0:00:02 > 0:00:04- The nation's favourite celebrities...- Ooh, I like that.
0:00:04 > 0:00:07- ..paired up with an expert... - We've had some fun, haven't we?
0:00:07 > 0:00:10- ..and a classic car.- It feels as if it could go quite fast.
0:00:10 > 0:00:15- Their mission - to scour Britain for antiques.- Yes!- Fantastic!
0:00:15 > 0:00:16I'll do that in slow-mo.
0:00:16 > 0:00:19The aim - to make the biggest profit at auction.
0:00:19 > 0:00:25- Come on, boys!- But it's no easy ride. Who will find a hidden gem?
0:00:25 > 0:00:29- Don't sell me!- Who will take the biggest risks?- Go away, darling!
0:00:29 > 0:00:34- Will anybody follow expert advice? - I'm trying to spend money here.
0:00:34 > 0:00:38- There will be worthy winners... - Yes!- ..and valiant losers.
0:00:38 > 0:00:43Put your pedal to the metal. This is the Celebrity Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:46 > 0:00:47Yeah!
0:00:51 > 0:00:53Today, we're in the West Country,
0:00:53 > 0:00:56in the company of one of our most talented actors,
0:00:56 > 0:00:59plus his old agent, who's a bit of a star in his own right.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02- So, what are we doing? - Do you not know any of this?
0:01:02 > 0:01:04- Not really, no.- Oh, God.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06No, because you tell me what to do and I just do it, generally.
0:01:06 > 0:01:11- Actors!- I know.- It's Nigel Havers and Michael Whitehall.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13We're going to these antique shops,
0:01:13 > 0:01:16we're buying antiques that we like,
0:01:16 > 0:01:19- but we're going to buy the best ones for the price...- OK.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21..negotiate them down.
0:01:21 > 0:01:25- Your negotiating skills aren't exactly legendary.- No.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28Nigel, star of the Oscar-winning Chariots Of Fire
0:01:28 > 0:01:32and also love rat Lewis Archer from Corrie,
0:01:32 > 0:01:35is sharing a Bentley with Michael, his old Mr Ten Percent.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38- You've got what I haven't got. - Which is?
0:01:38 > 0:01:40Which is that you're a supreme actor.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42"Supreme" - I like that, thank you.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44You never know when you're telling the truth.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47Some of your performances are breath-taking.
0:01:47 > 0:01:51Having represented some of Britain's biggest actors,
0:01:51 > 0:01:55like Colin Firth, Dame Judi and Daniel Day-Lewis,
0:01:55 > 0:01:59Michael's also the father of comedian Jack Whitehall.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02They've even appeared together in their own TV show.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05He's already made a lot of jokes, of course, about antiques.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08In fact, he said to me on the phone the other day,
0:02:08 > 0:02:12"Have you two antiques gone off and bought these antiques yet?"
0:02:12 > 0:02:16Those two were agent and client for over 30 years
0:02:16 > 0:02:18and remain the closest of friends.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21Nigel was even best man at Michael's wedding,
0:02:21 > 0:02:24so they should make for a formidable combination.
0:02:24 > 0:02:29I'm going to say, "I'm afraid, for me, that will have to be £400."
0:02:29 > 0:02:33- How about that?- You maybe need to be a bit more ruthless with it.
0:02:33 > 0:02:37- OK.- AGGRESSIVELY:- I'm afraid I'm only going to give you £400!
0:02:37 > 0:02:41- Take it or leave it! How about that? - That's a bit over the top.- OK.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45Fortunately, they'll have plenty of advice
0:02:45 > 0:02:48from our sagacious experts in the TVR -
0:02:48 > 0:02:52auctioneer James Braxton and dealer Margie Cooper.
0:02:53 > 0:02:57I'm with Nigel Havers and you've got the very funny Michael Whitehall.
0:02:57 > 0:03:01- Are you going to be swooning?- I hope I don't come over all unnecessary.
0:03:01 > 0:03:05Do you? Margie, I don't want to get between you and Nigel.
0:03:06 > 0:03:10So, with £400 per couple, let's get cracking.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12We've just got married. This is why we're in this car.
0:03:12 > 0:03:16We took the ribbon off cos we thought it looked a bit flash.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19- Here we are. - Yes, and we're so happy.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21- Right, so are you ready for the fray?- Yes.- Yeah.
0:03:21 > 0:03:25- What do we do now then?- We go and find the shop.- Do we? A shop?
0:03:25 > 0:03:26Yeah, we're going to find a shop.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28Buy ourselves a little wedding present.
0:03:28 > 0:03:32- JAMES:- Such a shame to split you so early on.
0:03:32 > 0:03:36I wonder how Margie's coping with her charming chum.
0:03:36 > 0:03:40- I remember you from the massive Chariots Of Fire.- Yes.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42Of course, when we made the film, we didn't know whether...
0:03:42 > 0:03:44- It was going to be a... - No.- Terrific.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47I went to see a little early screening and I thought,
0:03:47 > 0:03:49"Oh, dear, I wonder who's going to be interested
0:03:49 > 0:03:52"in these guys running around a track in 1924.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54"I wonder if we've made a mistake."
0:03:54 > 0:03:57And then we ended up in Hollywood for the Oscar night
0:03:57 > 0:04:00and the winner of the Best Film is Chariots Of Fire -
0:04:00 > 0:04:02we couldn't believe it!
0:04:02 > 0:04:04And everyone said, "You've got to hang around in Hollywood.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06"You're very hot." I said, "I can't.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09"I've got to go back to tomorrow cos I'm doing an episode of Jackanory."
0:04:09 > 0:04:13Consummate pro. Wither the Bentley boys then?
0:04:13 > 0:04:17My boss, when I first became an actors' agent, he had a Bentley.
0:04:17 > 0:04:21- Yeah.- And he had a very, very talkative chauffeur,
0:04:21 > 0:04:22and I remember him saying to me...
0:04:22 > 0:04:24And I made the most terrible mistake.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27The first day my new chauffeur arrived,
0:04:27 > 0:04:30he said I didn't shut the partition
0:04:30 > 0:04:34and if you don't shut the partition on day one,
0:04:34 > 0:04:37you're stuck with him talking to you all the time.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39Well, whatever the social niceties,
0:04:39 > 0:04:43I think the Bentley's definitely looking like the wiser choice.
0:04:43 > 0:04:44Talk about chariots of fire!
0:04:44 > 0:04:46We've got smoke coming out of the back.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48Smoke's coming out of the back.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50They're right, you know. Better pull over.
0:04:51 > 0:04:56- Turn it off.- I'm sure this doesn't happen on Nigel's usual productions.
0:04:56 > 0:05:01- Oh, Nigel!- Oh, look at this. - Oh, my Lord.- Yes.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03So, what would happen? Would it blow up?
0:05:03 > 0:05:05It could do if it got really, really hot.
0:05:05 > 0:05:09- Well, luckily, I don't think we're far.- Shall we leave it there?- Yes.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12No-one's going to steal it. It's not going to go anywhere, is it?
0:05:12 > 0:05:14Right, let's go. Come on.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16I just hope it doesn't take too long
0:05:16 > 0:05:18because they're supposed to be starting out in Bristol
0:05:18 > 0:05:20and then motoring east
0:05:20 > 0:05:23before eventually arriving in London and an auction at Southgate.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25But first, that great city,
0:05:25 > 0:05:28whose motto is "By virtue and industry".
0:05:28 > 0:05:31And I'm sure it has more than enough of both.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33Plenty of buses too.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36Um, wait, hello, it's me. Yes.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39Just to let you know, our car blew up.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43We managed to get out before it exploded and we ran into a field.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45And then we hopped on a bus, eventually,
0:05:45 > 0:05:48and now we're going to work. Bye-bye.
0:05:48 > 0:05:52Always call your agent, eh? Come on now, Nigel, break a leg.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55- Hello, are you Steve?- Hello, there. - Hello, Steve.- Hiya.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58- Nice to meet you. - Lots of extras on set today.
0:05:58 > 0:06:02Another orange man! Are you following me or what?
0:06:02 > 0:06:04Amongst this boggling array,
0:06:04 > 0:06:06there has to be something to suit our pair.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09Margie, what is THIS?
0:06:09 > 0:06:11This is brilliant because this is a reclaimers'...
0:06:11 > 0:06:13Absolute wonderful place.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16So, basically, anyone who's got rubbish brings it here.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19These are places where you've just got to root
0:06:19 > 0:06:20and try and find stuff.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22You'll soon get the hang of it.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24This is brilliant!
0:06:24 > 0:06:28This colander - someone's converted it into a lampshade.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31- THEY LAUGH - Isn't that good?
0:06:31 > 0:06:35- I'm absolutely speechless. - But that's incredible.
0:06:35 > 0:06:39You put that in a very smart place, it would look amazing.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42That might be one of my extravagant and odd buys.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44I'd give him a couple of quid.
0:06:44 > 0:06:48- Maybe a fiver. Am I insane? - We'll let you know.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51- It's all up for grabs in here though.- This is just sweet.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54- There is a certain amount of age to it.- Yeah.- It's wearing off.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56It's wearing off.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58But you've got to think about at the auction,
0:06:58 > 0:07:01- when they hold that up... - It doesn't look like much.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04- Yeah, is that going to be a problem? - Let's have a look from a distance.
0:07:04 > 0:07:08- Good idea.- And we have lot number... - It looks better from a distance!
0:07:08 > 0:07:11- Plaque.- £75.- It's yours!
0:07:11 > 0:07:14Lordy! What can Margie come up with?
0:07:14 > 0:07:17These would go in grottos, wouldn't they,
0:07:17 > 0:07:19in the sort of 19th-century houses,
0:07:19 > 0:07:22where they used to have furniture made with the shell back.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25- Yeah, little seats in the grotto. - Yeah.
0:07:25 > 0:07:29Is that a little weed growing out of the...? I'd like to keep that.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32- I love that.- Another bucket.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35- Ooh!- What are the chances, eh? - Yes, it is. It's a cockle...
0:07:35 > 0:07:39- A cockle bucket.- It's the real thing.- That hasn't been altered.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42- I do quite like that.- Do you? Well, if you really like that...
0:07:42 > 0:07:44Just for a second, here's your drawing room, here it is,
0:07:44 > 0:07:46and you have that as a waste paper basket.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48I think that's divine.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51Nigel's definitely got a thing about those.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54- Time to get Steve involved, methinks.- We like the look of these.
0:07:54 > 0:07:58- Shell grotto type chairs.- Yeah, they're called screamer stools.
0:07:58 > 0:08:02- They're from the 1890s.- Really? Never heard of that!
