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: Today we begin the second leg in the glorious Lake District with the lovable Phil Serrell and the darling Christina Trevanion.

PHIL (PS): Well, I love the sea but I love the Dales and the Lake District as well.

Still waters run deep, so they say.

And it sort of bleak and you've got that isolation and it's just, what are you laughing at?

Do you think it represents your character?

That was nasty!

VO: Road trip grumpy teddy bear, I mean the thoroughly lovable Phil Serrell, is an auctioneer who really knows how to spend his cash.

How much is this sheep?

VO: And he is full of hot air.

(BLOWING) VO: Taking his arm is the enchanting Christina Trevelyan.

She's an auctioneer who is fiercely protective of precious antiques.

Stand away from the bowl!

Exactly.

VO: And you've got to watch her.

She's very persuasive.

Go on, Eric.

Bring me some sunshine.

VO: Our experts' thrilling adventure is enhanced by the car they are driving as they zip about town and country in this lipstick red 1964 MGB.

Great British sports cars, aren't they?

She's a beauty.

The MG, Morris Garage... What's that?

That's MG, dear.

Right.

Oh!

Morris Garage!

Ah.

That all makes sense.

You used to be blonde, didn't you?

Yes.

Yeah, I thought you did.

VO: Watch it, Phil.

Christina's a smart cookie.

Now let's see how much money they've got to play with.

VO: Phil started the trip with £200.

He's made a bit of a profit and has £224.88 to play with.

Christina also started with £200 and made a rather lovely profit.

She's in the lead with a magnificent £284.54 to spend.

PS: Now that's what I want to be buying.

CHRISTINA (CT): What, a cow?

A cow.

VO: Haha, this should be interesting.

Heaven help us.

VO: Our two antiques lovelies will traverse over 1000 miles.

They started in the Scottish Borders before over to nipping England, taking in Lakes, the northeast, Lancashire, Yorkshire and the Northwest before ending in Stoke-on-Trent.

This leg begins in Keswick in the heart of the North Lakes in Cumbria.

The auction will take place in Crooklands in the South Lakes.

PS: So which way are you going to go?

This way or that way?

I think I'm going to go that way.

Are you?

Well that means I'm going to go that way.

Oh, that's sociable.

Blimey, right.

Oh, bye bye my beautiful car.

Have a really good day.

Yeah, you have a really good day.

I hope it's a great success.

(LAUGHS) VO: Hm.

Think we've got a real competition on our hands.

The town of Keswick sits in the stunning Lake District National Park.

What peace and tranquility.

But we're not on holiday you know.

The super glamorous Christina is looking every bit the star as she sashays to her first shop of the day at Keswick Collectables and Antiques.

The very helpful David will be on hand to pander to Christina's every whim.

I'll go and have a quick mooch.

Jolly good.

If you need anything, just whistle.

Will do.

Whistle?

I'm not sure I can whistle.

I'll try.

VO: Interesting.

Anyway, Christina's in an excitable mood, she's got a bulging £285 to spend.

Wowzers!

CT: Oh, yeah, they've got lots of silver.

Look at that little basket of flowers.

Nine carat gold and pearl brooch.

Oh.

Buying to make a profit, not for me.

Buying to make a profit, not for me.

Aren't I?

Buying to make a profit, not for me.

I'm not used to having so much money to spend, though.

VO: Yes that's the general gist.

CT: Indulgent, isn't it?

Right, let's have a look in this cabinet and see what we can see.

There's also other things over there as well.

But let's ... Ooh, look at that blazer.

VO: Come on, focus Christina, focus.

Right, David could I possibly look in this cabinet?

This is you, isn't it, over here as well?

Yes.

Fantastic.

Can I have a look in here?

DAVID: Gladness.

I love that, but I am guessing that that is way over budget.

What sort of price have you got on your seed pearl... Well... Because that is just so pretty isn't it?

Because it was such a good buy, it is such a quality piece, I would do that for 150.

150.

So we have got a little Edwardian 15 carat gold peridot and seed pearl little heart-shaped token.

It's a brooch isn't it, but you could... A brooch, or pendant if you wanted.

It has a loop on.

..have your pendant in there, and yeah, they are always very wearable, aren't they?

And 15 carat obviously better than nine carat.

It is, yes.

I mean, you know how auctions work, David.

Yep.

VO: Uh-oh, watch out David.

Can you do it for...

