Voiceover (VO): It's the nation's favorite antiques experts... What about that!

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

Can I buy everything here?

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

But it's no mean feat.

Feeling a little saw!

This is going to be an epic battle.

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

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

The honeymoon is over.

I'm sorry!

VO: This is the Antiques Road Trip.

Yeah!

VO: On this Antiques Road Trip, it's wisdom versus youth, with veteran Charlie Ross and a brand-new star addition to the roster in the shape of keen young Natasha Raskin.

I cannot wait Charlie, I cannot wait.

We're so lucky, aren't we?

CHARLIE (CR): We are very lucky.

NATASHA (NR): We are so lucky.

Soak up this week.

It'll be one of the most memorable weeks of your life.

VO: You can say that again.

This may be Natasha's very first road trip, but this freshfaced lass comes with an august pedigree in fine art auctioneering for one of Glasgow's top auction houses.

Paintings are what I deal with in Glasgow, generally.

Oh paintings!

VO: And she's already a fan of the Trip.

I've seen you many a time Charlie.

Have you?

Oh, I know what I'm up against.

VO: Her rival is Oxfordshire's Charlie Ross, a seasoned Road Trip old-timer who knows this game like the back of his hand.

Let's get a pact going here from the outset - Let's both try and win.

VO: And what do you normally do, Charlie?

Each of our experts begin this road trip with £200 to spend.

CR: £200 to spend.

NR: Uh-huh.

VO: I just said that.

Wonderful shops to go to.

So I hear!

VO: Today these two are driving a gleaming 1971 Triumph TR6.

NR: It's beautiful.

Superb.

You a driver?

Your handling is excellent!

Oh, my handling!

VO: And it's not just the road trip young Natasha's new to - it's also roads in general.

Now, are you looking forward to driving this car?

I was hoping you wouldn't ask me that Charlie.

Why's that?

I've been driving for about two months.

How long?

Two months?

Two months!

Two months.

Yes.

VO: What?

This should be interesting.

This week Natasha and Charlie will journey from Falmouth in Cornwall on an epic adventure of over 900 miles to end up in Stansted Mountfitchet in the county of Essex.

On today's show, they're taking in all the glories of the coastal southwest as they begin in Falmouth and end up at auction in Ottery St Mary in Devon.

Isn't it lovely here?

It is amazing.

CR: Lovely undulations.

Oh, the undulations.

Green vegetation.

Are you about to burst into poetry?

CR: "I wandered lonely as a cloud..." Good morning sir!

Morning!

VO: Gosh, you two are chipper today.

CR: Where are we going?

VO: Falmouth.

Honestly, how many times?

Falmouth.

Falmouth.

VO: Thank you.

They're pulling up at the harbor.

CR: Right.

NR: OK.

Your debut.

Charlie, can you come with me?

Are you nervous?

I am nervous.

Don't be nervous.

Can we do it together?

No we can't do it together, because I'm going to beat you!

Oh, I don't even know how to get out!

VO: This is off to a good start then.

Allow me madam.

Hold on.

Oh, blimey.

Who said chivalry is dead?

(LAUGHS) Oh.

I don't know why you're laughing, I'll be driving you around soon.

Oh, look at this!

Right, thank you so much.

Thank you.

Come on.

Here we go!

VO: They're heading off to their first shops.

And our new start Natasha is hurrying off into High Street Antiques.

Her very first shop - golly, how exciting.

She's meeting dealer Sue.

Hi Sue.

Hello!

Hi!

Hello!

Hello, I'm Natasha.

Nice to meet you, I'm Sue.

I'm a bit nervous.

Well let's hope you find something good.

Oh, where to start, where to start?

VO: She'll need nerves of steel and a magpie's eye to find her first bargain.

Looks lethal.

Don't really know where to start.

I'm up a creek without a paddle.

VO: Don't speak too soon Natasha.

I like this.

This has a touch of the old Joni Mitchell about it.

VO: It's a stringed instrument known as a zither.

Ticket price is £45.

It's sort of, you know, very "oh!

", very mountain style.

I love it.

Very folky.

Oh my goodness, is this going to be my first purchase?

I don't know if I'm ready to make music.

Shall we ask Sue?

Sue?

Sue?

Sue, OK, I'm really attracted to this gorgeous zither.

SUE: Oh well.

I'm not going to give you a demonstration.

I thought we were going to burst into songs!

"The hills are alive!"

VO: Let's not, eh?

OK, so what do you think about it?

Well, it's marked up at £45.

We can do a little bit on it.

And what's the very best price that you can do for it?

Uh...

The very best price would be £30.

£30.

Well I think it's got a go at that.

If you're happy with 30...

Absolutely.

Sue, you are such a lady.

Oh my goodness, thank you so much.

Done.

Oh my goodness, my nerves are floating away!

VO: With that decisive deal, she's in the game.

Now don't harp on, eh?

VO: Now, as it happens, Charlie's just next door in Roadshow Antiques.