0:08:02 > 0:08:05- It's cos of the face on them. - Big, screamy face.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08- It's a big mouth there. - What sort of money are they?
0:08:08 > 0:08:11- They're very heavy. - They're about £60 a go.- Yeah.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14- Are you interested, Nigel? - I am quite interested in that.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17I'm also interested in this little baby here.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19- Oh, just a plaque.- It's a plaque.
0:08:19 > 0:08:23- It came from one of the demolition jobs that we've been to.- Yeah.
0:08:23 > 0:08:27- So whether it's old or new...- It's obviously been outside, hasn't it?
0:08:27 > 0:08:29Yes, but it's just a paint thing.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31I'm quite intrigued by these
0:08:31 > 0:08:34- and I've noticed there's another one at the back.- Oh, yes.
0:08:34 > 0:08:35- Is that a pair?- Yes, it is a pair.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38You said £60 each but, obviously,
0:08:38 > 0:08:41you'd be able to go a bit lower if we bought the two.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43I'd come down to £100 for the two.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47Not so scary. Now for Nigel's bucket and some baskets too.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49You and your cockle bucket!
0:08:49 > 0:08:51Yeah, I found a really lovely cockle bucket
0:08:51 > 0:08:54- which has not been hacked about. - Right.
0:08:54 > 0:08:58- If we put that, say, with these two baskets...- Yeah.- Bakery...
0:08:58 > 0:09:02- There's a sort of cockles, bread... - How much is the cockle bucket?
0:09:02 > 0:09:05If you got it at what it cost me, it was £15.
0:09:08 > 0:09:13- The bread baskets?- £5.- These two... Can you not ease it a bit more?
0:09:13 > 0:09:15We're just gambling, aren't we?
0:09:15 > 0:09:18We're in a London auction that we don't know, Stephen.
0:09:18 > 0:09:22I'd have said if you were in London and you were selling those,
0:09:22 > 0:09:26- you'd get £80 each, easy. - Yeah, I wish I hadn't said that now.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30Ha-ha, quite, Margie. Time to have a bit of a team talk, I reckon.
0:09:30 > 0:09:31Refocus.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34- Right, this cockle bucket...- Yes. - We've thrown out the baskets.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36We've thrown the baskets out.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38I think we should go for the SCREAMERS!
0:09:38 > 0:09:40THEY LAUGH
0:09:40 > 0:09:42I could have another tap at him.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45- Have another tap and maybe the cockle bucket at £10.- Right.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48- £110 for the two.- Right, and if he says no, what are you going to do?
0:09:48 > 0:09:51- "OK, £500! Whatever you want!" - Stand by.
0:09:51 > 0:09:56- We've come to, um, I think, a wonderful conclusion.- Go on.
0:09:56 > 0:10:00Which is that we'd like the SCREAMERS. I think they're fun.
0:10:00 > 0:10:05- And the cockle bucket.- OK.- And what if I said £110 for that lot?
0:10:05 > 0:10:09- I'd say yes.- Oh!- Good man! - Thank you very much.
0:10:09 > 0:10:10So, with Nigel off the mark,
0:10:10 > 0:10:14it's time to find out what their opposite numbers are up to
0:10:14 > 0:10:18elsewhere in Bristol, in a car that still works.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20My first big client was Kenneth More.
0:10:20 > 0:10:24Reach For The Sky, Genevieve and all those films.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26He was such a sweet man
0:10:26 > 0:10:30and his great friend was a man called Michael Havers,
0:10:30 > 0:10:33who was the Attorney General, Lord Chancellor.
0:10:33 > 0:10:37I was in the Garrick Club with them both and Michael Havers said,
0:10:37 > 0:10:40"My boy is looking for a new agent.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43"The chap he's got at the moment is absolutely useless."
0:10:43 > 0:10:46And Kenny More said, "Darling, you must take him on.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48"He's such a sweet boy", and all that,
0:10:48 > 0:10:50so I trusted Kenny and took him on
0:10:50 > 0:10:54- and, as it turned out, he was a huge success.- Yes.
0:10:54 > 0:10:58Those two are headed for a very different sort of gentlemen's club
0:10:58 > 0:11:02because tucked away in Bristol's city centre is a secretive spot
0:11:02 > 0:11:05that should suit art lover Michael down to the ground.
0:11:06 > 0:11:13- We're now walking into the Wigwam, which...- Oh, wow!
0:11:13 > 0:11:16..is probably like no other wigwam you've ever seen.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19- No.- It's modelled on a Gloucestershire barn.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22This is the headquarters of the Savages,
0:11:22 > 0:11:27a Bristolian artistic institution for well over 100 years,
0:11:27 > 0:11:30as curator Mike Newstead can explain.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33The club, as we know it, was started by Ernest Ehlers
0:11:33 > 0:11:36and he was a Bristolian of German extraction.
0:11:36 > 0:11:40And there's a long tradition of groups of Bristol artists
0:11:40 > 0:11:41- painting together.- Yes.
0:11:41 > 0:11:45And one night - it was 18th February, 1904 -
0:11:45 > 0:11:47he decided to form a society,
0:11:47 > 0:11:52and they decided to call themselves the Bristol Savages.
0:11:52 > 0:11:56No-one knows exactly why they adopted that particular moniker,
0:11:56 > 0:12:00although the Edwardian fashion for all things Native American
0:12:00 > 0:12:02may have been an influence.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05The club came here to the Wigwam in 1920,
0:12:05 > 0:12:10with their somewhat eccentric methods already firmly in place.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13The artists meet on a Wednesday night, about six o'clock,
0:12:13 > 0:12:16and paint to a subject set by Chairman for the evening.
0:12:16 > 0:12:20So the artists don't have an apple or a model?
0:12:20 > 0:12:22It'll be whatever the Chairman thinks,
0:12:22 > 0:12:24as a sentence, a word, a catchphrase
0:12:24 > 0:12:27which might tickle his or their fancy.
0:12:27 > 0:12:31They have no prompts, they have to do it inside the studio.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33- In two hours.- In two hours.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35It can be quite a challenge,
0:12:35 > 0:12:39although would-be Savages have to pass a stiff audition
0:12:39 > 0:12:42before they're entitled to wear the red feather,
0:12:42 > 0:12:44while the so-called lay members,
0:12:44 > 0:12:47who turn up later to enjoy the fun, wear green.
0:12:47 > 0:12:51The club, which still insists on remaining gentlemen only,
0:12:51 > 0:12:54has had many talented artists amongst its closed ranks.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57This picture here, In Sunshine And In Shade,
0:12:57 > 0:13:00was painted by an artist called Bartram Hiles and as a young man,
0:13:00 > 0:13:05he lost both his arms in an accident on Hotwells, run over by a tram,
0:13:05 > 0:13:08but he learnt to paint by using the brush in his mouth.
0:13:08 > 0:13:12And that's a portrait of Captain Robert Falcon Scott.
0:13:12 > 0:13:17In 1910, he came to our annual dinner and he gave a speech there
0:13:17 > 0:13:21and we had a collection which came to five guineas,
0:13:21 > 0:13:24which was sent to Captain Scott for him to use
0:13:24 > 0:13:29to buy a pony for his expedition. And there is one of the ice picks.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31I wouldn't mind having one of those
0:13:31 > 0:13:35- for when my son, Jack, misbehaves. - Ah!
0:13:35 > 0:13:38And in 1937, his son, Peter Scott,
0:13:38 > 0:13:42came and painted with the artist members in the studio upstairs.
0:13:42 > 0:13:47- Yeah.- And in our archive, we have the very painting that he did.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49- Did he do a bird?- Surprisingly, yes.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52Well, he was an ornithologist, I suppose.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55I'm sure he'd easily have won his red feather.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58I wonder what our two will create when put to the Savage test.
0:13:58 > 0:14:02- Do we have a title?- Yes, we do. I've written it on the board.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04The board, by the way,
0:14:04 > 0:14:07is the original board that's been used since 1907.
0:14:07 > 0:14:11I think the link with me with the Antiques Road Trip
0:14:11 > 0:14:13will be very spurious.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16- On your artistic marks then... - The clock is ticking.
0:14:16 > 0:14:20MUSIC: Theme from Take Hart
0:14:20 > 0:14:22So much concentration going into that.
0:14:22 > 0:14:27Bear in mind that I was doing this cartoon in about 1945
0:14:27 > 0:14:29when I was five.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32That's stuck with me as the only thing I could do.
0:14:36 > 0:14:37- Have you finished?- I have.
0:14:38 > 0:14:42- Crikey!- How have we done?
0:14:42 > 0:14:45Well, I think there's a new "ism" coming on here.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47You should phone the London galleries.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49THEY LAUGH
0:14:49 > 0:14:51You may struggle to get into Savages at this stage,
0:14:51 > 0:14:53but it is only the first audition.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55I think that's what they call
0:14:55 > 0:14:56letting them down lightly, don't you?
0:15:00 > 0:15:03Now, let's get back to the shopping, still in Bristol,
0:15:03 > 0:15:06where Nigel and Margie have reached their next shop.
0:15:06 > 0:15:08- Here we go.- Here we go.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10Gird your loins.
0:15:10 > 0:15:11- Hello.- Hiya.- I remember you.
0:15:11 > 0:15:15- Yes, from last time.- Jay, hello. - Nigel.- Jay, nice to meet you.
0:15:15 > 0:15:19- I just spied this, um, this top hat here.- Top hat.
0:15:19 > 0:15:21Do you mind if I..? Thank you.
0:15:21 > 0:15:25- That suits you.- I do like a top hat. I went to Ascot on Tuesday.
0:15:25 > 0:15:29- Did you really?- Yes. - Glorious weather.- It rained all day.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31It's sort of too big for me.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33MARGIE LAUGHS
0:15:33 > 0:15:36Do you remember that comedian called Parrotface Davies?
0:15:36 > 0:15:39They may well have appeared together in panto.
0:15:39 > 0:15:42- I like these flags.- Yeah? - I do rather.- Here we go.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45Well, we'll see if anyone salutes it, shall we?
0:15:45 > 0:15:47- There are a couple of moth holes in there.- I don't mind.
0:15:47 > 0:15:52- That's good, moth holes.- Where's the price, Jay?- It can be £15. Cheap.
0:15:52 > 0:15:57- What year do you think that is? - I would probably say '50s.- '53?
0:15:57 > 0:16:02- Coronation?- It might well be.- Shall we make it that?- Let's make it '53!
0:16:02 > 0:16:05Just think, when you've just won Chariots Of Fire.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07I'll do that in slow-mo.
0:16:07 > 0:16:11Wouldn't you just love to run round, having achieved a gold medal?
