NARRATOR: It's the nation's favorite antiques experts with 200 pounds each-- I want something shiny.

NARRATOR: --a classic car, and a goal to scour Britain for antiques.

I like a rummage.

I can't resist.

NARRATOR: The aim-- to make the biggest profit at auction, but it's no mean feat.

Why do I always do this to myself?

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

Come on.

Stick them up.

NARRATOR: So will it be the high road to glory-- Onwards and upwards.

NARRATOR: --or the slow road to disaster?

Take me home.

NARRATOR: This is "Antiques Road Trip."

[MUSIC PLAYING] NARRATOR: Yeah.

[MUSIC - "COPACABANA"] NARRATOR: Sound the antiques klaxon.

We're off on a brand new adventure with auctioneer Christina Trevanion and dealer Mark Stacey.

Should be a laugh.

Christina!

Gosh, this is exciting.

The first day of our antiques road trip.

Yeah.

Very exciting, but I'm also quite nervous.

Oh, Christina.

I am because I've never ever worked with you before.

NARRATOR: Hm.

I'd be feeling anxious too.

People say I flirt.

Does the pope have a balcony?

I don't flirt.

I wouldn't know how to flirt.

Oh, no, Christina.

Of course you wouldn't.

No.

NARRATOR: Oh, no.

Here we go.

I think that's your strategy, Christina.

Flirt, flirt, flirt, and then if all else fails, flirt some more.

OK.

So my strategy is going to be no flirting, no haggling.

NARRATOR: Now, this should prove interesting.

Our cheeky twosome have 200 pounds apiece in their pocket, and they're roaring along the countryside in a sassy 1977 Alfa Romeo Spider.

I used to have one of those once.

Red for danger.

If you're happy to drive all the time, I like being driven by you.

Do you?

NARRATOR: Pants on fire.

This road trip kicks off in West Sussex before taking a gallivant north as far as Merseyside, with auctions in Cheshire, Gloucestershire, and Manchester, and will conclude in Bolton.

Today our bold adventurers begin in Climping in Littlehampton and will auction in Birkenhead in Merseyside.

That's a long way.

Do you want me to teach you how to bat your eyelids?

Have you gone bat-bat?

NARRATOR: Crumbs.

Mark is a lucky chap as Christina is dropping him off at his first shopping rendezvous.

Thank you so much.

You're very welcome, dear passenger.

- Oh!

- All right.

Have fun.

- Take care.

- Take care.

- Thanks, Christina.

See you later.

Bye.

NARRATOR: We'll catch up with Christina soon.

Now, Mark, get in there and get buying.

Hello.

I'm Mark.

- Hi.

I'm Simon.

- Nice to meet you, Simon.

- And you.

Well, I'll have a good little rummage around, and hopefully, we can find a few things I can negotiate with you.

- Excellent.

Lovely.

Thanks, Simon.

OK.

Thank you.

NARRATOR: Mark loves a good mooch about, and there's certainly plenty to look at in here.

Except for Jumbo.

Don't worry.

He did ask permission.

Now, what's this?

Oh.

Gosh, this is interesting.

Look at the carving on this.

I mean, it's absolutely amazing, isn't it?

All this wood, and I think it might be sandalwood or something like this.

Straight away, I know what this is.

It's a writing slope, and you'll see Victorian writing slopes and Georgian writing slopes all the time.

This one, however, is slightly different.

You can tell instantly that it's Anglo-Indian or Burmese or something like that.

I mean, these are always difficult to date, but I don't think it will be any later than around about 1900, so it is an antique.

It needs a little bit of work here and there.

NARRATOR: [CHUCKLES] I like your thinking, Mark.

A handcrafted, 19th-century writing box could be a very nice choice, particularly as it comes from India.

Let's ask Simon for the price.

It's a lovely [INAUDIBLE].

How much have you got on it, sir?

- 35 pounds.

- 35 pounds.

Gosh.

You'd struggle to carve a single scroll for that these days, wouldn't you?

That's a definite consideration, I think.

OK.

So if anybody comes in, this is reserved.

Right.

Thank you.

NARRATOR: Let's leave Mark to mooch further.

Now, what about the lovely Christina?

Honestly, flirt?

Me?

Apparently, I'm a flirt, so I've said, right, OK, well, I will not flirt and therefore on a level playing field.

No flirting.

No flirting whatsoever.

No haggling.

It will just be me doing a simple business transaction and hopefully winning.

NARRATOR: Once a flirt, always a flirt.

Christina is off to the cathedral city of Chichester in West Sussex, my county town.

And it's here that the British astronaut Major Tim Peake was born.

We know that our very own star Christina can rocket to success, but can she find what she needs in Whitestone Farm Antiques?

Remember, she said no flirting or haggling.

Right.

- Hello.

- Hi.

Hi.

Christina.

Hi.

I'm Joe.

Joe.

Lovely to meet you, Joe.

My goodness.

This is a barn full of treasure, isn't it?

Well, we try.

We try.

Yeah.

I like the disco balls.

Party girl.

NARRATOR: What was that about no flirting, Christina?

[MUSIC - "FEVER"] Can I open this, Joe?

JOE: Yeah.

Certainly, yeah.

[SCREECHING] Hey, that's a good sound effect.

Oh, it's like nails going down a blackboard.

That would put me off.

