- I will ask.- Go on, then.
0:22:18 > 0:22:19OK, I won't be a minute.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21Well, I hope it's a yes,
0:22:21 > 0:22:24because we're getting perilously near closing time.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26I've got a pair of trousers in exactly that colour.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29If I sat in them, I'd just look like a torso.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31- Good!- It's a nice look.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34I'm sure we'd love to hear more, but Lesley's back.
0:22:34 > 0:22:35Thankfully.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38Apparently, 55 is possible.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40That's the bottom.
0:22:40 > 0:22:41I think YOU'VE done a deal.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43- I think I have done the deal. - An amazing deal.
0:22:43 > 0:22:45I think that's a really cool deal.
0:22:45 > 0:22:47That's really brilliant, thank you very much.
0:22:47 > 0:22:48Well done, Anne.
0:22:48 > 0:22:52Those two have bought an awful lot of furniture today.
0:22:52 > 0:22:53Anyway...
0:22:53 > 0:22:55- So you've got four?- Got four.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57I've only got one, so I've got to really...
0:22:57 > 0:22:59You've got to do some shopping.
0:22:59 > 0:23:00I thought you might go for
0:23:00 > 0:23:04some sort of ancient, old Victorian kitchen utensil.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06That's what I'm looking for.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08You know, a rusty lemon squeezer.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11- Old crock pots.- Yeah.
0:23:11 > 0:23:12Night-night.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18Good morning, Anne and Ainsley.
0:23:18 > 0:23:22The weather's looking pretty good too, in Wimbledon Village, anyway.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24I had a brilliant time yesterday.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27I discovered I quite like shopping.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30The first shop I walked into, there was this immediate fear
0:23:30 > 0:23:33that I'm going to immediately go for something
0:23:33 > 0:23:35that's a bit naff and reproduction,
0:23:35 > 0:23:37and, actually, I didn't.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40No, she really took charge.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42Took quite a few risks too,
0:23:42 > 0:23:44acquiring a coal scuttle, a desk,
0:23:44 > 0:23:49some retro stools and a Georgian table for £305...
0:23:49 > 0:23:52- Wow.- Oh, I love it. I would like to own that.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54..leaving them with less than £100.
0:23:54 > 0:23:59While Ainsley and Christina took absolutely no risks whatsoever,
0:23:59 > 0:24:02parting with a mere £25 for a silver pot...
0:24:02 > 0:24:05# Shall we dance... #
0:24:05 > 0:24:09..meaning they have almost all of their £400 left to spend today,
0:24:09 > 0:24:11a blank canvas, you might say.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13What are you going to paint, Christina?
0:24:13 > 0:24:16I just love the shape of this tree. It's just magic, isn't it?
0:24:16 > 0:24:18Well, I'm going to create
0:24:18 > 0:24:20an impression
0:24:20 > 0:24:23of a George II sideboard.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26- Wouldn't that be a bit brown? - No, not in my paintings, baby.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28Hey, slap it on quick, David,
0:24:28 > 0:24:31because your celebrities have arrived.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33- Hey, how are you doing? - Good morning!
0:24:33 > 0:24:34Morning, morning.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37Later, they'll be heading into Kent for an auction close to Dartford,
0:24:37 > 0:24:41but our next stop is just around the corner in Battersea...
0:24:44 > 0:24:46..where our chef is feeling the heat.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48I'm a little bit nervous.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51Speaking to Anne, she said, "Oh, yes, we bought four things."
0:24:51 > 0:24:54I'm thinking, "Hold on a minute, we've only got one."
0:24:54 > 0:24:57Ainsley, today is my birthday.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00- We have no issues whatsoever. - All right, then.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04I wouldn't mind a bit of really old, cool, kitchen equipment,
0:25:04 > 0:25:06- something really unusual.- OK.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08I want to go wacky today.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11- Let's go nuts.- OK.- OK, deal?
0:25:11 > 0:25:12Absolutely, let's go nuts.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14Well, the others did yesterday.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17At least our celebrity should feel right at home, though,
0:25:17 > 0:25:21because Ainsley's lived in this corner of "Saff" London.
0:25:21 > 0:25:22Can I say hello?
0:25:22 > 0:25:24- Hello! - I could fit in the back there!
0:25:24 > 0:25:25Yeah, why don't you?
0:25:25 > 0:25:27Can't really beat the Spiders, can you?
0:25:27 > 0:25:29No, she's a beauty.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31- And you look lovely.- Aww, thank you.
0:25:31 > 0:25:33As do you.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35Friendly round here, aren't they?
0:25:35 > 0:25:38Gah, it looks a bit of a TARDIS, Ains.
0:25:38 > 0:25:39Oh, wow. Oh!
0:25:41 > 0:25:43Ah, so that's obviously a shoe last,
0:25:43 > 0:25:46so you put that in your shoes, either to make them or stretch them.
0:25:46 > 0:25:48Is there anything on the top of it?
0:25:48 > 0:25:51Let's have a little look. What's that? Size ten.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54- Size- ten. What size feet are you?
0:25:54 > 0:25:56- 13.- Really?
0:25:56 > 0:25:58Plenty of vintage in here.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00Quite a bit of kitchenalia too,
0:26:00 > 0:26:02but Ainsley's come over all nostalgic.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04This used to be a sawmill.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06So where did they used to do the sawmilling?
0:26:06 > 0:26:09All the big planks of wood would be standing up here
0:26:09 > 0:26:11and they used to cut it,
0:26:11 > 0:26:13bits of sawdust would fly off, and that's what I wanted.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15I'd come down, collect the sawdust,
0:26:15 > 0:26:18and that would go on the bottom of the rabbit's cage.
0:26:18 > 0:26:19So what was the rabbit called?
0:26:19 > 0:26:22I had Tokie Joy, Jumper Tokie Joy, I had Petrona,
0:26:22 > 0:26:24which was my mother's name.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27- IN WEST INDIAN ACCENT:- "How could you name the rabbit after me?"
0:26:27 > 0:26:28THEY LAUGH
0:26:28 > 0:26:29Quite.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31Back to the shopping.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34Gosh, this looks like, oh, a patent-type teapot. Wow!
0:26:34 > 0:26:39So look at that wonderful bulge, if you like, at the bottom.
0:26:39 > 0:26:40What does that indicate, that bulge?
0:26:40 > 0:26:42That would have been the strainer.
0:26:42 > 0:26:44Usually, the strainer is on the side of the teapot,
0:26:44 > 0:26:46so this probably some sort of patent.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48Yeah, look, "Patent self-pouring."
0:26:48 > 0:26:50It's a Doulton one, so great name to have.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52I think it's very, very quirky.
0:26:52 > 0:26:54- I like it.- Good start.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57About time Ainsley chose something, though, isn't it?
0:26:57 > 0:26:58Oh, look!
