0:00:02 > 0:00:03The nation's favourite celebrities...
0:00:03 > 0:00:06- Got some proper bling here. - ..paired up with an expert...
0:00:06 > 0:00:08What! What!
0:00:08 > 0:00:09..and a classic car.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11Get your legs up, girls!
0:00:11 > 0:00:14Their mission, to scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:14 > 0:00:18- All breakages must be paid for! - This is a good find, is it not?
0:00:18 > 0:00:21The aim, to make the biggest profit at auction.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23BANGS GAVEL But 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 my antiques head on.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32Will anybody follow expert advice?
0:00:32 > 0:00:34It's horrible!
0:00:34 > 0:00:35There will be worthy winners...
0:00:35 > 0:00:37This is better than Christmas!
0:00:37 > 0:00:40..and valiant losers.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42Time to put your pedal to the metal.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44This is Celebrity Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48Yeah!
0:00:54 > 0:00:59Today, we're in the Midlands with two powerhouses of the poetry world,
0:00:59 > 0:01:02old pals Benjamin Zephaniah and Roger McGough.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12Have you prepared? Have you googled things like...?
0:01:12 > 0:01:14No, I haven't done anything like that.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17But look, I was thinking about it, what are we going to do,
0:01:17 > 0:01:20and I thought... You don't really have to do anything.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22- We've got to find something we like, buy them...- Yeah.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25..sell them. I'm going to win, you're going to lose.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28- Yeah, I knew that. - End of programme, that's it!
0:01:28 > 0:01:30I'm not competitive really.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32Even in running, I used to be quite a good runner,
0:01:32 > 0:01:36but my trouble with being a runner, I didn't like overtaking people.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38- What?! - I always thought it a bit rude.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41If I was running and someone's coming next to me, I'd say,
0:01:41 > 0:01:45"I'll let them win cos obviously, they really want to."
0:01:45 > 0:01:47Roger kicked off his career
0:01:47 > 0:01:51as a member of the 1960s chart-topping band The Scaffold.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53He's the one on the right!
0:01:53 > 0:01:55Look at him go!
0:01:55 > 0:01:59# Most efficacious in every case... #
0:01:59 > 0:02:02- # Oh, Jennifer Eccles... #- Ha-ha!
0:02:02 > 0:02:05Roger's success in the music scene saw him rub shoulders with
0:02:05 > 0:02:10cultural icons like Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix and The Beatles.
0:02:10 > 0:02:14Now, an award-winning poet, children's author and broadcaster,
0:02:14 > 0:02:18Roger was awarded a CBE in 2004 and presents the world's longest
0:02:18 > 0:02:23running radio poetry show, Poetry Please, on Radio 4.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26Three requests now for the poetry of Stevie Smith,
0:02:26 > 0:02:29especially read by Stevie herself.
0:02:29 > 0:02:33Although I've known you so long, I don't know what school you
0:02:33 > 0:02:36went to, I don't know if you had books at home. I didn't.
0:02:36 > 0:02:41I wasn't encouraged to read and, you know, when I suggested to family
0:02:41 > 0:02:45members that I really wanted to be a poet, it was, "Get a job, man!"
0:02:45 > 0:02:47- You know?- Yeah.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50I remember one of my relatives said,
0:02:50 > 0:02:54"Name a writer that you know that's earning money." And I went, "Bill."
0:02:54 > 0:02:57She went, "Bill who?" I went, "Bill Shakespeare."
0:02:57 > 0:02:59She went, "Him dead long time!
0:02:59 > 0:03:02"And you are dead too if you go on with this writing business!"
0:03:02 > 0:03:05So, nobody encouraged me really.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11Lack of encouragement certainly didn't hold Benjamin back
0:03:11 > 0:03:16from becoming a world class writer, musician, political activist
0:03:16 > 0:03:18and dub poet.
0:03:18 > 0:03:22Not only has he graced The Times' list of top British writers,
0:03:22 > 0:03:26but his first children's publication went into emergency reprint
0:03:26 > 0:03:27to meet demand.
0:03:27 > 0:03:31- Benjamin Zephaniah. - CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
0:03:31 > 0:03:34Be nice to your turkeys this Christmas
0:03:34 > 0:03:37Because turkeys just wanna have fun
0:03:37 > 0:03:41Turkeys are cool and turkeys are wicked
0:03:41 > 0:03:45- And every turkey has a mum. - LAUGHTER
0:03:45 > 0:03:48Not just a celebrated poet,
0:03:48 > 0:03:52Benjamin is also a fierce campaigner for both human and animal rights.
0:03:52 > 0:03:56And is an ambassador of the Vegan Society.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00On this trip, our pair of poets are taking to the open
0:04:00 > 0:04:05road in this classy 1978 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow.
0:04:05 > 0:04:09I love classic cars. I go to classic car shows, just to look at cars.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12I watch the programmes. I made my own car.
0:04:12 > 0:04:13Made your own car?
0:04:13 > 0:04:18Yeah, I took a chassis from an old Triumph and just rebuilt it.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20Not in a typical Triumph way.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23I put a faster engine in it, I upgraded it,
0:04:23 > 0:04:26- I put Ferrari bits in it, so it's a hybrid.- Really?
0:04:26 > 0:04:30If cars could have children, you'd have a car like mine.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33I call it a mixed race car.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38Guiding our celebrities are two expert auctioneers,
0:04:38 > 0:04:41Natasha Raskin and Philip Serrell.
0:04:41 > 0:04:45They're driving a Ford Zodiac, manufactured in 1960,
0:04:45 > 0:04:47before seatbelts were mandatory.
0:04:47 > 0:04:51Who are we going to work with today then?
0:04:51 > 0:04:54I sort of have a preference, in a way, I've got to tell you that.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57- You have a preference? OK, hit me. - Well, sort of.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59Well, Roger, see...
0:04:59 > 0:05:03- He was in Scaffold and I used to love Lily The Pink.- What's Scaffold?
0:05:03 > 0:05:04What?!
0:05:04 > 0:05:09- What about you and Benjamin?- Oh, I'm a bit of a Benjamin Zephaniah fan.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11- Really?- Yeah.- I am.
0:05:11 > 0:05:15Cos he's so expressive and he's so emotive and if you ever watch him
0:05:15 > 0:05:19on television, he just says exactly what he thinks and he's so...
0:05:19 > 0:05:20Yet in such a polite way.
0:05:20 > 0:05:24He's never rude or abrasive, but he can be controversial.
0:05:24 > 0:05:25Oh, I'm excited!
0:05:25 > 0:05:27Glad to hear it!
0:05:29 > 0:05:33Once paired up, our teams will hit the road with £400 each,
0:05:33 > 0:05:36starting their journey in Kettering, Northamptonshire.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38They'll shop around the Midlands,
0:05:38 > 0:05:40before finishing up at an auction in Leicester.
0:05:43 > 0:05:44Oh, wow! This is amazing!
0:05:46 > 0:05:49Look at that!
0:05:49 > 0:05:51- Hello.- Just like that.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53You must be Phil, hello.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56- Hello, good morning.- How are you? Roger, good to see you.
0:05:56 > 0:05:57Good to see you.
0:05:57 > 0:06:01- It's so lovely to meet you. - Lovely to meet you!
0:06:01 > 0:06:02You are great!
0:06:02 > 0:06:04You're Philip, how are you, my friend? Good to see you.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07- Oh, do I get a kiss now? - I'm Tasha.- Lovely to see you.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10- Nice to meet you, how are you? - Very well.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13I hang out in Rollers all the time, you know(!)
0:06:13 > 0:06:15It is the only way to travel, isn't it?
0:06:15 > 0:06:17We'd better go and buy something, hadn't we?
0:06:17 > 0:06:19- I know. We've already decided who we want to go with.- Yes?
0:06:19 > 0:06:21- I've poached you.- Yes!
0:06:21 > 0:06:22- Phil's poached Roger.- Yes!
0:06:22 > 0:06:27- Sorry-sorry Phil.- No, no, no. Well, we'd better go, hadn't we?- OK.- Yeah.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29Time to hit the road, chaps.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32- Do you want to drive?- Enjoy yourself, mate.- I will try my best. You too.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34And it is only antiques.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36Yeah, it's only a game.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38- I'll get you, Roger McGough. - TASHA LAUGHS
0:06:40 > 0:06:41And they're off.
0:06:45 > 0:06:50Roger and Philip are making their way to Higham Ferrers.
0:06:50 > 0:06:51Have you never been a driver?
0:06:51 > 0:06:54No, never have. Never had the, er...
0:06:54 > 0:06:56Never wanted to, really.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59What's funny is so many poets don't drive.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02- So I did write a poem...- Ah! - ..as is my wont...
0:07:02 > 0:07:04- Am I going to hear it? - You may, if you're good.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07If you promise to be good. ..about why I don't drive.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10It is called Repelled By Metal.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13- You won't like it.- No, I will, I will, I will.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15"I don't drive I'm afraid.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17"Never had the inclination or the need.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19"Being anti-magnetic,
0:07:19 > 0:07:22"I'm repelled by metal and unimpressed by speed.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24"Nor am I being holier than thou.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26"Thou is a godsend to be candid
0:07:26 > 0:07:29"You with the car and the welcoming smile
0:07:29 > 0:07:31"Without your lift I'd be stranded.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33"It's not that I dislike cars
0:07:33 > 0:07:36"Though noisy and dangerous I dare say
0:07:36 > 0:07:39"Money eaters and poison excreters, OK
0:07:39 > 0:07:41"For I don't dislike cars, per se
0:07:41 > 0:07:43"It's just that I know my limitations.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45"I'd be all thumbs behind a wheel.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47"Don't laugh.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49"Could you park a poem in a space this small?
0:07:49 > 0:07:51"Well, that's how I feel."
0:07:53 > 0:07:55What a great way to kick off the trip.
0:07:58 > 0:07:59- So, here we go.- Here we go.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02The shop is somewhere around here, isn't it?
