VOICEOVER (VO): It's the nation's favorite antiques experts, with £200 each, a classic car, and a goal - to scour Britain for antiques.

Going, going... gone.

BOTH: Yes!

JAMES: It's a bit like fishing.

VO: The aim - to make the biggest profit at auction.

VO: But it's no mean feat.

DAVID: Goodness' sake!

VO: There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.

What have I done?

VO: So, will it be the high road to glory or the slow road to disaster?

I'd better look out!

VO: This is the Antiques Road Trip.

Yeah!

VO: It's the final leg of the Road Trip for treasure hunters Anita Manning and James Braxton.

Glasgow auctioneer Anita has a passion for the strangest things.

ANITA (AM): You're coming home wi' Mummy!

VO: Whilst James isn't afraid to take a punt in the hope to win big.

JAMES (JB): I think I'll have it.

I'm a gambling man.

VO: So far on this Road Trip, Anita has seen her profits take off.

Last chance then please at £130.

AM: Yes!

(GAVEL) VO: But a certain Mahogany case made over £100 profit at auction, putting James out in the lead.

At £190.

Well done.

Are you pleased?

Yep, pleased.

VO: Both our esteemed experts started this Road Trip with £200.

Anita got off to a gallop, more than doubling her money to £452.86.

Smiler.

VO: However, James quickly raced ahead and now has £525.44.

That means there's just £72.58 between them, so a single shrewd buy on this Road Trip could decide the overall winner.

Ha!

VO: They're cruising through Suffolk in a lovely Parisian princess - the 1986 Citroen 2CV6 Special.

Yeah.

JB: So how is the car today?

AM: The car's lovely.

She's behaving absolutely beautifully, as usual.

JB: She has served us very well, hasn't she?

AM: I've loved this wee car.

I've nicknamed her Tintin.

VO: (CHUCKLES) Tintin or "tin can"?

I'll let you decide!

James and Anita started this 700-mile Road Trip in Stamford in East Midlands, snaking their way through the glorious heartlands of East Anglia and Essex en route to London's maritime borough of Greenwich.

On today's final leg, they begin in the town of Needham Market in Suffolk, ending with a crowning auction in Greenwich.

James currently has a narrow lead, but Anita isn't too far behind.

JB: It's been stressful, hasn't been easy.

You've been there, niffing away.

Whether I can hold you back, I don't know.

VO: The lovely town of Needham Market is set in the Gipping Valley of Suffolk.

The town grew around the wool-combing industry, which was a method of preparing wool for the weavers.

Our dyed-in-the-wool experts are just about ready to start combing the area to seek out a bargain.

James!

Yeah?

Very last leg.

Fifth leg.

Are you going to spend a lot of money?

You've been urging me to buy big all this time.

VO: And you haven't paid a blind bit of notice!

Bye-bye.

Bye.

VO: Nice kiss.

Whilst James thinks about whether to buy big for the bigger finish, Anita is off to her first shop, Bygones of Needham Market, where she's meeting owner Paul.

AM: Hello.

I'm Anita.

PAUL: Hello Anita.

How are you?

PAUL: Nice to see you.

AM: Aw.

VO: Gosh!

He's a bit forward, and looking rather dapper too.

AM: What a colorful and fascinating shop.

DAVE: Jolly good?

Yeah.

I love this.

VO: I hope that peck on the cheek means he's going to give you a discount rather than tongue sandwich.

This could be James when I make my next big profit.

VO: It's a bit of an Aladdin's cave of antiques, and Anita's starting in the basement.

That silk gown seems rather nice - it might just be your size, Anita.

It's labeled as 1930s but it could even be pre-First World War.

It looks a bit moth-eaten, but it's still in reasonable condition.

It's got a ticket price of £55.

Go on, try it on.

I quite like that.

Might have a go at it, but I'm going to keep on looking.

VO: Please do, and straightaway she's distracted by a big cuddly deer!

Looks expensive.

It's been hanging around this corner for far too long.

Somebody needs to buy it.

VO: Oh crikey, she's surely not thinking about buying that!

Let's look at the price.

£38.

That's too DEER!

VO: That's my line.

You're not kidding - looks like the moths have been at it too.

Poor little DEER.

