0:00:02 > 0:00:03The nation's favourite celebrities.
0:00:03 > 0:00:05We've got some proper bling here.
0:00:05 > 0:00:06Paired up with an expert.
0:00:06 > 0:00:07What? What?
0:00:07 > 0:00:09And a classic car.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11Put your hands up, girls!
0:00:11 > 0:00:12Their mission?
0:00:12 > 0:00:14To scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:14 > 0:00:16All breakages must be paid for.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18This is a good find, is it not?
0:00:18 > 0:00:19The aim?
0:00:19 > 0:00:21To make the biggest profit at auction.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23But it's no easy ride.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25Who will find a hidden gem?
0:00:25 > 0:00:27Who will take the biggest risks?
0:00:27 > 0:00:29I've got to have my antiques head on.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32Will anybody follow expert advice?
0:00:32 > 0:00:34It's horrible!
0:00:34 > 0:00:35There will be worthy winners...
0:00:35 > 0:00:37This is better than Christmas!
0:00:37 > 0:00:39..and valiant losers.
0:00:39 > 0:00:40Sorry.
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!
0:00:52 > 0:00:55On today's show, we have a prized pair of gardening gurus
0:00:55 > 0:00:57of British TV and radio,
0:00:57 > 0:01:00Christine Walkden and Matthew Biggs.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02So how long have we known each other?
0:01:02 > 0:01:06Well, I've known ABOUT you for years and years.
0:01:06 > 0:01:10People used to talk about Christine Walkden the compost queen.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16Christine and Matthew will zoom about town and country
0:01:16 > 0:01:18in a 1974 Rover P6.
0:01:20 > 0:01:24Being in a car like this, you can smell the leather
0:01:24 > 0:01:26and the sound of the engine.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28I mean, she's sweet, though, isn't she?
0:01:28 > 0:01:29She is, she's very, very good.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34Christine is a regular gardening expert on TV and radio.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37She famously opened her back garden to
0:01:37 > 0:01:41millions of viewers on the BBC series Christine's Garden.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44For a lot of people, when a plant goes absolutely down,
0:01:44 > 0:01:49they pour gallons and gallons of water on it. It doesn't need it.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52Now the temperature's cooler,
0:01:52 > 0:01:53up she comes again.
0:01:53 > 0:01:57Daredevil Christine has even taken to the skies in a hot-air balloon
0:01:57 > 0:02:00for Glorious Gardens From Above.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02Look at the walled garden.
0:02:02 > 0:02:03Oh, the colour!
0:02:03 > 0:02:08Matthew is a regular on Radio 4's Gardeners' Question Time
0:02:08 > 0:02:11and trained at Kew's Royal Botanic Gardens.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14Matthew first graced our screens back in the '90s
0:02:14 > 0:02:17on The Really Useful Show.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20Hot, sunny spaces, people often think you can't grow anything there
0:02:20 > 0:02:22that's decent, but you can.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24Lovely aromatic plants, because not only do you get a good shape,
0:02:24 > 0:02:26say, from these lavenders...
0:02:26 > 0:02:29- You must touch them. You must always stroke those plants. - Can I have a feel?
0:02:29 > 0:02:34And he's appeared with Christine at the Hampton Court Flower Show.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36What do you have to do to become a collection holder?
0:02:36 > 0:02:41You have to be absolutely passionate about the group of plants that you're growing.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44In this competition, they'll be armed with £400 each
0:02:44 > 0:02:49but how long will these good chums stay friendly?
0:02:49 > 0:02:52How competitive do think we're going to be, Christine?
0:02:52 > 0:02:54- I'm going to beat you.- Are you?
0:02:54 > 0:02:56I'm going to beat you, Biggsy!
0:02:56 > 0:02:59Are you, now? Oh, really, really, really.
0:02:59 > 0:03:00Watch out, Biggsy!
0:03:02 > 0:03:05Keeping an eye on proceedings are today's experts,
0:03:05 > 0:03:08auctioneer James Braxton and dealer David Harper.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13They're behind the wheel of the 1965 Sunbeam Tiger.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20- This is a throaty beast, isn't it, James?- It is, listen.
0:03:20 > 0:03:21ENGINE ROARS
0:03:23 > 0:03:24I'm still in second.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26Easy, tiger.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30Do you know about Matt and Christine?
0:03:30 > 0:03:32I do. They're very well-known gardeners.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35- Are you into gardening? - I do, I love gardening.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38- Do you?- I do.- Tell me about your gardening.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40Well, it's green and brown.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43- Is that all right?- That's exactly... That's where I am with gardening.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46Whilst over in the sedate Rover...
0:03:46 > 0:03:50I'm going to use my intuitive female skills!
0:03:52 > 0:03:54To outdo you.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56You've got your work cut out, Matt.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00Our trip begins in the Northamptonshire town of Brackley,
0:04:00 > 0:04:03moving northwards to the town of Northampton,
0:04:03 > 0:04:06snaking south through central Bedfordshire,
0:04:06 > 0:04:10towards that decisive auction in Greenwich, Greater London.
0:04:18 > 0:04:19Good morning, hello, Matt.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21We got here safely! Look.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23I'm in one piece.
0:04:23 > 0:04:27- It's nice, nice to meet you. - James, how are you?- Hi.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30Christine's a self-confessed petrolhead.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32It's inspection time.
0:04:32 > 0:04:33Look at this!
0:04:33 > 0:04:36ENGINE STARTS
0:04:44 > 0:04:45'Ey, what a beast!
0:04:45 > 0:04:46That is a proper engine.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48Come on, let's have a look at this one.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50This is unusual.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52That's it.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55- DAVID:- Are we ever going to buy some antiques, or what?- In a bit.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57ENGINE STARTS
0:04:59 > 0:05:03- She's smooth. Listen to that. - MATTHEW:- This is very smooth.
0:05:03 > 0:05:04Quite a different sound, isn't it?
0:05:04 > 0:05:07- I've already made my mind up.- OK.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10I am going with a classic racing-car green.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12Ah...
0:05:12 > 0:05:15Looks like they've chosen their experts too.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18And your jacket matches!
0:05:18 > 0:05:20Good man.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22And them with their trousers.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24Team Trousers. We're...
0:05:24 > 0:05:26Classics.
0:05:26 > 0:05:27Cheeky!
0:05:27 > 0:05:29- JAMES:- Come on, let's go and find something.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31Ahem... The bonnet?
0:05:33 > 0:05:36Our excitable road-trippers are sharing their first shop of the day.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39Brackley Antiques Seller is perhaps the largest
0:05:39 > 0:05:41antiques centre in the Midlands.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43Good luck dealing with this foursome!
0:05:43 > 0:05:46- Look at this. - Here we go, look at this.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48- Goodness. - It's vast, isn't it?
0:05:48 > 0:05:52- We should be able to buy something here.- Well, we should hope so!
0:05:52 > 0:05:55Hello, welcome to Brackley Antiques.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57- Hi, I'm Christine.- James.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00I'm Matt, nice to meet you. Lovely to see you.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02- I like your jacket, very resplendent in colour.- Yeah.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04- Fuchsia, isn't it?- It's fuchsia.
0:06:04 > 0:06:08And what do we have behind? The best pair of trousers in the building.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10- CHRISTINE:- Look at this.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13This is a man with style! Good to meet you.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16- CHRISTINE:- It's a shame you haven't got green on, then you could be a traffic...
0:06:16 > 0:06:17You must be Marigold.
0:06:19 > 0:06:20Manners, James.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25James and Christine are first out of the starting blocks.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27Any Braxton top tips?
0:06:27 > 0:06:32So the cheaper items are very often in the cheap seats in the back row.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34OK, right. You're in the know.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36Yeah, I am in the know. I've done it before.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38Yeah, just a few times!
0:06:38 > 0:06:40Here we are, look.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42You could plant that up!
0:06:42 > 0:06:44Perfection!
0:06:44 > 0:06:46It would make a great hanging basket!
0:06:46 > 0:06:48THEY LAUGH
0:06:48 > 0:06:51- Hang somewhere else, as well. - Absolutely!
0:06:51 > 0:06:54Can Debbie point them in the right direction?
0:06:54 > 0:06:56- I spotted it this morning.- No.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58It's got a floral theme to it.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01- Floral?- Look.
0:07:01 > 0:07:02- Look at that.- Papier-mache.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05What is that, papier-mache?
0:07:05 > 0:07:07It's £20. I mean...
0:07:07 > 0:07:09- Quite a few years ago... - What, for all that?
0:07:09 > 0:07:14Now, papier-mache, Christine, is generally made in Birmingham.
0:07:14 > 0:07:18- OK.- So you know Birmingham was the sort of workshop of the world?- Yeah.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21The Victorians loved papier-mache
0:07:21 > 0:07:23and one of the top manufacturers
0:07:23 > 0:07:27of the time was Birmingham-based factory Jennens and Bettridge.
0:07:27 > 0:07:30I'll tell you what's nice about that,
0:07:30 > 0:07:33- the colours are very bright.- Mmm.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36I would say, Debbie, you have found us a winner.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38Lovely hand-painted... Are these chrysanthemums?
0:07:38 > 0:07:40- Yeah.- Yeah, come on...
0:07:40 > 0:07:43No, Christine, we only want Latin, please.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45- POSH ACCENT:- Yes... Oh, chrysanthemum.
0:07:45 > 0:07:46THEY LAUGH
0:07:48 > 0:07:50That's what it is, mate!
0:07:50 > 0:07:53On this occasion, it's chrysanthemum.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55That shuts me up, doesn't it?
0:07:55 > 0:07:56That shuts me up.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58That'll be a first!
0:07:58 > 0:08:00I think, are we going to...
0:08:00 > 0:08:03I think we want to haggle.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05Yeah, I think we could haggle.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07Yeah, I could ask the dealer for you.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10If you speak to John and say you've got this interesting
0:08:10 > 0:08:12Northerner that's as tight as hell
0:08:12 > 0:08:15that would like to sort of make an offer,
0:08:15 > 0:08:18but it needs to be a really good, low offer.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20Right, will do.
