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

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

I'm on fire - yes!

Sold - going, going, gone.

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

But it's no mean feat.

50p!

VO: There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.

Are they papier-mache buttocks?

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

Ooh!

Oh!

Here we go!

VO: This is the Antiques Road Trip.

Yeah!

VO: It's the final day of our Highland fling, featuring Charlie Ross and Margie Cooper, with the result still very much up in the air.

MARGIE (MC): Well, where are we going now?

CHARLIE (CR): Round the bend.

MC: (LAUGHS) VO: Dealer Margie wasn't always an antiques doyenne though.

I remember as a secretary in the old days, getting my fingers like this.

VO: Before that she sold ices at the local theater.

Freddie "Parrot Face" Davies!

(CHUCKLES) VO: That's showbiz!

Whilst auctioneer Charlie's first ever job was flogging chickens down at the market.

Now, Miss Cooper... VO: And he's not looked back since.

That was almost The Last Post.

VO: In fact, he's a natural performer.

MC: You've got a loud voice!

CR: I know.

MC: Amateur dramatics.

OPERATICALLY: # What's your best on this?

# How much is it?

# That's too much!

# Charlie began with £200, and after four trips to auction, he's managed to increase that to £305.84.

Whilst Margie, who also started out with £200, has made over £100 more, with £429.32.

So will she play safe?

I will bet you 10 quid you don't buy something for 100 quid.

No, no, I'm not doing that.

"I'm not playing.

I just want to be here, Rosco!"

VO: Charlie and Margie set out in their Sunbeam Rapier from Jedburgh, in the Borders, before traveling the high roads and the low roads of Bonnie Scotland, to reach journey's end at Hamilton, South Lanarkshire.

Today they begin in Nairnshire, at Auldearn, and then head back south again, for that climactic auction in Hamilton.

The village was once the site of a battle, back in 1645.

But in more recent Road Trip history, the key date is 2011.

CR: Do you ever remember...?

MC: Yes?

Oh, you probably don't know anything about it.

There's an old story...

ECHOING: Story, story... VO: Yes, Margie's first shop of the day is the very same one that Charlie bought his famous Staffordshire elephant in, for just £8.

It later sold at auction for £2,700.

Still a Road Trip record.

CR: If you go in there... MC: Yeah?

CR: You will find an elephant.

Go forth and multiply.

See ya.

Buy something for eight quid and sell it for three grand.

See ya, kid.

VO: I'm not sure what the chances are of lightning striking twice.

About on a par with pigs flying, probably.

But she seems to have this very nice place to herself.

That's... Now, that's a nice thing, isn't it?

Victorian.

It's tin, which is called toleware - T-O-L-E. Toleware.

That's been for logs.

Nice bit of decoration.

Brass bound.

Probably 1870, 1880.

It's been kicking around for that length of time, but... it's £140.

VO: Not eight then.

Now, I don't wanna be foolhardy, but I really like that.

VO: Good find, Margie.

Now, coat off, and get your head around it.

Ooh.

They're interesting, aren't they?

I like these.

These are for...

It's a hat sizer.

Now, look at that.

That's Rabbie Burns.

VO: I wouldn't imagine that that was much of a rare find though.

"The rank is but the guinea's stamp, "The Man's the gowd for a' that."

Oh, dear, it's quite hard to understand, eh?

VO: Really brings it to life doesn't she?!

Anything a bit more prosaic?

That's like a lady's desk.

Isn't that pretty?

Oh, isn't that nice?

So, you pull that out... ..to shield you from the sun, or the fire, and then the screen drops into the bottom.

Mm, isn't that interesting?

Mahogany, probably Edwardian.

1910.

A lovely little drop handle.

£110.

Yeah, it's looking good here.

Looking good.

VO: Margie's definitely about to loosen the purse strings.

But what of her traveling companion?

Motoring over to the Moray Firth, at Nairn.

This former fishing port has, since Victorian times, been a seaside holiday destination, famed for its many hours of sunshine.

Nairn was very popular with the great Charlie Chaplin, who holidayed here on several occasions.

I wonder how it'll go down with our Charlie.

Good morning.

Morning, Mr Ross.

Mr?

Oh, how very formal.

Call me Charlie.

DEALER: Charlie.

CR: And you are?

Steve.

Steve.

Lovely to see you.

VO: Instant Antiques will quickly make Charlie forget the shop up the road.

Especially with Midland man Steve at his side, keen to offer up a good catch.

What about a silver fish?

I thought it might appeal to a fisherman.

Oh, a bit of jewelry?

VO: Looks a bit like a salmon.

Oh, isn't that beautifully modeled?

I tell you what, I'd be really taking a gamble.

Marjorie, my oppo, is a jewelry lady.

Is she?

So, it'd be quite fun to buy a bit of jewelry, and she'd say, "What have you bought there?"

It's sort of like a tiepin, or a... Oh, isn't that...

But it's... ..glorious?

Got a little cabochon in there.

What is... What is that?

Is that a little sapphire?

Yeah, I think so.

It's showing a little bit of blue, isn't it?

Yeah.

What a pretty thing.

Look at that.

We might be able to put a little parcel together.

DEALER: Yes.

CR: I love a parcel.

VO: Parcel, eh?

I get the impression those two will have themselves a deal in an instant.