0:26:58 > 0:27:01That's rather lovely, isn't it? You know what,
0:27:01 > 0:27:03from here it looks like it's been hand-stitched as well,
0:27:03 > 0:27:06so, so often you see these and they've just been machine-made
0:27:06 > 0:27:07and they're a bit soulless.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09I love that, I'd take that, I think that's beautiful.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12- Shall we try for that? - Yeah, is it open?
0:27:12 > 0:27:14BOTH: Oh!
0:27:14 > 0:27:19- Are we allowed to go in?- I don't know.- Oh, look that's beautiful.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22I would say this is probably 1950s,
0:27:22 > 0:27:27maybe slightly earlier, 1940s, 1950s, and somebody has literally sat
0:27:27 > 0:27:28and embroidered this.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30I love that. How much has it got on it?
0:27:30 > 0:27:33£55. OK, that's not too out of the way.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36- What do you think?- I just want to see if we can get anything.
0:27:36 > 0:27:37Hello? Excuse me.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39- Is this your section?- Yes.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42- I'm Christina, hi. What's your name?- Jenny.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44Come over here, Jenny.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47- That's OK. We really like this. - No, we don't!
0:27:47 > 0:27:50Sorry, I think this is the worst thing I've ever seen.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54And I'm looking for a shoe polisher
0:27:54 > 0:27:57and I just thought this would be really great.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59More importantly, Jenny, it's 55,
0:27:59 > 0:28:02but got we've a bit of a budget issue here.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05- Right.- Really, at auction, we'd be looking, if at all possible,
0:28:05 > 0:28:09to purchase it in the region of maybe £20 to £30 to stand us a chance
0:28:09 > 0:28:12of making a profit and hopefully appealing to textiles collectors.
0:28:12 > 0:28:15I'm happy to give it to you for 30, cos I'd love you to do well
0:28:15 > 0:28:17- and make a profit.- Brilliant!
0:28:17 > 0:28:18Thank you so much.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21Thank you, really appreciate that, thank you.
0:28:21 > 0:28:23Oh, you've just bought yourself a handbag.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25I'm sorry, it's not very manly, is it?
0:28:25 > 0:28:26It suits you. "Ooh, darling!"
0:28:26 > 0:28:29Lady Bracknell, isn't it? "A handbag?!"
0:28:29 > 0:28:32Second buy "in the bag".
0:28:32 > 0:28:35they're not exactly big spenders, those two, are they?
0:28:35 > 0:28:37Jenny's calling the dealer about the teapot,
0:28:37 > 0:28:39but Ainsley's already got his eye on something else.
0:28:39 > 0:28:41What on Earth are you doing up there?
0:28:41 > 0:28:44I tell you what, you'd have thought that I'd come up for this lamp,
0:28:44 > 0:28:47but I'm actually interested in the hanging lady.
0:28:47 > 0:28:51- Let's have a look.- Look! - Oh, my goodness me!
0:28:51 > 0:28:53- She's fab, isn't she? - Oh, yeah.- Look at that.
0:28:55 > 0:28:56Superb, well done.
0:28:56 > 0:28:57Isn't she wonderful?
0:28:57 > 0:28:59Wonderful. OK, so what is she made of?
0:28:59 > 0:29:01She looks like she's some sort of plaster,
0:29:01 > 0:29:04so plaster plaque, obviously to go on the wall.
0:29:04 > 0:29:07- She's just wonderful - sort of wild abandon, isn't she?- Yes!
0:29:07 > 0:29:10Obviously, stark naked, which is fantastic.
0:29:10 > 0:29:12She's really quite cool, I like that.
0:29:12 > 0:29:15Looks to me like Art Deco would be quite controversial for that,
0:29:15 > 0:29:17so I'm thinking probably later than the 1930s.
0:29:17 > 0:29:20But what's the price, I wonder.
0:29:20 > 0:29:2132.
0:29:21 > 0:29:2332? Well, that doesn't seem bad.
0:29:23 > 0:29:27- I think she's wonderful. She's a real talking point, isn't she?- I think so.
0:29:27 > 0:29:30I love her smiley face, look at her face.
0:29:30 > 0:29:31She's smiling!
0:29:31 > 0:29:34I think there'll be a few blushes in the auction room.
0:29:34 > 0:29:35I think there might be.
0:29:35 > 0:29:36Hey, let's make 'em blush.
0:29:38 > 0:29:41He's got to close the deal. Come on, boy.
0:29:41 > 0:29:43Hello, Denise, it's Ainsley Harriott. How are you?
0:29:44 > 0:29:48Lovely. We walked into the shop and we saw the lovely hanging lady there
0:29:48 > 0:29:49and I thought she was just delightful
0:29:49 > 0:29:51and my budget's a bit tight, though.
0:29:51 > 0:29:55If I said to you £25, how would you feel about that?
0:29:55 > 0:29:57Go ahead? OK, thank you very much indeed.
0:29:57 > 0:29:59Really, really appreciate that.
0:29:59 > 0:30:00Thank you so much.
0:30:00 > 0:30:03Thank you, bye-bye.
0:30:03 > 0:30:06Yay! Well done, Ains. Fantastic.
0:30:06 > 0:30:08You've got to love her.
0:30:08 > 0:30:10Go for a spin, girl, go for a spin.
0:30:10 > 0:30:12- Whoo!- There you go.
0:30:12 > 0:30:13Oh, do be careful!
0:30:13 > 0:30:14She look a bit delicate to me.
0:30:14 > 0:30:17- You're not allowed to take her home. - I know, I'd love it.
0:30:17 > 0:30:18I'll take your money, though.
0:30:18 > 0:30:20Oh, yeah, yeah!
0:30:20 > 0:30:23- It's all yours. - Well, it's not mine, unfortunately.
0:30:24 > 0:30:26Still got over £300 left.
0:30:29 > 0:30:32Not so their free-spending opponents,
0:30:32 > 0:30:34heading for the City of Westminster and a tea break.
0:30:36 > 0:30:39Welcome to Britain's oldest tearoom,
0:30:39 > 0:30:41founded in 1706 by the man who changed
0:30:41 > 0:30:44the drinking habits of a nation.
0:30:44 > 0:30:48- Are you Philippa? - I'm Philippa, pleased to meet you.
0:30:48 > 0:30:51- Hello, Anne. - And you've got a royal warrant.
0:30:51 > 0:30:54That was granted by Queen Victoria in 1837,
0:30:54 > 0:30:56the first year of her reign.
0:30:56 > 0:30:59- So she liked a nice cup of tea. - She did like a nice cup of tea.
0:30:59 > 0:31:03She did like a nice cup of tea and, of course, we've been very fortunate
0:31:03 > 0:31:06to hold the royal warrant for every single successive monarch since.
0:31:06 > 0:31:07Is this the real thing?
0:31:07 > 0:31:10This is the real thing, yeah. The real deal.
0:31:10 > 0:31:12But back at the start of the 18th century,
0:31:12 > 0:31:15when the company was founded by Thomas Twining,
0:31:15 > 0:31:19tea was the new beverage in a market dominated by coffee.
0:31:19 > 0:31:21These coffee houses were nothing like the ones
0:31:21 > 0:31:22that we have in the high street today.