0:08:22 > 0:08:26What will they talk about while they wait for Debbie to return?
0:08:26 > 0:08:30Though we identify plants via the sexual part of the flower,
0:08:30 > 0:08:32- we need...- Steady, Christine.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35Hey, no, a bit of sex in the garden, mate.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37You need to pull all the bits
0:08:37 > 0:08:40and have a look at their sexy bits to really help get it right.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42Blimey!
0:08:42 > 0:08:44- You have to look.- I'm blushing.
0:08:44 > 0:08:48That's good. How often does a female make you blush, these days?
0:08:48 > 0:08:51Thankfully, here comes Debbie.
0:08:51 > 0:08:52Here's our lady.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55- I've had a word with the lovely John.- Good.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57Does he appreciate he's got a tight-fisted Northerner?
0:08:57 > 0:08:59- He does, yes.- Excellent, good!
0:08:59 > 0:09:03He's come down to 15, which I think is...
0:09:03 > 0:09:06- 15, yeah, I think that's... - I think that's fair.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08- I think you've got a deal. - Okey-doke.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11- Well done.- First lot. - You are really kind.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13- Good.- Well done.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15The first item is in the bag.
0:09:15 > 0:09:19The 1890s papier-mache dressing set for £15.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24What about David and Matthew?
0:09:24 > 0:09:26I love the way things just jump out at you.
0:09:26 > 0:09:30- It is quite extraordinary, isn't it? - I don't know what you're looking at here.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33A mass of artefacts but I'm looking at this.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36- It's quite heavy.- OK. - I'm not even quite sure...
0:09:36 > 0:09:41Depending on which angle you look at it, is it a flattened hippo?
0:09:41 > 0:09:43You feel the weight of that.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45- I see.- It's hollow.- It's soapstone.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48Soapstone being a stone but it is quite soft and
0:09:48 > 0:09:52so it's very easily chipped and damaged.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54That's the thing with it.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56But easy to work.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59Is it a hippo? Are you a hippo?
0:09:59 > 0:10:02A don't think he speaks, you know.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04It's actually stone, it's probably African.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06Southern African.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09The Shona people, particularly in Zimbabwe,
0:10:09 > 0:10:11are incredible carvers.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13I like it.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15It's a very interesting thing. Shall we go and see the guys?
0:10:15 > 0:10:19- You carry, because you're responsible.- Thank you.
0:10:19 > 0:10:23- I think it ought to have a name, as well.- We'll definitely name him!
0:10:23 > 0:10:25First let's find Jim to talk money.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27Jim with the pants. Hello, Jim.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30- Hello.- Good to see you again. - And you.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33- Right.- Now, Jim, when I was walking through,
0:10:33 > 0:10:35this beauty caught my eye.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37He's lovely.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39Don't say too many nice things about him.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41The ticket price is £28.
0:10:41 > 0:10:45I noticed the price has been knocked down already
0:10:45 > 0:10:48so you've done it already. I want you to knock it down again for me.
0:10:48 > 0:10:49Can you do that, Jim?
0:10:49 > 0:10:52I may have to ring the dealer and see what the best... offer we can get on it.
0:10:52 > 0:10:56Matthew, have you done this before?
0:10:56 > 0:10:58And, as for that all-important name,
0:10:58 > 0:11:01Matthew's favourite tree, of course.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04- So this is Jacaranda. - Jacaranda, perfect.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07He says, for you, he will do it for £15.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09Oh...
0:11:09 > 0:11:1115, you can't negotiate.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13That's fantastic. Thank you very much.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15Thank you very much, that's great.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17Come on, Jacaranda, my first purchase.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20- And my favourite tree.- Oh, lovely. - A jacaranda tree.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22It takes me back, happy days.
0:11:22 > 0:11:26Jacaranda the soapstone hippo for £15. Well done, Matthew.
0:11:29 > 0:11:33Now, dare we go back to Christine and James?
0:11:33 > 0:11:34Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho...
0:11:34 > 0:11:37Hi-ho, hi-ho...
0:11:37 > 0:11:40- Look at that.- Is that any good? Robust fellow.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43Look at that. You can't buy them like this, you know.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45It's something we do professionally but that...
0:11:45 > 0:11:47I mean...
0:11:47 > 0:11:49Beautiful.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52I think we need a bit of focus.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54James, any ideas?
0:11:54 > 0:11:55I like the bus-stop sign, as well.
0:11:55 > 0:11:56That's nice.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00We're going to London.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02You've got to think trendy.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04Oh, OK.
0:12:04 > 0:12:05What have they got on it?
0:12:05 > 0:12:0667 quid?
0:12:08 > 0:12:10It might be somebody's lucky bus, mightn't it?
0:12:10 > 0:12:13Does that do...? You've gone quiet, Christine.
0:12:13 > 0:12:14Does that do anything for you?
0:12:14 > 0:12:17Do you think we're going to make anything on it?
0:12:17 > 0:12:19Not at 65.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21If we spoke to the powers that be,
0:12:21 > 0:12:23what do you think?
0:12:23 > 0:12:25- I'll try for you.- Cheeky offer.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27What sort of price were you thinking?
0:12:27 > 0:12:29Well, you know me.
0:12:29 > 0:12:34You know me. I'm going to be cheeky and say 35.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37I can put the question.
0:12:37 > 0:12:38Do you think?
0:12:38 > 0:12:40Or should I be bidding 45?
0:12:40 > 0:12:44- I'll ask them first what their best price is and then...- Yeah.
0:12:45 > 0:12:49Debbie finds out the best price from the dealer for the sign.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51Have you spoken to the people?
0:12:51 > 0:12:53Yes.
0:12:53 > 0:12:54And how does 45 sound?
0:12:54 > 0:12:5645, how does that sound?
0:12:56 > 0:12:58That sounds good to me. Yeah.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00- 45?- Done.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03A pleasure doing a deal with you, madam.
0:13:03 > 0:13:0460 quid.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07The bus-stop sign for £45
0:13:07 > 0:13:10and the papier-mache dressing-table set for 15.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13- Look at that.- There you are.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15Careful with that, James.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21David and Matthew are still having a scout around.
0:13:21 > 0:13:26I saw this box and I think I noticed it because it says "corned beef".
0:13:26 > 0:13:27What's the connection?
0:13:27 > 0:13:30- I love corned beef, that's all. - Is that what...? Right.
0:13:30 > 0:13:34To me, my idea of a decent meal is corned beef or haslet sandwiches.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37I also think people might buy a box with a bit of character.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40Everybody has wine boxes, don't they?
0:13:40 > 0:13:42There are lots of wine boxes around,
0:13:42 > 0:13:45not many people have a corned-beef box and they might like it.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47There might be a reason for that.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49Date-wise, how old is it?
0:13:49 > 0:13:51I don't...
0:13:51 > 0:13:53- It could be...- Look at the text.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56- That's true, isn't it? - I think that's a bit of a giveaway.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58I'm guessing '50s or '60s.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01It's actually stamped into the wood. OK...
0:14:01 > 0:14:03Have a look at the price label.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05You've got to guess, how much do you think it is? What would you pay?
0:14:05 > 0:14:08I'd probably say this is £20.
0:14:08 > 0:14:09OK, it's priced at 25.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11Now, where's Jim?
0:14:13 > 0:14:15- Hello, Jim.- Hello, again.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17We bring a box.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19How cheap is the box?
0:14:19 > 0:14:22The best price we could do on this box would be £15.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26That's a good deal, I think.
0:14:26 > 0:14:2815 from 25.
0:14:28 > 0:14:29It's a pretty good deal.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32- Actually, that's all right.- Are we happy with that? Shake his hand.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34Jim, thank you very much.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36It's a first, I can tell you.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39The first corned-beef box I've ever bought.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42A corned-beef box and Jacaranda the soapstone hippo
0:14:42 > 0:14:45for a total of £30.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53As for Christine and James...
0:14:53 > 0:14:56I'm curious to know what that Biggsy has done.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59- That Biggsy.- Biggsy?- Yeah.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01Our Biggs. Our Matthew.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04- Oh, Biggsy, sorry.- That Biggsy.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07OK, I thought you were referring to an antique, then.
0:15:07 > 0:15:11No, no... Well, he might be, but let's be kind!
0:15:11 > 0:15:13Leave Matthew alone!
0:15:14 > 0:15:16Our happy duo are having a rest from shopping
0:15:16 > 0:15:21and heading to the village of Lamport in Northamptonshire.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24Christine and James are stopping off at the splendid Lamport Hall.
0:15:24 > 0:15:29This 450-year-old estate is a place Christine has always wanted to visit,
0:15:29 > 0:15:33as it has some fascinating and quite peculiar stories to tell.
0:15:39 > 0:15:43- Well, it's palatial, isn't it? - It is very palatial.
0:15:43 > 0:15:47- Shall we go and see who lives here? - Absolutely, yeah.
0:15:51 > 0:15:55Assistant property manager Neil Lyon is here to share the magic.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58- Neil, how nice to meet you. - Welcome to Lamport, Christine.- Hi.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01- Hello, James, hi. - Welcome, welcome.- Look at this!
0:16:04 > 0:16:09Lamport Hall has been home to the Isham family since the 16th century.
0:16:09 > 0:16:13The eccentric Victorian baronet Sir Charles Isham,
0:16:13 > 0:16:15who was born and bred on the estate,
0:16:15 > 0:16:18was fascinated by the trend for fantasy and follies.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20A passionate and innovative gardener,
0:16:20 > 0:16:24he began work on one of England's first rockeries in 1847.
0:16:26 > 0:16:30This garden, this alpine garden, is famous because of its time period.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32We don't see rock gardens like this any more.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35You can see some really nice plants on there.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38I'm itchy, itchy, itchy! There's a fence.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40When does a fence ever stop me?
0:16:42 > 0:16:47But it was what inhabited the rockery that really took the world by storm.
0:16:47 > 0:16:51We know that Sir Charles went on holiday, the 1850s.
0:16:51 > 0:16:55He went to Nuremberg and he saw German miners taking little
0:16:55 > 0:16:58terracotta figures down the mines as good-luck symbols.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00He thought, "This is fantastic.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03"They're just the thing I need to populate my rockery."
