0:00:02 > 0:00:04- The nation's favourite celebrities... - Some proper bling, here.
0:00:04 > 0:00:06..paired up with an expert...
0:00:06 > 0:00:07What? What?
0:00:07 > 0:00:09..and a classic car.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11- Pick your legs up!- Hello, girls!
0:00:11 > 0:00:14Their mission - to scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:14 > 0:00:16All breakages must be paid for.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18This is a good find, is it not?
0:00:18 > 0:00:21The aim - to make the biggest profit at auction.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23But it's no easy ride.
0:00:23 > 0:00:27Who will find a hidden gem? Who will take the biggest risks?
0:00:27 > 0:00:29Got to have my antiques head on.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32Will anybody follow expert advice?
0:00:32 > 0:00:34I think it's horrible!
0:00:34 > 0:00:35There will be worthy winners...
0:00:35 > 0:00:37This is better than Christmas!
0:00:37 > 0:00:39..and valiant losers.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42Time to put your pedal to the metal.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45This is Celebrity Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:47 > 0:00:48Yeah!
0:00:50 > 0:00:52Today's road trip has all the ingredients
0:00:52 > 0:00:54of a right old carry-on,
0:00:54 > 0:00:57as comedy icons Helen Lederer and Hardeep Singh Kohli
0:00:57 > 0:00:59hit the antiques trail.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02I've got my motor running. We are heading on the highway.
0:01:02 > 0:01:06- Yes.- We are searching for adventure and whatever comes our way.
0:01:06 > 0:01:10- BOTH:- # Born to be wild... #
0:01:11 > 0:01:13Cor! They are in a cheery mood.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16We haven't seen each other since we shared a couch on breakfast telly.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18Yeah, sharing the couch was good.
0:01:18 > 0:01:19I thought we rocked it.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22Nice.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24These old friends from the comedy circuit
0:01:24 > 0:01:28will be competing against each other, armed with £400 each.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33- Are you excited about today? - Yeah, yeah.
0:01:33 > 0:01:37But I know you're going to be quite competitive. I just know it.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39- Look, the only winner... - Yeah.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42The only winner ought to be me.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44Well, someone is confident.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47I was telling a friend I was coming to work with you and they said,
0:01:47 > 0:01:49"Oh, I've always liked her. What's she like?"
0:01:49 > 0:01:51- "What's she like?" - I found an honest moment
0:01:51 > 0:01:52and I'll tell you what I said -
0:01:52 > 0:01:54I said, "She's as mad as a box of frogs.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56"But without the box."
0:01:56 > 0:01:58- Do you know what I mean? - That's quite an interesting analogy.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01- I'm going to think on that. - It's a complement.
0:02:01 > 0:02:03If you say so.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05Wordsmith Hardeep Singh Kohli
0:02:05 > 0:02:08is a comedian, broadcaster and journalist.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10He can be seriously serious.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13I think we've lost that sense of accountability,
0:02:13 > 0:02:15of knowing our politicians.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17But also seriously funny.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19Oh, yes, did I mention he cooks?
0:02:19 > 0:02:20What are you going to do for us?
0:02:20 > 0:02:23Well, I thought a braised oxtail curry.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26It's kind of combines you as a chef, doesn't it?
0:02:26 > 0:02:29It's kind of Scottish-Indian.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31And quite fatty.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33A finalist on Celebrity MasterChef,
0:02:33 > 0:02:36he has recently opened a restaurant in Edinburgh.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41Heating up the passenger seat next to him is comedy royalty.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43Hello!
0:02:43 > 0:02:45Actress, writer and performer,
0:02:45 > 0:02:47the "Absolutely Fabulous" Helen Lederer.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49After breaking into the scene
0:02:49 > 0:02:52at the iconic Comedy Store in the 1980s,
0:02:52 > 0:02:57Helen became a regular face on cult comedy sketch show Naked Video.
0:02:57 > 0:03:01So, I'm going to see my shrink. He's very trendy.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04He's just moved in above the greengrocers.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06Well, he's just starting out in mental health.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08But he has got a lot of practical experience.
0:03:08 > 0:03:12I'm told he used to be a patient, so...
0:03:12 > 0:03:15She's also starred in some of Britain's best-loved comedies,
0:03:15 > 0:03:18such as Bottom, Ab Fab, and more recently branched out
0:03:18 > 0:03:21into children's entertainment on Old Jack's Boat.
0:03:21 > 0:03:22We'll race you there.
0:03:22 > 0:03:26Very well. But let me warn you, you will lose.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28I'm very fast on my bike.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31- Oh, yeah.- Busy, busy!
0:03:31 > 0:03:34Yeah, here she goes, yeah. With the speed of light.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37Today, thankfully, Helen's ditched the bike
0:03:37 > 0:03:40in favour of the Triumph Herald 1967.
0:03:40 > 0:03:41My dad had one of those.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44You've got funny bones. Do people know that expression?
0:03:44 > 0:03:45Right there, Hardeep.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47- No - I... - CAR THUDS
0:03:47 > 0:03:51You see, this is what happens, which is fine. It's fine.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54- That's not my fault.- No. It's just making its presence felt.
0:03:54 > 0:03:58- It's the sort of car you would go courting in, isn't it?- Yes.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01Are we on the right side of the road?
0:04:01 > 0:04:03- Yeah.- OK.
0:04:03 > 0:04:04HELEN LAUGHS
0:04:04 > 0:04:06Thankfully, help is at hand
0:04:06 > 0:04:09in the form of auctioneers Catherine Southon and Mark Stacey,
0:04:09 > 0:04:15who are enjoying life in a left-hand drive 1974 Saab Sonett.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18- Do you feel like we are on a hot date?- Do you think so?
0:04:18 > 0:04:21- Do you feel like I'm your chick? - You're a hot chick.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23Easy, now...
0:04:23 > 0:04:27Are we excited about meeting some new travel companions, then?
0:04:27 > 0:04:31Of course, I remember Helen Lederer from the '80s.
0:04:31 > 0:04:35Well, yeah - you go back as far. Even further, don't you?
0:04:35 > 0:04:36Oh, whatever!
0:04:36 > 0:04:39I'm with lovely Hardeep Singh Kohli.
0:04:39 > 0:04:43We are going to have such fun today. He is going to make me laugh.
0:04:43 > 0:04:44He is indeed.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46I think Helen and I will have fun as well, actually.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49I think...I think she might be quite wacky.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51You guys will get on, then!
0:04:57 > 0:05:01On today's trip, we are doing a good old tour of old London town,
0:05:01 > 0:05:03ending up at an auction
0:05:03 > 0:05:06in Stansted Mountfitchet in Essex.
0:05:06 > 0:05:10But we begin in South Woodford, east London.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14- Oh.- Colourful, how colourful.
0:05:14 > 0:05:18- How are you?- I'm very well. Let me help you.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20Yeah, we lost the roof on the way, sorry.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22- You're looking very smart. - You really are.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25Difficult to get out. Well, I thought I'd best dress up.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27- How are you, sir?- You look fabulous. - Thank you very much.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29- Very nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you, too.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31- HELEN:- Nice to meet you. - Lovely to meet you.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34We've decided we're going to go boy-girl, if that's all right.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36If he is for it, I'm for it.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38Shall we nip in? We've got to go shopping.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40- Left-hand drive, is that all right? - It's beautiful, isn't it?
0:05:40 > 0:05:43We can't hang around, I'm afraid. We've got shopping to do.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46Remember, buy high, sell low.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48I've watched you a lot on television,
0:05:48 > 0:05:51- I've never had you down as a delusionalist.- Oh!
0:05:51 > 0:05:54I'm Scottish. It's in our DNA.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56- HELEN:- Enjoy, but not too much.
0:05:56 > 0:05:57Bye!
0:05:57 > 0:06:00- Are you loving this car? - This is James Bond, isn't it?
0:06:00 > 0:06:03Oh, yes. Every boy... It's got corduroy seats!
0:06:03 > 0:06:06You've got moleskin on. That could be...
0:06:06 > 0:06:08It's low down, that's for sure.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11It's not designed for a turban-wearing man, is it?
0:06:11 > 0:06:13No, no, it's really not, actually.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15Not the most elegant of entries.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17But, without further ado, they are off.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19Do you have anything in mind?
0:06:19 > 0:06:22Do you have any ideas of the sort of thing you would like to buy?
0:06:22 > 0:06:24Really, I'm in love with Deco.
0:06:24 > 0:06:29I'm in love with... the in-between the wars period.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32I'm also quite obsessed with drinks paraphernalia now,
0:06:32 > 0:06:34since...we opened the restaurant.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36I think this is going to be great.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38Catherine and Hardeep's first shop
0:06:38 > 0:06:42is the eclectic Victoria Antiques - looks nice.
0:06:42 > 0:06:47- Oh...- Come. Enter the world of antiques with me.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49Oh, yeah. Enter the Galleria.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53Hello!
0:06:53 > 0:06:55They are meeting with dealer Michael.
0:06:55 > 0:06:59So, Hardeep, what will you focus on first?
0:06:59 > 0:07:02- Can I have a look at that? - He's off already.- Sorry.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04The clock? Deco clock?
0:07:04 > 0:07:07Can you tell me about these paintings, out of interest?
0:07:07 > 0:07:09- They're prints.- Prints?- Yeah.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11- Oh, fine, forget that.- Forget that.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13And what's this?
0:07:13 > 0:07:18And that's an indenture dated... about 1870.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21Perhaps not as focused as Catherine had hoped.
0:07:21 > 0:07:25- Can read that? I don't have my glasses.- I will need my glasses.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28- Those at auction are £20 - £30... - Ah, these are interesting...
