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?

- Oh!

Pothole!

This is the Antiques Road Trip!

Yeah, baby!

MUSIC: 'One Step Beyond' by Madness Buckle up - we're back on the B roads of Britain with antique experts Charles Hanson and Christina Trevanion.

Do you want the roof down?

- No.

- Let me do it now, for you.

No.

Charlie, I haven't spent 20 minutes this morning doing my hair to put the roof down.

Don't be silly.

- No!

Stop it!

Stop it!

- OK, sorry.

What are you doing?

Charlie!

VO: Put the roof down?!

Ha!

It'll blow off what little hair you have left, Carlos!

Today this delightful duo are road tripping around Yorkshire, in a vintage vroom-vroom from the US of A - a 1969 left-hand-drive Fiat Spider.

I think the car's working hard.

It's time for us to work hard now.

No but this feels exactly how we're actually doing at the moment, in that... it's an uphill slog.

(LAUGHS) VO: Profits, though, are on a downward slide.

Charles's little piggy is on the lean side.

He made a total loss of over £80, and has £111.52 to spend.

Christina, despite making a whopping £100 profit on the first leg, lost it all, and more, at the second auction.

She's still in the lead, though, with just over £154.

- We need a profit revolution.

- Yeah!

- Cos we've been hit.

- Yeah, we do!

We've been hit by serious recession!

You know before we know it, the tires will be off this car.

- Yeah.

- We'll be selling the car next.

VO: Ha-ha!

Well, desperate times call for desperate measures but hands off the motor, eh?

You'll need it to complete your epic coast-to-coast journey.

It began in Lancashire and Cumbria and will take in the historic county of Yorkshire, Wales, and the Midlands, ending up at a final auction in Newcastle upon Tyne.

This leg of our trip will finish in Bedale.

But we kick things off in Cleckheaton, where Christina has dropped off Charles.

Did you know that right here is the hometown of the midget gem sweetie?

Look at my sweet-toothed friend run at the thought of a fruity flavored gum.

Ha!

Cleckheaton is also home to Terrier Antiques, owned by Pete.

Will there be a hidden gem in here?

- Your name is?

- I'm Pete.

Hi, Pete, I love this shop of yours.

- Thank you.

- Where am I exactly?

Has much just come in at all?

There's a lovely set of lusters just come through the door.

Really?

Oh really?

(JINGLING) VO: Careful now, Charles!

We say, "If objects could talk..." This one would be saying, "Put me down!"

I'm going to put them back very carefully, Pete.

Very carefully.

And breathe.

Hello, doggy.

Hello, what's your name?

I think you're a pug.

That's quite sweet.

VO: Ah, it's puppy love.

A Japanese pug.

Wood carving, with glass eyes.

It's very well carved.

So you can just see where hands over the years have palmed it, have warmed it, have stroked it.

The reason I like it is because it's probably Japanese from the Meiji period.

Which takes us back, pre-1912.

It's got a good tactile feel about it.

And of course such culture in Japan was also making objects for the West.

So I would say it's almost certainly 19th century.

How much could it be, out of interest?

It's priced £22.

To you, today, 16.

Really?

VO: But is this bark worth its bite, at £16?

Christina also needs to keep an eye on the bottom line, if she's going to win the day at auction.

I have massively got my work cut out.

I've got £150, lots of things to buy, and some profits to find.

(GROANS) Christina's first shop is in the village of Cullingworth.

This antique shop is based in a vast former wool mill.

They have over 12,000 square feet jam packed full of collectables.

She's gonna be fagged out.

Poor love.

Ah!

Oh that's cool.

Look at that!

Oh, and what's even better... is I like the price tag.

£28, carved peacock table.

This is a very lovely Anglo-Indian table.

19th century, on these wonderful scroll-carved legs.

And then you've got the top here, which has got this wonderful peacock, kind of with outstretched wings, and spreading out his beautiful peacock's tail.

It's just very exotic.

But what worries me is that, am I buying the right things for the right auction?

Because clearly in the last auction I bought completely the wrong things.

I had absolutely failed to prepare.

VO: In this antiques game you've always got to bear in mind your audience, when you go to auction.

In Cleckheaton... Aye, in Yorkshire we like tea, don't we?

- We certainly do!

- In Yorkshire we like tea.

VO: He does SPOUT nonsense sometimes.

But on this occasion he knows what he's talking about.

A 19th-century Chinese export bullet-shaped teapot.

What's lovely - in the times of the 19th century, so highly prized was Oriental porcelain that the family wouldn't have thrown it away.

So they put this replacement spout onto the actual porcelain spout when it got damaged.

