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

Yes, a good weight.

(SNIFFS) And it smells.

- (HORN HONKS) - VO: Oop, steady!

Behind the wheel of a classic car.

Good morning, my lady.

Good morning, Parker.

And a goal to scour Britain for antiques.

- Whoopsie!

- Come on!

The aim, to make the biggest profit at auction.

- (GASPS) - But it's no mean feat.

- (LAUGHS) - There'll be worthy winners... - (CHEERS) - ..and valiant losers.

(SOBS) Will it be the high road to glory...

It's about winning.

- ..or the low road to disaster?

- Whoa!

Pothole!

This is the Antiques Road Trip!

Beep-beep!

Greetings, everybody.

Today, Road Trip aficionados Christina Trevanion and Charles Hanson are back for more fun and games.

Look, some locals!

Morning, cows.

We're in Cheshire!

Moo!

Come on, get behind Hanson.

VO: Moo indeed.

(COW MOOS) (THEY LAUGH) How old were you when you wanted to become what we might call an antiques expert?

I fairly swiftly realized at the age of 15, 16 that I wasn't cut out to be the vet I wanted to be.

Oh, you wanted to be a vet?

Yeah.

So I volunteered at our local wildlife center, um... Really?

..which, and by the time I'd spent four weeks - mucking out swans... - Yes.

..I decided it probably wasn't the job for me.

- Really?

- Yeah.

I've got a pet hamster, you know, called Feather.

Have you?

VO: The mind boggles.

Anyway, from hamsters to spiders - a splendid 1969 Fiat Spider to be exact.

This wonderful Californian dream is still on.

Keep with us, my friend.

VO: Yes, keep clocking up those miles!

Last time out, however, Charles wasn't firing on all four cylinders.

He made a small loss, so has a little over £192 to spend.

Christina, though, was in top gear.

She's in pole position on this trip, with just over £300 in her piggy.

Christina, there is clear water between us.

- I don't like it.

- You are flying high.

I don't want to!

(LAUGHS) Christina, you've left me... Left me almost at a walking pace.

VO: Our experts are on a coast-to-coast odyssey.

After winding their way south through the counties of Lancashire and Cumbria, they take a quick forage into Wales and a jaunt through the Midlands.

They'll end up at their final auction in the fine city of Newcastle upon Tyne.

This leg of our trip will end up at an auction in Burnley.

But our journey begins in the pretty Cheshire town of Frodsham.

- Here?

- Pull in by the pub... - And drop you at the pub?

- That's it.

How very convenient.

- Have a good day in Cheshire.

- Yeah, will do, darling.

- Drive carefully.

- Bye!

VO: It's the location of Charles's first shop.

CHARLES: Boffey's Emporium.

VO: Righty-o, then.

Always go on the ground... ..cos you never know.

VO: Careful, Charles - you'll put holes in your knees.

My concern in this cabinet here is this table-croquet set.

And you've clearly got your mallets and your small little croquet frames to hit the ball through.

The box is old.

Oh, actually, look.

And the box is right because my concern was, the box looks earlier than the actual mallets and the balls.

But handling the balls and seeing... ..the tactile nature of them and the fact they've got this depth of patination... ..and they're quite well worn confirms to me that as per the box, it's got the title on as well.

Table Croquet.

So this box must date to around 1910.

And the croquet innards must also be that period and contemporary.

I quite like this.

So, put the hoop down there.

They do call me Hawkeye Hanson.

Are you watching?

VO: Yeah, we're watching, Carlos.

It's called tunnel vision.

Look at the hoop, look at the ball.

(BREATHES DEEPLY) Through the hoop it goes.

VO: What a shot!

Let's see that again.

A man of many talents!

It's got a ticket price of £125, so best call over the boss, Louise.

Now Louise, in Cheshire, I'm sure ladies who leisure and lunch must also play croquet as well.

- Oh, they do.

- Do you play croquet yourself?

- Oh, yes.

Yes.

- Is it your own set?

Don't usually play on the table, though.

(LAUGHS) No.

How much could this be?

Very, very best... Do you call it the death in Cheshire?

- Yes.

- What... What do you call it?

- The death.

- The death, oh God!

- Look at me.

- The death.

- Off with his head, yeah!

- 75.

I'm going to mental note, OK?

No lower!

I've had a difficult start to my road trip.

I've got to dig deep... You have.

Well, let's see what else we can find and then... - Thanks.

- ..we'll think about...

Thanks, Louise.

I'll leave it - on your top table... - Yeah, that... VO: Charles needs his budget to go far.

How's old Moneybags Trevanion feeling?

Biting my nails.

I'm nervous and I'm... How can I be nervous, in the lead and having the most money?

Isn't that ridiculous?

That's Christina Trevanion through and through.