Oh!

NARRATOR: It's not that bad, Christina.

Um, what did I see in here?

That's rather nice, isn't it?

I do love a nice Stilton scoop, and there are collectors for them, aren't there?

That's quite fun.

Little silver-plated example.

What have you got on that, Joe?

JOE: I could do that for 18.

OK. Now, this could be interesting because I'm not allowed to flirt, and I'm not allowed to haggle.

JOE: Oh.

So you've got to give me your best price.

Well, I got to go?

The-- the-- I've got to leave?

Well, the flirting, right, is-- is mandatory.

Oh, really?

Absolutely.

Well, if it's mandatory, then I'll have to.

Hm.

Hm.

NARRATOR: I feel like a gooseberry.

So 18 on that.

18.

And I'm not allowed to haggle, remember?

So that's your best price on that?

You are allowed to haggle.

No.

I'm not.

- You are.

- No.

I told Mark I'm not allowed to haggle.

I can't haggle about haggling.

Everybody haggles.

15.

OK.

I've taken five steps into your shops, and I've already broken the no-flirting rule and the no-haggling rule.

- No.

- I'm doomed.

- No, no.

- I'm doomed.

Ah, sorry.

I got the price wrong.

It is 15.

OK. OK, I like your style.

OK, Let's leave flirty Trevanion and catch up with Mark.

He's still browsing the stock of his first shop.

Now, I've found this little box, and I've been to Moscow, and the Russians are very famous for this type of papier-mache and lacquer, and it's been going on for centuries.

This isn't quite a new-ish piece.

And I think this represents Saint Basil's in Red Square.

It's a lovely little Russian Orthodox church.

Then this is all hand painted and hand gilded.

NARRATOR: The art of Russian lacquer painting is internationally recognized amongst collectors.

This could be a goody, but on the other hand, it looks a bit new to me.

It's a pretty little thing, but I'm thinking, you know, these days when things are online, people are often looking at just decorative things.

And sometimes the pictures look a lot better than the piece is, so people go mad for them, and now it's priced up at 15 pounds.

NARRATOR: Time to talk money.

MARK STACEY: Simon, I like these two items because I think they'll appeal to auction.

Now, you've got 15 on this and, you said 35 on that.

Can I make you a sort of-- a tempting offer?

OK. MARK STACEY: Could we do them for 30 for the two?

- Yes, that's fine.

- Lovely.

Let's shake hands on that quickly, and I'm going to give you some money.

[MUSIC PLAYING - "BEWITCHED THEME"] NARRATOR: That was easy, and it makes the sandalwood writing box 20 pounds and the papier-mache box 10 pounds.

Well done, Mark.

Now, dare we return to the vivacious Christina?

Oh, it's broken.

NARRATOR: She's still with dealer Joe in Chichester.

Hey, this is cool.

What's this?

Needs a little bit of TLC, but-- A little bit?

Uh, just a-- just a little bit.

NARRATOR: Turns out Joe actually remembers seeing this very arcade machine when he was a teenager in Brighton.

That cannot be true.

You don't remember seeing this last year when you were a teenager.

Last year when I was a teenager.

Love you.

NARRATOR: All right, flirty Trevanion.

CHRISTINA TREVANION: So what you got on it?

What does it say on the price tag?

I don't know.

What does it say on the price tag?

CHRISTINA TREVANION: Oof.

JOE: It says 350.

CHRISTINA TREVANION: Yeah.

NARRATOR: Oof-ed indeed.

Go on, not-- sock it to me, Joe.

Come on.

250.

And be kind, I should have said before you said that.

No, I'm being kind.

250.

CHRISTINA TREVANION: I've only got a 200-pound budget, and I've got to buy lots of different things.

Is there any, any way I could secure this for under 200 pounds?

NARRATOR: No pressure, Joe.

200.

200.

Absolutely.

That is-- Right.

OK, I need to be sensible.

I do love it, but I-- I need to-- I need to leave myself some money to buy other stuff.

Yeah.

So 180, and you got a deal, but I'm not haggling with you at all.

No.

No, you're not haggling.

No.

You're not haggling.

And maybe the Stilton scoop as well.

180 for a Stilton scoop and an amusement arcade machine thing.

Go on.

But you're haggling.

No, I'm not.

I promise.

Really?

- Go on.

180 quid?

Yeah.

180 Great British pounds.

Absolutely.

Have I flirted?

No.

Have I haggled?

Yes.

No, no.

No, sorry, no.

No.

180 pounds.

Oh god.

I just spent all my money.

It's going to be tight now, isn't it?

It really is.

Thank you very much.

NARRATOR: Goodness gracious.

That breaks down to 165 pounds for the vintage arcade game and 15 pounds for the Stilton scoop.

And blimey, look.

She's only got two Great British tenners left.

Meanwhile, Mark's made his way to Chichester.

His next stop is Gems Antiques.

[MUSIC PLAYING] Fascinating though because I think there's going to be lots of gems in here.

NARRATOR: Huh.

How original of you, Mark.

MARK STACEY: I love this type of shop because there's quality.

Quality everywhere.

NARRATOR: Now, this looks like it might be a mighty fine specimen.

The horse, not Mark.

Now, this is interesting.

I don't usually go for rocking horses or things to do with juvenilia, but this is actually quite nice.

It's quite well proportioned.