So maybe an overly keen butler or lady housekeeper could have damaged the spout.

And this fairly innocuous little tin spout has been a replacement.

You can see just some of the enameling and giltwork under there as well.

How much could that be?

That could be 18.

Really?

I like that a lot.

£18, OK.

I'll mental note it, Pete.

Put it back.

VO: Back in Cullingworth, Christina is on the blower to the Bedale auctioneers.

And I was just wondering whether you might be able to tell me roughly what sort of sells well at your auction house.

VO: She wants the inside track on the local market.

Clever.

What about peacock-carved tables?

Any market for them?

PHONE: Yeah.

VO: Whatever the auctioneer said, she likes it!

Well, he seemed to think peacock-carved tables might sell quite well.

VO: You believe that, you'll believe anything!

With a ticket price of £28, the peacock table isn't a bird in the hand just yet.

Especially when there's so much more to explore.

Don't peak early.

Just peek about.

Look at that.

Old brass copper trivet pan stand, £15.

Look at that.

Isn't that cute?

This is a 19th-century brass trivet, or pan stand, that you would have had by your fireplace, and obviously you would've put your hot kettle on it, or your hot pan on it, whatever.

There's something about hearts that always sell really, really well at auction.

If you've got little silver hearts, or little brass hearts, they always do really well.

It's just delightful, and for 15 quid I don't think I can go wrong with that.

VO: Christina's got that loving feeling for the heart-shaped pan stand.

Meanwhile Charles is, erm... well, nowhere to be seen, actually.

Charles!

(TOILET FLUSHES) Thanks, Pete.

I've just been to the loo.

VO: TMI.

CHARLES: Just one thing.

- Yes.

- There's something in your loo I'd like to buy.

- Seriously?

- Yeah!

It's all OK. VO: Take a deep breath.

Just by the loo I found this old tin-plate sign.

I mean, it's just quite fun.

Because it's so tired, but then... quite a nice decorative sign.

And it probably is 1920s.

What's the very best on it?

- Make me an offer.

- Couple of quid?

No.

A serious offer, Charles.

- £5?

- Double it.

- A tenner?

- Sold.

Really?

I came to the loo - it wasn't a number two.

But for a tenner, I'll take it.

There we go.

VO: Lavatorial humor, I'd say.

Charles came in to spend a penny but he spent a tenner on a sign instead.

He also bought the teapot for £18 and the carved Chinese dog for 16.

Those prices have put a smile on his face, like an auction-house assassin.

Christina's still exploring her emporium of antique delights.

Lots of sofas, my goodness.

Look at that!

That... is exquisite.

1930s dress.

Oh, that is beautiful.

VO: Here she comes.

Careful now.

This is in extraordinarily good condition.

There is a little bit of beading lost here.

But nothing that couldn't be fixed.

I think that is just beautiful.

What's really nice is that you've actually got a dress underneath, and then this appears to be a little jacket or top that would have gone over the top.

I think it has been slightly altered, but the fact that it's in such good condition...

Absolutely beautiful.

And I think to a vintage-costume collector, would be a real find.

VO: The ticket price is £45.

I like that.

Right.

(SHE HUMS) Why not dance on over to owner Cherry and see if a deal can be struck on the dress, the table and the trivet?

What can we do as a total for the three things?

60?

- £60 for the three?

- Hm.

Oh, Cherry, absolutely!

- Are you sure?

- Yeah.

Sounds very fair to me.

Alright.

£60.

20...

I should've gone a bit higher, shouldn't I?

(LAUGHS) No.

No.

- Thank you very much.

- £60.

VO: She's waltzing off with a bargain.

Christina has bought the silk dress for £25... the peacock table for 20, and the brass trivet for 15.

How beautiful is that.

MOCK SOBBING: It's so beautiful I could cry!

Meanwhile, Charles has made his way to Leeds city center.

He's visiting the Thackray Medical Museum, which is located in an old hospital.

The museum is dedicated to chronicling advancements in healthcare.

Hey, maybe you could get that ingrown toenail dealt with, Carlos.

Charles is meeting assistant curator Laura Sellers.

CHARLES: How big is it, the museum?

This museum has probably about 50,000 objects.

About 10,000 books, about 15,000 trade catalogs.

So it's quite a large collection.

So I'm in safe hands if I fell ill, or something like that.

Only if you want the Victorian treatment.

(LAUGHS) VO: Oh!

Ha-ha, maybe not.

The museum is named after Charles Thackray, a local pharmacist who opened a corner shop in 1902.