0:31:22 > 0:31:23A bit raucous, weren't they?
0:31:23 > 0:31:27They were quite raucous, definitely the preserve of men only.
0:31:27 > 0:31:31No self-respecting woman would be seen dead in a coffee shop,
0:31:31 > 0:31:33these dens of almost iniquity.
0:31:37 > 0:31:39When Twining took over Tom's Coffee House,
0:31:39 > 0:31:41he added tea to the menu,
0:31:41 > 0:31:44having discovered it whilst working for the East India Company.
0:31:44 > 0:31:46He soon found the drink was a hit
0:31:46 > 0:31:49with both the gentlemen and the ladies.
0:31:49 > 0:31:50So Thomas was quite astute.
0:31:50 > 0:31:52He saw an opportunity,
0:31:52 > 0:31:55because the ladies were actually sending their menservants in
0:31:55 > 0:31:56to purchase tea
0:31:56 > 0:31:59and they were waiting outside in their sedan chairs,
0:31:59 > 0:32:02which is why he purchased properties next door
0:32:02 > 0:32:06and he actually turned that into a retail environment,
0:32:06 > 0:32:09so that way, the ladies could, with propriety,
0:32:09 > 0:32:12come in and buy their own tea.
0:32:12 > 0:32:14- Knew his marketing skills.- He did.
0:32:16 > 0:32:17Within a few years,
0:32:17 > 0:32:21the drink from China had become a staple of British drinking habits.
0:32:21 > 0:32:25It was first introduced by the Portuguese queen of Charles II
0:32:25 > 0:32:29and this brick is how Chinese tea would have looked back then.
0:32:29 > 0:32:33China had the monopoly on the tea trade
0:32:33 > 0:32:36- and had been drinking it for millennia.- Thousands of years.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39Do they compress it purely for transportation purposes?
0:32:39 > 0:32:40To get as much in the hold as possible?
0:32:40 > 0:32:44- Yes, that would have been one of the main reasons.- Can we touch that?
0:32:44 > 0:32:45You could touch it, yes.
0:32:45 > 0:32:49You can see a few of the individual tea leaves that are compressed in.
0:32:49 > 0:32:51- Is it heavy?- It is quite heavy.
0:32:52 > 0:32:54Crumbs, it is. It is a brick!
0:32:54 > 0:32:57Philippa's an accomplished tea blender
0:32:57 > 0:32:59who gets to taste an awful lot of tea,
0:32:59 > 0:33:03and she's prepared a few choice brews for Anne and David to sample.
0:33:03 > 0:33:06First two that we have here are teas which you could have found
0:33:06 > 0:33:08back in the early days of the shop.
0:33:08 > 0:33:11So this is tea how it would have tasted all those years ago?
0:33:11 > 0:33:14- Yeah, it hasn't changed, really. - What's the etiquette, what do you do?
0:33:14 > 0:33:16- When we're tasting...- Drink it!
0:33:16 > 0:33:17I don't normally drink tea with a spoon!
0:33:17 > 0:33:20Oh, you're very common, aren't you?
0:33:20 > 0:33:25So when we're tasting, we will take a measure of tea and basically...
0:33:26 > 0:33:29- ..slurp it or Hoover it up. - Do you have to make a noise?
0:33:30 > 0:33:33- You don't have to. - She said Hoover it up!
0:33:33 > 0:33:34- LOUD SLURPING - Oh, my...!
0:33:34 > 0:33:35That was a bit of a shock!
0:33:35 > 0:33:38- It really helps to aerate the tea. - Aren't you supposed to spit it out?
0:33:38 > 0:33:42- Ideally, yes.- But please don't. - Please don't, no.
0:33:42 > 0:33:44I like that. I'll have another bit.
0:33:44 > 0:33:46This is a gunpowder green tea. It's quite strong.
0:33:46 > 0:33:48SHE SLURPS LOUDLY
0:33:48 > 0:33:50If you don't mind me saying, Philippa,
0:33:50 > 0:33:52I think I'd be quite embarrassed to take you out for a cup of tea
0:33:52 > 0:33:55- to a nice little tearoom somewhere. - I know, I know.
0:33:55 > 0:33:58- We wouldn't go down very well. - It's actually quite difficult to do.
0:33:58 > 0:34:00- Years of training goes into it? - Years of training.
0:34:00 > 0:34:03- 600 cups of tea a day, so... - 600?!
0:34:03 > 0:34:06Perfect opportunity for practising the slurping.
0:34:06 > 0:34:09And this is a black tea. Both from China, because at this time,
0:34:09 > 0:34:11all tea came from China.
0:34:11 > 0:34:13- Let's just hear you give it a good slurp.- I've tried.
0:34:13 > 0:34:16It's not easy, you know! QUIET SLURP
0:34:16 > 0:34:19- Oh, that was rubbish!- That was very delicate.- That was rubbish!
0:34:19 > 0:34:21- Very ladylike. - LOUD SLURP
0:34:21 > 0:34:24Oh, well done! LOUD SLURP
0:34:24 > 0:34:25How does she do it?!
0:34:25 > 0:34:29Well, I think those two should now be suitably refreshed for one
0:34:29 > 0:34:30last shop.
0:34:30 > 0:34:32Hey, hot pants!
0:34:34 > 0:34:37Although, Ainsley and Christina have got a head start,
0:34:37 > 0:34:40down beyond Tower Bridge at Greenwich.
0:34:40 > 0:34:43once a favourite borough of the Tudors,
0:34:43 > 0:34:46Greenwich was where Henry VIII was born, in 1491.
0:34:46 > 0:34:50Some even claim it was the site of the legendary puddle where
0:34:50 > 0:34:53Sir Walter Raleigh threw down his cloak for Good Queen Bess.
0:34:55 > 0:34:57There we go. Perfect.
0:34:57 > 0:34:59Well done, we're here!
0:34:59 > 0:35:02- It's that kind of place! - THEY CHUCKLE
0:35:02 > 0:35:05- Hello.- Christina, nice to meet you. - I'm Christina. What is your name?
0:35:05 > 0:35:08- I'm Toby.- Toby, nice to meet you. This is Ainsley.- Hello, Tony.
0:35:08 > 0:35:12- How are you, mate?- Toby!- Toby. I apologise.- That's all right. Looking very dapper.
0:35:12 > 0:35:15I'm looking forward to looking round the shop.
0:35:15 > 0:35:18- Oh.- Oh, sorry. It's all go in here! - There's stock coming in! I like it!
0:35:18 > 0:35:20In and out all day long.
0:35:20 > 0:35:23Those two desperately need another couple of buys
0:35:23 > 0:35:26and they might have come to just the right shop.
0:35:26 > 0:35:28Start in the retro room?
0:35:32 > 0:35:36Hey! It's like we've walked into Austin Powers' sitting room!
0:35:36 > 0:35:39Yeah, baby!
0:35:39 > 0:35:42Hey, lots of smashing stuff, including those chairs.
0:35:42 > 0:35:44Do they look familiar?
