[MUSIC PLAYING] NARRATOR: The nation's favorite celebrities-- Got some proper bling here.

NARRATOR: --paired up with an expert-- - Oh, no.

- What?

What?

NARRATOR: --and a classic car.

Put your hands up!

Hello!

Hello, girls!

NARRATOR: Their mission?

To scour Britain for antiques.

[GLASS BREAKING] All breakages must be paid for.

This is a good find, is it not?

NARRATOR: The aim?

To make the biggest profit at auction.

But it's no easy ride.

Who will find a hidden gem?

Who will take the biggest risks?

Put on my antiques head on.

NARRATOR: Will anybody follow expert advice?

I think it's horrible.

NARRATOR: There will be worthy winners-- This is better than Christmas!

NARRATOR: --and valiant losers.

No!

I'm sorry.

NARRATOR: Time to put your pedal to the metal.

[CHEERING] NARRATOR: This is "Celebrity Antiques Road Trip."

Yeah.

On this road trip, we have a pair of very clever celebrities.

These scientists could teach us a thing or two.

But there's one gaping hole in their vast knowledge.

I don't know anything about antiques.

I'm a little nervous.

[LAUGHS NERVOUSLY] MIRANDA: Well, you and me both.

This, to me, is truly a leap into the unknown.

It really is.

NARRATOR: Doctor Maggie Aderin-Pocock, MBE, is a respected space scientist.

With a degree in physics and a doctorate in mechanical engineering, she's one smart lady.

When Maggie's not behind a telescope, she's in front of the camera, presenting "The Sky at Night."

We're going to be blessed with rain all day today.

So we're going to be racing in and out of the car.

Ooh, ahh.

Oops.

Sorry, car.

[MAKES SHIFTING NOISES] MAGGIE: Found you.

Found you.

Where is first?

NARRATOR: Zoologist Miranda is a familiar face on programs such as "Coast," "Country File," and "The One Show," offering a new perspective of what lies beneath the waves.

Our two knowledgeable ladies are enjoying life in this 1961 Morris, which was manufactured before seat belts were mandatory.

It's a beautiful car.

But the thing is it's got old car smell as well, which I love.

It has got old car smell, definitely.

Do we have any idea where we're going?

Uh-- That's the question.

Well, yes.

Guess we're going to meet the experts.

What awaits us the other end?

Yeah.

Yeah.

NARRATOR: Yes.

And you're in good hands with auctioneers Philip Serrell and James Braxton, who are enjoying the ride in the 1972 Lancia Fulvia.

See, I think, James, that being a huge "Star Trek" fan, I think I should go with the physics lady, Dr. Maggie.

I think that should be my cause.

What do you think?

Do you have-- Yeah, very happy with that, because I'm a countryman.

And I think Miranda's the lady for me.

NARRATOR: That's the pairings scientifically selected then.

And we'll arm them each with 400 pounds.

I do want to win.

[VILLAINOUS LAUGH] Yeah, of course.

And actually, I'll shove you out the car now.

Oh, I was going to say it was a bit of an evil laugh there going on.

NARRATOR: Lordy, I think we're going to have a proper competition today.

Let the experts meet the scientists.

Whoa, look at that.

Oh, very good.

Very adroitly driven.

I'm going to go and grab the physicist.

[LAUGHS] Lovely to meet you.

How are you, all right?

Oh, lovely.

Enjoying the Morris, actually.

Good, good, good.

Good.

- Very nice to meet you.

- Hello, nice to meet you.

James.

- James, Miranda.

NARRATOR: It's time to hit the road.

What do you want to do, drive?

Yeah.

Can I drive?

Go on.

Course you can.

OK. Get around that.

NARRATOR: It's chocks away in Yeovil before sidling across Somerset, heading over the River Severn into South Wales, and ending with an auction in Clevedon.

First though, it's time to get to know each other.

I'm not buying any stuffed animals-- No stuffed animals.

--if that's where you're going.

No stuffed animals.

- No, no, no.

OK, no stuffed animals.

MIRANDA: No, I think they're really very bizarre.

What is your favorite bird?

My favorite bird has to be the puffin.

You look at a puffin-- Why the puffin?

--and you just want to smile.

They're really comical.

They're brightly colored.

They go [IMITATES A PUFFIN].

NARRATOR: How are things going in the rival Morris?

Maggie-- or should I call you Doctor?

No, no, no, no.

Maggie, please.

PHIL: "The Sky at Night"-- MAGGIE: Yes.

Patrick Moore brought all that alive for a whole generation.

He did.

And the thing's he did the program for 57 years.

And you've been doing it for?

18 months.

Right.

OK, OK, OK. A little bit of a way to go.

[GIGGLES] PHIL: Maggie, why are you driving me through a river?

MAGGIE: I don't know where that came from.

PHIL: Really?

NARRATOR: Whilst many Somerset towns boomed trading wool, Yeovil developed a speciality for making gloves.

Our foursome will share their first shopping experience today in Emporium Antiques.

Let's just hope we get there before the other two do.

Perfect.

NARRATOR: You're in luck, Philip.

The shop's all yours-- for now.

PHIL: Yeah.

NARRATOR: Plenty to see, but any words of advice, Phil?

I think you need to go and find something.

I'll tell you what I think.

- OK, lovely.

But you need to find something, whatever it might be, or either find me the best two things in here.

OK. Well, something caught my eye.

But I don't know it's vintage.

PHIL: OK, the plane.

MAGGIE: Yes.

PHIL: I think that's wicked.

MAGGIE: You do?

Yeah, I do.

I think that's really, really lovely.

Heavy?

Not as heavy as you'd want it to be.

(DISAPPOINTED) Ah.

I suspect not as old as you want it to be.

As a rough rule of thumb, anything that's got a base like that on it-- [HOLLOW TAPS] --stands a chance of not being that old.

MAGGIE: Ah.

I know a space plane, a modern space plane, a design which has this look.

It's sort of retro 1950s.

- Like the shuttle, almost.

- Yeah.

Well, actually, yeah, the shuttle was a bit bulkier.

Did you want to go on the space shuttle?

Yes, actually.

I would have definitely gone in the space shuttle if-- Would you?

MAGGIE: Yeah.

My dream has been to one day go into space.

Absolutely bonkers.

[LAUGHS] NARRATOR: The polished aluminum plane has a ticket price of 79 pounds-- one to think about.

There was something else I saw.

Come on.

Squeeze through here.

NARRATOR: She's keen.

MAGGIE: I love the stone.

It's sort of the pink mottled-- [INAUDIBLE] How heavy is it?

It's got quite a weight to it.

But I love the coloring in it.

But what is it?

It's meant to be a curling stone.

Oh, I see.

So you hold it like that and-- Oh, yes, so that they sweep.

Absolutely right.

But you like that?

I do.

I just like the coloring.

- What we'll do-- - We'll ask about it?

- We'll ask about it, yeah.

Lovely.

But make sure you remind me that it's in my pocket.

Oh, so [INAUDIBLE].

Otherwise-- NARRATOR: That little paperweight is priced at 9 pounds.

And look who's arrived.

Hopefully Miranda won't notice all the taxidermy in here.

Elephants, a heron.

That is a heron, isn't it?

MAGGIE: A heron, yeah.

There's a puffin here, though.

Isn't that funny?

We were talking about puffins in the car.

JAMES: Yeah, your favorite bird.

MIRANDA: That is actually a puffin.

It's got your name written on it.

It's so-- well, no, I'm afraid, you know, his beak's lost its color.

And it's-- no, it's too sad, unfortunately.

NARRATOR: Moving on.

So I feel quite overwhelmed.

I just have absolutely no idea where to start.

Well, I think, you know, just go for the unusual.

The novelty is much prized nowadays.

Really?

So anything unusual.

OK.

