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

I've got it, I've got it.

VO: ..behind the wheel of a classic car... Ooh!

VO: ..and a goal to scour Britain for antiques.

Argh!

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

But it's no mean feat.

Doubled up there!

VO: There'll be worthy winners... £1,700.

SERHAT: Yeah!

VO: ..and valiant losers.

Oh, no!

VO: Will it be the high road to glory... Loving it, loving it, loving it.

VO: ..or the slow road to disaster?

This is the Antiques Road Trip.

Oh yeah.

VO: Yes sir, we're in Yorkshire for the beginning of a week in the company of antiques doyenne Charles Hanson, alongside debutant tripper Ochuko Ojiri.

You've never been to Yorkshire?

OCHUKO: No.

CHARLES: Oh, my goodness.

I've never left London.

Get outta here!

Well, on the Road Trip, we drive, we thrive.

(GEARS GRIND) We just find a gear as well.

VO: Quite!

Our pair of adventuresome antiquarians will be doing all that and more in a classic 1970s soft-top Triumph Roadster.

This is a spitfire, I mean, and just hear this.

(ENGINE ROARS) I mean, isn't that wonderful?

OCHUKO: Warms the cockles.

VO: Certainly does.

But our old-school part of the Georgian furniture and our trendy, vintage-loving man of the moment need to get to know each other a little better.

OCHUKO: I love contemporary art.

That's one of my real passions.

I love mid-century.

I love Deco, I love the shapes.

Give me a shape.

Oh, I like it.

Give me a few more shapes.

(BOTH LAUGH) VO: Hitting it off famously, aren't they?

Ochuko is a dealer and a gallery owner from North London.

Wow.

Super, super unusual.

VO: Considers himself seriously undressed without a hat.

Quite right.

While auctioneer Charles Hanson from Derbyshire, equally hot in the headwear department...

There you go.

VO: ..is also rather well-versed in this caper.

CHARLES: Are you ready?

OCHUKO: Yeah.

You, me, car.

Number one, engine, fuel, go!

But then, on top of that, we have £200.

OK. VO: The expedition begins in northeast England and then heads towards the coast, before crossing the Pennines in the direction of several mighty northern cities on the other side.

They then turn south, while carefully avoiding the M6, to eventually arrive at journey's end in the West Midlands.

Got it?

I used to be a Chucky at school.

So it could be Chucky, and Ochuko.

Mm... Mm.

VO: Or maybe not.

Today, they'll mostly be dividing their time between Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, starting out in York, home of the magnificent Gothic Minster, and the birthplace of "titter-ye-not" legendary comic, Frankie Howard.

Also where our budding double act will be making their debut.

CHARLES: After you.

OCHUKO: Thank you, sir.

CHARLES: After you.

OCHUKO: I like that.

VO: And here endeth the prologue.

It's known as the Red House for obvious reasons.

With three floors and over 30,000 items for sale.

Gosh.

So I really love rooms like this.

Cuz it's full of all unusual bits and pieces.

And this has just jumped out at me, you know, a steel pan.

This screams Caribbean, Notting Hill Carnival.

What I love is it's got calypso, and calypso to me really dates to when the Caribbeans first came into the UK and calypso was the music of the time.

So all of that history is in this one steel pan.

Great thing.

VO: The steel pan is the national instrument of Trinidad and Tobago.

OK, so this has got £48 on it.

And, you know, it's a handmade thing.

What do you measure this by?

How often are you going to find a steel pan or steel drum from the '60s, hand-painted, who knows?

VO: Promising start.

Charles.

Charles!

Oh.

OCHUKO: Are you OK there?

Do you know, you have to dig deep sometimes.

And you've got to get on all fours and work hard.

Honestly, on a serious note, my advice would be just stand tall and let the objects come to you.

You don't worry about all the, all the clutter, it will find you.

VO: Sage advice, I think.

There's also plenty at eye level, however.

OK, so something that really stands out here is this dog.

I mean, look at her.

To the untrained eye, could be terrifying.

I mean, I think it's...for me, it's the blue eyes against the pink and the tongue.

You know, there's something that would keep you awake at night.

And it's actually a lullaby.

Let's see if it works.

(TINKLING TUNE) VO: Why the long paws?

Ho-ho!

Please yourselves.

It's Japanese.

This is the thing I love about Japan, and Japanese people as collectors, they really are extreme in their collecting.

And they go for really unusual and quirky items, a bit like myself.

It's 1930s, 1940s, so it's got real age to it.

So to find something in such good condition... VO: Pooch price, £65.

It's an unusual thing.

I think I'm going to have a go at trying to buy it.

VO: Bite your hand off.

He's smitten alright.

Over to Lucy.