0:16:11 > 0:16:13If we're having a dinner party or something,
0:16:13 > 0:16:16- they'd put this in the middle of the table like that.- Or a burial at sea!
0:16:16 > 0:16:19- So, it's what? £10?- £15. It's cheap as chips, that is.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22Have you got anything similar to go with it?
0:16:22 > 0:16:25Good plan. What can our Jay find?
0:16:25 > 0:16:28- Are those all for sale? - Yes, they're all for sale.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30There's a tin there with a view of something.
0:16:30 > 0:16:34- Oh, that's Fortnum & Mason. - That would go with it, the flag.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37- The flag.- Could we get that tin down?- Yes, let's have a little look.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40- Do you want to squeeze past me?- Jay, this is what you do for a living.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42Climbing up furniture.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46So, we want to have a look at this bottom one here.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48So, we've got that one there.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51Is that Tower of London? It's old London.
0:16:51 > 0:16:52- That's the Tower, isn't it? - I like it.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55- That's where you went through if you were in big trouble.- Yeah.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57- Was it that one there you were looking at?- Yes.- Yes.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01Ah, Crawford & Sons. Delicious!
0:17:01 > 0:17:03Original ring on the top.
0:17:03 > 0:17:07- I like that.- Ooh, yeah. - OK, these two tins appeal to me.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10- Do they appeal to you? - Everyone loves biccies.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12Let's look at this one.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15- Job lot of tins - is that where we're going?- Yeah.- Looks like it.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18Let's just talk money for a minute cos we've got to be...
0:17:18 > 0:17:20They've got no prices on, so...
0:17:20 > 0:17:23- I was going to say I'd do the lot for £15.- I think that's pretty good.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26- Yeah.- It's a bit like an old-fashioned sweet shop, this.
0:17:26 > 0:17:31- While you're at it, I'll have a KitKat.- She looks like a...
0:17:31 > 0:17:35- Macfarlane Lang. I remember them.- I think she's great. We're having her.
0:17:35 > 0:17:39- Any danger of a deal, do we think?- Union Jack was £15.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41- Yeah, and these are £15. - These were £15.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43So, can we lump it all together?
0:17:43 > 0:17:48- The word "Lump" is what I like.- It's £30 for the two lots. That's cheap.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50- Done.- Smashing.- Thank you very much.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52They're certainly buying in bulk.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54Right, let's try and get out of this hole.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56But how does Margie reckon it's going?
0:17:56 > 0:17:59I think we're buying some really funny and interesting things.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02- I'm not sure about his cockle bucket.- Quite.
0:18:02 > 0:18:06But he's a very attractive man. And he's lovely as well.
0:18:06 > 0:18:10He's lovely with it. So, yeah, enjoying it immensely.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12MARGIE LAUGHS
0:18:12 > 0:18:14Margie, what do you think of this?
0:18:15 > 0:18:17- Is that old?- No!
0:18:17 > 0:18:19- Oh, bugger! - MARGIE LAUGHS
0:18:19 > 0:18:23Say what you like about our Nige, he certainly puts a shift in.
0:18:23 > 0:18:27You have to really learn to look up, cos quite often,
0:18:27 > 0:18:31things are up, up... Oh, there's an aeroplane up there.
0:18:31 > 0:18:35Lots of things remind me of my childhood here.
0:18:35 > 0:18:39Lots and lots of things, including this sledge.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42Look at this! This is great! That's a two-seater.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44I loved to go sledging. It was fantastic.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47Of course, it used to snow a lot more in those days.
0:18:47 > 0:18:48I'm quite interested in that.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51So, with Nigel poised to buy the entire shop,
0:18:51 > 0:18:55our other pairing have still to part with as much as a penny.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57Michael, are you a collector?
0:18:57 > 0:19:00I have sort of crazes of collecting things.
0:19:00 > 0:19:06Um... So, I suddenly start buying commedia dell'arte paintings
0:19:06 > 0:19:10- and I ended up with far too many pictures.- Are you quite tough?
0:19:10 > 0:19:13- Are you a tough negotiator? - I am a tough negotiator.
0:19:13 > 0:19:17My problem is that I do have slightly weird taste.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20The sort of thing that appeals to me
0:19:20 > 0:19:23very often doesn't appeal to anyone else.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25Yeah, that's not helpful.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28They're on their way, via a somewhat circuitous route,
0:19:28 > 0:19:31to the same shop that Nigel and Margie are currently hoovering up,
0:19:31 > 0:19:34so let's hope Michael isn't too bothered about flags,
0:19:34 > 0:19:37biscuit tins or model planes, cos they've all gone.
0:19:37 > 0:19:41- OK, I want you to look up... - Yeah.- ..now.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44Oh, crikey!
0:19:44 > 0:19:47Going to be a lot of money, isn't it? So, it has flown?
0:19:47 > 0:19:50- That would have flown at some point, yeah.- But when you say it flies...
0:19:50 > 0:19:52- How do you land it? - I wouldn't have a clue.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55- I just know how to stick it up there.- I beg your pardon!
0:19:55 > 0:19:58- How much is it?- £350.- Oh. - I knew it would be.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01£150? Just to get it out of the way.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04Yeah, actually, it sort of already is.
0:20:04 > 0:20:08- Well, if you're interested, ask for the best price.- So... So, Jay...
0:20:08 > 0:20:11- Yes?- What's the best price for that, please?- That WAS the best price.
0:20:11 > 0:20:15- Was it?- Yes.- Perhaps the sledge will go down better.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17CLATTERING
0:20:17 > 0:20:19Whoops! Don't worry about that. Look at that.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22- The runners are still there. - Yeah, they are.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25- See? Any brakes on it? No! - There don't seem to be.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27- I had one with brakes on.- Did you? - Yeah.
0:20:27 > 0:20:31- You would, wouldn't you?- Yeah, yeah. What's the best price on that, Jay?
0:20:31 > 0:20:35It's £35 priced up, isn't it? A nice gentleman like you, it's £30.
0:20:35 > 0:20:40- Oh, Jay!- That's not even 10%. - Over 13, actually.
0:20:40 > 0:20:44- I don't think that's going to be a goer for £30.- Nor do I.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47- What are YOU thinking? - I was thinking 20 quid.- Yeah.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50I could split the difference with you there. £25.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54Don't look at ME. You found it!
0:20:55 > 0:20:59- You found...- £25! Yeah, £25.- Deal?
0:20:59 > 0:21:01- Thank you.- Smashing.
0:21:01 > 0:21:06- Done it now.- In this together, eh, Margie? Hang on, there's more.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08Look, Coronation souvenir book, 1937.
0:21:08 > 0:21:12- Oh, that's lovely, to go with your flag.- Yes.- Well done.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15- Jay wanted £5, but I got it for £3.- Nigel!
0:21:15 > 0:21:18- There, is that the Koh-i-noor diamond?- Indeed.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21- That must be so heavy on her head. - That's why she's like this.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24- Yeah.- Uncanny(!)
0:21:24 > 0:21:27£58 then, for that little lot - a flag, seven tins,
0:21:27 > 0:21:30a book and a sledge - all cunningly concealed from our late arrivals.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33- Bye, Jay.- Bye-bye.- Goody!
0:21:35 > 0:21:39This isn't a bus shelter, you know. That's out there, the bus shelter.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42- We're waiting for our limousine to take us home.- Oh, right.
0:21:42 > 0:21:46I thought it was the 175C. We'd better do some shopping.
0:21:46 > 0:21:50- We'd better get on.- Good luck. I hope it isn't cancelled, OK.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52Time to see Michael in action.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54Here's the proprietor, Jay. Michael.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56- How do you do, Jay? - Nice to meet you, Michael.
0:21:56 > 0:22:00Bit late, perhaps, but definitely spoilt for choice.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06Michael, take that in your hands.
0:22:06 > 0:22:10When you hold something like that, what happens? Initial nerves?
0:22:10 > 0:22:15- Can I get a tune out of it?- It reminds me of my friend Elton John.
0:22:15 > 0:22:21- Yeah, yeah.- He has a quite elderly tambourine player in his group.
0:22:21 > 0:22:26He's had him for 30, 40 years, right back to the old days.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29- But he is really very old. He's even older than me.- Really?
0:22:29 > 0:22:33And he's beginning to run out of his...whatever it is you need
0:22:33 > 0:22:35to play the tambourine.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38- Your oomph. Or your smack, is it? - Steady on!
0:22:38 > 0:22:41- My son is a comedian, as you know.- Yeah.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44And in the old days, comedians, when they told jokes,
0:22:44 > 0:22:47would say something and then they'd go...
0:22:47 > 0:22:48HE BANGS TAMBOURINE
0:22:48 > 0:22:51..at the end, just to let the audience know that the joke's there.
0:22:51 > 0:22:55So, for example, you'd say, "I sent my wife to the West Indies."
0:22:55 > 0:22:58- Jamaica? - No, she went of her own accord!
0:22:58 > 0:23:00HE BANGS TAMBOURINE
0:23:00 > 0:23:04Keep smiling, Jay. They are getting there. What does this owe you, Jay?
0:23:04 > 0:23:07- A fiver?- 15 quid! - No!- That's cheap for that.
0:23:07 > 0:23:11- Think of the amount of fun you get out of that.- He's still smiling.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14When somebody's still smiling, they're not upset, are they?
0:23:14 > 0:23:17- Well, I've said a fiver.- That'll have to go back on the shelf.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20- That can't be a fiver. - Careful, James, you'll wear it out.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23- How long have you had that up there? - About ten days.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26- Ten days and nobody's bought it! - Nobody's bought it.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28Are you beginning to feel nervous about that price?
0:23:28 > 0:23:30You've just got to wait for the right punter.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32That's what you've got to wait for - the right man to come in for it.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34I tell you what I would be prepared to do,
0:23:34 > 0:23:37- because I know you like it and I like it.- Yeah.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39- I would be prepared to go to £8. - Really?
0:23:39 > 0:23:42- Best I'd do is £12.- £9.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44- My final word. £9.- £9.
0:23:44 > 0:23:48- So it's either £9..- £9- ..or "Nein". - He's on a roll.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51- Thank you, sir.- Well done, well done. Voila.- Danke schoen.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53- So, there we are.- Auf Wiedersehen.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56- What a nice young man.- Yes.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59Now, with our two friends back together again,
0:23:59 > 0:24:00it's down to business.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03You know at the end of all this, when we do the auction,
0:24:03 > 0:24:05because of our relationship,
0:24:05 > 0:24:11I think that I should take a percentage of what your things make.
0:24:11 > 0:24:15- Yeah.- Obviously, that would have VAT on it.- Nighty-night.
