VO: It's the nation's favorite antiques experts, with £200 each, a classic car and a goal - to scour Britain for antiques.

That hurts.

My sap is rising.

VO: The aim?

To make the biggest profit at auction, but it's no mean feat.

There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.

Could you do 50 quid on that?

VO: So, will it be the high road to glory or the slow road to disaster?

JAMES: Your steering is a bit lamentable.

VO: This is the Antiques Road Trip!

Yeah!

This week, we start a brand new chapter with the raffish duo of James Braxton and Charles Hanson.

CHARLES (CH): Oh, James, I'm now...

I feel so much warmer.

(THEY CHUCKLE) (HORN HONKS) VO: Auctioneer James Braxton has a wealth of experience in the world of antiques, but his exquisite taste sometimes means the price tags don't quite match his budget.

JAMES (JB): Is that near 100?

Would like to get about two.

Right.

VO: And of course, he's a charmer with the ladies.

Can I show it to you?

Yes, fine.

VO: But hot on James's heels is an ever over-excitable young auctioneer, Charles Hanson.

I'm so nervous and I need the toilet.

VO: Ha-ha!

He has a great strategy for buying - that's if he can find a shop.

I'll go into this first day relaxed and content and just let the objects come to me.

VO: Well, hopefully he'll find some shops.

It never hurts to be ambitious but first things first, eh?

VO: Our chaps begin their adventure with £200 each and the open road in front of them, and their automobile of choice for this week's trip is James's beloved 1952 MG. She's clocked up a good few miles, but she's a trusty old thing - sometimes.

JB: I think she's wrapped up here.

Come on!

Get moving!

Dear oh dear.

VO: Oh dear, oh dear indeed.

James and Charles will travel 380 miles from Dulverton, west Somerset, via the Isle of Wight and make their way to Truro in glorious Cornwall.

But this is day one of the trip - we begin our shopping mission in the idyllic location of Dulverton and will auction over 55 miles away in Crewkerne in the county of Somerset.

Dulverton is a pretty little town near Devon.

The bridge is thought to date back to 1000BC, although according to folklore, the devil had a hand in building this bridge.

So without any further ado, let's catch up with our very own devilish duo.

Ride her in, James, ride her in.

Here we are.

I'm slightly worried about the brakes.

Ride her in, that's OK. James, this is it.

The start of our road trip.

Exactly, but don't you feel it's almost too serene round here to really generate those big returns?

Oh, come on, you're the catalyst, you can bring some energy to this part of the world.

You think so?

You think so?

JB: Yeah, definitely.

CH: OK, OK. VO: And off we jolly well go.

Let's start off with old James Braxton.

First stop is a visit to Anthony Sampson.

Are you going in there?

Am I going in there?

Are you going in there?

Good luck.

I'm going this way.

I'll see you later.

Get me some clotted cream.

I will do, bye!

Is this the one?

Hello.

I love your six plank coffer.

That's lovely.

DEALER: Isn't it a super one?

Yeah.

It's still very nice high ends, aren't they?

Yes, they... particularly you see there's a little notch on the front.

And is that very expensive?

Well, it's just under £1,000, it's £950.

Yeah, it's lovely.

VO: Yes, it is lovely.

But also completely out of your budget.

Now, let's see if we can buy something, Anthony.

Now, what's this fella?

Yeah, well, this I think is... what... late 1890, 1900.

So how much have you got on that fella?

That is 495.

495.

VO: Crumbs!

Maybe it's time to cut your losses.

Thank you very much indeed, Anthony.

Bye.

VO: The Braxton instinct is kicking in.

From one to the other.

Oop... VO: And not only that - everything's half price!

JB: Hello.

DEALER: Hello.

Hello.

So here am I, looking at a Lionel Edwards.

I presume it's a print - it must be a print at this price.

"Early Lionel Edwards print, £220."

I'll see whether that can be bought... cheaply.

VO: Hold on to your horses - looks like James is going to go for a buy.

Is it... Is it half of this?

So 220 - 110.

I don't even know that the half price is set in... is set in stone.

VO: The owner of the print needs to be called, so Liz asks for an offer.

Yeah, I'd offer him £45 for it.

OK. OK?

DEALER: Let's see.

JB: Let's see.

Hello, Max, it's me again.

Um... we've had an offer for one of the pictures, it's Carol's... erm... the big Lionel Edwards print, the triptych, that's on the stairs.