So eyes peeled.

All right.

NARRATOR: Will those sage words from James help?

MAGGIE: It's just bewildering.

It's-- I don't know where to start.

I don't know the value of any of these things.

It all looks beautiful.

And I'm a bit terrified, actually.

I really hope James is gonna hold my hand and help me along the way, because I just don't know where to start.

It's really scary.

Her favorite bird is the puffin.

And what do we first see in this shop?

A stuffed puffin.

NARRATOR: Ah, a bit awkward that.

Meanwhile, Maggie's taken Philip to another corner of the shop.

Looking in here earlier-- it's bizarre.

But there's a cow.

PHIL: Let's just have a look, shall we?

And the thing is it's got fur.

It's alive.

NARRATOR: Skin-covered toys like this cow were the forerunners of the soft cuddly ones we love to squeeze today.

Ticket price is 16 pounds.

That's quite fun.

MAGGIE: [LAUGHS] It's got a bit of a dopey smile, hasn't it, really?

Don't you think?

MAGGIE: It adds character.

But this is cow skin on a wooden carving.

MAGGIE: Oh.

I sort of kind of think she's quite nice.

And I was thinking the two might make a nice little desk lot.

I mean, I just think that's-- We can see his slightly demented smile.

NARRATOR: The cow or Philip?

Ha!

Miranda and James, meanwhile, have found dealer Rob.

Now, what should we be looking at, Rob?

Well-- Have you got any antiques bargains?

(WHISPERING) Tucked away in the corner somewhere?

Funnily enough, something that people walk past quite often is this one here.

OK. What is it?

And you can see the marble inset here.

This is where the big unveil.

JAMES: Look at that.

ROB: Now have a look at this.

MIRANDA: Ooh-hoo.

And if you just open this up here, you've actually got your cupboard with all of the pipes there.

PHIL: Really?

Wow.

NARRATOR: This clever pot cupboard sports a ticket price of 345 pounds.

Your maid would have rushed up, up early.

She would have brought hot water up.

You would have poured it in that, remembering to put the plug in.

And then you'd put the jug back underneath the hole.

Lo and behold-- bing.

Goes straight back into the jug.

MIRANDA: It's perfect.

- Isn't that clever, you know?

It's really clever.

That is typically Victorian, isn't it?

MIRANDA: Great thing.

It's just a lovely object.

It makes you smile, doesn't it?

ROB: It does.

- It does.

When you open the door and looked inside, it made me smile.

- Well, it's novelty.

Yeah, it is the novelty.

Yeah, what you're talking about, yeah.

NARRATOR: Novelty-- that's what you wanted, James.

And their rivals?

Maggie's found something.

PHIL: Well, that's quite cool.

So I love these-- sort of the recessed handle.

Why do you think they'd be recessed?

MAGGIE: Well, it looks if they want it flush.

Yeah, but why?

I don't know.

Are you moving it around a lot?

You don't want it knocked off?

PHIL: When Colonel So-And-So went to the Battle of Crimea in 1860-whatever-- MAGGIE: Yes.

--he would have taken his campaign desk, his campaign chest.

NARRATOR: Sunken handles made these chests easier to stack and therefore transport between military postings.

This chest is priced at 145 pounds.

Hang on-- Miranda and James have found something else.

Now, what is this?

Shove chalk and half pence.

- Shove ha'penny.

- Shove ha'penny.

Shove ha'penny.

So have you played shove ha'penny?

No.

I've heard about it.

Never played it.

Never seen a board before.

NARRATOR: Time for another lesson.

So you put 10 pounds there or whatever.

And then you got the thing.

And then you shoved it.

And you have to get it between the lines.

Oh my goodness.

JAMES: Fabulous.

There we are.

MIRANDA: There you go.

You just won a tenner.

Gonna score that?

Won a tenner?

You won lunch.

JAMES: So what have you got on this, chief Rob?

You can have that for 20 pounds-- JAMES: (WHISPERING) 20 pounds.

- --which is a bargain.

That worth 20 quid?

- That's a bargain, I think.

- Yeah?

Don't you?

MIRANDA: All right.

That's great.

We're having this then, aren't we?

- Do you like that?

- It feels good.

- Will you give us-- - It's nice.

And it's wood.

It's wood.

Rob, it sounds terribly cheeky.

Can you give us a little hand?

Can we say 19 pounds for that?

- We can indeed.

- Well done.

Yeah?

Happy with that?

Deal.

But Rob, could you do this for a hundred?

The [INAUDIBLE].

ROB: For you, yes I will.

MIRANDA: [INAUDIBLE] Yes, for you.

- Oh, you lovely man.

- No worry.

You're a lovely man.

Bless you.

Thank you so much.

NARRATOR: That's two great deals-- 19 pounds for a boxed shove ha'penny set and Rob's generously knocked 245 pounds off the pot cupboard.

Crikey.

Question is, can he afford to be so kind to the other team?

Come on.

How can I help you?

Well, let's start-- you've got a campaign chest down there.

ROB: I have.

PHIL: Can we have a look at that?

Thank you.

ROB: Now, this does weigh a little bit.

There we go.

Let's have a look at it.

[INAUDIBLE] [KNOCKING ON WOOD] PHIL: It's made out of padouk wood this, you know.

NARRATOR: P-A-D-O-U-K, padouk.

What's padouk?

I've never hear of padouk.

Padouk is-- to the best of my knowledge, it's an equatorial hardwood.

ROB: Definitely.

It's the sort of thing that if you're a colonial officer, you might have a campaign chest made out of padouk wood.

Right, yes.

You know, I mean, I actually quite like that.

We could do it for you for 40 pounds.

NARRATOR: 40 pounds?

That's a great discount.

The chest isn't all these two are interested in.

So we also quite like the little-- OK. PHIL: --cow.

ROB: Oh, that's fantastic, isn't it?

PHIL: And the little paperweight, really, I suppose.

We've got 16 pounds on this one, 9 pound on this one.

How about just for you guys 55 pounds for the three pieces?

PHIL: We haven't quite finished yet.

ROB: No problem.

There's the aeroplane.

I'll bring it over.

'Cause it's got a bit of weight to it.

ROB: It has.

- And I just like the-- its sort of 1950s sleek design.

ROB: It's got no real age to it as far as I know.

But like I say, it's very difficult to tell with something like this.

It's really a desk piece, isn't it, on a gentleman's desk.

I'll tell you what I was thinking.

I was thinking 10 pound for that, 20 pound for that, and 40 pound for that.

ROB: Yep.

So are you happy that we buy those three-- those 1, 2, 3, 4-- - Lovely.

We've potentially two lots or more.

--for 70 pounds?

Yes.

- Yes.

- You happy with that?

- And 70 pounds.

- Fantastic.

Yeah, I'm very happy with that.

I'll shake your hand there, sir.

Brilliant.

Thank you, Philip.

- Thank you.

- Thank you very much.

- Thank you.

- I hope you do really well.

- Thank you, John.

- Oh, thank you.

You've been really good to us.

Thank you.

Thank you.

NARRATOR: He has been good.

And four items in their first shop is good going.

Time for the physicist to do the math.

20, 40, 60, and 10-- 70 quid.

Thank you very much.

MAGGIE: Thank you.

NARRATOR: That's both teams off to a flying start.

MAGGIE: Because we have got quite a few good things under our belt now.

- I think we've done-- well, you've done really, really well.

Really well.

You sure you haven't done this before?

MAGGIE: [LAUGHS] NARRATOR: Philip's impressed with his celeb.

But what of their rivals out on the open road?

Are you very competitive, Miranda?

I have to say I really am quite competitive.

But this is a-- I'm so-- Let's beat Maggie.

NARRATOR: James and Miranda have motored the Lancia 20 miles northeast, to one of the prettiest market towns in Somerset, Castle Cary.