I like the sort of stylized head, and it's got little glass eyes.

Can you see?

Which are a nice feature.

It's obviously been well loved and played with because all the original fur type is off it.

NARRATOR: But not only that.

It's believed that the rocking horse belonged to the brother of the king of the Belgians and reputedly came from his summer palace in Ostend.

Gosh.

It's certainly got age.

I mean it's certainly Edwardian, so it's going back to some 1900, 1910.

It's rather nice, that.

NARRATOR: Time to get Maureen over for a price.

To tell you the truth, I've had about 12 years in store.

Wow.

Really?

What-- what are you looking for for that Maureen?

Because I'm stuck for space, I would-- yeah, 100.

It's what I gave.

100?

You can have it for 100.

I love him so much.

I'm going to say yes, Maureen.

- Good.

- Thank you.

- Good.

And you want some money, don't you?

I will, yeah.

NARRATOR: Half his budget on a bald, old rocking horse.

A bold move from Mark.

Come on.

Giddyup.

NARRATOR: It's not real, you know.

In the meanwhile, Christina has traveled to the West Sussex town of Bognor Regis.

She's having some respite from the rigors of shopping to find out about the British love of packing a bucket and spade and heading on to the good old seaside.

Here in Bognor, it all started in the late 18th century when wealthy property tycoon Sir Richard Hotham wanted to emulate smart towns like Brighton and Weymouth, and so began the creation of Bognor as a popular seaside resort.

Christina is meeting with local historian Sylvia Endicott to find out just why this seaside town became such a hit with holidaymakers.

So how did Bognor develop?

Because obviously, Hotham thought of it as a seaside town.

He wanted to build this resort.

SYLVIA ENDICOTT: Well, he built very large constructions on the road into Bognor, and they still exist today, and these were going to be the large houses for Royalty and moneyed people to come down and stay.

NARRATOR: It became the fashion to take to the water.

The curative properties of the sea were considered to be beneficial in aiding speedy recovery from diseases and ailments.

The Victorian era saw a dramatic increase in visits to the seaside, and Bognor was the very first English resort specially designed for bathing.

Brr.

This was the sort of thing away from all your troubles.

Come down.

Sit by this.

And it was a case of come and sit by this or use a bathing machine if you wanted to go swimming.

CHRISTINA TREVANION: A bathing machine.

I like the sound of a bathing machine.

SYLVIA ENDICOTT: Principally, to us, it's a hut on wheels.

When you climb up the steps one end, go inside, close the door.

As you're getting undressed, there's a horse put on the front, and it pulls you out to sea.

And when it's out far enough, the horse gets taken or brought back onto the beach, and you walk down the steps and go swimming.

CHRISTINA TREVANION: My goodness.

SYLVIA ENDICOTT: All very prim and proper.

Yeah, just in case anybody saw your ankles.

NARRATOR: Perish the thought.

The advent of the railway boom in the 1840s meant that Bognor became very accessible and would attract people in their thousands.

The major visit was when King George V came down here in 1929.

He came to convalesce for 13 weeks.

I think the first five or six, it snowed.

But he did convalesce and then went back to London, and then some time afterwards, Regis was bestowed on Bognor, and that's how we get our Bognor Regis.

NARRATOR: With the addition of the word Regis, meaning of the king, Bognor received the ultimate royal seal of approval.

The town has evolved over the years and adapted to changing lifestyles.

Now, it would be rude not to have a quick game of minigolf, wouldn't it?

Right.

Oh!

Like snooker.

NARRATOR: Not really.

CHRISTINA TREVANION: It may have had its Victorian heyday, but I think there will always be a call for the seaside town in the UK, won't there?

SYLVIA ENDICOTT: I think the seaside is the biggest draw to any resort, and the ability to see the sea and sit quietly and contemplate, maybe.

Yeah, exactly.

I agree.

Well, it's been an absolute delight.

Thank you very, very much.

- Pleasure.

Come on.

I'll beat you.

Oh!

- Wow!

Come on!

NARRATOR: Over the last 200 years, the love of the British seaside getaway has enjoyed an enduring appeal.

Even in the 21st century, Bognor Regis still captures the essence of the traditional trip to the seaside, and long may it continue.

Christina's reunited with Mark, and after all that fresh sea air, it's time to relax.

So nighty night, you two.

[MUSIC PLAYING] NARRATOR: Look at that sunshine.

I wonder what the topic of conversation in the car will be this morning.

- The trouble-- - It's just in me.

--is Christina-- I knew you wouldn't be able to do it, and even though you kept going.

And do you know how I knew?

No, I didn't say I couldn't do it How I knew you couldn't do it?

I can do it.

Because your lips were moving.

Mark, I did do it.

I didn't flirt-- MARK STACEY: No.

CHRISTINA TREVANION: --much.

NARRATOR: Methinks the lady doth protest.

Right then, here's what they've snapped up so far.

Mark has three international lots-- the 19th-century Indian sandalwood writing box, the Russian papier-mache box, and the delightful rocking horse perhaps owned by Belgian royalty.

This gives Mark 70 pounds for the day ahead.

As for Christina, well, she bought a little Stilton scoop and a rather big arcade game, splashing almost all her money on this gamble, leaving her with just 20 pounds.

So good luck with that girl.

What are we going to call the car?