Nevertheless Anita has her eye on it, along with that vintage gown with a ticket price of £55.

I'm looking at two things that are not in great condition.

But they amuse me.

That poor wee Bambi over there needs a new home.

It needs to get away from that big fox there, before it's nibbled completely away!

VO: I think we may be a tad too late to rescue this particular animal, but Anita still hopes to save him, but is it really worth £38?

I'd like to be buying him in the region of £12-15.

PAUL: Mm-hm.

If he was in good condition... PAUL: Yes.

Be a lot more.

I would have no problem at all, and I would pay a lot more than that.

So could he be bought within, say... 15?

He's 15.

Yeah, would buy him.

That would buy him?

Yeah.

OK.

It's a deal.

VO: I think Paul might have been glad just to get rid of it, frankly!

£15 for an old deer fawn - ha!

Let's hope at auction it proves to have been a good I-DEER!

You're coming home wi' Mummy!

(CHUCKLES) VO: Anita's back at that gown and is hoping that by pointing out the flaws, she can negotiate a good deal.

Cunning minx.

We've got some little holes here.

Yep.

We've got some staining on the front, but all these folds are in good condition.

VO: Anita really needs a reduction on that £55 ticket price.

Is there movement to in the 20s on that?

25?

AM: 25?

PAUL: Yeah.

AM: Will we go with that?

PAUL: I'll take 25.

Aha.

How much is the mannequin to go with it?

45.

And if I bought this as an ensemble...

I tell you what, if you buy the whole lot, what would you say?

Er... 50 quid?

50 quid, and I'll give you this.

20, 40, 60.

VO: That's a good little lot for just £50, 65 if you include our fluffy four-legged friend.

Now, steady Anita, you've certainly got your hands full here!

Meanwhile James is across town at Station Yard Emporium.

It has a range of antiques from a number of different dealers.

Hello, James.

Hello James, glad to meet you.

JB: Hello.

And your name is?

DEALER: John.

VO: Today he's only looking for fresh goods!

JB: Go on John, show me your fresh meat.

That's fresh.

That's fresh, is it?

Just this week, yesterday.

Just this week.

VO: A nice piece of silverware in the form of a jewelry box from around the turn of the century.

Anything that age could be expected to have a bit of damage, but this seems to have aged rather well.

Ha!

It's ticketed at £95.

Was it bought well, John?

Indeed.

It was bought well.

Could this be a special price?

DEALER: It's possible.

JB: It is possible.

I'd have to talk to the dealer who owns it.

Let me keep looking, but I like that.

VO: It really is a dog's life when you're trying to sniff out a bargain.

Let's hope John has some good news.

What did they say, John?

Well at this stage, they're saying 85.

85?

£85.

It's jolly nice, isn't it?

It is.

I'll give them £85 - that's very nice.

DEALER: Very kind.

VO: Cor, he's off to a flying start with a confident purchase that could put him straight into the fast lane and ahead of Anita if it does well.

James is eyeing up this medal but with a ticket price of £5, is that too low?

I think it'd be silly for me to fiddle around with £5-10 goods at this stage.

I think I need to buy bigger chunks.

VO: Huh!

It's not cat food, James, but we like what you're saying.

Beautifully polished, but it's got a kind of dusty bottom.

VO: Who hasn't?

We've had a few dusty bottoms on this show already.

Here's something that will blow the cobwebs away - it's a gold plated silk and mother-of-pearl fan.

Nice, but it's got a big ticket price.

135?

The chances!

It's quite a nice one.

You do get bigger ones, and very often you see them now in cases, these nice shaped cases.

But saying all that, it's in quite good condition, this.

VO: It looks 19th century, but actually, it could be earlier.

The condition will stand it in good stead, but can John take a few pounds off the asking price?

If it was sort of 60-65, I'd buy it.

Wurgh-huh-huh.

But it depends how well people buy these things.

VO: Hm, at least if it doesn't sell it could help cool you down after the heat of the auction, James.

Here comes John with news from the dealer.

Stand by.

Christine can't possibly take 65.

OK.

If you twist her arm, and her leg... ..she'll do it for 85.

So it's her very best, John, is it?

Very best, 85.

85.

I think I'll have it.

I'm a gambling man.

VO: A decisive James has confidently staked £170 on his first two items - let's hope it pays off.

