Peterborough 30 Bargain Hunt

CHEERING

So, how many festivals can you think of?

Glastonbury, Cambridge Folk Festival,

V Festival, apparently, Harvest Festival...

Well, you can forget all those festivals

because the one that should be top of your list is this one -

the Peterborough Festival of Antiques, and that's why I'm here.

So let's go bargain hunting, yeah.

Each of the teams have £300 and an hour to find

their three items to take over to auction.

And with all this selection, they should have no difficulty

in snapping up a bargain.

Hello.

Anyway, let's take a quick butcher's as to what's coming up.

Butchers equal sausages. Sausages equal Punch.

"I'm Punch." "I'm Judy."

Oh, Lordy. That's the way to do it.

-On today's show, no puppets but plenty of punches.

-They're my boys.

-She's got the winners.

-They're definitely not going to win.

-We need to buy something to beat the girls.

-But who will be pleased as punch at the auction?

Commission bids are in. I'm straight in at £30.

-Yes! Come on!

-Oh, my gosh.

That's all for later so let's meet today's teams.

Well, it's a battle of the sexes today

-because for the Reds we have friends Emma and Anya...

-Hi!

..and for the Blues we have friends and colleagues Sean and Harry.

-Hello, everyone.

-Hi!

-Hi, Tim.

Now, Emma, how do you know each other?

Me and Anya met at sixth form and we went to school together

and since then we've been inseparable.

We work together, go to uni together, do the same course...

-It's a bit sad, really.

-You look very similar, I have to say.

-Are you ever mistaken for sisters?

-Yeah, we do get that quite a lot. Sometimes people think we're sisters.

We have had an occasion where people thought we were twins

-when we were out.

-So we got free drinks for the whole night.

-Did you?

-Yeah, it was really good.

-Works to our advantage sometimes so it's quite good.

-That's quite naughty.

-It says here you collect stamps.

-Yeah, I do.

It's quite unusual for a young, cool person to collect stamps.

-How did that all come about?

-I know, it's a bit geeky, isn't it?

-Not really, but how?

My dad collected them, collects them,

and he just gave me his stamp album

-and I've just added to it from there, really...

-Lovely.

-..over the past five years.

-Now, Anya, do you also collect stamps?

-No, I don't collect stamps.

-What do you collect?

-I collect spoons.

-Oh, do you?

-Yeah.

-How sweet!

-Weirdo.

-Well, I don't know about that.

Hey, come on, you collect stamps. Leave me alone.

-How many spoons have you got?

-210.

-You never have.

-210 spoons.

-And counting.

-Yeah, real spoons.

-Have you got your own spoon rack?

-No, I don't have a spoon rack.

-Yeah, that's the next thing to find.

-Yeah, that is the next level.

-Yeah, really show them off and display your spoons.

-I need to find one of those.

-Maybe look for one today and that can be what we hunt down.

-Exactly.

-Now, Emma, you're keen on swimming?

-Yeah.

-Yeah, tell us about that.

I was third in the country at one point,

which was probably my biggest achievement when I was younger.

-And what stroke?

-Butterfly.

-Oh, right.

That's such a pretty stroke too, isn't it? Anyway, you can still

show us some of your strokes today on Bargain Hunt.

-How about that?

-Definitely.

-I wish you good luck.

-Thank you!

-Perfect.

Now, chaps.

Sean, you're quite at home in your blue fleeces, aren't you?

Yes, Tim. We're in the Royal Air Force so we wear a blue uniform

so it's nice to still be wearing the blue.

-And what do you do within the RAF?

-We're both RAF policemen.

-Are you?

-Yes.

-Right. Special training for that?

Yeah, we do 26 weeks down in Portsmouth

so it's normal police training like your law, and stuff like that,

but in the military we have our military law as well

so we do the military law training as well. So it's quite intense.

When you were in Afghanistan, you had time

to do a bit of charity stuff?

Yeah, basically me and my colleagues did...

We mirrored the Tour de France but on a static bike

and each one of us did a leg of the Tour de France.

Quite hot... It was about 50 degrees when we were doing it.

-I did 185km...

-Did you?

Yeah, in just over seven hours, which was very, very hard

but we raised just over £2,000 for charity, which was really good.

That's brilliant. And is that a local charity you were raising the money for?

We did it for the charity War Child, which funds money for children

affected by war so in Afghanistan we thought it was quite relevant.

Yes, exactly.

So, Harry, I'm told that Bargain Hunt is a popular watch

with your colleagues in the services.

Yeah, in the police flat at Wittering, from quarter past 12 to one o'clock

it's sort of a lunchtime tradition now.

-We don't consider ourselves experts though.

-No.

-We came here thinking,

"We'll just go on what we've learned from Bargain Hunt themselves." So...

Well, if you come on knowing what you know from Bargain Hunt

-you'll do very well.

-I hope so, Tim.

-Clearly.

It's good fun, isn't it? What are your tactics going to be?

You've seen the show. Are you going to spend a lot, or spend a little? Where are you coming from?

Spend small, sell big, leave as much money as we can for our expert.

We're definitely going to beat the girls, put it that way.

-Oh, beat the girls.

-I don't think you are. You've got some competition on that one.

Oh! This is fighting talk.

Anyway, now the money moment. Here you go. There you go, girls. £300.

You know the rules, your experts await and off you go.

Very, very, very good luck. What lovely teams.

