Episode 7 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

The nation's favourite celebrities...

Just want to touch base.

..paired up with an expert...

-Boo!

-Whoo!

..and a classic car.

No hands!

Their mission - to scour Britain for antiques.

My office, now!

The aim - to make the biggest profit at auction.

But it's no easy ride.

-GEARS GRIND

-Oh!

-Who will find a hidden gem?

HONK

-Like that.

-Who will take the biggest risk?

This could end in disaster.

Will anybody follow expert advice?

-But I love this.

-Why would you buy something you're not going to use?

There will be worthy winners and valiant losers.

No, I don't want to shake hands.

Put your pedal to the metal.

Let me get out of first gear.

This is the Celebrity Antiques Road Trip.

Yeah.

Today, we are giving birth to a brand-new road trip...

Push, push.

..in the southeast of England,

with Call The Midwife stars

Cliff Parisi and Judy Parfitt.

THEY LAUGH

What are your clever things that you are going to buy?

What are you interested in?

You're asking me to talk to the enemy now.

You, my friend, today, although we're friends right now,

as soon as you get out of this car, friend finished, my friend.

We'll always be friends, but I'll be the most successful friend.

Oh!

Fighting talk, I like it.

Well-known as handyman Fred Buckle on the hit series

Call The Midwife, Cliff is also famed

for his portrayal of long-suffering mechanic

Minty in EastEnders.

Hopefully, he won't need to call on his character's car-fixing skills

today, as they are motoring around in this 1965 Ford Zodiac.

Built before seat belts became mandatory means they aren't fitted,

which is why they are not wearing any. Ha!

Did you know my dad had one of these when I was a small boy?

I used to sit in the back of it and we used to go see my grandfather.

And I've got a photograph somewhere of my little sister

when she was just born, and we are all in the car.

-Really?

-Yeah. One of these, exactly.

So this is quite nice, this is quite an event for me.

Accompanying Cliff on his trip down memory lane is TV pal Judy,

a seasoned British actress of both stage and screen.

Judy has been wowing audiences with her polished performances

for almost six decades,

and is well-loved for her role as eccentric nun Sister Monica Joan

in Call The Midwife.

Are we expecting a visitor of excessive proportions?

I'm measuring up.

Need to know how many sand bags it will take to block up

this doorway and keep us safe in the event that they press the button.

All this energy on sheltering would be put to better use in talks of

-peace.

-Oh, very good.

I'm on the lookout for something unusual.

Rather like you.

THEY LAUGH

What are you going to look for?

I think I'm just going to do a collection of bedpans.

I wouldn't let your experts hear that, Cliff!

Road trip regulars, antique gurus Philip Serrell

and Catherine Southon will be guiding our celebrities

on their journey.

They are in this rather smart 1965 Jaguar Mark 2.

Well, isn't this a car?

Well, it would be better if you could drive it properly!

Cheeky devil. Coming from you, that is rich.

I'm so excited about today.

-Really?

-Because...

-Are you a fan?

-Oh, my goodness.

Call The Midwife has to be my ultimate favourite programme.

It just makes me happy.

The programme leaves me warm inside.

Oh! Isn't that nice?

Bit like this show, then! Ha-ha!

Starting with £400 in their pockets,

our group will be touring Kent.

Affectionately known as the Garden of England,

they'll make various shopping pit stops all over this glorious county

before heading to Diss, in Norfolk, for auction.

Diss is going to be amazing!

-Here they come!

-Here we go, here we go.

-Get the hot towels.

-Come on, then.

I'm so excited.

Hi, lovely. How are you?

-Lovely to meet you.

-Hello.

Lovely to meet you.

We are both great fans of the show.

We love this show.

-Really?

-BOTH:

-Yes.

We'll soon change that.

No, you won't, Phil!

TIM LAUGHS

Judy is pairing up with joker Serrell,

which leads Cliff and Catherine to join forces.

-Bye!

-OK, Catherine.

Right.

Show me what this thing does.

This is much better.

Woohoo!

The world is our oyster.

We can buy whatever we want. I think you're going to spend it all.

No, I love antique shops. My wife has to drag me out of them.

I'm constantly bringing home bits of...

I went out to get some milk the other week,

I came back with a piano,

so who knows what's going to happen today.

Do you like driving this car?

-I love cars.

-Do you?

Yeah, this is a lovely car to drive as well.

Yeah, I love old cars. I think if you do my job, you just love old

-things generally, you know?

-Oh, you'll be all right with me, then.

Shut up!

I have to ask you about Midwife because I am the biggest fan

-in the country.

-Oh, that's so kind.

-It's fabulous.

It's a great programme, isn't it? You must enjoy it.

It is a great programme and we love it, we love making it.

We are all incredibly protective and very proud of the show,

like a family, and it's great.

I think, initially, it was six episodes

and then this extraordinary reaction.

I mean, we're now working on the seventh series,

and we have 11.5 million viewers.

-That's not too shabby.

-Which is incredible.

-Yeah.

So, with Sister Monica Joan, our Judy,

I get the impression she's going to want to win.

Oh, yeah, she wants to win.

Oh, no, we both want to win.

We've got a little side bet going on.

She's got to make me tea for the next six months if she doesn't win.

Judy and Phil's first shop of the day is Barham, in the Kent Downs.

-I just want something quirky and unusual...

-I'm sat here.

..and that's worth a lot of money.

PHILIP LAUGHS

They've arrived at Stablegate Antiques.

A family run business,

this shop is packed with delights for Judy and Phil to pore over.

Oh, boy, this looks promising.

There are some jolly good things in here, aren't there?

Yeah. I like the look of that, Phil.

-That telescope?

-Yeah.

Catherine is an expert in these, you know.

Oh, I came with the wrong person.

-You're absolutely right, yeah.

-There is many who have said that.

Oh, you don't want to believe that.

-Oh! I like the pug, Phil.

