VOICEOVER (VO): Some of the nation's favorite celebrities... That's the pig for you?

This is the pig for me.

VO: ..one antiques expert each...

Celebrities.

If this doesn't work... VO: ..and one big challenge - who can seek out and buy the best antiques at the very best prices... Let's all just have a boogie and shake ourselves up.

VO: ..and auction for a big profit further down the road?

Yes!

Thank you very much.

VO: Who will spot the good investments?

Who will listen to advice?

Do you like that?

And I tell you what, it goes with your eyes.

Does it, yeah?

VO: And who will be the first to say "Don't you know who I am?!"

Cuckoo!

VO: Time to put your pedal to the metal - this is Celebrity Antiques Road Trip!

Yeah!

VO: Today's road trippers are veteran TV and radio presenter David "Diddy" Hamilton and journalist and broadcaster, Kate Silverton.

DAVID: Well, we're off on our magical mystery tour.

VO: Kate not only keeps the nation reliably informed as a regular BBC news anchor, but has brought us first hand accounts from the front line.

DAVID: So Kate, have you got lots of antiques at home?

KATE: I've got a bit of a mix, so I don't really know what I'm doing in terms of choosing anything, but I know things that appeal to me.

VO: Kate's rival is David "Diddy" Hamilton, whose broadcasting career spans five decades.

VO: David has presented some of the biggest shows on our screens and across our airwaves.

VO: And making headlines wherever they go, our broadcasting buddies are cruising comfortably to the start of their trip in this rather awesome 1956 Austin-Healey 3000.

DAVID: We've found another viewer, look.

DAVID: Hello!

KATE: Hello.

DAVID: He's thinking to himself, 'blooming idiots'.

VO: And ensuring our two broadcasters stay on budget we have two of the country's finest young antiques experts, beetling towards their rendezvous, in this wonderfully aqua 1968 VW Beetle - it's Thomas Plant and Charles Hanson.

Today, buddy, you and me, the young guns, we are on a mission to impress.

CHARLES: You've gone for the more, I suppose, retro look today.

THOMAS: Oh, Charles, Charles, Charles!

That's a cheap shot across the bows.

CHARLES: It's not, I love that 70s jacket!

THOMAS: So the man in brown.

I like the brown pinstripe and the drainpipes, and the slip ons.

You look like a man who can't do up shoelaces.

Oh, thanks(!)

VO: As a fully-fledged auctioneer with a decade in antiques, Derbyshire dandy Charles now runs his own auction business just outside Derby.

Absolutely.

VO: As a man who likes the very finest things in life, he settles for nothing less.

There really is no time for any private shopping, but I've always wanted a blue velvet jacket.

VO: Oh yeah?

From fine furniture and porcelain to English silver and even monarchs' underwear - yes, that's right - Charles famously got £5,000 for a pair of Queen Victoria's knickers, and I was there.

In my prowess around antiques, you know, you've got to be a bit erratic.

Scattergun approach.

Tat tat tat tat tat!

CHARLES: Tom, I am full of nervous energy.

VO: Thomas Plant has always got his eye on the main chance.

A man who has risen through the ranks in the auction business from humble porter to becoming a prestigious auctioneer.

I'm looking to sort of try and make a profit.

Yes, of course, yes.

THOMAS: You know... DEALER: So am I!

THOMAS: Well, I know you are.

VO: Thomas believes knowing your stuff helps - but good luck makes all the difference.

Ngh!

We ain't got a chance.

David's really interesting.

CHARLES: Yes.

Because he's been there at the start of, you know, rock 'n' roll.

THOMAS: I bet you he's got stories about parties, girls... CHARLES: Yeah.

That's what I want to know about, really.

Could be chemistry there.

THOMAS: Do you think there could be chemistry?

Absolutely.

BOTH: Going, going, gone!

VO: This Celebrity Antiques Road Trip will get going in Newark-on-Trent and wind up in London's well-heeled Chiswick, for the all important auction.

VO: This stunning market town of Newark-on-Trent is where their story begins.

Each team has £400, two days to turn the spotlight on to any unsuspecting antiques, and one crucial auction to see who can turn the biggest profit.

THOMAS: This is nice.

CHARLES: I hope they're impressed with us, CHARLES: these celebrities.

THOMAS: Where are they?

CHARLES: Well, exactly.

KATE: Er, we're smoking.

Poor old girl.

I think she's getting a little bit hot.

THOMAS: Are you feeling strong?

CHARLES: Yeah, I think so.

How are you muscles?

They're quite muscly.

Not bad, not bad.

THOMAS: Hi!

CHARLES: What's happened?

DAVID: Yes.

CHARLES: Charles Hanson, CHARLES: Good to see you.

KATE: Hi, Thomas.

CHARLES: Hi David.

DAVID: Hiya guys.

THOMAS: David, stay in, stay in, we'll push you.

CHARLES: We'll push you.

DAVID: Goodness.

That's very kind of you.

THOMAS: One, two, three, go!

THOMAS: Oh, Charles, are you alright there?

CHARLES: There we are.

KATE: Thank you.

CHARLES: Good job.

DAVID: They are young men after all.

THOMAS: It's a real pleasure.

And who's got the short straw?

The short straw?

There's no short straw.

We could actually be the only double act with two straight men.

VO: Well you could be - but would you get a laugh?

Haha, OK, come on!

VO: Both teams are kicking off here at Newark Antiques Centre, which houses dozens of dealers under one roof and has a fantastic mixture of antiques and collectables.

THOMAS: Have you got any strategy?

Erm, no I'm going to leave it all to you because... THOMAS: Really?

DAVID: You're the expert.

No, no, no, I don't want that to happen.

DAVID: I want you to be a winner.

VO: It's meant to be a team effort, David.

Are you a shopper?

Do you enjoy shopping?

I do, but I find I get very overwhelmed in places like this.

CHARLES: Do you?

KATE: Yes.

CHARLES: Do you collect antiques?

I don't know about collect, but I do...

I can appreciate them and in the house that I'm in, I've got a nice mixture, and if I see things like a desk or something... KATE: I like pieces that have a history to them.

CHARLES: Yeah, so despite being a modern lady, you know, a young lady, you know, you do appreciate the old things.

I do.

That's fantastic.

So what sells so well at the moment is Chinese objects, Oriental.

CHARLES: Think Far Eastern.

Why's that?

Because the market is so buoyant for all things Far Eastern.

KATE: Nice, a little bit of sort of exotic.

Exactly.

What I'd like to ask you, Thomas, is this: things have their day, don't they?

What is a good bet nowadays?

At the moment, anything with a unusual novelty aspect to it.

THOMAS: Something which has got something extra to it, cuz what you've got to think about is our market in antiques is quite mature, a lot of collectors have filled their collections up.

They want the rare things.

THOMAS: Sometimes, one has to play it safe.

I don't like to play it safe.

That's what I like to hear.

Let's go and look for the unusual!

CHARLES: I don't want to buy knobbly knick-knacks, which are, you know, odds and ends.

I'd rather... KATE: We don't do knobbly knick-knacks here.

You know, I'd rather buy of a quality than live in the hope that a knick-knack might make profit.

What is a knobbly knick-knack when it's at home?

CHARLES: Cheap and nasty, exactly, something like that and again... KATE: That is a definite knobbly knick-knack.

CHARLES: ..advertising piece.

