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

This is beautiful.

That's the way to do this.

VO: With £200 each, a classic car and a goal to scour for antiques.

Joy.

Hello.

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

But it's no mean feat.

(LAUGHS) (GAVEL) VO: There will be worthy winners and valiant losers.

Sorry, sorry!

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

The handbrake's on.

VO: This is Antiques Road Trip!

Yeah.

Today sees auctioneers James Braxton and Charlie Ross midway through their road trip.

JAMES (JB): We've got the sun on our backs.

CHARLIE (CR): Yeah.

JB: We're gonna do well today.

Look at this.

English countryside... CR: Sheep!

JB: Oh, sheep.

CR: Sheep, sheep!

JB: Sheep!

VO: He's rather excitable.

Charlie is as charming as ever.

I'd quite like to go away with that.

Yes.

CR: On holiday.

DEALER: Yeah, lovely.

CR: Would you come with me?

DEALER: Of course.

VO: And James is a patriotic soul.

I'm very pleased with my Queen's shield.

I think I can be a loyal citizen.

VO: They're navigating their road trip in a 1961 Ford Zephyr, a car made before seat belts were legally required.

I think I've put it into reverse.

JB: (LAUGHS) VO: Whoops-a-daisy.

Our Road Trip pals started off with £200 each.

VO: After their second auction, Charlie is lagging some way behind James with a kitty of £148.76 for the day ahead.

VO: James is in pole position after a terrific result with the two Doulton vases.

He has a stuffed wallet of £433.50 to spend today.

Their trip began in the Lincolnshire town of Boston and meanders through Norfolk and Cambridgeshire, up to Leicestershire before heading south and finishing in the Surrey town of Cobham.

Today's leg sets off from Shenton in Leicestershire and will head to auction in the village of Bourne End, Buckinghamshire.

Thought I'd wear a black tie in memory of my Road Trip, which seems to have come to a rather premature end.

JB: Don't you worry.

It'll be alright.

VO: Cheer up Charlie, you can still catch up.

Both chaps are sharing a shop in the very pretty Whitemoors Antiques and Crafts Centre.

And here we are.

I think you need to loosen off that tie at some point.

The black tie, the tie of mourning.

The tie of mourning.

I think that can go.

An early defeat.

I think that can go.

Fair enough.

But I... Have... you've been here before, haven't you?

I have been here before.

I bought a drum.

You bought a drum?

CR: Yes.

JB: Did well with it?

# Banging on the big bass drum # What a picture, what a picture # Um-tiddly-um-tum, tum tum tum # Stick it in your family... album.

# JB: Right.

CR: (LAUGHS) And it made a loss.

Carry on.

Shall I go this way?

I'll go this way.

VO: Blimey, what did Charlie have for breakfast?

There are 40 different dealers here.

Aha!

You look like the boss to me.

DEALER: I am the boss.

CR: Are you?

DEALER: Yes.

CR: I'm Charlie.

Lovely to meet you, Charlie.

Portia.

Portia.

That's a very racy name, isn't it?

Very racy.

VO: Right... You've got work to do Charlie.

Ooh, vintage luggage.

Didn't they make luggage well?

Look at that.

An Edwardian piece of luggage.

It's got its original brass studs on the bottom.

There's a... quite a demand for vintage luggage these days.

Look at the stitching.

And it's got really rather a lovely patination and what I like is when they've got original labels on them.

It's £50.

I could see that making 40 or £50 at auction.

Portia!

VO: The popularity of travel in the 1930s heralded the use of the rather attractive gentleman's valise.

Hello, my darling.

Are you alright?

Seen something?

Yeah, I've seen something I quite like.

I love old luggage.

Beautiful, isn't it?

Oh no, it's awful.

(THEY LAUGH) DEALER: It's gorgeous.

No, no.

It is lovely.

What chance have we got?

Have we got a...

I mean, I tell you...

I'll be perfectly honest.

I think if it goes to auction it'll be estimated at 30 to £50, and I think it might make 40 or 50 quid.

It's a good thing.

I'd quite like to go away with that.

DEALER: Yeah.

CR: On holiday.

Yeah.

Lovely.

CR: Would you come with me?

DEALER: Of course, Charles.

VO: A bit forward, that.

You've only just met.

I think I'll have to ring the tenant and see what they're... CR: Could you do that for me?