[BELL RING] Will that do?

Stop, stop.

OK. NARRATOR: They've come to hear about a local man whose legacy has helped millions of people.

To share the little known story of Douglas Macmillan is Castle Cary resident David Gee.

David, nice to meet you.

Miranda.

- Welcome.

- Hello.

James.

James, welcome.

NARRATOR: When Douglas was growing up in the early 1900s, there was no NHS.

Health care was a luxury few could afford.

When his father William became severely unwell, there was little support for him and none for his family.

Young Douglas could only watch as his dad deteriorated.

William Macmillan contracted cancer.

And Douglas saw him go down so quickly.

And It really hit him.

And he resolved that people should not suffer like this.

NARRATOR: The death of his father left a deep impression.

In his dad's memory, 27-year-old Douglas created the Society for the Prevention and Relief of Cancer.

In the early days, he talked about the cure and prevention.

But later on, it was established as a nationally registered charity in 1924.

And around about that time, he turned more to the caring for people with cancer rather than trying to cure it.

And he made it his life's work.

And it became his hobby and eventually his work to do something about this.

NARRATOR: Despite working full-time as a civil servant, Douglas dedicated his spare waking hours to the charity.

He believed families needed support at a time when the breadwinner was unwell.

During the war, Douglas even collected coal and personally delivered it to homes of cancer patients.

A unique exhibition in the Castle Cary museum recognizes the work of this compassionate man.

We've got this document here with his aims.

He says, "I want to see 'homes' for cancer patients throughout the land, where attention will be provided freely or at low cost, as circumstances dictate.

And I want also to see panels of voluntary nurses who can be detailed off to attend the necessitous patients in their own homes."

DAVID GEE: That's the start of Macmillan nurses, of course.

You mention the name Macmillan, and people instantly recognize it.

- Macmillan nurses, yeah.

- Yeah.

That's right.

JAMES: He looks very kindly, doesn't he?

DAVID GEE: He was a kindly man.

NARRATOR: 30 years after its launch, Douglas's charity was receiving donations of over 16,000 pounds annually-- half a million in today's money.

In 1948, health minister Nye Bevan had a radical idea that has since become the envy of the world.

The revolutionary National Health Service provided free care for all at the point of need.

Drugs and surgery were now freely available.

But Douglas spent the next 20 years campaigning for better facilities in hospitals.

Meanwhile, the charity was pioneering a new approach to care by supporting the families of those diagnosed with cancer too.

This is a particularly nice picture.

MIRANDA: Oh, look at it.

This is Douglas his latter years in his retirement home in Ansford, which is a little piece of Castle Cary on the edge.

He had a house built, and he retired there.

Came back in 1965, I think it was.

NARRATOR: In 1945, Douglas retired from the Civil Service and threw himself into fundraising.

His groundbreaking work was gaining recognition.

Douglas died in 1969.

The charity he nurtured for over 50 years continues.

His legacy is now one of the country's biggest charities, raising over 200 million pounds in 2015.

MAGGIE: Well, thank you-- JAMES: Thank you.

--so much for sharing that.

We've got a real flavor of this man, and his wonderful life, and his caring nature, and the legacy that he left behind as well.

- [INAUDIBLE] - It's been really enlightening.

- Indeed.

- Thanks ever so much.

- Thank you.

- Been a pleasure.

- Thank you.

DAVID GEE: Pleased to meet you.

JAMES: Thank you.

Thank you, David.

DAVID GEE: Been a pleasure.

NARRATOR: Back on the road, how are Philip and our inspiring stargazer getting along?

Well, I was really keen to get a closer look at the stars.

And telescopes were expensive.

But then I made my own telescope.

You made your own telescope?

Yes.

It takes a while.

PHIL: So you made your own telescope at 14?

Yeah.

It was sort of a necessity, really.

Can I just tell you that I didn't?

[LAUGHS] NARRATOR: Maggie and Philip are headed to Somerton, the former county town of Somerset.

Their next stop is right in the heart of the town.

We did really well at the last place, you know.

I loved that.

So I think we should just chill here.

Oh, yes.

And you go and find something you really, really like.

And I'll try and find something that I really love.

OK. And then we'll compare notes later.

Absolutely right.

NARRATOR: Sounds like a plan.

I have no idea what it's for.

NARRATOR: Hmm.

Perhaps a more familiar item, then.

And of course, for me, seeing a telescope, I can't resist, see?

And this is a beautiful one, a nice weight to it.

And it's almost got a sort of built-in lens cap either end.

So there's one at that end and then one at this end too.

It's a nice piece, yeah.

[GRUNTS] Stiff.

But quite a-- nice wood, nice metal features.

I think it's still a thing of beauty.

So I'd like to get [INAUDIBLE] Phil's input on that, to get a feel of, yeah, the age of it.

NARRATOR: Well, I can tell you it's Georgian.

And it's priced at 58 pounds.

Maggie's gone off looking on her own.

So I'm sort of wondering what she's gonna come back with.

You know, it could be a telescope, some sort of scientific microscope.

Could even be a new planet.

But she'll come up with something, that's for sure.

Here she is, look.

How are you?

- I'm fine, thank you.

- Have you found lots of things?

- I have.

- Really?

MAGGIE: But-- yeah.

I don't know much about them.

So I'd like to find out more.

Oh, do you want to give me a couple minutes?

Go and have a look.

NARRATOR: Guess what, Philip?

I know what that is.

MAGGIE: Yeah.

- This is it, isn't it?

It is.

A telescope.

I couldn't resist.

OK, let's have a look at this then.

I wasn't sure what to look for.

When you draw these out like that, you would find a name, like Dollond or something like that, just on here.

And of course on this, there's absolutely diddly.

That's quite a lens.

Because I don't think this is an astronomical telescope.

What difference is it?

This is a seafaring one of these?

Yes.

Actually, it's partly aperture size.

And with a telescope-- because you're looking at dim objects-- usually you want to get a big-- as big a opening as possible.

So this might have been used by a ship's captain or something like that, you think?

- Yes.

Imagine them sort of on the deck here.

Yeah.

But it's a long thing.

- But that still appeals to you?

- Oh, yes.

Yes.

- OK. Because I'm into optics, and I made my own telescope.

So it's sort of-- I remember that, yeah, yeah.

OK, right.

Went out with a girl once who made her own telescope.

[GIGGLES] Come on, then.

Weird, was she?

(LAUGHING) Yes.

NARRATOR: Philip's got his eye on some things too.

These sticks here, which I think are really quite fun.

If I just put that down there for a second-- Yeah.

Sticks.

So the first one-- yeah-- isn't actually a stick.

It's a measure.

MAGGIE: It is.

Well, it says here it's a draper's yardstick.

- Oh, OK. - With-- Material?

Yeah, yeah.

So that's quite interesting.

Yeah.

This is a swagger stick.

Oh.

So you can-- so you can swagger.

- Yes.

It's quite nice.

It's leather-covered.

Look.

Oh, and metal end.

Yeah.

- What sort of weight?

- Not bad, really.

Oh, yes.

I think I could swagger with that.

Yeah, you can do [INAUDIBLE].

Look at me.

I just found a new planet.

Ha, ha, ha.

What have you found?

Yeah.

Yes.

This I like.

Ooh, knobbly.

Well, yeah.

It's either blackthorn, or it's off a rose.

Oh, yeah, because it's got the burrs.

Yeah, yeah.

That I just think is interesting.

This-- Yes, like a head.

I just think that's-- isn't that a lovely little doggy, isn't it?

MAGGIE: It is, yes.

Yeah?

She's quite nice.

Gosh.

And last but not least-- MAGGIE: Ah.

Do you know what that is?

That's-- ooh.

Oh my.

- Doctor?

I thought it was snakeskin.

No.

No.

