0:00:02 > 0:00:03The nation's favourite celebrities...
0:00:03 > 0:00:06- Ooh!- Just want to touch base. - ..paired up with an expert...
0:00:06 > 0:00:08- Boo!- What...?
0:00:08 > 0:00:09..and a classic car.
0:00:09 > 0:00:13- No hands!- Their mission, to scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:13 > 0:00:15My office - now!
0:00:15 > 0:00:18The aim - to make the biggest profit at auction.
0:00:18 > 0:00:20But it's no easy ride.
0:00:20 > 0:00:22- Whoa!- Who will find a hidden gem?
0:00:22 > 0:00:23HORN HONKS
0:00:23 > 0:00:25- Like that.- Who will take the biggest risk?
0:00:25 > 0:00:27This could end in disaster.
0:00:27 > 0:00:30Will ANYBODY follow expert advice?
0:00:30 > 0:00:31But I love this!
0:00:31 > 0:00:32Why buy something you're not going to use?
0:00:32 > 0:00:36There will be worthy winners, and valiant losers.
0:00:36 > 0:00:37No, I don't want to shake hands.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39Put your pedal to the metal.
0:00:39 > 0:00:40Hang on, let me get out of first gear.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43This is the Celebrity Antiques Road Trip!
0:00:47 > 0:00:48Yeah!
0:00:49 > 0:00:51On your marks, get set, go!
0:00:52 > 0:00:55And we're off on a brand-new road trip,
0:00:55 > 0:00:58with legendary Olympians Katharine Merry and Linford Christie.
0:01:01 > 0:01:02Whoa! Potholes!
0:01:02 > 0:01:05See that there, that's skills, that is!
0:01:05 > 0:01:06And I didn't feel a bump!
0:01:10 > 0:01:13Best friends for years, this pair of running heroes are motoring along in
0:01:13 > 0:01:17this rather swish 1974 Jensen Interceptor.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23Can't beat driving around Oxfordshire.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25You realise that everyone's staring at us?
0:01:25 > 0:01:28- I know.- But you know why they're staring? Cos they're thinking,
0:01:28 > 0:01:30that seriously good-looking guy there, and...
0:01:30 > 0:01:33he's got his chauffeur, and she's not even wearing a cap.
0:01:35 > 0:01:39The oldest man to win an Olympic 100m title,
0:01:39 > 0:01:45Linford claimed the 1992 gold in Barcelona, aged 32.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48With an international career spanning 17 years,
0:01:48 > 0:01:50he competed over 60 times for his country,
0:01:50 > 0:01:53and has won more major championship medals
0:01:53 > 0:01:56than any other British male sprinter.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01We've known each other...
0:02:01 > 0:02:05- Too long.- I first met you when I was 13.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07- And I was 17. - And you were...!
0:02:09 > 0:02:13I remember, because they were trying to find the fastest schoolgirl and
0:02:13 > 0:02:17schoolboy in the country, and you were the figurehead.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19And we kind of then went full circle, didn't we,
0:02:19 > 0:02:22because I started running internationally at 13,
0:02:22 > 0:02:26you were still running and winning every title that was available.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30And then, you kind of went into coaching.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32I remember when I met you, I said to you I'd love to coach you.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35- Do you remember that?- Yes, I do.- I never ever thought it was going to
0:02:35 > 0:02:38happen. I never did. The thing also, when I was coaching,
0:02:38 > 0:02:41the age groups seemed a lot bigger.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44But now, you know, you realise that there wasn't much years between us,
0:02:44 > 0:02:47really, you know? Something like five or six.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49There's 15 years between us!
0:02:49 > 0:02:50- I'm 42!- Ooh!
0:02:50 > 0:02:54- Ooh!- What are you talking about, you're nearly 60, mate!
0:02:54 > 0:02:56Whoohoo!
0:02:56 > 0:02:58I'd watch your step if I were you, Linford!
0:02:59 > 0:03:03An Olympic star at the 2000 Games in Sydney,
0:03:03 > 0:03:07Katharine won bronze in the 400m and was ranked number one in the world
0:03:07 > 0:03:09the following year.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12Katharine is now a sports presenter and commentator.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16The thing is, because we get on so well,
0:03:16 > 0:03:18this means that I didn't train you hard enough.
0:03:18 > 0:03:22- Yeah.- Because if I gave you a real hard session,
0:03:22 > 0:03:25- you wouldn't be talking to me now. - Oh, gosh!
0:03:25 > 0:03:27Bore off!
0:03:27 > 0:03:30Every single training session - "nobody trained as hard as me!"
0:03:30 > 0:03:33"I trained 65 times on Christmas Day!"
0:03:33 > 0:03:36- There you go!- "You will do well, you just won't to do well enough."
0:03:38 > 0:03:40- Well, it doesn't matter...- But then again, you were Olympic gold,
0:03:40 > 0:03:43I was Olympic bronze, so I wasn't quite good enough, right?
0:03:43 > 0:03:45- Well...- That's your fault, coach.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48No, it wasn't my fault, you just didn't listen!
0:03:50 > 0:03:52Well, let's hope they both listen to their experts,
0:03:52 > 0:03:56as they'll be teaming up with jolly David Harper and super smiley
0:03:56 > 0:03:58Christina Trevanion.
0:03:58 > 0:04:02They're cruising along in this 1957 Jaguar XK150.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05Manufactured before seat belts were mandatory means none are fitted,
0:04:05 > 0:04:09which is why they aren't wearing any. Got it? Nice numberplate.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11What a beautiful morning it is.
0:04:11 > 0:04:12Whee!
0:04:12 > 0:04:14Oh, are you away with the fairies?
0:04:14 > 0:04:17Yeah, well, most of the time.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20We've got Linford Christie, I mean...
0:04:20 > 0:04:23He is an absolute true hero of mine, honestly.
0:04:23 > 0:04:24- Doyen.- Oh, my gosh.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27I mean, as a younger man, I would watch...
0:04:27 > 0:04:32Linford Christie was the guy - the man is an icon.
0:04:32 > 0:04:36I'm very much looking forward to spending some time with Katharine Merry.
0:04:36 > 0:04:40- A bronze medallist at Sydney... - Yeah.- ..In 2000, and just all-round fascinating woman.
0:04:40 > 0:04:44The way that she has led her career and what she's done through her career is really quite inspiring.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46- Good.- Really inspiring.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49I'm sensing a bit of girl power.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52Well, if you don't mind, I'd quite like to go with Katharine.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55That's fine. You know, Linford has been my hero for very many years -
0:04:55 > 0:04:57I'm desperate to meet him.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00The battle of the ladies versus the gents it is, then.
0:05:00 > 0:05:05Both teams will kick off this rip-roaring road trip with £400 in their pockets.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08Starting in Weston-on-the-Green,
0:05:08 > 0:05:10they'll then be buying up in Oxfordshire
0:05:10 > 0:05:12and Berkshire before heading to
0:05:12 > 0:05:15Bourne End in Buckinghamshire for auction.
0:05:15 > 0:05:16Quite a trip!
0:05:16 > 0:05:18What do you know about antiques, L?
0:05:18 > 0:05:20I know you, Katharine, that's all I know.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22You know like a postage stamp that you put on a letter?
0:05:22 > 0:05:26What I know about antiques you could write on the back of it!
0:05:29 > 0:05:31- Hello, good morning!- Whoa!
0:05:31 > 0:05:33- Morning!- Good morning, sir!
0:05:33 > 0:05:34Wow!
0:05:34 > 0:05:36Wow, wow, wow!
0:05:36 > 0:05:38- Linford Christie!- Can you...?
0:05:38 > 0:05:40It's quite low in there, isn't he?
0:05:40 > 0:05:42- Yeah!- Linford!
0:05:42 > 0:05:46- How are you doing, sir?- It's a pleasure to meet you. - Good morning. Pleasure.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49Right, so, we need to decide...
0:05:49 > 0:05:52Well, Linford, I thought the XK150 is more us,
0:05:52 > 0:05:56it's kind of svelte and sporty, don't you think?
0:05:56 > 0:05:58- I'm with you, sir.- Yeah, come on.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00Well, we'll go in the much cooler car.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02This will be the winner's car, then, Christina.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04- Yeah, it must be.- Oh, really? If we can get in.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07- Hang on.- Oh-ho!
0:06:07 > 0:06:08This might take some time!
0:06:08 > 0:06:10Are you going to drive, darling, or am I going to drive?
0:06:10 > 0:06:12I'll drive.
0:06:16 > 0:06:17They're off!
0:06:17 > 0:06:20This morning, both teams will be starting their shopping
0:06:20 > 0:06:22in the village of Yarnton in Oxfordshire.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30Now, Linford, I think there's a really interesting dynamic on this Antiques Road Trip,
0:06:30 > 0:06:33because we've got you, the tutor,
0:06:33 > 0:06:36then we've got Katharine, the student.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39So, how's that going to play out on the competitive stakes?
0:06:39 > 0:06:42Oh, Katharine is very competitive.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44Good school, nice school, proximity.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47It's not about the taking part, it's about the winning.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50Oh, OK. Really? Oh, gosh, you're quite competitive.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53Yeah, it kind of comes with the nature of being a sportsperson, I think.
0:06:53 > 0:06:54- She's always been.- Yeah?
0:06:54 > 0:06:58And I think that was one of the good things about her, coaching her,
0:06:58 > 0:07:00she competed against the guys all the time.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03If they ran a time, even though she couldn't run as fast, she would try.
0:07:03 > 0:07:04And so therefore...
0:07:06 > 0:07:08..it's going to be... It's going to be unbearable!
0:07:10 > 0:07:12There's two people in the world I never want to lose to -
0:07:12 > 0:07:13- one is my husband...- Yeah.
0:07:13 > 0:07:17- And one is Linford.- Oh, really? Ooh, I love that! OK.
0:07:17 > 0:07:18Ooh, good, good, good.
0:07:18 > 0:07:23Looks like our gents have pipped the ladies to the first shop.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25Smart!
0:07:25 > 0:07:26Right outside for you, Linford.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28Thank you. I cannot complain, sir.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31- Great service. - Let's go antique buying.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33Now, Linford, does that remind you of childhood?
0:07:33 > 0:07:36It does indeed. Almost like a Chipper and a Chopper.
0:07:36 > 0:07:37It is, it is!
0:07:37 > 0:07:38I had a Chipper.
0:07:38 > 0:07:40I preferred the Chopper myself.
0:07:42 > 0:07:43Bike nostalgia aside,
0:07:43 > 0:07:47Yarnton Antiques Centre has around 50 dealers' wares on offer.
0:07:48 > 0:07:49So, if you look at the cabinets, Linford,
0:07:49 > 0:07:54you can tell every dealer has a different style and taste.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57Each one is a distinctly different shop.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00- I must say, I like... That is nice. - What do you like? Let's have a look.