VO: Anita on the other hand has headed through the glorious heartlands of Essex to Coggleshall, near Colchester, to find out about local clothmaking.

It's where we find the rather splendid Paycocke House.

Watch her go.

Today she's meeting Ros Gurling from the National Trust.

Hello.

I'm Anita.

And I'm Ros.

Welcome to Paycocke's.

Come and see our lovely house.

The exterior of this building is absolutely amazing.

ROS: It is.

AM: Amazing.

And we've got some even better things to show you inside the house.

VO: Paycocke House was built around 1500 for wealthy cloth tradesman Thomas Paycocke.

It was his main business premises, where he could showcase the many fine examples of his clothmaking.

He only had an old fashioned open Medieval hall, and he wanted to build this brand new range to impress people, he wanted the best people to come here, buy his good quality cloth, and so he threw everything he knew, and the architect knew, into this European design house.

VO: The house was completely different to anything the locals had seen before, and was designed to impress his clients and make Paycocke stand out from his competitors.

AM: What would this room have been used for, Ros?

ROS: Following on from the fact that it was a showroom, his clients would have come in here, and that was the first impression they would have had.

There would have been samples here, there would have been a pretend painted fireplace on the wall, and then of course these amazing beams.

VO: The unusually intricate linen-fold paneling and wood carving reveals the wealth generated locally by the wool trade.

You can see the initials of Thomas and wife Margaret within the intricate design.

There is another little secret that's very hard to find in the ceiling again.

VO: Carpenters often left a unique symbol or mark to identify their work.

In this instance a smiling face looking down on all who look up.

Ha!

ROS: Can you see it?

I can see it, it's like a little mask.

It is.

VO: After Paycocke died, the house was converted into a terrace of three separate cottages.

Coggeshall continued its thriving clothmaking industry and over time it developed a reputation for producing exquisite lace.

We have an example here of some tambour lace.

VO: Local lacemakers would use a lacemaker's lamp like this one to shine a light on their intricate designs.

What would have happened would have been each of these flasks would have been taken out, filled with water, and then inserted, a good quality candle at the center would have been lit, and therefore you've got magnification of your light, and people could sit round the room...

So would the women sit round?

Yes, and of course it would enable people, women, to work and get more money.

VO: For over 500 years, Paycocke House has stood as a constant reminder of the wealth created in Coggeshall by the 15th century textile industries.

After many years of restoration, it shines once more in its former glory.

Ros, thank you so much for telling me all about it, I really enjoyed this visit.

It's been lovely to have you, and I'm glad you've enjoyed, and do come back again.

Thank you again, bye-bye.

VO: James hasn't the time to engage in such indulgences, however - he's off to the coastal town of Woodbridge to do some bold buying.

VO: Woodbridge is an ancient market town which has been a center for boat-building since the Middle Ages.

Our James has set sail for Woodbridge Antiques Centre to see if owner Natalie has any bargains for him.

Hello, Natalie.

Hi.

James.

Nice to meet you.

VO: There are loads of antiques here, but with so much choice, will James find something to compliment his jewelry box and fan?

Thank you.

VO: He may be on his knees but he's not down on his luck quite yet.

Quickly spotting round...

This mirror.

VO: And it looks like he may have browsed upon something interesting.

It's a gilded convex wall mirror - possibly early 1900s, but tricky to date.

Natalie, what price could that be?

Could that be 40-45?

Unfortunately I wouldn't be able to do that on that particular piece.

No.

OK.

I'd have to speak to the person it belongs to.

If I carry on looking round, do you want to try and propose that?

Yeah.

I can give them a call.

I don't want to be too cheeky, but I quite like that, I quite like that.

VO: Mirror mirror on the wall, who is the cheekiest of them all?

Surely not our James?

Thank you.

That's great.

Bye-bye.

He's kindly said he'll go down to 45.

45?

Natalie, I'll take it.

Lovely.

45.

That's great.

Now I've got to keep looking.

VO: His cheeky low offer seems to have worked a treat.

Pleased with my mirror, the gilding is very nice and bright on it, and everyone needs a mirror.

Mirrors are very popular at auction.

That should do alright, £35.

It's a good price, it gives me the opportunity of profit there.

