VOICEOVER (VO): The nation's favorite celebrities... Oh, that is good.

VO: ..paired up with an expert...

I like that.

VO: ..and a classic car.

Feeling confident?

Er... VO: Their mission?

To scour Britain for antiques.

(GLASS SMASHES) Look at you.

You're really good!

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

(GASPS) Is it a find?

VO: But it's no easy ride.

XAND VAN TULLEKEN: Hey, come on!

VO: Who will find a hidden gem?

(MIMICS DUCK) Take me with you.

VO: Take the biggest risk?

Have you got a tow truck?

VO: Will anybody follow expert advice?

I might have bought rubbish.

Who knows?

VO: There will be worthy winners... Yay!

Whoo!

VO: ..and valiant losers.

Come on.

Someone else!

Someone!

VO: Put your pedal to the metal!

Aah!

VO: This is the Celebrity Antiques Road Trip.

Yeah.

What a fine view of the Fens this morning.

And is that a rather fine AC Cobra out and about on the Cambridgeshire B-roads?

JAMES (JA): This is pretty cool.

MEGAN (MM): This is like old-school movie times.

Yeah, this suits us.

Elvis Presley and Marilyn Monroe.

Monroe.

(THEY LAUGH) True, that is what we are.

Essex version of Elvis and Marilyn.

VO: It's the stars of scripted-reality show The Only Way Is Essex, Megan McKenna and James Argent - Arg to his mates - along for the ride.

MM: How are you feeling?

JA: I'm feeling so good.

It's so nice that we can have this little road trip together.

It's like, it'll be a good little experience JA: for us, won't it?

MM: I know.

They met as cast members on the show known to fans as TOWIE, which James was in from the beginning.

Since then, Megan has launched a singing career, winning Celebrity X Factor in 2019, and Arg pursued acting and was an entertainment presenter on a daily magazine show.

But Antiques Road Trip - ha-ha!

- is a whole new ball game.

I wouldn't say antiques is my forte.

MM: It's definitely not mine.

JA: (LAUGHS) Are you good at batting them down, though?

You know, I feel like you'd be good at that.

Yeah, I reckon I could, I'll work my charm.

Are your family from the East End?

JA: Yeah.

MM: Yeah, mine are as well.

JA: Yeah, exactly.

MM: I feel we're good at that.

JA: Wheelers and dealers.

MM: Yeah.

Welcome aboard, Del Boy and Rodney.

(LAUGHS) You'll soon be wheeling and dealing with your very own Road Trip experts.

IRITA (IM): Let's hope our shopping isn't as bumpy as this road is.

STEVEN (SM): We've found a world before tarmacadam.

(LAUGHS) This is like... SM: Oh, my God.

IM: (LAUGHS) It's alright, I'm a good driver, IM: Steven, honest.

I promise.

SM: Oh, yes?

SM: Brace, brace.

IM: (LAUGHS) VO: Yes, brace yourselves for a once-in-a-lifetime trip with our wee wally dugs of the ceramics world, Irita Marriott and fellow china expert Steven Moore.

Well, I have to say, you look very dapper this morning and I'm rather well jel of your outfit.

You're well jel?

Are you mugging me off?

It's what the cool kids say, I'm trying to get in the mood of The Only Way Is Essex.

It's like a different language, SM: isn't it?

IM: It is, isn't it?

I'm a Geordie, I should understand these things.

I'm a-reet.

Actually, I'm a-reet, you're Irita.

(THEY CHUCKLE) VO: Dear, oh, dear.

There's surely more sense being talked in the Cobra.

MM: Are you competitive?

I can be competitive, yeah.

It feels good to win, JA: don't it?

MM: Let's be competitive, MM: it's funner.

JA: Shall we?

Yeah, let's take it serious.

Yeah, 100%.

MM: I have no clue.

JA: Did you say funner?

MM: Funner?

JA: Yeah.

MM: It'll be funner?

JA: Yeah I don't think that's... JA: a word.

MM: More fun?

Yeah.

I don't think funner is a real word.

VO: It should be.

Let's make this funner!

Ha.

IM: Cambridgeshire is delivering this morning, Steven.

SM: It is, it's serving up beauty.

IM: Yeah.

SM: Yeah.

Well, let's hope that our celebrities will deliver when it comes to antiques.

Think they'll be serving up beauty, as well?

Do you think they have any antique knowledge?

Likely not, but you never know.

IM: They might surprise us.

MM: I mean I've done boot sales.

JA: Yeah.

If I wanted to go on holiday when I was younger, that's how I used to earn my money.

JA: Yeah.

MM: I used to go and sell MM: my stuff at a boot sale.

JA: Yeah.

MM: Used to go Marbella.

JA: (LAUGHS) With my couple of hundred quid from the boot sale.

JA: Yeah, that's good.

MM: I used to earn quite a lot of money from it.

My dad, he's absolutely obsessed with car-boot sales.

Like, he still goes to a car-boot sale week in, week out.

And he used to drag me along.

And my grandad actually used to be like... like, he used to love antiques.

MM: No way.

JA: So it does actually run in the family.

VO: Antiques genes.

Go, go, go!

Everyone get into gear.

Is that as fast as it goes?

I'm in second gear.

Put your foot down.

Girl, give it some welly.

Wait, wait, wait.

What's the point of having a sports car if you can't go fast?

Says the passenger.

(ENGINE REVS) Agh!

Ha!

SM: (CHUCKLES) VO: Steady on.

They'll be racing as far as Stoke Bruerne.

But the first stop of the trip is the city of Cambridge.

And what better place, steeped as it is in academic tradition, to begin our lessons in antiques bargain-hunting?

Ha!

At side-by-side shops, the Hythe and Cambridgeshire Antiques Centre, the tutors are ready, studying the cornucopia of possibilities.

So all we need to begin is the students and their £400 apiece.

Let's go find our experts.

JA: See you.

MM: Right, see you later.

JA: Hello.

IM: Hi, Arg, how are you?

Really good, thank you.

Yourself?

Very good.

I'm in an antiques shop, so I feel great.

Now what are we going to look for?

That's the question.

What catches your eye?

JA: I don't have a clue.

I'm... IM: Well...

I mean, it looks all good to me.

We want to walk around and see is there anything that really, really catches your eye?

JA: Like a personal choice?

IM: Yeah.

JA: Something I like?

IM: Yeah.

After you.

JA: Let's do it.

IM: Go front to the back, and then we'll do it backwards again.

VO: Hey, that sounds thorough.

Crack on, then.

What's happening next door?

You must be Steven.

SM: You must be Megan, hello.

MM: Hello.

SM: You doing alright?

MM: Yeah, I'm good.

MM: How are you?

SM: Welcome to my world.

China corner.

This is like... this is really cool.

First time in an antique shop?

I actually think this is, you know.

Your debut.

MM: I love it.

SM: Good.

Well, shall we go SM: and have a hunt?

MM: Yeah let's go.

What you going to look for?

Really vintage stuff.

SM: OK. MM: Yeah.

So it's your first time in an antique shop.

What other shops do you go to normally?

A big department store where I can get a nice little cocktail, have a little mooch.

SM: Hm... MM: Yeah I make a day of it.

Cocktail bar's closed here, but it's the same principle.

Look around.

Look for something that catches your eye.

See if it speaks to you.

Not literally, but kind of in a... And then if you're in doubt, SM: holler.

