VOICEOVER (VO): It's the nation's favorite antiques experts.

This is beautiful.

That's the way to do this.

VO: With £200 each, a classic car and a goal to scour for antiques.

Joy.

Hello.

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

But it's no mean feat.

(LAUGHS) (GAVEL) VO: There will be worthy winners and valiant losers.

Sorry, sorry!

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

The handbrake's on.

VO: This is Antiques Road Trip!

Yeah.

VO: Today we begin a brand new adventure with Road Trip royalty.

It's queen of auctions Anita Manning and king of doing a deal, Philip Serrell.

Philip, are you quite excited because it's a new adventure and you're sitting beside a beautiful woman?

I am indeed.

I am indeed.

Everywhere I go, people say to me, "What's that lovely Anita Manning like?"

And do you know what I say to them?

What do you say, darling?

"She is awful."

Oh no!

Absolutely awful.

ANITA: I don't believe you.

PHIL: You work with her - what a diva, what an absolute diva.

VO: Don't listen to him, Anita.

One of Scotland's first female auctioneers, our Anita is more of a smiling assassin when it comes to getting a discount.

I was kind of looking to pay about £20 on them.

(LAUGHS) VO: Her rival on this journey is esteemed auctioneer Philip.

Full of fun and games.

Shame.

Starting this trip with £200 each, our expert pair will be pootling around in a left-hand drive 1966 Fiat 500.

PHIL: Do you think I should get out and push?

Do you?

It might go faster.

I think...

I'm not sure whether you drive this or wear it.

VO: They are snug in there, aren't they?

This road trip kicks off in Windermere in the Lake District and travels over 1,200 miles around the north of England crossing the border into Scotland before heading south again and ending their trip in Crooklands, Cumbria.

This leg will kick off in Windermere and finish up at auction in Cleveleys near Blackpool.

Anita Manning, what have you done to this weather?

What have you done?

Philip, it's lovely.

You've brought this.

What do they call this in Scotland?

Dreich?

But Philip, there's sunshine in our heart.

Absolutely.

Because we're at the beginning of a new adventure.

We are.

VO: We're in the heart of the Lake District in wonderful Windermere.

Philip's arrived at Courtyard Cottage Antiques.

How are you?

Hello.

We've met before, haven't we?

We have.

Yes.

Jean, I see you're selling your shop.

We are.

Now my budget's £200.

I don't suppose...?

No?

No.

You're a little short, I'm sorry.

Yeah, story of my life, that.

I'm gonna have a look round and I'll catch you in a minute.

OK. VO: Nice try Philip.

Best find something a bit more in your budget, eh?

Jean...?

Yes?

What are these off here?

Are they off a buffalo or a bison or something?

Could be a Highlander?

Do you know what the difference is between a bison and a buffalo?

I'll try my best Birmingham accent.

You can wash your hands in a BISON.

JEAN: Pfft!

VO: It's the way you tell 'em.

Oh Lordy.

PHIL: Pitiful really, isn't it?

JEAN: Yeah.

I'm sorry, alright?

JEAN: Can you try harder?

PHIL: No.

VO: Terrible jokes aside, let's get a closer look at those horns.

How much are these, Jean?

65.

65.

And this is just...

They're just a cow's horn aren't they?

JEAN: Yes.

PHIL: So it's just a by-product of what it is, there's no actual hunting gone on?

JEAN: No.

PHIL: Just for these.

What I'm trying to say is, they're not a trophy are they?

They are not.

Right.

65... (SIGHS) Oh, look.

PHIL: Look at this.

JEAN: (LAUGHS) Look at it.

VO: Philip's putting the dusty cow horns aside as a possibility.

VO: And it looks like a small leather-topped children's stool has also caught Philip's eye.

Ticket price is £45.

That at auction is gonna make... ..20, 30 quid, isn't it?

Oh 'eck.

I like it when you say "oh 'eck", eh?

So is that a Lake District expression...?

£30.

I wanna buy...

I wanna buy the horns.

The horns can be £45.

How much can you do the two for?

I'll be really generous... Oh hark at this.

£60 for the two.

PHIL: 50 quid for the two?

I'll agree with you at £50.