So, all our lovely teams need now are two terrific experts.

And the Reds have a good egg, it's Thomas Plant.

And for the Blues, it's everybody's favourite,

Shropshire lass Christina Trevanion.

-What are we going to buy?

-I want to buy a watch, I think.

-I'm looking for some kind of watch.

-A man's watch or a girl's watch?

-Well, either one. Whichever one's the nicest.

-Unisex.

-Little small silver animals.

-Small silver animals, OK. Everyone loves animals.

-Maybe little pincushions or something like that.

-OK.

-Stage lights. They've been doing really well recently.

-Stage lights.

-Yeah.

So, what do you think of your competition?

-I think we can beat them.

-No problem.

-We can take them down.

Right, my hero boys. Boys in blue, I like it.

It's just annoying cos they said they were going to beat us so we need to beat them.

Right, teams, your 60 minutes start now

-and it's time to swing into action.

-WHISTLE BLOWS

-Are you ready?

-Ready.

-Let's go.

-Right, let's get going.

-OK.

-Game on, eh? This could be interesting.

-We need to find something within ten minutes.

-Don't panic. You know, we've got an hour.

Have the Reds got a plan to sabotage the Blues?

-RAF medals!

-RAF medals.

You're not going to beat the boys at their own game.

-We could beat them at their own game!

-We could try, we could try.

-Royal Hong Kong Police.

-Oh, what?

-Royal Hong Kong Police, right there.

Royal Hong Kong Police.

-Cos you're in the police, aren't you? Well, you're in the RAF.

-The Royal Air Force Police, yeah.

The Royal Air Force Police.

Is that similar to the Royal Hong Kong Police?

-I don't think so.

-No? Not at all?

-It's got the Queen's crown.

-It's got the Queen's crown on it.

-Is that the only relevance?

Yeah, I think so, yeah.

-We could maybe buy a bike. £22!

-I just don't know what I want to get.

-Yeah, neither do I.

-I can't decide.

-Don't worry.

There's too much to look at. There's literally everything.

Focus, Reds, focus.

-Where's Christina?

-Oh, dear, Blues, not a good start. Christina!

Oh, Lordy. Let's hope the Reds are doing a little bit better.

-Does it come together?

-Yeah.

-Are they together?

-Yeah, the moustache brush and the...

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

-..curling tongs.

Do you think maybe the novelty of that would be good

at auction because surely there's not that many of them?

Probably, yes. You do get the odd moustache comb.

We know somebody very close to the show who has a moustache.

-THEY LAUGH He does have a bit of a moustache.

-Doesn't he?

-Do you think he'll buy it?

-He's not allowed to.

-Will he bid for us?

-He might do.

I mean, those... They're quite cool. Can we have a look at that?

-They're quite fun things. So this is banded stained agate.

-OK, yeah.

And there's your little, sort of, mirror here.

Can I see that thing? Is that all right?

-These are the curling tongs.

-Oh, tongs.

-How much could...?

-Oh. Yeah.

-It says 68 for moustache brush and tongs.

-50.

-50? Would you do 45?

-No, 50.

-50 is final?

-It's worth a think.

-OK, yeah.

-It's an unusual thing.

-They are unusual. They're fun.

-OK, right, let's move.

-Let's go to the next one.

-Let's move on.

-We can always come back.

-Yeah.

-Cos we know where this is, don't we? The first one we came to.

-We know where it is?

-We do.

-Yeah.

-Thank you, we might come back. I think we probably will.

-That's great, thank you.

-I might go back for that myself.

So, Blues, have you found your expert?

-Oh, there she is.

-Oh, she's there.

-Right.

-Sorry!

-Where have you been?

-I just saw something and I thought...

-I just... I don't know, smelt it!

-Lordy, Christina's full of beans.

Looks like she's sniffed out something

that's right up your street.

-What do you think?

-Yeah, I do like it.

-Tell me about it cos it's obviously...

-A propeller.

-..a propeller.

-From?

-It's from a drone plane.

-A drone plane.

-It's what they would have used for target practice.

-And how much is it?

-£80.

-£80. HE INHALES SHARPLY

-Are you sure about that?

-Absolutely.

-That's a bit out of our price range.

-Yeah, a lot.

-Oh, no, you guys.

-What is your advice?

-I think it's a lovely thing.

I have seen them sell before.

-Is there any negotiation on that price?

-No.

Because I've already knocked at least 30 quid off it.

-Have you?

-Yeah.

-Really?

-Cos we saw you coming.

-I was asking 110 for it.

Just to make me feel a little bit more comfortable...

75 quid, that's it.

-I do like that.

-OK.

-It is cool, it is cool. I like it.

-Yeah?

-Yeah, I really like it.

-It's so relevant for you.

-I know.

-I know, I like it. Yeah.

-Yeah? I think we should do it.

-Let's go for it.

-Yeah?

-Yeah.

-Come on, team. Let's do it.

So the Blues have taken off.

That's the first item in ten minutes and £75 paid.

Chocks away!

Now the competition is heating up. Could this be your first stop, Reds?

-What about this?

-What do we think?

Well, I was just thinking... Cos it's got a little desk to it.

-What actually is it?

-Well, what do you think it is?

-Drawers.

-Obviously you've got the drawers. You've got that

but then I don't understand why this bit comes out.

Yeah, that's for a laptop or... I don't know, some pens.

Yeah, but, Emma, I don't think that would have been made

-when laptops were about.