DEALER: I will do that for you.

CR: Ring that tenant.

DEALER: One second.

Tell him I'm a really nice chap.

I will do.

VO: Fingers crossed, Charlie.

Portia's got some news.

Charles, I've just spoken to the tenant... CHARLIE: What have we done?

PORTIA: She'd be... CHARLIE: Done better than 45?

PORTIA: ..happy to take 27.

27?

Yes.

What an odd figure.

I think that's well worth the money.

I'm not even gonna try and beat her down to 25.

DEALER: Fantastic.

CR: I'm going to say £27 is really generous.

VO: The charismatic Charlie has bought his first item, the gentleman's valise, for £27.

What about James?

With over £400 to spend, is he going to go all-out or exercise some prudence?

Mind your head.

DEALER: Good morning James.

JB: Hello.

Hello.

Welcome to Whitemoors.

Hello.

Nice to meet you, and your name is?

DEALER: Robert.

JB: Robert.

VO: What wonders can you spot in here then, James?

So this is your emporium, is it?

It is, James.

Yes.

Yeah.

So where do you get... gather all your goodies from?

From auctions, from houses, from people bringing stuff in.

JB: Yeah.

DEALER: All over the place.

This sort of leaps out at me here.

That's a very '50s look.

JB: Isn't that great?

DEALER: The retro thing's in at the moment.

JB: I like the figurine.

She's a very shapely lady, isn't she?

And it has that nice sort of Poole, eggshell finish to the glaze, doesn't it?

Yeah, yeah.

Where, what... who's made this?

It's West German.

Made in West Germany and the pattern is called Jamaica.

That's right.

Just what we need, something exotic and warm, isn't it?

On a cold day.

(THEY CHUCKLE) I definitely need it.

That would, she would be a lovely tonic.

She'd lose you a cold in a hurry, wouldn't she?

VO: Crumbs.

West German pottery is a brand new field of collecting and is proving to be very popular at auction.

And very practical, you know, couple of single stems, get your gladiolis in there, your camellias, whatever.

With our without, it still stands good.

It stands good doesn't it?

I...

I would definitely have that in my home.

Now, what could you do on that, Rob?

The absolute best for you James, because I want you to win... Don't... Don't put yourself down.

Yeah?

DEALER: Right, £12.

JB: £12.

It is in good order.

It's bright, it's been looked after, it's been slightly treasured.

I think that's very handsome.

What about eight on that, Rob?

DEALER: Oh... JB: You know how... You know how these auctioneers work.

VO: Oh, here we go.

Um... you know, they all start in 10, five and everything and, you know, if you're gonna have a chance of a little profit, you need to... DEALER: 10 JB: 10?

10.

To give me a little bit.

10.

Oh, I'm liking your style.

Rob, put it there.

Thank you very much indeed.

You're welcome.

VO: A quick and efficient purchase from James.

£10 for the 1950s West German vase.

VO: Charlie has journeyed east to the historic village of Kibworth.

VO: Charlie is some way behind James in the profit stakes so needs to uncover a hidden gem somewhere.

This large, family-owned antiques center has over 60 dealers.

That's early Victorian.

It's a... Or even William IV.

Rosewood over-mantle mirror.

There you can see that the mirror is not in great condition but frankly when you look like me it's quite good having a mirror like that to be perfectly honest.

VO: He's hard on himself.

CR: It's 150-plus years old.

160, 170 years old and I think you could get away with putting a new mirror in there... ..and it's £25.

If that could be really cheap...

..I would buy it because it's a genuine antique.

Let's go and see what we can do.

VO: Time to track down the lady in charge, the lovely Sally.

Turn right.

This used to be a mirror.

SALLY: Used to be a mirror?

Well it looks like a... Can you see?

I have to say that the owner... Can you hold that in?

I can.

Well done.

The owner does admit, cuz it says, CR: "Antique tarnished mirror."

SALLY: Very tarnished.

CHARLIE: Well it certainly is.

Look at us in there.

SALLY: Absolutely.

CR: You can't really see.

DEALER: The fairest of them all.

CHARLIE: (LAUGHS) But... it's a rosewood frame and it's about 1840, 1850, so it's old and I like old things.

It's knackered here and there.

Um... it's £25... ..and I wanna give a tenner for it.