OCHUKO: Lucy.

LUCY: Yes.

Do you know whose this is?

It's mine, that, actually.

Yeah.

Oh, and do you love her?

I do.

So where would you be comfortable?

The best I can do is 10% off.

OK.

Which makes it 58.

OCHUKO: OK, you've got a deal.

LUCY: OK?

Yeah.

Let me pay you.

VO: Pink poodle purchased.

He's off!

LUCY: Thank you.

OCHUKO: Thank you.

Bye.

VO: But while our debutant goes walkies, wither the old dog?

What I like in this cabinet here is... that.

Isn't that wonderful?

What you might call a cordial glass or even a wine glass, and it would date to around 1780.

If you imagine this glass was made for the French Revolution.

It was made when the mad King George III was king of England.

And you grip that faceted stem and you hold it... ..and you almost breathe in the wine fumes of what once was Georgian England.

And this object, despite it being glass, has survived, hasn't been dropped or damaged, really.

And this style of faceting to the actual stem of the wine glass is typical of the 1770, 1790 period.

VO: Price - £55, and almost 250 years old.

That's a solid going, going, going, sold.

Cheers.

I'm going to find the dealer.

VO: Yeah, just take care getting to the counter, Charles.

Lucy's mum, Wendy, is in charge now.

CHARLES: Cheers.

This handsome wine glass.

WENDY: Good.

CHARLES: Are you a wine drinker?

WENDY: Er, yeah.

CHARLES: Are you?

Just a bit.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I thought so.

Get outta here!

It's priced at £55.

What could the best price be?

That dealer really only does do 10%.

Yeah, so...

So I could do it for 48.

CHARLES: Are you sure?

WENDY: Yeah.

I do think at auction it might make between £50 and £70, so for 48 you say?

WENDY: Yes.

CHARLES: I'll take it.

VO: Well, that was all very convivial.

CHARLES: See you, bye.

WENDY: See you.

VO: One shop down and one buy each.

A toast to your-k good health.

VO: Now, time to check in with Ochuko, outside another cathedral of sorts.

Well, at least if you support the Airlie Birds.

That's Hull Rugby League Football Club to the uninitiated, where our new expert, a former rugby winger himself, has come to find out about Clive Sullivan, the player who, against all odds, became Britain's first-ever black international captain, from his former team-mate, Lee Crooks.

Hi, Lee.

So tell me about Clive Sullivan.

How successful was he for Hull?

Very successful.

And if you look back in the record books, I mean, one season he scored 28 tries in 28 games.

VO: Hull was something of an exception to the racism that was rife in sport during the '60s and '70s.

Clive had been signed by the club's black coach and his 250 tries remain a club record.

LEE: We managed to get an exceptionally fantastic player, quick, knew where the try line was, had tremendous agility, and for a slight person was very, very strong.

VO: But it was at the Rugby League World Cup Final in 1972, when he captained the victorious GB side, that Clive Sullivan became a black icon.

LEE: It were a fantastic achievement.

He was the first black person to captain his country.

It just goes to show how much influence he had over other players in regards to his enthusiasm and his leadership, and the respect that everybody had for him.

What was it about Clive that enabled him to transcend his color?

What was different about him?

I honestly believe that Clive bridged the divide.

There was a lot of racism around there, and Clive rose above all that.

And I think that because of the person he was and the recognition that he got, so I do believe that the racism bit is well and truly squashed.

VO: Clive was one of the great Hullensians.

He even made the controversial switch to bitter local rivals Hull Kingston Rovers without provoking any rancor.

And the current Hull squad, made up of one third of Black, Asian or minority ethnic players, reveals just how influential he was.

Clive died in 1985, aged just 42, but Ochuko has headed to one of the oldest supporters pubs in the city to talk to Clive's widow, Ros.

How did you come to meet Clive?

I used to follow a band.

We used to go to the dances where this band played, and my friend went out with one of the guitarists.

And so I had taken sweets, rather than drink, and sat there.

And all of a sudden a hand came over, took one of the sweets, I turned round.

And there's this man with a big smile.

Cheeky, wasn't it?

Cheeky, yes, yeah.

And we got talking.

Little did I know then that, you know, he played this silly game with the silly-shaped ball.

And he's quite good at it.

Well, I found out.

Yes.

So, I mean, it must have been quite difficult in the '60s, you two being together.

Did you come across any racism towards Clive?

There's always racism, always.

I've heard it at games, he's had bananas thrown at him.

Because he played rugby, and he was well known, being black as well, he was accepted.

Yeah.

And it probably changed some people's perception, the fact that they could speak to him.

Ros, can I ask you about this picture?

I mean, I love what you're wearing.

Thank you.

It's stunning.

