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

That hurts.

I'm gonna go for it, Jo.

VO: The aim?

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

There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.

Goodness gracious me!

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

Not nice to gloat.

There we are.

VO: This is the Antiques Road Trip!

Yeah!

The sun is out in Wiltshire and our two loveable antiques experts Charlie Ross and Catherine Southon are jostling along famously.

CATHERINE (CS): Oh, look at these animals.

The little baby sheep.

CHARLIE (CR): Oh, sheep.

CS: Oh, look at the lamb.

CR: I could do with a rack of lamb for supper.

Charlie, that's awful.

VO: Ha-ha!

Young Catherine has taken up the gavel, starting her own auctioneering business, and she's no slouch when it comes to driving a bargain either.

40.

Oh, come on!

VO: Old dog Charlie travels the world auctioneering fine vintage cars and he's not too short on the old vroom-vroom-vroom himself.

Mwah!

This is the most golden day of my life.

VO: Our esteemed experts started the week with £200 each, but one auction later it's all change.

Charlie had one devastating loss so he starts this leg with a rather ephemeral £103.04.

Catherine's profits soared, however.

She now has a tangible £216.56 to play with.

# You made a profit.

# # I'm in the money.

# VO: Our gorgeous couple are cozying up in a classic 1966 Austin Healey Sprite - it has no roof at all but on a day like today who cares?

CR: # I can see clearly BOTH: # Now the rain has gone.

# VO: Hey!

And there's a few of those.

This week's road trip takes us on a leisurely route eastwards, starting in the Wiltshire countryside, skirting along the south coast and ending up in Rye, East Sussex.

Today we're kicking off in Marlborough, crisscrossing through Wiltshire and Berkshire, popping over to Hampshire and ending up at an auction in Wareham, Dorset.

Our experts are starting today's shopping in Marlborough, which was granted market town status in 1204 by King John - he of Robin Hood fame.

Antiques, Charlie.

Come on.

Charlie.

(WHISTLES) Come on.

Not much point in me coming in, is there?

I haven't got any money.

I'll lend you some money.

Come on.

Ooh Miss Southon.

VO: How very charitable of you Catherine - although I'm sure Robin Hood wore green tights, didn't he?

VO: This large antiques center is a treasure trove of a place with the wares of over 30 dealers - surely there will be something here for our competitive duo.

Although Charlie's feeling the pressure.

Life is tough at the bottom.

VO: Come along now, I'm sure you'll find something to get your teeth into.

Eurgh!

Gosh, what an extraordinary thing.

It's a hammerhead shark.

Or is it Miss Southon?

(CHUCKLES) Looks rather like her.

VO: Just when you thought it was safe to go back into an antique shop... (MENACING MUSIC) CS: You know what this is, don't you?

DEALER: I don't, you tell me.

It's actually a wool winder.

See, you pull that out.

1800s this was made.

Isn't that b... Look how well that... Look how beautiful that's been made.

So, wool winder, for winding your wool in and out.

It's known as a swift.

You can make the...

This is ivory.

I think there's probably a little bit missing at the top.

How much would you do on that?

It's got 43 on it.

I think the best we would do on that would be 38.

Right.

Not sort of push it to 35?

36.

36.

Right.

Yeah.

I might have a go on that one.

VO: That's not a bad price, but Catherine's pulling out all the stops now.

£30 for the swift and we're done.

You said 35.

£30 for the swift.

I can't.

I can't do that.

CS: Oh, can you not?

DEALER: No, I can't.

I'm... No, it's no good doing that.

CS: Look into my eyes.

DEALER: No good doing that.

I've been done with that before.

CS: You've got lovely eyes.

DEALER: Thanks.

Has anyone told you that before?

Thank you.

I hope that's not being recorded.

VO: Catherine, you are completely shameless!

You see, I'm rubbish at making decisions, aren't I?

DEALER: Go on, buy it.

CS: Absolutely rubbish.

It's not... You know it's worth a go.

CS: Oh, go on then.

DEALER: It's unusual.

CS: Go on then.

DEALER: Yeah?

32?

33?

Come on.

35.

33.

36.

CS: (LAUGHS) Come on, give me 33.

DEALER: 35.

CS: 33.

DEALER: 35.

CS: 33.

35.

Thank you.

VO: All that eye fluttering got you absolutely nowhere.

Well resisted Gary!

There was no negotiation there whatsoever.

DEALER: There was.

CS: No there wasn't.

DEALER: I gave you a pound.

CS: Oh, pttt!

VO: Uh-oh!

someone's earwigging in the next aisle.

CR: Gary?

DEALER: Yes?

Is she trying the female charms with you?

She's trying, she's trying.

You promised me they wouldn't work.

She's trying.

She's fluttering her eyelids.

cc No, I'm not, I'm just...

I'm just merely making friends.

Miss Southon, how dare you!

I haven't tried that with Bob yet.

