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

That hurts.

Have I got it the right way up?

VO: The aim?

To make the biggest profit at auction, but it's no mean feat.

There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.

I look like the Mad Hatter.

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

I'm only in this program to be Anita Manning's chauffeur.

VO: This is the Antiques Road Trip!

Yeah!

VO: This week, the 1965 Sunbeam Alpine has carried experts Anita Manning and Phillip Serrell across the north of England.

It's been an eventful journey.

ANITA (AM): I need somebody to help me, I need a mechanic.

PHILIP (PS): It's a great pity as far as I'm concerned that the government have abandoned the scrappage scheme, because that's where I'd put this.

VO: Auctioneer Phil, from Worcester, is a man who likes to buy big.

How much is the tractor?

VO: Anita, from Glasgow, also an auctioneer, sometimes forgets to buy at all.

She is bonkers, honestly, completely bonkers.

VO: Phil started this road trip with £200 and has built that up to a handsome £475.86, employing some unusual tactics.

I don't want to do boring antiques, I want to go and buy something really daft again.

VO: Anita also began with £200 and has turned that into an only-slightly-less-impressive £406.74.

The bond between Phil and Anita has grown strong - and as their last road trip gets under way, they just take a moment.

It's our last leg.

Yeah, I know.

Are you gonna miss me?

Yeah, I've enjoyed this trip, you know.

Really, I have.

You've been jolly good company.

Oh, it's been great.

Are you gonna catch me up today?

Well, you never know, I can be a dark horse.

So can I. I'm gonna leave you here.

AM: (LAUGHS) Wait for me!

VO: This week, the road trip started out in Ford, in the far north of England, ventured into Scotland, before winding its way southwards, and will conclude today at Harrogate in Yorkshire.

The final leg takes our pair of experts from Eccleston in Lancashire across the Pennines to the grand finale in Harrogate.

Eccleston sits on the River Yarrow, is one of the boroughs of St Helens and was once home to their rugby league team.

Hoping for conversions of bargains into profits, our two experts both start their shopping together.

AM: Here we are, eventually.

PS: This place looks massive, doesn't it?

Right, let's go then.

AM: OK. PS: I'll race you.

No, no, no, no.

Hey, no racing!

VO: Phil and Anita's first stop is Bygone Times in Eccleston... PS: Good luck.

AM: ..you go yours.

PS: Not too much.

VO: ..a collection of individual stalls, housed in an old weaving mill that used to make parachutes during the Second World War.

Chocks away!

The trouble with a place like this is that it's absolutely massive, and so you've got to just try and... You know, it really is a question of seeing the wood for the trees.

VO: Anita has beaten a path to this big boy.

Philip thinks I make a lot of noise.

With that big drum, I could make a lot more noise!

VO: It must appeal to her BASS instincts - ticket price, £58.

It's a bass drum.

I don't know anything about it, I don't know how old it is, but I do like it, and I think it's quite good fun, and it seems in perfect working order.

VO: I'm no expert on percussion but I'd say that's working!

That's great fun, isn't it?!

VO: Phil, meanwhile, is dancing to the beat of a different drum.

Oh, that is good fun, isn't it?

The old melody's still there, isn't it?

You know, I haven't lost it.

So that's a bid dodge, so that clearly doesn't work at all.

There's something missing here.

VO: The snare drum doesn't work, there's no bass drum pedal and the hi-hat's broken.

Apart from that it's fine.

Walk away, Phil.

At the other side of this huge complex, Anita is getting into her rhythm, haggling down the phone with the absent owner of the bass drum.

Can you bring that down to about 30 quid?

£30?

Oh, that sounds great.

Now, what I want to do is to, erm... to buy the wee music stand as well.

You've got that in at 6.50 - could I buy that at £5?

The lot for 30?

Oh, you're a darling!

VO: Interesting haggling technique, that.

The owner has taken less than Anita offered.

She's given me both of them for £30.

Isn't that lovely?

VO: Come on Phil - time to start buying!

I think that's a really nice thing.

That's a scribe for marking out mortise and tenon joints when you're making a piece of furniture, and it's in rosewood and brass.

You look at the caliber of that, and the workmanship in that.

I think this man's got some cheap things.

VO: Phil wants a closer look - if we can just get this cabinet open.

Have you got the right keys yet?

Have you got the right key yet?

DEALER: I have.

PS: Are you sure?

DEALER: Definitely.

PS: Really?

Here we go.

That's alright, I've changed my mind now, thanks, I don't want anything!

That's lovely, isn't it?

I just think that's a really lovely thing.

And what happens is, that block should move, and then this thing here moves up and down there and then you mark the piece of timber like that.

This is a Stanley spirit level, isn't it?