That's really after my heart.

Vintage '70s.

Yeah.

But what's that medal there?

That looks very important.

After Clive captained the World Cup, and they'd won, he got a letter that he'd been awarded an MBE, and when he opened that letter and read it, he cried.

OCHUKO: Wow.

ROS: He was so proud.

And we went to Buckingham Palace, and there's the MBE.

Can I open it up?

You can.

I thought you might be interested.

Wow.

I mean, that is incredible to see, isn't it?

Mm.

VO: A genuine trailblazer.

And talking of trails, let's follow Ochuko's new chum, not to mention rival, huh!

CHARLES: He's a cool guy.

I'm not so cool, but we'll see.

I think Ochuko sees me as the elder statesman, almost like the father in the relationship, experienced, wise words, many, many years of it.

But, you know, I hope he likes me, and I really hope I can lead him the right way.

VO: Which presumably doesn't include driving tips!

Cor!

Huh.

Since it's taken our senior tripper several hours to reach his second shop of the day in Grimsby, at Vintage Links.

Here we are.

Oh!

Too low.

VO: Getting old, Charles.

This could be interesting.

More of the sort of place the younger man might appreciate.

It's a bit cold, it's getting dark.

When the going gets tough, the tough gets going.

VO: Quite.

That, or just have a nice sit down, eh?

What a shame.

This three-piece suite, you'll see the arms have gone on the armchair, the arms on the settee as well.

VO: Step away, Charles.

But if you were watching your television back in the 1930s, early dawn of TV, look at these handles.

It's so striking.

It's so of the period.

And, actually, it's got the look.

They are in need of some quite serious TLC.

But they are a three-piece suite, two armchairs.

That one's OK. VO: Oh, good.

Why not just forget all about it, eh?

Maybe have another peek at the knick-knacks?

Just over 150 left to spend, remember, Charles.

Just looking for that one object that might just jump out and be something a bit sleepy, a bit unknown.

VO: Ah, yes.

The master in action, look.

CHARLES: What I do like is that jug there.

Very much in the 1930s style.

Lovely handle.

Look at the colors.

Like my jacket, you've got the yellow and the blues, like the seaside and the seashore here, maybe a water jug, lemonade jug.

Appears to be in quite nice condition.

It's only priced at £4.50.

I mean, really, I mean, that must be a take-home price at £4.50, come on.

VO: Decisive stuff, Charles.

Graham, I found one thing so far I quite like.

A very handsome, jazzy, art deco jug.

It is, yeah.

Made by Crown Devon.

It appears to be in good condition, it's only priced at £4.50.

So I'm going to take that, if that's OK with you.

GRAHAM: Excellent.

CHARLES: I won't...

I quite like your three-piece lounge suite.

It's a three-piece suite.

GRAHAM: Mm-hm.

It's not leather, is it?

What do you call that type of...

It's like a vinyl.

CHARLES: A vinyl.

GRAHAM: Yeah.

What's the best price on your vinyl-covered three-piece suite?

50 quid?

CHARLES: How much?

GRAHAM: 50.

I would love to buy it for £30.

GRAHAM: No, sorry.

CHARLES: No.

GRAHAM: Can't do that.

CHARLES: No.

45, and that's my limit, really.

VO: Quite a lot of his budget for such a gamble.

At least take another look, Charles, eh?

So the condition really is, you've got the arm here flapping in the wind where the faux leather would have been originally.

This front is lovely.

You can see it's almost shaped to take off.

You know, this is the art deco, it's on the move.

It's for fast living.

Love it.

VO: Gird your loins.

So, Graham, the death is 45?

Yes.

VO: Er, he's not shifting, Charles.

No.

And it's worth a lot more than that.

Would you take £42 for it?

Er, yeah.

Go on, then.

Let's do it.

Thanks, Graham.

You're welcome.

I'll take the suite.

I'll take the jug as well.

So I owe you £4.50, plus this, £46.50.

Yes, please.

VO: Leaving him with just over £105, and me with some tatty old furniture to have to cart to auction.

I bet he doesn't tell Ochuko - hah!

CHARLES: What a day.

OCHUKO: Wonderful.

We've done it, you and I, first day complete.

I don't want you to take this the wrong way... CHARLES: Go on.

OCHUKO: What do we do at night?

That's a good question.

What do you fancy?

I'd love a hot butter and rum.

A hot buttered crumpet?

What did you say, crumpet?

Hot, butter and rum.

But on what?

Bread?

Bread?!

VO: Night night.

VO: Next morning, Ochuko takes the wheel.

Is it your first time?

I've had a classic here and there.

Yeah, it suits you, it really does.

I would just stay slightly to the right.

I would, you know, is your foot on the clutch now?