CHARLES: Or, you know, a little duck like that which is just brand new.

KATE: I really like that.

CHARLES: Do you really?

KATE: No.

I might just throw a few googlies in there, and insist on getting something.

Yeah, I've noticed.

Exactly, yeah, be careful, because sometimes I won't know.

You might call my bluff.

Exactly.

Like the boy who cried fox.

Yeah.

VO: Is it not the boy who cried wolf?

Never mind, Charles, we knew what you meant.

CHARLES: We're looking for a bargain.

A bit of art deco?

KATE: I'm not good on, I don't like art deco.

Art deco is all about the angularity, the jazz...

I think you're a bit of a jazzy lady.

I'm...

I like simplistic or sort of traditional English... French.

Art deco, I don't know, it gives me the heebie jeebies.

Does it really?

Does it really?

I don't know why.

And not the art nouveau, you prefer the art nouveau?

It reminds me of kind of dark houses... CHARLES: Really?

KATE: Yeah, and clutter.

CHARLES: I think Chiswick is all about style.

Yes.

Chiswick is all about eastern, so I think we'll try and put those two factors together, eastern and style.

THOMAS: Oh, here we are, this is what we want.

THOMAS: (WHISPERS) A bit of vintage Playboy.

DAVID: What year is it, 19... ?

THOMAS: 67.

Might be some of my old girlfriends on there.

(WHISPERS) Did you ever date a Playboy model?

Did I?

Did you date a Playboy model?

I used to live with a Page 3 girl.

THOMAS: You didn't!

DAVID: I did, yeah.

THOMAS: That must have been a bit of fun.

A gentleman never tells.

I completely agree.

Sealed lips.

And as I'm no gentleman, I'll tell you!

DAVID: Plates.

THOMAS: Step away from the collectors' plates.

THOMAS: I think we'll avoid those.

Lovely.

THOMAS: Come on.

I like those.

No, Thomas, he's going another way, he's not interested in plates.

Where is your nose leading us, Thomas?

I can smell burning toast.

David!

THOMAS: Yes, sir?

Something which every house needs.

Oh, yes.

Yes.

A bloody good stick stand.

VO: Whoops!

Mind the roof!

THOMAS: Good 19th century Victorian umbrella stand.

DAVID: Yeah.

I could do with that at home, I've got some sticks, I like it.

THOMAS: I like the design, you've got these stylized acanthus leaves.

These ovals here.

DAVID: What sort of price are you looking at there?

THOMAS: £58 he's got on that.

DAVID: 58?

Mm.

THOMAS: Yeah.

VO: Young David is on hand to help.

THOMAS: I like that.

DAVID: But do we both like the price?

That's the only question.

DEALER: I can try them for you.

Do you mind, yeah, giving them a call.

DEALER: I'll give them a call and I'll come back to you, then.

THOMAS: Thank you very much.

DAVID: I like it.

THOMAS: It's quite good fun.

Kate, for the first time, I'm seeing some Chinese works of art.

KATE: Oh, hello.

Wow.

CHARLES: Oh, they're neat, aren't they?

They're probably Chinese, they are late sort of Qing Dynasty, probably around 1900.

CHARLES: And, erm, they capture, don't they, that delicacy of fine embroidery on silk.

KATE: I love those.

Yeah.

Just turn them upside down, just have a look at their base and see what sort of wear... CHARLES: Look at the old studded soles.

I'm amazed, they're in really good condition, aren't they?

There's no... Obviously they weren't really worn, apart from maybe for ceremonial purposes.

CHARLES: But they are quite sweet.

How much do you like them?

KATE: They're £29, so I'd like to see how much the gentleman would sell them for.

VO: Young David will also keep them right on price, on behalf of the dealer owner.

Er, the best I could do on these would be 26.

And if we threw in an extra nice smile, would that give us any more money off?

DEALER: The lowest is 26, I'm afraid.

I know these people who the stall is, and they are very strict.

KATE: Not even 25?

No, they're extremely strict with their prices.

You look a bit scared!

They are really sweet, and... KATE: I can feel a drumroll coming on!

They have got a...

Yes.

Yes?

Yes.

Yes.

We'll take them, please.

Thank you very much.

Thank you very much.

VO: And with only the briefest of dithers, Kate and Charles have bought the charming Chinese child's slippers for £26.

Size 1.

OK.

So, have we got an answer on the stick stand?

I've spoken to her, and because she says they've already been reduced, she said 55 would be her death on them.

THOMAS: They wouldn't do 50?

DEALER: No, she can't do much more on it, I'm afraid.

I think we should do it.

We'll go for it.

I think we should do it.

OK.

I think so, I think so.

Let's go for it.

We'll go for it.

David.

Good man.

DAVID: Driven a hard bargain, but there we are.

VO: And again, with no chance for face to face haggling, Thomas and David have shaken on £55 for the Victorian stick stand.

Is that it?

Our first kill.

VO: With haggling briefly on hold, Kate and Charles are traveling 20 miles southwest, to Ruddington.

VO: And Charles is trying his hand at a probing interview.

CHARLES: Kate, can I ask you a question?

KATE: You can.

CHARLES: How did you come to read the news?

KATE: When I was a young girl, I really, really wanted to be a war correspondent, and I used to go off traveling to all sorts of weird and wonderful places.

KATE: So at 17, I hitchhiked across Israel and got teargassed in Bethlehem, and I finally realized the war correspondent dream when I went to Iraq.

CHARLES: Yes.

We came under direct mortar fire whilst I was on air.

KATE: As this mortar landed, me and my cameraman and producer were left running in a circle, not quite knowing what we were doing, and I have to say, in that situation, dangerous though it was, they took the mickey out of me something chronic, as you might imagine.

VO: Taking a break from shopping, Charles has brought Kate to the Framework Knitters Museum - once, one of the hubs of the industry which put Nottinghamshire on the map.

KATE: Oh, look at this!

CHARLES: It's ever so sweet.

KATE: That's gorgeous.

KATE: Who'd have thought such a thing exists.

CHARLES: I know.

VO: Framework knitting refers to the first machines built to mass produce knitted garments which had previously only been afforded by the wealthy.

KATE: Hello.

CHARLES: Hi Paul.

Charles Hanson.

Welcome to the Framework Knitters Museum.

VO: Kate and Charles have come to meet museum manager Paul Baker to unravel the history of this fully restored site, which captures the conditions of the workers here throughout the 19th century.

PAUL: What we have here are a series of Victorian cottages where the framework knitters would have lived.

The cottages date back to 1829, but the industry itself goes right back to the Elizabethan period.

VO: The first framework knitting machine was built in Nottingham in 1589, but it wasn't until the late 1700s that this area became the hub of the knitted garment industry.

VO: This site would have had 29 people living and working on it.

And over 50% of the local villagers would have been involved in the knitting industry in some way.

VO: The site was designed to be self contained and largely self-sufficient.

There were living, working, eating and washing areas as well as harvesting plots allocated in the garden.

VO: But it was far from a utopian dream.

Working conditions were terrible, and to make things worse, workers had to rent the machines they used - meaning that in quiet times, it was them, and not the managers, who lost out.

CHARLES: You hear many horror stories, don't you, of the industrial revolution, and working conditions, but here, to me, it's quite cozy.

PAUL: Don't be misled by that.

PAUL: There was a term during the 19th century - poor as a stockinger.

PAUL: They were the poorest of the poor.