VO: I certainly hope so, if you want to stay in the lead, that is!

Three good items, I need another two.

I wouldn't mind, I could probably settle at four.

VO: This is just as well as he seems to be struggling to find anything else!

All is not lost - it's only day one and there are more shops ahead.

Lovely.

It's been a busy day for treasure hunting, but as the shops close it's now time to retire.

Night-night, you two.

VO: It's the final day of James and Anita's Road Trip, and our dynamic duo are up with the larks in the old 2CV.

AM: Yesterday, I'm not sure how sensible I was.

JB: Did you buy...

I think I had a mad half hour.

You bought humorous items!

Well, they made me laugh at the time.

Whether they will make me laugh in the auction is another thing.

VO: So far, Anita has spent £65 on a one-eyed deer - ha!

- and a Victorian silk gown with boa and a mannequin, as you do.

Cor, look at that mighty beastie.

VO: James on the other hand decided to think big, splashing out £215 on three lots - a silver jewelry box, a silk fan and the convex wall mirror.

They're looking forward to a busy day of shopping, but Anita isn't coping too well with the Essex traffic.

Oh James, I'm not sure if I'm very good at traffic jams.

We don't have traffic jams in Glasgow.

Don't... You do!

We don't have traffic jams.

No traffic jams.

VO: What is she talking about?

Of course there are traffic jams in Glasgow!

VO: But after battling through all those traffic jams, they've finally made it to their first destination - Camden Passage in Islington.

Most incredible of all, they've managed to find a car parking space in London!

This could be a sign of good things to come.

That was a bit nerve-racking, James.

It was very hairy, wasn't it?

Last blast, James?

Oh!

Let's go and spend some money.

Come on.

Come on, girl.

Come on.

VO: Hang on, are they holding hands?

One, two, three.

VO: Don't tell his wife.

Camden Passage is a back street of curiosity shops and market stalls.

That's a terrific big bit of bling.

VO: They've been selling antiques here for over 40 years, so surely the perfect place to pick up something unique.

Anita hasn't found anything in the stalls, but she has found a little shop she likes the look of.

Hello.

I'm Anita.

Is it alright to have a look around?

Please do.

AM: It looks lovely.

DEALER: Thank you.

VO: This place has a lot of Oriental inspired goods.

But Anita has spotted another animal figure that could join her deer from yesterday.

It's a figure of a Black Forest carved cockatoo.

It could easily have come from the end of an umbrella or a cane and has a ticket price of £35, but our Anita will be wanting something off from dealer Suki.

I quite like that.

It's a wee bit dear for me, but I'll ask the trader if we can come down a wee bit on that.

Would it be possible to buy that for in the region of round about £20?

DEALER: No.

AM: No?

No.

OK!

What is the very, very best that you can do on it?

Well, I would like to say 30, but I can come down to 28.

AM: To 28?

DEALER: Yeah.

28.

I like it.

It's nice!

DEALER: Good.

AM: It's smiling at me.

VO: Yeah, but will he smile on your profits?

Could you come to 25?

DEALER: No.

AM: No?

definitely not.

Eight, 28.

28.

Yeah, aha.

OK. We'll go for that, thank you very, very much.

DEALER: Thank you very much.

AM: It's lovely, I'll call it Polly.

VO: Oh yeah, so joining Bambi now is Polly.

Ha!

Anita is building a Noah's ark of treasures.

Thanks very much, Suki.

Bye-bye.

VO: James however isn't bothering with the shops - he's nearby and is going straight to the market stalls to hunt out a bargain.

Now that is a mighty fellow, isn't it?

VO: Just like yourself, James!

But he has found a needle wallet and combo tape measure.

It looks like it's from the 1890s and has a ticket price of £25.

I quite like that.

VO: And so you should.

But what about this Jersey pin-wheel cushion, ticketed at £25?

If you want it, you might need a better price than that from dealer Howard.

Hello, Howard.

Would you do the two at 40?

Er, yes, I can do that, yeah.

Shake on that.

That's very kind.

OK, thank you, bye.

VO: Hey, I thought you were going to try and buy big on this last leg of the trip.

Both go in the same lot, and they'll make a nice little lot in an auction room.

I should bag 10 or 20 quid with those.