There's a nice little brooch there.

I don't normally buy jewelry.

It's a lady and a gentleman arm in arm, a bit like Charlie and I, actually.

Well, the gentleman's tall and slender.

Not quite like Charlie, but you get the idea.

VO: Ooh you meanie!

This art deco style brooch is £48, but the dealer's not in, so there won't be much room for maneuver.

DEALER: He probably would do 40 on it.

40, he'd come down to 40.

Yeah, I quite like... Just quite like that.

It is a lovely piece.

Do you think he'd come down to 38?

He won't do that.

He won't come down to 38.

No, he will do 40.

CS: So, 40?

48 to 40.

DEALER: Mm-hm.

Yeah, I might...

I might take a bit of a punt on that one.

VO: So Catherine's made up her mind.

That's the wool winder and the silver plated brooch for £75.

Charlie still hasn't parted with any of his money though.

Maybe because he hasn't got very much.

Dig deep Charlie, dig deep.

Old beer bottles.

Royal Wedding Ale.

"Specially brewed in celebration of the marriage of "HRH Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer, 29th July 1981."

I think that's really rather good.

How much is that?

Old beer... £2.

SO in my budget.

(CHUCKLES) I could buy so many of those.

I think that's fab.

I would've thought that must be what I would call a collector's item.

Bob, this is your happy moment.

It is, sir.

I think that's all I can really afford in my budget, and it's £2 isn't it?

No discount.

No discount, I'm afraid.

But seeing as you're such a nice chap, you can have a free gift, sir.

What, Royal Wedding Ale?

Absolutely.

I've got to pay you something.

Could I find a coin?

You can find a coin, sir, yes.

I hope I can find a small coin.

Oh no, I think that's...

I don't think...

I think it's 5p.

That'll do fine, sir.

CR: Would you take five...?

BOB: We will, sir.

You're a gentleman, sir.

Thank you very much.

Thank you very much indeed.

Royal Wedding Ale, 5p.

Bob, if it doesn't sell, I'll drink it and think of you.

CR: Thank you.

BOB: Thank you.

VO: Last of the big spenders, eh?

So, with their shopping completed in Marlborough it's time for Charlie and Catherine to hit the road.

If only they could remember where they were going.

CS: Hold on, where did we just go?

We were in... Marlborough.

CR: We were in Marlborough.

CS: We WERE in Marlborough.

And we're going to Hungerford.

We're going to Hungerford.

CR: Alright?

CS: I told you... CR: Cope with that?

CS: Yes.

Good job I'm driving you, Charlie.

No, I disagree.

VO: Ha!

Just to clarify - hm!

- our experts are leaving Marlborough in the dust, and heading 10 miles east to Hungerford in Berkshire.

CR: Hungerford.

CS: We are... CR: Twinned with Ligueil.

VO: Hungerford Arcade Antiques Centre is one of the oldest antiques centers in the country and houses the goodies of over 100 dealers.

Now it's just a case of finding a super-helpful one.

Like our Rita here.

Have you got something that you managed to buy for very little?

That you could let me have...

I've got a beautiful "orifice" crystal bowl.

Orrefors, I think.

Not orifice, darling.

That would never do.

DEALER: (CHUCKLES) I can't have an orifice bowl.

That wouldn't be allowed.

Orrefors I think is what you mean.

Where is it?

Oh.

How lovely!

Ooh, lovely cutting on that.

Goodness gracious me.

It's called a Thousand Windows.

A Thousand Windows?

Is that the pattern?

Yeah, cuz of the cut.

God, how interesting.

VO: Thousand Windows bowls and vases were designed by artist Simon Gate for the Swedish glass manufacturers Orrefors, in the early 20th century.

They were so named because of the clever design, which made it appear as if there were multiple lenses in the glass.

The ticket price on this one is £150 - way over your meager budget Charlie!

Look.

Listen to this... (CLEAR RINGING) Isn't that glorious sound?

Isn't that fabulous?

(IN TUNE WITH RINGING) # Mm # I don't like the price # I'd like it to be so much cheaper.

# (THEY CHUCKLE) What sort of money is that likely to be, you know on a wet day... On a wet day... With me putting my arm around you, taking my glasses off?

And you've only got £100?

Well, I've got to buy about five things with £100, darling.

Well, if you bought this for 75, I can find four things for you elsewhere for 25.

Ah... That's quite good.

Let's put that on one side.

I'm in such a... Oh, I'm in such a quandary, darling.

VO: While Charlie thinks about that one, Catherine has found a rather attractive German game skewer... As you do.

This is silver-plated.

It is stamped with a letter... O, and telling us that it is silver-plated.

It's a letter opener.

VO: Are you sure about that Catherine?

But it's got a lovely little bird on the top, a bird, a gamebird.

I'm guessing it's a... Grouse.

Yeah?

A grouse?

DEALER: I think so.

CS: I like it.

It's fun anyway.

