[MUSIC PLAYING] NARRATOR: The nation's favorite celebrities-- Ooh, I like that.

NARRATOR: --paired up with an expert-- Oh we've had some fun, haven't we?

NARRATOR: --and a classic car.

It feels as though it could go quite fast.

NARRATOR: Their mission-- to scour Britain for antiques.

[ACCORDION HONKS] Yes!

Fantastic.

I'd do that in slow-mo.

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

Come on, boys!

NARRATOR: But it's no easy ride.

Ta-da!

NARRATOR: Who will find a hidden gem?

Don't sell me!

NARRATOR: Who will take the biggest risks?

Go away, darling.

NARRATOR: Will anybody follow expert advice?

I'm trying to spend money, here.

NARRATOR: There will be worthy winners-- Yes!

NARRATOR: --and valiant losers.

Put your pedal to the metal.

[CAR HORN BEEPS] This is the "Celebrity Antiques Road Trip."

[THEME MUSIC] Yeah!

[MUSIC PLAYING] Today, it's all about hitting the right notes.

I kind of feel like this is a really mean machine, and you're driving it like a granny.

Don't knock granny driving.

Change gear, babe.

[LAUGHTER] That'll be the one.

NARRATOR: Cruising along in this throaty 1970 Trident Clipper, a husband-and-wife singing duo, David and Carrie Grant, who are swapping singing in harmony for a spot of competitive antiquing-- oh, yes.

Even after 30 years, your first base attitude is, I'm gonna beat you.

Like, literally, for 30 years you've been saying that.

DAVID: Yeah.

And for 30 years, you've been losing.

Oh, come on.

[MUSIC - DAVID GRANT, "INTUITION"] NARRATOR: David Grant is an '80s pop icon who clocked up 14 hit singles and quickly became a television favorite.

[MUSIC - SWEET DREAMS, "I'M NEVER GIVING UP"] Carrie was a hit maker, too.

And as part of the group Sweet Dreams, she represented the UK in the 1983 Eurovision Song Contest.

After becoming coaches and judges on talent shows, David and Carrie are now familiar faces on our TV screens.

But for all that show biz talent, it's shopping skills they'll need today.

Don't get me wrong-- you're good at shopping.

But I am good at spotting a bargain.

You know the cost of nothing.

You don't even know the cost of a loaf of bread now.

So how do you think that you're going to go into a shop and suddenly gain this gift of knowing the value of something?

Because, baby, I'm not gonna be buying bread.

I don't know what you're gonna be buying, but let me tell you something-- I've already won if you're gonna go and buy loaves of bread.

[LAUGHTER] NARRATOR: Our competitive couple will be guided away from the bread aisle by the expert hands of our auctioneers, Will Axon and Mark Stacey.

They're bopping along in this pre-seatbelt-era 1961 Morris 1000 in custard yellow.

And I've heard Mark is a fan of Carrie's Eurovision past.

She was in a group called Sweet Dreams that were in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1983 with "I'm Never Gonna Give You Up."

I know you have an encyclopedic knowledge.

I'm not an encyclopedia, but I love, I love Eurovision.

BOTH: (SINGING) Ooh-ah, just a little bit.

Doo-ah-- A little bit more.

Just a bit more.

Mark Stacey, [INAUDIBLE].

Will Axom-- BOTH: [INAUDIBLE] NARRATOR: Well, that concludes the judging from our expert jury.

[LAUGHS] Time for our hopefuls to meet their mentors.

Ooh.

Morning, I'm Mark.

- Morning!

- How are you, Mark?

I'm David.

- Nice to meet you, David.

Hi, how are you?

Carrie, lovely to meet you.

David, Will, how are you?

Will!

Nice to meet you, good.

How are you?

Carrie, and how are you?

- I'm good, thanks.

- Good.

We are so looking forward to this.

We are, but we've-- we've decided our pairings here.

Am I with you?

Yeah, if you could-- [INTERPOSING VOICES] Come here, you.

Come here and give me a man hug.

Hey!

- Oh, we are a team-- - No, we're all bonded-- --and this is our car.

--because this is our car.

Um, no, I think you'll find, the man with the keys-- WILL: Ahh!

--always wins.

If you take a bit of a look in there, you'll see my handbag-- observe.

Try and start the car with a handbag-- I'll keep the keys.

Come on.

You talk about starting the car-- let's do it.

[HORN BEEPING] [HORN BEEPING MUSICALLY] Now that's a horn.

And it's got a horn.

MARK: This should be fun.

NARRATOR: Carrie and David will have 400 pounds each to spend.

And their journey starts off in Landbeach in Cambridgeshire.

They'll explore Suffolk and Hertfordshire, and nip into Bedfordshire, before heading north to Norfolk for an auction in Downham Market.

MARK: Are you good at shopping?

CARRIE: I'm really good at shopping, yes.

I am, yeah.

Are you good at bargaining?

CARRIE: I'm not.

MARK: I'll help you.

Well I'm relying on you heavily for everything, to be honest.

MARK: That worries me a bit, you know.

[LAUGHTER] You know it's not that I mind losing to her, not really.

It's just that it would make my life unbearable if I did.

It's bragging rights at home, isn't it?

NARRATOR: Well, let's get things moving then.

And with a rural auction coming up, this could be the perfect place for David and Will to start their shopping adventure.

[MUSIC PLAYING] Hello there.

STAN: How are you doing?

- Will, how do you do?

- How are you doing?

- Yeah, good.

- I'm David, hi.

Hey, David, yeah.

I'm Stan from Stantiques.

WILL: Stantiques!

DAVID: Oh, like that.

NARRATOR: Like what you did there, Stan.

[MUSIC PLAYING] This place is jam-packed.

STAN: Have a look around, guys.

See what you can find.

- Thank you.

- Let's have a wonder, David.

Let's have a wonder.

What?

Ooh.

WILL: What have you got there?

Straight in the-- Shooting stick?

WILL: Are you a man of country pursuits?

DAVID: No.

What do you think?

A lot of people have one.

If you're going to have one for decorative purposes, you want the old bamboo one with the cane seat, really.

That's the one to look for-- - Oh, really?

Yeah.

OK. WILL: So but, you know, it's a start.

You're showing that you're keen.

A bit of taxidermy.

How do you feel about dead animals?

Oh, I like the stuff.

You see what I did there?

OK, yeah.

Do-- [LAUGHS] NARRATOR: Yeah.

In the UK, all animals are protected by law.

And items from endangered foreign species can be sold as long as they predate the 1947 CITES agreement, don't you know?

I'm liking the wild boar.

Yeah, how much is the wild boar?

Best, best price-- 120.

What?!

Yeah, right.

120, well, it's a price.

At least we've got-- - It's a price.

--we've got something to think about.

NARRATOR: Well, taxidermy isn't to everyone's taste and could be a big gamble, even at a rural auction.

[MUSIC PLAYING] NARRATOR: Meanwhile, Carrie and Mark are toddling along the road to Newmarket, the birthplace of horseracing.

And they're under starter's orders in their first shop, Treasures Antiques, and its big.

Is that two floors?

It is.

I need a week in here.

NARRATOR: So, plenty of interesting things to get you going.

MARK: Do you know, that reminds me of Will.