I mean if I... 100 to 150, I need to be looking at getting it for 80 really to try and make a profit on it.

Oh don't do that, that sharp intake of breath.

I could start whistling if you like.

(LAUGHS) What's your singing voice like?

It's awful.

You really would not want me to start singing.

I might scare away your customers.

What's your thoughts?

I mean it is a snip at 150.

Em... Well, I can give you a chance if I do it for 100.

Could you do it for any less?

Nudge it under that hundred just to give me a fighting chance?

VO: Christina's definitely going for it.

Oh, go on then, yes.

Do it for 80?

Yeah, I'll do that for 80.

You are a star, thank you very much.

Oh, God.

£80.

I'm happy about that.

That's fantastic.

VO: Christina's canny bartering has resulted in a generous discount, that's £80 for the first buy of the day.

VO: Phil looks as though he's got a little skip in his step as he gets stuck in to his first shop Vintage at Masons.

Ooh, hello, hello, hello, hello.

Karin, how are you?

Good to see you, my love.

Hello.

Hi Phil.

Nice to see you.

How are you?

Are you alright?

I'm alright thank you.

VO: Blimey, they're friendly and it looks like Phil is trying to get Karin on side from the word go.

VO: And as quick as a flash Karin's found something for our Phil.

These are local pictures.

PS: Are they?

KARIN: Yes, they are.

Can I have a look?

Yeah.

Then the frames are newer, but they are 1850s originals, those.

And they are of Friar's Cragg and Borrowdale?

Yes, which is just five minutes away.

This is interesting, because this frame is 1960s and pretty horrible... Yeah.

Don't do them justice.

..But they are signed aren't they?

Yes.

Who's that by then?

GH somebody or other.

Mm.

I couldn't see that.

They are also, you know, horribly out of fashion.

Mmm.

Seriously, these are horribly horribly horribly out of fashion.

Hmm, a lot of young people like them though now.

Do you know what I love about you Karin is that you could sell sand in the middle of the desert.

They are coming back in.

You're talking to one of life's cynics here my love.

VO: You don't say.

So they might be a possibility but we have got to do quite a bit on price on those, because they are priced at £76 the two and I think they are going to make at auction 30 to 50 quid the pair.

That's what I think.

Yeah.

VO: Oh lordy.

While Karin tries to make Phil part with his cash, let's catch up with Christina.

She's still having a mooch in her first shop.

This is unusual.

So, this is a cutlery box.

Probably George III, 1770, 1780.

Yeah.

A cross banded cut... which you would expect to open up and find all your ... Dividers.

..Dividers in, and your spaces in for your knives and forks and everything but somebody has converted it into a postbox.

DAVID: Probably late Victorian, early Edwardian.

Yeah.

"Rosemary, that's for remembrance", because country house postboxes really are quite collectable.

They are, yes.

You see these sometimes in some of the hotels as well.

Yeah.

Tiny little letters.

What is on that?

Oh ouch...

I think that might be over budget.

VO: Ouch indeed.

The original ticket price is £195.

Is there any flexibility on that, because that is quite fun, isn't it?

Em...

The absolute lowest I can do on that is 95.

I like that.

I might be spending a bit too much money, I've gone a bit money happy.

You can never spend too much.

Can you not?

Is that right?

DAVID: Absolutely not.

CT: Are you sure?

I'll let you know if you spend too much.

(LAUGHS) What's your absolute best?

DAVID: 80 CT: Can we say, can we say... Oh no, you can't.

150 for the two?

You could say it, but I would have to say no.

Are you sure?

Absolutely.

You sure you are not... You must be related to my wife.

Do you think?

Probably.

Somewhere along the line.

So, it 80 and 80.

80 the brooch, 80 for... Are you sure?

That's 150 for the two.

Go on.

Yeah, go on then.

Yep?

150 for the two?

Yes.

That is a deal.

Thank you very much.

OK.

I've just got to find Rosemary now.

Reunite her with her postbox.

Stick some her...

Stick some herbs in it.

Yeah, yeah.

VO: While David wipes the sweat from his brow, Christina has skillfully managed to get even more money off her first buy, that's £75 for the peridot brooch and £75 for the unusual postbox.

Meanwhile, Phil's still testing the patience of the lovely Karin.

What's that?

Bunting.

Very old bunting.

PS: Very old.

KARIN: Very old bunting.

Keep it coming, girl, keep it coming.