You can just imagine opening a letter.

Absolutely.

It's priced at 59, Adrian.

If you could get that for me, at a reasonable price... DEALER: Mmm.

CS: 25 would be delicious... Erm, well she's a delicious lady, but I'm not sure.

DEALER: But we can try.

CS: OK. VO: Antiques Centre manager Adrian just needs to track down the dealer Sharon.

If I can get that for about £30...

..I think that's going to make me a little profit.

It's absolutely brilliant.

Very, very happy with that.

And I haven't even bought it yet.

You've got 59 on it.

What would be your bottom price?

Oh gosh.

Erm...

I was hoping for...

I was hoping for a little bit less than that.

Can we say 30?

Shall we meet in the middle then on that and say 35?

38.

OK, Sharon.

I think you've got yourself a deal on that one.

£38.

Thank you very much indeed.

I think that's stylish, and I think it's fun.

I reckon so too.

There's your phone.

Oh yes.

Here's my letter opener.

There's my hand.

All you need now is the cash.

VO: Catherine's up and running.

Now, what about cash-strapped Charlie?

I'm in a real muddle here financially.

Can you do your bowl for 50 quid or does that really...?

DEALER: Why not?

CR: Why not?

(CHUCKLES) Because it's not a lot of money really.

DEALER: I know!

CR: That's the real reason.

VO: £100 off?

I'd snap that up Charlie!

Oh go on.

Oh go on.

I'll have the bowl darling.

I'll have the bowl and I'm going to have a bit of silver as well.

The little bottle.

I love the shape.

Yeah.

It's shaped rather like you, CR: if I may say so, Rita.

DEALER: I wish!

I wish!

It's got that rather nice curvaceous lines.

VO: Dirty beast!

It's £55 but Charlie would like it cheaper.

Could I have that little thing for 20 quid?

That would be 70 quid the two.

You couldn't do 75?

For you, darling, I could do absolutely anything.

I'll stand on my head if you like.

75, yeah.

DEALER: Yeah, is that alright?

CR: Can you do that?

DEALER: Yeah.

CR: Oh, I do love you.

Melt into my arms, and tell me I'm the only one for you.

You're gorgeous.

Oh!

(CHUCKLES) VO: You charmer!

40... VO: So £75 later, Charlie is now the proud owner of an Orrefors bowl and a perfume jar - so he's off to his next shop.

Now, can Catherine work some of her magic on the charming Rita?

That's what I like.

So, what it is is a traveling barometer thermometer.

Thermometer, it is.

In a little gentleman's case.

Is it working Rita?

Complete working order, yes.

It's lovely that is.

DEALER: Yes.

cc I should think once upon a time when this was bought it was actually quite a smart gift.

British made, there we are.

DEALER: Yes.

CS: Short & Mason, so barometer and then on the side the thermometer.

DEALER: Yes.

Let's see if the temperature's rising in here.

Oh, yes.

Temperature's rising.

What have you got on that?

95.

95.

You call it a weather station.

Yes.

95.

What could you do on that, Rita?

Erm... what about 50?

Any chance of a little bit more?

DEALER: 45?

CS: 45.

DEALER: I can't go lower than that.

You can't go lower than that, 45, well I think that's pretty fair.

I tell you what, if you let me have that for 40, I'll have it.

DEALER: (GASPS) 40.

Is that cheeky?

(CHUCKLES) I don't know if I can do it for 40.

You can't do 45?

I suppose I could, but I'd love to do 40.

I will do it for 40 for you.

Oh, will you?

If it puts your mind at ease.

Aw, will you?

Oh, go on then.

Definitely 40.

I'm definitely having that at 40.

VO: Ooh, she drives a hard bargain, that one.

Charlie has arrived at Dairy House Antiques in Semley, with less than £30 in his pocket.

Dear old thing.

But can owner Sue find something that fits Charlie's budget?

CR: I would like a bit of silver.

SUE: A silver thimble?

CR: Yes.

We could... Or perhaps two?

Or three.

No, probably two.

One for each of my fingers.

That would be rather good.

What sort of silver thimbles?

Who are they by?

A couple of Charles Horner.

Charles Horner the hatpin man?

Yes.

He's a good maker, isn't he?

SUE: Not bad.

CR: No, not bad at all.

Oh, aren't they pretty?

What prices have we got on these?

Erm... Let's see, that's 20 quid on that one and 20 quid... Oh, that's 40 quid.

Are these buyable for half price?

20 quid?

No.

Can't do half price.

CR: No?

SUE: No.

CR: No.

SUE: Can't do half price.

VO: It looks like one Charles Horner and one cheaper thimble is the way forward.

This is what it's come down to, Miss Southon - Roscoe looking at thimbles.

You can do better on that one?

I could do that and one of the... What, for 20 quid?

For 25.

Come along.

(THEY CHUCKLE) CR: Well, why don't I do those two?