Oh, I don't know.

[INAUDIBLE] for [INAUDIBLE] the car.

Yeah.

It's an Alfa Romeo.

It's a Spider.

Eensy weensy.

[INAUDIBLE].

Eensy weensy.

Eensy weensy.

NARRATOR: Now then, our lovely road trip pals an eensy weensy have traveled to the Hampshire city of Winchester.

The city has inspired a wealth of literary classics, including Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensibility."

Talking of sense, who decided to make this pair share a shop?

King's Walk Antiques Market is the place of battle.

Well, Christina, antique center.

Here we go.

- Here we are.

[INAUDIBLE] Two-floor antiques and crafts.

Age before beauty, dear.

Age before beauty?

Yes.

Age before beauty?

Age-- Don't-- What are you doing?

Are you pushing me away?

How rude.

Happy hunting.

Have fun.

NARRATOR: They're like naughty children, aren't they?

- Ah.

- Hello.

Hello.

You must be Penny.

I am Penny.

Hello Christina.

- Lovely to meet you.

- Hello.

So how do we get into the-- how do we-- Right.

Well, here, this one's open.

You can get into that one.

That one-- It feels like-- it sort of feels like I'm behind a bar.

Yes.

We haven't got any drinks apart from the odd cups of-- - Cocktail?

- --coffee.

Yes, there you go.

BOTH: Cheers.

That's brilliant-- NARRATOR: I'm sensing Trevanion is in rather a mischievous mood.

(WHISPERING) Mark's only just there, so we probably better be quiet.

I don't want him to think I'm looking at really good stuff.

(WHISPERING) No, no.

Oh, right.

(WHISPERING) Hide.

What are you up to over there?

CHRISTINA TREVANION: Nothing.

I can see you there.

I can see you.

CHRISTINA TREVANION: I'm hiding behind a Moorcroft pot.

I've only got one thing to say to you, Christina.

CHRISTINA TREVANION: Yeah?

Carry on the flirting there.

Secret agent.

NARRATOR: Oh dear.

Mark's not in the mood for silliness, but dealer Jocelyn has something that Mark likes the look of.

What's that little carved bit there?

This is New Zealand jade.

MARK STACEY: Oh, isn't it?

JOCELYN: That's right.

Yes.

MARK STACEY: Oh, it's pretty that, isn't it?

Now, how much is that?

That could be 25.

Gosh.

NARRATOR: This looks to me like a modern piece of Chinese jade or nephrite, unlikely to have made in New Zealand and hence the price.

And it's probably only 30 or 40 years old, actually.

JOCELYN: Yeah.

PENNY: Good idea.

Come on.

Let's go.

NARRATOR: Look out.

Someone's on the prowl again.

Look, there he is.

I can hear somebody coming.

Hi.

I'll just pop it in my pocket.

Pop it in your pocket.

What do you have here?

Something extraordinarily rare-- Is it?

--and you can't have it.

What is it?

It's in my pocket.

Oh, that's smart, isn't it?

In your pocket?

- Yes.

Well, you've been pocketing things?

I have.

NARRATOR: Stop being so nosy, Christina.

- I don't think knows it.

- Come on.

Penny, we're looking at antiques.

We've got some priceless things in this one.

You know I don't-- I don't trust a word that woman says.

So is this yours as well?

Well, again, this is-- Is she gone?

I can get it back out now.

Now, I think you should reserve that for me.

Will do.

Don't show it to, um, you-know-who.

I will pop it down there.

And I'll carry on looking a bit, if I may.

Thank you very much, Jocelyn.

NARRATOR: Anything else catch your eye?

These are a set of five sterling silver buttons.

Actually, they're quite heavy, and they're all hand beaten and then the decoration is a pride.

And they've got a kind of arts and crafts look about them, so they date at sort of 1900-ish.

And actually, they're not all the same, are they?

Five different designs and they're not even at that, or were they?

I mean, you see there's different designs on each of them.

Can you just tell me the very best price you could do those on, Jocelyn?

Just as-- for me to think.

45.

MARK STACEY: 45.

I think for me to give them the chance at auction I need to get them for 35.

So that would be 25-- 60 pounds for the two.

Can you go to 65?

I knew you was-- I knew you were going to say that, and you've been so sweet to me.

There you are, sir.

65.

Oh, come on.

You've had to put up with me all this time.

You need to fiver for compensation.

Thank you so much.

You're welcome.

NARRATOR: That's 25 pounds for the nephrite plaque and 40 pounds for the collection of buttons.

Now Christina's nabbed Jocelyn.

What's that you've got there?

Christine, you all right?

Yeah, absolutely.

This is-- so we've got a mahogany cased and glazed display cabinet, which I think is for JS Fry.

So that's chocolate, isn't it, Fry is?

Which is really rather lovely.

Now, Jocelyn, what do you have on this?

JOCELYN: I have 30 on it.

CHRISTINA TREVANION: 30 pounds, OK. JOCELYN: Yeah.

Yes.

CHRISTINA TREVANION: All right.

So my-- my slight problem-- NARRATOR: Hm?

CHRISTINA TREVANION: --is that I've got about-- I've got to buy two or three more things-- JOCELYN: Hm.

and I've got 20 pounds left to do it.

Is there any chance you could do it for 18 pounds, Jocelyn?

Yes, I'll take 18.

