0:00:02 > 0:00:05- The nation's favourite celebrities... - Got some proper bling here.
0:00:05 > 0:00:07- ..paired up with an expert... - Wait! Wait!
0:00:07 > 0:00:09..and a classic car...
0:00:09 > 0:00:11Pick your legs up now, 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 > 0:00:25Who will find a hidden gem?
0:00:25 > 0:00:27Who will take the biggest risks?
0:00:27 > 0:00:29Put my antiques head on.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32Will anybody follow expert advice? Ha!
0:00:32 > 0:00:34That thing is 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 > 0:00:43- Time to put your pedal to the metal... BOTH:- Woo!
0:00:43 > 0:00:45..this is Celebrity Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:47 > 0:00:48Yeah!
0:00:49 > 0:00:51Today, it's all about headlines.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53So you are going to go ugly...
0:00:53 > 0:00:55- Quirky.- Ugly, quirk...
0:00:55 > 0:00:56GEARS GRIND
0:00:56 > 0:00:58THEY LAUGH
0:00:58 > 0:01:01I have to give them this back in one piece, don't I?
0:01:01 > 0:01:02That would be nice.
0:01:02 > 0:01:07These glamorous girls have swapped serving up news to the nation
0:01:07 > 0:01:09for a spot of antiquing.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12I think the trick is... I've noticed whenever I watch antiques shows,
0:01:12 > 0:01:13is like looking underneath things.
0:01:13 > 0:01:17I noticed a bloke picked a chair up the other day and looked underneath.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19I'm going to try and make myself look good by looking underneath
0:01:19 > 0:01:21things as well.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24Before she became a clever BBC business correspondent...
0:01:24 > 0:01:29It's expected to hit 81% of GDP next year.
0:01:29 > 0:01:33..Steph McGovern was an outstanding young engineer
0:01:33 > 0:01:35with a talent for Irish dancing.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37Especially in stilettos.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39I think you are going to be quite wily, you know.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42All that business sense. All that business acumen.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44You are going to put it all to really good use.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46Yeah, but you have got all that too.
0:01:46 > 0:01:51Yes, Naga Munchetty was a financial journalist as well
0:01:51 > 0:01:53before presenting BBC Breakfast.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56Hello, this is Breakfast with Roger Johnson and Naga Munchetty.
0:01:56 > 0:02:00She also plays a mean trumpet and has got a golf handicap to die for.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03In the 2012 Ryder Cup, which American player lost
0:02:03 > 0:02:06all of his matches except for a half in the final singles?
0:02:06 > 0:02:07- Tiger Woods.- He was.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09More on that story later. Ha!
0:02:09 > 0:02:12Now, over to our roving reporters.
0:02:12 > 0:02:13It's fun, this.
0:02:13 > 0:02:14A drive in the country.
0:02:14 > 0:02:18I feel like I'm on a drama, though. Like murder mystery.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20Are we like the intrepid duo going to find out?
0:02:20 > 0:02:23- Yeah, like Cagney and Lacey. - We could be Cagney and Lacey.
0:02:23 > 0:02:28McGovern and Munchetty will have £400 each and the guidance of
0:02:28 > 0:02:33antiques detectives and auctioneers Charles Hanson and Charlie Ross.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35- I watched those two.- Yes. - Every morning.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38I get a cup of tea, I go back to bed. Watch Naga and Steph.
0:02:38 > 0:02:42Could you imagine if we made a million with the economics lady.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45Think of the news. That would spread like wildfire.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47Now, without further ado,
0:02:47 > 0:02:51let the chaps in the E-type meet the newshounds in the Jensen Healey.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54- Hello.- Hello.- Hi.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56- Nice to meet you.- Good to see you.
0:02:56 > 0:02:57Good to see you.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59- Hi, Steph.- Hello.- Sorry.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02We've been hanging around a bit, but it's great to see you.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05- Who's got who? - What do you mean who's got who?
0:03:05 > 0:03:08- Who has drawn the short straw?- Who do you want?- I want the best one.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11You need to go with the older man, I think. Happy with that?
0:03:11 > 0:03:12- Works for me. - Younger man. Hey-hey!
0:03:12 > 0:03:15- LAUGHTER - I'm happy with that, Charlie.
0:03:15 > 0:03:16We are off, Charlie.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18- CHARLIE:- Jensen Healey.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20Ladies first. Give me a high five.
0:03:20 > 0:03:21I like a man with manners.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23Ah, you'll get manners.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25You won't get much else from me, but you'll get manners.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27Manners and money.
0:03:27 > 0:03:28May the Force be with you, Charlie.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30Goodbye. Good luck!
0:03:30 > 0:03:32Let's get acquainted.
0:03:32 > 0:03:33Have you got antiques at home?
0:03:33 > 0:03:36- Nothing at all? - SHE LAUGHS
0:03:36 > 0:03:40Nothing at all. Anything? What was the oldest thing in your house?
0:03:40 > 0:03:42- Other than your husband. - LAUGHTER
0:03:42 > 0:03:44I don't even like shopping.
0:03:44 > 0:03:45Blimey! Ha!
0:03:45 > 0:03:48We start out in Failsworth and then explore Greater Manchester
0:03:48 > 0:03:53before slipping south to Cheshire and an auction in Knutsford.
0:03:53 > 0:03:54- There are bargains out there.- Yeah.
0:03:54 > 0:03:58There are treasurers which I think reflect the industrial age of
0:03:58 > 0:03:59when the North was great.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02Yeah. There's got to be a lot of things left over.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04Steph's right, of course. And Failsworth, with its
0:04:04 > 0:04:07mill town heritage, could be just the place to begin.
0:04:07 > 0:04:08What fun.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10Come on, Naga.
0:04:10 > 0:04:11Ha!
0:04:11 > 0:04:13Do you think this is the boss?
0:04:13 > 0:04:15I think so. Hello. Ian, lovely to see you.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17- Hello, Ian. Charlie.- Are you OK?
0:04:17 > 0:04:20We are very well. We are much better now we are inside here.
0:04:20 > 0:04:24This is big. Enough to bamboozle any beginner.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27There is so much. I don't know where to start.
0:04:27 > 0:04:28Don't walk too fast.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30Sage advice, Charlie.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33And hot on the heels is our other pairing.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36In the car, you mentioned about that bit of a jig.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38Are we doing it here? Are we doing it?
0:04:38 > 0:04:41- IRISH MUSIC PLAYS - All right. Point your toe.
0:04:41 > 0:04:42- Yes.- Go!
0:04:42 > 0:04:44One, two, three.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46Like that, yeah?
0:04:46 > 0:04:49Naughty Steph is already teaching our lad a few moves.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51But what can Charles offer in return?
0:04:52 > 0:04:54- Buy quality. - Classy, is that what you are saying?
0:04:54 > 0:04:56Yeah, go classy and let's enrich
0:04:56 > 0:04:58the antiques market with some nice objects.
0:04:58 > 0:04:59Right. So not these, then?
0:05:01 > 0:05:02But then again, you know...
0:05:02 > 0:05:06She is messing with you, Charles. Keep trying.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08That's quite stylish.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11Is it? See, that just screams ugly to me.
0:05:11 > 0:05:12Eh?
0:05:12 > 0:05:14It's kind of like... Don't you think?
0:05:14 > 0:05:16HE GIBBERS
0:05:16 > 0:05:20Isn't that, to you, attractive and invigorating?
0:05:20 > 0:05:21Eh, no.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23No. I'll put it down. OK.
0:05:23 > 0:05:27Looks like Charles may have his work cut out here. What about Naga?
0:05:27 > 0:05:28They are not made of plastic, are they?
0:05:28 > 0:05:30There is a bit of plastic involved.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32Please don't tell me they are made of plastic.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37Oh, no! You hate it.
0:05:37 > 0:05:38- It's fun.- It's fun. We don't...
0:05:38 > 0:05:41- No, no, no, no. - But see, it's portable.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44This is about you. Not about me.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47And I freely admit this isn't something that I would buy.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50But I don't care because you spotted that,
0:05:50 > 0:05:52and somebody in this hall has spotted that.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55How much is it? It's not a lot of money.
0:05:55 > 0:05:56It's £12.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58I won't chastise you if you buy that.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00OK. I quite like red.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02Didn't take her long, did it?
0:06:02 > 0:06:04Any progress elsewhere?
0:06:04 > 0:06:06Look at these cameras. I like these.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08- Yeah, they are good, aren't they? - Look at them.- Yeah.
0:06:08 > 0:06:12Do you know, if there is one real area of the market that's
0:06:12 > 0:06:15- growing really quickly, it's cameras.- Is it?
0:06:15 > 0:06:16It's frightening.
0:06:16 > 0:06:20If you had bought cameras five years ago, the return today -
0:06:20 > 0:06:22economics editor - is incredible.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24The market is taking off for cameras.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26If you want me on the Breakfast Show,
0:06:26 > 0:06:27I'm happy to come on and talk.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29Yeah, well, I'll speak to your agent.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31- THEY LAUGH - One day, maybe.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33Yeah? Thanks a lot, yeah. Thanks a lot.
0:06:33 > 0:06:37You want it to be by Leica or Carl Zeiss for example here.
0:06:37 > 0:06:38But these are all quite well priced.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40Also, these would be harder to take a selfie on,
0:06:40 > 0:06:43- wouldn't they, these days? - Exactly.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45They are certainly bonding a bit.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49This is quite unusual.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54It's quite fun and retro.
0:06:54 > 0:06:55And quite red.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57She really is a woman with a mission.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00This is something I like.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02ALARM RINGS
0:07:02 > 0:07:06That is... That would look really great on someone's wall.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08- Just to... - ALARM RINGS
0:07:08 > 0:07:11All right, all right. We get the idea.
0:07:11 > 0:07:1419. He'll say yes to this, I'm sure.
0:07:14 > 0:07:15Watch out, Charlie.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17I put this on hold. Great.
0:07:17 > 0:07:21ALARM RINGS
0:07:23 > 0:07:24There is an alarm bell.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27An alarm clock. That would wake me up in the morning.
0:07:27 > 0:07:31- You'd need that at - when was it - 3.15? 3.45?- 3.45.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34It's quite fun, isn't it? I couldn't deny you.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36Well, it depends on the price. It's £19.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38Well, we can see about that.
0:07:38 > 0:07:40Don't forget the chair.
0:07:40 > 0:07:41Mm-hmm.
0:07:41 > 0:07:45- 19 and 12 is...- 31.- 31.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47See what you can do.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50First haggle on her own. Stand by, everyone.
0:07:50 > 0:07:54Let's talk about a deal on this one. 19.
0:07:54 > 0:07:55Right.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58Ten. Straightaway. Cash. Done.
0:07:58 > 0:08:0015.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02Can we go halfway? £12.50.
0:08:02 > 0:08:06No, try a bit harder.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08£12.55.
0:08:08 > 0:08:0914.
0:08:09 > 0:08:1013.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12I can't do it. 14.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14(13. Come on.)
0:08:14 > 0:08:15- 13.- 13. Done.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18OK, Ian, let's talk about the chair. The red heart chair.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21I quite like the look of that, but Charlie's got me under the thumb.
0:08:21 > 0:08:25He's got me under strict orders so I can't pay £12 for that.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27I can only do on that ten pounds.