0:08:02 > 0:08:03- The communion...- Comm... Oh, right, communion.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05Well...
0:08:05 > 0:08:07- Shot glasses.- That's more like it, isn't it?
0:08:07 > 0:08:10Originally designed for religious ceremonies.
0:08:10 > 0:08:15Now, you're right, that would be a fun, quirky party piece, wouldn't it?
0:08:15 > 0:08:20Silver-plated. And then each little tumbler will be hand-blown.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22But it's a good quality thing.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24And looking at the legs there, and the design,
0:08:24 > 0:08:26it looks very Art Deco to me.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28And worth a closer inspection.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31I mean, they're lovely little glasses.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34And look at the bubble. Isn't that beautiful?
0:08:34 > 0:08:38So, these are... I think these are hand-blown, aren't they?
0:08:38 > 0:08:40Let's have a look from the base. Oh, that is fantastic.
0:08:40 > 0:08:44Let me hold that... I'll hold that up and just have a look at that.
0:08:44 > 0:08:45Oh, that looks really nice, doesn't it?
0:08:45 > 0:08:47It's like a chandelier.
0:08:47 > 0:08:51- I was going to say, because maybe you would put some little candles here and hang it.- I'm...
0:08:51 > 0:08:54You know what, I'm not joking, you could do that.
0:08:54 > 0:08:55I really like that, Linford.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58- I do like that, I like that.- Better talk money with dealer Daniel.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01Well, what sort of price could that be, Daniel?
0:09:01 > 0:09:04It could be 38.
0:09:04 > 0:09:08Personally, I think it's absolutely for nothing at 38.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10I would be very much up for buying that.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12Definitely, then, let's... We agree.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14- Shall we have it?- We should have it. - You found it, let's have it.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17- Daniel, thank you very much. Thank you very much.- Thank you.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19- Daniel, put that on our account. - Will do.
0:09:19 > 0:09:24So, the gents have won the race for the first buy. Girls - you're playing catch-up.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28Ah, no, they're here first!
0:09:28 > 0:09:29Those rats!
0:09:29 > 0:09:32Just shout if anything...
0:09:33 > 0:09:37- ..crops up.- It's a marathon, it's not a sprint, see?
0:09:39 > 0:09:40OK!
0:09:43 > 0:09:47Oh, my gosh. See, look at all these cabinets, I mean, it's cabinet crazy, isn't it?
0:09:47 > 0:09:50Oh, what have you spotted, then?
0:09:50 > 0:09:51That tub there with that little...
0:09:51 > 0:09:55- That's nice.- ..Glass-based little vase there, and that blue enamel top.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57I like the blue, that's the colour of our car.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59It is the colour of our car.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02- That's a sign, Christina, yeah. - Do you think?
0:10:02 > 0:10:04We literally have just walked in...
0:10:04 > 0:10:07- Yeah. Yeah, but it caught our eye. - It did, very much so.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10Very, very much so, but let's keep wandering and we'll keep that one in
0:10:10 > 0:10:12- the memory bank.- Definitely.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14This is what I want to show you.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16One of my big passions, and immediately I love it,
0:10:16 > 0:10:19because it's got a very good weight to it as well.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22- Is it Ming?- It could be Ming, but...
0:10:22 > 0:10:24No, it isn't! It isn't Ming.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27But it is utterly delicious.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30Have a hold of it.
0:10:30 > 0:10:31- Er...- Turn it over.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35- It's all stapled.- Yeah, I know.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37- Isn't that lovely? - I mean, it is quite...
0:10:37 > 0:10:39I mean, I think, I've never...
0:10:39 > 0:10:42Of course, it's actually holding it together.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45It's holding it together. It's beautifully repaired,
0:10:45 > 0:10:46which tells me a couple of things.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48First of all, it helps date it,
0:10:48 > 0:10:50because this form of restoration
0:10:50 > 0:10:52really came to an end about 100 years ago.
0:10:52 > 0:10:53And staples around the...
0:10:53 > 0:10:57Stapled... Well, they're literally just hand-forged.
0:10:57 > 0:10:58But it tells you something else -
0:10:58 > 0:11:01that it was also highly prized
0:11:01 > 0:11:02by whoever owned it,
0:11:02 > 0:11:04because the cost of repair
0:11:04 > 0:11:06was quite expensive.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08It's definitely Chinese.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11And it is described as Famille Rose.
0:11:11 > 0:11:15And featuring hand-painted butterflies, representing long life.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17It is a fantastic thing.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20- Made me think, that.- Yeah, it does, it does make you think.
0:11:20 > 0:11:24This is the Antiques Road Trip, it's a proper antique, it's 20 quid.
0:11:24 > 0:11:27It is, as we say in the north of England, for nowt.
0:11:27 > 0:11:31- It's got me.- Has it got you? - Yeah, it's got me. - It's touched your heart.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34- It's got me!- I'm broken, I'm utterly broken!
0:11:34 > 0:11:36Oh! So's the plate!
0:11:37 > 0:11:40- Back with the girls... - This is quite cool, quite funky.
0:11:40 > 0:11:41What's Christina found?
0:11:41 > 0:11:43What do you think about that?
0:11:43 > 0:11:47- British Rail...- So, it's basically an advertising poster,
0:11:47 > 0:11:49which obviously British Rail have used...
0:11:49 > 0:11:52What is it dated down here.... is it January 1967?
0:11:52 > 0:11:53- Oh, gosh.- Yeah. It's very evocative,
0:11:53 > 0:11:57it brings back a time when people used to get on the sleeper overnight for a holiday.
0:11:57 > 0:12:01- Are they common? - There probably would have been quite a few of them produced -
0:12:01 > 0:12:05whether many of them have survived or not, that's debatable.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07- Yeah.- Travel posters...
0:12:07 > 0:12:08- Mmm.- Very collectable.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10- OK.- Railway-ana - very collectable.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12If we were in Scotland...
0:12:12 > 0:12:14- Yes.- ..I'd be more inclined.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16- OK.- But we're in Oxfordshire.
0:12:16 > 0:12:17- You don't sound convinced.- I'm not,
0:12:17 > 0:12:22but I can see the two or three areas you've said it will appeal to.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25So, the poster's a possibility.
0:12:25 > 0:12:26Anything else grab you?
0:12:26 > 0:12:29Ooh, a Star-Spangled Banner.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31- Oh!- Ooh!
0:12:31 > 0:12:33That's lovely, isn't it? Is that all hand-stitched?
0:12:33 > 0:12:35Oh, it IS all hand-stitched.
0:12:35 > 0:12:3648...
0:12:36 > 0:12:38..Star American flag.
0:12:38 > 0:12:42I might be wrong, but 48 stars I think was from turn-of-the-century,
0:12:42 > 0:12:43so 1910, 1912.
0:12:43 > 0:12:47- Oh, wow.- And then I think they added another two stars, actually,
0:12:47 > 0:12:48- because it's 50 stars, isn't it? - Yes, yeah.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51So, I think they added another two stars in the 1950s.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54So it's a genuine vintage thing.
0:12:54 > 0:12:58And did you know that the last two states and stars
0:12:58 > 0:13:01making up the 50 were Alaska and Hawaii,
0:13:01 > 0:13:03who entered the union in 1959?
0:13:03 > 0:13:05It's just quite cool, isn't it?
0:13:05 > 0:13:09- £85.- Yeah, at auction it's 60 to 100.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12- OK.- For me, it would look quite bright and jolly in the saleroom,
0:13:12 > 0:13:13so people would notice it.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15Yes. I like it, I like the history,
0:13:15 > 0:13:17I like the 48 stars, not the 50, so...
0:13:17 > 0:13:19- Mmm.- And you trained in America for a while.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21- Yeah, I do like it.- Sexy outfit!
0:13:21 > 0:13:23Oh, well, you see...!
0:13:23 > 0:13:25Oh, my gosh! You look like the Statue of Liberty!
0:13:27 > 0:13:30Or the leaning tower of Pisa, I don't know which one!
0:13:30 > 0:13:32Thank you! How are you getting on?
0:13:32 > 0:13:36- Very well, we're just out of control buying, aren't we?- Indeed.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38Well, we find it very easy - what about you?
0:13:38 > 0:13:40Really? You look a bit hot and bothered.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42- Ah, well, it's just...- Are you putting him under pressure?
0:13:42 > 0:13:44No, we've been given a bonus, so we...
0:13:44 > 0:13:46- We're that good. - You're not that good.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49- They're empty-handed, Christina, empty-handed.- Yeah, exactly.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52- Exactly. Oh, well, thank you - see you later.- Bye.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55They've just seen one of our purchases!
0:13:55 > 0:13:57Yeah, but they don't know we're going to buy it.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00- No, that's true, we'll just tell them we haven't. Yeah, we'll just say we haven't.- OK.
0:14:00 > 0:14:01So...
0:14:03 > 0:14:05While Linford and David browse on,
0:14:05 > 0:14:08Katharine and Christina have found yet more cabinets.
0:14:08 > 0:14:12Silver, Christina, that's always a safe bet, right, anything...?
0:14:12 > 0:14:14Well... Oh, look at that.
0:14:14 > 0:14:18Silver compact mirror box, London 1929 enamel top.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21I like the colour, I like the shape, it's a great size.
0:14:21 > 0:14:22- We like...- It's £90, though, but, yeah...
0:14:22 > 0:14:24You do get powder compact collectors.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27I'd love to look at it in more detail to see if it's signed.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29- Yes.- But that is beautiful.
0:14:31 > 0:14:35With two ladies' accessories on their list of potential purchases,
0:14:35 > 0:14:36a closer look is called for.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39OK, so, studious.
0:14:39 > 0:14:40So, that was the first one that we looked at.
0:14:40 > 0:14:44- Yeah.- So, we've got silver top London 1907, £20.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47Now, on closer inspection, I mean obviously,
0:14:47 > 0:14:50you've got the hallmarks around there, so, nice, good, clear hallmarks on there.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53- OK.- But unfortunately, what we didn't see when it was in the cupboard,
0:14:53 > 0:14:55- can you see that chip?- Ah, yes.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57- OK, so...- Yep.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59That one to consider. I still think that at auction,
0:14:59 > 0:15:00it might make us a small profit.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02- OK.- It's a pretty thing.
0:15:02 > 0:15:03This, on the other hand...
0:15:03 > 0:15:05- Yes.- Which...
0:15:05 > 0:15:07The colours are lovely.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09This wonderful black enamelling here, contrasting
0:15:09 > 0:15:12- with this lovely rural scene. - Yes, yeah.- It might seem a bit odd,
0:15:12 > 0:15:14but that's a classic Art Deco thing to do.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17- Contrast, complete contrast with everything.- Yeah.
