Tanni Grey-Thompson and Jade Jones

0:00:02 > 0:00:04The nation's favourite celebrities...

0:00:04 > 0:00:06- Ooh, I like that! - ..paired up with an expert...

0:00:06 > 0:00:08- Oh, we've had some fun, haven't we? - ..and a classic car.

0:00:08 > 0:00:10It feels as if it could go quite fast.

0:00:10 > 0:00:13Their mission? To scour Britain for antiques.

0:00:13 > 0:00:15CONCERTINA WHEEZES

0:00:15 > 0:00:16- Yes!- Fantastic. - I do that in slow-mo.

0:00:16 > 0:00:19The aim? To make the biggest profit at auction.

0:00:19 > 0:00:22- Come on, boys! - But it's no easy ride.

0:00:22 > 0:00:25- Tah-dah!- Who will find a hidden gem?

0:00:25 > 0:00:28- "Don't sell me!" - Who will take the biggest risks?

0:00:28 > 0:00:32- Go away darling!- Will anybody follow expert advice?

0:00:32 > 0:00:35- I'm trying to spend money here. - There will be worthy winners...

0:00:35 > 0:00:38- Yes! - ..and valiant losers.

0:00:38 > 0:00:40Put your pedal to the metal -

0:00:40 > 0:00:43this is the Celebrity Antiques Road Trip.

0:00:46 > 0:00:48Yeah!

0:00:52 > 0:00:56Today, we'll be "gannin' about" the north-east of England with a couple

0:00:56 > 0:01:00of our finest Paralympians under starters' orders.

0:01:00 > 0:01:02It's not about the competing. It's about the taking part.

0:01:02 > 0:01:04Of course not. Absolutely. Yeah!

0:01:06 > 0:01:10- I definitely don't want to win! - OK, I believe that(!)

0:01:10 > 0:01:13Yes, its wheelchair racers Tanni Grey-Thompson

0:01:13 > 0:01:16and her young protege Jade Jones.

0:01:16 > 0:01:19Titans of the track but strictly amateurs in a Jag

0:01:19 > 0:01:21when it comes to this malarkey.

0:01:21 > 0:01:23Do you know what sort of things you want to buy?

0:01:23 > 0:01:25I was thinking somewhere maybe along the lines

0:01:25 > 0:01:27of jewellery or something like that, maybe.

0:01:27 > 0:01:30- What about you? - I really like glass things.

0:01:30 > 0:01:33But I just don't want to buy junk and pay a lot for it.

0:01:33 > 0:01:35Yeah, yeah, yeah. Exactly.

0:01:35 > 0:01:37Canny Tanni won 11 gold medals

0:01:37 > 0:01:41and broke 30 records during an astonishing athletics career,

0:01:41 > 0:01:45picking up her final Olympic gongs in Athens in 2004.

0:01:45 > 0:01:49I could be quite rude and say your medals are pretty much antique!

0:01:49 > 0:01:54And she then became first a dame and now a baroness,

0:01:54 > 0:01:57serving in the Lords as a County Durham peer,

0:01:57 > 0:01:59whilst also training young Jade.

0:01:59 > 0:02:01It's a shame we never really got to race against each other.

0:02:01 > 0:02:05- It's going to be a bit weird competing.- I think it'll be fun.

0:02:05 > 0:02:09They first met at Jade's school when she was just 12 years old

0:02:09 > 0:02:11and not into sport one little bit.

0:02:11 > 0:02:14At first I was like, "I'm not sure if I really want to do this."

0:02:14 > 0:02:17But actually, I remember we went out for a bit of a push

0:02:17 > 0:02:20and there was another guy there that was off to the Paralympics.

0:02:20 > 0:02:23I think I saw him and just saw how fast he was

0:02:23 > 0:02:25and thought, "Right, OK."

0:02:25 > 0:02:27- Actually, it's quite good. - Yeah, it's quite cool.

0:02:27 > 0:02:29Jade became very fast very quickly,

0:02:29 > 0:02:34competing in her first Olympics in London in 2012, and then Rio.

0:02:34 > 0:02:37Her tender age of just 20 making her, surely,

0:02:37 > 0:02:40our youngest ever Roadtripper.

0:02:40 > 0:02:42Have you seen the tape deck in it?

0:02:42 > 0:02:45I don't think I've ever listened to a tape!

0:02:45 > 0:02:49Really? We've probably got some tapes from probably the early '80s.

0:02:49 > 0:02:52- Oh, wow!- Like, old music.

0:02:52 > 0:02:54So what's the oldest music you've listened to?

0:02:54 > 0:02:56Erm... Definitely '90s.

0:02:56 > 0:02:59MUSIC: Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana

0:03:00 > 0:03:03Smells like antiques experts David Harper and Phil Serrell.

0:03:03 > 0:03:05Here we are. Now, entertain us.

0:03:05 > 0:03:08They're sportswomen and there's a massive sporting connection

0:03:08 > 0:03:09in the north-east, isn't there?

0:03:09 > 0:03:13- Yeah, there is. - You've got all the footy.

0:03:13 > 0:03:17- You've got the rugby.- Yeah. - Wor Jackie - was it Wor Jackie?

0:03:17 > 0:03:22- Yeah, Wor Jackie.- He was Newcastle legend Jackie Milburn, actually.

0:03:22 > 0:03:24Never mind, perhaps those two in the TVR

0:03:24 > 0:03:27should just concentrate on doing their thing.

0:03:27 > 0:03:30Starting out with an assignation in Hartlepool.

0:03:32 > 0:03:35Now, the unusual thing about this place is the alacrity with which

0:03:35 > 0:03:40its residents have accepted their almost certainly unjust reputation

0:03:40 > 0:03:42as the town that once tried and executed

0:03:42 > 0:03:44a shipwrecked Napoleonic monkey.

0:03:44 > 0:03:46Huh!

0:03:46 > 0:03:47Puts you on the map, I suppose.

0:03:47 > 0:03:51- Tanni, how are you?- I'm good, thank you. How are you?- Hello.

0:03:51 > 0:03:53- Lovely to see you. - Nice to meet you.

0:03:53 > 0:03:57- Hello.- Hello! How are you? - Are you driving, Tanni?- I am.

0:03:57 > 0:04:00Yeah. This is my car now. This is it.

0:04:00 > 0:04:02I think somebody's very local to here, aren't you?

0:04:02 > 0:04:05We probably know all the good shops. We're just going to slope off now, if that's all right?

0:04:05 > 0:04:09- OK.- All right.- Bear with us. We'll have to get your equipment out.

0:04:09 > 0:04:11- That's amazing, actually, isn't it? - Perfect.

0:04:11 > 0:04:17Right. We're in the modern, trendy, young, funky TVR.

0:04:17 > 0:04:20- Oh, wow. - Have a nice time.- You too.

0:04:20 > 0:04:24- You two in the old grand tourer. - Cheeky monkey!

0:04:24 > 0:04:27- Oh, he's revving his engine. Bye! - See you, oldies.

0:04:30 > 0:04:33After kicking off amongst the Hartlepudlians,

0:04:33 > 0:04:36our athletes will head out on a whistle-stop tour of the north-east,

0:04:36 > 0:04:40before pushing south to a Yorkshire auction at Harrogate.

0:04:40 > 0:04:45Now, not sure they know it yet, but they're in the first shop together.

0:04:45 > 0:04:48- So stand by.- There they are. For goodness' sake.

0:04:48 > 0:04:51Which direction have they come from? Quickly, let's go.

0:04:51 > 0:04:53Jade is really good at shopping.

0:04:53 > 0:04:55- Looking at stuff.- You go in, I'll let her tyres down.

0:04:55 > 0:04:58Queensberry rules, please, Phil.

0:04:58 > 0:05:01There're racing, they're trying to get in before us. Can't believe it.

0:05:01 > 0:05:03Well, you know, we've got to steal

0:05:03 > 0:05:05a march somewhere. We're the old-timers in this thing.

0:05:05 > 0:05:08- I know!- Speak for yourself. - We're the young bucks.

0:05:08 > 0:05:12At least we have a neutral Kiwi proprietor to ensure fair play.

0:05:12 > 0:05:14- Good morning. Hello.- How are you doing, guys? All right?

0:05:14 > 0:05:18Sweet, I'd say, Alan, with a chocka place like yours to explore!

0:05:19 > 0:05:21Have you ever been into a shop like this before?

0:05:21 > 0:05:23Never. Is that a hot water bottle?

0:05:23 > 0:05:27How did you spot that? You've got blinking good guys, haven't you!

0:05:27 > 0:05:31- Made from Bakelite.- Tanni loves a good hot water bottle.

0:05:31 > 0:05:34- She takes them everywhere. - Does she really?- Oh, yeah!

0:05:34 > 0:05:37Oh, yeah. It's not all inside either,

0:05:37 > 0:05:39as Tanni and Phil have already discovered.

0:05:39 > 0:05:41How would you have got on in Seoul with that?

0:05:41 > 0:05:45Actually, my first racing chair was probably not far off that.

0:05:45 > 0:05:47- What's in there?- Eh, eh?

0:05:47 > 0:05:50- Shall we go and have a look? - We've got some leaded lights.

0:05:52 > 0:05:53See, I do like this coloured glass.

0:05:53 > 0:05:56- Do you?- I do.- You like glass, don't you?- I do like glass, yes.

0:05:56 > 0:05:59- Shall we take this one out and have a look at it?- Oh, do let's.

0:05:59 > 0:06:02So what we've got is a little bit of Edwardian,

0:06:02 > 0:06:03late 19th-century, possibly,

0:06:03 > 0:06:06leaded light glass, and the thing with this,

0:06:06 > 0:06:08when this breaks, it's an absolute pig to repair.

0:06:08 > 0:06:12- Yeah. I do like the colours. - Come on, Phil, get rummaging!

0:06:12 > 0:06:16- What about that one, boss?- Eugh. - That's a no, then.- No.

0:06:16 > 0:06:17SHE CHUCKLES

0:06:17 > 0:06:19- No.- No, right, OK.

0:06:20 > 0:06:22They said she was easy to work with.

0:06:22 > 0:06:25Oh, that's nice. Oh, I like that.

0:06:25 > 0:06:28Isn't that lovely? There is some damage down the bottom.

0:06:28 > 0:06:29I like the colours on it.

0:06:29 > 0:06:31I mean, if you could get those two for a tenner...

0:06:31 > 0:06:34I want to make sure the others don't see them.

0:06:34 > 0:06:36- You seriously hiding them? - Yeah, course I am.

0:06:38 > 0:06:41I've played with David Harper before, let me tell you.

0:06:41 > 0:06:44There we are. Right, swiftly moving on.

0:06:44 > 0:06:46But they are too busy,

0:06:46 > 0:06:48what with David trying to convince Jade

0:06:48 > 0:06:50to buy a moose head and now a buckskin.

0:06:50 > 0:06:53- That's funky, isn't it? - Is it a proper cowboy outfit?

0:06:53 > 0:06:56- Look at that!- Yeah, that's interesting.

0:06:56 > 0:06:59I'm not sure if it's for me.

0:06:59 > 0:07:01- SHE LAUGHS - Would it suit you? Let's have a look?

0:07:01 > 0:07:05- I don't think it's my style. - Oh, I don't know.- I don't know.

0:07:05 > 0:07:07Quite like the tassels.

0:07:07 > 0:07:09Calamity Jade perhaps!

0:07:09 > 0:07:12- Now, there's a funky chair. Do you like that?- I do. Yeah.

0:07:12 > 0:07:14I'm going to try it out.

0:07:14 > 0:07:17The cupboards, I quite like the cupboards on the side.

0:07:17 > 0:07:19- Cupboards.- The cupboard things. - That's amazing, isn't it?

0:07:19 > 0:07:21They're great, aren't they?

0:07:21 > 0:07:23Look at that! Shouldn't every chair have cupboards?

0:07:23 > 0:07:25Every chair should have cupboards.

0:07:25 > 0:07:29So, what you got here, you've got zones for bottles.

0:07:29 > 0:07:31- Right, OK.- So you could have bottles of beer.- Yeah.- Bottles of wine.