CHRISTINA TREVANION: Well, at 18 pounds, Jocelyn, I thank you very, very much.

JOCELYN: You're welcome.

NARRATOR: Well, she laid her cards on the table, and she achieved a brilliant deal.

12 pounds discount on the Fry's Chocolate display cabinet, which is a really good thing.

While Christina was closing her deal, Mark's got back behind the wheel of the Spider.

NARRATOR: Actually, Christina's quite fun, but she does not stop talking, and she's very competitive even though she's saying she's not, but I know she is.

NARRATOR: Ha.

Unlike our Mr. Stacey, eh?

Haha.

Mark is making his way to the Hampshire village of Swanick.

Situated near Southampton, it's home to the Bursledon Brickworks-- the only surviving Victorian steam-driven brickworks in the UK.

Since the beginning of time, the ordinary brick has proved to be extraordinary and is responsible for creating everything from the mundane to the remarkable.

Mark is meeting with project manager Carolyne Haynes to find out why the simple brick helped shape and build Britain.

Hello, Carolyne.

I'm Mark.

Hello, Mark.

Welcome to the brickworks.

Thank you.

We're going to learn all about bricks, aren't we?

More than you ever knew you needed to know.

Wonderful.

Shall we go [INAUDIBLE]?

NARRATOR: With a history spanning thousands of years, the first fired bricks were used in ancient Mesopotamia.

When the Romans conquered Britain, they brought with them the trusty brick, but it wasn't until centuries later that its true value was recognized.

By the time of the 16th, 17th century, people got tired of their houses burning down.

Of course, the Great Fire of London.

Exactly.

We were still building out of a very ancient tradition of wattle and daub, which is clay, but it's just squashed onto timber, and they would catch fire regularly.

And after the Great Fire of London, it was the first time that legislation said you mustn't use materials that burn.

NARRATOR: As demand increased, so did the need for more efficient methods of production and on an industrial scale.

When did that mass technology come in?

That really came in with the Victorians.

Was it?

They were great inventors and innovators, and they took hand making of bricks, and they started trying to mechanize it-- MARK STACEY: Really?

CAROLYNE HAYNES: --to get the volumes, and it took a long time to get it going.

But then machinery, like the ones we have here, came on the market, and they were snapped up, and these were serious, big machines that could make a lot of bricks.

NARRATOR: Founded in 1897, the Bursledon Brickworks was fitted out with these state of the art contraptions.

Time to take a look at the mighty machine that was capable of producing as many as 30,000 bricks a day.

MARK STACEY: Carolyne, this looks-- a wonderful machine.

It doesn't still work, does it?

No, it actually does still work.

No.

- It's been fully restored.

- Really?

Would you like to see it going?

- I'd love to see it going.

- OK. Bob, can you start her?

NARRATOR: Thanks, Bob.

By 1935, and after various extensions, the brickworks was producing in excess of 20 million bricks a year.

[INAUDIBLE] the clay comes down through here, and it gets squeezed out of there as a big sausage of brown clay that's going to make bricks.

So it comes through here, it gets sand dropped on it, and then it goes through the cutting wires there.

Oh, these?

- So if you just pull the lever.

- This one?

- Yeah.

- Just pull it?

Yeah.

You'll engage the engine.

That's it.

It'll do the work.

MARK STACEY: Oh, gosh, look.

CAROLYNE HAYNES: Hurray.

MARK STACEY: Wow.

And that's cut the bricks into the right sizes.

MARK STACEY: And this would have been going on every second, wouldn't it?

All the time, and you took four off like that.

Yes, the way it's going is-- Four, four, four, four.

And they use to swap sides so they-- [INAUDIBLE] CAROLYNE HAYNES: --didn't get too stiff.

MARK STACEY: Yes.

NARRATOR: It was here that the famous Fareham red brick was produced and was used to build magnificent buildings, such as the Royal Albert Hall.

Now that's how the machine would make it.

How about trying out the old-fashioned method by hand, Mark?

All right.

Well, this is a much gentler job than working in the factory.

It is much gentler in one way.

You've not got the noisy machinery, but if you see how slowly we're going.

Yes.

You'd be expected to do four of these a minute.

Four a minute?

Yeah.

Really much, much faster than we're managing at the moment.

What you're going to do now-- Yes, is lift it up.

--you're going to throw it into the mold, so that way around sits-- Like that?

Ready?

Perfect.

I'll just push a little bit.

And now you strike the top off.

So this is called a strike.

MARK STACEY: Right.

Oh and this-- Oh now this-- CAROLYNE HAYNES: Now you just run it-- MARK STACEY: This is like baking.

CAROLYNE HAYNES: Along the top of the-- It's very like.

Yeah, the whole thing is very like bread baking [INAUDIBLE].. MARK STACEY: Ready?

Try to-- CAROLYNE HAYNES: Pull, pull, pull-- MARK STACEY: --keep it.

CAROLYNE HAYNES: --back.

And this comes off.

So you can peel that off.

MARK STACEY: Oh, yes.

And there's the brick.

CAROLYNE HAYNES: And there's the brick.

And then it goes on that piece of wood, does it?

Yeah.

Make sure you don't [INAUDIBLE] because it sometimes comes out quite quick.

Hey.

Oh, that's not bad, is it?

It's a very good brick.

Well done.