So this was made in 1896 and it's American so...

I never knew that.

So Stanley tools must have originated in America.

VO: Phil's thinking of making up a job lot of tools - when did you develop this passion for DIY, Phil?

Oh, look at that.

Can I have a look at that thing there, please?

Which is a... What the hell is that?

It's a Ward Payne mortise lock chisel.

That's a serious tapperoony boony, that is.

VO: Ah, a taperoony boony - you don't see many of those about these days.

So can I have a look at that as well, please?

And that's a mortise chisel, so presumably that would have... You'd have gouged the wood out with that, that you'd marked with the...

So there's a bit of a connection between the two, isn't there?

How much is that?

That's £19, what else have we got?

19.

And nine is... How much is 19 and nine?

VO: You should have bought a slide rule, Phil.

28.

And 12.

That's sort of 40 quid, isn't it?

Inner sanctum, come on, in we go.

VO: Time for some tough talking - best done in the secrecy of the staff room.

20 squid.

Can't do any better than that, 20 squid.

25?

You're learning this job well, aren't you?!

Go on, 20 quid.

Go on, it's a deal.

You're a gentleman, thank you very much indeed.

The real joy of this is that if they do fail at auction, I've always got a new career, haven't I?

VO: Great, Phil is up and running - and Anita's money is obviously burning a hole in her pocket.

Oh, look at those lampshades, they're fabulous, aren't they?

Do you think so?

Yes.

Is that modern, is that new?

It will be, yeah.

Do you like that type of stuff?

I see you've got...

It's got a sort of retro feel.

I like it, but I wouldn't have it in my house.

VO: I wouldn't have it in my shed - even for a mere £12 asking price!

It's the lime green, it's just so... obscene!

I like it because it's so in your face, it's a thing that somebody will either love or hate.

But it's got a bit of fun about it, you know, it's looking back to the 1960s.

And I remember the 1960s myself.

Can you do me a deal on it?

I can do it for six.

You can do it for six?

That's a deal, thank you very, very much.

Thank you.

Do you think I'll make a profit on that?

(THEY CHUCKLE) I think Phil will think that this is probably the most horrible thing that's been bought on the Antiques Road Trip!

VO: Oh, I think that's a bit unfair - but I still don't think he'll like it much.

Oh!

Careful Anita!

Now, what's Phil messing about with?

Well, this is a wool winder.

And you're in the wool area, and... ..mills are prevalent.

This is an old mill, and I just think this is just a real cool thing.

VO: Like an old married couple, Phil and Anita are starting to think with one mind, because on the other side of this huge emporium... AM: And this is a wool winder.

And I think that this would be a nice thing to buy in this building.

I think it must be Victorian.

It's £175, which is a lot of money, but I want to spend some money.

If you're gonna put something into auction, I think you've got to buy things that you can't put a price on.

So if you buy a Worcester figure or a Doulton vase or a whatever, you know, all you've got to do is look it up on any price guide site and it will give you the value of it.

Go find one of those.

Well, you might do, but it's gonna be harder to find.

VO: Phil decides that his wool winder is worth a punt - so it's off to the front desk to see if there's any give on the £30 ticket price.

The thing is, I could be tactically clever here, because Anita is about 60 or £70 behind me, so I've got to try and box clever, buy mean, but at the same time, buy things that I like, are interesting, and this is a real good bit of fun.

Now, watch my lips, Paul.

25 quid.

PS: Go on, have a deal.

PAUL: Go on then.

Good man!

Right, I've got to get polishing now.

Have you got any Brasso and a duster, please?

VO: Anita also wants to get a good price for her wool winder.

The dealer isn't around, so she must negotiate with Emma, one of the assistants at the center.

I can take 10% off that then, without contacting them.

Right, OK.

It's at 175.

10% off, that's taken me to about... 160-ish?

Would I be able to buy that for, say... ..130?

Yeah, I'll do it.

You'll do that?

Yeah.

No problem.

You're a wonderful Lancashire lass!

No problem.

AM: Thank you very much.

EMMA: Alright, thank you.

I feel quite touched.

I've got it for 130.

I don't know what it's worth.

I don't know how it works, but it makes me think about Lancashire.

VO: Two antiques experts, two wool winders.

There's the robust, down-to-earth model and the classy, elegant, but more expensive end of the market.

AM: Did you have a nice time?

PS: I had a really good time.

AM: Good, wasn't it?

PS: Clearly you did well.

Yes, good, I enjoyed it.

I enjoyed it.

Tell me a woman that doesn't enjoy shopping.

VO: Huh!

Some money has been spent, some items bought, so I think Phil can take his foot off the pedal for a while and do a bit of sightseeing.

Anita drives him the six short miles from Eccleston to Chorley.