CR: You've got a Monet up there.

Yes, certainly have.

Original, no doubt?

Oh, yes.

A genuine one.

CR: Yeah.

DEALER: Genuine fake.

CR: A genuine fake.

(CHUCKLES) VO: But nearby there's a much more original, if slightly tattier, work of art.

Is that William Langley?

It looks like William...

I think it's William Langley.

VO: Prolific painter of coastal scenes, William Langley was very fond of the Highlands too.

So perhaps that canvas is of somewhere on the Moray Firth.

There's a bit of a drawback though.

I think that painting came from somebody who was a darts player.

CR: (LAUGHS) And the dartboard was next to it, and unfortunately it went through here.

Oh, I can see, it's gone straight through the middle.

Yeah.

So... Oh dear.

Yes.

..this is the price.

£20.

No?

Before negotiation?

Before negotiation.

VO: But while he ponders that oil, there's something in ink to consider.

Steve, there's a glass inkwell and it has a very deco-ey, angular top to it.

Stylish thing.

Look at the glass.

That's... D'you know what I like about inkwells like that?

I like putting ink in them and just seeing the color, the blue color coming through.

Yes.

Yeah.

Blue ink.

That's absolutely beautiful.

What date is that?

Have you got...?

Er... 18...

It is Victorian.

VO: The price however is £240!

I don't know whether you're able to take a... a derisory offer from an old Englishman.

If I could buy it for £100 it would be fab.

We'll check on it and see what we can do... OK. ..and if we bought it well, we may be able to do a very good price for you.

Super.

I'll stay here with my fingers crossed.

OK. Leave me a minute.

Thank you.

VO: Cue anxious wait while he consults his ledger.

What's the answer, Steve?

It's probably cost a fortune, has it?

Erm, well, ah... What is your offer, Charlie?

If you would sell me that inkwell for £100, I would say you're the most generous man that ever came from Leicestershire to Scotland.

I'm very generous.

Oh!

Are you happy with that?

Yes, I am.

That's good.

That's a great inkwell.

VO: First deal to Charlie and I think that more could soon follow.

Back in Auldearn, Margie, having collared proprietor Roger, seems to be leading him up the garden path.

Right, I've seen a couple of things in here.

VO: First port of call is the practical toleware.

MC: It's a log bucket, isn't it?

DEALER: Yes, exactly.

Yeah.

Sort of what, 1880s?

DEALER: Yes, exactly.

MC: I like it.

I think yeah, just even... Perhaps even slightly earlier.

DEALER: But... MC: Yeah.

I like this sort of stuff.

Yeah.

But, er, I'm just wondering... Well, it's all a worry, isn't it?

It's all a worry.

VO: I think that's fast becoming Margie's catchphrase.

How about a look at the screen?

Original, er... embroidery, isn't it?

Yeah.

I think I could help you slightly on that.

MC: Shall we...?

DEALER: Probably to 90.

Yeah.

I just thought it was cute, but it's got to fetch a little... Mm-hm.

You know.

How about 80?

And then you've got a little bit of... more... Yeah, I d...

I like it.

VO: With Roger keen to help, it's time to get back to the coal hod.

I could take it under £100, to 90.

There's got to be money in it.

Can we do a deal for the two at 150?

160, to try and help you along your way.

MC: Oh, well, I think... DEALER: For the two of them.

I think I'm gonna make a profit.

Got to make a profit, haven't we?

Well, both interesting pieces.

They are.

And will stand out from the...

This is it, interesting, quirky.

Yep.

OK?

Happy.

Thank you so much.

Thank you very much.

Ha-ha-ha-ha!

VO: A good price, but still big bucks.

Maybe she's keeping her word to Charlie.

VO: Meanwhile, in Nairn, Charlie's as keen on spending as ever, with some glass in his sights.

Is that ever so cheap?

What have we got on it?

Let's have a look.

You've got sort of 50-odd quid a... Yeah, yeah...

So it's not massively expensive, but... No.

..you can always make me an offer.

I mean that's going to make 35 quid at auction.

OK. Again it's a similar sort of thing, I mean, you probably...

So, your offer?

You probably don't want to take 20 quid.

How about 25?

I thought 25 you could do a bit on.

You can't go wrong with it, can you?

There is no doubt.

25 quid.

25.

VO: Running total £125, and he's still hankering after that little silver salmon he threw back earlier.

If 20 quid would buy me the little fish, I would buy it, and I would make myself a... DEALER: £20 is fine with me.

CR: Is it?

Do you ever turn down an offer?

You're a most wonderful man.

Oh yes, I always turn down offers.

Can I give you 30 quid for the rest of your shop?

VO: Worth a try I suppose!

But remember that daub with the dart holes?

Is it by a known artist?

I'm absolutely certain that's William Langley's signature, the more I look at it.

If you look at... See the L?

Yes.

And the Y that comes sweeping across?

Mm-hm.

The thing that's particularly unusual about it is the hole in the middle of it.

Yes.

There might have been a flying saucer or a bird in that... (THEY LAUGH) Well, it's a fiver's worth, really.

Go on, have it for a fiver.

And I can't say no.

I...

I just don't know what'll happen with this.

DEALER: No.

CR: It's my gamble lot.

DEALER: Yes.

CR: Loving that for a fiver.

VO: This is turning into quite a day.