-Oh, he's gorgeous.

-He's lovely.

-He's gorgeous.

No, he doesn't look like he's got much age.

-No.

-I think you'd need to buy that for between 60-80

to do any good with that.

-Oh, well, it's 195, so we're not going to be...

-Start saving.

..doing that.

I think the furniture is beyond our purse.

-This is pretty.

-It is beyond our budget a little bit.

-Yeah.

-We are about 3,050 quid shy of that.

LAUGHS: Step away from the pricey pieces.

That leather-covered telescope is cheaper.

It's an interesting thing, isn't it?

Yeah. It's old, too, and this beautiful leather.

-And look at the stitching down there.

-It has a great colour,

-hasn't it?

-Yes. It's lovely.

-And how much is that?

It's 120.

"ED Gannon" there.

-Is that good?

-Well, I guess that might be the person who owned it.

-Right.

-I'm guessing.

And then around

here, look. J Coombes of Devonport.

So you kind of think this might be naval.

Circa 1870?

-I think it's probably a little bit later than that, actually.

-Do you?

Yeah, I do, but I think it's just quite a nice thing.

And one other reason why I think it's later is just by the way,

this sort of script here.

-Right.

-But I think it's a nice thing.

While Judy and Phil consider the telescope,

Cliff and Catherine are busy making their way to Bagham Cross,

near Canterbury.

So, what will we find in Kent that we won't find anywhere else?

Who knows? I think we've just got to go with the flow.

I'm quite happy just to look at and buy anything, really,

-as long as I like the look of it.

-Yeah. That sounds good to me.

I'm going to kind of need you to police me, though,

because, you know, I'll probably give them twice as much

as what it's worth,

so you're going to need to watch out to make sure that I'm not paying

-too much for stuff.

-Right, OK.

-Is that a deal?

-That is a deal.

They have arrived at their first shop and are raring to go.

-Pretty.

-Can't get out of the car.

-You're going to have to get me out.

-Lift that round button.

There. Squeeze it.

You need a bit of oomph, I'm not strong enough.

-Let's go look see.

-Yes.

Situated in a beautifully restored 17th-century barn,

there's plenty of antiques here.

Look at this. Lovely.

-Welcome to Bagham Barn. I'm Peggy.

-Oh, get out of my antiques shop.

-Hello, Peggy.

-Peggy! Lovely to meet you.

LAUGHS: Good one, Cliff.

Right, introductions over, time to get browsing.

Look at that. Look. It turns into a table and a toilet.

-WHISPERS:

-And a toilet!

Don't wind me up.

I think that is absolutely Dinky.

I can imagine the children playing with this in Call The Midwife,

-actually.

-Yeah. Maybe we could sell it to them.

Let me take my glasses off.

Scramble!

I'm never going to get in that plane!

THEY LAUGH

I can't get in the cockpit.

That's a bit tight.

Oh, Lordy. After a good old rummage,

it looks like Cliff's inner child has found something to play with.

It's a Mark I Ford Escort.

It's made by Dinky.

I've never seen one before.

And it's in really good condition.

35 quid.

We could get a sort of collection of them, or do you just want that one?

Shall we do a little lot?

-Yeah.

-If we could get that one.

This is quite good. Look at this.

And it's got an ambulance.

Aw, a little ambulance!

-It's got an ambulance driver.

-Aw, with a little driver.

Aw, he's nice.

It's got a patient! It's got a patient!

She's having a baby. Call the midwife!

-Shove her in.

-Come on, get back on the bed.

-There you go.

-There you are.

-Oh, I think it's a him, actually.

It's pregnant, whoever it is.

-It's pregnant.

-We'll soon have you in the hospital.

-There you are. Nee-naw, nee-naw!

-Isn't that wonderful?

-Shall we get that as well?

-Yeah. How much is that? 22.

Oh, let's get that.

The combined ticket price for the three - £82.

Time to talk to dealer Paul.

Paul!

Is there anything we can do on these?

What, are you looking at the three together?

Yeah. What about...

-..50?

-I can do 50 for you, if that helps.

-Happy with that?

-Yeah, I'm happy with that.

-Thank you.

-You're welcome.

I'd better... Gosh, you've got a firm shake.

He almost broke my hand!

I'll be the next patient in there.

-I'd better pay you.

-While Cliff and Catherine are busy buying cars,

back in Barham,

Judy and Phil have cornered dealer Gay to enquire about the telescope

they fancy.

What's your very best

-on that?

-It's up at one...

-120.

-120.

-Am I going to tell you what I think it's worth,

-or do you want to tell us?

-Yeah, no. You tell me.

Well, I think we've got to try and buy it for around £50,

£55. That's where I would see it.

But while you're thinking about that,

I know that with all your beautiful things in here...

-Yes.

-..you must have a workshop or a store somewhere that might have

some hidden little gems in it.

We have a little next-door nook.

Oh, wow!

Aha! Time for a good nosey in the nook, eh?

I like that. It's just an old wastepaper bin.

-That's quite cool, isn't it?

-Yeah.

I bet that's no money at all, is it?

No. I like it.

-Five or ten quid.

-Yeah.

-Would you take £5 for that?

-I'd take ten.

-Ten. Can we afford ten?

-We can save up, can't we?

-Is there anything else in here?

-I don't know.

What have you seen?

-I quite like that table.

-That's a nice table.

-How much is the table?

-The asking price for that...

Oh, no, no, no. Not the asking price.

She's lovely, isn't she?

-Not the asking price.

-Well...

The price you're going to be kind enough to give us!

The asking price was 120,

but we could drop to...

-60 quid.

-I was just going to say 70.

-Shall we have a look at that?

-Let's have a look at it.

That looks weighty. Mind you don't do yourself a mischief, Philip.

I think it's Indian. So you lift that up.

That is so heavy. This is made out of paduak.

What's that?

It's a really heavy...