OK, fine.

Right, OK.

Right, thanks.

Bye.

Bye.

Maybe 100 but no lower than that.

Yeah, no, that's fine, that's fine.

Anyway, Liz, thank you... thank you very much indeed.

It's... VO: Ah, well - onwards and upwards, James.

Let's catch up with Charles.

Let the dog see the rabbit!

Charles is having a good old nosy in Acorn Antiques, with owner Peter, and he's spotted something straightaway.

CH: This is in my budget.

And of course, what I think we have here is a biscuit tin, don't we?

Yes, Huntley & Palmer's.

That's it - Huntley & Palmer biscuit tin.

It's in... Actually, it's in very nice condition.

We've got "Huntley & Palmer Biscuits" marked on the base here, "Reading and London", and of course, by, I think, lifting up this section here, you open up, to take out a biscuit.

And this biscuit tin would date to around 1910?

DEALER: Yes.

CH: Thereabouts.

Nice biscuit tin.

It could be yours for £110.

Yes.

Are you open to negotiations, sir, or is it a normal 10%?

DEALER: Call it £80.

CH: £80.

They're very collectable.

Yeah, they are collectable.

I agree.

I've been given £30 off, you know... you know, what a discount!

And I can't really argue with that.

But I think at auction, on a really bad day, it might only make 50.

VO: Sounds too much of a risk for young Charles.

But you've... You've got me going, sir.

OK.

I appreciate it.

You've got me going.

VO: Oh, no deal!

Seems the chaps are reluctant to part with their pennies.

VO: Empty-handed, the boys head off to pastures new, to the delightful village of Williton, in west Somerset.

You know, you're a man of the south... Yup.

You know, you're a man whose great southern... Oh, my...!

Look at the water!

Oh!

All we need is a lorry.

God!

But it has rained here.

Wow!

Now, in this... what is your wet weather...?

VO: As you can see, driving in James's vintage car without a roof is a bit of a challenge when it's raining - the skinflint!

I'm going shopping.

I think you want... James...

I think you want to get in the warm!

James, I'm drenched!

Look at me!

Well, good luck.

I've got to now go try and find some... JB: Good luck.

CH: ..superior antique... Hope you find something.

..looking like a drowned rat!

VO: Charles is going for a good old rummage around West Somerset Antiques.

Tim is the owner - great name!

- and will hopefully point young Charles in the right direction.

Something Somerset, yes.

Yes.

All I can think of is things like... cheese and... and cream, and... DEALER: Cider jars.

Exactly, exactly!

Thanks very much!

What'll I'll do, Tim, I'll have a wander round...

I want to start big, because I want to set the standard for James.

VO: He's having a really good sniff around - literally.

This is quite a nice box, because I can feel, in its tactile nature and in the way it's been carved, this box, no doubt, is probably circa 1880, 1890.

Probably some type of walnut... Mm.

..octagonal outline, with this interesting Manxman, Isle of Man type of design.

How much, Tim?

DEALER: £25 I'm asking for that.

CH: £25.

And your very best price, Tim?

DEALER: £20.

CH: £20.

CH: Has it been here a while?

DEALER: No, it hasn't.

No?

Good, well it's going... it's going, it's gone.

I'll take it, Tim.

Superb.

Thank you very much.

Our third purchase.

VO: All I can say is thank goodness one of our dynamic duo has started buying.

CH: Tim, how much is the nice chest of drawers in here?

DEALER: The fine, bow fronted... CH: Yes.

Tim, that's a good little Georgian bureau, sorry, Georgian chest of drawers.

The spare handle, there's one for the corner over there.

DEALER: In its current condition, £120.

Best price?

One best price.

DEALER: 100 quid.

CH: 100 quid.

You couldn't go wrong with that.

They often say proportions are everything.

VO: Yes.

You look at the body.

VO: He's quite an excitable fellow, you know.

It's got two good top drawers.

VO: For pity's sake!

It's a chest of drawers, Charles.

And a body of three long drawers.

VO: Oh, blimey!

Oh dear, Tim, you've put me into a quandary now.

You're a good man.

£100.

£100 is the best price.

DEALER: It is.

CH: Very tempting.

Tim, I like it very much and I think at £100, it's going once.

Best price Tim, £100?

It is.

Look at me, £100, yes?

It is.

Right, OK. Tim, I'll take it.

Marvelous.

Good man, thanks Tim.