KATE: It's also got a reputation for revolt, this industry.

PAUL: During the 19th century, a group of framework knitters were so downtrodden, that they rebelled against their condition, and they broke frames, they revolted.

PAUL: They were called the Luddites, after somebody called Ned Ludd.

It's always the workers who are suffering.

VO: This site is one of the only remaining of its kind in Nottinghamshire - an area once buzzing with the cacophonous clattering of framework knitters.

PAUL: What you're gonna see in this room are the actual frames that we associate with the Luddites and the frame breaking.

KATE: Oof!

I didn't expect to see so many of them.

PAUL: They referred to them as cells, and if you look how close you are to the machine behind you, you can imagine just how much noise was coming from there.

PAUL: I mean, we're talking about 14 hours a day just sitting, because the more that you could produce, the more money you can earn.

I can just sort of imagine someone trying to take a sledge hammer to this.

You'd have a hard job to break it up.

PAUL: I think you could say that.

KATE: They were obviously very angry!

Very angry!

Come and have a look at this.

CHARLES: Oh, wow.

VO: Andrew Bone is a traditional knitter and will demonstrate how it was done.

(MACHINE CLATTERS) KATE: I mean, without wishing to be flippant, to hear that just for 10 minutes would be enough to drive most people a little bit crazy.

To have it every day, full on, in this entire room... PAUL: And that was just one machine.

Mm.

VO: Paul has something else which he'd like to show them, which Charles should be quite familiar with.

Do you recognize these, Charles?

CHARLES: Yes, I do.

CHARLES: These are stockings that belonged to Queen Victoria.

CHARLES: They were worn probably in the 1870s, the 1880s.

The fashion for black of course following her sad demise of her husband, Prince Albert, and there are her silk stockings, which I sold.

KATE: Wow.

Which are now on loan to the museum, so it's wonderful to see them being celebrated, really in their historical home.

KATE: May I ask how much they went for?

CHARLES: Kate, I mean, how much would you pay for your most expensive pair of stockings?

If you wear stockings, of course.

There's no point asking me, who'd want to... What do you mean?

Do you wear stockings?

KATE: Yes.

CHARLES: Or, or, or...

Right, OK.

I'll start again, sorry, Kate!

VO: I don't know who was blushing more there, Charles.

You or me?

CHARLES: Paul, these really are the crème de la crème when it comes to the 19th century, and they sold for £8,500.

KATE: Wow.

CHARLES: Yep.

Mine might be worth about eight pence!

VO: Thanks to the Paul's hard work and continued local support, we are afforded a glimpse into an almost forgotten time, where communities really did live to work.

VO: David and Thomas are making their way 20 miles south from Newark to Nottingham.

Historically nicknamed the queen of the Midlands, this beautiful old place was granted city status as part of Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee celebrations in 1897.

VO: You alright, duck?

THOMAS: Have you worked here?

DAVID: I've worked here.

I worked in radio up here.

DAVID: Years ago men were outnumbered seven to one by women.

THOMAS: Wow, you could have had some real fun.

THOMAS: Oh, here comes a hump.

BOTH: Woah!

VO: And there are riches aplenty for our two merry men at their second shop - Treasure Chest of Sherwood.

Right, Robin?

DAVID: Thomas, what about... Look!

How about that for an old rock 'n' roll DJ?

What do you think?

When I was a boy growing up we had a windup gramophone and I remember these with the needles... THOMAS: Yes, people collect needle boxes.

DAVID: Yes, yes, and I was very intrigued listening to my father's record collection.

It was things like 'How Much is that Doggie in the Window' and a real winner, 'Feet Up (Pat Him on the Po Po)'.

STEVE: It's in need of a little TLC.

THOMAS: What's your name, sir?

Sorry I'm Steve.

THOMAS: Thomas.

DAVID: Hi, Steve.

David, how are you?

Nice to see you.

STEVE: David.

THOMAS: Does it work?

VO: Geisha gramophones were produced by Gilbert Gramophone makers between the years of 1922 to 1931.

(MUSIC PLAYS) Get down and boogie.

THOMAS: It's easy listening.

VO: More like sway and swing!

Although well made they weren't considered to be terribly exiting but at the cheaper end of the scale - these gramophones achieved fairly wide sales.

THOMAS: Shall we ask how much it is?

STEVE: I'm asking 110 for it.

THOMAS: What's your best figure?

Well, best for me would be 110!

THOMAS: Alright.

I think we'll have a look round the rest of the shop.

DAVID: Yes, let's do that.

THOMAS: Yeah.

VO: That price clearly not hitting the right note for our pop picky pair.

But something else - has got their atten-tion!

THOMAS: I'm liking this though.

Yeah, you like that don't you?

I do.

"RSM Prichard presented "by the officers of Burma Railways... " DAVID: Burma Railways... THOMAS: 1932.

You can imagine a sergeant major with that.

Yes.

You know, marching across the parade ground.

Yeah.

And it's got the crest here, it's got the George V crest.

DAVID: Mmm.

Something I've just seen over here, look, is this, and I've always been fascinated by these.

I think we had one as a kid.

DAVID: How do they get the ships in the bottles?

Do you know the answer to that?

That's been blown in there like that.

Oh, has it?

THOMAS: That's amazing cuz the other ones they put them in flat and they left them up with string but that is in glass, they must've had to blow the glass around it.

Yeah.

Do you like it?

Yes and no.

DAVID: Yes and no?

Yes and no.

DAVID: I'll take that as a no.

Absolutely, take it as a no.

VO: Not terribly tactful Thomas.

DAVID: We've got to get down to serious business now because we are running out of time and we need to really decide on two or three things, so it's all down to you, buddy.

THOMAS: It's not all down to me!

Basically if this doesn't work I'm going to kick your shins.

Really?!

Oh God, the pressure is on.

DAVID: This is by the way giving us tea, this doesn't make the haggling more difficult does it?

THOMAS: I'm having a look, you just relax.

DAVID: I am.

VO: Nothing like team work eh Tom?!

DAVID: Thomas, can you get a move on?

I've got another booking in February!

THOMAS: What you asking for your stick?

STEVE: Erm, something in the region of a hundred would buy it.

THOMAS: In the region of a hundred.

STEVE: Uh-huh.

THOMAS: I'm on my knees.

Are you praying that the price comes down a bit?

I could probably go 90.

Years of wearing headphones, I am going a little bit deaf.

Did he say 30 quid?

He did.

Yeah.

DAVID: Take it.

Take it!

VO: Loving your work, David!

THOMAS: Right, I've seen one more thing.

STEVE: OK. THOMAS: Which is this art deco lamp base.

DAVID: What can you tell me about that?

Well, she's 20th-century obviously and she is molded glass, she is like a nymph but what's lovely is you've got this original shade here so what's the best price on that one?

Well 150 is the going rate.

THOMAS: I'd like to offer you 80 for the stick, 80 for the lamp, I'm really cautious about the gramophone.

THOMAS: I want to offer you 70 on that.

THOMAS: I'd be happy if I could walk away with 230 for the lot.

250 and I'd be willing to do a deal.

THOMAS: What do you think David?

DAVID: When negotiations began I was still a matinee idol!

THOMAS: Yeah, alright!

DAVID: Well why don't you go somewhere between the two of you and say 240?

So 240 Steve?

STEVE: Yeah, I'll go for that.

DAVID: OK, shall we shake hands on it?

