0:00:02 > 0:00:03The nation's favourite celebrities...
0:00:03 > 0:00:06- Ooh, I like that. - ..paired up with an expert...
0:00:06 > 0:00:09- Ooh, we've had some fun, haven't we? - ..and a classic car.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11It feels as if it could go quite fast.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13Their mission? To scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:13 > 0:00:14FLAT NOTE
0:00:14 > 0:00:16- Yes!- Fantastic.
0:00:16 > 0:00:17- I'll do that in slo-mo.- The aim,
0:00:17 > 0:00:19to 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- Ta-da! - 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 > 0:00:34I'm trying to spend money here.
0:00:34 > 0:00:35There will be worthy winners...
0:00:35 > 0:00:38- Yes!- ..and valiant losers.
0:00:38 > 0:00:44Put your pedal to the metal - this is the Celebrity Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48Yeah!
0:00:51 > 0:00:54On today's show, we're joined by a couple of celebrities
0:00:54 > 0:00:56who are a celebrity couple.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59It's married, award-winning journalists and presenters,
0:00:59 > 0:01:02John Stapleton and Lynn Faulds Wood.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04- 20 years of bliss.- Absolutely...
0:01:04 > 0:01:06- Until this moment. - Never a dull moment.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08Never a cross word.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10- Until this moment. - Perhaps until today. - THEY LAUGH
0:01:10 > 0:01:12I do hope not.
0:01:12 > 0:01:13# I predict a riot
0:01:13 > 0:01:15# I predict a riot. #
0:01:15 > 0:01:17Seasoned broadcaster John
0:01:17 > 0:01:20has over 40 years' experience in newspapers and television
0:01:20 > 0:01:24and has previously been awarded the Royal Television Society
0:01:24 > 0:01:26News Presenter Of The Year.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28It's seven o'clock on Thursday the 19th of May
0:01:28 > 0:01:31and this is the BBC's Breakfast Time programme.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33A very good morning to you.
0:01:33 > 0:01:38Fellow journalist and presenter Lynn is best known as a consumer champion
0:01:38 > 0:01:43and was named Consumer Journalist Of The Decade in the '80s.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45So, what do you think?
0:01:45 > 0:01:48Are stores right when they say that we actually like having sweets
0:01:48 > 0:01:50within easy reach of the checkout?
0:01:50 > 0:01:52Or would you prefer something else?
0:01:52 > 0:01:55Make-up, for example? Or tights?
0:01:56 > 0:01:58Herbs and spices?
0:02:01 > 0:02:04This could be the end of the long and glorious marriage.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06They don't come as cheap as me, you know.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08- Oh, I don't know. - JOHN LAUGHS
0:02:08 > 0:02:09I say!
0:02:09 > 0:02:12Our married duo are motoring around the North West of England
0:02:12 > 0:02:16in this saucy little red 1971 TVR Vixen.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21I'd forgotten we were the first married couple presenters
0:02:21 > 0:02:25on British television. We predated Richard and Judy.
0:02:25 > 0:02:29We did. But I... I genuinely can't remember this -
0:02:29 > 0:02:32how long is it since we stopped doing Watchdog?
0:02:32 > 0:02:341912.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37By Jove, you're both ageing well.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44On this journey, John and Lynn will be joined by antique gurus
0:02:44 > 0:02:47Thomas Plant and Margie Cooper.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49They're whizzing towards the meeting point
0:02:49 > 0:02:54in this beautiful blue Series One Jaguar E-Type, made in 1964.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57Which means it was manufactured before seat belts were mandatory,
0:02:57 > 0:03:00which is why they're not wearing any.
0:03:00 > 0:03:01Got it?
0:03:01 > 0:03:04I've never driven a Jaguar E-Type in my life.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06What an amazing, what an iconic car.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10I'm sort of trying to get to grips with it.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12- You're doing very well... - Well, that's very kind...
0:03:12 > 0:03:15- THOMAS LAUGHS - Well, I can't keep my eyes off you.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17THEY LAUGH
0:03:17 > 0:03:20Once paired up, our teams will begin their epic adventure
0:03:20 > 0:03:22with £400 in their pockets.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27Starting in Wrightington, Lancashire,
0:03:27 > 0:03:30our teams will take to the road, buying around the North West,
0:03:30 > 0:03:33before finally finishing up in Hazel Grove in Stockport
0:03:33 > 0:03:34for auction.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39Where are they? We've been, what? Five minutes, ten minutes?
0:03:39 > 0:03:42Obviously, this is a faster car and there's a jalopy coming,
0:03:42 > 0:03:43so I'm having this one.
0:03:43 > 0:03:47- And just on cue... - Oh, it's not a Reliant Robin.
0:03:47 > 0:03:48And who do we see?
0:03:48 > 0:03:50That one's Thomas Plant.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52I'd like Thomas, please, if you don't mind.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54Now, this is a bit more like it.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56That is a colour I can live with.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58Thank you very much indeed. Sky blue, Manchester City blue.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00Perfect! And look who's there!
0:04:00 > 0:04:02Hi! Welcome.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04- Manchester United...- We were destined to be together.
0:04:04 > 0:04:05How lovely to meet you.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07- And you as well. - And I'm so glad I've got you.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09- Are you?- Cos I know nothing.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11- Oh, really?- Yes.- What about John?
0:04:11 > 0:04:13- Do you know a lot? - Absolutely nothing...
0:04:13 > 0:04:16- Really?- I'm looking to you... - Well, we will be your helpers.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18..for benevolent guidance.
0:04:18 > 0:04:19So, are you two competitive?
0:04:19 > 0:04:23Let me tell you, she is the most competitive person you will ever meet.
0:04:23 > 0:04:24I reckon John's quite competitive.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26- MARGIE:- We're going to sort that out.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28Well, let's find out, but I hope he loses.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30- Come on, let's go. - Are you going to drive?
0:04:30 > 0:04:32- I'll drive. Can I drive? - Of course you can.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36Paired off, it's time to hit the road.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38Thank you so much.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41- Here we go.- See you!
0:04:41 > 0:04:42Look at that.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45And opportunity to get to know one another.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48So, have you ever driven a classic car before?
0:04:48 > 0:04:50Does my car count as classic?
0:04:50 > 0:04:53- How old's your car? - 11 years old.- No way!
0:04:53 > 0:04:54Is that not classic?
0:04:54 > 0:04:57Well, it was made in, like, 2005 or something, isn't it?
0:04:57 > 0:04:59It's a noughties car.
0:05:02 > 0:05:03It's a beautiful car, this.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05But not the easiest in the world to drive.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07I can smell rubber.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09If you see smoke, give me a shout, will you?
0:05:10 > 0:05:13This morning, our teams are heading to the market town of Chorley
0:05:13 > 0:05:16in Lancashire, where they will both kick off their shopping.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20Because of your seriousness,
0:05:20 > 0:05:22your gravitas when it comes to journalism
0:05:22 > 0:05:25and your in-depth knowledge on subjects
0:05:25 > 0:05:27and the way you research...
0:05:27 > 0:05:29That was very nice of you to say this.
0:05:29 > 0:05:33..you would be probably masters at negotiation.
0:05:33 > 0:05:34No, I'll be hopeless.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37No, no, come on. Give yourself some credit there.
0:05:37 > 0:05:38You've got to be masters.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40Hang on, I've just mastered this car.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42You've got to be masters at negotiation.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44Well, if you give me a clue...
0:05:44 > 0:05:48What we call... I was born in Glasgow, we call it nuttings.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51- Nuttings?- I used to specialise in doing villains...
0:05:51 > 0:05:54- Yeah?- ..who were refusing to sort out problems,
0:05:54 > 0:05:56give people their money back,
0:05:56 > 0:05:58- and I used to go and doorstep them. - Yeah?
0:05:58 > 0:06:00So I'm good at that sort of stuff.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02This is the same thing.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04Er, it's not really, Thomas.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09I'd always wanted to be a journalist and I wrote to 33 newspapers
0:06:09 > 0:06:11before I got a job as a journalist, aged 17, yeah.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14So you showed persistence and that is the answer.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16That's one of the key things, persistence.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19- It is, persistence.- Dogged determination.- Absolutely.- Yeah.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22So you met Lynn on a television programme?
0:06:22 > 0:06:24No, I met Lynn in a pub.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26- She was a barmaid. - MARGIE LAUGHS
0:06:26 > 0:06:28- Really?- She was pulling pints in a pub in Richmond.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30Actually, she was a teacher, she was a French teacher,
0:06:30 > 0:06:32- supplementing her income as a barmaid.- Was she?
0:06:32 > 0:06:35And I used to pop into this pub with my mate.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37I was a researcher on This Is Your Life at the time
0:06:37 > 0:06:41and we used to pop in this pub on the way home and she used to...
0:06:41 > 0:06:43We never had any food in the fridge, you know,
0:06:43 > 0:06:46she used to slip us lumps of cheese to make an omelette.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49- MARGIE LAUGHS - So love was omelette-shaped...
0:06:49 > 0:06:51So she wasn't in journalism then?
0:06:51 > 0:06:53No, well, she wasn't at that time,
0:06:53 > 0:06:55she was teaching French and then she very quickly got into journalism,
0:06:55 > 0:06:57magazines and newspapers.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59And then, eventually,
0:06:59 > 0:07:01she got into consumer affairs,
0:07:01 > 0:07:04because I bought her a nightie that didn't fit. Right?
0:07:04 > 0:07:06- MARGIE LAUGHS - For Christmas.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09And she took it back and she started investigating it,
0:07:09 > 0:07:12- they refused to give her her money back or something like that.- Ah!
0:07:12 > 0:07:15Anyway, she started investigating her rights and that's how she became
0:07:15 > 0:07:18a consumer journalist and eventually we wound up on Watchdog,
0:07:18 > 0:07:21- working together. - Good gracious, what a story.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23All over a nightie?
0:07:23 > 0:07:24All over a nightie, yeah.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29While John's been busy reminiscing,
0:07:29 > 0:07:31Lynn and Thomas have arrived at the first shop.
0:07:34 > 0:07:35You're now entering my territory.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38- And we're ahead of John. - I know, which is good, isn't it?
0:07:38 > 0:07:41It's always good to be the first ones in.
0:07:41 > 0:07:45Heskin Hall Antiques houses a huge selection of treasures,
0:07:45 > 0:07:48from vintage crockery to fine antiques.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50Hello, Lynn. I'm Lynn.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53- Hello!- Can we come in and get some great deals from you?
0:07:53 > 0:07:56- Well, we can try. - Yeah?- Us Lynns stick together.