- Oh, that's not bad, is it?

It's perfect.

Your own brick.

First of four a minute.

Yeah.

You just need about 10,000 more.

MARK STACEY: I want a garden shed made of bricks, so I'll let you carry on making the rest of them [INAUDIBLE]..

Thank you so much.

Pleasure to meet you.

NARRATOR: Bit cheeky, Mark.

In 1974 the brickworks were closed, but thankfully, the site has been saved from destruction and continues to honor the brick-making industry of our country as a museum, paying testament to the legacy of the humble British brick.

Meanwhile, Christina has journeyed to the largest city in Hampshire, Southampton.

Our flirty girl wants to blow her budget with only two pounds left.

Good luck.

Simon is manning his father's shop today.

Prepare yourself, young man.

--that you might get.

This is a massive trip down memory lane for me because my university halls of residence were about, well, over there.

- Oh, wow.

- Not far at all.

- Not far.

No.

And I also went to the same halls of residence.

- Did you?

- Yes.

Solent University.

- Yeah.

That's right.

- Yeah.

Yeah.

So when did you graduate?

2002.

Oh my god.

I graduated in 2001.

- Ah.

- Well, we were probably-- At the same place.

--there at the same time.

Uh oh.

That's right.

You don't look familiar, thank goodness.

NARRATOR: Oh, blimey.

Moving swiftly on, this shop has been here for 40 years and specializes in marine memorabilia.

So is there anything that you have in possibly the sort of, you know, two-pounds region?

Two pounds?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Uh.

CHRISTINA TREVANION: I know.

Although you have full permission to throw me out of your shop if you want to.

SIMON: No, we have things slightly more, but I'm sure we can do a deal.

CHRISTINA TREVANION: OK. - Let's have a look.

- [INAUDIBLE] - So two pounds.

- [INAUDIBLE] So we have to be looking at about four or five then, are we?

Or 30 or 40.

Uh, no.

50 or 60.

70 or 80.

Ah, four pounds.

This is a QE2 bottle opener, and that is four pounds.

You can have that for two pounds.

- It doesn't float my boat.

- No?

- Doesn't float my-- - Ah, yes.

Good work.

That was quite funny even for me.

NARRATOR: Yes.

[CHUCKLES] Maybe there'll be something downstairs then.

CHRISTINA TREVANION: Oh gosh.

This isn't going well, is it?

Don't lose the faith, Simon.

Don't lose the faith.

We can do this.

I know we can do this.

Oh, what's that?

That's an old college cap.

That's quite cool.

How much is that?

Nine pounds.

Nine pounds.

It's quite fun, isn't it?

Adrian Shipwright.

SIMON: Don't know who he is.

Is that why you bought it?

Because it's got "ship" in it?

No, no, no.

It just came in.

It's an old college cap probably for something like cricket.

Yeah.

Would you do that for two pounds?

Is that all you got, two pounds?

- Literally-- - It doesn't fit my head.

--that is all I have.

Two pounds.

That's it.

That's all I have left in my budget.

Well, it's quite a nice looking two pounds [INAUDIBLE].. - It's very shiny, isn't it?

- Yes.

Yeah, it's clean.

So I will take that.

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

Yeah.

Two pounds for the cap.

It's a deal.

- OK. - Thank you very, very much.

You're a star-- - OK. No problem at all.

--and you model it so beautifully.

Thank you.

Well done.

Thank you very much.

That's it.

I'm done.

- [SIGHS] Two quid.

- Yeah.

Sorry.

That's enough for a coffee.

NARRATOR: If you're lucky.

Well done, Christina.

Your last two pounds on a very charming, vintage public school cap.

Very fetching.

You could start a new trend, maybe.

And that's it.

Our first leg of shopping is complete.

Christina has a total of four lots comprising the vintage arcade game, the 19th-century Stilton scoop, the chocolate display cabinet, and the public school cap.

Christina has blown her 200 pounds budget exactly.

Mark has bought five lots.

The 19th-century writing box, the Russian papier-mache box, the rocking horse, the nephrite plaque, and the collection of silver arts and crafts buttons.

Mark was pretty confident too.

He spent 195 pounds.

Come on, you two, confess what you really think of one another's haul of goodies.

Stand by.

Congratulations to you, Christina.

I think it's amazing you spent every penny, and you've taken some gambles, girl.

Mark's items are a little, sort of eclectic bunch of loveliness, much like himself, he would say.

That pinball machine-- 1930 from Brighton.

Pay 165 quid?

I wish you luck with that one.

It's a good gamble.

CHRISTINA TREVANION: He did pay an awful lot of money for the rocking horse, 100 pounds, but I think potentially it was a risk worth taking, and it might just win him the race.

NARRATOR: Hm.

Time now to point the Alfa Romeo at Merseyside and an auction in Birkenhead.

CHRISTINA TREVANION: Were you nervous?

MARK STACEY: Oh, always.

Are you-- you're nervous today?

Don't touch me.

Stop poking me, Christina.

Leave my hair alone.

Christina-- What?

It's soft, isn't it, your hair?

Don't pull it too much.

It'll come off.

NARRATOR: While our love birds pull themselves together, today's sale is being held at Kruger Gibbons.

Look, I'll drive you right to the door.

Well done, sweetheart.

Thank you.

Just need a red carpet now, don't we?