PHIL: You sure?

JEAN: Yes.

PHIL: I want you to be happy.

JEAN: I'm happy.

Go on, I'll shake you by the hand my love, thank you very much.

Philip's kicked off his road trip with two generous deals, securing the cow horns for £25 and another 25 for the stool.

He's so bullish.

Ha.

Anita has made her way to Kendal.

Known as the old gray town, thanks to its gray limestone, Kendal is well known for its mint cake, though.

An essential prerequisite of today's explorers and mountaineers.

Anita's first shop of this trip is the Antiques Emporium.

How lovely.

DEALER: Hello there.

ANITA: Hello.

I'm Anita.

DEALER: Hi, I'm Chris.

VO: With a wide range of antiques, collectables and vintage pieces, there's bound to be something to suit Anita's taste here.

A woman's work is never done.

Cabinets always fascinate me.

I'm always drawn to the cabinets.

VO: First to spark Anita's interest are a yellow metal amethyst set bar brooch and an art-deco clip.

This style is 1930s maybe, between '20s and '40s, and I think it might be a wee bit more modern than that.

Erm, I think that it's a replica, erm, rather than a period one.

It's not absolutely right, but at the same time it's a nice thing.

It's a nice piece.

And it's nice and fresh and I'm hoping that it would appeal to the ladies who come along to auction and fancy giving themselves a wee treat.

I'm sure it would.

VO: Chris has headed off to phone the dealer to see if there's any movement on the ticket price of £42.

The very best I can do is 32.

ANITA: 32?

DEALER: Mm-hm.

I'm awful tempted.

(THEY CHUCKLE) Because I like it and I think that it's nice.

Yes, yes.

It's only the sort of period that worries me a wee bit.

Do you think they would go to 30?

Go on.

You've twisted my arm.

I don't want to twist your arm.

Oh.

You've sweet-talked me into it.

We'll do 30 for you.

Thank you very much, that's great, that's terrific.

VO: Anita's not stopping there.

She's spotted something else in the cabinet.

I'm intrigued by this little plaque at the back.

Joan of Arc.

DEALER: Yes.

Could I have a wee look at it please?

Certainly.

VO: This is a copper plaque that's been plated with white metal.

There's probably a bit of age to it but neither Chris nor the dealer know anything more.

Is Anita willing to risk purchasing this mysterious lot?

Ticket price is £22.

There's a little bit of leeway on it.

We can do 18 for it and that's his bottom line.

That's his bottom line?

Yes.

Yeah.

I'm tempted, you know.

Like, my heart's saying "yes" but my head's saying, "Is someone else gonna be as fascinated as me?"

It just needs somebody that's interested on the day in it, doesn't it?

Yeah.

Yeah, I'm going to go for it.

OK, lovely.

DEALER: Thank you very much.

ANITA: OK, thank you very much.

VO: That's the commemorative Joan of Arc plaque and the brooch and art-deco pin bought for £48.

VO: Philip is now joining Anita in Kendal.

He's come to Sleddal Hall Antiques Centre, housed in a 17th-century manor house.

Philip is being looked after today by dealer Andrew.

PHIL: You've got interesting things everywhere here.

DEALER: It's amazing, all of that.

It is.

I've gotta ask you, what's the longest you've ever had anything in stock for?

Well, we sold something the other day that we'd had for 40 years.

PHIL: 40 years?

DEALER: Yes.

PHIL: That's nearly as old as me.

So that was incredible, but, er, that was... Did you make a profit on it?

We did make a profit on it, we got pretty close to the asking price.

Really?

Yep.

It was very good.

I tell you what, I love that, Andrew.

That's amazing.

You've got a hand crafted pub game there of skittles.

Somebody's made this who goes to the pub, in't they?

Absolutely.

All you've got is a bit of stained up hardboard here.

PHIL: Or plywood, isn't it.

DEALER: It is plywood.

It was probably made in the '50s, just postwar.

I would say postwar.

Just postwar.

VO: Well, have a go then.

PHIL: Oh, here we go.

DEALER: There we go.

Are you ready for this?

DEALER: I'm ready for this.

PHIL: How many?

I'd say you get five.

There you are, four.

