0:00:02 > 0:00:05- The nation's favourite celebrities...- Trying to touch BASS.
0:00:05 > 0:00:06..paired up with an expert...
0:00:06 > 0:00:07Boo!
0:00:07 > 0:00:09..and a classic car.
0:00:09 > 0:00:10No hands!
0:00:10 > 0:00:13Their mission, to scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:13 > 0:00:15My office, now.
0:00:15 > 0:00:19The aim, to make the biggest profit at auction, but it's no easy ride.
0:00:19 > 0:00:21ENGINE GRINDS
0:00:21 > 0:00:22Who will find a hidden gem?
0:00:22 > 0:00:24- HONK! - Like that.
0:00:24 > 0:00:25Who will take the biggest risk?
0:00:25 > 0:00:27This could end in disaster.
0:00:27 > 0:00:29Will anybody follow expert advice?
0:00:29 > 0:00:32- But I love this.- Why would you 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 > 0:00:38Put your pedal to the metal.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40Let me get out of first gear.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43This is the Celebrity Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:46 > 0:00:47Yeah!
0:00:49 > 0:00:51The leading roles in this Antiques Road Trip drama
0:00:51 > 0:00:55go to two shining stars of the acting firmament.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58In the lovely 1988 Jaguar XJS coupe
0:00:58 > 0:01:02are Anna Chancellor and Holly Aird,
0:01:02 > 0:01:05who have been great friends since meeting on the set of Kavanagh QC
0:01:05 > 0:01:09more than 20 years ago, when they'd have been about two.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11So how is the car, Anna?
0:01:11 > 0:01:12I love the car!
0:01:12 > 0:01:15I think it's amazing. The funny thing is...
0:01:15 > 0:01:18She actually reminds me of you, the car.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20- The long nose.- Long and elegant.
0:01:20 > 0:01:24I wasn't talking about your nose, but long and elegant.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26But it's quite frightening to think that
0:01:26 > 0:01:27this is now actually a classic car,
0:01:27 > 0:01:30which kind of makes us classic women.
0:01:30 > 0:01:31- Yeah, we are.- Old.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33- We're old-timers.- Yeah, babes!
0:01:33 > 0:01:35Well, low mileage anyway.
0:01:35 > 0:01:36HE CHUCKLES
0:01:36 > 0:01:38Anna's forever remembered as Duckface
0:01:38 > 0:01:40in Four Weddings And A Funeral,
0:01:40 > 0:01:43and the ghastly snob Caroline Bingley
0:01:43 > 0:01:45in the 1995 Pride And Prejudice,
0:01:45 > 0:01:50and most recently some hilarious one-upmanship in Mapp And Lucia.
0:01:50 > 0:01:54As your tenant, I will naturally reimburse you.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01Shall we call it a score draw, dear?
0:02:02 > 0:02:04Holly is that rare thing,
0:02:04 > 0:02:07a child actress who has grown up to have
0:02:07 > 0:02:09a very successful acting career.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12She first appeared on screen in The History Of Mr Polly
0:02:12 > 0:02:14at the age of ten.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17But one of her more recent roles
0:02:17 > 0:02:21is as forensic pathologist Frankie Wharton in Waking The Dead.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23Yuch, creepy!
0:02:25 > 0:02:27My mum actually sold antiques.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29I mean, as you know, I live in Lewes,
0:02:29 > 0:02:32- which is full of antique shops. - Every other shop, yeah.- Yeah.
0:02:32 > 0:02:33I mean, I know beautiful things
0:02:33 > 0:02:36- but I wouldn't know whether they're worth...- Nor would I.
0:02:36 > 0:02:37How good are you at taking advice?
0:02:39 > 0:02:41I don't know. You'd have to answer that for me.
0:02:41 > 0:02:42SHE LAUGHS
0:02:42 > 0:02:44- Not very.- No, I don't know.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47I think that'll be... That's a whole new experience.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50And the experts who will be offering that advice
0:02:50 > 0:02:51are in the 1969 Morris Minor.
0:02:51 > 0:02:55Teaming up with Anna and Holly are auctioneer and expert driver
0:02:55 > 0:02:56Natasha Raskin Sharp...
0:02:57 > 0:02:59- GEARS CRUNCH - Ooh!- Oh, dear.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02..and valuer Margie Cooper.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04GEARS CRUNCH Getting worse!
0:03:04 > 0:03:08# Sisters are doing it for themselves... #
0:03:08 > 0:03:10I wonder what they're going to be attracted to, these ladies.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13Because I wonder if, as actresses,
0:03:13 > 0:03:16they're going to be drawn to the more prop-y antiques,
0:03:16 > 0:03:19if that makes any sense. The things that make a big splash,
0:03:19 > 0:03:22that they can imagine on the stage or on a film set.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25They might go for a girlie bit of jewellery.
0:03:25 > 0:03:29They might. We can't get TOO girlie because there are four of us.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31- We can't get too girlie. - Oh, why not?
0:03:31 > 0:03:32We might have to do a Phil Serrell.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35I'll come back with 14 iron girders...
0:03:35 > 0:03:38- ..and a pig's trough. - A pig's trough?
0:03:38 > 0:03:40Oink, oink.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42With £400 each in their pockets,
0:03:42 > 0:03:44our teams are hitting the road in the Home Counties
0:03:44 > 0:03:47south of the River Thames at Moseley,
0:03:47 > 0:03:50setting course for auction in Wellingborough.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52Good morning.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54Hello!
0:03:54 > 0:03:57Well, you've got a posher car than we have.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00- Good morning.- I can't get out of it. I think that says it all.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02- It says it all.- Good morning.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05- Natasha.- Nice to meet you.- You too.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07- I'm Margie. - Yes, pleased to meet you.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09Hello, hi!
0:04:09 > 0:04:11Good morning. Thank you for bringing the sunshine.
0:04:11 > 0:04:15- I know! Any time, feel free.- Right! What a day for us!
0:04:15 > 0:04:18- I know, it's so beautiful, isn't it? We got lucky.- Well, Anna.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20I'd like to pick your brains about period drama.
0:04:20 > 0:04:24- So may I come with you?- Yes. Get in, I'll tell you all the inside info.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27- Would you like to drive, Holly? - I would love to drive.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32There you go.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38Partnered up, they are ready for the off.
0:04:38 > 0:04:42And the first stop of this road trip takes both teams
0:04:42 > 0:04:46to shops on the south bank of the Thames in Molesey.
0:04:46 > 0:04:50The prosperous calm of today belies a more violent past
0:04:50 > 0:04:52when, during the Regency,
0:04:52 > 0:04:55this Surrey town was famous for bare-knuckle prize fights.
0:04:55 > 0:05:00Hopefully there'll be no fisticuffs today amongst our antiques rivals.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03So, do you think that Holly will take instruction from Margie?
0:05:03 > 0:05:05I wonder.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08I don't know if I'm going to take instruction from you, either.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10I like the sound of that.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13Yes. We're going to be very troublesome, Holly and I.
0:05:13 > 0:05:17Oh, dear. Anna and Natasha are beginning their quest
0:05:17 > 0:05:20for auction gold at Hampton Court Emporium.
0:05:21 > 0:05:22Hi!
0:05:26 > 0:05:30There's oodles of stuff here, so what tickles your fancy, girls?
0:05:33 > 0:05:35I like these. A lot.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38- Why?- I like the colour.
0:05:38 > 0:05:42And I just think they're so sweet. Is that...is that a Thermos?
0:05:42 > 0:05:43It is a Thermos, yeah.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45- Do you screw that in?- I guess so.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47Oh, no. It's more for on your table.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49I'd LOVE that on my breakfast table.
0:05:49 > 0:05:50Green Thermos...
0:05:50 > 0:05:52With milk in one and orange juice in the other.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55Oh, yeah, it's not a screw, it's more of a plug. OK, um...
0:05:57 > 0:05:58Look, it says "rare colours" on it.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00Rare colour. I bet it does, yeah.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03They're trying to sell this. Trying to get this out of the shop.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05I mean, aren't those gorgeous?
0:06:05 > 0:06:07Were you a family that used to go around in a caravan?
0:06:07 > 0:06:09No, but I wish we had!
0:06:09 > 0:06:11- You know what else they could go with?- What could they go with?
0:06:11 > 0:06:15- Oh, my days. - I like that very much too.
0:06:15 > 0:06:19Are you looking for nostalgia for a caravan holiday that you never had?
0:06:19 > 0:06:21- Yes.- Is that what it is?- Yes.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23But it's interesting.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25- It's £300. - It's the same seller, Louise.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27- £300?!- I can't see!
0:06:27 > 0:06:29- No, thank goodness.- Is it £30?
0:06:29 > 0:06:33- It's 30. But seriously?- Worth 300.
0:06:33 > 0:06:34I don't know. It's up to you.
0:06:34 > 0:06:38If you want to make a selection of...
0:06:39 > 0:06:42..I guess, mid-century travelling items.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44Yes. Mid-century travelling items.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46Yeah, I'm certainly thinking about it.
0:06:46 > 0:06:47- OK.- Who's the boss?
0:06:47 > 0:06:49- You or me?- Definitely you.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51- Definitely you.- Phew!
0:06:51 > 0:06:54Let's get that right, 100% you.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56Good. OK, that's how it should be.
0:06:56 > 0:06:57- OK, should we split up?- Yes.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59Meanwhile, just down the road,
0:06:59 > 0:07:02Holly and Margie are beginning their shopping at Bridge Road Antiques.
0:07:03 > 0:07:04Here we go. Is this it?
0:07:04 > 0:07:06- This is it.- Ho-ho!
0:07:09 > 0:07:10Stand by.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13- Hello.- Hi, how are you?
0:07:13 > 0:07:15- Nice to meet you.- How are you?
0:07:15 > 0:07:17Holly, nice to meet you.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20Right. So, a lot of fur.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22Yeah.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24- It's too hot today. - It's WAY too hot today.
0:07:24 > 0:07:28Got lots of stuff, though, haven't they?
0:07:28 > 0:07:29Yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31What will attract our magpies here?
0:07:34 > 0:07:38- Right.- I quite like that.
0:07:38 > 0:07:39Do you?
0:07:39 > 0:07:42It's quite pretty.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45It's quite nice, isn't it? The metalwork has gone terribly rusty.
0:07:45 > 0:07:4748, that's not a bad price.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50No, it's not. We'll have words about it.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52I think we should have words about that.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55Words about it, yeah. Right, let's pop it down.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57Let's leave them to browse on.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59How are Anna and Natasha doing?