0:07:56 > 0:07:57Well, I've just noticed.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00Aha! Look who's arrived.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02Unfortunately, Margie...
0:08:02 > 0:08:05- They have arrived. - They've beaten us to it.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07They have. Right.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09- Here we go.- Right.
0:08:11 > 0:08:12JOHN STRAINS
0:08:12 > 0:08:14It wouldn't be The Antiques Road Trip
0:08:14 > 0:08:16if you had a car that was easy to get out of.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19- JOHN LAUGHS - Come on, let's see what we've got.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23Where is the best place to find your best bargains?
0:08:23 > 0:08:25Come on, come on, get out the way!
0:08:25 > 0:08:27- Out the way...- We'll go upstairs, we'll go upstairs.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29- They beat us to it. I'm John.- Hello, John.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31- Nice to meet you.- Hi. Hello. Hi.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33- Thanks for looking after us. - No problem at all.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36I hope you enjoy it. Have a good wander around.
0:08:36 > 0:08:40- Are they going to get all the best deals now they're here first? - Losers! Losers.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43- We'll see.- Bye!- We'll see.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47Friendly banter aside, time to get down to business.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51So what sort of thing am I looking for?
0:08:51 > 0:08:55I think something decorative. If it catches your eye, it's going to be good.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04- You said... get something quirky. - MARGIE LAUGHS
0:09:04 > 0:09:07It doesn't get much quirkier than this, does it?
0:09:07 > 0:09:09You know, dafter things than that have been purchased
0:09:09 > 0:09:12- on The Antiques Road Trip. - Have they really?
0:09:13 > 0:09:15Step away from the cuddly toy, John.
0:09:17 > 0:09:21You know, I was saying maybe I'd like something Scottish?
0:09:21 > 0:09:22And this makes me think of bagpipes.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24Well, it's a push box.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27- Yeah, but do these sell?- They do. - Let's see if it works.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29DISCORDANT NOTES
0:09:29 > 0:09:30That will sell, yes.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32- You can tell I'm musical.- I can see.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34- So you're missing the straps. - A-ha.
0:09:34 > 0:09:38Here's the maker here, CGH.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41They're normally made on the Continent.
0:09:41 > 0:09:42A squeeze-box, £60.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44- But you are missing quite a bit of material.- Yeah.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46- You're missing a button there. - Yeah.
0:09:46 > 0:09:51I mean, some of these boxes can make hundreds of pounds.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53- But not that one?- Well, I don't know enough about them, to be candid.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56- Yeah.- 60 quid doesn't seem like a great deal of money.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59- If something like 20 quid, 25 quid? - HE PLAYS NOTE
0:09:59 > 0:10:02Yeah, but it's marked at 60. I love your optimism here!
0:10:02 > 0:10:04- Yes.- I love your optimism, it's great.
0:10:04 > 0:10:08- But?- I think you haven't got a cat in hell's chance of getting it. - I'm a fool, OK.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11You're not a fool, but it's worth having a go.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13- Look out!- Careful.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15- Look who's here.- What are you doing?
0:10:15 > 0:10:18- Just checking on you lot.- You're not allowed to look.- Look at this.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21We're not allowed to look, we're just here to say hello,
0:10:21 > 0:10:24- how are you doing? We're doing brilliantly down there. - Have you bought, have you bought?
0:10:24 > 0:10:26We've got some...
0:10:26 > 0:10:30- Come on.- Bye.- See you later.- Bye! - No rush, no rush, bye.
0:10:30 > 0:10:31No, there is a rush. Bye!
0:10:31 > 0:10:33THOMAS LAUGHS
0:10:34 > 0:10:37Lynn, right now, will be upstairs driving a very hard bargain,
0:10:37 > 0:10:40you can bet your boots. She's got an eagle eye for a bargain,
0:10:40 > 0:10:44she'll have spotted something and she'll be giving the shop owner the
0:10:44 > 0:10:46Glasgow Kiss, as they call it!
0:10:46 > 0:10:49Well, thankfully, she's not head-butting anyone,
0:10:49 > 0:10:54but she is making a cheeky bid on the £60 German squeeze-box.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56She's squeezing the price.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58I can only offer you really silly money on it,
0:10:58 > 0:10:59because it's got no leather straps,
0:10:59 > 0:11:03there's some of the fretwork missing, there's one little knobby thing that's missing.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06- Tell me what silly money you're thinking of?- 20 quid.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09- Er...- Go on! I haven't bought anything yet today.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14I can do 25, but I couldn't do 20.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16I have to consult my colleague.
0:11:16 > 0:11:18You've done... I couldn't believe you.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21My husband says I'm the most competitive person he's ever met.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24- I can't believe that.- And I'm rotten at haggling,
0:11:24 > 0:11:26so you're my first haggle.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28I love you, Lynn, thank you very much, 25 quid.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31- You're welcome, all right. - Perfect, thank you.
0:11:31 > 0:11:32- Thank you, Lynn.- You're welcome.
0:11:32 > 0:11:36Ha, the consumer champion is a champion consumer.
0:11:36 > 0:11:40A fabulous first deal there for just £25.
0:11:40 > 0:11:44- Are we going to play a happy tune to the auction?- Yeah, what can you play?
0:11:44 > 0:11:45I can't play very much.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47- I wish I had... - HE PLAYS A NOTE
0:11:47 > 0:11:49Oooh!
0:11:49 > 0:11:51Best stick to the day job, Thomas.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54Back inside, though, Margie's onto something.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57- That's a pretty vase. - These?- This one here.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01It's a... That's Noritake, which is Japanese.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03They're always nice quality, Noritake vases.
0:12:03 > 0:12:07You've always got nice gilding, pretty hand-painted flowers.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10- It is nice.- It says on here,
0:12:10 > 0:12:13there's a pair, but I can't see it.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16- And what's the price?- The price is £180,
0:12:16 > 0:12:20so I'm only showing you because I just thought you might like it.
0:12:20 > 0:12:21- I do, I think it's lovely.- But...
0:12:21 > 0:12:25Yeah, it is lovely, but where's the other one?
0:12:25 > 0:12:28Whether they've got it
0:12:28 > 0:12:29- downstairs...- Yes.
0:12:29 > 0:12:30And what era?
0:12:30 > 0:12:34- Oh, that's, it's 100 years old. - Is it?
0:12:34 > 0:12:36Yeah, late Victorian, early 19th century.
0:12:37 > 0:12:40Even though its partner has gone AWOL,
0:12:40 > 0:12:44John and Margie have decided to try to do a deal on the Noritake vase,
0:12:44 > 0:12:49which would cost £180 if it was a pair.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51We don't know where the other one is,
0:12:51 > 0:12:56so we'd possibly like to buy this on its own, right?
0:12:57 > 0:12:59What's your best price?
0:12:59 > 0:13:00As a single...
0:13:02 > 0:13:05As it's you, we'd let it go for 60, but that would be the very best.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08Can it come down another ten, could you do 50 on it?
0:13:08 > 0:13:10Not really, no, I can't.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12What about 55, meet us halfway?
0:13:13 > 0:13:16- 55, yeah, go on. - Shake the lady's hand.- Go on.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19- Thank you very much indeed, Lynn, thank you.- You're welcome.
0:13:19 > 0:13:23£55 buys John and Margie their first lot for auction.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25Top job!
0:13:25 > 0:13:28- Look at this.- Oh, my goodness me.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30Don't get my pot wet.
0:13:30 > 0:13:31I'm going to link your arm.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34- Thank you very much.- Right, come on.
0:13:35 > 0:13:39Lynn and Thomas have hit the road and made their way to Liverpool.
0:13:41 > 0:13:42At the end of the 19th century,
0:13:42 > 0:13:46Liverpool had one of the biggest ports in the world,
0:13:46 > 0:13:49with merchants and sailors arriving at its docks with goods from all
0:13:49 > 0:13:52over the globe. Unfortunately,
0:13:52 > 0:13:56sailors often returned from voyages to exotic lands with unknown and
0:13:56 > 0:13:58deadly diseases.
0:13:58 > 0:14:03In 1898, the ground-breaking Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine,
0:14:03 > 0:14:07also known as LSTM, was set up to research the symptoms,
0:14:07 > 0:14:09causes and potential cures.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12It was the first school of its kind in the world.
0:14:13 > 0:14:17Lynn and Thomas are meeting Dean of Clinical Sciences
0:14:17 > 0:14:21and International Public Health, Professor David Lalloo,
0:14:21 > 0:14:26to find out more about the illnesses the 19th century sailors faced.
0:14:26 > 0:14:30Give us an example of what sort of diseases these sailors were coming
0:14:30 > 0:14:33- back with.- Certainly malaria would be one of the things that would be
0:14:33 > 0:14:38causing the greatest amount of damage, causing deaths and disability.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40Did we call it malaria at that time?
0:14:40 > 0:14:42Did we know that's what it was?
0:14:42 > 0:14:46Well, so the concept of malaria had been discovered fairly,
0:14:46 > 0:14:49slightly earlier than that, but it wasn't understood how it worked,
0:14:49 > 0:14:50what was transmitting the disease,
0:14:50 > 0:14:52what parasites were causing the disease.
0:14:52 > 0:14:56That really only came in the late, the very late 19th century.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58And who discovered that?
0:14:58 > 0:15:02Ronald Ross was the first person to work out that malaria was transmitted
0:15:02 > 0:15:05- by mosquitoes.- That must have been a Eureka moment.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08We were getting sick, but we didn't know why we were getting sick,
0:15:08 > 0:15:12because it was these little things here, critters.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15It was a hugely important discovery because it meant you could start,
0:15:15 > 0:15:19first of all, to work out how you could control mosquitoes and therefore
0:15:19 > 0:15:22- malaria.- Ronald Ross sounds like an amazing man.
0:15:22 > 0:15:23Yes, clearly he was.
0:15:23 > 0:15:27He was, in many ways, one of the first tropical physicians.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30And in 1902, he got the Nobel Prize for that discovery.
0:15:30 > 0:15:34Wow! I'm really interested in promoting women's part in any of this.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37Were there women involved in setting up the school?
0:15:37 > 0:15:41Yes, Mary Kingsley was a remarkable woman who was an explorer in the
0:15:41 > 0:15:43- late...- An explorer?
0:15:43 > 0:15:45An explorer, a female explorer in the late 19th century,
0:15:45 > 0:15:49at a time when women didn't travel around Africa.
0:15:49 > 0:15:53A lot of her work and writings really has influenced the philosophy of the
0:15:53 > 0:15:55way that LSTM does work in the tropics.