0:07:28 > 0:07:30He's not even listening. I don't know why I'm bothering.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33Catherine, how much? I think we might get 20 quid for these.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37I think Catherine might have her work cut out here.
0:07:37 > 0:07:41Cocktail-y things, you've got... Ooh, and a coffee things, as well.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43- Tshh-tshh, tshh-tshh. - You've got the moves.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45It's like Tom Cruise in Cocktail, watching you do that.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48This is plate, though. This is quite fun, though,
0:07:48 > 0:07:51because this is actually a sugar shaker,
0:07:51 > 0:07:55so it's for putting your sugar on your strawberries and whatever,
0:07:55 > 0:07:57but in the form of a cocktail shaker,
0:07:57 > 0:08:00because I suppose that was all the rage in the '30s.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02And it's by Mappin & Webb.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04- Ooh!- Ooh! Good name.- Interesting.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07BUT it's just plate.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09And nobody wants plate,
0:08:09 > 0:08:12but then they might want plate if it's a bit of fun.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14How much is it anyway, out of interest?
0:08:14 > 0:08:17- £18.- This is exactly what Hardeep said he wanted.
0:08:17 > 0:08:21Could Catherine have found an object that could hold his attention for more than two ticks?
0:08:21 > 0:08:22There's nice wee glasses here.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25Nope, spoke too soon. He's off again.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27You're not interested in that, are you?
0:08:27 > 0:08:30No, I can't buy something I don't aesthetically engage with.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32OK.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34Yet, strangely, I bought this overcoat,
0:08:34 > 0:08:36so make sense of that, viewers.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39- I'm with you.- Is there much point in me actually having a look,
0:08:39 > 0:08:42- cos you're not going to take any notice, are you?- Yes, I am!
0:08:42 > 0:08:45Maybe try the sugar shaker again, eh?
0:08:45 > 0:08:48- I think that was good.- I like it.
0:08:48 > 0:08:52I'm fulfilling your needs. You said Deco, you wanted cocktails...
0:08:52 > 0:08:55In the words of Karen Carpenter, we've only just begun.
0:08:55 > 0:08:59In the words of Catherine Southon, focus, Hardeep.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01I do like this though.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04It's a bit of fun and people will be drawn into that.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06I couldn't give you 18 quid for it though.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08I will take this if we can agree a price.
0:09:08 > 0:09:1015.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13- I heard 13 in my own internal dialogue.- I see.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15- That's unlucky for some.- 14?
0:09:15 > 0:09:18- Shall we agree on 14?- 14.- 14.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21Brilliant. Nice one, sir. Thank you.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23- You do like it?- Don't you think? - No, I love it!
0:09:23 > 0:09:25Well, I listen to what you say.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28Well, Catherine managed to keep Hardeep focused.
0:09:28 > 0:09:32So, for just £14 that's one item in the old bag. Phew.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34- Shake my sugar. - # Shaking your sugar. #
0:09:36 > 0:09:39Helen and Mark, meanwhile, take a route further into London
0:09:39 > 0:09:43to Finsbury Park, where they're bonding over a biscuit.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45Oh, go on, then.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48It's the last one. Last one.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50Mm.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52They do pick you up, don't they, a good Bourbon?
0:09:55 > 0:09:59- Are you good at negotiating? - You see, I don't think I am.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02I think what we should do, we've got a good cop, bad cop.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04- OK, cool, yeah.- You can be the people-pleasing cop.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07- I'm the people pleaser.- And I can be the not-people-pleasing cop.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10OK, and I praise the person's clothes and things like that.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12- Absolutely.- I say, "Gosh, I love your shoes."
0:10:12 > 0:10:14- I wonder if we're going to get jewellery.- I don't know.
0:10:14 > 0:10:18I don't know what the shops are going to be like. Would you like to find a piece of jewellery?
0:10:18 > 0:10:23- You know the magpie element of life? - Yes.- Anything that glitters.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26- Ah.- I like glitter.- Good to know.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28They're visiting Regent Antiques,
0:10:28 > 0:10:32a veritable treasure trove of all things old.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34- Can I just say something?- You can.
0:10:34 > 0:10:40I think we should ask about that because it's in vogue.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43There's so much in here. I mean, look at it all.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46Good sidestep there, Mark.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49- I have spotted something here, Helen.- Yeah.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51- Walking sticks.- Yeah.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54Perhaps not the height of fashion but very collectable.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57The nice thing with walking sticks is you have such a nice variety
0:10:57 > 0:11:02- of handles. They can be very simple, just rustic carved handles.- Yeah.
0:11:02 > 0:11:06- Are they collector's items? - Very much so. Look at this one.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08There are several to choose from.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11Very nice qualities. Nice decoration to the head.
0:11:11 > 0:11:12You've got the feathering.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15Yes, Helen seems to be a willing student.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18- See, that's...- It hasn't got any silver on it.
0:11:18 > 0:11:22- Well, that's not necessarily a bad thing.- But it looks like a totem.
0:11:22 > 0:11:26- Well, this is what I would call Colonial.- Yeah.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28Should I go and find out the price of those three items?
0:11:28 > 0:11:30Yes, and everything comes in threes.
0:11:30 > 0:11:34- Excuse me a second. Keep browsing. - And you don't want the cake trays?
0:11:34 > 0:11:36- No, I don't want the cake trays. - Oh, so strict.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38SULKILY: Oh.
0:11:38 > 0:11:42So, whilst Mark struts his stuff, Helen's left to her own devices.
0:11:42 > 0:11:43Look out.
0:11:43 > 0:11:47I'm interested in the bling, I suppose. It's a shiny, pretty thing.
0:11:47 > 0:11:51I could see it in, like, a Soho house, you know,
0:11:51 > 0:11:55like trendy, just on a shelf and then somebody just goes up and goes,
0:11:55 > 0:11:59"Hey, anyone fancy a tune? An Italian folk tune?"
0:11:59 > 0:12:01And then they'd just play it on this.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03But I think Mark might be agin it.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06Nice.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11Helen's certainly got her own ideas.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14Luckily, Mark's back with some sage advice.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16- Helen, I'm trying to advise you.- OK.
0:12:16 > 0:12:20All that glitters isn't necessarily gold.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22Well, I'm quite superficial.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25- You don't say. - SHE LAUGHS
0:12:25 > 0:12:26Ouch!
0:12:26 > 0:12:30Mark's also discounted the two silver-topped walking sticks
0:12:30 > 0:12:35as they're over £200 each, but the tribal one is still in play.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37- Have you found something? - Well, the thing is,
0:12:37 > 0:12:39I think this is a really beautiful thing.
0:12:39 > 0:12:44This, you can't escape the 1920s, '30s, the jazz era.
0:12:44 > 0:12:49You've got these wonderful birthday cake designs Chrysler Building,
0:12:49 > 0:12:53and even around here you've got this, what we call, engine turning.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56- OK.- Now you mentioned this other box as well,
0:12:56 > 0:12:59which is more of a lady's box.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01Gosh, this is heavy, isn't it?
0:13:01 > 0:13:05You said "lady's". I thought that was quite plain, quite gentlemanly.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08- What, with that sort of decoration there?- Well, yeah.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10Now, Helen, which one do you prefer?
0:13:10 > 0:13:13Well, I think...
0:13:13 > 0:13:17there's more to this in that it's stylish,
0:13:17 > 0:13:19although, as you say, that's heavier.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22- Oh, so heavy.- You've got some potential purchases here.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24- All right, don't overact it. - SHE GIGGLES
0:13:24 > 0:13:28Spot the actress. Perhaps time to call in dealer Tino.
0:13:28 > 0:13:32Tino, I'm wavering between the two boxes.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34- Well, they're both Art Deco. - They're both Art Deco?
0:13:34 > 0:13:37This one's 1933 and I think that one's 1938.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41And so what kind of price were you thinking of?
0:13:42 > 0:13:46- Well, this one is going to be 170. - Oh, my Gordon Bennett.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48And that one is going to be probably 300.
0:13:48 > 0:13:52300?! You see, I was right to go for this one, was I not?
0:13:52 > 0:13:56I have to say that both those prices are very reasonable
0:13:56 > 0:13:59- for a retail price.- Look at my face. - TINO LAUGHS
0:13:59 > 0:14:02She's not happy. BUT they are both silver.
0:14:02 > 0:14:05I think we can rule this one out cos I think that's...
0:14:05 > 0:14:06And it's the wrong year.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09- It's SO not in the fashion. - It's not working for me.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11And I think, Helen,
0:14:11 > 0:14:14- you were quite interested in that piano accordion, weren't you?- I was.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17- I was drawn to it. - It's interesting, isn't it?
0:14:17 > 0:14:19- Very decorative.- Decorative.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22The accordion has a ticket price of £250
0:14:22 > 0:14:25and Mark still has his eye on the tribal walking stick.
0:14:25 > 0:14:29How can we meet? How can we even meet in the middle?
0:14:31 > 0:14:35Well, how about 200 for both?
0:14:36 > 0:14:40- 200 for the...?- The box and the accordion.- And the stick.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43- All right, and the stick. - There's a lot of unknowns.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46We'd have to go down to 150 for three.
0:14:46 > 0:14:49- Well...- Tops. Or bottoms.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51I can go to 180. I can't go to 150.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54What about 160?
0:14:54 > 0:14:56165 and that's it. That's it, honestly.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01- What do you think?- I'm closing my eyes till somebody says something.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04- WHISPERS:- I think you've got to say yes.
0:15:04 > 0:15:08So I'm now opening my eyes and I'm saying deal.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10- Done.- Tino, you're a gentleman.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13- Thank you, Tino.- Your walking stick.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15- Thank you.- Wonderful.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18Wonderful indeed. Helen's not as bad at haggling as she thought.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22So that's £70 for the Art Deco cigarette box,
0:15:22 > 0:15:2425 for the walking stick
0:15:24 > 0:15:28and 70 again for the accordion, totalling £165 for the three items.