-No.

-Or was it?

-No, no.

-Am I totally wrong?

Girls, girls, girls. So this was made about the late 19th century.

-Yeah.

-So it's 1890s, 1900s. It would have been for your bedroom.

-OK.

So a lady's or young boy's or woman's bedroom cos they didn't have

offices for themselves and clothes and linen would have been stored.

-It could have been a housekeeper's one.

-Yeah.

And then they would have written letters on here.

-Yeah.

-And what's so good about it is its size.

-Yeah. We did want to buy something big.

-And people think they're getting more.

-But it's not massive.

-It's got a massive ticket price. £245.

-What is your best offer on that?

-VENDOR: How about 160?

Would you go to 140?

If Emma gave you a hug?

-I'll split the difference with you. 150.

-Can you not go any lower?

-145, Nigel, and I think these girls will bite your hand off.

-We will.

-145.

-145!

-Brilliant. Happy?

-Yay, deal!

-OK, yeah. How are we going to carry this around?

-Don't worry about that.

-Thank you very much, Nigel.

-You've got a man.

-Yeah!

-You're our man.

-Yeah, I've got a man. On my back.

-Thomas, this is all on you.

It's all on me, yeah. We'll lift this.

Well, the Reds seem pleased with that.

It's your first item in the bag.

Both teams are really getting down to business now.

They're neck and neck.

Right, where to next? Let's have a look around.

-Well, wherever you want to go.

-Let's go, T-dawg!

T-dawg? That's a new one, Thomas.

-Over to CT and her boys.

-We've come a long way down...

-Christina?

-Yeah?

-Where are you? Come back.

-Sorry, sorry, I keep running away.

Please don't run off again. These things here.

-Oh, these are cool, aren't they?

-The reason we like them, is the griffin

and the griffin is the RAF Police emblem so...

-Is it?

-Yes.

£35 on the price tag. I love the fact that that means

something to you guys, the fact that they're griffins.

I'm not entirely sure it will mean a huge amount

-to the rest of the population.

-No, yeah we were just...

-No.

So you are limiting your market slightly but I do like them.

Show us your haggling skills, boys.

The brass griffin candlesticks. What's the absolute bottom line

-you could do?

-The absolute best...

-Please, nice man.

-Sorry, please, nice man.

-Oh, that's even better!

-It's still 28 though.

-Is it?

-Is £28 absolute definite?

I probably can come down another couple at 26

but that really is pushing it, I think.

-OK, but we've still got lots of time.

-We have.

-All right?

-Yeah.

Wise decision I think, Blues. Moving on.

Brexton picnic set.

Yeah... I don't know. I don't think I'm into the whole picnic set thing.

-What about Wedgwood?

-No.

-No?

-I like the look of these lights.

-You did say you liked lights.

-I know.

-What do you think?

-I personally don't like them but if...

Sorry! I'll walk away.

-Do you reckon we could maybe go for that mannequin?

-Really?

-She's looking for a boyfriend!

-Come on, girls. You need to concentrate.

Harry is clearly focused.

I quite like the look of those binoculars.

-The binoculars...

-Can I have a look? Is that all right?

-..are £15.

-Are they? Is that it?

-That's it.

-Because I want to go home.

-Right. Fair one.

What do you think about these binoculars that Harry likes?

-Binoculars? Well, they're quite new, aren't they? How much are they?

-15.

-Yeah, I just...

-I think they're, sort of, '70s.

Yeah, collectors really want sort of name, name, name ones but...

-OK.

-I'll go to ten pounds.

-Would you go to five?

-Would I go to five?

-And then you don't have to take them home.

-Come on.

-That's not enough petrol to get me home.

You don't have to take them home then, though.

-But you've had a really good day. Yeah.

-I've had a really good day.

-Go on, then.

-I'll take them for five.

-Yeah, done.

-Yeah? Awesome.

Did you really think for your Bargain Hunt buy you'd be buying

-a pair of binoculars?

-No, I didn't!

Brilliant. That's your second item in the bag.

The Blues are creeping ahead, Reds.

-We've lost him.

-T-dawg!

-Oh, Tommy!

OK, so I've seen something.

You might not like it cos it might be a bit too girlie.

-OK.

-Cos we're not girls?

-Well, you are girls but, you know?

-Oh, I love it.

-A little scent bottle...

-Oh, it's cute!

..in porcelain with a transfer printed scene of a courting couple

and this is, sort of, a mercury glass.

It's not really mercury but it's a silvered glass dubber so

you put your scent in there and it's got a little cork stopper and you...

-Could that still be..?

-Yeah, you could still fill it up

with scent now. It's got a cork. There's still quite a good seal.

Do you think people would actually want to buy that?

-People love scent bottles.

-Yeah?

-Popular in auction?

-And it's 15 quid.

-15?

-1,5, you heard me right.

-Yeah, I know, I've had a chat.

-OK, this is the decider.

-Let's just go next door.

-If we get a watch over there...

-You've still got two items to buy.

-If not, we'll get that.

Nice try, Tom-Tom. Remember, these girls really want to beat the Blues.

Well, I know. It's just not big money, is it?

-It's not big money, no.

-We want the big dollar.

I feel your pain, Thomas. Let's take a break from the shopping

and take a look at these pretty little buttons.

How obsessed you are you about cuff links?

You're not fussed one way or the other?

Well, I have to tell you that a lot of people around the world

are obsessed about cuff links. Why?