I'm not even going to look at the price, I want to buy the lot off you.

VO: This is actually World War I bunting which, due to the period, is very popular with collectors.

The trouble with this is this is yesterday's stock, Karin.

You don't want to be some...

This devalues your shop.

You don't want to be selling old stuff like this.

Do you want it?

Well, you know.

VO: Exactly... do you want it?

Right, I want to buy both these off you.

VO: That's a combined ticket price of £98 for the paintings and the bunting.

PS: I'm going to bid you 35 quid for the lot.

D'you know what, she didn't flinch then did she?

VO: It's probably the shock Phil.

£55.

For the lot.

That's the best.

Every shop I go into, people say to me, throughout the length and breadth of Britain, "it's cheap that, you'll make a profit on that".

And then I disappear down the toilet with them.

VO: Psst, this is the bit where you're supposed to be charming, Phil.

Can you help me a little bit more?

Can you give me... No.

Well, at least have the decency to think about it.

(SHE LAUGHS) 45.

No.

Well, I'll meet you in the middle, 50 quid, and deal done?

50 quid.

Go on, my love.

You are an angel.

Let me just pay you, now.

What am I doing here?

VO: That was a bit of to-ing and fro-ing, but all in all Phil's managed to negotiate a sizeable discount for the pair of Lake District scenes for £30 and the three sets of bunting for £20.

Now the delightful Christina is back behind the wheel of the mighty MGB and heading south to Ravenglass in the West Lakes which was once an important Roman naval base.

She's traveling to Muncaster Castle, the home of the Pennington family for over 800 years.

Believed to have Roman foundations, the castle and the family are firmly ensconced in the region's history.

Throughout the years the Penningtons have entertained royalty.

They can even lay claim to the origins of a well-known everyday phrase.

VO: Peter Frost Pennington married into the family and is now in charge of the running of the castle.

Beautiful.

It's not a bad place to call home, is it?

It really isn't and the view is just phenomenal.

PETER: The view is stunning.

VO: The castle has always remained true to its medieval roots, but over the years has had some nips and tweaks, namely by renowned Victorian architect Anthony Salvin.

His portfolio also included such noble castles as Windsor and Alnwick.

The family crest features a black cat, and its tradition is always to have a furry feline prowling the grounds.

(CAT MEOWS) VO: A lucky charm you could say... and there's something else that holds the key to this family's provenance.

We are now in one of the most important rooms of the castle because this is the King's room.

CT: Ah.

PETER: And it is so-called because we know at least two kings have slept in this room.

Their pictures are on the bed behind us, King Edward VIII came here but the far more important King to us is King Henry VI.

And when he arrived at Muncaster he was seeking shelter from his enemies.

Quite bravely the Penningtons took him in.

CT: Very bravely.

Very bravely, because if they had been caught, they would have probably lost their heads.

CT: Yeah, quite.

PETER: And gave him sanctuary.

We think he stayed here for a number of weeks and when he left he was so pleased with his reception he left us our most prized possession and it's this little glass bowl.

He said as long as this bowl remains unriven, Penningtons from Muncaster never shall be driven.

Oh, good Lord!

Unriven, as in unbroken?

PETER: Yes.

CT: Ho, ho.

So I am very nervous at this point.

Stand away from the bowl.

Exactly.

VO: Good advice, Christina.

It is made from Murano glass, which comes from a Venetian island that's been making glassware since around the eighth century.

We don't have it on public display, so you are very honored that we have brought it out.

Only the family know where it's hidden in the castle.

That is phenomenal.

And it is called the Luck of Muncaster and all the luck of the family's in that bowl, so the day we break it is the day we probably leave here.

I think I'll leave you to touch it.

That is phenomenal, isn't it?

We think it was probably his communion cup, because he was known as holy King Harry so he was meant to be a bit of a prophet and his prophecy seems still to be working because we still...

I don't know whether we are thriving but we are still here.

600 years old.

As you can see it's very dirty, we don't ever dare wash it.

VO: No, I bet it isn't dishwasher safe either.

Do you want to say who's not particularly relaxed at this point in time?

I'm not.

(LAUGHS) Can we put it away now?

Yes please.

Thank you very much.

Great to see it though, thank you so much for bringing it out, it is splendid isn't it?

It is rather beautiful.

VO: We can all breathe a sigh of relief now.

Oh look there's Flit the black cat.

Mind the bowl.

Good job the hare's stuffed.