No, sir.

It feels a bit heavy, seriously.

You've built me up and now you've knocked me down.

VO: Yeah.

Yesterday, our Road Trip rookie made a cautious start to his spending spree, acquiring only a Japanese clockwork pink pooch.

As you do.

Question is, does it work?

VO: Just about.

And Ochuko has just about £140 for today's purchases.

While Charles burst out of the blocks picking up a three-piece suite - oh, dear - a jug, and a Georgian wine glass.

This glass was made for the French Revolution.

VO: Yeah, which means he has a little over 100 remaining in his wallet.

This is 240 years old.

Big profit?

Big vintage.

This is retro, retro, retro, times 20.

VO: Today's tour will take them back towards Hull and the East Riding, but the first destination is in Lincolnshire, at Market Rasen.

As in old English for plank bridge rather than dried grape - ha!

Also avoids any confusion with the Raisin Marketing Council.

Welcome to Wold Antiques.

See what they did there?

OCHUKO: Hello.

LIN: Hello.

Lovely shop.

Thank you.

Nice to see you.

VO: That's Lin, by the way.

No, not her.

Not sure what her name is.

She's a stunner, isn't she?

That sticks out at me straight away.

I mean, looking at the hair, I mean, it just sings... LIN: '30s.

OCHUKO: Has to be '30s.

LIN: Absolutely.

I mean, the female form really in vogue in those times.

And this is done beautifully well, isn't it?

Yes.

And it's lasted because so often they get very bad... OCHUKO: Oh, hold on!

VO: Cheeky!

That's a bit naughty, isn't it?

Oh, better hide that bit.

Well, you see, if you were to put it in front of a mirror, you would get... Maybe in the boudoir.

Absolutely.

(BOTH LAUGH) VO: Lin's clearly been studying this.

I really like her, what would be your best price?

Erm, I'll do £60.

£60?

Let me have a little think.

Please do.

VO: So, one plaster 1930s nude to think about.

Plus, I didn't get a chance to remind you that Ochuko still has over £140 left to spend.

Aha!

VO: Knock, knock.

What's this?

I love lions.

My better half is a Leo, so when I see a lion, I always get slightly scared.

But this is a real handsome one, isn't it?

Iron.

It's 1930s.

It's got presence, hasn't it?

It's got real weight to it.

Lovely face.

I really love that.

But there's no price on it.

So it probably means it's expensive, but it's something to think about.

VO: His list is coming along nicely.

Anything else?

What I love about this shop and what I've noticed sort of browsing around, is there's a love of Nouveau in here, art nouveau.

VO: Now where's he off to?

Look at this.

Look at this.

How beautiful is that?

And what I love about Nouveau is the, you know, the shapes, the flowers, the sort of organic... ..nature of the work.

That looks like it's, these two are together, as well, that's the actual door handle.

Let me try.

What have I got to lose?

I'll try and buy it.

Lin?

Yes.

You know your door handle?

Yes.

OCHUKO: Can I buy it?

LIN: No.

OCHUKO: And this placard?

LIN: No.

Let me try and buy something art nouveau.

OK. Yeah, let me try.

OK, no problem.

VO: And, if it were also door-related... Look at that.

Like a brass knocker.

Again, 1900, I'd say.

And, look, it springs open.

It's in good condition, and just look how this flower's depicted.

I mean, it's classic nouveau.

I love the patina in there.

It's a nice thing, really collectable.

Look at this elegant shape.

It reminds you of the Paris Metro.

That's what I feel when I look at something like that.

VO: As famously designed by Hector Guimard.

Tres bon!

I think we know what's coming.

Well, at least this one's for sale.

What could that be?

If I said 50... but if you spoke to me nicely, I might do 45.

I love this, and I love the lady.

Good.

What can you do for both?

I can do 95 for the two.

You've got a deal.

But I saw you looking at that other knocker.

Yeah?

And what if I said, to make it a really good deal for you... ..£10 for that?

So it would be £105.

Has to be a deal.

LIN: Good.

OCHUKO: Thank you very much.

VO: So that's £50 for you know who, £45 for knocker one, and just 10 for knocker two.

I'll pop that down there for you.

That's lovely.

That till's great.

You're very good at this.

Surprised I haven't got the whole shop!

VO: I think he's got quite enough to be going on with.

Ha!

Meanwhile, Charles is taking a bit of a break from trawling for antiques to find out more about the other sort, trawling, that is, at the Hull dock, which once supplied a quarter of Britain's catch, but now lies derelict.

Where, just over 50 years ago, the hazards of the deep sea fishing industry created some unlikely heroines.

Time to meet author Dr Brian Lavery.

CHARLES: Hello.

BRIAN: Hello, Charles.