AM: That's a lovely house, Philip.

I'm looking forward to this.

See you later.

Have a good one, spend lots of money!

Yeah, I love that house.

VO: Phil is off to meet Pamela, who's going to show him round Astley Hall.

And you've brought the weather with you!

VO: There's been a property on this site since the 16th century, with much of the current house being designed and built in the 1660s, when Richard Brooke married the heiress to Astley Hall, Margaret Charnock.

It's famous for its plasterwork ceilings, and no doubt Phil will be looking forward to seeing those.

PS: Can I look at your kitchen?

PAMELA: Yes.

Come on, which way do we go?

VO: Or the kitchen - I'm sure the kitchen is lovely too.

PS: This is a fantastic room, and I love these things here.

That's a lump of sugar.

It is, yeah.

Because that's how... Before granulated sugar... Yeah, and these are for cutting the sugar.

Mm, they are.

The social history of seeing that and that as your sugar is fantastic.

It's the arrival, isn't it, of sugar, during the Tudor period?

Yeah.

VO: Now, Phil, the ceilings - can we see the ceilings?

That's a fantastic door.

The whole of the paneling in this room is absolutely fantastic... PS: Oh wow, can we look?

PAMELA: Yeah.

The door is simply part of the paneling that fits into the whole of the room.

PS: That's just fantastic, isn't it?

And now that the gilded work has been restored, doesn't it have a fantastic reflection against it?

It's just, you know... And massively expensive timber, that.

Oh, absolutely, for the period, yeah.

VO: It's a very fine door - but the ceilings!

They might be worth a passing glance.

These magnificent 17th century ceilings are often said to be amongst the finest in England.

The plaster is made of a mixture of mud, horse hair and wine, with some of the figures made of leather and lead.

You know you said about the social history aspect of it, I feel... That's the bit I like about it, it's just showing off the wealth of the Brooke family.

This young couple, they get married, and it just celebrates their marriage - you've got all the little Cupids, you've got all...

I think that's a little dove that he's holding.

VO: The 3D 17th century magnificence couldn't fail to be appreciated by a man of breeding and culture such as Phil.

He's in for a real treat.

You know, hand on heart, genuinely, I don't like this.

VO: Oh.

I just find it a bit overpowering, a bit scary, and it's a bit the stuff of nightmares for me.

But that doesn't mean that you can't appreciate it.

PAMELA: No.

There's a corn on the cob over there, look.

Exactly, and that is what that Brooke family are trying to say, aren't they?

They're reflecting new foods, it's reflecting their wealth, they can afford...

They're trying to show that they can afford this type of food that's come from the Americas.

The work in it is unbelievable, isn't it?

There's not that many buildings with this type of ceiling left in them.

And that's why people come here.

You say "not many" - I wouldn't profess to be the most traveled person in the world, but I've never seen a ceiling like this.

I tell you something, I can really appreciate this, but I'm definitely going to go to bed tonight with the lights on, let me tell you.

VO: Meanwhile, Anita has driven just over 12 miles, from Astley Hall to Darwen.

She's already bought three items and is hoping to find a couple more in this Aladdin's Cave.

This is very, very interesting.

Oh, geez, it's lovely to see you.

Nice to meet you, lovely.

This is... wow!

(CHUCKLES) This is fabulous.

This is like an adventure playground.

VO: Anita has to generate £70 on Phil to win this week's road trip.

She needs to find something that will make some serious cash.

There is stuff everywhere!

Everywhere.

If that's a watercolor, it's a nice watercolor.

VO: On the other hand, if it's a print - a copy of the original painting - it won't be worth nearly as much.

Shop owner Stephen can give us some background on the artist.

He lives in the same village as me, Adrian Rigby.

Aha.

He's quite well known.

Is this a watercolor?

I think so, I think it's a watercolor, yeah.

I'm not sure.

To be absolutely 100% sure, you'd need to have it out.

Yeah, I know.

How much is it?

£80.

VO: £80?

For what might be a print?

Be careful Anita!

There's so much stuff here, I'm gonna leave that there and I'm gonna think about that strongly.

VO: Shop owner Stephen can sense Anita is keen on the bird, and comes up with an intriguing offer.

A former colleague, who actually bought this, he remembers, he bought it from a charity shop.

He thinks it's definitely a watercolor and he says if you buy it, he'll donate half back to the charity.

No pressure there!

That sounds nice, doesn't it?

That sounds great.

I'll tell you, there's another thing that I fancied.

Something completely different.

I looked at this wee darling here.

It's got a lovely naive quality.

The horse has a twinkle in its eye.

Yeah.

I quite like that as well.

Is that very expensive?

No, he's buyable, I think.

AM: It's buyable?