0:08:27 > 0:08:28Nine. And then we can shake on it.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32No, I can't. Honestly. Ten on that one. You won the last one.
0:08:32 > 0:08:33SHE LAUGHS
0:08:33 > 0:08:37- Ten on that one. - Ten... OK. I'm going to say yes.
0:08:37 > 0:08:38Thank you.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41I've done a deal on my own.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44So, with Naga already off to a colourful start,
0:08:44 > 0:08:46time for Steph to step up.
0:08:46 > 0:08:47I do like bags. And luggage.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49We are in trouble now.
0:08:49 > 0:08:50Relax, Charles.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52- Hatbox.- Yeah. Oh, that's really cool!
0:08:52 > 0:08:55I'm sure, many years ago, the hat would have been lost.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58- Yeah.- But voila!
0:08:58 > 0:09:00- It's got a hat in it as well. - Yeah, exactly.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02But I think this hat is quite new.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05- Can you see this seam here?- Yeah.
0:09:05 > 0:09:09I wonder whether we could almost say to the owner of the shop -
0:09:09 > 0:09:14could we put maybe a silk top hat, if one fits, into that box.
0:09:14 > 0:09:15Yeah.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18I like it. It suits you. Yeah, yeah. It suits you.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20Would that hat fit in there, for example?
0:09:22 > 0:09:24Beautifully. Look at that. That's really nice.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27- I like your style. - I do like a good accessory.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30Why don't we see more top hats on the London Tube? Or bowler hats?
0:09:30 > 0:09:33To me, let's dress to impress our country.
0:09:33 > 0:09:34Hear, hear!
0:09:34 > 0:09:37But does it matter that this has obviously got a bit of...?
0:09:37 > 0:09:41It is tired. But it's got a certain air of distinction.
0:09:41 > 0:09:42Yeah. Like you.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45No price, though. Let's hear from Barbara.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47- We're just admiring this hatbox. - Yes.
0:09:47 > 0:09:51I must be honest. We've taken out that hat over there,
0:09:51 > 0:09:56thinking we could replace the content with a nice, silk top hat.
0:09:56 > 0:10:00Right. Well, the price on that and that together would be...
0:10:00 > 0:10:01Yeah?
0:10:01 > 0:10:03..£75.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05- Say it again.- £75.- £75.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08Is there anything else in here you quite like?
0:10:08 > 0:10:10I really like the globes as well.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12That is a good globe. I like that one.
0:10:12 > 0:10:13Yeah, I really like that. I love maps.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16- It's quality. Oak base. That's a lovely globe.- Yeah.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19- Age wise, what are we talking, 1930s?- Yes.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22That's a good object. It's really very nice. And that must be...
0:10:22 > 0:10:25Yeah, there is a few little tears in the paper
0:10:25 > 0:10:27from where it's been applied.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30Yeah, and right around here it is a bit as well.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33But, of course, it's old. What's an antique by definition?
0:10:33 > 0:10:35- An antique is something old. - Exactly.
0:10:35 > 0:10:39A lot older than either of Naga's buys so far.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42- I did a deal. - How much... You've done a deal?
0:10:42 > 0:10:44Was I not supposed to?
0:10:44 > 0:10:46Depends how much it was.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49I got this for 13 and the chair for ten. 23.
0:10:49 > 0:10:5223 quid. I think that's a pretty good effort.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54- Yeah?- Congratulations. - Oh, brilliant!
0:10:54 > 0:10:56I'm thrilled for our team.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58ALARM RINGS
0:10:58 > 0:10:59Don't wear it out, old man.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01I've seen something that's red.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03- SHE GASPS - Come on. Show me!
0:11:03 > 0:11:06There we go. I just think it's rather charming.
0:11:06 > 0:11:10It's Scandinavian. Scandinavian painted pine furniture.
0:11:10 > 0:11:15And it's probably 1920s. As old as that. So it's bordering on antique.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18And I think it's charming. It's an original, rush-seated stool.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21And the decoration, OK, it's a bit bashed and what have you.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24But look at that decoration. Hand-painted on there.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26I think it's rather charming. It's ten pounds.
0:11:26 > 0:11:30It would make a slightly mismatched and a very red lot with her chair.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33But I don't think it's Naga's cup of tea.
0:11:33 > 0:11:37Naga is very opinionated. She knows exactly what she likes.
0:11:37 > 0:11:38Wow.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40There's a lot here.
0:11:40 > 0:11:45It's not going to be easy for me, is it, to exert my authority here?
0:11:45 > 0:11:47I'm determined to buy one antique.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50And it'll probably be the only one that makes a loss.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52Meanwhile, back in that cupboard...
0:11:52 > 0:11:54There is no price tag on stuff. What would you pay for it?
0:11:54 > 0:11:56- And be quite...- Yeah, yeah. - Sorry. Sorry, Barbara.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58No, no. You're fine.
0:11:58 > 0:12:0040 quid.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02LAUGHTER
0:12:02 > 0:12:04- Is that too much?- Well... Barbara. What did you think, Barbara?
0:12:04 > 0:12:07- Should we buy it now? - I paid more than that for it.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09All right, sorry, Barbara.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12What would be the best price for the two together, Barbara?
0:12:12 > 0:12:13To an old mate.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15- £150.- Oh...
0:12:15 > 0:12:16Is that too high?
0:12:16 > 0:12:21I was thinking probably somewhere nearer £100, Barbara.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24- Definitely not. - What would be the very best?
0:12:24 > 0:12:25Um, the very best...
0:12:27 > 0:12:29..would be 145.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31Would 135 give you a margin?
0:12:31 > 0:12:34- It's very, very close.- Yes. - But I'll do it.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37Should we reserve these for the time being?
0:12:37 > 0:12:40- And then we can talk about it.- Yeah. - Or would you rather buy them now?
0:12:40 > 0:12:42I'm a kind of buy-them-now type person.
0:12:42 > 0:12:43Well said.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46- Right, deal.- OK. Thank you.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48- Thanks a lot, Barbara.- Thank you.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50We owe you £135. Where should we go next?
0:12:50 > 0:12:53- Do you fancy going to Brazil?- Yeah. - Or maybe even Argentina?
0:12:53 > 0:12:54Well, that was exciting.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57Charlie, meanwhile, is still trying his very best.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00The great thing about this is the practical use. You see?
0:13:01 > 0:13:03Oh, my goodness!
0:13:03 > 0:13:05No, but you don't use it for that.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08This just happens to have been a commode.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11But fix the top and you don't need to know about it.
0:13:11 > 0:13:17That is a pure Georgian piece of furniture. And nowadays...
0:13:17 > 0:13:19It's a wooden toilet.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21It's a wooden toilet.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23- I'm in the game of truth. - You are, aren't you?
0:13:23 > 0:13:26Well, some of what you do is fiction, to be perfectly honest.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28- LAUGHING:- How very dare you!
0:13:28 > 0:13:31I think it looks boring. I think it looks plain.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35I don't know anyone who has mahogany furniture.
0:13:35 > 0:13:39Oh, dear. Let's pay up and move on, shall we?
0:13:39 > 0:13:41My first ever antiques deal.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43It's a shame they weren't antique.
0:13:43 > 0:13:44No, but they were cheap.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46And they may just make a profit.
0:13:49 > 0:13:53Taking a break from all that acquisition are our other duo.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55- SHE LAUGHS - Yeah, that's...
0:13:55 > 0:13:57I'm a northern guy, you know? Can you tell?
0:13:57 > 0:14:00- I can. It's the accent. - I'm quite hard as well. I'm tough.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02- Is this going to turn into a fight? - We have got one problem.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04Yeah, go on?
0:14:04 > 0:14:06I know you are a football fan. I am as well. I do support Derby County.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09- That's really sad for you.- Thanks. - SHE LAUGHS
0:14:09 > 0:14:11Cos I know you support Middlesbrough.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13I do. I absolutely love Middlesbrough.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15- Could you become an honorary Derby County fan?- No.
0:14:15 > 0:14:16- Sorry?- No.
0:14:16 > 0:14:20Our Championship chums are heading to the centre of Manchester
0:14:20 > 0:14:24and the city's Museum of Science and Industry,
0:14:24 > 0:14:26where Steph, a former Young Engineer for Britain,
0:14:26 > 0:14:31is keen to find out about a great British inventor and industrialist.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33- Hello, Katie. I'm Steph. - Hi. Nice to meet you.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35- Hiya. Nice to meet you.- Hi. Charles. Good to see you, Katie.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38So, Katie, what have we got here, then?
0:14:38 > 0:14:40The museum holds the Ferranti Collection.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42And that consists of archives
0:14:42 > 0:14:46and nearly 2,000 objects that tell the story of the Ferranti Company.
0:14:46 > 0:14:49Specifically, Sebastian Ziani Ferranti,
0:14:49 > 0:14:51who founded the company.
0:14:51 > 0:14:55From childhood, Sebastian, who was born in Liverpool to Italian
0:14:55 > 0:14:58parents, showed a talent for electrical engineering,
0:14:58 > 0:15:01as this remarkable archive demonstrates.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04These are some of his sketchbooks from his school days.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06He was kind of inventing from a really early age.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09What age are we going back to? Late Victorian times?
0:15:09 > 0:15:13- Yeah, so it's kind of... Well, he was born in 1864.- OK.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15- So it's kind of 1870s, 1880s. - Right, OK.
0:15:15 > 0:15:19So electricity was really in its very early days.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22But he was kind of thinking ahead and wondering about its potential.
0:15:22 > 0:15:26In his mid 20s, Ferranti designed the state-of-the-art
0:15:26 > 0:15:29Deptford Power Station to supply Central London,
0:15:29 > 0:15:34a fragment of which is being used for the frame of the museum's sign.
0:15:34 > 0:15:38And this alternator was one of the many inventions that helped
0:15:38 > 0:15:41found the company he established in the northwest.
0:15:41 > 0:15:45Over the course of his career, he took out about 176 patents
0:15:45 > 0:15:48for various kind of electrical innovation.
0:15:48 > 0:15:53From metres to turbines, generators. He really was a genius.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56The National Grid is a place I've visited quite a lot for work.
0:15:56 > 0:16:00Incredible, spectacular place. Is it true he was part of creating that?
0:16:00 > 0:16:04He did. He kind of championed the installation of the National Grid.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06Because of the work that he'd done at Deptford,
0:16:06 > 0:16:09installing the world's first high-voltage power station,
0:16:09 > 0:16:13he saw the potential that electricity had for society.
0:16:13 > 0:16:17By the outbreak of World War I, the company was an industrial giant,
0:16:17 > 0:16:18employing thousands.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21So when the Minister of Munitions, Lloyd George,
0:16:21 > 0:16:24appealed for help, Ferranti answered the call.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27The war was going to be fought not only on the battlefields
0:16:27 > 0:16:30but in the workshops of Britain.
0:16:30 > 0:16:34And so he masterminded the conversion of his factory to a
0:16:34 > 0:16:38munitions factory, producing shells and fuses for the war effort.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40Yeah, there's nothing like a bit of pressure in business.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43And also, of course, that was the time of girl power, wasn't it?
0:16:43 > 0:16:47Ladies came in force as well, and they really churned
0:16:47 > 0:16:48the shells and things out.
