Maggie Aderin-Pocock and Miranda Krestovnikoff Celebrity Antiques Road Trip


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-The nation's favourite celebrities...

-Got some proper bling here.

-..paired up with an expert...

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Point, point!

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..and a classic car.

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Get your hands up!

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Their mission, to scour Britain for antiques.

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All breakages must be paid for.

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This is a good find, is it not?

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The aim - to make the biggest profit at auction. But it's no easy ride.

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Who will find a hidden gem? Who will take the biggest risks?

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Turn my antiques head on.

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Will anybody follow expert advice?

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I think it's horrible!

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There will be worthy winners...

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This is better than Christmas!

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..and valiant losers.

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Time to put your pedal to the metal. This is Celebrity Antiques Road Trip.

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Yeah!

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On this road trip, we have a pair of very clever celebrities.

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These scientists could teach us

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a thing or two but there's one gaping hole in their vast knowledge.

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I don't know anything about antiques. I'm a little nervous.

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-Well, you and me both.

-This to me is truly a leap into the unknown.

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It really is.

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Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock MBE is a respected space scientist.

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With a degree in physics and a doctorate in mechanical engineering, she's one smart lady!

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Looking at the sky in different bands of the electromagnetic

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spectrum gives you a very different viewpoint.

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When Maggie's not behind a telescope, she's in front of the camera,

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presenting The Sky At Night.

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Remember, get outside and get looking up.

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Miranda Krestovnikoff will go to any length...

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This is much more than some bizarre fashion statement.

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..and any depth to explain the wonders of the natural world.

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This is the closest I have ever been to puffins in the water.

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Zoologist Miranda is a familiar face on programmes such as Coast,

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Countryfile and The One Show,

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offering a new perspective of what lies beneath the waves.

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Our two knowledgeable ladies are enjoying life in this 1961 Morris,

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which was manufactured before seatbelts were mandatory.

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Not the best weather for a convertible, though.

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-We're going to be blessed with rain all day.

-Yes.

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I'm going to be racing in and out of the car.

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Crikey! Found you, found you. That is first.

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Do we have any idea where we're going?

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-Yes, I guess we're going to meet the experts.

-And what awaits us at the other end.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

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Yes and you're in good hands with auctioneers Philip Serrell

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and James Braxton, who are enjoying the ride in the 1972 Lancia Fulvia.

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See, I think, James, that being a huge Star Trek fan, I think

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I should go with the physics lady, Dr Maggie.

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I think that should be my course. What do you think?

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You're very happy with that, because I'm a countryman and I think that Miranda's the lady for me.

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That's the pairings scientifically selected, then

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and we'll arm them each with £400.

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-I do want to win. Ha-ha!

-Yeah, of course.

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I was going to say, it's a bit of an evil laugh there, going on.

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Lordy, I think we're going to have a proper competition today.

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Let the experts meet the scientists.

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-Well, look at that!

-Very good. Very adroitly driven.

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I'm going to go and grab the physicist.

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-Lovely to meet you. How are you, all right?

-Oh, lovely.

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-Enjoying the Morris, actually.

-Good, good.

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-Very nice to meet you.

-Nice to meet you. James.

-James, Miranda.

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It's time to hit the road.

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-What do you want to do? Drive?

-Yeah, can I drive?

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Of course you can. Get around that.

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It's chocks away in Yeovil before sidling across Somerset,

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heading over the River Severn into South Wales

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and ending with an auction in Clevedon.

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First, though, it's time to get to know each other.

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I'm not buying any stuffed animals, if that's where you're going. No stuffed animals.

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-No stuffed animals, no, no. OK.

-No, I think they're really very bizarre.

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-What is your favourite bird?

-My favourite bird?

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It has to be the puffin. You look at a puffin...

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-Why the puffin?

-You just want to smile.

-Yeah.

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They're really comical, they're brightly coloured,

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they go "brrrrrrrrr""!

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How are things going in the rival Morris?

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-Maggie, or shall I call you doctor?

-Oh, no, no, no, no. Maggie, please.

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The Sky At Night.

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Patrick Moore brought all that alive for a whole generation, didn't he?

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-He did. He did the programme for 57 years.

-You've been doing it for...?

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-18 months.

-Right. OK. OK, OK.

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A bit of a way to go.

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Maggie, why are you driving me through a river?

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-I don't know where that came from.

-Really?

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Whilst many Somerset towns boomed trading wool,

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Yeovil developed a speciality for making gloves.

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Our foursome will share their first shopping experience

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today in Emporium Antiques.

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Let's just hope we get there before the other two do.

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You're in luck, Philip. The shop's all yours. For now!

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Plenty to see but any words of advice, Phil?

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I think you need to go and find something.

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-I'll tell you what I think.

-OK, lovely.

-You need to find something.

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Whatever it might be, I want you to find me the best two things in here.

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-OK. Well, something caught my eye but I don't know which vintage.

-OK.

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-The plane.

-Yes.

-I think that's wicked.

-Do you?

-Yeah, I do.

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I think that's really, really lovely.

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-Heavy?

-Not as heavy as you'd want it to be.

-Ah.

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And I suspect not as old as you'd want it to be.

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As a rough rule of thumb, if it's got a base like that on it,

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it stands a chance of not being that old.

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I know a spaceplane, a modern spaceplane,

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-a design, which has this look, it's all retro 1950s.

-Like a shuttle, almost.

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-Actually, yeah, the shuttle was a bit bulkier.

-Would you want to go in the space shuttle?

-Yes, actually,

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-I would have definitely gone in the space shuttle.

-Would you?

-Yeah.

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-My dream has been to one day go into space.

-Absolutely bonkers!

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The polished aluminium plane has a ticket price of £79.

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-One to think about.

-There's something else I saw.

-Go on, then.

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Squeeze through here.

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She is keen.

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I love the stone.

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It's got the pink, the mottled...

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-Right.

-How heavy is it?

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It's got quite a weight to it. I love the colouring in it. But what is it?

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-It's meant to be a curling stone.

-Oh, I see.

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If you hold it like that, that...

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-Oh, yes. They sweep.

-Absolutely right. You like that?

-I do.

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-I just like the colouring.

-What we'll do...

-We'll ask about it.

-We'll ask about it.

-It's lovely.

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-But make sure you remind me that it's in my pocket.

-OK.

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That little paperweight is priced at £9.

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And look who's arrived.

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-Hopefully, Miranda won't notice all the taxidermy in here.

-Elephants.

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-A heron.

-That is a heron, isn't it?

-Yeah. There's a puffin here, though.

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-Isn't that funny?

-We were talking about puffins in the car.

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-Yeah, your favourite bird.

-That is actually a puffin.

-It's got your name written on it.

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Well, no, I'm afraid, you know, his beak's lost its colour and its...

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-No, it's too sad, unfortunately.

-Moving on...

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I feel quite overwhelmed.

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I just have absolutely no idea where to start.

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I think, just go for the unusual. The novelty is much prized nowadays.

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-Really?

-So anything unusual.

-OK.

-So eyes peeled.

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Will those sage words from James help?

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It's just bewildering. It's... I don't know where to start.

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I don't know the value of any of these things.

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It all looks beautiful.

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Um and I'm a bit terrified, actually.

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I really hope that James is going to hold my hand and help me

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-along the way, because I just don't know where to start.

-Really scary.

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Her favourite bird is the puffin.

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And what do we first see in this shop? A stuffed puffin!

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Ah, a bit awkward, that!

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Meanwhile, Maggie's taken Philip to another corner of the shop.

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Looking in here earlier, it's bizarre. But there's a cow!

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-Let's just have a look, shall we?

-And the thing is, it's got fur.

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It's...it's...it's alive!

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Skin-covered toys like this cow

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were the forerunners of the soft cuddly ones we love to squeeze today.

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Ticket price is £16.

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That's quite fun. It's got a bit of...

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-A bit of a dopey smile, though, hasn't it, really?

-Adds character!

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-But this is cow skin on a wooden carving.

-Oh.

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I sort of kind of think she's quite nice.

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And I was thinking, the two might make a nice little desk lot.

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I mean, I just think that's...

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It's...yes! Slightly demented smile!

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The cow, or Philip?

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Miranda and James meanwhile have found dealer Rob.

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Now what should we be looking at, Rob?

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-Have you got any antiques bargains?

-Tucked away in the corner somewhere!

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Funnily enough, something that people walk past quite often...

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-Yeah.

-..is this one here.

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-OK.

-And you can see the marble inset here.

-Yeah.