He could hardly have foreseen that in less than half a century, it would grow into one of Britain's foremost medical supply companies.

Well I'm here for one purpose, aren't I?

Yup.

We're here to show you some of our hearing collection.

What are you saying?

No, it's a joke.

Sorry.

Well, EAR we are.

Ah, I'll move on.

Say it again.

We're here to show you some of our hearing collection.

Sounds amazing.

VO: Oh, Charlie.

If laughter is the best medicine, I wouldn't want you as my doctor.

Ha-ha!

Laura, with the rubber gloves, is taking Charles to the museum archive to see its collection of antique hearing aids.

- I beg your pardon?

- Oh wow!

VO: The collection is one of the largest in the world.

I'm sure Laura will forgive my blowing the museum's trumpet.

LAURA: So this is a collapsible hearing trumpet.

So you can see it folds in.

So the sound's collected in here, and the ear goes at this end.

So you can direct it in the person you want to listen to.

Or direct it away from the person that you don't - want to listen to.

- Wowee.

VO: The ear trumpet was at the forefront of medical science for the hard of hearing in Victorian Britain.

The cone collected sound waves and amplified and funneled them towards the eardrum.

The trumpets were made in a variety of styles and materials, such as silver, tin and copper.

This one was used in hospitals.

So if you went in and you had hearing loss, they might loan you this... - Wow.

- ..so that you could hear.

- It was in the ear, wasn't it?

- Yep.

Straight into the ear and direct it at the thing you wanna listen to.

So if you're talking to me, it'd be like that.

VO: Charles is under doctor's orders, or rather Laura's, not to put the trumpet in his ear, as its amplification could damage his eardrum.

Even though it's not on my ear, I can actually hear...

The amplifier.

It's really simple, and it really works.

VO: They may have worked, but they weren't exactly something you could stick in your pocket.

LAURA: Perhaps a slightly more subtle way of carrying your hearing aid with you in this one.

- It did have an earpiece here.

- Oh, golly!

The sound directed there.

So you can use it as a walking stick as you're traveling around, but you can also hold it up to your ear - in conversation.

- Goodness me.

So this is when they were out and about - but needed amplified sound.

- It's amazing.

VO: Discreet trumpets weren't made just for dapper gents - oh no.

So this one's a mourning bonnet Golly!

So it probably sits on top of the head, flat like that.

And then the earpiece comes down the side of the head into the ear.

And the ribbons are tied round the back, in the way that ladies' hats were.

If you look at the front, there's a hole there... - Yes.

- ..in the cone.

So the sound is collected in that.

That sat on the front of your head at the top.

So the sound is collected there, then comes down the earpiece into your ear.

So if I was with you on a night out, this could be your... - Yep.

- ..way of hearing.

But I could also be in disguise by wearing a beard.

- You could wear a beard.

- So, ears in there.

And if I grew, or stuck on a fake beard... - Yep.

- ..I would then be able to cover my sounding board there.

- Yep.

Exactly right.

- And listen in.

- Yeah.

- Amazing.

So hold on.

- Just talk to me again.

- Hello, can you hear me?

- Say it again.

- Can you hear me?

I don't think it works.

But I might be wrong.

VO: There's nothing discreet about this silver-plated trumpet, with its intricate and ornate design and carvings.

Purportedly, this is Queen Victoria's hearing dome.

- It is not.

- Apparently so.

To imagine that that was in Queen Victoria's ear - is quite breathtaking.

- Yep.

Because of that history of narrative of a... a right regal lady.

Wow!

VO: Charles has finished his visit to this museum with a right royal fanfare.

With her first purchases in the boot, Christina's competitive streak is kicking in.

Charles and I have been good friends for 15 years, I suppose.

But we are probably the most competitive people that each other has ever met.

And we're also both very ambitious.

So if I were to say that I didn't want to win, I would be lying to myself.

And Charles knows that.

He knows me too well to know that I will be fairly peeved off if I lose.

VO: That's her polite way of saying she'll be a raging inferno of fury.

- Oh, look at that!

- What?

Look at that!

It's a viaduct, - or an aqueduct, or a... - Where?

..well, big fancy bridge.

She's almost had me keeling over.

That's beautiful.

VO: Yep, it's the stunning Wharfedale Viaduct.

Christina is making her way to Horsforth in West Yorkshire.

Tucked away at the back of a garden center behind the lush verdure and flora - I do enjoy a bit of flowery language, you know - is the endearingly named Posh Tat Salvage Yard.

Oof!

That looks good, doesn't it?

Takes me back to my schooldays.

VO: Very "ra-ra, jolly hockey sticks", I'm sure.