DEALER: I think he is.

But you don't know how much money I've got left!

No I don't, no.

85.

85?

Yeah.

Doesn't cost a lot to feed.

Doesn't cost a lot to feed!

If I bought the two of them together, could I be in the region of 100 quid?

DEALER: Ooh!

AM: Is that sore?

DEALER: Very sore!

AM: Is it?

DEALER: Ooh!

AM: Is it lethally sore?

DEALER: Ooh, almost!

AM: Is it?

Almost!

165, and you've offered 100.

So what about we split the difference at 135?

What about 125?

Done.

You are a darling.

Thank you so much.

VO: So Anita has now spent £291 on five lots and is nicely positioned for the auction in Harrogate.

It's all going very well.

AM: Thank you.

(ENGINE STUTTERS) VO: Which is more than can be said for the car.

AM: Got it!

DEALER: Hooray!

VO: That's better - Anita heads off to pick up Phil and then it's off to the hotel for a well-earned rest after a busy day's shopping.

Oh.

The car has other ideas.

Clutch, neutral... (ENGINE REVS) VO: The car is going nowhere fast - and it's rush hour.

She's not going to be popular.

Uh-oh.

Here's a nice young man coming along to her rescue.

Do you know anything about cars?

VO: Maybe not.

I need somebody to help me.

I need a mechanic.

VO: Meanwhile, Phil waits patiently.

Just when all seems lost, a white van man comes to the rescue.

I can have a quick look for you if you want.

Come on.

You're a pair of darlings.

I've got a friend who's a mechanic, do you want me to get him up here now?

Is that alright?

Yeah, yeah, he'll be alright with it, I'll ring him up now.

They've got a pal who's a mechanic, and they're gonna phone him and see if he'll come up and give us a hand.

Aren't they nice?

Quite good looking as well!

(CHUCKLES) VO: Meanwhile, Phil waits patiently.

MECHANIC: What's it done?

AM: (GROANS) MECHANIC: Has it just stopped?

AM: It just stopped.

VO: A pair of jump leads seem to be the solution.

This is like a wee party, isn't it?

VO: They look like they've been to better parties.

There we go.

(THEY CHEER) I don't know why it stopped.

But I know it's running.

VO: Meanwhile, Phil's called a cab.

Ha!

Night-night!

VO: The next morning, and on the way to the first shop of the day, Anita reflects on her car trouble of yesterday.

AM: She is being a little temperamental at the moment.

She's doing not too badly this morning... PS: That's cuz we haven't changed gear yet!

VO: Yesterday, Anita spent £291 on five items, including a wool winder and this big bass drum.

Phil spent £45.

He also bought a wool winder, together with a collection of joiner's tools.

That's a serious tapperoony-boony, that is.

VO: The pair are ultimately heading to Harrogate and the first drive today takes them from Darwen to Haslingden.

This looks rather nice, Philip.

PS: Looks lovely, doesn't it?

(CAR STALLS) AM: Oh, oh!

(THEY CHUCKLE) VO: Anita isn't planning to buy any more items, so she's on easy street this morning.

I feel very, very relaxed today because I've bought five items, I like them all, I'm under no pressure to buy any more.

VO: Phil, on the other hand, has only a couple of auction lots, so he needs to get cracking.

Phil Serrell is under pressure, and that's exactly where I like him to be.

PS: That's an interesting thing.

What on Earth is it?

I quite like that, but what on Earth it is... ..how old it is, and what it does, I haven't got a clue.

VO: Maybe shop owner Peter can help him out here.

What do you reckon that is, then?

We've had several ideas, but the one that we're settling on, we think it's a viscosity tester.

Viscosity is the stickiness of liquids, for want of a better word, isn't it?

So you actually put the oil on, put the block on, and then raise the gradient until obviously you get the movement, to give you the viscosity of that liquid.

I think you've got a very vivid imagination, sir.

VO: Phil's found another item that's just the ticket.

PS: Oh, there's a Serrell lot if ever I saw one.

It's a ticket collector's thingy, look.

Off a bus or a train or something.

Oh, I think we've got to have a look at that.

How could you possibly live your life without having... "Any more fares?"

I think those are fun as well.

Those carpet bowls, we'd better have a look at those.

They do what they say on the tin.

They're a set of bowls that you play on the carpet inside, so when it was raining and you couldn't get onto the bowling green, you got your carpet bowls out and you played on the carpet.

VO: Phil lines up his three potential buys at the front desk.

Time to start bargaining.

Right, so we've got a real sporting lot here, haven't we?

That little lot you've got priced up at £28.

Yes.

That was priced up at how much?

45.

Right, that's 45.

And that's 42.

Well, individually, I mean... That could be 15.