0:16:48 > 0:16:53It was. Ferranti's factory employed over 1,000 new women workers.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55And actually, it was a bit of a family affair because his wife
0:16:55 > 0:17:00Gertrude was actually involved in recruiting these new female workers.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03And his own daughter, Vera...
0:17:03 > 0:17:06- actually became one of the new workers in the factory.- Wow!
0:17:06 > 0:17:10She actually became quite a skilled mechanic herself
0:17:10 > 0:17:11during those war years.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13That is so forward-thinking, though, isn't it?
0:17:13 > 0:17:15To allow a woman to be a mechanic.
0:17:15 > 0:17:19Yup, the whole family was involved in the war effort
0:17:19 > 0:17:23with sons Basil and Vincent joining up to fight at the front.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26The Ferranti archive includes their correspondence
0:17:26 > 0:17:30with their father, describing how the company's munitions were being used.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33And inventor Sebastian had yet another roll to play.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35He joined a panel of scientists
0:17:35 > 0:17:40and engineers who gathered to come up with new ideas for warfare.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43Part of his role was to assess the kind of steady stream of ideas
0:17:43 > 0:17:45that were sent in by members of the public.
0:17:45 > 0:17:49- Were there many crazy ideas put to the board?- There were.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52I think the majority of inventions that were sent in by the public
0:17:52 > 0:17:54weren't things that were going to work.
0:17:54 > 0:17:58Examples of some of the more weird and wonderful ones were
0:17:58 > 0:18:01flea-filled shells, magnetic gun grabbers...
0:18:01 > 0:18:04It makes me itchy just even thinking of that.
0:18:04 > 0:18:08There were notable exceptions however, such as the portable
0:18:08 > 0:18:13and effective trench mortar invented by civil engineer Wilfred Stokes.
0:18:13 > 0:18:17He received a knighthood for his efforts in 1917,
0:18:17 > 0:18:20a year that was devastating for the Ferranti family.
0:18:20 > 0:18:24Tragically, Basil was actually killed after a shell attack.
0:18:24 > 0:18:28And there is some really sad letters between Vincent and his father.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30But although he was deeply affected,
0:18:30 > 0:18:33he was very resolute that he was going to continue his own
0:18:33 > 0:18:36war production, cos that's all he could do.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38Victory was, of course, eventually achieved.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40And with remarkable understatement,
0:18:40 > 0:18:44Sebastian's diary for November 11, 1918, reads,
0:18:44 > 0:18:48"Hostilities ceased. Works closed for the day."
0:18:48 > 0:18:50- He was a top bloke.- Yeah.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52- Like you and I together, isn't it? - SHE LAUGHS
0:18:52 > 0:18:54We're not that clever, are we?
0:18:58 > 0:19:01Meanwhile, back in Failsworth, Naga
0:19:01 > 0:19:04and Charlie have moved on in their search.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06Look at that. What about that?
0:19:06 > 0:19:08What is it?
0:19:08 > 0:19:11Is it a rake for the bunkers on a golf course?
0:19:11 > 0:19:13I think it's for hay.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15The thing I like about these, it's a split fork.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17So it's just one piece of wood
0:19:17 > 0:19:20and they have cut it and cut it and bent it.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23And then they've put a wedge down there to keep them apart.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25And then a bit of strengthening metal round there.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28- It's just a bit of history. - How old would that be?
0:19:28 > 0:19:30I'd like to think that's late 19th century.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33- I think that's probably 100 years old.- That's good.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35I think if it was ever so cheap, I'd buy it.
0:19:35 > 0:19:36Naga permitting, of course.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38- Hello there.- Aha.
0:19:38 > 0:19:39- I'm Naga.- I'm Jim.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41- Jim, pleased to meet you. - Lovely to meet you.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43- Hello, Jim. You are the boss? - Yes, I am.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46- Now, you are here to help me, Jim. - Yes.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48I've got this lovely young lady with me,
0:19:48 > 0:19:51- and we've got a competition to win. - Mm-hmm.
0:19:51 > 0:19:56So we need to buy something, and I've been trying to buy an antique.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59Sounds desperate, doesn't he? At least there is not a lot of red here.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01Other shades, though. Wow.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04- Lots of colour. - That's a piano and a half, isn't it?
0:20:04 > 0:20:07If Elton John ever loses his...
0:20:07 > 0:20:08- Here is one going.- Give us a tune.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12SHE PLAYS NOTE
0:20:12 > 0:20:13Quite musical, isn't it?
0:20:13 > 0:20:15- Charlie?- Hello.
0:20:15 > 0:20:16Look at this.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18That looks intriguing.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21Oh, my goodness gracious me!
0:20:21 > 0:20:23Oh, that's fantastic!
0:20:23 > 0:20:25- Do you know, I thought it was a wardrobe.- I did.
0:20:27 > 0:20:28Oh!
0:20:28 > 0:20:29It's a big music box.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32- Yeah, it is. Jim!- Yes?
0:20:32 > 0:20:34- Jim!- Yes?- Does it work?
0:20:34 > 0:20:35Come on, Jim.
0:20:36 > 0:20:41OUT OF TUNE MUSIC
0:20:42 > 0:20:45Jim, if I may say so, you need a spot of tuning.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47THEY LAUGH
0:20:47 > 0:20:49What a wonderful thing!
0:20:49 > 0:20:51I've got a price on it at £4,000.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54£4,000! Right, so I've got the cash.
0:20:54 > 0:20:55No, you haven't.
0:20:55 > 0:20:56You're right. I haven't.
0:20:56 > 0:21:00That's enough of that. Something old but affordable, please.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03I quite like that little French clock.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05But that's going to be expensive, too. Do you see the little...?
0:21:05 > 0:21:08- That's very sweet. I like that. - Do you quite like that?!- Yeah. I do.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11- HE SHOUTS EXCITEDLY - We like something together!
0:21:11 > 0:21:12Darling, darling...
0:21:12 > 0:21:16It's 1910-20. Enamel dial. A gilt metal case.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18It's probably only gilded spelter.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20Are we allowed to pick it out?
0:21:20 > 0:21:21I would think so.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23Oh, it's quite heavy.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25Yep. Isn't that sweet?
0:21:25 > 0:21:28- Do you think he'd like to sell us that cheaply?- Jim!
0:21:28 > 0:21:31- THEY LAUGH - I love it!
0:21:31 > 0:21:32There is an knackered clock here.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35I think someone has wound it to such an extent that
0:21:35 > 0:21:38it won't wind any more, will it? Is that ever so cheap?
0:21:38 > 0:21:40It's never going to work again. It's got a cracked dial.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42But we like it.
0:21:42 > 0:21:46I think their negotiation is now officially underway.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48Come on, Jim. Hit us with something really cheap.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51- £45.- Jim, now you're coming down to our price...
0:21:51 > 0:21:53No, no. We've come down.
0:21:53 > 0:21:54If you can get out of it at 35 quid,
0:21:54 > 0:21:57I'll give you 35 quid now for it, Jim.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00£40 and I can... Get your £40 out.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02It does appeal more than a fire alarm.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04THEY LAUGH
0:22:05 > 0:22:07It's not a very good alarm clock, though.
0:22:07 > 0:22:08That wouldn't wake me up.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11- It would if I chucked it at you. - THEY LAUGH
0:22:11 > 0:22:12Steady on!
0:22:12 > 0:22:15You don't want to toss me 35 or 40, do you?
0:22:15 > 0:22:16I'll go for that.
0:22:16 > 0:22:20Oh! Are you a gambling man?! Good idea!
0:22:20 > 0:22:23- Head or tails? - I want you to toss the coin.
0:22:25 > 0:22:26Heads!
0:22:27 > 0:22:30NAGA AND CHARLIE CHEER
0:22:30 > 0:22:32- Are you happy, Jim?- I'm happy.
0:22:32 > 0:22:36You are a top man. Thank you. You're a top man.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38Jim, thank you.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40Blimey. Well, at least it's old.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43Not bad. Three things bought.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46But will tomorrow bring forth antiques,
0:22:46 > 0:22:48vintage or just second-hand?
0:22:48 > 0:22:51I think you've got to stand your ground, haven't you?
0:22:51 > 0:22:52To a certain extent.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55Yeah, but they know what they are talking about and we don't.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57Oh, yeah, good point.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59Yeah. Nighty-night.
0:23:02 > 0:23:04So how was day one for you?
0:23:04 > 0:23:07I got stuck into my passions. George III, mahogany.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09- And surely Naga... - Naga took one look at it...
0:23:09 > 0:23:12No, she took one look at it and said, "That's a wooden toilet."
0:23:12 > 0:23:13Really?
0:23:13 > 0:23:18Why would you want an old wooden toilet next to your bed?
0:23:18 > 0:23:22I tell you what it would be good for, when you come in steaming drunk
0:23:22 > 0:23:23and you need to throw up.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25THEY LAUGH
0:23:25 > 0:23:30Yesterday, Steph and Charles splashed out £135 on a top hat
0:23:30 > 0:23:32and hatbox, plus a globe...
0:23:32 > 0:23:34Yeah, it suits you.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37..leaving them with £265 still to spend,
0:23:37 > 0:23:42while Naga and Charlie parted with a mere £58 for a clock,
0:23:42 > 0:23:46an alarm bell, and a heart-shaped chair...
0:23:46 > 0:23:47I've done a deal on my own.
0:23:47 > 0:23:51..meaning they still have almost £350 at their disposal.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53We haven't spent much.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55Yeah, Charles kept telling me to go for smalls.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58And I thought, "That's a whole other show, Charles."
0:23:58 > 0:23:59THEY LAUGH
0:23:59 > 0:24:02Our experts clearly have an awful lot to learn.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04This is part of the plan.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06- Right.- I think if we...
0:24:06 > 0:24:08- Hold on.- It's impressive.
0:24:08 > 0:24:10This is very impressive.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13- HE GROANS There we go!- Ta-da!
0:24:13 > 0:24:15- There we go. - We are here!- Just like that.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17- Good morning, Steph.- Morning!
0:24:17 > 0:24:19- How delicately done. - What a way to do it, eh?
0:24:19 > 0:24:21How are you enjoying antiques? Lots?
0:24:21 > 0:24:23Yeah, I am. I've learnt... Oh, he's dead clever.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25- He's a very bright boy, isn't he? - Yeah, he is.
0:24:25 > 0:24:29He's highly intelligent. Knowledgeable. Attractive.
0:24:29 > 0:24:30- And he can dance.- And I can dance.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32That's not what I've seen.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34When I saw Steph dance, it looked a different dance to me.
0:24:34 > 0:24:35What's it now?
0:24:35 > 0:24:38The main thing with this is, is it's all about your ankles. So...
0:24:38 > 0:24:40SHE HUMS A TUNE
0:24:40 > 0:24:41You see!
0:24:42 > 0:24:44THEY LAUGH
0:24:44 > 0:24:46Something like that.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50Later, they'll be heading for an auction in Knutsford, Cheshire.
0:24:50 > 0:24:52But our next stop is back in Manchester.
0:24:54 > 0:24:55Morning.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57Good to see you.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59- Give me a high-five.- Did you just randomly high-five someone?