0:08:10 > 0:08:12What's Natasha found?
0:08:12 > 0:08:13What do you think of this wood cut?
0:08:13 > 0:08:15I know you've got a good guy - a good guy?! -
0:08:15 > 0:08:16a good eye for a picture.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20- I like it, yeah.- And that lady's wearing the same dress as you.
0:08:21 > 0:08:26It's a woodcut print depicting the Catalan circle dance, the Sardana.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28An expression of regional identity
0:08:28 > 0:08:31which fell foul of the Franco regime.
0:08:31 > 0:08:35And it's now become this fierce thing of national pride,
0:08:35 > 0:08:39people will gather in Barcelona nightly with a live band
0:08:39 > 0:08:41to do La Sardana,
0:08:41 > 0:08:44which looks really simple but it's quite a fancy-footed little dance.
0:08:44 > 0:08:45And look how gorgeous it is.
0:08:45 > 0:08:49So we know it's Spanish, I presume it's a Spanish artist.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52Love this colour, the green on the skin.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55So what do you think? That's a woodcut, that's been coloured in?
0:08:55 > 0:08:57Exactly. A woodcut in colours.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00And I just think it's got a certain style to it.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03I love the palette, I love her dress and I love the movement.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06So £49, if we could, really, come on!
0:09:06 > 0:09:10Give us a good deal, £20, I think we should make a profit on that.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13Time to summon the dealer, Lynne.
0:09:13 > 0:09:14Anna, you're in the spotlight.
0:09:16 > 0:09:17So would you accept 20?
0:09:17 > 0:09:21- Oh, no.- And why should you? - I'm so sorry, I wouldn't.
0:09:21 > 0:09:25- Let me see...- What deal would you do us for that?- I would do 35 for it.
0:09:25 > 0:09:2835, OK, great.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30- Fair enough.- It's normally 10%.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33- It's a good chunk. - 35 is quite a good chunk, yeah.- OK.
0:09:33 > 0:09:37- OK, so I definitely think we should make a purchase.- OK.
0:09:37 > 0:09:38Excellent first performance.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43- Well done.- Yeah, yeah, yeah. I like it.
0:09:43 > 0:09:44One down, four to go.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46Yeah, well done.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50Meanwhile, are Holly and Margie reaching their final act?
0:09:51 > 0:09:54I quite like those two paintings.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57Not mad about the frames, but I think the paintings are nice.
0:09:57 > 0:09:58They're fairly local scenes.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01And they're oils, aren't they?
0:10:01 > 0:10:02Yes, they are. Yeah.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07- You like those? - I think they're pretty.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10So roughly what are we talking about?
0:10:10 > 0:10:14- For us?- They can be £40 for the two.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16- Right.- Look at her little face.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18- I know.- Not bad.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21- You don't show that. You go, "Oh, right."- That's really bad!
0:10:21 > 0:10:25- That's not enough. - No, that's really good!
0:10:25 > 0:10:27I'm really bad at haggling.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29- I'll give you 100. - You don't need to haggle. Yes!
0:10:29 > 0:10:31Fine, done.
0:10:31 > 0:10:32Steady on.
0:10:32 > 0:10:36- That's cute, isn't it? Would that fit in somebody's house?- Yeah.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39Show us how the professionals do it, Margie.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41There's the string but no ticket.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45It looks Georgian but it's not.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47I don't think it's Georgian, but it has got some age.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49You know how bad furniture is, don't you?
0:10:49 > 0:10:52- I do know how bad furniture is. - It's bad.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55Well, how bad would...
0:10:55 > 0:10:5620 quid be?
0:10:57 > 0:10:59I'd be happy with that one.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02- But Holly... - No, I don't think that's enough.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04- DEALER LAUGHS - Is that better?
0:11:04 > 0:11:07- That seems all right. - Am I improving?
0:11:07 > 0:11:09Sue, another question.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12We saw a really nice light that was sort of a bubble lamp.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15- Yeah.- What's your price on that?
0:11:15 > 0:11:16That's me haggling, by the way.
0:11:18 > 0:11:2030.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23Oh. See, I was really pleased with that.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26Yeah, she was really pleased with that.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28- I'm just following.- Can we lose you?
0:11:28 > 0:11:29Can we lose you?
0:11:29 > 0:11:3130 quid...
0:11:31 > 0:11:36- Just imagine him holding it up in a sale, a general sale. - Is that the best you can do?
0:11:36 > 0:11:39Listen, did you hear that? Is that the best you can do?
0:11:39 > 0:11:40Oh, it is!
0:11:42 > 0:11:45- Right, well, look, you're the boss. - I tried.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47- Now...- OK, so hang on a minute.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49- Look behind you here.- Ooh!
0:11:49 > 0:11:52That looks interesting. So shall we have a look at that?
0:11:52 > 0:11:54- OK, let's have a look at that. - Then we've got a few choices.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56So, what is this?
0:11:56 > 0:11:59- Right.- This is...- This is rather splendid, isn't it?
0:11:59 > 0:12:00Oh, my God. It does something.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02It goes over the bed, doesn't it?
0:12:02 > 0:12:04I don't think it is over the bed.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07You carry in your tea and then you get to where you're going
0:12:07 > 0:12:10and then you press the spring and the legs come out.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12- That's clever, isn't it? - I really like that.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15The ticket says £150.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17But what is the really light price?
0:12:17 > 0:12:20- The really light price on that... - The really, really light price.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22- ..would be...- I'm scared.
0:12:24 > 0:12:25£4.50.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27No, you could add another...
0:12:27 > 0:12:30It would have to be 50 on that.
0:12:30 > 0:12:3150? Well, that's generous.
0:12:33 > 0:12:34- 50 quid. Well, that's fine.- Yeah.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36It's galleried.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38I really like that.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40- OK, well... - But, you know, it's not down to me.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42- No.- And...
0:12:42 > 0:12:45- I don't want to...- No, I like that.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48I can imagine other people liking it.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50And the shopping spree doesn't appear to be over yet.
0:12:50 > 0:12:52This is a lamp made from a bronze propeller
0:12:52 > 0:12:54that Sue is struggling to lift.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57- Really heavy, you OK? - Thank you, got it.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59Oh, my God, it IS heavy!
0:12:59 > 0:13:02And it doesn't appear to have a price tag.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05- OK?- Yeah, thank you. - So what are we talking about?
0:13:05 > 0:13:07The very best on it would be 30.
0:13:07 > 0:13:08Well, that's...
0:13:08 > 0:13:11That's... I mean, I don't like it.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13I don't like it. I hate it.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16- But I think that's got a chance. Do you think?- I think it has.
0:13:16 > 0:13:17I think that's got to be a defo.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19OK, oh, wow. OK.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22- Gosh.- I do. And then I sit there and look an idiot...
0:13:22 > 0:13:25When it gets £4.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29- No, OK. - I just think that's a good buy.
0:13:29 > 0:13:30- OK.- Well, I hope I'm right.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34So now we've got to make another.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36We've got to make a decision.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40Decisions, decisions.
0:13:42 > 0:13:46Here's your lamp. I suppose it can be 25.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49- Ohh...- You want that, don't you? She really wants that.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51- She does.- Thank you. And then the propeller, I think,
0:13:51 > 0:13:54- we think is going to get... - Hopefully.- Hopefully.
0:13:54 > 0:13:57The mock-Georgian stool there, which is a great price
0:13:57 > 0:13:58and it's in really good condition.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00- Yeah. - I think that's going to be a...
0:14:00 > 0:14:04This is a thing, this tea table with the legs that come out.
0:14:04 > 0:14:05It's quirky.
0:14:05 > 0:14:09- But I just think...- But it could be yesterday's antiques, unfortunately.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12- It could well be that.- So I think we'll just go for these three, then.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14- Yeah?- Yeah.- Perfect.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17Thank you. And the painting's no, thank you.
0:14:17 > 0:14:18- But that's the deal done.- Phew!
0:14:18 > 0:14:20So we need to give you some money.
0:14:20 > 0:14:24And I make that 25, 30...
0:14:25 > 0:14:27Hang on. Hang on.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29I can't leave it.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31You can't leave the table with the legs?
0:14:31 > 0:14:32No. I can't.
0:14:32 > 0:14:33I'm glad you said that, actually.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36- I can't leave it.- So what's going to go, then?- I think we should...
0:14:36 > 0:14:38That's got a fiver in it or a tenner.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41- So the stool's going to go.- We're gambling, but I can't leave it.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43I think you're right because I think that's a fun antique.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45- Yep.- So how much do we owe you?
0:14:45 > 0:14:50OK. 50, 25, 30, 105.
0:14:50 > 0:14:51OK. Here we go.
0:14:51 > 0:14:5410, 20, 30, 40, 50,
0:14:54 > 0:14:5560, 70, 80,
0:14:55 > 0:14:5790, 100, 110.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59110. So you need five.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01Five, please.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05- Wonderful.- There we go. - Thank you!- Thank you.
0:15:05 > 0:15:06Nice start, girls. Well done.
0:15:06 > 0:15:10Meanwhile, Anna and Natasha are already making tracks
0:15:10 > 0:15:12to the next shop.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15I do have one antique or two.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17- Do tell.- That my...
0:15:17 > 0:15:20..my great-great grandmother, maybe even one up,
0:15:20 > 0:15:25she worked as a sort of PA for Burne-Jones.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27- Do you know who he was?- No.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30- A Pre-Raphaelite.- Oh, gosh, yeah, yeah!- Edward Burne-Jones.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33I thought that was a film name - Burn Jones. No, Edward Burne-Jones.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36He was a Pre-Raphaelite painter and...
0:15:36 > 0:15:37And she was not a muse?
0:15:37 > 0:15:40No, I think she might have been a bit of a muse too.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43- Oh, wow!- Although he made all the women look the same.
0:15:43 > 0:15:44Flaming red hair.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46- Yes.- Oh, fantastic.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48Oh, wow! They must be conversation starters.
0:15:48 > 0:15:49Indeed they must.
0:15:49 > 0:15:53Ten miles further south into Surrey, now to Ashtead,
0:15:53 > 0:15:57where Anna and Natasha are expected at The Attic.
0:15:57 > 0:16:01They're unlikely to find any Burne-Jones tapestries.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04Not that they could afford them, with the £365 they have left,
0:16:04 > 0:16:06but this place looks promising.
0:16:06 > 0:16:07- Gary?- Yes.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10- Pleased to meet you.- Anna, yeah. And this is...