VO: Maybe a bit of retail therapy will help.

Christina's first shop can be found near the Cheshire village of Milton Green.

Applegates Antiques & Crafts has over 30 stalls, so plenty to browse.

Lots of cabinets too.

I'm drawn to cabinets and sparklies... (DEALER LAUGHS) ..and beautiful things here.

A proper little Magpie is our Christina.

Look at that!

- How quaint... - George II, that is a... George II, George III, silver and mother-of-pearl picnic set!

What?

Can I get in?

VO: I'm sure Jackie can oblige.

- Of course you can.

- How do I get in?

- I've opened it for you... - Oh, you superstar.

..cos I thought you might want to get in.

VO: You're not wrong, Jackie.

Oh, that's fab.

Look at that!

Where do you find another one of those?

Oh!

Well, he, she has called these a picnic set.

But I would know this as a traveling campaign set... Oh, right.

VO: Indeed.

And these little sets got their name from the military campaigns their owners would have been fighting in.

You see these an awful lot, these little silver, mother-of-pearl.

Obviously fruit knives, folding fruit knives in there.

- Yeah.

- Absolutely gorgeous.

And you've got your nice George III head there.

So that's about 1760, 1770.

You see those an awful lot.

What you don't see is the fork.

And what you don't see even more is the fact that it's got this beautiful little fitted case in there.

Tooled leather, really good condition.

What's on those?

He's got... 240 on them.

Do you think he'd be open to negotiation?

Definitely.

- I can give him a call.

- Would you?

VO: Cor, nice find.

Let's leave Jackie to get on the blower while we check in with Charles back in Frodsham.

Charles?

Where are you?

Oh, there you are.

Being in Cheshire, there's lots of lovely Chester silver.

And I love Chester silver, simply because now Chester isn't hallmarking silver.

They stopped in the year 1962.

So Chester, unlike Birmingham or Sheffield silver, is really quite popular.

I love these teaspoons.

This style of decoration is what we call bright cut.

On the back, you've got the hallmarks.

So these spoons actually... by the date code, go back to around 1808.

Maybe eight years before the Battle of Waterloo.

And if they could stir history - that's my passion - the stories they could tell from 200-and-almost-12 years ago.

- Louise!

- Yep.

- I love these spoons.

- Oh, they're wonderful.

VO: They are, and they've got a ticket price of £55.

Not so wonderful.

The most important factor in valuing teaspoons is the tip.

Cos over the years, they get put into a cup... Mm, and they'll have gone rounded.

And they go rounded, but these have the best tips.

What could be the best price?

- 40.

- OK. VO: But let's not forget about the table-croquet set.

You said, I think, on this, - £75... - 75.

- And on the spoons, 40.

- And 40.

Yes.

Is there much you could do on the two together?

- Well, it's... - Look at me.

It's 115.

- OK. - Erm...

I could knock another fiver off, but I can't do any more... - Could you really?

- Yes.

I'll take the two for £110.

You're very welcome.

Thank you!

Louise, you're a good lady.

You've got style.

- 20.

- Thank you.

It's a pleasure.

40... VO: That's £70 for the table-croquet set, and the silver teaspoons for 40.

Now, off you skip.

I told you so.

Look, there he goes.

Meanwhile, over in Milton Green, Christina is still waiting on a price for the campaign cutlery set that was ticketed at £240.

Anything else take her fancy?

Oh, goodness!

That's quite big as well, isn't it?

Oh, flip... (LAUGHS) Good recliner!

VO: Yeah, no slouching!

Look out - Jackie's back with the answer.

I've got some really good news for you.

- OK. - He'll come down to 150.

I mean, I love that.

Oh my gosh, I love it.

- £150.

- Lovely.

- Thank you, Christina.

- You're a good woman.

Thank you very much, Jackie.

Right.

VO: Well, that's Christina off the mark with a delightful traveling campaign set.

In the meanwhile, Charles has made his way to the absolutely charming city of Chester.

It's home to the oldest operating racecourse in the world.

Chris Clayton is the racecourse historian.

What was that lightbulb moment when someone thought, "Ah, let's make this great site a racecourse"?

1533 is when there was an old football match, - an early version of football.

- Yes?

- Football?

- Very dangerous, it was.

There was a ball but you could fight, you could kick.

And that got banned in 1533 - for being too dangerous.

- Yes.

Yes.

VO: Probably for the best, gentlemen.

In 1539, some local equine enthusiasts thought, "Aha!

Here is a nice place to run a race."

So they asked for permission from the mayor to run a horse race, and the mayor said yes.

This is a copy of the original decree giving permission to use the meadows as a racecourse.

And the mayor's name was Henry Gee, and that's why we still go to the gee-gees.

Goodness me!