0:24:19 > 0:24:25Ah, good to see the TVR's back on song. Let's hope it lasts.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28We bought, as Michael said, a bit of nonsense.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31I heard him say that he reckoned he was the oldest thing in the shop.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33I think he was!
0:24:33 > 0:24:35- NIGEL:- I have made one purchase though,
0:24:35 > 0:24:39- that she completely and utterly doesn't understand.- Right.
0:24:39 > 0:24:42It's made of metal and it's got holes in it.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45- That's all I can tell you. What about James? How was he?- Great.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47Very good man, yeah.
0:24:47 > 0:24:51Actually, he drove the car beautifully and there was a moment
0:24:51 > 0:24:54when I wished I was sitting in the back reading the paper,
0:24:54 > 0:24:56cos he'd make a lovely chauffeur.
0:24:56 > 0:25:00Just as well, because there wasn't a lot of actual shopping
0:25:00 > 0:25:02done by Michael and James yesterday,
0:25:02 > 0:25:06with just £9 spent on their tambourine, man.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09£9 or "Nein", we go!
0:25:09 > 0:25:14Leaving them with an awful lot to buy and almost £400 to do it with.
0:25:14 > 0:25:18While Margie and Nigel bought heaps, including that bucket,
0:25:18 > 0:25:21a flag, a book, several biscuit tins,
0:25:21 > 0:25:26- a wooden sledge and a pair of grotto chairs, or...- SCREAMERS!
0:25:27 > 0:25:31But they still have well over £200 left for today's purchases.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34Hang on - looks like we're about to go off-road.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37Thank God this Bentley's four-wheel drive, that's all I can say.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40Yes, when I watch this programme,
0:25:40 > 0:25:42they're sort of roaring along roads,
0:25:42 > 0:25:45the sun's shining and there's sort of cornfields,
0:25:45 > 0:25:48but I've never seen one where they're stuck
0:25:48 > 0:25:52- in a muddy track in pouring rain. - No.
0:25:52 > 0:25:54He's obviously not watched for a while then.
0:25:54 > 0:25:56Later, they'll be making for the capital
0:25:56 > 0:25:58and that auction at Southgate,
0:25:58 > 0:26:01but their next stop is in Somerset at Frome.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05I think it might be brightening up, you know.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08- What a lovely day. - JAMES:- It is a lovely day.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11- Breathtaking.- Are you going to go?- I think we should go.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13- NIGEL:- Are you going to drive? - Do you want me to?
0:26:13 > 0:26:15- I'd love you to have a go. - OK.- Because it's such fun.- Is it?
0:26:15 > 0:26:17- JAMES LAUGHS - Goodbye.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19- JAMES:- I must be ever-attending.
0:26:19 > 0:26:24- There could be a job in it for me later.- No promises.- No promises.
0:26:24 > 0:26:28I might be able to see my way to something for you.
0:26:28 > 0:26:33Ah, still running smoothly, I see. Almost as smooth as Nigel.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36Do you quite like playing, you know, the bad guy?
0:26:36 > 0:26:39- The bad guys are much easier to play.- Yeah, I'm sure.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41And they're a bit more fun.
0:26:41 > 0:26:45- Do people come up to you afterwards and tell you off?- Yes, they do.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48When I was in Corrie, I was queuing up in the supermarket
0:26:48 > 0:26:52and people would say, "You owe Audrey 40 grand, you nasty man!"
0:26:52 > 0:26:55We all love a banter.
0:26:55 > 0:26:57Michael, I was very impressed with your haggling skills.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00- Oh, really?- Yeah.- Oh, that's kind.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02I mean, I've spent most of my life
0:27:02 > 0:27:05sort of haggling for actors, you know.
0:27:05 > 0:27:09What is the tip? Were you a king of the pause or silence?
0:27:09 > 0:27:12I did the silence quite a lot.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14And then the other one was walking away from it
0:27:14 > 0:27:17and then you'd ring the actor and the actor would say,
0:27:17 > 0:27:20"But what happens if they offer it to somebody else?"
0:27:20 > 0:27:24I'd say, "Well, that is always the chance you have to take."
0:27:24 > 0:27:26Nerves of steel, eh?
0:27:26 > 0:27:28Rather ancient and very picturesque,
0:27:28 > 0:27:31the town of Frome hosts an annual cycle race
0:27:31 > 0:27:36up some of its steepest streets, called the Cobble Wobble.
0:27:36 > 0:27:40- Hello.- Oh, hello. I'm Michael. - Nice to meet you. I'm Sophie.- James.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43- Sophie, this is James. - Hello, very good to see you.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45- What a lovely stock, isn't it? - Thank you.
0:27:45 > 0:27:49Spoken like men with exactly £391 between them.
0:27:49 > 0:27:53Anything Sophie would especially like to big up?
0:27:53 > 0:27:55- This is the lovely bronze. - That's very good, isn't it?
0:27:55 > 0:27:59- Nice sort of weight to it? - TAPPING
0:27:59 > 0:28:01It's all there. A lot of tapping.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04- It's always good to tap and ring. - It's not another tambourine!
0:28:04 > 0:28:06- Age, Sophie? - It's quite a modern piece
0:28:06 > 0:28:08but I still think it's got a lot of quality.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11What have you got on this, Sophie?
0:28:11 > 0:28:14The bronze is £6,000 at the moment.
0:28:14 > 0:28:18- Right.- Right, well, we've got an idea of pricing structure now.- Mmm.
0:28:18 > 0:28:20Mmm, maybe something a bit more modest.
0:28:20 > 0:28:24So, we've got a very terribly smart biscuit box here.
0:28:25 > 0:28:29- This is by Huntley & Palmers, based on sort of Wedgwood.- Mm-hmm.
0:28:29 > 0:28:31And priced at a mere £5.
0:28:31 > 0:28:35You can't all buy biscuit tins! Look again.
0:28:35 > 0:28:38Sweet little enamels, aren't they? Ballooning.
0:28:38 > 0:28:41People are quite potty about ballooning, aren't they?
0:28:41 > 0:28:43Bristol's a great centre of ballooning.
0:28:43 > 0:28:46They have a big ballooning festival. I rather like that.
0:28:46 > 0:28:50- How much is that, Sophie? - It's a whole £15.- £15.
0:28:50 > 0:28:52Well, that's a start, Sophie, well done.
0:28:52 > 0:28:54I think we're going to think about that.
0:28:54 > 0:28:56There are plenty of pictures in here too.
0:28:56 > 0:28:59But what will tempt our boys?
0:28:59 > 0:29:00I just noticed this.
0:29:00 > 0:29:03When you're looking for something,
0:29:03 > 0:29:06you want something that actually has a bit of craft about it.
0:29:06 > 0:29:09- This has actually been painted, this one.- Oh, right.
0:29:09 > 0:29:12- Rather than been transferred. - Yes.- And the scene?
0:29:12 > 0:29:16- Er, Don Quixote, isn't it? - Don Quixote, yes, it is, isn't it?
0:29:16 > 0:29:18- And the windmills, Spanish.- Yeah.
0:29:18 > 0:29:21This is earthenware, so this is Hispano-Moresque,
0:29:21 > 0:29:25so it's a sort of tin-glazed earthenware of Spain.
0:29:25 > 0:29:28Probably a holiday purchase, would you think, from somewhere?
0:29:28 > 0:29:30I think so, but a man with more substance,
0:29:30 > 0:29:33because he could have bought something six inches, couldn't he?
0:29:33 > 0:29:36- Yeah.- And he said, "No, darling, we'll go for the 12."
0:29:36 > 0:29:40- Go for the 12.- Yeah, but you know what they say about size.
0:29:40 > 0:29:43Don Quixote. I always forget this fellow.
0:29:43 > 0:29:47- I think he was called Sancho Panza - is that right?- Ah.- Yes.
0:29:47 > 0:29:50- So he was like a sort of... He was his man, wasn't he?- Exactly.
0:29:50 > 0:29:52- In Bentley terms...- Bentley terms?
0:29:52 > 0:29:55- ..that would be me and that would be you.- Braxton.
0:29:55 > 0:29:57Yeah, Braxton on the mule.
0:29:57 > 0:30:00Time to sally forth.
0:30:00 > 0:30:02If I may give that to you, sir. There you are.
0:30:02 > 0:30:06- And I think this was the other thing.- That was the other thing.
0:30:06 > 0:30:11So, this is marked at £15 and this had on it...
0:30:11 > 0:30:13- £20, I think it was.- Yes.
0:30:13 > 0:30:15If Sophie was Lew Grade there,
0:30:15 > 0:30:17now how would you approach the whole thing?
0:30:17 > 0:30:24I would probably say, I would pay for this plate, £20,
0:30:24 > 0:30:30- provided I could take that with me too.- £15 off?
0:30:30 > 0:30:33I mean, I don't like to be ruthless this early in the day.
0:30:33 > 0:30:35I think he DOES, you know.
0:30:35 > 0:30:40- I couldn't squeeze you up a little bit?- No.- Not even to £25?- No.
0:30:40 > 0:30:44As you are such a lovely person and, obviously, YOU are as well...
0:30:44 > 0:30:49- Well, I'm only the chauffeur. - Well, OK.- Sophie, it's very nice...
0:30:49 > 0:30:52Thank you very much, it's very nice to meet you.
0:30:52 > 0:30:56- He has his uses though, like lugging the lolly.- Thank you very much.
0:30:57 > 0:30:59- For you, Sophie. - Thank you very much.
0:30:59 > 0:31:03We'll call that £17 for the charger and just £3 for the beaker.
0:31:03 > 0:31:06But while they head off in their trusty steed...
0:31:09 > 0:31:13..the sometimes temperamental TVR is also in Somerset,
0:31:13 > 0:31:17on the road to one of Nigel's favourite cities - beautiful Bath.
0:31:17 > 0:31:20- Nigel, do you know Bath well? - I do, I know Bath very well.
0:31:20 > 0:31:23I've done many shows at the Theatre Royal
0:31:23 > 0:31:26- and I do think it's a magical city. - It is.
0:31:26 > 0:31:28- Oh, look at the view there. - It's beautiful.
0:31:28 > 0:31:32Although Bath has been around since Roman times,
0:31:32 > 0:31:35it was spectacularly reinvented during the 18th century
0:31:35 > 0:31:37as a fashionable spa resort.
0:31:37 > 0:31:39Nigel and Margie are here to find out
0:31:39 > 0:31:42about one of the Georgian city's prime movers
0:31:42 > 0:31:44from historian Dr Amy Frost.
0:31:44 > 0:31:48- I'm standing outside my favourite theatre in England.- Oh, good!