Four items for Charlie, and Margie's not far behind.

But she's now moved on from Auldearn, making her way south and west, to the tiny hamlet of Daviot, where the main attraction is Torguish House.

Bed, breakfast and antiques.

Wow!

Looks rather smart, doesn't it?

Royal Enfield Bullet.

This is a Philip Serrell call.

He would love it here.

VO: He certainly would, but I'm sure there's a little something with Margie appeal too.

Here, quick, put the fire out.

I think this is for racing pigeons, a clock.

£25.

Oh, cor, it weighs a ton.

There's obviously a big mechanism in there.

Nobody's going to want a pigeon clock, are they?

Who's gonna want a pigeon clock?

VO: Well there are a lot of pigeon fanciers out there for a kick off, Margie.

Although these devices, which record when a ring from the returning pigeon's leg is inserted, are fast becoming replaced by a simpler, electronic timer.

But then this is an antique shop, I suppose.

Meet the proprietor, Mike.

My word, there's some stuff here.

Yeah, yeah, lifetime's collecting.

I'm just trying to figure out what's going to make me a small profit.

MIKE: Well, I'll try and help you.

VO: I'm sure Mike and Margie will be on the same wavelength.

Are you a whatsit man?

A what?

MC: Are you good at dropping the price?

No.

I'm a Yorkshireman in Scotland.

Oh, no!

You can't get tighter than that, can you?

VO: Blimey!

And Margie's a Lancashire lass too!

Stand by.

MIKE: A little bit of carved horn there.

MC: What is it?

I don't know what it is.

By the shape of it, it looks like a tusk.

MC: Yeah.

MIKE: From a wild boar, or... Yeah, it would be something like that, wouldn't it?

Yeah.

Yeah, exactly, yeah.

VO: Price £35.

MC: Quite naively carved.

MIKE: It is naive, yeah.

MC: Yeah.

MIKE: Yeah.

Interesting though, isn't it?

MIKE: Yeah.

MC: How much is that?

MIKE: I'll do it you £15.

MC: £15!

This is getting better.

Yeah.

Mike, it's getting better.

Right, well look, can I just think about that one?

Yeah, course you can, yeah.

VO: Those two are getting on fine.

Time to talk clocks.

I've got to be off my trolley to buy that, wouldn't I?

MIKE: Well I did.

MC: (LAUGHS) Fancy thinking of buying something that you don't know anything about and you don't understand...

I love buying stuff like that.

..and you don't even know how it works.

Love buying stuff like that.

But the question is, is there a market for pigeon clocks?

There is at...

Surely at £15.

Last of the big spenders.

VO: Quite.

But they've grabbed the clock for a showdown by the crocodile.

Yeah, I like that very much.

Yeah?

Yeah.

And that's 15?

MIKE: £15, yeah.

MC: Yeah.

Same as the clock.

Yeah.

So, two together... A bit cheeky to...?

Oh.

I can add 15 to 15, and I get 30.

You don't get 28?

No, it's £30.

OK, Mike, thank you very much.

Cheers.

VO: He is from Yorkshire, Margie.

And now they've both bought four items.

Meanwhile, Charlie's taking a well-earned break, guiding the trusty Rapier to the outskirts of Inverness, to see where aviation history was made.

Richard, is it?

Yes.

Hello Charlie, how very nice to meet you.

CR: Richard Fresson?

RICHARD: Richard Fresson.

VO: Opened in 2005, the Highland Aviation Museum is tucked away within the grounds of Inverness Airport.

Staffed by volunteers, it boasts assorted aircraft, and displays of Scotland's famous RAF stations, and a section dedicated to Captain EE Fresson - a real local hero.

CR: Now your father was hugely significant in this area?

RICHARD: Yes, because he started the Highland Airways, and they ran from Inverness to Kirkwall, and that air route is the longest continuous-running air route in the world, because it ran during World War II, every day.

What?

Well, most airlines during the war, they just shut down.

Well, I should think they did.

Kirkwall, where is that?

In the Orkney Islands.

VO: Ernest Edmund Fresson joined the Royal Flying Corps during World War I, and in the '20s offered aeroplane joy rides, before convincing the Inverness authorities to build a runway across a golf course, so that Highland Airways could run scheduled services to the Northern Isles.

RICHARD: He had the airmail contract, and in 1934 he got the postal contract, and those two contracts in themselves absorbed the overheads, as it were, so that the airfares were not too exorbitant.

Did he fly it?

Oh, he flew, yes, very much.

He was managing director and chief pilot.

VO: Inverness Airport was known as RAF Dalcross during World War II, and the planes in the museum's slightly eccentric collection reflect a lot about what's happened since.

Hello.

JOHN: Hello, Charlie.

CR: It's John, is it?

JOHN: Yeah, that's right.

CR: And this is your baby?

Yes, I am the secretary of the museum.

You are?

VO: One of the treasures of the museum is the Lightning, a supersonic jet fighter from the Cold War era which pilots described as like being "saddled to a skyrocket"!

Now, is it true that they were quite a dangerous aircraft?

There was a very high loss rate.

CR: Was there?

JOHN: It was a flying fuel leak.

Flying fuel leak!

And when it landed and it was put in the hangar, they always had to put dustbins underneath to catch fuel, because as the aircraft cooled down...