Ha-ha!

CHRISTINA: It's fairly vicious, isn't it?

I might need that.

Beat Charles into submission.

VO: Told you.

Raging inferno of fury.

Ah, here you'll find all sorts of quirky reclamation, retro and vintage items.

Oh look - she's found an ear trumpet!

Oh, maybe not.

He-he!

D'you know, there...

There's... a great selection here, but there's nothing here that really excites me and that I can see any kind of potential profit in.

So, d'you know what?

I'm feeling confident.

I've got three things under my belt.

Got quite a... Quite a good budget left.

So I think I'm just gonna keep my powder dry and hope that tomorrow brings some new treasures.

IMITATES YORKSHIRE ACCENT: 'Ey up, they've 'ad a right hard day alright... (CLEARS THROAT) NORMAL ACCENT: ..antiquing round Yorkshire.

Their minds, though, are turning towards dinner or, as they say round these parts, tea.

I think today I'm toad in the hole.

I think I'm a toad in the hole today.

Let's go for a carvery.

- Toad in the hole for two.

- OK. VO: Sounds de-licious.

Nighty-night.

MUSIC: 'Take Me Out' by Franz Ferdinand It's a new dawn.

A new day.

And the same cheery faces.

I've got a bit of a confession to make.

I'm not loving the car.

How can you not love this car?

It's...

The steering is so heavy.

Look at the Colorado yellow.

This is the American dream.

I will try and fall in love with it a little bit more, I promise.

I will.

VO: It was love at first sight, however, for her buys.

Christina spent a total of £60 on three items.

A 1930s silk dress... That... is exquisite.

..a carved peacock table and a heart-shaped brass pan stand, leaving her with just under £95.

(SHE HUMS) Charles purchased a carved dog, a teapot, and when he went to spend a penny he discovered a hidden gem - an enameled sign.

I came to the loo.

It wasn't a number two.

He spent £44 in total, leaving him just under £70.

Talking my little doggy purchase... - Yeah.

Woof-woof!

- Yeah.

I mean, y'know, I look at the dog, I look at you.

- Right.

- I'm...

I'm not being funny.

But if you could be any dog, what would you be?

Oh, that's a good question.

I think you'd be a rottweiler.

(LAUGHS) No, I do.

I think you'd be a rottweiler.

I'm not a rottweiler!

No, I think you'd be a rottweiler.

I'm... Why do you think I'm a rottweiler?

- I know you too well.

- (THEY LAUGH) VO: As for Charles?

I'd say he's a cockapoo.

(CHUCKLES) Their road trip through the historic county of Yorkshire continues.

After dropping Christina off, Charles is winding his way to the village of Oulton.

Yeah.

That shrub could do with a trim.

That's better!

Don't tell the council we did that.

Charles is here to scour an antique shop that stocks an eclectic mix of vintage collectables and curios.

Go, boy!

Vintage luggage, always a popular seller.

What do you think?

VO: You look like Elvis's granny.

- Maybe not.

- Ha!

Is there anything here that'll get him all shook up?

That's nice.

If only I could afford this.

Beautiful - what we call a noggin or a whisky noggin.

It's basically a little whisky measure with a hinged lid and the date code, 1920.

Very high class, but that's very nice.

But again, unfortunately it's priced at £120.

So it's "hands off, Charles, you can't afford me".

VO: He's right.

I know he enjoys a stiff one but that's almost double his £67 budget.

This, I like.

It's very tired and you'll see the rust.

You'll see the weathering, the damage on what would have been originally an Edwardian or late Victorian gentleman's penknife.

It would have been quite high quality.

Quality, Hanson, and this today really counts.

£12.

Bargain.

VO: True.

Charles likes the cut of the knife but he's got his heart set on the whisky noggin.

Can he do a deal with dealer Amy?

Stand by, Amy.

If I said to you, I would love to buy the penknife with all of its different implements, I like that.

- Only £12.

- Yeah.

- It's quite cheap.

- Bargain.

- Thank you, excuse me?

- Bargain.

Yeah, well, let me call that.

OK?

So... (THEY LAUGH) Yeah.

Right.

Have my jacket in a minute.

I like... - I like that... - Yeah.

..but I love the noggin.

Here's my money.

I have got... £67 and 52 pence, OK?

- Yeah.

- Look at the money.

Look at me.

Money.

Me.

OK?

Now, the whisky noggin and the penknife for 67, 52 pence.

You're worth it.

What do you think?

Shall we ask the boss?

- Is that not you?

- No.

- Who's the boss?

- There she is.

- The lady over there.

- Yeah.