0:31:48 > 0:31:51- Seriously.- Before this was a theatre, in the early 18th century,
0:31:51 > 0:31:54it was one of the houses where Beau Nash lived,
0:31:54 > 0:31:57and he was the Master of Ceremonies of Bath
0:31:57 > 0:31:59and a great performer for society,
0:31:59 > 0:32:01so this is where he spent a lot of his time.
0:32:01 > 0:32:03I imagine, was Beau a sort of nickname?
0:32:03 > 0:32:07Yes, so his name was Richard and he sort of adopted this nickname
0:32:07 > 0:32:12as he began to sort of brand himself quite early in his life.
0:32:12 > 0:32:16He starts organising entertainments and he starts corralling society,
0:32:16 > 0:32:19making them have things that they can go to,
0:32:19 > 0:32:22- things that they can do and... - Putting Bath on the map.
0:32:22 > 0:32:25Yeah, well, he sort of gets invited to come down to Bath
0:32:25 > 0:32:30to kind of build up the reputation of the place.
0:32:30 > 0:32:33Amy credits Nash, along with Ralph Allen,
0:32:33 > 0:32:36the man who owned the Bath stone quarry,
0:32:36 > 0:32:39and the classical architects John Wood and Sons
0:32:39 > 0:32:43as the men who made the city a must-visit destination.
0:32:43 > 0:32:44So, Amy, what did they do for fun?
0:32:44 > 0:32:47Well, I mean, you told people you were here to take the waters.
0:32:47 > 0:32:50- That was the sort of polite explanation.- Oh, right, yes.
0:32:50 > 0:32:52But, of course, people would go shopping.
0:32:52 > 0:32:55Bath became THE place for luxury goods.
0:32:55 > 0:33:00Balls twice a week, musical entertainments, card games,
0:33:00 > 0:33:02card parties, the theatre...
0:33:02 > 0:33:04So, there was quite a lot for you to do,
0:33:04 > 0:33:06but it was all entirely built on pleasure.
0:33:06 > 0:33:08- This is where he lived originally. - Yeah.
0:33:08 > 0:33:11He gets up in the morning, he has a huge breakfast, I imagine,
0:33:11 > 0:33:15- and then says, "It's time to go to the baths"?- To the baths, yeah.
0:33:15 > 0:33:18Society would be at the baths first thing in the morning
0:33:18 > 0:33:21and then they'd be done with their bathing
0:33:21 > 0:33:23by nine o'clock in the morning.
0:33:23 > 0:33:25And then he would have a full day
0:33:25 > 0:33:29of orchestrating what they did for the rest of the day.
0:33:29 > 0:33:31He was that important?
0:33:31 > 0:33:34- Yeah, yeah, he called himself the King of Bath.- Gosh.
0:33:34 > 0:33:36- So wherever he went, everyone would follow.- Everyone followed.
0:33:36 > 0:33:38- Shall we go and do a simple tour? - Let's follow him.
0:33:38 > 0:33:40- Let's follow him.- Yeah.- OK.
0:33:40 > 0:33:44Although the Romans got there first, building these fine baths,
0:33:44 > 0:33:47fashionable folk began flocking to take the waters
0:33:47 > 0:33:50after Queen Anne took a dip in 1703.
0:33:50 > 0:33:53- It's a warm bath. - Yeah, you can feel the heat.
0:33:53 > 0:33:57But bathing was just the beginning of Nash's very strict social whirl.
0:33:57 > 0:34:01He created a set of rules for assemblies,
0:34:01 > 0:34:04so there were two balls a week which were referred to as assemblies,
0:34:04 > 0:34:07and he encouraged someone to set up an assembly room
0:34:07 > 0:34:08that they would take place in.
0:34:08 > 0:34:10And then he publishes these rules
0:34:10 > 0:34:13and they're rules to be observed when in Bath.
0:34:13 > 0:34:15And it's things like, um...
0:34:15 > 0:34:21"Elderly ladies and children must sit around the edge of the room
0:34:21 > 0:34:26"in a ball because they are beyond or not yet come to perfection."
0:34:26 > 0:34:29Ladies are not allowed to be seen wearing a white apron.
0:34:29 > 0:34:33Duelling and carrying a sword around town was frowned upon.
0:34:33 > 0:34:36- And did people abide by these rules? - Yeah.
0:34:36 > 0:34:38Nash, meanwhile, was quietly making a fortune
0:34:38 > 0:34:41from subscriptions to the society's venues
0:34:41 > 0:34:43to an awful lot of gambling.
0:34:43 > 0:34:45He's completely on the take,
0:34:45 > 0:34:47so whatever is being made at the gaming tables,
0:34:47 > 0:34:50he is being paid a percentage of what people are taking.
0:34:50 > 0:34:53- Cos you can't really guarantee to make money out of gambling.- No.
0:34:53 > 0:34:56- But you can guarantee making money...- Of what the house makes.
0:34:56 > 0:34:58- And the house always wins.- Yeah.
0:34:58 > 0:35:02With the famous pump room at the hub of social life,
0:35:02 > 0:35:07the King of Bath reigned as the city's MC for over 50 years.
0:35:07 > 0:35:10Would they have food all day or was it...?
0:35:10 > 0:35:12No, I mean, originally, actually,
0:35:12 > 0:35:14it would have been empty of tables and chairs,
0:35:14 > 0:35:17- other than chairs around the outside.- Right.
0:35:17 > 0:35:19And you would come here to look at the visitors' book
0:35:19 > 0:35:22to see who'd arrived in the city and did you know them.
0:35:22 > 0:35:24And then you just walked in a big circle,
0:35:24 > 0:35:27so you would just walk around the room and you would walk,
0:35:27 > 0:35:29making new acquaintances,
0:35:29 > 0:35:31saying hello to people, gossiping with people.
0:35:31 > 0:35:35- Being social.- So, you just sort of circulate.- Promenading.
0:35:35 > 0:35:37Yeah, and it's still a fashionable place,
0:35:37 > 0:35:39still doing its original function.
0:35:39 > 0:35:43It's a place where people come almost entirely for pleasure.
0:35:43 > 0:35:47Although this particular pump room was erected after Nash's death,
0:35:47 > 0:35:49he's still honoured with a statue.
0:35:49 > 0:35:53So, looking back on Nash's life, we have to respect him, don't we?
0:35:53 > 0:35:55- Yeah, I think so. - And I think we should give him a...
0:35:55 > 0:35:58- For all his faults.- Give him a quick...- Give him a quick...
0:35:58 > 0:36:00Yeah, cheers.
0:36:00 > 0:36:03Well done, old Nash - even though you are an ugly old bugger.
0:36:03 > 0:36:05THEY LAUGH
0:36:05 > 0:36:07And speaking of which...
0:36:07 > 0:36:10So, Michael - sorry, Mr Whitehall -
0:36:10 > 0:36:14how do you think my chauffeuring probation's going?
0:36:14 > 0:36:18I think probably listen more than talk
0:36:18 > 0:36:20would be an early note I would give you.
0:36:20 > 0:36:24I like the name. James is a very good name.
0:36:24 > 0:36:29Or Braxton is a good name. In fact, I'd slightly veer to the surname.
0:36:29 > 0:36:32You'd have to sort of smarten up a bit.
0:36:32 > 0:36:36Those two have now motored over to Wiltshire and the town of Devizes
0:36:36 > 0:36:39where, in the shadow of the tower brewery...
0:36:39 > 0:36:43- It's a proper antique shop, this one.- OK.- No mattresses!
0:36:43 > 0:36:47- Hello.- I'm Michael. How do you do? - I'm John.- Hello.- Vicki.
0:36:47 > 0:36:51- Hello, I'm James.- James.- John.- John.
0:36:51 > 0:36:54Michael, hat off, please. Umbrella down.
0:36:54 > 0:36:57- Let's go antiquing.- Yes, let's.
0:36:58 > 0:37:01- That's nice.- That is very nice, isn't it?- I like that.
0:37:01 > 0:37:04That reminds me of Alfred Wallis's paintings.
0:37:04 > 0:37:08- Do you know Alfred Wallis?- I don't, no.- He was a very elderly man.
0:37:08 > 0:37:12I mean, he was in his sort of mid-80s and he lived in St Ives
0:37:12 > 0:37:14in this funny little broken-down house,
0:37:14 > 0:37:17and he started painting on bits of driftwood
0:37:17 > 0:37:21and then any bits of stuff, rubbish, he could get hold of,
0:37:21 > 0:37:26- and now his paintings are worth millions of pounds.- Really?- Yes.
0:37:26 > 0:37:29Do you think he might have worked in a different medium?
0:37:29 > 0:37:32- He might have done. It looks a little too sophisticated.- Does it?
0:37:32 > 0:37:37But I like it and I like the look of it. It's very decorative.
0:37:37 > 0:37:40- How much have you got on this?- £75.
0:37:40 > 0:37:44- £75. That's not outrageous, is it? - It's not, no.
0:37:44 > 0:37:48- And if it turned out to be Alfred Wallis...- Well, yes.
0:37:48 > 0:37:53Sorely tempted. Back in Bath, Nigel's saying it with flowers.
0:37:53 > 0:37:57- So, this is going to go into the cockle bucket.- To liven it all up?
0:37:57 > 0:37:59- To liven it all up. - Push the sale.- Exactly that.
0:37:59 > 0:38:03- How much have you spent though?- A tenner.- Oh, that's all right.- Is it?
0:38:03 > 0:38:06- Yeah. I really hope it brings you luck.- Thank you very much.
0:38:06 > 0:38:10- You might need it.- You've always had a thing about that cockle bucket.
0:38:10 > 0:38:12Oh, well, never mind,
0:38:12 > 0:38:15you've still got one last shop to look forward to.
0:38:15 > 0:38:16This is more like it.
0:38:16 > 0:38:20Yes, and with almost £200 left, they could have some fun in here.
0:38:22 > 0:38:27- Look at this. "HRH".- HRH. - AS THE QUEEN:- My suitcase!
0:38:27 > 0:38:30This is an incredible thing! I didn't expect them to have that.
0:38:30 > 0:38:33- Do you like it?- I do like it but I've just seen the swing ticket.
0:38:33 > 0:38:36- Ooh.- £220, but it's a really good one.
0:38:36 > 0:38:40Hey, here's a tin-plate reminder of Bath's past.
0:38:40 > 0:38:43Nice and substantial, isn't it?
0:38:43 > 0:38:46Shopkeeper Alex should be able to extol its virtues.
0:38:46 > 0:38:51- Beautifully made. Accurate.- Yeah. - Even the wheel rims are of steel.
0:38:51 > 0:38:54- It's got brake pads too. - Got brake pads, it's all there.