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-This is where the big unveil... Have a look at this.

-Ooh-hoo!

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And if you just open this up here,

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you've actually got your cupboard with all of the pipes there.

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Oh, really?

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This clever pot cupboard sports a ticket price of £345.

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Your maid would have rushed up, up early,

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she would have brought hot water up,

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you would have poured it in that, remembering to put the plug in,

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and then you'd put the jug back underneath the hole,

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lo and behold - bing!

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-It goes straight back into the jug.

-It's perfect.

-Isn't that clever?

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-It's really clever.

-That is typically Victorian, isn't it?

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-It's just a lovely object.

-It makes you smile, doesn't it?

-Yes, it does.

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-When you opened the door, and looked inside, it made you smile.

-Yeah.

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-Yeah. It is the novelty.

-Novelty! That's what you wanted, James.

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And their rivals? Maggie's found something.

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Oh, that's quite cool.

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I love these. The sort of recessed handles.

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-Why do you think they'd be recessed?

-It looks as if they want it flush.

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-Yeah, but why?

-Ooh, yeah! I don't know. You move it around a lot, you don't want it knocked off?

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-When Colonel so-and-so went to the battle of Crimea in 1860 whatever...

-Yeah.

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..he would have taken his campaign desk, his campaign chest.

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Sunken handles made these chests easier to stack

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and therefore transport between military postings.

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This chest is priced at £145.

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Hang on, Miranda and James have found something else.

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Now what is it? Shove chalk and half pence.

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-Shove halfpenny.

-Shove halfpenny. So have you played shove halfpenny?

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No. I've heard about it. Never played it. Never seen a board before.

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Time for another lesson.

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So you put £10 there, or whatever, and then you got the thing

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and then you shoved it.

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-And you have to get it between the lines.

-Oh, my goodness.

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-Fabulous. There you are.

-There you go. You've just won a tenner.

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You've got a score there. Won a tenner.

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So what have you got on this, Chief?

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-You can have that for £20.

-£20!

-Which is a bargain.

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Shall we have it for 20 quid?

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-That's a bargain, I think. Don't you?

-All right.

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-That's great. We're having this, then, aren't we?

-Do you like that?

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-It feels good and it's wood.

-Will you give us a... Rob, it sounds terribly cheeky.

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Can you give us a little hand? Can we say £19 for that?

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-We can indeed.

-Well done. Yeah? Can we do that?

-Deal.

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Rob, could you do this for 100?

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For you, yes, I will. Yes. For you.

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-Oh, you lovely man.

-Bless you. Thank you so much.

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That's two great deals.

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£19 for a boxed shove halfpenny set,

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and Rob generously knocks £245 off the pot cupboard. Crikey.

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The question is, can he afford to be so kind to the other team?

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-Crack on. How can I help you?

-Well, let's start.

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-You've got a campaign chest down there.

-I have.

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-Can we have a look at that?

-Thank you.

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Now this does weigh a little bit.

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-There we go.

-Let's have a look at it.

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It's made out of padouk wood, this, you know.

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-P-A-D-O-U-K - padouk.

-What's padouk?

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Padouk is... Padouk is um,

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er, to the best of my knowledge, it's an equatorial hardwood.

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It's the sort of thing that if you're a colonial officer,

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you might have a campaign chest made out of padouk wood.

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Right. Yes.

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I mean, I actually quite like that.

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We could do it for you for £40.

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£40? That's a great discount.

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The chest isn't all these two are interested in.

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-So we also quite like the little...

-OK.

-..cow.

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Oh, that's fantastic, isn't it?

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And the little paperweight, really, I suppose.

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We've got £16 on this one. £9 on this one.

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How about, just for you guys, £55 for the three pieces.

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-We haven't quite finished yet.

-No problem.

-There's the aeroplane.

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I'll bring it over.

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Cos it's got a bit of weight to it and I just like the sort of

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-1950s sleek design.

-Yeah. It's got no real age to it as far as I know but, like you say,

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it's very difficult to tell with something like this.

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It's really a desk piece, isn't it, on a gentleman's desk.

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I'll tell you what I was thinking. I was thinking, £10 for that.

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-£20 for that. £40 for that.

-Yes.

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So are you happy that we buy those three?

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Lovely, and we've got potentially two lots or more.

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-One, two, three, four and £70?

-Yes. £70. Yeah. I'm very happy with that.

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-I'll shake your hand, now, sir. Brilliant. Thank you, Philip.

-Thank you.

-I hope you do really well.

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-Thank you. You've been really good to us.

-Thank you.

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He has been good and four items in their first shop is good going.

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Time for the physicist to do the math.

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20, 40, 60. And ten. 70 quid.

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-Thank you very much.

-Thank you.

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That's both teams off to a flying start.

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Cos we've got quite a few good things under our belts now.

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Well, you've done really, really well.

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Really well. Are you sure you haven't done this before?

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Phillip's impressed with his celeb.

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But what of their rivals out on the open road?

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Are you very competitive, Miranda?

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I have to say, I really am quite competitive. But this is a...

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-I'm so...

-Let's beat Maggie!

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James and Miranda have motored the Lancia 20 miles north-east to

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one of the prettiest market towns in Somerset, Castle Cary.

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MUSIC: A String Of Pearls by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra

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OK.

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They've come to hear about a local man whose legacy has helped millions of people.

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To share the little-known story of Douglas Macmillan,

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is Castle Cary resident David Gee.

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-David, nice to meet you.

-Welcome.

-Miranda.

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-Hello, James.

-Welcome.

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When Douglas was growing up in the early 1900s, there was no NHS.

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Healthcare was a luxury few could afford.

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When his father William became severely unwell, there was

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little support for him and none for his family.

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Young Douglas could only watch as his dad deteriorated.

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William McMillan contracted cancer and Douglas saw him

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go down so quickly and it really hit him

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and he resolved that people should not suffer like this.

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The death of his father left a deep impression.

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In his dad's memory, 27-year-old Douglas created

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the Society for the Prevention and Relief of Cancer.

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In the early days, he talked about cure and prevention

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but later on, it was established

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as a nationally registered charity in 1924

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and around about that time,

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he turned more to the caring for people with cancer,

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rather than trying to cure it

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and he made it his life's work and it became his hobby

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and effectively his work to do something about this.

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Despite working full-time as a civil servant,

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Douglas dedicated his spare waking hours to the charity.

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He believed families needed support at a time

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when the breadwinner was unwell.

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During the War, Douglas even collected coal

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and personally delivered it to homes of cancer patients.

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A unique exhibition in the Castle Cary museum recognises

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the work of this compassionate man.

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We've got this document here with his aims. He says,

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"I want to see homes for cancer patients throughout the land

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"where attention will be provided freely or at low cost,

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"as circumstances dictate

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"and I want also to see panels of voluntary nurses who can be detailed

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"off to attend the necessitous patients in their own homes."

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That's the start of Macmillan nurses, of course.

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You mention the name Macmillan and people instantly recognise it.

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-Macmillan nurses, yeah.

-That's right.

-He looks very kindly, doesn't he?

-He was a kindly man.

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30 years after its launch,

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Douglas's charity was receiving donations of over £16,000 annually.

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Half a million in today's money.

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In 1948, Health Minister Nye Bevan had a radical idea that has

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since become the envy of the world.

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The revolutionary National Health Service provided free

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care for all at the point of need.

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Drugs and surgery were now freely available but Douglas spent

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the next 20 years campaigning for better facilities in hospitals.

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Meanwhile, the charity was pioneering a new approach to

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care by supporting the families of those diagnosed with cancer too.

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This is a particularly nice picture.

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This is Douglas in his latter years, in his retirement home

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in Ansford, which is a little piece of Castle Cary on the edge.

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He had a house built and he retired there,

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came back in 1965, I think it was.

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In 1945, Douglas retired from the civil service

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and threw himself into fundraising.

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His ground-breaking work was gaining recognition.

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World Cup footballer Stanley Matthews and top comedian Arthur Askey

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stepped up to support Douglas and boost the profile of the charity.

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Douglas died in 1969. The charity he nurtured for over 50 years continues.

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His legacy is now one of the country's biggest charities,

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raising over £200 million in 2015.

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-Well, thank you so much...

-Thank you.

-..for sharing that.

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We got a real flavour of this man

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and his wonderful life and his caring nature

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and the legacy that he left behind as well.

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-It's been really enlightening. Thanks ever so much.

-Thank you.

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-A pleasure. Pleased to meet you.

-Thank you.

-Pleasure.