0:15:55 > 0:16:00What's important was the influence that she had over how the
0:16:00 > 0:16:02Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine did its work.
0:16:02 > 0:16:06- Really?- It was the whole idea that you did this in partnership with people
0:16:06 > 0:16:09in Africa, rather than imposing in a very colonial way.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12That's a philosophy that we espouse to this day.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14Everything we do is about working with people,
0:16:14 > 0:16:19finding solutions together with these populations that are suffering from diseases.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21So you're still going to the outer reaches of the world,
0:16:21 > 0:16:24where diseases, animals bite people and things go wrong?
0:16:24 > 0:16:27Yes, many of our researchers travel all the time.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30Probably in slightly more luxury than Mary Kingsley did.
0:16:30 > 0:16:35- Yes.- But we go out there and we investigate and we treat these diseases.
0:16:35 > 0:16:40The LSTM is world famous for its pioneering work on pesticides,
0:16:40 > 0:16:46antimalarial medicines and has a unique resource for snake venom research.
0:16:46 > 0:16:47Urgh!
0:16:47 > 0:16:51David's letting Lynn and Thomas get a rare look at some snakes being
0:16:51 > 0:16:56milked for their venom by herpetologist Paul and senior lecturer Nick.
0:16:57 > 0:17:01What they're doing, they're getting this snake out, this is a puff adder,
0:17:01 > 0:17:03which is a snake you find all over Africa.
0:17:03 > 0:17:07They're enormous snakes, as you can see, and have got a very potent venom.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09What they're doing now is just controlling the snake,
0:17:09 > 0:17:11to make sure that it's safe.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14You can see there that Paul is holding the head of the snake there.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17That's quite dangerous for Paul, is it?
0:17:17 > 0:17:20This is all experience, so really experienced people can do it well.
0:17:20 > 0:17:25What he's doing now is just getting the snake to clamp down onto that
0:17:25 > 0:17:28- clingfilm there, and you can see the venom milks down.- You can see...!
0:17:28 > 0:17:33Absolutely. It's that venom that's crucial for use in our research and
0:17:33 > 0:17:36for use in making antivenom, which is the treatment for a snake bite.
0:17:36 > 0:17:40Snake bites kill around 95,000 people every year,
0:17:40 > 0:17:42so the milking of snakes done here
0:17:42 > 0:17:46is key to the school's research into antivenom.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49- And...- Oh! He means it, he means it!
0:17:49 > 0:17:52- They're pretty nasty snakes, though. - Yeah.- Look at all that coming out.
0:17:52 > 0:17:53You can see the power there as well.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56- Wow.- I can see how dangerous that could be,
0:17:56 > 0:17:58if you didn't know what you were doing.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01But we use that venom to actually understand whether we can make better
0:18:01 > 0:18:05treatments, by investigating what the components of that venom are.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine remains one of the most
0:18:12 > 0:18:15respected scientific institutes in the world,
0:18:15 > 0:18:19thanks to the pioneering efforts of people like Sir Ronald Ross
0:18:19 > 0:18:21and Mary Kingsley.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28Meanwhile, without a snake in sight,
0:18:28 > 0:18:33John and Margie have made their way to Bretherton and their next shop.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35Gosh!
0:18:35 > 0:18:36THEY LAUGH
0:18:36 > 0:18:38God.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40It gets deeper and deeper down there.
0:18:40 > 0:18:41It does. Quick, quick, quick!
0:18:46 > 0:18:49Dealer Aidan has an Aladdin's cave of goodies,
0:18:49 > 0:18:53and John and Margie still have £345 in their pocket.
0:18:53 > 0:18:54Time to get shopping.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00You tend to not look up, I always look down.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03Look up, because you see all sorts of things hanging about.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06- It's good for your double chin as well.- Plenty of stags...
0:19:06 > 0:19:09Certainly better profile, darling, yeah, much better. I'll remember that.
0:19:15 > 0:19:16That's quite sweet.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18That's sweet, there.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20That's Tunbridge ware, that box.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22- Really?- Hm.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24- Could be a snuffbox. - Yeah. They're designed?
0:19:24 > 0:19:28Yeah, they're all tiny, little minute pieces of wood that are all
0:19:28 > 0:19:32- put together.- Really?- It started in Tunbridge, Tunbridge Wells,
0:19:32 > 0:19:34- as souvenir work. - So every bit of that design...
0:19:34 > 0:19:39They're called tesserae, yeah, little, tiny squares of all different woods.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42- That's fascinating.- And it was souvenir ware.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45We'll have a look at that, if we can remember.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48There's no ticket price on the Tunbridge ware snuffbox,
0:19:48 > 0:19:51so one to ask Aidan about later.
0:19:51 > 0:19:55Now, it looks like something shiny has caught John's eye.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57Got a bit of silverware here.
0:19:57 > 0:19:58You know me and a bit of silverware.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00Yes. What's that, just an ornamental bowl?
0:20:00 > 0:20:03- It's a little bonbon dish.- A bonbon dish.- Yeah, a bonbon dish.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06But it's nice. I'll tell you why it's nice, it's on little splay feet.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09- Yes.- Which makes it really pretty.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11And a snip at 125 quid?
0:20:11 > 0:20:14Well, I think that's negotiable.
0:20:14 > 0:20:18So that and that little snuffbox, potentially.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21- Yeah.- That's two to think about. - Yep.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24Potential purchases are stacking up.
0:20:24 > 0:20:28Gosh, these look nice. Look at that, gosh.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31It sounds daft question, it's a lamp...
0:20:31 > 0:20:33- Yeah.- ..but...- Off a carriage. A horse and carriage.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35- Oh, horse and carriage!- Horse and carriage.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37- Oh, I see.- Yeah. That's really nice.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40Wow. Do you know many people who have got a horse and carriage?
0:20:40 > 0:20:42SHE LAUGHS
0:20:44 > 0:20:47It's a sort of practical question a journalist is bound to ask you,
0:20:47 > 0:20:50- really.- Well, I wasn't really thinking,
0:20:50 > 0:20:54I was just thinking antique wise, they are pretty rare,
0:20:54 > 0:20:56because there's one behind you.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58So we've got a pair.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00- But they're going to be dear. - Are they?
0:21:00 > 0:21:02- Yeah.- Vintage, do you think?
0:21:02 > 0:21:05Georgian. Early 19th century, 1820.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07- Yeah.- I like those.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09So get those, all I need now is a horse and carriage!
0:21:09 > 0:21:11SHE LAUGHS
0:21:11 > 0:21:16With three possible lots, are there deals to be had with Aidan?
0:21:16 > 0:21:19First up, the Victorian silver bonbon dish.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22You've got 125 on the ticket here.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24And what are you thinking?
0:21:24 > 0:21:27Well, we're pushed, aren't we? Because we've got some other things in mind.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30- We've got plans for you, Aidan. - Yeah, we have.- Have you got plans for me?
0:21:30 > 0:21:32- We have.- The gallows are at the back!
0:21:32 > 0:21:33We're looking for a very good deal in here.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35Could it be 60?
0:21:35 > 0:21:3765?
0:21:37 > 0:21:3960.
0:21:39 > 0:21:40- Go on, then.- You're a good man.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43- I want you to do well.- You're a good man. Thank you very much indeed.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45We do try.
0:21:45 > 0:21:49That's the silver bonbon dish bagged for less than half price.
0:21:49 > 0:21:53Time for the turn of the Tunbridge ware snuffbox.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55It's a bit dirty.
0:21:55 > 0:21:56It wants a good clean.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59It does, and there's a bit of damage there.
0:21:59 > 0:22:00Hawk eye!
0:22:00 > 0:22:02SHE LAUGHS
0:22:02 > 0:22:03- I am worried now.- Are you?
0:22:03 > 0:22:06- Yeah.- Why, because of the mark? - There's a chunk there.- Oh, I see.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09- How much is it?- 35.
0:22:09 > 0:22:10- 35?- That has got to be...
0:22:10 > 0:22:12Look, come on, it's 20 quid, isn't it?
0:22:12 > 0:22:15To some people.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17No, I would happily give you £30,
0:22:17 > 0:22:22we would happily give you £30 if it wasn't for a great, thundering chip.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24- Go on, I agree.- Do you want that for 20 quid?
0:22:24 > 0:22:27- For 20 quid.- You can't lose, you've got two pieces, top and bottom.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30- Will you clean it as well?- I'll give it a clean.
0:22:30 > 0:22:34That's the Tunbridge ware bought for £20,
0:22:34 > 0:22:36AND with a clean-up thrown in for free.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41Right, John and Margie still have £265.
0:22:41 > 0:22:45Can they strike a deal on the rare Georgian coach lamps?
0:22:45 > 0:22:48- They're not cheap.- I didn't think they were. Go on.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51- You're looking at five or 600 quid. - You're kidding!- Yeah.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54- They're rare.- Are you in for a deal or not?
0:22:54 > 0:22:56I'm always in for a deal.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58It's a huge purchase for us, isn't it?
0:22:58 > 0:23:00Massive, I mean, it's like...
0:23:00 > 0:23:02All your budget, all your budget!
0:23:02 > 0:23:05- More than our budget.- What sort of price would you really...
0:23:05 > 0:23:07- Bottom line.- Bottom line.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09- 350.- We haven't got that.
0:23:09 > 0:23:13- No, we haven't got that.- So, 200 would be out of the question?
0:23:13 > 0:23:14How's 225, then?
0:23:16 > 0:23:17I'd like to try but...
0:23:17 > 0:23:19- I think they could fly.- But it is a gamble.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22It's a big outlay, but let's do it.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24- Go with her instinct.- Yeah, let's do it.
0:23:24 > 0:23:25- Gut feeling.- Yeah.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27That's what we use every day, isn't it, darling?
0:23:27 > 0:23:30- Shall we do it three ways? - Three ways, how's that?!
0:23:30 > 0:23:33- Thank you very much.- It nearly blew their bank balance,
0:23:33 > 0:23:39but that's the rare coach lamps secured for £225.
0:23:39 > 0:23:44That trio of lots bought brings an end to a very successful first day
0:23:44 > 0:23:45of shopping for our two teams.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48I bid you all nighty-night.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55It's a new morning.
0:23:55 > 0:23:59Lynn and John are reunited and swapping stories about their experts.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01Margie's fantastic.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04Margie is so reassuring.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07I mean, she's a very jolly lady, got on with her very well,
0:24:07 > 0:24:10kindred spirit, Northern lass, bound to work, wasn't it?