Oh.

It's a shark's vertebra.

- My goodness.

- Right?

Yeah.

So-- and-- - It's got wobble.

- Yeah.

I mean, it needs tightening up a little bit.

But it's a shark vertebra.

And I just think that's quite a fun stick.

So you like all of these, do you?

I do.

PHIL: OK. Let me just go and get the shopkeeper and-- Oh, OK. --see where we can go.

NARRATOR: Collectively, the sticks are priced at 330 pounds.

Will dealer Peter be open for a deal?

What we're hoping the first thing that we'd like to buy off you is that.

It's a lovely telescope.

What could you do that for?

I think the very best on that's gonna be about 35 pounds, Phil.

"About."

I like the "about" bit.

Yeah, well, I could have gone more.

It's slightly vague.

I could have gone more.

Would "about" be 30, do you think?

Or not?

- I think-- Would it?

Yeah, we could possibly do that for 30 for you.

Well, let's put that one down.

You'd like that, wouldn't you?

I do.

I think-- So we'll definitely have that, yeah?

- OK. - Yes.

Right.

Let's put that there.

That's a sold.

And then these sticks, we really love these.

If we could buy all of them, we'd buy all of them.

But it's all down to price, isn't it?

Yeah.

I could do you a good price on all of them.

OK. What's a good price on all of them?

180 pounds for the lot.

PHIL: What do you want to do?

If we do it as a job lot, five sticks does seem quite substantial.

PHIL: OK.

Done.

And I think we've got enough money to play with a bit more tomorrow.

- Yeah, yeah.

Done.

Done, done, done, done, done.

- Done.

- Done.

- Thank you very much.

- Thank you very much.

Thank you.

- Thank you.

Thank you.

- Thank you.

Thank you for looking after us.

Thank you.

NARRATOR: That's a deal for the telescope at 30 pounds and the collection of sticks with 120 pounds knocked off.

Show me how to find a planet.

[LAUGHS] PHIL: Do you know what?

I think planet Serrell's got a really nice ring to it.

NARRATOR: Well, don't stargaze beyond your bedtime-- another big day tomorrow.

Nighty night.

The next morning, our celebrities are dissecting yesterday's events.

I didn't know where to start.

MAGGIE: Looking at the bric-a-brac from the-- well, sort of scientifically.

This has a value.

- Yes.

- And it's this much.

- It's logical, yeah.

That's it.

But this is [INAUDIBLE] market-led.

And you don't know what the market is.

So it-- and I find that quite hard.

It is, yeah.

I learnt a huge amount about what makes something interesting, buyable, attractive to other people.

Heron-- look at him go.

He's beautiful.

MAGGIE: I love it.

Wow.

Will you look at the wildlife, please?

Oh.

There we go.

You've got a one-track mind.

I really have.

NARRATOR: Yesterday, Miranda and James parted with 119 pounds for a Victorian mahogany washstand and a shove ha'penny set.

JAMES: Fabulous.

There we are.

There you go you.

You just won a tenner.

Gonna score that?

NARRATOR: They still have 281 pounds left to spend today, while Maggie and Philip picked up a toy cow, a marble paperweight, a polished aluminum model aeroplane, a campaign chest, a telescope, and a collection of sticks.

Look at me.

I just found a new planet.

Ha, ha, ha.

NARRATOR: They spent 280 pounds, leaving them 120 pounds for today's purchases.

You've done really, really well.

Really well.

You sure you haven't done this before?

NARRATOR: Yesterday was rather a success, apart from the Lancia, that is.

Driven through one too many puddles, perhaps.

And it looks like that chap's struggling.

PHIL: What have you done to our car?

I didn't do anything.

PHIL: What have you done to our car?

We thought it was a boat.

It's not a boat, is it?

- Oh no, puddles.

MIRANDA: There was quite a lot of puddles yesterday.

Walk-- she's got a walking shoes on.

[INTERPOSING VOICES] I'll drive.

Go on.

Is that all right?

NARRATOR: Maggie and Philip set off on foot because today Miranda and James have the only working car.

Went to bed and all I could think about was antiques, though.

No.

Oh my goodness me.

My head was full of all the stuff that we saw, and the things that we bought, and the things that we didn't buy, and did we make the right decision.

I think we did, actually.

I was really pleased with what we got there.

JAMES: So on quiet reflection, you don't think-- Yeah, happy.

Yeah.

Happy?

Yeah.

NARRATOR: That's what I like to hear.

This morning, James and Miranda kick off the shopping in the Welsh capital.

Cardiff was once the world's busiest port, with its fortunes built on the export of coal.

Oh my word.

Absolutely enormous, isn't it?

It's a big old industrial thing.

But if we come this way-- MIRANDA: OK. Where do we start?

JAMES: I think we can go up and down here.

NARRATOR: A huge pumping station in Victorian times, this place is now home to over 30 traders.

And our brave duo have over 280 pounds to spend.

That's one of those amazing silver chests.

So that's what you-- MIRANDA: You see, that's-- --kept your silver in.

MIRANDA: If one had lots of silver.

Yeah.

So normally, that would be inscribed with the owner's name.

Oh.

You could fit a small child in there, couldn't you?

Yeah.

But look at the engraving-- [INAUDIBLE] jeweler to HRH.

MIRANDA: HRH, to Duke of Sussex.

Duke of Sussex.

[GASPS] NARRATOR: Interesting provenance.

But this chest has seen better days.

This is just old wallpaper.

They were normally base-lined.

MIRANDA: Oh, OK.

Right.

Yeah.

So they keep everything protected.

And this would have gone to maybe a bank or a place of safe storage when people were away.

Funny fellow, isn't it?

It's something and nothing.

You really want that engraving on the inside to be on the outside, don't you?

Yeah.

NARRATOR: Not for them this time, then.

Right.

We've only touched the surface of this place.

MIRANDA: All right.

JAMES: God.

[INAUDIBLE] MIRANDA: Oh dear.

Big old lion.

Oh my word.

NARRATOR: Poor Miranda-- can't seem to get away from stuffed animals.

Let's have a look at this fellow.

Right.

So you-- So there should be a sleeve cup just beautifully fitted that just really fits.

And then you'd undo this.

What would go in there?

Probably hard liquor.

[LAUGHS] Great.

Pour me a cup, then.

Is this all silver, then?

We've got a mark here.

But we should have four or five marks, so very definitely played.

Had that had a silver mark on it, that would have been well worth buying.

It's painted.

OK.

But a beautiful design.

MIRANDA: OK. NARRATOR: And at 95 pounds, unlikely to make a profit at auction.

Nothing catching your eye?

Perhaps time to think of a plan B, James.

I think last throw of the dice.

I think we should go to the shop in Newport.

So it's our very last shop.

It's our last chance.

OK.

But I think we'll have more fun there.

OK. NARRATOR: James, that's a big gamble.

It's now all or nothing at the next shop.

Oh, well.

Not very fruitful, then.

No, no.

What a shame.

NARRATOR: Chin up.

Back in Newport, Philip and Maggie are on foot and heading towards the city center.

They're quite literally following in the steps of the 20,000 men who brought this country the closest it has ever been to a full-blown revolution.

Welcome to Newport Museum and Art Gallery.

- Oh, love it.

- Good to see you.

Good to see you.

Good to see you.

NARRATOR: To hear how a group of men led by local John Frost were intent on toppling the government in 1839, they're meeting museum manager Mike Lewis.

John Frost became very enthusiastic about Chartism.

They say he was a eloquent orator and became a kind of de facto head of Chartism movement in Newport.

So what is the Chartist movement?

The Chartist movement was a movement, really, a fight for democracy.

A parliament that reflected the aspirations of the greater population, that was really what the Chartist movement were fighting for.

NARRATOR: In the 1830s, there was growing discontent across Britain.