0:07:31 > 0:07:35Whiskey, whatever you like it. This will recline, I'm sure.

0:07:35 > 0:07:38Oh, really? Oh, wow, OK.

0:07:38 > 0:07:41- That's brilliant.- Cigar.- Suits you. - Port. Yeah.

0:07:41 > 0:07:44And then we have little magazine racks this side.

0:07:44 > 0:07:48- Oh!- What dates do you think it comes from? What period?- Oh, gosh, OK.

0:07:48 > 0:07:50- Have a guess.- Now you're asking.

0:07:50 > 0:07:53Look at the shape and the design of the arms.

0:07:53 > 0:07:56- Right.- Does that remind you of old cinemas?

0:07:56 > 0:08:01- Oh, wow, yes.- So go back to the early part of the 1920s, maybe...

0:08:01 > 0:08:03- Really, that far back? - Yeah, absolutely.

0:08:03 > 0:08:07- Wow.- It's got that early sort of Art Deco feel to it.

0:08:07 > 0:08:09The upholstery itself is a bit rotten,

0:08:09 > 0:08:10I mean, it's much later upholstery,

0:08:10 > 0:08:14it would have been in a leather or may be what they call a moquette.

0:08:14 > 0:08:16Jade, would you have this in your house?

0:08:16 > 0:08:18Do you know what, I think I would.

0:08:18 > 0:08:20It's quite quirky, it's a bit different.

0:08:20 > 0:08:22Different is good. And in this business, different is brilliant.

0:08:22 > 0:08:25- Brilliant.- It's quite comfortable, actually.- Is it?

0:08:25 > 0:08:28Well, let's find out if the price is just as easy.

0:08:28 > 0:08:30What do you think of this?

0:08:30 > 0:08:33- I love it, myself.- Well, you're bound to say that, aren't you?

0:08:33 > 0:08:36- I do, I love it.- What sort of money is it to the lovely Jade here?

0:08:36 > 0:08:38Well, we had 75 on it,

0:08:38 > 0:08:41I can do it for about 50 quid if it's any good to you?

0:08:41 > 0:08:46Now, Alan here is used to serious negotiators coming in here.

0:08:46 > 0:08:50Is it worth us working very hard on the lovely Alan?

0:08:52 > 0:08:54Yeah, I think so.

0:08:54 > 0:08:56- What would you like to pay for it? - 35.

0:08:58 > 0:09:03- Maybe 45 is going to buy it, I think.- What about 40?

0:09:04 > 0:09:07OK. We'll do it for 40, then.

0:09:07 > 0:09:10- Brilliant. - You are an absolute natural.

0:09:10 > 0:09:13You've just done a deal, your first deal! Shake his hand. Brilliant.

0:09:13 > 0:09:15- Excellent, thank you. - Thank you very much.

0:09:15 > 0:09:17Nice work. Out back, they have something

0:09:17 > 0:09:19a wee bit more industrial in mind.

0:09:19 > 0:09:21I'd definitely have that as a tool box.

0:09:21 > 0:09:23I've got enough tools to fill it.

0:09:23 > 0:09:26- Do you think people would buy it? - Yeah, yeah, yeah, absolutely.

0:09:26 > 0:09:29- I'm bang on trend, up there with the kids. That's where I am.- Down there.

0:09:29 > 0:09:32Down there with the kids? See, I'm not up there, I'm down there.

0:09:32 > 0:09:34I've even got that wrong.

0:09:34 > 0:09:36- Good grief!- You'd sort of kind of just strip that.

0:09:36 > 0:09:38- What's it made out of?- It's metal.

0:09:38 > 0:09:40And then wax it up...

0:09:40 > 0:09:42- I'd take that off it...- Yeah.

0:09:42 > 0:09:46I think you've got a really cool kitchen cupboard, but, you know,

0:09:46 > 0:09:48if we could buy that for five or ten quid...

0:09:48 > 0:09:50Crikey, don't get your hopes up, Alan.

0:09:50 > 0:09:54- Oh, my gosh, what have we found here?- That old steel cabinet.

0:09:54 > 0:09:56- Of all the places that we've been. - This is great.- Yes.

0:09:56 > 0:09:58Tanni, hang on, let's just start that...

0:09:58 > 0:10:01Let's rewind. Tanni, it's not great.

0:10:01 > 0:10:03- Oh, no, it's rubbish.- It's rubbish, it's poor, it's rusting...

0:10:03 > 0:10:06- It's 20 quid.- Oh, behave!

0:10:06 > 0:10:08And then of course there's the windows.

0:10:08 > 0:10:12How much will he want to take these of his hands?

0:10:12 > 0:10:13A fiver.

0:10:13 > 0:10:15- What, him to pay us?- Yes!

0:10:15 > 0:10:17They really do want to win, don't they?

0:10:17 > 0:10:20- That's really killing me, that. - So, what do you think?

0:10:22 > 0:10:24That cabinet and those stained-glass windows...

0:10:24 > 0:10:25That's what we were sort of thinking.

0:10:25 > 0:10:28- Well, I was thinking 20 quid.- 15 quid, you've got a deal for the two.

0:10:28 > 0:10:30- OK, 15 quid together. - Thank you. Thank you so much.

0:10:30 > 0:10:32We've got to go have a look inside.

0:10:32 > 0:10:34- Thank you!- Now, take a quick breather, Alan,

0:10:34 > 0:10:38because your other customers could be calling any minute.

0:10:38 > 0:10:41I really like the little teapots, I think they're...

0:10:41 > 0:10:44- Here, have a look at one. - really cute, aren't they?

0:10:44 > 0:10:46I remember kind of like playing with little teapots

0:10:46 > 0:10:48when you're younger, you get the pretend sets...

0:10:48 > 0:10:51- Yeah.- They were cute. - So that what drew you in.

0:10:51 > 0:10:53Yeah, that's what made me think of it,

0:10:53 > 0:10:55you get the tiny little cups and saucers and things.

0:10:55 > 0:10:57- Yeah.- Yeah.- Actually it's odd because this business

0:10:57 > 0:10:59is very much about that, it's about memories.

0:10:59 > 0:11:01- Yeah.- They're made by a company called Goss.

0:11:01 > 0:11:04- Right.- And these things were really popular in the early part

0:11:04 > 0:11:07of the 20th century. All novelty miniature pieces.

0:11:07 > 0:11:09- Yeah.- And often from different places.

0:11:09 > 0:11:12- There you go, there's Skegness. - Oh, Skegness. OK.

0:11:12 > 0:11:14And so, you know, here we are in Hartlepool,

0:11:14 > 0:11:16you would buy them from Hartlepool.

0:11:16 > 0:11:19- Yes.- And up until probably about ten years ago

0:11:19 > 0:11:21they were really collected.

0:11:21 > 0:11:24- Yeah.- So, that whole tray there might have been worth...

0:11:26 > 0:11:29- ..100 quid, 150, 15 years ago. - Wow, really?

0:11:29 > 0:11:31They're probably not worth much more than ten quid.

0:11:31 > 0:11:34- For the lot. Honestly. - OK. That's interesting.

0:11:34 > 0:11:37But the thing is, it's going to auction and it would make a good auction lot.

0:11:37 > 0:11:40- Yes.- Yeah, it might. Oh, Alan!

0:11:40 > 0:11:42Can we get 15 quid for the lot?

0:11:42 > 0:11:44Jeez, that's a good deal.

0:11:44 > 0:11:46Well, let's see how many pieces we've got.

0:11:46 > 0:11:47So, we've got one, two, three, four, five...

0:11:47 > 0:11:50Can't even be bothered to count. More than ten pieces.

0:11:50 > 0:11:52- Including...- The tray.

0:11:52 > 0:11:53Oh, we get the tray as well?

0:11:53 > 0:11:56- The lot.- The tray's probably worth more, actually.

0:11:56 > 0:11:59- That's a bonus. - I rate it. If Alan can do...

0:11:59 > 0:12:03- (For a tenner...) - I think we all heard that whisper!

0:12:03 > 0:12:05OK, so you said 15.

0:12:05 > 0:12:08- Yes.- Would you take seven?

0:12:08 > 0:12:09GEORDIE ACCENT: Shy bairns get nowt.

0:12:09 > 0:12:11- So they say. - Where did that come from?

0:12:11 > 0:12:15- Make it a tenner and we've got a deal. That's great.- OK. Brilliant.

0:12:15 > 0:12:17- Yeah.- She's unbelievable!

0:12:17 > 0:12:19Well done, bonny lass.

0:12:19 > 0:12:22Time to pay the man £50 for the china and the chair.

0:12:22 > 0:12:25- Excellent, thank you. - Brilliant.- Lovely.

0:12:25 > 0:12:27And with Jade and Dave safely off the premises,

0:12:27 > 0:12:30will Tanni and Phil acquire anything else?

0:12:30 > 0:12:32- Is it me?- You look cool.

0:12:32 > 0:12:35Up with the kids, then, eh, Phil?

0:12:35 > 0:12:38- Is that me? - No, that might be, though.

0:12:38 > 0:12:41- What have you found? - North Eastern Railway.

0:12:41 > 0:12:45"Persons are warned not to trespass on the railway.

0:12:45 > 0:12:48"Any persons so trespassing are liable

0:12:48 > 0:12:50"to a penalty of 40 shillings."

0:12:50 > 0:12:53- Was that a lot of money? - Phil's more into groats.

0:12:53 > 0:12:55No price label on it, either.

0:12:55 > 0:12:57- What do you reckon?- Well, railway stuff

0:12:57 > 0:12:59like that is massively collectable.

0:12:59 > 0:13:02- Right.- Massively collectable. - Do you want to see how much it is?

0:13:02 > 0:13:05- Shall I go and see if I can find Alan?- Yeah, go on, then.

0:13:05 > 0:13:07I spend so much of my life on the railway,

0:13:07 > 0:13:09because I live in the north-east but I work in London.

0:13:09 > 0:13:13I like the North Eastern Railway bit, I think that's fantastic.

0:13:13 > 0:13:16You could clean that up and it would look really nice.

0:13:16 > 0:13:20Time for the north-east's premier Antipodean antiques vendor.

0:13:20 > 0:13:23- And how much is that?- It's 150. - Oh, my life!

0:13:23 > 0:13:25What were you thinking?

0:13:26 > 0:13:28Well, I was thinking like 40 or 50 quid.

0:13:28 > 0:13:31Oh, my God. It's not mine, it's somebody else's.

0:13:31 > 0:13:33- OK.- I can get him on the phone.

0:13:33 > 0:13:35Is there a chance, do you think? Or are we wasting our time?

0:13:35 > 0:13:37Might be a chance. Might be a chance.

0:13:37 > 0:13:40- It's a big ask, Phil. - Can I offer you 60 quid for it?

0:13:42 > 0:13:44£60. Oh, you're an absolute star.

0:13:44 > 0:13:46Let me just... I'll go and tell Tanni.

0:13:46 > 0:13:48It's her decision at the end of the day, but thank you so much.

0:13:48 > 0:13:51- Yeah?- Well, Tanni, Peter was the dealer and I think he's been

0:13:51 > 0:13:53really, really kind to us. He wanted 80 quid,

0:13:53 > 0:13:55- he said we can have it for 60 quid. - Oh, good effort.

0:13:55 > 0:13:56I think we should buy that, don't you?

0:13:56 > 0:13:58- Yeah.- Definitely.- Let's have it.

0:13:58 > 0:14:00They seem to have got an awful lot for their £75.

0:14:00 > 0:14:05- 80 quid.- 80. Fiver change. Thank you.- Brilliant, thank you very much.

0:14:05 > 0:14:09- Top place.- A cabinet, two windows, and of course that sign.

0:14:09 > 0:14:13Come on then, Tanni. Off we go. Onto the next, onto the next.

0:14:15 > 0:14:17Time to discover the whereabouts of Jade and David.

0:14:17 > 0:14:19It's incredible, isn't it,

0:14:19 > 0:14:22how your life was changed from that one meeting with Tanni?

0:14:22 > 0:14:25Yeah, it was just probably only a couple of hours

0:14:25 > 0:14:27and that moment just changed everything.