You've got a deal, señor.

STEVE: Thank you, David.

VO: And like music to their ears, the boys grabbed the gramophone for £80, the parade stick for £80 and the art deco lamp for £80 bringing their trio of treasures to £240.

Woooh!

VO: Our brave broadcasters' boundless energy has seen them through their first day - go now and rest, and sharpen your minds - for tomorrow we'll see who's going to hit the headlines and be crowned number one!

Nighty night.

VO: Good morning!

And this is just in - both teams are continuing on their road trip around Nottinghamshire.

Their aim - to uncover antiques in the hope of turning a profit.

VO: Yesterday our king and queen of the airwaves used everything they had.

While Kate launched a charm offensive to get the best deal... And if we threw in an extra nice smile would that give us any more money off?

VO: David piled the pressure on to Thomas to find treasure.

Basically if this doesn't work I'm going to kick your shin.

VO: Ooh!

Kate and Charles jumped in with both feet and bought some beautiful embroidered Chinese children's slippers for £26 - leaving them with a massive £374 still to spend.

CHARLES: Yes!

KATE: Yes, yes!

VO: And with David's un-wavering support... DAVID: So, it's all down to you, buddy.

THOMAS: It's not all down to me!

VO: Thomas did all he could to haggle the prices down.

THOMAS: I'm on my knees here.

VO: And they bought a Victorian stick stand, a sergeant major's parade stick, a Geisha gramophone, and an art deco lamp.

Spending £295, and leaving them with £105 out of their original £400 budget to spend today.

THOMAS: I think so... DAVID: Let's go.

VO: Kate and Charles are making their way half an hour west to Wheathills just outside Derby.

CHARLES: There we are.

VO: Charles has brought Kate to a particularly fine antiques haven, which might make up for the shocking weather!

CHARLES: A quick dash.

KATE: This looks like a very smart place you've brought me to Mr Hanson.

CHARLES: Only the best for you, OK. CHARLES: What they've done so well here, Kate, is in this old Regency country house, all the objects within here are real antiques.

Kate, tell me the definition of an antique is... Something very old.

CHARLES: But how many years old?

How many years old?

Erm, does it have to be 100?

CHARLES: Well, thanks for coming.

Yeah, 100 years old.

Yeah.

Must be 100.

Exactly.

KATE: Am I learning?!

You are learning.

KATE: Yeah.

I mean, this is beautiful.

CHARLES: Yes, it's lovely isn't it?

"An Edwardian Sovereign Vesta Case.

Hallmarked Birmingham 1905.

Maker... " £225!

CHARLES: That's a quality item, so you would strike your match on the end of this lid and on the inside you would support your sovereign.

That's, you know... CHARLES: Sprung.

KATE: Sprung.

CHARLES: So your sovereign... KATE: I thought that was a modern invention for your... KATE: That's gorgeous.

So it really is heightened Edwardian elegance.

CHARLES: Really at 225, you know, there's scope there If we may be able to nurture...

I think we'd have to bargain quite hard.

Exactly.

Exactly.

But if we want the best... That's the first thing I've seen so I'm going to have to have a bit more of a...

But it's nice, really nice.

VO: And with a nice price tag - so keep looking.

KATE: Goodness, Charles, look at this.

CHARLES: Goodness me, what is that?

You tell me.

That looks, erm... Is it... KATE: A pretty serious piece of kit.

CHARLES: It's quite odd, you've got this harness on here.

I thought at first... Are these rubber?

No, they're really... Whatever they are they are quite sharp.

CHARLES: Goodness me!

I think... Goodness me!

Well, what would you...

I'm just trying to think what you would...

It's some sort of...

It's like a cock-fighting sort of collar or like a dog-fighting collar, isn't it?

KATE: Ah!

I don't want that, thank you very much.

VO: Yes I don't think that would go down well with the dog lovers of Chiswick - or anywhere actually!

KATE: This I like.

That's a... shaker isn't it?

CHARLES: Sorry.

Yes, it was, it was.

I shook it too hard.

Sorry about that.

It is.

Sorry about that.

Dear me, hey?

But do you like it?

Personally I would use it, it's a sort of thing you think...

I'm so pleased to hear that.

I am putting it to use and bringing it to life.

I'm so pleased.

So will you use things like fish forks and knives?

Mm, absolutely.

It's lovely to have that on the table.

CHARLES: Exactly.

There is just something I've seen...

I'm so excited about this place.

Good.

VO: It's not breakable is it Kate?

KATE: Charles, I was just spotting this.

This could be really cute.

Look.

"To Toddles from Dad... " CHARLES: Isn't that nice?

KATE: "January 1st 1905."

I think that's beautiful.

That little baby now might be 110 years old.

Isn't that wonderful?

CHARLES: It's obviously quite clearly a caddie spoon or a christening spoon.

CHARLES: You've got the sovereign's head, George III, the date code for the year 1798 so this previously undecorated caddie spoon in 1905 has obviously been personalized and inscribed and keeps that story of its life going and it's a sweet object.

That makes me feel quite emotional.

Well exactly.

It's silly I know.

But just the thought of the father "To Toddles... " giving a gift on January 1st, I find that really... CHARLES: 1905, it's the dawn of the last century and it's just... KATE: I'm surprised at how affected I am.

Me too, me too.

I can't cope with it, I just can't cope.

KATE: I am a bit embarrassed about welling up over a spoon but, erm... Get outta here!

No, It's great.

CHARLES: I think the best thing I have seen so far, Kate, is probably the first thing you picked up, the vesta case.

CHARLES: However let's get down to the hard finance.

VO: The Christening spoon is marked at £125 and the vesta sovereign case is £225.

It's negotiation time with proprietor Nigel.

VO: Come on, Nige.

CHARLES: Nigel, I love this little sovereign vesta case here.

Did it come from anywhere interesting?

NIGEL: Not particularly.

Unfortunately it's got a couple of dents on there as well which lets it down a little bit.

CHARLES: Yes, well that's OK. Talk it down, OK, it helps!

Keep talking it down!

Keep talking Nige.

CHARLES: What would be your best price?

NIGEL: Say, 200.

CHARLES: £200?

NIGEL: That's it, can't do any better than that.

CHARLES: Nigel, look at me!

NIGEL: I'm looking at you now.

CHARLES: Nigel, look at us.

I am doing.

We'll go for 130 on that then.

CHARLES: Let's come back to it.

Because we are on quite a tight budget, that's the thing.

KATE: We are going to drive you hard Nige because I've got this spoon as well.

KATE: It did make me cry a little earlier this spoon.

NIGEL: £80.

So if we buy the spoon and the vesta case what would we get?

(WHISPERS) 180.

190.

Er... no, no, no.

I still think it's strong.

Ooh...

I don't like this, I need to sort of take a break and kind of...

I know, I know, it's tense.

NIGEL: 165.

CHARLES: Oh Nigel, let's go 160.

NIGEL: Alright.

CHARLES: Go on.

Oh!

Sold!

Thanks Nigel, we've done it.

I might have to give...

Ever so sorry, ever so... That was good hard work.

VO: Finally, some good old fashioned haggling!

They got the sovereign vesta case for £100 and the silver christening spoon for £60.

I'm exhausted!

I know, I'm all done.

VO: Meanwhile, David and Thomas are on their way to explore more than just local legends.