..sort of equatorial hardwood

that you can't sort of even drive nails into it.

It is rock, rock hard.

-Really?!

-The problem with it is, and it is a problem,

somebody has just cleaned this top off.

This has had Botox and a face-lift.

OK. It doesn't look natural.

No, and this looks as though it's varnish, to me.

Yeah, it's been treacled up to the nines.

I don't think I want to buy it.

I think it's not a bad example of what it is, actually.

I think if you could get the two for 70 quid, I think you'd be right.

-Whatever you say.

-Well, no, you're the boss, boss.

-No, you're the expert.

-Don't you call me that!

What did you just say?

It's down to you, Judy.

Please can I have the two for 70 quid?

How about 75?

There we are. I can't...

-I mean, that is a good price for...

-Shall we leave the telescope?

Well, I don't know what price you were thinking of the telescope.

£30 for the telescope.

No. No, I can't do 30.

-Can't you?

-Could you do all three for 110 quid?

-Yes. All right.

-Thank you.

-Really? Well, yeah, you've done remarkably.

-Well, there you go.

-You're an angel. Do you know what?

-I know.

You've done us really, really well.

I've got one other favour as well.

Have you got a damp cloth I could borrow, please?

-Yes.

-Thank you.

-For you or the table?

Ha! There's a thought. Now,

some very kind discounts mean Judy and Phil have bought the paduak

Anglo-Indian table for £65,

the leather telescope for 35 and the 19th-century wastepaper bin for a

tenner, all in their first shop.

That's marvellous.

-Gosh.

-No, don't worry, Judy.

I'm fine, honestly!

You can manage.

-Lord above!

-Manage?

The poor old boy's had it!

Back in Bagham Cross, Cliff's hunt continues.

You know, my grandad used to have this case with lots of little

knick-knacks in it and things like this, and all that kind of stuff,

little curios, and I really like those.

Look.

A cake plate for very tiny cakes.

No time for a tea break just yet, Cliff.

Catherine's found something she thinks you'll like.

When I saw this...

I can't actually lift this.

I need a big strong man like you to lift this.

-Oh, here you go. He's like, "This is so light."

-Uy!

-Cast-iron.

-Yeah.

"Beware of trains."

-So, that's Scottish.

-God, that's really heavy.

-SCOTTISH ACCENT:

-Scottish.

-Is it? How do you know?

-CR.

-Caledonian Railways.

-Oh, OK.

-There should be "ach".

-Ach!

-SCOTTISH ACCENT:

-Ach, beware of the trains!

Oh, dear!

Accents aren't her strong suit.

Anyway, she's found a nice-looking vintage railway lamp.

Look at that.

-OK. Right.

-But... OK, OK.

So this is going to go across to two different people, isn't it?

This is going to go across to your people who are interested in it for

a railwayana type-of-thing.

And also your people who are interested in it as a sort of

decorative thing to have in the garden.

Choo-choo! The railway lamp is priced at £65.

The railway sign is £140.

What's your best, then, Paul?

The two together, the cast-iron and the lamp,

bottom price would be a straight £100.

-WHISPERS:

-What about £90?

-Shh! 90.

-As we bought your lovely cars.

-You'd be doing us a...

All right, as you bought the Dinky toys as well, deal.

-Lovely.

-Are you happy with that?

-Yeah.

A nice bit of bargaining from Cliff bags them the 1940s railway sign for

£65 and vintage railway lamp for 25.

Top notch, I'd say.

Judy and Phil are taking a detour

from shopping and heading to Dover.

Somebody once told me there's a massive difference

between being Kent and Kentish.

Kentish is sort of almost like...

..the London side of Kent.

Oh, right, right, right.

And a man of Kent is more of the hop fields and Darling Buds of May and

-all that sort of stuff.

-Yes, yes, yes.

Before the Royal Navy was formed in the 16th century,

local mariners were once this country's first line of defence.

Five ports on the southeast coast maintained a fleet of ships that the

monarch could call upon at any time to defend England from attack.

Known as the Cinque Ports, or "sank" ports,

Hastings, Romney, Hythe,

Dover and Sandwich played a key role

in the development of Great Britain

as a naval superpower.

It's here, at Dover Castle,

that Len Howell from English Heritage has the story.

Hello, I'm Judy.

Hello. Hello. I'm Len.

Welcome to Dover Castle, in Dover, one of the Cinque Ports.

Why is it called Cinque Ports?

Because there were five of them, basically.

It goes back to the French word cinque, Cinque.

One of the visitors to the castle actually said that that is Norman

French, rather than high French.

So "sink" rather than "sank".

In 1066,

William Duke of Normandy sailed across the Channel with his army and

invaded. England offers little naval resistance and the vulnerability of

the coast was clear.

So, when William the Conqueror took to the throne,

he prioritised the creation of coastal defences

at five key points along

the southeast of England, naming them Cinque Ports.

The purpose of the Cinque Ports was to provide protection for royalty.

-Doing what, why?

-It was providing ships is the prime function here.

There was no Royal Navy then.

If you were involved in fighting at sea,

you needed experienced mariners to be able to do that.

Before they started, you'd have hired mercenaries.

But it became an established idea that it was probably cheaper

and more convenient to have a range of ports that were obliged

to give you service

in return for certain privileges

-that those ports then gained from the Crown.

-What did they get back?

A lot. They had many tax benefits.

And they had the right to control their own laws.

There were financial benefits and kudos benefits that came

-to the Cinque portsmen.

-How long were the Cinque Ports in operation?

They were very active during the 11th century.

The 12th century was coming to their heyday, and the early 13th century,

but after the 13th started to go on,

they began to decline in their influence and their importance,

especially as the provision of ships for the monarch.

But certainly, by the time we get to the end of the 15th century,

when Henry VII comes to the throne,

he's actually building purpose-built warships.

Cinque Ports proved effective and successful.