0:24:59 > 0:25:02I gave him a high-five, yeah. We had a high-five.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04- He was on the outside, OK? - You're just too cool, you.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07No, Steph, he's really not.
0:25:07 > 0:25:09But this shop might be.
0:25:10 > 0:25:12- Hello. Hi, I'm Steph.- I'm Lawrence. - Hi, nice to meet you.- You too.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15- Hi, Charles Hanson. Good to see you. - Yeah, good to meet you too.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18Not too many traditional antiques here.
0:25:18 > 0:25:22But bags of vintage, architectural and, of course, QUIRK.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26Loads of stuff!
0:25:26 > 0:25:28It is a lovely old building, isn't it, as well?
0:25:28 > 0:25:31Yeah, it is a great building. Look at this, is that an old bar?
0:25:31 > 0:25:33- What can I get you, sir? - Pina colada, please.- No bother.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36- Thank you very much. - We seem to be out of stock.
0:25:36 > 0:25:38- Oh, no, don't say that. - Anything else?
0:25:38 > 0:25:40I think Steph is enjoying this.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42Yeah! Yeah. Wow.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45- They are quite heavy, actually. - Can you just grab that for me?
0:25:45 > 0:25:47- Are you OK?- Yeah, fine. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:25:47 > 0:25:51- I'm on it.- Just grab those for me as well.- Yeah. Yeah, here we go.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54Those look a bit more like it.
0:25:54 > 0:25:56These are really pretty, Charles.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59- They're quite peculiar, aren't they? - Practical as well.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01You know, someone who has to do their hair and make-up all the time,
0:26:01 > 0:26:02this is...
0:26:02 > 0:26:05- They're almost like a little compact, aren't they?- Yeah.
0:26:05 > 0:26:07- Early morning...- Keep your make-up or your jewellery in.
0:26:07 > 0:26:09They are original from Rajasthan.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12Yeah, I imagine them to be, like, shaving kit things.
0:26:12 > 0:26:13So they are Indian.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16- Yeah.- And they probably are completely original.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19They are very colonial. Quite folk art, aren't they? 1950s.
0:26:19 > 0:26:20At least they are not new.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22Do you want to buy one?
0:26:22 > 0:26:24- I know you want to shop till you drop.- Yeah, but...
0:26:24 > 0:26:26They are not antique-y enough, are they?
0:26:26 > 0:26:28So, how much are they, per unit?
0:26:28 > 0:26:32- They're £45.- And between friends?
0:26:32 > 0:26:34- £40. - THEY LAUGH
0:26:34 > 0:26:37I have never seen anything like that, where it is practical
0:26:37 > 0:26:40but would look really pretty on your dressing room table,
0:26:40 > 0:26:43- wouldn't it? But I am not paying for 40 quid for it.- Well...
0:26:43 > 0:26:44Well...
0:26:44 > 0:26:47- I have still got my eyes on prizes, man.- I know, absolutely.
0:26:47 > 0:26:51- I'm in it to win it. Would you give us 25?- I will do one for 30 quid.
0:26:51 > 0:26:52- 30 quid?- Oh, crikey.
0:26:52 > 0:26:54They are getting there.
0:26:54 > 0:26:55It could be a love token,
0:26:55 > 0:26:58- a love token from a gentleman to his...- I love your romanticism.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01It could be an Indian love token
0:27:01 > 0:27:04to a lady who wants a good casket.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07I think it is a deal.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10- Going, going...- Well done.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12- Thank you very much.- Gone, sold! - Thank you.- Thank you, sir.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14Congratulations!
0:27:14 > 0:27:16- Nice doing business with you. - You too.- Thank you.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20- Well done. Well done. - I know, it is a good one.
0:27:23 > 0:27:27Also in Manchester but on an altogether different cultural
0:27:27 > 0:27:31plane, Naga and Charlie are off to the Royal Northern College of Music.
0:27:31 > 0:27:32Hello, I am Naga.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35- Hi, I'm Jeff.- Lovely to see you. - Nice to meet you.- Charlie.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38- Nice to see you.- Welcome to the Royal Northern College of Music.
0:27:38 > 0:27:40Nice to be here.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43Musician Naga and her singing auctioneer are here to find
0:27:43 > 0:27:48out about Charles Halle, the man behind Manchester's famous orchestra.
0:27:48 > 0:27:52- Halle was German.- Halle was German, yes. He was actually Karl Halle.
0:27:52 > 0:27:56- And he was born in 1819.- Yeah.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58But he spent a lot of his early career in Paris.
0:27:58 > 0:28:02- He got to know people like Berlioz. - Hm.
0:28:02 > 0:28:07And he came to Manchester in the late 1840s.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09A talented musician and conductor,
0:28:09 > 0:28:14Halle headed north to direct a series of gentlemen's concerts.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17The orchestra he ultimately created is now one of our oldest
0:28:17 > 0:28:19and most revered.
0:28:19 > 0:28:22So, with Halle here, was he the main attraction for musicians
0:28:22 > 0:28:24rather than London, for example?
0:28:24 > 0:28:26Halle was a well-connected man,
0:28:26 > 0:28:30so he was able to invite big names to Manchester.
0:28:30 > 0:28:34He also was a very fine pianist.
0:28:34 > 0:28:39And one of his ulterior motives, I'm sure, if you look at his concert
0:28:39 > 0:28:43programming, is that he wanted to showcase himself as a pianist.
0:28:43 > 0:28:47So his role as a conductor was relatively new, rather novel.
0:28:47 > 0:28:48That's right.
0:28:48 > 0:28:53The conductor as an individual really emerges in the 19th century.
0:28:53 > 0:28:56Earlier than that, you would have somebody at the front with
0:28:56 > 0:28:58a stick, but it wasn't a baton as we think of it.
0:28:58 > 0:28:59It would be a long pole.
0:28:59 > 0:29:03And they would literally bang the floor in time to the music.
0:29:03 > 0:29:05Just to keep time through the whole...
0:29:05 > 0:29:08That sounds bizarre now, doesn't it?
0:29:08 > 0:29:13This is a baton that was presented to Halle in 1877 to mark
0:29:13 > 0:29:17the 20th anniversary of the founding of the orchestra.
0:29:17 > 0:29:19It strikes me as being an extremely humble...
0:29:19 > 0:29:22It is very little different from one we might see today.
0:29:22 > 0:29:26- There's a little bit...- Yeah, it has got a metal tip there.- A beater.
0:29:26 > 0:29:30- But you could actually use this to conduct with.- Yeah.
0:29:30 > 0:29:35Whereas this one is very much a showpiece.
0:29:35 > 0:29:39This was presented in 1879 by Bristol Choral Union.
0:29:39 > 0:29:40It has a figure of Beethoven on it.
0:29:40 > 0:29:42I thought I recognised the man on the top.
0:29:42 > 0:29:46And you would be very hard pushed to use this to conduct with.
0:29:46 > 0:29:49- It was intended as an objet d'art. - Yeah.
0:29:49 > 0:29:51Work beautifully in Antiques Road Trip, actually.
0:29:51 > 0:29:54Make him an offer, Naga, make him an offer.
0:29:54 > 0:29:58Not content with making Manchester a musical rival to the capital,
0:29:58 > 0:30:02in the 1880s, Halle set about establishing the music school
0:30:02 > 0:30:05which became the Royal Northern College.
0:30:05 > 0:30:08He simply wrote to a lot of people saying,
0:30:08 > 0:30:10"Would you fund a new music college in Manchester?"
0:30:10 > 0:30:11Funding, yeah.
0:30:11 > 0:30:15And we have a lot of letters from people saying yes or no.
0:30:16 > 0:30:20- Famous people?- Oh, very famous. - Oh, really?- For example, Tennyson.
0:30:20 > 0:30:21Oh, really?!
0:30:21 > 0:30:26This is a letter written on behalf of Lord Tennyson which says,
0:30:26 > 0:30:29"Lord Tennyson cannot consent to become a member of the formal
0:30:29 > 0:30:32"committee of the college of music in Manchester."
0:30:32 > 0:30:37Halle had Queen Victoria's permission to use the royal title,
0:30:37 > 0:30:40but London's Royal College of Music objected.
0:30:40 > 0:30:43And so they have to, at the very last minute,
0:30:43 > 0:30:45rethink the name of the college.
0:30:45 > 0:30:48And apart from anything else, they have already had everything
0:30:48 > 0:30:51printed with Royal College of Music Manchester on it.
0:30:51 > 0:30:55- On all the official...- So they had to stamp over it the new title.
0:30:55 > 0:30:57So they came up with Royal Manchester College of Music.
0:30:57 > 0:31:00That is what it was until
0:31:00 > 0:31:06it and the Northern School of Music amalgamated in the early 1970s.
0:31:06 > 0:31:09Halle became the first head and the chief professor of piano forte
0:31:09 > 0:31:12until his death in 1895.
0:31:12 > 0:31:15And as his correspondence with the public shows,
0:31:15 > 0:31:18he remained quite a character.
0:31:18 > 0:31:21So what kind of things were people asking Charles Halle?
0:31:21 > 0:31:23Oh, there was a lovely one where somebody said,
0:31:23 > 0:31:26"Can you learn the guitar at the college?"
0:31:26 > 0:31:27Halle's answer was this.
0:31:28 > 0:31:31"The guitar cannot be taught at the college.
0:31:31 > 0:31:35"The less that instrument is cultivated, the better."
0:31:35 > 0:31:37- Ouch! - CHARLIE LAUGHS
0:31:42 > 0:31:47Now, what about our other quite musical duo?
0:31:47 > 0:31:49- I am quite supple. - Yeah. You're flexible?
0:31:49 > 0:31:52- People do call me Twinkle Toes. - Do they?- Twinkle Toes Hanson.
0:31:52 > 0:31:55- You have got a quite a few names, though, haven't you?- Yeah.
0:31:55 > 0:31:57Well... Yeah.
0:31:57 > 0:31:59- Handsome Hanson. - Oh, get out of here!
0:31:59 > 0:32:02Time to strut their funky stuff
0:32:02 > 0:32:04down south, in Romiley.
0:32:04 > 0:32:06- Look at that.- This is looking good.
0:32:07 > 0:32:10Hello. I'm Steph. Hi, are you all right?
0:32:10 > 0:32:12- Hurry up, Charles.- Charles.
0:32:12 > 0:32:15Good to see you. Peter, good to see you. Nice to see you.
0:32:15 > 0:32:16What a great shop.
0:32:16 > 0:32:19Yes, you definitely have fallen on your feet, Twinkle Toes.
0:32:19 > 0:32:22This is going to be the place where we buy something that Charles
0:32:22 > 0:32:24really loves and it is really antique-y.
0:32:24 > 0:32:26There has got to be something here.
0:32:26 > 0:32:28We have still got loads of money left as well,
0:32:28 > 0:32:31so we can go wild in here.
0:32:31 > 0:32:34I am up for that. Are you up for going wild?
0:32:34 > 0:32:35Very wild.
0:32:35 > 0:32:38- If the right object goes wild... - Look at him, he's wild!
0:32:38 > 0:32:40- ..with me, I'll go wild as well. - SHE GROWLS
0:32:40 > 0:32:43Naga and Charlie have a bob or two left as well,
0:32:43 > 0:32:45and they too are now on the prowl...
0:32:45 > 0:32:47Cat, cat!