(LAUGHING) Why?

Because he's such a "boar."

[LAUGHTER] NARRATOR: How long did it take him to think that one up?

Do you think we should split up?

Yeah.

I mean, yeah, I don't know what to look for, but yes.

Ah, I think you've got an eye.

NARRATOR: Oh, yeah-- nothing like throwing her in at the deep end, Mark.

[MUSIC PLAYING] I feel like some of the stuff I'm seeing here is actually from my childhood home.

Hornsea, "Springtime."

Wow.

Mark, I really like this as a set.

Look-- is that good?

MARK: I love it.

'60s isn't it?

CARRIE: Yeah, 1960s.

Do you know, it's-- I love the simplicity of it and it's very in-vogue in certain areas.

That'd look lovely in your house.

So I've got to stop buying for myself?

Yes.

But that's a very common thing to do when you're shopping, isn't it?

Now, I found something which I think you'll hate.

You just took that out your pocket.

MARK: I did.

CARRIE: Were you trying to nick it?

[LAUGHS] MARK: I just think there's something about it.

I think this is an antique one.

There's a lot of modern tribal stuff around, but antique tribal stuff is quite collectible.

If you see, there's a lot of dust and dirt in there.

CARRIE: I'm not being funny-- but you're saying that, in rural areas, they won't go for a 1960s butter dish, but they'll go for something that's tribal with no arms-- You hate it, don't you?

I beyond hate it.

OK.

Thanks, Carrie.

Bye.

NARRATOR: Lordy, this could be a long day.

[MUSIC PLAYING] Meanwhile, in Landbeach, David and Will are still browsing.

Little stationary boxes-- these are all look like they should have cutlery in.

Yep.

They look like, sort of, fish services, fruit services, that sort of thing.

You've got tins that are collectible.

Whoa, well caught.

NARRATOR: Steady, Will.

Let me see if there's anything in.

This little box, for instance, should we see-- WILL: Yeah, go on-- open her up.

Well, there you go-- the fish service.

The Victorians loved to complicate things.

There's not much of a market for that, these days?

Do you use a fish service?

Um, no.

No.

NARRATOR: Well, anything more practical then?

WILL: Now what have you found?

DAVID: Look at that.

WILL: That's kind of cool, isn't it?

DAVID: Yeah.

WILL: Good old saw.

What kind of age would that be?

WILL: Looking at the wear and so on, I mean, it's got to be sort of turn-of-the-century, hasn't it?

Sort of-- DAVID: Wow.

WILL: 1900, something like that.

Maybe a touch later-- 1910 or something.

I don't-- DAVID: So this could be a century old?

WILL: Yes.

Do you think this is the kind of thing that might be of interest?

I do.

I quite like it.

I quite like it.

Again, it's got a sort of sculptural quality about it, hasn't it?

- OK.

But do you like it?

I do.

I really like it.

NARRATOR: I think David might get the hang of this rather quickly.

Just as well-- Will spotted something else.

WILL: What do you reckon to that bad boy?

See it?

DAVID: Wow, yeah.

It's a little hand plow.

Not too big-- Yeah.

So it's, you know, accommodatable-- if that's a word.

NARRATOR: It's definitely not.

It evokes the Fens, in my mind.

Yes.

Doesn't it?

I mean, all you see around is plowed fields.

Yes.

WILL: There were plowing competitions left, right, and center.

DAVID: Are there, still now?

WILL: There's one held every year, just down the road.

So something like this, when would it have been used until?

Again, I think-- if you're talking out in the provinces-- probably up to the Second World War, that sort of period.

May even have been used recently after the Second World War.

I think that might have potential.

Should we find out what it costs?

Yeah let's find out, because I like that.

I do like that.

NARRATOR: Well, it's worth a shot, I suppose.

Over at Newmarket, have our other pair agreed on anything yet?

So just round this corner-- Yes, show me.

--I notice these, and I just am attracted to them.

I love them.

Yes.

You hate them.

Well, I don't hate them, but they're sort of measuring jars, aren't they?

Jugs.

Are they common?

They look really unusual to me.

Well, they're not that unusual, but I think they're 10 pounds each.

Oh.

Yeah, let's forget that then.

I mean, I think-- I like where you're going with this.

But I think, you know, we can find maybe something a bit-- Don't humor me.

Let's go somewhere else.

[LAUGHS] I thought I was doing quite a good job, though.

NARRATOR: Well, what did you have in mind then, Mark?

MARK: Carrie.

Yes?

Are you a porcelain lady?

Do you know, I walked past those earlier-- Did you?

CARRIE: --and I thought, I like those but I'm just going to be told they're tacky.

MARK: No, they're not.

Do you want to take that one?

CARRIE: Yes.

Are they not tacky then?

I don't think so.

They're French porcelain, possibly made in the, sort of, Paris area, around about 1870.

And this-- So I did have an eye!

I should just go-- I was thinking, they're a bit gaudy, I'll be told that's a bit naff.

MARK: You're right, they are gaudy.

But they're meant to be, because that was the taste of the day.

CARRIE: Yeah.

I quite like that, sort of, pale peach color as well.

I just love the whole thing, yeah.

I mean, they're very flamboyant, aren't they?

NARRATOR: Hurrah, something on which they both agree.

With a ticket price of 79 pounds, Naz is here to talk money.

We've seen these.

Mm-hmm.

And we quite like them.

Well, I think we've got to make an offer.

It's my first chance at bartering-- hang on.

No.

Could we have them for cheaper, please?

Are you willing to barter with us?

Give me a figure, and then we'll work from there.

As I, uh-- no, no.

No, no.

CARRIE: Go on, then.

What would you say?

MARK: 40 pounds.

Can you come up a little bit?

41 [LAUGHTER] 2?

What about 45?

Can we do 45?

- I can do 55.

- Oh!

That-- 55-- how about 50?

Can we do 50?

Oh, my gosh.

Did we just buy it?

Well you did.

Did we-- oh, is that it, now?

Because I was in-- I was in full flow there.

[LAUGHTER] I think we could-- Come on, is that-- 51 pounds?

I think we could-- I think we could have got it for 45.

NARRATOR: Never mind.

That's the first purchase of the road trip.

Great, the Etruscan-style vases for 50 pounds.

Well done, Carrie.

[MUSIC PLAYING] Now how are the chaps getting along?

DAVID: I do like the look of this.

Can you tell me anything about it?

Well, it's an old saw Well, glad we cleared that one up.

So now, what would this cost?

15 pounds, David.

DAVID: 15, OK. What if we had these two together?

Are you liking the saw, still?

Yeah, I still like the saw.

Yeah?

What did you say for the saw?

Did you say-- 300.

[LAUGHTER] You said a tenner.

NARRATOR: Here we go.

Nice try, but Stan still wants 15 pounds for the saw.

The plow actually looks like a push or wheel hoe, which would loosen the soil in your garden.

And Stan's asking 25 pounds.

What do you think, David?

If I was shelling out 30 pounds and taking both of them, would that be-- Oh, that sounds like a very fair offer.

Could we do that?

Could we do that?

It sounds reasonable.

STAN: Boys, I could shake your hands at 30 pounds.

It's here and now.

WILL: Go on-- let's go in.

Let's get that first buy done.