Is that the right two?

Sh!

I've switched them.

Yes, why don't you?

I'm a member of the Magic Circle, you know.

When you look in your cabinet in the morning you'll find they've all gone.

VO: Ha-ha!

Top work Charlie and with £25 agreed for the thimbles, that's your shopping all stitched up for today.

Catherine has put her purse away, and is traveling 35 miles east from Hungerford to the country estate of Stratfield Saye.

She's come to meet Lord Douro, son of the 8th Duke of Wellington, at his country home.

For it's here the funeral carriage for the first - and most famous - Duke of Wellington is kept.

Wow!

This is quite spectacular.

Isn't this something?

LORD DOURO (LD): This was made especially, of course, for... to carry the coffin from Horse Guards all the way to St Paul's.

VO: The first Duke of Wellington was born in 1769 and went on to become one of Britain's most famous military heroes.

He led the allied armies against Napoleon, ultimately defeating him at the Battle of Waterloo in June 1814.

Up there are of course are the names of some of the more important battles.

Here is Waterloo.

Oh, yes.

And then there are the lions' heads all the way along.

CS: This, I believe, you said... LD: ..is bronze.

CS: ..from a bronze cannon.

And it's taken, they melted down some of the cannons captured at Waterloo and made... used the bronze to make into this enormous structure.

CS: I think that's fabulous.

LD: I know.

I think that is absolutely fabulous, so cannons were melted down to make this carriage.

You get the real sense of size here and I... so was the coffin...?

On the very top.

It was on the very top.

Top, in fact it wouldn't...

If the coffin was still there it wouldn't have fitted in here!

It wouldn't have got...

I know.

VO: After his death, parliament decided the Duke should have a full state funeral to honor his achievements, but that gave the craftsmen very little time to create this grand carriage.

The craftsmen who were asked to do the construction literally had... they knew they had no more than three weeks to get it done, and I'm sure they all had to work day and night without stopping.

Queen Victoria was determined that there should be full public recognition at the funeral and so this carriage was meant to symbolize the importance which the government and people attached to this... to this funeral.

VO: It was reported that over a million people crammed into the streets of London to watch the funeral procession go by.

Wellington will forever be associated with his horse Copenhagen, who he famously rode for 12 hours nonstop during the battle of Waterloo.

His trusty steed died long before the Duke, but the memory lived on at the funeral, symbolized by a riderless horse.

LD: And of course famously the riderless horse was in the procession, led by the groom, John Mears, and so that...

I believe everybody found that a very moving moment, when that passed.

VO: This funeral is the largest Britain has ever seen - and the Duke's popularity continued to grow long afterwards.

With the passage of time he became even more revered and more acknowledged than right at the beginning so it was an extraordinary life.

He remained commander in chief right up until the day of his death.

CS: That's quite an achievement, isn't it?

That really is.

Well, it's been such a pleasure for me.

Thank you very much indeed for your time.

LD: Delighted.

CS: I do appreciate it.

Delighted you could come and see it.

VO: Hm!

Well, what a treat for Catherine.

The time has come for our experts to rest their weary heads.

Night-night!

Day two and the heavens have opened and in the absence of our roof our experts have had to put on their thinking caps.

CS: My eyebrows are drenched and my eyelashes are so wet I can't see.

CR: They must make hoods for these cars, mustn't they?

VO: So far, Catherine has spent £153 on four items - a silver-plated game skewer, a traveling weather station, an art-deco style brooch and a wool winder, leaving her with £63.56 still to play with.

Thank you.

VO: Charlie on the other hand has spent £100.05 on four items - two silver thimbles, a bottle of royal ale, an Orrefors bowl and a perfume jar with silver lid.

That leaves him with a gargantuan £2.99 to spend today.

Tell me I'm the only one for you.

You're gorgeous.

Oh... (CHUCKLES) VO: Catherine and Charlie are heading south-west towards the city of Salisbury in Wiltshire.

At last.

I feel disgusting.

Thank you.

You look... gorgeous.

Remember the challenge - buy something decent... CR: Buy something really nice... CS: ..and special.

CR: ..with £3.04.

VO: Ah, actually Charlie you've only got £2.99... And a bath hat.

It's cold, wet, I've got £3.04.

VO: No you don't!

Miss Southon's winning.

I'm losing.

And I want to go home.

VO: You've got £2.99 you old codger!

Aha - it seems that Charlie's made another mistake here.

He appears to have forgotten he bought a bottle of old ale for 5p yesterday, so today his budget is actually even smaller than he thinks.

I found something for £5 downstairs and I'm really hoping that they'll take £3.04.

£22.

Don't think that's going to come down to £3.04.

Excuse me, my dear.

I'm afraid it's at £10.

£3.04 wouldn't do it?

VO: No it wouldn't, you poor deluded fellow.

Now being an auctioneer of vintage cars, these should be right up Charlie's street, and they look cheap.