VO: With only £72.58 between them and the clock ticking, James might want to buy something weighty that will help him maintain his lead.

What's that then?

That's a nice arts and craftsy thing.

VO: Yeah, not quite what I had in mind - it's a kettle stand with engraved copper skin.

There isn't a price attached, so potentially room to haggle with dealer Danny.

Hello.

DANNY: That is very inexpensive.

What, a fiver?

DANNY: It is a fiver, exactly, spot on.

I like that.

Yeah, I'll buy that.

JB: Fiver.

DANNY: Oh!

Come on, put it there, man.

Thanks a lot, thanks a lot.

DANNY: You're welcome.

JB: Really good.

VO: If it sells well, he could make a decent profit on that fiver.

There you go, young man.

Would you like some change?

I would love some change.

It's a good little thing, the sort of thing Anita loves.

VO: She'll love it even more if you make a loss on it!

Ha-ha!

As James brings his shopping to a close, he's left a fashionable market for a place in Highgate that became fashionable in the mid 19th century for a completely different reason.

Highgate Cemetery became the final resting place for many of London's important figures.

James is meeting Ian Dungavell from the Friends of Highgate Cemetery.

Let's hope he doesn't corpse.

Hello.

Hi, James.

I'm Ian.

Very good.

Nice to meet you.

Welcome to Highgate Cemetery.

VO: In the mid 19th century parliament passed a series of statutes creating new private cemeteries around London.

Their aim was to ease the chronic lack of burial sites in the capital and to offer a safe resting place away from grave robbers.

With its stunning architecture and impressive landscape, Highgate quickly became the final resting place of many famous scientists, politicians and entertainers.

Over here we've got the tomb of George Wombwell who was a menagerist, and he's got his very docile lion, Nero, sitting on top of his tomb.

And the lion was so tame that children would come up and stroke him.

But it's a beautiful memorial.

That is fabulous - a menagerist.

Yep, or wild animal proprietor.

VO: There are over 50,000 graves at Highgate, including that of chemist Michael Faraday, author Douglas Adams and painter Lucian Freud.

Over 70 different monuments and structures pepper the cemetery, such as the Terrace Catacombs - an impressive gothic structure with room for 825 people, safe from pilferers, body snatchers and anatomists.

Here you are in the massive, vaulted, top-lit space, this would have all been limewashed so it was quite light and bright - you could see more than you can nowadays.

These are glass-topped skylights.

JB: Very forward thinking.

IAN: And then you would come in and visit the vault of your loved ones.

Like all aspects of the Victorian funeral, they could be very expensive.

So inside, the coffin itself would be lined in lead, and then the outer of the coffin would be wood, and often covered with a fabric with upholstery nails, very heavily decorated.

VO: The coffins were placed into one of these vaults where they have lain undisturbed for over 150 years.

VO: In the 1850s the cemetery expanded eastward on a more modest scale.

Nevertheless, it still attracted the attention of the noteworthy.

This is the monument in Highgate Cemetery that everyone comes to see, that we're famous for internationally, which is the monument to Karl Marx, was put up here in the 1950s, although he died in 1881.

This monument was paid for by the Communist Party, and this wonderful bust by Laurence Bradshaw, with Marx brooding down at us is a real focal point of the cemetery.

VO: Highgate is also the final resting place of punk impresario Malcolm McLaren.

IAN: You've never seen anything like this in a cemetery, he holds his own in the cemetery.

It's not a catalog memorial, it's not the same old, same old sort of way of commemorating him, it's something personal and individual, and for that reason I think it's a fantastic addition to our historic cemetery.

Yeah.

It is.

The new with the old.

VO: Today, Highgate is managed by the Friends of Highgate Cemetery, who have been restoring and conserving the site for future generations.

Ian, thank you very much indeed, it's been absolutely fascinating.

Amongst the living dead, really.

Yes, come back again, there's lots more to see.

I will.

VO: Meanwhile, Anita has left Islington and made her way up to Watford.

She's visiting Croxley Antiques and is hoping to find something that will give her the edge over James.

Hello.

Good afternoon, madam.

Hi, I'm Anita, and it's lovely to be here.

Thank you.

So... You've got a bit of everything in here.

You can have anything from £2 to £2,000, depending upon... Oh, right.

..what you would like to spend.

Right, right.