0:08:04 > 0:08:07Antiques rookie, Roger, and old pro, Phil,
0:08:07 > 0:08:09have arrived at Higham Antiques.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15How will Roger cope in the world of antiques?
0:08:18 > 0:08:20- We need a plan, don't we, really? - OK.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23- So, we've got this amount of money to spend...- Yeah.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26- How many things should we buy, do you think?- Don't know.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29I mean, I think this is a good shop, there's good things in here.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32So I think the answer is, it would be nice to try and buy two,
0:08:32 > 0:08:35and if we could buy three, that would be better still.
0:08:35 > 0:08:36OK.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38Best get searching, then.
0:08:45 > 0:08:49And it looks like Phil's beady eye has already spotted something.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52You don't need to open this to know what this is.
0:08:52 > 0:08:56This dates... This is 18th-century, it is Georgian, mahogany.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59This is boxwood and inside,
0:08:59 > 0:09:03there will be a load of either holes for putting cutlery in,
0:09:03 > 0:09:05cos this is a cutlery box or a knife box,
0:09:05 > 0:09:08or what happened to many, many of them
0:09:08 > 0:09:10is that the insides are taken out,
0:09:10 > 0:09:12and they put divisions in there for stationery boxes.
0:09:12 > 0:09:16- I get it, OK. - So, there you are, look.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19But what I love about this is, it's a great social history.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21This is Downton Abbey stuff, you know.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23This would have come from a very grand house
0:09:23 > 0:09:27and this would have sat with its cutlery in there.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29Ticket price is £90.
0:09:29 > 0:09:33Ten years ago, this was, like, £300.
0:09:33 > 0:09:37- And if it was with the original interior, it is over £500.- Oh.
0:09:37 > 0:09:41But today, it is stuff. Who wants stuff?
0:09:41 > 0:09:45Your children, my children, they don't buy stuff
0:09:45 > 0:09:47cos they don't want this cluttering up their homes.
0:09:47 > 0:09:51- It's good for putting stuff in though, isn't it?- It's a great...
0:09:51 > 0:09:53That is one way of looking at it.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55Could you write a... Could we write a poem?
0:09:55 > 0:09:57- Get out of it! - What do you think to that?
0:09:57 > 0:10:00I like it, you have talked me into that. Yes.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02It is light and it's... How much is it worth?
0:10:02 > 0:10:04Shall we go and see?
0:10:04 > 0:10:07Well, no, what I want us to do is, let's put that on the counter...
0:10:07 > 0:10:11- Right.- ..and make a parcel of things. OK?
0:10:11 > 0:10:15Don't let anybody buy that, please, before we come back.
0:10:15 > 0:10:16Anything else?
0:10:21 > 0:10:24- Do you like watches?- I like, erm...
0:10:24 > 0:10:26Could I have a look at that one, please?
0:10:26 > 0:10:28- Which one, the Omega?- Yeah.
0:10:28 > 0:10:29Omega. Good make, isn't it?
0:10:29 > 0:10:31- It is a good make, isn't it? Omega. - Yeah.
0:10:31 > 0:10:35It doesn't look like my idea of an Omega.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38Wrong strap, so it's not gold,
0:10:38 > 0:10:42it is stainless and it is priced at £55.
0:10:42 > 0:10:46I would think that is probably '50s, early '50s,
0:10:46 > 0:10:50- with that stainless steel case.- OK, yes.- Do you like that or not?
0:10:51 > 0:10:53People buy these, people collect them, do they?
0:10:53 > 0:10:55- Yeah, massively. People... - Do they?- Yeah.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57Do you minding putting it over there, please?
0:10:57 > 0:11:00Sounds like the luxury Swiss watch is a possible.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03What about this, erm...
0:11:03 > 0:11:06It reminds me of what we used to have at home,
0:11:06 > 0:11:08but this is probably on the sideboard.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11- This is a bachelor's.- Is it silver? Is it silver something?
0:11:11 > 0:11:14- Yeah, it's hallmarked silver. - Silver.
0:11:14 > 0:11:18Very light. Very light. I always think silver's going to be heavy.
0:11:18 > 0:11:22The early 20th century Bachelor's Tea Set is priced at £165.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24Wow.
0:11:24 > 0:11:27A sad thing to say,
0:11:27 > 0:11:30but, that is a real yesterday's antique.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32It might make...
0:11:32 > 0:11:35So you've got to get that at half price if you get it.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38- I see.- But that might be an option. Do you like it?
0:11:39 > 0:11:41I think people would like it.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43- Shall we put it in the pile? - Shall we do that then?
0:11:43 > 0:11:46Then probably, we can make our decision, shall we? Yeah?
0:11:46 > 0:11:49- Do you think it is time to..? - I think so, yes.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52- I'm getting overexcited.- Really? I could see that.
0:11:54 > 0:11:58The collective ticket price is £310 for their three finds.
0:11:58 > 0:12:02Dealer Lorraine has offered a hefty discount,
0:12:02 > 0:12:04taking the total down to 220.
0:12:04 > 0:12:08I know I'm squeezing you here, and I really apologise for doing this,
0:12:08 > 0:12:10- but I know the auction we're going to...- Mm-hm.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13- Can I squeeze you to 200 and we'll definitely take them?- Go on, then.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16- Ahh!- Thank you very, very much, you've been a star.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19- You've been ever so helpful, thank you.- You're welcome.
0:12:19 > 0:12:24That's a very generous £110 off the combined ticket price.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28Bold buying there, boys!
0:12:32 > 0:12:36Meanwhile, Benjamin and Natasha are motoring towards their first
0:12:36 > 0:12:39stop of the day, in Northampton.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42- You were into Bob Marley...- Yeah.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45And then eventually you got to go on and perform with the Wailers?
0:12:45 > 0:12:47That must have been a crazy experience!
0:12:47 > 0:12:50Well, what happened, it wasn't actually a performance,
0:12:50 > 0:12:52- we did a recording together.- OK, OK.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55Um, I was going to record a single, um,
0:12:55 > 0:12:58a tribute to Nelson Mandela, actually.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01And this led to an introduction with Mandela, is that correct?
0:13:01 > 0:13:03Yes, yeah.
0:13:03 > 0:13:04Well, amongst other things,
0:13:04 > 0:13:08I had worked in the Anti-Apartheid Movement as well, and so,
0:13:08 > 0:13:13when Mandela came out of prison, he asked to meet me.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15A great memory! I had a conversation
0:13:15 > 0:13:17with him once about the shirts that he'd wear,
0:13:17 > 0:13:19- he always wore these bright shirts. - Quite jazzy!
0:13:19 > 0:13:22And he told me it was because when he was in prison,
0:13:22 > 0:13:25it was all grey, he didn't see much colour.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27And then we were having this conversation and he said,
0:13:27 > 0:13:30you know, "Your shirts are a bit bland, Benjamin."
0:13:30 > 0:13:32And we had to finish the conversation because his people
0:13:32 > 0:13:33had to take him away.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36At the unveiling of his statue, I was the MC,
0:13:36 > 0:13:38and the first thing he said when he saw me,
0:13:38 > 0:13:42this is six years later, "Benjamin, you're still wearing boring shirts!"
0:13:42 > 0:13:45I thought, "My gosh! He remembers me and he remembers the conversation!"
0:13:45 > 0:13:47Such a great man.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50Gosh, what an amazing memory to have!
0:13:50 > 0:13:53DOCTOR WHO THEME MUSIC
0:13:53 > 0:13:55Ha! We could be transported to another dimension!
0:13:55 > 0:13:59- Yes, we could, we might have to be! After you.- Thank you. Wow!
0:13:59 > 0:14:02- This is quite impressive, isn't it?- It's amazing.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04I like the traffic lights.
0:14:04 > 0:14:08They've arrived at the Old Bakehouse Antiques Centre, which has
0:14:08 > 0:14:12almost 50 traders selling everything from collectables to retro items.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16So, what shall we do?
0:14:16 > 0:14:17I mean, this looks like it's all
0:14:17 > 0:14:19divvied up into little bits and bobs.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22Shall we just delve into each little area and see what we can find?
0:14:22 > 0:14:24Yeah, let's do that.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27Remember, this is the first time I've been anywhere like this,
0:14:27 > 0:14:29so, you're really going to have to guide me.
0:14:29 > 0:14:30- So, you don't go antiquing?- No!
0:14:30 > 0:14:34Not even when you're in China and all these places, looking around...?
0:14:34 > 0:14:37No, I see some things in markets and I think they're really
0:14:37 > 0:14:41interesting, but, um, I don't take time out to go in and look around.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44- OK! Well, let's do it.- They are off!
0:14:44 > 0:14:46- After you, let's go in here.- OK.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48- There is a Hoover there with your name on it!- Ha-ha!
0:14:48 > 0:14:51- You want me to do the hoovering? - Yes, please, if you wouldn't mind!
0:14:51 > 0:14:55A plethora to choose from in here!
0:14:55 > 0:14:58- I'm out to get Roger McGough, this is important to me.- All right!
0:14:58 > 0:15:02- It's important to you, is it?- Yes. - Oh, but Benjamin, it's just a game!
0:15:02 > 0:15:04- No!- No?
0:15:06 > 0:15:10Sounds like Benjamin means business! Ooh, what have you spotted?
0:15:10 > 0:15:13- What about the scales? - The scales are quite good fun.
0:15:13 > 0:15:17I think they come under this title of kitchenalia, which is
0:15:17 > 0:15:20the worst title of all time! But people are quite into that.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23- OK, shall we have a closer look? - OK.- Here we go.
0:15:23 > 0:15:28So, I mean, we've got weigh chart, the presence of the purchaser...
0:15:28 > 0:15:30OK, so these are shop scales, actually.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32Right, I do remember these, this type of scale,
0:15:32 > 0:15:34in fact I remember that name when I was a kid.
0:15:34 > 0:15:38You know, the local shopkeepers had scales like this, with the weights.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41- OK, I can see the price, I don't think you could see it.- No.