Come in Charlie, hello.

Hello!

VO: He's meeting dealer Chris, who just happens to be married to Sue, and speaking of which, Charlie's spotted something.

These came from a cinema obviously.

Did you buy them from a cinema here?

Came out of the Grand Cinema in Falmouth, Charlie.

Really?

Yes.

My wife and I used to court on those seats.

VO: How lovely.

But those aren't for sale, Charlie.

VO: But soon enough, he's spied an item with all the romance of the high seas.

Ooh, is that brass?

CHRIS: Steel I think, Charlie.

Steel, it is.

CHRIS: Yep.

Big pair of ship's dividers.

VO: It's a large pair of shipwright's dividers used for marking shipbuilding timbers.

American steel.

American?

Is it?

I'm pretty sure it was American, yeah.

I think that's a wonderful thing.

Just a piece of history, isn't it?

VO: Charlie's keen, so we know what's coming.

There's no pricetag on them.

There's no pricetag on, Charlie.

Are they free?

Well, not quite free, no.

I've been looking for close to 50 quid, Charlie.

Have you?

I'm not surprised.

But I don't think somebody would pay that at auction for them, will they?

That's my problem.

I mean, we're by the sea.

I feel that it's the sort of thing that ought to be bought down here.

CHRIS: A bit of nauticalia.

Nau - I like that word, "nauticalia"!

Very nauticalia!

Could they be bought for 20 quid?

Cuz that's what I want to buy them for.

Yes, yes, go on then Charlie.

I'll take 20 quid, Charlie, yes.

VO: He's navigated his first purchase very ably.

Ooh, that's a nice bag, look.

I'll have to reference one other thing in your shop.. ..and that is that fantastic rucksack.

I mean, it's not a thing of beauty, is it, but it must tell a story.

Nor are you, but somebody must love you, I'm sure.

(CHARLIE LAUGHS) Well, I've come to the right place for the odd insult, and deserving of that.

VO: You said it.

But another pair of outdoorsy items are next to the unloved rucksack.

CR: Aren't they lovely?

They're beautifully made, aren't they?

CHRIS: Yes, they're very pretty.

Little deer horns on the top.

Yeah.

VO: They're two early 20th century Alpine walking sticks, or crooks, with horn handles, ticketed at £28 each.

Attractive, but what would Chris take for them?

I'll give you 20 quid for the two, and you can keep the rucksack.

Alright then.

Are you sure?

Yes.

VO: So another bargain in the bag.

He's spent £40, so has 160 smackers left in his wallet.

Ooh, but look who's on her way.

Charlie is literally next door.

I'm going to see what he's up to cos he's not going to get away with getting something better than I am.

VO: She's got the hang of this quickly.

You're going to need stamina when you're fighting with me, Chris!

VO: Ha - oh dear.

Charlie Ross, what are you - Oh my goodness me!

Hello!

Surprise!

Hello, I'm Tasha.

Chris, this is Natasha.

Hi.

Shall I stab you or shake your hand?

Please shake my hand, please don't stab me with your crook.

I was swashbuckling.

I was buckling my swash.

VO: Yes, there's enough of that.

I'll leave you to it.

Chris, thank you very much indeed.

Thank you very much.

Lovely to see you.

VO: It's young Natasha's turn to browse Chris' wares, and immediately her eye is drawn to something we've seen before.

NR: I'm attracted to this rucksack... ..just because it's completely nuts and it's sitting right there.

CHRIS: Charlie liked this as well actually.

NR: Oh did he?

CHRIS: Yeah, he was very keen.

VO: Was he Chris?

Really?

NR: Oh rascal.

Um...

I mean, certainly...

But I've got £28 on it.

I mean, it's obviously in total disrepair, but if the price were right, I mean, it's so quirky it could be quite fun at the auction.

CHRIS: What sort of price are you thinking here?

Oh, I, I'm thinking sub-ten.

What about five quid?

Five quid.

I mean... Oh, five quid.

I mean, what would someone actually spend on that in the auction?

VO: But if Natasha can find something else she likes in here, Chris might throw it into a bigger deal.

We might be able to get below a fiver then.

Oh my goodness.

Sub-five?

Yeah.

Now, that's a bit cheeky.

Well all you Scottish girls are cheeky.

Don't you know it.

OK, there is one other thing that I liked, and talking of cheeky, I clocked her over here, there's a bit of a saucy lassie in an etching.

VO: I say.

This is the lassie I was talking about.

Is she not just gorgeous?

VO: It's an early 20th century French print - a type of etching known as drypoint.

And depicting a comely young lady.

Ooh la la.

And I love her because A - she's in pretty great condition, there's hardly any fading or anything there, and a little bit racy.

VO: Ticket prices £65 but does Natasha have the je ne sais quoi to haggle a better deal?

NR: How about I make you an offer of 30 quid?

What about, what about 50?

£50.

Can we meet halfway at 40?