0:16:10 > 0:16:12- Tasha.- Natasha. Lovely to meet you.
0:16:12 > 0:16:13So I'll leave you to it,
0:16:13 > 0:16:16to have a look around and give me a shout if you need me.
0:16:16 > 0:16:17Before you go, Gary...
0:16:17 > 0:16:21- Yes.- At a cursory glance, I can see there are no prices on anything,
0:16:21 > 0:16:24- so what's the deal there? - Is everything free?
0:16:24 > 0:16:26Not free, unfortunately, no.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28But I know what it all costs, so if you just ask me,
0:16:28 > 0:16:30I'm very sensibly priced.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33But will our ladies be sensible buyers?
0:16:34 > 0:16:36SHE SPLUTTERS INTO HORN
0:16:36 > 0:16:38FUZZY NOTE EMERGES
0:16:38 > 0:16:40Anna, don't blow your own trumpet.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43- I mean, seriously. - How are we going to do it?
0:16:43 > 0:16:44Well, what are your first impressions?
0:16:44 > 0:16:48There must be something that catches your eye straight off the bat.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50I quite like those lustres, did you call them?
0:16:50 > 0:16:53- Are they called lustres?- They are. Good work. Those are lustres.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55And what are they for? Candle holders?
0:16:55 > 0:16:57Exactly. Very Victorian.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59They are lit from the inside
0:16:59 > 0:17:02and therefore they catch the light because
0:17:02 > 0:17:05look at these drops of glass coming down,
0:17:05 > 0:17:09and all the effect is refractions of light
0:17:09 > 0:17:12and going across your large dining room, of course.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14I think that would be nice, don't you?
0:17:14 > 0:17:19Beautiful. But, Anna, honestly, these are always so expensive.
0:17:19 > 0:17:23- Oh, I like expensive things. - Oh, good, well, not today!
0:17:24 > 0:17:27- Really, they're always expensive? - Yeah. So there you are.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29- They are lustrous, gorgeous...- So what do you think Gary would want?
0:17:29 > 0:17:31I think he'd be asking, like, £300 or something.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34- Really?- But it depends. I don't know, there's no price on anything.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36Like he said, he knows what he paid for them.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39The lustres are a possibility, then. What else?
0:17:39 > 0:17:41Should we start outside?
0:17:41 > 0:17:43- Yeah.- Because so often it's raining outside.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45It's boiling out here, honestly.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47- Yeah. Don't start. - Let's get back in!
0:17:49 > 0:17:54And the play wot we writ today is the importance of being decisive.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58- Tash?- Mm-hmm.- What...
0:17:58 > 0:18:02- What's that thing? - It's a revolving table-top bookcase.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04It's so sweet. So you go to the library,
0:18:04 > 0:18:06you get the text that you are looking to work with,
0:18:06 > 0:18:08and then you keep them all tidy on the table.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10Oh, really? It's for a library?
0:18:10 > 0:18:12Putting them in the bookcase. Then you just spin them around,
0:18:12 > 0:18:15as and when necessary. And I think it's really sweet.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17It's on a quadripartite base.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19It's got four legs.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21- Quadripartite? - It's one of my favourite words.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23Beautifully delivered!
0:18:23 > 0:18:25But this here is poker work,
0:18:25 > 0:18:27so this is done with a hot poker to brandish in that design.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30It's not the most finely produced piece of wood.
0:18:30 > 0:18:34Someone has made this low-budget, low-key, handmade design
0:18:34 > 0:18:36and I think it's part of that Arts And Crafts,
0:18:36 > 0:18:40getting away from the mass-produced element of things
0:18:40 > 0:18:42and bringing it back to basics.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44Is that part of it, that thing?
0:18:44 > 0:18:47Well, it's also poker work, but I don't think it's part of it, no.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50It says something around the...
0:18:50 > 0:18:52- What does it say?- I don't know. What does it say?- You have a look.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55Right. OK. Something...
0:18:55 > 0:18:57Oh, my days.
0:18:57 > 0:19:02- What does it say?- "The perfume stays, although the rose be dead!"
0:19:02 > 0:19:04DRAMATIC ORCHESTRAL STING
0:19:05 > 0:19:08- What's that from?- Couldn't tell you.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11Life itself. You could fill it up with rose petals.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13You could, you could!
0:19:13 > 0:19:16- Potpourri.- The thing is, do you quite like that?
0:19:16 > 0:19:19- Yeah.- So I think this is quite fun,
0:19:19 > 0:19:22I think that at an auction, it's going to attract a wee bit of attention
0:19:22 > 0:19:24because it's not just a poker work bowl.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27It's a poker work bowl with a sort of macabre motto.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30Great. We'll ask Gary to take that down, shall we?
0:19:30 > 0:19:33This is looking promising, but there's more.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35What about this? I love this.
0:19:35 > 0:19:39- Do you know what's inside? - I'm going to guess, is it a camera?
0:19:39 > 0:19:40A treasure, almost.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44- Oh-ho!- A Viewmaster, a stereoscope.
0:19:44 > 0:19:48Made out of Bakelite, which is an early plastic.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50- Oh, it's lovely.- Which doesn't melt.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53Once it's been moulded, you can't un-mould it,
0:19:53 > 0:19:55which is why people loved it so much.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57And that's what makes it a good, sturdy thing
0:19:57 > 0:19:59because this, of course, would have been played with.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01This is a 1950s American...
0:20:01 > 0:20:03- You would have been so mad about this if you were a kid.- Yeah.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05I want to see the Grand Canyon.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08Hold on. I think I can offer you the Grand Canyon.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10Denver, Arizona, Grand Canyon!
0:20:10 > 0:20:12Sort yourself out.
0:20:12 > 0:20:14Don't do it upside down.
0:20:14 > 0:20:15- How can I know?- Right.
0:20:15 > 0:20:16I'm going to put Arizona back.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18- SHE GASPS - Oh!
0:20:18 > 0:20:20That is what the Grand Canyon is like.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22- Have you ever been there?- No. - It's incredible.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24- Oh!- What do you think?
0:20:24 > 0:20:27Oh, it's beautiful. I feel like I've been there.
0:20:27 > 0:20:28Do you want to beckon Gary?
0:20:30 > 0:20:31Gary?
0:20:33 > 0:20:36You heard your name and we didn't even say it very loudly.
0:20:38 > 0:20:39Gary, you were twitching.
0:20:39 > 0:20:44There are no ticket prices, but Gary is asking £70 for the lustres,
0:20:44 > 0:20:4670 for the bookcase and bowl,
0:20:46 > 0:20:48and 40 for the Viewmaster.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50A total of 180.
0:20:50 > 0:20:54So, how about if we took it all for 140?
0:20:56 > 0:20:57150 and you've got a deal.
0:20:59 > 0:21:00Steady!
0:21:01 > 0:21:04- Um...- What do you think, what do you think?
0:21:04 > 0:21:06- It's up to you, I don't want to push you into it.- I'm happy.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08145...?
0:21:08 > 0:21:10- 145, Gary.- OK.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14- WHISPERS:- Shake his hand! - Gary!
0:21:14 > 0:21:16Gary, thank you so much.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19A fine haul from a bijou emporium. Good show.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22- Thank you very much. - Bye-bye, love. Thanks very much.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25The town of Chertsey in the borough of Runnymede
0:21:25 > 0:21:27is the next stop for Holly and Margie,
0:21:27 > 0:21:30our dedicated followers of fashion.
0:21:31 > 0:21:35Margie stepped out on the catwalk in the '60s as a model.
0:21:35 > 0:21:36Yeah, really!
0:21:36 > 0:21:39While Holly, as an actress, has been accustomed to donning everything
0:21:39 > 0:21:42from military uniform to bustles.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44I love clothes.
0:21:44 > 0:21:45Anything to do with fashion.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47- Really?- Yeah. I mean,
0:21:47 > 0:21:50I think in another world I would have loved to have been...
0:21:52 > 0:21:55..a fashion designer, or even better,
0:21:55 > 0:21:57I would have loved to have been a stylist.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00So today they're off to a special dress fitting
0:22:00 > 0:22:03at Chertsey House Museum with curator, Grace Evans.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05- Hello.- Hi. - Welcome to Chertsey Museum.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07- Thank you so much. I'm Holly.- Margie.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09- I'm Grace. Hi, Margie. - Nice to meet you.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15The museum houses a magnificent collection
0:22:15 > 0:22:17of over 4,000 historical costumes.
0:22:17 > 0:22:21The exhibitions reveal how changing fashions mirrored social
0:22:21 > 0:22:25and cultural changes in the lives of women in the past.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28Today, we're turning the clock back to the 1770s.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30What was a la mode for the Georgian?
0:22:31 > 0:22:37Quite complex, very important to have a particular silhouette
0:22:37 > 0:22:40with stays or corsets.
0:22:40 > 0:22:44Lots of padding and complicated...
0:22:44 > 0:22:46- Underskirts and stuff. - Underskirts, petticoats,
0:22:46 > 0:22:48all sorts of things like that.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50Stockings and shoes had to be put on first
0:22:50 > 0:22:53before a lady was laced into her corsets
0:22:53 > 0:22:56because she couldn't bend properly once strapped in.
0:22:56 > 0:23:00And after completing her outfit with a three-foot wig,
0:23:00 > 0:23:03theatrically adorned with fabrics, feathers and flowers,
0:23:03 > 0:23:07she must have found it difficult to move at all!
0:23:07 > 0:23:08Can I ask a really odd question?
0:23:08 > 0:23:11- Yes.- How did they... relieve themselves?
0:23:11 > 0:23:13Well, exactly, very difficult,
0:23:13 > 0:23:15but they didn't wear underpants in those days.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18- I beg your pardon? - No, women didn't wear pants at all.
0:23:19 > 0:23:23- That's a bit rude.- So it was a bit easier than you might think,
0:23:23 > 0:23:26and on long journeys or in sort of long sermons in church,
0:23:26 > 0:23:28they might use something called a bordaloo,
0:23:28 > 0:23:32which is almost like a little gravy boat that you would tuck underneath.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34Nice! A bit like a Shewee?
0:23:34 > 0:23:35Yes, exactly!
0:23:37 > 0:23:40Drawers didn't appear until the early 19th century,
0:23:40 > 0:23:42and took a few decades to catch on.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45What if you were rich and poor,
0:23:45 > 0:23:47was there a big difference in how you would dress?