OK. That's gonna have to be in the region of £30.

OK. And these, again in the region of £30.

Right.

I'm gonna pass on that, I think it's a great lot, that, but I think it's too much of a gamble at auction.

VO: OK, so now we're down to two items - the carpet bowls and the mystery slope.

I'm gonna definitely buy that, cuz I think it's lunacy, I don't think...

I mean, how can you sell what you don't even know what it is?

So, now, can I give you 30 quid for the two?

No, no, I can't do that.

If you do 35 for the two, I'll have the two.

I can do 40 for the two.

OK, put that one over there.

What's the best on that one?

Er, 15.

OK, I'm gonna buy that.

I'm definitely gonna buy that.

I'll have just that, thank you.

OK. VO: It looks like Phil is walking away with just one item.

Although the last minute arrival of the owner of the ticket machine could change things.

I'll give you a tenner for it, but I wouldn't give you any more for it than that.

Give us 15 quid and we'll call it right.

12 quid, and I'll give you a first class ticket.

Go on then.

You're a gent, hold on.

Oh look, it's broke now, look!

(CHUCKLES) You've bought it now!

I know.

You're a gentleman, thank you very much indeed.

VO: Once the deal is done, Anita returns to see how Phil's been getting on.

Hi, Phil.

How are you doing?

Yeah, really well, you?

AM: Good, good.

PS: I've got something for you.

AM: Aha?

PS: Yeah.

Oh, bus tickets, thank you very much.

Is the car not going?

13 pence?

Second class.

Cardiff?

Yeah, Cardiff.

Bye-bye!

VO: Cardiff will have to wait, as Phil is offering Anita a luxury, no-expense-spared chauffeur-driven trip from Haslingden to Burnley.

VO: Oh, looks like they've put the flags out.

Our duo couldn't really visit Lancashire without at least one trip to a cotton mill - and what a mill this is.

Queen's Street Mill operated from 1895 until 1982 and once housed over 1,000 working looms.

It's now Grade I listed and has scheduled ancient monument status.

Anita is meeting up with Conrad Varley.

CONRAD: Hello, Anita.

Ah, hello.

Welcome to Queen Street Mill.

Ah, thank you very much.

I've been so excited about coming here, because this is the last working mill.

The last working mill as such.

In the world.

I mean, at one period there was 100 mills of this size producing plain calico.

So at one period there was more looms than people that actually lived in Burnley.

VO: By 1982, calico production on such a scale was no longer financially viable and Queen Street became a working museum.

Over 300 working looms are preserved in the weaving shed.

(LOOMS CLATTER) For once, Anita is not the loudest thing in the room.

Shame Phil's not here to see it.

What a noise!

You used to have to work in this eight hours per day.

How did they communicate?

Well, their method was called the mee-mowing.

Mee-mowing.

Yes, but that was sort of like reading people's lips.

I would have said, "Hello, Anita."

And I would say back, "Hello, Conrad."

You've got it.

It's so loud, I've got to get out of here!

VO: These looms are still powered by the factory's huge tandem compound steam engine.

The steam for that engine comes from the boilers, lovingly tended by boiler man Terry.

It's a Lancashire boiler, it's 30 foot long.

It's eight foot in diameter, and as you can see, working level of water is water from there right down to the base, and we are in fact boiling 5,000 gallons of water, so there's plenty of cups of tea or plenty of water for showers.

What we have... ..is that.

Wow!

Oh-ho-ho!

One man would actually run both boilers in his day, and if you just have a look at the coal there, that was a morning's work - there's three ton of coal there approximately, and he went through six ton of coal per day, one man, all on his own.

Do you think if anybody can shovel coal, I could have a wee shot?

Oh yes, certainly, we've got some gloves here.

AM: Alright.

(CHUCKLES) What we'll do is, we'll just go through... AM: Aha.

TERRY: Right.

Small weight.

Aha.

And try and swing...

Right.

Just a wee drop.

Right.

Hey!

You've done it before.

That's the life of the Lancashire boilerman, and they were very proud men.

All the brasses were always cleaned.

They were very proud of what they did down here.

You're quite proud of what you do?

TERRY: Oh, yes, yes.

AM: That's nice.

Yeah, it's mine.

It's as simple as that, it's mine.

AM: It's your babies.

TERRY: Yeah.

VO: As Anita struggles to build up a head of steam - ha!

- Phil is in much the same position.

Needing to buy and buy quickly for the auction in Harrogate, he's heading to Whalley.

This large village is famous for the Whalley Arches, a 48 span viaduct that crosses the Ribble Valley.

It dates from 1850 and contains seven million bricks.

Phil will be hoping that Whalley has other old items of interest, as he still needs to fill his swag bag for the auction.