0:15:17 > 0:15:21So, we're missing the grill - there would have been a little powder grill in here
0:15:21 > 0:15:25originally, which would have kept the powder down. So, that's missing, which is disappointing.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28But to be perfectly honest, as a powder compact
0:15:28 > 0:15:33- collector...- Yeah.- ..you're not looking at the inside, you're looking at how it displays.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36- Shall we go and ask Daniel?- Yeah. Let's go and see what Daniel says.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39So, along with the £85 flag
0:15:39 > 0:15:42and the £55 poster,
0:15:42 > 0:15:44that's four items up for consideration.
0:15:44 > 0:15:45What's your best, then, Daniel?
0:15:45 > 0:15:49The best price on that would be £40.
0:15:49 > 0:15:50- OK.- Would be the very best.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52- OK.- What can we do on that one?
0:15:52 > 0:15:55Erm, again, he's given me an indication of £5
0:15:55 > 0:15:57I can take off of that.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59OK. So, that makes that 80.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01So, I've got 120.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03And then how much on that one?
0:16:03 > 0:16:07And then again, she's given the indication of £10...
0:16:07 > 0:16:10- On that.- Off of that. - So, that's 80.- And then...
0:16:10 > 0:16:11So, that's 200.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13- 200.- Yep, OK.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15And then, unfortunately, on that one,
0:16:15 > 0:16:17I'm not going to be able to do anything on that.
0:16:17 > 0:16:21OK, so, what do we think about this?
0:16:21 > 0:16:23No, we've always preferenced that one.
0:16:23 > 0:16:24So, is this going to be our first victim?
0:16:24 > 0:16:27- Yes.- OK, so, thank you, but no thank you.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30- OK.- Yeah.- Put that back in the cabinet.- So, it's around 200...
0:16:30 > 0:16:32- Yep.- For that, that and that.
0:16:32 > 0:16:37- OK.- I think we've got three potentially very interesting and very strong lots.- Yeah.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39- Shall we go for it?- Yes, I'm happy if you're happy.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41- Yeah?- Yeah. I like everything we're getting.- £200.
0:16:41 > 0:16:42Thank you, sir.
0:16:42 > 0:16:46That means they've bought three items in their first shop.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48Marvellous - well done.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51Back with our chaps, though...
0:16:51 > 0:16:53Are they feeling enlightened?
0:16:53 > 0:16:55What do you think of that?
0:16:55 > 0:16:57That's some sort of Buddha, isn't it?
0:16:57 > 0:16:59It is not some sort of Buddha, it is THE Buddha.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02- Is it?- The Buddha, the enlightened one.
0:17:02 > 0:17:03Which is very interesting,
0:17:03 > 0:17:05because people would always refer
0:17:05 > 0:17:07to Buddhas as big fat bellies and all of that -
0:17:07 > 0:17:08they are Buddhist monks,
0:17:08 > 0:17:11but they don't represent the original Buddha,
0:17:11 > 0:17:13the founder of Buddhism 2,500 years ago.
0:17:13 > 0:17:14- That is he.- OK.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16So, that is a tour piece,
0:17:16 > 0:17:20something that if you were in India or the east,
0:17:20 > 0:17:22you might buy as a memento.
0:17:22 > 0:17:26I think he's gorgeous. I think he's absolutely gorgeous.
0:17:26 > 0:17:27It's 29 quid, I mean, it's no money.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30The question is, do we buy him?
0:17:30 > 0:17:32I think it's over to you.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34We might get him for £25.
0:17:34 > 0:17:35All I can tell you is,
0:17:35 > 0:17:39I would not personally leave this building without it.
0:17:39 > 0:17:40Well, in that case,
0:17:40 > 0:17:44you'd better see if a deal can be secured on this little bronze.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46Time to chat money with Daniel.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48So, we would like that. And it's...
0:17:48 > 0:17:52- Was it 29?- Yeah, we don't say, we would like it, it's 29...
0:17:52 > 0:17:55- Oh.- That's what you say when you go to a department store.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58- I'm sorry...- We say, we're quite interested in this, how much can it be?
0:17:58 > 0:18:01- Over to you.- We are quite interested in this, sir - how much would it be?
0:18:01 > 0:18:03I could do you that for 26.
0:18:04 > 0:18:0825? Just because the odd pound is...
0:18:08 > 0:18:10- I think we could do 25. - Are we going to do it?
0:18:10 > 0:18:13- Yes, I think we should do it. - 25. Lovely.- Thank you, Daniel.
0:18:13 > 0:18:14- Thank you.- Fantastic.
0:18:14 > 0:18:18Now, what about the £20 Famille Rose plate?
0:18:18 > 0:18:23Unfortunately on this, I can't do any reduction on that one.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26- What do we think about that? I'm still happy.- Yeah. - I'm happy, I'm happy.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28Yeah.
0:18:28 > 0:18:33Including the Art Deco communion glass set that they shook on earlier,
0:18:33 > 0:18:36Linford and David have bagged everything for £83.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38Well done, chaps.
0:18:38 > 0:18:42Katharine and Christina, meanwhile, have made their way to Oxford.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47Christina has a special treat in store for competitive Kath,
0:18:47 > 0:18:49as they're going to learn about
0:18:49 > 0:18:52Oxfordshire's most popular pub sport.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55They're meeting local expert Andy Beale to find out more.
0:18:56 > 0:19:01- Look at those beautiful flowers. - They're very nice, aren't they? - Are we ready?- Yeah.
0:19:03 > 0:19:04- Hello!- Hello, welcome.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06Hello, thank you.
0:19:06 > 0:19:07- Hi, I'm Andy.- Hi, Christina.
0:19:07 > 0:19:08- Hi, Katharine.- Hi, Katharine.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11- I'm Andy.- Are you all right? - Yeah. I'm doing well, yep.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13Do you want me to show you the game of Aunt Sally?
0:19:13 > 0:19:15- Yes, please, yeah. - Anything in a pub's a winner!
0:19:15 > 0:19:18Well, exactly!
0:19:18 > 0:19:19Do we pass the bar, Andy?
0:19:19 > 0:19:21Oh, yes!
0:19:21 > 0:19:26Yes, it's not cribbage or darts that's played most in these parts.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28Oh, no, it's the old game of Aunt Sally,
0:19:28 > 0:19:32where wooden sticks are thrown at a little doll.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34Although little known outside Oxfordshire,
0:19:34 > 0:19:37the game is more than just a popular pastime here,
0:19:37 > 0:19:39with its own competitive league
0:19:39 > 0:19:42that has 90 teams and over 1,200 players.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44I never knew that.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46So, how did the game come about, Andy?
0:19:46 > 0:19:49Well, there's many theories on how the game came about.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51One of them is going back to the 17th century,
0:19:51 > 0:19:53during the English Civil War.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55When Charles set up court in Oxford,
0:19:55 > 0:19:59and what they used to do then was tie up a live cockerel to a stake
0:19:59 > 0:20:03and then people would come along and pay to throw a stick at the cockerel.
0:20:03 > 0:20:07- Oh!- Really?- And whoever done the killing blow with the last stick,
0:20:07 > 0:20:08that was their prize.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11Another theory is with the fairs that came round Oxfordshire,
0:20:11 > 0:20:14there was a bit like the coconut shy that you have,
0:20:14 > 0:20:16but what they would throw at was a doll.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18And they would then throw sticks,
0:20:18 > 0:20:22and whoever would knock the doll off then would be able to claim the
0:20:22 > 0:20:25prize. And it's just sort of originated from there,
0:20:25 > 0:20:28and it has grown and grown and grown as the years have gone on.
0:20:28 > 0:20:32First records that we have got was 1938.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34There was a four-year gap when the war was on.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36From then on we have got all the records of all the games that have been
0:20:36 > 0:20:39played, league winners, all the way up to the present day.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42So, do you have male and female records?
0:20:42 > 0:20:44Male and female, there is all mixed,
0:20:44 > 0:20:46there is not a male or female team in the league.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48- Wow!- Everyone mixes in.
0:20:48 > 0:20:49- So everyone is equal.- Yeah.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51Everyone is equal, there is no age limit.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54So as long as you can throw one of these sticks at the doll...
0:20:56 > 0:21:00The origins of how the game got its name had been lost in time,
0:21:00 > 0:21:01but back in the day,
0:21:01 > 0:21:05the term "Aunt Sally" was a popular insult for something
0:21:05 > 0:21:09or someone who was an easy target for criticism or attack.
0:21:09 > 0:21:11It is quite fitting for this historic pub game.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13Oh, look at that.
0:21:13 > 0:21:17Well, at the moment you see Kevin here practising the Aunt Sally game.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20And he's got six sticks in his hand and he has to throw at the doll
0:21:20 > 0:21:23there, and if you knock the doll off, that is one point.
0:21:23 > 0:21:27- OK.- The game is divided between two teams, eight players in each team.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30One team will throw first, all eight players,
0:21:30 > 0:21:31and what score they get,
0:21:31 > 0:21:33the other team has got to try and beat it.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36- Right, OK.- And it's played over three legs, although, in Aunt Sally,
0:21:36 > 0:21:39we have some strange terminology, and they're not called legs,
0:21:39 > 0:21:43- they're called horses.- Oh! - So it's played over three horses.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45And the other strange, odd thing about Aunt Sally
0:21:45 > 0:21:47is that you can't draw.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50- OK.- There must be a winner at the end of the night, so you can, in theory,
0:21:50 > 0:21:54- play for ever.- What if you knock nothing off, Andy?
0:21:54 > 0:21:57That is called a blob, and if you do that for all three throws,
0:21:57 > 0:22:00- then you are called a blobber. - Oh!- It's going to be me, isn't it?
0:22:00 > 0:22:03And you go in the paper the following week.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06- No way!- Yes, the hall of shame the following week as a blobber.
0:22:06 > 0:22:11The accolade is to hit 18 out of 18 over your three throws.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13- Oh, right.- And it is a very rare occurrence.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15Out of the 80-odd years the league has been running,
0:22:15 > 0:22:17it has only happened 17 times.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19So that is everything you need to know about Aunt Sally.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21- Do you want to have a go? - Yeah, definitely.
0:22:21 > 0:22:22Let's do it. Right.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27Right, girls, grab your sticks and approach the oche.
0:22:27 > 0:22:28Right.
0:22:31 > 0:22:32Ooh!
0:22:32 > 0:22:35- That's a better stick. - Straight down.
0:22:35 > 0:22:36Eyes on the prize. Oh!
0:22:36 > 0:22:38Hit the thing again.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41Yeah. Agh!
0:22:41 > 0:22:44- Come on, Kath, do it for the girls. - I'm tightening my core.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49Yay! Look at that!
0:22:49 > 0:22:51How fantastic!
0:22:51 > 0:22:54That's why she's won a medal!
0:22:54 > 0:22:56Sign her up!
0:22:56 > 0:23:00You just need your flag. Well done.
0:23:00 > 0:23:04Looks like we have found our first-ever Aunt Sally Olympian.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07Well, thank you very, very much, Andy.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10- It has been a pleasure.- It has been an absolute pleasure to learn about
0:23:10 > 0:23:12- Aunt Sally.- Thank you so much. I will come back again.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15- Definitely, we'll sign you on. Come on.- Oh, that was great fun.