Well, they're internationally very portable, easy to ship,

lightweight, put it in a box, send it round the world,

no problem at all, and a cuff link is, for a man, a personal statement.

What we have here is a case of buttons.

18 carat gold buttons with mother-of-pearl centres

and they would have been used by smart ladies in the Edwardian period

to change the buttons on their blouses and shirts.

But nowadays, these things are pretty well useless

cos girls don't change the buttons on their shirts,

they come sewn to their shirts.

And ideally it would be marvellous to have a quick and easy way

of making these exotic buttons into valuable cuff links.

Today, here, at Peterborough, I've found this pair

of pretty boring nine carat gold cuff links

and they cost £40 from the stallholder down the way.

But what is intriguing about them, is this solid link.

If I squeeze it in the middle, look, it comes apart

and hey, presto, I can take the back off that cuff link

and...also the front.

Now, that's really clever

cos if you happen to be sitting with a ruckload of buttons

that you want to make into cuff links,

this bar could literally be the missing link.

Look how lovely the buttons are now that they've been made

into cuff links.

And, of course, this is an opportunity for you to make money

because a pair of cuff links made up with four of these buttons

would be likely to be worth between at least £400 and £600.

What's the cost of the individual buttons?

Well, they'd cost you £40 each. And the link?

Well, that's not so much, is it?

So do the maths and this is indeed the missing link.

Back to the shopping and we have a real competition on our hands.

We're just over halfway through and it's 2-1 to our boys in blue.

Hello, hello. Here comes trouble.

-Oh, no. What is this?

-What is this?

Thomas, you look like a rabbit in the headlights. Are you all right?

-What do you mean?

-He looks pretty scared, doesn't he?

-Flanked by these women.

-He looks very scared.

-Well, you know. You know me, Christina.

-I like nothing better.

-You're in your element.

-In my element.

-And you, you've got two strapping young men.

-I know, my boys.

-She's got the winners.

-No, losers. We've done so well.

-We're not telling you but we've done really well.

-Fighting talk.

-So have we.

-Right, come on.

-Right, best of luck.

-We'll see you later, losers.

-May the better team win.

-We will, we will, Thomas.

-Bye!

-Fighting talk!

-Fighting talk indeed.

-It's meant to be secret!

-They're definitely not going to win.

-No.

I'll be really annoyed if they do.

-We need anything, anything we can find that will beat those girls, yeah.

-We've spent £80.

-So hang on a second, now you're telling me...

-We're going to get told off now.

-..we've spent half an hour looking for something small and silver and animal-y...

-Yeah.

-..and now what are you telling me?

-That we need to buy something small, silver

-and something to beat the girls.

-We need to buy something to beat the girls.

-It doesn't have to be small and silver?

-No, just beat the girls.

-Right.

-Yes, they need to be beaten.

-Oh, the gloves are off now.

-Let's go look at the dogs.

-Aw, they are so cute.

-Are they for sale?

-No, they're not for sale.

-Come on, Reds.

You need two more items to beat those Blues.

What's that? A bit of costume jewellery, a bit of bling.

-But that's not going to beat the girls.

-No.

-No, it's not.

Maybe this vanity set will bring in the bacon to beat the boys.

-How much is that?

-I don't know how much the case is.

So this all locks in together.

-So the most important things are these mirrors.

-You look gorgeous.

You do look gorgeous, don't you? So you've got the vanity set...

-CLATTERING Oooh.

-Oh, no.

-Oh, no, Thomas.

-What have you done?

-What was it?

-I'm sorry about that.

-Oh, my gosh!

-T-dawg, you're in trouble.

-I'm in trouble.

You're going to have to pay for that.

That's an insurance claim for us, then.

-How much for the vanity case, kind sir?

-It's 160.

-I don't think we have 160.

-We don't have 160.

-Don't we have 160 left?

-TIM: No, Reds, you have £155 left.

-No, we don't.

-20.

-What? 20?

-No, you don't have 20 either.

What about the hundred bit? Did you forget about that bit?

TIM: Come on, be realistic, girls.

We've just smashed one of his antiques.

Team, come on. We started so well. We started so well.

-So this is your item.

-Yeah.

-No pressure...

-I know.

But... Is there anything that you've seen that you like the look of?

Let's think about areas.

-Um...

-Cos we've got 15, 20 minutes left now.

Yeah, well, I like the griffin candlestick.

Crikey, Christina doesn't look impressed.

Well, we could walk back there and if we see anything on our way

-that really catches my eye...

-Yeah?

-Yeah, shall we do that?

-Awesome, OK.

-You need to keep your eyes peeled.

-I will.

And, Reds, with 20 minutes left you still need to buy two items.

The absolute, at the moment, is 110

but we could look at something else to buy in the stand

-and then we could combine a lot.

-How much do you think it will sell for?

You could make a profit of 150, 200 and it's a lovely case.

-Yeah, let's get it.

-Yeah.

-It's leather, it's pigskin leather.

Can we do 100 and then we'll deal?

Well, hang on, we've got to look and see what else is there is on the stall!

See what else we can find and maybe we can do a deal.

-OK.

-Do you see what I mean by lumping some things together?

-Buy one, get one free?

-There's not really anything I see that I really like.

-You could do a BOGOF.

Buy one, get one free, I like the sound of that.

Now then, what have you got your eye on, Blues?