So a quick hello to shop owner Phillip Davies and he's up and running.

And how much is that?

There's no price on it.

I quite like those, how much are they?

And what about all these corkscrews?

DEALER: They're a tenner each.

PS: Yeah, and those are...

They're a fiver each.

And how much is that one?

VO: I say Phil - steady on.

OK. Let's have a look round then.

Do have a look.

And what would that be to a local collector, 3,500?

And how much is that?

And how much is that?

And how much would a little wall clock like that one be?

VO: Finally Phil sees sense and calls in a little local knowledge.

Right, I'm gonna need your help, I'm thinking that I need to go down the... somewhere between 20 and 40 quid route.

(CLOCK CHIMES) And I don't know... Is there anything you would suggest to me?

VO: The owner points Phil in the direction of a four-piece cruet collection.

PS: Are these old figures, these?

1900/1920s.

They're continental, aren't they?

Either that or Scottish, you know, Portobello... VO: Colorful little characters from Scotland?

I'd have thought you'd had enough of them, Phil.

And how much are those?

They can be £10 each.

I think I quite like those two, actually.

The salt and the pepper.

Can I give you 15 quid for those two?

No, they're 20.

Go on, I'll have those two off you.

PS: There we are.

DEALER: Thank you very much.

PS: Thank you very much indeed.

DEALER: Thank you, Philip.

VO: Just across the road is a shop that Phil simply couldn't resist.

The shop is called Country Furniture, but that doesn't really do it justice.

How much is the tractor?

VO: This is a shop that will appeal to Philip's penchant for the big bits of stuff.

Those are lovely, those are hitching posts for horses.

So you'd have those outside your sort of country house, and you'd just hitch up to them.

VO: Phil's favorite items are those that take at least three people to lift.

These cast iron beauties are either hitching posts or stable ends - used as decoration in construction of riding stables.

They have a ticket price of £100 the pair.

I'm definitely gonna have these, right.

I'm definitely gonna have these, cuz I think they're great fun.

VO: You'll have be quick Phil - looks like there's another interested party.

I'd like to try and buy them for 80 or 100 quid the two.

VO: Phil has to pay the full 100 for the horses but that could still be a good each way bet.

Right... VO: He hands over the cash to the very shy shop owner and the deal is done.

Phil's hoping these two will be cast iron certainties at the auction.

OK, it's time for the big reveal.

Do you want to see what I've bought?

Yes, let's go for it.

Right, you ready?

Ah!

A wool winder...

It's a tensioner.

AM: Right, right.

PS: Yeah?

Well, I love this type of thing.

PS: Yeah.

AM: I really do like it.

OK.

But what I'd like to know is, what is that?

Well, it's a really well made... thingy.

Those... the gentleman in the shop told me they were Portobello, Edinburgh.

AM: Right, OK. PS: I've got no idea.

What sort of prices did you pay?

I paid £25 for that.

That's alright.

PS: I paid £20 for these two.

AM: Good.

I paid £35 for my tools, and I paid 12 quid for my On The Buses.

Philip!

Why did you buy an old bus ticket machine?!

I thought I could get rid of you with it!

AM: (LAUGHS) What, to go to Cardiff?

There is one other thing.

There's one other thing?

I bought these.

Oh, they're fabulous.

And I paid a lot for these.

What did you pay?

Well, I paid £100 for them.

I don't think that's dear, Philip.

I don't know.

Come on, let's have a look at yours.

Right.

Let's... get... PS: (LAUGHS) Is this a case of great minds think alike?

No, I think it's more of "anything I can do, you can do better"!

But I love these.

I absolutely love these, and this is typical of sort of mill area, isn't it?

Well you see, I have fallen in love with Lancashire.

AM: (LAUGHS) PS: What is that?

PS: Are you gonna wear it?

AM: It's a wee hat.

Widow Twanky!

You didn't buy that?

I bought that.

I couldn't resist it!

PS: How much was that?

AM: £6.

Listen, it took me back to the '60s, it took me back to the time of lime green and shocking pink.

I think you're absolutely right.

No, it is shocking.

That is truly... up there with some of the worst things I've ever seen in my life.

AM: Philip... PS: What?

This is so bad that it's good!

Come on, let's have a look at what else you got.

What's this?

It's a watercolor by a Lancashire artist.

I don't know very much about him, but...

I know enough to know that that is a very competent work.

PS: Good subject.

AM: I paid £125 for the horse and the watercolor.

Sort of 60 quid apiece, or whatever.

60 quid apiece, just about.

And how much was your wool winder?

I paid £130 for it.

And Philip, you know how you think that I make a lot of noise?

Yes.

Well, well, what do you think about... ..this?