Or you gee up.

- Gee up, exactly.

- And I'm feeling very geed up.

I can tell.

We're the oldest racecourse in the country, we're the oldest in the world.

And we've been racing ever since 1539.

So the layout of this racecourse before us, Chris, is how it's always been?

No.

When we started racing, the far side of the course was still too wet from the...

Yes.

..sort of land reclamation, the silting.

So we could only run in a straight line along the side of the city walls.

The racecourse was built on the site of an old Roman harbor.

And it was probably 100 years later that they finally did the full circuit, when the far side of the course had dried out enough.

It's a very narrow track, and you can imagine the people watching, cheering, jeering, "gee up"... - Gee up.

- ..were very close by.

Gee up.

They were very close.

That's one thing that makes Chester such a special atmospheric racecourse... - Yeah.

It... - You ask the jockeys, they'll tell you - when they come down this very short home straight... - Yeah.

- It's also very narrow.

Crowds hanging over the rails on both sides...

It's a really special atmosphere.

VO: And that atmosphere is enjoyed by over 300,000 punters a year.

It's an amazing vantage point here.

You really can almost feel the atmosphere of what's coming on what is quite a quick race.

Very quick race.

You could be sort of 50 or 60 seconds from start to finish on the shorter races.

It's only a mile round.

You can see the horses all the way round, which is very unusual.

VO: Down the centuries, many exceptional racehorses have completed Chester's circuit, including the famous Victorian horse Ormonde.

- Grosvenor family.

- Yes.

Bred locally on the Eaton Estate.

- Yes.

- Ran 12 races, won every single one.

Er... - Really?

- ..and was a fantastic horse.

And we have a race named after Ormonde, and a big cup as well, which I've got here.

- The Ormonde trophy... - A celebration of his... - Yes.

- ..victories.

Look at that.

Yeah.

OK, Ormonde Stakes, Chester Racecourse, - and obviously on this... - Yes.

..wonderful plinth, you've got the latest winners spanning the last 20 or so years.

- Indeed, indeed.

- There we go.

Feels good, you know.

But to be down there as a jockey, what an experience, and what a memory.

If only I was small enough and slim enough to have been a jockey.

I'm sure we can give it a go.

- You being serious?

- Train you up.

Yes.

Now that you know so much about Chester Racecourse, yeah... - In the silks?

- Oh, in the silks.

Come on.

Think we might be able to arrange something.

Oh, what a dream.

I'll follow your lead.

VO: Now, this I've got to see.

A fine figure of a man.

- I'm ready.

- Excellent.

What do you think?

I'm obviously quite a big jockey, aren't I?

You... Yeah, I'd say... - Will I carry it off?

- ..the top end.

Yes, yes.

(LAUGHS) So, on the scales... - Mm.

- Ooh.

The weigh-in.

Let's have a look.

VO: 14 stones and seven pounds of prime Derbyshire beef.

Perhaps I'll trim down a bit.

You might have to go back into the sauna... - Oh, don't!

- ..and lose a bit of weight.

Oh, don't say that.

We need to get the handicap right.

Yeah.

But you think I qualify and pass?

I think you'd be fine, actually.

We have just the horse for you, if you want to follow me.

I'll follow your lead, OK. (CLICKS TONGUE) MUSIC: 'William Tell Overture Finale' by Rossini Come on!

VO: Oh, Lordy!

Now here comes the favorite, ridden by C Hanson wearing the colors of the Antiques Road Trip.

There's the finishing line, come on!

Let's go!

Let's go!

Quick!

Gee up!

Gee up!

Gee up!

(RECORDED CHEERING) VO: Yes.

Meanwhile, Christina has raced across the border into Wales.

"Croeso i Gymru!"

Happy days.

"Welcome to Wales."

VO: Well, I suppose you do live near here after all.

She's making her way to the pretty village of Marchwiel, on the outskirts of Wrexham.

It's the home of Bryn Y Grog Antiques & Collectables.

With 40 stalls to sniff around and £150 to blow, Christina should be in her element.

EYE-EYE!

Come here, come here.

Come here, come here!

VO: What've you spotted, Christina?

These are awesome.

Look at these.

This is some sort of altar rail, altar screen potentially.

Wonderful!

Looks like old stain pitch pine, just come out of a church, with these fantastic gothic arches on them.

I've seen people turn these into wall mirrors.

They put a mirror in the back and they turn them into wall mirrors, and they look really cool.

I like that.

Pray for a bit of redemption.

VO: Or a reduction?

Best get Brian, the man in charge, to dig them out.

Cos I have found potentially something, but I haven't really seen them in the light.

VO: Let there be light!

Pair of Gothic Revival altar rails.

It's fresh on the market.

Do you know what they've got on these?