0:17:03 > 0:17:06He brought a large number over
0:17:06 > 0:17:09and they would inhabit the rockery behind us.
0:17:14 > 0:17:18These little figures became known as garden gnomes.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21Charles was the first to bring their like to Britain
0:17:21 > 0:17:24and is responsible for creating a worldwide craze.
0:17:24 > 0:17:29Today there are an estimated 15 million gnomes across Europe.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31So why don't we see more of them today?
0:17:31 > 0:17:34Well, I'm afraid there's a story to that.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36They were all assassinated.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38- What?!- All bar one, in 1903.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41Sir Charles, you see, spent more time with his gnomes
0:17:41 > 0:17:43than he did with his family.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45Oh, great!
0:17:45 > 0:17:49And the story goes that as soon as he died the daughters went out
0:17:49 > 0:17:51with their rifles and had a good old pop at them.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53Fortunately for us, one hid.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55One managed to escape, his name's Lampy
0:17:55 > 0:17:57and he's still in the Hall today.
0:18:00 > 0:18:04Lampy was one of the original 21 gnomes brought back from Germany.
0:18:04 > 0:18:08He's made Lamport Hall his home for over 150 years
0:18:08 > 0:18:11and is considered to be the oldest garden gnome in the world.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13He's now kept under lock and key
0:18:13 > 0:18:17as he has an estimated worth of around £2 million.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21So here we are, here is Lampy.
0:18:21 > 0:18:22This is Lampy.
0:18:22 > 0:18:26- The world's oldest garden gnome. - Wow!
0:18:26 > 0:18:29- Perhaps not as tall as most people think gnomes are.- No.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31And no plastic.
0:18:31 > 0:18:32Thank goodness for that.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35But the detail is quite amazing.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37It is, and sculpturally it's quite good, isn't it?
0:18:37 > 0:18:39He's leaning forward.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42It's a beautiful piece of work but the thing about Lampy is
0:18:42 > 0:18:46that Sir Charles actually believed he came alive at night.
0:18:48 > 0:18:52During the 19th century there was a growing obsession with fairies
0:18:52 > 0:18:54and gnomes and a belief that they really did exist.
0:18:57 > 0:19:01- The colour's stayed quite well, as well.- It has.
0:19:01 > 0:19:05Was Lampy out? Presumably he was out on the garden for quite some time?
0:19:05 > 0:19:08He must've been. Perhaps he was in one of the caves that Sir Charles
0:19:08 > 0:19:10- built for the miners.- Right.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13But he's a very, very lucky survivor and I always say to people
0:19:13 > 0:19:16he's a great icon of gardening history.
0:19:16 > 0:19:17Well, indeed he is,
0:19:17 > 0:19:19because we haven't got many around, have we?
0:19:19 > 0:19:24- Christine, would you like to hold Lampy?- I would love to hold.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27- I promise not to drop him. - Well, thank you.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29Look at his little happy face.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32James, would you like to do the honours, as well?
0:19:32 > 0:19:34Go on.
0:19:34 > 0:19:38- Don't drop him.- Talk about being aesthetically compromised.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40Here I am holding Lampy.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42He's a very fine fellow.
0:19:42 > 0:19:46- He is, indeed. - It's been really interesting.- Yeah.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48I think he's rather enjoyed being with you as well.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50THEY LAUGH
0:19:50 > 0:19:53I think it's time for Lampy to go to bed. He's getting a bit tired.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55Goodnight, God bless, sweet dreams.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58Keep thinking of plants and keep that rock garden in order, mate.
0:19:58 > 0:20:02Lampy lives on as a very famous resident of Lamport Hall
0:20:02 > 0:20:06and keeps Sir Charles's passion for magical gardening very much alive.
0:20:10 > 0:20:14Meanwhile, David and Matthew have also travelled northwards.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16They're in the town of Northampton.
0:20:18 > 0:20:22This smell, with the sort of leather and the...is it oil or...
0:20:22 > 0:20:26- It's my aftershave, Matt. - Just for me! Thank you so much.
0:20:29 > 0:20:34The Old Bakehouse Antiques is their next shopping destination.
0:20:34 > 0:20:39- Look at this.- The TARDIS. Straight into the TARDIS. How lovely is that!
0:20:39 > 0:20:41Let's see how Team Trousers get on in here.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46What an extraordinary place. It goes back and back.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49I think Matthew likes this antiques caper.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52It's quite overwhelming, to be honest with you.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54Stay there, stay there. I've just seen something.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57- Move forward and wait there. OK, don't look.- All right.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59- What are you up to, David? - One hand out.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05That's it. Oh. Have to feel the...
0:21:05 > 0:21:08Feel the ends. It's...
0:21:08 > 0:21:10It's an old garden sprayer.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12- Ha-ha!- Yeah!
0:21:12 > 0:21:15- How on earth did you guess that? - Marvellous!
0:21:15 > 0:21:18It was either going to be that or a bicycle pump.
0:21:18 > 0:21:23- But isn't it beautiful? - Isn't that a gorgeous piece of kit?
0:21:23 > 0:21:27- My! That is lovely! - What exactly would that be used for?
0:21:27 > 0:21:30They would have used it for spraying for insects.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32To get rid of pests and diseases.
0:21:32 > 0:21:36Generally, yes. Anything like this, particularly that was made...
0:21:36 > 0:21:38- This is copper.- Yeah.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41Copper with brass fittings. And it was just made to...
0:21:41 > 0:21:44In the days when they made things to last.
0:21:44 > 0:21:48The Victorians were proud of seemingly every piece of
0:21:48 > 0:21:51handiwork, everything they made was made for the Queen and the Empire.
0:21:51 > 0:21:53- Exactly.- And made to last.
0:21:53 > 0:21:57- And made to last.- They sound keen on the Victorian garden sprayer.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00If you don't want that, there's something drastically wrong here.
0:22:00 > 0:22:04- Do you want that, desperately? - Absolutely. Desperately.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06How much is it?
0:22:06 > 0:22:09It's £22, it's no money. It's no money.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12And whatever he says, we're having it.
0:22:12 > 0:22:16- Aren't we?- Too right!- We're going to have to have it.- Too right.
0:22:16 > 0:22:17My heart is just going crazy.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19It's wonderful!
0:22:19 > 0:22:21Matthew's giddy with excitement.
0:22:21 > 0:22:25Their beloved Victorian water pump spray is a possible. What's next?
0:22:28 > 0:22:29- Wow!- And there is more.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32Oh, yes. There's more to explore outside.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35Is there something calling you somewhere?
0:22:35 > 0:22:38I'm just seeing if I'm getting the urge.
0:22:38 > 0:22:39Blimey!
0:22:42 > 0:22:44- Ooh.- What a treasure trove this is.
0:22:44 > 0:22:49- It's amazing. As a decorative object...- That is great, actually.
0:22:49 > 0:22:54- Do you like the camera?- I do. I do. - I do. It's a mantique.
0:22:54 > 0:22:55- Have you heard the term?- No.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57- I love it!- Mantique? - It's a mantique.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00Every man has to have a man cave, doesn't he?
0:23:00 > 0:23:02That's the kind of thing that falls into the mantique area
0:23:02 > 0:23:05- for the man cave.- Yeah. - It's something that...
0:23:05 > 0:23:08It's never going to work, you don't know anything about it,
0:23:08 > 0:23:11but you just love the way it looks, it's leather and it's wood.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14- Incredible. I love that. - Dare we look at the price tag?- Yeah.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17It might be too expensive for us.
0:23:17 > 0:23:22- What's it say? - Circa 1890s, plate camera, £95.
0:23:22 > 0:23:23£95.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26It's starting to be one of those pieces that I've just got to buy,
0:23:26 > 0:23:29because you look at it, you think about the history,
0:23:29 > 0:23:32but the engineering in it and the brass...
0:23:32 > 0:23:34The way the brass slider there...
0:23:34 > 0:23:39And the combination of wood, crafted wood, lens...
0:23:39 > 0:23:41It's just a magnificent piece of equipment.
0:23:41 > 0:23:45I think in auction that's going to be £50 to £70, as an estimate.
0:23:45 > 0:23:47If we can get it for 50 quid or thereabouts,
0:23:47 > 0:23:50- we're going to stand a chance. - One way to find out.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53Shall we go and find a human being who can tell us
0:23:53 > 0:23:55how much it's going to be? Yeah, come on.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58That would be helpful. How about owner Steve?
0:23:58 > 0:23:59- Are you the owner?- I am.
0:23:59 > 0:24:03- I'm Steven.- Steven, David Harper. Lovely to meet you.- I'm Matt.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05- Pleased to meet you. - Nice to meet you too.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08- Marvellous. What a great, fabulous place.- Thank you.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11- I love the idea of all the sheds. - Yeah.- Very clever.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14Now, something has caught my eye and it is absolutely beautiful.
0:24:14 > 0:24:19- It's a concertina camera, about 1890s, in the sheds.- Beautiful.
0:24:19 > 0:24:23It is a lovely piece, but it's £95.
0:24:23 > 0:24:27- I think it's a designer's piece. - That's what we were saying. Yeah.
0:24:27 > 0:24:28As an interior...
0:24:28 > 0:24:31If we were interior designers, and I think we could be, Matt...
0:24:31 > 0:24:35- We're on our way.- With trousers like this!- We've got the trousers. - We're halfway there at least!
0:24:35 > 0:24:39Enough about the trousers. What about striking a deal?
0:24:39 > 0:24:41- What do you reckon?- 50.
0:24:41 > 0:24:46Oof. It has been around for a while and I know the dealer well,
0:24:46 > 0:24:48so I think that's a fair price.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50- 50.- That would give you a bit of movement.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53- Have we done it?- Yeah.- Yeah. - OK. First deal.- Deal, 50.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55- You're welcome. 50, done.- Great.
0:24:55 > 0:24:58Now, Steve, we want to run something else past you here.
0:24:58 > 0:25:02- There is a Victorian gardener's spray pump.- Yeah.- Do you know it?