- Cool.

- Let's do it.

- Great.

Great, nice one.

So we have a saw.

WILL: Yeah.

And we have a plow.

A saw plow.

All we need is a farm.

Ohh!

Come on.

[LAUGHTER] I think I saw on on the way in.

All right, let's see if it's for sale.

Follow me.

Thanks, Stan!

STAN: OK, yep.

DAVID: Thank you.

STAN: Yep, cheers.

NARRATOR: Ahem, chaps-- Hang on-- we haven't paid him.

Oh.

[LAUGHTER] DAVID: We agreed on 30 pounds, yeah?

STAN: We did, yeah.

DAVID: But what I have-- what I have here is 100 pounds, which I would I'd really like you to have-- NARRATOR: What are you up to, David?

[MUSIC PLAYING] --in exchange for what we've already got and the boar's head.

NARRATOR: Ah, that was a cheeky move.

I know you're thinking, that's an awful lot of money for those things.

But I want you to have it.

I really do.

I don't want to scrimp.

I just want to say, look-- Listen, David-- Put it in your hand, and-- I couldn't do that.

There's still meat on the bone there, boys.

DAVID: Yeah?

Um, 100 pounds, you know, that's only a good dinner.

What would you want for the boar's head then?

STAN: 120.

Ohh!

Still want 120 for it.

Ohh, no, no.

STAN: That-- that's me on that, I'm afraid.

Sorry.

120.

120, yup.

So 150, in total, for the three items, guys.

Yeah, we're-- WILL: Are we done?

Yeah, nice little parcel.

But, um, thanks very much-- Lovely, yeah.

No worries.

And no one got hurt.

[LAUGHTER] Except the boar.

NARRATOR: We got there-- whew.

And the boys are off to a flying start.

[MUSIC PLAYING] Back in Newmarket, it looks like Mark is on to something else.

Carrie, come and have a look at these-- those little winning trophies, there.

CARRIE: Ohh, yeah.

I mean, they're modeled as horseshoes, aren't they?

In my teenage years, growing up in Worcester, you see the racehorses going across the heath in the morning.

And you know, this is a really important subject for this particular area of the country.

MARK: Yeah, it is.

So can we find out how much they are?

NARRATOR: Time for round two with Naz.

Stand back, girl.

They're great fun, aren't they?

What are they made of?

I think they're just tin.

And I'm guessing they would go on the horse cart-- what's it called?

What do you keep the horse in?

Horse box-- [LAUGHS] Stables.

Stables-- oh, that's it.

[LAUGHTER] You see, I-- I tell you what.

Now I've got to trust you with me horses?

I know.

NARRATOR: These plaques are priced at 178 pounds.

I'm keeping your hands well away from this deal.

- Yeah.

- You just hold those.

That's why you-- Actually, just hold them all, and that will keep you occupied.

Um, I tell you what-- because you lost a fiver last time, let's say 105.

Ohh!

Thank you so much.

Yes!

She said yes!

NARRATOR: That's a whopping 155 pounds on their first two items!

[MUSIC PLAYING] Well, I'm pleased with those.

Oh, I'm really pleased.

[MUSIC PLAYING] NARRATOR: Time to catch up with the boys and their new friend, don't you know?

Boris the boar!

Boris the boar.

Aww, I've always fancied a fourth child.

[LAUGHTER] Boris, you're mine.

NARRATOR: David, Will, and Boris the boar have meandered their way to the illustrious university city of Cambridge, where, amongst the bicycles and hallowed spires, lies a hidden footballing past.

What's all that about?

WILL: You like your football?

I love football.

Do you?

I absolutely love-- I'm passionate about football.

When I was a kid, everybody in my school, in East London, had an out-of-London team.

It was always Manchester United.

Mine was Liverpool.

I started going to watch Liverpool whenever they were in London.

And then, years later, my cousin played for Liverpool.

What?

John Barnes.

Yeah, he played for Liverpool.

John Barnes is your cousin?

- Yeah.

- Barnsey?

The legend?

The legend that is John Barnsey, he's my cousin, yeah.

Oh, my god.

How cool is that?

Very, very cool [MUSIC PLAYING] ########## NARRATOR: David and Will are here to find out how this unassuming scrap of ground-- known as Parker's Piece-- is responsible for the rise of the world's most popular ball game.

Football fan Alan Ward is on hand to tell them all about it.

Alan, I've never known that this was the birthplace of football.

Is that true?

Well, it is true in the sense that this was the first time that the rules were written down in one place, here at Cambridge.

WILL: I've got you.

So before they formalized them, what was football like?

Well, it was a pretty lawless game.

It was played-- played over a whole day-- with 100 people a side-- between two villages.

And the idea was, you got the ball, or the object, from one place to the other.

NARRATOR: Football's British origins began as a mob game.

This archive from the 1920s shows hundreds of men and boys chasing a ball-- rather fun.

In fact, from the Middle Ages to the late 19th century, the games were wild, no-holds-barred affairs, pitting areas of the same town against each other, ending up with gangs of men brawling in the streets.

[MUSIC PLAYING] It sounds like a really violent game.

Well it was, extremely violent.

And often the games were played on bank holidays, because people didn't have any time off from work.

So it was a bank holiday, big game between two villages, extremely violent, lots of people hurt and injured-- it was discussed as to whether the game would be banned, because people weren't able to go to work the following day.

Lots of people were injured and hurt.

[MUSIC PLAYING] NARRATOR: To keep the workforce in one piece, efforts were made to restrict these mob games-- although, they continued to be played in some areas as annual spectacles.

Public schools and colleges adopted a rather less violent version of the game, but the rules remained ambiguous.

Some schools allowed the ball to be handled-- others did not.

This made playing against anyone who came from a different school very difficult, naturally.

Get it?

So if the rules were, sort of, slightly different throughout the country and from college to college, how did they decide which rules they were going to play under?

Was it the home team that decided?

Here, in Cambridge, the colleges would would come to Parker's Piece.

And they said, well, why don't we all just play to the same rules?

And so, in 1848, the Cambridge rules were written down.

And that's the first time that the rules were formalized.

NARRATOR: In 1848, a group of students pinned their Cambridge rules to a tree, here at Parker's Piece.

This was the first time a single set of rules was agreed by more than one college football team.

Alan has very kindly recreated the pinning of those rules today.

This is talking about throw-ins and goal kicks and how to kick off and-- and no player must be tripped or pushed or held back by hand.

It's like, really, things that we take for granted.

NARRATOR: There are still details missing, like the number of players and length of a match.

But within 15 years, the Football Association was created.

The FA used the Cambridge rules to form the modern game of football.

In an age of the British Empire, people traveled from these shores, taking the rules of football with them and sharing this new game with the world.

So you're saying, really, that on various continents throughout the world, footballing nations owe their footballing origins to Britain.

Yes.

Wow.

Slightly embarrassing that we're not any better at it, isn't it?

We won't go there.

[MUSIC PLAYING] - Come on-- let's go for it.

- Come on, then.

Come on-- there's a ball.

Oh-ho, nice serve.

NARRATOR: And so, the game loved by so many today around the world owes everything to a handful of students who had a kickabout here, in Cambridge, in 1848.

Hey, pass the ball, lads.