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Back on the road, how are Philip and our inspiring stargazer getting along?

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I was just really keen to get a closer look at the stars.

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And telescopes are expensive. But then I made my own telescope.

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-You made your own telescope?

-Yes. It takes a while.

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-So you made your own telescope at 14?

-Yeah. It was a necessity really.

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Can I just tell you that I didn't?

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Maggie and Philip are headed to Somerton,

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the former county town of Somerset.

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The next stop is right in the heart of the town.

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We did really well at the last place, you know,

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-so I think we should just chill here.

-Oh, yes.

-You go and find something you really, really like

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-and I'll try and find something that I really, really like.

-OK.

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-Then we'll compare notes later.

-Absolutely right.

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Sounds like a plan.

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I've no idea what it's for.

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Hmm. Perhaps a more familiar item, then.

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Now, of course, for me, seeing a telescope, I can't resist, so...

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And this is a beautiful one. A nice weight to it.

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And it's got this built-in lens cap either end.

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So there's one at that end and then one at this end, too.

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It's a nice piece, yeah. Ah, stiff.

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But quite nice wood.

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Nice metal features. I think it's still a thing of beauty,

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so I'd like to get Phil's input on that, to get a feel of... yeah, of the age of it.

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Well, I can tell you, it's Georgian and it's priced at £58.

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Maggie's gone off looking on her own.

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So I'm sort of wondering what she's going to come back with.

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You know, it could be a telescope, some kind of scientific microscope.

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It could even be a new planet!

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But she'll come back with something, that's for sure. Here she is, look.

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-How are you?

-I'm fine, thank you.

-Have you found lots of things?

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-I have.

-Really?

-But, yeah, I don't know much about them so I'd like to find out more.

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You're asking me? Come on, then. Let's go and have a look.

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-Guess what, Philip?

-I know what that is.

-Yeah.

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This is it, isn't it? It is. A telescope. I couldn't resist. OK.

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-Let's have a look at this, then.

-I wasn't sure what to look for.

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When you draw these out like that,

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you would find a name like Dollond or something like that

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just on here and of course on this, there's absolutely diddly.

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That's quite a length.

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Cos I do think this is an astronomical telescope.

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-What difference is there? You think this is a seafaring one, do you?

-Yes.

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Actually, it's partly aperture size and with a telescope,

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cos you're looking at a dim objects,

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you usually want to get as big an opening as possible.

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So this might have been used by a ship's captain or

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-something like that, you think?

-Yes. Imagine them sort of on the deck.

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-There's a long thing.

-That sort of appeals to you?

-Oh, yes, yes.

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Cos I'm into optics. And I made my own telescope, so it's sort of...

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I remember that. Yeah, yeah.

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OK, right.

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-I went out with a girl once who made her own telescope. Come on, then.

-Weird, was she?

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Phillip's got his eye on some things, too.

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These sticks here, which I think are really quite fun.

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-If I just put that down there for a second.

-Yeah.

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So, the first one, yeah, isn't actually a stick. It's a measure.

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-It is.

-Well, it says here it's a draper's yardstick.

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-Ah, OK. For material?

-Yeah.

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So that's quite interesting.

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This is a swagger stick, so you can...

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Yeah, so you can swagger.

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It's quite nice. It's leather covered.

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-And a metal end.

-Yeah.

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What sort of weight?

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-Oh, yes. I think a good swagger with that...

-Yeah.

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"Look at me, I just found a new planet."

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What have you found?

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-Erm... This I like.

-Ooh. Knobbly.

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Well, yeah. It's either blackthorn or it's off a rose.

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Oh, yeah, cos it's got the burrs.

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That, I just think is interesting.

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This...

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Yes, like a head.

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I just think... Isn't that a lovely little doggie?

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-Yes.

-So he's quite nice.

-Gosh.

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-And last, but not least...

-Ah.

-Do you know what that is?

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That's... Ooh. Oh, my.

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-I thought it was snakeskin.

-No.

-No!

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Ooh.

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-It's a shark's vertebra.

-My goodness!

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-Right?

-Yeah.

-So...

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-It's got wobble.

-Yeah.

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I mean, it needs tightening up a little bit,

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but it's a shark's vertebra and I just think that's quite a fun stick.

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-So you like all of these, do you?

-I do.

-OK.

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Let me just go and get the shopkeeper

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and see where we can go.

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Collectively, the sticks are priced at £330.

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Will dealer Peter be open for a deal?

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What we're were hoping - the first thing that we'd like

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to buy off you is that, this lovely telescope.

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What could you do that for?

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I think the very best on that's going to be about £35, Phil.

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About. I like the "about" bit.

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Well... It's a bit more.

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Would "about" be 30, do you think, or not?

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I think we're... Yeah, we could possibly do that for 30 for you.

0:23:120:23:15

Well, let's put that one down. You'd like that, wouldn't you?

0:23:150:23:18

-I do.

-So we'll definitely have that?

-Yes.

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Right, let's put that there. That's a sold.

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And then these sticks, we really love these.

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If we could buy all of them, we'd buy all of them,

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but it's all down to price, isn't it?

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I could do you a good price on all of them.

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OK, what's a good price on all of them?

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£180 for the lot.

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What do you want to do?

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If we do it as a job lot, five sticks does seem quite substantial.

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-OK. Done.

-And I think we've got enough money to play with.

-Yeah.

0:23:390:23:42

-Done. Done, done, done, done, done.

-Thank you very much.

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-Thank you very much. Thank you.

-Thank you.

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Thank you for looking after us. Thank you.

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That's a deal for the telescope at £30

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and the collection of sticks with £120 knocked off.

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-Show me how to find a planet.

-SHE LAUGHS

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Do you know what?

0:23:590:24:00

I think Planet Serrell's got a really nice ring to it.

0:24:000:24:03

Well, don't stargaze beyond your bedtime.

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Another big day tomorrow. Nighty-night.

0:24:060:24:09

The next morning, our celebrities are dissecting yesterday's events.

0:24:100:24:14

I didn't know where to start...

0:24:140:24:15

Looking at the bric-a-brac for me, working sort of scientifically.

0:24:150:24:18

"This has a value and it's this much..."

0:24:180:24:20

-Yes, it's logical.

-That's it. But this is, sort of, market-led

0:24:200:24:23

and you don't know what the market is, so...

0:24:230:24:25

And I find that quite hard.

0:24:250:24:27

I learnt a huge amount about what makes something interesting,

0:24:270:24:31

buyable, attractive to other people...

0:24:310:24:34

Look, a heron. Look at him go!

0:24:340:24:36

It's beautiful. Wow.

0:24:360:24:38

Can we look at the wildlife, please?

0:24:380:24:41

-You've got a one-track mind.

-I really have.

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Yesterday, Miranda and James parted with £119

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for a Victorian mahogany washstand and a shove ha'penny set.

0:24:470:24:51

Fabulous!

0:24:510:24:52

There we go. You just won a tenner.

0:24:520:24:55

They still have £281 left to spent today.

0:24:550:24:58

While Maggie and Philip picked up a toy cow, a marble paperweight,

0:25:000:25:04

a polished aluminium model aeroplane, a campaign chest, a telescope

0:25:040:25:08

and a collection of sticks.

0:25:080:25:10

"Look at me, I just found a new planet!"

0:25:120:25:15

They spent £280,

0:25:150:25:17

leaving them £120 for today's purchases.

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We've done really, really well.

0:25:210:25:22

Really well. Are you sure you haven't done this before?

0:25:220:25:25

Yesterday was rather a success, apart from the Lancia, that is.

0:25:250:25:29

Driven through one too many puddles, perhaps,

0:25:290:25:31

and it looks like that chap's struggling.

0:25:310:25:32

-What have you done to our car?!

-I didn't do anything...

0:25:320:25:35

-What have you done to our car?

-We thought it was a boat.

0:25:350:25:39

-It's not a boat, is it?

-Oh, no, puddles...

0:25:390:25:42

-Walk! She's got her walking shoes on.

-We might enjoy it.

0:25:420:25:45

I'll drive, come on. Is that all right?

0:25:470:25:49

Maggie and Philip set off on foot because today,

0:25:490:25:52

Miranda and James have the only working car.

0:25:520:25:55

I went to bed and all I could think about was antiques.

0:25:550:25:59

Oh, my goodness me, my head was full of all the stuff that we saw,

0:25:590:26:01

the things that we bought and the things that we didn't buy

0:26:010:26:04

and did we make the right decisions. I think we did, actually.