0:25:02 > 0:25:03Yeah.
0:25:03 > 0:25:07Priced at £22. We've seen it. Matt is a bit of a gardener.
0:25:07 > 0:25:08I've done a bit of gardening.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10In his time.
0:25:10 > 0:25:12And it's an interesting piece
0:25:12 > 0:25:17and I know it wouldn't appeal to everyone, a gardener maybe, but...
0:25:17 > 0:25:19- What can that be?- 15?
0:25:19 > 0:25:24- Normally, it would be 10%, but I think you're getting there.- 15?
0:25:24 > 0:25:25- Yeah...- Have we done it?
0:25:25 > 0:25:29Again, they are, as you said, popular at the moment.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31- But you've got to take it to auction, haven't you, so...- Yeah.
0:25:31 > 0:25:36- I think it'll be a fighting chance at that.- Have we done that?- I think we're done.- 15, you've done it.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39- All done. You've done it. - Thank you. That's great.
0:25:39 > 0:25:43- Thank you very much.- You're welcome. - Too easy. This is too easy.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46That's £15 for the gardener's pump spray
0:25:46 > 0:25:49and 50 for the 19th-century camera.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51After all that, I think
0:25:51 > 0:25:55you deserve a bit of a rest before you do it all again tomorrow.
0:25:55 > 0:25:56Ha! Nighty-night.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05How are our gardeners feeling this morning?
0:26:05 > 0:26:07I'm not telling you what I bought.
0:26:07 > 0:26:11- Are you going to tell me what you bought?- Absolutely not!
0:26:11 > 0:26:15I just don't know. A couple of flying pigs and a white elephant.
0:26:15 > 0:26:16Fine.
0:26:16 > 0:26:17I bought a giraffe.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19You bought a giraffe?!
0:26:19 > 0:26:22Fibber! What about our experts?
0:26:22 > 0:26:25Did you have a classic buying day yesterday?
0:26:25 > 0:26:28Yeah, we bought really well. Bought two good bargains.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30- How are you finding Matt? - Matt's lovely.
0:26:30 > 0:26:33Matt has an infectious character and personality.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35He's got such a warm aura.
0:26:38 > 0:26:42Yesterday, our giddy gardeners went in all guns blazing.
0:26:42 > 0:26:47James and the dizzy-with-excitement Christine spent £60 on two items -
0:26:47 > 0:26:50the Victorian papier-mache dressing-table set
0:26:50 > 0:26:52and the London bus-stop sign.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55David and Matthew, the tough negotiator,
0:26:55 > 0:27:01dished out £95 on the soapstone hippo, the corned-beef box,
0:27:01 > 0:27:06the 19th-century camera and the gardener's pump spray.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09The troops have assembled
0:27:09 > 0:27:12now in the town of Kettering in Northamptonshire.
0:27:14 > 0:27:15- Wa-hey.- Here they are.
0:27:15 > 0:27:17- Good morning.- Morning!
0:27:17 > 0:27:21- Morning, Christine. How are you?- How are you?
0:27:21 > 0:27:24- Good, good. - This is arriving in style!
0:27:24 > 0:27:27- How are you?- Look at that shirt! That is so cool!- Thank you.
0:27:27 > 0:27:32- It's very horticultural.- Yes, how many of the flowers can you name?
0:27:32 > 0:27:33Very good, very good.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36- Are you well?- I will name none.
0:27:36 > 0:27:37You will name none.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39Now then. Yeah. Look at this.
0:27:39 > 0:27:41That is marvellous.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44- We've got shopping to do. - We have got shopping to do.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47We'll join David and Matthew later, but for now
0:27:47 > 0:27:50James and Christine are powering towards their next shopping
0:27:50 > 0:27:52destination in the town of Wellingborough.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59Did you have a garden at home? How did you get into gardening?
0:27:59 > 0:28:02I got into gardening by starting with a crocus bulb
0:28:02 > 0:28:06and I started growing carrot tops on my bedroom window and mustard
0:28:06 > 0:28:09and cress on flannels, which I made my dad eat.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12And then I took over the wall between our house and next-door.
0:28:12 > 0:28:16- I just thought this was Alice In Wonderland.- Magic.
0:28:16 > 0:28:17Absolute Alice In Wonderland.
0:28:20 > 0:28:24What can James and Christine find in here for that all-important
0:28:24 > 0:28:28- Greenwich auction? - So, what have we got in here?
0:28:28 > 0:28:31I don't know, hopefully antiques. Hopefully bargains.
0:28:31 > 0:28:34Ha-ha! Come on. Let's hope.
0:28:34 > 0:28:37Thankfully, Hunter's Emporium is fit to burst with all shapes
0:28:37 > 0:28:38and sizes of curios.
0:28:38 > 0:28:41- Hi, nice to meet you. - Hi, I'm Nick.- Hi.
0:28:41 > 0:28:45- I hope you've got lots of goodies. - There's a few bits knocking around, I think.
0:28:45 > 0:28:48Have a good look round, see what you can find, cos there's all sorts everywhere.
0:28:48 > 0:28:51- I can't keep track of everything. - Come on, let's go and have a shufti.
0:28:51 > 0:28:55Christine doesn't hang about and James is keeping the focus
0:28:55 > 0:28:56laser sharp.
0:28:59 > 0:29:01I walked past this room
0:29:01 > 0:29:06- and I saw something on the shelf that I think is London all over.- OK.
0:29:06 > 0:29:10Where we're going. It's a very sort of decorator's thing and it's these.
0:29:10 > 0:29:14- Oh, right. Stencils.- Stencils.
0:29:14 > 0:29:17- Right.- But great for...
0:29:17 > 0:29:20You could polish them up, spell the name of a restaurant,
0:29:20 > 0:29:24- kitchens, whatever. Or even possibly use them.- Right.
0:29:24 > 0:29:27- Right. Well, quite.- Now, I was slow at school. How many should there be?
0:29:27 > 0:29:30- 26... - JAMES LAUGHS
0:29:30 > 0:29:33- ..and a half. - THEY LAUGH
0:29:33 > 0:29:36- Right, shall we count them? - Shall we count them?
0:29:36 > 0:29:39- So I've got two, three... - We'll be here all day.
0:29:39 > 0:29:41- 26.- 26.
0:29:41 > 0:29:45The encouraging thing is it has no price on it either.
0:29:45 > 0:29:48- I think this has got London written all over it.- OK. OK.
0:29:48 > 0:29:51- I think we might have found something.- Yeah, Nick.
0:29:51 > 0:29:53I was just walking through that room,
0:29:53 > 0:29:56we were looking in the cabinet and I thought, "I quite like those."
0:29:56 > 0:29:59- They're fun, aren't they?- Yeah. - Interesting little things.
0:29:59 > 0:30:01You could do a lot with them.
0:30:01 > 0:30:05- Yeah. I think we were thinking 15. - How many of them did you want?
0:30:05 > 0:30:08- All of them!- All of them. All of them.- The alphabet.
0:30:08 > 0:30:12- Got to be worth a pound each. - A pound each?!- They've got to be.
0:30:12 > 0:30:15- I don't think you could lose on that.- A pound each.
0:30:15 > 0:30:17That's quite a lot, isn't it?
0:30:17 > 0:30:19Are you prepared to sort of, you know...
0:30:19 > 0:30:24Bearing in mind that I'm a thrifty Northerner and I've got...
0:30:24 > 0:30:26Look where my pockets are and look where my hand is.
0:30:26 > 0:30:29It's a long way away and, if I've got to go digging,
0:30:29 > 0:30:33it needs to be worth digging! So, now then, come on.
0:30:33 > 0:30:37Erm...I suppose 20 would be the sensible number, wouldn't it?
0:30:37 > 0:30:41- 20.- I don't think we go much better than that.- Rings true, doesn't it?- Yeah, yeah.
0:30:41 > 0:30:43- I think that's good.- Deal done, sir.
0:30:43 > 0:30:48£20 for the complete alphabet of brass stencils.
0:30:48 > 0:30:50- That was all right.- Another bargain.
0:30:54 > 0:30:57- Now, what of their competition? - What about you, then, Matt?
0:30:57 > 0:31:00Are you more of a specialist or do you have a general knowledge
0:31:00 > 0:31:05- with your gardening? - I consider myself as a GP.- A GP.
0:31:05 > 0:31:09- If your apples have got a cold or problems with the lawn...- Right.
0:31:09 > 0:31:12..or you need to know how to prune your roses,
0:31:12 > 0:31:14then I HOPE I can help you.
0:31:18 > 0:31:21They're still in Kettering and taking a break from shopping to hear
0:31:21 > 0:31:24the incredible story of an inventor and pioneer.
0:31:24 > 0:31:28They're meeting Charlotte Widgery to find out more.
0:31:28 > 0:31:31- Good morning, Charlotte. - Hello, hi, nice to meet you.
0:31:31 > 0:31:33- Hello. David Harper. - I'm Charlotte, lovely to meet you.
0:31:33 > 0:31:36Charlotte, hello. I'm Matt. Nice to meet you. I used to come here as a child.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39That's amazing. So many people say that.
0:31:41 > 0:31:46Wicksteed Park was one of the first leisure parks in the UK.
0:31:46 > 0:31:49It was the brainchild of Charles Wicksteed,
0:31:49 > 0:31:51a 19th-century inventor,
0:31:51 > 0:31:54largely responsible for inventing the children's playground,
0:31:54 > 0:31:56which in turn has evolved into
0:31:56 > 0:31:59the multi-billion-pound leisure-park business of today.
0:32:02 > 0:32:04Charlotte, who was Wicksteed?
0:32:04 > 0:32:09Wicksteed was Mr Charles Wicksteed and he was a local gentleman.
0:32:09 > 0:32:11Not originally - he grew up in Leeds
0:32:11 > 0:32:15and then moved down here to start his engineering company.
0:32:15 > 0:32:18So, he was very much a mechanically minded sort of person.
0:32:18 > 0:32:22He was one of these people that sees a problem and then thinks,
0:32:22 > 0:32:24"Well, how can I fix it?" So his brain was always going.