The government was made up of wealthy landowners able to buy their way into parliament and reluctant to relinquish control.

Industrialization had created a working class desperate for fairer pay and conditions yet powerless to bring about change.

For a lot of the workers in the factories, in the mines, it was pretty grim.

But the Chartists were also middle-class shop-owning people that were denied the right to vote.

So who could vote?

You had to have a property qualification.

So all the renting classes were denied the vote.

And that was more or less everybody.

NARRATOR: John Frost, like millions of others, had signed a petition called the Great Charter.

It demanded votes for all and for any man to be able to stand as an MP, rights we take for granted today but revolutionary thinking at the time.

You had this charter.

And it was put forward.

What was the response?

Well, the charter was rejected by the parliament.

PHIL: This must have really rocked the establishment boat, mustn't it really?

I suppose that's why they didn't vote for it in parliament.

They didn't want this to happen.

They had the power.

They didn't want to let go.

This is our little club, thank you.

Yes, that's it.

[MOB SHOUTING ANGRILY] NARRATOR: Political upheaval was rippling across Europe.

The French, unhappy with how their country was run-- [WET THUMP] --overthrew those in power.

British MPs knew their necks were on the line too.

Fearing a revolution on home soil, they banned Chartist meetings, intent on stamping out the cause.

The police were ordered to round up Chartists nationwide.

And the focus fell on Newport.

You mentioned John Frost.

This is a poster written by him.

What's he saying in here?

That's right.

A number of Chartist sympathizers had been set upon by a number of special constable.

And they were taken prisoner.

And this pamphlet, really, is asking the working men of Monmouthshire to stay cool but firm in their demands for the Chartist rights.

NARRATOR: Despite John Frost calling for calm in Newport, his fellow Chartists were becoming impatient.

Their motto was, "peaceably if we can, forcibly if we must."

MAGGIE: I suppose it was a powder keg.

And it could all blow up.

I think the feeling was that at this time that we were on the edge of something.

NARRATOR: Thousands of men armed themselves with homemade weapons, left their homes in the Welsh valleys, and marched through the night.

They headed for central Newport to demand the freedom of the imprisoned men.

But they arrived cold, wet, and exhausted.

Of the many thousands that planned to meet outside the Westgate Hotel, where they believed the men were being held, only a fraction arrived on time.

Worse still, Newport's mayor had heard of the Chartists' plans and had called in the army.

MIKE LEWIS: Thomas Phillips, mayor of Newport, stationed elements of the 45th regiment at the workhouse, which is on the outskirts of Newport, and brought a detachment into the Westgate Hotel.

They waited for the marchers to come down Stow Hill.

And they did.

Then they circled around in front of the hotel.

And then somebody fired the shot.

[GUN SHOT] The next action was the soldiers flew open the shutters and opened fire on the mass in front of them.

So that first shot was the tinderbox.

It was.

NARRATOR: 22 men were killed instantly, many more wounded, all of them Chartists.

The rest ran for their lives.

MIKE LEWIS: Soon after, the authorities took control.

They rounded up a number of the Chartists, including John Frost.

And they were then taken to Monmouth and charged with treason.

NARRATOR: It was feared that had the Chartists overthrown the authorities in Newport, other uprisings nationwide would have brought the country to the brink of a revolution.

So what happened to John Frost?

He was put on trial shortly after the rising.

He was found guilty of treason and then sentenced to be hanged and quartered.

And is that what happened?

No.

There was a bit of disquiet about the fact that these sentences were so harsh.

And very quickly, the sentence was commuted to transportation.

John Frost then went to Australia with his two other treasoned-charged colleagues.

NARRATOR: Even with one of its leaders punished with exile and despite the government's success in quashing the uprising, the Chartist movement did not die on the steps of the Westgate Hotel.

The campaign continued.

And persistent peaceful protests encouraged parliament to rethink.

Electoral reform took place over the following years.

But it wasn't until 1928 that all men and women over 21 were able to vote.

I'm just really embarrassed that my history taught me nothing about this.

Yeah, I didn't know anything about it either.

NARRATOR: Remarkably, other than annual elections, today, Britain's political system has adopted five of the six demands set out in the Great Charter.

As for John Frost, he was given a full pardon.

He returned to Britain after 15 years in Australia.

He died in 1877 aged 92.

Thank you very much for coming along.

And please come back to Newport to find a little bit more about the Chartist story.

Perfect, thank you.

NARRATOR: Hot on the heels of their rivals, Miranda and James have made their way back along the coast to sunny Newport.

At least we haven't got the rain today.

No.

It was a bit aquatic yesterday driving through all those puddles.

- Look at this-- A little bit of sunshine today [INAUDIBLE] --South Wales delivering sunshine.

It really is.

And agriculture.

Morning, cows.

Grumpy cows.

NARRATOR: They're enjoying the day.

With 281 pounds left to spend, this next shop really is the last roll of the dice.

MIRANDA: This is it.

- This is it.

- It's the one.

This is our cornucopia.

This is the one.

NARRATOR: They're optimistic.

Ah, sanctuary.

Yeah.

[CHUCKLES] JAMES: This looks interesting, doesn't it?

MIRANDA: It does look interesting.

JAMES: So I think-- should we ask mine host?

MIRANDA: Yeah?

NARRATOR: John's the main man here.

We have a challenge.

You are our last hope.

We come here wanting to buy about three items.

Now, have you got some goody?

Have you got anything sorted away?

Afraid not.

NARRATOR: No, no.

Right.

Do you want to go have a little rummage?

I think that's our only option-- - OK. - --I'm afraid.

All right.

We'll rummage away, then.

If anything springs to mind, John-- Yeah.

[INAUDIBLE].

JAMES: That'd be lovely.

MIRANDA: (WHISPERING) Can't let the others win, James.

NARRATOR: No pressure, James, eh?

I'm looking inside everything.

There's got to be something.

NARRATOR: Hang on.

John's found something.

So what does-- Oh god.

Sweet little thing.

Sweet little thing.

NARRATOR: A stuffed armadillo given new life as a card tray.

It does-- sorry.

No, I really can't-- - Does that-- No, it really doesn't.

JAMES: You can't even-- you-- Something about dead animals.

JAMES: That'll ruin your career.

No.

NARRATOR: Not to my taste, either.

[EXCLAIMS] Dead animals everywhere-- poor Miranda.

The pressure's on, James.

[HISSES] Looking up, looking down, looking all around.

I think clock can stay down.

[LAUGHS] [WINDING GEAR] Hmm, that doesn't even work, [INAUDIBLE].. [SIGHS LOUDLY] James started sighing quite a bit, which has made me slightly worried.

Something of value.

MIRANDA: He must have been around the shop about 10 times.

There really is literally nothing.

MIRANDA: [LAUGHS QUIETLY] What have we done, James?

The white flag's going up soon.

MIRANDA: No.

The white flag is being raised.

[CLATTER] Oof.

Oh no.

Old battery pack.

NARRATOR: Lordy.

Really, James?

Sorry.

As Miranda and James continue their hunt, Maggie and Phil have headed the 20 miles east to the Welsh border town of Chepstow.

Doing some of the journey on foot allows more time for Maggie to impress our Phil.

Oh, actually, I went out to NASA headquarters.

You've been to NASA?

Yes, yes.

Really?

Well, that's wicked.

- It sort of goes with the job.

What were you doing there?

Oh, it was a Pluto flyby.

Yeah.

And so the press of the world all gathered in NASA headquarters to actually see a space probe go across Pluto.

PHIL: That's just absolutely fantastic, isn't it?

Really, really fascinating.

It's amazing.

NARRATOR: It certainly is.

Now time to buy some antiques.

PHIL: So here's our shop look.

It looks interesting.

I like the look of that before I started, MAGGIE: Ooh, that's beautiful.