39 for the drypoint and £1 for the knapsack.

OK, it's a deal!

£1 for the knapsack!

That'll do.

Have you lost your mind?

Or are you just looking to lose the knapsack?

I'm just looking to lose the knapsack I think.

(LAUGHS) Well, it's a deal.

VO: A terrific deal on the print of Mademoiselle and the knapsack thrown in for a paltry pound.

This ingenue's over her beginner's nerves and is certainly gaining confidence.

Meanwhile, Charlie has snuck back to the car and is up to a bit of mischief concerning his new driver rival.

Hee hee hee hee!

New driver.

P plates.

She's going to be livid when she sees this.

VO: Well, safety first I always say.

Now, as he's by the coast today, Charlie's keen to learn a little more about Cornwall's seafaring history.

He's heading to King Charles the Martyr Church, where he's going to spend the afternoon learning about this area's past in the dread area of piracy on the high seas.

Oh crumbs.

He's meeting Cornwall County archivist David Thomas.

Stand by.

David, it must be.

It is.

Charlie, welcome to King Charles the Martyr Church.

Thank you very much indeed.

Lead on.

VO: In the church are historic documents which can shed light on the area's rich 17th-century history in piracy, both on the side of the pirates and of those who fell prey to them.

DAVID: If you lived near the coast you could possibly be taken by pirates and ransomed, or if you had connections with the seafaring industry and had a relative who was on board a ship who was taken by pirates, then again you could actually be subject to a ransom and they would not be released until they'd actually paid a certain sum of money, and we've got an example to show you.

Oh Charlie, we've got the original first parish register of King Charles the Martyr Parish Church, going right back to the 1660s, in fact, 1663.

CR: That tome is 350 years old?

Indeed it is, and this is the first record book of the church that we're standing in today.

VO: The volume records a collection of money for the ransom of a local man taken by north African pirates and held in Algiers.

He'd been taken on board a ship and we are told that £60 was required for his redemption and his mother was so concerned that she actually wrote to the Bishop of Exeter for a license or permission to collect for his redemption and the good people of Falmouth stumped up £17 and six shillings.

CR: So they wanted him back quite badly.

VO: But no records survived to tell us what became of him.

Must have been pretty terrifying here, always locking your front door, peeping over your shoulder.

VO: Indeed.

But in the 1600s, the pirates didn't just hail from overseas.

No, we had indigenous West Country pirates.

CR: The bounders.

We've got a document on the table here which tells us about one of them.

Really?

Henry Every, who was probably the most notorious pirate at the end of the 17th century, not only in Britain but possibly on the entire planet.

Really?

Indeed.

CR: And he was a staunch English fellow?

He was a staunch English fellow who was born in Cattedown in Plymouth, in Devon.

He had a very short career in the mid-1690s as a big guy, bad guy pirate.

Yeah.

And in one occasion in 1695, he actually took a Mughal treasure ship, which had, at the prices then, the value of £600,000 worth of treasure.

CR: Then?

Then, which today translates into £52 million worth of treasure.

VO: The ship was laden with the riches of the fabulously wealthy Mughal emperor, who had ruled most of the Indian subcontinent.

It was among the biggest raids in this age of piracy, but the pirate Every, and the treasure, disappeared soon afterwards.

CHRIS: The letter which is on the table is a really fascinating document, because documents about Every just dry up after 1696, the year after this famous treasure event.

CR: Ah.

And this one actually potentially could tell us something about the fate of that actual treasure.

And it actually says on his return from India he either landed or was shipwrecked near Lizard Point, which of course is Britain's most southerly point, where he buried three chests or boxes full of treasure in the sands of the seashore.

And then it goes on to describe the chests and their contents, which was gold bars, gems, diamonds, emeralds, precious stones.

CR: How exciting!

Indeed.

It would be very nice to find the treasure.

VO: Local legend has it that Henry Every's spoils might still be under the sand.

Has it ever been found?

Not that we know of.

It's one of Cornwall's great mysteries.

VO: Ah.

It's time for Charlie to set sail, but I think his visit's given him some ideas.

Ah-har me 'earties!

I'll find this 52 million if it takes me all night!

(BEEPING) My word me 'earties!

I've found a doubloon!

I've got a doubloon!

VO: Meanwhile, Natasha - who's only had her driving license for two months - is back at the car.

Look out.

Here we go.

Oh, Roscoe!

I'm going to show him.

I'm going to show him.

OK, here we go.

Wheel, stick, engine.

(LAUGHS NERVOUSLY) VO: This does not fill me with confidence.

VO: Careful now.

Oh!

Yeah!

Oh!

VO: Hm.

But P plates or not, she's soon in the swing of the open road.

Oh, I don't think I've ever felt so free.

This is unbelievable.

VO: This afternoon, Natasha is motoring to the Cornish village of Charlestown.

A very pretty little village and harbor, where she's aiming for another shop.

This must be Sail Loft Emporium, you must be Richard!

Hello.