0:26:040:26:07

-I was really pleased.

-So, on quiet reflection...?

-Yeah, happy. Happy.

0:26:070:26:11

That's what I like to hear.

0:26:110:26:13

This morning, James and Miranda kick off the shopping

0:26:130:26:15

in the Welsh capital.

0:26:150:26:17

Cardiff was once the world's busiest port,

0:26:190:26:22

with its fortunes built on the export of coal.

0:26:220:26:26

Absolutely enormous, isn't it?

0:26:280:26:30

-It's a big old industrial thing, but if we come this way...

-OK.

0:26:300:26:35

-Where do we start?

-I think we can go up and down here.

0:26:350:26:39

A huge pumping station in Victorian times, this place is now home

0:26:390:26:43

to over 30 traders and our brave duo have over £280 to spend.

0:26:430:26:48

That's one of those amazing silver chests.

0:26:490:26:51

So that's what you kept your silver in.

0:26:510:26:54

-If one had lots of silver.

-Yes.

0:26:540:26:56

So normally, that would be inscribed with the owner's name.

0:26:560:27:00

-You could fit a small child in there, couldn't you?

-Yeah.

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-SHE GIGGLES

-But look at the engravings.

0:27:020:27:04

Sold by Goldsmiths, jeweller,

0:27:040:27:06

-to HR...

-HRH! The Duke of Sussex.

-Duke of Sussex.

0:27:060:27:10

Interesting provenance, but this chest has seen better days.

0:27:100:27:14

-This is just old wallpaper. They were normally base-lined.

-OK.

0:27:140:27:19

So you'd keep everything protected.

0:27:190:27:21

And this would have gone to maybe a bank

0:27:210:27:23

or a place of safe storage when people were away.

0:27:230:27:26

Funny, isn't it? It's something and nothing.

0:27:260:27:29

You really want that engraving on the inside to be one

0:27:290:27:31

-the outside, don't you?

-Yeah.

0:27:310:27:32

Not for them this time then.

0:27:320:27:34

Right... We've only touched the surface of this place.

0:27:340:27:38

-God...

-Oh, dear!

0:27:380:27:39

-Big old... Big old lion.

-Oh, my word!

0:27:390:27:45

Poor Miranda. Can't seem to get away from stuffed animals.

0:27:450:27:49

-Let's have a look at this fellow.

-Right.

0:27:490:27:52

So...this should be a sleeve-cut, just beautifully fitted.

0:27:520:27:57

-And then you'd undo this...

-What would go in there?

0:27:570:28:00

Probably, er, hard liquor.

0:28:000:28:03

Great. Pour me a cup, then.

0:28:030:28:06

Is this all silver then?

0:28:060:28:08

We've got a mark here, but we should have four or five marks,

0:28:080:28:12

so very definitely plate.

0:28:120:28:15

Had that had a silver mark on it,

0:28:150:28:16

that would've been well worth buying.

0:28:160:28:19

-It's plated.

-OK.

-But a beautiful design.

-OK.

0:28:190:28:23

And at £95, unlikely to make a profit at auction.

0:28:230:28:26

Nothing catching your eye? Perhaps time to think of a plan B, James.

0:28:320:28:36

I think for a last throw of the dice,

0:28:360:28:38

I think we should go to the shop in Newport.

0:28:380:28:41

So it's our very last shop, it's our last chance,

0:28:410:28:44

-but I think we'll have more fun there.

-OK.

0:28:440:28:48

James, that's a big gamble. It's now all or nothing at the next shop.

0:28:480:28:52

-Oh, well.

-Not very fruitful, then.

-No.

0:28:520:28:55

-What a shame.

-Chin up!

0:28:550:28:58

Back in Newport, Philip and Maggie are on foot

0:29:000:29:03

and heading towards the city centre.

0:29:030:29:05

They're quite literally following in the steps of the 20,000 men

0:29:070:29:11

who brought this country the closest it has ever been

0:29:110:29:14

to a full-blown revolution.

0:29:140:29:16

-Welcome to Newport Museum and Art Gallery.

-Good to see you.

0:29:160:29:21

To hear how a group of men, led by local John Frost,

0:29:210:29:24

were intent on toppling the government in 1839,

0:29:240:29:27

they're meeting museum manager, Mike Lewis.

0:29:270:29:31

John Frost became very enthusiastic about Chartism.

0:29:310:29:35

They say he was an eloquent orator

0:29:350:29:37

and became a kind of de facto head of the Chartism movement in Newport.

0:29:370:29:43

So what is the Chartist movement?

0:29:430:29:45

The Chartist movement was a movement...

0:29:450:29:47

really a fight for democracy.

0:29:470:29:49

A parliament that reflected the aspirations

0:29:490:29:51

of the greater population,

0:29:510:29:53

that was really what the Chartist movement were fighting for.

0:29:530:29:56

In the 1830s, there was growing discontent across Britain.

0:29:560:30:00

The government was made up of wealthy landowners,

0:30:000:30:02

able to buy their way into parliament and reluctant to relinquish control.

0:30:020:30:07

Industrialisation had created a working class desperate

0:30:090:30:12

for fairer pay and conditions, yet powerless to bring about change.

0:30:120:30:16

For a lot of the workers in the factories, in the mines,

0:30:160:30:19

it was pretty grim.

0:30:190:30:20

But the Chartists were also middle-class,

0:30:200:30:23

shop-owning people that were denied the right to vote.

0:30:230:30:26

So who could vote?

0:30:260:30:27

You had to have a property qualification, so all the

0:30:270:30:29

renting classes were denied the vote and that was more or less everybody.

0:30:290:30:33

John Frost, like millions of others,

0:30:330:30:35

had signed a petition called the Great Charter.

0:30:350:30:38

It demanded votes for all and for any man to be able to stand as an MP -

0:30:380:30:42

rights we take for granted today, but revolutionary thinking at the time.

0:30:420:30:47

You had this charter and it was put forward. What was the response?

0:30:470:30:50

Well, the charter was rejected by the parliament.

0:30:500:30:53

This must have really rocked the establishment boat, really?

0:30:530:30:56

I suppose that's why they didn't vote for it in parliament.

0:30:560:30:59

They didn't want this to happen. They had the power.

0:30:590:31:01

-This is our little club, thank you.

-Yes, that's it.

0:31:010:31:03

Political upheaval was rippling across Europe.

0:31:030:31:06

The French, unhappy with how their country was run...

0:31:060:31:09

..overthrew those in power.

0:31:110:31:13

British MPs knew their necks were on the line too.

0:31:130:31:16

Fearing a revolution on home soil, they banned Chartist meetings,

0:31:160:31:20

intent on stamping out the cause.

0:31:200:31:22

The police were ordered to round up Chartists nationwide

0:31:240:31:27

and the focus fell on Newport.

0:31:270:31:29

You mentioned John Frost. This is a poster written by him.

0:31:290:31:32

-What's he saying in here?

-That's right.

0:31:320:31:34

A number of Chartist sympathisers had been set upon

0:31:340:31:38

by a number of special constables

0:31:380:31:41

and they were taken prisoner and this pamphlet really is asking

0:31:410:31:47

the working men of Monmouthshire to stay cool

0:31:470:31:49

but firm in their demands for the Chartists' rights.

0:31:490:31:54

Despite John Frost calling for calm in Newport,

0:31:540:31:56

his fellow Chartists were becoming impatient.

0:31:560:31:59

Their motto was "Peaceably, if we can. Forcibly, if we must."

0:32:000:32:05

-So basically, it was a powder keg and it could all blow up?

-I think

0:32:050:32:07

the feeling was at this time that we were on the edge of something.

0:32:070:32:12

Thousands of men armed themselves with home-made weapons,

0:32:120:32:16

left their homes in the Welsh valleys and marched through the night.

0:32:160:32:20

They headed for central Newport to demand

0:32:200:32:22

the freedom of the imprisoned men.

0:32:220:32:24

But they arrived cold, wet and exhausted.

0:32:240:32:27

Of the many thousands that planned to meet outside the Westgate Hotel,

0:32:290:32:33

where they believed the men were being held,

0:32:330:32:35

only a fraction arrived on time.

0:32:350:32:37

Worse still, Newport's mayor had heard of the Chartists' plans

0:32:370:32:41

and had called in the army.

0:32:410:32:43

Thomas Phillips, mayor of Newport,

0:32:430:32:45

stationed elements of the 45th regiment at the workhouse,

0:32:450:32:49

which was on the outskirts of Newport,

0:32:490:32:50

and brought a detachment into the Westgate Hotel.