0:14:27 > 0:14:30What's the ultimate goal, aim for you?

0:14:30 > 0:14:33Whenever anybody gets asked that they always kind of say,

0:14:33 > 0:14:35"Oh, gold medal at the Paralympics or Olympics,"

0:14:35 > 0:14:38and I think actually for me I just want to be the best I can be,

0:14:38 > 0:14:41and I think the day I stop enjoying it is when

0:14:41 > 0:14:43I will know that's kind of it.

0:14:43 > 0:14:45I think that's a very good answer.

0:14:45 > 0:14:49They've headed south to the River Tee, to the town of Middlesbrough.

0:14:49 > 0:14:53That great industrial centre once named Ironopolis,

0:14:53 > 0:14:56which is also Jade's home town.

0:14:56 > 0:14:59Here we are. Now, being a Middlesbrough girl, have you been here before?

0:14:59 > 0:15:01I haven't. I probably should have done.

0:15:01 > 0:15:04They're here to find out about another local hero.

0:15:04 > 0:15:06- Hi, there. - Welcome to the Dorman Museum.

0:15:06 > 0:15:09- Nice to meet you.- My name is Sue, I'm the education officer here,

0:15:09 > 0:15:13and I'm going to show you our Christopher Dresser Collection.

0:15:13 > 0:15:16The Victorian designer Christopher Dresser wasn't actually born in

0:15:16 > 0:15:20the town, but thanks to his role as art superintendent

0:15:20 > 0:15:22at the local Linthorpe pottery,

0:15:22 > 0:15:25he'll forever be associated with Boro.

0:15:25 > 0:15:27You can go all over the world and find pieces of Dresser

0:15:27 > 0:15:31in different museums. In New York, in Europe.

0:15:31 > 0:15:33But this is the biggest collection

0:15:33 > 0:15:35that you can go and see in the world.

0:15:35 > 0:15:38Dresser designed everything, from ceramics to furniture,

0:15:38 > 0:15:40metalwork and wallpaper.

0:15:40 > 0:15:44And was a huge and lasting influence on 20th-century design.

0:15:45 > 0:15:47Even though today he's much less well known

0:15:47 > 0:15:50than his contemporary William Morris.

0:15:50 > 0:15:54I have heard of him, but I don't know a great deal about him.

0:15:54 > 0:15:55But like you said, I think it's great

0:15:55 > 0:15:59to promote kind of positive things coming from Middlesbrough.

0:15:59 > 0:16:03I think where I can I try and help that, too, with sports.

0:16:03 > 0:16:06Despite becoming the first industrialised nation,

0:16:06 > 0:16:09Britain in the early 19th century was falling behind its European

0:16:09 > 0:16:13and American competitors in the field of design.

0:16:13 > 0:16:16So, the government established specialised schools

0:16:16 > 0:16:20from which Dresser was an outstanding early graduate.

0:16:20 > 0:16:22What sort of things would he have studied there?

0:16:22 > 0:16:24Most of it would have been flora and fauna,

0:16:24 > 0:16:28and it were thought that these were good inspirations for design,

0:16:28 > 0:16:31but he became really interested in the subject and he was even given a

0:16:31 > 0:16:34doctorate from the University in Jena.

0:16:34 > 0:16:36He could have went on to be a botanist,

0:16:36 > 0:16:38but he chose a more lucrative career path.

0:16:38 > 0:16:40He was already being commissioned

0:16:40 > 0:16:42to do design when he was just a student.

0:16:42 > 0:16:46People like Minton and Coalbrookdale and Wedgwood.

0:16:46 > 0:16:50Unlike Morris, whose inspirations stemmed from Britain's pre-industrial past,

0:16:50 > 0:16:53Dresser belonged firmly in the modern age,

0:16:53 > 0:16:56believing that the combination of design and manufacture could create

0:16:56 > 0:16:59mass-produced goods of high quality.

0:17:00 > 0:17:02People could design for craftsmen,

0:17:02 > 0:17:04but Dresser was looking to design for the machine,

0:17:04 > 0:17:06which was the way forward.

0:17:06 > 0:17:09His metalwork looks like it was designed in the 1970s.

0:17:09 > 0:17:12- Exactly.- And we get so many visitors who say,

0:17:12 > 0:17:15"This looks so Art Nouveau and Art Deco."

0:17:15 > 0:17:17And I'm like, "This is 1860s."

0:17:17 > 0:17:20You can see what a pioneer of design and the man was.

0:17:20 > 0:17:22Sometimes I think that's why he didn't fit so well in

0:17:22 > 0:17:27with the Victorian natural design, because he was so forward-thinking.

0:17:27 > 0:17:31The Middlesbrough connection came about when Dresser suggested that

0:17:31 > 0:17:34a local factory owner convert his ailing brickworks

0:17:34 > 0:17:36into Linthorpe Art Pottery.

0:17:36 > 0:17:39Production began in 1879,

0:17:39 > 0:17:42with Dresser firmly at the designing helm,

0:17:42 > 0:17:46and Linthorpe became known worldwide after winning a medal at

0:17:46 > 0:17:50the London International Exhibition in 1885.

0:17:50 > 0:17:53Now, is this Dresser, then, at his height of his power, here,

0:17:53 > 0:17:55designing for Linthorpe?

0:17:55 > 0:17:58Oh, absolutely. You've got to remember at the time

0:17:58 > 0:18:00the Linthorpe Pottery was so cutting edge

0:18:00 > 0:18:03and no-one had ever seen anything like this before,

0:18:03 > 0:18:05and it was selling off the shelves.

0:18:05 > 0:18:07He was very innovative as well.

0:18:07 > 0:18:09The Linthorpe Pottery was the first pottery in the country

0:18:09 > 0:18:11where the kilns were run on gas,

0:18:11 > 0:18:14and he was experimenting with the glazes that covered the pots,

0:18:14 > 0:18:16and he was the first one to experiment

0:18:16 > 0:18:18with spray painting pots as well.

0:18:18 > 0:18:20And I think he got the idea from going to the barbers,

0:18:20 > 0:18:23and seeing the barber spraying people's hair.

0:18:23 > 0:18:26I love the colours, especially this one here, the teal one,

0:18:26 > 0:18:29I really, really like that colour.

0:18:29 > 0:18:32So where did he get the influence for these designs?

0:18:32 > 0:18:34Well, previous to opening the pottery,

0:18:34 > 0:18:36he went on one of his dreams.

0:18:36 > 0:18:39He got the opportunity to go to Japan,

0:18:39 > 0:18:42and the emperor gave him unlimited access to the whole of the country,

0:18:42 > 0:18:44which has never been heard of before.

0:18:44 > 0:18:48So he travelled, he was looking at factories, temples,

0:18:48 > 0:18:50he was invited to ceremonies.

0:18:50 > 0:18:52And he just absorbed it all,

0:18:52 > 0:18:55and you can see it in the pieces when he came back.

0:18:55 > 0:19:00He used a lot of his Japanese designs, the glazes, the patterns,

0:19:00 > 0:19:02and quite a lot of the floral designs

0:19:02 > 0:19:04he used in the Linthorpe pieces,

0:19:04 > 0:19:06and that was revolutionary at the time.

0:19:07 > 0:19:10Dresser then went one step further

0:19:10 > 0:19:12by opening a store to sell his designs.

0:19:12 > 0:19:14Although short lived,

0:19:14 > 0:19:18the Art Furnishers' Alliance was to be yet another visionary move by

0:19:18 > 0:19:20the designer who spent his later years

0:19:20 > 0:19:22working with Liberty of London.

0:19:22 > 0:19:24This is the Kordofan candlestick.

0:19:24 > 0:19:28And this was designed exclusively for sale at Liberty's of London.

0:19:28 > 0:19:32God. I mean, if that was in absolutely immaculate condition

0:19:32 > 0:19:34you would say it was designed yesterday.

0:19:34 > 0:19:37Terence Conran, from Habitat,

0:19:37 > 0:19:40credits Dresser with being one of his biggest influences.

0:19:40 > 0:19:45And this piece here is a Dresser design, it's a letter or toast rack,

0:19:45 > 0:19:49and it's still produced today by Italian designers Alessi.

0:19:49 > 0:19:53And something they're almost certain not to find in the next shop.

0:19:57 > 0:19:59Now, what about Tanni and her commoner?

0:19:59 > 0:20:02Which is more terrifying, House of Lords

0:20:02 > 0:20:05or a start line in the Olympics?

0:20:07 > 0:20:09- I'm going to guess the House of Lords.- House of Lords.

0:20:09 > 0:20:11What you do matters to people.

0:20:11 > 0:20:14You know, so sport's important and...

0:20:14 > 0:20:15You know, winning was massively important

0:20:15 > 0:20:17to me, but nobody lives or dies, you know?

0:20:17 > 0:20:20So we've done Dame, we've done Baroness, what's the next one up?

0:20:20 > 0:20:23- That's it, for me, really. - Queen Grey-Thompson?

0:20:23 > 0:20:25Unless I marry a Duke, I'm kind of done with the titles, really.

0:20:25 > 0:20:27And what does your husband think about that?

0:20:27 > 0:20:29- Is he happy with that or is he...?- Erm...

0:20:31 > 0:20:34Quite. These two are working their way west towards Bishop Auckland,

0:20:34 > 0:20:37yet another bonny sporting destination

0:20:37 > 0:20:39to tick off on our north-east tour.

0:20:39 > 0:20:41Come on then, boss, you go first.

0:20:41 > 0:20:45- Right. If you could.- The young Stan Laurel lived here as well.

0:20:45 > 0:20:48- Hello, how are you?- Hi. - Hi, how are you?- Nice to meet you.

0:20:48 > 0:20:50- Hi, I'm Tanni Grey.- I'm Yvonne.

0:20:50 > 0:20:52- Philip. Hi, good to see you, my love.- Hi, Philip.

0:20:52 > 0:20:55Ah, we've definitely been here before.

0:20:55 > 0:20:59Tanni likes her glass, so maybe this is the place.

0:20:59 > 0:21:02- Wow.- If you want to get ahead, get a hat.- Oh, no, that's nice.

0:21:02 > 0:21:05- Oh, that's cool.- It is, isn't it?

0:21:05 > 0:21:08- Is that copper?- Yeah. So, this is a ship's light.

0:21:08 > 0:21:12- Yes.- I think it's early part of the 20th century.

0:21:13 > 0:21:16Bit of a tip, here, if you go into an antique shop and you see

0:21:16 > 0:21:19a really old faded label, it kind of means

0:21:19 > 0:21:22it's been there for some long time.

0:21:22 > 0:21:25- OK.- That's just in the window in the sun.

0:21:25 > 0:21:30- We haven't had any sun! - Hats off to you, Phil.

0:21:30 > 0:21:32- Anything else?- Right, so what do you reckon about this, then?

0:21:32 > 0:21:34- Oh... Definitely! - That's me, isn't it?

0:21:34 > 0:21:36Now, that's what a Baroness should look like.

0:21:36 > 0:21:39- I think I should wear this all the time.- It's got a certain dignity to it.

0:21:39 > 0:21:41- It's nice, isn't it? - Yeah, it's lovely.

0:21:41 > 0:21:42It would be nice if it was real.

0:21:42 > 0:21:45- Isn't it?- Who's the expert around here?

0:21:45 > 0:21:47Now, I'm an either going to make myself feel really quite clever

0:21:47 > 0:21:51- or an idiot here.- Yeah.- But if you pick that blue vase up, there.

0:21:51 > 0:21:54- Yeah.- That should have "Maling's" written underneath it,

0:21:54 > 0:21:57and Maling's is a porcelain company that worked in Newcastle.

0:21:57 > 0:22:00So that's a local pot. Tell me if I'm right or wrong.

0:22:00 > 0:22:02What does that say?

0:22:02 > 0:22:05- Ringtons. - That's the tea supplier, Tanni.

0:22:05 > 0:22:08It says "Maling Ware" in the small print.

0:22:08 > 0:22:10- That's really pretty. I like that colour.- OK.

0:22:10 > 0:22:12It reminds me of my grandmother.