Thank you very much.

VO: Charles is definitely in the mood... for buying.

James, however, is having a bad day on the buying front but he's not worried.

He's traveled a solitary mile to Washford to find out more about the history of the wireless.

With a bit of a bumpy arrival!

Oopsie, watch out for the suspension, James.

VO: The Washford Radio Museum is owned by lifelong radio collector Neil Wilson.

In the early '90s, Neil purchased this 1933 BBC transmitting station to house his collection of all things radio.

Neil is going to show James around.

Now, this is...

This is an amazing place - what do we have here?

Right, it's basically a museum to celebrate the...

The BBC in early broadcasting, principally radio broadcasting rather than television.

Because this was a BBC transmitting station, I decided to set this museum up.

VO: Over the years, Neil's passion for radio has resulted in a museum that is crammed full of some real radio gems.

In the early days of radio, it was a rather different world with large valves and cumbersome equipment.

And we begin with one of the great radio landmarks.

So what do you have here, Neil?

Well, this is various information that was issued to engineers at the time of the Queen's coronation in 1953.

All the various plans and positions for everything.

This was, at the time, the biggest outside broadcast that the BBC had ever attempted.

VO: The sheer amount of wires needed for this event was displayed here like a road map.

The documents show the monumental BBC operation involved in bringing the coronation into the homes of the British public.

NEIL: Somewhere in here there is a script of the day itself.

The running order?

Yep.

Goodness.

That's it starting there at 10.15 in the morning, "This is London."

Oh, I see, the script.

Yep.

And each place would have this and this would be your broadcasting cue, would it?

Yes, so, er, Wynford Vaughan-Thomas and it just says what he was... what he was going to do.

VO: As Princess Elizabeth made her way to Westminster, every detail was planned with precision - right down to every word of the commentary.

How interesting.

VO: Also in the collection is a unique recording with a royal connection, which has never been broadcast.

One that I've got here is actually... was made during a royal visit to Broadcasting House in 1939.

Really?

And they actually... demonstrated how recordings were made so the royal family spoke on... into the recorder and this was the result.

INDISTINCT SPEECH ON RECORD So, the voices we heard, Neil, who were they?

Well, they would have been the Queen Mother, King George VI and the Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret.

It's extraordinarily rare - I've never heard it anywhere other than from this disk.

NEIL: Erm... JB: Ah... NEIL: Certainly... JB: Hang on to it!

NEIL: Yes, I sh... Well, thank you very much indeed, Neil.

It's been a fascinating tour.

I'm slightly the wiser about transmitted airwaves.

Anyway, you promised me some cake.

Indeed, yes!

Where is it?

Go on, lead on!

Righto!

RADIO CRACKLING RECORDING: And it only remains for me to say, for I don't know how many times, good luck.

Here we go.

# We've sung about the soldiers and the sailors on the sea # We've sung about the... # VO: Back in Williton, Charles is still in the antique shop, and is in haggling mode.

And he's found an old cello priced at £60.

Tim, this cello, tell me about it.

Well, I think, again, you like something with a challenge, don't you?

Yes I do!

This is in need of a bit of...

I don't play, unfortunately.

No.

But, um... yeah.

Where'd it come from?

How old is it?

I'd guess it's... VO: Whoops-a-daisy.

How old is it, Tim?

It's got to be 70, 80 years old at least.

Has it been here a while?

Oh yes.

It's not been here that long.

No.

It's quite tired, isn't it?

It is.

Somebody will love it.

If I said Tim, without even going into it, .."what would be the best price to take it away," what would you say?

DEALER: £30.

£30.

I'll be cheeky for the first time - would you...

I'll take it away, Tim, and pay you £20, and take a complete, haphazard guess that it might make me a bit of money.

25, you've got a deal.

£25, we're gonna meet halfway, and do you know what Tim?

I've never before in my life bought three items in a row in one shop, and at £25, I will do.

£25, it's a jump in the dark.

What I do know is it's quite an exciting cello that might have some legs.

VO: Never mind its legs, we want to find out whether it's got any notes in it.

Good deal though - we'll find out whether it's been a savvy buy over at the auction.

Nice old dusty box here.

Nicely...

It's actually quite nicely made, lined in mahogany, and we've just got a whole array of tools in this box on different tiers.

And it looks as though it's really never, ever... ..been emptied and sorted.

There are lots and lots of tools, and again...