Yes?

..it contracted, and it had leaks all over the place.

John, may I get in?

Yes, certainly.

It's a bit of a tight fit, so good luck to you.

Right.

You might lose your dignity getting in here.

I'm not sure I ever had any dignity.

You've got to be a small person to fly this.

Very small.

They didn't call them jockeys for nothing.

VO: The Lightning, which could travel at 1,200mph or a mile every three seconds - just imagine how brave you'd have to be to do that - was used by the RAF to intercept enemy aircraft.

And this is the old joystick I suppose, is it...?

It's the joystick.

Different switches on there for trimming the aircraft and for firing the cannon or the missiles, so you've got... CR: Oh.

JOHN: ..buttons there.

Just firing the cannon.

Yes.

I've got him.

Yes.

VO: Another gem is the front 54 feet of the Nimrod MR 2 - a maritime patrol aircraft designed to operate for long durations, on the lookout for ships and submarine.

This is the most complicated thing I have ever seen in my life.

VO: The Nimrods flew for over 40 years and were only retired in 2011.

Although this one feels a bit like something out of Dr Strangelove.

JOHN: There's these two little buttons here, C and N. Pilots will tell you that stands for "coffee, no sugar".

But in actual fact it stands for "conventional" and "nuclear" weapons, the actual buttons.

It's in red, I'm not surprised, really.

JOHN: Yes.

CR: Ready, captain.

OK, so let's start the engines... Broom-broom.

And now, as we accelerate... Broom!

Dugga, dugga, dugga.

(THEY CHUCKLE) No, I can't keep a straight face doing that.

VO: I know the feeling, John.

Well, night-night then.

Next morning, Charlie attempts his very own spying mission.

Stone?

No.

Metal?

No.

You'll have to wait and see, won't you?

Terracotta?

VO: Well there's plenty for them both to keep quiet about, after what can best be described as an orgy of spending on day one.

Can I give you 30 quid for the rest of your shop?

VO: Charlie splashed out £150 on four auction lots.

Leaving him with just over £155 in his poche.

Whilst Margie spent even more - forking out £190, also on four lots.

I've got to be off my trolley to buy that, wouldn't I?

VO: Leaving her with almost £240 to spend today.

Thank you so much.

Thank you very much.

VO: Later they'll be making for their final auction, in Hamilton, but their next stop is in Aberdeenshire, at Inverurie.

This market town once had a serious postage problem, with letters being mistakenly delivered to Inveraray in Argyll.

They solved it in 1866 by putting an "ie" on the end, instead of a "y".

Got it?

MC: Rich pickings.

VO: Charlie's here for the car boot sale.

Goodbye my darling.

Parting is such sweet sorrow!

Can't wait to get out, frankly.

VO: On closer inspection, it seems just as well that Charlie did plenty of shopping yesterday.

Cuddly toys, records, bars of soap, ladies' underwear.

There's nothing here for me to buy.

VO: Now, now, Charlie, there must be something here that'll appeal to the auction-goers of Hamilton.

Mr and Mrs Dactyl, and their son, Terry.

VO: No.

Some early Doulton figures for example?

Or some glass?

That's a nice piece of Vasart.

CR: Vasart?

DEALER: Yes, that's a... CR: Vasart?

DEALER: That is Scottish glass.

A good Scottish glass.

A good Scottish glass, and a really nice piece.

CR: How much is your vase?

DEALER: £100.

CR: Is it?

DEALER: Come and go as they say.

Yes.

Come and go means that if you're really good at haggling, you might get it a bit cheaper.

If you're not good, then it'll be £90... Oh, I'm brilliant at haggling.

I'm actually, I'm such a good haggler, I'm rude.

Right.

I actually am ruder myself, because I'll let you have it for 90.

Yes?

And if you really, really push me...

It'll be 80.

..I'll let you have it at 80.

VO: That dropped quickly.

I think that Charlie's onto something here.

I like the way you're coming down at such a speed.

If I go and have a bacon butty and come back, it might be about 30 quid.

Oh.

No, it won't be 30 quid.

How about 60?

Can you make 60?

That would make 45 quid at auction, wouldn't it?

Oh, well.

50 quid.

VO: There he goes again.

Hello madam.

Hiya.

How much is that worth?

Is it worth £45?

WOMAN: What, to buy?

CR: Yeah.

And then sell on?

Er... yes.

No.

No.

Ah, madam.

I only paid her five quid to turn up and say that.

VO: Lordy!

Phil doesn't stand a chance.

Look me in the eye.

Yeah?

Did it cost more than 30 quid?

Did it cost...?

No!

Yeah.

No, it didn't.

No, it didn't.

No, it didn't.

What did you pay for it?

I think I bought it for £6.

VO: I'm not sure that was wise either Phil.

Please take 30 quid from an old man.

It would be lovely, cuz I think I will make a profit on it.

40 quid.

I'm going to say thank you very much, sir.

OK. We got... We got within a tenner of each other.

That was pretty good, wasn't it?

We did.

It was good.

I mean, that was pretty cool work.

What about 35?

VO: Just £5 adrift now.

If I buy it for 30 quid, I think it'll make £45.

Less the bits, I'm gonna make four quid profit on that.

Go on then.

£30.

VO: Phew!

Finally!

For you, a dirty 30.