0:23:16 > 0:23:17Back to the gents.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20They have also made their way to Oxford
0:23:20 > 0:23:23where they've arrived at their second shop of the day.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25- Hello.- Hello.
0:23:25 > 0:23:26Hello, there. Hi, there.
0:23:26 > 0:23:30- This is Linford.- Lovely to meet you. Welcome to Antiques On High.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32- Hello, I'm David.- Caroline.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34Hello, Caroline. Is this all yours?
0:23:34 > 0:23:36No, no, no, no. We're a group of dealers.
0:23:36 > 0:23:40- Oh, right.- Packed with collectables from about 30 dealers,
0:23:40 > 0:23:42there is lots to look at.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45Just have a look at this little fellow.
0:23:45 > 0:23:47Pottery. Terracotta.
0:23:47 > 0:23:48And if you look at the glaze, very carefully,
0:23:48 > 0:23:52you will see it has an iridescence, as if it has had petrol...
0:23:52 > 0:23:57That colouration and glaze you only get over many, many years.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59And I mean many hundreds of years.
0:23:59 > 0:24:05So you are now holding an original Chinese Ming Dynasty figure.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08- Really?- Really. So 500 years old.
0:24:08 > 0:24:10The quality is pretty good, isn't it?
0:24:10 > 0:24:12The quality is amazing.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18How are you on the bling stakes, Linford?
0:24:18 > 0:24:20I mean, I don't wear a lot of jewellery at all.
0:24:20 > 0:24:25I don't do a lot of bling, but it can do quite well in auction.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27You've got to look for something that...
0:24:27 > 0:24:28- Stands out, is it?- Yeah.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31That people might be wanting today, that they would actually use.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33Horses are always good news.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36Now, then, is it gold? Well... It says it is gold.
0:24:36 > 0:24:41It is a brooch. I think that is the kind of brooch that a man could wear
0:24:41 > 0:24:43as well as a woman.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45It is actually quite cool. I mean, it is big.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47It has the bling factor.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50- Has it got a hallmark?- Caroline, do you have a loop, do you,
0:24:50 > 0:24:52- I could borrow?- Oh, yes. - Would you mind?- No, have that.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54I should have one of these with me,
0:24:54 > 0:24:57but this is vital equipment when you are dealing in the bling world.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59OK. So right in the middle of the body,
0:24:59 > 0:25:02see if you can get your eye in and see that hallmark.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04Describe what you see.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06Is it 375? I think it is.
0:25:06 > 0:25:07OK, so what's that, then?
0:25:07 > 0:25:10- What grade of...- That means it's English.
0:25:10 > 0:25:11No. That means it's nine carat.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13Oh, it's nine carat.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15But it may well be English as well as having that.
0:25:15 > 0:25:19So let's have a look. That is tiny.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22- It is tiny.- I think they are British hallmarks.
0:25:22 > 0:25:26The marks indicate the brooch is nine-carat gold and made in 1968.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31What were you doing in 1968?
0:25:31 > 0:25:341968. I had been... I was in England one year. I'd just arrived back,
0:25:34 > 0:25:36I'd just arrived from Jamaica a year ago.
0:25:36 > 0:25:37One year. So just look at that.
0:25:37 > 0:25:41There you go. That was here, doing what it is doing right now,
0:25:41 > 0:25:44exactly the same, and being a really cool brooch,
0:25:44 > 0:25:45when you were seven or eight years old.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48- Seven or eight years old.- And it hasn't changed one bit.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51What is the very best to us, Caroline?
0:25:51 > 0:25:53- Be kind.- Well, I have got 175 on it.
0:25:53 > 0:25:58- What would, if...- That's not going to give you much of a chance, though, is it?- No.
0:25:58 > 0:26:02- Would 130 cut it?- I couldn't do it. - I cannae do it, Jimmy.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05See, look at that, I even had an accent.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08- Yes.- It just jumped out at the price!- Interesting.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11The strange things that happen on the Antiques Road Trip.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13Well, 120, really, is...
0:26:13 > 0:26:15It couldn't be 100 quid?
0:26:15 > 0:26:17If you do 110.
0:26:17 > 0:26:18- Shall we do it?- Shall we?
0:26:18 > 0:26:21- Whose hand do I shake? - I think Linford Christie.
0:26:21 > 0:26:23- I have got the money.- Fabulous.
0:26:23 > 0:26:28That generous deal secures our chaps their fourth item of the day.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31- Well, there's another one for our collection.- Indeed. And we got a good deal.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34I think we got a great deal. It is a nice thing.
0:26:34 > 0:26:38It has been a busy day of buying for our Olympians and experts,
0:26:38 > 0:26:40so time for some sleep.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42Nighty-night.
0:26:47 > 0:26:52It's the next morning, and a typical British summer's day.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55Linford and Katharine are en route to meet their experts.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59So I'm letting you drive today,
0:26:59 > 0:27:03myself and Christina are actually letting you drive a car that you can fit in.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06Well, actually, Christina said to me, she took me,
0:27:06 > 0:27:11it was a bit on the downlow, she said, "Listen, don't let Katharine drive that car again.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13"Because you should drive, because..."
0:27:13 > 0:27:14- Whoa!- OK.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16"You're a good coach, you taught her to run,
0:27:16 > 0:27:19"but you could not teach her to drive."
0:27:19 > 0:27:20There's a man on a bike here.
0:27:20 > 0:27:24I'm warning him. Bad driver coming, sir. Be careful.
0:27:29 > 0:27:31I don't think I have ever, ever, ever, ever,
0:27:31 > 0:27:34ever met anyone quite as competitive.
0:27:34 > 0:27:36Oh! Oh, right, gosh. Do not lose. I am telling you.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38- I know, seriously. - Don't lose.- I know. Yeah.
0:27:38 > 0:27:42She has got that killer winning instinct.
0:27:42 > 0:27:45- I must win.- She wants to get Linford.- Yeah.
0:27:46 > 0:27:49- Basically, I have no pressure. - Yeah.- You have loads.
0:27:49 > 0:27:51- Yeah.- Which makes me very happy indeed.
0:27:51 > 0:27:53I do feel very under pressure.
0:27:53 > 0:27:54Good.
0:27:56 > 0:28:01Linford and David have had a storming start to their shopping, buying four items yesterday.
0:28:01 > 0:28:06The shot glass set, the bronze Buddha, the Famille Rose plate,
0:28:06 > 0:28:10and the gold brooch, leaving them £207 to spend.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14- Yeah, I'm happy.- Yeah.- I'm happy.
0:28:14 > 0:28:18Meanwhile, Katharine and Christina have just bought three items so far,
0:28:18 > 0:28:21including the vintage old Glory, the Art Deco compact,
0:28:21 > 0:28:25and the 1960s railway poster.
0:28:25 > 0:28:29They still have £200 available to spend.
0:28:29 > 0:28:31Oh, my gosh! You look like the Statue of Liberty!
0:28:33 > 0:28:36So, if you just hold that, I mean, I mean, seriously,
0:28:36 > 0:28:38if you could just help a bit, it'd be very...
0:28:38 > 0:28:40- Just pull it.- Is that the best brolly you could find?
0:28:40 > 0:28:43- It's my favourite brolly. - Just down over your head a bit more.
0:28:43 > 0:28:46- I can't see anything. Are they arriving?- They are.
0:28:47 > 0:28:49- Perfect.- Hang on a minute.
0:28:49 > 0:28:52You're not going to leave me under this monstrosity.
0:28:52 > 0:28:57- Morning! Stay in the car!- Bonjour, bonjour.- Good morning.
0:28:57 > 0:29:00- Good morning.- How are you?
0:29:00 > 0:29:05- I'm good, thank you.- Hello. This rain!
0:29:05 > 0:29:06We're going in this car.
0:29:06 > 0:29:08Oh, no more driving!
0:29:08 > 0:29:10- Look at that. OK.- We're going to have another good day.
0:29:10 > 0:29:13- I'll take you to the dry... To the passenger seat.- Indeed, sir.
0:29:13 > 0:29:14Have fun, you two.
0:29:14 > 0:29:16Don't buy anything too special.
0:29:16 > 0:29:19- Are you in? - I'm in.- You're in.- I'm good.
0:29:19 > 0:29:20We're all a bit wet.
0:29:32 > 0:29:38This morning, the gents are motoring towards Bracknell in Berkshire.
0:29:38 > 0:29:40People have always said to me, "Why don't you do a marathon?"
0:29:40 > 0:29:41Yeah. And I say, "What for?"
0:29:41 > 0:29:45And they say, for fun. You know, why would 26 and whatever miles be fun?
0:29:45 > 0:29:49You see, I would have thought, assumed that you would have thought all forms of exercise were fun.
0:29:49 > 0:29:51No, no, no, it's not. It's...
0:29:51 > 0:29:53Training, I mean, training, it wasn't fun.
0:29:53 > 0:29:55And the training was painful.
0:29:55 > 0:29:58I mean, you become kind of addicted to kind of pain.
0:29:58 > 0:29:59Yeah. So therefore... Yeah, yeah.
0:29:59 > 0:30:01I was an absolute exercise junkie.
0:30:01 > 0:30:03Like, once I retired from athletics,
0:30:03 > 0:30:08I could not find anything that motivated me enough...
0:30:09 > 0:30:10- ..in the same way.- Really?
0:30:10 > 0:30:14So there is a void and emptiness that's still there.
0:30:14 > 0:30:16- Yeah.- And, you know, I mean, you know...
0:30:16 > 0:30:19Hence I have done some crazy TV shows, I did, you know,
0:30:19 > 0:30:21jumped out of helicopters and stuff,
0:30:21 > 0:30:24to try and find that adrenaline rush and everything else, but...
0:30:24 > 0:30:26- But you haven't yet found it? - I haven't found it.
0:30:26 > 0:30:29- Come on, you're on the Antiques Road Trip.- Oh,
0:30:29 > 0:30:30it's coming, it's coming!
0:30:30 > 0:30:33I can sense it, Linford, I can sense it.
0:30:38 > 0:30:42Linford and David have arrived at Old Grain Barn Antiques...
0:30:42 > 0:30:45- After you, sir.- ..hoping to add to their haul of items
0:30:45 > 0:30:47to take to auction.
0:30:48 > 0:30:49Originally part of a farm,
0:30:49 > 0:30:52this old barn is now an antiques treasure trove.
0:30:54 > 0:30:56So, tell me if anything speaks to you.
0:30:56 > 0:30:57I will do, I'm just...
0:30:59 > 0:31:01..looking and seeing what we've got.
0:31:01 > 0:31:02OK. Charlie Chaplin.
0:31:02 > 0:31:05Charlie Chaplin. My grandmother shook hands with Charlie Chaplin,
0:31:05 > 0:31:07that was one of her greatest claims to fame.