0:23:47 > 0:23:49Yes. There would be, because, obviously,
0:23:49 > 0:23:52poorer people couldn't afford the types of clothes
0:23:52 > 0:23:53that the wealthy had,
0:23:53 > 0:23:56but there was a very strong
0:23:56 > 0:23:59second-hand clothes market in the 18th century,
0:23:59 > 0:24:01so poor people were often being picked up
0:24:01 > 0:24:03for trying to emulate the wealthy,
0:24:03 > 0:24:07in wearing clothing that was a little bit above their station,
0:24:07 > 0:24:12perhaps, so you would find that people might be dressing up,
0:24:12 > 0:24:15dressing to emulate their betters, as it were.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18But you also have people in the theatrical world as well.
0:24:18 > 0:24:22The 18th century is the time when celebrity starts in earnest.
0:24:22 > 0:24:26We think of celebrities as something that is a modern phenomenon,
0:24:26 > 0:24:30but the people of the theatre actually set fashions as well
0:24:30 > 0:24:33and they were often very elaborate and foppish
0:24:33 > 0:24:36and people followed that.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38So, were you a trendsetter, then, Holly?
0:24:38 > 0:24:40What, in the 18th century?
0:24:40 > 0:24:42I'm not THAT old!
0:24:42 > 0:24:44The late 20th century.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46Time for Holly to slip into something
0:24:46 > 0:24:48a little less comfortable now.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50A replica Georgian costume.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53You start with the stays or corsets.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55I'll be your dresser.
0:24:55 > 0:24:58I remember when I was younger I used to do quite a lot of period dramas,
0:24:58 > 0:25:01and I remember when I was 13, I wore my first corset.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04And when I took it off at the end of the first day of filming,
0:25:04 > 0:25:06two of my ribs had broken.
0:25:06 > 0:25:07- No!- Yeah.- That's horrible.
0:25:07 > 0:25:12- You're joking! You cracked them? - They'd pulled it so tight.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14- Anyway...- So they must have damaged the health.
0:25:14 > 0:25:15I wouldn't mind one now, though.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18This is like a sort of old-fashioned Spanx.
0:25:18 > 0:25:24- It is.- Sort of. You'd have your stays and then you would wear...
0:25:24 > 0:25:26Can you hold it down the bottom? That's the bit I want held in.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28..a pair of hoops.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30Now, see, this is bizarre to me.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32This is sort of Kim Kardashian, isn't it?
0:25:32 > 0:25:34- Like, why would you...- It is. It's making your hips wider.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36..make yourself any bigger?
0:25:36 > 0:25:38Because it makes your waist look smaller.
0:25:38 > 0:25:40Yes. That's exactly why.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42So it's all about waistlines,
0:25:42 > 0:25:44it's about making you look narrow in the waist
0:25:44 > 0:25:47- and emphasising other bits of you to do that.- Right.
0:25:47 > 0:25:51Have a petticoat and then you'd have a dress.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54- So tiny.- I'm so glad you're doing this and not me!
0:25:54 > 0:25:56It's very uncomfortable.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59- Across the shoulders. - There you go. How does it look?
0:25:59 > 0:26:00Is it a good look?
0:26:00 > 0:26:02Maybe not quite the right size, Holly.
0:26:02 > 0:26:06- It's so tiny!- I'm going out tonight.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10Hurrah for the 21st century, eh, girls?
0:26:10 > 0:26:15And it's time to drive off to some 21st century rest and recuperation.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18Tomorrow's another day, so nighty-night.
0:26:26 > 0:26:27Rise and shine!
0:26:27 > 0:26:31Time for our A-list ladies to rev up those elderly engines
0:26:31 > 0:26:34and hit the B roads.
0:26:34 > 0:26:35Holly, I think we've talked about this,
0:26:35 > 0:26:38do you remember when you had driving gloves?
0:26:38 > 0:26:42I don't remember having driving gloves.
0:26:42 > 0:26:44- Were they black?- No, they were tan.
0:26:44 > 0:26:48They were not tan! I've never bought anything tan in my life.
0:26:48 > 0:26:49I hate tan.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51They had that slight netting thing up the top.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53No, you're wrong. You're thinking of someone else, babe.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56They had a hole at the top and then a clip round your wrist.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59They sound rather sexy, I might get a pair, but I'm telling you,
0:26:59 > 0:27:00they would have never been tan.
0:27:00 > 0:27:03Oh, all right. Have it your own way.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07I'm really hoping for a good diva strop at the auction.
0:27:07 > 0:27:11I think I'm going to throw it just so I can orchestrate a diva strop,
0:27:11 > 0:27:15- I'd love to see that.- I didn't see any sign of a diva in Holly.
0:27:15 > 0:27:17- Neither of them. How cool are these ladies?- Yeah.
0:27:19 > 0:27:21Time to team up.
0:27:22 > 0:27:24Morning, ladies!
0:27:24 > 0:27:27- Good morning!- Good morning.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29How does it feel behind the wheel?
0:27:29 > 0:27:32- Very nice.- Good morning.
0:27:32 > 0:27:33- Right, well, we can board. - OK, let's go.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36We're going to the same shop, are we?
0:27:36 > 0:27:37- Are we?- Yes.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39- Did you know that?- We are!
0:27:39 > 0:27:42- Right, get in the car, go, go! - Oh, no, quick.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44I'm going to get there first!
0:27:44 > 0:27:47- They're in a Jag, it's not fair!- Quick!
0:27:49 > 0:27:50We're away!
0:27:54 > 0:27:59So far, Anna and Natasha have splashed out £180 on four lots.
0:27:59 > 0:28:03The Spanish woodcut print of the Sardana,
0:28:03 > 0:28:06a revolving bookcase and poker work bowl,
0:28:06 > 0:28:09a 1950s Bakelite Viewmaster and a pair of table lustres,
0:28:09 > 0:28:12leaving them £220 to spend.
0:28:13 > 0:28:15While Holly and Margie saw the light,
0:28:15 > 0:28:19and spent £105 on a lamp in a bronze propeller,
0:28:19 > 0:28:22a bubble lamp, and an Edwardian mahogany tray table,
0:28:22 > 0:28:26giving them three lots and leaving them with £295 in their piggy bank.
0:28:28 > 0:28:31The small village of Badshot Lea near Farnham
0:28:31 > 0:28:35is the first destination for both Teams, Anna and Team Holly,
0:28:35 > 0:28:37this morning.
0:28:37 > 0:28:38Who will be first
0:28:38 > 0:28:41to the beautiful barn of the Antiques Warehouse?
0:28:43 > 0:28:44Oh, good morning!
0:28:44 > 0:28:46HORSE SNORTS
0:28:46 > 0:28:47That was so sweet!
0:28:47 > 0:28:49I love horses.
0:28:49 > 0:28:52- I think he was wishing you a good morning.- Oh! I love that!
0:28:52 > 0:28:55Pffffft!
0:28:55 > 0:28:57That's a warm-up, you know, for going on stage.
0:28:57 > 0:28:58SHE SNORTS LIKE A HORSE
0:28:58 > 0:29:01That's to get your lips all... Bl-l-l-l-l-l-l-lub!
0:29:02 > 0:29:06Looks like Holly and Margie have pipped Anna and Natasha at the post.
0:29:08 > 0:29:10Hi, I'm Holly. Nice to meet you.
0:29:10 > 0:29:13- Nice to meet you, too.- Margie.
0:29:13 > 0:29:14- And you are?- I'm Hilary.
0:29:14 > 0:29:16Hilary. Quite a lot to look at.
0:29:16 > 0:29:18Yes, there is a lot.
0:29:18 > 0:29:20- Please, will you? - Thank you, let's go.
0:29:20 > 0:29:25There's plenty here, from fine arts to collectibles to memorabilia.
0:29:25 > 0:29:26Where to start?
0:29:30 > 0:29:32Oh, look.
0:29:32 > 0:29:33Do you like these, Holly?
0:29:34 > 0:29:38- Rather...- What, this?- Yes. Rather wonderful samplers,
0:29:38 > 0:29:41where a little girl learns her stitches.
0:29:41 > 0:29:46Look at that. "Maria Munns, her work, December, 1820."
0:29:46 > 0:29:48- Aged 12.- Very important to...
0:29:48 > 0:29:49Same age as my daughter.
0:29:49 > 0:29:54To be commercially viable, they need to have a bit more colour.
0:29:54 > 0:29:55Yeah.
0:29:55 > 0:29:57- But she's done... We've got a house...- Quite pricey.
0:29:57 > 0:30:00It's 295, which is too much for us, really.
0:30:00 > 0:30:03- Yeah.- I always find those very touching, very moving.- Yeah.
0:30:03 > 0:30:07But, hark! Is that the purr of a Jaguar?
0:30:09 > 0:30:13Let's see what they've got their hands on.
0:30:13 > 0:30:17- Do you have a good feeling about this one?- Yes, it's lovely.
0:30:17 > 0:30:19But...quick! They're here.
0:30:30 > 0:30:32Look, perfect size.
0:30:32 > 0:30:37I always find tea towels too small, especially when you've washed them.
0:30:37 > 0:30:39But who's going to do all that ironing?
0:30:41 > 0:30:44I don't know about that, but lovely, soft linen. Mmmm!
0:30:46 > 0:30:48And then... I'm so bad at folding.
0:30:48 > 0:30:51Well, there are no Baftas for laundry.
0:31:04 > 0:31:06- Hey, Tash.- Anna?
0:31:06 > 0:31:08Look, look. Look what I found.
0:31:08 > 0:31:11The caravan. One for travelling around Britain.
0:31:11 > 0:31:13- And green.- Yeah, yeah.
0:31:13 > 0:31:14Very rare colour?
0:31:14 > 0:31:18No, not as rare as red, but still, green. Serene.
0:31:18 > 0:31:20Look, it's cute!
0:31:20 > 0:31:231940s, they think, £55.
0:31:23 > 0:31:25Do you know who we can give it to?
0:31:25 > 0:31:27Holly, when she's driving in her Morris 1000.
0:31:27 > 0:31:29- Because she's got... - Shall we give it to her now?
0:31:29 > 0:31:31- Should I give it to her?- Should we pressure her into buying it?
0:31:31 > 0:31:35Holly, you know, I want you to win as well.
0:31:36 > 0:31:38Oh!
0:31:38 > 0:31:40You can stop off for a little picnic.
0:31:40 > 0:31:43That's actually really sweet, but look at the paper.
0:31:43 > 0:31:45Vacuum flask!
0:31:45 > 0:31:48- These were never used.- Are you going to buy it, Margie?