[MUSIC PLAYING] Meanwhile-- across the county border, in Suffolk-- Mark and Carrie are continuing their search, at Clare Antiques and Interiors.

Hello.

DAVID: Hello, hi.

Hi.

DAVID: Hi.

Nice to meet you.

I'm Carrie.

Hi, Carrie, I'm David.

- Good to see you.

- Good to see you.

We're gonna have a good look round.

Wonderful.

Thanks very much.

Here we go.

NARRATOR: There's no hanging around, and just as well.

Carrie, surely you can persuade Mark to take a gamble on something.

This blue case of stuff-- Quality only sells-- cheap doesn't.

I'm saying no more.

I'll just leave you with that thought for the day.

NARRATOR: Something else perhaps?

It's absolutely ghastly.

[LAUGHTER] It's awful.

Oh, my gosh.

NARRATOR: Maybe Mark's right about that one.

Another try-- CARRIE: Hmm.

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

CARRIE: A pair of glasses?

Well, it's actually-- yes, you can take the glasses out.

Those are cool-- proper vintage glasses.

MARK: They are, aren't they?

CARRIE: Oh, wow.

MARK: Try them on.

Oh, you look fabulous.

You look like a doctor who looks like as if they're just about to analyze me.

My head's like that.

My head's like that.

I'm fine-- really works.

MARK: But I love the case.

Do you know what it's made of?

- Yeah?

No.

What's that even, mother of pearl?

What's that?

MARK: I know-- it is, mother of pearl and abalone shell.

And it's made of papier-mache.

No.

Yes.

And it's Victorian.

That dates to about 1890.

Oh, I'm having it.

You really like those, don't you?

Oh, I really, like, instantly warm to those.

NARRATOR: There's 28 pounds on the ticket.

Time to talk money with dealer, David-- look out.

Hello.

Hello.

We've fallen in love with these vintage spectacles in the glass case.

Oh, wonderful, yes.

We're putting into auction.

We're wondering whether we can get a really good price on them.

- I'll certainly do my best.

- Would you?

Yeah.

MARK: And we were wondering whether we could get it for 15.

I can't do 15, Mark, but I could stretch to 18.

MARK: [GASPS] Shall we?

We love 18.

- OK, we love 18.

- 18?

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

That's very kind of you.

[INAUDIBLE].

Carrie, what can I say?

That was wonderful.

We've ended the day on a high.

NARRATOR: Turning into quite a team, aren't they?

18 pounds gets them their third item and wraps up shopping on an eventful day.

[MUSIC PLAYING] Just time for our celebrity husband and wife to catch up before they kick.

Because I'm such a beginner and newcomer to this, I still have that genuine belief that I will find something for a little bit of money that's worth a lot.

Yeah.

Do you know what I mean?

Like, I'm gonna be able to do that.

NARRATOR: They get on well, don't they?

Nighty-night.

[MUSIC PLAYING] It's a new day, and time to compare notes.

Will was just so good-- he corrected me in a really nice way.

Like, I'd be going, let's buy this.

And he'd go, yeah, that, did you like that?

That's interesting.

That's really good.

Really, because Mark didn't do that.

Mark just corrected me in a horrible way.

Really, like what?

Yeah.

He just gave you the look.

CARRIE: Just gave me the look.

NARRATOR: He loves you, really.

She was so nice and pleasant to work with, and so enthusiastic to shop.

But everything I showed her, she seemed not terribly impressed.

You mean she hated?

[LAUGHS] Uh, yeah.

NARRATOR: Yeah.

Yesterday, Mark and Carrie bought a pair of vases, some equestrian plaques, some spectacles, and a lovely frog's mouth spectacle case, leaving them 227 pounds to spend today-- Quite pleased with those.

Oh, I'm really pleased.

NARRATOR: --while David and Will picked up a boar's head, a rustic saw, and a push hoe.

Still, they have 250 pounds to play with.

Well done.

Very good.

So when you were looking, what kind of things were you looking for?

Small things-- CARRIE: I was looking for things that would make a profit and beat you.

So that was basically the criteria?

CARRIE: And you?

Uh, yeah, the same, pretty much.

NARRATOR: OK, chaps, time for round two.

Oh, look-- here they are.

Oh, yeah.

What a stylish couple-- - Oh.

--we are.

[LAUGHTER] Hello!

Do you know, that sounded a lot smoother with Carrie driving it.

No, it didn't.

No, it didn't.

It didn't.

It just sounded a little more relaxed, because she doesn't actually give it loads.

Do we not deserve the red car?

I think you drove it beautifully.

It was so smooth.

I think we've earned it.

I think you misunderstand.

You see, the red car is the winner's car.

Great!

Oh, well-- [INTERPOSING VOICES] You haven't earned it yet.

Excuse me-- Places!

--excuse me.

Oh, I'm not getting involved.

I'll make it deal with you.

If you win, I'll buy you car.

[GASPING] Get out of town.

NARRATOR: Is matrimonial bliss suspended for the rest of the competition then?

David asked me this morning-- Yes.

--how I got on yesterday.

Yes.

And I told him that I'd bought everything.

No!

Are you trying to wind him up?

CARRIE: Yeah.

MARK: You're playing games with him, are you?

CARRIE: Yeah.

Oh, yeah.

I've been sending him secret texts, calling him a loser.

[LAUGHS] Is this something to do on a regular basis or just for the show?

- Oh, yeah.

Listen, it is a competition.

NARRATOR: I'm not sure if David's competitive about the antiques or just the car!

She has to earn driving this car by winning.

And as that's not gonna happen, then she may not drive it again.

Exactly.

She's had her chance, mate.

NARRATOR: Our teams will be selling their antiques at an auction in Norfolk's Downham Market.

But our first stop today is in the Hertfordshire market town of Hitchen.

David and Will are at Marie Antiques for a rummage about.

So, off you go, lads.

And where's Marie?

Again, more spangly jewelry.

These are nice, though, aren't they?

These sort of hard stone pieces.

I keep wanting to buy things for Carrie here.

Oh, do you, yeah?

We're not buying for Carrie.

We're buying for us, for a profit.

What about over here?

Oh, oh, oh, oh.

What have you spotted?

DAVID: What's that?

Well, continuing on our animal theme-- this looks like a fish slice, I would imagine, by the fact that it's a fish.

Why is it kind of shaped that way, though?

Well, you don't want to-- you don't want to lose your salmon steak, do you?

When you-- So you'd actually cut it and lift it-- Yeah, this would be for passing the fish.

So it'd be-- those bits are a serrated edge, or something?

Well, I suppose you could if you wanted.

But no, I think the shape is purely decorative-- and slightly humorous?

NARRATOR: Oh, yes.

It's the most amusing fish slice I've ever seen.

And it'll cost you 45, but no chips.

DAVID: Oh, I like this a lot.

It's not bad quality, actually.

But do you think that we might get some interest?

It's a bit quirky, isn't it?

A bit different.

- It's different.

We've got Boris the boar.

Why not have Freddy the fish?

Absolutely.

NARRATOR: Time to talk money with dealer, savvy Sheila.

DAVID: OK. SHEILA: Now.

[LAUGHTER] We like that.

You like it.

I'm not surprised-- it's a beautiful item.

- It is.