SALLY: (GASPS) £10?

CR: Oh!

I could feel your heart miss a beat there.

It's missing lots of beats.

What do you think?

Who is HH?

It's got HH on it.

HH...

It's not Horrible Henry, is it?

No it's not Horrible Henry.

Is it Happy Harry?

It's Happy Henrietta.

Happy Henrietta.

If you told her that Charlie wants to give her a tenner for her mirror, would she still be Happy Henrietta?

SALLY: Maybe not but... CR: But we can try?

What we can do... we can make a phone call.

CR: Would you mind?

SALLY: We can do that.

CR: That's sweet of you.

SALLY: And see what... Tell her Charlie's desperate, would you?

VO: And a bit of a chancer.

Are you smiling?

I'm smiling a little bit.

Erm, I've spoken to the dealer.

She says that she's quite happy to come down to £15 for you.

I can't ask for more than that, can I really?

No, not really.

I was being very cheeky at 10.

SALLY: Happy with that?

OK. CR: Put it there.

May I give you one of... Mwah.

Mwah.

..those.

SALLY: Thank you.

Absolutely.

CR: That's really kind of you.

VO: Charlie's second purchase is the 19th-century mirror for £15.

VO: James, meanwhile, has traveled 24 miles to the city of Leicester.

James is sitting pretty with a large stack of cash.

So far, he's spent a tenner.

Come on James, get spending.

Hello.

James.

Hello James, my name's Mark.

Hello Mark.

I'm after the elusive bargain.

Elusive bargain?

Well, we'll see if we can find you something.

I'll get the lay of the land.

Yeah.

VO: What's that you've found?

Quite a crude... tribal stool, this.

Not the finest carved but it's carved from the solid, from the trunk.

And they're useful.

They make great occasional tables, they're just the right height... ..for sitting beside a sofa or something.

And they have a look, don't they?

There would have been a solid chunk of wood here and somebody has freed it, as Michelangelo used to say.

You release the figure from the object, be it marble, be it wood, and you chip away and you release it from its natural bindings.

VO: If you say so.

What about the price?

I noticed this when I walked in, Mark.

Yeah.

Not the finest one, but...

It's not the most detailed carving but crudities can be sometimes... interesting.

Yeah, a naive charm, isn't it?

Yeah.

So it's carved out of the solid.

I think it would have been one piece, definitely.

I can't see any joins or anything.

Does this come from...?

Where do you think it comes from?

Probably African in origin, somewhere around there.

What sort of money do you have on that, Mark?

Erm...

I've got 55 on that one.

55.

I'm going to carry on looking, Mark.

Yeah, certainly.

Keep looking.

Scratching away.

VO: After a good scratch around James is ready to make a deal.

Mark, the stool there with the antelope... Yup?

Would you... Is it... Would it be too cheeky to say 25 on that?

Could you make it 30?

30?

You've gone and got yourself a deal Mark.

OK. Lovely.

Thank you.

I'll take that.

VO: James is attracted to the exotic today.

The tribal stool for £30 is his second item.

Tribal art has always...

The continent, especially the French, have always loved tribal art and this is a rather fun thing.

Anyway, I'm pleased with it and I'm off with it.

Thank you, bye.

VO: He doesn't hang about much.

Charlie's traveled south to the town of Northampton.

It's the home of British shoemaking and even the local football team have the nickname The Cobblers.

And it's here at Northampton Town Football Club that Charlie is heading to find out more about a pioneer, not just in sport but also in British history.

Charlie's meeting with author Phil Vasili.

Charlie, hi.

Hello Phil.

How are you?

Very well indeed, thank you.

Welcome to Northampton Football Club.

VO: Walter Tull was one of the first black professional footballers who played right here at Northampton Town football club.

He was also the first black officer to lead troops into battle in the First World War.

Phil is the biographer of Walter's sensational story.

CR: This is very appropriate.

We're in the engine room of Northampton Town FC.

We can see the pitch, we can see the stands and where better to start?

And we've got this wonderful archive here.

Yeah, it's a great place to start because Walter was very happy here by all accounts.

VO: Walter was born in Folkestone at the end of the 19th century.

His father was a carpenter from Barbados and worked as a ship's joiner until he settled in England in 1876 and married a local girl.