A little display cabinet. Very sweet.

-Would you give me 25 for it?

-Can you do it any less than 25?

-£20, go on.

-15?

-No.

-Maybe I can help.

-£20.

-Uh-oh.

-Go on, knock a bit more off.

Who's this young fellow? THEY LAUGH

Well, this is a happy time, isn't it? How are you getting on, teams?

-I'm on the floor, Tim.

-You're on the floor.

Not many people get the girl on her hands and knees.

-Well, on that happy note I think I'll say goodbye now.

-Yeah, thanks.

-See you later, Tim.

-Bye, Seany.

Yup, I'll leave the Blues to it. Any closer to sealing the deal, Reds?

-These are little cases.

-Are they pocket watches?

No, they're not pocket watches. Little dummy watch cases.

Oh, God, you put little... Oh, they're sweet!

So what can you do for the lot?

-100 quid, the lot.

-100 quid, the lot? It's more than a we've got.

-What? So is that..? What, 100 for..?

-No, not for the vanity case.

-Oh, OK, I thought you were going to do a great deal there. I was like, "Yes, result!"

-Yes, we'll take it.

If we could buy this at 150.

I know we've got 155 but I've got to buy a bonus buy.

-Oh,

-go on, then. Yes!

-This is the best day ever.

-Done. 150 quid. We're done.

-Yay!

-Whoo!

-Thank you so much!

-Thank you.

Those boys are going to be in so much trouble.

We are going to throw this out the park. Knock this out the park.

Knock it out of the park.

Finally. That's a double deal.

£100 for the vanity case and £50 for the novelty watch cases.

Mission accomplished.

Now, Blues, with just over ten minutes left

you need to find your last item.

-Are you sure you'd like that rather than the candlesticks?

-Yes.

I do like the cabinet. Yeah.

-Are you sure?

-The candlesticks are miles away.

-I told you.

-So for the sake of not having to make you run

-you want to buy that.

-Yeah, well, it's nice.

-But it's not very expensive so...

-It's too late now.

It's missing a handle, it's had a repair,

we don't really know what it's used for.

I think £15 and you have a deal, sir,

-you don't have to take it home.

-Oh...

-£15.

-That gives us a good fighting chance.

-You've done the deal.

-Whoo-hoo!

-Well done, Blues.

The walnut display cabinet is your third and final item.

-Congratulations.

-Thank you very much. Thank you.

Time's pu... I mean, up.

THEY SIGH

Blimey. Well done, boys. Gosh, I'm tired.

I'm hoping that we make a profit so we can beat the boys

-cos we said we wanted to at the start so fingers crossed.

-And I want some money.

-We've got quite a lot riding on this, haven't we?

-We have.

We might need to put our feet up just to digest this.

-Yeah, I think so but I think we've done really well.

-Good.

Let's check out what the Red Team bought, eh? How do you spell red?

The Reds got down to business and paid 145 for this bureau.

Next, they made a shrewd double deal with the vanity case for £100

and were equally made up with these novelty watch cases,

bought for a nifty 50.

-Well, girls, was that fun or was it fun?

-It was fun.

-Very fun.

-Did you have a spend-up?

-Yes.

-You did?

-We got a bit excited.

-Well, that's so super.

-We've never had that much money before.

-Just to blow, yeah?

-Exactly.

-And you blew it, right?

-We did.

-How much did you spend?

-295.

-295. Just music to my ears.

-Please, may I have the five pound note of leftover lolly?

-There you go.

Right, this is going to be Tom-Tom's challenge in a minute.

-Don't spend it all at once.

-So, Emma, which is your favourite piece?

-I like the novelty watches.

-OK. That's your favourite, favourite?

-Personal favourite?

-Personal favourite, yeah.

Personal favourite is the vanity box cos we did such a good bargain on that. We did really well.

-OK. You knee-capped the dealer, right?

-We did.

Which piece is going to bring the biggest profit?

-Definitely not that big...

-The vanity box, I think.

-You think the vanity box?

-Yep.

-OK, fine.

-Hopefully.

Those are our predictions. You've done incredibly well, you girls.

Now, Tom, a challenge for a five pound note.

-That's a cappuccino and a small bun here.

-Do you think you'll be OK?

-I love a five pound challenge.

-Yeah?

-I love it.

-It's so much fun.

-I wish you luck.

Everybody wishes you luck, Tom, including me.

Now why don't we check out what the Blue Team bought, eh?

The Blues got off to a flying start

and bought the drone propeller for £75.

Next, they're hoping these binoculars will bring them

a soaring profit. Just five pounds paid.

And finally, they don't want a crash landing with this

display cabinet, which they bought for £15.

Well, chaps, our boys in blue, how did you get on with CT today?

-Was she good to you?

-Yeah, she was very good, actually.

-Was she?

-Yeah. Kept us on the straight and narrow.

-You mean she bossed you about a bit?

-Maybe a little bit.

-Yeah.

-Not a lot, not a lot.

-It's like one of those senior NCOs, right?

-Once they get really...

-Absolutely.

-Yeah, I know, I know.

-So you spent how much?

-£95.

-Did you, Sean?

-Yes.

That's absolutely nothing.

OK, I'd like £205 back, please.

£205, which is marvellous. What's your favourite bit?

The propeller that we bought, Christina's item.

-Typical.

-Yeah.

-Really?

-The one we got bossed about on.

-OK. And what's your favourite bit, Sean?