..I'm no DIY expert, I'm no tool man.

My wife will tell you, when it comes to DIY and fixing things, I can't do it very well.

VO: Never (!)

It's pine and then ebonised, and on the front obviously somebody over the years has repainted maybe their name, "H Dipper".

"H Dipper", who was H Dipper?

Harry Dipper?

Henry Dipper?

We don't know.

Tim?

Yeah?

What is your price on this?

Well I've been asking £50 for the chest and £40 for its contents.

So you're really asking about 90, and I'm saying to you Tim, "Look, clear me out, "wash me out, here's my £55 left over "and you'll have my entire budget for my first "Antiques Road Trip with James."

And if I go down, Tim, we go down together, OK?

(THEY CHUCKLE) Well I can only ask to take every last penny, can't I?

So yeah, you've got yourself a deal.

Fantastic.

OK. That's great.

Thanks, Tim, very much.

Thank you very much.

Superb.

Can't believe it - £55.

VO: Well, he started at a gentle trot, but then bolted into a hearty gallop and blew his budget.

Thanks Tim, all the best.

Well that's it - I'm shopped out, I've bought four fantastic items, and I feel like dancing in the rain.

VO: He-he-he!

Nutter.

It's time for James and Charles to get a good night's sleep.

Nighty-night.

VO: It's a brand-new day, and the boys are up bright and early, but Charles is in a very laidback mood.

CH: Shall we have a quick game of tennis?

JB: No, I think we'll leave that.

We've got plenty of time, shall we...?

JB: No.

CH: ..go walk on the beach?

You may have plenty of time.

Why not?

But funny enough, I've got to do some shopping.

VO: So far, James seems to have forgotten the name of the game, and has spent a big fat nothing on absolutely zero items.

He's got everything to play for, and still has an untouched sum of £200.

Charles meanwhile seems to be rather unwilling to part with his cash, until he decided to blow the whole sum and total on the Victorian octagonal box, the bow-fronted chest of drawers, the battered cello and the large Victorian toolbox.

No more shopping for Charles then.

The boys spent the night in the village of Braunton, north Devon, where my parents lived.

Naughty shirker James is on a jaunt to the coastal resort of Combe Martin - bootiful.

Combe Martin has the Guinness World Record for the world's longest street party.

James is also a record breaker for failing to buy a single item by the end of his first day.

Look at that!

Eh?

Who wants a swim and a hill climb?!

VO: We don't want you taking your kit off again James - put your foot down and start buying, pronto.

Sherbrook Selectables is Mr Braxton's first port of call.

DEALER: Hello, James.

Good to meet you.

Very pleased to meet you.

Hello.

Trevor.

Trevor, very nice to meet you Trevor.

Now may I have a look round?

You certainly can.

Thank you.

It would be a pretty poor show if I couldn't find something, wouldn't it?

That's a very splendid canteen, that, isn't it?

Art deco, yes, it's, erm, art-deco box.

I think it dates to around the late '20s, early '30s.

VO: This canteen was made by James Dixon & Sons.

Founded in 1806, they were one of the foremost names in silver plate and sterling silver tableware.

And is it complete, Trevor?

No, unfortunately we have the one carving fork missing.

Everything else seems to be there.

So that's that one, I'm sure there's more.

What else have we got here?

This is rather interesting - what can you tell me about this, Trevor?

Orrefors.

Orrefors?

Orrefors, yes.

That's Swedish glassmaker, isn't it?

Swedish, Orrefors.

About 1950.

Yup.

Hand cut and signed on the bottom.

Just a nice piece of heavy Swedish glass.

It is, isn't it?

Can I feel?

God, it is heavy, isn't it?

And that hasn't been ground down, that looks good and feels good.

Nicely engraved and then frosted.

Er... could you do 50 quid on that?

DEALER: No problem.

JB: That's very kind.

DEALER: That's the first one.

JB: Thank you, treasure.

Er, treasure!

Trevor!

Let's do... You treasure!

Later (!)

(THEY CHUCKLE) I can't believe this.

Hold on, I'm falling to my knees.

God bless you Combe Martin, cuz I have finally bought something!

VO: Hallelujah!

Big Brackers is off the starting block.

Right Trevor, the thing I looked at earlier...

This?

Now I've got the first one under the belt.

Would you take £50 on that?

Yeah, I think... You're a lovely man.

God bless Combe Martin again and thank you Trevor.