BOTH: # Feared by the bad, loved by the good, # Robin Hood, Robin Hood, Robin Hood.

# VO: The boys have come to meet tour guide Gary Holmes to uncover a hidden Nottingham - with a fascinating history.

DAVID: There's a man here with a hard hat, a hard hat at a shopping center!

THOMAS: Hi, my name's Thomas.

GARY: Hi Thomas.

DAVID: Hi, I'm David.

Hi David, I'm Gary.

DAVID: Gary... GARY: You will need these.

Oh, will we?

What we need these for?

Well, all will be revealed.

DAVID: Let's go.

Follow me.

VO: A shopping center?

I know what you're thinking - but bear with me!

VO: The hard hats are not required because there's a big sale on - no, the boys are descending to one of Nottingham's best-kept and most incredible secrets.

VO: From the ground floor of the Broadmarsh Shopping Centre, access can be gained to the vast network of 400 underground man-made caves which were once teeming with life.

VO: Evidence has been found to suggest that people used the caves to dwell in up to 1,000 years ago and since then they have been used as a place to live, a place to hide, to store goods in, and even as business premises.

Extraordinary.

DAVID: Oh!

GARY: This place back in Anglo-Saxon England was known as 'Tiggua Cobaucc' which literally meant place of cavey dwellings.

What was the beginning of all this?

Well, the earliest reference to the caves was back in 900AD.

GARY: People would simply burrow out the sandstone and then hey presto they would have a place to live.

GARY: Very basic tools that they used to scrape away at the caves and you can see some of the tool marks that are still evident.

GARY: Some people would build dwelling places obviously on the street level and then in order to make themselves bigger space, more space, they would burrow down and give themselves a basement, a cellar where they would probably store their food and often a lot of the time they used to sink wells as well, but it wasn't uncommon for somebody to sink a cesspit adjacent to a well so obviously the cesspits would be used to throw all the waste and all the horrible bits down there.

GARY: And this cesspit could be right next to a well where families would be drawing up water to drink.

Healthy!

DAVID: I have to say Gary, it is very rarely I have to duck.

GARY: Well here we are in the horseshoe cave, this was one of the cellar areas from a public house that stood above here which was The Three Horseshoes pub.

GARY: Now apart from being a place to store beer, this had one or two other sinister uses as well.

These are the kind of places where people would come and plot.

They would force a hole from this cave all the way up to street level and at the top of that hole there would be a small child with a pebble and he would be a lookout for the king's soldiers and if he saw any approaching he would throw the pebble that would hit the floor, the people that were plotting the schemes would be able to disperse safely without being arrested.

Do you think Robin Hood was down here with his merry men?

Absolutely, this was great cover from the sheriff and his men and also there is a whole section of caves that go off in that direction towards the castle and there was actually passageways right underneath the city.

VO: At the turn of the last century, more caves were created by people living up top, keen to capitalize on what lies beneath.

GARY: Some of the poorest families in Nottingham would dwell in the caves during the Victorian period and a lot of people that owned properties upstairs would basically dig a hole in the caves and say to a family "here we are, you can rent this room off me."

VO: The caves also proved incredibly useful during the Second World War.

VO: Because of Nottingham's geographic proximity to an important ammunition filling factory it was bombed heavily and thousands of people sheltered here in the caves.

THOMAS: Was the city heavily bombed?

There was one particular day, May 8 1941, when the Germans dropped well over 400 bombs on the city.

What were they aiming for?

What were the main targets?

GARY: They were after the royal ordinance depot which is over to the south of the city.

THOMAS: So, David, your experiences in the war, I mean obviously being a babe in arms in the Second World War, were you called up later on as in for national service?

You're digging a whole here!

THOMAS: I'm digging a hole!

I'm digging a hole!

THOMAS: I just can't gauge whether, you know...

I was among the last people to do national service and I had two years in the RAF.

DAVID: But I was very lucky.

I got posted to Cologne, which was the home of the British Forces radio station and that's where I began as a rock and roll disc jockey.

It was a very exciting time in Germany because Elvis Presley was there at the same time with the US Army so I played all his records because it was the time of rock and roll.

THOMAS: Brilliant.

VO: If only the people taking shelter here could've tuned in.

VO: And with that, our intrepid explorers are off again.

(ENGINE CRUNCHES) THOMAS: We've made it - oh!

DAVID: I knew these hard hats would come in useful!

(BOTH CHEER) VO: I don't think they were supposed to keep them!

VO: A hop, skip and a jump to Derby for Kate and Charles, to their last shop of the day.

CHARLES: Are you enjoying yourself?

KATE: I'm having such a lovely time.

CHARLES: Are you sure?

I wanted to find you something gilt edged but it hasn't quite happened yet.

I'm sorry.

CHARLES: I always find, though, Kate, when the weather comes in, I seem to get better.

CHARLES: I don't know why it is.

KATE: When the chips are down... (CAR HORN) CHARLES: Yes.

(LOUD HORN) KATE: Ooh!

CHARLES: Yes, crikey me, hey!

VO: Charles, is that your driving causing upset on the roads again?

VO: Derby was built on the wealth created here from its pioneering use of water to power firstly its silk and then its cotton mills in the early 1700s.

VO: And it was another stroke of ingenuity which helped preserve Derby's grandeur during the Second World War bombing raids.

The south of the town had a German radio jamming site, allowing the city's splendor to be spared.

CHARLES: Here we are.

CHARLES: Oh, my goodness me!

KATE: You take me to all the best places!

CHARLES: I know, I'm sorry.

VO: That's the benefit of Charles being a local lad.

KATE: Talk about singing in the rain!

CHARLES: Absolutely!

KATE: Hello!

CHARLES: Hi.

KATE: I'm so honored.

Hello, I'm Kate.

DENNIS: Kate, Welcome.

CHARLES: You're looking as dapper as always.

VO: Proprietor Dennis is standing by with a warm welcome.

CHARLES: If you can have a think about what you think is quite quirky... KATE: Eclectic.

DENNIS: I'll try and help as much as I can.

Please, Dennis, because we are on a really tight roll now.

But you yourself are a very knowledgeable man, Charles.

Do you think so, Dennis?

I know so.

CHARLES: Yeah, thanks.

DENNIS: I know so.

I think a lot of people underestimate you and I know you're very good.

Well you're a good man, Dennis.

And I don't think I need to point much out to you.

KATE: You need to point it out to me.

Dennis, this beautiful lady is learning, Dennis, OK?

And you're a good man, Dennis, I know who can entertain.

(PIANO PLAYING) VO: Dennis certainly can entertain.

VO: Tea, music, no biscuit, mind, but... KATE: # Lately I've been staring in the mirror DENNIS & KATE: # But you'll see no special place to go... # VO: While Kate makes beautiful music with Dennis... CHARLES: Very good voice.

VO: ..Charles has more pressing matters on his mind.

CHARLES: Cut to chase, Hanson.

I can't find any antiques in this emporium.

And I'm really quite concerned because our armory of items is nothing yet.

And we're almost over.

VO: However, Charles has seen something in a looking glass, which might just shine.

CHARLES: Now, Dennis!

CHARLES: The mirror over there, Dennis, the little beaded, octagonal... CHARLES: No, I like it as well.

DENNIS: I think it's earlier than 30s you know.

CHARLES: You think it's 20s then?

Yeah, OK. KATE: Yeah, I know, it's just quite nice and heavy.