CHARLES: You must be Brian.

BRIAN: I am indeed.

Brian, very good to see you on this spot that has great history.

The river by our side here is the River Humber.

This was the commuting lane for these great Arctic ships that would go from the Humber across the North Sea to fish at the Arctic fishing grounds.

But there's no doubt about it that the trawler bosses... ..had, at best, a laissez-faire attitude towards the safety of their men.

And at worst, they didn't care.

The statistics at the time showed that if you were a trawlerman in Hull, you were 17 times more likely to die at work than an ordinary worker.

VO: What was dangerous enough during the summer months became deadly during the winter.

It's estimated that more than 6,000 Hull trawlermen perished between 1835 and 1980.

But the rewards for those who came home were high.

If they'd had a massive catch, they would have what they call a film star wage, and they were known locally as the three-day millionaires.

The men would be home for three tides, and then away.

So a successful trawlerman would actually only be at home for 36 days of the year.

They were in trade unions, but they couldn't organize in the trade unions.

Women did that on their behalf.

Women were basically mother and father to their children because the men had to earn a living and it was a very harsh living to earn.

VO: But those women were thrust into the spotlight when, in January 1968, three Hull trawlers sank within three weeks.

The loss of 58 lives convinced Lillian Bilocca and her fellow headscarf revolutionaries that things must change.

A memorial now marks the place on Hessle Road where the struggle began.

BRIAN: The whole world's focus now was on Hessle Road, Hull.

This story knocked Vietnam off the front pages.

That's amazing, isn't it?

And this is where the headscarf women started their uprising.

Over there was the Victoria Hall where Lillian Bilocca addressed the women of Hessle Road.

Lillian Bilocca was born a stone's throw from here.

Wow.

She was a seafarer's daughter, became a seafarer's wife, and then a seafarer's mother, but she suddenly became the focus of the campaign.

She had more or less said, "Enough is enough," and gathered up the signatures, petitioned parliament, and hundreds of women then marched on the dock.

VO: At the locked gates, Lil was told that a trawler was about to leave without the proper safety equipment.

This photograph of her attempting to go on board and being wrested away by the police made the headlines.

Lil and three others formed the Hessle Road Women's Committee.

BRIAN: Of course, one of the women, Christine Jensen, whose bench here is the memorial to her, her brother was the skipper of the Ross Cleveland.

The women who led the Hessle Road Women's Committee - Mrs Bilocca, Mrs Blenkinsop, and Mrs Denness - then organized to go to London, and they met with the president of the Board of Trade.

So they took what they called the Fisherman's Charter, which had 88 different demands, all of which were met more or less that day.

The most dangerous industry on Earth became considerably safer due to their action.

VO: Because of the leave she'd taken in order to campaign, Lillian Bilocca lost her job.

She was also blacklisted, it seems, and never worked in the fishing industry again.

VO: Now, if you listen closely, you can just about hear a blue Triumph approaching.

(ENGINE ROARS) VO: Sounds like someone's having fun.

So happy I've got the car today.

I was a bit jealous yesterday.

I thought, 'My first day, let me have the car,' but I love this.

I'd love to take this home.

Oh, listen to that!

(ENGINE ROARS) Beautiful.

VO: Remember, classic cars aren't always quite this reliable, although he does look certain to get at least as far as Skirlaugh for his very last shop of the day with the princely sum of £37 in his pocket.

So, watch out Vintage Home Store.

Or VHS for short.

Cute.

Good big bits of salvage in here, isn't there?

That's a lump.

To me, it looks original.

Been out of a carnival ride, what you'd call a chairoplane.

So you'd sit down, and you pretend that you're in the airplane, and these are the wings.

It's all been hand-painted.

They're great period colors.

You know, it's an original.

It just needs a bit of cleaning up, but all of this beating up makes it original.

Let me check the back, and make sure that, um, it is as it looks.

If I pull it out.

VO: Huh!

Looks like they've clocked up plenty of air miles.

And, yeah, you can see the wear and tear.

And that, like I said, that's one wing, that's two wings, and you'd sit in the middle.

I mean, imagine that as a kid in the '50s.

What's the price?

150, and I don't have 150.

So, unfortunately, I have to put it back.

VO: So, no flying puns required at the auction for those.

Never mind.

Let's head elsewhere in the East Riding to catch up with Charles.

Or rather, let him catch up with us.

I knew it'd come in handy.

I'm here.

At last.

VO: Quite.

Here being the hamlet of Ruston Parva, also the original moniker of local band the Kaiser Chiefs.

Perhaps that explains his headwear.

Bring me good luck, hey?

VO: Looks a bit like me, don't you think?

Just over £100 left to spend at Phil Edmunds Antiques, remember?