MM: OK. SM: You lead on.

MM: Thank you.

MM: Antiques with a Harvey Wallbanger, eh?

Now there's an idea.

Look, James is getting stuck in.

You know, he doesn't strike me as a teapot, man, though.

JA: This gives me that kind of Vegas vibe.

And I've been to Vegas for many years, and obviously I love Elvis and Sinatra and stuff.

This could work in my house, actually, although I don't wanna start getting into gambling.

That's the last thing I need to be getting into.

VO: Casinos and cocktails this morning.

We're usually more bacon butty and brew on the Antiques Road Trip!

Ha!

I like cardigans.

That's quite cool.

VO: Bit small for me.

Ha!

Cardigans are definitely de rigeur in antiques land.

Next door, has Megan found anything worth a closer look?

Ooh!

That's an old... an old doctor's kit, isn't it?

And Vaseline.

It's crazy that it's actually still got all the things in it.

Urgh, what is that for?

VO: I hate to think.

What is that for?

It's all dirty.

VO: Yuck.

MM: Steven?

SM: Yes.

Are you free?

SM: I'm free.

(THEY CHUCKLE) I couldn't resist that.

Sorry.

What you found?

Well, this is an old doctor's kit.

What attracts you to it?

Well, the fact that it is clearly very old and you can't get these any more.

Probably 1940s, 1950s, so just that postwar period.

But that's 60, 70 years ago.

So, what else has it got inside of it?

Have we had a good look?

There's, like, just little pots, Vaseline, like the Dettol.

There's a thermom... thermom...bleurgh.

SM: Razor.

MM: A thermometer.

Oh, look, this is...

This is to weigh the baby.

No way!

I think it could be a midwife's kit.

Oh, this is a midwife's kit.

I think it is a midwife's kit.

Maybe more than a doctor's.

I think it's £75, it's not expensive.

If we can get that down, the more we can get it down, the better.

It's a risk, basically, but I think, you know, let's do it.

I'd rather risk money on something that we could have a chance of selling... MM: Yes.

SM: ..than on something daft.

MM: Yeah.

Like a random pot?

SM: Yeah.

Well, there's nothing wrong with... (CHUCKLES) I like a bit of pot now and again.

The ceramic kind!

VO: Hey, we've got all the vices today.

MM: I'm happy.

Do I get to pick more?

Yeah, that's your first... MM: This is fun.

SM: ..first potential buy.

I'm enjoying it.

This is cool.

VO: And are they onto anything next door?

Arg, do you want to buy watches?

Do you have any interest in watches?

Yeah, I do, actually.

My grandad used to be interested in watches and a watch dealer and collector.

IM: Oh, was he?

JA: Yeah.

Well, what kind of watches did he deal in?

I don't know exactly.

I mean, I don't think they were Rolexes.

And I mean, we can't afford Rolexes anyway cuz we've only got about £400 to spend, in't we?

Talking about Rolex, I've just spotted something.

Those little spoons.

Have a look at one.

Oh, that is so cool.

Rolex spoons.

I know.

I mean, they are not precious metal.

They're only Bucherer of Switzerland.

Never heard of that.

VO: Carl Friedrich Bucherer opened his business in Lucerne, Switzerland in 1888, selling his own and other high-end products, as they still do to this day.

There's three of them and they all say Rolex on the top.

Yeah, that is pretty cool.

And they have, like, a beautiful lion laying down in the... JA: How much are they?

IM: I don't know.

They haven't got a price, but do you like those?

Yeah, I do, actually.

Just because of your grandad and him being a watch dealer, do you think they're meant to be?

I mean... JA: I think they're meant to be, yeah.

IM: What about this?

It's a big old spoon.

Well... What do you think of it?

What do I think?

I mean, I wouldn't say it necessarily tickles my fancy.

Would it appeal to you more if I said it was made in Norway?

JA: I suppose it's different, really.

And actually I think I've got a bit of Norway in me.

IM: Have you?

JA: Yeah, I had a DNA test not that long ago, and I've got quite a few countries that are in my DNA, but Norway was definitely one of them.

Well, maybe we've got to go the Scandinavian way, then.

JA: Yeah?

IM: I mean, it is solid silver.

I love how that big part of it is hand-punished.

Whoever made it basically took hammers, and he hammered every single one of those dents in.

JA: Really?

IM: To make it look as if it's art & craft.

What is it priced at?

£155.

Oh, that's painful.

JA: Way too much?

IM: Yeah.

It's a good chunk of the budget.

What's the brand?

Magnus?

It's the maker of it.

Oh, "Magus Ace".

VO: Magnus Aase set up as a silversmith in Bergen in 1899, creating a distinctive Nordic design.

If we want to go with that... Get the price down a bit.

Oh, you're going to have to get your charm out.

Yeah, I reckon we need to go for the spoon and we need to go for the Rolex spoons.

IM: Are you happy with that?

JA: Yeah, I'm more than happy.

I believe in you, Arg.

Come on, you can do it.

VO: We believe in you, too, Arg.

Gird your loins, Bill.

Watch out.

JA: Hello, there.

BILL: Hi, there.

JA: Loving the store.

BILL: Thank you.

I think it's absolutely fantastic.

I've got my eyes on these... BILL: on these items.

BILL: OK, yeah.

These Rolex spoons, they haven't got a price tag on them.

I've just bought those.

How much did you buy them for?

Ha-ha!

That'd be telling.

I'm going to put them out at a fiver each.

Fiver per spoon?

BILL: Yeah.

JA: Fair enough, 15 quid.

And at the moment we've got a tag on this one which says 155.

That I bought when silver was pretty high.

JA: How long ago are we talking?

BILL: A while ago.

How long has this spoon been in this store for?

BILL: Too long.

VO: Oh, here we go.

You need to get rid of it.

You need to get it out of the store.

It needs to come home to a new owner.

155 is on the ticket, isn't it?

155 is on the ticket.

70.

We're getting somewhere with 70.

I like the sound of 70.

However, I need it to be 70 combined.

I need to be 15 for these, which makes this needs to be 55.

JA: Bill, come on.

BILL: 75.

Times are hard at the moment, no-one's spending any money cuz of the economy.

VO: What?

BILL: You're right.

Not just that.

It's the start of the month.

No-one's getting paid for a few weeks.

VO: Arg!

BILL: Tell me about it.

You need to get rid of it now.

BILL: £70.

JA: £70 for the whole lot?

BILL: Yeah.

JA: Bill, you've got a deal.

BILL: OK, thank you.

JA: I'll take that.

VO: Oh, Bill, you really are a star.

There's no resisting him, is there?

70 down.

Excellent start.

I'm really happy with that.

You are so good at this.

VO: Time to see how good they are next door.

So I've seen these things.

I'll let you see what you think.

Pharmacy jars.

There's a group of them, but I've picked out what I think are the three best ones.

MM: Yeah, I like it.

SM: OK. MM: I've never seen them.

These are probably 1860, 1870.

This one's maybe a little bit more towards 1900, but I mean, that's still got Vin Amaralcalis.

That's so cool.

These are the kind of thing young, cool people like yourself like to have at home.

And these three are quite good.

And I think as well that you've got three different sizes and colors, so you can kind of make a little group.

VO: Yeah, these Victorian jars were used for tonic wines and tinctures made of plants, herbs and alcohol.

The big jars are 45 and the small one is 30.

OK, yeah, I'm happy with this.