0:15:28 > 0:15:32- This pair make quite a team. - Thank you very much, Tino.
0:15:32 > 0:15:33- Thank you very much.- Thank you.
0:15:35 > 0:15:39Back with Hardeep and Catherine as they head to Tottenham now
0:15:39 > 0:15:41in the borough of Haringey.
0:15:42 > 0:15:47You're a director, you're a chef, you work on the radio,
0:15:47 > 0:15:50you work on the TV. Is there no end to your talents?
0:15:50 > 0:15:53There's no beginning to my talents, in the words of Mrs Merton.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59During the First World War,
0:15:59 > 0:16:01this particular area had a high concentration
0:16:01 > 0:16:03of conscientious objectors,
0:16:03 > 0:16:07people who refused to be conscripted for military service
0:16:07 > 0:16:09on moral grounds.
0:16:09 > 0:16:14This almost taboo topic should appeal to politically minded Hardeep,
0:16:14 > 0:16:18so they've come to Bruce Castle Museum to find out more.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21They're meeting with curator Ben Copsey.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24- Catherine. Hello, nice to meet you. - Hi.- Hi. Hardeep. How are you?
0:16:24 > 0:16:26At the start of the First World War,
0:16:26 > 0:16:32a wave of patriotic fervour swept the UK and men rushed to sign up.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35The casualty rate, however, was much higher than expected
0:16:35 > 0:16:39and it became necessary to introduce conscription in 1916,
0:16:39 > 0:16:44which deemed all men between 18 and 41 to be a soldier.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47It was a criminal offence to refuse to serve,
0:16:47 > 0:16:51and those who faced formal tribunals became known
0:16:51 > 0:16:54as conscientious objectors.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57These men were not just socially ostracised
0:16:57 > 0:17:01but some were also imprisoned for several years.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03So, why were they refusing?
0:17:03 > 0:17:07Was it mainly on moral grounds or religious grounds or a mixture?
0:17:07 > 0:17:10- Class grounds. - Oh, it was all three, really.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13For a lot of men, whether they were religious or political
0:17:13 > 0:17:16or socialist, Communist, anarchist,
0:17:16 > 0:17:20whether they were artists or for any number of reasons,
0:17:20 > 0:17:24thought that war, and all the death and killing that went along with it, was unacceptable.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26We studied this at school in Glasgow
0:17:26 > 0:17:29and a lot of these conscientious objectors were simply...
0:17:29 > 0:17:32Their moral position wasn't understood
0:17:32 > 0:17:34and they were just described as cowards,
0:17:34 > 0:17:37and it's almost a little bit like the witch-hunts, in a sense.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40Absolutely. They faced a huge amount of discrimination.
0:17:40 > 0:17:45Not just discrimination but essentially criminalisation
0:17:45 > 0:17:47because of their pacifism.
0:17:47 > 0:17:51We have these images in 1914 of hundreds of thousands of men
0:17:51 > 0:17:53all over the world wanting to join the Army,
0:17:53 > 0:17:57and instead we have these 18,000 British people who said, "No."
0:17:57 > 0:17:59It put them in a minority position,
0:17:59 > 0:18:03a really, very difficult one to hold up to.
0:18:03 > 0:18:08Of the estimated 20,000 conscientious objectors in the UK
0:18:08 > 0:18:10it was not all bad.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12Thousands were in the Home Office Scheme
0:18:12 > 0:18:17and in the Non-Combat Corps, but not all were so lucky.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20Several thousand conscientious objectors were court-martialled
0:18:20 > 0:18:22and imprisoned for lengthy periods.
0:18:22 > 0:18:26Here, they endured both physical and mental hardship.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29One of these men was Charles Walker.
0:18:29 > 0:18:34Charles Walker was one of a set of CO brothers who lived in Hornsey.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37And they were some of the first conscientious objectors
0:18:37 > 0:18:41from the area to be arrested for refusing to turn up to barracks.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43Just the brutality here.
0:18:43 > 0:18:47It says, "Dear Annie, This morning we were taken on parade
0:18:47 > 0:18:50"and as we could not of course obey military orders
0:18:50 > 0:18:55"we were pushed, punched, and hit on the hand and legs with a cane."
0:18:55 > 0:18:59At least 100 conscientious objectors are known to have died
0:18:59 > 0:19:02as a result of their brutal treatment in prison.
0:19:02 > 0:19:07In spite of such hardship, they still found ways to continue to rebel.
0:19:07 > 0:19:13This is interesting. There is an allusion here to hunger strikes.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16Was that common amongst conscientious objectors?
0:19:16 > 0:19:18It did become quite common, yeah.
0:19:18 > 0:19:22It started off quite sporadically where some men would refuse
0:19:22 > 0:19:27to eat, just as the suffragettes had done in the decade before.
0:19:27 > 0:19:31And it became quite a widespread tactic but, unfortunately,
0:19:31 > 0:19:34the British Government had practised how to deal with hunger striking
0:19:34 > 0:19:37on the suffragettes, and used exactly the same tactics.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40- They used the same...?- Tubes down the throat.- Force-feeding.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44As well as the physical hardship they endured in prison,
0:19:44 > 0:19:47they were forbidden from speaking to each other,
0:19:47 > 0:19:50which was a particularly cruel form of punishment.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55In a Winchester prison, however, the inmates found
0:19:55 > 0:19:58an ingenious way to continue communicating.
0:19:58 > 0:20:04That is probably the best piece of conscientious objector material.
0:20:04 > 0:20:09It's 1916 or 1917 and it's a prison newspaper.
0:20:09 > 0:20:13It's actually made by conscientious objectors in prison.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16So it's all written on the only things that conscientious
0:20:16 > 0:20:19objectors had available to them in prison, which is toilet paper.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21My word!
0:20:21 > 0:20:25- That's incredible! - So it's very, very delicate.
0:20:25 > 0:20:30It's written with tiny stubs of pencils and with home-made ink,
0:20:30 > 0:20:32all made out of Bible covers.
0:20:32 > 0:20:36You put a bit of water on your Bible cover and push out the dye.
0:20:36 > 0:20:40Or with a pen. It's called the Winchester Whisperer.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43Prisoners would hide the newspaper on their bodies
0:20:43 > 0:20:45and pass it round to other inmates.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47Just looking at that sketch there,
0:20:47 > 0:20:50there is a kind of dynamism, a movement in it.
0:20:50 > 0:20:55There's real penmanship just with the simplest of tools.
0:20:55 > 0:21:00The most vivid of images. It's quite incredible, isn't it?
0:21:00 > 0:21:01Let me ask you a question.
0:21:01 > 0:21:06Was life in prison any more taxing than life in the front line?
0:21:06 > 0:21:09I think that's very difficult to answer.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12Conscientious objectors were supposed to go through
0:21:12 > 0:21:15what was called the principle of equal sacrifice,
0:21:15 > 0:21:18where they had to suffer just as much as a soldier on the front line.
0:21:18 > 0:21:22The issue of course is, there's no bullets flying around
0:21:22 > 0:21:25and no shelling and no gas in prison.
0:21:25 > 0:21:30Some of these men had sentences of ten years hard labour.
0:21:30 > 0:21:34So facing ten years in complete silence is what ended up
0:21:34 > 0:21:36with things like this newspaper.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41Many remained imprisoned even after the war.
0:21:41 > 0:21:45The last conscientious objectors were released in 1920,
0:21:45 > 0:21:47two years after the war was over.
0:21:48 > 0:21:53Shunned by society, imprisoned in inhumane conditions,
0:21:53 > 0:21:55all for refusing to kill
0:21:55 > 0:21:57or help others kill during the First World War.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07Back with Helen and Mark...
0:22:07 > 0:22:12Helen, I can't be in the car with you without asking
0:22:12 > 0:22:15about one of the best-loved comedy programmes, Ab Fab.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18I knew you were going to say Ab Fab even before you said it.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20It was such a good role for you
0:22:20 > 0:22:22and the characters you played before.
0:22:22 > 0:22:26Yes, it was just a fun character to play.
0:22:26 > 0:22:31A lot of people quote that line, "Chairs, some lovely chairs."
0:22:31 > 0:22:35I go out and about and people suddenly go... How amazing!
0:22:35 > 0:22:40That that is known, has been known to people, and cheered them up.
0:22:40 > 0:22:44They're travelling to Stoke Newington.
0:22:44 > 0:22:49It's only been a morning together but they're already best buddies.
0:22:49 > 0:22:50Carol...
0:22:50 > 0:22:52Who's Carol?
0:22:52 > 0:22:55Yes, because my name is Carol, that's handy!
0:22:55 > 0:23:01A bit awkward, that! Best distract Helen with The Cobbled Yard shop.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03Looky, looky!
0:23:03 > 0:23:07Helen, this is such a contrast to the last shop we were in.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09A lot of furniture.
0:23:09 > 0:23:13All of this, it's much more, how can you say...
0:23:13 > 0:23:14Retro?
0:23:14 > 0:23:15Retro.
0:23:15 > 0:23:19A little bit more cutting edge, a little bit sort of hip-hop.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22- It's like things have been chosen. - Hip-hop, modern.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25Needless to say, Mark is feeling right at home(!)
0:23:28 > 0:23:31You could imagine some grungy teenagers coming in here
0:23:31 > 0:23:33wanting something for their bedroom.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36- OK, a pander.- It's a radio.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41- Are we allowed to buy these chairs? - No, we're not.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43- You haven't even given me a chance. - Move on!
0:23:43 > 0:23:45- But these chairs are... - Move on, Helen!