0:22:12 > 0:22:14- You know, when she... - Was she blue and white?

0:22:14 > 0:22:16She... She used to have something similar

0:22:16 > 0:22:18she used to scoop out the tea leaves.

0:22:18 > 0:22:20Let's have another look at it.

0:22:21 > 0:22:25This is... This is a tea caddy. For Ringtons Ltd.

0:22:25 > 0:22:27They were Newcastle-on-Tyne, and it is Maling Ware.

0:22:27 > 0:22:31- But there's no price. - OK. Will it help us win?

0:22:31 > 0:22:33There comes a point in time where you've got to like what we buy,

0:22:33 > 0:22:36and I think you kind of like that.

0:22:36 > 0:22:40- Always the best way. - I like the miner's lamps.

0:22:40 > 0:22:42Oh, those there? There does seem to be

0:22:42 > 0:22:44one recurring theme here.

0:22:44 > 0:22:48- That one there, £68.- Yeah.

0:22:48 > 0:22:50That one there...

0:22:50 > 0:22:52£68. That one there.

0:22:52 > 0:22:54- Guess? Go on!- £68! - She's good isn't she?

0:22:54 > 0:22:56She's on the money, this girl.

0:22:56 > 0:22:59Makes choosing your favourite a bit easier.

0:22:59 > 0:23:01My knowledge of miner's lamps...

0:23:02 > 0:23:05..could be written on the back of a very small postage stamp.

0:23:05 > 0:23:07- Oh, no.- But what I want you to do is

0:23:07 > 0:23:09I want you to hold that there and look at it.

0:23:09 > 0:23:12- Yeah.- Now, just hold...

0:23:12 > 0:23:14Look at them.

0:23:14 > 0:23:16So, that's really...smooth, and that's...

0:23:16 > 0:23:19This supposedly has been down a mine.

0:23:19 > 0:23:21- And that looks a bit sort of more used.- Yeah.

0:23:21 > 0:23:26I mean, I'm sort of... I quite like that one.

0:23:26 > 0:23:28- And you'll never guess the price. - £68?- Well done!

0:23:28 > 0:23:30Yeah, yeah. We'd better find out

0:23:30 > 0:23:32what they can do them for, haven't we?

0:23:32 > 0:23:34- Yeah, I think so.- Come in, Yvonne.

0:23:34 > 0:23:37- How are you, my love, all right? - Yeah, great.

0:23:37 > 0:23:39What's the best you can do on the bit of Maling's?

0:23:39 > 0:23:42That's easy. That could be £10.

0:23:42 > 0:23:44OK. What's the best you can do on the miner's lamp?

0:23:44 > 0:23:46I could do...

0:23:46 > 0:23:50- 40?- ..and I'm hardly making anything here. I could do 45.

0:23:50 > 0:23:53- Can we have the two for 50 quid? - I knew you were going to say that.

0:23:53 > 0:23:55Because it's Tanni, I want her to get something nice.

0:23:55 > 0:23:59- Oh, thank you!- So could we have those two for 50?- Yes. You can.

0:23:59 > 0:24:02- What a nice lady!- £50, thank you very much.

0:24:02 > 0:24:05- Thanks so much.- Thank you.- Lovely to meet you both.

0:24:05 > 0:24:09- Good luck.- Thank you. You take care, now. Cheers.- Bye-bye.- Bye-bye.

0:24:09 > 0:24:11Quite a team, those two.

0:24:11 > 0:24:12I tell you what, you're good in that.

0:24:12 > 0:24:14Have you ever thought about racing it?

0:24:14 > 0:24:16Do you know, I should give it a go, shouldn't I?

0:24:16 > 0:24:18You should, you'd be quite good, I think.

0:24:19 > 0:24:23Now, with shopping done for the day, Tanni and Jade are back together.

0:24:23 > 0:24:26And have our experts inspired confidence?

0:24:26 > 0:24:30What we needed to find out is what's the biggest losing team ever?

0:24:30 > 0:24:32And try and beat that.

0:24:32 > 0:24:35So we're not the biggest losing team ever. That could be our joint goal.

0:24:35 > 0:24:37Yeah, OK.

0:24:37 > 0:24:39Gawd! Nighty-night.

0:24:42 > 0:24:44Now, this is more like open top weather.

0:24:44 > 0:24:48- What do you think to the car, then? - Oh, she's a little baby, actually.

0:24:48 > 0:24:51There is something about the roar of a British sports car, isn't there?

0:24:51 > 0:24:53You know what, it doesn't even have to go very quickly, does it?

0:24:53 > 0:24:58- No, which is a good job. - It is.- Because they don't.

0:24:58 > 0:25:01- What was the open-top car like? - My hair was a mess.- Yes!

0:25:01 > 0:25:03That the car's incredible.

0:25:03 > 0:25:05- I couldn't see a thing the whole way.- This is so childish,

0:25:05 > 0:25:08but even after a marathon, your hair looks lovely, so...

0:25:08 > 0:25:10I am so happy that your hair was a mess!

0:25:10 > 0:25:12That's so mean!

0:25:12 > 0:25:16Yesterday, David and Jane purchased just a Goss assortment

0:25:16 > 0:25:17and an easy chair...

0:25:17 > 0:25:21- Shouldn't every chair have cupboards?- Every chair should have cupboards.

0:25:21 > 0:25:24..meaning they still have £350 to spend.

0:25:25 > 0:25:29Whilst Tanni and Phil picked up a tea caddy, a miner's lamp,

0:25:29 > 0:25:34some leaded lights, a metal cabinet, and a railway sign - as you do.

0:25:34 > 0:25:37- 40 shillings! - Was that a lot of money?

0:25:37 > 0:25:41Leaving £275 in their wallet for today.

0:25:41 > 0:25:44- How did it go for you?- It's just really weird what people buy.

0:25:44 > 0:25:48- Yeah.- And what they like. And I didn't see any glass,

0:25:48 > 0:25:51so I was really looking hard to find some coloured, like...

0:25:51 > 0:25:53Like, paperweights and things.

0:25:53 > 0:25:56Yeah, OK. I think David wanted us to buy this great big moose's head that

0:25:56 > 0:26:00- you stick on the wall, which was quite...- A real one?- Yeah!

0:26:00 > 0:26:02- Eugh...- It was awful.

0:26:02 > 0:26:05And it would never have squeezed into the TVR.

0:26:05 > 0:26:07- Here's the ladies.- Come on, you two, are you just chatting?

0:26:07 > 0:26:09Well, you know what it's like.

0:26:09 > 0:26:13- Oh, come on.- We're having a jolly good time.- We've got shopping to do!

0:26:13 > 0:26:15Later, they'll be heading towards Harrogate

0:26:15 > 0:26:17for their Yorkshire auction,

0:26:17 > 0:26:19but the first shop today is in Horsley,

0:26:19 > 0:26:21a little village in Northumberland.

0:26:21 > 0:26:25Not a lot here, but it does have a corner shop.

0:26:25 > 0:26:29- What a fantastic place, Graham. - Thank you.- He's right.

0:26:29 > 0:26:32Good thing they've still got a bob or two to spend.

0:26:32 > 0:26:36So, tell me what you like. Let's get to see your taste.

0:26:36 > 0:26:38I like... I like this.

0:26:38 > 0:26:42- Ah, OK, tell me what you like in that?- I like glass, I just like...

0:26:43 > 0:26:45The way the light shines off it, is what I like.

0:26:45 > 0:26:48- I just like the shape of it. - Obviously it's a decanter.

0:26:48 > 0:26:50I mean, the ticket tells you everything you need to know,

0:26:50 > 0:26:55made in about 1960, but by Waterford Crystal, so it's cut crystal,

0:26:55 > 0:26:58it's really high-end quality.

0:26:58 > 0:27:00Now, let me just pass this to you,

0:27:00 > 0:27:03because it is truly a thing of absolute delight.

0:27:03 > 0:27:06- And be careful when you tip it over. - Yeah.

0:27:06 > 0:27:08- Because the stopper... - Of course, yeah!

0:27:08 > 0:27:13Now, just as you're handling it, of course, stoppers can fall out.

0:27:13 > 0:27:14Yes, of course, yes.

0:27:14 > 0:27:17So, the big thing with decanters is always check the condition of

0:27:17 > 0:27:20the stopper, so go on, give it a twist and pull it out.

0:27:20 > 0:27:23I mean, it looks like there's been no nibbles there.

0:27:23 > 0:27:27- No.- Look along the rim. It's seen no wild parties, has it?

0:27:27 > 0:27:30- No.- But a good stopper, generally speaking,

0:27:30 > 0:27:31if you just plonk it in like that,

0:27:31 > 0:27:33tip it over, it will fall out.

0:27:33 > 0:27:35- Yeah, OK.- So you lock it in place,

0:27:35 > 0:27:37one and a half twists generally does it.

0:27:37 > 0:27:41- Oh, OK.- In. One...and a half.

0:27:41 > 0:27:44- Yeah.- So I'm going to now risk it. Put your hand out.

0:27:46 > 0:27:49- Wow.- So that's a nice tight-fitting stopper.

0:27:49 > 0:27:51What's it priced at? 70 quid.

0:27:51 > 0:27:55I mean, it's no money, but in auction it's going to be 20 or £30.

0:27:55 > 0:27:58- You have nice taste.- Thanks.

0:27:58 > 0:28:00But the search goes on.

0:28:01 > 0:28:04How about our other athlete and expert combo?

0:28:04 > 0:28:08If you were to pick an event for me, what would you choose?

0:28:10 > 0:28:12Tanni, you're laughing. I don't think it's very funny.

0:28:12 > 0:28:14It was a serious question.

0:28:14 > 0:28:17Could you please concentrate when I'm talking to you, Tanni?

0:28:17 > 0:28:18Good luck with that, Phil.

0:28:18 > 0:28:21The pair are off to the River Tyne and Gateshead.

0:28:21 > 0:28:23Something of a track and field hotbed

0:28:23 > 0:28:26thanks to the likes of Messrs Foster and Cram.

0:28:26 > 0:28:29- Right, let's have a look. - Hello.- Hi.- Hi.

0:28:29 > 0:28:32- Hiya. Welcome to McCartney's Yard. - Hi, I'm Tanni.- Debbie.- Philip.

0:28:32 > 0:28:34- Hello.- How are you, all right?

0:28:34 > 0:28:37- You've got a lot here, haven't we? - We have, yeah.

0:28:37 > 0:28:40Well, at least David asked Jade what she liked.

0:28:40 > 0:28:42I can't see Tanni finding a lot of fine glass in this establishment.

0:28:42 > 0:28:46So, how old does it have to be? I'm guessing all this is too new.

0:28:46 > 0:28:48Well, antique is almost as old as me.

0:28:48 > 0:28:50The thing is it's got to be 100 years old,

0:28:50 > 0:28:52so you could be in this silly situation

0:28:52 > 0:28:54where something's not an antique today, but it is tomorrow.

0:28:54 > 0:28:57Not something that's ever bothered our Phil too much, mind you.

0:28:57 > 0:29:00- These are cowls off a roof. - Oh, of course, yeah.

0:29:00 > 0:29:04And they're air vents. They're 150 quid.

0:29:04 > 0:29:06- Is that a bit steep?- Yeah.

0:29:06 > 0:29:09I mean, I think they're worth £40, £50.

0:29:09 > 0:29:12I do like this kind of... Are they love seats or just...

0:29:12 > 0:29:16- They're garden arbours.- Yeah.- Don't think there's much age to them.

0:29:16 > 0:29:18£125.

0:29:18 > 0:29:20- OK.- There's one big "but".

0:29:20 > 0:29:22- Phillips screws.- Oh, is that...?

0:29:22 > 0:29:26- So that's pretty much zero age, there.- I like the little one.

0:29:26 > 0:29:28- I prefer that one. - That's very pretty.

0:29:28 > 0:29:31- Let me go and have a look at that one.- OK.- That's £90, Tanni.

0:29:31 > 0:29:35- But if that was £50...- I like it.

0:29:35 > 0:29:37I'd like one in my garden.

0:29:37 > 0:29:39But is it going to make money?