Tragically, by the age of nine, Walter had lost both his parents to ill health and was sent along with his brother to an orphanage in Bethnal Green.

PHIL: When he went to the orphanage they had a football team.

CR: Right.

PHIL: And they played in a...

They played competitive games... And somebody spotted him round about this time as being particularly talented?

Yeah, well you can see in the photo, Charlie, that he's in the middle, he's got the ball at his feet...

He has.

Which usually signifies that he's got respect and he's one of the better players.

VO: In 1908 Walter was signed by amateur club Clapton FC.

Within the year, he turned professional when he was signed by Tottenham Hotspur.

It was here that Walter experienced a horrible display of spectator racism.

Spurs for him wasn't a great source of happiness, was it?

It was wonderful that Spurs signed him.

You know, to be signed as a black player, it was unusual at the time and Spurs have to be commended for that.

However, Walter got a lot of abuse when he was playing and in one particular match, in September of 1909 at Bristol, it was so bad that one of the newspapers headlined the abuse that Walter got.

In the report, the journalist said that Walter was a model for all white men who played football because of the way he withstood the abuse.

I think that was the strength of Walter, that he did his talking as a footballer with his feet.

VO: A year later Northampton Town was thrilled to snap up the talented Walter, but soon the dark clouds of war loomed in 1914.

Walter was one of the first to enlist in the British army.

It wasn't until November 1915 that Walter went to France, his battalion went to France, and they saw action almost immediately, er, in around the Festubert, Givenchy region.

VO: Walter's cool-headed leadership ensured that he rose through the ranks quickly.

CR: So he saw action and I think I'm right in saying, he was... Was he recommended for an MC?

As far as we know, Walter was the first black officer to lead white troops into battle in the army and he was commended for his bravery and commended for bringing back his party without injury.

That's when he was recommended for the Military Cross which he never actually received.

He embodied a legal contradiction.

As a black soldier, he shouldn't have been an officer according to the manual of military law, so if they gave him his Military Cross, it was almost like they were admitting they had created this illegal precedent.

Yeah, yeah.

They were giving a rubber-stamp CR: to breaking the law, really.

PHIL: Yeah.

VO: Sadly, tragedy struck.

On the 25th of March 1918, Second Lieutenant Tull was killed in action at the German spring offensive on the Somme.

He was 29 years old.

He was certainly a very remarkable black Briton who achieved a great deal in his short life.

We're here at a club that's...

The road that leads into the stadium is called Walter Tull Way, we've got the memorial stone detailing his achievements.

Well, thank you.

It's been absolutely fascinating.

An extraordinary tale of a remarkable man.

Thank you, Charlie.

VO: The odds were stacked against Walter but he succeeded as a star on the football field and a hero on the battlefield.

It's the end of a long day so time for a bit of a rest.

Nighty night.

Oh, it's absolutely tipping it down this morning.

This weather, very good for the leather upper I would say.

You need a leather upper.

VO: A good brogue is always the best option.

Anyway, here's a rundown of their shopping so far... Charlie has snapped up two items - the leather valise and the 19th-century mirror giving him a meager £106.76 for today.

Good morning, James.

Hello.

VO: James also bought two items - the 1960s West German vase and the tribal stool.

He's swimming in money with £393.50 for the day ahead.

James is in Northampton to have a go at spending some of his money.

Although he's rich in profit, he's only spent £40 so far.

Oh, nice hat.

JB: Hello.

James.

DEALER: Hello, I'm Sonia.

Hello Sonia.

DEALER: Nice to see you.

JB: Very nice to meet you.

You are a very nice little haven amongst...

It's foul out there today.

Well, I hope we've got something for you.

I'm sure you will.

VO: Maybe Sonia will persuade James to part with some cash.

There's some nice things amongst these.

I love this!

This is very theatrical, isn't it?

Great for a sort of baronial hall, isn't it?

VO: It is.

Baron Braxton has a certain ring to it.

Really good, love that.

Right, like that.

So the shield.

VO: It's on the list.

The shield is priced up at £40 and could have been made for the Queen's silver jubilee.

I like this modest woodcut.

But what I like about this is it's very much in its contemporary frame.

Has a good look.

Does it have a date on it?

It's evocative of a period, isn't it?

1920s.

The untidy corner, it's got a personal inscription on it and it's a woodblock print.