- Oh, she looks the boss.

- Yeah.

Yeah.

So if she nods... - If she nods... it's a yes.

- It's a yes.

- Boss?

- Yeah.

- It's a yes!

- Yes!

- (LAUGHS) - Thank you!

Amazing.

I will take the whole lot.

VO: Charles's charm has worked its magic again!

He's bought the penknife for its ticket price, £12, and got the whisky noggin for a very generous £55.52.

(LAUGHS) Chin-chin.

Clever boy!

The county of Yorkshire has certainly made its mark on history.

It's famous the world over for its industry and innovations like stainless steel... ..the steam locomotive, and ever-so-tasty batter-based puddings.

Christina is heading to the mill town of Stourton, just outside Leeds, to learn more about the county's cutest invention, the Yorkie.

Or to give the pooch its full name, the Yorkshire terrier.

You'll meet no bigger fan of the Yorkie than Jan Redhead, a breeder of Cruft champion Yorkshire terriers.

It's time for Rags and his poochie pal Winnie to enjoy a walk.

Look at that!

Jan, tell me what it is about these little chappies here that you love so much.

Well, firstly I think it's the looks.

I love the looks of them - they're so beautiful.

They're just such characters and they make wonderful family pets.

They're quite feisty as well, aren't they?

Yeah!

They can be.

(THEY CHUCKLE) But that's part and parcel.

At the end of the day, they are terriers.

They think they are a big dog in a little body.

But they're not just cute, are they, Jan?

No, they played an important part in the Industrial Revolution here in Yorkshire.

VO: During the 18th century, Yorkshire was at the heart of the Industrial Revolution.

Mills such as this one, now a museum, sprang up in once-rural areas followed by an influx of people from all over Britain to work in the new mechanized factories.

One problem with this rapid population growth was rats.

To combat the vermin, the mill owners needed a ferocious hunter and so the Yorkshire terrier was born, bred from the Scottish terriers of the mill workers.

Their small size, strong jaw and feisty nature made them ideal rat catchers.

I mean, in this mill it would be running wick with rats at that time.

Why wouldn't they use cats?

Because in the wool mills, the cats would scratch the material and ruin it.

More or less use the bales as scratching posts.

- Oh, that's not good.

- No.

So they needed...

They needed some good ratters?

Oh, they did.

I mean, they used to have competitions and I remember seeing one, reading about one that had killed 100 rats - in less than half an hour.

- Oh my goodness!

So, you're never more than 10 yards away from a rat, even now, are you?

Thank goodness we've got these guys with us.

(THEY LAUGH) I don't think she'd be much good.

- (CHRISTINA LAUGHS) - He might have a go.

He's fairly bold, isn't he?

VO: The most famous ratter of the day was Huddersfield Ben.

His exploits became so well known that he was a celebrity, appearing at dog shows all around the country.

Huddersfield Ben's popularity helped turn the Yorkie into a highly-sought-after household companion.

Jan, the Yorkies started their lives, really, in the industrial mills, the gritty north, if you like.

And then they gravitated inside.

Yes, they did.

They were living in cramped conditions and they could keep these little dogs in the kitchen.

They were also good for getting the mice, cos they had no refrigeration or anything at that time.

Mm-hm.

So it could be said that they started out as the dog of the working classes, but then over time they would go into the sort of upper echelons of society.

And is it true that Queen Victoria had one?

Queen Victoria did have one.

And the daughter, Princess Louise, she had one.

And so they became very fashionable dogs as well?

They did, yes.

But those original attributes - their bravery, their loyalty, their feistiness - they're still there in spades, aren't they?

Yes, they are.

They're wonderful.

I wouldn't want any other breed.

VO: The sun is shining, the top is down.

(HORN TOOTS) And at last Charles can experience the wind blowing through his fluffy crown.

In your dreams.

I've finished.

I'm really happy.

I've bought all my objects, I've not got a penny to my name, and the last shop has really delivered for me two stunning objects.

So I'm going now to meet Christina, really quite cocky.

Charles is on his way to the cathedral city of Wakefield in West Yorkshire... ..where Christina has already arrived at The Old Curiosity Shop with over £90 in her pocket.

It's a bazaar of trinkets and curios, both antique and relatively modern.

Look!

There's an evil intergalactic tyrant.

And a model of Darth Vader too.

Only joking, Christina.

The hair on the back of my neck is literally standing up.

This...

This...

This... ..is a Doulton plate.

Very common for them to produce blanks.

And somebody in about 1900, 1910, height of the arts-and-crafts period, has gone and painted this.

And it's amazing.