VO: Oh, so close.

So what's the ticket price on that, Andrew?

Er, we've got ticket price of £80.

And there's some movement in price on that, is there?

DEALER: We can always negotiate.

PHIL: OK. VO: Knock it down a bit, eh?

Ha!

Sounds like the skittles are in the running.

Anything else?

Andrew, this is fantastic, isn't it?

That's a wonderful example of polished fossil, isn't it?

What's interesting, I mean I used to teach geography... DEALER: Yes?

PHIL: ..badly.

So I should know Jurassic and all the other different periods of history.

But I don't.

But I would think this is several million years of age?

Really ancient.

And it's been... As you say, it's been polished.

And this... Would this have come from Africa, Morocco or somewhere?

I would imagine that it... Or even China, you never know where these things come from, do you, these days?

And how much is that?

We've got a ticket price on that of £75.

I quite like that.

I do think that's quite a... ..fun thing and I'm willing to bet that it would be the oldest thing in the auction.

DEALER: I would imagine it would be.

It's probably one of the oldest things in the shop.

It's not as old as you and me, is it?

DEALER: Not quite.

PHIL: No.

VO: The slab of Mesozoic-era fossils and that pub skittles game have a combined ticket price of £155.

The fossil's gonna make 40 to £60.

Yes.

So realistically I think I can give 30 to £35 for them, right?

And for me, the game is 20 to £25 worth.

So, you're wanting to pay... 60 quid for the two.

60?

Well, 50, 55, £60 for the two.

Call it 65 and we'll have a deal for you at that.

So what we're talking about then is £35 for the fossils?

DEALER: Correct.

PHIL: And £30 for the game?

DEALER: Correct.

PHIL: You're happy with that?

DEALER: Yes.

Happy with that.

PHIL: Let me shake your hand.

Thank you very much.

I'd better give you some money now.

Yes please.

VO: A very generous discount and a great deal done.

Marvelous.

Anita's still in Kendal and has traveled five minutes down the road to the Museum of Lakeland Life and Industry at Abbothall.

She's come to find out about the mysterious author behind one of the most famous children's novels of all time, Swallows and Amazons.

Arthur Ransome had a lifelong love affair with the Lake District but also spent many, many years in Bolshevik Russia and rumors still persist that he may have been a spy.

Here to tell Anita all about this fascinating man is Geraint Lewis from the Arthur Ransome Trust.

Geraint, we associate Arthur Ransome with the Lakes - how did this association start?

Was he born here?

He wasn't, no, he was born in Leeds but when he was just been born, literally, his father carried Arthur Ransome up to the top of the Old Man of Coniston as a sort of welcome to the area.

And Arthur Ransome just developed that love from his earliest beginnings, from childhood holidays at Coniston Water.

I suppose he carried this area in his heart with him?

He did in his heart and quite literally as well, because he carried a little rock throughout his life wherever he traveled.

I love that idea of carrying a bit of this wonderful area with him throughout his travels.

VO: Ransome had a passion for writing from an early age and in 1902, aged 18, he moved to London where he mixed with the artistic scene and started publishing his work to great acclaim, but an interest in folklore led Ransome to St Petersburg in Russia.

Did he do any work over there apart from his writing at that point?

Initially he was interested in the writing but of course in 1914 the war began and an opportunity came up by accident really for him to become a war correspondent for the Daily News.

ANITA: That is the perfect job for him, telling stories.

Mm-hm.

But then in 1917, the Russian Revolution happened, so he was excellently placed to become a political journalist, reporting on the evolving, very rapidly evolving, politics of Russia.

It must have been a very scary time to be in Russia at that point.

I think so, very...

I mean, he was one of a few Westerners, really, who was in Russia through that kind of period and that made him of interest to the Bolshevik and the British governments because he was one of very few people who could actually give firsthand knowledge of what the other side was sort of thinking and what their sort of mindset was.

ANITA: Are you telling me that he was a spy?

GERAINT: Erm... it's difficult to say.

But we do know the he was recruited by MI6 in 1919 when he was in Stockholm and the evidence suggests that they helped to persuade the Russian government or encourage the Russian government to let him back into Russia and for two reasons - one because he wanted to write a history of the Russian Revolution, which the Bolshevik government was very keen on his doing, but also so that the British government could get a report from him of what was going on in a country which at the time, they knew nothing about.