0:23:45 > 0:23:47He's so bossy with her!
0:23:49 > 0:23:53- Oh, idea, idea. Mark, Mark, hello!- Yes?
0:23:53 > 0:23:55If we're looking at strange, funky,
0:23:55 > 0:23:59- you know, like, those posters of the weeping child...- Yes.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01..that used to be in Woolworths?
0:24:01 > 0:24:04You're sighing and he's looking away. I'm getting the impression...
0:24:04 > 0:24:08But that is kind of so off kilter.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11You see, I was so impressed with you in the last shop.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13I thought, "Helen's grasped this."
0:24:13 > 0:24:15Moving swiftly on, please.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17Ta-da!
0:24:19 > 0:24:24Red and wood, it's that kind of school thing. No?
0:24:24 > 0:24:28You're not happy with the chairs? You don't like the chairs?
0:24:28 > 0:24:31He doesn't like the chairs. OK.
0:24:31 > 0:24:35Obviously not a fan of lovely chairs, then, Mark.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43I'm sure there's something in here.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46- It is a lovely, eclectic mix, isn't it?- Yes, I love it.
0:24:46 > 0:24:50- Is that a drum? - No, I think it's a heater.- OK.
0:24:50 > 0:24:52SHE CHUCKLES
0:24:52 > 0:24:55Gosh, it's tough going today.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57What's she found now?
0:24:57 > 0:24:59Well, it's a tin box.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02"Tattis Potato Crisps, please replace lid.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05"This is the property of..."
0:25:05 > 0:25:10- Oh.- But I've never heard of Tattis Crisps, have you?- No.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13- There's nothing in it. - That's a shame.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16I could do with a bag of crisps right now.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19- If one had that as a kind of lot. - I think it's great fun.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21Finally! Phew!
0:25:24 > 0:25:26It's not a make of crisps, I think. Do you recognise it?
0:25:26 > 0:25:27Never heard of it.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30You see, it's had a bit of wear and things on it
0:25:30 > 0:25:33so one would hope it was 1950s.
0:25:34 > 0:25:39Time to call on dealer Carol, methinks.
0:25:39 > 0:25:4140s, I would say.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43- But you're the expert. - Do you think it is?
0:25:43 > 0:25:46Because it's got a great look to it, hasn't it?
0:25:46 > 0:25:50I can see that in somebody's kitchen. Oh, yes.
0:25:51 > 0:25:56Its ticket price is £20 but can Helen work her charm again?
0:25:56 > 0:25:59- So basically, it's 10 or nothing. - Naughty.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02Helen seems to be bad cop.
0:26:03 > 0:26:04But has it worked?
0:26:04 > 0:26:07Do you know, I've had it for a few weeks
0:26:07 > 0:26:09- so, OK, you've got a deal. - Yes!
0:26:09 > 0:26:13- Carol, we love you. - Oh, Carol. Thank you.
0:26:13 > 0:26:14It's the right decision.
0:26:14 > 0:26:16Well, you would say that.
0:26:16 > 0:26:20Apparently tough love does work and for a mere £10,
0:26:20 > 0:26:24Helen is now the proud owner of a 1940s crisp box.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27They'll be ready for a snack themselves as it's curtains down now
0:26:27 > 0:26:30on our first day's buying and night-night.
0:26:33 > 0:26:37A new day has dawned and our celebs are raring to go.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40Hardeep, tell me, how was your day?
0:26:40 > 0:26:44Did you get anything really amazing, like strange?
0:26:44 > 0:26:47No, do you know what was quite nice about my day yesterday?
0:26:47 > 0:26:51- I sort of got something close to what I was hoping to get.- Oh.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54Yet unusual at the same time.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56We have had a laugh, I tell you what.
0:26:56 > 0:27:00We have had a laugh and we're quite strict with each other,
0:27:00 > 0:27:02which we quite like.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05Is he actively guiding you and encouraging you?
0:27:05 > 0:27:07Because I feel I'm not making the most of Catherine.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10But how does Catherine feel?
0:27:10 > 0:27:14- He's only buying things he likes and that's it.- Really?- Yes.
0:27:14 > 0:27:20- How do you put your input in? - He doesn't care about me!
0:27:20 > 0:27:22Oh, well, he's not all bad then!
0:27:22 > 0:27:24Mark! Such a charmer!
0:27:24 > 0:27:27Yesterday Helen and Mark worked well together
0:27:27 > 0:27:29with Helen discovering a new-found skill.
0:27:29 > 0:27:31- I became quite bad.- Really?
0:27:31 > 0:27:35- Quite sort of ruthless.- Did you end up being a bit hard-core?
0:27:35 > 0:27:37I wouldn't want to mess with you,
0:27:37 > 0:27:39I wouldn't want to lock horns with you.
0:27:39 > 0:27:43No. But it was only playing, I was only playing with the person.
0:27:44 > 0:27:46It worked, though.
0:27:46 > 0:27:50As Helen and Mark spent £175 yesterday...
0:27:50 > 0:27:52Looky, looky!
0:27:52 > 0:27:53On four items.
0:27:53 > 0:27:58We should ask about that because it's in vogue.
0:27:58 > 0:28:02An Art Deco silver cigarette box, a tribal walking stick,
0:28:02 > 0:28:09a 1930s Italian piano accordion and a 1940s crisp box called Tattis.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11They also competed in the ultimate face-off.
0:28:13 > 0:28:15Helen won!
0:28:15 > 0:28:18Hardeep and Catherine had a less successful day.
0:28:18 > 0:28:20Oh, these are really interesting.
0:28:20 > 0:28:22He's not listening, I don't know why I'm bothering!
0:28:22 > 0:28:25They spent just £14 on one item that Hardeep loved,
0:28:25 > 0:28:28a novelty 1920s silver-plated sugar shaker.
0:28:28 > 0:28:30Our couples are meeting up this morning
0:28:30 > 0:28:33in central London near Regent's Park.
0:28:34 > 0:28:38- Oh, hello!- Tally Ho!
0:28:38 > 0:28:44- My lovely friends! - How are you? Very well.
0:28:44 > 0:28:47- How are you?- Good, good, good. Allow me.
0:28:49 > 0:28:54- Are you stuck?- No, I can't get it open, I'm afraid. Mind the car.
0:28:54 > 0:28:56I can just have a conversation like this.
0:28:56 > 0:29:00You could do, you could sit there elegantly.
0:29:00 > 0:29:03Yes, I'm trying to look sophisticated.
0:29:03 > 0:29:06There's a thing you do with this. Push down there, you see.
0:29:06 > 0:29:08You automatically want to pull it up, don't you?
0:29:08 > 0:29:10Well, darling, you want to pull it up, down,
0:29:10 > 0:29:13- any which way you can to get the young lady rescued.- Thank you.
0:29:13 > 0:29:15How are you? I've missed you so much.
0:29:15 > 0:29:18We've got a lovely visit to go to and you need to shop
0:29:18 > 0:29:20because you haven't bought very much, have you?
0:29:20 > 0:29:21You've bought four items?
0:29:21 > 0:29:23- I think you'll find... You've got how many items?!- Four.
0:29:23 > 0:29:26Well, I didn't tell him because I didn't want to upset him.
0:29:26 > 0:29:29- Uh-oh!- Let's leave them to it.
0:29:29 > 0:29:32- You've only got one thing left to buy?- Yes.
0:29:32 > 0:29:35Pick up some humility. Spend your money on humility.
0:29:35 > 0:29:37We might buy a couple of items, you never know.
0:29:37 > 0:29:39- Ignore him.- Let's go.
0:29:39 > 0:29:43Hardeep and Catherine are travelling to the uber trendy area
0:29:43 > 0:29:45of Marylebone. Bordering Oxford Street,
0:29:45 > 0:29:48it's been at the height of fashion since the 17th century
0:29:48 > 0:29:53and is a shopping Mecca which hopefully bodes well.
0:29:53 > 0:29:57- So, I'm excited about this. - There's a lot to cover here.
0:29:57 > 0:29:59I'm more casually dressed today.
0:29:59 > 0:30:03Hardeep and Catherine are heading into Alfie's Antiques Market
0:30:03 > 0:30:06where they're visiting Beth's shop this morning.
0:30:06 > 0:30:08That looks familiar.
0:30:08 > 0:30:10Oh, my God, this is exactly the one we bought yesterday.
0:30:10 > 0:30:11Mappin and Webb?
0:30:11 > 0:30:16- Yes.- Definitely silver plated?- Yes. How much is it?- Well, we paid 14.
0:30:18 > 0:30:21- I'm not even joking.- What?- 95 quid.
0:30:21 > 0:30:25- What did I say to you? - You're so good!
0:30:25 > 0:30:31Catherine's prowess proven again. They still have £386 left to spend.
0:30:31 > 0:30:36- I love that purple glass.- It's Whitefriars.- What's Whitefriars?
0:30:36 > 0:30:40- Is Whitefriars good? - Yeah. Oh, it's a ginger jar.
0:30:40 > 0:30:43What's nice about it is, it can be used as a vase,
0:30:43 > 0:30:48which it originally was used for.
0:30:48 > 0:30:51- So that potentially could be two separate pieces?- Absolutely.
0:30:51 > 0:30:52Have you looked this up?
0:30:52 > 0:30:55I know its Whitefriars by the base, it's got a little ring round it
0:30:55 > 0:30:57but it's also controlled bubbles.
0:30:57 > 0:31:01Whitefriars is thought to be one of the most successful
0:31:01 > 0:31:03and long-running glasshouses in the UK
0:31:03 > 0:31:07although I'm not convinced this is the genuine artefact.
0:31:07 > 0:31:10It could be in the style of.