The Battle of Sandwich in 1217 was one of the most important naval

engagements of the time.

Cinque Ports ships destroyed a much larger French fleet intent

on invading England.

The Cinque Ports were last called upon in 1588,

to provide defence against the Spanish Armada.

And who is in charge?

The most important person within the Cinque Ports

was generally considered to be the Lord Warden,

which was the monarch's representative

within the Cinque Ports Federation themselves.

The Lord Warden and Admiral of the Cinque Ports

and Constable of Dover Castle

was once one of the most powerful officials in the kingdom.

So, these are the arms of almost 1,000 years' worth of wardens.

-Yeah, exactly, yeah.

-How many is there?

Some lasted not very long, but a lot were Lords Warden for ten, 20,

-30 years.

-And what did they have to do?

Basically, they are the monarch's representative.

These days, they represent the Cinque Ports at certain functions.

If you go back, they were taking control of a lot of the courts of

the Cinque Ports,

dealing with different matters, mostly maritime matters.

But these days, it is just a figurehead

for the Cinque Ports Association

-themselves.

-Very roughly,

what date did this change from becoming operative to titular?

Well, certainly by the time we get to the beginning of the 15th century,

it definitely was then,

because the importance of the fleet as a fighting force is recognised as

being slipping away.

Over the centuries, the office has been bestowed upon prime ministers

and distinguished wartime leaders,

like the Duke of Wellington and Sir Winston Churchill.

The only woman to have ever held the office is the Queen Mother.

Although few of their ancient privileges survive today,

Cinque Ports played an important and often violent role in developing the

nation's seafaring and naval traditions.

-Thank you very much.

-It's been a pleasure.

-It's been absolutely fascinating.

-Thank you very much.

-Lovely, thank you very much.

-Your enthusiasm is very catching.

Thank you very much indeed. Shall we head out?

Further along the coast,

Cliff and Catherine are about to invade another of the Cinque Ports,

the small coastal town of Hythe.

With £260 still to spend, they've arrived at the Malthouse,

an antiques centre with 25 dealers under one roof.

-WHISPERS:

-There are some really nice books here.

-Look at that.

-They're a bit specialist.

-A bit specialist.

Toys! I can't bear any more toy cars.

That's a proper Call The Midwife dress.

That's tiny.

We've bought boys' things.

Yeah, let's get some something girlie.

So maybe silver, maybe jewellery.

-Something a bit posh.

-A bit posh.

With a bit of age to it but quality.

-Top-notch.

-Right, like that top, top-notch.

-Like us.

-Like us!

There you go.

-Sparkly. Come and look.

-Sparkly, sparkly.

-What do you think of that lot, then?

-What do YOU think of that lot, then?

How much is that lot?

Oh, wow!

Don't worry, Ali. He's just pulling your leg.

-That's nice.

-Arts & Crafts.

-Arts & Crafts, little bowl.

-Bonbon dish. It's quite stylish.

-Yeah.

-And it's quite weighty.

But how much is on that?

£98. That's not £98 for us.

I can come down.

We like people that come down.

What about this pair of trumpet vases?

I think I've got...

What have I got on them?

These are sort of 1930s, aren't they?

They're older than that.

That one looks very...

Can you see that? That's a little bit worn on the top.

What I like is that they're quite simple in their design.

That's why I thought they were '30s.

Are they really much earlier?

-There are about 1919.

-1919...

-I could do them for 60.

They have got kind of a look of Deco, haven't they?

Exactly. Which is why I think...

-Yeah.

-..they're more sort of late '20s, early '30s.

I like them. I think they're really nice.

That's two possibles.

But is there a third piece of silver in the offing to?

This is quite nice, isn't it?

-Little pin tray.

-William Cummins.

William Cummings.

-Oh, William Cummings.

-You know him?

Good friend of yours?

-Sorry.

-Well, I mean, in the name of...

In the name of smalls, silver smalls, he's a pretty good name.

He's up there. But what's lovely about this being heart-shaped,

a little pin tray, it's all repousse.

It's all been sort of hammered from the back

to create this lovely little

pattern, and you've got little love birds and little swags and...

It would look lovely on a dressing table.

-Yeah.

-There. And it's actually got quite a nice clear hallmark there.

So that is B, so that's about 1901, 1902.

-Yeah.

-And what's...

What have you got on that?

I can do... The best I can do on that is 40.

-What do you think?

-Looks to me like, I haven't got my glasses on,

but it looks like someone's been hitting that with a hammer,

-but I'll take your word for it.

-This is quality silversmithing!

So what's the best deal you can give us for all three?

I could do 110 for the three pieces.

I think we should buy it.

-What?

-All of them.

-All of it?

-All of it.

-Do you?

-Let's take the lot.

You're a bit of a gambler, aren't you?

-OK. So we're going to buy the trumpet vases...

-Yeah.

..the Arts & Crafts...

-Bowl.

-..bonbon dish.

-Yeah.

And the William Cummings pin tray,

which you didn't like.

-Yes, it's lovely.

-You hate it, don't you?

No, no. It's nice, it's nice.

It's nice, isn't it?

It is lovely.

Cliff may not be completely sold, but they're going for it anyway.

-Thank you.

-That's a bargain - £30 for the pin dish,

£40 for the trumpet vases and another 40 for the bonbon dish.

-Thank you.

-Thank you very much.

After a busy day of buying,

it's time for our weary celebrities and experts to have a well-earned

rest, so nighty-night.

It's the next morning.

Cliff and Judy are back together and making their way to Cliffsend,

to meet their experts.

Bill was wonderful and very helpful to me.

-Was he?

-Yes, he was.

He was absolutely lovely.

Because, you know, he did exactly what I wanted him to do.

HE CHUCKLES

Everybody does what you want them to do, Judy.

Otherwise, there's trouble.

Judy is a buying machine.