0:38:54 > 0:38:57There's a bit of age to it. What do you think? 50 years?
0:38:57 > 0:38:59- I'd say not much more than 50.- Yeah.
0:38:59 > 0:39:03- I do like it but I've just seen the ticket.- Go on, make me an offer.
0:39:04 > 0:39:07- Well, go on then.- The door's... - I look at you immediately.
0:39:07 > 0:39:11- The door is right behind you. - Something in the region of £70.
0:39:11 > 0:39:15I think it's going to be a little bit over £70,
0:39:15 > 0:39:18- but can I just go away and...? - Think about it.- Course you can.
0:39:18 > 0:39:20Now, there's a coincidence.
0:39:20 > 0:39:24A little coach in Bath and that primitive boat in Devizes.
0:39:24 > 0:39:27Anything else in this old house?
0:39:27 > 0:39:29- Sort of goes on forever.- Incredible!
0:39:29 > 0:39:33- It's a bit like the Eiffel Tower here, isn't it?- D'accord.
0:39:33 > 0:39:36- This is amazing.- Amazing, isn't it? - Very Dickensian feel to it.
0:39:36 > 0:39:40This was the children's nursery area, do you think?
0:39:40 > 0:39:41I think it was, yeah.
0:39:41 > 0:39:44This is nice. I like this.
0:39:45 > 0:39:50- That's sort of Chinesey, isn't it? - Very pretty, this.- Yeah.
0:39:50 > 0:39:55- Look, we've got a thing for a shelf, so this...- Oh, yeah.
0:39:55 > 0:40:00- That's probably...- Ooh, careful. - ..that shelf there, isn't it?
0:40:00 > 0:40:04- The door doesn't close now. There we are.- Steady on, Braxton.
0:40:04 > 0:40:08Bit worried you're going to demolish it before we've even bought it.
0:40:08 > 0:40:12You can see I'm a natural for the self-assembly, can't you?
0:40:12 > 0:40:16A natural something, certainly! John, the proprietor, is on his way.
0:40:16 > 0:40:18- Just as well! - Ah, I'm glad you've come up.
0:40:18 > 0:40:23James is about to demolish this very elegant little cupboard of yours.
0:40:23 > 0:40:26- Is that the shelf for it, John? - It is.
0:40:26 > 0:40:30Why didn't you ask him in the first place? I think that's very pretty.
0:40:30 > 0:40:34- Do you? It's obviously very well-made, isn't it?- Well, it was!
0:40:34 > 0:40:36- It WAS, yes.- Well said.
0:40:36 > 0:40:40- And has it got any age to it? - Not a great deal.- No.
0:40:40 > 0:40:43- It's more a decorative piece.- Yes.
0:40:43 > 0:40:46That's what they're about in North London, aren't they?
0:40:46 > 0:40:49- Decorative items.- Yeah. And is there a price on it?
0:40:49 > 0:40:54- Um, I think probably £95.- £95. - Time to devise a deal.
0:40:54 > 0:40:57We've got the after Alfred Wallis,
0:40:57 > 0:41:00then we've got this after Chinese dynasty.
0:41:00 > 0:41:04What's the best, John, you could do for those two pieces?
0:41:04 > 0:41:06- For the two items. - Two.- Two-item deal.
0:41:06 > 0:41:10- We got buy one get one free in the last shop, didn't we?- Yeah, we did.
0:41:10 > 0:41:13- Very generous.- That's not caught on round these parts.- No.
0:41:13 > 0:41:15I was thinking £110, weren't you, for the two?
0:41:15 > 0:41:20- I could do the two for £150. - What do you think?- I...I don't...
0:41:20 > 0:41:23This is the moment where I remain silent, Michael.
0:41:23 > 0:41:25What about £130 for the two?
0:41:25 > 0:41:28I couldn't possibly, it would break my heart.
0:41:28 > 0:41:32- So, what is your final price then? - £145.- £145.
0:41:32 > 0:41:34£145 for the two items.
0:41:34 > 0:41:37- For the two items carried downstairs.- Carried downstairs.
0:41:37 > 0:41:40- OK, let's go.- Do you think so, Michael? Are you sure?
0:41:40 > 0:41:42- Yeah, I'm happy with that. - They got there.
0:41:44 > 0:41:48But elsewhere, there's still work to be done. Now, that's familiar.
0:41:49 > 0:41:52- There you go. Yeah, yeah. Oh, yeah.- Yeah.
0:41:52 > 0:41:55- And underneath, it says...- £75.
0:41:56 > 0:41:58£75!
0:41:58 > 0:42:02So you'll be pleased about the one you picked up yesterday then!
0:42:02 > 0:42:06- These little decanters here... - Yes.- Are they Georgian?
0:42:06 > 0:42:08- They are Georgian. - I thought they were.
0:42:08 > 0:42:14- And they were probably once in a little stand at one time. £85.- Yeah.
0:42:14 > 0:42:17- I do like them.- Yeah, they're very nice. A lovely pair!
0:42:17 > 0:42:19- Can we just put those down here? - Nice little stoppers on them.
0:42:19 > 0:42:22- What can we do on these? - They're lovely, aren't they?
0:42:22 > 0:42:25- Let's sort of suggest maybe £65. - It just shouts Georgian, that...
0:42:25 > 0:42:28- It really does.- That cut. - I think they're divine.
0:42:28 > 0:42:31So far, we have the tin-plate coach
0:42:31 > 0:42:34and those decanters under consideration. Anything else?
0:42:34 > 0:42:36This green bottle.
0:42:36 > 0:42:38- It's a lovely colour, isn't it? - It's a nice big carboy, yeah.
0:42:38 > 0:42:42Oh, gosh, I don't know. We're in a right old pickle now, aren't we?
0:42:42 > 0:42:47- How much is it? - I could do that for £25.
0:42:47 > 0:42:49Let's bring it out. So that's £20 for that.
0:42:49 > 0:42:51£25, I think he said.
0:42:51 > 0:42:53- AS THE QUEEN:- I'm just going to get the carriage.
0:42:53 > 0:42:56- Still in character, I see. - Getting the carriage, I'm on my way.
0:42:56 > 0:42:59- And this is our dilemma.- Yeah.
0:42:59 > 0:43:04- Georgian decanters, we have the coach...- Mmm.
0:43:04 > 0:43:08- 50 years old, roughly, but very decorative.- Yeah.- And...
0:43:08 > 0:43:11- Really cheap and cheerful. - Cheap and cheerful.
0:43:11 > 0:43:13But in my opinion, as silly as it sounds,
0:43:13 > 0:43:15as utterly stupid as it sounds,
0:43:15 > 0:43:18that will probably be more saleable than that.
0:43:18 > 0:43:21- So, let's take those out of the equation.- Then there were two.
0:43:21 > 0:43:23So, how much was this in the end?
0:43:23 > 0:43:27- You said we had to come up a bit in price.- How about £80?
0:43:27 > 0:43:31- We've got to get £100 to make a profit.- How about £100 for the two?
0:43:31 > 0:43:33- Yeah, £100 for the two?- Yeah.- Done.
0:43:33 > 0:43:36- Done.- OK, £100 for the two. - Fantastic.
0:43:36 > 0:43:40Yes, but they're almost as excited by what they DIDN'T buy.
0:43:40 > 0:43:45- What about that tin caddy, that tin...?- £75.- £75! We had how many?
0:43:45 > 0:43:50- We got seven for £15. - Is that good for us?
0:43:50 > 0:43:53- It's got to be good for us. - Yay! Yay!
0:43:53 > 0:43:56Hey, slightly embarrassing celebratory rituals completed,
0:43:56 > 0:43:59it's time to take a peek at what our teams have bought.
0:43:59 > 0:44:03- Shall we show them the spring of our jive?- Shall we?- One, two, three.
0:44:05 > 0:44:09- Ah!- NIGEL:- Oh, that's wonderful! - That's a very nice collection.
0:44:09 > 0:44:12- JAMES:- You could have furnished a bedsit with this, couldn't you?
0:44:12 > 0:44:15- NIGEL:- I think you've done really well.- What is that?
0:44:15 > 0:44:17- JAMES:- A beaker, a small beaker.
0:44:17 > 0:44:19- It's a little beaker. - An English enamel beaker.
0:44:19 > 0:44:23- JAMES:- Decorated with balloons. - NIGEL:- With balloons.- Oh, how sweet.
0:44:23 > 0:44:25- Love your tambourine. - NIGEL:- Love the tambourine.
0:44:25 > 0:44:27- I've had it retuned, listen. - MICHAEL TAPS TAMBOURINE
0:44:27 > 0:44:31- Is your tambourine old?- Yes, it's quite old, isn't it?- Very old.
0:44:31 > 0:44:34It's got what's known as a bit of age to it.
0:44:34 > 0:44:37And your little oriental cabinet there, quite sweet.
0:44:37 > 0:44:39- That was our most expensive item, wasn't it?- It was.
0:44:39 > 0:44:42- It wasn't an easy guy, that one. - JAMES:- £75 for that.
0:44:42 > 0:44:44- NIGEL:- I think it's absolutely charming.
0:44:44 > 0:44:46I like the little boat, too, I have to say.
0:44:46 > 0:44:48- The boat is very you, I thought. - It is.
0:44:48 > 0:44:50- Dinky.- JAMES:- £70.- Yeah.
0:44:50 > 0:44:53- Not bad for a steamer, single funnel, is it?- No.
0:44:53 > 0:44:58I think we basically got one, two, three, four, five extremely good...
0:44:58 > 0:45:01- NIGEL:- I agree. A little round of applause for that.- Thank you.
0:45:01 > 0:45:04Curtain up. Time for Act II.
0:45:04 > 0:45:06- We just take this off like this. - Oh, nice.
0:45:06 > 0:45:10- Look at that!- There we go. - JAMES:- Look at that!- What?
0:45:10 > 0:45:12- JAMES:- You could furnish a garden centre with that!
0:45:12 > 0:45:15- NIGEL:- Quite a lot going on here. - JAMES:- There is!- There is.
0:45:15 > 0:45:20I love that sort of carriage, the stagecoach. What a lovely model!
0:45:20 > 0:45:22- NIGEL:- Tell them about the chairs there.
0:45:22 > 0:45:25Well, those stone chairs, to me, are called sort of grotto chairs.
0:45:25 > 0:45:28- They are grotto chairs, aren't they?- Yes.
0:45:28 > 0:45:29But the guy came up with a funny name.
0:45:29 > 0:45:32- NIGEL:- He called them SCREAMERS! - JAMES:- Screamers?
0:45:32 > 0:45:35There's a man on the front going like that. There's a pair.
0:45:35 > 0:45:36- JAMES:- A sledge.- NIGEL:- Yes.- Oh.