You're very welcome!

VO: Looks like the Braxton magic is returning - long may it continue.

VO: Back to Charles in Braunton.

The area boasts beautiful golden beaches that attract surfer dudes from all over the world, so it makes perfect sense to have a museum here telling the history of surfing.

VO: Charles is going to find out more from the curator, Peter Robinson.

Most people think of surfers as a 1960s craze, where tanned young men in California took to the waves, but in fact it goes back much, much further.

It's thought that surfing goes back potentially thousands of years.

There's even been cave drawings founding Hawaii of people standing up on surfboards, and it was certainly a very developed board sport by the time Captain Cook arrived in Hawaii in 1779 and started to write about surfing.

So what's in here, Peter?

Well in this cabinet, you've got the earliest known drawing of someone standing up on a wave.

So it was first published in 1831 by the Reverend William Ellis.

It's an image that is now known globally in surfing history as being really an iconic moment.

I think because of the morals of the time, he's put a loincloth on there.

The reality is they probably would have been naked.

CH: Of course.

PETER: This is one of the earliest British surfboards.

It dates from just after the First World War and is made of solid wood.

It was ridden by a guy called Nigel Oxenden who himself was a fascinating character.

He won the Military Cross in the First World War as a major.

Did he really?

He went over to Hawaii and learnt how to surf and then established the Island Surf Club of Jersey in 1923.

It's Europe's first surf club.

And this was the board he used, and he'd ride it prone, rather like a boogie board today.

You know, he was a remarkable character and really the key lynchpin of British surfing.

So from the very early days, I mean, this board to me, Peter, looks as though... Goodness me, let's say a big breaker hit me on the head, this sort of board could cause me some damage.

Oh, it would cause you a lot of damage, and if you move on to something like this, this is the type of board that Edward VIII - who was at the time the Prince of Wales - would have ridden in Hawaii in 1920.

Goodness me.

It weighs around about 100lb.

This has to be my favorite board in the entire collection.

We've got more than 200 surfboards in the museum's collection.

It was made actually here in Braunton in 1968, and the bottom of it is actually a roll of Paisley pajama cloth that's been laminated under the fiberglass.

Wow!

And you know, not only is it iconically British...

Yes.

..it's a fantastic board to ride.

Is it really?

Yeah, it's superb.

Yeah, yeah.

It captures the essence I suppose, Peter.

It captures the essence of the '60s, and was that when surfing was really coming out?

Yeah, it's kind of when modern surfing culture as we know it today was born, in the late '50s and early 1960s, and this really does embody that era of sort of flower power and a very free spirited life on the beach.

You know, there was... Surfing was kind of, in its modern form, was in its infancy at that time, certainly in the UK, and you know, what a thing to be walking down a beach with.

It's just, it's an object of great beauty.

It's becoming cooler and cooler, hey?

PETER: Absolutely.

CH: Looks that way.

VO: Cool Charles is simply having too much fun.

Let's catch up with James.

James has traveled nearly 80 miles south to the tiny village of Hele in Devon, where local legends abound of smugglers and shipwrecks.

Time's running out, James - we'll have you walking the plank if you don't buck up and buy some more antiques.

A cathedral of antiques.

Hello.

James.

I'm Chris.

Hello Chris.

VO: Hopefully shop owner Chris can help James in his shopping mission.

Can I have a quick rove around?

Sure.

And then can I grab you and take you round the items?

Not a problem.

VO: Meanwhile Charles has finished shopping, and with the beautiful Devon sunshine, could he be actually going for a surf?

Don't be silly.

And look - he hasn't even taken his jacket off.

Back to James.

He's found a lady.

This lady here fascinates me, Chris.

She's not pretty, is she?

She isn't pretty.

She isn't pretty.

It's one of the finest noses I've seen, really.

It's a great nose, isn't it?

Yeah, yeah.

It's certainly a beak.

It is a beaky nose, I can see great austerity and a rather lovely element of severeness about her.

Pecked to death!

I think she'd be doing the pecking.

That's what I mean.

Could that be cheap?

Like cheap, cheap, 20 quid cheap?

Hmmm...

It did have a... Yeah.

I could do it for 30.

30?

OK. What about the opaline glass?

VO: This shiny looking globe would have originally been used as a light fitting.

Erm... That can be 20.

JB: That could be 20.

DEALER: Yeah.

So a crisp £50.