CR: These are old motor racing programs from meetings in the '50s and the '60s.

Amazing.

There's wonderful old Maserati, Vanwalls, BRMs they used to race then, and the programs are quite collectable and they're very well priced here - £5, £5, and there's one of Silverstone, which is my local racetrack, and that's from an international meeting of 1961.

The trouble is it's priced at £5, and I only have £3.04.

VO: Oh my Lord!

I give up.

Peter?

I wonder if I may borrow you for a moment.

There's a program down here for £5.

Do you want to have a look?

Yeah, may I have a look at it?

Now I have, in the world, £3.04.

(THEY LAUGH) Would it be too rude to offer you £3.04?

It is £5, I know.

I'm sure that'll be fine if it's cash.

CR: You sure?

PETER: Yeah.

£3.04, Silverstone catalog.

Worth?

£3.04.

VO: And now, Charlie, you are officially in the red.

VO: With his shopping definitely over, Charlie only has a short trip across Salisbury to visit the former home of a prime minister.

Arundells is the house Sir Edward Heath lived in for the last 20 years of his life.

And curator and long-time employee Stuart Craven is going to show Charlie around.

Ah.

Hello, Charlie Ross.

Hello, Stuart Craven.

Pleased to meet you.

Lovely to meet you.

VO: Leader of the Conservative Party Ted Heath became prime minister in 1970 for less than four years, at one of the most difficult periods of recent British history.

The most extraordinary collection of photographs I think I've ever seen.

Yes it is, in fact I think it's a bit of a document of history, in fact, on our... Yeah.

All his peers of the time, whether they be religious leaders or royalty.

CR: Ghandi, Chairman Mao, Kruschev, Castro.

Never-ending.

No.

It's an element of history, isn't it?

And Margaret Thatcher.

Did they get on?

Er, notoriously not, according to the press, but in fact she spoke very warmly at a funeral here in 2005, and he never used to speak about her much, so I guess it was all history.

VO: Ted Heath collected works of art and the house is a showcase for many famous artists, such as Lowry.

But he also has a painting by a more unexpected artist.

WSC, initials I recognize.

Absolutely, Winston Spencer Churchill.

Yeah.

I love that.

I love the colors.

STUART: This is very interesting because Sir Edward was quite concerned that Winston never signed his paintings.

Sir Edward was quite concerned that the value of this might depreciate, so he said, "Sir, can you sign the painting?"

So he took it back to Winston Churchill, and there you see the signature on the bottom right, WSC.

Yeah.

He was very delighted with that.

Yes.

Got it home and discovered the original signature on the bottom left.

Oh!

Double signed.

So it was double signed.

He was very pleased with that.

CR: Yes.

STUART: He was proud of the fact that it was the only double signature Churchill.

Gosh.

VO: But there was far more to Ted Heath than a life on the international stage.

Yes, he conducted between 50 or 60 of the world's leading orchestras.

It was an amazing feat - including all the orchestras in Europe and the Americas.

CR: You've got to be an amazingly accomplished musician to conduct.

Playing an instrument is one thing, but being in control of four or five different passages at the same time.

Absolutely, yes.

I think he was quite accomplished.

He did say that if politics hadn't shaped his life that he might have gone into the music industry.

Yeah.

And I think he probably would've been very good.

VO: As well as an accomplished musician, Heath also wrote several books and was a world class sailor.

He came from a rather humble background.

His mother was a lady's maid and the father a carpenter, so to achieve that sort of level of greatness, well I think it was a wonderful achievement.

Yeah, I mean, huge drive.

To take up sailing at 50 and then within a few years to win things like the Admiral's Cup.

STUART: Yes.

CR: Quite remarkable.

I wish I could achieve one thing as great as that, let alone three.

It's been the most wonderful, wonderful trip.

I'd like to have been here for a week, really.

VO: Well sadly, you can't do that Charlie, but you can go and put your feet up for a while.

Back in the city center, Catherine's following in Charlie's footsteps by heading into the Salisbury Antique and Collector's Market.

Unlike Charlie, however, she has over £60 to spend and owner Peter's going to help her spend it.

What about that cayenne pepper with the devil?

Is that silver on the top?

Yes.

That's Birmingham 1913.

Now, that is lovely.

I like that.

So you've got a little devil on the top of a spoon, so you'd use your spoon.

That would go in your jar and pull out your little bit of pepper.

I think that's fabulous.

It's actually marked up at £78.

That's a bit punchy and I'd really need to get that down to 50 in order for me to buy it.

VO: But will the dealer be willing to let it go for that?

Oh, that's very nice.

It's nice when people say that - you'd like me to beat Charlie.

That's good.

Thank you very much for your time.

Bye-bye.

Lovely man.

VO: £50.

What a good deal.

But not good enough for Catherine.

Peter, I'm very tempted by the devil.

Can I do £48?

Oh, come on Peter.