0:31:07 > 0:31:09Lovely piece. Only 20 quid.
0:31:09 > 0:31:12We want something with a real bit of meat on it.
0:31:12 > 0:31:15Something that we can really get a chance of making a profit.
0:31:15 > 0:31:18Aha! What about this for meaty?
0:31:18 > 0:31:19Have a look at this chest here.
0:31:19 > 0:31:21Tell me what your thoughts are on that.
0:31:21 > 0:31:24I'm going to ask you how old do you think it is?
0:31:24 > 0:31:28I think it's... I don't know. It looks maybe about 60 years old?
0:31:28 > 0:31:30It's more than 60 years old.
0:31:30 > 0:31:33It's closer to 300 years old.
0:31:33 > 0:31:34- Ooh!- Exactly.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36It's a 17th century, probably late,
0:31:36 > 0:31:39maybe creeping into the 18th century, coffer.
0:31:39 > 0:31:43Obviously it lifts up. So it's great for storage.
0:31:43 > 0:31:46And they always have a little box on the inside,
0:31:46 > 0:31:47to store candles.
0:31:47 > 0:31:49And even though they're very old,
0:31:49 > 0:31:51they don't make very much money these days.
0:31:51 > 0:31:54- Oh, I see.- So, you know, 100 quid, you could buy one.
0:31:54 > 0:31:57- Which is mad, isn't it? - It is indeed.- Isn't it mad?
0:31:57 > 0:31:59We'll get a price on it, just out of interest.
0:31:59 > 0:32:01If it's a steal, we can consider it.
0:32:01 > 0:32:04- OK.- Dealer Stewart is the man to ask.
0:32:04 > 0:32:10- What sort of money is that, Stewart? The little coffer?- Um...
0:32:10 > 0:32:13Well, I was looking for £125 for it, but...
0:32:14 > 0:32:17Are you definitely going to win this race?
0:32:17 > 0:32:18Well, with your help, we might.
0:32:18 > 0:32:21I think the very best I could do is 95 on it.
0:32:21 > 0:32:23- I'm... I'm...- 70?
0:32:23 > 0:32:2590... I'm at 95 at the moment.
0:32:25 > 0:32:27See, the five would be lonely on its own,
0:32:27 > 0:32:29so 90 and then we've got a deal.
0:32:30 > 0:32:31- Done.- He's done it.
0:32:31 > 0:32:34- He's done it, he's done it. - Oh, you're good, boss. I'm...
0:32:34 > 0:32:37You know what, I've been hanging out with this man
0:32:37 > 0:32:41and I've learned something. I'm going to Tesco's and doing the same!
0:32:41 > 0:32:43- Yeah, good luck with that one. - I was going to say, yes,
0:32:43 > 0:32:45- very good luck with that.- Fantastic.
0:32:45 > 0:32:46I think it's a big spend, I'm pleased,
0:32:46 > 0:32:48and we bought some real furniture.
0:32:48 > 0:32:50And a real antique.
0:32:51 > 0:32:54A fabulous last find for our chaps.
0:32:56 > 0:33:01Katharine and Christina, meanwhile, are making their way to Reading.
0:33:01 > 0:33:05Well, I find your retirement from the sport absolutely fascinating.
0:33:05 > 0:33:08Because... You have worked and worked and worked
0:33:08 > 0:33:13and dedicated your life to your sport since you were 13 years old?
0:33:13 > 0:33:15It was a unique career, and a long one,
0:33:15 > 0:33:18and I never did half of what I wanted to do, because of injury.
0:33:18 > 0:33:20I had a lot of injury problems.
0:33:20 > 0:33:22I didn't wake up and decide to retire.
0:33:22 > 0:33:24I had been injured, I had been having operations,
0:33:24 > 0:33:26I had moved over to a different part of the world,
0:33:26 > 0:33:28I was trying six times a week,
0:33:28 > 0:33:29five hours a day,
0:33:29 > 0:33:33and then I went to the track one day and I put my bag down and something
0:33:33 > 0:33:35started hurting again, I was rehabbing from another knee
0:33:35 > 0:33:38operation, I said, "I just don't want to do this any more."
0:33:38 > 0:33:40And he went, "What, just today, or overall?"
0:33:40 > 0:33:42Just today, a bad day?
0:33:42 > 0:33:45He was kind of... And I went, "No, I've had enough."
0:33:45 > 0:33:47- I'm done.- I'm going to get upset.
0:33:47 > 0:33:49- I'm so sorry! Yeah.- Oh, no, don't!
0:33:49 > 0:33:50- It's all right. - Have I upset you now?
0:33:50 > 0:33:53And I left and never went back, so...
0:33:53 > 0:33:54But I was really lucky, because I'd
0:33:54 > 0:33:57started doing broadcasting work when I was injured...
0:33:57 > 0:33:59- Yeah.- So I just kind of slipped into it and...
0:34:00 > 0:34:03..and then started a new career, which has been great.
0:34:03 > 0:34:07And in the sport within a sport that you are so passionate about.
0:34:07 > 0:34:09- Yeah.- Which is wonderful, isn't it?
0:34:14 > 0:34:17The girls have arrived at their first shop.
0:34:17 > 0:34:19Do you know, I have been here before.
0:34:19 > 0:34:22- Well, that's a good sign. - Right... OK.
0:34:22 > 0:34:25And the wet weather certainly isn't dampening their spirits.
0:34:25 > 0:34:26OK.
0:34:28 > 0:34:29Let's go.
0:34:30 > 0:34:32One of Reading's longest-running
0:34:32 > 0:34:36antique havens, this place is packed.
0:34:36 > 0:34:37Solid beech wood chopping board.
0:34:37 > 0:34:39Grooved for... Grooved for gravy.
0:34:39 > 0:34:40Oh, yeah.
0:34:45 > 0:34:47There is just so much stuff.
0:34:49 > 0:34:51Hey, look at those. You're into your fishing, aren't you?
0:34:51 > 0:34:53- No?- They're not very antique, really, are they?
0:34:53 > 0:34:57No. Still might find a bargain.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00Right, ladies, time to get serious.
0:35:00 > 0:35:01Oh, yes.
0:35:02 > 0:35:03Go? No way!
0:35:03 > 0:35:05Stop. How cool is that?
0:35:06 > 0:35:09Not exactly an antiques, Christina.
0:35:10 > 0:35:14It's just so retro, like for someone's house or garden.
0:35:14 > 0:35:15My God, I love that.
0:35:15 > 0:35:17How much is it? Has it got a price on it?
0:35:17 > 0:35:19Stop/Go sign, 22.
0:35:19 > 0:35:21- I really like that.- It's very...
0:35:21 > 0:35:25I can see a bachelor in his house having his, you know...
0:35:25 > 0:35:27I don't think I'm letting go of this.
0:35:27 > 0:35:30- You liked that, didn't you?- I really do, I think it's really funny.
0:35:30 > 0:35:32Christina's smitten.
0:35:32 > 0:35:34Better talk to dealer Will.
0:35:34 > 0:35:37- Will he, or won't he?- Will?
0:35:37 > 0:35:41Yes. Well, go to us...
0:35:41 > 0:35:43- Well, I am pleased to see... - Come on, come on, come on.
0:35:43 > 0:35:46Stop!
0:35:46 > 0:35:48You chose the only antique here.
0:35:48 > 0:35:49- Well, there we go.- Amazing.
0:35:49 > 0:35:51- Isn't it great?- Yeah, it's great.
0:35:51 > 0:35:54Yeah, and that... But that would be very good for you, wouldn't it?
0:35:54 > 0:35:56If you could just sort of flash go and go sprinting off.
0:35:56 > 0:35:58Aaaah!
0:35:58 > 0:35:59And then at the end...
0:35:59 > 0:36:03- Stop. Stop.- This is not what I would expect to see, though, in a shop,
0:36:03 > 0:36:04in a shop like this.
0:36:04 > 0:36:08But that is kind of what I personally think is quite fun about it.
0:36:08 > 0:36:13- Yeah.- Will, you'll probably say the same, you walk into an antiques shop and you see...- Yeah...
0:36:13 > 0:36:16Chests of drawers, you'll see chairs, you'll see pots,
0:36:16 > 0:36:19you'll see glass. When do you ever see a stop sign?
0:36:19 > 0:36:23Is this the right price on it? What are we looking at here, then?
0:36:23 > 0:36:26Well, no, it should be 122, really, shouldn't it?
0:36:26 > 0:36:28It is unique, got to give you some sort of discount.
0:36:28 > 0:36:32- 12?- Look, look, Christina appreciates it. 12. Yeah, 12.
0:36:32 > 0:36:34- Yeah, go on. Yeah, yeah, yeah. - Well spotted.
0:36:34 > 0:36:37I'm really sorry if this doesn't make any money.
0:36:37 > 0:36:38Don't worry, don't worry.
0:36:38 > 0:36:40- I love it.- It has got to make money at 12.
0:36:40 > 0:36:42- Yeah.- Well, let's hope so.
0:36:42 > 0:36:45Our girls have secured their first purchase of the day.
0:36:45 > 0:36:47- What a joke.- Thanks, Will.
0:36:47 > 0:36:49Bye.
0:36:49 > 0:36:51I love this. I absolutely love it.
0:36:51 > 0:36:53Hang on a minute. Here we go, here we go.
0:36:53 > 0:36:56Stop! Stop! Please, stop. Come on, come on.
0:36:56 > 0:36:59Come on.
0:36:59 > 0:37:00Through you go.
0:37:02 > 0:37:04Hang on a sec.
0:37:04 > 0:37:05Go! Oh, no, stop!
0:37:05 > 0:37:06Hang on a minute. Stop!
0:37:08 > 0:37:10Oh, dear.
0:37:11 > 0:37:13Our chaps, meanwhile, have journeyed
0:37:13 > 0:37:15to Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire.
0:37:15 > 0:37:18One of Britain's greatest sprinters,
0:37:18 > 0:37:23Linford was the first of a new breed of athletes that defied age
0:37:23 > 0:37:25as a barrier to perform,
0:37:25 > 0:37:27winning his first major title at the age of 26.
0:37:31 > 0:37:35This afternoon, David has brought Linford to learn about a fellow sporting
0:37:35 > 0:37:40pioneer, but not in running, instead one of Britain's oldest sports -
0:37:40 > 0:37:42- rowing.- Should be interesting.
0:37:42 > 0:37:44Indeed. I think we'll learn something.
0:37:44 > 0:37:48They've come to the River and Rowing Museum to meet
0:37:48 > 0:37:51historian Lisa Taylor, to find out more.
0:37:51 > 0:37:52- Come with me.- Thank you.
0:37:54 > 0:37:56- After you, sir.- Thank you.
0:37:57 > 0:37:59With its roots in the 18th century,
0:37:59 > 0:38:03rowing is one of the country's oldest competitive sports.