A crisp £50.

Crisp £50.

Chris?

You've got a crisp one.

Jolly good.

Best of luck with it.

Thank you very much indeed.

Really kind.

VO: Quite a good deal there James - the original price on the painting was £55 and the globe was 28.

The sun has disappeared so Charles is joining James to have a good old gander at each other's purchases.

Here you are, young man.

Our good health!

Get that down you.

What is this?!

Somerset organic cider.

Really?

Alcoholic?

I would imagine so.

Good health, cheers.

If it's come from Somerset!

VO: Oh Charles - do you think that's a good idea?

Well, are you ready?

Mm.

Three, two, one... Whay!

Hold on, hold on, hold on... Look!

There!

My wonderful items!

Look at them!

So you've bought three items, or am I missing something?

Hey!

A lovely cello!

Exactly.

Is that a full size cello?

Er, no, half size I think.

Half size.

Half size.

So I bought four items, one, two, three, four.

You haven't just bought four items, you've bought the contents of a home!

James, I'm knocking on wood, OK?

I'm knocking on wood to give me a profit at auction.

I like your chest.

Thank you very much.

JB: Great... CH: Thank you very much!

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

A lovely bow front.

Yep.

Nice splayed legs.

I think that's a winner.

Yeah.

Now what is that on top?

This is a lovely box.

Look at the quality, nice box.

JB: That's lovely.

CH: Isn't it?

A sort of soap dish, isn't it, really?

Yeah, abso... Or powder box.

How much?

Er, £30.

£20.

OK?

Winner.

Winner.

Like it, like it!

OK. Don't like the trunk particularly.

Eh?

Why not?!

Well... James, sometimes the beauty is within.

Let me sell it to you - look at the inside, James.

Look.

I've got a whole array of tools.

You've got a carpenter's box.

Exactly.

Look - look at that!

You have got a winner.

Like it?

How much?

Nothing - £50.

£55.

That is going to make good money.

You think so?

You're going to make 150, £200.

Get out of here!

You being serious?

Yeah.

Yes!

And the cello?

I think it's very nice.

Erm, it...

I love the over-engineered of the... of the, um, whatever they're called.

VO: It's called a scroll, James.

It cost me £25.

JB: Cheap.

CH: You think so?

JB: Very cheap.

CH: Yeah, great.

VO: It's James's turn now.

Show us what you've got.

Ready, steady... OK. Smorgas...

These feel slightly inconsequential in comparison... CH: Get outta here!

JB: ..to your mighty items.

Oh, I like.

I like.

Here's the first one.

Yes.

Yeah, OK. JB: Missing one item.

CH: Yes.

JB: The fork.

CH: Yeah, OK. Um... VO: Hmm, I don't think he likes it.

James, what I tend to say is that the fashion for the old canteen is slightly out of vogue, you know?

And...

I like it, but I don't like it that much.

What do you think of my severe lady?

Um... well James... Don't say "oil painting".

You were gonna say "oil painting".

No, she's got a certain... Is that a bird dropping there or is that just paint?

JB: It is a bird dropping.

CH: OK, it is.

That's OK, I thought it was.

£30.

OK.

I think James you probably can't go wrong at £30, but I wouldn't buy it.

JB: OK. CH: OK. A vase.

CH: Yeah.

JB: Orrefors.

Yeah, love it.

Signed on the bottom.

Yeah, yeah.

And intact.

Again, not for me.

Not for you.

Not for me.

Sorry buddy.

Last one.

Yeah.

Don't touch it.

CH: Why not?

No?

JB: Oh, you can feel it.

CH: Thanks, OK. JB: Feel the weight.

CH: Oh yeah, I like it.

JB: Just briefly.

Yeah, I like it.

What is it exactly?

I think it's a glass shade, so you would have had a collar round there.

Is it a vase?

No.

What I like so much is I've gone for the very boring, traditional, patinated furniture and you've gone for almost the 20th century.

You've gone collectable, I've gone antique.

I know.

And I'm the young one and you're the older one, right?

VO: So, let's hear what our chaps really think.

The weakest item was his chest of drawers.

The biggest was the weakest.

But the funny thing was how yin and yang we were.

But he's bought some cracking items.

He's going to make some serious money.

Do you know what?

I think he's panic-bought, and I think his panic buys might be in trouble.

VO: Right then - it's time to get the big wheels moving.

And go!

It's been a cracking first leg.