48.

VO: She's got a nerve.

49.

49?

You won't go to 48?

Go on then, 49.

One pound.

That's a very limp handshake there, Peter.

You mean... do you not mean this?

VO: Naughty!

Well, that's Catherine's shopping over - thank goodness.

Now it's time for our experts to reveal all to each other.

Well, almost.

It's been nothing but a disaster, but I will show you my disasters.

Ta-da!

Oh.

VO: Maybe not so bad!

I love this.

VO: Catherine's spotted the little perfume bottle - but not everything about it is quite how it should be.

I bought it while it was in the cabinet.

CS: Yes?

CR: Not a good idea.

Always look at the items.

It has got... the wrong top.

CS: Oh no.

It's pathetic, isn't it?

It looks beautiful.

I love the shape and the...

I know, I know.

I'm just hoping somebody in the back of the saleroom will really go a bundle.

Be as stupid as you are?

VO: Ouch!

That's a little unkind but quite true.

Most of my money went into the Orrefors glass.

Since buying it I have done some research.

The good news is I've found one on the market for $690, which is encouraging.

Yes.

Less than encouraging news is that I've also found one at £12.50.

(THEY LAUGH) So we have the gamble of all gambles there.

Now, enough of my rubbish, let's get on to your goodies.

I'll show you my goodies.

They're oddities.

Ooh.

VO: First up, it's Catherine's silver grouse.

Isn't that lovely, a little paper knife with a grouse on the top?

It is a paper knife, isn't it?

It's not a meat skewer for game?

Oh, it could be.

I bought it as a pape... CR: I think that's what it is.

CS: Oh it could be.

I think it would have a sharper edge... CS: Probably would've done.

CR: ..if it was a knife.

I think that is a game skewer.

VO: Yes Charlie, you're right, and a quality one at that.

£38, it's brilliant, isn't it?

It's fantastic.

Now, this contains all the money that I'm going to give you to help you along the way.

CR: Which is nothing, of course.

CS: No, it doesn't really.

It contains this - nice little weather station, isn't it?

CR: That's lovely, isn't it?

CS: Art deco.

CS: I thought that was quite... CR: Never heard of them.

Well, I have to say I hadn't actually either, but apparently they were terribly well known in the 1930s.

VO: Now what will Charlie make of Catherine's wool winder?

It's a bit of an iffy one, isn't it?

You know what it is, don't you?

It's not something I would buy.

I do, it's a wool... what I call a wool winder.

Yeah, a wool winder or a swift.

Swift, yeah.

It's...

I mean, I bought it, I paid £35 for it and I bought it because I thought it was actually really nicely made.

These things break so easily and it was a really nice one, in good condition.

But £35, I mean, who wants it, really?

CR: Not me.

CS: No.

No.

No.

I should think the shopkeeper was only too thrilled to see you come along.

Yeah, I think so.

VO: I don't think he liked it.

Next.

Do you know what it is?

Cuz I must admit I wasn't that sure.

It depends what happens here.

Ah, I do.

Erm... Oh, it's not perfume and it's not snuff and it's... CR: Tell me.

CS: Pepper.

I don't know, is that?

Oh, is it?

CS: Yeah, so cayenne pepper.

CR: I didn't know that.

CS: Cayenne pepper.

CR: With the devil on top.

CS: Devilishly hot.

CR: For the heat.

That's great.

I think that's the best lot you've got.

That's nice, isn't it?

CR: Yeah.

Anyway, well done.

CS: I tell you what.

I wish you lots of luck, Charlie.

Horrible weather for buying though, hasn't it been?

I know.

But it's been fun, hasn't it?

It has.

Good luck.

And you.

VO: Very sportsmanlike!

Better get the real lowdown now though.

I just feel sorry for him about that glass bottle with the silver top.

It's such an easy mistake to make.

I probably would have had a good look at it first of all.

I would've checked in case it was chipped.

Not mad keen on her wool winder.

I mean, frankly, who wants a wool winder?

I'm happy with what I've bought.

I think it's going to be an interesting competition, but I may slightly have the edge.

Who knows?

VO: Catherine and Charlie's second leg started in Marlborough, Wiltshire, then took them through four counties, and will conclude at an auction house in Wareham, Dorset.

Here we are.

Oh ho-ho-ho!

Wonderful!

Wareham is where it's at.

Right, in we go.

Erm, in YOU go.

I've got a phone call to make.

Hmm.

I'll see you in a minute.

I'll see you later.

VO: What's that rascal Charlie up to?

This lovely auction house began its life auctioneering off livestock but nowadays you can find all manner of antiques and collectables poised to go under the hammer.

So what does auctioneer John Condie think of our experts' items?

Some of them are quite quirky, some of them are quite unusual.

I was quite fascinated by the bottle of beer.

We usually sell them by the crateful, rather than on their own, and I'm not quite sure about the WMF skewer.