I would not want to play cards with her,

cos there's just this completely...

..expressionless face.

"That's what I'll offer you for it."

Catherine thought I was marvellous.

She thought I had a brilliant eye and...

And I was instinctive.

Possibly...

a touch too instinctive!

He's a good chap, but buying, shopping...

..it's a big no-no for him.

-Really?

-Because he just goes in and he says, "Yeah, we'll have that.

"Shall we have that as well and that?"

If I'd have let him, we would have bought everything.

So, Cliff and Catherine have already bought five lots

to take to auction -

the vintage Dinky cars, the 1940s railway sign,

the vintage railway lamp,

the heart-shaped pin dish

and the pair of trumpet vases and bonbon dish,

leaving them a £150 purse.

Don't wind me up.

Meanwhile, Judy and Phil have bought three things -

the leather telescope, the 19th-century wastepaper bin

-and the paduak table.

-Can we afford ten?

We can save up, can't we?

Which means they still have £290 available to spend.

Do you know what I'm going to be looking for today?

-No.

-I'm going to give you a little tip.

-All right.

Orange '70s plastic.

Orange '70s...

My idea of hell.

HE LAUGHS

Absolutely. I mean, orange is not my favourite colour.

It's very '70s.

-Orange, purple.

-I lived through it, I don't have to go back there.

I remember you in the '70s, Judy.

Yes, I was amazing.

You still are!

Look what happened.

You are still just as wonderful as you were, Judy.

Here they are, look.

They are raring to go again.

-Hello!

-Good morning.

Good morning. Lovely to see you.

Are you ready?

Yeah. Good luck today, Judy.

Not too much luck to you.

-Yeah.

-Enjoy yourself.

-We will.

Yeah, it's a wonderful day.

I know, it is a good day. You are in that one.

Oh, I'm in that one!

See you.

Bye! Good luck - no.

-Thank you!

-Early birds and worms!

Absolutely.

-Onwards.

-CATHERINE:

-Fabulous.

Come on, Phil, get a shift on.

The other two are getting away!

# Get your motor running

# Get out on the highway

# Looking for adventure

# And whatever comes my way! #

Oi, mate...

You're such a friendly guy, you are, aren't you?

-You've got this massive...

-Oi, mate.

You've got this massive cheeky smile.

And that is just how you are, that is who you play

-in Call The Midwife.

-Hiya, mate.

Hiya, mate! Ice cream?

While Cliff's busy making friends with the locals,

Judy and Phil are making their way

to the seaside town of Ramsgate.

You've been a career actress, haven't you?

-Well, I think so!

-Which was the role that got away?

-Ah...

-That you wished you'd played?

I played Mary, Queen of Scots, in Vivat! Vivat Regina! in London.

-Yeah.

-Which was wonderful, she was an amazing woman, I loved doing it.

But basically my heart's always been Elizabeth I.

And I've done it on radio,

but I've never played her, and I've always wanted to play Elizabeth I.

And the parts that got away...

are endless, cos Judi Dench plays all the parts I want to play!

-So you could have been M?

-I could have.

-You could.

And I could have been Bond! Well, there's no need to laugh, Judy!

There's no need to laugh.

I can see it now. "The name's Serrell.

"Phil Serrell."

Secret Agent Serrell and J have arrived at Petticoat Lane Emporium.

Shall we go and tear the place apart?

Let's go and find treasure.

With loads of dealers' stalls

packed to the gunwales with antiques and vintage goods,

they're sure to find something.

-Aren't they?

-Judy...

-Yes?

-Do you think this is my colour?

I think it's wonderful, but have you got the arms for it?

I don't think I've got anything for it!

-Look. Judy...

-That's in case I forget my name.

-Judy...

-Judy and Cliff!

-Oh, Judy and Cliff.

-It's got a ring to it, hasn't it?

-It has.

-Yeah.

-But not one I would like to wear.

-Put it down.

-What is it?

SHE LAUGHS

Judy, what is this?

I don't know, what is it?

It looks like a straitjacket.

-For a very tall person.

-That rules me out.

TIM LAUGHS

I think you'll find it's a canvas and wood mountain rescue stretcher,

from the '50s.

That's just what it is, it's a stretcher, isn't it?

Yeah, it's a stretcher.

-Told you so.

-Probably for very thin ill people, as well!

You wouldn't get fat ill people on there, would you?

But I think that unfolds...

They unfurl there, don't they?

Is there a label that gives us a bit of a clue?

It says, "Vintage mountain rescue stretcher.

-"Rare." You can't argue with that, can you?

-No, you can't.

CLANG!

I think somebody might need that now.

Hello!

Oh, I think we should have a go at that, I think that's...

-Do you really?

-With the right price.

The stretcher is a possibility.

No mountains round here, though.

Time to split up.

I don't know why I always seem to gravitate towards trunks.

Looks like Judy likes them, too.

It's a silver chest, rather than a trunk.

So in the 18th and 19th centuries, you would keep the family silver...

..in a large trunk or chest like this.

With some glass over the top, it would make a nice coffee table.

Or a storage thing.

I think that's a good thing.

But you could turn that into a really cool coffee table.

Make a great kids' dressing up box or toy box.

I wonder if she'd like that.

I reckon so, mate.

But there's only one way to find out for sure.

I just like this old trunk, you know?

Erm... Or silver chest.

The thing is it's 195 quid, which is a bit punchy.

How old do you think that is?

I would think that's probably about 1850, 1860.

-Can I show you what I've just seen?

-Yeah, yeah.

-OK.

-What do you think of this?

-A trunk!

I love that, that's quite cool!

So which do you think is the better one?

-How much is that one?

-110.

Well, I'm already drawn to that one

-cos it's, like, half the money almost.

-Really?

-Yes.

It says "Southampton, 11th of July '63. AA Blackman."

They settle on Judy's trunk

and that £45 mountain rescue thingamajig.