0:15:41 > 0:15:45- So, tell me what you reckon it's worth.- Um...
0:15:47 > 0:15:49- £60?- 60?
0:15:49 > 0:15:52- Well, £50 is the price tag, which is all right.- Ah!
0:15:52 > 0:15:55I think that's a really nice spot.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58Time to call in the dealer, perhaps.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01Oh, hang on, Natasha's onto something.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03Oops! Well, here we are.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06We've got an Audiotronic... I mean,
0:16:06 > 0:16:08I don't know anything about anything, but you must have
0:16:08 > 0:16:13had something like this, for sort of recording your early poetry.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15- I did, something quite similar. - Yeah?
0:16:15 > 0:16:17I mean, that looks pretty retro to me.
0:16:17 > 0:16:21What I love about it, Benjamin, it's already just a tenner,
0:16:21 > 0:16:24so, I really enjoy that, look, there's £10,
0:16:24 > 0:16:27I reckon you could easily get £10 back for this at auction.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29There might not be a lot of profit in it,
0:16:29 > 0:16:31you could maybe even get £20 or £30 for it.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34So, I don't know about you, but I like it and I think you like it too.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36I want it.
0:16:36 > 0:16:40What I like is that this is also from the same dealer as the scales.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43So, together, ticket price is 60, if we can get the whole lot
0:16:43 > 0:16:46for maybe 40, then we can divvy it up and we can try
0:16:46 > 0:16:48- and make ourselves a wee profit. - Yeah!
0:16:48 > 0:16:52I mean, we could try half price, there is no harm in that, but...
0:16:52 > 0:16:55- I love what you're saying! Yes!- You like it?
0:16:55 > 0:17:00- Then when it all goes wrong, we can listen to Ultravox!- Ultravox!
0:17:00 > 0:17:05Come on, this is... This is a find, this is an absolute find.
0:17:05 > 0:17:09OK, I'm going to pop it in. I'm glad you like it. Oof!
0:17:09 > 0:17:13- Ohh! OK.- I smell a deal coming!
0:17:13 > 0:17:15You smell a deal? Oh, good!
0:17:16 > 0:17:20With a combined ticket price of £60,
0:17:20 > 0:17:22is there a deal to be done with Jackie?
0:17:22 > 0:17:25So, obviously we want to get them at the best price possible.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28Benjamin has sort of taken my advice on the fact that we think
0:17:28 > 0:17:31the cassette deck is, you know, it's only ten quid in the first instance,
0:17:31 > 0:17:35it would be quite good to shave some off, but that's a kind of safe bet.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38But the scales are a little bit tricky, because I reckon
0:17:38 > 0:17:41the auction estimate will probably be £20-£40 or so, I reckon.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44So, we're trying to do a kind of bulk buying deal,
0:17:44 > 0:17:48- thinking about it anyway!- Yes. - What were you thinking of offering?
0:17:48 > 0:17:53- Well, could we have, like, both for 30?- Yup.- Yes!
0:17:53 > 0:17:56- Nice and simple, isn't it? - I'm in love with you!
0:17:56 > 0:17:59Because that's the figure I had in my head when you were talking!
0:17:59 > 0:18:02Really? That's great, Jackie, thank you very much.
0:18:02 > 0:18:06First two lots bought for £30, hurrah!
0:18:06 > 0:18:08NATASHA WHOOPS AND SQUEALS
0:18:08 > 0:18:10She's positively giddy, that girl!
0:18:12 > 0:18:13I can't keep up!
0:18:16 > 0:18:18Taking a break from shopping,
0:18:18 > 0:18:20Roger and Philip have come to Paulerspury,
0:18:20 > 0:18:24where they are off to learn more about one half of the great duo
0:18:24 > 0:18:27behind the car that they are driving.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33Sir Henry Royce was a modest genius and a passionate engineer,
0:18:33 > 0:18:35who went on to invent an aeroplane engine
0:18:35 > 0:18:39which changed the face of British history.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45To tell them more about the great man behind the machine is
0:18:45 > 0:18:49the director of the Henry Royce Foundation, Philip Hall.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52I have this idea, Philip, that Rolls-Royce...
0:18:52 > 0:18:55that Rolls was the businessman
0:18:55 > 0:18:59and the sort of money behind the whole concept, and Royce was
0:18:59 > 0:19:03the engineer, the creative one, is there any truth in that?
0:19:03 > 0:19:05Well, it was certainly a perfect combination,
0:19:05 > 0:19:08but they were both a bit of each.
0:19:08 > 0:19:12Rolls himself, a pioneer motorist, was very much a perfectionist,
0:19:12 > 0:19:16and Royce was no fool as a businessman, he created
0:19:16 > 0:19:20his own company long before he started building motorcars,
0:19:20 > 0:19:24- at the age of 40. - And what was he doing before cars?
0:19:24 > 0:19:29Well, his first job, he was selling newspapers for WH Smith.
0:19:29 > 0:19:35- Oh!- Then, he became a GPO, General Post Office telegram boy, and then
0:19:35 > 0:19:41he was an apprentice to the Great Northern Railway in Peterborough.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44So, engineering was in his blood.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46How did they meet one another?
0:19:46 > 0:19:51In 1903, Royce decided he would move into the motorcar market,
0:19:51 > 0:19:56so, he built three prototype cars, Royce cars.
0:19:56 > 0:20:01Meanwhile, the Honourable Charles Rolls was selling motorcars,
0:20:01 > 0:20:06all imported from Europe, because Rolls didn't think there was
0:20:06 > 0:20:11a British car good enough for his own exacting standards.
0:20:11 > 0:20:16The two were soon introduced and they founded their now famous company.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19Producing motorcars with superior engineering quality,
0:20:19 > 0:20:23they quickly became known for making the best cars in the world.
0:20:24 > 0:20:28Everybody associates the car with the emblem, the Spirit of Ecstasy
0:20:28 > 0:20:31by Charles Sykes on the bonnet, but how did that come about?
0:20:31 > 0:20:33In the Edwardian days,
0:20:33 > 0:20:38many motorists were fitting sort of rather trashy mascots to their cars.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41Now, Rolls-Royce thought, well, perhaps if we provide them
0:20:41 > 0:20:44with a nice mascot, they'll use that.
0:20:44 > 0:20:48So, they commissioned the sculptor Charles Sykes to design
0:20:48 > 0:20:51a mascot for the Rolls-Royce car
0:20:51 > 0:20:55and he came up with what is now known as the Spirit of Ecstasy.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57- Quite saucy!- Absolutely right, yeah!
0:20:59 > 0:21:02The outbreak of the First World War saw the company
0:21:02 > 0:21:06enter into the aviation business, designing engines for planes.
0:21:06 > 0:21:10Royce always strove to create the best of the best
0:21:10 > 0:21:15and years later, he designed the ground-breaking Merlin engine.
0:21:15 > 0:21:19Royce sadly died in 1933 without ever seeing the difference
0:21:19 > 0:21:22it would make to the world.
0:21:22 > 0:21:28Rolls-Royce's Merlin engine powered pretty well all the Allied aircraft.
0:21:28 > 0:21:32- Spitfires, Lancasters, Hurricanes...- Yes, all of them.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35And I think historians are agreed that
0:21:35 > 0:21:39if it hadn't been for the Merlin engine, the outcome
0:21:39 > 0:21:43of the Second World War could have been very, very different indeed.
0:21:43 > 0:21:47# There's no need to take cover
0:21:47 > 0:21:50# When you hear these engines sound
0:21:50 > 0:21:53# British planes are in the skyways
0:21:53 > 0:21:57# On their daily vigil bound... #
0:21:57 > 0:22:00If you could sum up his legacy in a short sentence, what would it be?
0:22:00 > 0:22:04His legacy is perhaps the greatest name in engineering in the world.
0:22:06 > 0:22:07Rolls-Royce.
0:22:07 > 0:22:12People think of it as motorcars, but in the aviation industry,
0:22:12 > 0:22:17of course, it is perhaps the most famous name in the world.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24Benjamin and Natasha are back on the road
0:22:24 > 0:22:29and have made their way to Weedon Bec in Northamptonshire.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33They are heading for Shires Antiques.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36Right, Benjamin, we've got money to burn here.
0:22:36 > 0:22:40- £400 and we've only spent 30. - And whose fault is that?
0:22:40 > 0:22:43- Your negotiating was too good! - It's not a fault!
0:22:44 > 0:22:46After you.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49- Let's see if we can spend some of this cash.- Yes!
0:22:49 > 0:22:53- Now, this is the real deal! - The real deal, this is it!
0:22:53 > 0:22:56Set over 3,000 square feet,
0:22:56 > 0:22:59this place is bursting with potential purchases.
0:22:59 > 0:23:03OK, let's have a good old look, because I'm already seeing
0:23:03 > 0:23:07- some quite high ticket prices, but remember, we do have some...- Yeah.
0:23:07 > 0:23:11..we've got a good pot, so, we might as well spend some.
0:23:11 > 0:23:13Sound advice, Natasha.
0:23:16 > 0:23:20It would be nice if we could afford that chaise longue, wouldn't it?
0:23:20 > 0:23:21I mean, it's only a mere £800.
0:23:27 > 0:23:32- Is anything jumping out at you? - Yeah, all the prices!
0:23:32 > 0:23:34I knew you were going to say that!
0:23:34 > 0:23:37There must be something in here for our poet!
0:23:37 > 0:23:39That sextant there.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41- Oh, right, OK. - I just like it, I think
0:23:41 > 0:23:44it's a beautifully crafted thing, just looking at it.
0:23:44 > 0:23:48A sextant was used for navigation back in the day.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50Think old-fashioned GPS.
0:23:50 > 0:23:54Have you got an interest in marine items in general?
0:23:54 > 0:23:58Um, no, I'm actually really scared of the sea!
0:23:58 > 0:24:02- You're really scared of the sea? - I can't swim or anything.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05- Do you want to have a look at it out of the cabinet?- Are we allowed?