We began our journey in Dulverton, traveling via Williton, Washford, Braunton, Combe Martin, Hele... Phew!

And finally arriving in Somerset's fine town of Crewkerne.

The town has a long and ancient history, including status as a Saxon royal mint, and it's a jolly lovely place to stop off on your travels.

It's auction day as our two experts roll into town.

Thank you ever so much, mate, for letting me borrow your hat.

It's very good.

Well, best of luck for this one.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, well let's hope so.

VO: Lawrences of Crewkerne have been trading fine wares for over 50 years, and sell everything from dolls to diamonds.

Richard Kay is today's auctioneer and has a few thoughts on James and Charles's purchases.

Being principally a picture specialist here, the portrait caught my eye.

I'm not sure I'd want to live with her but she's an intriguing picture.

Somebody at some point will identify who that's by and possibly even who it's of.

I think the one that puts me off more than any other is the cello, which sits rather forlornly in the corner at the moment and doesn't look as though it's loaded with commercial potential.

VO: James Braxton started the day with his full allowance of £200 and spent a proud £150 on four auction lots.

Charles Hanson took his £200 starter pack and threw caution to the wind.

He blew the full £200 on four auction lots.

And remember, the auction house takes a commission off the selling price.

All quiet please!

The auction is about to begin.

You know, I'm feeling slightly in awe of you today.

You're looking so smart.

First, first, first day on, you know?

This is a serious... My new navy blue flannel.

This flannel is six years old, it's Irish, and it feels second hand today compared to you.

VO: Enough about the togs, boys.

First up is Charles's full-bodied chest of drawers.

Bids here start me at £70.

CH: Come on.

RICHARD: £70 I have.

CH: Come on, let's move.

RICHARD: At £70, 75, 80.

85 now, on my left, I'm selling at 85 in the room.

Keep going, just a little more.

At £85, are we done?

CH: Come on, surely there's more than that?

85.

Last time.

There's something rather final about a hammer coming down.

I lost £15.

Bad start, James.

No, but you've everything to play for.

You are going to take this leg.

I've learned though it's all about, it's all about, you know, I don't want to be too clever at the start.

Hanson, take this thing steady, OK?

You know.

VO: It's a loss, but Charles knows it's early doors.

Next we have another from Charles - it's the Victorian octagonal box.

Let's see if it can make a profit.

Bids start me here at £30 on this lot, £30 is bid.

On commission at £30.

Come on!

Let's keep going!

RICHARD: All done?

CH: Come on!

I'm coming down then at £30, absentee bid.

Last time?

Well that's good!

That's £10 profit.

That's good.

I'm delighted.

You can't argue with that.

So I'm £5 down.

That's good!

VO: A tenner's a tenner, and the young pretender is full of smiles and optimism.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder - it's James's oil painting next.

Steady.

Steady!

Start me here at £20 on this one, £20 for it.

£20 anywhere?

£10 then?

£10?

12, 15.

No?

15 on my far left, I'm selling at 15.

18 now.

Come on.

20.

25.

30.

Five.

40.

Five.

50.

RICHARD: £50 on my far left.

CH: That's good.

Selling at 50 then, last time at £50, all done.

(GAVEL) CH: Well done.

Brilliant.

Well played skipper, well played.

Well played.

That's good, isn't it?

JB: I'm in there.

Steady work, steady work.

CH: You know, I would... JB: I'm in the driving seat.

VO: An excellent start for James.

Let's hope the profits keep steady and consistent.

It's Charles's battered cello next.

If this goes wrong, things are looking a bit slippery for you, I would say.

I thought my chest was a winner.

And close bids here, £30 I must.

Oh yes!

35 is bid.

40 now, 45.

50, five, 60, five.

RICHARD: 70, five.

CH: Hanson, Hanson.

CH: Get in Hanson!

80, five, 90, five, 100, and 10, 120.

It's 120, on my far right at £120.

I'm selling at £120.

Going, going... !

RICHARD: Last time?

(GAVEL) Gone!

Yes!

Skipper, I'm back in business!

CH: (LAUGHS) That was a storming result.

Wasn't that wonderful, eh?

Well done.

I'm back in business!

You're right, it was a banker.

VO: It may have been old and battered, but it's music to Charles's ears.

It's James's Swedish vase next.

Could it swing him into the lead?

Good luck mate.

And interest here, bids start me at 55.

CH: Fantastic.