0:31:48 > 0:31:51- We're not.- No. - We don't like the colour green.
0:31:51 > 0:31:55We're not going to buy it, but thank you so much.
0:31:55 > 0:31:57- Not even for your Morris?- No!
0:32:00 > 0:32:02- TASH:- We were just trying to help. - No, thanks,
0:32:02 > 0:32:04we don't actually need your help.
0:32:04 > 0:32:06No, we really appreciate it. Cheeky!
0:32:06 > 0:32:09Moving on, time for some serious buying now.
0:32:09 > 0:32:12- What have you spotted? - I think you're going to think
0:32:12 > 0:32:14this is all very theatrical of me.
0:32:14 > 0:32:16I love those buckles, those shoe buckles,
0:32:16 > 0:32:19- I think they're shoe buckles. - They could well be.
0:32:19 > 0:32:22- Certainly something gets threaded through the back, don't they?- Yeah.
0:32:22 > 0:32:24- They're fab.- Do you like them?
0:32:24 > 0:32:26I love them, absolutely love them.
0:32:26 > 0:32:29Who have you played that would have worn those buckles?
0:32:29 > 0:32:35Well, when I did Mapp And Lucia for the BBC, um...
0:32:35 > 0:32:39..we had this incredible costume designer called Yves Barre.
0:32:39 > 0:32:43And you'd go shopping with Yves, and it's just like a dream come true.
0:32:43 > 0:32:45It's not that he's interested in CLOTHES clothes,
0:32:45 > 0:32:47he's interested in costume.
0:32:47 > 0:32:50So Yves Barre, costume designer extraordinaire,
0:32:50 > 0:32:54would take those buckles and he would finish a costume with them.
0:32:54 > 0:32:56He might not even use it as a buckle.
0:32:56 > 0:32:58You know, he could use it as a cravat stopper.
0:33:00 > 0:33:04- Oh, my days.- Because Steve Pemberton had the most incredible cravats
0:33:04 > 0:33:05on that show, yes.
0:33:05 > 0:33:07He was your foil on the show.
0:33:07 > 0:33:09Yes, he was my gay boyfriend.
0:33:09 > 0:33:11They're quite baroque. There's something baroque about them.
0:33:11 > 0:33:14And I think they're fab. They're paste, obviously.
0:33:14 > 0:33:16But the style is excellent.
0:33:17 > 0:33:19Let's call Hilary over.
0:33:19 > 0:33:23- Hi, Hilary.- Hi.- We're just admiring these Saks Fifth Ave buckles.
0:33:23 > 0:33:25They look older than they probably are.
0:33:25 > 0:33:28- A bit '70s.- Are they shoe buckles, would you say?- Definitely.
0:33:28 > 0:33:30- Yes, I would say.- Great. - You say '70s, do you?
0:33:30 > 0:33:32- Probably.- Really?
0:33:32 > 0:33:35But as you're into buckles, I have got some very old...
0:33:35 > 0:33:39- Show me.- I've got some very old cut steel ones, which are really old.
0:33:39 > 0:33:42- I'd love to see them.- Daniel's just going to get them for you.
0:33:42 > 0:33:44- Let's have a look.- And these are...
0:33:44 > 0:33:45Oh, look at those.
0:33:45 > 0:33:48- That's really old.- That's cut steel.
0:33:48 > 0:33:50Cut steel? Really, to last?
0:33:50 > 0:33:55Well, it's a cheap way of making things look sparkly and blingy.
0:33:55 > 0:33:58Right, that's what I like, a bit of bling.
0:33:58 > 0:33:59Meanwhile...
0:34:01 > 0:34:03What are these things? They're rather lovely.
0:34:03 > 0:34:06Yeah. Ah, well, these have been in sets.
0:34:06 > 0:34:08- That's a nail buffer.- It's not!
0:34:08 > 0:34:11It is, yes. For gentleman's nails.
0:34:11 > 0:34:13I thought it might be, um...
0:34:13 > 0:34:16- What?- You know how everyone's obsessed with their eyebrows now?
0:34:16 > 0:34:18So there's a tool that's like this.
0:34:18 > 0:34:22- Oh, really?- And you just literally stamp on fake eyebrows.
0:34:22 > 0:34:24- Never!- Mind you, that would be a mono, wouldn't it?
0:34:24 > 0:34:28Lordy. Perhaps Anna and Natasha are making more sense -
0:34:28 > 0:34:29I mean, headway.
0:34:31 > 0:34:32Could we do a buckle collection?
0:34:32 > 0:34:35- I'd love to.- Comes to 185, the two.
0:34:35 > 0:34:36OK, 185.
0:34:36 > 0:34:41So, what do you think would be your very best price on the whole lot,
0:34:41 > 0:34:44- the very, very best price? - I will say, as those are Saks,
0:34:44 > 0:34:47they aren't antique but they are sort of vintage, aren't they?
0:34:47 > 0:34:49I could probably do 100 for the lot.
0:34:49 > 0:34:51- 100 for the lot. - I think that's great.
0:34:51 > 0:34:54- Is that all right?- Yeah. - Well, I have had these a long time.
0:34:54 > 0:34:57And I don't have many one-legged customers, so...
0:34:57 > 0:34:58I think 100's great.
0:34:58 > 0:35:01Thank you very much, Hilary, that's very kind of you.
0:35:01 > 0:35:03- Thank you, love. - You are in my bad books. £100?
0:35:03 > 0:35:06Anna! £100?!
0:35:06 > 0:35:08Oh, hello, Hilary, yes.
0:35:08 > 0:35:10And will you toss those in for free?
0:35:10 > 0:35:12- Oh!- Oh, please, Hillary, she's going to get so annoyed with me.
0:35:12 > 0:35:15- Come on, there is a limit. - Oh, £100 for the lot.
0:35:15 > 0:35:17Well, they're £65.
0:35:17 > 0:35:19Oh, my days, my days.
0:35:19 > 0:35:22Can we have the whole lot for £100?
0:35:22 > 0:35:23Gosh...
0:35:26 > 0:35:28I could do it for 120 for the lot.
0:35:28 > 0:35:31She'll kill me for that. 105.
0:35:32 > 0:35:35110.
0:35:35 > 0:35:37My bosoms are coming out.
0:35:37 > 0:35:39That's part of her haggling technique.
0:35:39 > 0:35:42Yep, yep, yep, I've been telling her all week.
0:35:42 > 0:35:43- 105.- Oh, all right.
0:35:43 > 0:35:44Oh, thank you, Hilary!
0:35:44 > 0:35:46Oh, wow, thank you so much.
0:35:46 > 0:35:48Thank God, this is my credibility!
0:35:49 > 0:35:51Oh, she's really catching on, isn't she?
0:35:51 > 0:35:56Hilary, thank you. So that's 100 quid, and there's another tenner.
0:35:56 > 0:35:57Thank you so much.
0:35:57 > 0:35:59And is it a £5 change?
0:35:59 > 0:36:01Gosh, yes. Well spotted.
0:36:01 > 0:36:04Hilary, you're up to my old tricks now.
0:36:04 > 0:36:06- Thank you so much. - Thank you very much.
0:36:06 > 0:36:07Thank you. Right. All right.
0:36:07 > 0:36:10- Bye-bye, love.- Thank you very much.
0:36:10 > 0:36:11Right.
0:36:11 > 0:36:13Oh, they're going to glitter in the sun, Anna.
0:36:13 > 0:36:15Well done.
0:36:15 > 0:36:16Meanwhile...
0:36:16 > 0:36:18What is that?
0:36:18 > 0:36:20..something's caught Margie's eye.
0:36:20 > 0:36:22What is it?
0:36:22 > 0:36:26- Oh.- All right, looks military.
0:36:26 > 0:36:28What's it say?
0:36:28 > 0:36:31Lovely old field vacuum flask, 1940s.
0:36:31 > 0:36:33Ah!
0:36:33 > 0:36:35Oh, and it's in good nick.
0:36:35 > 0:36:37It's in REALLY good nick.
0:36:37 > 0:36:38It is, look at that.
0:36:41 > 0:36:44Gosh. They probably had their soup in there.
0:36:44 > 0:36:45That... That... That...
0:36:45 > 0:36:49- I think that's quite good.- It's quite a safe bet, this one.- Well...
0:36:49 > 0:36:51- Who knows?- What is a safe bet?
0:36:51 > 0:36:55- Who knows? - What is a safe bet? But...
0:36:55 > 0:36:57If we could buy that for 30 quid.
0:36:57 > 0:37:02There's a £58 price ticket on this World War II issue food flask.
0:37:02 > 0:37:05I wonder where it travelled, keeping the rations hot for our boys?
0:37:06 > 0:37:10So, Hilary. We would like to purchase this.
0:37:10 > 0:37:13- We've got a figure in mind. - What was your figure in mind?
0:37:13 > 0:37:15My figure in mind is...
0:37:17 > 0:37:18A bit rough and ready, isn't it?
0:37:18 > 0:37:20- Mm.- Er, we'd like to pay about 30.
0:37:20 > 0:37:25It does actually belong to my cousin Derek, but I'm sure he won't mind.
0:37:25 > 0:37:27Almost half price.
0:37:27 > 0:37:28Most kind.
0:37:28 > 0:37:31- Thanks very much indeed. That's lovely.- Thank you very much.
0:37:31 > 0:37:32- That's lovely.- Thank you.
0:37:32 > 0:37:35- Thanks a lot for your help.- Nice doing business with you. Bye-bye.
0:37:35 > 0:37:39I'm glad someone's finally bought a flask.
0:37:39 > 0:37:42Now, how's our other pair getting on in that Jag?
0:37:42 > 0:37:44Had you driven a classic car before?
0:37:44 > 0:37:46I've been in lots, because I'm often in period dramas.
0:37:46 > 0:37:50- Oh, of course.- But no, I don't, because actually, in Mapp And Lucia,
0:37:50 > 0:37:52we had an amazing old Rolls-Royce,
0:37:52 > 0:37:54like a 1930s Rolls-Royce.
0:37:54 > 0:37:57- It's a great story, isn't it, Mapp And Lucia?- She's hilarious.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00Did you think it was fun playing someone sort of vile?
0:38:00 > 0:38:02Yes!
0:38:02 > 0:38:05The worst behaved, the better to play.
0:38:05 > 0:38:07Hard to play good.
0:38:07 > 0:38:11- Really?- Oh, yeah. You have to be genuinely lovely to play good.
0:38:11 > 0:38:14I'm too wicked!