0:32:24 > 0:32:29Before Charles invented the world of playgrounds, he created
0:32:29 > 0:32:31many everyday objects that we still use today,
0:32:31 > 0:32:34like the automatic gearbox and the power drill.
0:32:34 > 0:32:38Charles was well ahead of his time and, when his immense success
0:32:38 > 0:32:43brought him great fortune, he wanted to give it back to the town he loved.
0:32:43 > 0:32:47In 1913, he purchased some beautiful meadowland with
0:32:47 > 0:32:51the intention of creating a green space for families to enjoy.
0:32:51 > 0:32:55So Kettering was a very industrial town,
0:32:55 > 0:32:59we had a lot of the shoe manufacturing here. So there was a lot of industry going on
0:32:59 > 0:33:03and a lot of people on those low incomes who didn't really have very much green space,
0:33:03 > 0:33:05but there was space for adults to play -
0:33:05 > 0:33:07there were tennis courts, bowling greens, cricket pitches,
0:33:07 > 0:33:11but Charles Wicksteed could see this was not fair on the children.
0:33:11 > 0:33:14So, what was play like for children before he started the park?
0:33:14 > 0:33:16Children obviously did play, but very much with
0:33:16 > 0:33:20bits of equipment, with toys, with tricycles, with spinning tops.
0:33:20 > 0:33:23There was no such thing as play parks prior to this.
0:33:23 > 0:33:26There were no playgrounds. They simply didn't exist.
0:33:26 > 0:33:27So Charles Wicksteed, again,
0:33:27 > 0:33:31this was his inventor side of things - as he bought the land,
0:33:31 > 0:33:35he immediately opened it up and said to children and families,
0:33:35 > 0:33:37"Come here, come and use the land."
0:33:37 > 0:33:42It's now impossible to think of a childhood without a playground, and
0:33:42 > 0:33:46Charles wanted to make the children's time at his park as fun as possible.
0:33:46 > 0:33:50So he put some bits and pieces together,
0:33:50 > 0:33:52which then stayed up for a few days.
0:33:52 > 0:33:55And so all the other local children came and played on them
0:33:55 > 0:33:56and it became more popular,
0:33:56 > 0:33:59so then he thought, "Right, let's see what we can do."
0:33:59 > 0:34:01I've got some photos here.
0:34:01 > 0:34:03- He put in some of these early bits of equipment.- That's a slide.
0:34:03 > 0:34:05And that is the slide there.
0:34:05 > 0:34:07- With planks of wood down a hill! - It's very simple.
0:34:07 > 0:34:10I think I made something similar as a kid.
0:34:10 > 0:34:14So these are teak, and they were polished to make it slippery.
0:34:14 > 0:34:15Wow, brilliant!
0:34:15 > 0:34:19But I can see adults playing here as well, which I think is brilliant.
0:34:19 > 0:34:22One of the things that Charles Wicksteed really wanted
0:34:22 > 0:34:24was for everybody to play together - young, old, boys, girls...
0:34:24 > 0:34:28- It was amazing. - He was so enlightened, wasn't he?
0:34:28 > 0:34:29What an enlightened man he was.
0:34:29 > 0:34:31But he changed the face of play.
0:34:32 > 0:34:35The chutes and swings were a great hit.
0:34:35 > 0:34:41In 1921, the park officially opened and became the very first playground.
0:34:41 > 0:34:44It has now evolved into what we see today.
0:34:44 > 0:34:46# Woo-hoo
0:34:47 > 0:34:49# Woo-hoo... #
0:34:49 > 0:34:52The park was so successful that Charles became the first
0:34:52 > 0:34:55manufacturer of play equipment.
0:34:55 > 0:34:59Wicksteed Playscapes still operates to this day.
0:34:59 > 0:35:03In 1926, he added a watery whoosh by creating the first water ride
0:35:03 > 0:35:08in the world, which nearly 90 years later is still in working order.
0:35:11 > 0:35:14Charles' legacy is, not only did he begin a new chapter
0:35:14 > 0:35:17in the history of children's play
0:35:17 > 0:35:22but he set up the first of millions of playgrounds worldwide.
0:35:24 > 0:35:29Christine and James have snaked their way south to the village of Woburn.
0:35:29 > 0:35:31I was selling stuff. I mean, from the plot, I used to
0:35:31 > 0:35:34sell it to me schoolteachers, and the headmaster,
0:35:34 > 0:35:39- I always used to put a penny mark-up on every single item. - JAMES LAUGHS
0:35:39 > 0:35:43One time, he got me in the office and he said to me, "You are charging
0:35:43 > 0:35:47"me a penny more on every single item than the rest of the staff."
0:35:47 > 0:35:51- And in a flash I said, "My dad reckons you can afford it." - THEY BOTH LAUGH
0:35:51 > 0:35:54Very shrewd, Christine.
0:35:54 > 0:35:58The Antiques Association has been formed by over 30 dealers
0:35:58 > 0:36:02and is housed in a rather lovely five-storey Georgian townhouse.
0:36:02 > 0:36:05Oh, let's have a look in here, then.
0:36:05 > 0:36:08- Hi.- Hello.- Hi, Christine. - I'm Anna.
0:36:08 > 0:36:10- Hi, Anna.- Hello, James, hi.
0:36:10 > 0:36:14- This is very splendid, isn't it? An old townhouse?- It is.
0:36:14 > 0:36:16It was a family house at one time
0:36:16 > 0:36:20but it's been apartments and a shop for probably 40 years.
0:36:20 > 0:36:21- Really, really?- Oh.
0:36:21 > 0:36:24- So, Anna, will you show us the lay of the land?- Absolutely.
0:36:24 > 0:36:26- Come this way.- Lovely, thank you.
0:36:29 > 0:36:33Looks like a suitable room for Christine.
0:36:33 > 0:36:36Ah, now, there, now, look here.
0:36:36 > 0:36:37- What on earth is that?- Hey.
0:36:39 > 0:36:41Careful, Christine.
0:36:41 > 0:36:43- So, what do you reckon? - What, shears?
0:36:43 > 0:36:47- Hedging shears.- Hedging shears. - Grass-cutting shears.
0:36:47 > 0:36:50- Really?- You know, these days, that a lot of people go for these,
0:36:50 > 0:36:52- and they'll trim... - Yeah, for the box, yeah.
0:36:52 > 0:36:55For the box, or for trimming. It's one-handed.
0:36:55 > 0:36:59Right, you're taking one cut, one cut, one cut.
0:36:59 > 0:37:00- Yeah.- Right.- Sounds very painful.
0:37:00 > 0:37:03- Sounds very painful.- Would you like to hold those, please?
0:37:03 > 0:37:04Yeah, I'm with you there, James.
0:37:04 > 0:37:06- Now, with this...- Yeah?
0:37:06 > 0:37:08Four at a time!
0:37:08 > 0:37:11- Four choppers.- Really?- Yeah.
0:37:11 > 0:37:14- So the labour... - Is reduced considerably.- Very good.
0:37:14 > 0:37:17And, actually, as a tool, that's quite nicely balanced.
0:37:17 > 0:37:20You feel that, how nicely balanced that is.
0:37:23 > 0:37:24You don't use hand tools do you?
0:37:24 > 0:37:26Give it me back.
0:37:27 > 0:37:29That's kind of obvious, Christine.
0:37:29 > 0:37:31At 75 quid.
0:37:31 > 0:37:33£75?
0:37:33 > 0:37:34You got that out...the right way?
0:37:34 > 0:37:36Do you think I'm mad, looking at this?
0:37:36 > 0:37:40I think it's very interesting and I think you can add something to it,
0:37:40 > 0:37:42because of your connection to gardening.
0:37:42 > 0:37:44You know, bearing in mind, I'm a tight Northerner,
0:37:44 > 0:37:46and I've got very deep pockets...
0:37:46 > 0:37:48We've heard this before.
0:37:48 > 0:37:52Now, are you prepared to chat to me, please?
0:37:52 > 0:37:54£60.
0:37:54 > 0:37:57£60...
0:37:57 > 0:38:00Christine, I hate to seem to be wanting here,
0:38:00 > 0:38:03- but I...- Right.
0:38:03 > 0:38:04£45?
0:38:04 > 0:38:06- No.- No?
0:38:06 > 0:38:11- £55?- £55, I would maybe be pushed to, yes.
0:38:11 > 0:38:13Can I push?
0:38:13 > 0:38:16Can I seriously push hard?
0:38:16 > 0:38:17Yes, you can.
0:38:17 > 0:38:19- Done.- £55.
0:38:19 > 0:38:22- What a woman! - Well done, well done. Hero.
0:38:22 > 0:38:24- Thank you, Anna.- Are you happy? - Thank you.
0:38:24 > 0:38:26That is good. That is well engineered.
0:38:26 > 0:38:28- Absolutely.- I see what you mean about the balance.- I like that.
0:38:28 > 0:38:31- It's like a sort of crocodile of the garden, isn't it?- I like it.
0:38:31 > 0:38:33I'm not sure it'll sell
0:38:33 > 0:38:36- but I think I like that. - Don't tell me that now.
0:38:36 > 0:38:38Best to keep that to yourself, Christine.
0:38:38 > 0:38:41Can the lovely Anna tempt them with anything else?
0:38:43 > 0:38:45Here's something that might be of interest.
0:38:45 > 0:38:48- It still has its original price on. - OK.
0:38:48 > 0:38:49Five shillings and ninepence.
0:38:49 > 0:38:51Wow.
0:38:51 > 0:38:54Has its own key. Totally unused.
0:38:54 > 0:38:58- There's a cash-book and a notebook. - Oh, hey, cash-book.
0:38:58 > 0:39:00Come on, profit and loss accounts.
0:39:00 > 0:39:02Yes.
0:39:02 > 0:39:05There's one compartment for silver with its purse...
0:39:05 > 0:39:10- Look at this. - ..inside, and one for gold.
0:39:10 > 0:39:12It's a pretty box, isn't it?
0:39:12 > 0:39:15I think, you know... What money?