Don't get carried away, dear.

There's only room for one star in this show.

You're right.

NARRATOR: Our auctioneer today is Adrian Kruger.

How do our pair's offerings grab you, Adrian?

ADRIAN KRUGER: The papier-mache box is lovely.

The workmanship in that is gorgeous.

It's so precise.

Beautiful piece.

I think that one could do quite well.

The arcade game, which is a fabulous piece, yeah.

Some real history in that, and the fact it came from Brighton.

We've already had some interest on that one, so it'll be interesting to see where it goes.

NARRATOR: OK. Quiet everyone.

The auction is about to begin, and we are also open to online bidders.

It's comfy, isn't it?

- Oh, it is.

- Look-- I'll tell you what-- I match.

Oh, it's like being at home.

I wonder what's-- [INAUDIBLE] telly.

--coming on telly next.

NARRATOR: Well, don't switch over because first up, it's Mark's pretty Russian papier-mache box.

- 30 pounds to start me.

- Come on.

[INAUDIBLE] BID ASSISTANT: 20.

20 I've got.

20 pounds I have.

20 pounds on the net.

25 I've got.

25 in the room.

25 in the room, and 30 I'm looking for.

25 pounds in the room.

Come on.

Do I see 30?

30 pounds I have.

30 pounds I have, and five.

35 I have.

35 pounds, and 40 I'm looking for.

Selling at 35 pounds and away.

Oh, that's not bad.

25 pounds profit.

Yeah.

NARRATOR: Wonderful result.

Well done, Mark.

Long may it continue.

Good start.

I'm positive, are you?

- Good.

Very positive.

I think this is going to be all right, actually.

NARRATOR: Let's hope so.

It's Christina's big gamble next.

The vintage arcade game.

It's a 1930s arcade game from Brighton.

Do you remember playing on it as a child?

Do you remember it?

I bet you do, don't you?

Oh, I bet you had loads of fun.

Christina, you are now nothing to me.

Start me at 150.

Come on, 10 150 we have.

150 I've got.

- We'll do internet.

ADRIAN KRUGER: 150 I have.

160 I'll take.

Come on, internet.

150, 160.

160 we have.

170 170-- [INAUDIBLE] online.

180 I'm looking for.

170.

180 on the net.

180, 180 I have.

Rare thing this.

180 I have.

190 180 I have.

I'll take 190.

- 190.

ADRIAN KRUGER: 190 we have.

190.

[INAUDIBLE] ADRIAN KRUGER: 190 I've got.

200.

Two.

ADRIAN KRUGER: 200 on the net.

200 now.

- I told you.

ADRIAN KRUGER: 200.

200.

200 we've got.

210 anywhere?

- You see I-- - Come on --think there are two [INAUDIBLE] online bidding on this.

200 pounds.

All done and selling.

On the net at 200.

Well, you're all right.

You're out of it.

You're out of it.

I can breathe.

NARRATOR: The gamble paid off.

Well done, Christina.

Well done, you.

I really thought that was going to be a loss.

I'm massively relieved about that.

Whew.

NARRATOR: Time now for Mark's big gamble.

The late 19th-century rocking horse is next.

Start me at 100 somebody.

100 pounds.

We're in.

100 I've got.

100 pounds I have.

100 in the room.

110 I'll take.

Come on.

ADRIAN KRUGER: 100 in the room.

110 I'm looking for.

BID ASSISTANT: 10.

110 we have.

110 [INAUDIBLE] online.

ADRIAN KRUGER: 110.

120 anywhere?

110 pounds.

Great, great history to this.

MARK STACEY: God just-- ADRIAN KRUGER: Nice thing.

- --come on.

ADRIAN KRUGER: 110 we have.

Are you all done at 110 pounds?

And selling at 110 pounds and done.

Oh, that's disappointing.

NARRATOR: Surely is, and someone has got one heck of a good buy.

Never mind.

Move on.

Move on.

Plenty more rocking horses in the sea.

Seahorses.

That's what I'm doing.

I'm going to do a rocking seahorse.

NARRATOR: Sounds different.

Christina's silver-plated Stilton scoop is next.

20 pound to start me.

20 pounds I have.

Well, 20 pounds?

ADRIAN KRUGER: 20 pounds I have.

Make a profit.

20 pounds.

25.

25 I've got.

And 30 with me.

- Oh, Christina.

ADRIAN KRUGER: 30 pounds I have.

30 pounds I have.

And five anywhere?

30 pounds I have.

Five anywhere?

I didn't think this would make a profit.

Now that's not bad, you see.

30 pounds, are you all done?

And selling.

Well done, you NARRATOR: And this nice little profit allows Christina a small lead.

We're sort of bumbling along evenly here, aren't we?

- Yeah, bit of a break even.

- But there's not [INAUDIBLE] Bit of a profit.

Bit of a loss.

Yeah.

Oh, how exciting.

NARRATOR: Can Mark race into lead position with his sandalwood writing box?

30 pounds BID ASSISTANT: 30.

ADRIAN KRUGER: 30 I've got.

30 pounds in the room.

30 in the room, and five I'll take.

30 pounds I have.

Five I'm looking for.

30 pounds I have.

35 on the net and 40 in the room.

35 on the net.

35 on the net.

Do I see 40?

35 pounds.

Are you all done on the internet?