0:29:39 > 0:29:41Spoken like a serial winner.

0:29:41 > 0:29:43That will look nice with some nice flowers in.

0:29:43 > 0:29:45It's an old feed trough, isn't it?

0:29:45 > 0:29:47- Yeah.- That's why all this stuff has become collectable,

0:29:47 > 0:29:50people are now using them as garden ornaments.

0:29:51 > 0:29:53Meanwhile, back in Horsley...

0:29:53 > 0:29:55Why the long face?

0:29:55 > 0:30:01That Arabian stallion, the Ferrari of the ancient Chinese world,

0:30:01 > 0:30:06is about 1,000 years old.

0:30:06 > 0:30:08It's absolutely astonishing.

0:30:08 > 0:30:12It sends shivers down the back of my spine.

0:30:12 > 0:30:14Yes, but what are you going to actually buy?

0:30:14 > 0:30:17Paperweights. They're good, aren't they?

0:30:17 > 0:30:20Apparently this one was made in Sunderland.

0:30:20 > 0:30:23- That's a bit more like it. - This is really nice.

0:30:23 > 0:30:25Might be one to show to David.

0:30:25 > 0:30:27He, meanwhile, seems to have had the bright idea

0:30:27 > 0:30:29of getting Graham to recommend something.

0:30:29 > 0:30:32This has just come in, David, which is quite interesting.

0:30:32 > 0:30:35- It's a horn beaker.- Yeah.- With a sterling silver rim and crest.

0:30:35 > 0:30:38- Which is not unusual in itself. - No, it's not.

0:30:38 > 0:30:40It's hallmarked 1876,

0:30:40 > 0:30:43and it's been engraved across the top there "Ellen Terry".

0:30:43 > 0:30:45She became a top actress in the Victorian period.

0:30:45 > 0:30:47- OK. I've never heard of her, I've got to say.- Yeah.

0:30:47 > 0:30:50Yeah, she was really quite famous, David.

0:30:50 > 0:30:53- What sort of money is that? - The best, to you,

0:30:53 > 0:30:55you could have that for £180.

0:30:55 > 0:30:58But, you know, I think, to the right collector, that's an unusual piece.

0:30:58 > 0:31:01You seem reasonably confident, bearing in mind it's not your money.

0:31:01 > 0:31:04- No.- There's no such thing as a fixed price in this business.

0:31:04 > 0:31:05As Tanni is fast finding out.

0:31:07 > 0:31:09It's been a really good experience. I've learnt lots.

0:31:09 > 0:31:11I think what actually what I've learned

0:31:11 > 0:31:13is whatever the price says, it's always negotiable.

0:31:13 > 0:31:17- As our expert will now demonstrate. - Now, Debbie, have a seat.

0:31:17 > 0:31:19This might take some time.

0:31:19 > 0:31:21There's three things that Tanni likes.

0:31:21 > 0:31:23- I like the arbour.- Yeah. - The smaller one.

0:31:23 > 0:31:25I like the trough with the bars.

0:31:25 > 0:31:27And then there's this one here as well.

0:31:27 > 0:31:30- Right. OK.- Let's start here. What's the best you can do on that?

0:31:30 > 0:31:33- 60.- Have I ever told you how sad my life is?

0:31:34 > 0:31:36It's been tough, dragged up...

0:31:36 > 0:31:39- He has to work with me!- Dragged up through the streets of Worcester.

0:31:39 > 0:31:43- 50.- Family of five, never eating. No roof on the house.

0:31:43 > 0:31:47- 45.- Holes in me shoes. - 40.- Hold on.

0:31:47 > 0:31:49Can't afford a car. Have we done the car? I'm wearing out, here.

0:31:49 > 0:31:52No, you're doing really well. Keep going. I'm not looking.

0:31:52 > 0:31:55- What else is there? Outside toilet.- 35.

0:31:55 > 0:31:57- Did she say 30?- 35.

0:31:57 > 0:32:01- Whose side are you on?! - I'm all right with 35!

0:32:01 > 0:32:0335 and it's yours.

0:32:03 > 0:32:06OK. What about the other one? The other trough is 125.

0:32:06 > 0:32:09Just tell me what the rock bottom you can do on that is?

0:32:09 > 0:32:11- 75.- OK.

0:32:11 > 0:32:13And what about the arbour?

0:32:13 > 0:32:16- 75.- Time to apply some peer pressure.

0:32:16 > 0:32:18What will Tanni plump for?

0:32:18 > 0:32:20What you like is totally irrelevant.

0:32:20 > 0:32:22You're going to buy this just on price alone.

0:32:22 > 0:32:27- Yeah.- Correct?- Yeah. I prefer that one, but my head says buy that one.

0:32:27 > 0:32:29- THEY LAUGH - Yeah.

0:32:29 > 0:32:31Do you remember me saying to you at the outset

0:32:31 > 0:32:34- that I wanted you to buy things that you really liked.- Yeah.

0:32:34 > 0:32:36- And forget making a profit. - I'd have that in my house.

0:32:36 > 0:32:39I would have that.

0:32:39 > 0:32:41- Absolutely. Yes. - Shall we buy that, then?

0:32:41 > 0:32:43- Yeah.- I'll go and tell her. - Cool.

0:32:47 > 0:32:48You'll get used to him.

0:32:48 > 0:32:52That £35 means that Tanni and Phil are just about done,

0:32:52 > 0:32:54but Jade's still on the lookout,

0:32:54 > 0:32:57so what will she make of the celebrity beaker?

0:32:57 > 0:33:00We're going to show you something here.

0:33:00 > 0:33:02- OK.- And I want your opinion,

0:33:02 > 0:33:05and Graham's going to give you a hard selling job.

0:33:05 > 0:33:06JADE LAUGHS

0:33:06 > 0:33:10What's unique about this one, it's engraved here "Ellen Terry",

0:33:10 > 0:33:13and she was a famous Victorian lady in about 1870s,

0:33:13 > 0:33:16and she was famous for acting in Shakespeare's plays.

0:33:16 > 0:33:18- Oh, OK, yeah. - And later in the 19th century,

0:33:18 > 0:33:21she became Dame Ellen Terry, because of her acting.

0:33:21 > 0:33:23- Right.- Are you impressed so far?

0:33:23 > 0:33:26- I do like it.- And it's 400 years since Shakespeare died,

0:33:26 > 0:33:28and it's sort of apt at the moment.

0:33:28 > 0:33:31How much premium do you think you have to pay in this business

0:33:31 > 0:33:34to tap into 19th-century celebrity?

0:33:34 > 0:33:36It would be a fair amount, wouldn't it?

0:33:36 > 0:33:38- I kind of feel like it would be. - Well done.- Yeah...

0:33:38 > 0:33:42I'm going to guess a couple of hundred more than that.

0:33:42 > 0:33:45Oh, my goodness me. Whose side are you on?

0:33:45 > 0:33:47- It's £180, Jade.- It's 180.

0:33:47 > 0:33:49- Yeah.- I think that is a bit of a risk, isn't it?

0:33:49 > 0:33:51- Do you take risks in life? - Yeah, of course you do.

0:33:51 > 0:33:53But it could lose you the show.

0:33:53 > 0:33:56Yeah. I think at the same time, it could probably win it.

0:33:56 > 0:33:59You make a very good point there, Jade.

0:33:59 > 0:34:01But don't forget your paperweight, either, love.

0:34:01 > 0:34:03Oh, well, OK. Gosh, OK.

0:34:03 > 0:34:05- Tell me why you like it. - I love the flowers,

0:34:05 > 0:34:08I think it's really different. I've not seen anything like that before.

0:34:08 > 0:34:11- OK. Bit of local interest going on. - Yes, Sunderland.

0:34:11 > 0:34:13- Sunderland, yeah.- So...

0:34:13 > 0:34:15Sunderland's a really well-known area for making glass,

0:34:15 > 0:34:18and not very many people actually know that, do they?

0:34:18 > 0:34:20Priced at £125.

0:34:20 > 0:34:22To you, it would be £85.

0:34:22 > 0:34:27- 85.- I think in an auction it would probably go at 30-50 as an estimate.

0:34:27 > 0:34:30Yeah, I think... I think we should take a risk.

0:34:30 > 0:34:32There she goes again.

0:34:32 > 0:34:36- Do you want to see if we can do a package deal?- A package deal? OK.

0:34:36 > 0:34:39We might even get a buy-one-get-one-free.

0:34:39 > 0:34:41Not that sort of place, I don't think.

0:34:41 > 0:34:45So I've said 180 for this, you could have the two for £240.

0:34:45 > 0:34:49240. Yeah, I think we should do it.

0:34:49 > 0:34:50OK. Do you want to go with them both?

0:34:50 > 0:34:53- Yeah, let's do it.- Go on, then, risk-monger.

0:34:53 > 0:34:56- Yeah. Do it.- Well done.- Thank you. - Thank you very much indeed.

0:34:56 > 0:34:59No-one can accuse our Jade of being risk-averse.

0:34:59 > 0:35:02- Are they in safe hands?- Yes, they are.- Good.- Let's go.

0:35:04 > 0:35:08Meanwhile, Tanni and Phil have her apprentice very much in mind.

0:35:08 > 0:35:11Here's a loaded question for you.

0:35:11 > 0:35:14Do you think she's going to be as good as you?

0:35:14 > 0:35:16- Yeah.- Is that because of the coach?

0:35:16 > 0:35:18- Obviously.- Oh, it's all the coaching.

0:35:18 > 0:35:20That's what I was thinking.

0:35:20 > 0:35:22If she wants it, yeah.

0:35:22 > 0:35:25She could be very, very, very good.

0:35:25 > 0:35:27Not at this game though, eh?

0:35:27 > 0:35:31Those two now have shopped up, with enough time for Tanni to indulge

0:35:31 > 0:35:33her passion for glass

0:35:33 > 0:35:36in the historic Wearside city of Sunderland.

0:35:36 > 0:35:38Ready, steady...

0:35:38 > 0:35:40THEY LAUGH

0:35:41 > 0:35:42That is unfair!

0:35:43 > 0:35:47They've come to the National Glass Centre to find out about the place

0:35:47 > 0:35:49where British glass manufacture began.

0:35:49 > 0:35:52- Hi, I'm Tanni, how are you? - Hi, I'm Keith, pleased to meet you.

0:35:52 > 0:35:54Keith, Philip. Hi. Nice to see you.

0:35:54 > 0:35:56Welcome to the National Glass Centre. Thank you.

0:35:56 > 0:35:59One of the reasons for the city's claim to be the heart

0:35:59 > 0:36:00of British glass is the role

0:36:00 > 0:36:04of a certain 7th century Northumbrian abbot.

0:36:04 > 0:36:07Benedict Biscop was actually a local Anglo-Saxon nobleman and he became

0:36:07 > 0:36:12fired up with Christian zeal and decided to create the best monastery

0:36:12 > 0:36:14in the world right here in Sunderland.

0:36:14 > 0:36:17You can still see part of it, now, just across the road here.

0:36:17 > 0:36:20And he travelled to Rome extensively,

0:36:20 > 0:36:21and each time he went to Rome

0:36:21 > 0:36:23he brought back with him great art works,

0:36:23 > 0:36:25great books, and actually people.

0:36:25 > 0:36:28He brought glass-makers from France and they were really started

0:36:28 > 0:36:30the tradition of making glass,

0:36:30 > 0:36:32and they taught local people to make glass.

0:36:32 > 0:36:35And those craftsmen created the first glass windows,

0:36:35 > 0:36:36and we have lots of glass here

0:36:36 > 0:36:38that actually dates from the 7th century

0:36:38 > 0:36:40and was made here in Sunderland,

0:36:40 > 0:36:43and that's the first time anywhere in the UK that glass was being made.

0:36:43 > 0:36:44But despite that head start,

0:36:44 > 0:36:47it wasn't until the Industrial Revolution that glass

0:36:47 > 0:36:51really began to take central stage in Sunderland.

0:36:51 > 0:36:55The very first factory was founded in the late 17th century,

0:36:55 > 0:36:57and by 1817, the city boasted seven bottle factories

0:36:57 > 0:37:01and three glassworks. All smoking.