0:35:44 > 0:35:48These are really quite modern design classics, aren't they?
0:35:48 > 0:35:51Are they comfy? THEY CHUCKLE
0:35:51 > 0:35:53It's all right. Why, thank you!
0:35:53 > 0:35:55Groovy!
0:35:55 > 0:35:57What can you do them for?
0:35:57 > 0:36:00- Normally, I'm a 10% person, but... - Oh, no! Boo!
0:36:00 > 0:36:02But I'll do a little bit better.
0:36:02 > 0:36:04I'll take 100 off.
0:36:04 > 0:36:07- How about 250? - I tell you what, yeah.
0:36:07 > 0:36:10Yeah, if you really want to go for them, they're a lovely set.
0:36:10 > 0:36:14- Ainsley, we said we wanted to buy furniture. We said we wanted to buy big.- You know?
0:36:14 > 0:36:17I'm not sure Ainsley's completely convinced. What about those?
0:36:17 > 0:36:21Christina's choice again. Trendy theme though.
0:36:21 > 0:36:23They're from about 1900, baker's shop.
0:36:23 > 0:36:27If you look at the back, they're all terracotta, and then glazed.
0:36:27 > 0:36:30- They are rather lovely. - What have you got on those?
0:36:30 > 0:36:33It's 275, but I'm not going to sway a lot on these, I'm afraid.
0:36:33 > 0:36:36It really would be 225 on these. I like them a lot.
0:36:36 > 0:36:39- What do you think?- I'm just a bit worried about the auction room.
0:36:39 > 0:36:42Unless you get specialised people coming along...
0:36:42 > 0:36:45I think people need to be able to come along and look at that and want
0:36:45 > 0:36:47it, need it, as opposed to walk in and think,
0:36:47 > 0:36:51- "Oh, that's interesting." What do you think? - I think they're fab.- Really?- Mm.
0:36:51 > 0:36:54Think of people being really interested in baking...
0:36:54 > 0:36:57- You like these more than the chairs. - I love this!
0:36:57 > 0:37:00They're pretty unique and I love the colours. And I'm colour-blind!
0:37:00 > 0:37:04- What do you do at traffic lights? - Don't stop!
0:37:04 > 0:37:07Like quite a few London drivers, then!
0:37:07 > 0:37:12- Did you say 225?- 225, but I really won't budge, I'm sorry.- Toby!- No!
0:37:12 > 0:37:13- No! No!- Toby...
0:37:13 > 0:37:16- No!- Toby...- Nope.
0:37:16 > 0:37:18- Tobias, actually!- Oh, really?
0:37:18 > 0:37:23What? As in - it'll take more than that "to-buy-us"?
0:37:23 > 0:37:26- Ha! The opposition's arrived. - You recognise that one.- I do.
0:37:26 > 0:37:31- Which means only one thing.- They're already here.- They're in there.
0:37:31 > 0:37:34Don't worry. There's more than enough to go round.
0:37:34 > 0:37:38- But I'm a bit overwhelmed.- Exactly. - I don't know where to look first.
0:37:38 > 0:37:41Just look everywhere. Just keep on looking.
0:37:41 > 0:37:44Plenty of brown furniture so far for those two.
0:37:44 > 0:37:47Might be time to spread the risk a little.
0:37:47 > 0:37:49- I think we've got to go quirky. - Oh, right.
0:37:49 > 0:37:52We've gone sophisticated, refined, real antiques...
0:37:52 > 0:37:54And you want to go quirky now.
0:37:54 > 0:37:58- I think as an auction cheeky lot, a bit quirky.- Quirky it is then!
0:37:58 > 0:38:01You won't get to see the bakery sign though.
0:38:01 > 0:38:04Safely concealed, while the others ponder.
0:38:04 > 0:38:07We said - let's spend money, let's buy cool, let's buy cooking.
0:38:07 > 0:38:10- It ticks every box.- OK.
0:38:10 > 0:38:14He's not going to be easily parted from that cash.
0:38:14 > 0:38:17- Let's go downstairs.- One more look.
0:38:17 > 0:38:21- In the basement, David's found something he likes.- Oh!
0:38:21 > 0:38:24- Nobody can value that.- A naked lady to get put in the garden.
0:38:24 > 0:38:27- I think that's...- Is that meant for driving in the ground.- You know what?
0:38:27 > 0:38:29It's got to be, hasn't it?
0:38:29 > 0:38:32- Yeah.- I think it's like a fertility thing.- Yes.- It's African.
0:38:32 > 0:38:35And that would go in amongst your gladioli.
0:38:35 > 0:38:38Ha! Do you think it would? Would it improve the gladioli?
0:38:38 > 0:38:41- Would it enhance your rhododendrons? - I don't think it would, actually.
0:38:41 > 0:38:45- It's not too rude.- It's not... Sometimes they are very rude.
0:38:45 > 0:38:46It's even got...underwear on.
0:38:46 > 0:38:49- He's wearing a pair of pants. - He is. No, not he, darling.
0:38:49 > 0:38:52- Oh! Oh, it is she! - Yeah.- Oh, I say!
0:38:52 > 0:38:54God, there's another one behind there.
0:38:54 > 0:38:57- Oh! Ooh! He's got bits!- Has he?
0:38:57 > 0:39:00Time for Tobias to come up with a figure for the pair.
0:39:00 > 0:39:04- They are quite rare.- Yeah. - They are not cheap.
0:39:04 > 0:39:06- I'm sorry to say.- Oh, right.
0:39:06 > 0:39:08- How much are they?- They're £350.
0:39:08 > 0:39:12- Oh, right.- Aw!- There we go. - I'm so sorry.- Blimey!
0:39:12 > 0:39:14Ainsley's having a very different sort of dilemma.
0:39:14 > 0:39:18- I know we're looking for large objects at the moment, but... - Have you found anything?
0:39:18 > 0:39:21No, just that little doll I thought was ever so sweet.
0:39:21 > 0:39:25- Which one? This one? - The one at the back there.
0:39:25 > 0:39:27Am I...? Am I barking up the wrong tree here?
0:39:30 > 0:39:31Hm... £3.
0:39:31 > 0:39:34Really?
0:39:34 > 0:39:37Perhaps I just saw that little porcelain face and I just thought...
0:39:37 > 0:39:40- It's looking at me. - It's looking at me!- Take me home!
0:39:40 > 0:39:44- I know.- Shall we leave him there? - Back to the baker's.
0:39:44 > 0:39:48That's him told. Come on, Ainsley! Flash the cash, mate!
0:39:48 > 0:39:52Oh, look at this! VA Marches, RN. Royal Navy.
0:39:52 > 0:39:54Imagine the travels this has been on.
0:39:54 > 0:39:58- Ooh!- Do you think we get the contents as well?- Treasure!
0:39:58 > 0:40:03- Ainsley, look. I think that's our sailor.- Yeah! Might have belonged to him!
0:40:03 > 0:40:08- That's his little brandy bottle there.- Yeah, that's his brandy bottle. And...his handbag.