Hello Natasha, very nice to see you.

Hello.

VO: How charming.

(WHISPERS) There's a lot to choose from around here.

VO: Why are you whispering?

Do speak up.

But soon enough, she's found something with a little local flavor.

RICHARD: What do you want to know about this one?

NR: This is it.

Well, first of all, what I do know is that I absolutely love it.

RICHARD: Very rustic and organic.

VO: It's a 16-piece tea set made by Cornish pottery Knights of Tintagel, probably dating from the 1970s.

RICHARD: It's a full set.

You've got the coffee pot, you've got the hot water, milk, sugar.

You've got it all.

And the six mugs and saucers as well.

I think there's an absolutely gorgeous appeal.

I love the way these cups have a sort of a waistline on them.

VO: Ticket price is £20, but Natasha already knows better than to dive in there.

NR: It's going to be very cheeky, I'm going to go half-price.

I'm going to offer you 10.

Oh st-!

Em...

Careful!

Ten...

I would probably go down to 15?

NR: I feel really mean and what if I said 12?

You're being really mean.

(BOTH LAUGH) I'm more than happy with 12.

Are you sure?

I'm...

Hold on...

Yes.

I'm sure.

Oh my goodness, what are you like?

Shall we do the right thing and shake on it?

OK. OK. Shall we kiss on it?

Congratulations.

Why not?

VO: Steady on.

I feel like this is a real welcome to Cornwall.

VO: I'll say.

So, Natasha's got another fine deal on the tea set.

VO: Ha - and with that, it's the end of their first day on the jolly old Road Trip.

Night night, you two.

VO: The next morning not even the soggy weather can dampen the spirits of this chipper pair.

This is amazing.

This is amazing.

It's fantastic.

Now tell me, how was your first day yesterday?

Oh, it was really great.

I really enjoyed it.

Didn't you?

VO: So far Natasha's spent £82 on four lots - The zither, the rucksack, the tea set and the saucy print, leaving her £118 for the day ahead.

While her canny competitor Charlie has spent only £40 on two items - the pair of Alpine walking sticks and the maritime dividers, so he still boasts a budget of £160.

Westward ho!

VO: Hang on, you're going eastwards Charlie.

VO: Today they're driving towards Plymouth in Devon.

Good lord, Plymouth.

VO: There you go.

A city steeped in the noble history of seafaring.

They're kicking off the day's buying in two adjacent shops on a well appointed courtyard.

Ideal.

NR: (LAUGHS) I can't get out!

VO: Oh do come along now Natasha.

Charlie's diving into 27 New Street, a vast complex of different dealers, though sadly many of them appear to be closed this morning, but that won't stop old Roscoe, oh no.

Oh, I can see an antique.

Look!

A Davenport.

Desk from 1830, 1840s.

But if it was ever so cheap.

It's quite difficult to read a label at four yards near my age.

But we might ask downstairs.

VO: Dealer Anton has the keys to the unit.

Lead the way.

VO: And will let Charlie inspect the desk.

It's marked up at £95 but unfortunately it's not in tiptop order.

CR: The worst bit, if you come round here... ANTON: Is the split.

Is that split.

It's such a restoration project.

It's a problem.

It all depends how much it's cost.

VO: So Charlie's going to ring Becky, the dealer, who owns it.

Well well Anton, the moment of truth.

It's ringing, which is half the battle.

Good morning.

I would pay 40 quid for it and take a chance, and I honestly think it would make 50 or 60 quid at auction.

40 quid, it's not a lot of money and you don't have to feel badgered into taking it.

Lovely, that's really sweet of you.

VO: The lovely Becky accepts his offer of £40, and there's one more thing in here that's caught Charlie's twinkling peepers.

CR: There is a box in here which I've seen, and it's got an inlaid, a marquetry inlaid scene on the top of it, and the thing that particularly attracted me to is the fact that it's seven quid.

VO: Anton to the rescue once more.

Come on Anton!

Fly down those stairs.

Bring me the key.

Show me the way to paradise.

Now this was the box.

VO: It's a wooden cigar box in the art deco style and is indeed ticketed at £7.

If you'd like to make a reasonable offer...?

£3 Anton.

Call it five.

How about four, Anton?

Meet me in the middle.

Don't say yes if you don't want to.

You sure?

Happy?

I'm happy.

Anton, £4 is coming your way.

VO: Meanwhile, Natasha is next door in Parade Antiques, which is presided over by dealer John.

Hello, you must be John.

I am.

Hello, I'm Tasha, how are you?

Pleased to meet you.

VO: Charming.

VO: So, she's had a look in the shop, but John's also got some items in storage that he'll let her see.

NR: Storeroom.

Oh my goodness, where are we going?

Private, no access.

No access to Charlie Ross, no entrance Charlie!

This is for me only.

Oh my goodness, this is unbelievable.

JOHN: Objects from everywhere.

Got Cupid flying above me, planes, all sorts going on.

This is great, I love this.