Let's talk money with dealer Zack. Zack?

I'd like to have a look at this and the mountain rescue thing at

sort of...

-65 quid, really. That's where I...

-For the lot.

-For both?

-Yeah, both.

-80...on the...on the two.

-70 quid, we'll shake your hand.

-75.

-Toss a coin?

-Yes.

-OK, and what's it between?

-70, or...?

-70 and 75.

-OK, all right.

-Yeah.

-Tails.

-So, if it's tails, it's 75.

-No, heads.

-Heads it's 75 and tails it's 70, yeah?

Yeah.

-It's a tail.

-Oh.

-Never change your mind.

-There you go, you see.

-There you go.

-You're a star, mate.

-All right.

-Thank you very much.

No worries. It's been a pleasure.

-Thank you.

-Thank you very much, thank you.

-No worries.

-That toss of the coin secures them the late Victorian

trunk for £50 and the vintage stretcher for 20.

Meanwhile, our other duo

are making their way to Manston,

where Catherine has a treat in store for aviation fanatic Cliff.

So, you are an amateur pilot?

-I am.

-What can you fly - rockets, commercial airlines, two by two,

-little two...one-seater?

-Four-seater.

-Four-seater!

-Four-seater.

-That is impressive.

-But I'm not fully qualified yet,

so I'm not allowed to take you up without another pilot being with me.

-Right.

-But I can go up solo on my own.

-Oh, yes.

-So, you've not got your licence yet?

-Or you...?

-No.

-Not quite.

-No.

-I'm really impressed with you being a pilot.

-Sorry?

-Cap'n! Captain Cliff.

-Commander, please.

-Commander. Oh, Commander Cliff!

-Commander of my own aircraft.

-Ah!

-I should say so!

-Cap'n.

With Wing Commander Cliff's passion for aviation in mind,

Catherine's taking him on a detour to find out about an unsung hero

of the Battle of Britain.

They've come to the Manston Spitfire and Hurricane Memorial Museum

to hear all about the aircraft's history

from trust manager Matt Demedts.

-Hi, there.

-Hello, guys.

-Hi, Catherine.

-Thanks for having us here!

-Nice to meet you, I'm Matt.

-Wow!

-Hi, I'm Cliff, how are you?

-Hello, Cliff.

-Look at that.

A major air campaign fought over southern England in the summer

and autumn of 1940,

the Battle of Britain was one of the most important victories of the

Second World War.

When people think of this crucial campaign,

it's the Supermarine Spitfire that normally springs to mind.

But the Hawker Hurricane was, in fact, the principal fighter

of the Battle of Britain, with 19 squadrons of Spitfires,

compared to 32 with Hurricanes.

For, as Michael Caine used to say, not a lot of people know that.

Now, the reason it's less known is because, for lack of a better word,

it's not as sexy, as they say in aircraft terminology.

The Spitfire would be a racehorse,

this aircraft is really a draft horse,

this is doing the majority of the work.

The advantage of the Hurricane -

first of all, there being far more of them.

But also it's a far more reliable gun platform, very steady aircraft.

So, what they used to do is,

Hurricane pilots would attack bombers,

German bomber formations,

with the aim of dispersing or shooting down

as many German aircraft before

they reached their targets.

Even though the Hurricane shot down more aircraft than all other air and

ground defences put together,

its achievements are eclipsed by the Spitfire's speed,

graceful silhouette and romantic legend.

So, what was the main difference in construction

between the Hurricane and the Spitfire?

The Hurricane is made of a mixture of materials.

So, wood and canvas for the rear section,

and then aluminium for the front section.

The Spitfire, being a later aircraft,

was designed entirely and built entirely out of aluminium.

But what they found with the Hurricane is,

because of its simpler design,

it was easier to repair and fix during combat situations.

So, indeed if you... If a German round went through the Hurricane,

it was simply a matter of patching up,

as you would do almost with a bit of clothing, really.

Whereas, if there's any damage to a Spitfire,

it's a whole panel that has to come off,

specialised tools and all that sort of thing.

What was the ratio during the Battle of Britain

between Allied planes and enemy aircraft?

There's roughly 800 aircraft ready for action on the RAF side.

The German Luftwaffe is attacking the RAF with well over 1,400 -

so, 1,400 - aircraft of different types.

That said, the main advantage that the RAF has is that all 800 are

fighters. Obviously, a great majority of the German aircraft

are bombers.

During the Battle of Britain,

the Luftwaffe was dealt an almost lethal blow

from which it never fully recovered.

Much of this success was thanks to the Hurricane

and, of course, their brave pilots.

BELL RINGS

When Britain faced attack, the pilots would be ordered to scramble.

Every second counted

and they had less than five minutes to kit up and get into their planes.

It was no mean feat

and flying fan Cliff reckons he's up for the challenge.

-Are you ready?

-I'm ready.

Three, two, one...

-BOTH:

-Scramble!

Come on, come on!

Come on, come on! Scramble! A bit quicker!

-Quicker!

-You're already past 15 seconds there.

-Oh!

-Oh!

-That's quite all right, keep going!

It's going to be too small for you?

-Quick, quick, quick.

-Where's my Mae West!

Quick! Me Mae West!

-We might fall in the drink!

-Scramble, scramble, come on!

-Quick, quick, quick!

-Fire that plane up!

We can hear... I can already hear them arriving!

-There we go.

-Come on! Give me it!

Give me it! Right, I'm gone.

-And he's gone!

-You've left your boots!

They went without me!

Victory at the Battle of Britain was key to the overall outcome of the

war, in which the mighty Hawker Hurricane

played a crucial role.

Listen, thank you so much, it's been...

-Thank you.

-..brilliant and educational, fabulous.

So, thank you for bringing me here, I've had a lovely time.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

-I think you missed the boat.

-I missed the plane, certainly!

-Yeah!