VO: Outside, Peter has one more remarkable piece of castle history to tell Christina.

PETER: To us it is a very special tree, full of character, because it's a Spanish chestnut, or a sweet chestnut.

Oh, OK. And we call it Tom Fool's tree.

Tom Fool's tree?

Well you know the expression Tom Foolery and stop playing the Tom Fool?

Of course, yes.

PETER: It comes from here.

CT: Does it?!

Because the original Tom Fool was the jester at Muncaster castle many centuries ago.

So one of the tales about Tom is he loved sitting under this tree and if you were traveling on your way back to Shropshire and asked him directions down to the fords, if he liked the look of you and you were polite to him you were fine but if he was feeling a bit Tom Foolery that day, he would send you to the quick sands at either side.

That's very naughty.

Our customer care wasn't very good in those days.

So you would have to be incredibly nice...

I am sure he would send you forwards.

I think he would probably send me to the quick sand.

He liked young ladies and I am sure he would have taken you himself and made sure you had safe crossing but... Peter, it has been such a pleasure, thank you so so much for showing me around your beautiful castle.

It's just the most amazing place.

VO: The things you learn in a day eh?

Now, talking of jesters, where's Philip Serrell?

He's traveled 14 miles to the town of Cockermouth for his next shopping expedition.

The famous son of the town was Fletcher Christian - the man who led the mutiny on the Bounty.

Another born leader, Phil's having a nosey in Castle Antiques and Curios, owned by Matthew.

What I am really looking for is a huge profit.

Right, yeah.

VO: And his antiques radar leads him straight to... How much is this sheep?

I'm afraid it's sold.

VO: Pity...

Right, I am going to have to find something, I've got to apply my mind.

VO: Yup, you better had.

Matthew, is that for sale?

Yeah, it is.

How much is it?

Eh, I have 65 on it.

How old is it?

Georgian planter.

Which George?

Eh, well... Third, fourth or fifth?

VO: Right Phil, this looks to me like a piece of 19th century tin glaze and could have been used as a bread crock that has lost its wooden top.

Where's he off to now?

Aha, behind the guitar he's spotted a Georgian style walnut mirror.

PS: Can we have a look at the mirror, Matthew?

Yup, sure.

Pull that out.

What could you do that for, Matthew?

Er... how does 40 hit you?

Well, it sounds like it's heading in the right direction and that salt glazed thing, what you asking for that?

This, the absolute death on this would be 38 on the salt glaze.

And what is your really best bottom price on that?

On this, em... we could go 35 on that.

So that's 35?

Yeah, 35, 38.

Can we make 35 and 35 and I have got a straight choice, haven't I?

Go on then.

Can we get that outside and have a look at it?

Yeah, sure sure.

VO: That sounded like a deal but this piece of tin glaze is really stumping Phil.

PS: Do you know what Matthew, I have got no idea what that is for or where it's from or when it was made.

And that Matthew, is what you call expertise.

Yeah.

VO: Ha ha.

Not sure about that.

Listen, Phil, I think it's tin glaze and it is a bread crock.

Negotiation time, you've got a lot in the kitty, in fact, just under £175.

PS: OK, I would like to buy off you that and that.

OK. Can I have the two for 60 quid?

Tell you what, I'll meet you at 65.

You are a gentleman.

An absolute gentleman.

Thank you very much indeed.

VO: Crikey, amazing discounts on both items.

The shop owners in the Lakes are definitely being very generous.

VO: Well, it's been a corker of a day.

Time for Christina and Phil to rest their weary heads.

Nighty night, you two.

VO: It's the start of a brand new day and Christina has real affection towards our Philip.

Do you know what somebody said to me this morning?

They said, "Ah!

Is that your dad, the one off the TV?"

(LAUGHS) I said, "No, it's my grandfather!"

(LAUGHS) (HE LAUGHS SACRASTICALLY) Ah, it tickled me.

VO: Whoops.

So far, Christina has spent £150 on two items, the Victorian gold and peridot brooch and the very unusual country house postbox.

Christina has £134.54 for the day ahead.

And Phil is really going for it, he's spent £115 on four items.

The pair of Lake District scenes, a load of First World War bunting, a Georgian style mirror and a 19th century tin glaze bread crock.

Phil's got a decent wodge left, £109.88.

While Christina gears up for a spot of shopping in Lancashire, Phil is heading to the city of Lancaster.