- Fun, isn't it?

Yes it is.

But the price is just a little bit out of our comfort zone.

Can you give me an idea of where we could go with this?

Well, I can do.

But you know, it's a good item at 45.

But of course, I will see if there is anything that we can do.

I just need to go out the back to check that.

- No problem.

- OK?

Thank you.

- Thank you.

NARRATOR: Fingers crossed the owner is willing to give a little discount.

[MUSIC PLAYING] Sheila makes the call.

WILL: Think positive.

Think positive.

NARRATOR: Stand by.

Good news or bad news?

I think you're gonna find this is amazing news.

Go on.

OK, we like you.

OK?

- Oh!

Ohh!

That's good.

This happened once before.

That's almost as unique as the fish.

And that's unique, what I've just said, as well.

And so is this, because we're going to offer you that for 5 pounds.

What?

Get out of town!

Oh, my goodness.

- A Lady Godiva.

- Yes!

Oh, look.

You can't stop him-- he's straight in his pocket!

I think that's a deal.

All right-- NARRATOR: I should say so.

That's an incredibly generous discount!

- Thanks, guys - OK, bye!

Thank you, bye-bye.

Wow.

NARRATOR: With 40 pounds off, the boys get a once-in-a-lifetime deal.

They must be happy with that!

Bonkers.

Do you know what?

I'm gonna kick my heels.

[LAUGHTER] Nice!

[MUSIC PLAYING] NARRATOR: Elsewhere, Mark and Carrie have made a 50-mile journey west, into Hertfordshire, as they head for lovely Letchworth.

Ooh, Letchworth Garden City.

MARK: Sounds very nice.

CARRIE: Now, you know, I have a really big connection there.

MARK: Do you?

I do-- Tell me.

--because my mum and dad owned the station shop.

My mom loved it.

She just like-- once she retired, she did this for about, maybe, five or six years.

They owned it, and it was just brilliant.

And she loved it, because she loved people so-- I know nothing about the history of Letchworth.

MARK: No, I don't.

I'm sorry to say-- ashamed to say.

NARRATOR: Well, now's your chance.

Carrie and David are visiting the local museum to find out how these leafy surroundings sparked a social revolution.

To explain how this town changed the way people lived in cities worldwide, is curator Josh Tidy.

- Hello!

- Hello, welcome.

Carrie.

I'm Josh.

Hi, Josh, I'm Mark.

Hello.

Do come through.

[MUSIC PLAYING] Where'd it all begin, Josh?

So it all began with Ebenezer Howard, who was a social reformer who was trying to solve the problems of the late Victorian age.

NARRATOR: In Victorian Britain, people flocked to the cities looking for work.

But overcrowded homes crammed next to factories meant workers were constantly subjected to the smoke and squalor of their industrial surroundings.

Poverty was rife, and the average life expectancy was just 40 years.

But Ebenezer Howard-- who'd grown up in London-- had a vision to change the way people lived.

He wanted to plan the construction of new towns with an altogether different approach.

So the biggest influences on Howard really were industrial villages set up by factory benefactors, like Cadbury's, who created Bournville, and Lord Lever, who created Port Sunlight, up near Liverpool.

And they were really looking at increasing the productivity of the workers.

So healthier, happier workers would obviously be sick less and produce more.

And Howard was, sort of, inspired by that, but also felt it should apply to everyone and not just the-- to do with increasing productivity.

NARRATOR: In 1898, Ebenezer Howard published his book "Garden Cities of Tomorrow."

He set out his vision of people leaving industrial cities behind to work in the new towns that offered employment and the benefits of a rural lifestyle.

So the book really sets out his vision for the garden cities.

And it's packed full of diagrams, which is where he best illustrates his ideas, including this one, "The Three Magnets."

And it's this very simple idea, but very neatly expressed.

And it's combining all of the best parts of town and the best parts of country life, but without either of the worst parts.

So you end up with different uses for different areas of the town.

You have areas for workers' housing so they can walk to work.

You also have planned green spaces right in the heart of the town, so people can enjoy that.

CARRIE: Amazing, isn't it?

MARK: This are fantastic, actually.

He wanted it, really, to be a network of associated towns.

In fact, he thought, if the idea was really a success-- he actually thought the problem might be that London would wonder what to do with the empty husk, as everyone had left.

[LAUGHTER] What a lovely thought.

[LAUGHTER] [MUSIC PLAYING] NARRATOR: The diagrams were simple, but Howard's ideas were a sea change in town planning.

Zones were created to separate housing and industry.

And communities were surrounded by agricultural land, in what became the country's first green belt.

Residents could access invigorating green spaces.

And most revolutionary of all, rent paid in these new towns was invested back into the community, rather than lining the pockets of landlords.

In 1903, the new town of Letchworth became the world's first garden city.

Its village greens, arts-and-crafts style houses, and zoned areas were the realization of Howard's dream.

Letchworth soon attracted the attention of people excited to see what life in this new garden city was like.

So this is Andrew Muir, and he is one of the early settlers that are affectionately known as "cranks"-- so lots of people who are interested in the simple life and rational dress.

So they rejected the sort of formal attire of Edwardian England and went with these smocks.

That would have been outrageous at the time, right?

Letchworth and its cranks were regarded as a sort of-- a curiosity, by the rest of it the country.

I think people came up from London on a day trip to have a look at them.

Forget the city-- just to look at the people.

JOSH: Indeed.

NARRATOR: Yeah.

Howard's revolutionary Letchworth Garden City became a blueprint for new towns across the world.

Locations like Sao Paulo and Christchurch, in New Zealand, as well as parts of New York and Los Angeles, all owe their design to Letchworth, the garden city that remains a testament to Ebenezer Howard's dream of a utopian living environment.

How interesting.

Meanwhile, Will and David have one last stop on their shopping trip, and are pootling west to Barton-le-Clay.

And their final stop is in this local antique center.

WILL: Here we are.

DAVID: OK.

Listen, just don't buy any more plows.

OK I'm sorting in the back.

[LAUGHTER] NARRATOR: This place is huge!

There's plenty here for them to spend their remaining 245 pounds.

How about you go that way, and I'll go this way.

Go on, then.

See you later.

[MUSIC PLAYING] There's a lot here.

[LAUGHTER] WILL: Quite nice.

That might be a goer for our rural lot.

You know, one of the first presents that I ever got, that I was really, truly excited about, was a camera.

You know, as a child, just having a camera was a great thing.

And-- and I loved it.

I cherished it.

I love taking photos.

And this kind of reminds me of that excitement.

First World War.

This is from 1912 to 1914.

Even before the war, people had these.

In fact, I really like this.

NARRATOR: David loves it, and it's ticketed at 35 pounds.

Ooh, here comes Will.

Hello, young sir.

Can I interest you in any fresh milk?

[LAUGHTER] I'm ready for the American football field.

You've got to be kidding!

I really-- I thought to add to our country lot.

So shall I put two buckets on the end of those?

Two buckets, off you go.

DAVID: Oh, wow.

Do you think anyone'd buy this?

Well, I don't know-- unless you want to veto me, but-- No, listen-- I'm just not the expert-- Well, listen-- we've just got money burning a hole in our pocket, and I want to try and spend as much as we can.

- OK. - What is it?