PHIL: It is.

MAGGIE: Is it oak?

You're absolutely spot on.

Coffer, late 17th, early 18th century.

Wow.

I love the way you can do that.

PHIL: Well, it's really interesting in an anorak sorted away.

I'm an anorak.

Should we dissect it?

Oh yeah, please do.

NARRATOR: Right, Phil.

Your chance to impress your celeb.

Good luck.

OK, what does that tell you?

OK, there was something there that's come out.

- That's all you need to know.

- OK, yes.

So something's gone on there.

That's the first thing you need to know.

Yeah.

What's happened there?

MAGGIE: Yeah.

OK, that looks if-- yeah, these aren't the original hinges.

Yeah.

So we know something's happened there.

Look at this.

Can you see that line down there?

MAGGIE: Oh yeah.

And this side as well, all the way round.

PHIL: Yeah, so there's been like a little box there.

You'd have kept candles in there.

MAGGIE: Why?

And the candles, I think they probably contained camphor.

But this is a-- the whole-- the big box is a blanket box.

And so-- for materials.

So the wax and the camphor-- Yeah, camphor is mothballs.

It keeps the moths away.

So your little candle box tucked on the end is also a huge great mothball.

So you know where your candles are.

And it's keeping the moths away.

- Absolutely right.

Dual use.

Very, very clever.

There's one last bit of social history that I love about these things.

This has been reduced, I would think, by about 2 or 3 inches.

MAGGIE: Oh.

So it would be taller?

Yeah.

And the reason why is imagine this in a really big grand hall, timber grand hall, an uneven flagstone floor.

And to clean the flagstone floor, you chuck water on it.

You chuck water on it, you rot the legs.

MAGGIE: Right, yes.

So these things get cut down and reduced in size.

MAGGIE: I still love it.

PHIL: Well, I like it a lot.

Because it looks like a good sturdy box.

And I love all that history.

You've given it a life to me.

NARRATOR: Well done.

Well, it's priced up at 225 pounds.

If you want to make a cheeky offer of 120-- but we can't go anymore because we haven't got any more.

MAGGIE: We've got-- yes.

Right.

Go on, then.

NARRATOR: One tiny step into a shop and one giant find for the space scientist.

But can she pull off the deal of the road trip?

Hi, Dawn.

I'm Maggie.

Hello.

Good afternoon.

- Lovely to meet you.

- And you too.

Hi, I'm Philip.

How are you, Dawn?

Good to see you.

- Hello, good afternoon.

Welcome to Chepstow.

Well, we've seen something we like, haven't we?

We have.

PHIL: Yeah.

MAGGIE: It's the large wooden chest.

DAWN: The coffer, yep.

The coffer, yes.

OK. We had a look at it.

I really love it.

That's probably a bad negotiation tactic, but-- Yes.

This isn't going down very well now, is it?

It's OK.

But yeah, but we've got 120 pounds left.

Do you think you can help us?

I've got the money here.

[LAUGHTER] Lay it out on the table right here.

Yeah, OK. As you asked so nicely, go on.

Go on.

Thank you so much.

Are you sure?

Yes, go on.

Yeah.

NARRATOR: Well done, Maggie-- 125 pounds off the ticket price of the knocked-about coffer.

PHIL: Well, I can take you shopping again with me because you are good, really good.

This is fun.

I'm loving it.

- Absolutely right.

I so love this chest.

It's great, isn't it?

NARRATOR: Yes, it is.

And you found it without even going into the shop, ha.

But we spent all the money.

Every last penny.

I'm really pleased with them, yeah.

I love what we've got.

NARRATOR: As for the other team, are they still struggling?

Not looking good.

You see, that's-- you know.

That's a thing of yesteryear.

This?

A table like that, yeah.

NARRATOR: Ooh, this could be something.

Right, OK. Why would you-- Funny-- why would you do a square table and then offset it?

So you can stick it in a corner easily or not easily or-- Well, it's still there, isn't it?

It's just a weird one.

Just a different way of doing things, isn't it?

But to what extent do people buy late Victorian tables nowadays?

Well, I wouldn't personally.

But then-- And it's got a butterfly wing-shaped top.

It's got a lot going on for it, doesn't it?

NARRATOR: Sounds like a strong contender.

Now keep going, James.

It's got some weight to it.

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

What are you looking for?

This one's quite good because it's really nice thickened enamel.

NARRATOR: "The Sunday Dispatch" was once Britain's biggest-selling Sunday newspaper.

It ceased publication in the early '60s.

This sign would have adorned a newsagent's wall.

JAMES: Maybe.

MIRANDA: Do people collect these?

Yeah.

Lots of pubs, restaurants, they collect them.

This is quite a nice one.

It's big and bright.

MIRANDA: Yeah.

It doesn't have a picture, a decorative element to it.

It's a magazine.

But somebody doing up a pub would like this.

NARRATOR: John's asking 60 pounds for the sign.

- Let's hold that thought.

- Hold that thought.

- Hold that thought.

- OK, all right.

OK. That's given me a little bit of positive hope there.

Come on, come on.

Positive hope.

OK, OK.

I like the enamel sign.

I quite like the table.

I don't know why I like the table.

But I like its quirkiness.

NARRATOR: I'm not sure Miranda's so keen, though, James.

MIRANDA: You've got to talk me into the table now.

99% of tables will be-- The legs will be square onto the top.

--will be the square, square to the top.

None of it's damaged.

It's got a gallery at the bottom.

And, you know, every home should have one, especially an offset one.

Are you selling it to me?

Goodness' sake.

Yeah.

NARRATOR: This is a gamble.

Brown furniture doesn't make the money it once did.

John's priced it at 60 pounds.

John, if we said 25 for this, and 25 for the enamel sign, and-- we need something meatier, don't we?

Hmm.

NARRATOR: Leave no stone unturned, James.

How about a bowl of fruit?

Miranda-- MIRANDA: Hello.

Would you buy this?

Talking about your five-a-day.

MIRANDA: (LAUGHING) What?

It's horrible.

What?

It's horrible.

But is-- what-- is-- It's really horrible.

Is that kitsch?

Is that kitsch?

(SIGHING) Oh.

JAMES: Is that horrible?

Would you have that in your house?

You know.

You're the expert.

- No.

What I'm-- But I think it's absolutely hideous.

Do you think that's hideous?

Yeah.

Would somebody pay 10 quid for it?

But is that something that you could say, that should be part of your five-a-day?

That is, you know-- [LAUGHS] John's asking 12 pounds for all this fruit.

God.

You quite like it, don't you?

I do quite like it.

OK.

It's spectacularly hideous, isn't it, in a way?

In a sort of smiley way.

- In a smiley way.

- I did make me smile.

- It made you smile.

- It made me laugh.

I know.

Wasn't quite the reaction I was hoping for.

Tell you what-- I like that so much, I'll just sell it for a fiver.

Fiver-- that's just what I was thinking.

- OK?

- [INAUDIBLE] Mind reader.

Should we do it?

We've got to get-- yeah, if we get fruit for it.

- Come on.

- Yeah, OK. Well, I think-- so that's 25 for the table, 25 for the enamel, and a fiver for that.

It's not bad shopping, 55 pounds.

You'll make money on that.

Thank you, John.

Thank you.

- Are we done?

- Thank you very much.

We are done.

- We're done.

Give the man a shake.

- John, thank you so much.

- (RELIEVED) Oh.

MIRANDA: It's been an experience.

- It has been-- - Thank you very much.

No, pleasure, pleasure, pleasure.

NARRATOR: Well done, James, for helping Miranda find three final items to take to auction at the knockdown price of 55 pounds.

MIRANDA: Right.

We need to settle up with you then, John.

Thank you so much.

You've been a real star.

Yeah, thank you, John.

Very kind.