0:38:14 > 0:38:17Well, they've detoured 14 miles north,
0:38:17 > 0:38:19and to the Berkshire village of Crowthorne,
0:38:19 > 0:38:23and the imposing exterior of Wellington College,
0:38:23 > 0:38:27built in the 1850s in memory of the eponymous duke.
0:38:27 > 0:38:30The college is of particular interest to Anna,
0:38:30 > 0:38:32because it was here that EF Benson,
0:38:32 > 0:38:36author of the Mapp And Lucia novels, was born.
0:38:36 > 0:38:39SHE PLAYS BADLY
0:38:41 > 0:38:45Benson's father was the first headmaster of Wellington College,
0:38:45 > 0:38:48and Anna and Natasha are having a history lesson today
0:38:48 > 0:38:52on the subject of the Benson family with archivist Caroline Jones.
0:38:52 > 0:38:54Welcome to Wellington College.
0:38:54 > 0:38:55- Thank you.- Good afternoon.
0:38:55 > 0:38:57Is it as glorious on the inside as it is on the outside?
0:38:57 > 0:39:01- Bits of it are.- These doors are amazing, for a start.
0:39:01 > 0:39:02They are.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08Anna, don't shut everyone out.
0:39:08 > 0:39:09Caroline, just grab her.
0:39:09 > 0:39:11Benson Snr was a clergyman,
0:39:11 > 0:39:13a favourite of Queen Victoria,
0:39:13 > 0:39:16who went on to become Archbishop of Canterbury.
0:39:16 > 0:39:20He's responsible for the building of the college's beautiful chapel.
0:39:20 > 0:39:22Benson was a big fan of the Gothic.
0:39:22 > 0:39:25He thought that you couldn't worship God properly
0:39:25 > 0:39:27in any other style than Gothic.
0:39:27 > 0:39:31And he was very involved in the design of the chapel and the detail.
0:39:31 > 0:39:34But he was very much honoured and revered here,
0:39:34 > 0:39:38as you can see by the memorial to him up there.
0:39:38 > 0:39:40- Oh, there he is. - In the Benson aisle of the chapel.
0:39:40 > 0:39:43The Latin inscription translates as,
0:39:43 > 0:39:45"To other people he was the Archbishop,
0:39:45 > 0:39:46"to us he was our master."
0:39:46 > 0:39:50It's almost as if he was a father figure to the college.
0:39:50 > 0:39:52Although a stern one.
0:39:52 > 0:39:55While Benson Snr cut a more authoritarian figure,
0:39:55 > 0:39:58his interesting and talented offspring
0:39:58 > 0:40:02flouted Victorian conventions in spectacular fashion.
0:40:02 > 0:40:04They were an interesting family, the Bensons, weren't they?
0:40:04 > 0:40:06A very interesting family.
0:40:06 > 0:40:07They were famously eccentric, the children.
0:40:07 > 0:40:10Yes, they all made a mark in different ways.
0:40:10 > 0:40:12Two or three of them grew up to be writers,
0:40:12 > 0:40:15and one converted to Catholicism.
0:40:15 > 0:40:17How many children was that - six?
0:40:17 > 0:40:20- Six, yeah.- Well, EF Benson, what was his first name, then?
0:40:20 > 0:40:22- He was Edward Frederick, wasn't he? - Yes.
0:40:22 > 0:40:25And he wrote Mapp And Lucia.
0:40:25 > 0:40:29The Benson family seemed to have moved easily in society.
0:40:29 > 0:40:33Older brother Arthur wrote the words to Land Of Hope And Glory,
0:40:33 > 0:40:37and EF Benson represented the country at figure skating.
0:40:37 > 0:40:40But it was his Mapp And Lucia comic novels
0:40:40 > 0:40:44that were his most celebrated creations.
0:40:44 > 0:40:45Penned in the '20s and '30s,
0:40:45 > 0:40:49they told the stories of a rivalry between two women in a quaint village.
0:40:49 > 0:40:53The books were an affectionate portrayal of middle-class snobbery
0:40:53 > 0:40:54and social climbing.
0:40:54 > 0:40:56None of us getting any younger, Lucia.
0:40:56 > 0:41:00My dear, you haven't aged a day in the decade I've known you.
0:41:00 > 0:41:03Well, that's very kind of you, but I have lines and a paunch, so there.
0:41:03 > 0:41:06EF Benson was a "confirmed bachelor,"
0:41:06 > 0:41:09and it's widely believed he was gay.
0:41:09 > 0:41:12His series of six Mapp And Lucia novels are remarkable
0:41:12 > 0:41:15for their depictions of overtly gay characters
0:41:15 > 0:41:18at a time when homosexuality was illegal,
0:41:18 > 0:41:20and lesbianism didn't officially exist.
0:41:21 > 0:41:24Now I've pricked my thumb. Tsk!
0:41:24 > 0:41:26Oh, Georgino mio.
0:41:26 > 0:41:27Un po' di musica, si?
0:41:27 > 0:41:31We've been frightfully naughty neglecting poor Mozart.
0:41:31 > 0:41:33No, thank you, I'm feeling rather tired.
0:41:33 > 0:41:36I think I shall go home and practise my breathing exercises.
0:41:36 > 0:41:37Goodnight.
0:41:38 > 0:41:42EF Benson was a prolific writer, producing over 100 books,
0:41:42 > 0:41:46from short stories to biographies of the great and good from British history.
0:41:46 > 0:41:48I think he wrote ghost stories, too.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51- I believe so, yes.- So he just managed to hit upon Mapp And Lucia.
0:41:51 > 0:41:53It was probably quite a light concept for him.
0:41:53 > 0:41:55And then it became this big hit.
0:41:55 > 0:41:57- Yes.- I wonder if the father was still alive
0:41:57 > 0:41:59when Mapp And Lucia became...
0:41:59 > 0:42:00- No.- He was long gone?
0:42:00 > 0:42:03- Yes.- How do you think you would have felt about Mapp And Lucia?
0:42:03 > 0:42:04- I know.- Gosh.- I mean,
0:42:04 > 0:42:07that is light-hearted to the extreme, isn't it?
0:42:07 > 0:42:12When EF Benson died in 1940, aged 72, his books fell out of print,
0:42:12 > 0:42:16though Mapp And Lucia has retained cult status.
0:42:16 > 0:42:18It's really been fantastic to talk to you.
0:42:18 > 0:42:20- Thank you.- You're welcome. - So interesting, thank you.
0:42:20 > 0:42:24Well, school's out for Anna and Natasha.
0:42:24 > 0:42:26But not for Holly and Margie.
0:42:26 > 0:42:30They're off west, to Hook in Hampshire now, for their final shop,
0:42:30 > 0:42:32Eversley Barn Antiques.
0:42:32 > 0:42:34This is their last chance to scoop up something special
0:42:34 > 0:42:36for the auction. Go scoop!
0:42:42 > 0:42:44- I like that table. - I know you do.
0:42:45 > 0:42:47But I think I'm getting desperate.
0:42:47 > 0:42:52Oh, surely not? Time flies, but something will catch your beady eye.
0:42:52 > 0:42:55- What's this? - Oh, it's a pigeon clock.
0:42:55 > 0:42:56- Racing pigeon clock.- Oh, brilliant.
0:42:56 > 0:42:58I've never even heard of one.
0:42:58 > 0:43:00- Does that interest you? - That's quite cool.
0:43:00 > 0:43:03- You think it's cool? - Just because I think...
0:43:03 > 0:43:05I don't know, I can see the boys liking that.
0:43:05 > 0:43:07Yeah.
0:43:07 > 0:43:10And it's not a bad price, is it?
0:43:10 > 0:43:12£35.
0:43:12 > 0:43:13Yeah.
0:43:13 > 0:43:15Do they do it by computers now?
0:43:15 > 0:43:17I have no idea.
0:43:17 > 0:43:19Yeah, they do. It's all computerised.
0:43:19 > 0:43:21Don't ask me how they do it.
0:43:21 > 0:43:24But I think it's a fascinating hobby, don't you?
0:43:26 > 0:43:29- Racing pigeons?- No. - Don't you?- No. I really don't.
0:43:29 > 0:43:31I wouldn't mind a racing pigeon.
0:43:31 > 0:43:34Those winter evenings must fly by in your house.
0:43:34 > 0:43:37When yours gets there quicker than anybody else...
0:43:38 > 0:43:41- It's not a brilliant case. - I literally want to take you home.
0:43:44 > 0:43:46Time to talk to the shop owner, Hilary.
0:43:48 > 0:43:52So, I think we're quite interested in this pigeon clock.
0:43:52 > 0:43:54Yes. Original box.
0:43:54 > 0:43:56- Yeah.- And instructions.
0:43:56 > 0:43:58- Oh, right. - In case you've got a pigeon!
0:43:58 > 0:44:00In case you've got a pigeon.
0:44:00 > 0:44:02And have you had that for long?
0:44:02 > 0:44:04Not really, not very long.
0:44:04 > 0:44:06So that's going to be, what, nice and cheap and cheerful?
0:44:06 > 0:44:09- 25?- It could be, it could be, that one.
0:44:09 > 0:44:11I think we might go for that.
0:44:11 > 0:44:12I think that's a bit quirky and fun.
0:44:12 > 0:44:16- It's cool.- I don't think there'll be another one in the auction, do you?
0:44:16 > 0:44:18Let's do it. I'm going to take that.
0:44:18 > 0:44:20Thank you so much for your patience.
0:44:20 > 0:44:21Thank you, Hilary.
0:44:21 > 0:44:25Holly has spent a total of £165.
0:44:25 > 0:44:28And that's the shopping basket full for this trip.
0:44:28 > 0:44:32Now it's time for a little Antiques Road Trip-style theatre,
0:44:32 > 0:44:36as we stand by for curtain up on the purchases our leading ladies
0:44:36 > 0:44:39and their supporting cast are taking to auction.
0:44:40 > 0:44:42A gentle peel to reveal...
0:44:42 > 0:44:45THEY ALL HUM IN ANTICIPATION
0:44:47 > 0:44:49- Oh!- Oh!
0:44:51 > 0:44:54Don't forget these glossy beasts at the front.
0:44:54 > 0:44:55Very nice.
0:44:55 > 0:44:58- Is that all we bought?- What do you mean, is that all we bought?
0:44:58 > 0:45:01- Are you not chuffed?- Very nice.
0:45:01 > 0:45:02- MARGIE:- What's in the box?
0:45:02 > 0:45:04- TASH:- Let me reveal to you...
0:45:04 > 0:45:07an American Viewmaster.