0:39:15 > 0:39:18Well, on the ticket price, it's 68 on,
0:39:18 > 0:39:22but I think we could do a much better price on that.
0:39:22 > 0:39:25- Let me go and ask the dealer to see if I could get...- That'd be kind.
0:39:25 > 0:39:28- Thank you.- Just remind them they're dealing with a Northerner.
0:39:28 > 0:39:29- Yes.- Yeah, Northerner.
0:39:29 > 0:39:32- And you're very mean. - Very mean.- Incredibly mean.
0:39:33 > 0:39:35You're not that bad.
0:39:35 > 0:39:39- Right, now I've had a word... - Good news?
0:39:39 > 0:39:42- Well, in my eyes, very good news. - Really?- Really?
0:39:42 > 0:39:44He's willing to do it for £40.
0:39:47 > 0:39:52Would you compromise on £35?
0:39:52 > 0:39:53Yeah.
0:39:53 > 0:39:55Done. You're a star, madam.
0:39:55 > 0:39:58You're a star. Excellent.
0:39:59 > 0:40:02The lethal-looking shears for £55,
0:40:02 > 0:40:06and the red moneybox for £35.
0:40:06 > 0:40:08- Really happy with these. - Go on, have a...
0:40:08 > 0:40:10I'm really... Hey, look.
0:40:10 > 0:40:12Have a go at those prongs.
0:40:12 > 0:40:14Christine's very handy.
0:40:14 > 0:40:16Yeah. Yeah, I like them.
0:40:20 > 0:40:22Back to Matthew and David,
0:40:22 > 0:40:23making their way south to
0:40:23 > 0:40:25the town of Ampthill in Bedfordshire.
0:40:27 > 0:40:30So, do you think this antique bug might have bitten?
0:40:30 > 0:40:33It has, look, I can show you the marks. I've got the fever.
0:40:33 > 0:40:36- Have you? - I've got the fever big-time.
0:40:36 > 0:40:40The chaps are descending upon Ampthill Antiques.
0:40:40 > 0:40:43- This looks very exciting.- Shall I just let them know we're here?
0:40:43 > 0:40:45- ENGINE ROARS - Yes.- We're here.
0:40:45 > 0:40:47Boys and their toys.
0:40:50 > 0:40:52- Hello, hello, hello.- Hello, darling.
0:40:52 > 0:40:54Hello, darling.
0:40:54 > 0:40:56Whoa, look at this.
0:40:56 > 0:40:59It's fantastic. How many dealers have you got?
0:40:59 > 0:41:01I think there's about 56.
0:41:01 > 0:41:03Lot of options, then, here, David.
0:41:03 > 0:41:05- Yes.- Lots of options.- Yeah. - Can we go? Let's go.
0:41:05 > 0:41:09And you've got exactly one hour to do your shop.
0:41:09 > 0:41:11Blimey, Libby runs a tight ship.
0:41:11 > 0:41:15- Oh, no! We might get shut in. We'll get shut in!- Off you go.
0:41:15 > 0:41:17Try to keep calm, Matthew.
0:41:17 > 0:41:20- David, we're going to go big, right.- Go big.
0:41:20 > 0:41:24- I want something in your face, different, curious, wild.- Right.
0:41:24 > 0:41:28- This is it. This is the big moment.- OK.
0:41:28 > 0:41:30They've got just over £300 to play with, so...
0:41:30 > 0:41:33shop, boys, shop.
0:41:33 > 0:41:36David, David, over here, mate. Quick, come here, look.
0:41:36 > 0:41:38Steady there, Matthew.
0:41:38 > 0:41:40- Look at this.- Oh, my gosh. OK.
0:41:41 > 0:41:44This is right up my street. Tell me about it.
0:41:44 > 0:41:46It's certainly very large.
0:41:46 > 0:41:49Well, one of the things I like about it is that it's...
0:41:49 > 0:41:52In one way, you could look at it as a great big pot.
0:41:52 > 0:41:53- Yes.- Yeah.
0:41:53 > 0:41:56But even though it's quite, sort of, chunky and robust,
0:41:56 > 0:41:59- you've got this added elegance in the curves.- Yes.
0:41:59 > 0:42:02And those kind of curves, you would want in a garden as well.
0:42:02 > 0:42:04- Yes.- When you're cutting your borders, you would want those.
0:42:04 > 0:42:06- Yeah.- And I like curves.
0:42:06 > 0:42:08- I like curves. - I'm seeking the perfect curve.
0:42:08 > 0:42:12Are you? I think you might just have found the perfect curve.
0:42:12 > 0:42:14But what exactly is it?
0:42:14 > 0:42:16It's an exceptionally big wine pot.
0:42:16 > 0:42:18- It's a wine pot?- It's a wine pot.
0:42:18 > 0:42:20We like a little bit of wine don't we, on occasion?
0:42:20 > 0:42:22You can have a little lot of wine in there!
0:42:22 > 0:42:24We could have a month's supply in there, you and I.
0:42:24 > 0:42:27But that's feasting. That's proper feasting.
0:42:27 > 0:42:29Feasting, celebrations - that kind of thing.
0:42:29 > 0:42:33Huge weddings, huge parties - that's what it is.
0:42:33 > 0:42:37This super-sized wine vessel is of Chinese origin,
0:42:37 > 0:42:40and with a bit of muscle we can investigate further.
0:42:40 > 0:42:43Blinking heck, that is monstrous.
0:42:43 > 0:42:46Now, Chinese pieces are very often not marked.
0:42:46 > 0:42:48I can tell there is some age to it.
0:42:48 > 0:42:50It has no character mark, which is fine,
0:42:50 > 0:42:53- because very often you can't believe a Chinese character mark.- Right.
0:42:53 > 0:42:58They're often paying homage to old, past potters from earlier...
0:42:58 > 0:43:00OK, David, but remember, it's heavy.
0:43:00 > 0:43:03It might have been made in the 1920s or in the 1980s.
0:43:03 > 0:43:06- Poor Matthew. - It's got no fantastic age to it...
0:43:06 > 0:43:08- No provenance, or...? - ..but it's a lump.
0:43:08 > 0:43:11- It's a lump.- I can tell you that. - You want me to help you?
0:43:11 > 0:43:15- Finally.- Right.- I like it.
0:43:15 > 0:43:18- OK.- God, I think that this is the one for me.- I love it.
0:43:18 > 0:43:21Well, I tell you what, thing is, we need to see how much it is.
0:43:21 > 0:43:24It's not worth a lot of money, Matt, it really isn't.
0:43:24 > 0:43:28- Yeah, but, as a feature piece, somebody might pay for it.- Yeah.
0:43:28 > 0:43:31OK, let's get Libby. Let's get a price. Where is our lovely Libby?
0:43:31 > 0:43:32Libby!
0:43:32 > 0:43:34And as if by magic...
0:43:35 > 0:43:39- Libby, what do you think about that old pot?- I think it's very nice.
0:43:39 > 0:43:41It's a nice decorative piece.
0:43:41 > 0:43:43- Erm...- There's no great age to it.
0:43:43 > 0:43:45Have you been filling that with wine and trying it out?
0:43:45 > 0:43:48- Cos the handle's been broken. - That's right.- Was it you?
0:43:48 > 0:43:50No, not at all. No, it wouldn't be me.
0:43:50 > 0:43:52Mind your manners, David.
0:43:54 > 0:43:56Ticket price is £125.
0:43:56 > 0:43:59So, Libby, how much is it to us, trade?
0:43:59 > 0:44:01- That would be 110 trade. - 110, trade.
0:44:01 > 0:44:04I would say, for this...
0:44:04 > 0:44:0590.
0:44:05 > 0:44:07I was going to say 70.
0:44:07 > 0:44:10- 70.- What do you say, Libby?
0:44:10 > 0:44:12I would say 110.
0:44:12 > 0:44:14Ha. Good on you, Libby.
0:44:14 > 0:44:16I could do a phone call and I can ask.
0:44:16 > 0:44:18- Go on, then, please. The bid is 80. - OK.
0:44:18 > 0:44:20Hello, Alex, it's Lib.
0:44:20 > 0:44:23They're interested in that great big blue...
0:44:23 > 0:44:26teapot-cum-vase-cum-decorative piece.
0:44:26 > 0:44:30They're offering you £80. Would you want to take that?
0:44:30 > 0:44:32Hold on a minute. Could you do 90?
0:44:32 > 0:44:35- We'll meet him halfway. 85.- 85.
0:44:35 > 0:44:37- What's he called?- Alex.- Alex.
0:44:37 > 0:44:39Alex, hi, it's David Harper. Thanks very much.
0:44:39 > 0:44:40I...
0:44:40 > 0:44:43Would you... Can we meet you halfway at 85?
0:44:43 > 0:44:46Good man. Thank you very much.
0:44:46 > 0:44:48Cheers, bye. Bye.
0:44:48 > 0:44:51- Oh, Libby, that's great.- Yes! - All right.- He said 20 quid, Libby.
0:44:51 > 0:44:53- That's absolutely marvellous. - No, he did not.
0:44:53 > 0:44:55- No, no?- No, no, no.
0:44:55 > 0:45:02Honestly, David. £85 for the giant-sized Chinese wine vessel,
0:45:02 > 0:45:05and that big beauty completes our shopping trip.
0:45:05 > 0:45:09Now for a peek at one another's buys.
0:45:09 > 0:45:13- Go on, look. Show us your things. - Come on. Yeah, yeah, go on.- Ready?
0:45:13 > 0:45:14- Yeah.- Get it off.
0:45:14 > 0:45:16Hey.
0:45:16 > 0:45:19- Yeah.- Matthew Biggs, look at this. - Look at that.
0:45:19 > 0:45:25- Hey, how's that for a collection? - Hey, a greenfly-killer.
0:45:25 > 0:45:27I think she likes that.
0:45:27 > 0:45:29It's a water cannon for greenflies.
0:45:29 > 0:45:31- Absolutely. Wow. - I know, isn't it great?
0:45:31 > 0:45:34- Isn't that lovely, James? What a tactile thing.- This is nice.
0:45:34 > 0:45:37And that planted up with beautiful plants and that...