0:37:01 > 0:37:04Was Sunderland particularly good for the glass-making industry

0:37:04 > 0:37:06- because of what's around? - Yeah, I mean, obviously,

0:37:06 > 0:37:08the city is here right on the River Wear,

0:37:08 > 0:37:12and that river was not only able to bring in the raw materials

0:37:12 > 0:37:15needed for glass-making but also to export glass across the world,

0:37:15 > 0:37:19because what we also had in this area was an abundance of coal,

0:37:19 > 0:37:22and that fired the kilns that were needed for melting glass,

0:37:22 > 0:37:25and not only did we have that history going back to the Anglo-Saxon times

0:37:25 > 0:37:28but we also had all the raw materials that we needed right here.

0:37:28 > 0:37:30By the mid-19th century,

0:37:30 > 0:37:33Sunderland was producing several thousand bottles every day,

0:37:33 > 0:37:35and the city was even partly responsible

0:37:35 > 0:37:38for housing the Great Exhibition of 1851.

0:37:39 > 0:37:41Hartley Wood factory, here in Sunderland,

0:37:41 > 0:37:45made large bits of glass plates that were used to make the Crystal Palace

0:37:45 > 0:37:48for the exhibition, so, you know, really,

0:37:48 > 0:37:50Sunderland was very much at the heart

0:37:50 > 0:37:52of an international industry in glass-making.

0:37:52 > 0:37:55But the centre doesn't just celebrate

0:37:55 > 0:37:57the city's glass-making past.

0:37:57 > 0:38:00Time for Tanni to get stuck in.

0:38:00 > 0:38:03- Pleased to meet you.- Thanks for letting me do this.

0:38:03 > 0:38:05Now, I've decided that you can sit and watch...

0:38:05 > 0:38:08- I'm superfluous, aren't I? - ..the master craftsman at work.

0:38:08 > 0:38:11# Soon turned out had a heart of glass... #

0:38:11 > 0:38:13- OK.- Just put it in the white.

0:38:13 > 0:38:17- Like that.- Oh, right, OK, yeah. - And because it's so fine,

0:38:17 > 0:38:19the white glass just sticks to the hot glass.

0:38:19 > 0:38:20You make that look really easy.

0:38:20 > 0:38:24- Well...- How long have you been doing this for?

0:38:24 > 0:38:27I've been doing it since I left school, for 44 year.

0:38:27 > 0:38:30This is the traditional style of glass-making.

0:38:30 > 0:38:34We don't use any moulds. This has been around since the Roman days.

0:38:34 > 0:38:36So, this time, we get the end hot,

0:38:36 > 0:38:38and we'll pick up some of the yellow chips.

0:38:38 > 0:38:40OK, yeah.

0:38:40 > 0:38:42And just snip it there. Now.

0:38:42 > 0:38:45And the opposite side.

0:38:45 > 0:38:47It cuts easy... Oh, no, it's getting...

0:38:47 > 0:38:49It's getting harder all the time.

0:38:49 > 0:38:53- That's it, stay there.- Oh, my God. - You OK?- Yeah.

0:38:53 > 0:38:55- It's all right, you can't feel it. - You can't feel it.

0:38:55 > 0:38:58- It's well insulated.- You think you're going to feel it.

0:38:58 > 0:38:59- Yes.- But you're not.- Out.

0:38:59 > 0:39:02- That's warm.- Yeah, that's very warm.

0:39:02 > 0:39:05- That's it.- You've just got a pile of molten glass in there?

0:39:05 > 0:39:09Yeah. Exactly. It's just like getting honey out of a jar.

0:39:09 > 0:39:11Into there.

0:39:12 > 0:39:15Back again. That's great.

0:39:15 > 0:39:18- Yeah, you've done very well. - LAUGHING:- Thank you.

0:39:18 > 0:39:20Right, then, Tanni, so there we have it.

0:39:20 > 0:39:22Get hold of this. And then tap the iron.

0:39:22 > 0:39:23- Just there?- Yeah.- How hard?

0:39:23 > 0:39:25Now, tap it. Bit harder.

0:39:25 > 0:39:27That's the one.

0:39:27 > 0:39:28TIM LAUGHS

0:39:28 > 0:39:30She finally got that glass she was after.

0:39:30 > 0:39:32- Well done.- Thank you very much. - Well done.

0:39:32 > 0:39:34A box ticked for Tanni, eh?

0:39:36 > 0:39:38But the other two are still on the road,

0:39:38 > 0:39:40and we know David loves his wheels.

0:39:41 > 0:39:44I'm impressed with the chair that you use, it's incredibly light.

0:39:44 > 0:39:47- But that's not a racing chair, is it?- No, no, it's not.

0:39:47 > 0:39:49And the race chair's quite a bit different, actually.

0:39:49 > 0:39:52And what sort of speeds can you get to?

0:39:52 > 0:39:57It varies a bit, but there's a race that we do through the Tyne Tunnel,

0:39:57 > 0:40:01and the fastest guys get up to about 50mph.

0:40:01 > 0:40:03Which makes it a very exciting spectator sport.

0:40:03 > 0:40:05- It does.- I've got to say.- Yeah, absolutely.

0:40:05 > 0:40:07And that's why I think cycling is so great.

0:40:07 > 0:40:10I think wheelchair racing's actually a lot more like cycling than it is

0:40:10 > 0:40:14like running, so the crashes and things do make it really exciting.

0:40:14 > 0:40:18Well, let's safely get ourselves across to Corbridge,

0:40:18 > 0:40:20quite close to Hadrian's Wall.

0:40:20 > 0:40:23And, yes, that's the River Tyne again.

0:40:23 > 0:40:25- After you.- OK, let's see what we can find.

0:40:25 > 0:40:29Shouldn't be too hard in here, Jade.

0:40:29 > 0:40:31So, Jade, this is a centre.

0:40:31 > 0:40:34So every section you see is owned by a different person.

0:40:34 > 0:40:36Oh, OK. Right, I see, yes.

0:40:36 > 0:40:39So there's probably, I'm guessing, 20 dealers here?

0:40:39 > 0:40:42- Right.- So it's a collective, which is a great idea.

0:40:42 > 0:40:44Always nice if the dealer turns up, though.

0:40:44 > 0:40:46What about this one?

0:40:46 > 0:40:48HE LAUGHS

0:40:48 > 0:40:50Blinking heck. OK, that's good fun, isn't it?

0:40:50 > 0:40:53- How old is that, then? - Well, look at the top.

0:40:53 > 0:40:55- What does it say?- Yeah, 6D.

0:40:55 > 0:40:586D. So that pre-decimalisation.

0:40:58 > 0:41:01When was decimalisation? You're the intelligent one here.

0:41:02 > 0:41:05- I've no idea. OK.- You know what? OK, let me try and work it out,

0:41:05 > 0:41:07because I can just remember it.

0:41:07 > 0:41:09I know people are going to find this hard to believe,

0:41:09 > 0:41:13I should remember it really well, but I think it was '71.

0:41:13 > 0:41:16Very good, David. And he was only three!

0:41:16 > 0:41:19- Aw!- What do you reckon?

0:41:19 > 0:41:23No, I like it. It's cool, isn't it? It's different.

0:41:23 > 0:41:26Yeah. Got to be 1950s, maybe early '60s.

0:41:26 > 0:41:28Don't think I've ever actually used one like that.

0:41:28 > 0:41:31- You've never used one?- No. - Oh, it's an experience.

0:41:31 > 0:41:36- Who buys them? Is the question. - Yeah. Would you buy it?

0:41:36 > 0:41:38I don't know what I'd do with it.

0:41:38 > 0:41:41It looks really cool, but I'm not sure what I'd do with it.

0:41:41 > 0:41:44- They're very popular in auction. - Oh, really?- Yeah.

0:41:44 > 0:41:47- It's different, it's fun. - You're a proper gambler, though, aren't you?

0:41:47 > 0:41:50I do. Yeah, I think it's good.

0:41:50 > 0:41:53What does our shopkeeper Steve make of it?

0:41:53 > 0:41:54It's a great thing, yeah.

0:41:54 > 0:41:57It's really good value, because you don't have to put money in.

0:41:57 > 0:41:59You can actually play it without putting any money in.

0:41:59 > 0:42:01- Does it work?- Yeah.

0:42:02 > 0:42:03Oh! OK.

0:42:03 > 0:42:06You get that. The downside is you don't win anything.

0:42:06 > 0:42:09Jade has never, ever played a bandit machine.

0:42:09 > 0:42:11- Do it!- There we go.- Well done.

0:42:11 > 0:42:15- Isn't that great, though, isn't it? - That's really cool.- Don't you think?

0:42:15 > 0:42:18- Oh, happy days!- I know, it brings back memories, doesn't it?

0:42:18 > 0:42:21It does bring back memories. Now, we are trying to get a date on it.

0:42:21 > 0:42:23When was decimalisation?

0:42:23 > 0:42:27- Oh, was it '71, something like that? - I think it was '71.

0:42:27 > 0:42:29Because they had those little rhymes, didn't they?

0:42:29 > 0:42:30Give us a rhyme.

0:42:30 > 0:42:32- SINGSONG:- £1 equals 100 new pennies.

0:42:32 > 0:42:35100 new pence to the pound.

0:42:35 > 0:42:37You give more, you get change.

0:42:37 > 0:42:39You give more, you get change.

0:42:39 > 0:42:41Was that a hit in '71?

0:42:41 > 0:42:44Well, "Grandad" was, so anything is possible.

0:42:44 > 0:42:48- Do you own it?- I don't own it, but I do know the person that does.

0:42:48 > 0:42:52What's on it? £175.

0:42:52 > 0:42:56- Which is more than they have left. - Might be able to do a little bit.

0:42:56 > 0:42:59- Do you want to find out? - Yeah.- Do you mind?

0:42:59 > 0:43:01OK. OK, come back to us.

0:43:01 > 0:43:03OK. Well, what have we got left?

0:43:03 > 0:43:06- We've got about 110.- 110.

0:43:06 > 0:43:08I might just pass this over to you now.

0:43:08 > 0:43:11- OK.- You know what you've got. - So say 100.- Good luck, Jade.

0:43:12 > 0:43:17Right. It's very good news. No longer is it 175, it's £150.

0:43:19 > 0:43:23- It's very bad news.- Why? - One, we don't have 150.

0:43:23 > 0:43:26- Oh. Oh, right. - And two, we want it to be...

0:43:27 > 0:43:30Yeah, we kind of wanted it sub 100.

0:43:30 > 0:43:33- Ideally.- That's just not going to happen.

0:43:33 > 0:43:36140, something like that.

0:43:36 > 0:43:39- Well, again...- 140 would be pushing it.- That's impossible.

0:43:39 > 0:43:42- Another big hit from 1971. - OK, cards on the table.

0:43:42 > 0:43:46We have only got 110. So this could go on all day.

0:43:46 > 0:43:49- 110.- We can have it? - 110.- Brilliant.- We've done it.

0:43:49 > 0:43:50- Perfect!- You're going for it? - We've done it.

0:43:50 > 0:43:53- Thank you, Steve. Thank you very much indeed.- Thank you very much.

0:43:53 > 0:43:56- Wise choice.- OK, that's it. We've actually literally blown everything.

0:43:56 > 0:43:59Yeah, they're definitely the gamblers.

0:43:59 > 0:44:04- OK?- We're off.- Now, with our shopping bags fit to burst,

0:44:04 > 0:44:06it's time to visit the social club

0:44:06 > 0:44:08to unveil what exactly they've bought.

0:44:08 > 0:44:11What I want to know is, was this one as competitive as this one?

0:44:11 > 0:44:13That's what I want to know.

0:44:13 > 0:44:16Actually, Jade has shown her true colours.

0:44:16 > 0:44:18She is incredibly competitive.

0:44:18 > 0:44:20- That doesn't surprise me.- I wonder where she gets that from, then?

0:44:20 > 0:44:22I wonder. Show us yours, Phil.

0:44:22 > 0:44:25- You ready? Just hang on.- I'm a bit nervous about this, actually.