I would like to have seen that with a few other items.

But, er, otherwise I think they'll do OK. VO: Catherine began with £216.56 and spent exactly £202 on five auction lots.

CS: There's my hand.

DEALER: Great.

All you need now is the cash.

VO: Charlie started this leg with £103.04 and spent... a grand total of £103.09 - ha!

- on five auction lots.

I have absolutely nothing in the world.

VO: And I think our Charlie has finally twigged his mistake.

Time to call an old friend.

Ah, is that the delicious Rita?

I've got a confession to make.

I spent too much money, Rita.

And do you know why I'm phoning you?

I want a reduction.

(LAUGHS) I've spent 5p too much.

Would you be prepared to do that?

You really are the best.

Now I'll be able to go forth into the auction and beat that Miss Southon.

VO: Oh for goodness' sake Charlie!

You'll give us all a bad name!

Got good vibes today.

So have I. I'm really confident.

VO: That's what we like - a positive attitude.

And off we go!

VO: First up is Catherine's art deco traveling weather station.

JOHN: £30 for it?

CS: MC:!

£30 bid straight in, £30, 35... You're holding my arm very tight.

45, 50, 55, 60.

£60.

Oh!

Bit more.

65 anywhere?

OK. Well done.

CR: It's a profit.

CS: That's alright.

VO: The sun was shining on that barometer - a decent profit for Catherine.

Don't be disappointed.

No, I'm not.

I'm happy with that.

VO: It's Charlie's perfume bottle next - remember the one with the dodgy lid?

20?

15 then?

£15 I saw here first.

15, 18 now, 20, 22?

22, gentleman in the middle at 22, 25?

Ooh, that's better.

25 now, 25, close to me at 25.

At £25 then.

Not bad, Charlie.

I have to say, for a mistake... CS: Well done.

CR: ..it's quite good.

That's a good... Yeah.

VO: Too right Charlie, it could have been worse, but technically it's a loss.

I've got £25 to go shopping with... Oh no, less commission.

VO: Catherine's wool winder is next.

Charlie wouldn't buy it, but maybe somebody else will.

JOHN: £40?

CR: Ooh, he's asking big.

40?

He's not getting it, though.

20, the voice then, I can't say no.

£20 bid.

It's gonna be sold, £20.

There we are, he's opened it up.

22, 25, 28... CR: Here we go.

£30 bid, 32 sir?

32, 35... Come on.

38.

JOHN: 40 bid... CS: Ooh!

CR: It's nearly a profit.

42.

45... CR: Yes!

JOHN: 48... Ooh, I'm glad I bought that now.

Gentleman in the middle, at 48.

£50, anybody else?

CS: Ooh!

JOHN: I'm going to sell at 50.

CS: Ooh!

JOHN: Come back in at 50.

£50.

The lady there, at 50.

Very good.

I'm glad I bought that.

It wasn't just the gorgeous man CS: that I bought it from, CR: Brilliant!

CS: There was a reason.

CR: 50 quid.

VO: Never believe the doubting Thomases - or Charlies, Catherine - the wool winder did well.

It's alright, Miss Southon.

Yes, no, it's alright.

CR: Come on!

CS: Come on!

VO: Next up, Charlie's bottle of ale bought with a whole 5p he didn't actually have!

Ha!

Rare item.

Very rare, sir, very rare.

£10 for it?

£10.

Don't make me break my barrier.

No, do, bring it down.

£5 then?

Oh.

OH!

£5.

We've got a bid.

£5 is bid.

£5 I'm bid, five, six... CS: Oh.

Seven, sir?

Seven, eight... Ooh!

Nine, 10, 11, 12.

JOHN: £12 bid... CS: £12!

Expensive beer here in Dorset.

£12 on the bottle of beer.

I'm gonna sell it... CS: £12.

Charlie.

JOHN: ..at a profit.

CS: Yay.

(LAUGHTER) Well done.

Thank you, sir.

VO: Cheers!

That bottle of ale has made Charlie a decent profit and put him right back in the game.

CS: You've got to drink it now.

I'm never buying anything for more than 5p again.

VO: It's Catherine's game skewer next.

Will she get skewered?

This is probably one of my best items, actually.

I've got an opening bid of £10.

Oh.

(CHUCKLES) That's not very exciting.

12, anybody?

12 here.

Oh no!

15 sir?

15, 18...

It's WMF, did he say that?

20.

£20, the gentleman in the middle, at £20.

Oh.

I'm really disappointed with that.

22 anybody else?

£20, I'm gonna sell it.

CS: That's just not on.

(GAVEL) CR: I have to say, Catherine... CS: I don't believe that at all.

That's actually the one thing that I really don't understand.

VO: Yes, that's a blow - and the first loss of the day.

CR: Chin up, darling.

No, no, I mean, I just find that a bit odd really, cuz I just thought that was the one...

Disappointing, isn't it?

It's a nice thing.