0:24:05 > 0:24:08I think if we ask nicely, that should be fine.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11Better call Alison over, then.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14So, first thing we want to do is look for a maker, and there is one.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17- And with what do you associate Stanley?- Knives.- Knives, yeah.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20So, a maker of sort of hardware and things like that.
0:24:20 > 0:24:24So, it's Stanley London, so it's a big brand item.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27But when we see Stanley, I think we also probably think mass-produced.
0:24:27 > 0:24:31So, it's not necessarily the world's most finely produced sextant.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33What kind of age do you reckon that would be? Sort of 1930s, '40s?
0:24:33 > 0:24:36- That kind of thing?- I would have thought that was about right.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38Yeah, it's not early, early 20th-century,
0:24:38 > 0:24:40but we're not talking latter half.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42Do you want to have a feel of it, feel the weight of it?
0:24:42 > 0:24:44- Just don't drop it, Benjamin! - I'm really nervous!
0:24:44 > 0:24:47What do you see? Do you see a profit, Benjamin?
0:24:48 > 0:24:50I see a television audience.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53THEY LAUGH
0:24:53 > 0:24:55Do they look as terrified as you do?
0:24:55 > 0:24:58They're all sitting at home going, "It's that mad poet!"
0:24:58 > 0:25:01I do really like it and...
0:25:01 > 0:25:03Can we knock the price down a bit?
0:25:03 > 0:25:05I mean, I need to...
0:25:05 > 0:25:10- The dealer's trade price on that is 45.- 45, OK.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13- So a 10% discount. - I can't see them taking any less.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17- I want to take this. - You want to go for it?- 45?
0:25:17 > 0:25:19Yes, that's fine.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22Show me your hand. Thank you very much.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24Nicely done, everyone.
0:25:24 > 0:25:28And that wraps up a perfectly poetic first day of shopping.
0:25:29 > 0:25:33Nighty-night, chaps. May all your couplets be rhyming.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43The next morning, our celebrities are back on the road
0:25:43 > 0:25:45and gearing up for the day ahead.
0:25:45 > 0:25:46Have you got a lot to do?
0:25:46 > 0:25:48I'd really like to buy something...
0:25:48 > 0:25:51as they say in America, a high ticket item.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54Something, like, really chunky.
0:25:54 > 0:25:56What were you like at bargaining?
0:25:56 > 0:26:00Actually... I was very persuasive.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02I thought you might have been, actually.
0:26:02 > 0:26:03- But I think it was my...- Charm.
0:26:03 > 0:26:07Oh... I mean, I wasn't going to say charm.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10- No.- But, yeah, you're right.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16Speaking of charm...
0:26:16 > 0:26:18here are your experts.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23- Oh, hello.- How are you?
0:26:23 > 0:26:25- Good morning.- Good to see you again.
0:26:25 > 0:26:27- Morning, sir.- Hello.
0:26:27 > 0:26:29- Good morning.- We'll shake hands.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32- Whoa! Got there. - Roger, I'll blow you a kiss.
0:26:32 > 0:26:36- They're nervous, I can see it.- Do you reckon?- They're really nervous.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38Quite rightly, you should be. You should be nervous.
0:26:38 > 0:26:42- We're just going to... steal the march on you.- OK.- OK.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45- Do you want to continue driving? - No, you drive.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48So far, Roger and Phil have bought three lots...
0:26:48 > 0:26:52the mahogany cutlery box, the silver three-piece tea set
0:26:52 > 0:26:54and the Omega gentleman's watch,
0:26:54 > 0:26:57which leaves them £200 available to spend.
0:27:00 > 0:27:04Benjamin and Natasha, meanwhile, have also bought three lots...
0:27:04 > 0:27:08the shopkeeper's scales, the tape deck and the brass sextant,
0:27:08 > 0:27:11leaving them with £325 to play with.
0:27:13 > 0:27:17Back on the road, both teams are heading for Heanor in Derbyshire.
0:27:19 > 0:27:21Is it important for you to beat Roger?
0:27:23 > 0:27:24Yes.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27I mean... I don't hesitate at all to say that.
0:27:27 > 0:27:31He's a dear friend and everything but I'm very competitive.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34I mean, that's not pressure on me or anything at all(!)
0:27:34 > 0:27:36You know, I'm quite happy with that.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41Benjamin and Natasha are first to arrive.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44Word has it that our competitors are going to join us here,
0:27:44 > 0:27:46- did you know that?- Oh, OK. - Can you believe that?
0:27:46 > 0:27:49- We better get the good stuff before them.- Actually, that's a good plan.
0:27:49 > 0:27:52Go, go, go. Quick!
0:27:52 > 0:27:55But that Phil, he always spots something that I miss, I tell you.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58- We've got to get in before him. - You can be my second pair of eyes.
0:27:58 > 0:28:02Benjamin has proved to be jolly good at this antique lark so far.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05Mind you, blink and you could miss a gem in here, look! Cor!
0:28:05 > 0:28:07You know, it's one of these places, isn't it,
0:28:07 > 0:28:10where it's just going to be a case of spotting that thing
0:28:10 > 0:28:13in the corner, because there's stuff everywhere.
0:28:13 > 0:28:15- Everywhere.- Everywhere!
0:28:18 > 0:28:20The competition has arrived.
0:28:20 > 0:28:21We'd better catch them up.
0:28:24 > 0:28:28But Benjamin and the Tasha are already in the thick of it.
0:28:28 > 0:28:29There are a couple that I really like.
0:28:29 > 0:28:32The one that I like the most is the one, this sort of
0:28:32 > 0:28:35"Wag at the Wall" clock, I think is how you describe it,
0:28:35 > 0:28:38- where you can see the pendulum sort of wagging like a tail.- Right.
0:28:38 > 0:28:41But the one underneath it is also really nice, too.
0:28:41 > 0:28:43- The black one there? - Yeah. Very Victorian.
0:28:43 > 0:28:45When you looked in that direction,
0:28:45 > 0:28:47- I thought you were going to point that one out.- Oh, really?
0:28:47 > 0:28:49I think I'm... I don't know,
0:28:49 > 0:28:51I'm not so much into the pomp of the bottom one.
0:28:51 > 0:28:54However, what I can appreciate about it is the craftsmanship
0:28:54 > 0:28:56that's gone in there.
0:28:56 > 0:28:59Slate, black slate, so highly polished and decorated.
0:28:59 > 0:29:02It's so lovely. It's a very architectural design obviously,
0:29:02 > 0:29:04- doesn't that make you think of the beautiful building?- Yes.
0:29:04 > 0:29:06You're quite keen on that? You like the look of it?
0:29:06 > 0:29:08I do like it. Is it damaged or something?
0:29:08 > 0:29:10Can you see the white bit at the top right?
0:29:10 > 0:29:12Yeah, shall we go and have a closer look?
0:29:12 > 0:29:16Maybe it's just a natural colour of the stone or maybe it is a chip.
0:29:16 > 0:29:18I'm thinking about this bit here.
0:29:18 > 0:29:21Oh, no, it is just part of the mottled sort of marble, isn't it?
0:29:21 > 0:29:24- OK.- I mean, what do you think about it, looking at it close up?
0:29:24 > 0:29:27- I really do like it. - You like it?- Yes.
0:29:27 > 0:29:29It's at 185 just now, ticket price.
0:29:29 > 0:29:34So if we can really shave that down to about 120, which is a big ask,
0:29:34 > 0:29:38we've got a little bit of hope and we'll have spent a big bit of money.
0:29:38 > 0:29:42Right. I think... this is it.
0:29:42 > 0:29:43- You think so?- Yes.
0:29:43 > 0:29:46- You're quite keen on it? - Yes, I am, I really am.
0:29:46 > 0:29:51Benjamin is smitten. Dave will reveal how low the clock dealer will go.
0:29:53 > 0:29:56I don't want to look. I don't want to look.
0:29:56 > 0:30:00Er, he's got trade 20 on this, so that's 165.
0:30:00 > 0:30:01SHE GASPS
0:30:01 > 0:30:04- Oh...- Sharp intake of breath, that's pretty normal.
0:30:04 > 0:30:06What were you thinking of?
0:30:08 > 0:30:10100.
0:30:12 > 0:30:14That's... you asked me what I'm thinking of,
0:30:14 > 0:30:15that's what I'm thinking of!
0:30:15 > 0:30:18- What were you thinking of? - I was thinking 120.
0:30:18 > 0:30:21Because that's the top end of a particularly cruel estimate
0:30:21 > 0:30:23that could be placed upon the clock.
0:30:23 > 0:30:26Give me five minutes, I'll go and give Peter a ring
0:30:26 > 0:30:28- and see where we can go for you. - Thank you very much.
0:30:28 > 0:30:31- Shall we keep looking, then, in those five minutes?- Yes.
0:30:31 > 0:30:33Time is of the essence, I guess. So let's do it.
0:30:33 > 0:30:36Fingers crossed, then, fingers crossed.
0:30:36 > 0:30:37My fingers, they are well crossed.
0:30:37 > 0:30:39Cross your dreads!
0:30:39 > 0:30:40That's personal!
0:30:40 > 0:30:42What are Philip and Roger up to?
0:30:43 > 0:30:45Ah, Phil?
0:30:47 > 0:30:48Poetry corner.
0:30:50 > 0:30:53Now, Tennyson Street, obviously Tennyson the poet, but...
0:30:53 > 0:30:56what I like about this is, when I was...
0:30:56 > 0:30:58The part of Liverpool I lived in,
0:30:58 > 0:31:02brought up in, Seaforth and Litherland, just when we used to go
0:31:02 > 0:31:04into town, we used to pass all of these streets.
0:31:04 > 0:31:05It was like the poetry area
0:31:05 > 0:31:08because all the streets were named after poets.
0:31:08 > 0:31:12There was a Tennyson Street, Wordsworth Street, Dryden Street...
0:31:12 > 0:31:14all in Bootle.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16And your name?
0:31:16 > 0:31:19No, no. Zephaniah Boulevard!