- Thank you.

MIRANDA: Great.

- Thank you.

MIRANDA: See you again.

Bye-bye.

- Bye.

- Happy?

Yeah, very happy.

NARRATOR: After all that excitement, let's get our teams back together to see who's bought what.

You've got to brace yourselves.

3, 2, 1-- go.

PHIL: What on Earth is that there?

MIRANDA: I know.

[LAUGHS] Sorry.

Sorry.

James, that's awful.

MIRANDA: Apparently, it's Italian.

How much did you pay for that?

Well, I-- yeah, fiver.

You were robbed.

JAMES: [LAUGHS] That is filthy.

But I like the table.

That looks beautiful.

PHIL: Yeah, I-- MIRANDA: Do you like the table?

MAGGIE: I do.

How much was the table, James?

25.

Well, you-- that's for nothing, isn't it?

JAMES: Yeah.

I like the fact that it's offset.

The washstand looks quite cool.

JAMES: Yeah, that's quite cool.

Actually, the closer I get to that, honestly-- JAMES: [LAUGHS] Slightly worrying.

PHIL: What on Earth-- Looks like something out of a medical journal, doesn't it?

[INAUDIBLE] if you see one of these, you're in trouble.

How much was your tin sign?

JAMES: 25 pounds.

MAGGIE: Oh, I haven't seen that.

I haven't seen that.

- 25 pounds.

Right.

Now, the trouble is you keep being drawn back to this, really.

MIRANDA: It's mesmerizing, isn't it, really?

NARRATOR: Time for Maggie and Phil's pile.

I've just got to tell you we got nothing like that.

Nothing to really-- Nothing of this quality?

PHIL: No, no, no, no.

MAGGIE: You'll be pleased to know it.

How much did you spend in all?

Every penny, mate, 400 quid.

400 quid.

I'd be fascinated to see what 400 pounds buys.

Actually buys you.

PHIL: Yeah.

You ready?

MAGGIE: OK, yeah.

3, 2, 1-- go.

JAMES: Go.

MIRANDA: [GASPS] JAMES: Look at that.

I tell you what 400 pounds buys you-- almost an auction sale.

Absolutely right, yeah, yeah.

Look at it.

You got everything covered.

You got miscellaneous section.

You got furniture.

You're doing well.

What are these things?

PHIL: Shark vertebrae.

MAGGIE: Yes.

I couldn't believe that.

No.

JAMES: Yeah, yeah.

NARRATOR: Oh, Miranda, another dead animal.

PHIL: So we've got our telescope is one lot.

And that was-- - 30.

- 30 pounds.

MAGGIE: Yes.

That's good.

This might be our Achilles' heel, because all of these are one lot.

And they were 180 pounds.

- Really?

- [GASPS] MAGGIE: Yes.

- Oh my god.

And this little lot, which was the plane, a lovely little cow-- The cow.

It's that cold-painted bronze?

PHIL: No, no, no.

No, it's cow's hide on wood.

- What?

- Spooky.

PHIL: Yeah.

It's cow's hide on wood.

JAMES: Really?

PHIL: Yeah.

JAMES: Really?

PHIL: So we bought this as a little desk lot.

OK, it's just a bit quirky.

Doesn't she got just a lovely face?

- Yeah, look at her smile.

- She has got a nice little-- Missing a front hoof.

OK. You don't get picky.

This was 30 pounds, this lot.

MIRANDA: OK, all right.

Yeah, that's good.

JAMES: That's 30 pounds in all?

PHIL: Yeah, so that's a profit.

So it's just a sort of nice-- - Desktop.

- [INAUDIBLE] Yeah.

This I thought was lovely.

MAGGIE: Yeah, I like it.

PHIL: This is the-- it's part of a campaign chest.

We thought it'd make a nice coffee table.

40 quid.

And then our last lot, James, is this here.

Just come around the front, look.

- Look at the detail.

- Oh.

Let's see.

Let's see.

- That's lovely.

- Oh, lovely bit about that.

It's a thing of great beauty, isn't it?

And, you know, well-- Solid.

JAMES: So well-known for [INAUDIBLE].. PHIL: 120 quid.

JAMES: 120 quid?

That's great.

When you spend money, you get more hinges, don't you?

Never seen so many hinges.

We've brought color.

MIRANDA: It's not good.

JAMES: We've brought color.

NARRATOR: And we bought class.

MIRANDA: We've brought comedy.

Color to an otherwise drab world.

Anyway, I think we've all done very well.

Don't you?

- This way.

I'll have nothing to do with that.

And don't have anything more to do with it.

And my eyes are a bit sore.

Yeah, they're terrible.

NARRATOR: Now, what do you really think?

Well, the fruit bowl-- Do you know what?

I think-- everybody in life, sometimes you have a blind spot moment.

And I think that is James's blind spot moment.

It's awful.

I think Philip really likes the little table.

He was really taken by the table.

And that gave me a lot of confidence in the table.

Oh.

Yeah, I'm slightly worried, because they didn't spend all their money.

I think you're absolutely spot on.

And that could be a problem for us.

Yes.

But I don't care.

We love our stuff.

Have you enjoyed it?

Oh, I've had tremendous fun.

Come on.

Best of luck to them.

Yeah.

Are we still in scrumpy country?

Oh, yeah.

Should we get a full pint then?

NARRATOR: After setting off from Yeovil, our celebrities and experts are making their way to Clevedon, near Bristol, for this road trip's main event.

MIRANDA: Glorious.

MAGGIE: It is.

Isn't this amazing?

Ah.

Yeah, this is more like it.

This is the calm before the storm, though, isn't it, really?

Yeah, the auction.

- Oh.

- Dun dun dun.

The big day.

How are you feeling?

MAGGIE: Apprehensive.

Phil's been wonderful.

But I've got quite an emotional attachment to the things we've bought now.

So-- I don't have an emotional attachment to the fruit bowl.

To the fruit bowl.

Come on, you do.

This is quite funny.

I make no apology for the fruit bowl.

NARRATOR: We'll soon see.

- Here they are here.

Here they are.

Here they are.

- [INAUDIBLE] - Hello.

How are you?

You [INAUDIBLE]?

I'm all right.

I'm all right.

Good, good.

Yeah, slightly-- JAMES: Don't be nervous.

Don't be silly.

To the victor the spoils.

Go on.

NARRATOR: I wonder what auctioneer Mark Burridge makes of our team's little collection.

The coffer's nice-- a good, clean, honest example, early 18th century.

So we should be looking, I think, 150, 200 pound bracket.

I really like this washstand.

It's unusual.

I can't remember seeing one with the lift-up lid fitted with the basin and the jug underneath.

I think between a hundred and 200 pound today.

Generally, brown furniture is quite difficult to sell.

But today, with the two items, the washstand and the coffer, I think they'll both buck the trend today and sell reasonably well.

NARRATOR: Maggie and Phil were the big spenders, parting with all 400 pounds on five lots, while Miranda and James spent a mere 174 pounds also on five lots.

Brace yourselves-- it's time for the auction.

OK. Let battle commence.

Yes.

Bring it on.

Huh, fighting talk.

First up-- James and Miranda's kitsch bowl of fruit.

That fruit bowl's gonna make some money.

I still have nothing to do with it.

If it makes a hundred pounds, I still had nothing to do with it.

Going commission bid here.

I've got 5 pound here.

8 now, 8 pound.

- 8.

MARK BURRIDGE: 8 pound-- - 8.

MARK BURRIDGE: --8 pound-- - A profit.

MARK BURRIDGE: --8 there.

10 here, 12 now, 12 now, 12 pound.

12 bid.

15 with me.

I'm selling on the 15 pound then-- Amazing.

That is amazing.

That put a smile on my face.

NARRATOR: And a big smug grin on James's.

What a great way to start.