Very much used at early illustrations for newspapers and book illustrations.

Artists really loved it.

I like that.

It's got style.

VO: Another one on the list.

The woodblock print has a ticket price of £10.

Now to find Sonia to talk money.

These are my two items, Sonia.

I love this shield.

Isn't that fun?

So that's the shield.

Do you know much about that?

Not really.

It was, erm, something to do with Andy's family but he bought it because he liked it, and it was his family's initials.

VO: Andy is the owner of the shield.

I see.

I see.

I think it is his father.

I see, I see.

Also happens to be the Queen's.

DEALER: True.

True.

(THEY LAUGH) I like that one.

OK. And I like the woodblock print.

Ah... You don't have to do me a special price on the woodblock print.

I'm very happy to pay your ticket price.

OK.

But could I get a price on the shield?

What have we got on that?

I think... what have we got?

We've got £40.

What price did you have in mind?

Oh!

We'll see if we can meet in the middle.

If you're going to meet in the middle, 20 quid.

25?

25, you've got yourself a deal, Sonia.

JB: Thank you very much indeed.

DEALER: Lovely.

I'm very pleased with my Queen's shield.

I think I can be a loyal citizen.

You'll have to find a sword now to go with it.

I will.

VO: Not spending big, is he?

The decorative shield for £25 and the woodblock print for 10.

Charlie is also in Northampton.

This looks interesting, Charlie.

Our man is having a look around The Old Bakehouse Antiques.

Hello there.

CR: Hello.

Steve, is it?

STEVE: Yeah.

CR: Charlie.

STEVE: Pleased to meet you.

CR: Nice to see you.

STEVE: And you.

What a wonderful establishment you've got here Thank you very much.

Yeah.

Did I see Dr Who out the front?

He's in there.

He's in the record room.

CR: (LAUGHS) That's a wonderful thing.

Where did you get that from?

He's popping in all the time.

CR: (LAUGHS) VO: There are over 60 dealers here.

Blimey, he's like a dog let off the lead.

Look at that old projector.

With its original box.

"Specto film projector.

Wood box and accessories.

"Bulb not working".

Well, you can get a bulb these days for something like that.

VO: In the mid-1930s, the British company Specto were renowned for their cine-projectors.

During the Second World War, the British government used the projectors to review intelligence captured by British aircraft flying over occupied Europe.

£110.

I'm not gonna spend £110 on that.

But I'd buy it at a price.

VO: Good to hear, Charlie.

VO: Ooh, what's that you've found?

Joy!

Look at that!

A vintage bamboo child's pushchair.

That is fantastic.

Original wheels.

It's got two little wheels at the front here, just to stabilize it.

The bamboo is in good condition.

It's a really unusual object, and I'm always looking for something quirky and unusual.

It's got age, it's got quality in a certain sort of way.

It's got originality.

It's £68.

I don't think that's untoward.

That is as charming and historically interesting, as interesting as that projector.

Projector, seat - what have I got?

£106.76.

Ho-hoh-hoh, hope Steve's a nice bloke!

VO: Let's leave Charlie to ruminate over the lightness of his purse.

We'll catch up with him later.

James is 15 miles away in the village of Harrington.

He's visiting Harrington Aviation Museum.

During the Second World War, the Office of Strategic Services, the precursor to the CIA, sent battalions of the US army to build this airfield, and set up clandestine warfare operations.

James is meeting with the museum's chairman, Clive Bassett.

Hello.

You must be Clive.

Hi.

Welcome, James.

Welcome to RAF Harrington.

VO: Top-secret missions would fly deep into the heart of occupied Europe, dropping supplies to the pockets of partisan fighters who would become known as the resistance.

The codename for the covert missions was Operation Carpetbagger.

This codename - what did carpetbaggers do?

The carpetbaggers, really, were the American air arm of the Office for Strategic Services, the American side of things.

And their missions were to take supplies and agents over to occupied Europe, and the Americans initially were using British aircraft, and there became a point in time where they felt they were getting slightly compromised with some of their own missions, they wanted to run them themselves, so they then decided to start up their own air field, which is why we are here at Harrington.

Ah!

VO: In the month of July 1944, the four squadrons at Harrington supplied resistance forces with 69 agents and over 5,000 containers filled with items such as weaponry and food.