0:32:500:32:53

They waited for the marchers to come down Stow Hill, and they did,

0:32:530:32:57

and they circled round the front of the hotel

0:32:570:32:59

and then somebody fired a shot.

0:32:590:33:01

The next action was the soldiers threw open the shutters

0:33:020:33:05

and opened fire on the mass in front of them.

0:33:050:33:08

-So that first shot was the tinderbox?

-It was.

0:33:080:33:11

22 men were killed instantly, many more wounded, all of them Chartists.

0:33:110:33:17

The rest ran for their lives.

0:33:170:33:18

Soon after the authorities took control,

0:33:180:33:21

they rounded up a number of the Chartists, including John Frost,

0:33:210:33:25

and they were then taken to Monmouth and charged with treason.

0:33:250:33:28

It was feared that had the Chartists overthrown

0:33:280:33:31

the authorities in Newport, other uprisings nationwide

0:33:310:33:34

would have brought the country to the brink of a revolution.

0:33:340:33:38

So what happened to John Frost?

0:33:380:33:39

He was put on trial shortly after the rising.

0:33:390:33:41

He was found guilty of treason and then sentenced to be hanged

0:33:410:33:46

and quartered.

0:33:460:33:48

And is that what happened?

0:33:480:33:49

No, there was a bit of disquiet about the fact that these sentences

0:33:490:33:53

were so harsh and very quickly,

0:33:530:33:55

the sentence was commuted to transportation and John Frost

0:33:550:33:59

then went to Australia with his two other treason-charged colleagues.

0:33:590:34:04

Even with one of its leaders punished with exile,

0:34:040:34:07

and despite the government's success in quashing the uprising,

0:34:070:34:10

the Chartist movement did not die on the steps of the Westgate Hotel.

0:34:100:34:15

The campaign continued

0:34:150:34:16

and persistent peaceful protests encouraged parliament to rethink.

0:34:160:34:20

Electoral reform took place over the following years,

0:34:220:34:25

but it wasn't until 1928 that all men and women over 21 were able to vote.

0:34:250:34:30

I'm just really embarrassed that my history taught me

0:34:300:34:33

-nothing about this.

-I didn't know anything about it either.

0:34:330:34:35

Remarkably, other than annual elections,

0:34:350:34:38

today, Britain's political system has adopted five of the six demands

0:34:380:34:43

set out in the Great Charter.

0:34:430:34:46

As for John Frost, he was given a full pardon.

0:34:460:34:48

He returned to Britain after 15 years in Australia.

0:34:480:34:51

He died in 1877 aged 92.

0:34:510:34:55

Thank you very much for coming along and please come back to Newport

0:34:550:34:58

to find out a little bit more about the Chartist story.

0:34:580:35:00

Perfect. Thank you.

0:35:000:35:01

Hot on the heels of their rivals,

0:35:040:35:06

Miranda and James have made their way back

0:35:060:35:08

along the coast to sunny Newport.

0:35:080:35:10

-At least we haven't got the rain today.

-No.

0:35:100:35:12

It was a bit aquatic yesterday, driving through those puddles.

0:35:120:35:15

-Look at this.

-A bit of sunshine today.

0:35:150:35:17

-South Wales delivering sunshine.

-It really is.

0:35:170:35:19

-And agriculture.

-Grumpy cows.

0:35:190:35:23

They're enjoying the day!

0:35:230:35:24

With £281 left to spend,

0:35:240:35:27

this next shop really is the last roll of the dice.

0:35:270:35:31

-This is it.

-This is it.

-This is the one.

0:35:340:35:36

This is our cornucopia.

0:35:360:35:38

They're optimistic.

0:35:380:35:40

-Ah, sanctuary.

-Yeah!

0:35:400:35:42

-This looks interesting, doesn't it?

-It does look interesting.

0:35:440:35:47

-So I think, should we ask mein host?

-Yeah.

0:35:470:35:52

John's the main man here.

0:35:520:35:53

We have a challenge. You are our last hope.

0:35:530:35:57

We come here wanting to buy about three items.

0:35:570:36:00

Now, have you got some goodies? Have you got anything sorted away?

0:36:000:36:04

-'Fraid not.

-Oh, no!

0:36:040:36:07

Do you want to go and have a little rummage?

0:36:070:36:09

-I think that's our only option I'm afraid.

-OK.

0:36:090:36:11

-All right, we'll rummage away, then.

-If anything springs to mind, John...

0:36:110:36:15

-Yeah.

-I'll dig it out immediately.

-That'd be lovely.

0:36:150:36:18

(Can't let the others win, James!)

0:36:180:36:20

No pressure, James, eh?

0:36:200:36:22

I'm looking inside everything.

0:36:230:36:26

There's got to be something.

0:36:270:36:29

Hang on. John's found something.

0:36:300:36:32

Oh, God!

0:36:320:36:33

-HE LAUGHS

-It's a sweet little thing.

0:36:330:36:37

A stuffed armadillo given new life as a card tray.

0:36:370:36:41

I just... Sorry.

0:36:410:36:43

-No. I really can't.

-You can't even...

0:36:430:36:45

Something about dead animals. No.

0:36:450:36:48

Not to my taste either.

0:36:480:36:50

Dead animals everywhere. Poor Miranda.

0:36:500:36:52

The pressure's on, James.

0:36:520:36:54

CLATTERING

0:36:540:36:56

Looking up, looking down, looking all around.

0:36:570:37:00

I think the clock can stay down.

0:37:030:37:07

CREAKING

0:37:070:37:09

Hmm... It doesn't even work.

0:37:090:37:11

HE SIGHS

0:37:150:37:16

James has started sighing quite a bit,

0:37:160:37:19

which has made me slightly worried.

0:37:190:37:21

Something of value.

0:37:230:37:24

We must have been round the shop about ten times.

0:37:240:37:28

There really is literally nothing.

0:37:280:37:30

-What have we done, James?

-White flag's going up soon.

0:37:310:37:35

-No!

-The white flag is being raised.

0:37:350:37:38

CRASHING

0:37:380:37:40

Oh, battery pack.

0:37:400:37:42

-Lordy. Really, James?

-Sorry.

0:37:420:37:45

As Miranda and James continue their hunt...

0:37:450:37:47

..Maggie and Phil have headed the 20 miles east

0:37:480:37:51

to the Welsh border town of Chepstow.

0:37:510:37:54

Doing some of the journey on foot

0:37:560:37:57

allows more time for Maggie to impress our Phil.

0:37:570:38:00

-Ooh, actually, I went out to Nasa headquarters...

-You've been to Nasa?

0:38:000:38:04

-Yes. Yes.

-Really?

0:38:040:38:06

-That's wicked!

-Comes with the job!

-What were you doing there?

0:38:060:38:09

-There was a Pluto fly-by.

-Yeah.

0:38:090:38:11

And so the press of the world all gathered in Nasa headquarters

0:38:110:38:13

to actually see a space probe go past Pluto.

0:38:130:38:17

That's just absolutely fantastic.

0:38:170:38:19

-Really, really fantastic.

-It's amazing.

0:38:190:38:22

It certainly is. Now time to buy some antiques.

0:38:220:38:25

-So here's our shop, look.

-Looks interesting.

0:38:250:38:27

-I like the look of that before I start.

-Ooh! That's beautiful.

0:38:270:38:31

-It is.

-Is it oak?

-You're absolutely spot on.

0:38:310:38:35

Coffer. Late 17th, early 18th-century.

0:38:350:38:38

Wow! I love the way you can do that.

0:38:380:38:40

Well, it's really interesting in an anorak sort of a way.

0:38:400:38:45

-I'm an anorak!

-Shall we dissect it?

0:38:450:38:47

Yeah, yeah, please do!

0:38:470:38:48

Right, Phil, your chance to impress your celeb. Good luck!

0:38:480:38:51

OK, what does that tell you?

0:38:530:38:54

OK. There was something there that's come out.

0:38:540:38:56

-That's all you need to know.

-OK.

0:38:560:38:58

So something's gone on there. That's the first thing you need to know.

0:38:580:39:01

-What's happened there?

-OK.

0:39:010:39:02

-That looks like these aren't the original hinges.

-Yeah.

0:39:020:39:05

So we know something's happened there.

0:39:050:39:06

-Look at this - can you see that line down there?

-Yes.

0:39:060:39:09

And this side as well, all the way round.

0:39:090:39:10

There's been a little box there and you'd have kept candles in there.

0:39:100:39:13

-Why?