What's selling well just now?

Silver.

Top end ceramics.

VO: Yeah, a bit of local knowledge from dealer David could really make a difference in buying right for the auction.

I'd like to buy a bit of silver, and hope that that will do well down in "Green-itch".

VO: "Green-itch"?

That sounds like a medical condition.

I think you mean Greenwich!

Or get some cream.

Anita is looking for something impressive, and it looks like she may have found it.

It's a rather interesting set of silver condiments, dated 1889.

Now, silver can be a good buy, but it does depend on the price.

What I'd like to be paying on that is probably... ..around about 100.

That's too low.

Can't do it.

Is it too low?

Yeah.

Can't do it.

Bottom price, it's got to be 125.

Has it got to be?

Yeah, yeah, I can't do it any cheaper than that.

Could you bring that to 110?

I'll tell you what, cuz it's you, I'll knock another fiver off, but that's maximum.

120.

120?

Yeah, it can't be any lower than 120.

VO: It's make-your-mind-up time, Anita.

Let's go.

Ah, that's lovely, thank you very much.

Thank you very much.

Pleasure.

VO: That's a nice set of condiments that could shine a light on Anita's profits.

But she isn't stopping there.

Oh yeah, that's lovely.

I like this little jug.

I'm not even going to look at the price, I'm not going to look at the price.

It's a bargain.

I'm not going to look at the price, don't tell me, can I buy that for 20 quid?

Ha, no!

You certainly can't.

VO: Nice try!

It's ticketed at £90.

So you'd better look for something else, girl.

You do have considerably more than £20 left, you know.

£359.86 to be precise!

But you might not want to spend all of that.

These look quite interesting.

At the right figure.

Cuz we've got a pair, and because they're sweet, I think I'll have a go at them.

VO: These lovely rustic fellows are being sold together at £55.

However, they've been badly restored, and that that will affect their value.

David, I had a look at these figures, and I think they're quite sweet.

Could I buy them for £20?

VO: There she goes with those 20 "poonds" again!

In a word, no.

But considering the damage on both of them.

£30 I'd do them for, for you.

Could you take it to 25?

25.

Meet me in the middle.

AM: Meet me in the middle.

DEALER: They're damaged, both of those, so I'll do it for you for 25.

That's lovely.

Thank you very much David, that's absolutely great.

It's my pleasure.

VO: What a guy, eh?

£30 off.

Could they be the item that put Anita in front?

As the shops close and our Road Trip nears the end, it's time for Anita to hightail it and meet James as we reveal who bought what.

Ooh, looks like two coffins.

James, this is my favorite bit, and I cannot wait to see what you've bought, so you go first this time.

Shall I go first?

This is my final batch... Oh!

I love that.

Do you like that box?

I love it.

Pick it up, go on.

AM: It's just my type of thing.

JB: Feel the weight.

Art nouveau, beautiful.

I hate you!

VO: Hey, steady on!

How much was it?

85.

Oh!

I'm going home.

That's the sort of endorsement I like from you.

VO: Is someone regretting the purchase of a cuddly deer?

I'd like you to meet a couple of pals of mine.

Now, this is wee Bambi.

VO: Wee?

There's nothing wee about that!

I had to rescue Bambi, who's only got one eye.

And how much did you have to pay for that?

£15.

15.

Well, I think that's a winner.

Do you think so?

I don't think I could live with it, but I'm sure somebody else can.

The only problem is, it's got mange.

AM: (LAUGHS) My second lot is Miss Havisham.

VO: Anita sure has some "Great Expectations" for this one.

It's a beautiful Victorian frock.

She wouldn't be... She's not really filling that yet, is she?

I hadn't noticed.

My next lot, quite a traditional piece.

Condiment set, silver.

How much did you pay for that?

120.

That's not bad - you've got a lot of kit with that.

I know.

So, James, the very last reveal.

The last reveal.

Well, I think we deserve a wee treat.

Are you paying?

JB: Erm, no, you're paying.

AM: OK. No, I'll pay.

VO: Always haggling, you two.

But before you head off for some light refreshments, it's time to take the gloves off and tell us what you really think of each other's items.

Go on.

Be honest.

How did James Braxton do it again?

That box was to die for.

It should have been waiting there for me, it was so beautiful.