CLIVE: The dangerous ones, really dangerous missions, even more so, were the blind drops, where an agent would just parachute into occupied Europe - it could be anywhere - without any local knowledge.

They may have a contact to make, but that's very dangerous.

VO: The daredevil agents would fly on moonlit nights and would land with some rather unusual supplies.

The idea was that an agent would parachute down in a special container made for it, and when it got on the ground, they would just open the container, fire it up.

A little bike, 98 CC engine, centrifugal clutch - push it along, hop on, and off you go.

The problem is that I think people suddenly realized that you couldn't really have a motorbike running around the early hours of the morning, in the moonlight period, with some strange person on it.

JB: No, quite.

Especially a strange bike.

Very much so.

So SOE sort of abandoned the idea, but the bikes continued to be made, and they made over 3,500 during World War II, different formats of them.

VO: This is the actual size of the bike used.

Ha!

It's a fabulous piece of design, isn't it?

It is, really clever.

Obviously the saddle raises up, the handlebars raise up.

You can get on this within a minute or so of landing on the ground.

VO: The most ambitious covert project that took place here was Operation Jedburgh.

A creation of the British and the Americans, the clandestine units were designed to operate behind enemy lines.

It ran from 1944 until the end of the war.

Recruited and trained in total secrecy, the units would be made up of three men from Britain, France and America.

Their job was to coordinate resistance groups and help supply, arm and train them.

Brit Harry Verlander was one of the agents.

CLIVE: Harry Verlander was a Jedburgh wireless operator, and these are all his various artifacts and bits of memorabilia from his wartime service.

It's quite a unique exhibit I think of one person and his different things from his service initially with the Home Guard, the King's Own Royal Rifles.

JB: Trophies of war.

Very much so, yes.

VO: Harry dodged many dangers but one story demonstrated his particular style of ingenuity.

The story, I think it was a time when he was going to be taken by some Germans.

He had learned a trick - apparently if you pee or urinate at the bottom of a tree, it will stop dogs from finding you or chasing you.

So he peed at the bottom of a tree, climbed up it, and the Germans missed him.

JB: Really?!

CLIVE: Yeah.

Clearly it worked, because he wasn't captured, so...

Perfect.

A very brave man.

As they all were.

It's been absolutely fascinating, Clive, and I'm amazed - just shows you what training can do.

I'm amazed how successful they were.

VO: Nearly 7,000 men were involved in the covert operations that took place here.

Without question, the work done by everyone involved in resistance groups helped ensure victory for the allies.

I go away a wiser and humbler man.

It was a pleasure to meet you, James.

BOTH: Thank you.

VO: Talking of brave and courageous men, let's see how Charlie's getting on in the Old Bakehouse Antiques.

Aha!

Churchill, bulldog spirit.

That's a Beswick model there, Toby jug of Churchill.

And it's got one of his great speeches on the scroll here.

"We shall fight on the beaches, the landing grounds, "in the fields, in the streets and on the hills.

"We shall never surrender."

1940.

They've paraphrased what he said there a little bit in order to get it onto their scroll.

VO: Beswick pottery began in the 19th century and produced a lot of commemorative and advertising wares like this one.

The price tag on the jug is £60.

Still quite collectable.

It's probably come off the boil a bit.

I don't think it's unrealistically priced.

Not a bad likeness.

You could not mistake that... for Churchill.

There he is, the great man.

£60.

I think that is... more or less worth the money.

I've seen the projector, I've seen that - I think - fabulous child's bamboo pushchair.

The sum total of these objects is comfortably over £200.

I've got £106.76 in total.

So there's no need to fib to Steve.

You just never know in life!

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

VO: Time to strike a deal.

Where's Steve?

Well, I think you've got a fantastic mix here.

I've got three things I've completely fallen in love with.

There's a projector upstairs with its original box.

STEVE: Yeah.

There's a real talking point, which is that bamboo pushchair.

And then completely differently is Mr Bulldog Spirit here, Winston Churchill, simply because I need a bit of that bulldog spirit to beat old Bingo.

VO: And some extra cash.

I'm not going to beat around the bush.

I'd like those three things.

I don't suppose I'd be able to buy those three things, but, um, I'll tell you what I've got - I've got £106.76.

I can't add to it, because that's all I've got.