0:32:47 > 0:32:49Black cat, good news.
0:32:49 > 0:32:51..in the nearby suburb of Stockport.
0:32:53 > 0:32:54- Well, this is enormous.- Vintage.
0:32:54 > 0:32:56My name is Rupert, welcome to The Vintage Emporium.
0:32:56 > 0:32:58Naga. Lovely to meet you.
0:32:58 > 0:33:00Hello, Rupert, Charlie. Nice to see you.
0:33:00 > 0:33:04- This is like a treasure trove.- It certainly is. Clothing downstairs.
0:33:04 > 0:33:06Turn-of-the-century through to 1980s.
0:33:06 > 0:33:09Smaller pieces of furniture, glassware, homeware.
0:33:09 > 0:33:13Second floor is industrial salvage and bigger pieces of furniture.
0:33:13 > 0:33:14Industrial salvage?
0:33:14 > 0:33:17- And I could kit you out with a frock or two.- Well, that is for me.
0:33:17 > 0:33:20- We'll have a look.- Thanks very much. - Enjoy. See you soon.
0:33:20 > 0:33:22That's quite a list.
0:33:22 > 0:33:24Sounds like you could find just about anything in here.
0:33:24 > 0:33:27- Do you like lobsters? - I love lobster.
0:33:27 > 0:33:30- Well, what about buying a lobster pot?- Hey!
0:33:30 > 0:33:32Do you know, I wonder if it smells.
0:33:34 > 0:33:37It is very fishy. You could flip it upside down.
0:33:37 > 0:33:41And make it into a coffee table, couldn't you? You could.
0:33:41 > 0:33:42What a novel thing.
0:33:42 > 0:33:44Put some glass on it.
0:33:44 > 0:33:46You are beginning to think now outside the box.
0:33:46 > 0:33:49- A bit of glass on there, clean it up.- Clean it up.
0:33:49 > 0:33:52- It needs a good hose down and a good wipe down.- Yeah.
0:33:52 > 0:33:56How much do you think we should be buying something like that for?
0:33:56 > 0:33:58I've never seen one for sale before.
0:33:58 > 0:34:00No. It would definitely be a first.
0:34:00 > 0:34:03It is 60 quid. Let's think about it.
0:34:03 > 0:34:05Something to think about there, then.
0:34:06 > 0:34:10Oh, that's nice. Yeah, what a good... What a good bird.
0:34:10 > 0:34:14- Tea?- Please. Yeah, and isn't it fun?
0:34:14 > 0:34:17I mean, imagine being with your ladies in the afternoon
0:34:17 > 0:34:20and serving tea out of a big cockerel teapot.
0:34:20 > 0:34:23That's nice. We'll check the condition on him very carefully.
0:34:23 > 0:34:25Has he been re-stuck?
0:34:25 > 0:34:26Is that old glue or just enamel?
0:34:26 > 0:34:28I think it has been re-stuck, can you see?
0:34:28 > 0:34:29Oh, yeah, it is gluey, you are right.
0:34:29 > 0:34:32- It has been cracked around there. - The nose has been off.
0:34:32 > 0:34:34His nose has been off.
0:34:34 > 0:34:36But it's great. It's a great rooster. Is it rooster?
0:34:36 > 0:34:39- Cockerel?- What is the difference between a rooster and a cockerel?
0:34:39 > 0:34:41- No idea, you tell me. - Well, I don't know.
0:34:41 > 0:34:42They are exactly the same.
0:34:42 > 0:34:44Rooster is just the American version.
0:34:44 > 0:34:47- Yeah, that stands out. - The cock is dazzling, isn't he?
0:34:47 > 0:34:50- SHE LAUGHS - Pete, what is the best on this cock?
0:34:50 > 0:34:52Yes... Rooster might be best.
0:34:52 > 0:34:54- Is it 30 on it?- It's 30 at the moment.- 20, how's that?
0:34:54 > 0:34:58- 20 quid...- Pete, I would love you to say £15.
0:34:58 > 0:35:0015 then. 15 it is. Yep.
0:35:00 > 0:35:02- Take it.- You think?- Yeah, take it.
0:35:02 > 0:35:04I think it is great.
0:35:04 > 0:35:06- Go for it.- Yeah. Pete, we'll take it.- Yeah.
0:35:06 > 0:35:08- Nice one, thanks.- Pete, it's a deal.
0:35:08 > 0:35:09We've still got more shopping to do, you know.
0:35:09 > 0:35:14- £15 spent of our 235 left.- 220.
0:35:14 > 0:35:15Quick, quick.
0:35:15 > 0:35:20So quick that she has already spotted another animal-themed object.
0:35:20 > 0:35:23- I have never seen a cameo of a lady carved...- Holding a monkey?
0:35:23 > 0:35:24..holding a monkey, never.
0:35:24 > 0:35:27I think I could tempt you with a price on that, actually.
0:35:27 > 0:35:29It was just that was bought in quite reasonable.
0:35:29 > 0:35:31Her nose looks a bit worn.
0:35:31 > 0:35:34But maybe she just looked like that.
0:35:34 > 0:35:36They had funny noses in the 19th century.
0:35:36 > 0:35:39I think they might be about to do a bit of monkey business, these two.
0:35:39 > 0:35:41THEY GIGGLE
0:35:41 > 0:35:43Not that sort!
0:35:44 > 0:35:47It's marked up at £95. You can have it for 55.
0:35:49 > 0:35:51What is your guide price?
0:35:51 > 0:35:53I'm getting the lingo now and everything.
0:35:53 > 0:35:55Turning into quite a team, aren't they?
0:35:55 > 0:35:56Thank you for that discount.
0:35:56 > 0:35:59Thank you for the offer. I think I'll counter-offer.
0:36:01 > 0:36:02£40.
0:36:02 > 0:36:04I'll do it for 45, how's that?
0:36:04 > 0:36:08That stands a good chance. And I think she is well-carved.
0:36:08 > 0:36:09I would give her...
0:36:10 > 0:36:13..a romantic description for the sale.
0:36:13 > 0:36:15"The woman with a broken nose holding the monkey."
0:36:15 > 0:36:17Well, not quite like that.
0:36:17 > 0:36:18No. You know, possibly...
0:36:18 > 0:36:21- Some say a good night out in Middlesbrough.- Yeah, that's it.
0:36:21 > 0:36:25Well, Dark Lady, you know... I'll break my nose as well, you know.
0:36:25 > 0:36:28- Why don't we do it?- Do you reckon? - Shake the man's hand.- OK.
0:36:28 > 0:36:30Yeah, we'll do it. Thank Peter.
0:36:30 > 0:36:32- Going to have to high-five you. - Thanks, Peter.
0:36:32 > 0:36:34- There we are.- Absolutely.
0:36:34 > 0:36:36PHONE RINGS Who could that be?
0:36:36 > 0:36:38It is Charlie Ross.
0:36:38 > 0:36:40My dear old thing, are you there?
0:36:40 > 0:36:43Charlie, it is the 11th hour, we're shopping, we are in the heat
0:36:43 > 0:36:45of the moment. What do you want?
0:36:45 > 0:36:48Wonderful. We have come to an enormous warehouse
0:36:48 > 0:36:49which has no antiques.
0:36:49 > 0:36:51'It is vintage clothes and things.'
0:36:51 > 0:36:55Charlie, it is like a needle in a haystack, you must dig deep.
0:36:55 > 0:36:56'I have.'
0:36:56 > 0:36:59I have dug... I mean, I've dug, I've dug. Naga has dugged.
0:36:59 > 0:37:00We've all dugged.
0:37:00 > 0:37:02But there is no more digging or dugging to be done.
0:37:02 > 0:37:05'Can we come to your shop, please?
0:37:05 > 0:37:06'Hello?'
0:37:06 > 0:37:07Uh...
0:37:07 > 0:37:09I will put you on to your friend, hang on.
0:37:09 > 0:37:11Think of the love, Steph.
0:37:11 > 0:37:14- Do you know what, cos it's you... - 'Good friends.'- Yeah, we are.
0:37:14 > 0:37:15We are good friends.
0:37:15 > 0:37:17Yeah, you are very welcome to come here.
0:37:17 > 0:37:18(We've already got the good stuff.)
0:37:18 > 0:37:20Thank you!
0:37:20 > 0:37:21You're very welcome.
0:37:21 > 0:37:23'OK, we are dashing over. We'll see you soon.'
0:37:23 > 0:37:26- See you in a wee while.- See you! - 'Bye.'- Bye.- 'Bye!'
0:37:26 > 0:37:28Come on, Naga. Come on, Naga!
0:37:28 > 0:37:30- Come on, Naga!- Let's go!
0:37:30 > 0:37:32Cor, look at them go!
0:37:32 > 0:37:34By the time they arrive,
0:37:34 > 0:37:37their rivals will have scoured Pete's whole shop.
0:37:37 > 0:37:42What I like about this clock garniture is it, in style,
0:37:42 > 0:37:44is trying to invigorate the fact that it is Ming porcelain.
0:37:44 > 0:37:48As a decorative lot,
0:37:48 > 0:37:52to an interior decorator, it really is good value.
0:37:52 > 0:37:53And you have got 225 on it,
0:37:53 > 0:37:56called a French blue-and-white pottery clock garniture.
0:37:56 > 0:37:59Steph, it is flamboyant, isn't it?
0:37:59 > 0:38:01Yep. And we like a bit of flamboyance.
0:38:01 > 0:38:03Will it make us money?
0:38:03 > 0:38:06Cos I'm getting to the point now where I am feeling competitive.
0:38:06 > 0:38:09Spoken like a business correspondent, hey, Pete?
0:38:09 > 0:38:12- I was asking over 300 for it a while back.- But not now. 225.
0:38:12 > 0:38:18- It is now 225. To you, as a special offer, 125.- 125?- That is cheap.
0:38:18 > 0:38:21I was thinking a hard... Is it what you call a monkey?
0:38:21 > 0:38:22Is that a oner?
0:38:22 > 0:38:26I was hoping for a monkey and a quarter.
0:38:26 > 0:38:27A ton and a pony, actually.
0:38:27 > 0:38:30Would you take 100 quid?
0:38:30 > 0:38:32- I don't want to.- But would you?- No.
0:38:32 > 0:38:35Even if I give you a hug? Come on!
0:38:35 > 0:38:37Now, look at us!
0:38:37 > 0:38:38100 quid and a hug.
0:38:38 > 0:38:40It's yours.
0:38:40 > 0:38:42Oh, wow! Brilliant!
0:38:42 > 0:38:43Loving your work, Steph.
0:38:43 > 0:38:45That will make you a good profit at the auction. A real good profit.
0:38:45 > 0:38:48- It is a funny old game. - If it does, I will come round
0:38:48 > 0:38:50- and give you a full-on snog. - Oh, there you go.
0:38:50 > 0:38:52Looks like the others can't get here a moment too soon.
0:38:52 > 0:38:53Right, time is tight.
0:38:53 > 0:38:56- Time is more than tight. - We need to focus, don't we?
0:38:56 > 0:38:59But we have got an opportunity here to find something.
0:38:59 > 0:39:01- It is all there.- That's great.
0:39:01 > 0:39:04- Thank you very much.- They are a bit scruffy, but they all count.