0:24:10 > 0:24:14- Man City fan?- And a Man City fan, what more could you ask for, really?
0:24:14 > 0:24:17I'm surprised I didn't marry her, really.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20- Steady on, John.- Thomas is lovely.
0:24:20 > 0:24:24I know nothing about antiques. I keep saying "I love it".
0:24:24 > 0:24:27And he really does know things.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29He's very... Again, he's very reassuring.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31I'd like to take him home, would that be all right?
0:24:31 > 0:24:34By all means, darling, by all means, if you can afford him.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36I think she probably could!
0:24:36 > 0:24:41As ultra-competitive Lynn has only forked out for one item so far,
0:24:41 > 0:24:42the German beechwood squeeze-box,
0:24:42 > 0:24:47which means she still has a huge purse of £375.
0:24:48 > 0:24:52While big spenders John and Margie have bagged an impressive four lots.
0:24:52 > 0:24:57The Noritake vase, the Victorian silver bonbon dish,
0:24:57 > 0:24:59the Victorian Tunbridge ware snuffbox,
0:24:59 > 0:25:02and the rare pair of Georgian coach lamps,
0:25:02 > 0:25:05leaving them with a mere £40 to spend today.
0:25:06 > 0:25:11Margie and Thomas are on the road, hurtling towards Leasowe, to meet
0:25:11 > 0:25:13their celebrity team-mates.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15How did it go with John yesterday?
0:25:15 > 0:25:16Great. We had a lovely day.
0:25:16 > 0:25:20And you know something? I don't know whether I should tell you.
0:25:20 > 0:25:21I've only got £40 left.
0:25:21 > 0:25:23Get in! Get in!
0:25:23 > 0:25:26So we'll see what £40 brings today.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28I love that!
0:25:28 > 0:25:32You've got a real sense of, you know, devil-may-care about you.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35I have. And how was your day?
0:25:35 > 0:25:36Our day,
0:25:36 > 0:25:41we only got bought one thing, and I am slightly apprehensive because you've gone
0:25:41 > 0:25:42out there and you've done it, Margie.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45I have, I have, four items purchased.
0:25:45 > 0:25:46I love that.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49- I've only got one. - SHE LAUGHS
0:25:49 > 0:25:50Panic, panic, panic, panic.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52I know, I know, I know.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56I'll be honest, I would quite like to beat you just once in my life,
0:25:56 > 0:26:01you know, that would be quite nice. But I won't sort of be crying myself
0:26:01 > 0:26:04- to sleep if I don't.- Do you think I'm a hard nut?
0:26:04 > 0:26:06I think you've got your moments, yes, darling.
0:26:06 > 0:26:08Oh!
0:26:08 > 0:26:10We have been married a long time.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13I wonder if it will last this Antiques Road Trip.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15Gosh, I do hope so.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18- We're here first.- I know we are, look.- We're here first!
0:26:19 > 0:26:21Ah! Good morning.
0:26:21 > 0:26:23How are you?
0:26:23 > 0:26:25It gets a little bit easier,
0:26:25 > 0:26:28- but... Not as hard. How are you?- You all right?
0:26:28 > 0:26:29- Nice to see you.- Good to see you.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32- Good morning.- Good morning. - We've got to get our game on.
0:26:32 > 0:26:34Margie knows. Margie knows. They've bought four things.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36Four things purchased.
0:26:36 > 0:26:37- LYNN:- Right, OK.- Are you worried?
0:26:37 > 0:26:40- I am dead worried.- JOHN:- Good, you should be.- We're in a hurry, then!
0:26:40 > 0:26:41- We are in a hurry.- Oh, OK.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44- Are you going to drive?- I think so. - Fantastic.- Are you ready?- Yes.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51- BEEPS HORN - Yay! On the road again.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54This morning, Lynn and Thomas will head to New Brighton in the
0:26:54 > 0:26:57north-east corner of the Wirral.
0:26:58 > 0:27:03And now is a perfect opportunity for Thomas to quiz Lynn about her career
0:27:03 > 0:27:05as Britain's consumer queen.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08I ended up doing a lot of safety stuff because people wrote to me.
0:27:08 > 0:27:12Like, one example, TV-am,
0:27:12 > 0:27:14a couple wrote to me because their son died,
0:27:14 > 0:27:19he was six and he put a pen top in his mouth, the way little kids do,
0:27:19 > 0:27:22- and somehow or other inhaled it into his windpipe...- Yeah.
0:27:22 > 0:27:24..and he died, because it blocked
0:27:24 > 0:27:28his windpipe. Other people wrote to me because their children had had
0:27:28 > 0:27:29the same thing happen.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32A doctor rang me and said, "Why don't they put a hole in the end and
0:27:32 > 0:27:36"then, when they get to hospital, we can save their lives?"
0:27:36 > 0:27:39So I rang up Bic, and the other pen manufacturers, and I said,
0:27:39 > 0:27:44"Why don't you put a hole on the end of the pen?" Because I had by then about 12 deaths.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47- Yes.- And all the other pen manufacturers
0:27:47 > 0:27:49said, "Yes, we can do that."
0:27:49 > 0:27:52Bic said, "We couldn't possibly do that because the ink might dry out."
0:27:52 > 0:27:57And it took eight years before they finally put a hole in the end of the
0:27:57 > 0:27:58- pen top.- But they did it.
0:27:58 > 0:28:02Yeah, they did and all credit to them because Bic is a beautiful looking,
0:28:02 > 0:28:06iconic pen top. Thank you very much, Bic, for putting that hole in.
0:28:06 > 0:28:07Well, well done, you.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09Well done indeed.
0:28:09 > 0:28:14This pair are armed with £375 to spend at their first shop of the day.
0:28:16 > 0:28:18I think I'm going to like this.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21- One gets quite hot in the car, don't you?- Yeah.
0:28:21 > 0:28:22Right.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27- Look at this.- Hello. I'm Lynn.- Good morning. Nice to meet you, Lynn.
0:28:27 > 0:28:29I'm Sean, welcome to New Brighton.
0:28:29 > 0:28:33- Thank you very much.- Have you got some great stuff here that we could
0:28:33 > 0:28:35have at very nice prices?
0:28:35 > 0:28:38We have stuff. We have piles and piles of stuff.
0:28:41 > 0:28:43He's not kidding.
0:28:43 > 0:28:47Sean's stock's piled high, especially downstairs.
0:28:47 > 0:28:49Lordy, look at that lot.
0:28:49 > 0:28:50Wow, can we get in here?
0:28:50 > 0:28:53Sean, you have got some stuff.
0:28:53 > 0:28:56Yeah, we have people who come down here and I forget they're down there.
0:28:56 > 0:29:00- Do you?- At the end of the day, I go to close up and I hear a noise...
0:29:00 > 0:29:04People rummaging. I'll leave you to it, guys. Give me a shout if you need anything.
0:29:04 > 0:29:05Yeah, yeah.
0:29:05 > 0:29:09Lynn, we've got our work cut out.
0:29:09 > 0:29:12This is going to be a bit of fun.
0:29:12 > 0:29:15I'm not sure Lynn is convinced about fun.
0:29:15 > 0:29:17Good luck wading through this lot, though.
0:29:18 > 0:29:21Look, there's a three-legged Clydesdale.
0:29:21 > 0:29:23A three-legged shire.
0:29:23 > 0:29:26Oh, look, they obviously collect them, there's a two-legged one.
0:29:26 > 0:29:28Is that a two-legged one?
0:29:28 > 0:29:29Oh, dear.
0:29:29 > 0:29:34While Lynn and Thomas plough through the piled-high room,
0:29:34 > 0:29:35John and Margie are still on the road.
0:29:36 > 0:29:39So, politics, prime ministers.
0:29:39 > 0:29:42- Yes.- You must have interviewed a lot of those.
0:29:42 > 0:29:45Yes, I've had the privilege - it is a privilege, actually -
0:29:45 > 0:29:49of interviewing every Prime Minister since James Callaghan, back in the
0:29:49 > 0:29:51- 1970s.- Good gracious.
0:29:51 > 0:29:55So... In one form or... Some of them several times, actually.
0:29:55 > 0:30:00Margaret Thatcher, obviously, was someone who you couldn't possibly forget
0:30:00 > 0:30:03and was a challenge, to put it mildly.
0:30:03 > 0:30:05Most people you interview, there's a bit of small talk
0:30:05 > 0:30:08before the actual interview. Not in the least interested.
0:30:08 > 0:30:09"Get on with it,
0:30:09 > 0:30:13- "get down to it."- Oh.- And I found her quite intimidating, actually.
0:30:13 > 0:30:14- Really?- Yeah, I did.
0:30:14 > 0:30:18Well, thankfully, Margie is no Iron Lady, so you can relax.
0:30:21 > 0:30:22Back in New Brighton,
0:30:22 > 0:30:25Lynn's knee-deep in antiques and collectables.
0:30:26 > 0:30:30- Any luck?- I just saw a box that I thought was quite interesting.
0:30:30 > 0:30:34- Where did you see that?- It's over there, but it won't be worth much.
0:30:34 > 0:30:36- The tin?- Yeah.
0:30:36 > 0:30:37Because there's some tins up there.
0:30:37 > 0:30:39You could do a job lot of tins.
0:30:40 > 0:30:42Ready, get set.
0:30:44 > 0:30:46Oh!
0:30:46 > 0:30:48Was it worth the effort?
0:30:48 > 0:30:51So this is an early 1900, 1920s tin.
0:30:51 > 0:30:53Look at the lovely graphics on there.
0:30:53 > 0:30:54Isn't that great?
0:30:54 > 0:30:57Um... It's not floating my boat.
0:30:57 > 0:30:59It's not, is it? No.
0:30:59 > 0:31:02Hmm. Lynn may need a bit more convincing, Thomas.
0:31:02 > 0:31:05A job lot of tins isn't what she had in mind.
0:31:05 > 0:31:07I'm loving this, are you loving this?
0:31:07 > 0:31:11I've found some Scottie dogs, I'm beginning to love it a bit more.
0:31:11 > 0:31:14But I'm not going to beat John with tins, am I?
0:31:14 > 0:31:18When we do our reveal and...
0:31:18 > 0:31:20We'd better put the better ones on top.
0:31:20 > 0:31:24We've looked at a lot of these tins and they're not really in very good
0:31:24 > 0:31:26nick. Don't they have to be in better nick to sell?
0:31:26 > 0:31:30I have sold tins, extraordinarily enough,
0:31:30 > 0:31:34- for hundreds and hundreds of pounds. - Have you sold tins like these?