0:40:08 > 0:40:10His handbag! I know all about that.
0:40:10 > 0:40:13That has got £40 on it. What do you think, my love?
0:40:13 > 0:40:17I think we came in here, we wanted a couple of big items.
0:40:17 > 0:40:20That's 40, I'd like 240.
0:40:20 > 0:40:25It feels like my money, that's why I'm a little bit hesitant about the whole thing.
0:40:25 > 0:40:29I shouldn't be like that, because I have an expert with me.
0:40:29 > 0:40:33And you're guiding me so, we have a fantastic chest,
0:40:33 > 0:40:37- if you want to call it that, a metal chest.- Trunk?- Trunk.
0:40:37 > 0:40:41- I'm sure the dealer won't mind what you call it.- Oh, hello!- Hello, mate.
0:40:41 > 0:40:44- What's your name?- Dave.- Hello, Dave.
0:40:44 > 0:40:45- OK, Ainsley?- You all right?
0:40:45 > 0:40:49It's got £40 on it, is there any movement on that price?
0:40:49 > 0:40:51- Yeah.- Is there?- 35.
0:40:51 > 0:40:53How about 30?
0:40:53 > 0:40:55- Go on, 30.- And a peck on the cheek.
0:40:55 > 0:40:56All right, then!
0:40:56 > 0:41:01- Would that be all right?- Deal, yeah. - You're a gent, Dave.- Deal done. - Thank you very much.- Well done.
0:41:01 > 0:41:05At last, a deal! And Christina's found something to cap it with.
0:41:05 > 0:41:07Can we put that with our trunk?
0:41:08 > 0:41:15- You can put it with the trunk for a fiver.- Oh, hello, sailor!- I'll do a little dance for it!
0:41:15 > 0:41:17LAUGHTER
0:41:19 > 0:41:22So we'll put that in the trunk and include it in our £30.
0:41:22 > 0:41:24That would be amazing.
0:41:24 > 0:41:25Go on, put it in.
0:41:25 > 0:41:28There's certainly treasure in here.
0:41:28 > 0:41:30Depends on how you define it, of course, though.
0:41:30 > 0:41:35- The face!- We're having a little talk here about a thing that might be suitable,
0:41:35 > 0:41:37- it is...- Can I tell you what it is?- Are you serious?
0:41:37 > 0:41:41- Can I tell you what it is?- It looks like a horse and trap type...- That's exactly what it is.
0:41:41 > 0:41:44- From the Victorian period.- Yeah.
0:41:44 > 0:41:48I was going to say, it came off a horse and trap a very long time ago and then it fell on the ground
0:41:48 > 0:41:53- and then it rolled over several times.- And then landed in a ditch and stayed there for 100 years.
0:41:53 > 0:41:55- Then I dug it out!- You dug it out.
0:41:55 > 0:41:57This is going to come up as a surprise in front of an auction room
0:41:57 > 0:42:00and they're going to say "It just looks like a bit of old wotsit."
0:42:00 > 0:42:02Which sounds like pony and trap.
0:42:02 > 0:42:07That is not its original material, because that is not leather.
0:42:07 > 0:42:11- But underneath there...- Is the horse hair.- Is your old... Want to have a feel?- No.
0:42:11 > 0:42:12- Go on!- No!- Have a feel of it!
0:42:12 > 0:42:15- I really don't.- Have a sniff. - I really don't.
0:42:15 > 0:42:21I like it. And I can absolutely see, in a beach house or something, it'd be fantastic.
0:42:21 > 0:42:25But is anyone going to see the potential in that?
0:42:25 > 0:42:28It all depends on the price, I suppose.
0:42:28 > 0:42:30What is it, Toby, is it 30 quid?
0:42:30 > 0:42:33- I'm afraid £40 I'd take on that. - OK.- It's a heck of a risk, but...
0:42:35 > 0:42:37You won't go below 40?
0:42:37 > 0:42:3835, yeah?
0:42:39 > 0:42:41- 35.- I'd love to take a punt.
0:42:41 > 0:42:46- I'd love to see Ainsley's face when he sees what we've bought.- You know what? Exactly. What do you reckon?
0:42:46 > 0:42:51- Yes.- Shall we have it? You've just bought part of a carriage.
0:42:51 > 0:42:53- Toby?- OK.- Good man.
0:42:53 > 0:42:55- Thank you.- I won't throw a horse in with it, I'm afraid.
0:42:55 > 0:42:59- I think we might be flogging a dead horse!- Don't say that!
0:42:59 > 0:43:01Sold for £35.
0:43:01 > 0:43:05Ok, it's safe to uncover that baker's sign now.
0:43:05 > 0:43:07Hopefully do a deal, too. Oops!
0:43:07 > 0:43:12- What is your absolute best price?- My absolute best?
0:43:12 > 0:43:14I'll do 210.
0:43:14 > 0:43:15200, come on, 200.
0:43:15 > 0:43:17£200.
0:43:17 > 0:43:20200, right, this is it, but throw in a massage, right?
0:43:20 > 0:43:22LAUGHTER
0:43:22 > 0:43:24Turn around.
0:43:24 > 0:43:26- Hey, all right!- Ready?
0:43:26 > 0:43:30- 190?- Yeah, 200? - You do hand reflexology!
0:43:30 > 0:43:34Yeah, well done! Keep massaging the man!
0:43:34 > 0:43:36All right, Ainsley, you can stop now!
0:43:36 > 0:43:38Are you convinced?
0:43:38 > 0:43:39For 200?
0:43:41 > 0:43:42You've got a deal.
0:43:45 > 0:43:47It's been a pleasure.
0:43:48 > 0:43:52it's certainly been a struggle, but with the purse strings finally loosened, it's time
0:43:52 > 0:43:57to take a look at what our celebrities and experts have plumped...FORE!
0:43:57 > 0:43:59- Ready, ready, ready, ready? - Ready, go!
0:43:59 > 0:44:02Oh, my gosh!
0:44:02 > 0:44:04Right, interesting.
0:44:04 > 0:44:05I love her.
0:44:05 > 0:44:07I mean I LOVE her!
0:44:07 > 0:44:09LAUGHTER
0:44:09 > 0:44:11- You racy lady, you! - I know!
0:44:11 > 0:44:14- She is lovely! - They didn't blush a bit.
0:44:14 > 0:44:16That looks like a treasure chest,
0:44:16 > 0:44:22- like somebody's treasure chest. - And it really was, for us, because inside of that we found what we think
0:44:22 > 0:44:24could be a picture of the man himself.
0:44:24 > 0:44:26And we also got a hat thrown in as well.
0:44:26 > 0:44:28LAUGHTER
0:44:28 > 0:44:29It fits you perfectly!
0:44:29 > 0:44:33And we bought it in Greenwich, the home of maritime.
0:44:33 > 0:44:34Now for the sign.
0:44:34 > 0:44:41- That...- What do you think it is? - Early 20th century baker's sign is astonishing.