Lancaster made its fortune as a port during Georgian times and the city spawned many entrepreneurs, most notably during the Victorian period.

Phil is on his way to find out about a self-made multi millionaire Lord Ashton - the Lino King of Lancaster.

Lord Ashton, or James Williamson Junior, turned his father's coated fabric business into a phenomenal success in the late 1800s.

And the key to that success was linoleum.

Phil is meeting with Sue Ashworth, curator at Lancaster Museum to find out more.

Nice to meet you, I'm Sue.

Good to see you.

Well, Sue, now, they tell me that Lancaster is famous for linoleum?

SUE: That's right.

And is this Lancastrian linoleum?

Yes it is, this is part of William's production.

VO: Linoleum was invented by Englishman Frederick Walton in the mid 1800s, and savvy entrepreneur Lord Ashton was quick to recognize the money making qualities of this rubbery material.

PS: What does linoleum mean?

Where does it come from?

It comes from the Latin for two words for flax, which is the backing for it, and oleum which is the oil which is the coat.

Lino or lino-oleum.

Yes, that's right.

Oh right.

And the coating that you put on round here was called kiver and it was a mixture of cork and oxidized linseed oil.

And this city was ripe for this sort of investment, because it had a navigable river so you could bring the raw materials on.

You could take the finished products out on the railway system.

VO: Lino was the go-to flooring choice of the Victorian era for its affordability, durability and ease of cleaning.

A revolutionary product - it was the floor choice for just about every public and domestic building.

And of course the Lino King would have only the best linoleum in his own home.

This has the seal or the motto of Lancaster - Luck to Loyne, it is a piece of what we call inlaid lino.

A bit like a jigsaw puzzle of different pieces of different colored lino.

Yeah.

All hand cut and fitted together.

PS: So they would have been cut out by hand almost like marquetry in furniture?

Yes, exactly the same technique.

And this sort of inlaid lino was one of their prime products because however much you walked on it, you get the pattern all the way through, rather than the cheaper things that were printed on the top.

Yeah, absolutely right, it didn't wear off.

No.

Right the way through to the back.

So we are walking on history, aren't we?

We are.

This sort of linoleum process wasn't just restricted to floor covering, was it?

Oh no, no, you have mantle shelf work, you have wall coverings, you have table cloths, the whole thing.

The modern house needed all these cleanable surfaces.

And Lord Ashton, the entrepreneur, he diversified this floor covering into all sorts of things and made a fortune.

Yeah, including cinema screens in the 30s and even, we hear, Chinese jailors' peaked caps.

VO: You what?

So, it was a bit of everything.

VO: In the late 1890s it was said that Lino in Lancaster was the biggest business in the universe controlled by one man - Lord Ashton.

PS: Exactly how big was the lino business for Lancaster?

It was enormous.

At one point, by about 1909, 1911, it's thought that Williamson was employing about a quarter of the whole workforce in the area.

And we think that was the same for the women working in the cotton mills as well.

PS: So Ashton, Lord Ashton, he took this huge wealth from the area.

Did he give any of it back?

Oh absolutely, yes.

Certainly, he changed the skyline around this area.

Oh OK.

Built his own pyramids.

He did.

VO: Not quite, Phil.

Lord Ashton constructed many buildings around Lancaster, like the town hall.

But this is perhaps one of the most prominent and extravagant.

The Ashton Memorial is the biggest folly in Britain and regularly referred to as The Structure.

It stands 150 feet high and back in 1909 when it was opened, the costs totaled £87,000, an extraordinary sum at that time.

PS: Wow.

You have got to have some sort of an ego to build a place like that, haven't you?

Mmm.

So was this sort of the pinnacle of Ashton's... was this the crowning glory?

That's a nice way to put it, yeah.

VO: Linoleum was big business back in the late 19th century and when Lord Ashton died in 1930 he had amassed a staggering fortune that, in today's money, could be worth up to £2 billion.

Talking of fortunes, Christina's trying to make one - she's hitting the big lights of sunny seaside town Morecambe.

She's hoping to pick up a few goodies in Northern Relics.

Crikey, she walks fast.

Good morning.

CHRISTINE: Hello.

CT: Hi, I'm Christina.

I'm Christine.

Oh hello!

Very nice to meet you.

This looks pretty exciting.

VO: Right, what corkers will she uncover this time?

Ooh!

VO: Ahem... moving quickly on... Oh you've got to love a secret drawer, haven't you?