And selling at 35.

No.

Well.

Profit.

It is a profit.

That's all.

You've got to be grateful for a profit.

NARRATOR: That you do, and it brings you neck and neck with Christina.

The winning post is within sight, and I think we both might be short of it.

Yeah.

NARRATOR: Well one, of you has to win.

It's Christina's vintage schoolboy cap next.

10 pounds on this 10 pounds I have.

There we are.

ADRIAN KRUGER: 10 I've got.

10 I have.

12 I'll take.

10 I have, and 12 I'll take.

Look great in a cabinet.

10 pounds I have.

12 anywhere?

- Or on your head.

- Put the gavel down.

10 pounds.

Are you all done at a tenner?

I can't sleep.

I'm excited now.

I am honestly.

NARRATOR: I'm glad you're excited, Mark.

Excellent result on your two-pound purchase Christina.

How much profit are [INAUDIBLE].. - It's only a small profit.

- So it's only a small profit.

- Just a teeny-weeny one.

- [INAUDIBLE] five [INAUDIBLE].

It's forgivable.

It's forgivable, yeah.

NARRATOR: Thank goodness he's smiling.

It's Mark's nephrite plaque next.

Come on.

Come on.

- No-- - Don't give up.

- --I'm very positive.

- Good I never give up.

30 pounds is a start.

30 pounds we have.

30 pounds.

I've made profit.

ADRIAN KRUGER: Five I'll take.

Profit.

ADRIAN KRUGER: 30 pounds and five I'm looking for.

There's 5 pound profit?

Fabulous piece.

Beautiful [INAUDIBLE] It is.

- 30 pounds online.

- Oh, come on.

30 pounds online.

Five anywhere?

30 pounds, maiden bid.

30 pounds.

Are you all done?

Selling at 30 pounds if you're all out.

I thought you'd do more again.

I thought it would make more.

30 pounds and finished and away.

NARRATOR: Ha, blimey.

But a small profit nevertheless.

I'm thinking already of round two.

Really?

What you're going to buy next time?

Just watch out.

Oh, really?

Oh, fighting talk.

I like it.

Come on, stick 'em up.

Come on.

Give me a good fight.

Come on.

[INAUDIBLE] NARRATOR: Now, it's Christina's Fry's Chocolate display cabinet.

This is the one I'm most worried about.

Oh, are you?

Yeah, because you only paid 18 quid for it.

It's so in at the moment.

It was such a good find.

I can start on with me at 80 pounds I have.

80 pounds I have.

- I told you.

Has?

ADRIAN KRUGER: 80 pounds with me.

80 pounds I have.

- We've got 80 pounds.

I told you that.

85 I have.

90 I have.

And five.

And 100.

And 10.

120.

130.

120 with the gentleman to my left.

Told you.

ADRIAN KRUGER: 130 I'll take.

120 I have.

130 I'm looking for.

120 pounds we have in the room.

Are you-- - No.

ADRIAN KRUGER: --all done at 120 pounds?

I'm selling.

120 and away.

Told you.

NARRATOR: What a whopper of a profit, Christina.

Dry your eyes, Mark.

Christina, I'm not a pet.

Darling, are you all right?

I'm not speaking to you.

NARRATOR: It's Mark's last chance to take the day with his collection of silver arts and crafts buttons.

- I predict a profit.

- Do you?

Mhm.

Yep.

I think they're lovely.

I think you need to believe in them more.

I believe.

I believe I can fly.

Exactly.

I believe that I can fly this time.

You can touch the sky?

Touch the sky.

What's the next line?

Uh, I think about you every night and day.

I do, actually.

It's like a nightmare.

55 pounds, and with the net, now at 60 pounds.

60 pounds on the net.

60 on the net and-- Oh.

ADRIAN KRUGER: --five I'll take.

See?

ADRIAN KRUGER: 60 on the net and five I'll take.

Well, that's more than I thought [INAUDIBLE] making a profit.

65 I'm looking for on them.

65, 70.

70 we have.

70 pounds, and five do I see?

70 pounds.

Are you all done?

Lovely sets.

70 pounds.

Are you all done?

I'm selling on the net at 70 pounds.

I said, from the minute I bought them, I'm so pleased I bought these.

- No, you didn't.

I just-- No, you didn't.

NARRATOR: Thankfully, Mark's got a much-needed profit.

Ye of little faith, eh?

Come on.

Let's go and count my pennies and yours.

I'll help you.

I'll help you count them.

NARRATOR: Who will reign supreme for the first leg?

Let's work out the numbers.

Mark began leg one with 200 pounds and after all auction costs made a profit of 34 pounds and 60 P. Mark's grand total to carry forward is 234 pounds and 60 pence.

Christina also began with 200 pounds and has bounded ahead with an excellent profit of 95 pounds and 20 pence.

Christina's daring buys allow her to take the lead for leg one and has a wonderful 295 pounds and 20 P for next time.

So well done, girl.

MARK STACEY: Well, Christina.

Here we go.

Profits all around, Mark.

It is profits.

Yeah.

I'm so pleased we made profits.

We backed our judgments.

Well, I think-- Just your judgments were a bit better than mine.

Yeah, but it's the start of the week, but you've got some catching up to do already.

I know.

You like that, don't you?

Yeah, I do.

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Pip pip, road trippers.

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