I just can't quite believe that nestled amongst all these 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and later, collectables on this shelf, there is a arts-and-crafts plate.

The arts-and-crafts movement was about handmade, one-off things, not about mass production.

It was all about being an artisan and creating your own things.

Somebody has bought a Doulton blank, they've decorated it with this really beautiful classical view of this little cherub riding this goat here, and in the auction market, so sought after.

Anything arts and crafts is on fire.

Oh, my heart's racing!

It's beautiful.

VO: And it gets better - look at the price!

So do we think it's either 50p or a pound?

(LAUGHS) I'll give them the pound.

Definitely give them the pound.

Wow!

I'm shaking.

This is so beautiful.

Hello, hello, hello, hello, Les.

- Christina.

- How are you?

You alright?

- I'm very well, thank you.

- Brilliant.

This was on the shelves upstairs.

Says "small plates 50p, large plates a pound".

Yes.

How much would you like for it?

That would be a pound then, please.

That's a pound.

No problem.

There we are.

- £1.

- Thank you very much.

Brilliant.

I'll keep on browsing if that's alright, Les.

- One down.

One to go.

- No problem at all.

Thank you.

VO: That could be the best pound that Christina ever spent.

(STRINGS PLAY) Sounds quite sinister, doesn't it?

VO: Speaking of sinister, Charles has arrived.

Well, can I be... Can I help find you the perfect antique?

- No, definitely not.

- Oh!

Just a cup of tea, cup of tea would be lovely.

VO: Make mine a gin and tonic.

Aha.

Silver.

Now, that's rather sweet, isn't it?

That's very stylish.

Oh, nice.

Georg Jensen, sterling.

He's very, very collectable.

There is a very strong market for Georg Jensen pieces.

VO: Georg Jensen was a fine-art sculptor and became a silversmith.

In the early 1900s he combined his artistic eye with functionality and helped to popularize the art-nouveau style.

This little thing is a fine-dining salt holder.

CHRISTINA: £40 - that's not bad, is it, for a bit of Georg Jensen?

Normally Georg Jensen pieces are £100 and upwards.

So I think that's really sweet.

I like that very much.

VO: Let's find out Les's best price.

What would you like to pay for it?

Don't ask me questions like that, Les.

(LAUGHS) Yeah, this is what it all comes down to.

What would be... What would you be happy with?

I'd be happy with 30.

- 30?

- Yeah.

I'm happy with 30 if you're happy with 30, Les.

Over the moon with 30.

VO: So, Christina has made her final two purchases - the arts-and-crafts plate and the Georg Jensen salt holder.

Now, I think with that amazing plate you should give me a big jig for joy.

A jig for joy?

What's a jig for joy?

Watch.

Three, two, one, jig for joy.

Oh, a jig for... Oh, I like jigging for joy!

VO: Hey, look, they're getting right jiggly with it.

Silly beasts.

The only thing brighter than the sun in the sky is Charles and Christina's sunny disposition.

Who writes this stuff?

Have you spoken to the auction house?

No.

I just go with what I believe in.

Have you phoned the auction house?

- Yes.

- What were they saying?

It's a specialist maritime auction.

- You are joking.

- No.

A specialist maritime auction?

- Yeah.

- And I bought a dog.

And... some other bits which would drown.

Are you being serious?

No.

(LAUGHS) Oh my... Christina!

Honestly.

I just... Having... Why would I have bought a wedding dress if it was a specialist maritime auction, you big loon?

(LAUGHS) All I know is we're going north, but my profits are going south.

VO: Sleep tight, you two.

It's auction day and we're in the heart of North Yorkshire, in the market town of Bedale, to see if Charles and Christina can turn a profit on their curios and artifacts when they go under the hammer.

Come on, ducky.

Here we go.

(LAUGHS) Turn right, turn right, the sun's... - That way.

- No, right, Christina.

- Oh, sorry.

- Come on.

VO: Shake a leg, you two.

Our intrepid antiquers began their trip in Cleckheaton and the B roads and byways of Yorkshire have brought them to the market town of Bedale.

Today's auction is being held by MW Darwin & Sons.

On this leg, Christina bought five lots for £91.

Sometimes you find a bit of treasure in a saleroom.

And this, Christina, is one of yours.

Hold tight, Hanson - this could even hit £100.

So, in fact, I'm very nervous.

Shame I can't break it, really.

- Sorry.

- You break, you buy it, Carlos.

He bought five items for the princely sum of £111.52.

There is a market at auction at the moment that is absolutely on fire.

That is enameled signs.

So I cannot believe that Charles Hanson has managed to buy an enameled sign for £10.