0:39:04 > 0:39:06What are you saying about us, like?
0:39:06 > 0:39:09- Hey, hey!- Don't drop it, OK? Just be careful with that.
0:39:09 > 0:39:10Oh, there they are!
0:39:10 > 0:39:12What have you got?
0:39:12 > 0:39:15Quickly, guard up. Get out of here, get out of here!
0:39:15 > 0:39:17Stephanie, what on earth has happened?!
0:39:17 > 0:39:19Is there something you are not telling me?
0:39:19 > 0:39:21Yeah. We might have been busy.
0:39:21 > 0:39:22Are you all right?
0:39:23 > 0:39:26- We're going to your shop. - Are you?- Yeah. Come on!
0:39:26 > 0:39:29- Good luck.- Good luck. - Good luck. Get out of here!
0:39:29 > 0:39:32TIM: Hey, what a carry-on.
0:39:32 > 0:39:34- Brilliant!- Proper antique shop!
0:39:35 > 0:39:39- Hello. Sorry. Naga, lovely to meet you.- Hi, Naga.
0:39:39 > 0:39:42I can't believe how excited you have made us.
0:39:42 > 0:39:44Did you sell some nice things to our mates?
0:39:44 > 0:39:45Never you mind, Charlie.
0:39:45 > 0:39:47We are where we are.
0:39:47 > 0:39:50And Naga is staying focused, thank goodness.
0:39:50 > 0:39:52Now, something that caught my eye
0:39:52 > 0:39:55is this lady here. I just think it is really sweet.
0:39:55 > 0:39:57And I love seeing a woman playing golf.
0:39:57 > 0:40:00I'm not sure what Charlie is going to think of it, so let's find out.
0:40:00 > 0:40:04- Charlie!- Hello, darling. - Have a look at this lovely lady.
0:40:04 > 0:40:09- I know nothing about it.- Right. - But I figured that...- Oh-ho.
0:40:09 > 0:40:14- The way that she is dressed...- Yes. - ..is from the early 20th century.
0:40:14 > 0:40:17You are absolutely right. It is from the Art Deco period.
0:40:17 > 0:40:21So what I call the Charleston period - 1920s, 1930s.
0:40:21 > 0:40:25- First question, is it bronze? No, it is spelter.- It doesn't look bronze.
0:40:25 > 0:40:29If it was bronze, it would be much colder to the touch.
0:40:29 > 0:40:31It is not on a marble base, it is on an onyx base.
0:40:31 > 0:40:34So we are not looking at the Rolls-Royce of figures.
0:40:34 > 0:40:38Having said that, had that been bronze on marble, I think
0:40:38 > 0:40:40it would be £450.
0:40:40 > 0:40:43- So... It's 150. - Should we ask?
0:40:43 > 0:40:45Oh, Pete!
0:40:45 > 0:40:48- How does 125 sound?- We are not here to beat you about the head.
0:40:48 > 0:40:51I mean, I daresay, Steph and Charles gave you a rotten time,
0:40:51 > 0:40:53really, but we are much more...
0:40:53 > 0:40:55- We are the gentler half.- Yeah.
0:40:55 > 0:40:57It cost me £100. You could have it for 100.
0:40:59 > 0:41:00And that's it.
0:41:00 > 0:41:05Naga, I have to say that if you want it, you have my blessing.
0:41:05 > 0:41:09- And it is a proper object.- It is a deal, then.- Deal! Thank you so much!
0:41:09 > 0:41:13Oh, my goodness! Steady! Steady, Naga, you'll break me golfer!
0:41:13 > 0:41:15Good work. But we are running out of time.
0:41:15 > 0:41:19I tell you what is interesting, that barometer.
0:41:19 > 0:41:24That is completely different to any other barometer I have seen.
0:41:24 > 0:41:28It looks very old-fashioned. I don't know what year it is from or...
0:41:28 > 0:41:31I have no idea. We would have to talk to Charlie about it.
0:41:31 > 0:41:34It is in Admiral Fitzroy barometer.
0:41:34 > 0:41:36It is a bit toxic, you have got to be very careful.
0:41:36 > 0:41:39Look at the size of the well of mercury in there.
0:41:39 > 0:41:42But it has got a temperature gauge, hydrometer here.
0:41:42 > 0:41:45It is like Carol in a box, isn't it?
0:41:45 > 0:41:47It is just like Carol in a box.
0:41:47 > 0:41:51It is also £165. Although Pete does have others.
0:41:51 > 0:41:54Ah, this one might be a bit of a bargain.
0:41:54 > 0:41:57- Now, this is an aneroid barometer. - Mm-hm.
0:41:57 > 0:42:00So it came in after the mercury barometer. Much safer,
0:42:00 > 0:42:02more accurate, I would say, Peter, wouldn't you?
0:42:02 > 0:42:03- Mm-hm.- 125.
0:42:03 > 0:42:05What would be a ridiculous deal?
0:42:05 > 0:42:09- A ridiculous deal would be 25. - Yes.- But I can't do that.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12HE LAUGHS HYSTERICALLY
0:42:12 > 0:42:15I will do it for 50 quid. That is very, very cheap.
0:42:15 > 0:42:18We would be crazy people not to take this at £50...
0:42:18 > 0:42:21- I think you have made...- ..and that is with complete inexperience.
0:42:21 > 0:42:23Best give it a go.
0:42:23 > 0:42:27- Then it is a deal.- There is another handshake, Peter.- Two things!
0:42:27 > 0:42:30Are there no end to Pete's deals?
0:42:30 > 0:42:34So far, they bagged a golfer and a barometer for £150.
0:42:34 > 0:42:36Anything else for sports fan Naga?
0:42:36 > 0:42:40- Yes.- We both like games, don't we? - Yep, yep.
0:42:40 > 0:42:42That is lovely, I think.
0:42:42 > 0:42:45But do you know what I really like about that?
0:42:45 > 0:42:48It is those transfer numbers.
0:42:48 > 0:42:51Nobody can ever have played it because every time you chuck
0:42:51 > 0:42:54one of those at it, it would damage those numbers.
0:42:54 > 0:42:57- Yeah, there aren't many marks on there, are there?- No.
0:42:57 > 0:43:00When would that have been from?
0:43:00 > 0:43:06I want to say '30s and part of me is saying just post-war, '50s.
0:43:06 > 0:43:08- Let's find out.- BOTH:- Peter!
0:43:08 > 0:43:11We need you yet again. Pre-war or post-war?
0:43:11 > 0:43:13I would've put it down and '40s, really.
0:43:13 > 0:43:16- Which is probably just after the war.- Yeah. Yeah.
0:43:16 > 0:43:18So not exactly antique, but it has got age.
0:43:18 > 0:43:21If it is really cheap, we'll buy it.
0:43:21 > 0:43:24I know exactly where I think I want to be on that.
0:43:28 > 0:43:31- OK.- So... - The asking price on that is 45 quid.
0:43:31 > 0:43:35- Yeah.- Ideally, ideally, I wouldn't want to take less than 25.
0:43:35 > 0:43:38CHARLIE LAUGHS
0:43:38 > 0:43:40What did I just whisper to you in the ear?
0:43:40 > 0:43:4220 to 25.
0:43:42 > 0:43:45- You really want it for 20 quid, don't you?- I do, Peter,
0:43:45 > 0:43:48- but, I don't... You know. - Yeah.- Are you sure?- Yeah.
0:43:48 > 0:43:50Forget the handshake! Woo!
0:43:50 > 0:43:52Generous Pete.
0:43:52 > 0:43:56Now with their shopping complete, fore!
0:43:56 > 0:43:57- Let's have a look.- Are you ready?
0:43:57 > 0:43:59- Yeah, I'm ready. - On the count of three.
0:43:59 > 0:44:01- Three.- Two.- It's a bit windy. One.
0:44:01 > 0:44:03Nice.
0:44:03 > 0:44:05Feast your eyes on this.
0:44:05 > 0:44:08I can't even figure out what some of them are.
0:44:08 > 0:44:11- That's a globe. - THEY LAUGH
0:44:11 > 0:44:13You got a top hat and a leather case.
0:44:13 > 0:44:14- That is the box for the hat?- Yep.
0:44:14 > 0:44:15TIM: She's good.
0:44:15 > 0:44:19- CHARLES: The condition is superb. - It is.- It's silk.- Maker's name?
0:44:19 > 0:44:21Probably Christie & Co.
0:44:21 > 0:44:24Probably? What do you mean probably?
0:44:24 > 0:44:27- Likely, likely.- You old flanneler.
0:44:27 > 0:44:28Globe, wrong base.
0:44:28 > 0:44:29No, we believe it is right.
0:44:29 > 0:44:32It is a lovely Art Deco '20s piece, inter-war period.
0:44:32 > 0:44:34- And what is this? - Tell us about that.
0:44:34 > 0:44:38That is a very, very functional Indian jewellery box.
0:44:38 > 0:44:41So you can fold it away neatly and the mirror pops out
0:44:41 > 0:44:44so you can use it. And that was a bit of a personal indulgence.
0:44:44 > 0:44:48I am not so keen on the three-piece clock set.
0:44:48 > 0:44:50Charlie, this was your heyday.
0:44:50 > 0:44:52I know, that is the trouble. And my heyday's gone.
0:44:52 > 0:44:56- THEY LAUGH - And a chicken.
0:44:56 > 0:44:58It's a cockerel!
0:44:58 > 0:45:00- And it is a teapot.- Who made it?
0:45:00 > 0:45:02Probably Sadler.
0:45:02 > 0:45:05- BOTH:- Probably?- An awful lot of probably here, Charles.
0:45:05 > 0:45:07TIM: Probably their turn now.
0:45:07 > 0:45:08Two, one...
0:45:08 > 0:45:11# Dah, dah, dah-dah... #
0:45:11 > 0:45:14- We were looking at that, the hoopla game.- We love that.- That's fab.
0:45:14 > 0:45:16- We should have a game, definitely.- We should.
0:45:16 > 0:45:20- And you must've spotted this. - Yeah, we did see that.
0:45:20 > 0:45:23- And I thought you would see that. - I can't resist a golfer.
0:45:23 > 0:45:25That is lovely. What is this all about, though?
0:45:25 > 0:45:27That doesn't look like an antique.
0:45:27 > 0:45:31- You know how tough it is in the morning...- Yeah.- ..to get up.- Right.
0:45:31 > 0:45:33- ALARM RINGS - There we go.
0:45:33 > 0:45:35Yeah, that will wake us up.
0:45:35 > 0:45:38- We both said we were going to go for things that we liked.- Yeah.
0:45:38 > 0:45:39- Didn't we?- Quite right.
0:45:39 > 0:45:42- I just loved that chair! - Did you?- I did.
0:45:42 > 0:45:46- I just thought it was really fun. - But is it an antique?- No.
0:45:46 > 0:45:48It is definitely not an antique.
0:45:48 > 0:45:50I think the whole of this game
0:45:50 > 0:45:52depends on whether somebody is going
0:45:52 > 0:45:56to go a bundle on your frightfully overstated three-piece clock set.
0:45:56 > 0:45:59- Hm.- And it is whether there is a client in that room with a good swing
0:45:59 > 0:46:01who wants a good golfer.