CHARLES: A Hygena Cabinet brings joy to the home.

It's the enamel sign.

I quite like it.

It's got things like macaroni on.

Biscuits.

VO: Sort of retro shopping aid memoir.

CHARLES: Sultanas.

And really, from 1930 to now, you can really see how life has changed.

It's really quite a charming object.

Definite mental note.

No price guide, but I like it.

VO: Fair enough.

What about his slightly less-well-off mucker, then, back in Skirlaugh?

That's shopkeeper Dave, look, sorting out the jukebox.

(ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC STARTS) VO: Nice!

What's he got his eye on?

OCHUKO: That's quite interesting, isn't it?

Oh, I do like that.

VO: Looks like it's from the '70s.

Tri-ang.

Very vintage.

OCHUKO: I love all the rust.

That's the period color on it.

You can see it chipped away.

Look at that deep midnight blue.

Oh, I really do like that.

It's got £39 on it, and I've got £37.

VO: Close enough, wouldn't you think?

I wish I could get on that.

I wish I could go back in time.

Imagine waking up and opening that on Christmas Day.

You'd be ecstatic.

That would beat an iPad any day of the week, wouldn't it?

VO: Here we go.

Oh, I absolutely love this.

I'm going to try and do a deal.

OCHUKO: Dave?

DAVE: Yes.

Hello, Dave, I really love this.

This is a good one.

Yeah.

Um, has it been there long?

It's been there a while.

Quite a while.

That bodes well for me.

It's got 39 on it.

Yeah.

What's...what's the best you could do?

Could we be 25?

DAVE: Yeah, go on, then.

OCHUKO: Fantastic.

VO: Nicely done, chaps.

OCHUKO: 25.

Thank you very much, sir.

DAVE: No probs.

OCHUKO: Thank you.

VO: Now, with the bike in the boot, it's time to go and get his chum.

Well, after a few last-minute adjustments, anyhow.

So, how are things in Ruston Parva?

I'd know those loafers anywhere.

Looks like he's found the barn where they keep the bargains.

Things that may need a bit of dusting off.

Hey, you missed a bit!

That's it!

I thought, actually, or I think, what I've found here is quite a nice table.

I was concerned that there was woodworm, but it's not.

But you'll see from saws, and all sorts of objects, plant parts, an umbrella, it's covered in stuff.

But actually, what we've got lurking under all of this mess is quite a decent-looking table.

VO: Really?

CHARLES: With a pine top, on this really quite striking, probably 1920s painted under structure, which actually is pine, I think.

VO: There he goes again, checking under the hood.

You can barely see the top, but it's had the chop!

CHARLES: There is no end drawer.

It's really weathered.

I've got a really sad-looking three-piece suite.

This, as well, it won't look quite the crown jewels to impress Ochuko, but at the same time, this look is what buyers like.

And online, you never know, it could be worth a gamble.

I'm going to find the dealer.

VO: And there's proprietor Phil himself.

CHARLES: Hello there.

PHIL: Hello!

CHARLES: How are you?

PHIL: I'm OK.

Anyway, I went up the hill into a shed.

Yeah, at the back.

There's a very nice, well, I say nice, it's pretty tired, actually.

A table.

Could it be for nowt?

Nearly.

Nearly nowt.

How much?

It can be a tenner.

Phil, I'll give you a tenner for the table.

VO: Cheaper than firewood, at least.

One thing I also saw was an interesting, really interesting board, like a shopping list board.

It's called a Hygena Cabinet.

"Brings joy to the home."

Do you have lard up here?

Yeah, we have lard.

CHARLES: Really?

PHIL: Yeah.

On a serious note, what's the best on that?

60 quid.

OK, so you're saying how much?

PHIL: 60.

£60.

Well, I'll take it.

From a Yorkshireman to a Derbyshireman, thank you.

What do you say?

Thank you.

Well done.

See you!

VO: £70 for those two items.

And with that, he's done.

End of the day, the auction, whatever happens, happens for a reason, right?

Yeah.

Lap of the gods.

What will be will be.

And we'll just hold tight... ..and carry on regardless.

VO: And not as good as Carry On Screaming, though.

Shut-eye next.

VO: Now, if you go down to the woods today, you're sure to see a couple of antiques experts off to watch an auction!

There they go!

CHARLES: It's like going through goalposts!

In a forest!

VO: For an auction.

CHARLES: Watch the... (OCHUKO LAUGHS) I think you just touched the logs.

OK.

Here we are.

VO: Not that the auction's happening here, of course.

Oh, no.

Because after shopping around a couple of northern shires, our pair have now sidled south towards Sherwood Forest.

While their purchases have been dispatched towards Norfolk, and TW Gaze in Diss.