0:31:19 > 0:31:22And Tennyson Street, is that...
0:31:22 > 0:31:24I love that, just for those reasons.
0:31:24 > 0:31:26Well, a lot of these are reproduced,
0:31:26 > 0:31:29but if we just look at the back of it... that looks like...
0:31:29 > 0:31:32- That's real. - That's been there, hasn't it?
0:31:32 > 0:31:35That looks like it could be a good find, Roger.
0:31:35 > 0:31:36Dave, you're needed again.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39- Dave?- Yeah?- Dear dealer Dave...
0:31:41 > 0:31:42I'm a poet, you see?
0:31:44 > 0:31:46It's just, there!
0:31:46 > 0:31:50We think this is really lovely here and it's an old one, isn't it?
0:31:50 > 0:31:53It is, yeah. That's definitely an original.
0:31:53 > 0:31:56We love this at sort of 40, £45, if you can do it.
0:31:56 > 0:31:58If you can, you can. If you can't, you can't.
0:31:58 > 0:32:02After a quick call to the owner, Dave's back with a decision.
0:32:03 > 0:32:05Well, he said 50.
0:32:06 > 0:32:10I'll go in another tenner and that's as far as I dare go.
0:32:10 > 0:32:12- £40?- £40.
0:32:12 > 0:32:14What do you reckon?
0:32:14 > 0:32:15- I think so.- I think so as well.
0:32:15 > 0:32:18- Thank you very, very much. - You are welcome.
0:32:18 > 0:32:22- We'll settle for that, shall we? - What was it, 20?- 30, wasn't it?
0:32:26 > 0:32:28- I'm learning!- Thank you.
0:32:28 > 0:32:30- That's it, isn't it? - I'll take another!
0:32:30 > 0:32:32Thank you very much indeed.
0:32:32 > 0:32:36£40 seals the deal for the very fitting sign.
0:32:36 > 0:32:38Now, what of their rivals?
0:32:38 > 0:32:42- Seeing as you love animals so much...- Yeah?- ..and you love
0:32:42 > 0:32:44- children's literature.- I do. - You write it.- I do.
0:32:44 > 0:32:47- You love to engage with children. - What's this building up to?
0:32:47 > 0:32:50It's building up to this really wonderful...
0:32:50 > 0:32:53- Noah's Ark wooden toy!- Oh.
0:32:53 > 0:32:57Which is just a really nice sort of mid-20th century
0:32:57 > 0:33:01sort of 1960s, '70s or so well-loved and used Noah's Ark
0:33:01 > 0:33:05on wheels, so you can sort of wheel it along the carpet, and inside,
0:33:05 > 0:33:07- if we lift off the roof... - Oh, wow!
0:33:07 > 0:33:10..we've got a whole variety of your friends.
0:33:10 > 0:33:14- We've got your elephant friend... - The lion of Judah.
0:33:14 > 0:33:16It doesn't have a price on it.
0:33:16 > 0:33:18So I wonder, if we could go and ask and see...
0:33:18 > 0:33:20because I think it's actually just really cool.
0:33:20 > 0:33:22I think that it's got a lot of nostalgia attached to it
0:33:22 > 0:33:27- and, as a children's author, I hope it has some appeal to you, too.- Yes.
0:33:27 > 0:33:30Now, if we can get it for a really nice price, I think it's a good lot
0:33:30 > 0:33:33to put our name to, because it's got that animal friendly appeal
0:33:33 > 0:33:37and it's got also a little bit of educational appeal to it.
0:33:37 > 0:33:39OK, let's find out the price.
0:33:39 > 0:33:43Right, Dave, what's the damage for dealer Jane's ark?
0:33:43 > 0:33:46We don't know how highly Jane thinks of it, because we can't see a price.
0:33:46 > 0:33:50- There's a price. - So I didn't actually believe that.
0:33:50 > 0:33:52- Is that £100?- Yes.- What?!
0:33:52 > 0:33:55It's £100?!
0:33:55 > 0:33:57Is Jane worth giving a wee call?
0:33:57 > 0:34:00Er, apart from the fact that she's halfway into the Philippines...
0:34:00 > 0:34:03Oh, gee!
0:34:03 > 0:34:06Oh. I saw the 100 on it. I genuinely thought that wasn't anything to do.
0:34:06 > 0:34:09Because all the other ones have a pound sign in front of them.
0:34:09 > 0:34:12And that didn't look like a price to me.
0:34:12 > 0:34:13DAVE EXHALES LOUDLY
0:34:13 > 0:34:17Biggest discount I've ever given, call it a tenner.
0:34:17 > 0:34:20- I think she did miss a decimal point, don't you?- Call it a tenner.
0:34:20 > 0:34:23- Let's go for it.- Shall we go for it? - Before he changes his mind.
0:34:23 > 0:34:25So, we'll say yes to £10 for that.
0:34:25 > 0:34:28- Now, can we have the same discount, please, on the clock!- Certainly not!
0:34:28 > 0:34:30Yes. No!
0:34:30 > 0:34:33I can't get hold of Peter. He's not replying.
0:34:33 > 0:34:37So, we're at 165, and you wanted to come in where?
0:34:37 > 0:34:39120, ideally.
0:34:39 > 0:34:41120?
0:34:41 > 0:34:44- DAVE CHORTLES - Er, cor, blimey.
0:34:44 > 0:34:46We need this.
0:34:46 > 0:34:51We've got to do this deal, Dave. Me and you, we go back some time and...
0:34:51 > 0:34:52We're brothers, you know
0:34:52 > 0:34:56I like your dreadlocks and everything, man, it's cool.
0:34:56 > 0:34:58165, 120.
0:35:00 > 0:35:02DAVE TUTS
0:35:02 > 0:35:04130.
0:35:04 > 0:35:05What do you think?
0:35:05 > 0:35:08You've got to have fun, man, show me your hand.
0:35:10 > 0:35:12Some gentle persuasion from Benjamin,
0:35:12 > 0:35:15and Dave's generosity lands them the ark and the clock.
0:35:15 > 0:35:17Nice work.
0:35:21 > 0:35:24Having bought all their items for auction,
0:35:24 > 0:35:26Natasha has a little treat in store for Benjamin,
0:35:26 > 0:35:29and has taken him to Ravenshead.
0:35:31 > 0:35:35Benjamin. I thought I'd bring you here today to Newstead Abbey
0:35:35 > 0:35:38- which was the ancestral home of Lord Byron.- I know.
0:35:38 > 0:35:40I am so happy.
0:35:40 > 0:35:42This is a place I've always wanted to come to,
0:35:42 > 0:35:44so I'm so glad you've brought me here.
0:35:45 > 0:35:49Heralded by many as one of the greatest British poets,
0:35:49 > 0:35:53Lord Byron lived here at Newstead Abbey during his 20s
0:35:53 > 0:35:56after inheriting this ancestral home from his uncle.
0:35:57 > 0:35:59So, when you say you've always wanted to come here,
0:35:59 > 0:36:01have you been on other such journeys?
0:36:01 > 0:36:05Well, I was poet in residence at Keats' house in Hampstead
0:36:05 > 0:36:07- for a couple of years.- Oh, wow.
0:36:07 > 0:36:10And I've been down to Bournemouth to Mary Shelley's grave.
0:36:10 > 0:36:12- She wrote Frankenstein, of course. - Yes.
0:36:12 > 0:36:15And then, Mr Shelley, I've seen parts of his body,
0:36:15 > 0:36:18cos he's buried all over the world.
0:36:18 > 0:36:22- So, yeah.- Inspiration?
0:36:22 > 0:36:24Yeah. It's kind of part inspiration.
0:36:24 > 0:36:26Part just going and seeing where these people worked,
0:36:26 > 0:36:28where they lived, where they died.
0:36:30 > 0:36:32Although seemingly worlds apart,
0:36:32 > 0:36:36there are many similarities between Byron and our Benjamin.
0:36:36 > 0:36:40Byron became the darling of the London literary set
0:36:40 > 0:36:46in the early 19th century and, arguably, Britain's first celebrity.
0:36:46 > 0:36:51200 years later, Benjamin's become one of our most recognised poets
0:36:51 > 0:36:55who, like Byron, experienced a rapid rise to fame.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58For a while, I was big in Birmingham
0:36:58 > 0:37:01- and nobody knew me outside Birmingham.- Big in Birmingham!
0:37:01 > 0:37:04Nice place to be big. Then, I came down to London.
0:37:04 > 0:37:07And then I got in with the right crowd of people,
0:37:07 > 0:37:09a lot of creative people.
0:37:09 > 0:37:13With the term, the alternative, comedy scene, things like that.
0:37:13 > 0:37:16And I started to perform there. I remember, when I left Birmingham,
0:37:16 > 0:37:19I said to somebody who told me to go, I said,
0:37:19 > 0:37:21"The next time you see me, it'll be on television."
0:37:21 > 0:37:23And I thought it would take five years or so.
0:37:23 > 0:37:26But, within a year or so, I was on television.
0:37:26 > 0:37:28One quote I've heard of Byron, which is a great quote,
0:37:28 > 0:37:31- is that he was mad, bad and dangerous to know.- Yes.
0:37:31 > 0:37:34And I wonder, Benjamin, does that apply to you?
0:37:34 > 0:37:37Um... Well...
0:37:37 > 0:37:40It has been said that I'm mad, bad and dangerous to know.
0:37:40 > 0:37:43But my mum just says I'm a naughty boy!
0:37:48 > 0:37:50Byron was undoubtedly flamboyant,
0:37:50 > 0:37:54almost as famous for his scandalous private life as his poetry.
0:37:54 > 0:37:58And, while the 18th-century Lothario wrote of love,
0:37:58 > 0:38:03Benjamin's work often focuses on his passions, including inequality.
0:38:06 > 0:38:09You see a lot of angry kids on the streets who feel they have no way
0:38:09 > 0:38:11of expressing themselves.