And just the type of thing that I love, but not only did he buy it, he bought it for £85!

That's a bargain, and that thing is going to sail.

Anita, some fun lots, the fawn, the fawn with mange.

That'll do well, so will the dress.

Her case lot - now that is a grand silver cruet, has many items, all the original spoons, it's all there.

VO: It's been an eventful concluding leg for our two excitable experts.

After a mammoth journey they're making a beeline for the meridian line of Greenwich, and a deciding auction showdown.

Greenwich has played a key role in the story of Britain's sea power for over 400 years.

The royal borough is home to the Cutty Sark, the National Maritime Museum, and famously, time as we know it.

JB: The final one.

AM: The final one.

Now I must say, getting out of this car doesn't get any easier, does it?

VO: Come on, slow coach.

Greenwich Auctions is one of the largest in the South East, and is the place our winner will be anointed.

Auctioneer Robert Dodd will be on the podium today.

Stand by.

Last time at £80.

VO: But what does he make of James and Anita's choices?

Probably the items that will create the most interest will be the silver.

The art-nouveau box, the jewelry box, is lovely.

The fawn... now, that's interesting.

Really, really interesting.

I hope they didn't pay any money for it, and I hope whoever bought it... ..got that thrown in with something else.

Maybe like buy one, get one free.

VO: Hey, he doesn't mince his words!

20, 40, 60.

VO: Anita started this leg with a respectable £452.86 and has gone on to spend £238 on five auction lots.

There it is, count it, please.

VO: James meanwhile kicked off with an impressive £525.44 and has parted with £260, also for five auction lots.

There's just £72.58 between them.

So without further ado, let the final auction begin!

First out of the trap is James's gilt convex wall mirror.

Bid's with me on this at £22 on this.

Good start.

28, £30 I need.

Two with me, five I'm out.

Yeah, you've got bidders up there.

45, 42 with you, sir.

Keep going.

45?

Last time.

At £42.

VO: After costs, it works out at a loss for James.

Let's hope it doesn't reflect too badly on the other items.

Ha!

That was my charity buy.

VO: They say charity begins at home, so can we find a home for Anita's carved Black Forest cane handle?

Bid's with me at £22 on that.

22.

25, it's worth all of that.

25, 28, 30, two, five, I'm out.

35, looking for 38.

38 on the telephone.

£40, looking for 42.

42 I've got on the phone.

45, looking for 48.

48, looking for 50.

£50 I'll take, 52.

52 on the telephone, 55 in the room.

58 I've got, 60 I'll take, are we all done?

Yes!

Last time, £58.

VO: Yes!

She did well there, more than doubling her money and narrowing James's lead.

58 quid, aw!

Double bubble.

Double bubble!

I'm happy with that.

I would be.

VO: Things are hotting up.

Let's see what James makes on the silk fan.

Start with the bid with me of £55.

There we are.

60, five, 70, five, 80, five.

90, I'm out, looking for 95 anywhere?

95, 100, and five I'll take.

105, 110, 115, 120, 125, 130, 135, 140.

Last time at £140.

VO: James gets right back in front with an impressive £55 profit.

Are you happy with that?

Steady work, steady work.

AM: Good, good, good profit.

JB: Steady work, yeah.

VO: Next up, could the damage spell disaster for Anita's ornaments?

ROBERT: £18 on these.

JB: £18.

Worth all of 22, five, eight, £30, I'm out.

Looking for 32 on these.

They're worth that.

£30 on these figures.

VO: After costs, she's just about broken even.

James started with a lead over Anita of just £72.58.

She's got to do better if she wants to win.

No loss is gain.

No loss.

That's a gain, that's a gain.

VO: Next under the hammer are James's two Victorian gems.

£32, and that is cheap.

Looking for 35 on these.

35, 38, £40, I'm out.

£40, we're getting there.

42, 45 I want.

45, 48 I need.

That's it.

JB: Go on.

AM: I never get another chance.

55, I've got.

58 I want.

You sure?

At £55.

VO: £55 makes a small profit for James.

He's still ahead.

AM: Yeah!

It's good, good.

JB: I got away with that.

Well done, well done.

VO: We're on to Anita's Victorian silk gown with mannequin and boa.