0:45:36 > 0:45:39- Just the weather for it. - NIGEL:- We thought that was it.
0:45:39 > 0:45:40- JAMES:- Moving into summer.
0:45:40 > 0:45:43- NIGEL:- But it's rare to get a tandem sledge, ie, a double.
0:45:43 > 0:45:45- You can get two people on that sledge.- Gosh.
0:45:45 > 0:45:48- JAMES:- That's very friendly, isn't it?- NIGEL:- Very friendly.
0:45:48 > 0:45:52Moving over here, if you may. Of course, it's the Queen's birthday.
0:45:52 > 0:45:54We have this collection of tins and goodies.
0:45:54 > 0:45:56A particularly good tin there.
0:45:56 > 0:45:59- And a coronation souvenir book of 1937.- JAMES:- Fabulous!
0:45:59 > 0:46:01- It's a royal theme. - JAMES:- Isn't that lovely?
0:46:01 > 0:46:03Well, I think we've all done really well.
0:46:03 > 0:46:06- We've all done very well. - I've really enjoyed it.
0:46:06 > 0:46:10- NIGEL:- May the best couple win. - JAMES:- May the best couple win.
0:46:10 > 0:46:12Now for some backstage backstabbing.
0:46:12 > 0:46:14- What do you think? - I know Michael very, very well
0:46:14 > 0:46:16and he was expecting me to go,
0:46:16 > 0:46:19"I don't believe you bought all that junk!"
0:46:19 > 0:46:22So, when I said, "That was brilliant," he was taken aback.
0:46:22 > 0:46:25They certainly didn't get any of that stuff in an antique shop,
0:46:25 > 0:46:29did they? I mean, some sort of bric-a-brac place.
0:46:29 > 0:46:32If you were being unkind, what would you say?
0:46:32 > 0:46:34I'd say they paid a little bit too much for the ship
0:46:34 > 0:46:37- but people love things in glass cases.- Yeah.
0:46:37 > 0:46:41- I think their saving grace is their seats. I love their seats.- Yes.
0:46:41 > 0:46:44- They're good, aren't they?- Yes. - And a pair.- Yes, a pair.
0:46:44 > 0:46:47- A pair is always very good. - I always like a pair.
0:46:49 > 0:46:51After beginning back in "Brizzle",
0:46:51 > 0:46:54they're now on their way to an auction
0:46:54 > 0:46:56at the London suburb of Southgate.
0:46:56 > 0:46:58Regrets? Well, one or two.
0:46:58 > 0:47:03If I was an auctioneer and I was wanting to sell sledges,
0:47:03 > 0:47:06I probably wouldn't do it in June or July.
0:47:06 > 0:47:10- And in a completely flat town. Not a hill to be seen.- No.
0:47:10 > 0:47:14Come on, Nigel! Improbable sporting triumph?
0:47:14 > 0:47:17Heroes and villains? Just like the movies!
0:47:17 > 0:47:19- Let's go!- NIGEL:- I'm a little nervous, but we'll be fine.
0:47:19 > 0:47:22- Don't worry, it'll be fine. - JAMES:- It'll be fine.
0:47:22 > 0:47:23Let's go to work.
0:47:23 > 0:47:28Nigel and Margie have spent £278 on five lots,
0:47:28 > 0:47:30including a few joint ones,
0:47:30 > 0:47:36while Michael and James have parted with just £174, also for five lots.
0:47:36 > 0:47:41I wonder what auctioneer Andrew Jackson makes of their spoils.
0:47:41 > 0:47:45The tin-plate coach, I like that. Arguably the best item.
0:47:45 > 0:47:50It seems to be, er...homemade, as it were.
0:47:50 > 0:47:53It's a very elaborate tambourine, I'm bound to say.
0:47:53 > 0:47:57You could use it. I've tried it myself and it seems all right.
0:47:57 > 0:48:00I'm not keen on the little boat, I'm afraid.
0:48:00 > 0:48:05Very rustic, naive sort of thing. It's barely O level, is it?
0:48:05 > 0:48:09Eh? O levels? Are we sitting comfortably?
0:48:09 > 0:48:13- So exciting. Ooh, here we are. - JAMES:- Very exciting.
0:48:13 > 0:48:16Well, just contain yourselves, because we're starting out small,
0:48:16 > 0:48:19with Michael and James's most modest purchase.
0:48:19 > 0:48:22Nice little beaker. Start me at £25 here.
0:48:22 > 0:48:24- What?- 20 then.- What?
0:48:24 > 0:48:26- £20, little enamel beaker. - It hasn't got a bid yet.
0:48:26 > 0:48:2815, go on.
0:48:28 > 0:48:3210? Start me off at 10. Come on. Nice little thing. £10?
0:48:32 > 0:48:35I don't think we've caught anything yet.
0:48:35 > 0:48:38£5 anywhere? £5 here?
0:48:38 > 0:48:40- Well done, that man.- Well done.
0:48:40 > 0:48:42Thank you, sir. 5 I'm bid.
0:48:42 > 0:48:468, if you like. At £5 in front. 8 anywhere?
0:48:46 > 0:48:49I think it's captured the imagination, hasn't it?
0:48:49 > 0:48:51- £5. Thank you, sir. - HE BANGS GAVEL
0:48:51 > 0:48:53- NIGEL:- A £2 profit is not to be sniffed at.
0:48:53 > 0:48:55No, quite a handsome return really.
0:48:55 > 0:48:59- Any profit is good profit. - Yeah.
0:48:59 > 0:49:02Nigel's... Nigel's smiling.
0:49:02 > 0:49:04MARGIE LAUGHS
0:49:04 > 0:49:06I mean, if you make a couple of quid on that bucket,
0:49:06 > 0:49:09good luck to you, is all I can say.
0:49:09 > 0:49:11This is more like it.
0:49:11 > 0:49:13Nigel and Margie's bit of tin-plate Bath elegance
0:49:13 > 0:49:16and the auctioneer's favourite too.
0:49:16 > 0:49:18Thank you, sir. 85 I'm bid.
0:49:18 > 0:49:21- We're in! - AUCTIONEER:- 90 then? 85 bid.
0:49:21 > 0:49:23- Is this your lot?- Yeah.
0:49:23 > 0:49:25- AUCTIONEER:- Nice piece.- Wow!
0:49:25 > 0:49:2890 anywhere? Last time then.
0:49:28 > 0:49:30- 85 it is.- MARGIE:- Oh, come on!- 85.
0:49:30 > 0:49:34- At £85.- MARGIE:- We've made £15. - HE BANGS GAVEL
0:49:34 > 0:49:36Well done! That was YOUR choice.
0:49:36 > 0:49:39It's not quite a chariot, but certainly on fire.
0:49:39 > 0:49:43- £15.- £15 profit.- Thank you. - Wow, that was your choice.
0:49:43 > 0:49:46- JAMES:- Did they get the wrong lot number or something?
0:49:46 > 0:49:49Cheeky! Will they be tilting at windmills
0:49:49 > 0:49:52with this Don Quixote charger, I wonder?
0:49:52 > 0:49:54We were thinking of taking it to Madrid
0:49:54 > 0:49:58- to a sale there but we just didn't have the time.- NIGEL:- Difficult.
0:49:58 > 0:50:00- Moresque charger.- Moresque?
0:50:00 > 0:50:04- I like Moresque. - JAMES:- Hispano-Moresque.
0:50:04 > 0:50:05Very decorative piece.
0:50:05 > 0:50:08- Start me off at 20.- 20.- £20 here.
0:50:08 > 0:50:12I like the way there's quite a pause.
0:50:12 > 0:50:1325?
0:50:14 > 0:50:1620 I'm bid. 25 anywhere?
0:50:16 > 0:50:19- £20 on the right.- £20!- £20! - Is there 5?
0:50:19 > 0:50:2120 I'm bid. Last time then.
0:50:21 > 0:50:25- MARGIE:- £20, my word, you two! You're a success story.
0:50:25 > 0:50:27- All done now? Thank you, sir. - HE BANGS GAVEL
0:50:27 > 0:50:31- NIGEL:- Hang on.- Known as a maiden bid.- JAMES:- A maiden bid, well done.
0:50:31 > 0:50:35And a £3 profit is still a profit - just!
0:50:35 > 0:50:40Now, who can hear vague traces of skipping reels of rhyme?
0:50:40 > 0:50:43Tambourine with black japanned and gilded walls.
0:50:43 > 0:50:45- JAMES:- The tambourine!- At 25 now.
0:50:45 > 0:50:48- This is the tambourine?- MARGIE: - The tambourine.- Is this ours?
0:50:48 > 0:50:50- Bang on!- Thank you, sir. On the internet. 30.
0:50:50 > 0:50:53- NIGEL:- 30!- 5.
0:50:53 > 0:50:57- Mick Jagger's here, you see. Mick's on the phone.- 30 bid. 5 anywhere?
0:50:57 > 0:51:02- 30 in the room. 5 now?- I knew there would be music lovers here.- I knew.
0:51:02 > 0:51:06- Are we all done then? At 30. - HE BANGS GAVEL
0:51:06 > 0:51:08Southgate's lapping it up.
0:51:08 > 0:51:12- We've not lost a penny yet. - JAMES:- It's very good, isn't it?
0:51:12 > 0:51:14We should almost take this up professionally!
0:51:14 > 0:51:17- NIGEL:- I think both of you two should.
0:51:17 > 0:51:19Actually, I know a few people in your business,
0:51:19 > 0:51:21if you'd like me to have a word.
0:51:21 > 0:51:23Have a word - that's very kind.
0:51:23 > 0:51:27Time to go back to Nigel's childhood, his rosebud moment.
0:51:27 > 0:51:30I didn't know that London was the centre
0:51:30 > 0:51:32of sledging in this area.
0:51:32 > 0:51:34- You've got Primrose Hill. - JAMES:- Primrose Hill.
0:51:34 > 0:51:37- NIGEL:- Not far away.- People, I don't think at this time of the year,
0:51:37 > 0:51:40- are in the mood for sledging. - NIGEL:- Think ahead, think ahead.
0:51:40 > 0:51:42Right, 50 now.
0:51:42 > 0:51:44- JAMES:- 50?!- £50?! No!
0:51:44 > 0:51:4740 then? 30? It's a good make,
0:51:47 > 0:51:50lovely condition. 20, start me off. £20?
0:51:50 > 0:51:53You'll be sorry you didn't buy it in December.
0:51:53 > 0:51:57- 10?- 10?- 5?
0:51:57 > 0:51:595? Oh. 10, sir?
0:51:59 > 0:52:03Jolly good. 15, sir? 10 bid.