0:45:37 > 0:45:39I was fascinated by the box, actually.
0:45:39 > 0:45:41I didn't buy it for any aesthetic reasons
0:45:41 > 0:45:44- other than the fact that I like corned beef.- OK.
0:45:44 > 0:45:47- You must be the only person. - I like corned beef!
0:45:47 > 0:45:50- All for me. - A little piggy, piggy, piggy.
0:45:50 > 0:45:51Actually, he's a hippo.
0:45:51 > 0:45:54- Look at this.- The pot. - It's a big pot.- Wow.
0:45:54 > 0:45:59It's a big wine pot. That, full of wine, would be amazing.
0:45:59 > 0:46:02Great. Great at a party.
0:46:02 > 0:46:05Now, what about Christine and James's offerings?
0:46:05 > 0:46:09- Well, just look what we've got... - One, two, three, go!
0:46:11 > 0:46:14- Oh, my goodness. Oh, yes. - Whoa, I knew something...
0:46:14 > 0:46:16What on earth are they? What do they do?
0:46:16 > 0:46:17- Ah, well...- Hedges.
0:46:17 > 0:46:20- Can I get short back and sides while I'm here?- Don't go too near.
0:46:20 > 0:46:22Yeah, keep your distance.
0:46:22 > 0:46:25- They're lovely, aren't they? - Aren't they lovely?
0:46:25 > 0:46:26What did you pay for those?
0:46:26 > 0:46:28- What did we pay for that? - Quite a lot of money. £55.
0:46:28 > 0:46:30Oh, gosh, I'd never seen anything like it before.
0:46:30 > 0:46:33- This is our masterstroke.- This is... - A London bus stop.
0:46:33 > 0:46:35- Look at this!- Oh, I love that!
0:46:35 > 0:46:39- Oh, my goodness. - 1960s, enamel.- I love that.
0:46:39 > 0:46:41- Na-na-na-na-na!- I love that.
0:46:41 > 0:46:44I really love that. How much was that, James?
0:46:44 > 0:46:46- £45.- That's for nothing. I love that.
0:46:46 > 0:46:49- That's great. Amazing. - It's my favourite object.
0:46:49 > 0:46:52And then we have this rather lovely... You look at...
0:46:52 > 0:46:54Matthew, look at the detail.
0:46:54 > 0:46:55Is it papier-mache or is it just...?
0:46:55 > 0:46:57- Papier-mache, yeah.- Yeah.
0:46:57 > 0:47:00So, you know, and the five items.
0:47:00 > 0:47:02That was a stiffer price.
0:47:02 > 0:47:04It was 15.
0:47:04 > 0:47:06You see, you see.
0:47:06 > 0:47:09Don't be laughing just yet. Anything can happen in auction.
0:47:09 > 0:47:12I am sure anything can happen, but, you see,
0:47:12 > 0:47:14market, establish a market.
0:47:14 > 0:47:16My gosh, you are mega-confident.
0:47:16 > 0:47:19- Let's get out of here. - See you tomorrow.- See you tomorrow.
0:47:19 > 0:47:21But what do they really think?
0:47:21 > 0:47:23I am slightly unnerved by the bus-stop sign.
0:47:23 > 0:47:26I have to say, I think that might be their ace card.
0:47:26 > 0:47:28- I love that aphid sprayer.- Do you?
0:47:28 > 0:47:32- Would you swap it for the shears? - No, categorically not.- No.
0:47:32 > 0:47:34- No.- OK.- I mean, there's much more workmanship
0:47:34 > 0:47:36and elegance in my shears.
0:47:36 > 0:47:38The two lots that will be the best for them -
0:47:38 > 0:47:40the bus stop and the shears.
0:47:40 > 0:47:41- OK.- The shears. I love the shears.
0:47:41 > 0:47:44So, we'll just see if I should be,
0:47:44 > 0:47:46you know, diversifying into antiques.
0:47:46 > 0:47:49If not, I'll just run back to my little green plants.
0:47:51 > 0:47:54It's auction time, so we're off to Greenwich in London.
0:47:56 > 0:48:00Christine and Matthew were bursting with excitement, as usual.
0:48:00 > 0:48:04- So what are you looking forward to today, then?- Winning.
0:48:04 > 0:48:06No, you aren't. You haven't got a...
0:48:06 > 0:48:09There's no way, with your lot.
0:48:09 > 0:48:13James and David await their arrival at Greenwich auctions.
0:48:13 > 0:48:14Good morning.
0:48:14 > 0:48:16- Good morning, how are you? - Good morning. Very well.
0:48:16 > 0:48:18You're looking very bright and cheerful.
0:48:18 > 0:48:20- Wonderful to see you. - Did you have a good evening?
0:48:20 > 0:48:22- Yeah, great. You?- I'm fine.
0:48:22 > 0:48:24- Are you well?- Very good. - Are you?- We are, incredibly.
0:48:24 > 0:48:27We're like little kids at Christmas.
0:48:27 > 0:48:31Let's see if you're going to get what you ask for. Ha!
0:48:31 > 0:48:35Today's auctioneer is Robert Dodd. What does he make of their offerings?
0:48:35 > 0:48:38Are we all done on the bedroom suite? That's it!
0:48:38 > 0:48:40My overall impression is they've bought some very, very
0:48:40 > 0:48:42interesting lots.
0:48:42 > 0:48:44Some good, some not so good.
0:48:44 > 0:48:46I think the bus sign is a good lot.
0:48:46 > 0:48:49The nice thing is that there's a lot of people who collect
0:48:49 > 0:48:52anything to do with London transport.
0:48:52 > 0:48:54I mean, it's a big teapot,
0:48:54 > 0:48:59but it's far better to say "drinking vessel", rather than a teapot.
0:48:59 > 0:49:03Matthew and David were today's biggest spenders.
0:49:03 > 0:49:05Matthew plumped for buying with his heart,
0:49:05 > 0:49:09and was carried away by many waves of excitement.
0:49:09 > 0:49:11They spent £180 on five items.
0:49:13 > 0:49:15Christine and James were very different.
0:49:15 > 0:49:18"Get to know your market" was Christine's motto,
0:49:18 > 0:49:22but she was an even bigger whirlwind of excitement.
0:49:22 > 0:49:25They spent £170, also on five items.
0:49:26 > 0:49:28All quiet, the auction is about to begin.
0:49:28 > 0:49:3015, I'm out. 12. 15.
0:49:30 > 0:49:31Are you feeling anxious?
0:49:31 > 0:49:34- Yes, very, very anxious.- Mm-hm.
0:49:34 > 0:49:36At 20!
0:49:36 > 0:49:40First to tempt the Greenwich bidders is the papier-mache set
0:49:40 > 0:49:42from Christine and James.
0:49:42 > 0:49:46Lot 20. Absolutely stunning lot, this.
0:49:46 > 0:49:50Papier-mache, five-piece dressing-table set, circa 1890.
0:49:50 > 0:49:53Brightly painted with chrysanthemums, birds, butterflies..
0:49:53 > 0:49:55- Set included.- Lift 'em up!
0:49:55 > 0:49:58Ooh, that's woken up the audience.
0:49:58 > 0:50:01All of that. Straight in at £15.
0:50:01 > 0:50:03Cheap at the price.
0:50:03 > 0:50:06- Looking for 18.- Are we all done on the maiden bid?- At least.
0:50:06 > 0:50:08- 18, I want. Where?- Come on!
0:50:08 > 0:50:0918, 22 I'm out.
0:50:09 > 0:50:12What, for £2? You're having a laugh.
0:50:12 > 0:50:15- Elegance, beauty.- You can't get a hamburger for that.
0:50:15 > 0:50:17Come on, £22, I'm out. £22, there.
0:50:17 > 0:50:19- Go on, go on!- Looking for 25.
0:50:19 > 0:50:21All done at £22.
0:50:21 > 0:50:23We made a profit.
0:50:23 > 0:50:27Blimey. Well, Christine's happy. Good start.
0:50:27 > 0:50:28We'll allow you that,
0:50:28 > 0:50:31- just to give you a head start. - Allow that. Head start.
0:50:31 > 0:50:35It's Jacaranda the hippo, next. Good luck, Matthew and David.
0:50:35 > 0:50:38Lot 30, another stunning lot.
0:50:38 > 0:50:42Jacaranda! Come on, Jacaranda. Do your thing.
0:50:42 > 0:50:44Matthew's certainly full of excitement.
0:50:44 > 0:50:47- Matthew, calm down.- It's called Jacaranda. Come on, baby.
0:50:47 > 0:50:50It ain't going to help you, Matthew.
0:50:50 > 0:50:52Jacaranda.
0:50:52 > 0:50:54I would call it Eric.
0:50:54 > 0:50:58Bid's with me, straight in at £15.
0:50:59 > 0:51:00Good, good start.
0:51:00 > 0:51:0318, I want. 18. 19. £20 I'm out. £20 here.
0:51:03 > 0:51:04Looking for £22.
0:51:04 > 0:51:06I've got 20. I'm looking for 22.
0:51:06 > 0:51:07- Come on, baby.- Are we all done?
0:51:07 > 0:51:09Last time, at £20.
0:51:09 > 0:51:11Oh, that's all right.
0:51:11 > 0:51:14- That's OK. That's all right. - Well, you made a profit.
0:51:14 > 0:51:15You made a profit.
0:51:15 > 0:51:17A small profit for Jacaranda.
0:51:17 > 0:51:19Maybe you should have called him Eric.
0:51:21 > 0:51:25Next up is Christine and James's London bus-stop sign.
0:51:25 > 0:51:28They hope this will appeal to the London bidders.
0:51:28 > 0:51:30Lot 17. Stunning lot.
0:51:31 > 0:51:34You know whose this one is, don't you?
0:51:34 > 0:51:38Straight in at £35.
0:51:38 > 0:51:3938, £40, 42, five with me.
0:51:41 > 0:51:43Take 48. I've got 45.
0:51:43 > 0:51:46Eight, 50 with me. Looking for 55.
0:51:46 > 0:51:48- I've got 50 on it. - It's beautiful!