VO: It's a chair fashioned in the shape of a barrel.

It probably dates from the 1970s.

NR: Oh, hello!

JOHN: Well!

I definitely want that if we go that way.

I don't want this one, I want that one.

JOHN: OK, fair enough.

VO: It definitely dates from the 1970s, but since it's in storage there's no ticket price.

Best price?

Uh...

I'll do it for 40.

£40, OK. £40, £40, will that make that in the auction?

Oh... £35?

35 35, let's go for that because I love it.

VO: Deal done on the barrel chair for £35.

There's one thing I was going to ask you, seeing as we are in a storeroom full of mad treasures.

I bought a rucksack yesterday for £1, and I thought if I buy something for £1, it's kind of going to make a profit, so it's not very fair to Charlie.

VO: Not sure you're quite in the cut-throat spirit of this competition, Natasha.

So I'd like to put something inside of it which means it costs more for the lot.

JOHN: Right, well if you're mountaineering, you need something, you know, to, for when you get to the top of the mountain, so what about flags?

A flag!

To stake your claim?

Yeah, look, there's one there.

Oh!

Right there?

Will we have a - oh my, oh look at this.

So a flag for my rucksack.

Yes, I quite like that.

Right, OK, so what do we think, make it another pound?

Uh, £2.

What if I offer you three?

VO: Um... Let's do it, three quid a flag.

VO: Despite that rather avant-garde haggling, she gets the chair and flag for £38 all in, meaning she's spent £120 total.

VO: And look who it is.

NR: Oh John... JOHN: Did you enjoy that?

I did!

That was so great, thank you so much for - What is going on here?

A voyeur!

Get away!

VO: No such luck Natasha, it's Charlie's turn to have a gander at John's weird and wonderful stock.

Do you buy the odd tunic?

There's a tunic.

JOHN: It's Edwardian, I would've said.

Yeah.

The actual tunic is Victorian but the buttons are king's crowns.

VO: It's a British Army captain's tunic, bearing the label of Harman & Co, Calcutta and Rangoon.

There's no ticket price on it.

Are they royal artillery?

Royal artillery, yes.

It's lovely to see one with all its buttons.

Probably my size, isn't it?

I'm sure it... Have a go?

VO: Very dashing, Charlie.

Is it, I mean is it devilish cheap?

Is it, is it sort of Roscoe Bible cheap?

I'll do it for 30 or 40 quid to you, cos it's only just come in.

Would a £20 note buy it from you?

No.

30.

Would it not?

Go on.

For an old soldier like me.

30 is it.

That's the death.

It is the death.

But you look so smart in it.

It might be the death of me, sir.

30 quid, I think it's fab.

VO: John sticks to his guns but Charlie's got the royal artillery tunic for a reasonable £30, meaning he's spent £114 so far.

Long way up sir, and short way down.

VO: Now, Natasha's already bought all of her items, so she's going to spend the afternoon visiting a unique Plymouth collection.

Bob Carter's passionate about all things nautical and has built a wonderful collection of maritime items that forms what might be the smallest museum in the world.

Oh, hello.

NR: Hi, Bob?

BOB: Hello.

Hello, I'm Tasha.

How are you?

Pleased to meet you.

Oh yes.

You've come to look at the shed?

I have!

VO: Oh yes, and it's all in his shed.

So it's all things maritime that you're obsessed with?

All things, yes.

It started with my grandfather.

VO: Bob inherited some of his huge collection of historic maritime items from his grandfather, and has built on it himself.

Some of the most fascinating relate to the biggest naval battle of them all - Trafalgar.

BOB: Follow me.

Straight ahead?

Straight ahead.

Oh my goodness, what am I letting myself in for here?

VO: He's taking Natasha to have a look at his impressive stash.

It's somewhere in there, I'm sure.

This is the shed.

Well this is definitely a shed!

Oh yeah, don't look like a shed.

But our little - This is a maritime museum Bob?

Our little shed's in here.

Look.

NR: A porthole to another timezone.

That is correct, and you can go in first.

Oh!

Really?

Yeah.

Thank you so much.

Oh my goodness.

Wow.

Bob, this is unbelievable!

This is it.

VO: And here are Bob's star items.

BOB: In here, look, you've got an 'at from the Battle of Trafalgar.

From the actual Battle of Trafalgar.

Yeah.

And I think there's only three in the country.

NR: Will you let me try on that hat?

You can try that hat on.

Unbelievable!

From what, 1805?

Yep.

Battle of Trafalgar.

VO: The early 19th century battle in which Admiral Nelson's forces were triumphant is the most iconic British naval victory.

What do you think?

Oh!

How do I look?

A sailor wore that lot.

OK!

Oh my goodness, let's put it back.

But what's it resting on top of Bob?

What on earth is this?

Eh, that is a powder pack.

OK. From the same period.

OK, so also from Trafalgar?

Yeah, years ago.