-The candles, I think they probably contained camphor.

0:39:130:39:17

But this, the whole box, the big box,

0:39:170:39:19

-is a blanket box and for materials, so the wax...

-Camphor is mothballs.

0:39:190:39:25

..it keeps the moths away so your little candle box

0:39:250:39:28

tucked on the end is also a huge great mothball.

0:39:280:39:31

So you know where your candles are and it's keeping the moths away.

0:39:310:39:33

-Absolutely.

-Dual use!

-Very, very clever.

0:39:330:39:36

There's one last bit of social history

0:39:360:39:37

that I love about these things.

0:39:370:39:39

This has been reduced, I would think by about two or three inches.

0:39:390:39:43

-Oh, so it would be taller?

-Yeah. The reason why is... Imagine this

0:39:430:39:46

in a really big, grand hall.

0:39:460:39:48

Timbered grand hall. And an even, flagstone floor.

0:39:480:39:52

And to clean the flagstone floor, you chuck water on it.

0:39:520:39:55

-Chuck water on it, you rot the legs.

-Right.

0:39:550:39:57

So these things get cut down and reduced in size.

0:39:570:39:59

-I still love it.

-Well, I like it a lot.

0:39:590:40:02

It's looking like a good, sturdy box and I love all that history.

0:40:020:40:06

You've given it a life to me.

0:40:060:40:08

Well done.

0:40:080:40:09

Well, it's priced up at £225.

0:40:090:40:12

If you want to make a cheeky offer of 120,

0:40:120:40:14

but we can't go any more because we haven't got more.

0:40:140:40:17

Right, go on, then.

0:40:170:40:18

One tiny step into a shop and one giant find for the space scientist.

0:40:200:40:26

But can she pull off the deal of the road trip?

0:40:260:40:29

-I'm Maggie.

-Good afternoon.

-Lovely to meet you.

0:40:290:40:31

Hi, I'm Philip. How are you, Dawn?

0:40:310:40:32

Hello. Good afternoon, welcome to Chepstow.

0:40:320:40:34

-Well, we've seen something we like, haven't we?

-We have.

0:40:340:40:37

-It's the large wooden chest.

-The coffer?

-The coffer, yes.

0:40:370:40:41

Erm... We had a look at it. I really love it.

0:40:410:40:43

-That's probably a bad negotiation tactic!

-SHE LAUGHS

0:40:430:40:46

This isn't going down very well, now, is it?

0:40:460:40:49

But, yeah, we've got £120 left.

0:40:490:40:52

Do you think you can help us?

0:40:520:40:54

I've got the money here.

0:40:550:40:57

Lay it out on the table and she might go for it!

0:40:570:41:00

As you've asked so nicely... Go on!

0:41:000:41:02

-Oh, thank you so much.

-Are you sure?

-Yes.

0:41:020:41:04

Go on.

0:41:040:41:06

Well done, Maggie.

0:41:060:41:07

£125 off the ticket price of the knocked-about coffer.

0:41:070:41:11

I'm going to take you shopping again with me, because you are good.

0:41:110:41:13

-Really good.

-This is fun. I'm loving it.

0:41:130:41:15

-I so love this chest, though.

-It's great, isn't it?

0:41:150:41:18

Yes, it is. And you found it without even going into the shop.

0:41:180:41:22

-We spent all the money!

-Every last penny.

0:41:220:41:24

-I'm really pleased. We've done well.

-I love what we've got.

0:41:240:41:27

As for the other team, are they still struggling?

0:41:270:41:30

Not looking good.

0:41:320:41:33

You see, that's a... You know, that's a thing of yesteryear.

0:41:330:41:38

A table like that, yeah.

0:41:380:41:39

Ooh, this could be something.

0:41:390:41:42

-Right, OK.

-It's funny.

0:41:420:41:44

Why would you do a square table and then offset it?

0:41:440:41:48

So you can stick it in a corner easily or...not easily?

0:41:480:41:51

Well, it's still there, isn't it? It's just a weird one.

0:41:510:41:53

Just a different way of doing things, isn't it?

0:41:530:41:56

But to what extent do people buy late-Victorian tables, nowadays?

0:41:570:42:02

Well, I wouldn't, personally.

0:42:020:42:04

-But, erm...

-It's got a butterfly wing shaped top.

0:42:040:42:08

It's got a lot going on for it, hasn't it?

0:42:080:42:10

Sounds like a strong contender.

0:42:100:42:12

Now, keep going, James.

0:42:120:42:14

It's got some weight to it.

0:42:140:42:16

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-What are you looking for?

0:42:160:42:18

This one's quite good because it's really nice thick enamel.

0:42:180:42:22

The Sunday Dispatch was once Britain's biggest-selling

0:42:220:42:26

Sunday newspaper. It ceased publication in the early '60s.

0:42:260:42:29

This sign would have adorned a newsagent's wall.

0:42:290:42:32

Do people collect these?

0:42:320:42:34

Yeah. Lots of pubs, restaurants, they collect them.

0:42:340:42:39

This is quite a nice one. It's big and bright.

0:42:390:42:42

It doesn't have a picture, a decorative element to it.

0:42:420:42:47

It's a magazine, but somebody doing up a pub would like this.

0:42:470:42:51

-John's asking £60 for the sign.

-Let's hold that thought.

0:42:510:42:55

Hold that thought, OK.

0:42:550:42:56

-That's given me a little bit of positive hope.

-Come on. Come on.

0:42:560:43:00

-Positive hope.

-OK.

-Might be another sign.

0:43:000:43:02

I quite like the table. I don't know why I like the table.

0:43:020:43:04

But I like its quirkiness.

0:43:040:43:06

I'm not sure Miranda's so keen, though, James.

0:43:060:43:09

-You've got to talk me into the table.

-99% of tables will be...

0:43:090:43:15

-Square.

-Will be squared to the top.

0:43:150:43:18

None of it's damaged. It's got a gallery at the bottom.

0:43:180:43:22

And, you know, every home should have one, especially an offset one.

0:43:220:43:27

-Are you selling it to me?

-Yeah.

0:43:270:43:29

This is a gamble.

0:43:290:43:30

Brown furniture doesn't make the money it once did.

0:43:320:43:34

John's priced it at £60.

0:43:340:43:37

John, if we said 25 for this and 25 for the enamel sign,

0:43:370:43:42

-and... We need something meatier, don't we?

-Hmm.

0:43:420:43:46

Leave no stone unturned, James.

0:43:460:43:49

How about a bowl of fruit?

0:43:490:43:50

-Miranda...

-Hello.

-Would you buy this?

0:43:520:43:54

-Talking about your five a day.

-LAUGHING:

-That is horrible!

0:43:540:43:59

-What?

-It's horrible.

0:43:590:44:00

-But is it...?

-Really horrible.

-Is that kitsch?

0:44:000:44:05

Is that kitsch?

0:44:050:44:07

-Is that horrible?

-Would you have that in your house?

0:44:070:44:11

You know, you're the expert, but I think it's absolutely hideous.

0:44:110:44:14

-Do you think that's hideous?

-Yeah.

0:44:140:44:16

Would somebody pay... ten quid for it?

0:44:160:44:19

But is that something that you could say?

0:44:190:44:23

"That should be part of your five a day."

0:44:230:44:25

That is, you know...

0:44:250:44:28

John's asking £12 for all this fruit.

0:44:280:44:30

-You quite like it, don't you?

-I do quite like it.

0:44:330:44:35

It's spectacularly hideous, isn't it? In a way?

0:44:350:44:38

In a sort of smiley way. It did make me smile.

0:44:380:44:41

-Made you smile!

-I know.

0:44:410:44:44

Wasn't quite the reaction I was hoping for.

0:44:440:44:46

I tell you what. I like that so much, I'll just sell it for a fiver.

0:44:460:44:48

A fiver, that's just what I was thinking,

0:44:480:44:50

-OK. Mind-reader. Should we do it?

-We've got to.

0:44:500:44:52

I think...

0:44:520:44:54

So that's 25 for the table, 25 for the enamel and a fiver for that...

0:44:540:44:59

It's not bad shopping. £55.

0:44:590:45:00

-You'll make money on that.

-Thank you, John.

0:45:000:45:02

-Thank you.

-Are we done?

-We are done. Give the man a shake.

0:45:020:45:05

-Thank you so much. It's been an experience.

-It has!

0:45:050:45:08

-Thank you very much.

-No, a pleasure. Pleasure.

0:45:080:45:11

Well done, James, for helping Miranda find three final items to take

0:45:110:45:15

to auction at the knock-down price of £55.