The ticket price is £150.

Don't... Don't look too dismayed.

- Oh.

- One price, one price only, £90 the pair.

Brian, loving your work.

Let's go and keep wandering.

OK, right.

So, Brian, the other thing I was looking at is this.

Right, yeah.

Which makes me smile.

Everybody loves kittens, so...

Exactly.

But also, I mean, it's obviously a Pears print.

VO: Ah, the famous Pears soap company.

And they were ingenious with their marketing, weren't they?

- Oh, yeah.

Yeah.

- It's very sentimental.

It's very... Edwardian, I'm guessing.

- 1905.

- 1905... - Yeah.

- ..is when this image... Guaranteed to be 1905.

Guaranteed to be genuine.

But I just think the title, The Happy Mother... - Yeah.

- ..is brilliant.

Poor thing looks exhausted.

(THEY LAUGH) I've got £90 on my altar rails.

Yep.

What could you do the Pears print for?

- Erm... it cost £55.

- OK.

I'll take £10 profit on it, £65.

£65.

£155 - I haven't got that left.

Oh my goodness.

I've got £150 and 20 pence left, and I've got to leave myself with some money for tomorrow.

Can I do £145 for the rails and the picture, and then I've got £5.20 left to spend tomorrow?

Is that alright?

Yes, of course it's alright.

- (LAUGHS) - Yeah.

Brian, thank you very much.

I've got £5.20 left to spend... - (LAUGHS) - Oh my goodness.

No, we'll do that.

Yeah.

VO: That's Christina nearly spent up on the altar rails and the Pears print.

But has she peaked too early?

Well, Christina, - like a football match... - Yeah.

..we're at that halfway stage in Cheshire.

- Yeah.

- It's been a tough first half.

- You know what I fancy now?

- What?

An orange.

VO: Well, don't let me stop you.

Ha-ha!

Nighty-night.

Good morning!

Things are hotting up in the classic car.

Woo, steamy windows!

(HE LAUGHS) Shall we do a Titanic?

(THEY LAUGH) There's just a handprint there down the side... Yeah!

Let's do it, let's do it!

VO: Oh my word.

Ha!

What fun.

Anyway, windows clear and we're off.

There you go, look.

Look!

(LAUGHS) What is this?

No, this is... (LAUGHS) That's my mallet.

Now, I bought a table-croquet set.

- Oh, cool!

- I think it's Edwardian.

Oh, it is gorgeous.

Watch, watch my knee.

- Whoo!

- Oh!

Caref...!

Christina, will you please stop that?

- My reflexes are very... - Reflexes?

Christina!

Stop that!

VO: Leave the man alone, Christina!

Cor blimey!

Anyway, besides the table-croquet set...

They do call me Hawkeye Hanson.

..yesterday, Charles bought a set of six silver teaspoons, leaving him £82.70 left to spend.

Whereas Christina spent just shy of £300 on a campaign cutlery set... Oh my gosh, I love it.

..a pair of altar rails and a pussycat Pears print...

Very active little kittens.

..leaving her kitty rather bereft.

I had quite a lot to spend and I thought, "Well, pah!

Do it."

So I did.

So I'm going into today with, guess how much to spend.

- £100.

- No.

How much?

The grand sum, Charles, of £5.20.

- For the whole day?

- Yeah.

She plays a good game, this girl.

You play a good game.

VO: And long may it continue.

Our team have crossed back into England.

And after dropping Christina off, Charles has made his way to the delightful Shropshire market town of Whitchurch... ..stamping ground of one C Trevanion.

It's where his next shop can be found.

Look!

- Good morning!

Good morning.

- Hello, Charles.

- Your name is...?

- I'm Janet.

- The Age of Elegance.

- That's right.

- You've got it, girl.

- Thank you very much!

It's a pleasure.

It's a gorgeous shop.

You might know Christina?

- Yes, I do.

- Local girl.

- Yes.

- Whitchurch lass.

- Whitchurch lass.

Know her mum.

- Whose... - Used to know her dad.

Yeah.

- Really?

So you know the whole family?

- Yes.

- Great.

VO: Best behavior now, Mr Hanson.

Whose side are you on?

Whose side are you on?

Look at me.

Well, I'd better be on yours, hadn't I, seeing as you're here!

- Great.

Put it there.

Oh I say.

- (LAUGHS) Right, I shall go for a wander.

What I quite like is this here.

That's pretty, isn't it?

Often you see these buckets with a handle, and they could have been peat buckets, they could be Irish.

This is beautifully made.

This coopering here, this brass banding, has been replaced I think.

You can see originally the brass banding was a lot thicker over this paler timber that's now been revealed.

And I think this would date back to around 1820.

Today it would make a very useful jardiniere.

£25.

How much could it be?