So basically, these arrived filled with gunpowder... Yeah, it was all in, and that would go down to the men, to go into the cannons.

VO: And here's the man himself.

BOB: Young Nelson, before he had his eye out.

Young - oh gosh, he's rather handsome.

Yeah.

That young Lord Nelson.

He's rather dashing.

VO: You've taken a shine Natasha.

But Bob's got another surprise up his sleeve.

BOB: Go in there.

Bob, get away!

There cannot be more!

Yes.

Go in there.

No, I can't.

Bob!

Where are you taking me?

VO: Calm down Natasha.

Are you kidding?

How can this be any smaller and yet twice as big?

I cannot believe it gets bigger.

VO: In Bob's other grotto of naval wonders, there's something that must have been a welcome sight to many a sailor - a barrel, from which sailors' rum rations were dispensed.

BOB: Gives you an idea of what they would do on ship.

And every week give out rations.

NR: Oh, look at that.

Oh, that's absolutely brilliant.

And you see the hats.

So which one are you?

VO: Oh, you are cheeky Natasha.

You weren't there, Bob?

Not quite that old!

BOB: But the rum barrel's nice, isn't it?

Bob, do you ever just think to yourself 'I was born in the wrong age?'

Exactly.

I would have loved to have been born then.

Really?

Do you think you would have been right into that Battle of Trafalgar?

Well they call me a pirate now, so... Well you would have been an officer!

You think you're more of a pirate?

I shouldn't think so.

VO: Actually, Bob is known as the West Country Pirate to his friends, and he's got a fitting item.

So show me something really piratey.

Well, funny enough, my piece of eight.

Oh!

Look at that.

My lucky little thing.

Genuine piece of eight?

Yeah.

I carry that with me.

It's silver.

VO: In the 16th and 17th century, pieces of eight - silver coins issued by the Spanish crown - became the world's first global currency.

Why are they called pieces of eight?

Just because it's a piece and marked with an eight?

And they used to tear bits off.

VO: Indeed.

They were coins worth eight reales, the Spanish currency of the time, and as Bob says could be cut into smaller pieces to make change.

Bob's collection is truly unique and Bob himself is a fitting custodian of our naval history.

I think that this is the most interesting, strange collection.

Quite clearly it is your passion.

Yeah.

Your absolute passion.

Yeah.

It's my little collection.

VO: But now it's time for Natasha to up anchor.

And Charlie's motored on to the town of Ashburton in Devon.

Where he's aiming for one final shop - Etcetera, Etcetera - and meeting dealer Robert.

CR: Hello!

ROBERT: Hello Charlie.

CR: Robert?

ROBERT: Yes, indeed.

Nice to see you.

Nice to meet you.

VO: Charlie already has five items but he still can't resist the clarion call of a bargain.

(BLOWS HORN) VO: If he can spy one.

With the young Natasha hot on his heels, Charlie's looking out for one last lot for the auction.

Have you got anything you think I ought to look at?

A little box over here.

It's a little snuffbox.

Oh that's sweet.

Fabulous color.

Yeah.

It's really nice, yeah.

Oh look, and inside, tortoiseshell.

Yeah.

VO: It's an early 19th-century snuffbox with a tortoiseshell interior.

Although it's illegal to trade in modern tortoiseshell, items manufactured before 1947 can be bought and sold.

How much is that?

Well... Give me a clue.

You've got £35 on that.

It's not over the top, is it?

There much scope in that?

Can that be bought for 20 quid or would you kick me out of your shop?

I think I'd ease you out gently for £20.

(CHARLIE LAUGHS) What we'll do is I'll do it for 25, but that's the... That's the death, as they say in this business.

VO: And at that price, Charlie can't resist.

I'll have that, thank you very much indeed.

Thank you.

VO: And he's all bought up as well.

So it's time to review their hauls.

Natasha bought the zither, the print of a comely lady, the rucksack with accompanying union flag, the Tintagel tea set and the barrel chair.

She spent £120 exactly.

While Charlie bought the Alpine walking sticks, the maritime dividers, the 19th-century davenport, the military tunic and the wooden cigar box, paired in a lot with the snuffbox, for the princely sum of £139, so what do they make of each other's lots?

Well I think Charlie's bought really well, so I'm a little bit scared of his maritime items, he's got those steel charts, and I think that they could be real goers, and equally I'm a little bit worried but his captain's tunic.

I don't think there's anything that's going to flop, but as Charlie would tell you himself I'm sure, that davenport is a little bit battered and bruised, so I think that he might be struggling there.

I'm quite happy with what I've bought.

Of course, the proof is in the pudding.

VO: So Natasha's cautiously optimistic.

But what did Charlie make of the new girl's items?

The rucksack I've seen before and frankly needs burning.

Tintagel pottery.

I suppose that's commercial, isn't it?

What a lot for the money.

12 quid.

Good buy.

Not as in goodbye, good, buy.

But the drypoint etching, that French limited-edition drypoint etching, is something else.