0:44:25 > 0:44:27Ooh. Ooh.

0:44:27 > 0:44:28- Urgh. - TANNI LAUGHS

0:44:28 > 0:44:32- There's a bit of a theme here. - What kind of theme is that, Phil?

0:44:32 > 0:44:35Kind of Grotbags' skip or what?

0:44:35 > 0:44:37Hey, wash your mouth out with soap and water!

0:44:37 > 0:44:39I don't know - what's the theme? What's the theme?

0:44:39 > 0:44:42We've got a bit of Northern stuff going on here.

0:44:42 > 0:44:44We got a miner's lamp, we've got a bit of Ringtons, I believe.

0:44:44 > 0:44:48- Malings tea caddy.- Yeah.- An original North Eastern Railway sign.

0:44:48 > 0:44:49- Yeah, I like that.- 60 quid.

0:44:49 > 0:44:52- That's not bad, that's not bad. - I thought that was for nothing.

0:44:52 > 0:44:54- And that won't be heavy at all, will it?- No, no.

0:44:54 > 0:44:55Dead easy to pick up.

0:44:55 > 0:44:58Whilst we're on this sort of lightweight, easy to move stuff,

0:44:58 > 0:45:01we thought we'd have a go at this cast-iron pig trough here.

0:45:01 > 0:45:04Nice, very nice. Yeah, I wonder where you'd put that in your home.

0:45:04 > 0:45:07- But you know...- Flowers, flowers. - Have you not got one?

0:45:07 > 0:45:12- It is unbelievable!- 35 quid. - I don't know how to value it.- No.

0:45:12 > 0:45:15- It's interesting, isn't it? - PHIL:- Jade!- That's polite.

0:45:15 > 0:45:18- I'm being nice! - TANNI:- Did you know what that was?

0:45:18 > 0:45:21No. And I thought those bits were just ready to go to the bin.

0:45:21 > 0:45:24- LAUGHTER - I'm not going to lie.

0:45:24 > 0:45:27- PHIL:- I tell you what, you'd better find yourself a new coach!

0:45:27 > 0:45:31- Show us yours.- OK. Ready? Phil, that's going to make you mad.

0:45:31 > 0:45:35- I like that! I like that!- And...

0:45:36 > 0:45:38We know that paperweights are ten a penny,

0:45:38 > 0:45:41cos any idiot can make one of those.

0:45:42 > 0:45:45The Goss. Is anyone collecting that these days?

0:45:45 > 0:45:46- Nobody collects Goss.- It's cute.

0:45:46 > 0:45:48There's not one person in the world that collects...

0:45:48 > 0:45:50- Apart from Jade and I. - Apart from me!

0:45:50 > 0:45:53- PHIL:- The chair's cool.- The chair's very cool.- I like the chair.

0:45:53 > 0:45:54And I love the one-armed bandit.

0:45:54 > 0:45:57- How much was that?- Well, that was our final purchase.

0:45:57 > 0:46:01- It was.- And everything that Jade had in her pocket...

0:46:01 > 0:46:02we paid for that.

0:46:02 > 0:46:06Because we have spent every single pound.

0:46:06 > 0:46:09- PHIL:- I like the horn beaker. - JADE:- This one was...?

0:46:09 > 0:46:13- That was £180.- £180 for that?! - Yes! Yes.

0:46:13 > 0:46:15- What?!- Don't.

0:46:15 > 0:46:20Apparently, it was somebody who acted Shakespeare's plays.

0:46:20 > 0:46:25- Ellen Terry.- Ellen Terry was a famous 19th-century Shakespearean actor,

0:46:25 > 0:46:27who later became a dame.

0:46:27 > 0:46:31Let me stop you there. We don't deal in Dames, right?

0:46:31 > 0:46:35Unless they're a Baroness, frankly, I'm not interested.

0:46:35 > 0:46:38- We shall see you at the auction. - All the best.- All the best to you.

0:46:38 > 0:46:40- Come on, you.- So let's now be candid, shall we?

0:46:40 > 0:46:43- We have bought some tat, haven't we? - Looks a bit shabby.

0:46:43 > 0:46:47- A bit?- I was quite pleased, and then their stuff looked so nice.

0:46:47 > 0:46:48They might get us on the budget.

0:46:48 > 0:46:51We've definitely got better stuff, it's just if we can sell it.

0:46:51 > 0:46:54- We do, we do.- The cup, bit expensive.- A bit?

0:46:54 > 0:46:59- Are you feeling confident? - Yeah, I am.- Silver or gold?- Gold!

0:46:59 > 0:47:02- Gold medal or silver medal? - Gold.- OK, that's good enough for me.

0:47:04 > 0:47:06If they're half-blind!

0:47:06 > 0:47:11After setting off from the County Durham town of Hartlepool,

0:47:11 > 0:47:15they're now on their way to an auction in Yorkshire at Harrogate.

0:47:15 > 0:47:17Travelling in style.

0:47:17 > 0:47:20What do you think of the new chauffeur? I'm trying him, but...

0:47:20 > 0:47:23- Yeah...- Tanni, you have changed. You've changed.

0:47:23 > 0:47:27I can remember you when you were just one of the people,

0:47:27 > 0:47:29but that House of Lords, it's changed you.

0:47:29 > 0:47:31I'm on gate duty now, am I?

0:47:31 > 0:47:34- I think so, yeah.- Won't be long, madam.- Thank you.

0:47:34 > 0:47:35TANNI AND JADE LAUGH

0:47:35 > 0:47:38- He's doing all right, isn't he? - He's not so bad.

0:47:40 > 0:47:42He doesn't look too impressed, mind.

0:47:42 > 0:47:44Don't forget to close it, Phil.

0:47:44 > 0:47:46Follow the country code.

0:47:46 > 0:47:49Welcome to the delightful spa town of Harrogate,

0:47:49 > 0:47:51the great tea and bun destination.

0:47:51 > 0:47:54And this is Thompson's Auctioneers, a sort of antiques arena.

0:47:54 > 0:47:57- Good morning, Tanni.- Good morning, how are you?

0:47:57 > 0:48:01- Very well. Oh, sorry, I didn't say hello to you.- Go on, in we go.

0:48:01 > 0:48:06- Right, let's go.- Tanni and Phil spent just £160 on their five lots,

0:48:06 > 0:48:11whilst Jade and David splashed all of their 400, also on five lots.

0:48:11 > 0:48:14I wonder what auctioneer Lawrence Peat

0:48:14 > 0:48:18thinks will prove as tasty as a toasted teacake?

0:48:18 > 0:48:20I think the star lot, I would say, is the railway sign,

0:48:20 > 0:48:23without a shadow of a doubt. Railwayana - there's a strong,

0:48:23 > 0:48:25strong interest in that. I think that's a winner.

0:48:25 > 0:48:28The one-armed bandit, I think, is a bit of fun, really.

0:48:28 > 0:48:31It's portable, just about, so it's not a large item.

0:48:31 > 0:48:34But does it work, is the question?

0:48:34 > 0:48:35So, hold or nudge? We'll soon find out.

0:48:35 > 0:48:38Now, Jade, have you been to an auction before?

0:48:38 > 0:48:40- Never.- Never?!- So it's interesting.

0:48:40 > 0:48:42- Don't mess about, do they? - Brilliant.- Wow.

0:48:42 > 0:48:45Tanni, have you been to an auction?

0:48:45 > 0:48:48Not since I was a teenager, so this is quite exciting.

0:48:48 > 0:48:52- Phil, have you been to an auction? - I did once, but I didn't like it.

0:48:53 > 0:48:55First up is Tanni's sign.

0:48:55 > 0:48:57The auctioneer's favourite.

0:48:57 > 0:49:00- I am really excited... - Oh!- Oh, here it is.

0:49:00 > 0:49:03Look, our best lot's up now. My cost is £60.

0:49:03 > 0:49:04- OK.- There's a profit in this. - Good.

0:49:04 > 0:49:07Commissions starts here with me at £120.

0:49:07 > 0:49:08- Get in.- JADE:- Whoa.

0:49:08 > 0:49:09- 60 quid done.- 120.

0:49:09 > 0:49:11It's good value at 120.

0:49:11 > 0:49:12Any advance...?

0:49:12 > 0:49:13They're away, these two.

0:49:13 > 0:49:16Are we all done? I shall sell at 120.

0:49:16 > 0:49:18- Hello!- Is that it? - Doubled your money!

0:49:18 > 0:49:21- What?!- PHIL:- It's the way we roll, you know? Isn't it?

0:49:21 > 0:49:24- It's the way we roll.- Well, I hope this is not the way you roll!

0:49:24 > 0:49:26Already on the back straight.

0:49:26 > 0:49:28There's a long way to go yet.

0:49:28 > 0:49:29OK, I'm pleased with that.

0:49:29 > 0:49:31- Yeah. That's good.- It's all right.

0:49:31 > 0:49:33Don't look too impressed, just play it down, play it down.

0:49:33 > 0:49:36- Yeah, be cool, be cool. - Yeah, it's fine.- Be cool about that.

0:49:36 > 0:49:40- Whatever.- Now for one of Jade's big spends.

0:49:40 > 0:49:41Will she hit the jackpot?

0:49:41 > 0:49:43This isn't normal, to double your money all the way.

0:49:43 > 0:49:46- OK.- I don't want you to be too disappointed with me, that's all.

0:49:46 > 0:49:48- You've upset me now.- Yeah, I think so.- Interest on the book here.

0:49:48 > 0:49:50- At £90.- Come on!

0:49:50 > 0:49:52100, 110, 120.

0:49:52 > 0:49:54- Come on!- 120 in the room. At £120.

0:49:54 > 0:49:56- At 120.- Go on! A bit more!

0:49:56 > 0:49:59130, 140, 150?

0:49:59 > 0:50:02- No?- Come on! We need to double our money, Jade!

0:50:02 > 0:50:06Are we all done? I shall sell. Standing, at £140.

0:50:06 > 0:50:08- It's a start.- We made money.

0:50:08 > 0:50:12- It's all right.- Yeah, not double your money. But not too bad.

0:50:12 > 0:50:14It wasn't three bells, but it was two cherries.

0:50:14 > 0:50:16Two cherries? Two cherries will do.

0:50:16 > 0:50:19You've got other good stuff, though, haven't you?

0:50:19 > 0:50:21- Yeah, we have. - Our sign was the best.

0:50:21 > 0:50:24- Excuse me! So have we!- Sorry, we've got really good stuff(!)- Yeah.

0:50:24 > 0:50:26Like the piggies' choice.

0:50:26 > 0:50:28Their alternative garden ornament.

0:50:28 > 0:50:31We're hoping we're going to have our noses in the trough here, aren't we?

0:50:31 > 0:50:35You've already had them in with that blinking railway sign.

0:50:35 > 0:50:37And I can start here with me at £45. 50 anywhere?

0:50:37 > 0:50:40- Oh! 45?!- No way!- 55 and 60.

0:50:40 > 0:50:42Still cheap at £60.

0:50:42 > 0:50:45He's going to double his money again.

0:50:45 > 0:50:4765, 70, 75, 80,

0:50:47 > 0:50:50- 85...- No way!

0:50:50 > 0:50:53You look shocked? I'm shocked and horrified.

0:50:53 > 0:50:56Are we all done at £80? With the gentleman at 80.

0:50:56 > 0:50:59Selling at 80...

0:50:59 > 0:51:02- Good effort.- Good effort.- Well done.

0:51:02 > 0:51:04- Thank you very much.- Well done.

0:51:04 > 0:51:06- Wow.- I know. So sorry, Jade.

0:51:06 > 0:51:08I'm really sorry, honestly!

0:51:08 > 0:51:12- I know!- Another great result leaves them hogging the lead.

0:51:12 > 0:51:15I was really happy with that. Do you know, I really liked it,

0:51:15 > 0:51:18but I didn't think it would kind of go for that.

0:51:18 > 0:51:20Because Jade was saying we had rubbish.

0:51:20 > 0:51:22And I think she'd kind of convinced me that I had.

0:51:22 > 0:51:25- Oh, no, she's still right! - Yeah, I did.