Er, very best, 18.

£18.

I like it a lot.

Thanks.

VO: One possible.

Moving on... That's an interesting little book here.

What's this?

- Yeah, that's a page a day.

- What's all this about?

- What d'you mean, a page a day?

- A page a day.

It's nice and early, 1860-something.

- So if you look for ... - So, this is a little maroon Morocco leather book.

And if I open it up very, very carefully, we'll see on the inner title page here, it says, "Presented to Mary Ann Jessop "by her dear friend Mrs Gitson.

"January 1851."

Where were you?

Er, I wasn't quite here then.

(THEY LAUGH) What's amazing is every page, there's almost... - There's a date on.

- ..a thought for the day.

- It is, yeah.

- So today's date, let me tell you what it says.

Are you ready?

"O forsake me not utterly."

Or the following day, "Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, "for I wait on thee."

It's almost an educational tool from mid-Victorian England, when we were just industrializing.

- Yes.

- And this little book may have been kept in a little breast pocket, or somewhere very personal.

How much is it?

Well, I'd got 35 on it.

And my thought for the day is, what's your best?

£20.

You're proposing to me, Janet, 18 for the bucket...

Yes.

- ..20 for this.

- Yes.

VO: Makes 38.

Charles?

- I'll buy them both.

- Ah.

BOTH: Thank you very much indeed.

VO: Well done.

40 handed over.

£2 change please!

There you go.

Bit of luck money.

What's that for?

We call it luck money round here.

- You're joking.

- No.

That's what you do... - But... Are you sure?

- You give people - a little bit back.

Yeah.

- Are you sure?

It's luck money.

Right.

That's really kind... That's fine.

That's fine.

- I'm a humble man.

- (LAUGHS) So rather than giving me £2, Janet's given me £5, which could be all the difference.

- You're very welcome.

- You're a fine lady.

VO: Lucky man.

That extra little discount makes the little book £17 and the little bucket 18.

Good work!

Meanwhile, just up the road, keen horsewoman Christina is in the historic town of Nantwich.

She's come to Dorfold Hall, the location of a famous battle that took place during the English Civil War.

She's here to find out how horses played a significant role in deciding which side was victorious.

CHRISTINA: Tell me, Bob... VO: Bob Burgess is an English Civil War expert and battle reenactor.

Well, the civil war was a contest between the king and parliament for power.

Right.

The king had lots of expenses and no income.

Parliament had money and was demanding rights in return.

- Right.

- King wouldn't grant them and the result was, there was a civil war that broke out.

VO: In 1644, after 15 months of bitter fighting between the royalist and parliamentarian forces, the two sides would meet again amongst the Cheshire hedgerows.

We had 1,500 parliament troops in Nantwich, besieged by 5,000 royalist troops from the outside.

- Ooh, that's not... - It was not looking good.

..a very comfortable statistic, is it?

It was not looking good.

And then, in the depths of the winter, with deep snow and hard frosts, parliament troops marched from Lincolnshire via Manchester down here, under Sir Thomas Fairfax and Sir William Brereton, to break the siege.

The two sides confronted each other here.

And in the middle of all of that... - Mm.

- ..there was a great thaw.

All the snow and ice melted, the river flooded, and the royalist troops were cut basically into two parts.

And, at the critical point... - Yeah.

- 800 musketeers came out of Nantwich and fired shot into the royalist ranks.

Oh.

And it was just a killing ground.

VO: 3,000 royalist infantry were either killed or captured.

Bob, what was the key thing about this battle?

Ultimately, the decisive thing was that the parliament horse was well managed here, the parliament cavalry were able to confine the ability of the royalist troops to maneuver.

They locked them into the killing grounds, and basically drove them onto the guns of the parliament musketeers.

It was the cavalry that stopped the royalist troops from getting off the field and getting out of the way of danger.

It led to a complete defeat, and then there were two further battles, which finally destroyed the king's forces in the north.

- Right.

- Parliament won by cavalry victories.

And it began here with the first one in Nantwich.

VO: In the 1640s, your average parliamentarian cavalry man... Francine!

Look at you!

..or woman - ha!

- came very well equipped indeed.

I'm wearing a tawny sash, which indicates that I'm actually a parliamentarian.

OK.

The royalists and parliamentarians would've worn similar dress.

But basically, it's bucket-top books that protect the legs.

Those are so 2019.

I love them!

VO: Enough of the fashion, Christina.

Let's get to the weapons.

- I've got a sword.

- Yeah.

I'm carrying a carbine - on a carbine sling... - Now you're just showing off!

(THEY LAUGH) I haven't started yet.

And then, I would draw the pistols.

Two pistols...

Hang on a second, Francine.

You're on a horse.

Yes.