Keep all the secrets in there.

VO: If you say so.

Oh, that's interesting.

What's that, Roll Of Honour.

Second World War, 1939 to 1945.

Ah, the fallen.

That is really interesting.

We have got a lovely oak plaque up here with gilt writing on, commemorating the fallen of the Second World War, it looks like it must have come from a church or something.

What I find quite fascinating about it is there is so many different regiments there represented.

You've got the Ghurkha rifles, the Ghurkhas are so associated with their fearlessness and their bravery and we are... we keep them very close to our hearts.

I really like that.

VO: The Roll Of Honour has a special place in Christina's heart, she's tracked down Christine to find out more.

So do we know where it came from?

Because it looks like it would have been from a church or something.

CHRISTINE: That's right.

The story goes they took so long to have this made, they made another one.

Oh, so it's almost a duplicate?

Yeah but this was the original.

Oh right, OK. That is quite interesting.

How much is on that, do you know?

I can do it for, the very best is £40.

£40?

Yeah.

Is that the absolute best you can do it?

I think that is what... yes.

It has been 100.

Oh!

So £40, I need to say thank you very much?

Yeah.

Quick!

Shake my hand, shake my hand.

£40!

No, £40 I am very happy to pay £40 for that.

VO: Great price for such an important piece of militaria.

Have you got a bar in here?

Yes, we've got a bar.

Hey, that's fantastic.

A bar in an antique shop.

Oh!

It is the only one in the country, you know.

VO: It's not quite 'G and T' o' clock quite yet.

CT: What on earth?

CHRISTINE: This came in yesterday.

That's a Russian roulette thing, isn't it?

Yeah.

And it works.

We found an old marble.

Yeah.

Oh!

I am rubbish at this.

I think we would probably lose quite a lot of money on that.

I like that.

I don't think I have seen one before.

And it is very sturdy, isn't it?

It is well built.

Yeah.

Once this is worked on.

How much have you got on it?

It came in yesterday?

Mmm.

They say 250 for.

Oh no.

That is way over budget.

I know.

We can do it... What would you do it for?

Well he did say 100.

100 Yeah.

But it is worth it.

Is it?

It is good fun, isn't it?

Although is it a bad sign I haven't actually got a number right yet?

Oh, well we can have another go.

How many goes can we have?

Right, OK, let's go.

Ready, you throw it.

Me throw.

Right.

Three.

I am going to go three.

Oh!

VO: That's remarkable.

Oh God, that is a sign.

Yeah.

It's the number three.

Well done.

Oh my god.

If that hadn't landed in that number I would have very happily left it here with you.

But that just feels like fate, doesn't it?

Mmm.

Definitely.

£100?

CHRISTINE: Yes.

CT: £100, £40?

VO: Hang on Christina - remember how much money you've got.

£134.54 on last count.

£134.54 left in my budget, that's it.

And that's everything spent.

Ohhh!

I would really like to buy those two things.

Can you do it?

Can you do it?

Can you do it?

Please can you do it?

Please can you do it?

£134.54.

I'll give you everything and I'll do cleaning and everything.

VO: Or you might be pulling pints at the bar.

Yeah go on then.

OK.

Shake on it, then, OK.

I didn't say how long.

£134.54.

You're a star.

Thank you.

You've got a real deal though, honestly.

Thank you, brilliant.

£134.54.

VO: Well, there we have it, she's blown the last of her budget - all £284.54 of it - on the military roll of honor plaque and the rather unusual roulette table.

Brave girl.

So Christina's all spent up, let's see if Phil is going to be as bold.

He's got £109.88 left in the kitty, he's going to try and spend it here at GB Antiques Centre in Lancaster.

Phil's found owner Alan and it looks like he's interested in something.

I love that.

How much is it?

I think it is 190 at the moment but they might... VO: Ouch, remember your budget Phil.

Can't even get the thing open.

Yeah it does open because I opened it yesterday.

Go on then.

VO: Yeah, you have a go.

No, I can't get into now.

I should be able to get it off.

MAN: I can't move it.

ALAN: You can't do it either.

VO: Oh lordy.

I think it's stuck tight.

It looks like an old milk churner.

It is an old milk churner.

Definitely.

I am going to make you a one-off offer.

It is one off because it's all the money I have got.

Old 18 gallon milk churner with brass trim.

You can have £109.88 but that's all I've got.

VO: Alan's not listening.