This is really cool.

Yeah.

See, antiques can be cool.

We've a little vibe going on here in medicine.

Doctors.

We could be the king and queen of doctors, nurses and medicine.

Come on.

MM: Thank you.

SM: Let's give it a go.

It's got a lovely lid, actually.

Yeah.

The stopper is lovely.

Yes, really, really nice.

VO: With those at the counter, time for a last dash around.

SM: Megan?

MM: Yeah?

What do you think this might be?

MM: Um... SM: So that comes off.

Like so.

And it opens up.

MM: Looks like it could be like a rice hotpot thing.

It's an ice-cream mold.

So this will be... early to mid 19th century, probably French.

So all these fancy shapes and they're quite collectable, it's only £35.

Does it turn you on or turn you off?

I mean, it's not the prettiest thing, but I suppose it's a cooking thing.

I think that's a discreet way of saying turned off.

Is that like a collectable thing?

No-one's... People collect kitchenware and the earlier and the more rarefied it is, the better.

So something like ice-cream molds, pastry molds, all those things people are looking for.

OK, so it could work.

It could work, but maybe it's a niche market as well.

Maybe the pharmacy jars are... Can we have it all?

Course we can have.

I think we should have it all.

Good girls have it all, yeah.

MM: Got it all.

VO: Attagirl!

MM: Let's do some dealing.

SM: You lead the way.

I think you're ready now.

Janet is ready, too.

We found some stuff.

That's good.

But I'm the sorcerer and she's the apprentice.

JANET: Are you?

MM: Yeah.

SM: It's over to you.

MM: You've got a lovely shop.

JANET: Thank you.

MM: I found three things... JANET: Right.

MM: ..I've got my eye on - MM: the midwife kit.

JANET: Yeah.

The ice-cream maker and these pharmacy jars.

What's the best deal you could do with it all together?

Best price on those would be 105.

Hm.

Still quite a lot, really, I think.

They were always our wild card.

MM: Yeah.

SM: We'll leave those.

OK. That one there, the ice-cream mold, is £35, so... 15 quid?

OK...

The midwifery set is 75 to start with.

So the best price on that would probably be £50, as a best price on it.

MM: Or 45?

DEALER: Yes, 45 would do.

Well, we'll take just the two and we'll leave them.

OK, super!

VO: 60 squids - very good.

This pair are certainly catching on.

I feel like a real doctor.

SM: Ladies first.

MM: Thank you.

VO: See you later.

SM: OK, that way.

MM: That way.

(THEY CHUCKLE) SM: Ever onwards!

VO: Now, while they may graduate to some punting later - ha!

- it's time for James and Irita to swot up on the theatrical tradition, which is a huge feature of student cultural life in Cambridge.

Luke Dell is the theater manager of Britain's oldest university playhouse - The Cambridge university Amateur Dramatic Club.

JA: Hello!

LUKE: Hello.

IM: Hello, Luke.

LUKE: Nice to see you.

I always knew I was gonna be destined for Cambridge university.

Well, here we are.

We're on St John's Street, outside the magnificent Trinity College in St John's College.

But I would argue I've got something a little bit more unique and exciting to show you.

VO: At the club's theater, students are busy rehearsing an adaptation of Wuthering Heights by Andrew Sheridan, which is about to open.

(THEY SING) These performers are following in the footsteps of past generations of students who have trod the boards here since 1855, when FC Burnand, an undergraduate at Trinity College and a keen thespian, established the club in a local hostelry.

So what, this actually used to be a pub?

This was the site of the Old Hoop coaching inn, and the society let out the back rooms of the pub and that's where they started doing their performances, hidden away from the watchful eyes of the university Proctors, who didn't exactly support their theatrical endeavors, to say the least.

Even when it had royal endorsements, the university still put intense restrictions on what the students were allowed to perform, and also when they were allowed to perform, as well.

They were only allowed to put on shows in the first few weeks of October and the last few weeks of the end of the year, because the focus is on academic pursuits and not on... and not on drama.

In a completely other perspective, women weren't allowed to perform in the theater until the 1930s.

Since women have been allowed to perform, we've seen a whole wealth of alumni come through - Emma Thompson and through to Rachel Weisz, Olivia Colman - all have come through these doors.

VO: The club was run and managed by students for more than a century, staging hundreds of productions starring talented amateurs and future stars.

Along the way, the theater survived a serious fire and the club battled financial difficulties.

50 years ago, the club's relationship with the university changed and the club moved to a more secure footing for the future.

The university stepped in in the '70s, sort of to bail the club out a little bit, but also to help run it and manage it in a much more functional way.

And even though they don't study... none of the students here study drama, they all do it on the side of their degrees.

IM: It's incredible they have all come from here when they were actually in Cambridge to study something completely different.

Completely different.

We have - obviously we have English students, but on top of that, we have languages students, history, humanities, sciences.

I was a geography student back in the day, so you get sort of the whole range of subjects come through here and everyone has that shared interest in making theater in any capacity - from acting to directing, producing, stage managing.

We offer the opportunities for everyone.

VO: Backstage, James is off to meet two of the students getting ready for opening night.

JA: Hello, ladies.

STUDENT 1: Hello.

STUDENT 2: Hi.

JA: How are you both?

STUDENT 1: Good.

STUDENT 2: Good, yeah.

Are you both nervous JA: about tonight?

STUDENT 1: I am.

I think you're more nervous than me cuz you're STUDENT 2: actually performing.

STUDENT 1: Yeah.

What does the theater mean to both of you, then?

I think it's a really great community, a really great bunch of people.

It's such a privilege to be able to do theater in Cambridge.

It feels like there's a real good energy here and vibe and whatever and a lot of history.

Yeah, a lot.

It's nice for you guys to be a part of it, right?

Mm, yeah, definitely.

JA: Good luck, ladies.

STUDENT 1: Thanks.

Break a leg, as they say.

STUDENTS: Thank you.

JA: Yeah.

All the best.

VO: And James is invited to step up and join the cast in a scene.

Right, I'm going to follow your leads, alright?

Cuz I ain't got a clue what I'm doing!

(THEY LAUGH) So I'm just going to go with the flow.

# Will I ever see thee wed?

# When I marry?

Yes, I will...# VO: Come on, Arg, sing!

# Will I ever see thee wed... # VO: I can't see his lips moving.

# Will I marry?

Yes, I will...# VO: Perhaps panto is more your thing, Arg!

# When thou art dead...# IM: Well done.

(THEY CHEER) Lovely.

VO: We are such stuff as dreams are made on.

Cambridge university Amateur Dramatic Club - Britain's oldest student playhouse still shining brightly.

Meanwhile, Megan and Steven are shooting the breeze in the AC Cobra, wending 25 miles westwards to Willington, near Bedford.

Here they come, with £340 to spend and looking stylish.

Here's to filling up.

Ah!

Ooh!

SM: Argh!

MM: Ooh, mind your leg MM: on the thing.

SM: Ooh!

VO: Well, maybe not that stylish.

Ha-ha!

That wasn't actu...

I feel like... SM: Ooh!

MM: We've done alright there.

SM: That wasn't... MM: That was the best one yet.

We might get used to it by the end of the week!

VO: Or take the bus.

Ha!

This is Time After Time, set amidst a garden center, and there's Rob at the desk.

Hello.

Hi.

Good afternoon.

Antiques, plants and fish.

Antiques, plants and fish.