VO: Rumors persisted about Ransome's sympathy for the Bolsheviks as he mixed with many of the leading communists including Lenin and Trotsky.

Within this elite circle he got to know one person particularly well.

He married Evgenia Shelepina who was Trotsky's secretary in 1924 and moved straight back to Britain after that.

And they went to live at Low Ludderburn near Windermere... (GASPS) So he came back...

He came back to live here.

He brought his Russian bride to live in the Lakes.

VO: It was a far cry from the turbulent world of postwar Russia and it was in this calm and remote landscape that Ransome conceived the idea for his children's novel, Swallows and Amazons.

What inspired him to write this book?

It was two inspirations really.

One was his own childhood in and around Coniston Water and memories of that.

Those were really reignited in 1928 when he spent a lot of time with the daughter and grandchildren of WG Collingwood and between them acquired two dinghies which they spent a lot of time sailing in for the time they were there and that I think reignited his thoughts and eventually lead to the creative inspiration for Swallows and Amazons.

VO: Swallows and Amazons was to be the first in a series of 12 novels that Ransome wrote about the outdoor adventures enjoyed by two families of children.

Everyone's heard of Swallows And Amazons and Arthur Ransome must have been one of the most popular children's authors of all time.

Well yes.

I think that's true.

I think one of the most respected as well.

In 1936 they brought out an award, an annual award called the Carnegie Medal for outstanding children's literature and he was awarded the first medal for the sixth book in the Swallows And Amazons series, Pigeon Post, and we have the medal here.

ANITA: Wow!

That's quite something, isn't it?

Subsequent winners of this include authors such as CS Lewis and Richard Adams and Philip Pullman so it's certainly an award to treasure.

VO: After a life full of intrigue and adventure, Arthur Ransome died in June 1967 and was buried in his beloved Lake District.

His children's novels remain in print today and have sold millions of copies worldwide.

VO: Heh!

It's been a busy old day for our experts, who are back together again for some well-earned rest, so... ..nighty night.

It's the next morning and... hello!

What's going on here then?

Philip.

PHIL: What?

ANITA: What are we gonna do?

I dunno.

VO: Looks like the car's finally packed in.

Our experts will have to think of a new mode of transport.

There she goes.

There's a couple of gee-gees up there.

No, I don't like horses.

I think we should retitle the program.

What about The Great Antiques Walk?

Let's go for it.

VO: Hey!

I think it's a bit optimistic to think you can walk the whole way, you two.

Or should I say, skip?

Huh!

Yesterday, Philip secured himself four lots.

The cow horns, the children's stool, the bar skittles and the slab of fossils.

Which means he still has £85 in his pocket.

While Anita only bought two lots.

The brooch with the art-deco clip and the commemorative Joan of Arc plaque, leaving her £152 available to spend.

So Anita's walked and been driven to her first stop of the day in Cullingworth, West Yorkshire.

Situated in the heart of Bronte country, the pretty village of Cullingworth is home to Antiques At The Mill.

Look at that.

Hi.

I'm Anita.

How are you, Anita?

How do you do?

It's lovely to be here.

What a fabulous place.

Was this originally an old... What was it, an old textile mill?

That's right, an old textile mill that goes back to the 1800s.

VO: It's now filled with the wares of over 30 independent dealers.

This is the type of object that Phil Serrell would be immediately drawn to.

A big, old, broken, rustic piece of what some people might call junk.

But it's an interesting looking thing.

Er, and it has age about it.

It's had a wee bit of repair, so it says on the ticket that there is a rustic rake and shovel so we've got a rake as well.

Erm... Steve, do we have the rake for this?

We do have the rake.

It's right above my head.

Oh, that's fabulous, can I see it down?

You can indeed.

There we go.

OK.

So, no great quality, but probably late 19th, early 20th century stuff.

VO: She sounds keen.

So, it's time to phone dealer Paul.

Ticket price is £50.

I was kind of a looking to pay about £20 on them.