0:46:01 > 0:46:03Let's get off to the auction. Come on, Naga.
0:46:03 > 0:46:05- We'll see you tomorrow.- See you. Oh!
0:46:05 > 0:46:09TIM: But let's find out what they really think, eh?
0:46:09 > 0:46:12- That clock, that ugly clock set. - Awful.
0:46:12 > 0:46:13It could make 200.
0:46:13 > 0:46:14They looked, like,
0:46:14 > 0:46:16deeply unimpressed with our lot, didn't they?
0:46:16 > 0:46:18- They loved your chair.- Yeah.
0:46:18 > 0:46:19I was shocked by the chair.
0:46:19 > 0:46:23- I think the key item on their side is the golfer.- Yeah. 100 quid.
0:46:23 > 0:46:28Yeah, and I can see the auctioneer saying, "45, 48, all done, sold."
0:46:28 > 0:46:30- Should we be worried? - I think it is 50-50.
0:46:30 > 0:46:33You want to puff your chest out and say, "Look, you know what?
0:46:33 > 0:46:35"They are no match for us."
0:46:35 > 0:46:38- Like the cockerel.- Yeah, exactly. - Shall we practise our strut?
0:46:38 > 0:46:41Yeah, OK. Yeah, exactly. Exactly.
0:46:41 > 0:46:43After a Manchester mystery tour,
0:46:43 > 0:46:44our celebrities and experts
0:46:44 > 0:46:46are now all to their Cheshire auction
0:46:46 > 0:46:48in Knutsford.
0:46:48 > 0:46:51It will be interesting to see what everybody is excited about there.
0:46:51 > 0:46:54Like, whether, you know, people like that little jewellery box that
0:46:54 > 0:46:56you think was a load of rubbish.
0:46:56 > 0:47:00- I didn't say that!- I could see it in your eyes.- Yeah, the eyes don't lie.
0:47:00 > 0:47:03Mind you, you didn't exactly love my chair.
0:47:03 > 0:47:06Well, I thought this was an ANTIQUES road trip.
0:47:06 > 0:47:11Nestling nicely within Cheshire's Golden Triangle and the model
0:47:11 > 0:47:13for Gaskell's 19th-century Cranford,
0:47:13 > 0:47:17Knutsford could be the ideal spot to shift their little collection.
0:47:17 > 0:47:21- Oh, hello!- Goodness me. The girls are ready for this, Charlie.
0:47:21 > 0:47:22Nearly ran me over.
0:47:22 > 0:47:26- Naga, would you be careful? - Sorry. Hello!
0:47:26 > 0:47:27- This is our day.- Hello, darling.
0:47:27 > 0:47:29- Good driving.- Good to see you.
0:47:29 > 0:47:33- Exciting.- I'm really excited. - I can't wait for this.
0:47:33 > 0:47:36TIM: I wonder if their excitement is in any way shared
0:47:36 > 0:47:40by Wright Marshall auctioneer Peter Ashburner.
0:47:40 > 0:47:43The Art Deco golfer is a nice object
0:47:43 > 0:47:46and, you know, the sort of thing that people want to buy, really.
0:47:46 > 0:47:49The blue-and-white clock garniture, a bit traditional.
0:47:49 > 0:47:51We might be able to find somebody somewhere between here
0:47:51 > 0:47:54and Australia that is interested in buying it.
0:47:54 > 0:47:57I love a cameo brooch. It's again quite a fun object.
0:47:57 > 0:47:59There is a lady on it with some sort of animal. And we have had
0:47:59 > 0:48:02a very serious debate as to exactly what the animal is.
0:48:02 > 0:48:06Somebody thought it was a monkey, somebody else thought it was a cat.
0:48:06 > 0:48:09I think it might be a dog. Anyway, I'm sure somebody will know.
0:48:09 > 0:48:11I think it might be a lamb, actually.
0:48:11 > 0:48:15Steph and Charles made the biggest outlay with
0:48:15 > 0:48:18£325 spent on six auction lots
0:48:18 > 0:48:22while Naga and Charlie ended up parting with just £228
0:48:22 > 0:48:24for their six lots.
0:48:26 > 0:48:30Now, with the sale about to start, where are they?
0:48:30 > 0:48:32- I feel nervous.- It is coming up.
0:48:32 > 0:48:35Hats off to Steph. Top box, too.
0:48:35 > 0:48:37We are going to start the bidding on this one.
0:48:37 > 0:48:39£50 and away for it.
0:48:39 > 0:48:41- '50.'- Let's go. Let's go.
0:48:41 > 0:48:43Down to 40 then. Let's get going. 40 for a top hat.
0:48:43 > 0:48:46- It is a lovely hat.- 'Come on.' - In its box.
0:48:46 > 0:48:49I'll go to 30. 30 bid. Gentleman's bid at 30.
0:48:49 > 0:48:51Just your size, sir. Any more now?
0:48:51 > 0:48:52At five.
0:48:52 > 0:48:54- '35.'- Come on!- '40, yes?'
0:48:54 > 0:48:57£40. Come on, it must fit somebody else, surely.
0:48:57 > 0:48:58Come on, sir, let's go.
0:48:58 > 0:49:01- 'At 40, the bid is on my left.' - Come on. Don't live with the regret.
0:49:01 > 0:49:04On £40 only.
0:49:04 > 0:49:06Oh, no! I'm sorry, Steph.
0:49:06 > 0:49:09TIM: Only a small loss.
0:49:09 > 0:49:11- OK, let's move forward, let's be positive.- Yeah.
0:49:11 > 0:49:13So it is the globe next. That is a good one.
0:49:13 > 0:49:16Who is going to start the bidding at £50? 50 for it?
0:49:16 > 0:49:19- Hold tight.- 'Come on. It must be worth 50.'- Uh-oh.
0:49:19 > 0:49:22£40. Let's get started then.
0:49:22 > 0:49:24- Come on, take on the world!- Come on.
0:49:24 > 0:49:27On bid at 40 only. Any advance now on 40?
0:49:27 > 0:49:29- I'll take five. - Naga, hold my hand on their behalf.
0:49:29 > 0:49:31- Come on, it is cheap enough.- It is.
0:49:31 > 0:49:33Oh, there is a man bidding over there.
0:49:33 > 0:49:34Good man, sir. Come on!
0:49:34 > 0:49:35'On my right at 45.'
0:49:35 > 0:49:37Any advance now? All done?
0:49:37 > 0:49:38Got to go.
0:49:38 > 0:49:41- 'It is on my right in the corner.' - Come on.
0:49:41 > 0:49:43- At £45 in the room. - And that is the end of it.
0:49:43 > 0:49:44Ugh!
0:49:44 > 0:49:46Thank you, sir, very much.
0:49:46 > 0:49:49TIM: A lovely globe for a good price there.
0:49:49 > 0:49:51You spent 85 on it and you got 45.
0:49:51 > 0:49:53- Yeah, all right.- Yeah.
0:49:53 > 0:49:56TIM: Now for Naga's much-loved chair.
0:49:56 > 0:49:59- I think that would make a great addition to the business area.- Yeah?
0:49:59 > 0:50:03- I could sit on that.- Are you going to put a bid in, then?- No.
0:50:03 > 0:50:04Who has got £20 for it?
0:50:05 > 0:50:0720.
0:50:07 > 0:50:10- Down to ten, let's get it sold. 'Yes, sir.' Thank you.- Well done.
0:50:10 > 0:50:12- 'Ten pounds I've got. Internet bid of ten pounds.'- Well done.
0:50:12 > 0:50:14All the way from the other side of the board.
0:50:14 > 0:50:16Naga, you are a genius!
0:50:16 > 0:50:18£15 down here.
0:50:18 > 0:50:19Who has got 20?
0:50:19 > 0:50:21- 20. £20 on bid.- Genius, darling.
0:50:21 > 0:50:23'Any advance quickly on 20?
0:50:23 > 0:50:25'Is there five? Yes or no then? At £20.'
0:50:25 > 0:50:27Going at 20...
0:50:27 > 0:50:30- Well done to you. You doubled up. - That's amazing!- You doubled up.
0:50:30 > 0:50:32TIM: The ugly duckling comes good.
0:50:32 > 0:50:36Also red, also Naga's, and it is very noisy.
0:50:36 > 0:50:38I hope they are going to ring it.
0:50:38 > 0:50:39# You can ring
0:50:39 > 0:50:42- ALL:- # My bell
0:50:42 > 0:50:44# Ring my bell Ooooh... #
0:50:44 > 0:50:46It is the wall-mounted fire alarm bell.
0:50:46 > 0:50:49- ALARM RINGS - Lovely tone.
0:50:49 > 0:50:51Suddenly everyone leaves.
0:50:51 > 0:50:53£20 for it.
0:50:53 > 0:50:5520. Otherwise we'll start ringing it loudly.
0:50:55 > 0:50:58- With some gusto. - BELL RINGS
0:50:58 > 0:50:59'£20. Down to a tenner.'
0:50:59 > 0:51:01- Ten I've got. Ten pounds here. - Well done.- 12.
0:51:01 > 0:51:03- We need more than ten.- '15.'
0:51:03 > 0:51:04- Well done.- '18.'
0:51:04 > 0:51:06- 20.- Well done, team.- £20.- Naga,
0:51:06 > 0:51:09- you are just wonderful!- 'At £20 bid.'- Well done, team.- 'At 20.'
0:51:09 > 0:51:12Any advance now? Quickly. The gentleman's bid at 20.
0:51:12 > 0:51:13Is there a two?
0:51:13 > 0:51:14- 'Five.'- 25.
0:51:14 > 0:51:16- THEY GASP Get out of here!- 'Internet bid.'
0:51:16 > 0:51:19- Naga!- '30. 30 I've got.'
0:51:19 > 0:51:20Oh, he got £30!
0:51:20 > 0:51:22£30 I'm bid. The firemen in the corner at 30.
0:51:22 > 0:51:26- You are so proud. - I am so proud of my Naga!
0:51:26 > 0:51:28- He is in tears.- Going at 30.
0:51:28 > 0:51:30- Woo!- Well done, team, well done.
0:51:30 > 0:51:31Bravo, bravo.
0:51:31 > 0:51:33TIM: What a start!
0:51:33 > 0:51:35- I am proud of Naga. - There is a long way to go.
0:51:35 > 0:51:37Cos she has proved that you two know naught.
0:51:37 > 0:51:39THEY LAUGH
0:51:39 > 0:51:43Can Steph do likewise with her not-very-old vanity box.
0:51:43 > 0:51:46I'm going to ask you £30 for this to start it. 30.
0:51:46 > 0:51:49- Come on, hurry up. - It's a good thing.
0:51:49 > 0:51:51That would make a great present. Look how pretty it is.
0:51:51 > 0:51:55It's a good thing. The experts know. £20 and away. Come on.
0:51:55 > 0:51:5820? 20 bid. At £20, I'm bid.
0:51:58 > 0:52:00- Any advance on 20, then? - There is a bid coming in from India.
0:52:00 > 0:52:02Come on, Internet!
0:52:02 > 0:52:0525. 25. Any advance quickly on 25?
0:52:05 > 0:52:08It is so unusual. Come on!
0:52:08 > 0:52:11£30. £30, I'm bid. At 30.
0:52:11 > 0:52:12'Is there another five?'