0:31:10 > 0:31:12- Shall I tell you what's interesting? - Right.- It's a beautiful colour.
0:31:12 > 0:31:14It's got a smoky quality to it.
0:31:14 > 0:31:19Its ticket price is £135 but there are more pieces to look at.
0:31:19 > 0:31:21I like the bowl.
0:31:21 > 0:31:23- The bowl is the same sort of thing. - I think the bowl is beautiful.
0:31:23 > 0:31:25How much is the bowl?
0:31:25 > 0:31:28A lovely shape. Unusual shape as well.
0:31:28 > 0:31:30I love the shape of that, I really like the base of it.
0:31:30 > 0:31:33They're very traditional Whitefriars colours
0:31:33 > 0:31:38and all the really right vibrant yellows, the oranges, the turquoise.
0:31:38 > 0:31:43The bowl is priced at £89 but which one will Hardeep go for?
0:31:44 > 0:31:47- Is it too much to get two? - Could a deal be done?
0:31:47 > 0:31:48- 120 for the two. - Gosh!
0:31:48 > 0:31:51- Could I kiss you? Would that be out of the question?- Hold on!
0:31:51 > 0:31:53- 120 for the two is pretty good.- Yes.
0:31:53 > 0:31:57- Is there no way we could do 110 on these?- 115.
0:31:57 > 0:32:01- Only because it's you and you smiled earlier.- 110?
0:32:01 > 0:32:03- 115.- 110?
0:32:03 > 0:32:08- 115.- OK, 115.- It's going to go up if you carry on doing that.
0:32:08 > 0:32:12So, for £115, Hardeep now adds what he hopes
0:32:12 > 0:32:16is two pieces of Whitefriars glass to his collection.
0:32:16 > 0:32:18I don't really care what anyone spends on them.
0:32:18 > 0:32:21I just think it's such a beautiful thing.
0:32:22 > 0:32:24You're a wee smasher!
0:32:24 > 0:32:27Is there anything else for him in here?
0:32:27 > 0:32:29It is rather quirky but it is a good name.
0:32:29 > 0:32:33- It's a WMF set. It's a strawberry set.- Oh, is it?
0:32:33 > 0:32:35What's nice is all the pieces are there.
0:32:35 > 0:32:37You've got the tray, it's beautifully marked
0:32:37 > 0:32:39and you've got the gilding.
0:32:39 > 0:32:41- And the strawberries on it. - This is lovely.
0:32:41 > 0:32:43I just think the idea of strawberries and cream
0:32:43 > 0:32:49in June in kind of... rural south-east England...
0:32:49 > 0:32:51I think that's beautiful.
0:32:51 > 0:32:56It's silver plated and silver gilt. Ticket price, £135.
0:32:56 > 0:33:00WMF is a great name. It's one that people know. Art Nouveau.
0:33:00 > 0:33:04- It's beautifully gilded inside. What's the best on that?- 85.
0:33:04 > 0:33:07I'll do 80 because you've bought the other things.
0:33:09 > 0:33:13- Your call, honey.- I think, yes, yes, yes, thrice yes.
0:33:13 > 0:33:16Hardeep has found another item that he loves,
0:33:16 > 0:33:20making his total spend in this market £195.
0:33:22 > 0:33:26Helen and Mark are in the affluent area of Hampstead
0:33:26 > 0:33:29where there are reportedly more millionaires
0:33:29 > 0:33:32within its boundaries than anywhere else in the UK.
0:33:32 > 0:33:34Once a small village on the outskirts of London,
0:33:34 > 0:33:37the area is also rich in culture.
0:33:37 > 0:33:40Helen and Mark are here to learn about the tragic story
0:33:40 > 0:33:43of one of England's greatest poets, John Keats.
0:33:43 > 0:33:48They're at Keats House to meet with curator Vicky Carroll.
0:33:48 > 0:33:51- Hello. How nice to meet you. - Welcome to Keats House.
0:33:51 > 0:33:52Thank you, I'm Mark.
0:33:52 > 0:33:54- Nice to meet you.- Shall we go in?
0:33:54 > 0:33:57As well as writing her own comedy, Helen has a couple of books
0:33:57 > 0:34:01under her belt so can understand the plight of the writer.
0:34:02 > 0:34:06Keats' short life was one of great sorrow.
0:34:06 > 0:34:09He and his siblings were orphaned at a young age when they lost
0:34:09 > 0:34:13their father in a riding accident, and later their mother to TB.
0:34:15 > 0:34:17His parents weren't wealthy,
0:34:17 > 0:34:20but they wanted their children to have the best education.
0:34:22 > 0:34:25Whilst Keats had always loved writing,
0:34:25 > 0:34:28this wasn't actually his original career path.
0:34:28 > 0:34:30Poetry was something he was interested in
0:34:30 > 0:34:32from an early age, while he was at school.
0:34:32 > 0:34:35He was initially destined to become a doctor.
0:34:35 > 0:34:38He was an apprentice to an apothecary for five years.
0:34:38 > 0:34:41He studied surgery at Guy's Hospital as well.
0:34:41 > 0:34:43That was his intended career.
0:34:43 > 0:34:46- A really clever man...- Yeah. - ..but then totally creative.
0:34:46 > 0:34:48Yeah, absolutely.
0:34:48 > 0:34:51He passed his exams first time, which was very unusual at the time.
0:34:51 > 0:34:53- Wow, very unusual. - So he was a good student.
0:34:53 > 0:34:58When Keats was studying to become a doctor, was he writing then as well?
0:34:58 > 0:35:01Yes, he did start writing whilst he was studying
0:35:01 > 0:35:05and he actually got a poem published in a magazine called The Examiner.
0:35:08 > 0:35:12Keats loved living in Hampstead because it was a hotbed of artists,
0:35:12 > 0:35:14musicians and actors.
0:35:14 > 0:35:17He loved mixing with creative types.
0:35:18 > 0:35:22He passed his final exams in 1816 but shocked his friends
0:35:22 > 0:35:26by deciding he wanted to devote his life to poetry.
0:35:26 > 0:35:29Crazy man. Crazy, crazy decision.
0:35:29 > 0:35:32I mean, did he do well?
0:35:32 > 0:35:35Did he get paid for his poetry while he was living here?
0:35:35 > 0:35:38He never made an awful lot of money from being a poet.
0:35:38 > 0:35:42His first work was really not particularly well noticed
0:35:42 > 0:35:44outside of his circle of friends.
0:35:44 > 0:35:48His second work was actually reviewed very badly by the press.
0:35:48 > 0:35:52In spite of these knock backs, Keats persisted with his poetry.
0:35:52 > 0:35:54Sadly, tragedy struck again
0:35:54 > 0:35:59when his younger brother Tom passed away from TB aged just 17.
0:35:59 > 0:36:01At the time, John lived nearby.
0:36:01 > 0:36:05But to escape such painful memories, Keats moved into this house where
0:36:05 > 0:36:09he went on to write some of his most famed works.
0:36:09 > 0:36:11- Is that Keats in this very room?- It is.
0:36:11 > 0:36:14So that is Keats seated in this very room, studying
0:36:14 > 0:36:19- and preparing probably to write one of his poems.- Oh, wonderful.
0:36:19 > 0:36:22- And some of his best poetry was written here?- Absolutely.
0:36:22 > 0:36:25He famously wrote Ode to a Nightingale here
0:36:25 > 0:36:30in this house, seated under a plum tree in the garden, we're told.
0:36:30 > 0:36:31He also wrote Ode on a Grecian Urn.
0:36:33 > 0:36:37More happy love! More happy, happy love!
0:36:37 > 0:36:40For ever warm And still to be enjoy'd
0:36:40 > 0:36:44For ever panting And for ever young.
0:36:44 > 0:36:47This is the house where Keats was happiest during his life.
0:36:47 > 0:36:51One of the main reasons for that is it's where he fell in love.
0:36:51 > 0:36:54- BOTH: Oh!- A certain Fanny Brawne actually lived
0:36:54 > 0:36:57in the house next door and they met and a romance
0:36:57 > 0:36:58between them blossomed.
0:36:58 > 0:36:59Oh, how wonderful.
0:36:59 > 0:37:02- But how convenient to have Fanny next door.- Exactly.- Wonderful.
0:37:05 > 0:37:09Keats had first met Fanny when he was nursing Tom.
0:37:09 > 0:37:12A relationship later blossomed.
0:37:12 > 0:37:16So I am now looking at a very pretty ring which I want.
0:37:16 > 0:37:18Who did it belong to?
0:37:18 > 0:37:21That actually belonged to Fanny Brawne,
0:37:21 > 0:37:23who was the love of Keats' life.
0:37:23 > 0:37:27Keats gave that to Fanny for their secret engagements.
0:37:27 > 0:37:30Wow. That has got to be a love letter, hasn't it?
0:37:30 > 0:37:32I would have thought so.
0:37:32 > 0:37:36Keats wrote this letter to Fanny when he was too sick to leave
0:37:36 > 0:37:39the house and too sick to actually meet with her.
0:37:41 > 0:37:45Sadly Keats had also fallen ill with TB,
0:37:45 > 0:37:47the disease which had claimed the lives
0:37:47 > 0:37:49of both his mother and brother.
0:37:49 > 0:37:52You mentioned it was secret. Why was it secret?
0:37:52 > 0:37:56Well, unfortunately Keats and Fanny didn't really have the resources
0:37:56 > 0:37:58that they needed to get married.
0:37:58 > 0:38:00Also because he was starting to become very ill.
0:38:02 > 0:38:05Unable to provide Fanny with a stable future,
0:38:05 > 0:38:09their relationship remained clandestine, but Keats
0:38:09 > 0:38:12and Fanny couldn't resist getting secretly engaged.