Having said that, there isn't any internet bidding here, so it'll be interesting to see what happens.

28.

28.

VO: Today's auctioneer is Michael Darwin.

Let's get his expert opinion on our duo's objets d'art.

The silver salt... We don't have much of this Danish silver around here.

There's been a bit of interest in it.

We've got a lot of silver in the sale today, so we'll see how we go.

The whisky noggin is a good-quality piece.

The condition of it is such that it looks as though it's hardly ever been used.

I've not seen one in that good condition before.

I think it'll do very well.

There's been a lot of interest in it.

VO: Bidders are poised, numbers at the ready, in the room and on the phone.

Come on, you two, sit down and stop blocking the view.

- Ooh.

Look at this.

- Oh, wow!

It's... it's like going back in time, isn't it?

- Mm, it is a bit, yeah.

- It's very traditional.

VO: First up, Christina's carved peacock table.

I wonder, all those years ago, would it have been flat-packed?

No!

£30, then, the peacock table.

- Come on.

- Come on!

- It's a beautiful table.

- 'Ey up, me cock.

At £20 only.

- At £20.

- Ooh!

- Five anywhere?

I'm selling... - Second time.

- Aw.

- One only bid.

You all done at 20?

Two.

- Oh, you've done it!

- Whoa!

- You've done it!

- (LAUGHS) Going at 25.

(GAVEL) VO: £5 profit.

That's a feather in her cap, alright.

- Well done!

- Thanks.

That was... You know, humble, humble peacocks.

..a miracle.

Ruffled and, er... - Ruffled this crowd.

- Yeah.

VO: But will Charles be as proud as a peacock with his enameled sign?

- Yes.

- I love it!

- Yes.

- Enamel signs... - I love it.

Cost £10.

- ..are amazing.

Fiver.

Five.

- Come on.

Go on.

- Six, seven.

- Eight?

No, he says.

- No!

- Oh, Charlie.

- Please!

Eight upstairs.

Nine.

10, 12.

We've done it!

I'm selling, then, at 12.

- You all done?

- (GAVEL) VO: First lots both sold for profits - but Charles is a little behind.

- On the loo... - (LAUGHS) ..answering nature's call.

And always keeping my mind focused on antiques.

And there it was.

(WHISTLES) Next up, Christina's heart-shaped brass pan stand.

Otherwise known as a trivet.

This trivet captures, I would say, that cottage... - Yes.

- ..rustic home of Yorkshire.

- Exactly.

- Inspiring buy.

- Oh!

- At six, seven.

- A man with taste.

- Nine.

10.

- 12, 14.

- Brilliant.

Selling at 14.

(GAVEL) She had high hopes.

But now, brassed off?

Mm, my heart's definitely not in it.

(LAUGHS) VO: Is there money to be made from Charles's penknife?

- Living on the edge, Charlie.

- Exactly.

- Living on a knife edge.

- Exactly.

- £5 bid.

- It's such a bargain.

Seven anywhere?

Seven bid, eight bid.

Goodness me, it's a good thing, this.

I'm selling then at nine.

- Are you all done at nine?

- (GAVEL) VO: Ah, just didn't cut it, eh?

But someone's bagged a bargain.

The buyer's here.

He bought my penknife as well.

Yeah.

- Well done.

- Well done.

- Thanks for coming.

- Was that yours?

Brilliant.

Yeah.

Yeah, yeah, hold on.

It is brilliant.

- He got a bargain.

- (CHRISTINA LAUGHS) Ow!

That's a firm handshake.

VO: Will this wedding dress be the money-maker Christina hopes?

I'm looking for some young brides in here.

Brides-to-be... - Yes.

- ..getting married.

- And I can't see any at all.

- No.

£30, the dress.

- Oh, it's worth this.

- £30.

£30.

You are in profit.

She's getting married.

- At £30.

- Come on, room!

- I'm selling at 30.

- Oh!

32.

Fresh bidder.

35?

38?

- Ooh!

- Are you sure?

No, go on.

Go on, it's beautiful.

- I'm selling at 35.

- (GAVEL) VO: It's a big day for the dress alright.

Long may we wed our road trip together.

Yes, indeed.

VO: Charles needs his next item, the repaired teapot, to find a profit.

This is a humble object.

It's not a humble object - it's knackered.

- It is humble.

- (LAUGHS) £30, £20.

- £20.

- Come on.

Oh, history.

It's 250 years old.

£20.

Tenner?

10 bid, 12 bid, 14.

- I'd bid on it, Charlie.

- Go on.

If I could, I would.