I think we worked... You're adding up to 230-odd quid, I mean, that's... Yeah.

Well, it...

It's a question of what these things have cost.

STEVE: Yeah.

If I can't buy the three things, um... STEVE: No, I think we can... CR: Do you think you could... STEVE: Projector's sat around for a while, STEVE: so let's get it gone.

CR: Has it?

It's only taking dust.

You'll take the dust, won't you?

I'll take the dust, I'll clean it, I'll do your washing up... That's good.

Oh, if you're doing the washing up as well, that's cool.

Would you take all I've got for those three?

DEALER: I think... CHARLIE: Are you sure?

DEALER: No, I'm... CHARLIE: I don't want you...

When I walk out of that door, I don't want you to think, "That Mr Ross, honestly!"

No, I'll just phone the police.

I'll say, "I've just been robbed."

You're the best dealer I've ever met in my life!

STEVE: Oh, and thanks for the...

Shake me by the hand.

Are you sure?

Oh yeah, I'm... Yeah, let me have it, please.

VO: Well done, Charlie!

He's blown the last of his cash on three items - the cine projector for £40, the pushchair for 30 and Churchill jug for £36.76.

VO: That plucky display of buying and big discounts wraps up our shopping trip.

Charlie has bought a total of five items - the 1930s leather valise, the antique mirror, the cine projector, the Edwardian pushchair and the Beswick Churchill jug.

His purse is empty, £148.76 gone!

VO: James has four items - the 1960s West German vase, the African tribal stool, the decorative shield and the 1920s wood block print.

He's reluctant to let go of his profits and has been very thrifty, spending a total of just £75.

VO: But what do they think of one another's buys?

You give him over £400, and he spends 75!

On, frankly, a load of nonsense.

I shall fight him on the beaches.

A ghastly vase for £10.

It's an over-mantle mirror.

OK, the plate has gone.

There's very little silvering, so you've got a sort of calcified piece of glass.

I think all his things might make a profit, simply because he's been so stingy!

Would I swap my lots for his?

No.

VO: OK. Charlie and James are traveling south to Bourne End in Buckinghamshire.

We shall fight in the Zephyr, we shall fight in the salerooms.

We shall fight in the shops.

We shall never surrender.

Yes.

This shall be our finest hour.

CR: (LAUGHS) VO: Was that Churchill?

Ha!

Bourne End Auctions is where we're headed.

CR: We're here!

Bourne End Auction Rooms.

JB: Look at this.

Remember this, Bingo, because this is when it turned round.

Really?

This is where your frugal behavior comes back to bite.

Ah-ha-ha-ha!

VO: Taking to the rostrum today is auctioneer Simon Brown.

What does he think of the gaggle of goodies from James and Charlie?

The 1920s block print, I think you might struggle with that.

The 1950s projector I think will be the winner today.

I can see that making 80 to 120.

VO: Sounds promising.

All quiet then, the auction is about to begin.

VO: First to go is Charlie with his leather valise.

Start me at £30, please.

20 then, to start.

SIMON: 20, anybody interested?

JB: 10, 10, 10.

20, nobody interested?

10 to start.

10 I'm bid.

Got you at 10.

You've got a bidder.

I recognize that lady!

VO: Never mind the lady, Charlie.

Are we all done then?

Tenner high then?

(THEY CHUCKLE) VO: That buyer's got a great deal there.

Estimate 40 to 60.

Excellent!

VO: James's West German vase is next.

£10, 10 I'm bid.

Yours at 10.

Are we all done?

Oh, Bingo, you're already in at 10.

JB: 12.

SIMON: 14, 16, 18, 20.

20, 22, 25?

25.

22 on my right, selling at 22, are we all done at 22?

Got you at 22 on my right now.

JB: 22.

Oh, there we are.

CR: Bingo.

VO: All smiles for James as he starts off with a profit.

VO: It's Charlie's rosewood mirror next.

Start me at £30, please, with this lot.

30, anybody interested?

Nobody interested at 30.

20 then to start.

20, anybody interested?

JB: No.

SIMON: Nobody interested?

No.

I'm moving on.

Lot 36 is... JB: (LAUGHS) CR: What do you mean, "moving on"?

He's moving on.

VO: Uh-oh!

This no sale means it will be added into your next leg's auction.

Moving on.

Do you think he might not sell any of my items?