Never going to get bored here, are we?!

MM: Wow!

SM: Let's have a wander.

Yeah, let's have a little look.

VO: Time for a good rummage.

Oh, dear.

Why do they always have to do this?

Take a seat, madam.

Don't frazzle my hair.

Oh, my God.

There's no spiders in it, is there?

SM: No, you're fine.

MM: Are you sure?

Yes!

Nice and clean.

There's actually a few webs in there.

Going anywhere nice on your holidays?

Not yet, I haven't, no.

SM: Do want hot or cold?

MM: Uh, warm, please.

Not too hot.

My hair's bleached.

SM: Is that better?

MM: It'll literally just... Is that doing the trick for you?

Yeah, lovely.

Thank you so much.

Can I have a cup of tea, please?

Where do you think you are, bloomin' hairdressers?!

Have you seen the price, mind?

How much is it?

SM: £250.

MM: That's quite a lot.

That's quite a lot for a blow dry, isn't it?

MM: That's a lot.

AM: Yeah... VO: I won't be getting my coiffure at Salon Moore-McKenna at those prices!

What else is speaking to you?

This is quite cool.

VO: It's sweet.

SM: The doll's house?

MM: Yeah, 1950s.

Yeah.

It looks like what we would call scratch built.

So that means somebody's made it, probably as a Christmas present for a child, rather than something that's been made by a professional toymaker.

MM: Yeah.

SM: What's it like inside?

It's always very key what the contents is.

MM: It's got every room.

It's a little bit worn, obviously.

Well, doll's house contents is a good key.

So more contents you've got, better.

MM: Really?

SM: Obviously, older is much better.

I mean, this looks pretty old to me.

Did you have a doll's house when you were a little girl?

MM: Yeah.

SM: Oh!

I did, I used to love it.

I actually, when my mum and dad had a little baby sister, I used to go in and organize her doll's house when I was older.

This is how you became an interior designer?

Yes!

Designing the doll's houses.

It's £45.

That doesn't seem expensive, does it?

VO: Not for a lovely bit of nostalgia - and it's detached.

She's not jumping at it, though, so keep looking.

Now, I hate to hurry you, but I'm tapping my watch.

Is that a back scratcher?

(CHUCKLES SOFTLY) Oh, wow!

So that's a powder compact... MM: I love that.

SM: ..on one side.

Little cigarette holder for your... probably your Cocktail Sobranie cigarettes.

MM: No way!

SM: And I can get it open... SM: There we are.

MM: Oh, wow!

That's proper old-school.

So it's even got the...

Still, as you say, the powder in it.

That's really cool.

And what's even more cool about it - it's 10 quid.

A tenner?

What a bargain.

I think that's really smart, don't you think?

That is really cool.

I like that.

It's kind of in good condition, as well.

SM: It's probably 1930s, '40s.

MM: Really?

SM: Yeah.

This is so cool.

And I've seen, as well, next door... What I'm thinking is making it a little jewelry lot.

So this is what's called moss agate.

Maybe if I put it on the white, can you see... MM: Oh, yeah.

SM: It's got little SM: black bits in.

MM: Yeah.

So these are tiny little fossils in the moss agate and that is only...£20.

And then there's this next door, which is 18.

It's Limoges porcelain, SM: hand-painted.

MM: Wow!

So I thought those three little things together might make a little jeweler's lot.

MM: Yeah, that's really cute.

SM: For not much cost.

I like it.

It kind of goes as, well.

SM: Yeah, I think so.

MM: Yeah.

SM: It's that granny chic look.

MM: Yeah, yeah.

MM: Chic, yeah.

SM: Exactly.

That's a good little idea, that.

SM: Buy them?

MM: Yeah.

MM: Let's go for it.

SM: Do you want to haggle again?

Yeah!

VO: Looks like it's bye bye to the doll's house and hello, granny chic.

ROB: Hi.

SM: This is my apprentice.

Right.

Three-pieces, thinking to have this as a little set.

ROB: Right.

MM: What's the best deal you can do for the three of them together?

£40 for the collection.

MM: Yeah... OK.

ROB: Hopefully you'll do ROB: really well with them.

MM: Thank you so much.

OK, so I just now need to pay you.

VO: You do - 40 Great British pounds.

MM: I'm so happy with them.

MM: Thank you so much.

Bye.

SM: Bye bye.

SM: Hold onto the back.

MM: Yeah.

VO: Uh, climb aboard.

MM: Have you got a lift?

SM: My foot in... Bum down and slide.

Ooh, God... Ah!

Ah!

Home, James.

Don't spoil the horses.

VO: She's Megan.

James is in the other car, but he'll be in this one soon enough.

It seems like a successful day.

Will you have a little wine SM: play tonight?

MM: That'd be nice.

Have a good sniff and a swirl... Yeah, a nice little swirl.

..and a swig, and we will swallow.

MM: Yeah.

SM: Cuz you know when you taste, SM: you spit it out.

MM: You're meant to spit it out!

SM: Yeah, no, that's... MM: What's the fun in that?!

Exactly.

Well, here's to a nice drink tonight.

MM: Cheers!

SM: Alright, cheers.

VO: Ching, ching.

And in the MG is Arg, still carried away by the roar of the greasepaint and the smell of the crowd.

Uh, the wrong way round.

What would be your dream role in a West End musical?

The Artful Dodger in Oliver.

IM: Oh!

JA: Because I actually played that part when I was young in a local operatic production performance.

I think it might be my favorite musical, or one of them.

And I just loved The Artful Dodger, like him being an East Londoner, a young, cheeky chappy.

I mean, I don't think I'm too far from the character, do you know what I mean?!

I love Consider Yourself, the song, and all that.

IM: Mm.

JA: Yeah, I loved it.

What a...what a film!

Do you remember the words to that song?

Course I do!

# Consider yourself at home # Consider yourself one of the family # We've taken to you so strong # It's clear we're # Going to get along!

# VO: Time for food, glorious food.

(CHUCKLES) Nighty night.

It's your early-morning call.

Those antiques won't buy themselves.

How did you get on yesterday?

Like, alright.

Do you know what?

I actually really enjoyed going around and looking at things.

JA: I had the best... MM: Did you enjoy it?

Yeah, I had a really nice day.

Listen, I did learn a few things.

MM: Yeah?

JA: I'm not really interested in the shopping side of things, but it's the excitement of getting a good deal is what I like.

MM: Yeah.

JA: Like having a little haggle, JA: getting a good deal.

MM: When I was in the shop and I was looking around, I actually found it quite therapeutic.

JA: (CHUCKLES) MM: But this is my problem.

I have a little addiction when I'm in the shops.

VO: You can get help for that.

Do you think they're enjoying themselves?

I'd like to think so.

SM: I mean, what's... IM: Yeah!

What's more fun than being with us?

Come on!

IM: (LAUGHS) Foiled again, darling!

(THEY CHUCKLE) Oh, that suits you.

We should do that.

I know.

Well...

Tie a little scarf around.

Like Audrey Hepburn.

VO: Hilda Ogden, more like!

I always like to think I'm a bit of a wheeler and dealer anyway.

JA: Do you know what I mean?

MM: Yeah.

But I bet you was really giving it some... MM: I was.

JA: ..eyelashes, weren't you?

MM: I was!

(THEY CHUCKLE) Did you do quite well, then?

What'd you get, a few quid off or what?

Yeah.