0:45:07 > 0:45:11- Oh, nice.- Would you like to see the Grand Canyon?
0:45:11 > 0:45:14- What do you think of these? - It's actually not the Grand Canyon. I've just realised.
0:45:14 > 0:45:16What do you think of our lustres, Margie?
0:45:16 > 0:45:19- MARGIE:- Yeah. - These can do quite well, you know.
0:45:19 > 0:45:20Do you like that bowl? Yes.
0:45:20 > 0:45:22Read the inscription.
0:45:22 > 0:45:26"The perfume stays, although the rose be dead."
0:45:29 > 0:45:32- It's a bit depressing. - That is for a library.
0:45:32 > 0:45:34- Sweet.- What do you think?
0:45:34 > 0:45:36Yeah, I'm impressed.
0:45:36 > 0:45:39So, shall we... Do you want to do the reveal?
0:45:39 > 0:45:41- Shall we do it together?- OK.
0:45:41 > 0:45:43One, two, three.
0:45:45 > 0:45:48Oh, superior.
0:45:48 > 0:45:50Oh, my days. This is not what I expected.
0:45:50 > 0:45:51You told me Holly was into modern.
0:45:51 > 0:45:53- She was.- I am.
0:45:53 > 0:45:55Maybe you've got to buy what you see.
0:45:55 > 0:45:56We like that, don't we?
0:45:56 > 0:45:58This, we like because it's quirky.
0:45:58 > 0:46:01- So it's a tray.- It collapses.
0:46:01 > 0:46:04When you flick those two bits there, the legs come out.
0:46:04 > 0:46:07You would use that, wouldn't you? Use that for cocktails or whatever.
0:46:07 > 0:46:08- We liked it.- It's a flask.
0:46:08 > 0:46:10- Yeah.- It's a Thermos.
0:46:10 > 0:46:12We were in that shop.
0:46:12 > 0:46:14I love that.
0:46:14 > 0:46:16We've discovered on this trip Anna has a Thermos obsession.
0:46:16 > 0:46:18You've been the ones to buy the flask.
0:46:18 > 0:46:19But it's in really good nick.
0:46:19 > 0:46:21- I love that.- 30 quid.
0:46:21 > 0:46:24- This is quite cool.- When you're timing your pigeon in and out,
0:46:24 > 0:46:25before computers.
0:46:25 > 0:46:27- You're timing your what?- Pigeon.
0:46:27 > 0:46:29You're flying pigeons?
0:46:29 > 0:46:31I'm not flying pigeons, but somebody was.
0:46:31 > 0:46:33You're timing your own flying pigeon?
0:46:33 > 0:46:37Yeah. They clock them in and they clock them back.
0:46:37 > 0:46:39- And it locks it in. - TASH:- That is so cool.
0:46:39 > 0:46:40I love all the things you got.
0:46:40 > 0:46:43- I love the light. - I'm glad you like that.
0:46:43 > 0:46:45- Love it.- I know that's probably not going to fetch any money.
0:46:45 > 0:46:46But I kind of loved it.
0:46:46 > 0:46:49- I like the bubbles.- So do I.
0:46:49 > 0:46:51£25. Was that 25?
0:46:51 > 0:46:54- 25.- I really like that. I like everything you've got.
0:46:54 > 0:46:57- Well, that's it. - We'll see you at the auction.
0:46:57 > 0:46:59See you at the auction. Well done, I think.
0:46:59 > 0:47:00Thank you. See you later.
0:47:00 > 0:47:02Hopefully not TOO well done.
0:47:02 > 0:47:03But what do they really think?
0:47:03 > 0:47:06I actually thought that what they bought was great.
0:47:06 > 0:47:09- Anything you're really jealous of? - Yeah, all of it.- All of it?
0:47:09 > 0:47:10- Oh, come on. - I just think it's like...
0:47:10 > 0:47:12Ours looked a bit dusty, didn't it?
0:47:12 > 0:47:14- The grass always looks greener, doesn't it?- Does it?
0:47:14 > 0:47:17But we have those green lustres. And you love those.
0:47:17 > 0:47:18I didn't like the lustres.
0:47:18 > 0:47:22- No, didn't like the lustres. - The Viewmaster, I think's OK.
0:47:22 > 0:47:24- Yeah.- Oh, I like their Thermos.
0:47:24 > 0:47:26How can they have bought a Thermos?
0:47:26 > 0:47:27From under our nose.
0:47:27 > 0:47:30You know what, we gave him the idea when we showed them the picnic set.
0:47:30 > 0:47:31Yeah, we're going to win.
0:47:31 > 0:47:35- With the wind behind us... - We're going to win.- Yeah.
0:47:35 > 0:47:37Well, we'll find out soon enough.
0:47:37 > 0:47:39Having started out in Moseley,
0:47:39 > 0:47:41our thespian rivals and their expert entourage
0:47:41 > 0:47:43have toured south-west of London
0:47:43 > 0:47:45before setting their compass north for Wellingborough.
0:47:47 > 0:47:50The oldest building in this market town is All Hallows Church,
0:47:50 > 0:47:52which dates back to Norman times.
0:47:52 > 0:47:56Our antiques are of an altogether more modest age
0:47:56 > 0:48:00and will be sold today at Wilfords Auctioneers,
0:48:00 > 0:48:02who've being gavel-bashing here since 1934.
0:48:04 > 0:48:07- I'm so looking forward to this. - Yeah. Where are they?
0:48:07 > 0:48:09Well, the Jaguar stopped PURRING,
0:48:09 > 0:48:12and is currently asleep on a hard shoulder.
0:48:12 > 0:48:16So our ladies have hailed a classic...taxi.
0:48:16 > 0:48:17So, we're off to the auction.
0:48:17 > 0:48:21- Have you ever been to one?- I've only ever been auctioned myself.
0:48:23 > 0:48:24And then no-one wanted me.
0:48:26 > 0:48:29- And Poppy, my daughter, accidentally...- Your daughter, yeah.
0:48:29 > 0:48:33She accidentally bid for me, by mistake, and it was £600.
0:48:33 > 0:48:35£600?
0:48:35 > 0:48:37Cheap at half the price.
0:48:37 > 0:48:38Oh, come on.
0:48:38 > 0:48:40That's them, isn't it?
0:48:40 > 0:48:42Is that you?
0:48:42 > 0:48:45- I've missed you. - How are you, darling?
0:48:45 > 0:48:47Nice to see you.
0:48:47 > 0:48:48- MARGIE:- Right, here we go.
0:48:48 > 0:48:49- TASH:- Right, let's get a seat.
0:48:51 > 0:48:53No, no, no, no.
0:48:55 > 0:49:00With their £400, Holly and Margie spent £160 on five lots.
0:49:00 > 0:49:01Cheap.
0:49:01 > 0:49:07While Anna and Natasha spent £285 of the £400 they started with
0:49:07 > 0:49:08on their five lots.
0:49:08 > 0:49:11But first, what does auctioneer Tim Conrad
0:49:11 > 0:49:13think of our ladies' purchases?
0:49:13 > 0:49:15Military field flask.
0:49:15 > 0:49:17An interesting lot.
0:49:17 > 0:49:20There are collectors of that sort of thing.
0:49:20 > 0:49:24Certainly military items are more popular than they used to be.
0:49:24 > 0:49:26So it could surprise us.
0:49:26 > 0:49:31The little revolving bookcase and the bowl with the motto,
0:49:31 > 0:49:33my favourite lot, I have to say.
0:49:33 > 0:49:35A bit of potential there.
0:49:35 > 0:49:39Possibly £60 to £80, something like that?
0:49:39 > 0:49:44But certainly nice work and an interesting lot.
0:49:44 > 0:49:46Thanks, Tim. Great name.
0:49:46 > 0:49:47Nearly showtime, ladies.
0:49:47 > 0:49:49Front row.
0:49:50 > 0:49:51This is cool, isn't it?
0:49:53 > 0:49:55First under the hammer is Holly's bubble lamp.
0:49:56 > 0:49:58£30.
0:49:58 > 0:50:01Start me at a tenner, then? 10, 12 if you like, at 12.
0:50:01 > 0:50:05£12. 15? 15. 18. 20.
0:50:05 > 0:50:07And 2? 25.
0:50:07 > 0:50:0928. At £28,
0:50:09 > 0:50:11at the back. 28.
0:50:11 > 0:50:12One more, maybe?
0:50:12 > 0:50:1530. Back in at 30 and 2.
0:50:15 > 0:50:16At £32.
0:50:16 > 0:50:19Still there at 32. At the back, gentlemen's bid at 32.
0:50:19 > 0:50:2132, well done.
0:50:22 > 0:50:24£7 profit, great start.
0:50:26 > 0:50:30- Are you chuffed? - No, babe, that's amazing.
0:50:30 > 0:50:31£7.
0:50:31 > 0:50:33I think I'm going to cry now when I lose.
0:50:35 > 0:50:40Next up, Anna's Spanish woodcut of La Sardana.
0:50:40 > 0:50:42£30. 20, then?
0:50:42 > 0:50:445 have we got? 5. £25 I have.
0:50:44 > 0:50:47- You're all out.- Ooh, 25.- At £25, 30.
0:50:47 > 0:50:48In the middle at £30.
0:50:48 > 0:50:50- Over the back at £30. - Come on, come on!
0:50:50 > 0:50:53At £30, the woodcut, the lady's bid at 30.
0:50:53 > 0:50:55Yours at £30.
0:50:55 > 0:50:58We're going to make a loss.
0:50:58 > 0:50:59A loss!
0:50:59 > 0:51:03Oh, dear. No dancing here with that £5 loss.
0:51:03 > 0:51:05- That's not a loss, is it?- Yes.
0:51:05 > 0:51:07- 35.- Holly, you're so excited.
0:51:07 > 0:51:08I'm so sorry.
0:51:10 > 0:51:14It's Holly's Edwardian tray table now.
0:51:14 > 0:51:1820, then? 2 if you like, at £20. Over the back at 20.
0:51:18 > 0:51:20- Oh, no.- A maiden bid of 20.
0:51:20 > 0:51:22On the right there at 2?
0:51:22 > 0:51:24- 25?- Come on.- 28.
0:51:24 > 0:51:26- TASH:- It's a battle. - At £28, in the middle here at 28.
0:51:26 > 0:51:28I think it's really nice.
0:51:28 > 0:51:30£28, here at 28.
0:51:30 > 0:51:31Done at 28?
0:51:33 > 0:51:36Well, it had legs, but not at auction.