You've got a sword, a carbine, two pistols... - And two pistols.

- Wh... How on Earth do you control the horse at the same time?

Erm, it's just one weapon at a time.

And just one hand if you're lucky.

VO: Fancy a bash, Christina?

CHARGE!

VO: Ooh, I wouldn't want to get on the wrong side of you, Christina.

Charles would have NEIGH chance against you on a horse!

Ha-ha!

CHRISTINA: Good boy.

VO: Back in Whitchurch, Charles has wandered down the road and found an emporium to visit.

Right, which way?

It's a very quick run down the high street.

Sometimes, my old mate, you feel a bit battled and bruised.

On the back it's marked "Fred".

And I have a son called Fred - he's two years old.

With his long limbs and style of snout and head, he must be 1920s.

I think you're coming with me to meet my friend Christina.

Is that OK with you?

He says yes.

VO: Good chap.

But what about the price?

- Your name is...?

- Linda.

Linda, hi.

He's a charming bear.

How much could he be?

Let's see, what have we got?

VO: Ticket price is 18.

We could do that for 14.

VO: Righto.

Ted is one possible.

What else can Charles unearth?

What's this wooden leg doing over here?

Oh...

It's, erm...

I mean, look, you know.

How's it look?

VO: Crikey.

So what you would do many years ago, you would obviously put your sock onto the leg.

- You could then repair it... - That's right.

..and darn accordingly.

How much could it be?

17.

I'll mental note the leg.

Just hold it there, OK, for me.

What's this?

- What is that?

- Well, to be honest, I've been waiting for somebody to come in and tell me what it is.

It's one of those quirky objects that I really am not too sure.

I don't know, it's... Do you know, you hold it like that.

Yes.

And you tend to think, "What on Earth?"

I think it's something to do with maybe, whatever you might call it.

I don't know -is it that?

(LAUGHS) I don't... - Is it that?

- Yeah... - I don't know.

- I don't know.

VO: I do!

It's an antique Eisstock, used in a Bavarian form of curling.

How much could that be?

28.

VO: That's Ted, the leg and the Eisstock for a total of £59.

Time to fess up, Charles?

I've got £47.70.

I think I could do that, yes.

VO: Linda, you are a very kind lady.

And Charles, you've spent every penny.

And... you're late to collect Christina.

So how have you got on?

I've got no money.

- Really?

- I'm light.

We are going to an antiques shop now... - Yes.

- ..and you have got - nothing to spend?

- No money.

Ha!

With £5.20 left to spend, Christina's not exactly rolling in it either.

But cash is not the only thing our experts are short of...

It's 20 to four.

..and that's time.

Also, Charles can't find Christina's last shop.

Oh my God, we're miles away.

We're not gonna get to the shop till five.

I think we're going to do some super-duper-quick shopping.

VO: You're not wrong, guys!

Nantwich's very own Dagfields Crafts & Antiques is a veritable treasure trove, but it's supposed to close at five on the dot!

- We are here.

- Massively late!

Please, listen.

- Charlie, this is a conspiracy.

- Christina.

You've given me less than five minutes... - Christina... - ..to buy an antique.

- Christina, just... - What?

..wait for me.

Listen, it's been a long day.

Let's not fall out.

Christina... - I've still got a lot to do!

- Hold on.

VO: Wipers!

Don't start!

That'll do.

Charles has made us very seriously late by getting us lost, and this shop closes at five o'clock.

It's currently 5.04 and I've got to find an antique to buy.

VO: Best get your skates on, then!

I've got £5.20 to spend.

These people are going to think I'm just mad.

VO: That's true.

£158.

£135.

£89.

£185.

There's nothing here for £5.20!

VO: Maybe a stallholder can help.

David, what can I buy on your beautiful stand for £5?

Barometer!

Those are completely unsalable at the moment.

- I've broken the glass on it.

- What?!

I dropped it.

It does work, but the glass is broke.

A Victorian oak-cased thermometer and barometer.

And the way I'm feeling at the moment is fairly stormy, with Charles getting us lost.

My mood is likely to change and not be very fair.

(THEY LAUGH) I literally have... that.

- Thank you very much.

- Good luck!

Thank you.

I think I might need it.

- What is it now, 5.06?

- Quarter past.

Come on!

(LAUGHS) VO: And that was a speedy transaction.

Keys.

Come on!

You got us so... - You can take the antique, OK?

- It's been a great day!

- Listen, we've done it.

- Please don't drop it.

I won't!

VO: And that brings this rather hectic day to a close.

And time for some well-earned shuteye.

It's auction day in the former mill town of Burnley in lovely Lancashire.

At its peak, Burnley was the world's largest producer of cloth.

Can our experts produce a profit?

OK, here we are, you know?

- What are you doing?