I got, like, quite a lot off.

I really like the experts - yeah, Irita, she's a positive person and she loves it, JA: you know what I mean?

MM: Aw.

JA: What's Steven like?

MM: Steven's so funny.

JA: Is he?

MM: Yeah.

What, he's got good banter?

Yeah, I really get on with him, actually.

He's got good dress sense, he's got a good little vibe.

JA: Yeah.

MM: He knows so much.

He's got a certain bit of swag about him, hasn't he?

MM: He's got swag!

JA: Yeah.

He was picking up these things, and I was just like...

He knew the names of everything, the dates, how it was made, MM: without even looking at... JA: Really?!

I swear, I was just, like, I was amazed.

I was like this is, like, MM: it's actually fascinating.

JA: Yeah.

Because, like, I wouldn't have a clue.

VO: Time to park up for a bit of show and tell.

JA: Oh, you got a few bits.

MM: Where are yours?

There.

(CHUCKLES) MM: Is that all you got?

I'm starting slowly, yeah.

MM: Four spoons?

JA: Yeah, not only just spoons.

JA: Look at them.

MM: What are they, then?

Rolex.

MM: Are they?!

(THEY CHUCKLE) Of course you picked these!

Rolex spoons.

How cool is that?

And this, this is the creme de la creme.

MM: What's that?

JA: Silver.

MM: That's silver, yeah?

JA: Solid silver, Norwegian.

Oh, alright.

How much you get this for?

It was up for, like, 155 and I got it for, like, 70.

Wow!

VO: That was it for James after yesterday's performance.

So he's still got £330 to spend today.

What have you got, then?

That's an old doctor's midwife kit.

JA: Right.

MM: From, like, the 1950s or something mental.

VO: Megan also scooped up an ice-cream mold and the cigarette compact and the brooches, leaving her with £300 in her piggy.

Who knows what will take her fancy today!

Plenty of wheeling and dealing to be done.

Ooh!

I don't want to break this.

You've got to do that, then that.

That's it.

VO: Having swapped cars, we're off without further ado to Braintree and Braintree Antiques Centre with Irita, Arg and their £330.

This looks like a fine emporium.

And there's Tom, ready to show off his wares.

IM: I have delivered you to the shop safely.

Come on.

Let's go and see what we can find.

VO: Oh, there will be something.

IM: Let's see what we can find in here.

JA: Sure.

IM: Arg, didn't you tell me that you've got quite quirky things at home?

What do you think of this?

Yeah, it's pretty.

These are known as Tiffany lamps.

JA: Ooh.

IM: Because Tiffany's, in New York, were the ones who invented that sort of light in, uh... JA: Is it the blue, as well?

All sorts of different colors.

JA: OK. IM: Whatever color you wanted.

They invented them around 1895, if I'm not wrong, and the Dragonfly is actually one of their earlier designs.

This is not a Tiffany's because... That's why I instantly looked inside, because the original Tiffany's have like a metal rim IM: that goes inside.

JA: OK. And it's always marked on there.

JA: Yeah.

IM: So this one is a later copy.

JA: OK. IM: But... JA: It's nice, isn't it?

IM: It's decorative, isn't it?

JA: Decorative, yeah.

Would you have that in your house?

Uh... Could kind of go in my house, kind of.

Mm.

It would look beautiful lit up cuz the idea is...

I'd have to see it lit up first.

Yeah.

It's like a stainless glass window, you know, when it lets the light through and it changes the color and that's kind of the idea of them.

JA: What do you reckon, we get a good deal on this?

I don't know how much it's priced at because it hasn't got a price but... JA: We can find out.

IM: Let's go have a look what else we can find.

VO: Yes, let's at least get into the shop.

Right then, what will it be?

Do you think I'm a good catch?

IM: Definitely!

JA: (LAUGHS) You know you are.

VO: And what about netting some bargains?

Course I am.

IM: Arg?

JA: Mm.

You know you're a wedding singer?

Yeah, the best.

Only the best!

You would need posters back in the day, you know... JA: Absolutely.

IM: ..if you were a singer, and this is a kit that they might have used IM: to actually create them.

JA: Really?

Have you ever seen one of these?

Never.

Not in my life.

So they're basically sign-maker kits.

Why this one caught my eye is because it doesn't look like it's been used more than once.

I mean, look, they're clean - they've got no ink on the bottom.

So this is like 80 years old, 90 years old, yet it was only used once and it's complete.

It's not missing a single letter.

I mean, look at all the little... JA: That's good.

IM: ..beautiful sign.

It's so nice to have it all together.

JA: I like it.

IM: Do you think people might like it in auction?

Potentially.

What would you pay for one?

Um... You may be about to buy one.

Maybe, I mean, I don't know.

I wouldn't have a clue.

IM: Would you pay 20 quid?

JA: Yeah.

Shall we see how much it is?

How much is it, sir?

TOM: £60.

Is there negotiation IM: on the £60?

TOM: Course there is, yeah.

When we walked in, we saw the light outside.

TOM: You did.

IM: The Tiffany one.

How much is that?

Cuz that didn't have a price.

That's also 60.

Now, Arg, I'm handing the baton into your hands.

So we've got something outside for 60 quid.

We've got something in here for 60 quid.

Have they both been here for a while?

The Tiffany lamp came in a week ago.

That's been here about a month.

That's been here a month, so... IM: That's a long time.

JA: That needs to go.

TOM: (CHUCKLES) The best I can do on the printing block would be 40.

That's the very best you could do?

That would be the rock bottom.

IM: And the lamp?

TOM: I could do 50 on that.

IM: So if we bought both... TOM: 80.

So that's 40 and 40.

JA: Yeah.

We'll take that.

TOM: Yeah?

JA: Yeah.

IM: That was quick.

Yeah.

No, I'm happy with that.

IM: Yeah?

JA: Yeah, that's good.

Awesome.

Go on, get your money out.

VO: 80 smackeroos duly spent.

Cheerio.

Laters!

(BELLS RING) Right, prick up your ears because Megan and Steven are on their way to the village of Henham and the sound greeting them is the peal of bells at the parish church of St Mary the Virgin.

This is change ringing - a 17th-century development which created the sound of church bells that we've been listening to ever since.

Campanologist David Sparkling knows the ropes.

It's bells, can you hear it?

It actually sounds incredible.

SM: I know.

MM: Hi!

DAVID: Hello!

How are you?

SM: Good morning.

MM: Good.

DAVID: Good to see you.

SM: Summoned by the bells.

DAVID: Indeed.

VO: Bells are an ancient communication, originating in China and used for millennia across the world for religious and cultural purposes.

Until the 17th century, bells were swung, struck or rung by hand, and it was difficult to ring them in a pattern.

1600s, bell founding had developed to a point where they could cast sets of bells and then tune them to a musical scale.

In the early days of ringing, you just hung the bell down and you had a lever and a rope and you swung it backwards and forwards.

The problem with that, when you have bells of different sizes, is that the little bells ring very quickly and the big bells, that make the low notes, ring much more slowly.

It's Newton's law of gravity.

There's nothing you can do about that.

So instead of having a lever, they turned it into a half wheel and eventually a full wheel, and they could swing the bells higher and higher and higher.

And when we ring them today, we swing them full circle.

So they sit upright, and as you pull the rope, it swings through 360 degrees and comes up to the balance the other way.

Once you've developed that skill, then you can ring each bell one time individually.