It was-- What was it?

It was 48 pounds.

It's now 28 pounds.

But tell me, what have you been looking at?

What's going on here?

Oh, I've been looking at these cameras.

I love old cameras.

Do you?

And this one has particularly caught my attention.

NARRATOR: Well, that's two items to think about.

The owner of the yoke has left them their number.

Time to make a call.

Thank you.

[MUSIC PLAYING] Hello, Stan.

We saw your milkmaid's yoke and wondered if you might be able to help us out.

At the moment, you've got 28 on it.

Would a nice round 20 buy it?

Yeah?

20 quid-- are you happy with that?

Oh, all right then, lovely.

Toodle-pip!

Yes!

NARRATOR: That's an 8-pound discount, and the yoke is theirs.

But if you want anything else, you'd better get a move on, because here comes the yellow peril.

That cheeky whatsit.

I tell you what.

How long have they had him here?

No idea, Carrie.

But I'm-- Taking all the best stuff.

NARRATOR: Well, they're certainly trying their best, Carrie.

Oh, we've got no time to waste.

I know.

Let's get straight in there.

Are we going to spend all our money?

Well, only if it's going to make us lots of money.

Oh, I like it already.

I'm finally getting the hang of it.

You are geting the hang of this.

NARRATOR: These two have 227 pounds weighing them down.

[MUSIC PLAYING] Ooh, nice!

480 pounds.

Put it back.

NARRATOR: You tell him, Carrie.

Cameras, do they sell?

MARK: Only certain ones.

That's a code for no.

NARRATOR: Well, don't tell David then.

[LAUGHS] Although the boys have their eye on something else.

WILL: I absolutely love this.

A little mahogany fist?

Well, it's kind of like a-- maybe not mahogany-- I'm assuming it's mahogany.

--maybe it's sort of a fruit wood, or perhaps a little boxwood, or something like that.

It's a fist, but check this out.

[WHISTLES] NARRATOR: Good spot, Will.

What is that?

NARRATOR: It's a novelty pipe bowl, carved in the form of a clenched fist.

Ticketed at 29 pounds, it's certainly an unusual lot.

But wait, there's more.

What do you reckon to that?

Now, what's that made of?

What would that be?

That's horn.

And I'm almost certain that is silver mounted, though I can't find a hallmark.

DAVID: I like this.

It could have been used, maybe, at a pre-hunt meet.

It looks the kind of thing, doesn't it?

Yeah, to maybe just have a little glass of sherry before you're off.

Hang on a minute-- whiskey.

Oh, you have a man with a nose here.

Yeah.

Oh, yeah, you're right.

NARRATOR: Well, whatever went in it, there's 22 pounds on that beaker.

They now have several potentials to consider.

I say, how about Carrie and Mark?

It's a little ladies'-- originally a cigarette case.

And it's got "Helen from Roy, April the 6th, 1929."

It's continental silver, a smart 925.

And it's enameled in this lovely lilac enamel.

And engine-turned underneath-- is gives it a lovely, quality feel.

I like it.

I like it.

But?

But-- It's lovely quality, very dainty, and I like that.

175, that feels like a huge risk.

It is a huge risk, but do we like taking risks?

I do.

What would we say yes to?

Oh, gosh.

I mean, it's a big ask, I think.

But if we could get it for 125 or less, it might be-- it might stand a chance.

And it is a good quality item-- - OK. Do you want me to buy this?

I would like to maybe find out what we could get it for.

NARRATOR: You do that, then, Mark.

And let Carrie have a gander.

[MUSIC PLAYING] Oh, my gosh.

That's adorable.

Mark?

NARRATOR: Where has he got to?

OK.

Thank you very much.

I'll tell her.

NARRATOR: Oh, hello.

- Carrie.

- Yes.

Don't shout at me-- I bought it.

How much did you get it-- 125.

OK.

The exact price-- I know.

But it is lovely.

It's worth a chance, isn't it?

We've got to make at least-- 4 million.

[LAUGHTER] NARRATOR: Hey, that would be a find.

But that's a 50-pound discount for the cigarette case.

[MUSIC PLAYING] Now, it's the boys' turn to chat with dealer, Steve.

DAVID: OK. WILL: Right.

We've got a few items that we've-- Right.

--chosen from your selection.

All right, what should we go for first?

Let's go for this one.

NARRATOR: OK, beaker first.

Steve's got the owner on the phone.

There we go-- it's Judy.

Hi, Judy?

We've been rather taken by a little horn beaker.

It's got 22 on it.

Yeah, I'm gonna say yes to that, and thank you very much.

Judy, thank you so much.

15 pound.

NARRATOR: Schmoozer.

That's a 7-pound discount for the beaker.

Now for the pipe-- STEVE: What's it-- sorry, the-- It's on at 29.

Listen-- I'm not gonna-- I'm not gonna try and break your back on it.

Would a straight 20 quid buy that?

Do you know what?

Let's do it.

Yeah?

Yep.

NARRATOR: That's 20 pounds for the pipe, and 15 pounds for the beaker.

Now for the camera-- hope you've been watching, David, because it's your turn.

I've got quite a tight budget.

And I was wondering if we could agree on a figure that I could just part with now, of around 20 quid.

If I go to 25-- This is all yours, remember?

Yep.

OK, yeah, 25.

I'll do 25, yeah?

Shall I pass you back?

OK.

Thank you.

NARRATOR: Well done.

80 pounds gets them the yoke, beaker, pipe, and camera.

WILL: That's been great, yeah.

- Enjoy those.

- Yeah.

You grab those.

I'll grab me yoke.

NARRATOR: Let's hope it's a double yoker and their shopping is complete, Oh, no!

Oh, look at-- Bags of stuff, bags!

Oh, this isn't fair.

Oh, yeah.

I wouldn't bother to go in there.

- No?

- No.

Well, there, no.

We've had all the good stuff.

You've bought all the rubbish already.

Listen-- they're like a pair of people in the dark room looking for a black cat, anyway.

Come on.

[LAUGHTER] Oh!

Is he always that rude?

Yes.

[LAUGHTER] NARRATOR: Now you have the place to yourself.

And what's Carrie found?

MARK: It's a child's chair.

CARRIE: Yeah.

MARK: Actually, I'm quite impressed with you.

Oh!

And I'm so glad you found this, because I can sit down.

I like it with a couple of reasons-- people collect Charger, and it's a rocker.

I just-- you see, this is all turned, nicely turned, here.

It's a lot of wear on there, so people have used that.

Kids have put their hands-- But that, sort of, tells it off its history-- It does.

But this is rather simple, here.

But it is only 35 pounds.

That's what I was thinking.

Edwardian-- if we could get that a little bit cheaper.

When is the Edwardian period?

That's when Edward is around.

You're absolutely right.

I tell you what-- I'm not needed.

[LAUGHTER] I think that's a possibility, you know.

Well done, you.

NARRATOR: We've not seen Steve for a while, so let's get him back in.

We want to be a bit mean, if we can, Sorry.

I knew this bit was coming.

I know.

I can feel it.

I'm sure the others were much nicer than us.

Yes.

But we'd like to get it for about 20.

20.

20.

What's the price on there at the minute?

35.

I think it's 22, isn't it?