0:31:34 > 0:31:35Not for hundreds.
0:31:35 > 0:31:38But I think we try and buy them for very, very little.
0:31:38 > 0:31:40- A pound.- Crikey.
0:31:40 > 0:31:44How dirty are you? Look at your hands.
0:31:44 > 0:31:46Look at that.
0:31:46 > 0:31:47- Welcome to my world.- Lovely.
0:31:47 > 0:31:51Thank you. Next time I come into your world, I shan't wear white trousers.
0:31:51 > 0:31:55Look, and I know I'm entering my world and I'm wearing white trousers!
0:31:55 > 0:31:57Right, are you going to offer a pound?
0:31:57 > 0:32:00- I'm going to offer £1. - Lovely.- Yeah.- Right, come on.
0:32:00 > 0:32:03There's no messing with Lynn Faulds Wood.
0:32:03 > 0:32:06- Lynn and I have been busy.- You've been down there about an hour.
0:32:06 > 0:32:07- Yeah. - THEY LAUGH
0:32:07 > 0:32:09I think we've done you a service.
0:32:09 > 0:32:10Yeah, perhaps you could pay us to take it.
0:32:10 > 0:32:14I'm feeling a bit guilty, that I should be paying you to take it away.
0:32:14 > 0:32:17In that case, could we take that for £1?
0:32:17 > 0:32:20Well, I'm a businessman, so I think I need more than £1.
0:32:20 > 0:32:22Maybe about £15.
0:32:22 > 0:32:26Oh, no, that's... You see, because I'm not sure I can make a profit on that.
0:32:26 > 0:32:28Well, make it two quid.
0:32:28 > 0:32:31Sean, you're a wonderful man, I'll do two quid.
0:32:31 > 0:32:32Lovely.
0:32:32 > 0:32:36The champion consumer strikes again, as Lynn secures the huge
0:32:36 > 0:32:41selection of Victorian and Edwardian tins for just £2.
0:32:41 > 0:32:43Bye-bye, Sean. Thank you.
0:32:43 > 0:32:47Now, how to fit them in the tight TVR?
0:32:47 > 0:32:50- Oh!- Will you stand here and look decorative?
0:32:51 > 0:32:52I'm in.
0:32:54 > 0:32:56Would you like me to buy something smaller?
0:32:56 > 0:33:01- Please.- That tea caddy looks a bit knackered. Is that a technical term?
0:33:01 > 0:33:03We call it "whacked".
0:33:03 > 0:33:04- Whacked?- Whacked.
0:33:04 > 0:33:06My favourite one's that red one.
0:33:06 > 0:33:08- But for two quid...- Yeah.
0:33:08 > 0:33:11For two quid. Right, there you are, we're done.
0:33:11 > 0:33:14And we don't keep that to carry them.
0:33:14 > 0:33:17Sell it back to him. A quid for his crate.
0:33:17 > 0:33:20A quid for his crate? Right, I'll be back.
0:33:20 > 0:33:21- Good luck.- Crikey, Moses.
0:33:24 > 0:33:28John and Margie, meanwhile, have made their way to Birkenhead.
0:33:30 > 0:33:33And are arriving at the Wirral Transport Museum.
0:33:34 > 0:33:35Wow, look at this lot.
0:33:35 > 0:33:38My goodness me. Oh, we've got the light on here.
0:33:40 > 0:33:43They've come to learn about an eccentric American entrepreneur,
0:33:43 > 0:33:45George Francis Train.
0:33:45 > 0:33:48A man who revolutionised public transport in Britain in
0:33:48 > 0:33:53the mid-19th century by introducing the American streetcar.
0:33:53 > 0:33:58John and Margie are meeting tram expert Rob Jones to find out more.
0:33:58 > 0:34:01Streetcars at that stage were pulled by horses.
0:34:01 > 0:34:03- Yes.- What was the reception when he came here initially?
0:34:03 > 0:34:06Well, he was helping run his uncle's shipping line in Liverpool.
0:34:06 > 0:34:10He thought, "What Liverpool needs is these streetcars that they have in
0:34:10 > 0:34:12"New Orleans and New York and Boston and Philadelphia.
0:34:12 > 0:34:17"I'll try and sell the idea to Liverpool." But they thought he was a bit too
0:34:17 > 0:34:22extrovert. So, on the rebound, he came over the water to Birkenhead
0:34:22 > 0:34:25and saw the chairman of the town commissioners, who was John Laird,
0:34:25 > 0:34:27a big employer in the town.
0:34:27 > 0:34:30John Laird said, "Well, we'll give you a try.
0:34:30 > 0:34:32"We'll give you six months' try, and after six months,
0:34:32 > 0:34:36"if it's a failure, you must take it away at your own expense."
0:34:38 > 0:34:39And George Francis thought,
0:34:39 > 0:34:41"I've got an inroad here."
0:34:41 > 0:34:44And he made a success of it.
0:34:44 > 0:34:47A brilliant businessman who travelled the world,
0:34:47 > 0:34:52it's claimed that GF Train was the real-life inspiration for the
0:34:52 > 0:34:56fictional character Phileas Fogg in Jules Verne's
0:34:56 > 0:34:59Around The World in Eighty Days.
0:34:59 > 0:35:00In the late 19th century,
0:35:00 > 0:35:05the horse-drawn trams that Train had introduced were eventually replaced
0:35:05 > 0:35:07by electric ones.
0:35:07 > 0:35:10And what was its advantage over the horse-drawn tram?
0:35:10 > 0:35:14Well, it was cheaper to run, it could carry more passengers,
0:35:14 > 0:35:17and it went twice the speed of horse trams.
0:35:17 > 0:35:21And, I suppose, one other advantage was that you didn't need men following
0:35:21 > 0:35:24the tram, picking up the... You know what, the manure.
0:35:24 > 0:35:26You're right. When the horse trams finished,
0:35:26 > 0:35:30one of the few redundancies was the manure salesmen that Liverpool
0:35:30 > 0:35:31- employed.- Oh, dear.
0:35:31 > 0:35:33But everybody else was taken on.
0:35:33 > 0:35:36You say it was such a success here in Birkenhead.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38Did other cities and towns follow suit?
0:35:38 > 0:35:41Yes, it gradually got more enthusiasm.
0:35:41 > 0:35:45Within 25 years, there were about 100 towns
0:35:45 > 0:35:49and cities in our country that had trams.
0:35:49 > 0:35:51What caused the decline of the tram?
0:35:51 > 0:35:55After the First World War, trams were in decline because of motor buses.
0:35:55 > 0:36:00The technology was growing at a fantastic rate and motor buses came in.
0:36:00 > 0:36:03Actually, I used the B word here.
0:36:03 > 0:36:08We don't... We're a tram place here, so we talk about the B word.
0:36:12 > 0:36:14With the B word banned,
0:36:14 > 0:36:19Rob is kindly letting John take a turn in driving a tram.
0:36:19 > 0:36:20All aboard!
0:36:22 > 0:36:24- John.- Sir.- This is Dave.
0:36:24 > 0:36:26Hello, Dave, pleased to meet you.
0:36:26 > 0:36:29Dave's going to look after you, make sure you do everything spot on.
0:36:29 > 0:36:31Now then, obviously, I don't want to crash this.
0:36:31 > 0:36:33What do I need to know?
0:36:33 > 0:36:35Well, the first thing you need is the key.
0:36:35 > 0:36:37- Yeah.- So this actually goes in there.
0:36:37 > 0:36:39Let me do that for you. That's great.
0:36:39 > 0:36:41- Push forward.- Oh, I got it.- That's it.
0:36:41 > 0:36:44- OK.- All set? - Bells.- Margie? Everyone?
0:36:44 > 0:36:46- Bells. - HE RINGS BELL
0:36:46 > 0:36:48Here we go.
0:36:48 > 0:36:50Oh, yes. Hey, I rather like this.
0:36:50 > 0:36:51MARGIE LAUGHS
0:36:51 > 0:36:55- We're actually doing some speed. - Yeah. Two.- Now we're racing, now.
0:36:55 > 0:36:57Hey, it's quite fast, isn't it?
0:36:57 > 0:36:59It is, yeah. It soon picks up.
0:36:59 > 0:37:01Blimey. Hey.
0:37:03 > 0:37:05You're doing great, John.
0:37:05 > 0:37:07Thank you very much, sir.
0:37:07 > 0:37:10It's quite a speed this, actually. I'm really quite impressed.
0:37:10 > 0:37:12- Bring the control back to off.- Yes.
0:37:12 > 0:37:13To slow it down again.
0:37:13 > 0:37:16Birkenhead will go down in history as the town that
0:37:16 > 0:37:19took the plunge and secured Britain's first tram system.
0:37:19 > 0:37:22All thanks to George Francis Train.
0:37:22 > 0:37:26It would have been so much easier if he'd called himself Tram.
0:37:28 > 0:37:32Lynn and Thomas, meanwhile, have made their way to West Kirby,
0:37:32 > 0:37:35where they've arrived at their final shop...
0:37:36 > 0:37:39..still armed with a whopping £373.
0:37:39 > 0:37:42They've got some serious money to spend.
0:37:42 > 0:37:45- Hello.- Hello there. - I'm Lynn.- Good to meet you, Lynn.
0:37:45 > 0:37:46- I'm Bob.- You're Bob.
0:37:46 > 0:37:48- Yes, hello.- And this is Thomas.
0:37:48 > 0:37:51Hello, Thomas. Good to meet you.
0:37:51 > 0:37:53We're really interested... You've got lovely stuff.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55- Thank you. - I'm just hoping you can do us great
0:37:55 > 0:37:58- deals on them.- We'll see what we can do. We need to make a living.
0:37:58 > 0:38:01Well, you see, I have to beat my husband, John Stapleton.
0:38:01 > 0:38:03Is that a hobby?
0:38:03 > 0:38:04It is, yeah.
0:38:05 > 0:38:09With winning on their minds, Lynn and Thomas get stuck in.
0:38:12 > 0:38:15And it doesn't take long for our Tom to dig up something.
0:38:15 > 0:38:16Go for it, Tom-Tom.
0:38:16 > 0:38:18Look at this, Lynn.
0:38:18 > 0:38:21I've never seen a wooden spade before.
0:38:21 > 0:38:23It's a cool thing. I love the size of it.
0:38:23 > 0:38:27- I love it, too, but I have got a lot of money.- Shh!- Oh.
0:38:27 > 0:38:31I have got very little money to spend if I'm going to thrash my husband.