0:44:41 > 0:44:44- I thought it was wonderful. - Ainsley is not convinced. Really?
0:44:44 > 0:44:47- I kept thinking, "Most of our money is going to go on this."
0:44:47 > 0:44:51- Oh, OK. - But the baking thing is really trendy at the moment.
0:44:51 > 0:44:54- That's true. - That's exactly what I told him!
0:44:54 > 0:44:56So, um, excuse me, please!
0:44:56 > 0:45:01- You've got a point there! - Shall I give you a hand, shall I do this one?
0:45:01 > 0:45:03One, two, three go!
0:45:05 > 0:45:06- Oh, wow!- Fab!
0:45:06 > 0:45:07- What is that? - Exactly.
0:45:07 > 0:45:09What do you mean "What is that?"
0:45:09 > 0:45:14We thought, do that up, you could upholster it,
0:45:14 > 0:45:18put a beautiful cushion on it. It could be an unusual seat...
0:45:18 > 0:45:19Very unusual...
0:45:19 > 0:45:23..in a New England beach home
0:45:23 > 0:45:25Let us show you real quality here.
0:45:25 > 0:45:28- This is nice. - We've very proud of this
0:45:28 > 0:45:31A George III 1790 foldover tea table.
0:45:31 > 0:45:34It starts as a table maybe even in your hallway,
0:45:34 > 0:45:38- but your friends come round for tea, apparently...- Yes they do.- ..and the four of you can
0:45:38 > 0:45:44sit down comfortably at a beautifully shaped table with all its little bits and pieces.
0:45:44 > 0:45:46Anne and her furniture, eh?
0:45:46 > 0:45:52OK, so then we go to the sublime to the, frankly, unbelievable...
0:45:52 > 0:45:57- Don't say "ridiculous."- These are 1980s chat show interview chairs.
0:45:57 > 0:46:04- Oh, are they? Are they comfy? - Oh, aren't they? Michael Parkinson, eat your heart out.
0:46:04 > 0:46:10You know, retro, gorgeous, unusual kitchen, unusual breakfast room.
0:46:10 > 0:46:11They are very sturdy.
0:46:11 > 0:46:13LAUGHTER
0:46:14 > 0:46:17But what did they really think?
0:46:17 > 0:46:19They looked very happy when they saw our pony and trap seat.
0:46:19 > 0:46:22Ha-ha-ha, I think they did!
0:46:22 > 0:46:25I didn't believe that Anne was going to like our naked lady!
0:46:25 > 0:46:27I know!
0:46:27 > 0:46:30- I wonder what they're saying about ours. - Something probably really horrible.
0:46:30 > 0:46:36They've taken a risk, they have taken a risk. Brown furniture is not doing very well.
0:46:36 > 0:46:38Their baker's sign is gorgeous.
0:46:38 > 0:46:40That is the worry.
0:46:40 > 0:46:44- That is going to...- Could that go for a lot?- Yes, that will make them or break them.
0:46:44 > 0:46:46# I'm a baker...
0:46:46 > 0:46:48# I'm the baker... #
0:46:48 > 0:46:50We'll be fine!
0:46:51 > 0:46:53After starting out in Berkshire at Maidenhead,
0:46:53 > 0:46:57our celebrities and experts will conclude their Thameside trip
0:46:57 > 0:47:00at an auction in the Kent countryside in Dartford.
0:47:00 > 0:47:04Just off the route pilgrims used to take to Canterbury Cathedral. Bless 'em.
0:47:04 > 0:47:07ANNE: Have you ever been to an auction before?
0:47:07 > 0:47:09- AINSLEY:- I've been to an auction before, but, uh,
0:47:09 > 0:47:12I do worry about, sort of, scratching my nose though.
0:47:12 > 0:47:14"Sold to you, sir!"
0:47:14 > 0:47:16- Anne's driving!- Here we go. Oh, Anne's driving!
0:47:16 > 0:47:21Welcome to Watermans Auction Rooms, where, for 14 years, they've been selling antiques and collectables
0:47:21 > 0:47:23- the old fashioned way. - Right, shall we head on in?
0:47:23 > 0:47:25Are you excited or nervous?
0:47:25 > 0:47:27ANNE: I'm feeling nervous, now.
0:47:27 > 0:47:32Will Anne's brown furniture spree prevail, or will Ainsley's caution,
0:47:32 > 0:47:35combined with Christina's pester power
0:47:35 > 0:47:36prove the winning recipe?
0:47:36 > 0:47:39Let's hear what auctioneer Colin Waterman makes of their lots.
0:47:39 > 0:47:41The baker sign is very unusual.
0:47:41 > 0:47:44Because it is advertising it should do very, very well.
0:47:44 > 0:47:46We're talking about 100 to 200 on a good day.
0:47:46 > 0:47:49There's a Davenport, pretty little thing but they went out of favour
0:47:49 > 0:47:51sort of five, six years ago.
0:47:51 > 0:47:53Brown furniture has had its day.
0:47:53 > 0:47:57And this is the thing of the future, retro.
0:47:59 > 0:48:03Anne and David bought five auction lots, spending £340,
0:48:03 > 0:48:08while Ainsley and Christina bought five auction lots for a total of £310.
0:48:10 > 0:48:12And they are first under the gavel
0:48:12 > 0:48:15with their safe little silver purchase.
0:48:15 > 0:48:17Here we go, here we go, here we go, here we go!
0:48:17 > 0:48:19What shall we say to that, £50 to start me? 40?
0:48:19 > 0:48:2330? You tell me. 30 straight in, thank you.
0:48:23 > 0:48:2530 I have, two anywhere now?
0:48:25 > 0:48:28Lovely silver box for £30. Can I see two?
0:48:28 > 0:48:30Should go for more.
0:48:30 > 0:48:33At £30, it's got to be sold. At £30 are we sure?
0:48:33 > 0:48:36Oh, maiden bid, maiden bid.
0:48:36 > 0:48:38- Never mind...- Profit, is that profit? - That's what you want.
0:48:38 > 0:48:40Yes, it is definitely a profit.
0:48:40 > 0:48:42No complaints.
0:48:42 > 0:48:44Next up, Anne and David's posh coalscuttle.
0:48:44 > 0:48:46If a coalscuttle can ever be posh.
0:48:46 > 0:48:48Dan's going to lift it up, show his muscles.
0:48:48 > 0:48:51What shall we say for that, about 50? 40?
0:48:51 > 0:48:53You tell me. 30 quid then? Go on.
0:48:53 > 0:48:55- Come on!- £30, someone?
0:48:55 > 0:48:5725?
0:48:57 > 0:48:59£20 then.
0:48:59 > 0:49:01Oh, come on, come on!
0:49:01 > 0:49:03Looking for two. Last time at £20.
0:49:03 > 0:49:06- You miserable lot!- 22, 24, 26.
0:49:06 > 0:49:09- Go on!- 28. 30.
0:49:09 > 0:49:12- Go on!- 28 there, 30 anywhere now.
0:49:12 > 0:49:14Looking for £30 again, last time.