VO: Well... ANITA: (LAUGHS) ..you don't get if you don't ask.

25?

Could you take 25?

PHONE: Erm... yeah, go on.

You are an absolute darling.

An absolute darling at 25.

I'm really delighted.

OK, bye bye.

Bye.

25.

You got a really good deal there.

Well done.

I know.

I was chatting him up.

(THEY CHUCKLE) VO: Smooth talking, Anita.

And she's not done yet.

This little sewing box here would be from the 1950s.

The top opens out... ..so that we can see all the little compartments for threads and needles and scissors and so on.

And it's decorated with this... ..quite crazy Fablon material here.

Cheap but stylish.

I quite like that and I think that it might be appealing.

VO: Ticket price is £60 but Anita has asked Steve to contact the dealer with a cheeky bid of £30.

Any luck?

DEALER: Right.

ANITA: (CHUCKLES SOFTLY) Because it's such a popular item he knows he can shift that, so 30 is a bit low.

He will shift it at 40.

How's that sound?

Let's go for that.

Thank you very much.

ANITA: I'm delighted with that.

DEALER: Fantastic.

VO: Yeah, I bet.

That's the 1950s sewing box and the rustic rake and shovel for a canny £65 total.

Philip is now taking our trip to Saltaire, a few miles north of Bradford.

An area that played an important part in the Industrial Revolution with its population increasing by 90,000 in just 50 years, thanks to the textile boom.

But the rapid growth of the city brought with it terrible social squalor.

There was one local businessman, Titus Salt, who decided that his workers would not live in those horrific conditions so he created a vision of industrial Utopia.

Philip's arrived at Salt's Mill to meet curator Jen Hallam to find out more.

Titus started off his career as a wool stapler - that's... What's a wool stapler?

It's somebody who buys and sells wool.

So he was a wool trader?

Indeed, yes.

It was on one of his visits to Liverpool that he spotted a load of greasy bails in the corner of a warehouse and they were full of alpaca fleece that nobody wanted.

PHIL: Alpaca's like a llama.

JEN: He found a way of processing it so this is the product of that invention.

What differentiates this from other weaves or yarns or wools or whatever?

JEN: The alpaca that Titus was able to create is incredibly fine and lustrous fabric, very, very popular, so popular that in fact, Queen Victoria, who had a small flock of alpacas at Windsor... Really?

..used to send the fleece up to Saltaire.

VO: Titus Salt's successful business flourished.

He soon had five factories in Bradford but was aware of the terrible living conditions of his workers.

JEN: Living conditions in Bradford were absolutely appalling.

PHIL: Really?

There are horrendous reports of a family of eight living in a damp cellar with five children sleeping in one bed and the father, mother and grandmother sleeping in another bed.

It really was appalling.

There was no sewerage, no water supply, the canal and the Bradford Beck were basically open sewers.

Cholera, typhoid were both rife.

There were some very severe outbreaks and an awful lot of people died.

So they didn't live for very long, did they?

They didn't.

The average lifespan in Bradford at that time was just 18 and a half years.

18...

Under 20 years?

Under 20 years.

Under 20 years.

And in fact, over half of all wool-commerce children didn't make it to the age of 15.

VO: Oh dear.

It was because of this horrendous public health disaster that Salt decided to move away from the city and build a brand new modern super-mill, thought to be the largest in Europe when it opened.

Situated on the banks of the River Aire, Salt didn't just build a mill, he planned to create a whole new township called Saltaire, declaring that it would become a community of well-fed and happy operatives.

JEN: This mill building opened in 1853 and over the next 20 years, Salt actually built a village for his workers with 800 houses.

He built churches, a school, hospital, alms houses, there was a canteen, a factory canteen that could accommodate 700 to 800 people at one sitting.

Every house had its own water supply, gas supply, it had a minimum of two bedrooms.

Each house had its own outside toilet, which compared to the conditions in Bradford at the time, must have been absolutely astounding.

VO: In 1876 the last building at Saltaire was completed.

Later that year, Sir Titus Salt died at home.

Along with Robert Owen, who created New Lanark and the Cadbury family, who built Bourneville village, Salt was a prominent reformer in the movement to improve the terrible living conditions of industrial workers.