A dirty 30.

VO: Now after that tortuous tussle, let's see what Margie's been up to.

Making her way from Inverurie to the countryside near Huntly.

VO: Located in a fine old steading - that's Scottish for "barn" - Glass Antiques has plenty of choice.

Ah.

My word.

MC: Ah.

DEALER: Hello.

Hello.

This looks nice.

VO: But leader Margie is tending towards the cautious.

I've got four pieces, haven't I?

I needn't actually buy anything else now.

I'm a bit worried that he might have bought something a bit special - he's looking a bit smug.

VO: Now don't get wound up Margie.

Get even.

That's Charlie Ross.

He's gone to a boot sale.

I reckon...

I reckon that that's what he's up to at the moment.

There we go.

There we go.

Bye, Charlie.

Pulling his trolley and waving his stick, yes, that's so much like him.

VO: Meanwhile, back at the car boot sale, real Charlie's got his eye on a nautical item.

It's a pond yacht.

A yacht, in other words, for sailing on a pond.

VO: Sadly, it's got a broken rudder though.

Oh, that's a shame, isn't it?

It's 30 quid.

I'm open to offers.

VO: Watch out, Michael, our Charlie's a hard bargainer today.

CR: You're open to offers?

DEALER: Yeah.

Is that because she's run aground?

She's hit an iceberg, I think, hasn't she?

No, she's not the Titanic, but she's got a broken rudder.

Not the Titanic!

Nothing a bit of glue won't put right.

I don't suppose you'd be tempted by a fiver, would you?

DEALER: No.

CR: No.

I'll take 15.

I'd go up to 10.

11.

It's got to be 10.

At 11 I think I'll walk down the street.

At 10, I'll get on me pond.

Oh, you're breaking my heart.

Being a Scotsman I'm dead tight.

Tenner.

It's a deal.

I've...

I've broken a Scotsman's heart!

That's very kind of you, sir.

DEALER: Thank you.

CR: Thank you very much indeed.

Oh, I'm going to call her Marjorie.

HMS Marjorie, and we'll sail away.

VO: While Charlie weighs anchor, for his somewhat indecisive opponent, the end is in sight.

Well, two ends actually.

These are quite nice, aren't they?

DEALER: The deco bookends?

MC: Yeah, nice, aren't they?

Very nice, yeah.

Nice having that French sticker on the bottom.

So, they're £40.

DEALER: Could do those for 30.

Yeah.

Deco's very in, isn't it?

And they're not damaged at all, are they?

No.

They'd look good in a deco house.

I just thought those were rather nice.

Small, but nice.

DEALER: 30's the best on those.

MC: Is it?

DEALER: Yeah.

MC: Yeah, couldn't...?

Yeah... You couldn't drop them at all?

DEALER: No, that's... MC: Yeah?

DEALER: ..the best I can do.

MC: You like them?

25 wouldn't buy them?

No.

They're literally just in stock as well.

VO: Lynn's firmly holding her ground.

MC: Well, I would like to buy them, but I don't think I can stretch to 30, unfortunately.

DEALER: Aha.

Can we not part friends and go half, between?

What, 28?

MC: Yeah.

DEALER: OK. (THEY CHUCKLE) Oh, we've done it.

I don't want to be a bully, but I also want to win.

OK.

I don't blame you.

VO: And as a parting gift - a little Charlie.

Hey, that's perfect.

Oh, what a nice thing.

Oh, that's very kind.

Hey, yeah, you know, he's round his car boot and he'll be looking for me, turning up with the car, look.

"Margie, I'm here."

VO: But titter ye not Margie, because just outside Inverurie, in his spare time, the only toy quick shopper Charlie resembles is Action Man!

I'm gonna have such fun.

Brake on the left.

I won't need the brake.

Yay!

Ho!

Hoi!

Oh-ho-ho!

Oh, I've got the hang of this!

VO: (CHUCKLES) About time!

But while Charlie's been establishing his very own league of obscure sports... Margie's motored south from Huntly, to the foothills of the Grampians, to explore a fairytale castle.

Look at that.

MC: Ah.

BILL: Hello.

Bill?

Hiya, how d'you do?

Margie Cooper.

Hiya, hi, Margie.

Hiya.

So, you're gonna show me around?

Yes, I'll show you around the castle.

VO: Craigievar is one of Scotland's best preserved Tower Houses, a magnificent seven-story structure that was completed in 1626, and has changed very little since.

They haven't gone that way, have they?

Well, they haven't, it's...

They just go that way?

Yes.

It's one of the very few... Yeah?

..and I think that is why it is so prized, is because they never added bits onto the side BILL: but they went up the way.

MC: Yeah.

VO: The castle was built by one William Forbes, an Aberdonian merchant who, after acquiring a fortune in the Baltic, returned to create this confection on top of an older medieval tower.

Craigievar then remained in the Forbes family until the Scottish National Trust took over in 1963.

So we have had it 50 years.

Right.

But when we got it, we basically got it as is... Yeah?

So, nothing was taken out, nothing was put in.

Aha, they just walked out?

Just...

Yes.

VO: There's still much in the Great Hall that dates from the early 17th century, including this magnificent oak table and the fine plasterwork ceilings.

In the ladies' withdrawing room there's yet another beautiful ceiling, as well as a trademark piece of furniture, the Craigievar table.