0:49:14 > 0:49:17- At 28 it's got to be sold...- Oh, no!
0:49:19 > 0:49:22An even bigger loss after auction costs.
0:49:22 > 0:49:24We're just getting warmed up here.
0:49:24 > 0:49:26- Oh, yeah.- So are we!
0:49:27 > 0:49:31Yeah. Handbags at dawn, eh? Speaking of which...
0:49:31 > 0:49:35We paid £30 for it, there's an estimate of £20 - £22.
0:49:35 > 0:49:38- We've got to get it up more than that.- Well, see what happens.
0:49:38 > 0:49:41Have to do a bit of modelling or something.
0:49:41 > 0:49:43The catwalk won't know what's hit it.
0:49:43 > 0:49:45He's off.
0:49:45 > 0:49:49- The 1940s... - DAVID:- Oh! Oh, I say!
0:49:50 > 0:49:55It looks great with or without glasses, girls. Look at this.
0:49:55 > 0:49:59Start me off at £30, someone. 20 then, for it. Nice vintage handbag.
0:49:59 > 0:50:02- Hold it up, come on.- 15 then. - I'm showing you, look.
0:50:02 > 0:50:04Anyone at 15 on the vintage handbag?
0:50:04 > 0:50:09- 15 I have, 16 anywhere now? - Really is beautiful.
0:50:09 > 0:50:1218, 20. 22. 24.
0:50:12 > 0:50:14ANNE: Go on, Ainsley!
0:50:14 > 0:50:1828, 30. 28 with the lady there, 30 anywhere now?
0:50:18 > 0:50:22Still selling at £20 for the last time now.
0:50:22 > 0:50:24- DAVID:- Oh, but well modelled.
0:50:24 > 0:50:28- The next auction's on the 27th, can you come back?- Yes!
0:50:28 > 0:50:31- Oh, no, we lost money on it! - Oh, did you?
0:50:31 > 0:50:33Well, I'm sure that without modelling it,
0:50:33 > 0:50:35it would have been a lot worse.
0:50:35 > 0:50:37So, are you going to carry around your horse...?
0:50:37 > 0:50:40- Yes, I may well do. - Put it on your back.
0:50:40 > 0:50:43Time for Anne's big fat Georgian gamble.
0:50:43 > 0:50:45Quality, that's what it says.
0:50:45 > 0:50:48And real age as well. Real period age to it.
0:50:48 > 0:50:51But unfortunately as we all know, we are dictated to by fashion.
0:50:51 > 0:50:52I know, I know.
0:50:52 > 0:50:55I think you should sell it with a tin of paint.
0:50:55 > 0:50:57Yeah, to paint and distress it.
0:50:57 > 0:51:00- I know. I know.- Can we see it? It's over there.
0:51:00 > 0:51:04Can you bring it over? He's a strong lad. Go on, Dan, come on, Danny.
0:51:04 > 0:51:07- What can we say for that, 100? - Come on.
0:51:07 > 0:51:09- Come on, guys.- You tell me.
0:51:09 > 0:51:13£70 then. No? Nobody at 70 on it?
0:51:13 > 0:51:17- Come on.- 60? - Not looking good.
0:51:17 > 0:51:20Any interest at all? 40?
0:51:20 > 0:51:2240 I've got. 40 I've got. Five?
0:51:22 > 0:51:25- 50? Five. 60.- Come on, come on.
0:51:25 > 0:51:28Five. 70.
0:51:28 > 0:51:32Five anywhere now? 70 I've still got, looking for five.
0:51:32 > 0:51:34It's got to be sold. At £70...
0:51:34 > 0:51:37Devastating.
0:51:37 > 0:51:38HE SOBS
0:51:38 > 0:51:40That is a blow.
0:51:40 > 0:51:44But someone's got themselves a very nice table.
0:51:44 > 0:51:47How about Ainsley and Christina's piece of maritime history?
0:51:47 > 0:51:51Start me off at, what, £90 for it? 80? You tell me.
0:51:51 > 0:51:54£60 for it, someone start me? Nope? 50?
0:51:54 > 0:51:57- Come on, come on.- Coffee table.
0:51:57 > 0:52:02Coffee table, painted, shabby chic. 45? 40? 30? You tell me.
0:52:02 > 0:52:06Any interest at all? 20? 20 I've got.
0:52:06 > 0:52:09- We'll take that.- 20 I've got. Five anywhere now?
0:52:09 > 0:52:14- 20 I've got. 22. 24. 26, 28. 30. 32.- Go on.
0:52:14 > 0:52:1630, I've got. Two anywhere now?
0:52:16 > 0:52:22On the naval trunk, 32, last time at £32, it's got to be sold.
0:52:22 > 0:52:24Ohhh!
0:52:24 > 0:52:29A tiny profit, but sadly another loss after costs.
0:52:29 > 0:52:32Don't think you'll ever go to another auction again, Ainsley.
0:52:32 > 0:52:35- Can we start again?- I feel like going for a wee. Where's the loo?
0:52:35 > 0:52:39At least the next lot is one of the opposition's. Anne's favourite buy.
0:52:39 > 0:52:44- How much did we buy it for?- £100. It feels very expensive.
0:52:44 > 0:52:48- Can we bring it in?- Give them a hand. Come on, Dan, there we are.
0:52:48 > 0:52:51There we are, son. There we are.
0:52:51 > 0:52:53Very good job.
0:52:53 > 0:52:56- Lovely little thing there. - Hold it up, hold it up.
0:52:56 > 0:52:59What shall we say for that? £100? 90? 80?
0:52:59 > 0:53:01- Come on.- Work the lid, Ainsley.
0:53:01 > 0:53:04- 60 then, 60 I've got. - Come on, everybody.
0:53:04 > 0:53:07Five anywhere now? Thank you. 70.
0:53:07 > 0:53:10- Five.- It's got the ink pot, look.
0:53:10 > 0:53:1280, five. The reserve's a lot more.
0:53:12 > 0:53:16- 80 I've got. Last time, five. 90.- Go on!
0:53:16 > 0:53:2095 I've still got, last time at 95.
0:53:20 > 0:53:25- One more! - 100 I've got. It came back.- Yes!
0:53:25 > 0:53:30- 105. At £100.- I think this is a world-record price.- 100...
0:53:30 > 0:53:33- Thank you.- That's good.
0:53:33 > 0:53:36Good work, Ainsley. I think you saved them.
0:53:36 > 0:53:40- Well done, Ainsley. - Can I hire him out?- Yes!
0:53:40 > 0:53:45Time for his little swinger. But there's bad news.
0:53:45 > 0:53:47- You know our naked lady that you loved?- Yeah.
0:53:47 > 0:53:50We just went over to have a look at her and her foot has come off.
0:53:50 > 0:53:51DAVID: Oh, bless her.
0:53:51 > 0:53:55The auctioneer's given an insurance valuation of £30.
0:53:55 > 0:53:58So there's a small profit guaranteed at least.