So the little bells can ring round once very quickly while they wait for the bigger bells to come round, and then you can ring them in sequence.

VO: Richard Duckworth and Fabian Stedman published a book on the subject in 1667 and 10 years later, Stedman's Campanalogia further influenced and spread the art of change ringing.

Stedman's principle is the most commonly rung method to this day.

MM: So, is change ringing because the change of what's going on?

DAVID: Indeed, it is.

But the mathematicians will tell you that if you've got six things, six bells, you can ring that in 720 different orders.

Six factorial.

By the time you've got seven bells, it's 5,040.

By the time you've got eight bells, it's 40,320.

And when you get to 12 bells, to ring every single change would take you about 38 years of nonstop ringing.

So the permutations grow enormously as the number of bells go.

SM: Let's get ringing.

MM: Yeah, let's get ringing.

Let's give it a go, shall we?

Follow me.

VO: The bell ropes are at ground level at the back of the church.

DAVID: Ready?

It's all... MM: No!

DAVID: It's all gonna happen.

MM: OK. Trust me, I'm a bell ringer.

MM: OK. Go on then.

DAVID: You'll be fine.

Ready?

MM: Ah!

Yeah.

DAVID: Here we go.

It's going to go up into the air and straight back down again.

Oh, yeah, it's not even hard.

Beautiful.

And wait, and up in the air and straight back down again.

Beautiful!

A natural!

Straight up.

VO: Lesson over, time to join the pros.

(BELLS RING) Stand.

(BELLS CONTINUE RINGING) Oh, one more.

Oh, maybe one more.

And down.

There we go.

Brilliant.

Well done.

You looked terrified.

(BELLS RING) VO: Ringing the changes through four centuries.

Ha.

Harken to that!

Meanwhile, James and Irita are taking the MG for its final spin today to Sawbridgeworth, close to the Essex border.

How's Arg enjoying his antiques ride?

I learnt some stuff in general.

I learnt some stuff about myself.

Mm.

I am a good haggler.

IM: Oh, my goodness, that... JA: I knew...

I knew I was a good wheeler and dealer.

You're incredible at haggling.

JA: Very good.

IM: Do you think Meghan was anything near as good as you were?

No, it's impossible.

IM: Yeah, I'll agree with that.

JA: It's impossible.

Listen, she's very pretty.

I'm sure she used her eyes and her eyelashes and did some good, like, winking and stuff like that.

But if you've got the chat, you've got the chat.

And you've got the chat.

JA: All day.

IM: Oh, my goodness.

IM: I was so impressed.

JA: Yeah.

VO: Looking forward to more of that action at Cromwell's Antique Centre, housed in a former maltings.

They still have £250.

Who knows what will leap off the shelves and out of those cases.

We'll try and get out in a James Bond-esque, elegant way.

IM: (CHUCKLES) JA: That wasn't too cool.

VO: Well, Sean Connery would have struggled, too.

Bond to the right and Miss Moneypenny to the left.

What we got here, then?

It's an early lighting system, basically.

Because we bought a modern light, didn't we?

JA: Yeah.

IM: And this is something that you would have used in 1800s.

Stick a candle in there and this plate at the back reflects all the light.

What is it, bronze?

Yes, it's bronze, even though it looks as if it's made out of brass.

What do you think of it?

Yeah, I mean, it looks smart enough.

Does that appeal?

Well, I mean, yeah... £160 worth of appeal?

You like it, don't you?

It's OK. Decision is yours.

Well, shall we keep having a little look?

OK.

But do you think we might come back to that?

JA: Yeah, 100%.

IM: Yeah?

Go on, then.

It's an option, isn't it?

Let's see what else we can find.

JA: It's a good option.

VO: So it is.

Now, Megan and Steven are also on their way to Sawbridgeworth to their last shop, near to James and Irita.

And how has Megan enjoyed her introduction to the world of antiques?

When I was in there, there was like loads of beautiful sets, like glassware, china, that it's, like, so amazing.

Like, it's amazing.

I actually would go and buy something.

Yeah.

And I think you also saw, as well, I saw for myself, you saw how cheap antiques can be.

MM: Yeah.

SM: I just wish more people would wake up to antiques and how good and environmentally sustainable they are.

Yeah.

No, I know.

It's opened my mind to it.

I just never knew.

Like, probably none of my friends would know that either.

Well, preach the word, sister.

I will, don't you worry about it.

Evangelize for those antiques.

Don't you worry about.

I will.

(CHUCKLES) VO: Megan McKenna - Antiques Warrior!

And so, to Herts & Essex Antiques Centre, filled with all sorts and lots more of those beautiful, shiny things Megan is loving.

SM: Here we are.

MM: Here we are!

Last shop of the day.

SM: Are you excited?

MM: Yeah!

VO: Time to find something to spend that last 300 on.

While down the road, Irita's still busy casting her beady eyes over the cabinets.

Arg, come and have a look at this cabinet.

There's a lot of curiosities here.

I mean, China, India, Japan.

JA: Africa?

IM: Africa, Italy, everything.

Which way do you - where do you want to go in the world?

Italy.

It's my favorite place in the world.

IM: No!

JA: Yeah.

Guess what.

I've seen something in this cabinet that originates in Italy.

JA: Really?!

IM: Yeah.

Go on.

Show me, please.

Napoleon.

What do you think?

JA: Ooh, nice and heavy.

JA: But what is it?

IM: What is that a sign of?

It's a sign of quality.

That is a sign of class.

The base is onyx, and it's basically a desk kind of piece that you would put your knickknacks on.

So if you were a man and you IM: had this on a desk... JA: Yeah?

..you could put your watch there or, you know, your cufflinks.

JA: Jewelry.

IM: Your jewelry.

JA: Pinkie.

IM: Yeah.

Bracelet.

Necklace.

Do you want to buy it?

You're not allowed to, but I would like you to buy this for an auction.

JA: This is cool.

IM: This is the most excited I have seen you.

I love Italian.

Is it in our price range?

I think so.

Now, it is signed after Canova.

Antonio Canova, which was like one of the greatest Italian sculptors in 1800s.

JA: Wow!

IM: This is a later copy IM: of one of his originals.

JA: Yeah.

We could never afford the original, but it is beautifully marked, it is in great condition.

JA: It looks smart, as well, doesn't it?

It looks classy.

Do you want to see the part that I like the most?

JA: Yeah.

IM: That.

JA: Ooh... 65 quid.

I think you should take, take... Take it with you and just go.

(WHISPERS) Don't even buy it.

It is nice and heavy.

JA: Come on, then, let's go.

IM: Look at that smile.

Go on!

Head off.

Watch out at the desk - here comes Napoleon.

JA: Hello, sir.

ANDY: Hi.

JA: What's your name?

ANDY: Andy.

Andy, my name is James.

Nice to meet you.

Now, the good news is that I've fallen in love with this.

OK. Has it been for a while?

A little while.

So you want to get rid of it?

Not necessarily.

I can do a little bit on it for you.

What are we talking?

ANDY: I can take seven off.

JA: £7?

I could do for £58.

Would you do it for 55?

Go on, 55.

JA: Lovely.

IM: Well done.

He's very good, isn't he?

ANDY: (SIGHS) He is.

IM: He twisted your arm there.

He twisted my arm!

VO: The Treaty of Sawbridgeworth is thus concluded.

IM: Thank you.

ANDY: Take care.