0:51:36 > 0:51:38A £22 loss for Holly and Margie.
0:51:40 > 0:51:43- Yes!- You're horrible!
0:51:44 > 0:51:49Next, Anna and Natasha's revolving bookcase and poker work bowl.
0:51:49 > 0:51:51The auctioneer's favourite.
0:51:51 > 0:51:52Super little set, this.
0:51:52 > 0:51:55Where do you want to be on those two? £100 for them?
0:51:55 > 0:51:56- Go on.- Start it right now at 40, then?
0:51:56 > 0:51:5740, do I hear 5?
0:51:57 > 0:51:59£40 and 5.
0:51:59 > 0:52:02- £45, on the book at £45.- Go on.
0:52:02 > 0:52:04At 50? And 5?
0:52:04 > 0:52:0660. And 5.
0:52:06 > 0:52:07Stop it!
0:52:07 > 0:52:10- At 65. In the front here at £65. - Well done.
0:52:10 > 0:52:13You're right, Holly, it does feel good.
0:52:13 > 0:52:15£75? There's two of them, don't forget.
0:52:15 > 0:52:18£75. 80 if you like?
0:52:18 > 0:52:19- £80.- Oh, my God!
0:52:19 > 0:52:22£80, over on the right at £80.
0:52:22 > 0:52:245 if you like? £80,
0:52:24 > 0:52:27on the right there at £80, for the two together at £80.
0:52:29 > 0:52:33A class act, and a £30 profit.
0:52:33 > 0:52:34Well done.
0:52:34 > 0:52:36- Yeah, right! - No, well done, actually.
0:52:36 > 0:52:38How good is that?
0:52:39 > 0:52:41Attention! Eyes right.
0:52:41 > 0:52:45It's Holly and Margie's military field flask now.
0:52:45 > 0:52:48- The military field flask. - He's going to open it!
0:52:48 > 0:52:51Second World War one, there. Tenner to start it?
0:52:51 > 0:52:52At £10, 12.
0:52:52 > 0:52:55Lady's bid at £12. 15.
0:52:55 > 0:52:5618, 20.
0:52:56 > 0:52:59On the right at 20. 22, 25.
0:52:59 > 0:53:01- Come on, come on.- At 28.
0:53:01 > 0:53:04- Come on.- £30. - What did you pay?- 30.
0:53:04 > 0:53:07At £30, on the right at £30.
0:53:07 > 0:53:09One more might do it. £30 on the right there, at 30.
0:53:09 > 0:53:11It's about time you paid for something.
0:53:11 > 0:53:13£30, done at 30.
0:53:13 > 0:53:15You win some, you lose some.
0:53:15 > 0:53:17And some just break even.
0:53:18 > 0:53:21- That's all right. - We're going to lose.
0:53:21 > 0:53:23I loved that thing.
0:53:24 > 0:53:26Let's focus on the next lot now.
0:53:26 > 0:53:30Anna's 1950s Bakelite Viewmaster and slides.
0:53:30 > 0:53:33Where do you want to be with this lot? £20?
0:53:33 > 0:53:35Start me at 12, then. 12, at 15?
0:53:35 > 0:53:3718, 20 anywhere?
0:53:37 > 0:53:392, 5.
0:53:39 > 0:53:4330? 5. In the middle at 35. 40 behind?
0:53:43 > 0:53:46And 5. 45 in front.
0:53:46 > 0:53:49At 45, in front here at 45.
0:53:49 > 0:53:50Well done!
0:53:50 > 0:53:52Finished at 45.
0:53:53 > 0:53:55I see a £5 profit there.
0:53:57 > 0:53:58Well, blow me down!
0:53:58 > 0:54:00Well done.
0:54:00 > 0:54:02Holly's pigeon clock is next.
0:54:02 > 0:54:04Will it fly?
0:54:04 > 0:54:061950s pigeon clock.
0:54:06 > 0:54:10In the case. It's got an instruction book, so you'll be all right.
0:54:10 > 0:54:13Although I don't know how pigeons are supposed to read it.
0:54:13 > 0:54:15Ohhh!
0:54:15 > 0:54:17£40 there for the pigeon clock?
0:54:17 > 0:54:2020, then? 20, 2 do we like?
0:54:20 > 0:54:2320. £20 for the pigeon clock.
0:54:23 > 0:54:242. At £22.
0:54:24 > 0:54:26- Good.- At the back at 22.
0:54:26 > 0:54:28£22 for the pigeon clock, at 22.
0:54:28 > 0:54:29And selling.
0:54:31 > 0:54:33- Oh, no.- Oh, dear.
0:54:33 > 0:54:36It's back to earth with a £3 loss.
0:54:36 > 0:54:38- No!- Well, somebody's bought it.
0:54:38 > 0:54:40I've been way too cocky.
0:54:40 > 0:54:44Belt up now. It's Anna's buckle collection.
0:54:44 > 0:54:45Shall we start at £40?
0:54:45 > 0:54:4840 there, and 5, 50.
0:54:48 > 0:54:505, 60.
0:54:50 > 0:54:515, 70.
0:54:51 > 0:54:535, commission's out.
0:54:53 > 0:54:55At £75, way over the back at 75.
0:54:55 > 0:54:57Someone left a bid at 70.
0:54:57 > 0:55:00At 75, if you're all done with those at £75 for the buckles.
0:55:00 > 0:55:01Finish with those at 75.
0:55:03 > 0:55:04Oh, dear.
0:55:04 > 0:55:06A £30 loss.
0:55:06 > 0:55:09Whatever happened to vintage shoe appreciation?
0:55:09 > 0:55:12That's not as bad as it could have been.
0:55:12 > 0:55:13It could have been terrible.
0:55:13 > 0:55:16Maybe they'll switch on for Holly's propeller lamp?
0:55:16 > 0:55:18It's next.
0:55:18 > 0:55:19Nice propeller.
0:55:19 > 0:55:21Come on, boys.
0:55:21 > 0:55:23- What did he say?- Nice propeller, shame about the fitting.
0:55:23 > 0:55:26£5! I think that's very optimistic, but we'll take that.
0:55:26 > 0:55:285 for the propeller.
0:55:28 > 0:55:29- £5? 10?- How rude!
0:55:29 > 0:55:3115? 20.
0:55:31 > 0:55:33At the back at 20?
0:55:33 > 0:55:34£20 for the bronze propeller?
0:55:34 > 0:55:3725. 30.
0:55:37 > 0:55:40At £30 and 5.
0:55:40 > 0:55:42- 35?- 40.
0:55:42 > 0:55:43It's worth it for scrap.
0:55:43 > 0:55:47Down the back at £40.
0:55:47 > 0:55:50- Let's get a bit more.- There at £40.
0:55:50 > 0:55:54- Come on.- Are you all done at £40?
0:55:54 > 0:55:56A £10 profit for Holly.
0:55:58 > 0:55:59THEY CHEER
0:55:59 > 0:56:01- Well done.- Well done, you two.
0:56:01 > 0:56:02Give me some skin.
0:56:05 > 0:56:06Last under the hammer,
0:56:06 > 0:56:10will Anna's Victorian table lustres light up the room?
0:56:10 > 0:56:12Where do you want to be with these? £100 for them?
0:56:12 > 0:56:15- Go on.- Start me at 50.
0:56:15 > 0:56:17£50 for the pair of lustres.
0:56:17 > 0:56:18£50 I have.
0:56:18 > 0:56:20- At £50, 5 to go.- Come on.
0:56:20 > 0:56:22At £50, 5.
0:56:22 > 0:56:2460. 5?
0:56:24 > 0:56:2670. 5.
0:56:27 > 0:56:30- 80.- One more.
0:56:30 > 0:56:325. 90?
0:56:32 > 0:56:35At £90 in front here.
0:56:35 > 0:56:38At £90 for the green lustre set, at £90.
0:56:38 > 0:56:40At £90, sure at 90?
0:56:40 > 0:56:42We knew that was going to happen, right?
0:56:42 > 0:56:44- At £90, all done at 90?- Well done.
0:56:44 > 0:56:5092. 95? 98.
0:56:50 > 0:56:51- There's a battle on.- Make it 100.
0:56:51 > 0:56:53£95 at the back, at 95.
0:56:53 > 0:56:55Good auctioneering.
0:56:55 > 0:56:57Well done!
0:56:57 > 0:57:00A dazzling £40 profit to end with.
0:57:00 > 0:57:01Well done, girls.
0:57:01 > 0:57:03I think it's close. But you've won.
0:57:03 > 0:57:05- Do you think so?- Definitely.
0:57:05 > 0:57:06Don't forget about commission.
0:57:06 > 0:57:08Let's go outside and sort out the maths.
0:57:08 > 0:57:10Yes, yes. Have you got your calculator?
0:57:10 > 0:57:12Do it in my head!
0:57:13 > 0:57:19Well, the maths says Holly started with £400 and, after auction costs,
0:57:19 > 0:57:22she made a loss of £35.36.
0:57:22 > 0:57:28Which means that she finishes with £364.64 in her piggy.
0:57:29 > 0:57:32And Anna also began with £400
0:57:32 > 0:57:35and, after saleroom costs, she also made a loss.
0:57:35 > 0:57:39But as her loss was £18.50,
0:57:39 > 0:57:42leaving her with £381.50,
0:57:42 > 0:57:46we declare that the award for the best performance on this Road trip
0:57:46 > 0:57:48goes to...Anna!
0:57:48 > 0:57:51CHEERING
0:57:51 > 0:57:55Well, we can't be too smug, because we all lost money.
0:57:55 > 0:57:57- We just lost less.- Can we say, how much fun is that?
0:57:57 > 0:58:00I have had so much fun, I really have.
0:58:00 > 0:58:01Thank you for having us.
0:58:01 > 0:58:03It's a pleasure.
0:58:03 > 0:58:05- Goodbye. Adios.- Bye!
0:58:05 > 0:58:09And so, the curtain comes down on our antiques drama.
0:58:09 > 0:58:12A tale of female friendship, fashion...
0:58:12 > 0:58:15- You've gone straight for clothes. - Is that nice?
0:58:15 > 0:58:19- ..rivalry...- Well, thanks very much. - We don't actually need your help.
0:58:19 > 0:58:21- ..and fun.- That one would be a monobrow, wouldn't it?
0:58:23 > 0:58:24Bravo, girls. Encore!
0:58:24 > 0:58:27- That was fun.- It was great!
0:58:27 > 0:58:29- Have you learned anything?- No.