For sale on the phone, on the net, and bids left with the auctioneer.

Any advance on 85?

VO: Nice!

Charles parted with £164.50 for his five auction lots.

While Ochuko spent a bit more.

188 for the same number of lots.

Let's find out if Diss auctioneer Edward Taxil-Webber is dizzy or disappointed with what they've bought.

We don't see clockwork poodles that often.

It flutters its eyes.

It will annoy the pets at home.

I'm sure someone will want to have a bit of fun with this.

The shopping list is unusual, for sure.

I forget things when I go to the supermarket.

I'm hopeful there's someone else like me, and hopefully they will snap it up today.

VO: Reminds me, I must get some more lard.

Now, back to the forest where our merry men are of course both wearing appropriate headgear.

Are you ready?

I'm super ready.

We are knocking on wood.

Sure as wood.

Where are we?

OCHUKO: Sure-wood.

CHARLES: Sure-wood, yeah!

Going, going, going.

Let's go.

VO: Starting off, Ochuko's bit of brass art nouveau.

A knocker!

A knocker.

I wanted to buy the whole door!

Straight in at 30.

30 bid.

At 32 now.

Where's the five?

At 32.

The world is watching.

35 now, where's the eight?

OCHUKO: Come on!

EDWARD: Is there anything on the net?

More than this!

No.

35.

VO: Not exactly a knock-down price, but a loss nevertheless.

OCHUKO: This hat is bad luck.

CHARLES: Get out of here!

OCHUKO: It's this hat.

CHARLES: Get out of here!

OCHUKO: I lost!

VO: Ha!

Charles's turn.

His little Georgian cordial glass.

Shall we just toast Robin Hood?

Cheers.

BOTH: Cheers.

40.

At 40 bid.

CHARLES: Come on.

EDWARD: 40.

Is that 42?

42.

CHARLED: Come on.

EDWARD: 48, I've got 50.

CHARLES: Go one more!

You're in profit.

55.

I've got 60.

Keep going!

Keep going.

Robin Hood, Robin Hood.

60 still with me now, 60 if you like it again on the net.

65.

I'm now out.

CHARLES: Keep going.

65.

VO: Much more Robin Hood friendly.

Tuck in, eh!

That's OK.

It's good.

A small... Really good.

..princely Robin profit.

Yeah.

That was a good find, that.

Well done.

CHARLES: In the wood.

Thanks, mate.

I'm so happy!

CHARLES: Thank you.

(BOTH LAUGH) VO: Yeah.

Next up, Ochuko's nostalgic tricycle.

Takes me back to being a kid.

Asking 25.

Come on.

EDWARD: 15.

Think of a kid having this, much better than anything else you can buy nowadays.

OCHUKO: I don't get it.

EDWARD: £5.

Five is bid.

OCHUKO: Oh!

CHARLES: Come on!

10?

Yeah, 10 it's got now.

At 10 still.

Come on.

15 bid now.

Ring the bell!

Ring the bell!

18.

It's getting exciting now.

Were the tires pumped or not?

Were they pumped up?

Very pumped!

Last-minute competition, but 20 is where we sell.

EDWARD: £20.

VO: He's getting closer.

Do you know what?

I would have still bought it.

And that's where the passion is.

OCHUKO: Yeah.

But on your bike.

On your bike!

VO: Now, what can we say about Charlie's little milk jug?

It was cheap.

£15, where's 18?

18 bid.

It's got now at 18.

I'm out now at 18.

Is there 20 on the net?

At 18.

It's got style.

You're going!

At 22.

At 22, the bid is now.

22 for the Shelley, at 22 we sell.

25.

Just in time.

Humble steps!

More than one want it.

CHARLES: Humble steps.

28, I'll take 30.

Someone round it up there.

At £28 for the Shelley jug.

At 28.

28 it goes.

CHARLES: That's good.

OCHUKO: Oh, brilliant!

VO: A jug of plenty!

Yeah, it's a good profit.

VO: Another knocker now.

Ochuko's low-price lion this time.

This could be a big profit.

What do you see it at?

This could roar!

Sorry!

Good quality, this is.

Oh, I like him!

And on this one starting straight in at 20.

CHARLES: Oh, you're in!

EDWARD: At 20, the bid now.

CHARLES: You've done it!

I've doubled.

Here we go.

Come on!

28 he's got now, at 28.

He's still running.

32?

Sherwood expectations.

Yeah, £30 is bid now.

That...

I'm happy.

30 now, where's the two?

At 30 bid, it is now.

32.

Still running on the line.

At £32, the bid now.

32.

Take the five, if you like.

At £32.

A nice knocker for the money.

£32.

VO: His very first Road Trip profit.