0:38:13 > 0:38:16- Oh!- Beautiful. It's so romantic, isn't it?
0:38:16 > 0:38:18I fear the worst. What happened next, Vicky?
0:38:18 > 0:38:22Well, unfortunately Keats' health continued to decline
0:38:22 > 0:38:25and his friends decided what would be best for him
0:38:25 > 0:38:28would be to travel somewhere with a warmer climate.
0:38:28 > 0:38:32Keats went to Rome with his friend, the artist Joseph Severn.
0:38:32 > 0:38:34- Very sad, isn't it? - It is, isn't it?
0:38:34 > 0:38:37Sadly, he never saw Fanny again as he passed away
0:38:37 > 0:38:41on the 23rd of February 1821, aged just 25.
0:38:43 > 0:38:47- Oh!- I know. I feel quite sad, don't you?- Yes.
0:38:47 > 0:38:49It's really quite sad.
0:38:49 > 0:38:54During his short life, Keats wrote about 145 poems
0:38:54 > 0:38:57but sadly died thinking himself unsuccessful.
0:39:00 > 0:39:03In later years his work was rediscovered
0:39:03 > 0:39:05by Pre-Raphaelite artists
0:39:05 > 0:39:08who produced a number of paintings inspired by Keats' poetry.
0:39:08 > 0:39:12He is now thought of as a key figure in the Romantic movement
0:39:12 > 0:39:15and one of Britain's most famous poets.
0:39:16 > 0:39:21- It is so glorious.- So we need, what, one or two more things?
0:39:21 > 0:39:23Hardeep and Catherine are still in Marylebone
0:39:23 > 0:39:26at Andrew Nebbett Antiques.
0:39:26 > 0:39:30- I feel something special coming on. - Do you? In here?- Shall we?
0:39:30 > 0:39:32- Shall we?- Let's go.
0:39:32 > 0:39:36Hardeep has just under £200 left to spend.
0:39:36 > 0:39:37Oh, look at that!
0:39:37 > 0:39:40Let's hope there's something here to catch his eye.
0:39:43 > 0:39:47- I would have that in my home. Would you?- Yeah. 750 quid.- How much?!
0:39:47 > 0:39:50You can have it in yours, mate. I'll just come and visit.
0:39:50 > 0:39:51HE MOUTHS
0:39:51 > 0:39:53It's nice but perhaps
0:39:53 > 0:39:56look for something more in keeping with your budget, eh?
0:39:58 > 0:40:01- I know you told me it is incomplete. - Oh, the case.
0:40:01 > 0:40:05- It is very much incomplete. - It is a vellum case from the '30s.
0:40:05 > 0:40:08- This is perfect.- That is quite a large size, isn't it?- Yes.
0:40:08 > 0:40:10That could have been a tissue.
0:40:10 > 0:40:13- No, no, no. It wouldn't have been a tissue.- A sandwich.
0:40:13 > 0:40:17- There would have been another thing here.- Very funny, Hardeep.
0:40:17 > 0:40:18This is clearly for ladies.
0:40:18 > 0:40:20A little vanity case, a travelling bag.
0:40:20 > 0:40:22You say that but we've got no proof.
0:40:22 > 0:40:24It is a ladies' one, absolutely.
0:40:24 > 0:40:27- Look at this.- There is nothing in there I wouldn't use.
0:40:27 > 0:40:28Nothing in there I wouldn't use.
0:40:28 > 0:40:31- You wouldn't use those hairbrushes, for a start.- I would.
0:40:31 > 0:40:35Catherine's demonstrating admirable patience today.
0:40:35 > 0:40:39What I love about the deco era, the 1930s,
0:40:39 > 0:40:41is how everyone used to personalise things.
0:40:42 > 0:40:45They used to buy really special good-quality things, like this,
0:40:45 > 0:40:48and then personalise it.
0:40:48 > 0:40:51- Things like this would be treasured. - They would, wouldn't they?
0:40:51 > 0:40:54- They really would.- Things lasted much longer then.- They really would.
0:40:54 > 0:40:57Hm. It's ticket price is £95.
0:40:57 > 0:41:01We just have this engine-turned enamel on the top.
0:41:01 > 0:41:04I like enamel that's been turned by an engine.
0:41:04 > 0:41:06It makes me feel part of the industrial age.
0:41:06 > 0:41:09Nothing I say is taken seriously.
0:41:09 > 0:41:12I'm going to speak to someone who has intelligence.
0:41:12 > 0:41:16Oh, cue dealer Tiffany.
0:41:16 > 0:41:19We very much like this box but clearly it has...
0:41:19 > 0:41:20It's not in A1-perfect nick.
0:41:20 > 0:41:24And also I feel it's cluttering up the shop
0:41:24 > 0:41:27and we are prepared to do you a favour and take it away.
0:41:27 > 0:41:32Can we make you an offer? 50 quid.
0:41:32 > 0:41:34I think we could go to 80.
0:41:34 > 0:41:37Shall we just be very candid? 65 is probably...
0:41:37 > 0:41:40We can't really go much higher than 65 because
0:41:40 > 0:41:42- we'll lose money, won't we? - Probably.
0:41:42 > 0:41:47To go any lower, Tiffany needs to check with owner Andy.
0:41:47 > 0:41:50Thank you, Andy. Thanks. Bye-bye.
0:41:53 > 0:41:54£60.
0:41:54 > 0:41:59Oh, that's fantastic. Well done!
0:41:59 > 0:42:03- Oh, come here and shake my hand, Tiffany.- Tiffany, thank you.
0:42:03 > 0:42:06- Bless you.- Thank you, Andy. I'm glad you've got it.
0:42:06 > 0:42:09Gosh, I wish he was here.
0:42:09 > 0:42:11Helen and Mark have also made their way to Marylebone
0:42:11 > 0:42:16and Alfies Antiques Market with their remaining £225.
0:42:16 > 0:42:17The lizard brooch.
0:42:17 > 0:42:21It's quite fun, isn't it? It looks, sort of, '20s style to me.
0:42:21 > 0:42:25This sort of glitzy jewellery now is quite popular, I think.
0:42:25 > 0:42:27It's got that good look.
0:42:27 > 0:42:30It's bling but it's made in the shape of a lizard
0:42:30 > 0:42:33and people are constantly needing lapel wear.
0:42:33 > 0:42:38Yeah, nobody likes an empty lapel.
0:42:38 > 0:42:40It looks lovely on you, actually, I have to say.
0:42:40 > 0:42:44- On a jacket like mine. - It's got a nice feel about it.
0:42:44 > 0:42:47I like the fact you've got these three big stones in the middle here.
0:42:47 > 0:42:51- It really is blingy, isn't it? - I think for a piece...
0:42:51 > 0:42:54- And you did want bling.- The dealer does not want to be on camera
0:42:54 > 0:42:56but informs Mark that the lowest she's willing to
0:42:56 > 0:42:58take down the brooch is £25.
0:42:58 > 0:43:01I don't think you're going to lose very much.
0:43:01 > 0:43:04I personally don't think it is going to make that much,
0:43:04 > 0:43:06but you don't know.
0:43:06 > 0:43:09But Helen's inner magpie can't resist something glittery.
0:43:09 > 0:43:10So that is one item down.
0:43:10 > 0:43:14Mark is also keen to show Helen something else he's uncovered.
0:43:14 > 0:43:18The thing I wanted to show you needs no introduction at all
0:43:18 > 0:43:20to anybody who knows pottery.
0:43:20 > 0:43:22- It's a vase.- It's a planter.
0:43:22 > 0:43:25Oh, a planter.
0:43:25 > 0:43:27- But I'll accept vase.- OK, good.
0:43:27 > 0:43:29But this is by the Moorcroft factory.
0:43:29 > 0:43:32Moorcroft has been running for over 100 years.
0:43:32 > 0:43:36In 1928 they were appointed as potter to Queen Mary.
0:43:36 > 0:43:39This is very typically Moorcroft.
0:43:39 > 0:43:40It's two blind decoration with...
0:43:40 > 0:43:42I don't know what flowers are those, hibiscus?
0:43:42 > 0:43:46- Circa what?- This is a difficult one.
0:43:46 > 0:43:51I think this is probably circa anywhere between 1920 and 1950.
0:43:51 > 0:43:55- It is hand done and it has got the symbol on the bottom.- Yes, yes.
0:43:55 > 0:43:57- So that is quite marketable. - It is quite big and
0:43:57 > 0:44:01- marketable and it's Moorcroft and everybody knows Moorcroft.- Yes.
0:44:01 > 0:44:04Perhaps not everybody, Mark.
0:44:04 > 0:44:06It's ticket price is a whopping £220
0:44:06 > 0:44:11- but can Mark convince Helen it's worth a punt?- You don't...
0:44:11 > 0:44:12I don't like it at all.
0:44:12 > 0:44:15It does absolutely nothing for me aesthetically.
0:44:15 > 0:44:17But I am interested in making a profit.
0:44:17 > 0:44:21You know when I said be honest? I wasn't quite meaning that honest.
0:44:21 > 0:44:27- Oh, sorry.- I would say, "What is the very best price on that?"
0:44:27 > 0:44:31- And see where we stand. - I would concur with that view.
0:44:31 > 0:44:34So, Chris, what would be the very best price,
0:44:34 > 0:44:37- bearing in mind we've got to put this into auction.- No problem.
0:44:37 > 0:44:40A good profit in that. £100.
0:44:40 > 0:44:42Looking at the auctioneer, they would probably
0:44:42 > 0:44:44estimate it at £80-£120.
0:44:44 > 0:44:47So we are in the middle of the estimate.
0:44:47 > 0:44:49I couldn't go above 80 for that.