It's 25.

That's a two, isn't it?

Do you know what?

Yeah.

Could we do it?

Shake his hand, quick.

- There we go.

- He said yes.

I thought I told you to shake his hand.

Well done, Steve, thank you.

We're really thrilled with that.

- Oh my gosh.

I love it.

We are going to make money on that.

I hope so.

Thank you so much.

We're all done.

- We're done.

- We're shopped out.

We're good.

NARRATOR: You certainly are.

Now, with all that shopping complete, brace yourselves.

Shall we show?

Come on, reveal.

Let's do it.

All right, ready, steady-- Alakazam.

CARRIE: You've got a warthog?

MARK: A warthog.

WILL: Wow.

This is a wild boar or at least was a wild boar.

WILL: It still is.

It still is.

CARRIE: Oh, I'm not sure about that.

- You're not sure-- - What's that?

What's that?

Well, this is our-- we've gone for a bit of a tactical lot, here, bearing in mind we are going to a rural auction house.

MARK: Yes.

- Yeah.

So we thought we would get something that might appeal to the rich farmer boys.

- Wow.

That's a good lot.

It's quite fun.

What's the spoon, Will?

The spoon is actually just silver plated.

NARRATOR: It's also a fish slice.

WILL: But it's kind of fun, isn't it?

MARK: How much was that?

We asked what her best price was-- - You won't believe it.

- She said a fiver.

No.

A fiver.

You're going to make money on that.

WILL: We got it for a fiver.

CARRIE: The hand thing, what's the hand thing?

MARK: I love it.

It's a pipe.

DAVID: It's a pipe bowl.

It's great, isn't it?

And you put it with the horn-- I've put it with the horn beaker, which again, we picked up today.

- Hang on a minute.

How many bits of this have you-- DAVID: It's a lot.

That's a lot.

It is a lot.

It's way too much.

That's a lot.

That's a lot.

I think you've done really-- they've done well.

I think you have, to be honest.

I hate to say it-- WILL: That's really kind of you.

But they've done extremely well.

Well, hang on a minute, we haven't seen your lot yet.

Oh no, trust me, you've done well.

WILL: Let's have a look.

MARK: Shall we?

Careful now.

Ta da.

Oh, no, look.

Oh, man.

Oh.

MARK: I love this.

You just bought that in there, didn't you?

Carrie found it.

WILL: I saw that.

MARK: 20 quid.

WILL: No way.

- 20 pounds.

No.

It was cheap enough at 35.

I know.

Oh, my goodness.

20 pounds.

Look at these.

DAVID: And you've got the spectacles.

MARK: Yes.

- Nice.

Fabulous.

And this all-- this is perfect.

It's-- I love them.

What's that clanging?

Don't drop a vase.

They look really stylish.

They're French, Paris probably, Etruscan style.

They are really designer interior.

CARRIE: We both saw those.

We both loved them.

And I wanted them for 45, but Carrie shook hands at 50.

50 is still [INAUDIBLE].

From the really agricultural to the delicate and tasteful.

Oh, he's being nice.

Oh.

Oh, listen, on that-- He's [INAUDIBLE] with his faint praise.

On that note, I think we better leave.

Come on.

NARRATOR: Oh, well, let's see what he really thinks.

Mark's got a certain look, and he's done very well with those porcelain vases.

Oh, beautiful.

The little card case, the enamel card case, beautiful.

I don't think they'll get loads for the boar's head, but that spoon thing, and the pipe-- those two things.

I tell you what, that spoon.

I can't believe it.

5 quid.

5 pounds.

DAVID: The glasses, the Victorian glasses I love.

Yeah, that's quirky.

And the chair, I think the chair is their good lot there.

MARK: I really hope the silver enamelled cigarette box, as well.

It might come back to haunt you, that one.

It might do.

I don't like it when you wag your finger at me.

[MUSIC PLAYING] NARRATOR: Time now to head north into Norfolk for the auction in Downham Market.

Has anybody got any pre-auction jitters?

I feel like all of my bravado has left me.

[LAUGHTER] I've lost my mojo with the fear of being beaten.

Do you know what?

I saw your stuff and I was like, OK, I'm going to lose.

For me, this whole thing has been about beating you, but now we're here-- You still want to beat me.

No, no, well, yes, I do.

But if I beat you and you lose money, I'll still feel like I've failed.

So is it a matter of who loses the most?

Who loses the most is the loser.

Yes.

NARRATOR: Well, I'm glad that's straight.

Downham Market was once the hiding place for King Charles I after his defeat at the Battle of Naseby, but who'll trounce who today?

[CAR HORN PLAYS A TUNE] Oh I can-- Oh, I recognize that sound.

Oh, no.

Loving it.

He's like a boy with a new toy.

Oh, we haven't noticed, come on.

How are you, mate?

- I'm good.

How you doing?

- All right.

Are you ready?

Yeah, come on, we've got no time to lose.

- Come on, we need to get in.

- OK. Let's go for it.

Oh, of course.

NARRATOR: Let's remind ourselves what they bought.

Carrie and Mark spent the most, splashing 318 pounds on five lots for auction.

While David and Will parted with 235 pounds, after combining a few things, they also have five auction lots.

But what does Barry from Barry Hawkins Auctioneers make of it all?

The little plow is in actual fact a hoe.

We see them time after time.

And the whole lot, all together, with the yoke and saw is probably going to make 10 pounds, at the outside.

Now, the little cigarette case, absolutely delightful, and that could, again, top 100 pounds.

NARRATOR: While Barry relaxes with a cup of tea, his colleague, Julia, is first up with the gavel.

Everybody ready?

Selling for 14 pounds.

NARRATOR: First lot of the day is David and Will's silver plated fish slice.

Who'll start me this?

Start me 20 pounds on this nice little fish slice.

15 pounds I am bid.

Ooh.

18, 20, 22 Here we go.

24, 26, 28, 30.

Selling for 30 pounds.

Well done, you.

What a really good buy.

I'm so pleased for you.

Well done.

I'm not bitter.

NARRATOR: Very gracious.

Well, the generous discount on the fish slice ensured a tidy profit.

I'll take that.

NARRATOR: Now, Carrie fell in love with the glasses and Mark adored the frog mouth case.

But will they take the fancy of the bidders?

The glasses are actually inside it.

All the little glasses there.

Do you need them modeled?

20, 20 pounds, 15?

Oh, come on.

10 pounds I am bid.

10 pounds.

- Oh, no.

- 12.

- You're in.

14, 16, 18, 18 pounds with me at the moment.

18 pounds.

20, 20 pounds I have.

20 pounds I have.

20 pounds.

Any more?

I thought they'd make more than that.

Selling for 20 pounds.

Ooh.

NARRATOR: Carrie's first lot of the day and it's a small profit.

Your next best lot is coming up next.

It's my favorite lot.

Oh, I love it.

NARRATOR: Next it's the combination lot of the treen pipe and beaker.

JULIA: Nice little lot there.

WILL: Very nice.

Sale of the century, maybe.

Starting off 20 pounds on that.

20 pounds I am bid, 25, 30, 30 pounds, 35, 40, 40 pounds.

40, 45, 50, 50 pounds with me on the-- Oh, the commission on it, as well.

52, 55, 55 pounds with me.