-The propeller as well, yeah.

-Is it?

-I like the propeller.

-Yeah, lovely.

-What?

-Superb.

So which of these is going to bring the biggest profit?

-I'm thinking the binoculars I bought.

-I hope it's the propeller.

OK, fine, so a bit of a split decision there.

Anyway, super. You didn't spend much but it doesn't matter, it depends on what you bought.

-This is going over to CT now.

-I'm ready, I'm ready.

-You...

Settle. OK, fine. You've got it.

Now that's another huge wad of cash for you. What are you going to do?

Well, the boys really wanted something small and silvery

-and animal-y...

-Yeah.

-..I seem to remember.

-Sounds masculine.

-It does, doesn't it?

So I don't know. I will see if I can fulfil your requirements.

-It might not happen.

-Thank you.

-Yes.

-Yeah, well...

-OK, fine. Well, very good luck with that

because in a short moment or two we'll be heading off to the auction.

How exciting.

Polishing his gavel, ready for today's auction,

it's Richard Winterton.

Well, we've got some variety today, I tell you.

First up is this chest-on-bureau,

which is a queer old thing, isn't it?

Do you think that the cabinet-maker had a bit of spare chest of drawers

about and a bit of wood and thought,

"I know, I'll turn it upside down and I'll stuff it on top and make

"a bureau out of it"? I don't think it's worth £50, personally.

What do you think it's worth?

-60 - 80.

-OK, well, our lot paid £145 for it.

Let's stand by to be surprised but before we get

completely depressed, let's look at this lovely fitted vanity case.

-Do you like that?

-Strangely enough, I do actually quite like it.

I love the blue and I think it's...

You know... Obviously it's a pity it's not silver.

-I do like it. We've gone 70 - 100.

-OK, £100 paid.

-I'm not surprised.

Now, my favourite of them all

has to be this little group of fake watches. I think they're just super.

-Yeah, I think they're fun.

-I'm liking. You liking?

I am, I think we've got half a chance. I think we'll need it but I think we've got half a chance.

So you'll have given it a pretty tempting estimate, knowing you?

-30 - 40.

-That's the one. And they paid £50.

-Spot on.

And, like I say, if you can just infect folk, it would be brilliant

but you're on an uphill battle for them to make a profit, in my view.

-I think so.

-With this Romanian lump behind me.

In which case, they'll need their bonus buy but as they only left the expert with five pounds...

-Oh.

-Stand by your bed for that, eh?

Well, this is good fun, isn't it?

Well, the Reds did so well, didn't they, spending £295?

Five pounds only to Tom so that was your challenge. How did you get on?

I love a challenge for five pounds.

-Absolutely fabulous and I bought you a proper bit of silver.

-Oh!

It's a caddy spoon-cum-christening spoon

but it's something you'd give as a little present.

It's a christening spoon, it could be a pusher

but it's also very similar to a caddy spoon. It is solid silver.

-Oh, it's really nice.

-Yeah, I like it.

-And it cost five pounds.

You've got one like that at home, actually, I think.

-Not like this one, I don't.

-It's very pretty.

-Do you like it?

-We love it.

Well, that's good then, isn't it?

I rather thought you might. Anyway, good for you, Tom.

Predictions to what it will bring?

Oh, it's going to double its money.

It's got to make £10, £20. It might even quadruple.

We're holding you to that.

-Really?

-It will double, it will double.

-It will definitely be £10.

-I watched your lips there, Tom.

-He did say double, definite.

-Double.

It was the DD moment, the double definite moment.

OK, right now though let's find out

whether the auctioneer agrees that it is a double D moment.

There, Richard, the most perfect little piece of baby silver.

These are always collectable, people always want these, don't they?

-There's always another christening coming around the corner.

-Yeah.

-I call that a shovelling spoon. What do you call it?

-You could call it a shovelling spoon,

we could just call it a little christening spoon.

Thomas Plant only had five pounds.

He spent the whole five pounds. What's it worth?

-He's done brilliant.

-It's not bad, is it?

No. We've gone 10 - 20. It's going to walk it, walk it.

-He's such a clever boy, that Tom.

-Yeah.

Now, moving on, Christina has bought another amusing selection, look.

We've got the beechwood aeroplane propeller,

which is a pretty small propeller, isn't it?

I mean, what's that off? Some lawnmower or something?

-But there are collectors for this.

-It's a boy's toy to me.

You know, people have it in their offices. It's a good thing.

OK, what's it worth, a propeller?

-70 - 100.

-£75 paid so it could take off.

-Yeah.

-Now, the binoculars.

-Anything special about those?

-Absolutely jack nothing.

-OK, fine.

-So very standard binoculars.

-Yeah.

-Expensive things to buy.

-What are they worth?

-Five, eight pounds...

-That's all right.

She only paid five pounds so that's OK.

-OK.

-Now the two-door cabinet probably held a copy of

the Encyclopaedia Britannica.

-Don't you feel that kind of thing coming on?

-I do and I quite like it.

I think it's got something about it.

I think someone who knows what they're doing... Tidy it all up.

-Yeah.

-You know? The colour will come up beautifully.

-A bit grubby.

I think you'd just clean it all up. I think it... It's all right.

-Yeah, a little project. OK. How much?

-30 - 40.

-Brilliant.

-£15 paid. Did well?

-Yeah, it's good.

-They paid the right price, didn't they?

-Yeah.