And I personally like that.

I don't know what you think.

It's quite a good mirror.

Follow me.

Let me show you in here.

CHARLES: I quite like that wardrobe.

It's mahogany and it's satinwood cross banded, you've got some minor wear and tear.

CHARLES: I'm checking for any splits.

Open that door.

Also, it's really well lined.

KATE: I mean, that's solid.

CHARLES: It is solid.

CHARLES: Dennis?

What would be the best price you could let it go at?

DENNIS: It's got 199 on it.

CHARLES: Yeah.

DENNIS: 150.

KATE: I'm looking at this sort of thing.

You know... And I... there's that... KATE: If we did look to buy maybe some other items, that might help?

DENNIS: Yeah.

CHARLES: We'll have a walk round.

DENNIS: Yeah.

CHARLES: OK, Dennis.

VO: A sturdy price for a sturdy piece.

They're going to have to get negotiating.

CHARLES: Over here, Dennis, I like this plate.

Despite the damage.

Do you like that?

KATE: Yes.

CHARLES: This is Wedgewood.

This is hand painted.

CHARLES: It's worth, in great order, £150.

It's powder blue ground.

CHARLES: It has had some damage.

It's been cracked all the way round here.

CHARLES: This would date to around 1920 and I love this plate because it could be quite cheap.

CHARLES: Dennis, cometh the man, hey!

CHARLES: I like your mirror.

CHARLES: I do, Dennis, love that wardrobe.

I'll do the three things, the three items, for £150 to you.

(CLOCK CHIMES) Kate?

Time's up.

Yeah, our time is almost up.

CHARLES: I would love to pay probably... CHARLES: £100 for the whole lot.

DENNIS: I'm trying my best.

CHARLES: Look at the lady.

CHARLES: Look at the lady.

DENNIS: Because I want you to... CHARLES: Dennis, look at those eyes, Dennis!

I don't like all this bartering!

CHARLES: Look at that smile, Dennis, eh?

Now, I'm gonna cut the deal for you.

You've said 100, I've said 150.

£125 Mr Hanson.

I know, we can toss a coin.

If it comes in as a head, it's £100.

Yes.

If it's a tail, it's 110.

OK?

DENNIS: Lady luck!

CHARLES: OK. DENNIS: Tails!

CHARLES: Oh, Dennis!

KATE: As the official adjudicator of the day I do declare, the deal is done for £110.

£110.

Yes.

And the £2 goes back to Charles!

CHARLES: Well, thanks, Dennis.

You're a good man.

CHARLES: 110.

VO: Having clambered out of the caves though, David and Thomas are darting half an hour west to also pay Dennis a visit in delightful Derby.

DAVID: Hiya!

DENNIS: Hiya.

DENNIS: Nice to meet you.

DAVID: Alright, Dennis.

Let's browse.

THOMAS: What's this, little viola?

That's quite... DAVID: Whoops.

VO: Butterfingers.

DENNIS: All breakages have to be paid for.

THOMAS: Yeah, yeah, no, we haven't broken... We haven't broken anything, I promise.

VO: There's still time, Thomas.

THOMAS: David's just letting me get on with it, which is marvelous.

THOMAS: And I'm just looking.

I've only let you get on with it because I know you're the top man.

And I know that because you told me.

VO: It's hard work, eh Tom?

DAVID: # When you're sitting at home and relaxing # And you're working in a noisy factory # La da dee dee dee, when the clock strikes three BOTH: # Everything stops for tea # Wahey!

DAVID: How's that, yeah?

(APPLAUSE) DENNIS: Nice one.

Beautiful.

VO: I think there's a bromance brewing.

Just you carry on, Thomas.

THOMAS: I quite like those.

DENNIS: They're nice, yeah.

THOMAS: They're lovely.

I wonder how old they are, Thomas.

DENNIS: 1930s.

THOMAS: Yeah, yeah.

DENNIS: What do you think?

DAVID: What does the writing say on them?

DAVID: "SM and BP ltd".

What's SM?

THOMAS: I dunno.

Sado-masochism.

DENNIS: (LAUGHS) DAVID: Try and keep the show clean if you can.

DENNIS: (LAUGHS) DAVID: Before we commit ourselves to these three cans, I want to ask you this - who will buy them and where will they keep them?

THOMAS: Well first of all, maybe car enthusiasts, people who own a classic car.

THOMAS: They might be kept in a garage.

Or they get made into very sexy table lamps.

So if we can agree a good price, you're confident that these are going to do well?

Cuz I'm...

I'm putting my reputation on the line here with you!

So much pressure!

THOMAS: So, you've got £25 on them each.

DENNIS: That's right, sir.

(MOUTHS) Ooh, they stink!

DENNIS: What does it smell of?

THOMAS: Petrol.

Old petrol.

And the price of petrol now, you realize, is very expensive so I'm gonna have to put these up!

No you're not!

THOMAS: Right, what would you do for the three?

DENNIS: Well, £25, when I went to school, that calculation tells me it's 75.

THOMAS: It does, yeah.

(WHISPERS) What would you do?

Well, how does... Buy two, get one free sound?

THOMAS: Buy two, get one free?

DENNIS: How does that sound?

DAVID: So with my brilliant mathematics I think that's £50.

DENNIS: Yes, sir.

THOMAS: It's alright.

I mean, I'd like to... DENNIS: Little bit better?

How does 45 sound?

THOMAS: 40 and you've got a deal.

DENNIS: Done.

THOMAS: Brilliant man, that's awesome.

VO: Let's hope we have a few petrolheads at the auction, or at least someone with a little imagination.

VO: And here, in the ecclesiastical setting of Derby's grand cathedral, our road trippers will reveal all.

DAVID: I notice, Thomas, that our pile is bigger than their pile.

It's a big pile.

But of course we have to remember that size doesn't matter.

THOMAS: We are about to reveal... CHARLES: Here we are.

CHARLES: Good luck.

KATE: ooh!

CHARLES: Hello, hello.

DAVID: (SINGS FANFARE) KATE: Oh!

KATE: This is amazing.

What a...

When I was a boy, I had a wind-up gramophone.

CHARLES: Yes.

But not back in the '30s, surely?

DAVID: Not quite..!

THOMAS: Stop it!

THOMAS: So... DAVID: Dead man!

Sorry!

I'm...

I'm going now!

DAVID: Even in a cathedral, he's a dead man!

CHARLES: What's it worth, Kate?

What would you pay for this?

I would... 200.

If we get 200, that'd be great.

We'd be pleased.

It was, uh, £80.

KATE: Really?!

Yeah, great objects.

Of course, what we like is great style.

CHARLES: Tom, the table lamp.

Do you like it?

KATE: You know, I'm not a lover of art deco... CHARLES: No.

..so I have to be honest and say that's not me.

CHARLES: Her on her own is worth £25.

With that lump on top, David... DAVID: Yeah?

CHARLES: ..she could fly away.

So...

It's so rare.

I'm already nervous.

Well done.

THOMAS: OK, so this is a regimental sergeant major's cane.

KATE: Oh!

THOMAS: Colonial silver, it's a good stick.

Oh, I love that!

DAVID: Kate, you'll like that, with your military connections.

KATE: Yeah.

Are we allowed to bid on your things?

Don't say that!

DAVID: By all means!

Make sure you're there!

CHARLES: Well done.

CHARLES: Kate, please reveal our wares.