0:44:49 > 0:44:51Because that's what your beginning
0:44:51 > 0:44:55- market was on the auction suggestion.- Ah.
0:44:55 > 0:44:58So I couldn't do more.
0:44:58 > 0:45:01You've convinced me but I'm not the one selling it to you, you know?
0:45:02 > 0:45:04There is just no way of knowing.
0:45:12 > 0:45:14Done. I like this gentleman.
0:45:15 > 0:45:18- Well done. £80. - We got the Moorcroft for £80.
0:45:18 > 0:45:19We got the Moorcroft.
0:45:19 > 0:45:23That's an incredible discount from Chris.
0:45:23 > 0:45:28For £105, then, that's Helen's final two items in the bag.
0:45:28 > 0:45:31With their shopping complete, our couples reunite
0:45:31 > 0:45:33on the roof to unveil their wares.
0:45:33 > 0:45:36- Are you ready for this?- Yes. - We are going to reveal our items.
0:45:36 > 0:45:38Helen, grab the end, lift it off.
0:45:38 > 0:45:39Ta-da!
0:45:39 > 0:45:41Oh, my goodness! You bought loads.
0:45:41 > 0:45:44Oh, that's not what I thought you would buy!
0:45:45 > 0:45:47- Helen loved this.- That is beautiful, though.- It's wonderful.
0:45:47 > 0:45:49It's by Francesco's. It is all beaded.
0:45:49 > 0:45:53I love this, sort of, marbled look on the side.
0:45:53 > 0:45:55We have a lovely Art Deco solid silver cigarette box down there.
0:45:55 > 0:45:57- Nice.- That is nice.
0:45:57 > 0:45:59This lovely tin which Helen loves.
0:45:59 > 0:46:03- That is the sort of thing I would have bought, Helen.- Lovely colours.
0:46:03 > 0:46:07I love this walking cane and Helen absolutely wanted
0:46:07 > 0:46:10a piece of bling, so we couldn't go
0:46:10 > 0:46:12without buying a piece of bling, could we, Helen?
0:46:12 > 0:46:15That is a lapel lizard, I call it.
0:46:15 > 0:46:18It just curls around the lapel.
0:46:18 > 0:46:20- It's wonderful.- Would you like to look at what we bought?
0:46:20 > 0:46:24- We'd love to.- Absolutely. - We're dying to see them.
0:46:24 > 0:46:28- Oh, wow!- Oh, nice!
0:46:28 > 0:46:31- Oh, gosh.- Pretty. - We've gone for Whitefriars.
0:46:31 > 0:46:34You've never, ever seen a piece of Whitefriars like that.
0:46:34 > 0:46:35No, I haven't.
0:46:35 > 0:46:37Maybe because it's not Whitefriars.
0:46:37 > 0:46:40But this is quite interesting.
0:46:40 > 0:46:41- I love it.- So pretty.
0:46:41 > 0:46:45- We paid £14 for it.- Oh, it was cheap. That is a money-spinner.
0:46:45 > 0:46:47You're going to make a lot of money on that.
0:46:47 > 0:46:50What about your little travelling set?
0:46:50 > 0:46:53This was... If you excuse the pun, a vanity purchase, wasn't it?
0:46:53 > 0:46:56- You paid what, £20-30?- Huh! Mark!
0:46:56 > 0:46:58- We paid 60.- Oh!
0:46:58 > 0:47:00I think we should leave it there.
0:47:00 > 0:47:02- OK.- Oh, listen, well done.
0:47:02 > 0:47:05Yeah, probably for the best.
0:47:05 > 0:47:09Helen's been unusually quiet. But is our favourite bad cop
0:47:09 > 0:47:11- about to reappear?- The shambolic thing with the bits missing,
0:47:11 > 0:47:13the suitcase...
0:47:13 > 0:47:15I think that seems a lot of money to me because I don't
0:47:15 > 0:47:17- think that's enamel. I didn't look at it.- Who'd want that?
0:47:17 > 0:47:19I loved that tin.
0:47:19 > 0:47:21I would have bought that for £10. You don't like it.
0:47:21 > 0:47:24Who's going to give more than £10 for that?
0:47:24 > 0:47:25No, I think that could do, sort of, 20.
0:47:25 > 0:47:29It won't make a huge amount but it will do £20 or £30.
0:47:29 > 0:47:31People like those sorts of tins.
0:47:31 > 0:47:34The ginger jar is... I have to say, I've never seen,
0:47:34 > 0:47:37but they did pay quite a lot of money for them.
0:47:37 > 0:47:41Altogether it looked pretty except for the silly old suitcase.
0:47:43 > 0:47:47The auction is taking place in the village of Stansted Mountfitchet,
0:47:47 > 0:47:50in Essex, just a few miles from Stansted Airport.
0:47:50 > 0:47:53How are our celebrities feeling?
0:47:53 > 0:47:55Have you ever been to an auction before?
0:47:57 > 0:47:59- I don't think I have. - Don't twitch.- Don't twitch!
0:47:59 > 0:48:02- Don't wave at anyone across the room.- OK.
0:48:02 > 0:48:06- And don't say, "5,000!"- Oh, right, as a, sort of, nervous tic.- Yeah.
0:48:09 > 0:48:12- We have got such a mixed bag between us.- Very, very cornucopic.
0:48:12 > 0:48:15- Yes, and eclectic.- Yes.
0:48:15 > 0:48:18But more the word you said.
0:48:19 > 0:48:23Yes, today at Sworders Fine Art Auctioneers, are lots
0:48:23 > 0:48:26are for sale online, on the phone and in the room.
0:48:26 > 0:48:29And our auctioneer is John Black.
0:48:30 > 0:48:32Thank you very much.
0:48:32 > 0:48:36The WMF strawberry set, good lot, well plated and well chosen.
0:48:36 > 0:48:39The cigarette box, my favourite of the lots that were brought in.
0:48:39 > 0:48:43I think that could do quite well. Up to £100 if we're lucky
0:48:43 > 0:48:47but a good 1933 hallmarked... A good, sort of, deco lot.
0:48:47 > 0:48:49High praise.
0:48:49 > 0:48:52- ALL: Hello.- Here we are.
0:48:52 > 0:48:56- Let me help you out. - Thank you, thank you.
0:48:56 > 0:48:58- Are you ready?- I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready.
0:48:58 > 0:49:02Helen and Mark formed their own comedy double act,
0:49:02 > 0:49:05spending £280 on six items.
0:49:05 > 0:49:08Hardeep and Catherine were also funny to watch,
0:49:08 > 0:49:10but for entirely different reasons,
0:49:10 > 0:49:14and forking out £269 on five lots.
0:49:14 > 0:49:19Can Hardeep's heartfelt items prevail? Or will it be Helen
0:49:19 > 0:49:22and Mark's teamwork that proves to be the winner today?
0:49:24 > 0:49:27- First up is Helen's crisp box. - I am excited now.
0:49:27 > 0:49:30I've got a really good feeling about this.
0:49:30 > 0:49:33Who'd like to start me at £30? 20.
0:49:33 > 0:49:37Any bids now at £20? I am looking around the room. 20 there.
0:49:37 > 0:49:40- He has bid at £20. On my right. - Well done.- We've doubled our money.
0:49:42 > 0:49:47At £20. That is the only bid. I'm going to sell. Make no mistake.
0:49:47 > 0:49:50- We doubled our money. - We doubled our money.- You did well.
0:49:50 > 0:49:53- Doubled our money. We got £20 for it.- They certainly did.
0:49:53 > 0:49:57That's a great result and a great start to the auction.
0:49:57 > 0:49:59Next it's another of Helen's items.
0:49:59 > 0:50:01Her Moorcroft planter.
0:50:01 > 0:50:05Oh, no. Here we go! Please, please!
0:50:05 > 0:50:07We'll start the bidding here at £30.
0:50:07 > 0:50:10- Oh, no!- No, you're fine.- Very low.
0:50:10 > 0:50:1540 is bid on the net. 50, madam? At £50.
0:50:15 > 0:50:2060 on the net if you wish now? At £50 the lady has bid in the room.
0:50:20 > 0:50:24Are we all done? At £50. Make no mistake at 50.
0:50:24 > 0:50:27- Thank you very much. - I think that's quite cheap.
0:50:27 > 0:50:30It does seem a bit cheap to me.
0:50:30 > 0:50:32It went too quickly.
0:50:32 > 0:50:34Someone's got a bargain there today.
0:50:34 > 0:50:37Let's hope Hardeep's possible Whitefriars glass bowl
0:50:37 > 0:50:40will do better.
0:50:40 > 0:50:43- Here we go. Good luck. - Good luck, you two. Yes, indeed.
0:50:43 > 0:50:47We can start the bidding here at £25.
0:50:47 > 0:50:5028 to bid if you wish now. At £25.
0:50:50 > 0:50:5428 anywhere now? 28. 30. At £30.
0:50:54 > 0:50:56Any advance in the room or on the net?
0:50:58 > 0:51:02- Gosh, no!- Still with us now on commission. £30 only.
0:51:02 > 0:51:06- All done?- That is terrible.
0:51:06 > 0:51:09There is no justice.
0:51:09 > 0:51:11I think we know it's not Whitefriars.
0:51:11 > 0:51:13I think we know it's not, no.
0:51:13 > 0:51:16Maybe it's not Whitefriars. Oh, well. Things can only get better.
0:51:19 > 0:51:20Something else nice and shiny
0:51:20 > 0:51:24that Helen really liked was her Art Deco silver cigarette box.
0:51:24 > 0:51:28You could use it as a jewellery casket on your bedside table.
0:51:28 > 0:51:29A casket!
0:51:29 > 0:51:33£50 is bid. Straight in 60, 70, 80. Here we go, here we go.