This IS the last leg, isn't it?

Well, I've bought a big bass drum and a big... ..banger.

Yeah.

Fantastic.

Great minds think alike - wool winders, horses.

PS: Absolutely.

AM: We have a theme.

PS: Rubbish.

(THEY CHUCKLE) Get out of here!

And will you not hit that drum?

Thank you.

VO: But what do they really think?

Well, I'm seriously underwhelmed by Philip's items.

I think they're alright, but they're just alright.

But has been redeemed by buying those wonderful cast iron horse posts - I really like them.

They might be the thing to get him out of a hole.

I like her watercolor, I think that's a good thing, and I think the old whirligig, the wool winder, I love that to bits, so, you know, it'll be an interesting one, this.

VO: After starting out in Eccleston in Lancashire, the last part of our trip will end up in Harrogate - soon to be "on Sea" if this rain keeps up.

PS: I got to tell you, I don't care if I'm never, ever, ever sitting in this car ever, ever, ever again.

AM: I love this little car.

You love it?

Well, you're more than welcome.

AM: OK, Serrell.

PS: That's just fantastic.

AM: Stop moaning.

PS: Shut up.

VO: Phil and Anita have entered their items into a general sale at Thompson's Auctions in Harrogate.

It's a busy old place but if you turn up early, you can usually find a seat.

As the regulars hunt for bargains, auctioneer Lawrence Peat gives us his honest opinion.

Well, my initial reaction when the lots came in, I was a little bit surprised with the standard lamp, to say the least.

I thought that might have been a freebie, but I don't know what they paid for it, but we'll see if we can make profit for them.

The horses were very different, without a doubt.

Quite a unique item.

Let's hope we've got the right buyers here for them today.

VO: Anita began with £406.74 and she's spent a total of £291 on five auction lots.

Do you know, it's great when you buy things that you love.

VO: Phil started out with £475.86 and has spent £192, also on five auction lots.

You never know when a stretcher might not come in useful.

VO: As they prepare for the last auction of the week there's everything to play for.

Anita only needs to make up £70.

AM: OK, Phil... PS: Are you ready?

Last one.

Am I gonna catch you up?

PS: (LAUGHS) AM: It's just fun, isn't it?

No, it's all about winning, this!

AM: (LAUGHS) VO: First up, the ticket machine - will this prove to be a first class bargain?

I have to start on commission here at £38, 40 anywhere?

Bid is with me at 38, do I see 40?

It seems cheap at 38.

40, 42, 45.

45?

I've got to tell you, I think that's ridiculous.

48 with me.

One more, you might be lucky.

50, thank you at £50, any advance on £50?

£50!

It's good value at 50.

All done?

I'm going to sell at £50.

Well done, you big chancer!

VO: Who says you can't make money out of public transport?

It's not about winning - as long as I do - it's just about taking part, alright?

VO: Second up today are Phil's salt and pepper pots.

Start here with me on commission at £18.

20 anywhere?

The bid is with me at 18, do I see 20?

20, 22 and 25.

25 in the room, at £25.

At 25, any advance on 25?

I haven't lost any money on those.

I'm quite happy with that.

At £25, I'm going to sell, at £25.

That's what they deserved.

They were a nice wee pair.

You haven't lost any money.

VO: Phil salts away a £5 profit on the cruet set.

It's your tools and that slopey-dopey thing.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

They've got "engineer's slope", not "slopey-dopey".

No, I, I thought engineer's...

It's a dopey that's bought the slopey.

VO: It's Phil's tools up next - sold as a combined lot of five.

Start here on commission at £28, 30 anywhere?

28.

And 32 and 35.

In the room at 35, 38, 40, 42, 45... You're in profit, Phil.

50, 52, 55?

55, sir?

55, 58, 60, 62... Aw, ya beauty!

65, 68?

You sure?

AM: Smile.

LAWRENCE: 65 at the back, at 65.

68, new bidder.

70, 72, 75, 78, 80, 82?

No, 80 at the back, at £80, at 80.

Are we all done?

I'm going to sell at £80.

I'm pleased with that.

That's a great result.

VO: Just the right tools for the job.

Phil more than doubles his money there.

Stop smiling.

Stop poking me, please.

Stop smiling.

VO: It's a shift change of the auctioneers.

Kate Higgins takes over, to try and sell the first of the two wool winders.

This is Anita's classy model.

She's high hopes of making big money with this.

Start the bidding at 50, 55 anywhere?

At 55 in the room, 60 anywhere else?

Gentleman's bid here at 55, do I see 60?

In the room at £55.

Selling now at £55.

278.

Bombed.

Bombed.

VO: Ouch - that hurts.

Anita's wool winder winds up losing her £75.

What's the state of play at the minute?