VO: Back in Cullingworth, with the car still being fixed, Anita is using her initiative.

Aw, this is great.

I feel like the queen of the road.

(LAUGHS) I'll look after him and I'll be careful.

Alright, see you later.

Bye.

VO: Thank you kind driver.

OK darling.

We're off.

Forward MacDuff.

And you're a lot better looking than Phil Serrell.

VO: Hey!

Cheeky.

VO: A lorry and a car ride later and Anita has arrived in Hebden Bridge.

VO: The town sits on the Rochdale canal, popular with those who prefer a more sedate way to cross the Pennines.

Anita's here to visit Caldene Antiques Centre.

That looks like Anita's sort of thing.

A 1940s ladies' watch.

Possibly gold.

Can I have a wee look outside?

Yes, of course you can.

I want to try and find hallmarks.

See if there's any hallmarks.

If I'm lucky.

Aha.

I'm going to have a look at this watch which is from the 1930s or 1940s.

Erm, it's marked up at £22.

Now, if that's gold, that's not a lot of money because even although the watch might not be working, it will be...

There would be interest from people who buy gold.

But I like the color.

I like the color of the watch case and I think that might be gold.

If I just open it gently, remove the mechanism... ..and then I'm looking in here for the hallmark.

And that tells us that it is... ..nine-karat gold.

So, that's a good buy at £22.

VO: Great spot.

Even better if she could get it for less.

Time to check with Carol.

Watch out Carol.

Is there any movement on that price?

I'd have a look for you.

Have a wee look.

Are they both out of the same counter?

Mm-hm.

I could do that one for 20.

Could you do it for 20?

Can... Is there... could you do it for 18?

Yeah, we'll take 18.

Yes, 18.

You could do it for 18?

That's fine, that's great.

Well, I'm very pleased.

OK, my love.

VO: So, that's a nine-karat gold-cased ladies' wrist-watch for only £18.

Well done.

VO: Philip's also heading towards Hebden Bridge.

It's a lovely part of the world isn't it?

VO: He's hitched a ride with Roy and his grandson George.

This is fantastic.

Really, really kind of you.

VO: Roy's a man of few words.

A tractor though - not surprising as Philip hails from generations of farmers... and PE teachers.

PHIL: Thank you very, very much.

ROY: Phil.

VO: And dropped off right at the door of his final shop, lucky devil.

What a lovely man.

What a really, really nice man.

VO: Right.

Down to business at Hebden Bridge Antiques.

Peter, how are you?

Hi Phil, nice to meet you.

That was some entrance, that was.

Well, you know, traveling in style, you know, it's the way it's done.

So, you're welcome to have a look round.

See that's interesting cuz at the back there, there's that silver ship's light.

And it looks like it's 47 quid.

It's a cigar lighter, hugely collectable.

So if that's all the money, it is just for nothing.

Oh, there's a problem, 475.

What's that expression?

It's better to travel in expectation than to arrive in disappointment.

VO: Anything else silver and cheaper take your fancy?

That's quite nice.

Very often these have had an armorial or something here haven't they?

Yes, quite often they do, yes.

And that's been polished out, hasn't it?

It's got some nice gilding to the interior, hasn't it?

This is a helmet shaped, cream jug, Chester hallmarks.

This is a Georgian design that's been copied 100 or 80 years later.

What do you think that's gonna make at auction?

30 to 50?

Yeah, that's exactly what I think.

Which means I've got to try and buy it off you for 20 or 25 quid.

Hm.

Well, yes, good luck with that.

What's the price ticket?

£80.

Erm... what can you do it for?

I mean for me, it's gotta be, it's gotta come in under 30 otherwise I can't look at it really.

Why don't we try 45?

That's not under 30 is it?

No.

For me to buy it, it's gotta come to under 30 really, I think.

35?

See, that's still gotta make 40 for me to stand still with it.

Mm.

I could go to 25 for it if that's any good to you.

If it isn't it doesn't matter but I can give that for it.

How about pushing it slightly and go 28.

Go on then, you're a gentleman, thank you very much indeed.

VO: With that very generous deal, both our experts are all bought up.

VO: Philip spent a total of £143 on five lots.