0:38:03 > 0:38:06Its popularity grew as a gentleman's sport,
0:38:06 > 0:38:09with competitions held at public schools and universities,
0:38:09 > 0:38:12including the boat race between Cambridge and Oxford universities,
0:38:12 > 0:38:15which first began back in 1829.
0:38:16 > 0:38:21The women's boat race wasn't founded until nearly 100 years later.
0:38:21 > 0:38:24Women, they came in a lot later into the sport.
0:38:24 > 0:38:26Yeah, although earlier than a lot of people would think.
0:38:26 > 0:38:30So when I was talking about the professional rowing, that existed for women as well,
0:38:30 > 0:38:33certainly from the mid-late 19th-century you had female professionals that
0:38:33 > 0:38:36were racing and were reported on in the newspapers.
0:38:36 > 0:38:37And it wasn't a huge novelty.
0:38:37 > 0:38:39They were participating in a competition
0:38:39 > 0:38:42that was just part of their work as well.
0:38:42 > 0:38:45But in terms of a more amateur kind of situation,
0:38:45 > 0:38:48so more like the regattas and the races that we recognise today.
0:38:48 > 0:38:51Then, yeah, we're looking really at the 1920s onwards,
0:38:51 > 0:38:53where the women's sport really picks up pace.
0:38:53 > 0:38:57Were there very many influential women in the world of rowing?
0:38:57 > 0:39:02Certainly within Britain, most roads would lead back to a lady called Amy Gentry.
0:39:02 > 0:39:06She started rowing in 1919 at the Victory Regatta in Weybridge.
0:39:06 > 0:39:09And she subsequently went on to found a separate club,
0:39:09 > 0:39:11the Weybridge Ladies Rowing Club, which still exists.
0:39:11 > 0:39:14She also was heavily involved in founding the Women's Amateur Rowing
0:39:14 > 0:39:18Association, so this was the first governing body for the women's sport.
0:39:18 > 0:39:20And what about as far as the Olympics go?
0:39:20 > 0:39:22We have a letter from her here, from 1927,
0:39:22 > 0:39:25where she describes competing in the Olympics as her dearest wish,
0:39:25 > 0:39:28and she's already petitioning the powers that be to include women's
0:39:28 > 0:39:32rowing in the Olympics, but that wouldn't happen for another 50 years.
0:39:32 > 0:39:36And tragically for her, in fact, she died about three weeks before the first Olympic regatta that had
0:39:36 > 0:39:39women's racing in it. So you can see that definitely as almost the
0:39:39 > 0:39:43fulfilment of a life's dream, just sadly, slightly after she had died.
0:39:43 > 0:39:46My gosh, Amy must have been quite a maverick, was she?
0:39:46 > 0:39:49She's very well renowned in the rowing community.
0:39:49 > 0:39:51She's known as the indomitable Amy,
0:39:51 > 0:39:53and she was definitely quite stubborn,
0:39:53 > 0:39:54quite determined to get equality.
0:39:54 > 0:39:57She wouldn't define herself as a staunch feminist.
0:39:57 > 0:40:01Through her writing anyway, she says that it is not that kind of agenda,
0:40:01 > 0:40:03it is just saying, we love the sport of rowing and we want to be able to
0:40:03 > 0:40:05compete in exciting events.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07She was awarded an OBE in 1968,
0:40:07 > 0:40:09in recognition of her contributions to the sport.
0:40:09 > 0:40:12She was only the second person in rowing to ever receive an OBE,
0:40:12 > 0:40:14so for that to be have been a woman is quite unusual,
0:40:14 > 0:40:16certainly at that point in the 1960s,
0:40:16 > 0:40:19where the balance between gender and the awards was probably not what it
0:40:19 > 0:40:21is today, certainly, in sport.
0:40:21 > 0:40:23And you can look at, as I say,
0:40:23 > 0:40:25people within women's rowing today
0:40:25 > 0:40:27would say that her influence has been a big part
0:40:27 > 0:40:29of what has got us to where we are,
0:40:29 > 0:40:32where we regularly win gold medals and have been winning Olympic medals
0:40:32 > 0:40:35for the last 16, 20 years in women's rowing.
0:40:35 > 0:40:39That all of that is part of the trajectory that she really started
0:40:39 > 0:40:40to shape from the 1920s.
0:40:40 > 0:40:43- Thank you very much for coming along.- Thank you.
0:40:43 > 0:40:50It's clear that the success of women's rowing in Britain owes a great debt to Indomitable Amy,
0:40:50 > 0:40:53who will be forever remembered as a pioneer in sport.
0:40:55 > 0:40:59Back with our girls, who have also made their way to Henley-on-Thames,
0:40:59 > 0:41:03where they've arrived at Tudor House Antiques and Collectables.
0:41:04 > 0:41:07Hello. Hello, hello, hello, hello, hello.
0:41:07 > 0:41:09- Christina.- David. Pleased to meet you.- Katharine.
0:41:09 > 0:41:12- Nice to meet you, David. - Nice to meet you.- My goodness.
0:41:12 > 0:41:14- Wowee!- Wow!
0:41:14 > 0:41:17OK. Talk about to the rafters, David.
0:41:17 > 0:41:20- We have got a lot of stuff. - You really have, haven't you?
0:41:20 > 0:41:21- Wow!- Magic.
0:41:21 > 0:41:24- Are we all right to have a little look round?- Yeah, carry on.
0:41:24 > 0:41:26Home to the wares of over 20 dealers,
0:41:26 > 0:41:31Katharine and Christina are on the hunt for a profit-making antique.
0:41:31 > 0:41:33No more traffic signs, please!
0:41:33 > 0:41:34Devonshire clotted cream?
0:41:34 > 0:41:36I'm going to guess it's out of date, right?
0:41:36 > 0:41:38I think it might be.
0:41:38 > 0:41:39Ah!
0:41:39 > 0:41:42Candlestick holders.
0:41:42 > 0:41:44Well done, Katharine - I'm very proud.
0:41:44 > 0:41:46- Brass.- Yes.
0:41:46 > 0:41:49- Oh, my gosh!- I'm getting into it now, you see?
0:41:50 > 0:41:52So, I'd say these are ecclesiastical candlesticks,
0:41:52 > 0:41:55so probably stood on an altar.
0:41:55 > 0:41:57- OK. Oh, wow, really? - Originally in a church.
0:41:57 > 0:41:59- OK.- Obviously they've got quite a big diameter there.
0:41:59 > 0:42:01They've got a good drip tray there.
0:42:01 > 0:42:04- Yeah.- Really rather smart, but quite trendy at the moment.
0:42:04 > 0:42:05- Sort of...- Yeah.
0:42:05 > 0:42:08Big, chunky candlesticks - interior designers quite like them.
0:42:08 > 0:42:10Fireplaces in big, nice rooms.
0:42:10 > 0:42:12Yeah, exactly. It's got stamped "Made in England", there,
0:42:12 > 0:42:14so probably it's going to be post about 1930.
0:42:14 > 0:42:17OK. 75 for the...
0:42:17 > 0:42:19- 75 for the pair.- Yeah.
0:42:19 > 0:42:21- Yeah. OK.- The brass candlesticks are one possibility.
0:42:23 > 0:42:24Anything else?
0:42:24 > 0:42:25Oh, I like this.
0:42:27 > 0:42:30This is a rack. Is it a washing rack?
0:42:30 > 0:42:32- Is it a...- It is a rack.
0:42:32 > 0:42:35I would always call this like a herb-drying rack.
0:42:35 > 0:42:38- OK.- So you'd have had it in your kitchen as a Victorian or Edwardian
0:42:38 > 0:42:41lady, you would have gone into your garden, picked your herbs,
0:42:41 > 0:42:44- and then you'd have dried them on that.- Just laid them flat?
0:42:44 > 0:42:46Yeah. Pull them up, put them in the kitchen.
0:42:46 > 0:42:47Wow! So, how old then?
0:42:47 > 0:42:50I'd say probably, what, turn of the century?
0:42:50 > 0:42:53- You've got some good chains there, haven't you?- Kind of quite heavy.
0:42:53 > 0:42:57- Exactly. Yeah. Hello.- Hello.
0:42:57 > 0:43:00- You're modelling it beautifully. - I am a piece of tarragon.
0:43:00 > 0:43:01I like this.
0:43:01 > 0:43:04This would appeal to... The right property, the right person,
0:43:04 > 0:43:05in the right environment.
0:43:05 > 0:43:08I think it is... It's a country kitchen piece, isn't it?
0:43:08 > 0:43:10Yeah. We have no...
0:43:10 > 0:43:12Where's the price on it? I can't see a price.
0:43:12 > 0:43:16So, potentially, then, there's this and our candlesticks.
0:43:16 > 0:43:18TIM: Right. David.
0:43:18 > 0:43:21What's your best on the herb-drying rack?
0:43:21 > 0:43:23That could be £30.
0:43:23 > 0:43:24£30, OK.
0:43:24 > 0:43:27We were sort of hoping maybe 15 or £20.
0:43:27 > 0:43:28Let's go 20, then.
0:43:28 > 0:43:3020. What's your thoughts?
0:43:30 > 0:43:32Well, what do you think about the candlesticks?
0:43:32 > 0:43:34Yeah. So these were 75.
0:43:34 > 0:43:37I'm not sure you're going to get more off.
0:43:37 > 0:43:39- Yeah.- OK, then we'll take a few more off for every dent,
0:43:39 > 0:43:41so we'll take that down a bit!
0:43:41 > 0:43:44You say, candlesticks or rack?
0:43:44 > 0:43:46I like them both, but if...
0:43:46 > 0:43:48Personal choice, it doesn't mean it'll make any money,
0:43:48 > 0:43:50just throwing it out there, I do like the rack.
0:43:50 > 0:43:52- You like the rack.- I can see that in somebody's kitchen,
0:43:52 > 0:43:55I can just see it hanging with pans and stuff off it, yeah.
0:43:55 > 0:43:58- OK.- Yeah.- David, can we do £15 on that?
0:44:01 > 0:44:05- OK.- Yeah!- Such a nice guy!
0:44:06 > 0:44:08£15.
0:44:08 > 0:44:13And with that final splash of cash, our ladies are all shopped up.
0:44:13 > 0:44:15- Thank you very much.- Good luck. - Thank you.- Cheers.
0:44:15 > 0:44:16I think we might need it.
0:44:18 > 0:44:21- Cheerio.- With both teams all spent,
0:44:21 > 0:44:25it's time for "I'll show you mine, if you'll show me yours."
0:44:25 > 0:44:26My favourite.
0:44:28 > 0:44:31- Are you ready for this? - This is where your heart sinks.
0:44:31 > 0:44:33One, two, three...
0:44:33 > 0:44:35Ooooh.
0:44:35 > 0:44:38First of all, I thought that was prison bars.
0:44:38 > 0:44:39Well, yeah, it might be.