Oh.

I check my-- I'm getting butterflies.

Pat your tummy.

You do get a bit nervous, don't you?

- Yeah.

- Yeah, absolutely.

It's very exciting.

NARRATOR: Now Maggie's telescope.

30 I'm bid.

35, 35, 35, 40 and 5-- Phew.

MARK BURRIDGE: Once more 5, 50, 50, 50, 50 I'm bid.

With me at 50 pound then-- [GAVEL STRIKE] Commission buyer.

- Well done.

- 50.

That's 50 quid.

Well done, Maggie.

That's excellent.

NARRATOR: Well done, Maggie.

Great find, great profit.

That was really exciting.

This is big-- this battle now.

- I know.

No.

Yeah.

Right.

Yes.

NARRATOR: Miranda's boxed shove ha'penny set next.

Have 20 pound to start, 22, 25, 28, 30, 32 now-- Ooh.

MARK BURRIDGE: --32 in the room, 35, 35 here, 8, 8, now 40, 40 here, 2.

Bid's in the room, then.

Selling at 42 pounds-- [GAVEL STRIKE] Thank you.

32 pounds.

Very pleased with that.

Yeah, that's all right, isn't it?

I would say that's more than a working profit.

[LAUGHTER] He's gonna be smug now, isn't he?

That's almost vulgar profit.

It is.

NARRATOR: More than doubled your money.

Yeah.

Beat that one.

Over to you.

Ooh, the rivalry.

The ding-dong battle.

NARRATOR: Three items make up this next lot for Maggie and Philip-- it's their gentlemen's desktop collection.

Just have a look at that smile, because it won't be there for very much longer.

Appreciate it now.

Just enjoy it.

I've interest here at 25, 30, 5, 40, 5-- Oh no.

MARK BURRIDGE: --50, 5, 60 now, if you would.

Somebody likes that plane.

60 in the room, 65, 65, 5 bid, 70, 75, 5, 5-- Ooh, yes.

MARK BURRIDGE: --5, and 80.

In the room, then, on 80 pounds-- Just look-- look.

Look at that.

I'll tell you, it's brilliant.

Absolutely completely vapid.

Absolute nutters.

NARRATOR: Aren't they doing well?

You know what the best part about it was?

Was the way that smile just went-- Couldn't believe it.

Slowly dropped.

NARRATOR: James had to convince Miranda to buy the lamp table.

Its next to go under the gavel.

Can it make a profit?

30 I am bid, 35 now, 35-- It's unusual.

MARK BURRIDGE: --35, 35, 35.

35 there, 40, 45, 50, 5.

Commission buyer, 55.

Anyone else?

Yes or no?

Selling on the 50-- commission buyer.

James, that's cheap.

That was quite cheap.

That is cheap.

Doesn't matter.

Still a profit.

NARRATOR: Doubled your money again.

I thought that would get more.

Do you know what, Maggie?

That's so sad.

I am gutted.

He said that so sincerely.

(MOCKINGLY) So, so sad.

I wipe a tear.

Don't listen to them.

[INAUDIBLE] NARRATOR: Next up, Maggie's find-- the campaign chest.

I have 40 pound to start, 45, 45, and 50, and 5.

5, 60, 5.

5 and 70.

Selling on 65 pound then-- 65, well done.

NARRATOR: Well done, Maggie-- another healthy profit.

You got away with that one.

NARRATOR: Cheeky.

Up now is James and Miranda's enamel sign.

We have interest here again on the book.

30, 5-- How's that?

DAVID GEE: --40, 5-- - Oh yeah.

Ooh.

--5, 60 here, 5, 65, 65, 70, 5.

Commission here at 70 pounds.

Selling on 70 pound then-- MIRANDA: 70 quid.

70 quid, 70 quid, 70 quid, 70 quid.

[LAUGHS] Gonna get silly now.

NARRATOR: Miranda!

Don't blame you, though.

Great profit.

I would say we've-- using a naval parlance-- we have caught the wind.

You've got what?

We caught the wind.

Oh, sorry.

I wasn't too sure.

Yeah, no.

NARRATOR: Next up, Maggie and Phil's gamble buy.

Can the sticks make a return?

I have again commission bids here-- Commission.

MARK BURRIDGE: --at 110.

20, 30, 40, 150.

Here my bid, 160 in the room, 170 now, 180, 190 [INAUDIBLE].. Wow.

I can't believe it.

MARK BURRIDGE: 180 pound-- the bid is in the room at 180.

Anyone else?

All done, then, at 180 pounds-- NARRATOR: I'm afraid that will be a small loss after auction costs are deducted.

Have we saved the best till last?

I don't know.

- I think we have.

I think we have.

- Yeah.

I think you have.

I think you have.

NARRATOR: James and Miranda splashed out a hundred pounds on this Victorian washbasin.

It was their one big buy.

5, 6, 7 commissions-- Oh lord.

MARK BURRIDGE: That's a good start.

So working through them, we'll go 80, 90, a hundred.

110, 120, 130.

140, 150, 160.

170, 180, 190.

- Lovely rhythm.

- Yes, I know.

I like the-- 200 [INAUDIBLE], 200 now-- MIRANDA: 200, come on.

- 200?

200 would be good.

MARK BURRIDGE: 200 on the book.

And I'm selling at 200 pound then-- - Oh, yes.

- 200.

- 200.

- That's good.

- 200, well done.

- That's good.

That's really well done.

That is really well done.

NARRATOR: Well done.

Look at that-- a fantastic profit!

It's done really, really well, hasn't it?

- Yes.

- 400.

Yeah, it's a nice item, isn't it?

I have to say, this was gutting.

NARRATOR: All is not lost.

Maggie knocked over a hundred pounds off the asking price of the coffer.

There's every chance this last lot could win the game.

Interest in here-- 1, 2, 3, 4-- four commission buyers here.

Ooh.

MARK BURRIDGE: A hundred, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50-- NARRATOR: It's going.

MARK BURRIDGE: --60, 70, 80.

Wow.

180 and 90 now.

190, 190, 200.

I'd take 10.

210, 210, 210.

With me on the book against all in the room, make no mistake, selling on 200 pound then-- commission buyer.

- Well done.

Well done.

- Well done.

That's amazing.

Look at his face.

I love his face.

Well done.

NARRATOR: And a profit to end the day.

But is it enough?

It's gonna be very close.

Is it?

Profits all around.

Yeah, well done.

Well, what-- did we break even, then?

Let's go outside and work it out.

Go on.

Let's go outside.

- Yeah, yeah.

- Go on.

Well done.

I'm intrigued.

I've got no idea.

I don't know.

NARRATOR: Maggie and Phil started out with 400 pounds and made-- after paying auction house costs-- a respectable profit of 71 pounds and 50 pence.

While Miranda and James also began with 400 pounds, after all fees were paid, they made a rather wonderful profit of 135 pounds and 14 pence.

All profits go to children in need.

MIRANDA: Do we know who won?

- I have the numbers.

- Ooh.

- You have the numbers?

[INAUDIBLE] It's close, is it?

PHIL: You've made-- I'm just trying to build the tension here.

- Dun, dun, dun.

Yeah, yeah.

You have made about 135 pounds.

However-- - Really?

- --we-- - Yes?

No.

Look at-- that's the smug face, isn't it?

How much did you make?

I've made about 70 quid.

Wee!

Did we win?

So we are the winners.

Well done.

Aww.

Amazing.

NARRATOR: Well done to both teams.

[INAUDIBLE] so much fun.

Thank you.

MIRANDA: I had so much fun.

NARRATOR: You've both been great stars.

Right.

Off we go, girl.

Bye!

I've never experienced anything like that.

It's just been-- but so out of my comfort, though.

But so much fun.

Absolutely.

Out of our comfort zones, but so much fun.

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