VO: Charlie's silver thimbles are up next.

JOHN: £40 for the two?

BIDDER: 30.

JOHN: 30 then, thank you the voice.

Ooh!

JOHN: £30, £30 bid.

CS: Well done.

30, £30.

35, anyone else?

Starting at 30.

A maiden bid of 30.

Anyone else want to take them on?

What about 32?

I'm gonna sell 'em, then.

No-one else coming then?

Ooh!

VO: The thimbles have sold for more than Charlie paid, but... Pfft!

It's actually a loss, isn't it?

It is once you take away...

If you take away the commission.

VO: It's Catherine's art-deco style brooch up next.

JOHN: Got a couple of bids already.

Yes!

I'll start it at 15, 20... CS: Oh, I thought he said 50.

JOHN: 25, 30... Come on.

Keep going!

£35 now in the room.

40... CS: Ooh, come on.

It's a good thing, this is.

£45?

45, 50 anywhere?

Oh, come on, I need 50.

JOHN: Near me at 45.

CS: Oh!

CS: Ooh!

JOHN: 50.

CS: New bid.

JOHN: Back in at 50.

55 now, 55.

Go on.

55, and selling.

Oh.

It's a profit.

That's a smidge of a profit, isn't it?

VO: Well, it's £15, which is not to be sniffed at!

Oh...

I feel like I'm scraping every single penny here.

It's hard work to get your money back in this game.

VO: Yep, it's not easy, so here comes Charlie's big gamble, with the 5p reduction.

£50 for the Orrefors?

CR: Oh dear.

40 then?

Charlie.

£40?

£40 bid, thank you very much.

£40 bid, I've got 40, 45, 50... CS: Ooh, Charlie.

CR: Hold on, hold on.

JOHN: 55, 60... CS: Ooh!

CR: Getting there.

JOHN: £60, on my left.

CR: It's worth more than that.

65, anybody else?

JOHN: £60, 65.

CS: Oh!

CR: Gentleman in the hat.

JOHN: Five... Come on madam.

Ooh.

Ooh!

£70, £70 on my left.

JOHN: At 70 then.

(THEY CHUCKLE) JOHN: Five now.

(THEY EXCLAIM) Oh, madam, you know it makes sense.

80 anybody else?

75.

JOHN: 80 bid there.

CR: Ooh!

£80, back to the lady on my left.

CS: She doesn't know if she wants it now.

CR: She does.

JOHN: £80.

Madam, I'm eternally grateful.

Roscoe still lives.

VO: And the gamble paid off!

That was a bit of excitement.

There is a Lord, isn't there?

VO: And now, onto Catherine's devilish cayenne pepper pot.

Shall we say £50 for it?

Come on.

JOHN: 50?

CS: Oh, come on.

£40 then.

CS: Come on.

CR: (LAUGHS) Please.

Desperation here.

£20, the voice at 20, £20.

25, 30.

CR: Oh.

CS: No, it's not.

Don't get me excited.

Come on.

JOHN: 35 now?

35.

CS: This is a good thing.

Ooh, Miss Southon.

£35 bid, 35.

35.

I'm gonna sell it.

CS: Cor, dear oh dear.

I thought you lot in Wareham were going to go for these things.

VO: Another blow for Catherine sadly.

I can't believe that, actually.

I'm... VO: It's the last lot of the day - Charlie's Silverstone program.

JOHN: £10 bid.

CS: (GASPS) JOHN: Thank you very much, £10.

Where were all these people for my lots?

JOHN: £12, anybody else?

CS: £12?!

£12 here, 12.

15 sir?

15.

18, sir?

JOHN: 18 bid now.

CS: Well... CR: I can't believe it.

20.

Anybody else?

Charlie, you are amazing.

CS: Charlie... CR: Can you imagine that?

Hats off to you today, because you have done brilliantly.

VO: With nearly £15 profit on that program, I'm inclined to agree.

Considering you had a pile of old rubbish, you have turned it into gold.

VO: And what an auction it's been.

Catherine started this leg with £216.56 and has made a loss of £21.60 after auction costs.

Bad luck.

That leaves her with a grand total of £194.96 to carry forward.

Don't look so stern.

Charlie, on the other hand, has bought wisely, making him today's winner!

He kicked off the day with £103.04 but managed to make a profit of £32.26 after costs, bumping his total up to £135.30 to spend next time.

Great.

Don't you love Wareham?

I do, and the sun is shining.

Charlie is happy and he is back in the game.

All is right with my world, Miss Southon.

Yee-ha!

CR: Bye Wareham.

CS: Bye-bye!

VO: Next time on the Antiques Road Trip: Catherine cranks up the charm offensive.

DEALER: She's a hard lady.

CS: Oh, I'm not.

And I like the fact that you're stroking my hand.

VO: And Charlie runs into trouble.

I mean, frankly, I'm at a hell of a disadvantage being male here.

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