VO: Surely not!

VO: It's James's tribal stool next.

Who'll start me at £20, please, for this lot?

20 I'm bid.

22.

25.

27.

30.

32.

35.

37.

40.

42.

45.

47.

50.

55.

60.

65?

60 in the corner, selling at 60, yours at 60.

Are we all done at 60?

On my right, selling at 60 now.

Marvelous.

Absolutely.

Thank you the good people of Bourne.

VO: Well done, James, another great profit.

VO: James is in the lead.

Can Charlie ramp up his profits with the cine-projector?

Who'll start me at £30 please for this?

30 I'm bid.

What?!

Are we all done at 30?

Maiden bid, selling at 30 on my left.

Yours at 30 with William, are we all done at £30 now?

Marvelous.

That's only a small loss then.

At least you got a bid on that!

VO: Yeah, but not a profit.

Maybe blowing the whole budget was a bit hasty.

Don't dwell on the figures, Charlie.

Well I've got to, cuz I've got to go shopping again, Bingo.

And at this rate, I won't CR: even be able to buy... JB: Oh because you spent... ..a West German vase.

JB: Oh you spent all your money!

CR: I spent all my money.

JB: (LAUGHS) CR: So... VO: Whoops, Charlie!

James's turn now with the big decorative shield.

Who'll start me at £50, please, for this lot?

40 then to start.

40, anybody interested?

40 I'm bid.

With Martin at 40.

Yours at 40.

42.

45.

45 with Martin.

Selling at 45, are we all done at 45?

Got you at 45 on my left now.

That'll do me.

(THEY CHUCKLE) VO: So far, James is enjoying profits on every item.

In round terms, it's the biggest ever thrashing... JB: Really?

Why?

CR: ..in Road Trip his... Profit, loss.

Profit, not even a bid.

Profit, loss.

Are we setting a trend here now?

VO: For your sake, Charlie, let's hope not.

VO: It's your Edwardian pushchair next.

Who'll start me at £50 please for this lot?

Interesting lot at 50.

Anybody interested?

40 then, to start.

40, nobody interested.

40 I'm bid.

Selling at 40, yours at 40.

42, 45?

42 in front, selling at 43.

It's a profit!

SIMON: Are we all done at 42?

CR: 42?

On my left now, got you at 42.

Well done.

VO: A profit, hurrah!

But sadly not enough to catch up with James.

Well done.

Keep the hanky in reserve.

That goes into the kitty.

VO: It's James's last item of the day - the woodblock print.

Who'll start me at £20 please for this lot?

20, anybody interested?

20.

10 then, to start, £10, 10 I'm bid.

SIMON: Selling at 10.

CR: 10?

Are we all done?

Maiden bid, got you at 10, selling at 10, just in front now.

VO: First loss of the day.

though, for you James, and you're still way ahead of Charlie.

We shall fight them on the beaches, we shall fight them on their soft furnishings.

VO: Enough of the Churchill impressions.

It's all or nothing with Charlie's last lot of the day, the Churchill jug.

Wouldn't it be fun if it got to my character jug and he said, "I have four commission bids, "and I'm... (MUTTERS) I'm going to start at 320"?

It would be fun.

Unbelievable!

But fun.

It would be.

My last chance... of a profit.

100 I'm bid.

110, 120... JB: (LAUGHS) SIMON: 130, 140, 150, 160, 170, 180, 190?

180 standing.

Selling at 180, are we all done at 180?

Yours at 180.

Winston's come good.

We did fight them on the beaches!

We did.

VO: Unbelievable!

Saved by Winston at the 11th hour, Charlie.

Excellent stuff.

That is a surprise.

Well, I didn't think so.

CR: (LAUGHS) VO: Has Charlie done enough to get back into the game?

VO: James started the third leg with £433.50.

His frugality made him a profit of £37.34 after auction-house costs.

James has a total of £470.84 for the next leg.

Charlie began this leg with £148.76.

Astounding success for the Churchill jug means that Charlie wins this leg with a profit of £66.08 after costs.

He now has £214.84 to take forwards.

VO: Until next time then, chaps!

VO: Next time on Antiques Road Trip, Charlie reminisces.

It's back to school!

VO: While James offers household tips.

Always good to introduce into a home a dusting nightmare, isn't it?

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