For their last spot of shopping

before heading to auction,

both teams are making their way

to Faversham.

Judy and Phil are first to arrive at Aladdin's Loft,

with £220 in their pocket.

Based in a 17th-century monk's granary,

there are a huge range of antiques here.

We're in a very, very lucky position, you know, really.

-We... Yeah?

-Cos we've bought five things.

-Yeah.

-We didn't really want to buy anything else.

But if we could, if we could add something to our lot...

-Yeah, right.

-..we could buy it. But if we don't see it, we won't.

I'm more concerned about where the other lot are.

-Where do you think they are?

-Right, mind your head.

Fret not, old bean,

they're bringing up the rear.

With six items already bought,

they have £150 available to spend.

Here we go.

Oh, that's pretty.

-Nice little pearl necklace, isn't it?

-We don't need it, do we?

Bracelet, rather.

Ideally,

what would be wonderful would be to find a little car or a little

transporter,

or something to go with our weaker lot,

-which I think is probably the ca...

-What?!

-Sorry, not weaker.

-The best lot.

-Our fabulous lot.

The problem is, we could do more harm than good.

We could be buying some things just for the sake of buying them,

and then adding them to our stuff, and then it kind of ruins them.

-PHIL:

-This is cool, isn't it? Look. Travel bar.

-Yeah.

-£95.

-95...

-Bit too much.

-But it doesn't go

-with anything we've bought, does it?

-No. Very cool thing.

-SHE LAUGHS

-Do you like that?

And then you put your shoes, your platform shoes, at the end.

-What are you doing?

-IMITATES PUNCH:

-That's the way to do it!

-Oh, you've got your Judy, now you've got your Punch!

-Yes.

-You found something?

-Buses!

What, real buses?

-All aboard!

-Oh, I like them.

There are a couple of trams there.

Little tram. Like the trams.

That looks quite new to me.

Yeah, we'll reject that one. Don't want that one.

David D... Gosh. Oh, aren't they wonderful, the old trams?

That's wonderful. Really bashed, though, isn't it?

-Yeah.

-Seriously bashed.

I don't think they're up to much, to be honest with you.

-Oh, look out, here's trouble.

-CLIFF:

-There they are.

Here comes the enemy.

-Yes.

-Did you find anything lovely?

-Of course.

-Yeah. Actually, we've been bombed out

-with really, really good things.

-Really, have you?

-Yeah.

-We've been very lucky.

-We were done yesterday.

We really wrapped up yesterday,

we've just come to find you to see if you fancy going for some

-refreshments.

-Drinkey-poos.

-Ooh, I think so.

-Yeah, come on.

-You see, I never realised there were two versions

-of the Mona Lisa till we bought that one, did you?

-No!

Oh, Philip!

So, it looks like neither team fancied a flutter in the final shop.

Thank you very much for being such good...

-Actually, I'll drink to that.

-Aw! We've had such a good time.

Such a wonderful pair.

-Come on.

-Cheers. Cheers.

So, here's to lots of money.

This is what this show should be all about,

just sitting here with a bit of water in the background,

beautiful Kent.

-Sun's shining.

-A conveyor belt with sort of antiques being...

Moving in front of us and we could just go...

-No, no...

-Pick out the one.

No, I'll have that one! Ooh, that one!

If you remembered them,

you could have every one that you remembered as it went round.

And then you could call it The Generation Game,

-or something novel, like that.

-That's clever!

-Yeah, yeah, yeah!

And on that note, finish your drinks.

It's time for a spot of show and tell.

Ta-da!

Ooh! Cricket.

-No. What is that?

-It's a hell of a set of cricket pads, that is!

-No, well, I...!

-Bearing in mind,

the auction is probably in the flattest part of England...

-Ah! Got it.

-..this is a mountain rescue stretcher!

-Got it!

THEY LAUGH

So, we think there's going to be a big demand for that in East Anglia.

-Yes!

-I like it.

-I think that's really interesting.

I don't think you'd fit on it!

-This was £20.

-Yes.

I thought you were going to say £200, then.

-No, no, that was 20.

-I was almost on that stretcher.

-And then...

-Oh, this.

-Catherine...

-That's nice.

-Very nice, yes.

..trunk which Judy found, and did a fantastic deal.

-Lovely.

-That's good.

-Very good.

-Our wastepaper bin was a tenner.

-I really like that.

-That's, yeah...

I actually really like that, I think that's lovely.

It's so cool.

But our table, which is in padauk wood and is Anglo-Indian,

and I think that was really...

That's a really... Oh, we're in trouble.

How much...? Shh! That is very...

He was wonderful. He insisted on that because...

Yeah. Do you like it?

-No.

-LAUGHTER

But it's... Er, I see exactly what he's saying.

I think you've done brilliantly.

-Mm.

-Come on.

We, on the other hand...

Da-da, da-da!

I love the lantern! Oh, and I love the train sign!

Oh, you've got great things!

We did spend quite a bit, didn't we?

-Yeah, we did spend quite a bit.

-So, how much was that?

Cos I know those go for a lot of money.

£200?

No, it wasn't. I think we worked it out,

cos we got this in a little deal...

-Right.

-CATHERINE:

-So, we've split that to 65.

-That's... You'll make money on that.

-That's incredible.

-And that to 25.

-You'll make money on both those.

- Do you think? - Yeah.

But what we really love is our little cars.

Yeah, and look at this, look.

This one - talking about your stretcher -

if you open the back here...

We could put it in there.

No. It's got a little stretcher and little...

-Oh, look.

-Little pregnant lady, look.

-How do you know she's pregnant?

-Well, it's not, it's a man,

-but you know...

-Well, he could have been pregnant.

Just going with the theme!

-Sorry.

-And you put him in the back there, and he goes,

"Take me to Nonnatus House, I'm having a baby!"

There you go!

We're going to just wander off, and we'll catch you at the auction.

-Yes.

-OK.