0:38:11 > 0:38:13We try and tell them poetry is a good way of expressing yourself.
0:38:13 > 0:38:16You know, I was friends with Nelson Mandela.
0:38:16 > 0:38:20And Nelson Mandela even acknowledged what poetry, music and the arts did,
0:38:20 > 0:38:23in terms of raising people's awareness
0:38:23 > 0:38:26about what was going on in South Africa.
0:38:26 > 0:38:29There's similar situations going on around the world now.
0:38:29 > 0:38:32And we want to use our voice. So, my work is not done yet.
0:38:32 > 0:38:35- So, poets don't retire? - We don't retire, we just get...
0:38:35 > 0:38:39I was going to say angrier. We just get more passionate, you know.
0:38:39 > 0:38:44Like Benjamin, Byron, too, was an avid supporter of liberal causes.
0:38:44 > 0:38:48He settled in Italy, and joined Greece in their war of independence.
0:38:48 > 0:38:53But sadly died of fever during the struggle, aged just 36.
0:38:56 > 0:38:59Like Byron and Shelley before you, who went travelling across Italy,
0:38:59 > 0:39:02Roger and you have been travelling across Middle England,
0:39:02 > 0:39:05- wreaking havoc in the shires.- Yes.
0:39:05 > 0:39:07Shall we go and see what he's been up to?
0:39:07 > 0:39:09I really want to know what he's been up to. So, yeah, we should go.
0:39:09 > 0:39:11Let's go.
0:39:17 > 0:39:19And, what of their rivals?
0:39:19 > 0:39:22Roger and Philip have made their way to Nottingham.
0:39:22 > 0:39:26The great English writer DH Lawrence was educated here,
0:39:26 > 0:39:30and it's where our boys are hoping to find some last-minute bargains.
0:39:30 > 0:39:32What do you reckon?
0:39:32 > 0:39:35- Are they me?- They're definitely, yeah, they're definitely you.
0:39:35 > 0:39:39- Yes, they are, Reg.- Bloodshot. - It's you, Reg!- Oh, suits you, sir!
0:39:40 > 0:39:45Do these things sell? Old record players and stuff?
0:39:45 > 0:39:47They can do. Because everybody's now playing vinyl.
0:39:47 > 0:39:50- But it's a bit of a specialist area. - Mm-hm.
0:39:51 > 0:39:55I remember my old Celestion speakers.
0:39:55 > 0:39:58- Celestion?- Yeah. Is that good or bad?- Before my time, weren't they?
0:40:00 > 0:40:03He's joking, Phil. Probably.
0:40:09 > 0:40:11Close-run thing. Old typewriter, look.
0:40:11 > 0:40:13Old typewriter, ah. Can we look for a typewriter?
0:40:13 > 0:40:15- You want a typewriter? - I want a typewriter.
0:40:17 > 0:40:19A nice typewriter.
0:40:19 > 0:40:23These are all a bit modern. I'd like something a bit older, if I can.
0:40:24 > 0:40:26Does this one fit the bill?
0:40:27 > 0:40:28That's quite cool.
0:40:37 > 0:40:40I thought I thought they went well, typewriters sold well?
0:40:40 > 0:40:41I don't dislike that one because
0:40:41 > 0:40:44- it's a little bit more decorative, isn't it?- It is nice.
0:40:44 > 0:40:46And it's certainly old, I think.
0:40:46 > 0:40:48That's 38.
0:40:48 > 0:40:50- Why do you like that, then, Rog?- Um.
0:40:50 > 0:40:53Well, I like it because it works, it has a nice action.
0:40:53 > 0:40:55It's very, very old, I think. Well, old...
0:40:55 > 0:40:58And I can imagine DH Lawrence.
0:40:58 > 0:41:01You know, Nottingham, you know, writing Women In Love,
0:41:01 > 0:41:03or something like that.
0:41:03 > 0:41:06- It's quite a cool thing, isn't it? - Yeah.
0:41:06 > 0:41:07I mean...
0:41:07 > 0:41:09Or Lady Chatterley's Lover.
0:41:09 > 0:41:12But you get, don't you, that typewriters have just completely
0:41:12 > 0:41:13vanished off the face of the Earth.
0:41:13 > 0:41:16- Indeed. - You know, all the technology.
0:41:16 > 0:41:20- Laptops and everything else we use today...- I never used one myself.
0:41:20 > 0:41:23I had an Italian Olivetti.
0:41:23 > 0:41:26I think my mum bought me one when I was very young.
0:41:26 > 0:41:29But I never sort of used it.
0:41:29 > 0:41:32A bit slow for me, I never mastered it. But, as a piece of...
0:41:32 > 0:41:35- It's almost a piece of sculpture. - ..sculpture, yeah.
0:41:35 > 0:41:37Shall we find out what our good lady could do it for?
0:41:37 > 0:41:39- Where is she? - Lynn?
0:41:41 > 0:41:43We're quite taken with your typewriter.
0:41:43 > 0:41:49Right, then, that's £38. Let's see.
0:41:49 > 0:41:52It's going to make an auction, I would think,
0:41:52 > 0:41:55between £20 and £35, something like that.
0:41:55 > 0:41:59Which means we've got to try and buy it below that, if we can.
0:42:01 > 0:42:04If I say 30?
0:42:04 > 0:42:06Could you try a bit harder for us?
0:42:06 > 0:42:09Erm...
0:42:09 > 0:42:11Let's see, 28.
0:42:11 > 0:42:16- If we give you £25 for it, would that be a deal?- Cash, cash.- Cash.
0:42:17 > 0:42:22- Um. Yeah.- Ah, thank you. - All right, then, OK.- Thank you.
0:42:22 > 0:42:25- You're welcome.- I'm sorry, you want the money, don't you!
0:42:25 > 0:42:28Perhaps I could knock out one of my verses for you on there
0:42:28 > 0:42:30while we're waiting?!
0:42:32 > 0:42:34I think we'll pass, Philip, eh?
0:42:34 > 0:42:37That final purchase means our poets are all bought up.
0:42:37 > 0:42:40Time to get together for a bit of show and tell.
0:42:40 > 0:42:42And, who knows, perhaps poetic licence?
0:42:44 > 0:42:47- So, shall we show them what we've got?- Yes, why not?- OK.
0:42:47 > 0:42:50With me, Benjamin, towards me, here we go!
0:42:50 > 0:42:53- SHE LAUGHS - A touch of drama.
0:42:53 > 0:42:55- OK.- Wow! Yeah.
0:42:55 > 0:42:58- It's a heady mix. It's a mix, isn't it?- It is, a bit.
0:42:58 > 0:43:02And, talking of mix, you can get in the mix with your audio...
0:43:02 > 0:43:05- Ah! The Dolby system when it first came out.- Exactly!
0:43:05 > 0:43:07So, we thought we could imagine Benjamin in the streets,
0:43:07 > 0:43:12at the end of the '80s, going for it with his mic input tape deck.
0:43:12 > 0:43:14- I can see that, yeah. - So, how much was that?
0:43:14 > 0:43:17Well, it was a tenner, but we got it for half-price,
0:43:17 > 0:43:21- Benjamin got it for half-price, £5 only.- That's OK, isn't it?
0:43:21 > 0:43:24- Yeah, they liked my charm!- Mm-hm!
0:43:24 > 0:43:26- This stuff is quite trendy now. - And you still got it for a fiver!
0:43:28 > 0:43:30What about the shop scales?
0:43:30 > 0:43:32Well, these made you nostalgic, didn't they?
0:43:32 > 0:43:36Yeah, they did. I remember going into shops, and they were there.
0:43:36 > 0:43:38I remember the name.
0:43:38 > 0:43:41- What is it?- Avery. - Oh, Avery, of course. Indeed.
0:43:41 > 0:43:44And, I think we can make a weighty profit!
0:43:44 > 0:43:46- ALL:- Oh!
0:43:46 > 0:43:48We'll have to "weight" and see! Oh!
0:43:48 > 0:43:50- Let's hope it doesn't "weigh" too heavy on you.- Oh! Terrible!
0:43:50 > 0:43:53- How much was that?- Erm, £25.
0:43:53 > 0:43:55- ROGER:- And, the old Noah's ark, yes?
0:43:55 > 0:43:57- What do you think of this? - Noah's ark.
0:43:57 > 0:44:00- Very, very collectible, Noah's arks, aren't they?- Are they?
0:44:00 > 0:44:03- You should be worried.- Oh, we are.
0:44:03 > 0:44:06- Do you want to see some quality items now?- Yes, I'm looking at it.
0:44:06 > 0:44:09- Oh!- Get out of here.- Come on, let's have a look. Reveal yourselves.
0:44:09 > 0:44:11On the count of three. One, two, three, go!
0:44:11 > 0:44:13What have you got here? Oh!
0:44:13 > 0:44:15Poetry-related. Look, Tennyson Street!
0:44:15 > 0:44:18- Oh. - Oh, you're so fly.
0:44:18 > 0:44:21And then, there was our cutlery box which hasn't got the interior.
0:44:21 > 0:44:25But we just thought that, that's a proper antique, isn't it?
0:44:25 > 0:44:28It's properly lovely, yeah, I love this shell design here.
0:44:28 > 0:44:32You see on it on everything. The trays, these boxes, the tea caddies.
0:44:32 > 0:44:36- I think that's our best bit.- OK, so, wristwatch. Oh, it's an Omega!
0:44:36 > 0:44:40I wouldn't have seen that as being so valuable.
0:44:40 > 0:44:45- How much did they pay for it.- £40. - 40 quid! For an Omega wristwatch!
0:44:45 > 0:44:48For the price of nothing, really. And it works.
0:44:48 > 0:44:51- I'm not happy with that.- Yeah.
0:44:51 > 0:44:53- They've done well. - They have done well.
0:44:53 > 0:44:57Could you just repeat that one more time for me? Hold on?
0:44:57 > 0:45:00Benjamin, don't say it, don't say it. Just come with me!
0:45:00 > 0:45:02- They've done well.- Oh, don't say it!