The cow horns, the children's stool, the bar skittles, the slab of fossils and the Georgian style cream jug.

Anita spent a little less, shelling out £131 on her five lots.

Buying the brooch with the art-deco clip, the commemorative plaque, the rustic rake and shovel, the 1950s sewing box and the vintage ladies' wristwatch.

So, what do they make of each other's lots?

I love Phil's items.

They are so Phil.

That lovely little stool - it's dinky, it's sweet, it's in good condition.

Anita has bought some really good Anita lots, she's also bought a couple of Phil Serrell lots.

The rake and the fork?

I mean, that's Serrell country.

Manning, what are you doing?

You know, she's bought them right enough.

They should do money.

That sewing box.

I just do not understand that.

I just don't like it.

The cow horns or the bull horns... they don't press any of my buttons.

I don't care if I lose every penny today because I have had a ride on a tractor.

I'd rather have a ride on a tractor than a concrete lorry.

Hm.

VO: After starting in Windermere, our experts are now en route to their very first auction of the trip in Cleveleys near Blackpool.

VO: Let's hope their now fixed car makes it.

PHIL: Do you know the thing is, our road trip is like a rollercoaster, innit?

The big dipper.

The auction sale big dipper.

ANITA: (LAUGHS) We've had the highs, we've got the lows to come now.

VO: Well, don't worry, Phil, as you've made it safely to the auction house.

OK, my old fossil, are you ready for this?

I'm gonna find a fossil I think.

In we go then.

Happy days.

ANITA: Here we go.

VO: Presiding over today's proceedings is auctioneer Sean Smythe.

So, what does he make of our experts' lots?

The two agricultural items, possibly maybe for a themed pub or something of that interest.

The cow horns... erm... we haven't had a great deal of interest in these to be absolutely honest with you.

The mid-century sewing box, they are quite collectable these at the moment, these particular 1950s, 1960s items so it might do well.

98.

VO: Time will soon tell.

Get comfortable everyone.

Wow!

Packed room isn't it?

Yeah, it's busy.

It's good.

Absolutely.

VO: First up is Philip's child's stool.

Will it prove to be a crowd pleaser?

D'you need me to hold your hand?

£20 for this?

10?

10 I have.

SEAN: 12, 14, 16, 18.

ANITA: Yes!

20, £20 at the back.

SEAN: 22.

ANITA: (GASPS) 24, 26, £26 on the front row.

28 anywhere?

ANITA: Come on, come on!

SEAN: At £26 then.

26, are we all finished at £26?

Are we all finished... PHIL: Why are you cheering for me?

Because I love you.

Can't argue with that, really, can you?

VO: There was a little love in the room for Philip's stool too.

VO: Will there be any left over for Anita's commemorative Joan of Arc plaque?

Just a little question here.

Is Joan of Arc big in Blackpool?

We'll see in a minute.

Say for this one £30.

20 I have, 22, £22, 24 anywhere?

24, 26, 28, £28 on the staircase.

30... ..two, 34, 36, PHIL: She IS big in Blackpool.

36, 38.

PHIL: Very big in Blackpool.

ANITA: It's a bit of quality.

40?

PHIL: Getting bigger by the minute in Blackpool.

ANITA: Interesting.

Unusual.

42.

44.

At £44 and now are we all done at 44?

Yes!

Put me firmly in my place, innit?

VO: Indeed.

That's a storming start for Anita.

I wonder if it will be ladies' day today?

Oh, just shut up.

VO: Now, now.

No need to be bitter.

Let's see if your pub skittles game will prove popular.

£50 for this?

40, 30 I have, 32, £32, 34 anywhere?

34, 36, 38, 40, two.

At £42 at the back, 44 anywhere?

SEAN: At £42 then... ANITA: Come on!

..for the skittles game, £42, 44 anywhere?

We all finished at £42?

Are you happy?

Moderately.

VO: Surely you can crack a bit of a smile over that result.

If you're in Liverpool, you're a Liverpudlian, if you're in Blackpool are you a Blackpudlian?

I think I've lost it.

Sometimes I worry about you, Phil.

VO: Right, next up, it's Anita's Serrell-like lot, the rustic rake and shovel.