-See you at the auction!

-Come on, you.

-Come on.

Right, out of earshot - what do they really make of each other's lots?

-What do you think to Cliff's toys?

-Well, they're boys toys,

-aren't they?

-Yeah.

-Those will always sell, won't they?

-I don't know how much money...

-It's how much, isn't it?

-Yeah.

We've got one silly lot, which I love.

-I love our silly lot.

-Which is the cars.

-Yeah.

-And they've got a really silly lot, which is that stretcher.

So...

-Are you still... Got that confidence?

-Yes.

-Yes, I have.

-Would you swap any of our bits for theirs?

-No.

It'll be interesting to see how we do at the auction now, won't it?

-Put in there, son. Put it there.

-Thank you.

After starting in Chartham Hatch,

our teams have shopped up around Kent,

and Judy and Cliff are now motoring

towards Diss, in Norfolk, for the big finale.

Is that your lucky hat?

-I haven't seen that hat before.

-This is my lucky hat.

I always wear this at auctions.

Oh, how many have you been to?

-None.

-Haven't you?

-Yeah.

-I've been to lots of auctions.

-I love auctions.

-Oh, you're very experienced, are you?

Are you feeling confident?

I'm feeling excited, but I'm certainly not confident,

cos I suspect that you might win.

-Really?

-I think you've got probably more saleable things.

Possibly, because they're silver,

people like silver, but we did pay a lot for some stuff, you know.

Anyway, but you do realise, Judy,

you are not allowed to bid on this stuff?

So don't start going like that, going...

I was going to bid for my own stuff!

Where I can't see you, put

your little finger up, cos I'll be watching you!

Ditto. We'll be having none of that.

Catherine and Phil have already arrived at TW Gaze auction rooms

and are waiting patiently for their celebrity partners.

-PHIL:

-Here they are, look, here they are.

-CATHERINE:

-Do you think they're as excited as we are?

-Do you know, I reckon they will be.

-They look happy.

-Yeah.

Hello, hello, hello.

-Hi!

-Here we are.

-Hello, lovely, how are you?

-Love the hat!

-Great hat.

-Here we are. How are you?

-Welcome.

- Good to see you. - And you.

- Lovely to see you. - You too.

So we'd better go and see what we're going to make, hadn't we?

Come on, then.

On this road trip, Cliff and Catherine spent £250.

They are combining the trumpet vases and bonbon dish into one lot,

giving them five lots for auction.

Nice and cosy.

What you call snug.

Judy and Phil spent less,

forking out £180 on their five lots.

The lovely Elizabeth Tolbert will be wielding the gavel today,

so what does she make of our celebrities' lots?

"Beware of trains" sign, that's a great item.

It's good for two things, partly because of the fact it's railwayana

and partly because it's been brought for sale in East Anglia,

and East Anglians love their railway items.

The paduak table, when I saw this... It's very eye-catching.

I do like it, but we've still got a problem with furniture.

The market is very erratic still, at the moment,

so if people like it but have no use for it, they won't buy it.

And if they don't like it, they certainly won't bid for it,

so my verdict's out on that one.

Right, it's the moment of truth.

Time for the auction, which has buyers online and in the room.

Well, good luck, cos this is your first...

-PHIL:

-We might need it.

First up, it's Judy's late Victorian trunk.

And I start here at £22.

-DISAPPOINTED:

-Oh.

-No, no. You'll be fine.

-And it's five.

28. And 30.

-I have two.

-Surely, a bit more.

It's with me at 32. I've lost you in the room.

Any advance?

32 takes that one.

I'm really surprised at that.

I thought that would make more.

A disappointing start for Judy.

-Bad luck.

-Are you gutted?

Well, I thought it would get much more than that.

-Yeah, I did.

-Yeah.

Let's see if Cliff can fare any better with his Dinky cars.

He loved them, but has Catherine warmed?

They look great!

Start me at 20.

JUDY MUFFLES LAUGHTER

Anything from China?

Oh, no! They've got... They're at ten. I'm so embarrassed.

£10 for three of them.

And 12. I have 15.

18 is the front bid, at 18, I'm out.

You've got 18.

£18 on the three vehicles there, at 18.

Any advance?

CATHERINE LAUGHS

Oh, we don't mind.

Do you know? Our trunk's beginning to look quite good!

Clearly, there are no Dinky lovers in Diss!

I feel quite affect...

I can understand your pain.

-Yes.

-Oh, Cliff.

You've taken this badly.

I have to deal with this for six months every year.

I'm going.

Chin up, Cliff.

There's still plenty of time to make a profit.

Next up, it's Judy's '50s mountain rescue stretcher.

Look at the state of that.

The only one... The only one I've ever seen.

Good low start - £20.

Oh, come on. Someone.

I have bids at £12, looking for 15.

15 is bid. Thank you in the room at 15.

-Any advance?

-Come on!

-It will sell.

All done.

-Well, that's good.

-It's a bargain.

What do you mean, that's good?

Have you seen this programme?

The idea is you try to make money.

And that certainly isn't happening so far.

Another loss.

The only way is up now.

Yes.

Let's hope so, it's the turn of Cliff's 1940s railway sign

that our auctioneer fancied.

And I start at £32.

35, 38.

And 40, two. 45, 48.

And 50. Five.

-Come on, Cliff.

-Come on!

60, five.

Come on, internet.

70, five.

Oh, it's chugging on.

75 only.

80, new bidder. And five.

90, I have five.

Through the station, out the other side.

It's 110 with me.

The net is out as well.

At £110, all quiet ahead.

-£110!

-£110...

-Judy, don't be pleased.

-Well, I'm sort of acting pleased.

No, no, no, don't. Don't be bitter.

Don't be bitter.

Now, that's a bit more like it.

A fabulous profit there for Cliff.

-Well done. We clawed it back with that one.

-We did.

Right, come on, Judy.