Maybe another set of hands will help.

Oh, look at that!

That is what you call applied science.

There you are, look at that.

VO: Finally, a good old kick gets the thing off.

Are you going to sell me that?

ALAN: Yeah.

PS: £109.88.

Yeah.

I am.

But there is a bonus you know.

What's the bonus?

You look inside it.

Oh Lord, here we go...

Hold on a minute.

No home should be without one of these.

An enamel...

Wait.

..hold on, this is where it gets...

This is where it gets really good.

Look at that!

Look at that.

A second milk churn, eh?

A milk can.

Look Jimmy.

Look at that £109.8... oh!

£109 whatever, that's great... You are a gentleman.

..isn't it?

I think that is brilliant.

What a top job you've done there.

Thank you very much indeed.

VO: Do you know, there must be something in the air here as Phil has also blown every penny of his budget on the rather gigantic milk churn, and of course the bonus extras.

VO: Right, we're nearing the end of the second leg, here's a reminder of Phil and Christina's shopping sprees.

Phil has collected five lots - the pair of Lake District scenes, the load of World War I bunting, the Georgian style mirror, the 19th century bread crock and the huge milk churn and extras.

He's blown the lot on this gaggle of goodies - a total of £224.88.

Christina has splashed out on four lots - the Victorian gold and peridot brooch, the unusual country house postbox, the World War II roll of honor and the casino roulette wheel.

All in all Christina has also spent every single penny - £284.54.

So let's hear what they make of each other's buys.

I really like his dalek-cum-milk churn, that's fantastic.

But it does look like a dalek though, doesn't it?

The Roll of Honour is a really sentimental thing.

I think she should get her money back, what she is going to do with that I don't know.

I think he has been quite safe unusually for Philip, there is no plows, there is no agricultural implements, there is no prison doors.

Everything is liftable, which for Philip is unusual, isn't it?

But what Christina does know is her jewelry, so for me, her big threat is that pendant, the peridot and pearl pendant, that's my worry.

VO: It's nearly time for the heady thrill of the auction.

Christina and Phil are heading to the final destination of Crooklands in the South Lakes.

CT: Well, the most important thing, I think, which of our lots will make the best loo roll holder?

Oh, I think the churn could be a... Do you think?

I think the churn...

The churn on the throne.

I think the churn, I think I could be very flushed with the churn.

Ready?

Into the fray.

Woo.

No, go on then.

Automatic doors.

Oh!

VO: Come on you two, have you never seen electric doors before?

The auction will take place at 1818 Auctioneers, a business with nearly 200 years of history.

Kevin Kendal is today's auctioneer and he has a few thoughts on Phil and Christina's lots.

The roulette wheel I don't think this will do too well.

It is too large really, needs a lot of restoration, I think we are going to struggle with it.

I really like the milk churn.

It's a large size, it's a good example that has some nice brass detail on it.

I think it should do well.

That might be the kiss of death but hopefully it will go OK. VO: Today the room is also open to internet bidders.

Get comfy, the auction is about to begin.

Good luck.

Good luck.

VO: First up is Phil's Georgian style folding mirror.

Good luck!

Here we go, here we go.

783, we will start at 25 only, 25 and then we'll go.

25.

Eight anywhere?

£25 only.

25.

£25 going to sell at 25, no interest in the room?

I am selling at 25, you all done then?

At 25... Commission buyer.

Oh dear, so that is just... Before we start, that's another one down the toilet.

You have still got the milk churn to go.

Feeling a little flushed.

VO: You are a bit rosy cheeked.

Uh-oh it's a loss from the get go for Phil.

Do you know what, you are like a smiling assassin you are.

VO: They love one another really.

It's Phil again with the glorious First World War bunting.

I have got commission bids at £30.

Yay.

£30 only, £30 bid.

35, 40, five, 50.

£50 now, 55 on the net.

£60 with me.

65, 70 with me.

75 on the internet now.

75.

75.

The bid is on the internet, you are out at the back this time sir.

£75 I am going to sell at 75.

Internet bidder.

VO: That's more like it and it's time for celebration with a £55 profit.

Excellent work.

It's Christina's turn with the rather unusual postbox fashioned from a knife box.

Yikes.

Start me at 30 if you really must.

£30 at the back?

£30 thank you.

£30 bid.

30 bid.

35.

40.

Five.

50 now.

£50 bid.

50 bid.