I think that's really good.

What a charming, charming lot.

VO: Hmm, so this game is anyone's for the taking.

On this road trip, Natasha and Charlie have motored all the way from Falmouth in Cornwall to the auction here in Ottery St Mary in Devon.

An ancient town which sits prettily on the banks of the River Otter.

And, oh, the new driver Natasha is taking the wheel this morning, so that's brave of you Charlie.

OK, off we go!

You are just a natural.

(NATASHA LAUGHS) Hello!

Hi!

Oh, look at the doggy!

No, I shouldn't look.

VO: No, but how is Natasha feeling about her very first auction?

I'm nervous about the auction.

CR: Are you going to end up with more than you started with?

Oh, Charlie, I don't know.

What do you think?

I think you will.

I think you'll just come out on top.

Yay!

VO: So with some bolstering words from the old stager Charlie, they've made it safely to the auction house.

Terra firma.

I can't get out.

Oh Charlie.

Do you need a hand?

No, look at you go.

Do you want to take my arm?

We made it.

Take your arm, give me your hand!

Come on!

Let's prance into this place!

How romantic!

VO: Ottery auction rooms will be playing host to them today, led by auctioneer David Sumner.

Before the off, what does he make of their lots?

Overall I thought they bought some interesting items.

For me the military tunic is the best item, because it ticks all the boxes, it's Victorian, absolutely love that.

The drypoint print is a bit of an unknown entity.

It does tick the vintage box, so the drypoint could be the surprise.

VO: Thank you David.

Natasha's very first auction is about to begin, and they're accepting bids from the internet as well, so good luck.

VO: First up, it's Natasha's rucksack and the union flag.

Charlie wasn't keen, but what will the crowd have to say?

£20 then, must be worth £20.

20 I'm bid, thank you, 20 I'm bid.

CR: £20?!

DAVID: £22 for this lot, 22?

(HE SIGHS) £22 for this lot?

Moving to the internet, any interest at 22?

NR: No.

DAVID: £22 for this lot.

Selling at £20 then, that's your bid.

Number please?

192, thank you very much.

Yay!

Well done madam!

Thank you!

She's made a substantial profit.

VO: And the new girl's off to a very stirring start.

That's one of the great debuts.

VO: One for our seasoned pro now, as Charlie's maritime dividers are up.

Someone start me away at £10?

£10?

£10 I'm bid, 12 with you.

12.

12, 15.

18, 20.

22, 25.

Yes yes yes!

28, 30?

Not at 30.

Looking for £30.

Let's move to the internet on this one.

£30, any interest at £30 on the internet?

Oh, the old internet's not having a go.

No interest?

I'm selling at £28 then, number 53.

Thank you very much.

VO: Even if the internet wasn't biting, he still rakes in an £8 profit before costs.

Get you!

Not bad.

It's profit.

Yes!

A slim one.

VO: Next it's Natasha's Tintagel pottery tea set.

Can she repeat the trick?

£10?

Come on, must be worth £10.

Thank you, 10 I'm bid, 12 now.

Yay yay yay!

12, 15.

Yeah?

15, 18.

Not at 18.

I'm looking for £18 for this lot.

£18 anywhere?

£18?

Let's move to the internet.

Any interest at £18?

Come on internet.

Isn't there somebody in Tintagel somewhere?

That's 698, thank you very much.

VO: Another little profit - just her cup of tea.

£15.

I wouldn't get too excited.

It cost 12.

VO: Getting worried old timer?

Now it's Charlie's pair of Alpine walking sticks.

It's £20, £20 I'm bid, thank you.

NR: Straight in.

CR: Straight in at £20.

£22 for this lot?

£22?

Yep, do I hear 22?

Yes, yes, yes.

Thank you, 22, 25, 28, 30, 32, 35.

35, 38?

Not at 38.

Let's move to the internet.

35, it's a profit.

He's moving to t'internet.

Got 35 in the room, I'm looking for £38 for this lot.

£38 anywhere?

I'm selling at £35 then, that's your bid, 493.

Oh.

He was a mountaineer.

You could tell.

Look at him.

He looked like Chris Bonington.

VO: He did.

And they climbed to victory.

I'm catching you up now.

No, you're, you're winning surely.

VO: Charlie is narrowly in the lead, but Natasha's zither - her very first Road Trip purchase - is next to meet the room.

Can that put her back on top?

Who'll start me away at £5?

£5?

£5 on the internet, six.

£6 for this lot.

Thank you, six.

Seven.

Internet, seven.

Looking for £7 for this lot.

Seven, eight, nine.

God, it's going like the clappers!

Oh no!

Nine, ten, 11.

Why does he look so excited?

He looks surprised at 12.

Oh no.

In the room at 12, looking for £12 for this lot.

It's moving along steadily on the internet, jumping up, we're at £15 on the internet.

£15, come along, any more interest?

The internet's going spare.

I'm going to open it up back to the room now.

£16.

At £17 now on the internet.