JA: Bye bye.

ANDY: Bye.

VO: And that's the end of the shopping campaign for these allies.

IM: Are you happy?

JA: Yeah, more than happy.

I've got a good... good feeling.

VO: Meanwhile, in the other camp, how's Megan faring?

Megan?

Oh, you're there.

Have you any idea what that is?

MM: No.

SM: You're a lady... SM: of quality, I'm sure.

MM: Yes.

Imagine you're a Victorian lady of quality... MM: OK. SM: ..and you were wearing lovely sort of leather gloves, which might have been white, and you were given a posy of flowers - SM: this is a posy holder.

MM: No way.

SM: So you put the flowers in there and then these pins would stick into them.

Stick it to keep it there.

You could carry the posy and sort of say, "Oh..." MM: Aw, that's so cute.

SM: "I'm a lady."

You don't see lots of them.

Now, it's £85.

I think that's too much money.

MM: Mm.

SA: But if the dealer... gives a little shake on it.

SM: It's a curio, as we call it.

MM: Yeah.

I mean, I've never seen that, ever.

And do you remember yesterday when we were looking at SM: that doll's house... MM: Yeah.

..which you kind of dismissed?

Well, again, sticking on the classy theme... if you were a Dutch lady of the 19th century, you would have silver furniture in your doll's house.

MM: Really?

SM: So that's all made with silver wire and we call it filigree work.

So it's 800 standard silver, SM: so it's lower than... MM: That's beautiful, that.

Lower than British.

But have you seen the price on the two?

55?

Is that...?

Is that...?

I don't think that's expensive.

These are really nice.

I like these.

Both of them are really nice.

Shall we see what the dealer thinks?

Yeah, let's see.

Let's see how low he can go.

OK, let's see how low.

Do you want to...

Your third lot of buying.

Yeah, go on, then.

Go on.

Lead the way.

Once more unto the breach.

Stand by, Nick.

MM: Hello.

NICK: Hi, there.

SM: Hello.

Hi.

So, we have found two things.

NICK: Aha.

MM: What's the best deal you can do for all of this?

The posy holder is currently...?

MM: 85.

NICK: The best we can do is... NICK: ..65.

SM: OK.

Knock £20 off that.

And?

MM: And these are 55.

SM: They're 55.

We can probably do those for, say, 45.

Could it be 100 for the two lots?

It's a nice round number, isn't it?

We like a round number.

I think it's so much easier to work with round numbers.

Aw, thank you so...

Thank you so much.

That's not a problem at all.

SM: I think that's a clincher.

VO: Excellent, 55 for the posy holder and 45 for the doll's house furniture.

MM: Thank you.

NICK: Appreciate it.

SM: Bye bye.

MM: Bye bye.

VO: And with that, their day and all the shopping is done.

MM: Oh, we've got to go this way.

Oh, that way.

Oh, right.

That's me... What would I know?!

Would you say you have enjoyed yourself in the last couple of days?

Oh, I've absolutely enjoyed myself.

I've definitely had fun.

I had a great time.

I've had a smile on my face the whole time.

You have.

Do you think next time I go to a random antique shop, there's a chance of me finding you in it?

JA: You never know.

IM: (CHUCKLES) I'm not saying you're an antique and I might be able to...

I don't want to make promises I can't keep.

Ooh!

But you never know.

Stranger things have happened.

(CHUCKLES) So we've dealt with your first antique shop.

Have you ever been to an auction?

MM: No.

SM: Cuz that's coming next.

SM: Are you excited?

MM: I'm so excited.

But slightly worried at the same time?

Yeah.

Do you know what?

I just felt...

I'm feeling spots of rain - are you?

Do you... Or a bird's weed on us.

Uh-oh.

I think it's...

I think it's raining.

Is there a roof on this?

Um... Well... VO: No.

Hurry home!

And see you after some shuteye.

And soon enough, they'll be back in the flash wheels looking chirpy.

(THEY CHUCKLE) We're back on the road, baby.

We're back!

How am I looking?

MM: You look fresh.

(THEY CHUCKLE) VO: They're off to watch their auction and looking very upbeat.

JA: You excited?

MM: Yeah, I am.

Are you?

I'm excited.

Do you think you're gonna win?

Obviously!

(THEY CHUCKLE) Winner's mentality, you've got to... You know what I mean?

Alright, let's see.

I'm speaking it into existence.

OK, putting it into the universe.

The thing is, it's luck, isn't it?

It's the luck of the draw.

There might be someone in there who's, like, obsessed with something we've got that wants to pay... ..hundreds.

Listen, if we don't make a bean, we'll just blame it on the experts.

Yeah.

VO: Quite right.

They'll be taking a last spin in the AC Cobra to Stoke Bruerne, where they'll rendezvous with Irita and Steven to watch the auction on their tablets in the idyllic setting of Stoke Park Pavilions.

These 17th-century buildings in the Italian Palladian style are attributed to renowned architect Inigo Jones.

They once adjoined a stately home.

Now, sadly, no more.

Here's the coach.

There it is.

You found us!

JA: Hello.

SM: Good morning!

(ENGINE RUMBLES) Hello.

SM: Welcome to our humble abode.

IM: Wow!

MM: (CHUCKLES) We could hear you coming a mile away.

My goodness!

VO: Meanwhile, their purchases have been sent to Yorkshire, where they'll be up for grabs at Halifax Mill Auctioneers.

They'll be bidding online, by phone and in the room and presiding over it all will be auctioneer James M Watson.

JAMES (JW): 40.

VO: Arg parted with £205 on five lots.

What has James got pegged as a winner?

Souvenir spoons don't always fly away at auction, but the Rolex branding is certainly going to help them.

We can only but try and hopefully these will do well.

VO: Megan spent £200 on her five lots.

What caught your eye, James?

I think the one I would pick out would be the doctor's suitcase with all the various medical pieces.

Lots of different things for someone to find appealing and find resale value in all, as a collector, I think it will be the star of the show.

VO: We'll see.

The antiques aristocracy are assembling on the lawn in readiness for proceedings to commence.

How are we feeling?

Fit and strong.

Good.

Oh, optimism.

I'm feeling good.

I'm actually really excited to find out.

VO: Game on.

First up is Arg's superior price marker printing block set.

I forgot we even bought this.

MM: This is quite cool.

That's how much he loved it!

Forgot!

I thought this was one of yours.

(CHUCKLES) JW: 50 to start.

IM: No bids.

£30, then.

£30 for the printing block.

£30 bid.

32 in the room.

Good bidding, 32 with the room bidder here.

34, 36, 38, sir.

40 now.

No... IM: Oh, we've broken even.

MM: Have you?

And that one is selling, final warning.

£40.

IM: Broke even.

JA: Broke even, even-stevens.

VO: That's a start.

JA: Take that all day long.

MM: Yeah?

Break even's almost a profit.

It's like a sniff of a profit.

VO: But will Megan's Victorian gilt posy holder come up smelling of roses?

I mean, a Victoria metal posse holder.

MM: Posse!

SM: Posy!

JA: Oh, posy holder.

SM: Not a posse!

£20 straight... SM: No!

MM: What?!

£20 for the posy holder.

Any more, then?

And that is selling, final warning, for £20.

(GAVEL) No!

Oh, my God, you've had a beast.

VO: Beast it is, then.

If only we described it as a posse holder, we might have made some money.