0:52:03 > 0:52:06- 15, anyone?- MARGIE:- Oh, go on! - NIGEL:- It's beautiful.
0:52:06 > 0:52:09You'll make a profit if you can hang onto it for a couple of months.
0:52:09 > 0:52:12- Are all done then at 10? - JAMES:- I'd say you're done.
0:52:12 > 0:52:14- All done now? Thank you, sir. - HE BANGS GAVEL
0:52:14 > 0:52:18Well, it seems some lucky sledger's got quite a bargain.
0:52:18 > 0:52:20The cockle bucket is next.
0:52:20 > 0:52:23Yeah, I think you're going to run into trouble
0:52:23 > 0:52:25with that cockle bucket.
0:52:25 > 0:52:29Don't forget the flowers and the one green bottle.
0:52:29 > 0:52:33Somehow, in that funny shop where we bought the cockle bucket,
0:52:33 > 0:52:36to now, is a big step forward really, isn't it?
0:52:36 > 0:52:39It makes me feel a little insecure.
0:52:39 > 0:52:41An Edwardian cockle bucket.
0:52:41 > 0:52:45- Edwardian?!- Together with Continental green glass globe.
0:52:45 > 0:52:47Right, 30 here.
0:52:47 > 0:52:49- Do you think cockles...?- 25. - Oh, God, we're going down.
0:52:49 > 0:52:5220? £20. Start me off with £20.
0:52:52 > 0:52:54- You need a maiden bid now. - MARGIE:- And the vase.
0:52:54 > 0:52:56- 15?- NIGEL:- 15 - the bid is going down.
0:52:56 > 0:52:58- MARGIE LAUGHS - What about the glass?
0:52:58 > 0:53:01- AUCTIONEER:- £10 now. Cockle bucket.
0:53:01 > 0:53:03- MARGIE:- He's not mentioned the glass.- AUCTIONEER:- £10. 5?
0:53:03 > 0:53:06Ah, there's three 5s.
0:53:06 > 0:53:08- MARGIE:- We've got three 5s!
0:53:08 > 0:53:1110, madam? 10.
0:53:11 > 0:53:1215, sir?
0:53:12 > 0:53:1415.
0:53:14 > 0:53:17- There's a green bottle with it. - MARGIE:- There's a bottle with it.
0:53:17 > 0:53:1915 bid. 20 anywhere? 20.
0:53:19 > 0:53:22- Yeah, they know that.- JAMES:- They're doing quite well. £20.
0:53:22 > 0:53:2420 bid. 5 anywhere?
0:53:24 > 0:53:27- MARGIE:- There's a bottle with it!
0:53:27 > 0:53:29- 20. - HE BANGS GAVEL
0:53:29 > 0:53:33Sometimes, gilding the lily doesn't pay.
0:53:33 > 0:53:36But I think James was right about those dealers from Morecambe.
0:53:36 > 0:53:40If they'd been here that would have flown off the shelves.
0:53:40 > 0:53:44Something else with a salty tang - Michael's possible masterpiece.
0:53:44 > 0:53:46At 25 here.
0:53:46 > 0:53:4920. £20.
0:53:50 > 0:53:52Cute little lot.
0:53:52 > 0:53:5515 then. I'll take 15 here.
0:53:55 > 0:53:57You're better off with a cockle bucket!
0:53:57 > 0:53:59- MARGIE LAUGHS - 10?
0:54:01 > 0:54:03What comes...? I say, what comes before 10?
0:54:03 > 0:54:05I suppose it's 5, isn't it?
0:54:05 > 0:54:07Ah, 5 I'm bid. Thank you, sir.
0:54:07 > 0:54:10- NIGEL:- 5, 5.- That's another maiden bid.- 5 I'm bid.
0:54:10 > 0:54:13- 10 anywhere?- JAMES:- Don't stop, sir.
0:54:13 > 0:54:1610 now? Are we all done then at £5?
0:54:16 > 0:54:18HE BANGS GAVEL
0:54:18 > 0:54:19I shouldn't laugh.
0:54:19 > 0:54:21MARGIE LAUGHS
0:54:21 > 0:54:24- Bit mean. I do feel a bit mean laughing, but...- Stop.
0:54:24 > 0:54:27Well, we are quite a long way from the seaside.
0:54:27 > 0:54:30Ah, it looks like time for another of Nigel's collections.
0:54:30 > 0:54:32Where's Nigel gone?
0:54:32 > 0:54:34I think he's gone to wave our Union Jack
0:54:34 > 0:54:36that we bought with our biscuit tins.
0:54:36 > 0:54:39I think he's probably gone for a wee.
0:54:39 > 0:54:42- Oh, here he is.- I've rearranged it. - You've rearranged it. Terrific.
0:54:42 > 0:54:46- It's all about display.- People were quite disinterested around it.
0:54:46 > 0:54:51- Were they?- Then I said, "Look." And they went, "Huh?"
0:54:51 > 0:54:54I knew Nigel when he could go a whole afternoon
0:54:54 > 0:54:59without going to the lavatory, and now it's all changed.
0:54:59 > 0:55:00I was rearranging my tins!
0:55:00 > 0:55:03- How many, sir?- 55.- 55.
0:55:03 > 0:55:06- MARGIE:- 55! Nigel, well done!
0:55:06 > 0:55:08- 60 then? 55 bid.- 55?!
0:55:08 > 0:55:1260 anywhere? No fivers here, eh? At 55 I'm bid.
0:55:12 > 0:55:14Anywhere at 60, ladies and gents?
0:55:14 > 0:55:19- Last time then at 55... - HE BANGS GAVEL
0:55:19 > 0:55:20Well done!
0:55:20 > 0:55:23Whatever he did, it seems to have worked.
0:55:23 > 0:55:27Come on, Nigel, you go off back there somewhere
0:55:27 > 0:55:31and then you come back and then somebody shouts, "55".
0:55:31 > 0:55:33- You know, come on...- I was...- No.
0:55:33 > 0:55:38Ventriloquism has always been something you wanted to do.
0:55:38 > 0:55:40How about horror movies?
0:55:40 > 0:55:43Presenting their screamer grotto chairs,
0:55:43 > 0:55:46if they avoid a scary loss, they could well pip their rivals.
0:55:46 > 0:55:49Had you ever seen one of those chairs then before?
0:55:49 > 0:55:53- Yes.- You have?- At Chatsworth House. - Chatsworth.- Oh, right.
0:55:53 > 0:55:56I'm surprised you didn't get that in the catalogue.
0:55:56 > 0:55:5880 to start. Interesting.
0:55:58 > 0:55:5960 then.
0:56:01 > 0:56:0340? Start me off at £40.
0:56:03 > 0:56:06£40 on these? 30?
0:56:06 > 0:56:08- JAMES:- Oh, come on, guys.
0:56:08 > 0:56:10- 20?- MARGIE:- Oh, no! - JAMES:- It's descending.
0:56:10 > 0:56:1320 at the back. Thank you, sir. Here we go. 20 bid.
0:56:13 > 0:56:16Is there 25 anywhere? 25, sir?
0:56:16 > 0:56:19- JAMES:- Shout "Chatsworth" suddenly. - 30, sir?
0:56:19 > 0:56:23- 5?- This is better. You've got a bidding war.- God!
0:56:23 > 0:56:25- 30 on the right now. - NIGEL:- I don't believe it!
0:56:25 > 0:56:28- What you're getting for 30 quid! - Are we all done at 30?
0:56:28 > 0:56:30All done now? Nothing on the internet, no?
0:56:30 > 0:56:32- No? Thank you, sir. - HE BANGS GAVEL
0:56:32 > 0:56:34That's bound to encourage the others.
0:56:34 > 0:56:37I don't know what to say about that except I'm deeply disappointed.
0:56:37 > 0:56:39Deeply wounded.
0:56:39 > 0:56:44Finally, that cabinet, which somehow survived James's attention.
0:56:44 > 0:56:46There are people with a lot of taste here.
0:56:46 > 0:56:50- It'll add enormous tone to any home. - Mmm.
0:56:50 > 0:56:51Right, 70 now.
0:56:51 > 0:56:54- JAMES:- 70.- I may even bid something.
0:56:54 > 0:56:56- JAMES:- Go on, just throw that voice. - Get them going.
0:56:56 > 0:56:58- Throw it, Nigel.- NIGEL:- What?!
0:56:58 > 0:57:0240? 30 then? £30? Got to be worth 30, surely.
0:57:02 > 0:57:04Nice little bookcase. 30 bid.
0:57:04 > 0:57:07- MARGIE:- There you go. You've started.
0:57:07 > 0:57:0930 I'm bid. 35 now?
0:57:09 > 0:57:12- 40?- Yes!- 35 on this.- 40?
0:57:12 > 0:57:1440. Thank you, sir.
0:57:14 > 0:57:17- 40!- 40!- All done then at 40.
0:57:17 > 0:57:19- All done now. - HE BANGS GAVEL
0:57:19 > 0:57:22Clearly, we've not smashed any records today
0:57:22 > 0:57:24but it's certainly a close thing.
0:57:24 > 0:57:27- I was never very good at maths at school.- No, you weren't.
0:57:27 > 0:57:30- However, I think... - I mean, I'm not great.
0:57:30 > 0:57:32I can work out 10% of anything
0:57:32 > 0:57:35but otherwise I'm not that brilliant.
0:57:35 > 0:57:38But I have a feeling that we might have just clinched it.
0:57:38 > 0:57:42- I thought you charged 12.5. - That was a special rate.
0:57:42 > 0:57:46Nigel and Margie started out with £400 and after auction costs,
0:57:46 > 0:57:49made a loss of £114.
0:57:49 > 0:57:53So, they finished up with £286.
0:57:55 > 0:57:58While Michael and James, who also began with £400,
0:57:58 > 0:58:01made a slightly smaller loss, after costs, of £92.
0:58:01 > 0:58:05So, with £308 left, they are today's top team.
0:58:07 > 0:58:11- JAMES:- We were cautious. - I'm so, so sorry. Margie, darling...
0:58:11 > 0:58:13THEY LAUGH
0:58:13 > 0:58:15If only you'd been on MY team,
0:58:15 > 0:58:17it would all have been so different for you.
0:58:17 > 0:58:20- Oh, go on!- Hogging the camera? - Go on.- Never!
0:58:20 > 0:58:24- Bye-bye, James.- Lovely time.
0:58:24 > 0:58:27Now, what was Nigel saying about playing the cad?
0:58:27 > 0:58:30- I'm keeping this car.- Oh. - I just think it's rather me.
0:58:30 > 0:58:33- I think it suits you, son. - Do you?- Yes, I do.