0:52:12 > 0:52:14- Come on!- I'll give you a kiss!
0:52:14 > 0:52:15Come on, give him a kiss!
0:52:15 > 0:52:19Five. 35. 35.
0:52:19 > 0:52:22Did you want it, Simon? Don't look at yourself. 40.
0:52:22 > 0:52:24- 40.- Come on!- 40!
0:52:24 > 0:52:27With Simon at 40. On my right at £40.
0:52:27 > 0:52:28- 'Here to sell now...'- That's OK.
0:52:28 > 0:52:30- At £40.- Yes!
0:52:30 > 0:52:32Yes! You made a profit!
0:52:32 > 0:52:35I think Steph's sweetener might have clinched it.
0:52:35 > 0:52:37Hang on, I need to give this man a kiss now.
0:52:37 > 0:52:38- Come on.- MAN:- Oh, Lord!
0:52:38 > 0:52:40TIM: Oh, Lord!
0:52:40 > 0:52:42Now, Simon needs to get back to his duties.
0:52:42 > 0:52:46And let's see if we can get a good return on Charlie's proper antique.
0:52:46 > 0:52:48£30 for it.
0:52:48 > 0:52:49'Probably works, no doubt.'
0:52:49 > 0:52:50TIM: Don't count on it.
0:52:50 > 0:52:53- 20.- Lovely little... - Who has got £20?
0:52:54 > 0:52:55Oh, sir...
0:52:55 > 0:52:5715, I'll take 20 now.
0:52:57 > 0:52:58Oh, no.
0:52:58 > 0:53:00'At 15. Come on,'
0:53:00 > 0:53:02- bid up somebody! - It is a lovely clock.
0:53:02 > 0:53:05Bidding 20. £20, I'm bid. Five.
0:53:05 > 0:53:07Come on, ladies and gentlemen.
0:53:07 > 0:53:08'In the corner there at 25.'
0:53:08 > 0:53:10- Any advanced quickly on £25? - It's cheap.
0:53:10 > 0:53:13- 'Here to sell. Any more?' - CHARLIE GROANS
0:53:13 > 0:53:15Last chances. At 25.
0:53:15 > 0:53:18- Oooh...- Someone's got a bargain.
0:53:18 > 0:53:21Antiques aren't doing frightfully well today.
0:53:21 > 0:53:25- It wasn't red, was it?- No.- It wasn't red.- It wasn't red.- And it was old.
0:53:25 > 0:53:29It was an antique. Grave error.
0:53:29 > 0:53:32Now, could be a monkey, might it make a profit?
0:53:32 > 0:53:34£60 and away for this lot.
0:53:34 > 0:53:3560 quid, that's a bargain.
0:53:35 > 0:53:38- 40. Bid at 40. Any advance on £40? - Come on, let's go.
0:53:38 > 0:53:41'Take five now. At 40. Is there five anywhere?'
0:53:41 > 0:53:44At £40. Seems cheap enough. At 40.
0:53:44 > 0:53:46They're biding their time. They're biding their time.
0:53:46 > 0:53:48Have we got 50? 50 bid. At £50.
0:53:48 > 0:53:50- THEY WHISPER - 'Any advance on 50, then?'
0:53:50 > 0:53:52Here to go at £50...
0:53:52 > 0:53:53- '£50, all done.'- Come on.- Bit more!
0:53:53 > 0:53:5550.
0:53:55 > 0:53:56Oh.
0:53:56 > 0:53:59TIM: This is just in - antique makes profit!
0:53:59 > 0:54:02Will Naga's barometer go down a storm?
0:54:02 > 0:54:04£30 for a quick start?
0:54:04 > 0:54:07- 30. Surely. - Surely we could start at 50.
0:54:07 > 0:54:09'25 bid. 25. Take 30 now.'
0:54:09 > 0:54:13At £25 only. Any advance quickly on 25?
0:54:13 > 0:54:16Take a 30. At £25. 30.
0:54:16 > 0:54:18- £30.- Got a silver plaque on it! - Yeah.
0:54:18 > 0:54:20At 35. Last chances then.
0:54:20 > 0:54:21Oh, please, sir...
0:54:21 > 0:54:22- 'Here to go.'- ..get another one.
0:54:22 > 0:54:2335.
0:54:23 > 0:54:25Oh, dear.
0:54:25 > 0:54:28Yep, their luck is changing, it seems. For the worse.
0:54:28 > 0:54:31Can hoopla arrest the slide?
0:54:31 > 0:54:33£20 and away for it.
0:54:33 > 0:54:34Now is the time.
0:54:34 > 0:54:36'20?' 'Yes, sir.'
0:54:36 > 0:54:38- Thank you.- Online.- Invaluable.
0:54:38 > 0:54:40£20. Any advance quickly on 20?
0:54:40 > 0:54:43Take five. At £20. All done?
0:54:43 > 0:54:46Good fun. Good fun game. Good fun game.
0:54:46 > 0:54:47£20.
0:54:47 > 0:54:50Well, that is better.
0:54:50 > 0:54:52Now, wake up, it is rooster time.
0:54:52 > 0:54:55- Hold tight.- I think this is a handholding moment.- He's got it.
0:54:55 > 0:54:57Hold tight. This is now...
0:54:57 > 0:55:00- £20 worth, surely. - Come on, let's move.- Come on.
0:55:00 > 0:55:01- Who's got £20 for it?- Come on.
0:55:01 > 0:55:04- '£20 and away.'- Come on.- '15.'
0:55:04 > 0:55:06Let's get it sold. Come on, hurry up, bid up somebody.
0:55:06 > 0:55:08- 15.- Yes!
0:55:08 > 0:55:10'15 bid. 15.'
0:55:10 > 0:55:1118 if you want. 18.
0:55:11 > 0:55:13- Come on, one more.- 20.
0:55:13 > 0:55:14- Oh!- Bid up!
0:55:14 > 0:55:16£20 there. At £20.
0:55:16 > 0:55:19Charles, you just bought it. Steady.
0:55:19 > 0:55:2222, he's changed his mind. At 22.
0:55:22 > 0:55:24One more.
0:55:24 > 0:55:2522 then. Any advance?
0:55:25 > 0:55:26Only a couple of quid more.
0:55:26 > 0:55:28We are back in business.
0:55:28 > 0:55:30'Are we?' 22.
0:55:30 > 0:55:34- THEY CHEER - Well done! Well done.
0:55:34 > 0:55:36It is perking up for Steph and Charles.
0:55:36 > 0:55:39This could be another one we're doing this,
0:55:39 > 0:55:40getting closer and closer.
0:55:40 > 0:55:42- I know.- Come on. - There is not much between us.
0:55:42 > 0:55:44THEY LAUGH
0:55:44 > 0:55:46Where did they find you two?
0:55:46 > 0:55:48THEY LAUGH
0:55:48 > 0:55:51Naga needs her little golfer to at least make par.
0:55:51 > 0:55:55- It is the final handhold. - Come on, guys.
0:55:55 > 0:55:57That's it, exactly.
0:55:57 > 0:56:00What about £80 for it? 80?
0:56:00 > 0:56:03'60? Come on.'
0:56:03 > 0:56:05£60 for it. Got to be.
0:56:05 > 0:56:07£50. Come on. Somebody is hovering online.
0:56:07 > 0:56:09Come on, bid. £50 on bid. At 50.
0:56:09 > 0:56:11- Oh, Naga.- 'It is a start, but, come on,'
0:56:11 > 0:56:13- it is worth more. You know it is.- It is, sir.
0:56:13 > 0:56:15At £50 only. Any advance on 50?
0:56:15 > 0:56:18- 'Five anywhere?' - The joy of the auction(!)
0:56:18 > 0:56:19Five. 55. 55.
0:56:19 > 0:56:21- Oh, come on, sir.- '55.'
0:56:21 > 0:56:23- Milk it, sir.- 'This is painful.'
0:56:23 > 0:56:25- Come on.- Even the auctioneer has got his head in his hands.
0:56:25 > 0:56:29- Come on...- 'I shouted long enough, they bid 60.'- Oh! Well done, sir.
0:56:29 > 0:56:3260. At £60. Try another five?
0:56:32 > 0:56:33'Any more?'
0:56:33 > 0:56:36- Selling at 60...- That is really sad. That is really sad.
0:56:36 > 0:56:39TIM: Well, Naga loved it.
0:56:39 > 0:56:41Right, so it all comes down to the last one.
0:56:41 > 0:56:43That is the story, all right.
0:56:43 > 0:56:46Steph and Charlie's biggest spend needs to make its money back
0:56:46 > 0:56:48for them to win.
0:56:48 > 0:56:51- Do you want to hold hands? - And now...- Believe!- Here we go.
0:56:51 > 0:56:53£80 and away.
0:56:53 > 0:56:54- Come on.- It is a bargain, that.
0:56:54 > 0:56:55'50, sir.'
0:56:55 > 0:56:5950, that is very kind. Thank you. £50. I've got 50. Take five.
0:56:59 > 0:57:0160. At 70.
0:57:01 > 0:57:0380. 90.
0:57:03 > 0:57:05- '100.'- Oh, you've done it! - 'Any more?'
0:57:05 > 0:57:07- Come on!- £100 here.
0:57:07 > 0:57:09'Yes, sir.' 110.
0:57:09 > 0:57:11- Come on!- '110.'- It is a good thing.
0:57:11 > 0:57:15110. Any advance then on £110?
0:57:15 > 0:57:17- One more, sir, go on. - Push it up a little more.
0:57:17 > 0:57:19- 120.- Yes!- 120.
0:57:19 > 0:57:22- Like pulling teeth.- Come on, Internet.- 130?- Wakey-wakey.
0:57:22 > 0:57:25At 120 then, all done at 120.
0:57:25 > 0:57:28Well done!
0:57:28 > 0:57:32Woo! And old-fashioned antique triumphs at last.
0:57:32 > 0:57:35- Time to go.- Come on, girls. - Time to go. Come on.
0:57:35 > 0:57:38Naga and Charlie started out with £400
0:57:38 > 0:57:44and made, after paying auction costs, a loss of £72.20.
0:57:44 > 0:57:47Whilst Steph and Charles also began with 400,
0:57:47 > 0:57:53but after auction costs, they made a slightly smaller loss of £65.06.
0:57:53 > 0:57:55So, they are today's winners.
0:57:55 > 0:57:58You're brilliant. And you are even more brilliant.
0:57:58 > 0:57:59In fact, if you hadn't been with me,
0:57:59 > 0:58:02- you would've won! - THEY LAUGH
0:58:02 > 0:58:06That's the great thing about classic cars - long goodbyes.
0:58:06 > 0:58:09- Bye, darling! Missing you already!- Bye!
0:58:09 > 0:58:12Sometimes very long.
0:58:12 > 0:58:15They've stalled it. Give them another push start. Come on.
0:58:15 > 0:58:18Charlie and Charles, I mean, they are brill, aren't they?
0:58:18 > 0:58:21There's so fabulous. I don't know if they'll have us back, though.
0:58:21 > 0:58:24To be honest, I don't think we probably add much.
0:58:24 > 0:58:27But you know what, they'd add loads to our red sofa.
0:58:27 > 0:58:28Oh, they'd be brilliant!