(THEY CHUCKLE) VO: Next under the hammer is Arg's Norwegian silver spoon.

Are you worried, Arg?

I don't get worried.

Fear is just an illusion.

Just 20 to start.

22 now.

22, 24, 26 now.

Final warning.

And that's selling to the internet for 26.

James Argent, how do you feel now?

That hurt.

Yep.

Ouch!

Megan, how did it feel, Arg losing money on something?

It felt good, that's what I'm saying!

(THEY CHUCKLE) MM: Yeah.

SM: I put words in your mouth.

Yeah, no, it did - it felt alright, to be honest.

VO: Time for Megan's brooches and the cigarette compact.

Granny chic, we thought.

MM: Granny chic.

SM: Exactly.

It's very cool, though.

Anybody going to be in on these at 20?

Nobody at 20, so we're going to try at 10.

At £10 we're in with saleroom.

Looking for 12.

12 in the room, thank you.

And that's selling to the room bidder for 12.

Oh, that was bad.

God, that was terrible.

VO: I can but agree.

I don't want to do too much trash talking in case it comes back to bite me KW: on the you know what.

MM: Exactly!

Karma comes around, MM: you know?

SM: Exactly.

Give out good vibes and good vibes will come back.

Yeah, exactly.

So I'd wipe that grin MM: off your face, mate.

SM: Yeah.

VO: Ha-ha, the atmosphere is getting charged.

Arg's Tiffany-style lamp is next.

Do you like it, Megan, or not?

Yeah, I love a Tiffany Lamp.

JA: Tiffany... IM: See, she instantly knew IM: what that was.

MM: I knew what that was.

Tiffany ceiling light, yeah.

Yeah, I knew them.

£30 to start.

£30.

Nobody, so just 20, then.

Just 20 for the Tiffany.

20 in the room, £20 in the room and that is... SM: No...!

JW: 22 now.

24, sir.

24.

26 now.

28, 28... Keep going!

30 with the internet and that is selling, final warning, for just 30.

We lost a tenner.

VO: Bye bye to another tenner.

Should have made a profit.

You should've been there bidding.

I would have bid myself.

I would've had that.

I would've had that in my house happily.

VO: We're onto small furnishings now with Megan's silver doll's house, settee and chair.

It's really beautiful.

When you see it in real life, MM: it's stunning.

SM: Needed a bit of a wash. MM: Yeah.

SM: But... Did you give it a wash, Megan?

MM: No.

JW: Just 20, then, £20 to start on this one.

I do like these.

20 at the back of the room.

24 now in saleroom.

26, 26.

32, 34, 34 at the back.

You're going in the right direction.

36 with the room, 38, sir?

40?

So £40 there.

42?

44?

So 42, then.

MM: No!

IM: You weren't far away!

SM: Oh!

And that is selling to the room bidder for 42.

MM: We lost money on it!

SM: We were robbed!

JA: You lost three quid.

MM: I can't believe that.

VO: So close.

What a shame.

So you're three quid down.

Look at his smile.

Come on.

I mean, says Mr Moneybags there.

You know!

VO: Arg is marching forth now with the bronze Napoleon mounted on the onyx dish.

It's just very cool.

I actually did fancy this for myself.

£30 to start.

Straight in there.

And we do have a commission on this.

So 32.

34 now, 36 with us.

38 now.

40 now.

42.

Come on, let's go.

46.

48 with our commission.

£50 now and that's our top.

There we go.

So 55, that takes out the commission bid.

At £55...

Final warning to the internet for 55.

VO: The campaign has stalled.

Oh, well, another broken even.

VO: But will Megan's French pewter ice cream mold fly or BOMBE?

Personally, I thought it was a good buy.

JA: I think it's a good buy.

SM: Even the price, upper end of the window, it wasn't expensive for what it is.

JA: Really?

SM: Yeah.

So you could be onto a winner here.

20, 20 to start on this.

Nobody.

So just £10, then.

Just £10 to get the ball rolling.

We're going to have to go down to £5, unfortunately.

So just £5.

£6 now we have.

£10 at all?

£10.

So just £10, though.

Room's out and that's selling to the internet for £10.

(GAVEL) I can't believe that sold for £10.

That is over 100 years old.

So much history.

VO: Maybe people just prefer Mr Whippy.

I feel for you on that one.

I do actually feel for you.

VO: It's Arg's last chance now with the Swiss Rolex spoons.

IM: It's cheap.

JA: I'd say it's cheap.

A fiver a spoon, you can't go wrong, JA: can you?

SM: Exactly.

And this is in memory of your grandad, isn't it?

JA: Absolutely.

Absolutely.

IM: So... 20 to start.

Anybody at 20 for these?

£10 at the back of the room.

There's 12 now.

14, sir.

JW: 14 at the back... JA: Come on!

Any more?

16 now on the internet.

18.

18 at the back of the room.

Final warning to the room bidder for 18.

You've made £1 per spoon profit.

Bravo!

(THEY CHUCKLE) VO: Yes, but it's still a profit.

Take that three quid all day.

SM: Yeah, exactly.

VO: Megan's last chance with the vintage doctor or midwife's obstetrics case.

Will this baby be a winner?

It had everything in it.

That's why I thought it was quite cool.

Like, even the little tubs, like, with, like, the Vaseline in it and the Dettol.

Just like everything was just still there from before.

50.

50 to start.

JW: 30, then.

Anyone at 30?

JA: Could go back up, though.

£30, £30 straight in, we're looking for 32.

IM: It's on the way.

JA: It's gonna go up.

36 now.

38.

£40.

MM: OK. JW: 42.

44 now we have.

Looking for 46.

JW: 46.

48 at all?

MM: Ooh!

£48.

Thank you.

50, back where we started.

MM: Yes!

SM: £3 profit!

We have 60.

It's creeping up.

Looking for 65.

So £60 now.

Final warning.

And we're selling this one for 60.

MM: Alright.

SM: 15 quid!

IM: (CHEERS) Well done!

JA: Respect!

VO: Well spotted, Megan.

A healthy profit delivered.

It deserved to make a profit, it really did.

It was a nice thing.

MM: It was cool, wasn't it?

IM: Yeah.

VO: It was.

But now just let me add up the sums.

After starting with £400, Megan finishes with a total, after auction costs, of £318.08.

While Arg lost a little bit less and he wins the day with a total, after saleroom fees, of £333.58.

Well done.

Yes!

Yes!

Never in doubt.

Never in doubt.

SM: You were for a minute.

JA: (CHUCKLES) MM: Well done.

JA: Never in doubt.

Thank you very much, guys.

Well done.

It was a fabulous trip.

JA: It's the taking part that counts.

I knew you was gonna win.

I don't know what it was.

I had this feeling from day one you was gonna win.

JA: Thank you.

MM: Thank you!

MM: Thank you, guys.

JA: Cheers, guys, thank you.

Been a nice little road trip, innit?

Yeah, it's been nice.

Is it something you'd do with me again?

MM: Yeah, would you?

JA: 100%.

Well, we said, didn't we, that one day you and me JA: will go to... MM: Little road trip.

JA: To Graceland.

MM: Yeah.

Where Elvis Presley's house was.

MM: Yeah.

JA: And we'll go Nashville.

MM: Yeah.

JA: That'd be a good trip.

MM: That'd be a good trip.

JA: That's our next road trip.

MM: Yeah.

But maybe we'll get a flight.

I think we should get a flight!

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