50 bid, 50 bid.

Five anywhere?

50 bid.

I will sell if you are all done then.

At 50.

Oh well, £25 down plus already.

There we go, happy days.

VO: Well at least it's put a smile on Phil's face.

Don't worry Christina, plenty more to go.

The next thing that we are going to sell now is possibly the most ugly thing that I think I have ever seen.

VO: Yeah, not the prettiest but could it be Serrell's wildcard?

Only 20 then for a quick start.

£20 thank you.

£20 bid.

There we go.

£20 bid, we are off and running.

£20 bid.

£20 bid.

20 bid.

20 bid.

Two anywhere?

20 bid.

One bid only at £20?

I will take twos.

All done at 20?

It's quite reassuring there is one other person in this world with the same taste as you Philip Serrell.

(LAUGHS) God help them.

I really thought you were a mate.

VO: Well look at it, Phil, and most importantly it didn't bring you riches.

Back to Christina with her lovely Victorian brooch.

Hang on, this is a general sale, lots of luck.

I will start 50 today then, £50 will go today, 50.

In the wrong section.

55?

60.

65, 70.

Internet bidders, good.

75 now.

75 on the internet.

75.

75.

75, you are all out behind now.

£75, at 75.

VO: This is the peril of selling at auction.

At least it wasn't a loss, Christina.

I tell you what, overall now, the first auction and today, we are neck and neck now.

CT: Are we?

PS: Yeah.

Oh, so it is a gamble.

Yeah, it is.

VO: I'm no gambling man, but what's the bets this will make a profit?

£50 bid then, 50 bid.

50 bid.

55, 60, five, 70, £70 now.

70 bid.

70 bid.

70 bid on commission.

Yes 70 bid.

75.

80.

Are you sure now?

80 bid.

80 bid.

£80 I am going to sell now if you are all done then, at 80.

Commission buyer.

VO: No gamblers in the room then, Christina, your numbers didn't come up this time This is a disaster, Philip, it's a disaster.

VO: Next it's Phil's dalek, I mean milk churn with all the bits and bobs.

I have got lots and lots of commission bids.

See!

Start the bidding with me at £70.

Ouch.

KEVIN: £70 CT: That's OK. £70 only, at 70.

80, 90, 100.

And 10, 110.

110, 120 now.

130 sir?

130.

140.

150.

150 now.

150, 150.

150 and you are out in the doorway, make no mistakes now, I am going to sell at 150... Well done, well done.

VO: A great result for Phil.

Nice work.

That's brilliant, well done.

VO: Was that a smile on Phil's face?

Long may it continue.

It's the pair of Lakes oil paintings next.

£40 I have bid with me, £40 only.

£40, there you go, there's profit.

That is 40 quid, isn't it?

40 bid, 45.

50, £50 now.

It is not over, it is not over.

£50 I am going to sell.

All done then at 50?

Well, do you know what, it was a good shot.

Well done.

It's a profit.

VO: Yes Phil, it's a profit.

Come on.

Do you know what, seriously, I would just like to make one profit today.

VO: Well let's see how your Second World War Roll Of Honour fares.

It's the last lot of the day.

£50 somebody, thank you.

£50 in the center.

At £50 only bid.

50 bid, I'll take five.

60, five, 70 now.

£70 only.

70 bid.

70 bid, it is here to sell today.

Are well all done at 70?

I just hope it goes to a nice home.

Somebody who will appreciate it.

Think of those men, the sacrifice that they made.

VO: Hear hear and a good profit to end the day.

PS: We better go, hadn't we?

CT: Yeah.

I have no idea what that means though.

No it is all a bit woo woo.

Shall we go work it out?

Come on then.

VO: From her glittering start, Christina hasn't continued with the chunky old profits.

After auction costs, Christina's made a loss of £59.04.

Ms Trevanion has £225.50 to carry forward.

Phil, however, has had slightly better success.

He has a smidge of a profit with £37.52.

Mr Serrell has clinched the top spot and has £262.40 to start the next leg.

(BOTH LAUGH) How did that happen?

Goodness only knows, I am no good with money.

I am no good, giving me lots of money, not good.

Go!

VO: Cheerio!

The adventure continues... Next time on the Antiques Road Trip... ..Christina's charms prove a hit with the dealers.

You have got such a lovely smile, I can't say no can I?

VO: While Phil's efforts fall on stony ground.

Sue and I thought we were getting on so well.

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