0:45:02 > 0:45:04The nation doesn't want to hear it. Come on. Well done.
0:45:04 > 0:45:06Niceties out of the way,
0:45:06 > 0:45:10what did they really make of each other's lots?
0:45:10 > 0:45:12What's your favourite piece on their table?
0:45:12 > 0:45:16Well, as a piece of, kind of, nostalgia, as a poet,
0:45:16 > 0:45:20- I do like the Tennyson Street sign. - Yeah. How did we miss that?
0:45:20 > 0:45:23- You know, that was in the shop we were all in.- I didn't realise that.
0:45:23 > 0:45:25They're such monkeys, they're so cheeky.
0:45:25 > 0:45:31I think they can't lose much money on the tape deck.
0:45:31 > 0:45:33They can't lose much money on the scales.
0:45:33 > 0:45:36They can't lose much money on the sextant, or the Noah's ark.
0:45:36 > 0:45:38I must say, I liked what they had.
0:45:38 > 0:45:40I think they could lose money on the clock.
0:45:40 > 0:45:43I can see that perhaps costing them 50 quid.
0:45:43 > 0:45:46- I like typewriters, of course.- Yes.
0:45:46 > 0:45:48That's really cool. But, £25,
0:45:48 > 0:45:52I've not really seen one making in excess of £20-30 at auction.
0:45:52 > 0:45:54So, we're quite safe there, I think.
0:45:54 > 0:45:57If I was a bookie, I think the odds are a bit in our favour.
0:45:57 > 0:45:58ROGER INHALES SHARPLY
0:46:00 > 0:46:02Love the confidence!
0:46:03 > 0:46:05From starting in Northamptonshire,
0:46:05 > 0:46:08our two teams have meandered around the Midlands,
0:46:08 > 0:46:11and are now motoring towards Leicester for the big finale.
0:46:11 > 0:46:14So, how are you feeling about today going forward?
0:46:14 > 0:46:16Yeah, interesting, isn't it?
0:46:16 > 0:46:19Well, it will be interesting to see how we go. I mean, Phil was great.
0:46:19 > 0:46:21- And Natasha was as well.- Yeah.
0:46:21 > 0:46:26Directing you towards things, and that. Which I enjoyed.
0:46:26 > 0:46:28But I'd no idea how much things were worth.
0:46:28 > 0:46:33- Well, we can't do anything now, really.- No, exactly. Let it happen.
0:46:33 > 0:46:37Yep. Today, they'll be doing battle at Churchgate Auctions.
0:46:41 > 0:46:43- Ready for the fray?- I'm ready.
0:46:43 > 0:46:45- I'm looking forward to it actually. - Really?- My first auction.
0:46:45 > 0:46:48- Well, we'd better go and see what happens, hadn't we?- Let's go.
0:46:48 > 0:46:51- I think I know what's going to happen.- Get out of it!- Madness!
0:46:51 > 0:46:53Madness is going to ensue!
0:46:53 > 0:46:57The man with the gavel today is Dickon Dearman.
0:46:57 > 0:46:59So, what does he make of our lots and lots?
0:47:01 > 0:47:02My favourite lot in the sale today
0:47:02 > 0:47:06is the 1950s Omega stainless steel wristwatch.
0:47:06 > 0:47:09And, taking into consideration all the items as a whole,
0:47:09 > 0:47:13it's a nice mixture of old and new items.
0:47:13 > 0:47:16There might well be some surprises in that lot in the sale today.
0:47:17 > 0:47:21Roger and Philip spent £265 on five auction lots.
0:47:21 > 0:47:28While Benjamin and Natasha spent less, buying five lots for £215.
0:47:30 > 0:47:31OK.
0:47:31 > 0:47:35Right. They're taking their seats, as the auction is about to begin.
0:47:36 > 0:47:39Your first auction. It's all go.
0:47:41 > 0:47:44First up, it's Roger's spot.
0:47:44 > 0:47:46The vintage Imperial typewriter.
0:47:47 > 0:47:51Start me at £20? £20 for that nice typewriter? Any interest at 20?
0:47:51 > 0:47:53£10 if you like, then. £10 being bid.
0:47:53 > 0:47:5712. 14. 16. 18. £20.
0:47:57 > 0:47:5922, 25.
0:47:59 > 0:48:02£25. 25. 27. 27.
0:48:02 > 0:48:04- Oh, yes, yes. - £30. £30. 30 just there.
0:48:04 > 0:48:1032. 32 now. 32. Do I see any further bids? At 32, he's back in.
0:48:10 > 0:48:12£35 now. 35 is there now? 35 anywhere?
0:48:12 > 0:48:16- 35 just there. 37. - Oh, you guys are in profit.
0:48:16 > 0:48:1937. 37, no. Selling them for £35.
0:48:19 > 0:48:21- Thank you, madam.- Well done. - GAVEL BANGS
0:48:21 > 0:48:24Off to a great start with a nice little profit there
0:48:24 > 0:48:26for Roger and Philip.
0:48:27 > 0:48:31I was wanting more, I wanted more. I wanted double, almost 50.
0:48:31 > 0:48:35Nothing wrong with aiming high, Roger.
0:48:35 > 0:48:40Up next, it's Benjamin and Natasha's Audiotronics tape deck.
0:48:40 > 0:48:43- How do you think our tape deck's going to go?- Oh, well, I don't know.
0:48:43 > 0:48:46But I'm going nervous, suddenly.
0:48:46 > 0:48:49£20. £20? A tenner then, if you like, for it. £10.
0:48:49 > 0:48:52- £10 is being bid in the corner there.- £10 bid.- Do I see a 12 now?
0:48:52 > 0:48:56£12. 12, do I see a 12? Is there anywhere a 12. 14. 14.
0:48:56 > 0:49:0016. 16 just there. 18. Yes, £18. 20.
0:49:00 > 0:49:03- 20, no. - Go with the flow, go with the flow.
0:49:03 > 0:49:06Selling, then, for £18. Thank you, madam.
0:49:06 > 0:49:07That's all right.
0:49:07 > 0:49:10That puts you ahead in the profit margins so far.
0:49:10 > 0:49:11He's in the groove, isn't he?
0:49:13 > 0:49:17A perfect start for Benjamin and Natasha. Great stuff.
0:49:18 > 0:49:21Now, it's the auctioneer's tip for the top.
0:49:21 > 0:49:25Roger and Philip's Omega wristwatch.
0:49:25 > 0:49:28I always have it on the inside, so, because you're on stage,
0:49:28 > 0:49:30you can just see how long you've got.
0:49:30 > 0:49:33If you do it like that, it's a bit aggressive, isn't it?
0:49:33 > 0:49:35"Come on, guys."
0:49:35 > 0:49:37£50 on the watch, sir. £50. Have you bid? 55.
0:49:37 > 0:49:3945, they're already in profit.
0:49:39 > 0:49:4270. 75. 80. 85.
0:49:42 > 0:49:4490, 95. £100.
0:49:44 > 0:49:46- Benjamin!- 105.
0:49:46 > 0:49:49105, now. 105, fresh bid at 105.
0:49:49 > 0:49:52- 110. 110 now. 110 now. 110. - What's happening!
0:49:52 > 0:49:53115. 115.
0:49:53 > 0:49:57- 120. 120. 125. - Look at Phil.
0:49:57 > 0:50:00- 130.- You are so smug.
0:50:00 > 0:50:01He's cool now, isn't he?
0:50:01 > 0:50:04140 do I see now? 140 do I see?
0:50:04 > 0:50:08- This is huge.- No, selling then to you, sir, for 135.
0:50:08 > 0:50:12- Oh, well done. Well done.- Partner.
0:50:12 > 0:50:17That smashing result sees Roger and Philip romp into the lead.
0:50:18 > 0:50:20Phil said, "Roger, why are you buying that for?"
0:50:20 > 0:50:23I said, "It's going to raise money." He said, "Please don't."
0:50:23 > 0:50:26I said, "Phil, trust me on this one," didn't I?
0:50:26 > 0:50:27I said, "Trust me on this one."
0:50:27 > 0:50:30I implored him not to buy it, right? And I was wrong!
0:50:32 > 0:50:34They're like a comedy duo, those two.
0:50:34 > 0:50:39Benjamin and Natasha are playing catch-up with their brass sextant.
0:50:39 > 0:50:42- This was your spot, you know. - Yes, I know.- This was Benji's spot.
0:50:42 > 0:50:44I'm responsible.
0:50:44 > 0:50:47Do I see £30? Any interest at 30?
0:50:47 > 0:50:49£20 only, then, for it? £20 for the sextant.
0:50:49 > 0:50:52- It's worth £20, surely, now? - It must be.
0:50:52 > 0:50:55Oh, £20 on the front, thank you. £20 being bid. 22.
0:50:55 > 0:50:5724. £24. 26.
0:50:57 > 0:51:0228. 28. £30. 32. 34. 34 now.
0:51:02 > 0:51:05Oh, no. Oh, no, no. Keep going, keep going.
0:51:05 > 0:51:0834 back in. 36. 36. 38.
0:51:08 > 0:51:1038. No. 38 now.
0:51:10 > 0:51:13All done, selling down here, then, for £36.
0:51:13 > 0:51:16- Sold. - Oh, it's a loss, it's a loss!
0:51:17 > 0:51:20Mm. Clearly, no marine enthusiasts in the room today.
0:51:20 > 0:51:23Could be because it's not old.
0:51:23 > 0:51:27- It's only a game, it's only a game. - No, it's not a game.- Sorry.
0:51:28 > 0:51:31You say it's only a game because you're winning.
0:51:31 > 0:51:34We're trying to be magnanimous about this.
0:51:35 > 0:51:39Well, can our magnanimous men increase their lead
0:51:39 > 0:51:42with the Georgian mahogany cutlery box?
0:51:42 > 0:51:44Benjamin, what if it makes over 100 quid?
0:51:44 > 0:51:46If it makes over 100 quid, I think we could just go home now.