0:38:33 > 0:38:36Thomas is taken with the 19th-century treen spade,
0:38:36 > 0:38:39which is ticketed at £36.
0:38:39 > 0:38:42And Lynn has spotted something in the shop window.
0:38:42 > 0:38:44Is it a doggy?
0:38:44 > 0:38:47The one that attracted my eye most was that lovely kind of
0:38:47 > 0:38:49Art Deco feeling pendant.
0:38:49 > 0:38:53- The gold pendant at the back? - Yes.- Well, it's probably not deco.
0:38:53 > 0:38:56- Oh.- No, it's going to be earlier than that.- Oh, really?
0:38:56 > 0:38:57- It's Art Nouveau.- Oh, right, OK.
0:38:57 > 0:39:01And it looks, with those flowers and the peridot...
0:39:01 > 0:39:04- And what's the little green stone? - It's a peridot.- I've never heard of that.
0:39:04 > 0:39:07We call it an olivine. It's a paradise stone.
0:39:07 > 0:39:10It's got a great sort of lovely green to it.
0:39:10 > 0:39:12But that is extremely wearable.
0:39:12 > 0:39:14I told you I knew nothing. I've never heard of peridot.
0:39:14 > 0:39:17But you've got an eye, you've got an eye, haven't you?
0:39:17 > 0:39:23It's a pricey piece at £225, but Lynn likes it,
0:39:23 > 0:39:25so another it's for consideration.
0:39:26 > 0:39:28Would pictures sell at this auction?
0:39:28 > 0:39:31Oh, definitely. Absolutely.
0:39:31 > 0:39:33What... I mean, do you like her?
0:39:33 > 0:39:35She's lovely, but I prefer the fat baby.
0:39:35 > 0:39:37- Oh.- Look at that.- I hadn't seen the fat baby.
0:39:37 > 0:39:40Look at the fat baby. What's a fat baby doing there?
0:39:40 > 0:39:46Oil on canvas. Hercules And The Serpents.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48With a £110 price tag,
0:39:48 > 0:39:52the oil painting is added to the list of other potential purchases.
0:39:52 > 0:39:53Anything else, chaps?
0:39:54 > 0:39:57Now, what's that? Is that an ashtray?
0:39:57 > 0:39:58- The dish?- Yeah.
0:39:58 > 0:40:00The silver dish. Antique silver dish.
0:40:00 > 0:40:04- Sri Lankan.- And what are those animals round it, horses and...?
0:40:04 > 0:40:05Well, you've got lions.
0:40:05 > 0:40:09You've got horses, you've got elephants and you've got some extraordinary
0:40:09 > 0:40:10- exotic birds.- Yeah.
0:40:11 > 0:40:13With a ticket price of £79,
0:40:13 > 0:40:18the white metal Sri Lankan dish is also set aside for negotiation.
0:40:18 > 0:40:21That pendant is still playing on Lynn's mind.
0:40:21 > 0:40:23Time for a closer look.
0:40:23 > 0:40:25So you've got the Art Nouveau design.
0:40:25 > 0:40:28The chain is not associated, it's sold with it.
0:40:28 > 0:40:31I'm just going to turn it over. So we've got the lovely design here.
0:40:31 > 0:40:32Turn it over.
0:40:33 > 0:40:35- And...- It's beautiful.
0:40:35 > 0:40:37- It is beautiful.- And what's this stone?
0:40:37 > 0:40:38- Peridot?- Peridot, yeah.
0:40:38 > 0:40:41Peridot. It's actually a good-looking thing, isn't it?
0:40:41 > 0:40:43- It is.- It is good-looking.
0:40:43 > 0:40:45- You like that?- It's lovely, it's lovely.
0:40:46 > 0:40:48The price. Yes.
0:40:48 > 0:40:51Right. So, we like that, we like that.
0:40:51 > 0:40:53And Lynn's not done yet.
0:40:53 > 0:40:55I really like the fat baby.
0:40:55 > 0:40:59The fat baby. On the ticket, it says, "After Sir Joshua Reynolds,
0:40:59 > 0:41:00"circa 1900s."
0:41:00 > 0:41:03Turn it over and show the back to me.
0:41:03 > 0:41:07So what you've got here is the modern frame, which is fine.
0:41:07 > 0:41:08So if I just peel this off.
0:41:08 > 0:41:12There we are, look. So if we do that there, there's a bit of writing on there.
0:41:12 > 0:41:16We can't see what it is. This is 1900 board.
0:41:16 > 0:41:20It's got £110 on the ticket, but
0:41:20 > 0:41:23I'm going to speak to our friend Bob, if we
0:41:23 > 0:41:26- want to do a deal on that. - You can see the infant Hercules.
0:41:26 > 0:41:28- Can you see that?- Yes.- The infant Hercules.
0:41:28 > 0:41:31It's quite interesting that we've got that bit of copperplate writing
0:41:31 > 0:41:34on there.
0:41:34 > 0:41:36That's three lots on the counter,
0:41:36 > 0:41:39but Thomas has one more he'd like to add.
0:41:39 > 0:41:41My spade. Right.
0:41:41 > 0:41:45This is what you are so attracted to.
0:41:45 > 0:41:47I love my spade.
0:41:47 > 0:41:49Well, I've never seen anything like it.
0:41:49 > 0:41:51Lynn is not convinced on that spade.
0:41:51 > 0:41:54So they've decided to try and do a deal on the dish,
0:41:54 > 0:41:56pendant and oil painting,
0:41:56 > 0:42:01which have a combined ticket price of over £400.
0:42:01 > 0:42:03Well, the best offer I can do...
0:42:05 > 0:42:07..is 275.
0:42:07 > 0:42:10I have to say, that's an immensely fair reduction.
0:42:10 > 0:42:14Would you come any lower than that, because I feel I should haggle?
0:42:14 > 0:42:15250?
0:42:16 > 0:42:18250, I could do.
0:42:18 > 0:42:21- And with the spade?- 265?
0:42:21 > 0:42:23265, including the spade?
0:42:23 > 0:42:24- That's a good deal.- Yeah.
0:42:24 > 0:42:26- Bob...- Are you going to do it?
0:42:26 > 0:42:28Yes. You're a lovely man.
0:42:28 > 0:42:30Thank you very much.
0:42:30 > 0:42:32And a very generous discount.
0:42:32 > 0:42:36Which means Lynn and Thomas get the pendant for £140,
0:42:36 > 0:42:41the painting for 60, the white metal dish for 50, and the spade for 15.
0:42:41 > 0:42:42Wow!
0:42:44 > 0:42:47We've done it, but I don't know whether we're going to beat John.
0:42:47 > 0:42:49Come on, we've got the tins!
0:42:49 > 0:42:52- Yes.- We've got the tins! - SHE LAUGHS
0:42:56 > 0:42:59While Lynn and Thomas have been busy buying,
0:42:59 > 0:43:03John and Margie have made their way to the picturesque town of Frodsham
0:43:03 > 0:43:04in Cheshire.
0:43:04 > 0:43:07Situated in the shadow of Frodsham Hill,
0:43:07 > 0:43:12this vibrant market town is home to John and Margie's final shop.
0:43:14 > 0:43:16- All right, here we go.- Yeah.
0:43:17 > 0:43:19Last call of the day.
0:43:19 > 0:43:21- Oh.- It gets no easier.
0:43:21 > 0:43:23SHE LAUGHS
0:43:23 > 0:43:25Come on. In we go.
0:43:27 > 0:43:30After blowing most of their £400 budget yesterday,
0:43:30 > 0:43:33John and Margie have just £40 left to spend.
0:43:35 > 0:43:37- What's this?- What?
0:43:37 > 0:43:40Oh, that's branny, that is, as they say in the trade.
0:43:40 > 0:43:42- A branny? What does that mean? - Brand-new.
0:43:42 > 0:43:46- Oh, I see.- Yeah. That's just trying to be something it isn't.
0:43:46 > 0:43:49- Not for us, then.- No. That's not for us. But well spotted.- This is nice.
0:43:49 > 0:43:51Yeah, that's quite nice, isn't it?
0:43:51 > 0:43:53Nice meat plate.
0:43:53 > 0:43:55I could see my roast beef on that.
0:43:55 > 0:43:57- Yeah, it's all right, isn't it?- Mm.
0:43:57 > 0:43:59Oriental background.
0:43:59 > 0:44:01Yeah, no, that's English...
0:44:01 > 0:44:06- Is it?- Well, yeah, that style is sort of the Western,
0:44:06 > 0:44:10what we assume that it's like in the Orient.
0:44:10 > 0:44:13That is willow pattern, isn't it? It is all transfer printed.
0:44:13 > 0:44:16- You can see the join there, can you see? - SHE LAUGHS
0:44:16 > 0:44:19- Do you see that little bit there? - Yes.- They transfer print and...
0:44:19 > 0:44:22- Oh, I see.- Yes, it's all very clever, but...
0:44:22 > 0:44:24So what, they print the whole thing on?
0:44:24 > 0:44:29Yeah, they, like, put a stencil on it and roll it and...
0:44:29 > 0:44:31It's not hand-painted.
0:44:31 > 0:44:35- Well, for 32 quid...- It's actually quite nice, that.
0:44:35 > 0:44:37- It is good.- Yeah.- Yeah, I like that.
0:44:37 > 0:44:40Dealer Jill is on hand to help get a closer look.
0:44:42 > 0:44:44Let's get a mark, yeah.
0:44:44 > 0:44:45That's made in Swansea...
0:44:45 > 0:44:47- Swansea!- ..which is interesting, yeah.
0:44:47 > 0:44:51That is interesting. In the late 19th century, there was a huge interest in
0:44:51 > 0:44:53Japanese... Anything to do with Japanese.
0:44:53 > 0:44:56The Mikado was inspired by the Japanese interest.
0:44:56 > 0:44:59And this stuff was just so immensely popular.
0:44:59 > 0:45:01And still looks fabulous today.
0:45:01 > 0:45:03I mean, it's a lovely, attractive plate.
0:45:03 > 0:45:05- Yeah, we like that, don't we?- We do like it.
0:45:05 > 0:45:07- Yeah.- Do you know much about it, Jill?
0:45:07 > 0:45:09I don't. It's another dealer's stock.
0:45:09 > 0:45:12Oh. We haven't actually got much money left.
0:45:12 > 0:45:14- Right.- We've come to you with very little.
0:45:14 > 0:45:17Can you ring the dealer and ask him what his best price on that might be
0:45:17 > 0:45:19for us, given that we genuinely don't have much money?