It's a baroque, curvaceous gaming table with folding legs.

Right.

The reason we've got this... Mm?

..is when the Laird was sitting at it, he may have a bit of a gut going on.

So the design is...

There's a utility to the design.

VO: The castle was becoming recognized as an architectural gem by the early 19th century, with prestigious visitors like Sir Walter Scott, and even Queen Victoria herself, beating a path to Craigievar.

William the 8th Baronet, with his bonnet and badger sporran, certainly helped to put the old place on the tourist trail.

But an earlier laird had already acquired a fair bit of notoriety.

BILL: This is Red Sir John.

MC: Yeah?

BILL: He's the second baronet.

Yeah, he looks a bit... BILL: He does, he'll follow... MC: ..dodgy.

He will follow you around the room.

His eyes ARE following me around.

Sometimes in the morning if you're opening the blinds... ..and he's watching you, you know... Yeah, he's not laughing, is he?

You rush about this room a bit and get back out, you know.

VO: Up on the fourth floor is the Blue Room, which is reckoned to be haunted by the fearsome ghost of Red Sir John.

But anyone looking for an encounter with ghosts would be better off visiting the nursery just around the corner.

One of our guides, someone's tugging away at his sleeve, and he turns - watch your sleeves - and he turns.

MC: Oh, I'll try it... BILL: And there's no-one there.

BILL: There's no-one there.

MC: Ah.

But one of the people on the tour... Yeah?

..actually seen the sleeve getting tugged as well.

Oh, my goodness.

So, one of our new guides, they were in here and he had six in the party.

Took four upstairs, came back, they'd lagged behind.

But when he asked them at the end of the tour they says, "Well, we heard a noise in the nursery "and we seen a child running across the floor."

And they were pale and shaken.

VO: I'm sure the chill at the top of the house probably doesn't help.

Craigievar has never had electric light, and what heating there is looks after the building instead of humans.

Still, all that climbing must keep you hale and hearty.

We're actually up here now, we're in this there.

That's the long gallery there, yes, so that just goes right... right along the length of the building.

Oh, fabulous, isn't it fabulous?

Yes, oh, it's beautiful.

Is it never used for films or anything?

Allegedly Walt Disney based his motif on Craigievar, you know... MC: Did he?

BILL: The Disney castle.

That... very Disney...?

BILL: Yes.

MC: Really?

This one's far better, I've got to say.

VO: Now let's have a look at what they've bought.

Fantasia or Mickey Mouse?

Have you had a good t...?

Oh, my goodness, an early reveal.

Oh.

Oh.

Oh.

Oh.

Well, that's gorgeous.

Isn't it?

I love it.

That is absolutely wonderful, and rather early.

I know.

Well, that was 80 quid.

CR: Isn't it fabulous?

MC: It was 104.

I just really like... Well, the toleware and... Yeah, I love that toleware.

CR: Very nice thing.

MC: Right.

Distressed, but I can live with that.

VO: Well it is an antique, Charlie.

I don't know what the heck this is.

What is this?

It's a pigeon clock.

Oh, a pigeon clock!

A pigeon clock.

How exciting.

What on Earth is a pigeon clock worth?

Well, that's it.

35 quid?

MC: 15.

CR: £15?

CR: D'you get a free pigeon?

MC: I just thought it was a bit of fun!

Easy peasy.

Art deco bookends.

Why's one taller than the other?

MC: Oh, I never noticed that.

(THEY CHUCKLE) Well... No, no... don't panic.

I can tell you.

No, no... stop... Because one's on its side.

Well done.

Marvelous.

Look.

That.

That's rather nice.

That's sort of me, that talks to me.

We needn't do it now, but we pull the sides out, down it goes.

Only thing about that - I love it... Yeah?

Is anybody gonna buy it?

Because it's useless.

VO: Steady on!

CR: What did you pay for it?

MC: £80.

I think that's borderline.

VO: Time for Charlie's little car boot.

CR: Prepare to be thrilled.

Oh, my goodness me!

What have you bought?

Just go round the front and feast your eyes, to begin with.

Is there something else?

My final purchase.

Oh, a pond yacht.

D'you like it?

I can't see it.

D'you like it?

Oh, they do really well.

What's it worth?

Oh, gosh.

What's it worth?

60, 70 quid?

What did it cost?

30 quid?

A tenner.

VO: Plus £1.50 for the glue to repair it.

I got rather done with this.

How much was that?

Oh, what did you pay?

He was asking 240 and I bought it for 100 quid.

You've gone a bit daft with that, haven't you?

I'm old.

This is rather... Now then... Look at the signature on that.

William Langley.

D'you know William Langley?

You obviously do.

I do.

I've sold pictures by William Langley.

But I bought it purely because we're online... Yeah, it's got a... yeah... CR: ..at the saleroom... MC: Ah.

I think somebody might look up William Langley and pay more than the fiver... MC: Well done.

CR: ..that I paid for it.

MC: A fiver?

CR: Fiver.

And I'd like to think it's going down to the wire, but I think you're going to do me.

Well done.

VO: Now what did they really think?

Not that thrilled with the rest of it, but his painting - oh dear.

It's been a fab trip.

We have had huge fun.

No, he's a great guy and I've had a great time.

Oh dear.

VO: Ah, what a lovely couple.