0:51:33 > 0:51:34It's turning around.
0:51:34 > 0:51:36Any advance in the room?
0:51:36 > 0:51:38- 100 on the internet.- We've got 100!
0:51:40 > 0:51:43110. 120?
0:51:43 > 0:51:45- 120.- BOTH: 120!- That's amazing!
0:51:45 > 0:51:48All done? 130.
0:51:48 > 0:51:50ALL: Yes! 130.
0:51:50 > 0:51:53Internet bid now for £140.
0:51:53 > 0:51:55- Wow!- That's a really good...
0:51:55 > 0:51:57Make no mistake at 140.
0:51:57 > 0:52:01- Well done.- Well done.
0:52:01 > 0:52:05- That's brilliant.- You did really well.- You doubled your money there.
0:52:05 > 0:52:10Finally a decent profit and well-deserved for this lovely item.
0:52:12 > 0:52:15Time for Hardeep's 1930s vanity case,
0:52:15 > 0:52:17or sandwich holder, if you will.
0:52:17 > 0:52:20- £20. Tempt you. Anyone for it?- 20?!
0:52:20 > 0:52:24Any bids now. I'm looking around the room. 20, thank you, sir.
0:52:24 > 0:52:26Our saviour.
0:52:26 > 0:52:29At £20 only. All done and we'll sell.
0:52:29 > 0:52:30Oh, for heaven's sake.
0:52:30 > 0:52:33The only bid. Thank you very much.
0:52:33 > 0:52:35He looked quite sad when he said that, though.
0:52:35 > 0:52:38- I think he was sad. - It was the only bid in a sad voice.
0:52:38 > 0:52:40I think he recognised it was something a bit special
0:52:40 > 0:52:42and I think it hurt him.
0:52:42 > 0:52:43At least Hardeep loved it.
0:52:46 > 0:52:48Now, surely someone will surely be
0:52:48 > 0:52:50in the mood for strawberries and cream.
0:52:50 > 0:52:52- This is us.- Here we go. - Is this it?
0:52:52 > 0:52:54Oh, that's lovely!
0:52:54 > 0:52:5630 is bid. Thank you. At £30.
0:52:56 > 0:53:0035, 40, 45. The lady has bid in the room at £45.
0:53:00 > 0:53:03- Here we go, here we go.- Come on!
0:53:03 > 0:53:06Any advance at £45? I will sell.
0:53:06 > 0:53:09Make no mistake. At £45 in the pink, there.
0:53:11 > 0:53:14What do we think? Is that good? It's more than 30.
0:53:14 > 0:53:17- I know but we paid 80.- Oh.
0:53:19 > 0:53:25Yeah, good try there, Helen. Still, not a huge loss.
0:53:25 > 0:53:27I've just done a quick calculation
0:53:27 > 0:53:30and Greece are in better shape than we are.
0:53:30 > 0:53:31Very good.
0:53:31 > 0:53:34So I'm going to have to go and speak to the IMF
0:53:34 > 0:53:35to get us out of this.
0:53:35 > 0:53:37Yes.
0:53:37 > 0:53:40Helen is certainly in the lead right now.
0:53:40 > 0:53:43But all that can change on an item.
0:53:43 > 0:53:47Time for her beloved Italian piano accordion.
0:53:47 > 0:53:50There are accordion collectors out there. I'm sure there are.
0:53:50 > 0:53:53And this is coming up now.
0:53:53 > 0:53:57Who would like to start the bidding at £50 for the accordion?
0:53:57 > 0:53:59Button accordion there.
0:53:59 > 0:54:01- 30 then to bid.- Oh, no!
0:54:01 > 0:54:03I am lowering the bid. Any interest now?
0:54:04 > 0:54:07We will have to lower it. 20. Come on, anyone.
0:54:07 > 0:54:08- Oh, come on!- He can't sell it.
0:54:08 > 0:54:13Thank you very much. At £20. Are we all done then? That's all we have.
0:54:13 > 0:54:15At £20. I'm going to sell.
0:54:15 > 0:54:16Make no mistake.
0:54:16 > 0:54:19He's laughing.
0:54:19 > 0:54:21With you, not at you, Helen.
0:54:21 > 0:54:24I think this is a strong ukulele room.
0:54:26 > 0:54:29That will certainly help Hardeep catch up.
0:54:31 > 0:54:35Next up, it's his 1930s sugar shaker. Fingers crossed.
0:54:35 > 0:54:37We need £2,000 on this one
0:54:37 > 0:54:39to make up the money we lost on all the others.
0:54:39 > 0:54:41£30 anywhere?
0:54:41 > 0:54:44£30 on the net. Take it away at £30.
0:54:44 > 0:54:48In the room or on the phone anyone?
0:54:48 > 0:54:52The internet bid has it and I'm selling. It's a single bid.
0:54:52 > 0:54:55- I'm going to sell at £30.- What?! - £30 only. There we go.
0:54:55 > 0:55:00- Still a bargain. You should have made a profit.- £16 profit on that.
0:55:00 > 0:55:03- That was such a good thing. - Very cheap.
0:55:04 > 0:55:07It's Hardeep and Catherine's first win of the day
0:55:07 > 0:55:09and they have over doubled their money.
0:55:11 > 0:55:14Can Helen's lizard brooch do as well? Old slinky.
0:55:14 > 0:55:16I had to have it.
0:55:16 > 0:55:19- I know that's bossy but... - I liked it when you were bossy.
0:55:21 > 0:55:25And we'll start the bidding here at £20. 20 is bid.
0:55:25 > 0:55:28- Any advance on £20 now? I'll take 22 if you wish, madam?- Come on!
0:55:28 > 0:55:31On the net. Anywhere? At £20 only.
0:55:31 > 0:55:35All done and I will sell on commission at £20.
0:55:35 > 0:55:38- I'm upset now.- Commission bid. - It's a shame, actually.- Yeah.
0:55:38 > 0:55:41I expected that do a bit better.
0:55:41 > 0:55:43That's only a small loss.
0:55:46 > 0:55:50How will Hardeep's ginger jug get on?
0:55:50 > 0:55:53£30 is bid. At £30 straight in.
0:55:53 > 0:55:56We need more. We need a lot more.
0:55:56 > 0:56:00Any further interest in the room or on the net?
0:56:00 > 0:56:02At £30 then. All done and we'll sell.
0:56:02 > 0:56:06£30 for 290.
0:56:06 > 0:56:09I'm disappointed for you. It should have done a bit more than that.
0:56:09 > 0:56:12I'm disappointed for you because you really liked it.
0:56:12 > 0:56:15I really like them. I think they're really nice things.
0:56:15 > 0:56:19Hardeep seems happy enough just to have bought something that he loved.
0:56:19 > 0:56:23Up next is their final item of the auction, Helen's walking stick.
0:56:23 > 0:56:27We can start the bidding here at £20. Any advance on 20 now?
0:56:27 > 0:56:30Any advance of £20? 30, 40.
0:56:32 > 0:56:35At £40 we have the internet commission bid.
0:56:35 > 0:56:37- A commission bid.- We're in profit. We're in profit.
0:56:37 > 0:56:40Anyone else if you wish. No?
0:56:40 > 0:56:42£40 only. All done.
0:56:42 > 0:56:45£50 anywhere in the room? Last chance.
0:56:45 > 0:56:48- I thought it might be a bit more than that.- We got 50.
0:56:48 > 0:56:51- Sold.- Did it make 50?
0:56:51 > 0:56:55- It made 40.- I thought somebody said...- Congratulations. Well done.
0:56:55 > 0:57:00£40 still means a decent profit. You can walk away happy with that one.
0:57:00 > 0:57:03- I'm happy to take the profit. - I'm thrilled.
0:57:03 > 0:57:08I'm absolutely beyond thrilled that thick...
0:57:08 > 0:57:11- Overall it's not been a great performance.- It's been hard.
0:57:11 > 0:57:13- It's been very hard.- Do you know what? It's been great fun.
0:57:13 > 0:57:15- Oh, it has.- We've had a lovely time.
0:57:15 > 0:57:19- We've massively enjoyed it.- Shall we go and get a cup of tea?- Yes.
0:57:19 > 0:57:22Both teams started their trip with £400.
0:57:22 > 0:57:28Hardeep and Catherine made a loss of £141.90,
0:57:28 > 0:57:32leaving them after auction costs with £258.10.
0:57:32 > 0:57:37Helen and Mark made a smaller loss of just £42.20, leaving them
0:57:37 > 0:57:42after costs with a final tally of £357.80,
0:57:42 > 0:57:45making them today's lesser loser.
0:57:45 > 0:57:47I mean, overall winner!
0:57:47 > 0:57:50- We won!- Yay!- Well done. - Well done to you.
0:57:50 > 0:57:53- I can't believe it! - I think antiques was the winner.
0:57:53 > 0:57:56It was!
0:57:56 > 0:57:59Well done on your road trip and you've learnt so much.
0:57:59 > 0:58:02- We are going to let you drive off. - Thank you, thank you.
0:58:04 > 0:58:05Right, let's burn some rubber.
0:58:05 > 0:58:09I'm going to burn some rubber, just as soon as I'm harnessed. Yes.
0:58:09 > 0:58:11- Ciao.- Bye.
0:58:11 > 0:58:13Bye!
0:58:15 > 0:58:19- Amazing, amazing, amazing.- What a lovely way to spend a few days.
0:58:21 > 0:58:25It's been a journey, hasn't it? It's been an odyssey.
0:58:26 > 0:58:30- I wouldn't have missed it.- No.- I've had time out from my normal life.
0:58:30 > 0:58:33- We've had a laugh. - We've had a great laugh.
0:58:33 > 0:58:36And so have we. Cheerio, chaps!