0:45:19 > 0:45:22- Honestly.- Yeah, certainly. I'll give him a call for you.
0:45:22 > 0:45:27The 19th-century meat plate sports a £32 ticket price,
0:45:27 > 0:45:29but how low will the dealer go?
0:45:31 > 0:45:33- Could do it for 22. - 22?- Yes.
0:45:33 > 0:45:36- Yeah, that's great.- He'll do it for 22.- Well, that would be nice, wouldn't it?
0:45:36 > 0:45:40- I think that's all right.- That's very kind. Thank you very much. - We'll shake on that.
0:45:40 > 0:45:42- Brilliant.- Thank you very much indeed.
0:45:42 > 0:45:46And with that generous discount, John and Margie are all bought up.
0:45:46 > 0:45:47Thank you.
0:45:49 > 0:45:53Right, shopping done and dusted, time for a spot of show and tell.
0:45:56 > 0:45:58It'll be something delicate. Good heavens!
0:45:58 > 0:46:00THEY LAUGH
0:46:00 > 0:46:03I thought you were supposed to get four or five things?
0:46:03 > 0:46:05This is one lot.
0:46:05 > 0:46:08You look as though you've bought an entire grocery shop.
0:46:08 > 0:46:10How much do you think we paid for this lot here?
0:46:10 > 0:46:12Well, I haven't the faintest idea.
0:46:12 > 0:46:14- I mean...- £15.
0:46:14 > 0:46:16- I'd say a tenner.- Lower.
0:46:16 > 0:46:18- £1. A bit more.- £1.50.
0:46:18 > 0:46:21- £2. £2. - THOMAS LAUGHS
0:46:21 > 0:46:24I offered £1 and then we felt sorry for him because he said he was a
0:46:24 > 0:46:27- businessman.- MARGIE:- There's got to be a little bit of a profit there.
0:46:27 > 0:46:29- There'll be some mark-up on that. - I'm sure.
0:46:29 > 0:46:32There's some good boxes in here.
0:46:32 > 0:46:33- Well, yes.- This could be a runaway hit.
0:46:33 > 0:46:35There are some great tins in this.
0:46:35 > 0:46:39Yes, they're in lovely, original condition.
0:46:39 > 0:46:41Also known as a bit battered.
0:46:41 > 0:46:43John, Margie, your turn.
0:46:45 > 0:46:48- Oh.- Oh.- Oh!
0:46:48 > 0:46:53You have quantity. May I suggest here we have quality, right?
0:46:53 > 0:46:57So we've got the coaching lamps, which I am immediately looking at,
0:46:57 > 0:46:59because they are cylindrical.
0:46:59 > 0:47:01I've never seen cylindrical ones.
0:47:01 > 0:47:03Margie, you would have paid a fair bit of money for those.
0:47:03 > 0:47:05I have. We have.
0:47:05 > 0:47:07We have paid. And what are your thoughts about that?
0:47:07 > 0:47:09- Noritake vase.- MARGIE:- Yes, but...?
0:47:09 > 0:47:12- Noritake?- Noritake.- Does that mean vulgar?
0:47:12 > 0:47:16Well, it's from Japan and it will have a hand-painted scene on it.
0:47:16 > 0:47:19- With very nice gilding. - Yes.- £25?
0:47:19 > 0:47:21- Come on.- Don't be silly.
0:47:21 > 0:47:23- Come on!- Oh, they paid more.
0:47:23 > 0:47:26- 45.- 55.- 55.
0:47:26 > 0:47:28- OK.- I like those coaching lamps.
0:47:28 > 0:47:30Yes, I like those coaching lamps.
0:47:30 > 0:47:34Those items you've got before all of that are all going to make a profit.
0:47:34 > 0:47:37- You think so?- Yes. The coaching lamps could let you down.
0:47:37 > 0:47:41I have to confess, I think the coaching lamps are a gamble, but in
0:47:41 > 0:47:46the hands of my expert, in whom I have absolute faith, I love it.
0:47:46 > 0:47:49- I think we'll go off and have a cup of tea.- Yeah. Good luck.
0:47:49 > 0:47:51- MARGIE:- Bye.
0:47:51 > 0:47:54Out of earshot, what do they really make of each other's lots?
0:47:56 > 0:47:58Well, I tell you what, I saw those tins.
0:47:58 > 0:48:00That's just a load of old tat, isn't it?
0:48:00 > 0:48:03But it's quite clever because they only paid two quid for it,
0:48:03 > 0:48:06- so they'll make money out of that, I think.- I think they could win.
0:48:06 > 0:48:08- Really?- You see, I like those coach lamps.
0:48:08 > 0:48:12They're the kind of thing that people buy to do up houses differently.
0:48:12 > 0:48:14- No? Oh.- No.
0:48:14 > 0:48:16OK, I bow to your superior knowledge.
0:48:17 > 0:48:20After starting in Wrightington,
0:48:20 > 0:48:24Lynn and John are now motoring towards Hazel Grove in Stockport for
0:48:24 > 0:48:25the big finale.
0:48:27 > 0:48:30As the most competitive person I've ever met in my entire life...
0:48:30 > 0:48:32- You still think that?- I still think that.
0:48:32 > 0:48:34How are you rating your chances today?
0:48:34 > 0:48:36I think, I think...
0:48:36 > 0:48:40Well, I'm meant to say I think we'll win, but I have my doubts.
0:48:40 > 0:48:42- You have your doubts?- I have my doubts.
0:48:42 > 0:48:46I've never seen you even with a scintilla of doubt about anything you've ever done.
0:48:46 > 0:48:49- I'm just loving the game. - Well, this is a first.
0:48:49 > 0:48:51While the competitive couple are gearing themselves
0:48:51 > 0:48:53up for the sale,
0:48:53 > 0:48:57our experts have arrived at Maxwells auctioneers under their own steam.
0:48:57 > 0:48:59Well, here they are.
0:49:02 > 0:49:04Good morning, sir. How are you?
0:49:04 > 0:49:07- Are you going to slip out of that? - Good to see you again.
0:49:07 > 0:49:10- Yeah.- So.- Good to see you.
0:49:10 > 0:49:12- Yeah.- Good to see you again.
0:49:12 > 0:49:13Looking forward to this?
0:49:13 > 0:49:15- LYNN:- I am.- Our tins are going to win it.
0:49:15 > 0:49:17- Your tins.- Our tins are going to win the day.
0:49:17 > 0:49:19Right, let's go in. Come on.
0:49:19 > 0:49:21Well, we'll soon find out.
0:49:21 > 0:49:26On this tremendous trip, Lynn and Thomas spent £292 on six auction lots.
0:49:28 > 0:49:31While John and Margie bought five lots,
0:49:31 > 0:49:36almost blowing their entire budget, spending £382.
0:49:36 > 0:49:40Bravo. The man with the gavel today is Max Blackmore.
0:49:40 > 0:49:43So, what does he make of our celebrities' lots?
0:49:43 > 0:49:47Some quite unusual items, like the concertina.
0:49:47 > 0:49:48Shame it's not in better condition.
0:49:48 > 0:49:51The coaching lamps are a very attractive pair.
0:49:51 > 0:49:53They could do quite well.
0:49:55 > 0:49:58Today's auction has buyers online and in the room.
0:49:58 > 0:49:59Our teams are settling in.
0:49:59 > 0:50:02Let the battle of husband versus wife commence.
0:50:06 > 0:50:11The opening lot is the 19th-century treen spade that Thomas adored.
0:50:11 > 0:50:13- Ten I have on the net. - £10. Oh, you got £10.
0:50:13 > 0:50:16- It's decorative. - Take twos if you wish.
0:50:16 > 0:50:19- 12.- Whey!- MARGIE:- 12.
0:50:19 > 0:50:22- Come on.- £12, the gentleman. In the room at £12.
0:50:22 > 0:50:25- 15.- You've got it. Swiped...
0:50:25 > 0:50:27Selling this time, then at 18.
0:50:29 > 0:50:33The spade secures Lynn and Thomas their first profit.
0:50:33 > 0:50:35I loved it.
0:50:35 > 0:50:36I'm really pleased you're happy.
0:50:36 > 0:50:38And I'd buy it again.
0:50:39 > 0:50:41From a Thomas favourite to one of Margie's.
0:50:41 > 0:50:44The Noritake vase is next.
0:50:44 > 0:50:46Start me at £10.
0:50:46 > 0:50:49£10. Ten bid. At £10.
0:50:49 > 0:50:5112. 15. 18.
0:50:51 > 0:50:5520. 22. 25.
0:50:55 > 0:50:58- Oh, it's getting there.- £25 we have from the lady.
0:50:58 > 0:51:00- Oh, dear.- At £25.
0:51:00 > 0:51:03At £25 on my left, I'm selling it.
0:51:03 > 0:51:06- Oh, what a shame.- LYNN:- How much did you buy it for?
0:51:06 > 0:51:08- 55.- Stop rubbing it in.- I feel sorry for you.
0:51:08 > 0:51:10- Just lost 30 quid.- Oh, I'm so sorry.
0:51:10 > 0:51:13Not as sorry as Margie must be feeling.
0:51:13 > 0:51:15- That's a disappointment. - That was one of our bankers.
0:51:15 > 0:51:17MARGIE LAUGHS
0:51:17 > 0:51:21Next up, Lynn's German beechwood squeeze-box.
0:51:21 > 0:51:23- £30 bid.- Oh, you're in.- LYNN:- Whey!
0:51:23 > 0:51:25- Yes.- Profit.
0:51:25 > 0:51:28Come on. At £30.
0:51:28 > 0:51:30That's fine.
0:51:30 > 0:51:33Another profit for Lynn and Thomas. Well done.
0:51:33 > 0:51:35- Thank you.- Thank you.
0:51:35 > 0:51:37We can easily overtake that.
0:51:37 > 0:51:40Fighting talk, John. I like it.
0:51:40 > 0:51:43Look, your Victorian bonbon dish is up next.
0:51:43 > 0:51:4550 bid. At £50.
0:51:45 > 0:51:48- Lady's bid at 50. 52.- Oh!
0:51:48 > 0:51:5155. 58.
0:51:51 > 0:51:5360.
0:51:53 > 0:51:55- £60, the lady's bid.- Surely not.
0:51:55 > 0:51:57- It's wiping its face.- Now in the room.
0:51:57 > 0:52:00Selling, then, at 60.
0:52:00 > 0:52:04- I'm disappointed.- There isn't a lot of love in the room for poor old
0:52:04 > 0:52:06John's lots. But at least it wasn't another loss.