0:51:25 > 0:51:27Jade's turn - the bargain chair.

0:51:27 > 0:51:30I think 20 quid profit.

0:51:30 > 0:51:32- That would be good.- Would be nice, wouldn't it?

0:51:32 > 0:51:34But I don't think we're in the Serrell territory here.

0:51:34 > 0:51:38- This is my worry.- Commissions start here with me at £30.

0:51:38 > 0:51:41- Come on.- There we go.- 38 has it.

0:51:41 > 0:51:44- No, 40. 42.- Good, good.

0:51:44 > 0:51:46- Go on!- 48, 50,

0:51:46 > 0:51:4852, 55...

0:51:48 > 0:51:50- When do they go to bigger jumps? - Go on!

0:51:50 > 0:51:5358? Are you sure?

0:51:53 > 0:51:5455 there, at 55.

0:51:54 > 0:51:5658, new bidder.

0:51:56 > 0:51:58- 60.- Go on.- Yes!- Yes!

0:51:58 > 0:52:0268, 70, 72, 75...

0:52:02 > 0:52:04Go on. No? 72 here.

0:52:04 > 0:52:06At £72. 75, well done.

0:52:06 > 0:52:0878? No, 75.

0:52:08 > 0:52:11- Oh, this is good!- Yeah! I'm happy with that.

0:52:11 > 0:52:13We shall sell at £75.

0:52:13 > 0:52:16- Yes!- PHIL:- See, annoyingly, that deserved that.

0:52:16 > 0:52:18- Yeah.- Yeah.- He's right.

0:52:18 > 0:52:21A comfortably large profit.

0:52:21 > 0:52:23This is so quick, I can barely keep track.

0:52:23 > 0:52:25- I know.- Of actually how quick he's going,

0:52:25 > 0:52:27but how much we money we're making or not making.

0:52:27 > 0:52:28- It's just...- It's really hard.

0:52:28 > 0:52:30This is the big one, Tanni.

0:52:30 > 0:52:34If your rivals don't do well with this beaker, the podium beckons.

0:52:34 > 0:52:37In this environment, where everything's going so quickly,

0:52:37 > 0:52:39I think we'd in for a bit of a nosebleed here, I'm afraid.

0:52:39 > 0:52:42Or you could do amazingly well and then you could change of mind.

0:52:42 > 0:52:45- Maybe.- And then I will, yeah. I will backtrack completely.

0:52:45 > 0:52:48Victorian polished horn beaker with the sterling silver hallmark

0:52:48 > 0:52:52for Ellen Terry, the famous Victorian Shakespearean actress.

0:52:52 > 0:52:55Commission starts with me just at £25.

0:52:55 > 0:52:57- No.- 30, 35, 40,

0:52:57 > 0:53:0045, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70.

0:53:00 > 0:53:0365 here. 65, 70, 75, 80.

0:53:03 > 0:53:0685, 90, 95, 100.

0:53:06 > 0:53:09110, 120, 130 and 140.

0:53:09 > 0:53:13- 140 takes it. - Come on!- It's still no money at 140.

0:53:13 > 0:53:16- Say something, Jade.- At 140?

0:53:17 > 0:53:19Well, it could have been much worse.

0:53:19 > 0:53:22Certainly could. They've got away with that a bit.

0:53:22 > 0:53:25We've got a bit of local social history next.

0:53:25 > 0:53:26- What have you got?- Miner's lamp.

0:53:26 > 0:53:28- JADE:- Oh, nice.- Yeah, yeah.

0:53:28 > 0:53:31- Yeah?- I like miner's lamps.

0:53:31 > 0:53:34Oh, sorry. Wonderful. Wonderful. Love miner's lamps.

0:53:34 > 0:53:36- I have a miner's lamp. - Oh, yeah, me too.

0:53:36 > 0:53:39He always gets bitter when he loses money.

0:53:39 > 0:53:42Yeah, come on, David. Nothing wrong with a nice lamp though.

0:53:42 > 0:53:44Commissions starting with me at £30.

0:53:44 > 0:53:48Two anywhere? 32, 35, 38, 38 with the lady.

0:53:48 > 0:53:5140, 42? No. 40 seated here.

0:53:51 > 0:53:54- At £40.- Maybe they're back in fashion, I don't know.

0:53:54 > 0:53:56- What do I know?- At £40.

0:53:56 > 0:53:58- Oh.- Wiped its face.

0:53:58 > 0:54:01Whose expression was that?

0:54:01 > 0:54:05Can Jade's Sunderland glass help her catch up a bit?

0:54:05 > 0:54:07If you want to buy a really good paperweight,

0:54:07 > 0:54:09this is the one you want to have.

0:54:09 > 0:54:12Now, this is a unique Tanni Grey-Thompson.

0:54:12 > 0:54:14Tanni Grey...? It's not a Tanni Grey-Thompson!

0:54:14 > 0:54:16- It is a Tanni Grey-Thomson. - This is from the Baroness range.

0:54:16 > 0:54:19- Oh, look. Look, it's up. - The bid is with me at 25.

0:54:19 > 0:54:20Do I see...? 28 takes it in the room now.

0:54:20 > 0:54:22Come on. No!

0:54:22 > 0:54:2430, 32, 35, 38?

0:54:24 > 0:54:26No. 35 here.

0:54:26 > 0:54:27Oh, it's a nasty one.

0:54:27 > 0:54:30I shall sell at £35. GROANING

0:54:30 > 0:54:33- Oh, no.- Not to worry. Again, it was a beautiful thing.

0:54:33 > 0:54:36- I think we'll hang onto ours. - I think so.

0:54:36 > 0:54:39Good idea. They don't seem keen.

0:54:39 > 0:54:41Great bit of social history for us next,

0:54:41 > 0:54:43Malings of Newcastle tea caddy.

0:54:43 > 0:54:46- Tea caddy.- Yeah.- Was it Ringtons? Ringtons, is it?- Ringtons, yeah.

0:54:46 > 0:54:48- Really pretty.- It is nice. - I love the blue.

0:54:48 > 0:54:51And quite rare, because they made 48 million of them.

0:54:51 > 0:54:53He is bitter.

0:54:53 > 0:54:55Now, they like a cup of tea around here,

0:54:55 > 0:54:57and it has Ripon Cathedral on it.

0:54:57 > 0:55:00- Commission starts here on £18. - There you go.- Wow.

0:55:00 > 0:55:03On commission at £18.

0:55:03 > 0:55:05Are we all done? 20 at the back.

0:55:05 > 0:55:09- Double bubble Serrell. - It's a funny old world, isn't it?

0:55:09 > 0:55:11Funny old world.

0:55:11 > 0:55:15Disappointed, really, cos we just doubled our money there, didn't we?

0:55:15 > 0:55:17Now he's just rubbing it in.

0:55:17 > 0:55:18Do you know what? If I came here,

0:55:18 > 0:55:20I'd end up spending more money than I made.

0:55:20 > 0:55:22An auctioneer's skill is to sell you something

0:55:22 > 0:55:25that you wanted to buy for more than you wanted to pay for it.

0:55:25 > 0:55:30- OK.- So if your limit's 15 quid, he wants to sell it you for 20 or 25,

0:55:30 > 0:55:32and he can do that in a number of ways too.

0:55:32 > 0:55:35One of the best tricks I heard is if you want someone to bid again,

0:55:35 > 0:55:38you just nod at them. Most people always nod back at you.

0:55:38 > 0:55:40- Oh, yeah.- So you leave it till the last, going, "One more?"

0:55:40 > 0:55:42- They always nod back. - Yeah, interesting.

0:55:42 > 0:55:44- I'm not going to nod at all!- No.

0:55:44 > 0:55:46Well, I hope for Jade's sake that

0:55:46 > 0:55:49someone gives her Goss collection a nod or two.

0:55:49 > 0:55:53Fiver. Five away. Five to the hand, and five.

0:55:53 > 0:55:54- Go on.- Any advance on £5?

0:55:54 > 0:55:57Eight, ten, 12, 15, 18?

0:55:57 > 0:56:00- No, 15.- Go on! Go on, keep going.

0:56:00 > 0:56:03On the front at £15. Are we all done?

0:56:03 > 0:56:05I shall sell at £15.

0:56:05 > 0:56:08- It's all right, Jade.- £5. - Keep the spirit.- That's all right.

0:56:08 > 0:56:11That's done well for them, hasn't it?

0:56:11 > 0:56:13Yeah, for us, that's really good!

0:56:13 > 0:56:15It's respectable, is what it is.

0:56:15 > 0:56:17Jade, don't worry, cos it's not all over yet.

0:56:17 > 0:56:21These two have got one more item to sell. What did you pay for this one?

0:56:21 > 0:56:24It's not... Listen, we're bang on trend here, up there with the kids,

0:56:24 > 0:56:26- aren't we?- Yes.- Up there with the kids, cutting-edge.

0:56:26 > 0:56:28- Down there with the kids.- Down there? Is it down there?

0:56:28 > 0:56:30- Yeah.- Well, up and down with the kids, we are.

0:56:30 > 0:56:35- Yeah, yeah.- And £15 for our steel cupboard and our bits of glass.

0:56:35 > 0:56:37Yeah, they really took a punt on those.

0:56:37 > 0:56:39The bid is with me at 20.

0:56:39 > 0:56:41Oh, well done. I'm so pleased for you.

0:56:41 > 0:56:4328 with the lady, it's no money at 28.

0:56:43 > 0:56:47- That's it, new nickname.- 30, 32. 30 with you, sir.

0:56:47 > 0:56:49- 32.- Disappointing, Tanni, this, isn't it?

0:56:49 > 0:56:51Just doubling its money again, you see?

0:56:51 > 0:56:55- Keep a straight face. Keep a straight face.- It's not normal.

0:56:55 > 0:56:57- Yeah.- This is not normal. You're regretting spending time with me.

0:56:57 > 0:57:01- At £48...- Did that just double our money again?

0:57:01 > 0:57:03- I think so.- Tripled, actually.

0:57:03 > 0:57:06Come on then, Double Bubble, let's exit and work these figures out,

0:57:06 > 0:57:08- shall we?- We might be a bit slower than you,

0:57:08 > 0:57:09cos we're weighed down with money.

0:57:09 > 0:57:12- Ha-ha-ha!- Shall we go?

0:57:12 > 0:57:14Right, let's go.

0:57:14 > 0:57:18Jade and David started out with £400 and, after auction costs,

0:57:18 > 0:57:21made a loss of £67.90.

0:57:21 > 0:57:25So they ended up with £332.10.

0:57:25 > 0:57:28While Tanni and Phil, who also began with 400,

0:57:28 > 0:57:30made a profit, after costs,

0:57:30 > 0:57:33of £92.56.

0:57:33 > 0:57:38So, with £492.56, they are the clear victors.

0:57:38 > 0:57:41All profits will go to Children In Need.

0:57:41 > 0:57:44In every event, there are gold medal winners

0:57:44 > 0:57:47and there are those that end up with silver,

0:57:47 > 0:57:49sometimes bronze.

0:57:49 > 0:57:51Now, I'll let you work out...

0:57:51 > 0:57:56- Right.- Who got gold and who's got tin.

0:57:56 > 0:57:58- Oh, no!- Jade, we're silver, I'm afraid. We're silver.

0:57:58 > 0:58:00Not bad for rubbish, was it?

0:58:00 > 0:58:03- You ready? One, two, three. - BOTH: Yes!

0:58:03 > 0:58:07Fun's almost over. It'll soon be back to the training regime.

0:58:07 > 0:58:09- It's been a good day, hasn't it? - It's been loads of fun.

0:58:09 > 0:58:12- Brilliant, well done.- Now, some of us are old enough

0:58:12 > 0:58:14to remember the '80s,

0:58:14 > 0:58:16and have the cassettes to prove it.

0:58:16 > 0:58:20# Gold! Always believe in your soul

0:58:20 > 0:58:22# You've got the power to know

0:58:22 > 0:58:24# You're indestructible

0:58:24 > 0:58:27# Always believe in... #

0:58:27 > 0:58:30Do you know what? That was absolutely first class.

0:58:30 > 0:58:32THEY LAUGH