Let's see how popular it is with Greenwich's fashionistas.

ROBERT: £50 on this.

AM: Ah yes!

ROBERT: Looking for 55.

AM: Yes.

Hello!

Is there anyone out there?

Hello.

55, £60, 65, £70.

75 I need, 75, 80 with me.

Looking for 85, are we all done?

At £80.

VO: That's a good result for Anita.

It was a bit of a gamble, but it paid off.

AM: Yes!

JB: Well done, Well done.

80.

£80.

VO: Can James make a similar impact with his kettle stand?

Bid's with me, straight in at only £10.

Looking for 12.

12, 15, 18, I'm out.

£20 I want.

It's worth that all day long.

£20 there, I'll be back.

22, five I need.

Oh, they're onto it, James.

£30, are we all done?

VO: A spur of the moment decision to spend a fiver has paid off handsomely for James.

JB: Well done.

AM: There you are, darling.

JB: £20, steady work, isn't it?

AM: There you are.

Oh, yeah.

VO: Speaking of handsome, here comes Anita's cyclopic cuddly deer.

They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

I know what I see, but what do the buyers see?

Bid with me at £10 only on that, looking for 12.

£12, 15, 18 I need anywhere.

ROBERT: £18.

AM: There's a phone bid on it!

£20 there, looking for 22.

22, take 25, five, take 28.

ROBERT: 28, take... AM: He's racing off!

If you don't like it, sir, you can make it into a pig.

(LAUGHTER) Looking for 32.

35 at the back of the room.

38 there, £40 I've got at the back of the room, looking for 42.

42, take 45, are we all done?

Last time at £42 on a fawn... AM: (LAUGHS) ..with one eye!

VO: A remarkable result for Anita.

She was confident it would sell, and she was right.

Had it had two eyes, it would have been a tenner.

VO: Anita is definitely closing in on James, and it all comes down to a battle of the silverware.

Looking for 90, 90, five, 100 I need.

105, 110, 115, 120.

125, £130, I'm out.

140 there, looking for 150.

150, 160, 165, take 170.

175 I've got, looking for 180.

180, new place.

185 on the phone, 190 in the room, take 195.

At £190.

VO: Over £100 profit.

James is stretching out in front.

Yes!

Well done.

JB: Well done.

AM: Oh, that's... VO: Anita needs to make a big profit on the silver condiments to win.

£100 on that.

100.

Looking for 110.

110.

120, 130, 140, 150, I'm out, 155 there.

£160 I've got, 165, 170 there with the lady, 175 with the gentleman.

Looking for 180.

At £175.

VO: £55 profit is a good result, but is it good enough?

Will we get a cup of tea and do the sums?

Let's cup of tea, sums... and it's all over.

VO: Anita started this leg with £452.86.

After auction costs she made a profit of £77.70, ending the week with an outstanding total of £530.56.

I think she's happy.

James, meanwhile, started with £525.44, but after costs made a profit of £113.10, winning today's auction with a meritorious £638.54, and also winning this week's Road Trip.

Well done, Jimmy.

VO: Remember, all these profits go to Children In Need.

So James, congratulations.

You were wonderful.

Thank you.

Thank you.

But I want you to take me for a typical London lunch - what was that, these jellied, jellied things?

Eels, love.

Eels?

Eels.

Whelks and eels.

Come on, get in there.

Get in there, love.

VO: Ah, they deserve a celebratory lunch.

After all, it's been an eventful week for our talented duo.

It started out... rather heavy going.

And for James, things got even harder.

I'm both concentrating, and trying not to stick my tongue out, which I normally do when concentrating.

VO: They picked up bargains going for a song.

Rock 'n' roll, man.

(CHUCKLES) VO: And empires rose and fell at the drop of a gavel.

I'm awful tempted with Napoleon.

I think a lot of women were!

VO: Ha-ha!

But most of all, they had some unforgettable memories.

(STRAINED PARP) JB: Ooh.

DEALER: Ooh, mind your head.

Getting attacked!

You're coming home wi' Mummy.

VO: Aww!

VO: Next on Antiques Road Trip... (CRUNCHING) Oh, good Lord!

That's reverse, by the way!

VO: Charlie Ross and Margie Cooper, a Highland caper... ..in a Sunbeam Rapier.

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