This is without doubt a world record for a zither.

£18 for this lot, £18?

£18, good job for the internet.

I'm selling at £17 to the internet then.

I'll tell you what, that is the highest price ever paid in Ottery St Mary for a zither.

VO: But sadly not as much as Natasha paid for it in Falmouth.

Hard luck.

Aww.

Nobody else in the world could have got £17 for that.

VO: Up now is Charlie's job lot of cigar box and snuffbox.

£20?

£20?

£10?

Charlie, don't worry.

Thank you.

Ten, 12, 15, 18, 20, 22, 25, 28?

Not at 28.

I'm looking for £20.

28, 30, 32, 35, 38?

Not at 38.

I'm looking for £38.

Let's move to the internet.

£38 for this lot, £38 anywhere?

No interest on the internet, I'm selling at 35 then.

That's your bid, number 53, thank you very much.

She bought another one of your things!

No, she's only bought one of my things.

No, she bought your steel chart dividers.

She did?

Yeah!

Oh, it's my mother!

VO: Tss - it certainly is not, Charlie.

But that is another nice profit.

A bit of kitsch now, as Natasha's barrel chair is up.

£30?

30 I'm bid.

32 with you.

Straight in, straight in.

£32 for this lot.

Thank you, 32, 35?

Yes.

38?

38, 40, 42, 42, 45, 48?

Out at 48.

Looking for 48.

Let's move to the internet.

£48 for this lot.

Please!

£48 anywhere in the room?

48 anywhere?

I'm selling at 45 then, to my right.

NR: Yeah!

CR: Well done.

VO: Well done indeed, that's another nice little earner for her.

Now Charlie's 19th-century davenport is a bit of a fixer upper, but will somebody else see its potential?

£30.

£30?

£30, £30, £30 I'm bid.

32 with you.

Ooh, £30!

32, 32, 35.

38, 40.

42, 42, 45.

48.

Out at 48.

Let's move to the internet.

£48.

Come on.

£48.

£40?

I'm selling at £45, that's your bid.

I would call that a serious result.

VO: Indeed.

Another winner.

We're almost on the final straight now, as Natasha's framed print winks to the room.

Who'll start me away at £30?

£30?

£20 then.

Must be worth £20.

That's sad, that's sad.

£10?

£10, thank you.

A flurry of hands, 10, 12, 15.

No, here we go.

Here we go.

18, 20, 22, 25, 28, 30.

Keep going, come on.

30, 32, 35.

Not at 35.

Looking for £35.

No, where's the internet?

Where's the internet?

DAVID: Let's move to the internet.

£32 for this lot, 32, I'm looking for 35.

That's really sad.

Any interest on the internet at 35?

Can I bid to help it along?

I'm selling at 32 then, that's 698.

VO: Natasha, are you alright girl?

Oh dear, it's a loss, albeit a small one.

That should have made £100.

VO: Last of all, it's Charlie's Victorian military tunic.

Does it spell victory for Roscoe?

£80 then.

£80 I'm bid, 85 with you.

85?

85, thank you, 85?

90?

95?

Ooh madam!

VO: Blimey.

95, 100?

Not at 100.

100, 100.

I'm back onto the internet, it's running along now.

Let's leave it with the internet for a bit.

What happened to your tears?

DAVID: 110 CR: Tears of joy.

120 on the internet now.

(NATASHA GASPS) Any more on the internet?

I'm going to open it back up to the saleroom.

125?

125.

130, internet.

130.

135.

That's £100 more than I paid for it.

140, 145.

I've got 145.

Oh, he's out.

No.

Do I see fresh blood at 145?

Anywhere in the room?

Fresh blood he's looking for?

145.

145 for this lot.

I've got hot blood.

Sell to the internet for £140?

Again, nice lot this, last chance?

I'm selling at 140 then, to the internet.

Yeah!

Come on!

How good is that?

You are a good sport, Natasha.

And that absolutely romped away, making Charlie today's victor.

VO: Natasha started this trip with £200.

After auction costs, she made a small loss of £14.22, and ends today with £185.78.

While Charlie also began with £200.

He made a lovely profit of £93.06 and ends today, oddly enough, with £293.06.

And to celebrate his win, they've got themselves some lovely cake.

CR: Ladies cakes, aren't they good?

They are amazing.

What did you get?

Apart from cake all over your face.

VO: Cake or no, time to hit the road.

CR: Seatbelt madam.

Don't eat my cake!

I can't help it, it's all over me!

VO: Careful.

Don't drive off while I'm holding this cake!

Charlie!

CR: Ah!

Mind your cake!

Oh God, I'm go- Mind your cake!

Mind the cake!

VO: Honestly.

Onto the next leg.

Next time on the Antiques Road Trip... Natasha goes on the offensive.

That is chic.

VO: While Charlie stoops to conquer.

I'm prepared to do absolutely anything to do a deal.

Hello Steve.

Yeah, Charlie's on his knees.

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