KATE: OK. THOMAS: Oh... DAVID: Ooh!

Look at this!

Oh, actually, they look really nice, don't they?!

THOMAS: But Charles, it's got a crack on it!

KATE: We were a little bit on the edge of desperate... CHARLES: It's signed, it's Wedgwood, a wonderful, rich, powder blue ground.

And it wasn't expensive.

No.

W... £25.

CHARLES: Yeah, it cost us £10.

DAVID: No!

CHARLES: So we're happy with that..!

KATE: Look at that reaction!

CHARLES: We're on the run now, OK!

We're catching up!

We were the underdogs and we just had a good reaction.

KATE: That's great!

CHARLES: We love that reaction.

THOMAS: And then the caddy.

KATE: That, I'm afraid, was my emotional purchase.

CHARLES: Nearly burst into tears, didn't we?

It did actually, in all seriousness, reduce me to tears, because... (PRETENDING TO SOB) Really emotive!

..of the inscription, which is "To Toddles, from Daddy."

I wish you the very best of luck with that one.

CHARLES: Really?

Yeah, well, listen, we... KATE: Oh, well, I'll have to take that one on the chin, because that was definitely...

But I think it's...

I think it's lovely, but... the problem is it's got this later engraving on it, hasn't it?

It's just killed it.

But, um...

But it tells a story, of love and romance and drama... Tells a story, I know, I know, but you know what the purists are like, aren't you?

And they go "Oh, it's got that engraved!"

KATE: But it's still 1905.

THOMAS: Um... OK. Is that a vesta or is that a sovereign vesta?

CHARLES: It's both.

THOMAS: Is it by Sampson Mordan?

CHARLES: It is.

And is it, what?

1906?

Have you seen it before?

No, I've never seen it before.

What is it?

CHARLES: It is 1906.

THOMAS: Is it 1906?

CHARLES: Yeah, I can't believe that!

KATE: Look at that!

CHARLES: And there's more.

CHARLES: Now, look at that... THOMAS: I saw that, it's... THOMAS: It's an Edwardian Sheraton Revivalist wardrobe.

There we are.

DAVID: Yeah.

CHARLES: And we believe that the market is so down for furniture, we had to really buy it and just show it off to an audience and sell them.

How much was it?

Well, we rate it highly.

How much was it?

You can't... We really like it.

Hang on, hang on, hang on a minute.

THOMAS: Did you spend £80 on that?

CHARLES: £80.

THOMAS: Is that all?

That's all it cost.

Is that all it cost?

DAVID: We started off thinking that we had big things, and you only had little things, and here you come, at the end, with something bigger than anything we've got at all!

Well, they say what they say, don't they, David?

You're not minnows!

CHARLES: Size does matter!

DAVID: You're giants!

Good luck!

Size matters, OK?

Good luck, boys.

THOMAS: Good luck!

VO: Let's get the get the real story on what they thought about their opposite team's lots.

CHARLES: I do like our big, masculine, macho... What's so funny?!

Our big...

It's...

Thank you very much!

Furniture!

Why did they buy furniture?!

I dunno.

We didn't even think about furniture.

CHARLES: I don't rate their little lamp, to me.

It's jagged, press-molded, knicky-knacky?

I don't rate at all... Is it... is it a knobbly knick-knack?

Not quite a knobbly knick-knack?

No, it wasn't quite.

THOMAS: I think they'd really spent a lot of money on that silver.

DAVID: Yes.

THOMAS: And in a London sale, all that sentiment about the spoon, is just gone out the window.

DAVID: You know what they say.

I think we've been very, very brave, and what do they say?

"Fortune favors the brave", sir.

It does.

VO: Well, it's time to leave Derby and scarper 130 miles south, to the charming borough of Chiswick Greater London.

For the last 13 years, Chiswick Auctions has run a bustling sale every Tuesday, heaving with antiques and art.

VO: With up to 1,000 lots going under the hammer each week, it attracts a lot of attention from dealers and collectors alike.

CHARLES: Care-ful!

CHARLES: Oh Well done.

Well, finally we've made it.

..Bid at £20.

22.

25.

28.

30.

VO: And the man in the know, who'll be running the show, is auctioneer Tom Keane.

Good man.

TOM: ..Goes for 170.

TOM: Oh, the Wedgwood cabinet plate!

I had to superglue it.

Now, that's not... not gonna help the price, is it?

TOM: That's gonna make 25, 35 quid, if I can roust them along.

TOM: The military presentation cane, a pity it's 1932 and not during the war.

TOM: War time issue makes it more valuable but, eh, let's just sell it!

tm The table-top gramophone is beechwood - it's not mahogany, not oak.

It's a poor man's timber in the first place.

Geisha is not a good make.

40 to 60 pounds, if they're lucky.

I predict today - I am a gambling man - that Kate and Charles are odds on favorites.

If it was a horse race, they'd win by 10 lengths.

VO: Both teams started with £400 each.

Kate and Charles, after some impressive haggling, spent a mere £296 on six auction lots.

VO: And with David happy to follow Thomas' expert nose, this double act bought just five lots but spent more, bringing their total to £335.

VO: Ladies and gentlemen, the auction is about to begin!

First up it's David and Thomas' 1930 painted petrol cans.

A bid at 10.

Give me 12. and £10.

12, thank you.

You took your time but you were there... CHARLES: They're moving now, Tom.

They're moving, they're moving.

Absolutely.

15, and I'll buy you a cup of tea after.

TOM: 15.

16.

17, and I'll throw in a bag of crisps.

BIDDER: No.

TOM: No?

At 16, thank you.

TOM: At £16, on £16, selling at £16.

Thomas, this is not a very good start.

VO: Well, at £16, they didn't quite set the room on fire.

I think the great thing is that after this, Kate will still be reading the news, I'll still be playing records, but you two, your reputations are on the line... CHARLES: Yeah, well... That might be the end of your careers!

I like your way of thinking!

VO: Next we have Kate and Charles' not so peachy cracked Wedgwood plate.

TOM: There's a little crack in it but there's a good painting in the middle, so... Oh, no!

That's good!

That's the kiss of death!

Yeah.

That's the kiss of death!

KATE: It's only a little one!

It's still very beautiful.

DAVID: It's not as cracked as we are!

True!

£10 for it.

A tenner bid.

At 10.

Give me 12.

Come on.

TOM: A 10 bid.

At 10.

Give me 12.

At 10.

12 bid.

At 12.

15.

18.

20.

22.

25.

Yes!

Yes!

TOM: 28.

30.

32.

35.

CHARLES: Keep going, keep going.

KATE: Come on!

CHARLES: Keep going.

TOM: 48.

Get in!

It's a wonderful thing.

TOM: Bid at 42.

At £42.

We're done at 42.

It's going!

It's so exciting.

Gone.

Sir, you've got it.

Feel like I'm in a horse race.

Yes!

Fantastic.

Thank you very much, sir!

Brilliant, brilliant.

VO: Amazingly, their cracked plate served them well.

Well, now, you...

I'm really proud of you!

VO: David and Thomas' Victorian umbrella stand is next to appear.

CHARLES: It's not!

I think it might.

TOM: £20 for it.

Bid at £20.

20.

Thank you.

22.

Doing 25.

28.

28.

On 30.

It's going, it's going, it's going.

35.

38.

38.

40.

42.

42.

TOM: 45.

45, new bidder.

48.