-OK, £95 was spent.

That means that there was £205 of leftover lolly.

Let us see what Christina spent it on.

Harry, Sean, have you any idea what Christina

has invested your £205 in?

-Something small.

-We're hoping.

-You'd be right.

-And silvery, hopefully.

-And silvery, hopefully?

-Yeah.

-OK, fine.

OK, well, £205 was a lot of money, Christina, so what did you go for?

Well, I got a bit giddy. I did spend quite a lot of money.

-Good.

-Because we didn't really spend a huge amount, did we?

-No.

But I so loved spending time with you guys and what did you want?

A small silver animal.

-Ta-da!

-Aw!

-That's small, it's silvery and it's animal-y.

-And it's animal-y.

-And it's lovely. It is.

-Yeah, it's very nice.

So, what it is, it is a little silver pincushion,

obviously in the form of a pig.

It's Henry Matthews, Birmingham, 1904.

I did spend quite a lot of money on it though.

-How much did you spend?

-Cos you did leave me with quite a lot of money.

-We did, yeah.

-And I spent £175 on him...

-Right, OK. That is a lot of money.

-..which is a lot of money.

-It is a lot of money.

-It is a lot of money.

-And at a retail price that's a fair price.

-OK.

-At auction,

I would say... At auction he would probably fetch maybe £100 - £150

but he was the only thing that I could find

that would fit your brief.

-Right.

-I thought the purpose of the bonus buy was to find something

-that made a profit.

-Well, yes and no.

-The purpose of it, as far as I'm concerned...

-What do you mean yes and no?

-..is to make my boys happy.

-Listen...

This is called Bargain Hunt, right?

You find a bargain and you make a profit.

-That's what it's about!

-My brief was small, animal-y and silver.

-And that will make a profit.

-Oh, I missed that bit.

-Oh.

-OK, chaps?

-Yes.

-Happy with that?

-Yes, Tim.

-Perfect.

Why don't we find out what the auctioneer

thinks about Christina's little...pig?

-Now, Richard, what do you make of that pig?

-OK...

I quite like these things, coming from a farming background

so these are always great fun to me.

You've got the farming connection, which people collect

and the pincushion collectors. They're not what they used to be.

I think they've just come slightly off the boil, these sort of things

but it's a good thing.

-It all depends what they paid for it but it's a good thing.

-Christina invested heavily in this.

-Marky, she gotta lotta cash...

-Yeah.

-..to splash.

I thought you were going to say that. We've gone 60 - 80.

We could just scrape to the hundred

but I wouldn't really want to put much more than that.

-Why, she paid a lot more?

-A lot more.

-Really?

-Really.

-175 smacks.

-Oh, dear.

-Yeah.

Basically it's all in the lap of the gods.

It all comes down to the auctioneer's skills, doesn't it?

-I'm looking forward to it.

-Yes, so are we. Anyway, good luck.

-Thank you.

-You'll need it.

So let the auction begin.

Your Edwardian walnut chest-on-bureau. Yes, you paid £145 for it...

-Yeah, I'm not loving that.

-..and everybody hated that actually.

-It was meant to be 245 though.

-Was it? Is that what it was?

-Yeah, we got it down.

-Good Lord.

Anyway, your first item is happening now. Here it is, look.

It's on the screen. This is it.

-Oh, God, I'm cringing.

-£20 a start.

An acquired taste but I'm sure there is an acquired taste in our audience.

-£20. £10 bid.

-Ten?

-15, 20, 25, 30.

-No-one's going to buy it, are they?

-I'm embarrassed.

-Here, at £30. With me at £30?

35, the internet.

40, with me. Internet, are you coming again?

At £40. £40, looks like that's it. £40, internet, you've gone. All done.

-I can't bear it.

-It's at 40.

Oh, no. £40. That's minus 105.

Now the vanity case. Be positive now, kids.

-£30 a bid.

-Come on.

-5, 40, 5, 50.

£50 a bid. 50, 60.

-£60 a bid.

-Yes, 80, come on.

At £60 a bid. £60. £60...

-There's no money out there.

-At £60...

At £60, all done.

-Sold at 60.

-60?

-Goes at 60.

-Oh, no. Yeah, minus 145.

-We were doing so well.

-You're cold. Oh, Lordy.

These are interesting now, the four fob mementos.

-£20 on the internet. 25, £30, 35, £40.

-Yes.

£40, I've got. £40 a bid.

-£40.

-Go on.

-£40, £40... £40, I'm bid.

-All done at 40.

-Oh, no, girls.

-This is not happening, is it, girls?

-No, no.

-Oh, my goodness.

-Sold at 40.

-This is not happening.

-That's minus £10 on that.

This is minus 155, which doesn't sound so much if you say it quick.

-Do you think this spoon will sell for 180?

-It might do.

-Do you want to go with your spoon?

-No, we're going to give it a pass.

-No, I'm joking. We need it.

-Seriously, what are you going to do, Emma?

-Yeah, we need it.

-You're going to go with it? You love it, don't you?

-We love it.

-You said you did.

-You don't not love it any more, do you? No.

-We still love it.

Now, 795, sweet little silver christening spoon. There it is.

£2 I'm bid, 2 bid...

4 bid, 5 bid, 6 bid, 8 bid, £8 bid...

9 bid, 10 bid, £10 a bid.

-£10 a bid.

-You're in profit.

-£15 a bid, 15, 15, 15...