0:45:150:45:18

Right, we need to settle up with you, then, John.

0:45:200:45:22

-Thank you so much. You've been a star.

-Yeah, thank you, John.

0:45:220:45:24

-Very kind. Thank you. Thank you.

-Great.

0:45:240:45:26

See you again. Bye-bye.

0:45:260:45:28

-Happy?

-Yep. Very happy.

0:45:280:45:30

After all that excitement,

0:45:300:45:31

let's get our teams back together to see who's bought what.

0:45:310:45:35

-You've got to brace yourselves.

-Three, two, one! Go.

0:45:350:45:37

-PHIL:

-What on earth is that there?

0:45:370:45:41

-James, that's awful.

-Apparently it's Italian.

0:45:420:45:44

How much did you pay for that?

0:45:440:45:46

Well... A fiver.

0:45:460:45:47

-You were robbed!

-THEY LAUGH

0:45:470:45:49

-That is filthy.

-But I love the table. That looks beautiful.

0:45:490:45:52

-Do you like the table?

-I do.

-How much was the table, James?

0:45:520:45:55

-Er... 25.

-Well, that's for nothing, isn't it?

0:45:550:45:58

I like the fact that it's offset.

0:45:580:46:00

-The washstand looks quite cool.

-Yeah, that's quite cool.

0:46:000:46:03

Actually, the closer I get to that...

0:46:030:46:05

What on earth?!

0:46:060:46:07

Looks like something out of a medical journal, doesn't it?

0:46:070:46:12

How much was your tin sign?

0:46:120:46:13

-£25.

-No, the trouble is, you keep being drawn back to this...

0:46:130:46:19

It's mesmerising, isn't it?

0:46:190:46:21

Time for Maggie and Phil's pile.

0:46:210:46:23

I've just got to tell you, we've got nothing like that.

0:46:230:46:25

-Nothing...

-Really? Nothing of this quality.

0:46:250:46:28

-No, no.

-You'll be pleased to know!

0:46:280:46:29

-How much did you spend in all?

-Every penny, mate.

-Everything.

0:46:290:46:33

I'd be fascinated to see what £400 buys.

0:46:330:46:36

-Actually buys you.

-Yeah.

-Are you ready? Three, two, one, go!

0:46:360:46:40

Look at that!

0:46:410:46:43

I tell you what £400 buys you - almost an auction sale.

0:46:430:46:47

-Absolutely right, yeah.

-You've got everything covered.

0:46:470:46:49

You've got miscellaneous section, you've got furniture.

0:46:490:46:52

-You're doing well!

-What are these things?

0:46:520:46:55

-They're shark vertebra.

-I could believe that.

-No!

0:46:550:46:58

Oh, Miranda. Another dead animal.

0:46:580:47:01

-So, we've got our telescope is one lot and that was...

-30.

-£30.

0:47:010:47:07

That's good!

0:47:070:47:08

This might be our Achilles heel because all of these are one lot.

0:47:080:47:12

-Yeah.

-And they were £180.

0:47:120:47:14

-Really?

-Yes.

0:47:140:47:15

Then this little lot, which was the plane, a lovely little cow...

0:47:150:47:21

-Is that coal painted bronze?

-No, no, no. No, it's cow's hide on wood.

0:47:210:47:25

-What?

-Spooky!

-Yeah.

0:47:270:47:28

-It's cow's hide on wood.

-Really?

-Yeah.

0:47:280:47:30

-So we bought this as a little desk lot...

-OK, it's a bit quirky.

0:47:320:47:35

-Look at her smile!

-She's missing a front hoof.

0:47:350:47:38

OK, don't get picky!

0:47:380:47:40

This was £30, this lot.

0:47:400:47:41

-That's £30 in all?!

-Yeah. So that's a profit.

0:47:410:47:44

So it's just a sort of...nice decorative lot?

0:47:440:47:47

This, I thought was lovely. This is the...

0:47:470:47:49

It's part of a campaign chest.

0:47:500:47:52

We thought it would make a nice coffee table. 40 quid.

0:47:520:47:55

And then our last lot, James, is this here.

0:47:550:47:57

Just come round the front, look.

0:47:570:47:58

-Look at the detail!

-Let's see. Let's see. Oh, lovely.

0:47:580:48:02

It's a thing of great beauty, isn't it?

0:48:020:48:03

-And, you know...

-Solid.

-So well made.

-120 quid.

0:48:030:48:07

120 quid?

0:48:080:48:09

That's great, but when you spend money,

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you get more hinges, don't you?

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Never seen so many hinges!

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-We've brought colour.

-And we've bought class!

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-MIRANDA:

-We've brought comedy...

-To an otherwise drab world.

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Anyway, I think we've all done very well, don't you?

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Don't have anything more to do.

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Actually, my eyes are a little bit sore!

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Now, what do you really think?

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-Well, the fruit bowl...

-Do you know what?

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Everybody in life, sometimes you have a blindspot moment.

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And I think that is James' blindspot moment. I mean, it's awful!

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I think Philip really likes the little table.

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He was really taken by the table

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and that gave me a lot of confidence in the table.

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I'm worried. They didn't spend all their money.

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I think you're spot on and that could be a problem for us.

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-Yes. But I don't care. We love our stuff.

-Have you enjoyed it?

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-I've had tremendous fun.

-Come on.

0:48:550:48:58

-Best of luck to them.

-Yeah.

-Are we still in scrumping country?

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Oh, yeah. Shall we go for a pint, then?

0:49:020:49:04

After setting off from Yeovil, our celebrities and experts are making

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their way to Clevedon near Bristol for this road trip's main event.

0:49:090:49:13

-Glorious.

-It is.

-It's amazing.

-Ah, yeah, this is more like it.

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This is the calm before the storm, though, isn't it?

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Yeah, the auction. Dun, dun, DUN!

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-How are you feeling?

-Er, apprehensive.

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Phil's been wonderful, but I've got quite an emotional attachment

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to the things we've bought now.

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-So I'm...

-Right, I don't have an emotional attachment...

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To the fruit bowl! Come on, you do!

0:49:350:49:37

I make no apologies for the fruit bowl.

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We'll soon see.

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-Here they are!

-Oh, hello!

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-How are you? Are you well?

-I'm all right.

-Good.

-Yeah, slightly...

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Don't be nervous! Don't be silly!

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To the victor, the spoils.

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I wonder what auctioneer Mark Burrage

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makes of our teams' little collection.

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The coffer's nice. A good, clean, honest example.

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Early 18th-century, so we should be looking, I think, £150-200 bracket.

0:49:590:50:05

I really like this washstand. It's unusual.

0:50:050:50:08

Can't remember seeing one with the lift-up lid

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fitted with the basin and the jug underneath.

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I think between £100 and £200 today.

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Generally, brown furniture is quite difficult to sell,

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but today with the two items - the washstand and the coffer -

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I think they'll both buck the trend today and sell reasonably well.

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Maggie and Phil were the big spenders,

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parting with all £400 on five lots.

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While Miranda and James spent a mere £174 also on five lots.

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Brace yourselves. It's time for the auction.

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OK. Let battle commence!

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Bring it on!

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Oh, fighting talk! First up, James and Miranda's kitsch bowl of fruit.

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That fruit bowl's going to make some money.

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I still had nothing to do with it.

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If it makes £100, I still had nothing to do with it.

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Commission bid here. I've got £5.

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-And 8. Now £8.

-8!

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-Profit!

-10 here. 12 now.

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12 now. £12. 12 bid.

0:51:070:51:08

15 with me.

0:51:080:51:10

I'm selling on the £15 then.

0:51:100:51:12

Amazing! That is amazing. That put a smile on my face.

0:51:130:51:17

And a big, smug grin on James'.

0:51:170:51:20

What a great way to start.

0:51:200:51:22

Ooh... I'm getting butterflies!

0:51:220:51:25

Catch your tummy.

0:51:250:51:26

-You do get a bit nervous, don't you?

-Yeah!

-Absolutely.

0:51:260:51:29

It's very exciting.

0:51:290:51:31

Now Maggie's telescope.

0:51:310:51:33

-30, I'm bid. 35. 35. 35, at 40 and 5...

-Phew!

0:51:330:51:38

Once more. 5. 50.

0:51:380:51:40

50, 50, I'm bid.

0:51:400:51:41

With me at £50 then.

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-Well done.

-That's 50 quid. Well done, Maggie.

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That's excellent.