0:52:06 > 0:52:08Even he thought we'd make more than that.
0:52:08 > 0:52:11- Even I did.- C'est la vie.
0:52:11 > 0:52:14Moving on, it's the turn of the £2 tins.
0:52:14 > 0:52:18There must be a profit for Lynn here, surely.
0:52:18 > 0:52:2020 bid. I have £20.
0:52:20 > 0:52:21- Wow.- That's better.
0:52:21 > 0:52:24- 20. Two. Are you bidding? 25.- Yes!
0:52:24 > 0:52:27Oh, you've got a tins collector.
0:52:27 > 0:52:2930. 35 I have. We're in fives.
0:52:29 > 0:52:33- 40. 40 bid. - I don't believe it!
0:52:33 > 0:52:36£40. 45? £45
0:52:36 > 0:52:39- on the net. Against the room. - Well, I congratulate...
0:52:39 > 0:52:4145 for that load of old tosh!
0:52:41 > 0:52:44- Yes!- Oh, thank you so much, net.
0:52:44 > 0:52:47- Well done, internet.- Lynn hoped they'd do well,
0:52:47 > 0:52:49and didn't they just? What a profit!
0:52:50 > 0:52:52How do we make a dignified exit?
0:52:52 > 0:52:55THEY LAUGH
0:52:55 > 0:52:58Don't go anywhere yet, John, here comes your 19th-century meat plate,
0:52:58 > 0:53:00- old boy.- Starting at £10, then.
0:53:00 > 0:53:04- Come on.- Come on! - This is going to creep up.- £8, then.
0:53:04 > 0:53:06This is a quality piece.
0:53:06 > 0:53:07- No, it's not...- LYNN:- It is a quality piece.
0:53:07 > 0:53:09- Gosh!- Anybody want it? £8 I have.
0:53:09 > 0:53:12Eight, we've got eight, with the auctioneer's wife.
0:53:12 > 0:53:14Thank you very much. I'm selling at £8.
0:53:14 > 0:53:16No!
0:53:16 > 0:53:19Oh, dear. This is not John and Margie's day.
0:53:19 > 0:53:21- What's happened to us? - I'm speechless.
0:53:21 > 0:53:23We've gone down the slippery.
0:53:23 > 0:53:25- I'm speechless.- THOMAS:- I'm really sorry.
0:53:25 > 0:53:27Oh, stop it! You don't mean a word of it.
0:53:27 > 0:53:29- You don't mean a word of it. - THOMAS:- I do, I do, I do.
0:53:29 > 0:53:33I believe you, Thomas. Though thousands wouldn't.
0:53:33 > 0:53:37Time now for Lynn and Thomas's white metal Sri Lankan dish.
0:53:37 > 0:53:40Come on, 20, then. Let's start nice and low.
0:53:40 > 0:53:4120 bid. In the front.
0:53:41 > 0:53:43- Further bids?- Come on, come on, take it.
0:53:43 > 0:53:4522? It's a competition.
0:53:45 > 0:53:47- It's beautiful!- 25.
0:53:47 > 0:53:50- I'm embarrassed now.- 28. I'll come back to you. 30.
0:53:50 > 0:53:5432. 35. 38.
0:53:54 > 0:53:56- Oh...!- 40.
0:53:56 > 0:53:57£40. Front row again?
0:53:57 > 0:53:59- Go one, sir!- £40? It's with the lady.
0:53:59 > 0:54:02- Well done.- 42.- Go on, madam.
0:54:02 > 0:54:03£45.
0:54:03 > 0:54:05That's the lady's bid. Anybody else now?
0:54:05 > 0:54:07All done? I'm selling.
0:54:07 > 0:54:09- Oh, dear!- Just missed a profit.
0:54:09 > 0:54:11- LYNN:- Just missed washing its face.
0:54:11 > 0:54:13A small loss for Lynn and Thomas.
0:54:13 > 0:54:16- Bad luck.- We're clawing our way back, Margie.
0:54:16 > 0:54:18- THOMAS:- You are.- JOHN:- We're clawing our way back.
0:54:18 > 0:54:21- THOMAS:- We're on the ropes. We're on the ropes. And those blows are coming in.
0:54:21 > 0:54:23Stay tuned.
0:54:23 > 0:54:25Can John and Margie make a comeback with their Victorian
0:54:25 > 0:54:27Tunbridge ware snuffbox?
0:54:28 > 0:54:3030 bid. At £30.
0:54:30 > 0:54:32There you are, straight in.
0:54:32 > 0:54:33- Wow.- 32.
0:54:33 > 0:54:35- Ooh!- 32? No, 32.
0:54:35 > 0:54:3935. 38. 40.
0:54:39 > 0:54:41- Thank you.- Well done, you've doubled your money.
0:54:41 > 0:54:43£40 for the lady standing.
0:54:43 > 0:54:46I'm selling it. At £40...
0:54:46 > 0:54:49Doubled their money! Top-notch.
0:54:49 > 0:54:51- Congratulations.- JOHN:- We're on your tail, mate.
0:54:51 > 0:54:54- We're on your tail.- Lynn and Thomas are up again,
0:54:54 > 0:54:58this time with their oil painting of the infant Hercules.
0:54:58 > 0:55:0130 bid. At £30.
0:55:01 > 0:55:03Any further bids now?
0:55:03 > 0:55:05- 35.- Come on!
0:55:05 > 0:55:07It is beautiful!
0:55:07 > 0:55:10- 40 bid.- Yes!- £40. 45?
0:55:10 > 0:55:12Yes, £45.
0:55:12 > 0:55:13- Oh, you're getting there.- Go on!
0:55:13 > 0:55:16- It's a proper picture.- It's going, going...
0:55:17 > 0:55:20Gone. The fat baby flopped.
0:55:20 > 0:55:23- Oh, dear.- Somebody got a bargain there because that was beautiful.
0:55:23 > 0:55:24- It was a good thing.- I loved it.
0:55:26 > 0:55:29Right, then, hold tight. Here comes John and Margie's big gamble,
0:55:29 > 0:55:31their rare Georgian coach lamps.
0:55:31 > 0:55:33Good luck. They'll need it.
0:55:34 > 0:55:36- Start me at 60.- Ooh!
0:55:36 > 0:55:39£60. For a good pair of Georgian coach lamps.
0:55:39 > 0:55:40They are really good.
0:55:40 > 0:55:42They are good, and they're not mine.
0:55:42 > 0:55:45They're not mine, and they're good.
0:55:45 > 0:55:48- 90.- A long way to go. - £90 in the front row.
0:55:48 > 0:55:50- At £90.- Come on, they're gorgeous. - They are good.- £90.
0:55:50 > 0:55:52There's no interest on the net.
0:55:52 > 0:55:54- We're in the room.- No interest on the net!
0:55:54 > 0:55:56Any further bids now? £90 it is.
0:55:56 > 0:55:58- Oh, I feel for you.- And selling.
0:56:00 > 0:56:03What a disappointment. But never mind.
0:56:03 > 0:56:07Never mind?! Oh, dear. Top marks for your positivity, Margie,
0:56:07 > 0:56:09but that is a crushing blow.
0:56:09 > 0:56:11I thought there was a telephone bid coming up.
0:56:11 > 0:56:13I thought there was. With somebody hovering around on the phone,
0:56:13 > 0:56:15I was worried. Genuinely.
0:56:15 > 0:56:17- JOHN:- I think they were ordering their lunch. - THEY LAUGH
0:56:17 > 0:56:19Time for the last lot of the day, then.
0:56:19 > 0:56:21Lynn's peridot pendant.
0:56:21 > 0:56:23There could be a profit here.
0:56:23 > 0:56:27At 55. 60. 65.
0:56:27 > 0:56:2970. 75.
0:56:29 > 0:56:3180. 85.
0:56:31 > 0:56:33Well, it's doing all right!
0:56:33 > 0:56:3695. 100.
0:56:36 > 0:56:38- Oh, dear.- 110.
0:56:38 > 0:56:41120. 130. 140.
0:56:41 > 0:56:42- Whey!- 150.
0:56:42 > 0:56:44- Yes!- 160.
0:56:44 > 0:56:47- All done this time?- That's good.
0:56:47 > 0:56:49And we end on a profit.
0:56:49 > 0:56:51Great stuff.
0:56:51 > 0:56:52Many congratulations.
0:56:52 > 0:56:54- Thank you.- JOHN:- Yes, well done.
0:56:54 > 0:56:56- Have we won? - MARGIE LAUGHS
0:56:56 > 0:56:58Good one, Lynn.
0:57:00 > 0:57:04John and Margie started with £400 and, after paying auction costs,
0:57:04 > 0:57:10sadly, they made a pretty dramatic loss of £199.14.
0:57:10 > 0:57:16Which means they end this trip with £200.86.
0:57:16 > 0:57:19Lynn and Thomas also kicked off with £400 and, unfortunately,
0:57:19 > 0:57:22they too failed to make a profit after auction costs.
0:57:22 > 0:57:25Although their loss was somewhat smaller of just
0:57:25 > 0:57:30£10.74, which means the wife wins.
0:57:30 > 0:57:34Oh, yes. Lynn finishes with £389.26.
0:57:36 > 0:57:38- Well done, darling.- Well, thank you, darling.
0:57:38 > 0:57:39I'm so sorry you lost.
0:57:39 > 0:57:41That will teach you to be rude about me.
0:57:41 > 0:57:43And being with you has been reward enough for me.
0:57:43 > 0:57:46How sweet. I feel even worse now.
0:57:46 > 0:57:48Sufficient reward just being with you.
0:57:48 > 0:57:50- Given that you've won, will you drive me home?- Certainly.
0:57:53 > 0:57:55- Bye-bye.- Bye. See you.
0:57:58 > 0:58:01Well, I tell you what, I found this a really,
0:58:01 > 0:58:03really lovely and fascinating experience.
0:58:03 > 0:58:06- I mean, it's quite educational, isn't it?- Absolutely brilliant.
0:58:06 > 0:58:09And, oh, I can get in top gear here.
0:58:09 > 0:58:12I think we've really missed out over the years.
0:58:12 > 0:58:16I didn't realise how great auctions were for buying good stuff at good
0:58:16 > 0:58:18prices. And the antique shops...
0:58:18 > 0:58:21I'm going to go in more of them in future.
0:58:21 > 0:58:23Now I know slightly what I'm looking for.
0:58:23 > 0:58:25- You've got the bug?- Yeah.
0:58:25 > 0:58:28I'm pleased to hear it. Safe travels, road trippers.