SEAN: £40 for this, 30?

ANITA: Yes!

£30, well 20 I have, 22.

At £22, 24, £24 at the back.

SEAN: £24, 26 anywhere?

ANITA: Yes!

£24 at the back of the room, 26, 28, 30, at £30 at the back then.

30 then, are we all done at £30?

32 anywhere?

All done at 30, all finished.

Yes.

VO: That's another profit for Anita.

Great stuff!

VO: Philip's playing catch-up with his cow horns next.

At £10 then now.

10, 12, £12, 14, 16, 18, 20.

At £20 on the front row, 22 anywhere?

£20 in there for the cow horns, are we all done at 20?

All finished?

VO: Ah, that'll take the sting out of that loss.

VO: Next up, it's Anita's great find.

The gold wristwatch.

£40, 30 I have, 32, 34, 36, at £36.

38 anywhere?

£36 now, at £36, are we all finished at £36?

All done at 36?

VO: Another marvelous profit for our Lady Manning.

And she's up again with that lot that Philip rubbished, her 1950s sewing box.

For me that's got that sort of November the 5th look.

ANITA: Bonfire?

PHIL: Yeah.

Very popular, these.

What can I say for this one?

£40, 30 I have, 32, 34, £34, ANITA: (LAUGHS) SEAN: £36.

ANITA: Come on.

38, 40, 42, 44...

I don't believe it, I just do not believe it.

50... Firewood is making profit.

£55 on my right, 60 anywhere?

Absolute... my flabber is completely gasted.

£55.

60, at £60 buying the sewing case, £60, are we all done at £60?

All done ?

VO: Look at that.

She's done it again.

Oh Philip, this is not your day, is it?

Can you redeem yourself with your slab of fossils?

20, well 20 I have.

22, £22, 24 anywhere?

£22, 24, 26?

28, 30, 32.

At £32, the gentleman sat down on the second row, 34 anywhere?

ANITA: Come on, come on.

SEAN: £32 then now, 32.

Are we all finished at 32?

For the last time.

I think you've bought the right things for this room and I don't think I have.

VO: D'you know, I think you've hit the nail on the head there, Phil.

It's Anita's last lot now.

Can she continue her run of profits with her brooch and art-deco clip?

£30 for this, 20, well 10 I have, 12, 14, at £14, 16 on the stairs.

18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38.

At £38, 40 anywhere?

40.

At £40 then, £40 at the back of the room, are we all finished at 40?

40 is good enough for me.

ANITA: (LAUGHS) VO: I'll say so.

Anita ends on a high.

I think for you to win, your cream jug will have to get £3,000.

VO: Hey, it's unlikely but stranger things have happened.

50?

Well 40 I have, at £40, 42, 44... You're away, you're away.

44, 46, 46, at £46 then.

ANITA: Come on, come on.

SEAN: £46, at £46.

£46.

All finished at 46?

48.

50, £50 at the back then, 50 then, 50, are we all done at 50?

All done?

Might just have clawed me back to what I started with.

VO: A great result to end on, so well done.

Go on then.

Cup of tea?

Why not... arsenic?

VO: Before you have tea - ha!

- let's work out the final figures.

Philip started this leg with £200.

Unfortunately he made a small loss of £3.60 after auction costs, leaving him with £196.40.

Bad luck, old chap.

VO: Anita also began with £200.

She made an impressive profit of £42.43 after auction costs which means today she is winner and goes into the next leg with £242.43.

Oh.

Well.

Well, well, well, well.

I've done some sums and you... ANITA: Aha?

PHIL: ..Joan of Arc... Aha?

Jeannie of Arc.

Yeah, you're up about 40 quid and me... That's not bad.

..and me fossils are down about a fiver.

PHIL: Go on, get in.

I'll drive.

ANITA: That's not too bad.

VO: See you next time, Road Trippers.

I'm not sure about the car though.

Next time, our antiquers head to northeast England.

Do you think we're on the right road?

VO: Phil's a man with a plan.

Don't let that Anita Manning anywhere near 'em.

VO: And Anita wants to hang onto her lead.

I wonder if I could give Phil Serrell a hammering with that.

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