Honestly, I would.

At 14.

16, 18, 20, two, 24.

- Oh, you're into profit!

- 26.

Yeah, that's enough now.

(LAUGHS) Plenty now.

I'm selling at 24.

(GAVEL) VO: He's got this down to a TEA, you know.

He-he!

Milk and two sugars.

Thank you very much.

VO: Next lot is Christina's silver salt holder.

Where do you get a piece of Georg Jensen for £30?

It must be worth double that.

£20 bid.

Two anywhere?

- 22, 25.

- It's moving.

35, 38.

40.

Two?

I'm out.

- £42!

- At 42, all done at 42.

(GAVEL) VO: That was worth its weight in salt, alright.

- Yeah.

- Well played, partner.

- Thanks.

Put it there.

- Right.

Well... a little small one, you know.

Oh, God, you are a bit clammy.

Why are you so nervous?

VO: Yeah, chillax, as the young folk say today, Charles.

Just like your Oriental carved dog.

This dog is timely, but it's so beautifully carved.

It's not signed, but I just think it's... - It's full of Eastern promise.

- Oh!

At £10 only, bid 12.

14.

- 14, come on.

- 16, 18, 20.

- Keep going.

- 24.

At £22 upstairs.

- Brilliant.

- Oh, marvelous.

At £22 bid.

I'm s... 24.

- Ooh!

He's keeping going.

- Keep going.

- 28.

32, 34.

- Ooh!

- I've doubled up.

- £34.

(HOWLS) You're the doggy.

(LAUGHS) Ruff!

Ruff!

Going then at 34.

(GAVEL) VO: Woof-woof.

That's a pedigree profit.

- (HOWLS) - You are... - Sorry.

- ..barking mad.

- I am barking mad.

Sorry, sir.

- (LAUGHS) Aye.

VO: It's time for the lot Charles fears, Christina's arts-and-crafts plate.

You know sometimes you get a nervous twitch because something might do really, really well, and it's like "wakey-wakey, I'm alive and I've been found"?

- Mm.

- This is the plate.

- I've got interest in this.

- Hold tight.

I have £25 bid, eight anywhere?

28, 30, 32, 35.

Christina, take a bow.

- At £40 with me.

- That's wonderful.

I'm selling, then, at 40.

(GAVEL) VO: Christina has served up a winner, alright, on a plate.

Like a roaring goat, it was.

It roared.

- Like a roaring goat?

- Highland goat.

- What were they, again?

- Bleating goat.

- Fleeting goats.

- Bleating.

- Fleeting?

- Ble... - Sorry, bleating.

- (BLEATS) Yeah.

Ehh.

- (BLEATS) - Yeah.

VO: It's the final lot, the whisky noggin.

Are you a G&T girl, or more of a...?

- Er, more of a G&T girl, yeah.

- OK.

I thought so.

There...

There's a phone bid.

He's on the phone!

£60 bid, thank you.

- Come on!

- £60.

Five, 70, five.

- Keep going.

- Charlie!

- 80, five.

- Come on.

- 90.

Five.

- No!

Make it a ton.

- 100.

- 100!

105, fresh bidder.

- 110, 115.

- Have a drink.

120, five.

I DO need a drink.

At £130.

- No, this is ridiculous.

- Take a chance.

- Take a chance.

- Charles Hanson.

Have a stiff one.

Have a stiff one.

Selling, then, at 130.

- (GAVEL) - I'm back.

- He's back.

Phew!

- Hanson's back.

VO: Three cheers for Charles and the biggest money-maker of the day.

It's been a journey, Christina.

- It has been a journey.

- And the journey continues.

- Onwards and upwards.

Come on.

- Follow me.

Alrighty, let's go.

VO: Has the whopping profit on the whisky noggin made Charles today's top dog?

Christina started with £154.16 in her bank.

After auction costs she's made a profit of just under £40, taking her total to £191.08.

Well done, girl.

Charles began the day with just over £110.

After auction costs have been deducted from those profits, his little piggy now has a total of just over £171.

Charlie, you are right behind me.

You're catching my heels.

I am.

I'm on your tail now, Christina.

Yeah, you are.

It's worrying.

Very well done.

Thank you very much.

You're very welcome.

Come on.

VO: Farewell, Road Trippers, until we meet again.

Next time, another treasure-hunting...

It's like an Aladdin's cave.

..iron-pumping... 10kg, quite heavy, isn't it?

(GROANS) ..bullseye-hitting... - Loose.

- ..Road Trip!

Get your hand off my gear stick.

(LAUGHS) Get your hand off the gear stick!

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