0:51:470:51:48

Well done, Maggie. Great find, great profit.

0:51:480:51:52

-That was really exciting!

-This is a battle now.

0:51:520:51:54

-No.

-Yeah.

-All right.

0:51:540:51:57

Miranda's boxed shove ha'penny next.

0:51:580:52:02

I have £20 to start. 22, 25, 28, 30, 32 now.

0:52:020:52:07

32 in the room. 35.

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35 here. 8. 8 now. 40.

0:52:090:52:12

40 here. 2. Bid's in the room then. Selling at £42.

0:52:120:52:16

-Thank you.

-Very decent.

0:52:160:52:19

Yeah, that's all right, isn't it?

0:52:190:52:20

I would say that's more than working profit.

0:52:200:52:23

That's almost vulgar profit.

0:52:240:52:26

It is.

0:52:260:52:27

More than doubled your money.

0:52:270:52:30

Yeah. Beat that one.

0:52:300:52:33

Over to you!

0:52:330:52:34

-Ooh, the rivalry!

-A ding-dong battle.

0:52:340:52:37

Three items make up this next lot for Maggie and Philip.

0:52:370:52:40

It's their gentleman's desktop collection.

0:52:400:52:42

Just have a look at that smile,

0:52:420:52:44

because it won't be there for very much longer.

0:52:440:52:46

Appreciate it now.

0:52:460:52:48

Just enjoy it.

0:52:480:52:50

I've interest here at 25, 30,

0:52:500:52:52

-5, 40, 5...

-Oh, no!

0:52:520:52:54

50, 5, 60...

0:52:540:52:57

-Somebody likes that plane.

-60 in the room. 65.

0:52:570:53:00

65. 5 bid? 70.

0:53:000:53:02

75. 5 and 80?

0:53:020:53:05

In the room, then, on £80.

0:53:050:53:07

-Just look. Look. Look at that!

-It's brilliant!

0:53:080:53:12

-Absolutely...

-Nutters!

0:53:120:53:14

Aren't they doing well?

0:53:150:53:17

You know what the best part about it was?

0:53:170:53:20

The way that smile just went...

0:53:200:53:22

-Couldn't believe it.

-Slipping down.

0:53:220:53:24

James had to convince Miranda to buy the lamp table.

0:53:240:53:27

It's next to go under the gavel. Can it make a profit?

0:53:270:53:30

30, I am bid. 35 now. 35?

0:53:300:53:34

-It's unusual.

-35 there. 40. 45.

0:53:340:53:38

50. 5. Commission buyer.

0:53:380:53:41

55, anyone else?

0:53:410:53:42

Yes or no? Selling on the 50.

0:53:420:53:44

Commission buyer.

0:53:450:53:46

-James, that was cheap.

-That was quite cheap.

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Doesn't matter. Still a profit.

0:53:480:53:51

Doubled your money again.

0:53:510:53:52

-I thought that would get more.

-Do you know what, Maggie?

0:53:550:53:57

-That's so sad...

-I am gutted.

0:53:570:54:00

-He said that so sincerely(!)

-So, so sad!

0:54:000:54:04

-I'll wipe a tear.

-Don't listen to them!

0:54:040:54:07

Next up, Maggie's find - the campaign chest.

0:54:070:54:10

I have £40 to start. 45? 45?

0:54:100:54:13

And 50 and 5?

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55, 60, 5?

0:54:150:54:16

5 and 70.

0:54:160:54:18

Selling on £65 then.

0:54:180:54:21

65, well done.

0:54:210:54:23

Well done, Maggie. Another healthy profit.

0:54:230:54:26

You got away with that one.

0:54:260:54:28

Cheeky!

0:54:280:54:30

Up now is James and Miranda's enamel sign.

0:54:300:54:33

We have interest here again on the book.

0:54:330:54:36

30, 5, 40, 5.

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50. 5. 60 here.

0:54:380:54:41

5? 65.

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65?

0:54:430:54:45

70. 5.

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Commission here at £70.

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Selling on £70 then.

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70 quid! 70 quid, 70 quid.

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-SHE LAUGHS

-Going to get silly now.

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Miranda! Don't blame you, though. Great profit.

0:54:580:55:01

I would say, using naval parlance, we have caught the wind.

0:55:010:55:06

-You've got what?

-We've caught the wind.

-Oh, sorry!

0:55:060:55:10

I wasn't too sure...

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Next up, Maggie and Phil's gamble buy. Can the sticks make a return?

0:55:130:55:17

I have again commission bids here at 110.

0:55:170:55:21

20, 30, 40,

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150 here. My bid.

0:55:230:55:26

160 in the room. 170 now.

0:55:260:55:28

180. 190.

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I can't believe it!

0:55:300:55:31

£180. The bid is in the room at £180. Anyone else?

0:55:310:55:34

All done then at £180.

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I'm afraid that will be a small loss after auction costs are deducted.

0:55:380:55:42

-Have we saved the best till last? I don't know.

-I think we have.

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-I think we have.

-I think you have. I think you have.

0:55:450:55:47

James and Miranda splashed out £100 on this Victorian wash basin.

0:55:470:55:51

It was their one big buy.

0:55:510:55:54

Five, six, seven commission bids.

0:55:540:55:56

That's a good start!

0:55:560:55:58

So working through them, we'll go 80, 90, 100. 110, 120, 130.

0:55:580:56:03

140, 150, 160.

0:56:030:56:05

170, 180, 190.

0:56:050:56:06

-I love the rhythm.

-Yeah, I know.

0:56:060:56:09

200 now. 200?

0:56:090:56:11

200 on the book and I'm selling at £200 then.

0:56:110:56:15

-Oh, yes!

-200.

-That's good.

0:56:160:56:19

Really well done. That is really well done.

0:56:190:56:22

Well done! Look at that - a fantastic profit.

0:56:220:56:25

-It's done really, really well, hasn't it?

-Yeah.

0:56:250:56:28

Yeah, it's a nice item!

0:56:280:56:29

Sad, isn't it? It's gutting.

0:56:290:56:32

All is not lost!

0:56:320:56:34

Maggie knocked over £100 off the asking price of the coffer.

0:56:340:56:37

There's every chance this last lot could win the game.

0:56:370:56:41

Interest here. One, two, three, four commission buyers here.

0:56:410:56:45

100, 10, 20, 30, 40.

0:56:450:56:48

It's going!

0:56:480:56:49

70, 80. 180 and 90 now.

0:56:490:56:52

190. 190. 200.

0:56:520:56:55

I'll take ten. 210.

0:56:550:56:57

210, 210, 210? With me, on the book, against you all in the room.

0:56:570:57:01

Make no mistake - selling on £200.

0:57:010:57:04

-Commission buy!

-Well done. Well done.

0:57:040:57:06

That's amazing. Look at his face!

0:57:060:57:08

-I love his face.

-Well done.

0:57:080:57:10

And a profit to end the day.

0:57:100:57:12

But is it enough?

0:57:120:57:14

-It's going to be very close.

-Is it?

-Profits all round.

0:57:140:57:18

-Yeah. Well done!

-Will we break even?

-Let's go outside and work it out.

0:57:180:57:21

Come on, let's go. Well done.

0:57:210:57:23

I'm intrigued!

0:57:230:57:25

I've got no idea.

0:57:250:57:28

Maggie and Phil started out with £400 and made -

0:57:280:57:30

after paying auction house costs - a respectable profit of £71.50.

0:57:300:57:36

While Miranda and James also began with £400.

0:57:380:57:41

After all fees were paid, they made a rather wonderful profit of £135.14.

0:57:410:57:48

All profits go to Children in Need.

0:57:480:57:50

-Do we know who won?

-I have the numbers.

0:57:520:57:54

-You have the numbers?

-It's close, is it?

0:57:540:57:57

-Oh, dear!

-Just trying to build the tension.

-It's working!

0:57:570:58:00

You have made about £135,

0:58:000:58:02

however, we...

0:58:020:58:04

Look at the smug faces.

0:58:040:58:06

..have made about 70 quid.

0:58:060:58:08

Hooray!

0:58:080:58:10

So we are the winners. Well done.

0:58:100:58:13

Well done to both teams.

0:58:130:58:15

It was so much fun! Thank you.

0:58:150:58:18

You've both been great stars.

0:58:180:58:19

-Right.

-Off we go, girl.

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Bye!

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I've never experienced anything like that.

0:58:280:58:31

-So out of my comfort zone, but so much fun.

-Absolutely.

0:58:310:58:33

Out of our comfort zones, but so much fun.

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