- Bank Hall Auctions - is this way... - Charlie, I've got heels on.

- I can't... - Listen, come on, you know!

- I'm going the wrong way!

- Make a memory, - get in the mood.

- Oh, God.

VO: Takes two to tango, old chap.

Today sees the end of our experts' travels.

After kicking off in Frodsham, our experts have meandered their way here to Burnley.

Today's auction is being held at Bank Hall Auctions.

On this leg, Christina bought four lots for a whopping £300.20.

CHARLES: Christina, you've stolen my heart with his amazing lot.

This box here is from the 1780s.

The red Morocco box is a joy.

But also, you get the knife-and-fork set as well.

It cost Christina £150.

In the right auction - I hope it's not here - it could do £300 or £400, it's that good.

I love it.

VO: Charles bought seven items for £192.70, which he's combined to make five lots.

This little "thought of the day" book here, which is just charming.

And you read through it.

Today's thought of the day is, "In the time of trouble, "he shall hide me in his pavilion."

Will this bring Charlie trouble?

Will he have to hide in his pavilion?

For £32...

I don't think so.

Sweet.

VO: The man with the gavel is Michael Heuer.

What's his expert opinion on today's items?

The croquet set's a nice item.

Nice, lots of little pieces in there.

Always very popular.

You could take it up to Towneley Hall in Burnley there on the greens and have a good game.

I'm hoping that'll do quite well.

The pine altar rails are, er, interesting item.

It's not the sort of thing you can stick in the corner of your living room.

So it's gonna need to be someone who's got a plan for those.

But they will clean up very nice.

We'll have to see how they go.

VO: That we will.

The auction room is all set, and we've online bidders as well.

High fives and high hopes.

Come on everyone, take your seats.

Gosh, it's huge, isn't it?

Yeah.

It's... Look at the size of it, Christina.

Yeah.

VO: First is Christina's last-minute Victorian barometer.

It's gonna be stormy.

Yeah, yeah.

It hopefully won't be variable.

Hm.

Very changeable.

And hopefully the thermometer will fall flat.

(SHE CHUCKLES) And it'll be a cold room, - like yesterday.

- Yeah.

Start me at £5.

And five, six, seven, eight...

There's a Mexican wave going on down there.

10, 12.

14?

14 in the room then, all done?

VO: It's a sunny day with that tiny profit.

- Congratulations.

- That... - I simply salute you.

- Aw!

VO: Next up is Charles's well-loved Edwardian teddy bear.

Sometimes, Christina, it's the BEAR necessities of life.

And the thing is, also, the bear was called Fred.

Oh.

And having my youngest son, Fred, I just felt it was very, you know, appropriate to buy.

And bidding's online at £10.

Come on, cost £14.

Come on!

12, 14 online.

20 online.

- Oh my goodness!

- Oh!

- 20 online.

22 anywhere?

- Come on, let's keep going.

- Selling online at £20.

- (GAVEL) VO: Bear hugs all round after that nice profit.

Wiped his face.

He was worth buying as a memento to my little son Fred as well.

- Exactly.

- Thanks, Fred!

Fred, Fred.

- Thanks, Fred.

- Thanks, Fred!

VO: Now, Christina's praying for a profit for her pine altar rails.

- At the same... - I paid £90 for these.

- £90.

- Well, you know...

If they make 20 quid, I am going to be... - If you said 19... - ..so lucky.

..I'd have said there might be profit.

But at 90, you know, it's a big number.

Start me at 30, then.

30 I'm bid.

Looking for 32 now.

- Anyone for 32 anywhere?

- Come on!

32 online.

- Pray for salvation... - 34 in the room.

36 online.

38 in the room.

- (SHE CLEARS THROAT) - Pray.

40 online.

Room's out.

40 online.

It's moving about as quickly as a glacier.

40 online, then.

Are we all done, all finished?

VO: Well, that's a divine buy for one lucky bidder.

Howard be thy name.

- Thy time will come.

- (LAUGHS) - Thy will be done.

- Yeah.

VO: Next, we've got Charles's combo lot - bucket and Eisstock.

- £36.70.

- OK. - It could be in trouble.

- Good luck.

And I'm starting at £22.

- Half price.

- That's alright.

Looking for 24 anywhere.

Hello?

22 on the books.

Is that it?

All done?

- Hello?

- (LAUGHS) - Was that a bid, sir?

- No, no!

- No... No!

- It was an echo.

22 on the books.

All done?

VO: Oh well... at least there's a happy punter in the house.

There we go.

Someone else has - woodworm in their house now.

- It's a quack-quack.

It's a quack-quack to me as well.

VO: Charles has got another odd couple now, the treen darning leg and the little book.

Did it cost you an arm and a leg?

It...