RICHARD: £60 is bid.

CH: My God!

RICHARD: £60 is bid.

At £60 on commission.

I'll sell at 60.

It's against you in the room.

At £60 for the last time - all done?

(GAVEL) CH: Well played, profit!

That was it, wasn't it?

CH: You're flying.

JB: I've got to pay commission on that.

CH: Can't grumble, eh?

CH: You're warming up.

JB: No.

Hold on, hold on - nine quid.

I've made £1 profit out of that.

Well, you're warming up - it was profit, eh?

VO: It's a small profit, but it's not enough to put him in front.

RICHARD: Lot 265 is the large opaline glass light globe, being held up for you there.

£20 for it?

£20 for this?

At £20 anywhere?

£10 then?

CH: He's got it.

RICHARD: 10 is bid.

CH: He's got it.

Maiden bid at 10, I'll sell at 10 only if you're all done.

JB: Come on.

RICHARD: £10?

Oh come on, one more.

£10, all done.

Cheap.

Oh dear, that was cheap, wasn't it?

VO: It's your first loss James.

Keep strong, old man.

Next up it's Charles's toolbox - the item that James is dreading.

This is the big one, James.

JB: Go on.

CH: Mr Dipper's chest.

Big it up.

Interest here, bids start me at 90, £100.

Yes!

Oh, get in!

110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 160.

CH: It's moving!

It's moving Jim!

170, 180, 190.

CH: It's moving, I'm cooking with gas!

200, 210, 220.

220!

It's £220, gentleman's bid on my right.

I'm cooking!

Yours sir, 220, I'm selling.

RICHARD: Last time at 220... CH: It's 220!

RICHARD: Last time.

(GAVEL) CH: Oh, wonderful!

JB: It was.

Oh, thanks Jim.

Hold on.

Hold on, hold on - mirrors, signal, maneuver!

(THEY CHUCKLE) CH: 220!

That was a biggie!

JB: 20, 20... God, I've been taken apart!

I'm up in the round, don't worry.

220!

Eh?

220.

God.

I can't believe it.

I'm lost for words.

VO: Well that's a first then.

Well done Charles, and you should thank H Dipper for a magnificent profit.

The drinks are on you, chief!

Yeah!

Scrumpy all round, eh?

VO: It all hinges on James's canteen of cutlery, the item Charles was less than impressed with.

Interest here, I have to start at 90, 100, and 10, 120 is bid.

£120 is bid.

Unbelievable!

At £120, and I'll sell.

It's an absentee bid at 120.

Selling on the book.

I'll go through in the room for the last time at £120.

(GAVEL) CH: Well played!

JB: Back in there!

CH: Unbelievable!

Well done!

CH: God.

JB: I needed that.

CH: Brilliant.

I needed that to keep up with this young man.

Get outta here.

I did.

Get outta here.

VO: Great result James, but sadly it's not enough to beat the incredible results from Charles.

We've both had a tremendous day, haven't we?

We have had a tremendous day.

I can't believe it.

Come on, let's go.

Let's go.

Have you got the car keys on you?

No.

Why not?

Where are they?

James?

There you are, there are the keys, go on.

James, I'm almost more... VO: Our chaps started today's show with £200 each.

Charles has had a terrific auction, but who is the winner?

After paying auction costs, James made a small profit of £46.80 and has a reasonable £246.80 to carry forward.

Whizz kid Charlie Hanson, meanwhile, made a whopping profit of £173.10, catapulting the young pretender into the lead.

Charles has a delicious £373.10 to start the next show.

CH: Which way?

Straight on?

(ENGINE REVS) CH: Yeah?

JB: Yeah, straight on.

Watch-ch-ch - gently!

VO: Steady Charles - thankfully his antique buying is better than his driving.

JB: Feel the brake, a nice opportunity for... JB: Don't change up too early.

CH: No.

JB: Can you feel the brake?

We need to stop now.

VO: Next time on the Antiques Road Trip: James and Charles travel to Dorset.

James demonstrates he's a very patient man.

JB: Don't say sorry, just do it.

CH: Sorry.

JB: Don't say sorry!

CH: Sorry!

I won't say it again!

JB: Don't say sorry!

CH: OK, OK!

VO: And Charles is a very brave boy.

If you turn the handle... Will it hurt me or not?

No.

I promise it won't hurt you.

CH: Is it a trick?

MAN: No, no.

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