After starting out in the Highlands at Auldearn, the final episode of our road trip will conclude at a deciding auction in the lowlands, at Hamilton.

CR: Couldn't we keep going?

Couldn't we just pretend it's not got to end?

No, it's... it's over.

I've had such a wonderful... What do you mean it's over?

It's over.

You know, it's been a long time since a girl said to me, "I'm sorry, Charlie, it's over."

VO: Welcome to Hamilton, where Harry Lauder used to sing in the coal mines, and the local football team are the only professional British club to have originated from a school side.

Breathe in.

There we go.

Gladys Cooper, this is your denouement.

VO: Courtesy of the Smellie family, who established the Hamilton Auction Market in 1874.

Mm, don't you get smart with me, young girl.

You do look a bit like Queen Victoria.

VO: Charlie began with £305.84 and he's spent £191.50 on five auction lots.

Whilst Margie started out with £429.32, and she's parted with £218, also on five lots.

Time for auctioneer Andrew Smellie, and stand by.

I wonder what the last William Langley made here.

Three quid?

VO: Charlie's artistic ex-dartboard.

Ha!

£50 for this?

20 then?

10 to get started.

10 now, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, two, 24, 26... MC: There you go.

28, 30, 30 bid.

ANDREW: Front have it.

30 bid.

CR: Bit more, bit more.

30 I'm bid, five, 40, five... William Langley!

50, five, 60, five, 70, five, 80, five, 90, five.

95, 100, five, 105 on the net.

Are you all finished here?

105.

Well done, my friend.

Put it there.

VO: Carry on like that, Charlie, and you could win this.

You've caught me up already!

VO: Margie's clock's next, and it seems there ARE pigeon fanciers about.

It's five minutes away from here, a big pigeon club.

Hey!

A pigeon club!

Nice lot there now, don't let it go "cheep, cheep".

50 for it?

30?

30, 30 I'm bid... 30 bid, straight in.

30 quid, straight in!

Five, 40, 40, I'm bid, five, 40.

50... CR: 50.

Margie!

MC: Oh, my goodness.

50, and we're all finished?

Five on my right, 60, 60 bid, five, 70.

70 I'm bid.

Are we all finished?

£70.

VO: I fancy Margie's back in the lead again.

Just.

I am glad it's the last day, I can't cope any more.

VO: Not sure this lot will calm your nerves then, Margie.

100 for this?

50 for it?

£50?

30 then?

40 bid.

40 then and I'll take it.

40 bid, five, 50, 55.

You are alright, it's an old-fashioned antique though.

..five, 60... CR: Ooh, it's going, isn't it?

60 bid.

Five.

70.

Look at this.

70 I'm bid.

£70...

I'll get my money back.

72, I'll take it, 74.

ANDREW: 76, 78.

CR: He's doing his best for you!

ANDREW: 80, two.

CR: You've got your money back.

82 I'm bid.

£82.

I tell you what... MC: Got out of trouble.

CR: Yeah.

VO: A loss after commission though.

The toleware, Margie's other big buy.

50 for this?

30 to get started?

He's got 30 already.

30 I'm bid.

£30, I'm bid 30, I'm bid 30, I'm bid 30, I'm bid two, 32, four, 36... Don't worry, don't worry.

CR: He's a worker.

MC: Can't look.

And there's a very attractive lady bidding there, so...

I can't look, I can't look.

CR: How much?

ANDREW: £38.

MC: Can't look.

ANDREW: £38.

Aw.

That's a bit of a grim one.

A big hit.

VO: So these two now are neck and neck.

Excuse me, that should've done better.

That's in the wrong sale...

Course it should.

It's in the wrong sale.

Do you want me to ask the auctioneer to put it up again?

VO: Enter Charlie's car boot craft.

Pond sailors ahoy, what?!

50 for this?

30 for a start.

£30 for the yacht.

20 then?

20 I'm bid.

20 I'm bid, two, 22 in front.

22 I'm bid, two I'm bid, 24, six, 28, 30, two, 34, 36.

ANDREW: 38, 40.

CR: Come on.

Come on.

50, five.

ANDREW: 60, five, 70.

MC: (GASPS) CR: Yes!

ANDREW: 70 I'm bid.

Oh, you're sneaking ahead.

70 I'm bid, £70, are we all finished?

CR: Telephone!

MC: Telephone.

On the phone.

75 on the phone.

80.

80 I'm bid.

£80, I'm bid, 80, the back have it.

Telephone bid for a pond yacht.

All finished?

£80.

MC: Well done, my friend.

CR: Oh!

Loving that auctioneer.

VO: That profit's put Charlie out ahead.

But here comes his riskiest buy.

James Henderson in charge.

Look at that.

£200?

CR: Oh, what a lovely ask.

JAMES: 150?

£100 the inkwell, 100 for it?

50 then.

£50.

50 for it.

Well worth that.

50 I'm bid, thank you.

JAMES: At 50.

CR: £50, that's cheap.

At 50 I'm bid, at 50 I'm bid, five, at 55, 60.

Come on.

And five, at 65, at 70.

CR: Come on then.

Come on then.

JAMES: At 75, at 80 now.

At 85.

Come on, we need more money.

At 90.

At 90.

At 90 I'm bid, with the lady.

At 90 bid, five, at 95.