0:53:58 > 0:54:0230 quid, 20, ten, you tell me. Ten I've got at the back.
0:54:02 > 0:54:07- 12 anywhere now? 12, 14. - Still like her, don't we?- 20.
0:54:07 > 0:54:1122. 24. 26. 28.
0:54:11 > 0:54:1330. 32.
0:54:13 > 0:54:16- Hang on a minute! - We'll take the price!
0:54:16 > 0:54:20Selling at £32 for the last time...
0:54:20 > 0:54:23I wonder what she'd have made intact, then.
0:54:23 > 0:54:25I don't believe it.
0:54:25 > 0:54:28The best lot of the day is about to perform.
0:54:28 > 0:54:32After all that fine furniture, the runt of the litter.
0:54:32 > 0:54:34- How much do we say for that?- 500?
0:54:34 > 0:54:38Yeah, we'd like to think so, wouldn't we? £100 to start me.
0:54:38 > 0:54:44- Go on.- 90? 80?- The seat lifts up, you can put stuff in it.
0:54:44 > 0:54:46Yeah, I know. I thought that myself, actually.
0:54:46 > 0:54:48£70, start me, then, someone, surely. No?
0:54:48 > 0:54:50Let's have a look at it more.
0:54:50 > 0:54:52- 50? 50 I have got.- Oh, yes. - Not bad.
0:54:52 > 0:54:54Come on, come on.
0:54:54 > 0:54:58Looking for five pounds now. 55, 60. Five.
0:54:58 > 0:55:0070. Five.
0:55:00 > 0:55:04- Go on!- 80. Five.- Unbelievable!
0:55:04 > 0:55:06Last time at 80.
0:55:06 > 0:55:09It's got to be sold. At £80, then?
0:55:09 > 0:55:11Star lot!
0:55:11 > 0:55:13Well done. Really lovely.
0:55:13 > 0:55:15Well, the profit is, certainly.
0:55:15 > 0:55:17David's persuasion paid off.
0:55:17 > 0:55:22- I don't understand it.- And it sold for more than a George III 1790 mahogany foldover.
0:55:22 > 0:55:26- But that's what the market wants, they want quirky.- They want madness.
0:55:26 > 0:55:28They want cupcakes too, apparently.
0:55:28 > 0:55:32Christina twisted Ainsley's arm to buy this but it's risky.
0:55:32 > 0:55:34- I'm really nervous.- I'm nervous.
0:55:34 > 0:55:38Early 20th-century baker's sign. If you saw it over there.
0:55:38 > 0:55:41- And commission bids on this start me straight in.- Oh, oh!
0:55:41 > 0:55:43- At £145.- Oh!- Do I see 150?
0:55:43 > 0:55:47145 I have. 150 anywhere?
0:55:47 > 0:55:51- 145 I've still got, 150, last time? - Go on.
0:55:51 > 0:55:54- At £145, I'm going to sell it.- No!
0:55:54 > 0:55:58- At 145...- Go on!
0:55:58 > 0:56:00LAUGHTER
0:56:00 > 0:56:01Oh!
0:56:01 > 0:56:05So, now they've both had one stonking great loss.
0:56:05 > 0:56:07- You win some, you lose some. - You do, it's all fun.
0:56:07 > 0:56:10It's not the winning, Ainsley. It's not the winning.
0:56:10 > 0:56:13- It's the journey, darling. - Oh, yes it is!
0:56:13 > 0:56:16Finally, it comes down to those 1980s chairs.
0:56:16 > 0:56:19I think you should model them. It's our... Will you model them?
0:56:19 > 0:56:23- Yeah, I'll do an Ainsley.- Will you? Are you going to do an Ainsley?
0:56:23 > 0:56:26OK, this is your starring moment, Anne Diamond, go on.
0:56:26 > 0:56:28Anne Diamond herself is going to read the news now.
0:56:28 > 0:56:30I think they're like studio chairs,
0:56:30 > 0:56:32except you can have these in your kitchen.
0:56:32 > 0:56:35Michael Parkinson would sit on a very high stool like this
0:56:35 > 0:56:38and interview Billy Connolly sat on that one.
0:56:38 > 0:56:41And there's... And what's more, they're really comfy.
0:56:41 > 0:56:43- And they're orange.- Yeah.
0:56:43 > 0:56:45You can't miss them and they would go fantastic
0:56:45 > 0:56:47in a retro kitchen or something, wouldn't they?
0:56:47 > 0:56:49- Ta-da!- Well done.
0:56:49 > 0:56:52Well, I'm convinced. What about everyone else, though?
0:56:52 > 0:56:55What are we saying, £80, 70? You tell me. Any interest at all?
0:56:55 > 0:56:58- Shall we start it off? £10? - Oh, my...!
0:56:58 > 0:57:00- Oh, no, they're retro!- 15, 20.
0:57:00 > 0:57:02Five, 30.
0:57:02 > 0:57:04- Come on!- 25 behind.- No! - Looking for 30.
0:57:04 > 0:57:07- 30. Five.- Go on.- 40.
0:57:07 > 0:57:10- Five. 50.- Go on.- Five.
0:57:10 > 0:57:14- 60.- Oh, you're in profit. Well done! - Shhhh! Keep your voice down!
0:57:14 > 0:57:1760 there. Five anywhere now? 60 I have.
0:57:17 > 0:57:21Five? 70. 65 there, 70 anywhere now?
0:57:21 > 0:57:23Last time. You can't get blood out of a stone.
0:57:23 > 0:57:26Believe me, I try every two weeks.
0:57:26 > 0:57:3065 I've got. Selling I am now, last time.
0:57:30 > 0:57:33Cor, Anne's extra efforts ensured a profit.
0:57:33 > 0:57:36That means that she and David are today's victors.
0:57:36 > 0:57:38Gosh almighty.
0:57:38 > 0:57:40That was a ride, wasn't it?
0:57:40 > 0:57:44Ainsley and Christina began with £400.
0:57:44 > 0:57:49And after paying auction costs they made a loss of £91.06,
0:57:49 > 0:57:52leaving them with £308.94.
0:57:52 > 0:57:56Whilst Anne and David, who also started out with £400,
0:57:56 > 0:58:02made, after paying auction costs, a slightly smaller loss of £58.74.
0:58:02 > 0:58:07So, they are today's victors with £341.26.
0:58:07 > 0:58:09- So we've won.- Oh, yay! Well done.
0:58:09 > 0:58:13- Well, we lost less! - It's been great fun though.
0:58:13 > 0:58:16- I've really, really enjoyed it. - It's completely crazy.
0:58:16 > 0:58:20Shall we have a last go in our cars? Come on. The sun is out.
0:58:22 > 0:58:25- Thank you!- I tell you what this has given me a taste for, going out
0:58:25 > 0:58:28- and doing it myself.- Not being frightened to do it.- No.
0:58:28 > 0:58:30- I enjoyed... - Maybe you and I should make a date
0:58:30 > 0:58:35- and go rummage around...- Exactly. - ..on our own one afternoon!