48.

50.

52.

55. front row bidder at 55 and gone, you've got it.

We lost one, we've drawn one.

The next one we win!

VO: They paid £55 and that's what it brought.

But with auction costs, they actually made a loss.

VO: Now, Kate and Charles' 20th century Jacobean style oak mirror.

It's a beautiful mirror, ladies and gentlemen, don't you think?

KATE: Very reasonable.

Tenner bid.

At 10.

Give me 12.

At 10 bid, at 10.

Give me 12.

At £10.

Oh, no!

12, thank you.

14.

14.

15.

Thank you.

Sir, over here!

I'll come back to the important ones in a minute.

16.

Sorry, sir.

Sorry.

16.

17, then.

£17, then.

One more.

KATE: Oh, that's a steal!

CHARLES: One more.

TOM: At £17, we're going.

At £17 and gone.

Oh, thank you, sir!

Well done.

17 - that's such a steal!

VO: Going for £17 - that doesn't even reflect what they paid for it.

Where are you gonna put it?

Eh, in the, uh, hall, I think.

KATE: In the hall?

BUYER: Yeah.

It'll look lovely.

Well done.

VO: Atten-tion!

Thomas and David's colonial sergeant major's parade stick.

TOM: Bid at £30, start me at £30.

£30 for it.

£20 for it.

£25.

28.

30.

DAVID: Told you.

32.

35.

38.

40.

42.

45.

Long way to go!

48.

50.

55.

Thank you.

60.

Five.

At eight now.

Brilliant.

No, it's not brilliant - I paid 80.

85.

90.

95.

100.

110.

120.

Thought you were bidding, sorry.

At 110 and going.

CHARLES: Well done.

110.

CHARLES: Brilliant!

Well... VO: Finally, some major profit!

DAVID: See, I told you, didn't I?

That's really good.

Lose one, draw one, win one.

VO: And now for Kate and Charles' most emotive purchase, the inscribed silver spoon, for baby.

I am now - I'm really... nervous.

TOM: £30 for it.

£30.

32.

32.

35.

38.

It's going.

It's going.

Thank you.

40.

40 here.42.

45.

48.

50.

52.

Wonderful.

Keep going!

55.

At £52 and going.

All done.

The bidder at 52.

One more!

I hope that gives you a pr... One more.

One more?

One more?!

KATE: One more.

TOM: £52.

One for the road!

TOM: £52.

All done at 52 and going.

Your last chance.

And gone.

They're very hardened bidders here.

Thank you, sir!

Thank you very much.

Thank you very much.

VO: The auction room not going quite going gaga as they did over it.

Charles, I think I might've let you down.

Get outta here.

VO: Thomas and David's deco lamp now.

CHARLES: That lady is so attractive.

Well, who knows?

When she comes on the screen, with lots of men here, they might really take a fancy to her.

THOMAS: They might do.

TOM: £20 for it.

£20.

On 22.

25.

25.

28.

30.

32.

32.

35.

35.

38.

38.

TOM: 40.

42.

45.

48.

48.

50.

55.

60.

It's amazing, isn't it?

65.

£5.

On at £75 and at £75, last chance, going at 75 and gone, all done at £75, at 75 I'm going, then.

Tom, we were just unlucky.

VO: Unfortunately, the deco light failed to dazzle.

VO: And now for Kate and Charles' Edwardian silver sovereign vesta case.

TOM: £100 for it.

CHARLES: Come on.

TOM: £50 for it.

CHARLES: Come on.

TOM: On five.

60.

Thank you.

Five.

70 there.

75.

CHARLES: Come on.

TOM: 75.

80.

85.

Five.

CHARLES: Keep going.

TOM: 90.

Five.

To 95?

95, new bidder.

100.

Bidder at 100.

110.

KATE: Yes!

CHARLES: Come on!

TOM: Bid's at £100.

I'll take 110.

£100 are you finished?

And gone.

VO: So that's both teams who have broken even on a lot, which again means a loss after commission.

VO: Next up are Kate and Charles' delightful oriental child slippers.

£10.

Bid at 10.

12.

Bid at 12.

15.

15.

18.

18.

20.

22.

25 there.

28.

Not yet.

28 - now we are.

30 there.

30.

32.

TOM: Are we done at £30?

We're done at £30 and going.

KATE: £30, OK. £4.

DAVID: Well done.

VO: A tiny profit for the tiny slippers.

VO: At this stage, Kate and Charles are in the lead - but everything could change in these last two lots.

This will now tell us who is the expert, of all experts.

No pressure, Tom!

VO: The auctioneer doesn't have high hopes for the Geisha gramophone, Tom and David's last lot.

£20 for it.

20 bid.

At 20.

Go on!

TOM: 22.

Thank you.

25.

There's two people bidding.

28.

30.

That's 32.

35.

38.

40.

42.

45.

48.

50.

Two.

55.

58.

60.

62, new bidder.

65.

68.

70.

TOM: 72.

75.

78.

75, bid at 75, give me 78.

£75... Go on, one more!

One more!

THOMAS: One more!

DAVID: One more, we're there!

THOMAS: Go on!

Make it!

You calling them out now?!

At 78 quid!

Yes!

TOM: I can hardly talk anymore!

D'you want 80?

80's bid.

80 bid.

82.

82.

85.

At two.

85.

88.

90.

TOM: Two.

95.

At 92 and going for 92.

Gone.

DAVID: (CHEERS) Thank you!

CHARLES: You're in the money!

You're in the money, David!

VO: £92!

Well, that has to be some kind of record!

Well, this is tougher than I thought.

VO: It's the moment of truth for Charles and Kate's last lot - the Edwardian mahogany wardrobe.

It's an investment.

Charles, it's firewood!

£100 for it.

Well, I've got a bid here, £80, there from Australia.

TOM: 80.

85.

Come on.

TOM: At £80.

85.

I've got 90 here.

95.

My last bid's 100.

Give me 110.

One more.

At £100.

I'll take 105... KATE: Goes into four bits.

KATE: Yes!

CHARLES: You beauty!

TOM: 110.

105.

Give me 110.

105.

Give me 110.

Very well, for £105 it goes.

THOMAS: Pressure... CHARLES: That man over there... TOM: 80... CHARLES: And the dream... ..all done.

..has happened.

Thank you.

VO: Well, Charles' haggling paid off.

A solid profit for a solid wardrobe.

I am absolutely emotionally sort of drained...

I'm parched.

I'm parched as well.

..wrung out.

VO: Unfortunately - and after all Tom's hard work - he and David made a loss of £49.64 and so leave the road trip with £350.36.

VO: Kate and Charles did slightly better.

They made a small loss of £12.28, which means they finish the road trip with £387.72 and are today's winners!

VO: A close run race but sadly no profits were made on this trip.

CHARLES: Well done, partner.

Hey, partner!

Well, partner, well done.

Knowing my luck, I get to go home with you!

THOMAS: No, you don't!

DAVID: Let's go!

Away they go, Tom.

THOMAS: That's it.

VO: And the final task of the experts is... traffic control.

Is there no end to their talents?

CHARLES: Tom, over there, Tom.

Yeah, I've got it, I've got it, I've got it.

CHARLES: One last time.

BOTH: Going, going... gone!

CHARLES: Bye!

Bye!

Now, where's our car?

Can I drive?

You can drive.

CHARLES: Really?

THOMAS: Yeah!

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