It's a profit.

60 I have now.

65, 65 on the book.

They've got a lot of commission bids on it.

JULIA: 65 on the book.

65-- Hopefully.

JULIA: --on the book, anymore anybody?

- It's still cheap.

- Any more?

Selling for 65 pounds.

30 pound profit.

30 pound profit.

We're doing all right.

We're doing all right.

Do you know, I'm quite relieved.

We thought you might get more than that for that.

NARRATOR: Is that a compliment or what?

Either way, it's two profits for the boys.

That's all your big lots now, gone.

Oh, thanks.

NARRATOR: Hopefully the good luck is heading your way, Carrie.

It's your pair of vases, next.

Just look at those.

They're very stylish.

What a pair.

Who'll start me off 20 pounds on those?

20 pounds on the vases.

10 pounds I am bid.

12, 14, 16, 18.

It'll come up.

It'll come up.

20, 22.

You've only got 130 pounds to go.

24?

24 pounds.

24 pounds.

Any more?

Any more?

Selling them at 24-- Ah.

--pounds.

Oh, that was-- sorry, Carrie.

NARRATOR: The buyer isn't sorry.

He's grabbed a real bargain.

But it's another loss for Carrie.

Do you know, I really am disappointed about that, 24 pounds.

We're distraught this end.

NARRATOR: Next it's Carrie and Mark's biggest spend.

So it was 125 pounds if it sells for 1,000, we might win.

If it sells for 1,000, I'll give you the money, myself.

100 pounds I am bid.

Ooh.

100 pounds I am bid.

110 anywhere?

Come on.

110 anywhere?

110.

120 on my book.

120 on my book.

One more.

125 in the room.

A voice at the back.

125 in the room.

For this pretty little thing, 125.

Oh, come on.

Selling for 125 pounds.

It's a disaster.

That could have been a lot worse.

Guys.

That could have been a lot worse.

NARRATOR: That's it, Mark, stay on the positive side, mate.

Maybe a change of scenery will alter your luck.

The auction moves through to another space for the rest of the lots.

And here comes Barry to shake things up.

Wakey, wakey, 10.

[AUCTIONEER CHANT] It's fast and furious.

NARRATOR: It certainly is.

Time for David's camera.

A fiver.

I'm bid a fiver.

[AUCTIONEER CHANT] 8, 10 again, 10, 12, 12.

[AUCTIONEER CHANT] 15 of 15, 18, 18, 20.

At 21?

20, up the top at 20 pounds.

[AUCTIONEER CHANT] 20 pounds.

That's your first loss.

That feels horrible, right?

Yes.

It does, doesn't it?

It feels really like someone's punched you.

NARRATOR: It's certainly not pleasant.

The first loss for David and will in double quick time, stand by.

David, I just wish you'd brought all the lots.

We should have trusted you.

NARRATOR: Right, Mark and Carrie need to make a comeback.

Next is their equestrian lot.

Good luck, chaps.

Your stop that 1, 30, 40 pounds.

A fiver 5, [AUCTIONEER CHANT] 5, 8, 8 and 8, 10 and 10, 12 [INAUDIBLE] 12, 15 and 15, 18, 18 but 18, 20-- I'm feeling for you.

I'm feeling for you.

No, it's going.

[AUCTIONEER CHANT] by 28 28, 30, 31, and 32 Someone's going to pay a tenner each for them.

38, 38, come on.

We've got to get over 50.

51 and 50 [AUCTIONEER CHANT] come on, don't shake it off.

Shake it off.

50 pound, welcome back, quickly out of 50.

NARRATOR: Someone has grabbed a fantastic deal for those plaques leaving Carrie and Mark with another loss.

Listen, you could give the boar's head away and we'd still lose.

Yeah, that's true.

I can't believe that.

NARRATOR: It's not over yet.

Boris, your time has come.

The boar's head.

It's a good one.

BARRY: Right, you'll-- - It's rubbish.

Start that one at about 60 or 70 pounds.

A tenner, 10 a bit of 10, 15, 15, 20, or [AUCTIONEER CHANT] Keep going.

Keep going.

50 I got on my book at 50 pounds, 60, 60, 70.

Come on.

That's it.

80, 90, 90, better 90, 90 better 90, come on.

Ooh.

[AUCTIONEER CHANT] on the shelf at 90.

Round it up to 100.

[AUCTIONEER CHANT] 90.

Oh, we got away with that, just.

We did.

NARRATOR: Despite some gentle encouragement from auctioneer Barry, it's still a loss for the boar.

Can I just say it was only when he got to 90, I realized he wasn't saying 17, 18, 19.

NARRATOR: Well, pay attention because it's your combined agricultural lot, next.

At 15, better 15, at 15 better 15, 18, 18, better 18.

Stop bidding.

18, 18, are you done?

Better than quickly at 18, 20, did he going to go your age?

21, 22, 22, 4 24, 26.

Creeping up.

26, 28, 28, 28.

Put that gavel down.

At 28, 30 [AUCTIONEER CHANT] He said 30, how did he get to 30?

No, stop it.

Away from you quick, get us 30 pounds.

You were lucky.

NARRATOR: Yeah, but it's still a loss.

Have we got anything left?

Yeah, you've got your chair, which needs to make about 400 pounds to catch up.

NARRATOR: It's our final lot of the day.

Never before has so much rested on such a little chair.

Right I have bids on the book, one of 4 pounds.

Oh.

Send them home, Barry.

4, I'm bid [AUCTIONEER CHANT] 6, 8 and 8, 10, 12.

He wasn't joking.

18, 18, 20, bid at 22.

22, 22.

Come on.

25, 28.

Come on, 30.

[AUCTIONEER CHANT] Come on.

[AUCTIONEER CHANT] Go on, he says no more.

30 pounds.

[AUCTIONEER CHANT] 30 pounds.

Profit for Carrie.

I think we've been just so unlucky, today.

You made a profit.

[MUSIC PLAYING] NARRATOR: Yes, a second profit of the day for Carrie and Mark, but is it enough?

Time to do the math.

Carrie and Mark started off with 400 pounds, and after auction costs made a loss of 113 pounds and 80 pence leaving a total of 286 pounds and 18 pence.

Lovely couple, aren't they?

David and Will also began with 400 pounds.

After sale room fees are deducted, they too made a loss albeit a smaller one of 42 pounds and 30 pence.

So after a final total of 357 pounds and 70 pence, they are today's winners.

Cheer up.

Humble in victory.

Never.

Never.

But we're all winners in life.

We're winners in life.

Off you go.

I've never celebrated losing before.

Get in the car, you.

Come on then, Carrie.

Well done, Will.

It's been good fun, mate.

Listen, David, make the most of it, yeah?

I will.

Make the most of it.

Thank you.

I am never going to be able to forget this.

You know that, don't you?

NARRATOR: That's it, Carrie, humble in victory, gracious in defeat.

CARRIE: Would you ever go to an auction, again?

Oh, yeah, I loved it.

It's so exciting.

Of course you did.

I'll tell you what's even better though.

What?

Having lunch.

Shall we find a pub and have lunch?

Yeah, winner pays.

No, loser pays.

Winner pays.

All right, I'll pay.

NARRATOR: Cheerio.

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