I need a leg up, actually.

Bidding's online at £10.

- Oh!

- Come on!

- 10 online.

- Let's move.

- 12 anywhere else?

- Hello?

- 10 online.

Is that it?

- Hello?

- (LAUGHS) - Put a leg in it somebody.

10 online then.

All done?

VO: Well, that's a DARNED good result for the buyer.

Ho-ho!

- I'm sad.

- It's fine, fine.

Onwards and upwards, - onwards and upwards.

- Let's move on!

Yeah.

(EXHALES DEEPLY) VO: Will Christina's Pears print bring the PURRFECT profit?

Pussycats.

Who doesn't love a pussycat?

- (CHILD CRIES) - Is that... Is that a cat?

Sounds like it.

- (GAVEL) - Or was that a baby?

You hear that?

I think there's a cat in the saleroom.

- Same thing.

- Nine lives.

- Bidding's online... - It's moving.

14 and 16 on commission.

Oh!

18 online and 22 in the room.

- Yes!

- Commissions are out.

Two in the room... Bidding in the room.

Bidding in the room.

22.

24 next to you.

26.

28.

30.

Here we go.

32.

34.

34, looking for 36.

(HISSES) - (THEY HISS) - Come on.

Selling in the room at 34.

VO: Never mind!

At least someone's got the cream.

Aw!

Well, that was a good... loss.

(LAUGHS) VO: Can Charles's silver spoons stir a profit?

- It's a bright-cut engraved.

- Yeah.

And they're fit for purpose.

And they're old English, so come on, England!

Bidding's online at £32.

- (GASPS) - 34.

- Keep going.

- Charlie, Charlie... 38 here on commissions.

- Come on, come on... - Come on.

- 200 years old!

- Go on, yes!

40.

42.

44.

46.

48 if you like.

Go on, sir!

46 on commissions, looking for 48.

- Stop it!

- You can't bid.

Sorry!

No, I'm not bidding.

I'm just pointing to them.

46 here.

Are we all done?

VO: Every cloud has a silver lining.

A tiny profit.

- Humbly happy, because... - Humbly happy.

..you know, small profits go a long way.

- Softly-softly, gently-gently.

- Exactly.

VO: Now, we're on military exercise with Christina's campaign cutlery.

- This is gonna break my heart.

- No, I don't think it will.

- Can I just close my ears?

- You close your ears.

I'll lipread to you, OK?

Bidding's online at 75.

- £85.

- 85, 85... 90.

£90 online, looking for 95 now.

- 90.

- 95, I've got.

Looking for 100.

- 95.

- Is it?

Is it?

100's there.

100 online.

Looking for 110 anywhere.

100 online, are we all done?

VO: Someone's marching off with a smile.

What do they say, Christina?

Money doesn't buy antiques - passion and enjoyment buys them.

And that was the best one for me.

Honestly, well done.

- Agreed.

- Money becomes shallow, - passion becomes deep.

- History.

History, baby!

But unlucky.

VO: Will Charles score with his final lot?

The table croquet set.

Do you play croquet?

- Ah well, there we go.

- (LAUGHS) That sums that up, doesn't it?

Thanks, lads, I'll talk to you later.

Bidding's here with me at £20.

- £20... - £20.

22.

24.

- 26.

- 26.

There ARE croquet players here.

- It's a beautiful set.

- 28.

Oh look, she's bidding as well.

She's bidding... 30.

32.

- Come on.

It's a great lot.

- Up the back, 34.

36 online.

- Ooh!

- Good lad.

38 back in the room.

All finished?

What can be fairly safely said, Charles, is we have both lost an awful lot of money today!

VO: Well, at least they're shamelessly happy.

Alrighty, let's go!

Tires are burning, in Burnley.

- See you, gents!

- See you later!

- Take care.

Take care.

- Bye!

See you, mate, take care.

- See you!

- Bye.

VO: Abacus at the ready.

Christina started with £300.20 in her piggy.

After auction costs, she made a loss of £146.04, leaving her with £154.16 to spend next time.

Charles began the leg with £192.70.

After his auction costs, he's left with £111.52 for the next trip.

Oh my goodness.

(EXHALES) I'm feeling... - Christina.

- ..slightly scarred by Burnley!

I know.

Do you know, it just feels like I literally have just had a complete burnout.

- Yeah.

- In Burnley.

- Yeah.

OK, let's just move on.

- Wagons roll!

- Yes, indeed.

- Until next time.

VO: Toodle-pip!

Next time - dance, dance, dance!

- Jig for joy.

- Oh!

- Elvis... - What do you think?

- Look at that.

- ..lavatories... - Just been to the loo.

- It's all a bit exhausting.

Beat Charles into submission.

Stop it!

What are you doing?

Charlie!

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