That was... Beautiful.

That was one good knocker.

And that move, as well, was so eloquent in celebration.

Oh, just what else could I do?

VO: Exactly.

More Charles.

His slightly sad seating.

Here we go.

Hold tight.

I think this suite will honestly make £25, if I'm lucky.

I'm very nervous.

And this one's going straight in, have to be at the 70.

Yes!

I think he's asking for 70.

Oh, right.

Well, we can work it.

At 70 bid.

You get the full set there.

Come on!

Take 50, then.

We've got to get it going now.

He's asking 50 now, isn't he?

Auctions go up, not down.

50, then, if you like, at 50.

It's a tough crowd.

It's a profit at 50 still.

Can't really go less than that.

At 40.

40.

OK, I lose a few pounds.

Should be worth it at 40.

A lovely set for £40.

We'll pass on that one.

No interest on that one.

I think he's passed it, Charles.

I just heard a "no interest".

VO: You heard right.

That suite still belongs to you.

Or should I say us?

Oh, Charles, what have you done?

CHARLES: The journey goes on.

OCHUKO: Yeah.

VO: Ochuko's golden girl.

Will she make some naked cash?

I'd love to see 70.

CHARLES: Yes.

Yeah.

Nothing crazy.

Good luck.

Below the guide at 20.

Where's two?

At 20 bid now.

At 20, got, at 20 now.

Where's the two?

22.

Come on!

Keep moving.

BOTH: Come on!

At 28 now, looking for 30.

We want the art deco 30!

OCHUKO: Come on.

EDWARD: 28.

A lovely piece for the money.

At £28, but if there's no more interest at 28, we will sell.

VO: Oh, dear.

Just when things looked like perking up.

I'm heartbroken.

Do you know why?

Because I loved her.

I was in love with her.

Do you know, and you'll fall in love again and again and again.

And be hurt again and again.

But love conquers all.

VO: Well said, Charles.

His little list is next.

It's vintage, vintage, vintage, but out of my comfort zone in terms of knowledge.

But I just like it.

Brings joy to the home.

I always forget items on the shopping list.

Good lad.

Quite of interest there.

CHARLES: My sort of guy.

OCHUKO: Good, isn't he?

I've got to start straight in at the 50.

Where's five?

At 50, loads of interest on this, 55.

OCHUKO: Oh!

CHARLES: Go on, lad!

OCHUKO: There you go.

Have I got 70?

five?

I've got 80.

80's bid now.

At £80.

We're cooking!

At 80, now, where's the five?

85.

OCHUKO: Whoa!

CHARLES: Go on, lad!

We've got loads of interest.

A rarity there.

At £85.

Any advance at 85?

OCHUKO: Good for you.

CHARLES: Sold!

VO: A very good find.

I was concerned it may have flopped.

OCHUKO: No.

But 85, £25 profit... Testament to you.

VO: Pounds for hounds, anyone?

Ochuko's biggest spend.

Ow!

Ow!

No, that dog says walkies.

Woof a lullaby.

I hope so.

It's got legs.

Pink legs.

Straight in at the 30, top guide.

At 30 bid now.

30 gone now.

OCHUKO: 30 bid.

CHARLES: He's moving.

35.

38 it's got now.

38.

It's so novel.

OCHUKO: Come on!

38 now, take the 40.

Commissions are loving it there at the £38.

For the poodle at 38.

One more, if you like.

Online at 38.

Oh, mate!

VO: Who's a very naughty boy, then?

Do you know, it was worth speculating.

I think so.

VO: Charles' last lot now, the slightly sawn-off kitchen table.

This is a scratchy purchase.

I bet you're going to do well.

£10.

Come on!

This is my finale in the forest.

Be sure as wood in Sherwood.

Going straight in at 30.

Yes!

At 30 bid now.

At 30, got now.

30.

Now where's the two?

At 32.

35.

It came out the pig shed.

40.

40 still back with me now.

You're too good at this.

CHARLES: Can you smell it?

OCHUKO: I can.

40.

£40.

VO: So, some tatty furniture does pay.

There's a long way to go and I think Robin Hood was looking down on us.

I don't think he was looking down on me.

Get out of here!

He's got something against me.

I was his friend before.

Get out of here!

VO: Not the Sherwood showstopper either of them had in mind.

Or me.

Time to sort out another van, eh?

Ochuko started out with £200 and, after auction costs, made a bit of a loss.

So he's down to £137.46.

VO: While Charles, who began with the same sum, made - also after costs, and despite not selling his suite - a small profit, taking his total for the trip so far to £214.26.

Still, we've got four more auctions to go.

Great!

CHARLES: Come on.

Onwards, upwards, and keep believing.

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