0:51:46 > 0:51:47Shall we just storm out?
0:51:47 > 0:51:50£50? Any interest at 50.
0:51:50 > 0:51:53£40, if you like, then. £40 has been bid. Thank you.
0:51:53 > 0:51:56Do I see 45 now? 45. 45, is there anywhere a 45?
0:51:56 > 0:51:59£50. 55. 60.
0:51:59 > 0:52:0465. £70 now. £70. 70 just there. 75.
0:52:04 > 0:52:0675 is there anywhere? 75 do I see?
0:52:06 > 0:52:10- Is it going to break even?- Any further bids? Selling then for £70.
0:52:10 > 0:52:11- Lost.- Oh.
0:52:12 > 0:52:16After auction costs, that will be a small loss.
0:52:16 > 0:52:19But, fear not, Roger and Philip, you're still in the lead.
0:52:20 > 0:52:22The scales are up next, Benjamin.
0:52:22 > 0:52:26The scales fell from her eyes, and bruised her toes.
0:52:26 > 0:52:28OK.
0:52:28 > 0:52:30Are you acting like a poet?
0:52:30 > 0:52:33- I wasn't expecting such profundity. - She didn't know it.
0:52:33 > 0:52:35I just got a bit of a fright there, Roger, actually.
0:52:35 > 0:52:41Well, let's hope your set of Avery scales don't give you another one.
0:52:41 > 0:52:44£10, any interest at 10? £10 has been bid, thank you, sir.
0:52:44 > 0:52:46- Do I see 12 now? - Where's the competition?- 12.
0:52:46 > 0:52:48Do I see 12. Is there a 12, madam?
0:52:48 > 0:52:5214. 16. 18. 18. £20.
0:52:52 > 0:52:5422 now. 22.
0:52:54 > 0:52:5622, is there anywhere 22 do I see? No further bids.
0:52:56 > 0:52:59- We need more. - One more.- Selling for £20.
0:52:59 > 0:53:00Oh, no.
0:53:00 > 0:53:03Never mind. Benjamin loved them.
0:53:03 > 0:53:07We went out and bought things that would gain a profit, you see.
0:53:07 > 0:53:10- Didn't we? - And we bought things we liked.
0:53:12 > 0:53:15I like your attitude, Benjamin.
0:53:15 > 0:53:18Time now for the three-piece silver tea set.
0:53:18 > 0:53:22£50, any interest at 50? £30 if you like, then.
0:53:22 > 0:53:25£30, thank you, £30 has been bid on this. Do I see 32 now?
0:53:25 > 0:53:2732, Mr Wheeler. 34.
0:53:27 > 0:53:2934. 36. 36. 38.
0:53:29 > 0:53:32£40. 42. 45. 47.
0:53:32 > 0:53:37£50. 52. 55. 55. 57.
0:53:37 > 0:53:3857 just there.
0:53:38 > 0:53:39£60 now. £60.
0:53:39 > 0:53:44Do I see £60 anywhere? 60 just there. 62. 62.
0:53:44 > 0:53:4765. 65. 67. 67.
0:53:47 > 0:53:49£70. 75 now.
0:53:49 > 0:53:5275, is there no further bids? Selling it for £70. Thank you.
0:53:52 > 0:53:54GAVEL BANGS
0:53:54 > 0:53:56- It's a loss.- That is cheap.
0:53:56 > 0:53:57That it is, Natasha.
0:53:57 > 0:54:00But Roger and Philip are still in the lead.
0:54:01 > 0:54:06Can Natasha and Benjamin's Noah's ark close the gap?
0:54:06 > 0:54:07I'm going to will it to do well.
0:54:07 > 0:54:10I'm going to send my vibes out to the people.
0:54:12 > 0:54:13£10 for the vintage Noah's ark.
0:54:13 > 0:54:15I've got £10 bid in the corner there. Thank you, sir.
0:54:15 > 0:54:18Do I see 12 now? £12. 12, madam.
0:54:18 > 0:54:2214. 16. 18. £20.
0:54:22 > 0:54:2422. 24. £26 now.
0:54:24 > 0:54:27- £26.- Oh, it's at 24. - Fresh bid at 26. 28.
0:54:27 > 0:54:31£30. 32. 34. 36. 38.
0:54:31 > 0:54:33No, 38 now.
0:54:33 > 0:54:3638, do I see? Any further bids? No, selling it, then, for £36.
0:54:36 > 0:54:38- Thank you, madam. Sold. - GAVEL BANGS
0:54:38 > 0:54:41Yes, we'll take that. Good stuff.
0:54:41 > 0:54:45That pretty profit puts you back in the game.
0:54:47 > 0:54:52It's Roger and Philip's final lot. The Tennyson Street sign.
0:54:52 > 0:54:54£20. £20 on the front has been bid, thank you.
0:54:54 > 0:54:57Do I see 22 now? 22. 24.
0:54:57 > 0:54:5924. 26.
0:54:59 > 0:55:0328. 28. £30. 32. 34.
0:55:03 > 0:55:0536. 38. 38.
0:55:05 > 0:55:08£40. 42. 45. 47.
0:55:08 > 0:55:11- Wow!- £50. 52.
0:55:11 > 0:55:1555. 55 now. 55 do I see? 55 anywhere?
0:55:15 > 0:55:18All done, selling then for £52. Sold.
0:55:18 > 0:55:20- Well done.- Well done.
0:55:20 > 0:55:23Listen, if the poetry-related lot hadn't have made a profit,
0:55:23 > 0:55:25we'd have all been crying. That's great.
0:55:25 > 0:55:29Roger and Philip end on a high.
0:55:30 > 0:55:32To have any chance of winning,
0:55:32 > 0:55:36Benjamin and Natasha will need to make a serious profit
0:55:36 > 0:55:39on their priciest purchase, their mantle clock.
0:55:39 > 0:55:44We've put all of our eggs in this clock's basket. And here it comes.
0:55:44 > 0:55:47- And my mum's watching. - And your mum's watching?
0:55:47 > 0:55:49Listen, my mum's watching too. I'm nervous.
0:55:49 > 0:55:52- Who'll start me at £50? - Oh, 50 quid! Come on.
0:55:52 > 0:55:56Do I see 50? £30, if you like, then. £30 has been bid.
0:55:56 > 0:55:57£30 has been bid. Do I see 35 now?
0:55:57 > 0:55:59- This is wild.- 35. 35.
0:55:59 > 0:56:03- 40. 45. 50.- Have a good look at it, everybody.- 60.
0:56:03 > 0:56:0560. 65. £70 has been bid.
0:56:05 > 0:56:07Do I see 75 now? 75.
0:56:07 > 0:56:12This is nuts, this is nuts. No, Benjamin, no, it's not happening.
0:56:12 > 0:56:14- Selling them for £70. - GAVEL BANGS
0:56:14 > 0:56:16Benjamin!
0:56:19 > 0:56:23Well, it was a risky punt. But you did love it, Benjamin.
0:56:24 > 0:56:28I've always wanted to really beat Roger McGough.
0:56:28 > 0:56:30Well, another day, another day.
0:56:30 > 0:56:33- On that note, let's go.- Yeah, OK.
0:56:33 > 0:56:36We'll challenge him to a race outside, how about that?
0:56:38 > 0:56:43Well, while you get ready to run, let's find out the final results.
0:56:44 > 0:56:47Both teams started with £400.
0:56:47 > 0:56:49After paying auction costs,
0:56:49 > 0:56:53Benjamin and Natasha sadly made a loss of £67.40,
0:56:53 > 0:56:58leaving them with £332.60.
0:56:58 > 0:57:01Roger and Philip, however, made a profit of £31.84,
0:57:01 > 0:57:03after auction costs.
0:57:03 > 0:57:10Which means they're crowned today's winners, finishing with £431.84.
0:57:10 > 0:57:13Hurrah! And all profits go to Children In Need.
0:57:13 > 0:57:15Oh, no, come on, just give us the figures.
0:57:15 > 0:57:18Well, I'm afraid you've lost.
0:57:18 > 0:57:20- Yeah, I gathered that. - About £65.- How much!
0:57:20 > 0:57:23- About 65.- Oh, that's not too bad.
0:57:23 > 0:57:26And we've made about 30 quid. So...
0:57:26 > 0:57:28What can we say?
0:57:28 > 0:57:31You can say sorry, and good luck in your life, in what you do.
0:57:31 > 0:57:33And the best people won. Things like that.
0:57:33 > 0:57:35- Roger. Just play this down, Rog. - Sorry.
0:57:35 > 0:57:37Ya-hey!
0:57:37 > 0:57:38Sorry, erm.
0:57:38 > 0:57:40BENJAMIN SOBS THEATRICALLY
0:57:40 > 0:57:43Let's be humble in defeat, let's be humble in defeat.
0:57:43 > 0:57:45- We had fun, we had a laugh.- We had fun.- It's been good, hasn't it?
0:57:45 > 0:57:47We'd better wave you goodbye and bon voyage.
0:57:47 > 0:57:50- Thank you so much for being such a great sport.- Lovely.
0:57:50 > 0:57:53Thank you, it's been wonderful. So good.
0:57:53 > 0:57:56Parting is always such sweet sorrow.
0:57:56 > 0:57:59- Bye-bye.- Bon voyage! - Take care, guys.
0:58:00 > 0:58:05- Actually, Roger, I mean, we've known each other for years.- Yeah, yeah.
0:58:05 > 0:58:08But we always see each other backstage or in a television studio
0:58:08 > 0:58:12- or a radio studio, or, you know, on stage.- Yeah, I know.
0:58:12 > 0:58:15And, actually, we've hung out together for a couple of days.
0:58:15 > 0:58:18- I never want to see you again! - Yeah, no!
0:58:18 > 0:58:21And that 50 quid I lent you in 1977...
0:58:21 > 0:58:23- I didn't like to mention that. - Yeah, yeah.
0:58:23 > 0:58:27Ha-ha, toodle-pip, road-trippers!