0:51:48 > 0:51:51Are we all done at £50?
0:51:51 > 0:51:53- Oh...- I thought it would make a lot more.
0:51:53 > 0:51:55No, but it's a profit nonetheless.
0:51:55 > 0:51:57Keep up the enthusiasm, guys.
0:52:00 > 0:52:03We're sticking with Christine and James.
0:52:03 > 0:52:06It's the luxurious Moroccan moneybox next.
0:52:06 > 0:52:11And the bid's with me, straight in at £25 only on this.
0:52:11 > 0:52:12Looking for 28.
0:52:12 > 0:52:16- It's beautiful!- I've got 25. 28, £30. And two.
0:52:16 > 0:52:18Five with me. Looking for 38.
0:52:18 > 0:52:21£40 here. Looking for 42.
0:52:21 > 0:52:23Are we all done on this box? Last time.
0:52:23 > 0:52:25At £40...
0:52:25 > 0:52:29- Well done. Wow. We got away with it. - Yeah.- That's very good.
0:52:29 > 0:52:31It's still a profit, Christine.
0:52:31 > 0:52:33You're ahead of Matthew, but only just.
0:52:35 > 0:52:38And his corned-beef box is up next.
0:52:38 > 0:52:40- Look at that. - Beautiful lettering.
0:52:40 > 0:52:42Absolutely stunning, isn't it?
0:52:42 > 0:52:45What the hell you'd use it for, God only knows.
0:52:45 > 0:52:50- No.- Straight in at £10 only on this. Looking for 12. 15 here.
0:52:50 > 0:52:51- Looking for 15.- Come on.
0:52:51 > 0:52:54I've got 15. 18, 19, £20 I'm out.
0:52:54 > 0:52:58- £20 here, looking for 22. Are we all done?- Come on, beef box.
0:52:58 > 0:52:59Beef box, come on!
0:52:59 > 0:53:01At £20...
0:53:01 > 0:53:03A small profit,
0:53:03 > 0:53:07but it helps you edge closer to leaders Christine and James.
0:53:07 > 0:53:10- So, you made a 50%... - Yeah, thereabouts.
0:53:10 > 0:53:14We need at least a 52% mark-up on the next item.
0:53:14 > 0:53:17That's fast maths.
0:53:17 > 0:53:20You'll have to wait, because it's Matthew and David again,
0:53:20 > 0:53:22with the 19th-century camera.
0:53:22 > 0:53:26We've got to start with a bid with me of £30.
0:53:26 > 0:53:2832, I need. Anywhere on this?
0:53:28 > 0:53:31I've got 32. Five with me. 38, I need.
0:53:31 > 0:53:33- Come on.- Classic, beautiful. - It won't...
0:53:33 > 0:53:36You're not meant to shout for the opposition, Christine.
0:53:36 > 0:53:40When are you going to see one of these this year on holiday?
0:53:40 > 0:53:42£40, looking for 42.
0:53:42 > 0:53:44Five here, looking for 48.
0:53:44 > 0:53:46- Oh, eight.- I've got 45 on this.
0:53:46 > 0:53:48Are we all done?
0:53:48 > 0:53:50Last time, at £45 on the camera...
0:53:51 > 0:53:55- Don't worry. It's OK.- That is disappointing, I have to say.
0:53:55 > 0:53:57And the team spirit didn't help.
0:53:57 > 0:53:59Only a small loss for Matthew and David, though.
0:54:01 > 0:54:05It's Christine's lethal weapon next - the gardening shears.
0:54:05 > 0:54:07These are not just shears -
0:54:07 > 0:54:10these are Astor shears.
0:54:10 > 0:54:13- What does that mean, then, Bob? - A set of four blades.
0:54:13 > 0:54:16Danger... Oh, where are they? Get them out.
0:54:16 > 0:54:19- Shall I model them?- Can you get them out?- Oh, Lordy, she's off.
0:54:19 > 0:54:20Seriously, you need to see these.
0:54:20 > 0:54:24May I model my masterpiece, please?
0:54:24 > 0:54:26Is this going to make a big difference?
0:54:26 > 0:54:28- Go on, hold them up, girl. - No, it will make a difference.
0:54:28 > 0:54:33And these have got to start with a bid with me of £28 on those.
0:54:33 > 0:54:36Looking for 30. They're worth all of that.
0:54:36 > 0:54:38- 28, I've got. Looking for 30. - Come on.
0:54:38 > 0:54:41- The engineering. - You can't pull it out
0:54:41 > 0:54:43unless you're taking it down Deptford Market.
0:54:43 > 0:54:45A little bit more decorum, girl.
0:54:45 > 0:54:4728, looking for 30 on these.
0:54:47 > 0:54:49Are we all done? Last time.
0:54:49 > 0:54:51- 30 quid?- At £28...
0:54:51 > 0:54:54- 28?- My money...- Oh...
0:54:54 > 0:54:57- You come and collect them. - LAUGHTER
0:54:57 > 0:54:59I think you may have frightened the room there.
0:54:59 > 0:55:02That gives Matthew a chance to catch up.
0:55:04 > 0:55:07Here comes his Victorian gardening sprayer.
0:55:07 > 0:55:10- We've got international bids on this.- Really?
0:55:10 > 0:55:12Yeah, Isle of Dogs.
0:55:12 > 0:55:15It's got to start the bid with me on this pump at only £15,
0:55:15 > 0:55:17and that is so cheap.
0:55:17 > 0:55:21- 15, looking for 18. 22, I need. - He's got a telephone bid.
0:55:21 > 0:55:24£22 anywhere? £22 I'm out.
0:55:24 > 0:55:26- It's on the telephone. - Come on.- I'm looking for 25.
0:55:26 > 0:55:29Telephone bid - now, that's a bit glamorous, isn't it?
0:55:29 > 0:55:31At £22...
0:55:31 > 0:55:34Well done. Seven quid more. Well done, sunshine.
0:55:35 > 0:55:37Another healthy profit. Hurrah!
0:55:41 > 0:55:45It's the giant-sized drinking vessel next, from Matthew and David.
0:55:45 > 0:55:48Look at this thing. Absolutely magnificent.
0:55:48 > 0:55:51- Yeah, pick it up. - Absolutely magnificent.
0:55:51 > 0:55:53Someone said it was a teapot,
0:55:53 > 0:55:55and I said, "Well, if you're going to invite anyone round,
0:55:55 > 0:55:58"you could invite Poland round with that teapot, couldn't you?"
0:55:58 > 0:56:02Sorry, that's nothing against the Polish. They're lovely people.
0:56:02 > 0:56:04Straight in at £60.
0:56:04 > 0:56:06- It's a start.- Looking for 65.
0:56:06 > 0:56:09- It's worth all of that.- All of that.
0:56:09 > 0:56:1265, 75, I need.
0:56:12 > 0:56:1380. Five, I need.
0:56:15 > 0:56:1685 I'm out.
0:56:16 > 0:56:18All done at £85.
0:56:18 > 0:56:20Yes!
0:56:20 > 0:56:22We've actually lost money.
0:56:22 > 0:56:23That doesn't matter.
0:56:23 > 0:56:26We've not lost as much as I thought we had. It's a result.
0:56:26 > 0:56:28That's all right.
0:56:28 > 0:56:31That's the spirit, Matthew. I admire your positivity.
0:56:34 > 0:56:36It's their final lot of the day now.
0:56:36 > 0:56:39Christine and James's brass stencils.
0:56:39 > 0:56:41Good lot, this.
0:56:41 > 0:56:44- It's got to start with a bid with me on the lot of £15.- Excellent lot.
0:56:44 > 0:56:4818, I need on this lot. 20 with me, looking for 22.
0:56:48 > 0:56:51- How much did you pay for them? - £20, we paid for them.
0:56:51 > 0:56:53Five I'm out. 28, I need.
0:56:53 > 0:56:56- 28 there, £30, 32. 35.- Yeah.
0:56:56 > 0:56:58- It's good. - Eight, I want. £38, I've got.
0:56:58 > 0:57:00£40 there.
0:57:00 > 0:57:03Looking for 42. All done? This time, with the lady...
0:57:03 > 0:57:05Middle of the room at £40...
0:57:09 > 0:57:11I think she liked that result.
0:57:11 > 0:57:13Let's calculate the scores.
0:57:13 > 0:57:15Who will be today's winner?
0:57:17 > 0:57:19Matthew and David started out with £400.
0:57:19 > 0:57:24After auction costs are deducted, they made a tiny loss of £22.56.
0:57:24 > 0:57:30Their final total is £377.44.
0:57:30 > 0:57:34Christine and James also began with £400,
0:57:34 > 0:57:39and after paying auction costs they made a loss of £22.40.
0:57:39 > 0:57:44Their final earnings are £377.60.
0:57:44 > 0:57:49Incredibly, Christine and James are the winners by a mere 16p.
0:57:49 > 0:57:51Oh, that was a close one.
0:57:51 > 0:57:53- Go on, you two.- Right, we'll leave you to sob.
0:57:53 > 0:57:55- Yeah.- Take care. Lovely to see you.
0:57:55 > 0:57:58- You too. Drive safe.- Go on, Matthew, I'm going to drive.
0:57:58 > 0:57:59Your doorman awaits.
0:57:59 > 0:58:03- Come on, one last drive, Christine. - Oh, look at this!
0:58:03 > 0:58:06Take care. Enjoy the last drive.
0:58:06 > 0:58:08I will. Cheerio. Bye!
0:58:08 > 0:58:10- Go on. Happy gardening.- Absolutely.
0:58:10 > 0:58:13Do you think they'll stick to gardening or are they moving into antiques?
0:58:13 > 0:58:16- No, I think they should stick to the gardening.- I agree.
0:58:16 > 0:58:18LAUGHTER James! So long, Christine and Matthew.
0:58:18 > 0:58:21You've been an absolute delight.
0:58:22 > 0:58:26Do you know, Matthew, I have loved the last few days with you.
0:58:26 > 0:58:29- It's been great.- Christine, it's been my privilege, pal.
0:58:29 > 0:58:31It's been my privilege.