0:44:39 > 0:44:43Looks like something Katharine should be behind!
0:44:43 > 0:44:46So we started off, we had quite a successful day yesterday,
0:44:46 > 0:44:49we bought our poster, which you can see over here.
0:44:49 > 0:44:51- What is that for? Is it railways? - Railway poster, yeah.
0:44:51 > 0:44:52Well done.
0:44:52 > 0:44:56- Obviously railway specialists, railway collectors, isn't it? - Poster collectors as well.
0:44:56 > 0:44:58Convincing themselves here, by the way, just so you know.
0:44:58 > 0:45:01This is, this is special. Because it has 48 stars.
0:45:01 > 0:45:03Oh, it's an early one, then.
0:45:03 > 0:45:04Yeah, how many should it have?
0:45:04 > 0:45:06- 50.- 50.
0:45:06 > 0:45:08So, yes, we're very excited about this.
0:45:08 > 0:45:10And then we decided to kind of go slightly more light-hearted,
0:45:10 > 0:45:13because we were so pleased with our kind of serious bits.
0:45:13 > 0:45:15Do they know you've got that?
0:45:15 > 0:45:17Highways will be after you!
0:45:18 > 0:45:21Would you like to see the winning team?
0:45:21 > 0:45:23- Come on, then.- You've built it up. - Ready?
0:45:25 > 0:45:27- What am I seeing here? - So that's a communion tray?
0:45:27 > 0:45:30Yes, it is. But it has, it's been upcycled.
0:45:30 > 0:45:32Into a shot glass tray.
0:45:32 > 0:45:35Someone from the Vatican already reserved the price.
0:45:37 > 0:45:39- What is the...- This empty box?
0:45:39 > 0:45:41Have you lost something that you bought there?
0:45:41 > 0:45:45I just want to point you in the direction of my male model.
0:45:45 > 0:45:46Oh, that's nice. That's very cool.
0:45:46 > 0:45:48It's a horse...
0:45:48 > 0:45:51Oh, it moves! Oh, that's his pecs!
0:45:51 > 0:45:54Look at the effect that had!
0:45:55 > 0:45:58- Christina!- You know at the auction you're going to have to do that to
0:45:58 > 0:46:01maybe get a few extra pounds on that!
0:46:01 > 0:46:04Steady on, Linford!
0:46:04 > 0:46:07As much as it pains me to say this...
0:46:07 > 0:46:08- Yeah.- Very best of luck.
0:46:08 > 0:46:11OK, do we wish our competitors luck?
0:46:11 > 0:46:12- Oh, we can do that.- Can we?
0:46:12 > 0:46:15When you wish someone luck, because you know you've already won.
0:46:15 > 0:46:17OK. OK. OK, lots of luck, guys.
0:46:17 > 0:46:19- Come on, Linford. - Enjoy your car boot.
0:46:19 > 0:46:23I know you're very competitive, but don't stare them out.
0:46:24 > 0:46:27Out of earshot, what do they really think of each other's pecs...
0:46:27 > 0:46:28I mean picks?
0:46:28 > 0:46:32I'm being blinded by the nine-carat and, oh, gold!
0:46:32 > 0:46:35- The bling.- And the, and the old, the age of the chest.
0:46:35 > 0:46:38- I'm thinking...- All that glitters is not gold.
0:46:38 > 0:46:39Well, that's what I'm hoping.
0:46:39 > 0:46:42I think the only thing they've got that's good is the flag.
0:46:42 > 0:46:43I like the flag. I like the flag.
0:46:43 > 0:46:45- Yeah, I like the flag, yeah. - Anything else?- No.
0:46:47 > 0:46:48Don't feel concerned. We'll be fine.
0:46:48 > 0:46:51- We will. I'm confident. - Stay confident. Stay confident.
0:46:51 > 0:46:52- Proper high five.- Oh, yeah!
0:46:52 > 0:46:55Yeah.
0:46:55 > 0:46:57After starting in Weston-on-the-Green,
0:46:57 > 0:47:01our teams have shot their way through Oxfordshire and Berkshire,
0:47:01 > 0:47:04and Katharine and Linford are now hurtling towards Bourne End in
0:47:04 > 0:47:06Buckinghamshire for the big finale.
0:47:08 > 0:47:10Getting a bit... A bit nervous.
0:47:10 > 0:47:12It's like the Olympics again now.
0:47:12 > 0:47:14But there's no, there's no medals on the line.
0:47:14 > 0:47:17May the best team win. Which will be us.
0:47:17 > 0:47:19The best team... HE MIMICS AUCTIONEER
0:47:19 > 0:47:22- I'm looking forward to seeing all that.- What was that? - That's what they do.
0:47:22 > 0:47:24You know, they... Do I hear 21?
0:47:24 > 0:47:2521, 22, 23. 250, 250...
0:47:25 > 0:47:27No, that's a horse-racing person,
0:47:27 > 0:47:30when they're shouting the odds out.
0:47:30 > 0:47:33- No, no, no.- You're in the wrong environment.- No, they do that in auctions, too. Trust me.
0:47:33 > 0:47:35TIM: He's right. Christina and David
0:47:35 > 0:47:37have already arrived at Bourne End Auction Rooms.
0:47:37 > 0:47:39I saw a couple of old road cones.
0:47:39 > 0:47:41Do you want to put them together with one of your lots?
0:47:41 > 0:47:43- It might help.- There's two down there.
0:47:43 > 0:47:45- Oh, here they come!- Oh, hey!
0:47:45 > 0:47:48- I've converted him. He's in pink. - He's in pink!
0:47:48 > 0:47:49In the pink!
0:47:49 > 0:47:52- Boom! Look at that! - It means he's feeling confident.
0:47:52 > 0:47:55Morning. Linford, you know, it takes a real man to wear pink.
0:47:55 > 0:47:58Oh, yes, and I'm a real man. That I am.
0:47:58 > 0:48:00Nice to see you, nice to see you.
0:48:02 > 0:48:04- Good morning, my dear, how are you? - How are you feeling?
0:48:04 > 0:48:07- Feeling good. Unfortunately, you're not going to feel like we feel, cos we're winners.- Yeah.
0:48:07 > 0:48:09- Exactly. Shall we go in, then? - Come on, then.
0:48:09 > 0:48:12Yeah, yeah, yeah. Winners, winners first!
0:48:12 > 0:48:14I don't mind. The champion's here. After you, my dear.
0:48:17 > 0:48:21TIM: On this Road trip, Katharine and Christina spent £277,
0:48:21 > 0:48:23giving them a total of five lots.
0:48:23 > 0:48:25Stop! Come on!
0:48:27 > 0:48:31Linford and David spent £283 on their five lots.
0:48:32 > 0:48:35We're quite interested in this, sir, and how much would it be?
0:48:36 > 0:48:39Simon Brown will be wielding the gavel today.
0:48:39 > 0:48:42What does he make of our celebrities' items?
0:48:42 > 0:48:45The silver enamelled Art Deco compact.
0:48:45 > 0:48:46Compacts are very collectable.
0:48:46 > 0:48:48It's a pretty piece.
0:48:48 > 0:48:50It's useful, it's practical.
0:48:50 > 0:48:52Yes, I can see that going quite well.
0:48:52 > 0:48:54Silver-plated communion set.
0:48:54 > 0:48:57Interesting. Nice, stylish piece.
0:48:57 > 0:48:58Lovely little foot on it.
0:48:58 > 0:49:00Nice shaped handle.
0:49:00 > 0:49:03So, that's not a bad little lot.
0:49:03 > 0:49:05Here we go. Time for the auction,
0:49:05 > 0:49:07which has buyers in the room and online.
0:49:07 > 0:49:10- How do you feel?- A bit nervous. - Yeah.
0:49:12 > 0:49:15Linford is first up, with his shot glass set.
0:49:15 > 0:49:17If it goes badly wrong, it's down to Linford.
0:49:17 > 0:49:19If it goes well, it's down to my advice.
0:49:21 > 0:49:25Start me at £20, please. There's 20 I'm bid. Thank you.
0:49:25 > 0:49:28- 20 straightaway. That's good. - 22, 25, 27, 30,
0:49:28 > 0:49:3232, 35, 37, 40.
0:49:32 > 0:49:33£37 now.
0:49:33 > 0:49:3537, 37, all done.
0:49:35 > 0:49:38- 40, 42. - Come on.
0:49:38 > 0:49:41Yours at 40, are we all done now? Thank you.
0:49:41 > 0:49:42Oh!
0:49:42 > 0:49:44Well done, you got a profit.
0:49:45 > 0:49:46£2 profit.
0:49:46 > 0:49:49- Not a bad start. - Any profit's a good profit.
0:49:49 > 0:49:50Well done.
0:49:50 > 0:49:52Currently, we're winning.
0:49:52 > 0:49:55- Yes, we've only had one lot! - I know, but, so?
0:49:55 > 0:49:56At the moment!
0:49:57 > 0:49:59TIM: That moment might not last long,
0:49:59 > 0:50:02as here comes the girls' lovely Art Deco compact.
0:50:02 > 0:50:04I'm even excited for you guys, as well.
0:50:04 > 0:50:06- Aaww!- Thank you.
0:50:06 > 0:50:09I hope you're that excited when we actually do win at the end.
0:50:09 > 0:50:10That would be nice.
0:50:11 > 0:50:14Starting at £20, please. There's 20, I'm bid.
0:50:14 > 0:50:1822, 25, 27, 30, 32, 35,
0:50:18 > 0:50:2237, 40, 42, 45, 47, 50,
0:50:22 > 0:50:24- 55, 60.- Got a long way to go.
0:50:24 > 0:50:28- He's going to.- He's going to go through it.
0:50:28 > 0:50:3175, 80. 80 in the room. Got you at 80.
0:50:31 > 0:50:3490 now online. 90, 95, 100.
0:50:34 > 0:50:36Looking for 110 online.
0:50:36 > 0:50:39- 110.- I'm so excited!- 120 online.
0:50:39 > 0:50:43- 130.- I've got goose bumps. - 140 online.
0:50:43 > 0:50:46- That's amazing!- £140 now.
0:50:46 > 0:50:49At 140 now, done.
0:50:51 > 0:50:52That's how it's done!
0:50:54 > 0:50:55You are currently winning.
0:50:55 > 0:50:57TIM: I'll say.
0:50:57 > 0:50:59That's a fabulous profit.
0:50:59 > 0:51:03Right, chaps, can you claw things back with your Famille Rose plate?
0:51:03 > 0:51:07Did they give you £20 to take this away or did you actually give over
0:51:07 > 0:51:08£20 of your money?
0:51:08 > 0:51:11Is that what you thought? We got the plate and £20?
0:51:11 > 0:51:13Who'll start me at £20?
0:51:13 > 0:51:16- 20 I'm bid.- No way!
0:51:16 > 0:51:19- Wow!- No way. - Come on. Come on.