Och, it's too complic...

I'm too depressed to even count my money.

VO: Phil's cheaper lot is up now in the big battle of the wool winders.

Start the bidding at 100, 110 anywhere?

On commission at 100, do I see 110?

110, 120?

No, still on commission at 120, 130 now.

Have they got the right wool winder?

Selling on commission at £120.

I'm just absolutely flabbergasted.

VO: No, it's not a wind-up.

Phil's wool winder wins.

Actually, I tell you what, you've got to laugh, haven't you?

So my wool winder, my grotty little wool winder, has just made double what yours has made.

VO: Maybe this will drum up some much needed profit for Anita.

Start me at £20.

10 anywhere?

Och, you know, I've just...

I... 15 with the lady.

20 anywhere else?

Lady's bid here, at 15, 20 now?

In the room at £15.

Selling now, on my left at £15.

You're having a good sort of day really, aren't you, so far?

VO: Anita is looking well and truly beaten.

I think this is the one that I've got to put all the money on.

Is it?

Hi ho, Silver.

Let's hope he gets away.

VO: Maybe the rocking horse will be a better bet.

His name is Silver.

Start me at £50.

20 anywhere?

£20, surely.

20 we have, do I see 25?

Gentleman's bid here at 20.

Five anywhere?

In the room here at 20.

Are we finished?

25.

25.

Oh!

35, 40?

40 here, 45 anywhere else?

Seated bid at £40.

Are we finished?

Selling, in the room at £40.

Ah!

Oh, Philip.

VO: Silver trails in at the back of the field and that's another loss for Anita.

That was the one that I was counting on.

So, I'm going to struggle here.

That's sad.

(SNIGGERS) VO: It's going to have to be green lamp to the rescue.

KATE: Standard lamp with lime green shade.

£10?

10 anywhere?

£5?

Five do we have?

Anybody at £5?

Oh, five.

Five we have.

At the back of the room, at five.

Do I see eight?

In the room at £5.

Selling now, at £5.

Is that everything that's just dived?

Everything has not just dived, it has sunk to the bottom.

VO: Look on the bright side - at least you won't have to take it home.

Are you ecstatic?

No, I'm not - I'm getting very anxious about my blooming horse posts.

VO: Back to Phil now and the hitching posts.

Start me at £50.

£50, surely?

50 we have.

60 anywhere?

Gentleman's bid here at 50.

60, 70, 80, 90.

On my right here at 90.

That's a result, I think.

Do I see 100 anywhere else?

In the room at £90.

Selling, gentleman's bid at £90.

I know that in the right place, I think those are £2-£400 worth.

VO: Ah, you won't be the first punter to lose a tenner on the horses.

My last lot is coming up, my very nice watercolor, and it's a good subject and I really like it.

VO: This really has to fly if Anita is going to catch Phil.

Signed Adrian C Rigby, watercolor of an eagle and 40 bid.

45 now?

On commission at 40.

Do I see 45?

With me now at £40.

Are we finished?

45 in the room.

50 anywhere else?

In the room at 45.

Come on, come on.

The gentleman's bid at £45.

That's every single one.

VO: The eagle has failed and Anita's last hope has gone.

Well we'd better go and start the Civ up for the last time, hadn't we?

Come on.

VO: Not Anita's best day.

She lost money on every lot.

She started this leg with £406.74 and after auction costs has lost £159.80, leaving her with a total for the week of £246.94 Phil fared a bit better - starting with £475.86, he has made a profit of £107.30, giving him a total for the week of £583.16.

That makes Phil Serrell the overall winner of this week's road trip.

All the profits our experts make will be donated to Children In Need.

Well, Phil, I really thought I had a chance of catching you up on that one.

Well, do you know, at the end of the day it doesn't matter who wins or loses, does it?

(SNIGGERS) VO: Ha-ha!

Well, what a week this road trip's been!

Well, let me have a look at the back.

Yes!

AM: This feels a bit like a romantic assignation.

AM: (LAUGHS) AM: You're going to miss me.

PS: Peace and quiet.

Agh!

Off you go, off you go, off you go.

Watch it!

Go Phil.

Does that give me a certain look?

You're not going to be this smiley, cheery person the whole week are you?

I can't help it.

All I need now is a man.

I don't think I should have bought this.

Ah-ha-ha-ha, no!

Gonna be one of those days, isn't it?

Drive on.

AM: Hold my hand, hold my hand!

PS: I'm not holding your hand!

AM: Oh no!

Can we go again?

VO: Next week on the Antiques Road Trip, we're on a remarkable journey, as Mark Hales is quick on the uptake.

I'm looking for... antiques.

VO: And Mark Stacey dives for a bargain.

Ooh!

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