100.

At 105.

At 110.

JAMES: At 120.

At 120.

130.

MC: Yes!

JAMES: At 130.

At 130 I'm bid.

CR: Come on!

Five if you like.

At 135.

At 135, at 135, at five, at 135.

At five, at 135.

At five, at 135.

All done, at £135.

Oh.

You've got out of jail with that.

VO: Yes he has.

It's looking good for Charlie now.

He could leap even further ahead with his little silver salmon.

£40 for the silver brooch?

40?

30 then?

£20, folks.

Surely, £20.

10 thank you.

10 I'm bid.

She's stealing it.

At 12, at 14.

At 14, 16, and 18, at 18 bid.

On the rail at 18, fresh bidder, 20 now.

At 20 bid, and two.

At 22, five.

At 25, and eight, at 28, and 30.

At 32, at 32 I'm bid.

At 32.

32, fresh bidder.

32, five.

At 35, and eight.

At 38, and 40, at 40 bid, on my left here at 40.

I knew it'd go for 40 quid.

All done at £40.

VO: Doubled his money.

Now, will they snap up Margie's curious crocodile?

£30?

30 for it now, 30?

JAMES: 20?

20?

CR: He's asking 30.

He's obviously quite keen on this.

Oh, it's not going well.

Calf bone, 10 then?

10 I'm bid, at £10.

JAMES: At 10 I'm bid.

CR: Got a 10?

At 10, 12, at 12, at 14.

At 14, 16.

And 18, at 18, bid on the rail here, at 18, 18 bid.

MC: Can't watch!

CR: That's a profit, isn't it?

And two, at 22... You're making a profit on this bit of rubbish.

At 28, at 28, on the rail here.

At £28.

CR: Oh, well, now... MC: Crawled out of that one.

VO: A good profit.

But it hasn't got her much closer to Charlie.

Ha!

We've only had one loss today, haven't we?

The toleware is the only thing that's lost money.

Have you lost anything?

No, you haven't.

No, I'm saying all our lots have made money.

Is that why you brought it up?

It wasn't, actually, no.

VO: Can her book ends hold their own?

What are they worth, folks, £50?

Ooh, he's asked a nifty 50.

£30?

20 then, the bookends.

£20?

10 then, surely.

Oh no.

Oh no, oh no, come on.

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

14 bid, at 14, 16.

CR: More money.

We need more money.

We need more money.

At 18 for them.

At 18 bid, at 18 bid.

20 now, fresh bidder, at 20 bid.

On the railings here, at 20 bid.

Two, at 22, and five... 22, he's doing well, he's doing well, he's getting more on them... At 28, 30 now.

At 30 bid.

This is more than you paid for them though, Margie.

This is a result.

At 30 bid, they're gonna go, at £30.

VO: Oh dear, Margie.

It's now Charlie's to lose.

CR: If my vases... MC: ..do well... ..are at 40, 50 quid, something like that, I think I'll have won.

Um...

If they bomb...

They're not gonna bomb.

VO: Here we go.

After a great week, the result is riding on these last two pieces of glass.

JAMES: What shall we say for the two vases?

What are they worth?

JAMES: £100?

CR: He's asked for 100.

He's asked for 100, he's asked for 100.

JAMES: £100 for them?

CR: But nobody's bidding.

80?

50.

£50 for them?

50?

30 then, surely?

£30 for the vases now, £30?

30 I'm bid.

CR: Go on, bid.

JAMES: At 30, five, 40... MC: Here it goes.

CR: Here we go.

And five?

At 45.

50, at 55, and 60, and five...

I think I'm alright.

JAMES: And 70 and five... CR: I think I'm alright.

At 75, 80, and five.

At 85, 90.

At 90 bid.

And five, and 95 now.

JAMES: At 95 for the vases.

CR: Margie... JAMES: At 95.

JAMES: Are we all done now?

CR: Margie.

JAMES: At 95, and five.

CR: I think that's done it.

At 95, at five, all done?

At £95.

VO: Yet another profit, and Charlie wins on the final whistle.

I'm mentally and physically drained.

Well done.

I'm so pleased for you.

VO: With those heartfelt words ringing in his ears, Charlie the victor takes his bow.

Margie started out with £429.32 and after paying auction costs, she made a loss of £14.64, leaving her with a final total of £414.68.

While Charlie began with £305.84, and, after paying auction costs, he made a profit of £181.60, which means Charlie, with £487.44, is this week's winner.

All profits of course go to Children In Need.

There've been two highlights of this trip.

Yes?

One has been the scenery.

Absolutely.

And the other... has been you.

(LIVELY MUSIC PLAYS) Oh, my goodness me!

Pfft!

Oh, oh, ooh-oh.

Evenin' all.

(HORN TOOTS) Alright, viewers?

Steady on.

(CRUNCHING) CR: Oh, good lord!

MC: Aw!

CR: Oh.

Who said romance is dead?

VO: Next time on Antiques Road Trip, Paul Laidlaw and Thomas Plant embark on the trip of a lifetime.

I'm in love.

Oo-ra!

VO: And they've both got their eyes on a prize.

Don't occupy me, I'm busy.

Can't you see I'm working?

Have that, Laidlaw!

Aargh!

I'm at the void!

(THEY CHUCKLE) THOMAS: Come on.

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