0:51:19 > 0:51:2030, 32, 35...
0:51:20 > 0:51:24- A bit more!- Have you said that it's extensively damaged?
0:51:24 > 0:51:26- 32.- Oh!
0:51:26 > 0:51:27Staples are worth money, remember that.
0:51:27 > 0:51:29OK, I will remember that.
0:51:29 > 0:51:33This is proving a profitable auction for our British Olympians.
0:51:35 > 0:51:39Will Katharine's American flag fare as well?
0:51:39 > 0:51:4040 to start.
0:51:40 > 0:51:4240 I'm bid.
0:51:42 > 0:51:45Have got you on 40 in the room.
0:51:45 > 0:51:4842. 42. 45. 47.
0:51:48 > 0:51:51- That's nice, isn't it? - It's a slow burner.
0:51:51 > 0:51:5447 online. 47, all done. 47 now.
0:51:54 > 0:51:57- Oh, no!- All done?- No!
0:51:58 > 0:52:00Not over yet. It's not over yet.
0:52:00 > 0:52:02- It's a roller-coaster. - It's a marathon, not a sprint.
0:52:02 > 0:52:04I still love you both, even though you're losing.
0:52:05 > 0:52:10Actually, even with that loss, they're still in the lead, Linford.
0:52:10 > 0:52:12Could your bronze Buddha change your fortune?
0:52:12 > 0:52:15- I like the position Buddha is in, my favourite.- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:52:15 > 0:52:17- Absolutely.- It's lovely.
0:52:17 > 0:52:20Start me at £20, please.
0:52:20 > 0:52:2120 I'm bid.
0:52:21 > 0:52:2422, 25, 27, 30.
0:52:24 > 0:52:26Come on.
0:52:27 > 0:52:2937, 40, 42, 45,
0:52:29 > 0:52:3347, 50. 55. £50.
0:52:33 > 0:52:34Come on, Buddha!
0:52:34 > 0:52:37Last chance at £55.
0:52:37 > 0:52:39Are we done?
0:52:39 > 0:52:41My Buddha from another muddha!
0:52:43 > 0:52:44He's already getting unbearable.
0:52:46 > 0:52:48The gents' lucky streak continues.
0:52:48 > 0:52:50And now you ARE in the lead.
0:52:52 > 0:52:56Next up, the '60s British Rail poster that caught Christina's eye.
0:52:56 > 0:52:5720. Anybody interested? 20 I'm bid.
0:52:57 > 0:53:01Got you at 20, 25. 27.
0:53:01 > 0:53:04- Come on, come on.- 27. 30 online.
0:53:04 > 0:53:06Come on, pick up the pace, pick up the pace.
0:53:06 > 0:53:1135. 35, 37. 40.
0:53:11 > 0:53:1542. 45. 45.
0:53:15 > 0:53:17I bet he's a train commuter from Scotland.
0:53:17 > 0:53:19Oh, look at that! Look at him, it matches his shirt.
0:53:19 > 0:53:21This is a Scottish guy who loves trains.
0:53:21 > 0:53:24- He's all over it.- 65.
0:53:24 > 0:53:26Go on, it matches your shirt.
0:53:27 > 0:53:2860 online.
0:53:28 > 0:53:30- Got you at 60.- Well done.
0:53:31 > 0:53:33Got you for 60 now.
0:53:33 > 0:53:35Online now.
0:53:35 > 0:53:37- Well done. Well done. - There we go. Another profit.
0:53:37 > 0:53:39So we've got two profits and one loss.
0:53:39 > 0:53:40- That's good.- Yeah.
0:53:40 > 0:53:42It's a close race.
0:53:42 > 0:53:46That profit means there are just pounds between them.
0:53:46 > 0:53:49You might be a little ahead now, with that profit.
0:53:49 > 0:53:51- Oh, I don't think so. No.- We might be.
0:53:51 > 0:53:54Linford's most expensive item, next.
0:53:54 > 0:53:57The nine-carat gold brooch.
0:53:57 > 0:53:59This is your Usain Bolt of the day.
0:53:59 > 0:54:02It is. We're going to ride him home.
0:54:02 > 0:54:04Who'll start me at £30, please?
0:54:04 > 0:54:0830 I'm bid. 32, 35, 37. 40,
0:54:08 > 0:54:1442, 45, 47, 50. 55, 60, 65, 70. 75.
0:54:14 > 0:54:1880. 85. 90. 95. 100.
0:54:18 > 0:54:20110. 120. 110 online.
0:54:20 > 0:54:23Oh, come on! Another one!
0:54:24 > 0:54:28120. 130 online. Selling at 130.
0:54:28 > 0:54:31- Come on! One more!- That's all right, that's all right.
0:54:31 > 0:54:33130 now...
0:54:33 > 0:54:35- Safe.- Well done.
0:54:35 > 0:54:37Yeah, well done.
0:54:37 > 0:54:39They've done it again. Well done, chaps.
0:54:39 > 0:54:41Right, girls, brace yourselves.
0:54:41 > 0:54:45Here comes your traffic sign, and... Go!
0:54:45 > 0:54:46Go home!
0:54:48 > 0:54:49It might be time for us to go home.
0:54:49 > 0:54:51- Start me at £50, please. - What?
0:54:51 > 0:54:54- 50 I am bid. - Oh, my God!
0:54:54 > 0:54:56- 60, 65. - TIM: What? I don't believe it!
0:54:56 > 0:54:59I'm sorry, is the world coming to an end?
0:54:59 > 0:55:00- No.- 95, 100.
0:55:00 > 0:55:02- No!- 120.
0:55:02 > 0:55:04- Give us it! Give us it! - I'm leaving.
0:55:04 > 0:55:05Got you at 120.
0:55:05 > 0:55:08I'm going to take up athletics.
0:55:08 > 0:55:10TIM: Good Lord!
0:55:10 > 0:55:11120 now.
0:55:11 > 0:55:15Just in case you didn't hear, 120, everybody.
0:55:15 > 0:55:17Sorry, what was that about going home?
0:55:18 > 0:55:20Excuse me, lollipop lady?
0:55:21 > 0:55:24TIM: Well, I think everyone was a bit shocked there.
0:55:24 > 0:55:26What a profit!
0:55:26 > 0:55:28What do I do about my confidence now?
0:55:28 > 0:55:30- I'm now... My confidence has gone. - Mine's gone, too.
0:55:30 > 0:55:32Hoist him up.
0:55:32 > 0:55:34Don't give up yet, chaps.
0:55:34 > 0:55:35Your final lot is next.
0:55:36 > 0:55:39The 300-year-old chest.
0:55:39 > 0:55:41Start me at £100, please,
0:55:41 > 0:55:43for this lot, 100 I am bid.
0:55:43 > 0:55:45- Yes! Well done.- Come on. - 120, 130. 140,
0:55:45 > 0:55:48150. 160, 150 now.
0:55:48 > 0:55:50Come on.
0:55:50 > 0:55:53At £150 now...
0:55:53 > 0:55:54It's on the up. Linford...
0:55:54 > 0:55:56- Well done.- On the up.
0:55:56 > 0:55:58And it made more than the road sign!
0:55:58 > 0:56:01That's restored David's faith in things a little bit in his whole
0:56:01 > 0:56:03- life.- I'm going to stay in the business.
0:56:03 > 0:56:06Linford finishes with another fantastic profit.
0:56:06 > 0:56:08It's going to be very close, this, I can tell.
0:56:08 > 0:56:11It's going to be really close.
0:56:11 > 0:56:13Here we go. Katharine's final lot -
0:56:13 > 0:56:15the drying rack.
0:56:15 > 0:56:1715, then. 15 I am bid.
0:56:17 > 0:56:18Got you at 15.
0:56:18 > 0:56:20Are we all done?
0:56:20 > 0:56:2316, 17, 18, 19, 20.
0:56:23 > 0:56:25- 22. - Oh, it's all over.
0:56:25 > 0:56:26All over the place.
0:56:26 > 0:56:2930, 32, 32, 35.
0:56:29 > 0:56:32- Uh-oh. - 35, 37.
0:56:32 > 0:56:35- Put your hand down.- He's telling the lady to put her hand down.
0:56:35 > 0:56:37It's flying. It's flying.
0:56:37 > 0:56:40Oh, go on, it's lovely. Oh, yes!
0:56:40 > 0:56:4450. At 50. Are we all done at 50?
0:56:44 > 0:56:46- Oh! 55.- Ooooh!
0:56:46 > 0:56:49- They've done us a dirty. - She's still bidding.
0:56:49 > 0:56:51Yes! Well done.
0:56:51 > 0:56:5360 in the room.
0:56:53 > 0:56:57- Well done, madam. - Well done, girls.
0:56:57 > 0:56:58Ending on another high.
0:57:00 > 0:57:02We'll just let the figures speak for themselves.
0:57:02 > 0:57:05- Yes.- Shall we? I'm not sure who's won, but probably...
0:57:05 > 0:57:07- Lead the way, come on. - I think you've got it.
0:57:07 > 0:57:09Lead the way. Let's go and work it out.
0:57:09 > 0:57:10Lollipop ladies!
0:57:12 > 0:57:15It was a close-run race. Who gets gold?
0:57:16 > 0:57:19Linford and David started with £400.
0:57:19 > 0:57:21After paying auction costs,
0:57:21 > 0:57:23they made a profit of £50.72,
0:57:23 > 0:57:28so end their trip with £450.72.
0:57:28 > 0:57:31Are they in love? Maybe.
0:57:32 > 0:57:35Kath and Christina also kicked off with £400,
0:57:35 > 0:57:38and also pulled in a profit,
0:57:38 > 0:57:41a whopping £123.14 after auction costs.
0:57:41 > 0:57:45Which means the ladies crossed the line in first place,
0:57:45 > 0:57:49finishing with an impressive £523.14.
0:57:49 > 0:57:53All profits go to Children In Need, and a very good job done, too.
0:57:56 > 0:57:58- Well done.- Wasn't it good?
0:57:58 > 0:58:01- It's been good, I loved it.- It has. Thank you so much.
0:58:01 > 0:58:02Loved it. Thank you so much.
0:58:04 > 0:58:06- Safe journey.- Bye, guys.
0:58:06 > 0:58:07- And we'll see you again. - Take care.
0:58:07 > 0:58:09- Well done.- Thank you, guys.
0:58:10 > 0:58:12- All right.- Absolutely wonderful.
0:58:12 > 0:58:14- Bye, you guys. - Drive the winner home. Bye!
0:58:15 > 0:58:16- Bye!- Bye!
0:58:19 > 0:58:21You know what, a completely different world, right?
0:58:21 > 0:58:25- It is.- Completely, completely different world, and it was fun.
0:58:25 > 0:58:27Really, really, really good fun.
0:58:27 > 0:58:30- They think it's all over. - It is now.
0:58:30 > 0:58:32Toodle-pip, then, Road Trippers.