-£15, middle of the room at 15. All out. Sold at 15.

-That's fantastic.

-Whoo!

-That is plus £10. Well done, girls. Well done, Tom.

That means you're only minus 145, OK?

-Yeah.

-Minus 145.

-OK, that's not too bad. I was expecting worse.

-Which isn't too bad, is it? Were you?

-Yup.

The figures might say differently.

Anyway, the thing is, when you see the boys, don't say a word,

-all right?

-No, we won't.

-Yeah.

-OK. Stay strong.

-In fact, look rather confident.

-Yeah.

-We'll walk in like, "Yeah!"

-Yeah, yeah, that's the one.

-145!

-Are you ready for this?

-Yes.

-Yeah.

-Good luck.

-Are you ready for turnover?

-Yes.

-Yes.

Contact, and here comes your first item.

I have 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 on the book.

-Seven bids?

-Oh, come on.

-Internet is in. I am starting at 70.

-Oh!

-I've got 80, I've got 90, I've got 100...

-Yes! Hey...

I've got 110, I've got 120, 130, 140...

140 I'm bid. 140, 140, 140, 140...

Internet, are you coming again?

-140, all done.

-It's taking off!

-It's sold.

-140.

-No way.

-You guys!

-£140.

-You're an absolute genius.

I cannot believe that, can you?

-I can't.

-That's plus 65. Now the binoculars.

-Oh...

They've got to make a five pound note.

£2...

-3, 4, 5,

-6... Yes, come on!

-Yay!

-..£6,

-£8. Yeah.

£8 I'm bid, the internet is at 8. At 8, at 8, at 8...

£8 I'm bid. All done.

-£8 is plus £3, which means you're plus 68.

-Oh, come on.

Now this cabinet has to make more than £15.

Little nice display cabinet. Done up, this would be good.

This is all the rage. Commission bids are in. I'm straight in at £30.

-Yes! Come on!

-I don't believe it!

-£30 a bid...

-40, £40 I'm bid.

-Ooh.

£40, £40, £40, £40...

-£40 I'm bid... All done.

-£40.

-Sold at 40.

£40 is plus £25, which is 68, 88, £93.

£93. You spent £95 and you've made £93 profit on your £95.

-Brilliant.

-So how good's that?

-Wow.

-Brilliant.

-I'm so happy.

-Put it there.

-Well, I'm so happy for you.

So what are you going to do with this pig?

Are you going to leave it in the sty or are you going to let it out?

-We're going to leave it.

-We're going to leave it.

-Leave it?

-Yeah.

-We do like it...

You said that's what you wanted so I got it

-but I think you're absolutely right.

-We've got £93.

-Exactly.

-You're not going with the bonus buy?

-No.

-Definitely not?

-No.

-OK.

Well, we're going to sell it anyway and here it comes.

Now we have the little silver pig novelty-shaped pincushion.

Good bit of weight in this. Not a bad item at all. Commission bids are in.

-Internet's in. 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80...

-It's never going to make it...

£80 bid. £80, with me at 80? £80, room's out now.

-At 80... £90...

-Yes!

-..in the room. 100, you're out.

£90 bid. That's it, you're out. I'm in the room at 90. £90.

At £90 in the room. 90 in the room...

-All done.

-Happy days.

-Sold at 90.

-Well, there you go.

-I don't even care that this is going on TV now.

Now listen, sold for £90 so that would have been minus £85.

-You always had plus 93 so you'd still be in a little profit.

-Yeah.

But anyway, you didn't go with the bonus buy. That's great.

You have £93, you have a profit on all three items

and you mustn't say a word to the girls, all right?

-Not a word.

-Not a word? OK.

-Mum's the word.

-Well, this is fun, isn't it? Been chatting?

-No.

-Not about the score?

-No.

-Just as well really, isn't it?

Cos there's a chasm between the teams

and I'm afraid the team at the bottom of the deepest cavern

-on Bargain Hunt just happen to be the Reds.

-Whoo-hoo!

-Minus £145...

-Whoo!

-..is a fair old pit, isn't it?

-I think we did well to lose that much.

-Well, you certainly did well.

It was £105 on that Romanian chest-on-bureau job.

-That just scuppered, didn't it?

-Yeah. Bad idea.

And after that it was difficult to recover.

I'm not going to go through the rest of these dribbling scores

-apart from praising Tom for his £10 profit...

-Oh, thank you.

-Yeah!

-..on the bonus buy.

-That spoon was the best spoon I've ever seen.

-Yeah.

-You did well with that.

-Clawed us back a bit.

-You've had a great time?

-Yeah.

-Really good.

-Jolly good. Thanks for joining us.

But the team that is going home with money big time is the Blues.

-£93. How about that?

-Well done.

-Thank you very much.

You decided not to go with the bonus buy, which was your wisest move

-of the day and you scored a profit on all three items...

-Well done!

..so membership of the Order of Golden Gavellers is coming your way.

-Ooh, look at that!

-There you go. Sean, that's yours.

-Thank you.

-There you go, Harry.

-Thank you very much.

-Here's for the drawer full of collectables.

-Thank you, darling.

So congratulations, that is a considerable achievement.

£65 profit on the propeller.

Solid start and from there you just built on it, didn't you?

-Which is fantastic.

-Yeah, really, really good.

-Anyway, congratulations.

We've had a great time. Join us soon for some more bargain hunting, yes?

Yes!