[CAR HONKS] NARRATOR: The nation's favorite celebrities-- Ooh!

Just want to touch base.

NARRATOR: --paired up with an expert-- - Boo!

- What?

[BOTH LAUGHING] --and the classic car.

No hands!

NARRATOR: Their mission, to scour Britain for antiques.

My office now!

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

But it's no easy ride.

Whoa!

NARRATOR: Who will find a hidden gem?

[HORN HONKS] Like that.

NARRATOR: Who will take the biggest risk?

This could end in disaster.

NARRATOR: Will anybody follow expert advice?

But I love this!

Why would you buy some you're not going to use?

[LAUGHS] NARRATOR: There will be worthy winners and valiant losers.

No, I don't want to shake hands.

NARRATOR: Put your pedal to the metal.

Hang on, let me go first gear.

NARRATOR: This is the "Celebrity Antiques Road Trip."

[THEME MUSIC] Yeah!

On your marks, get set, go!

And we're off on a brand-new road trip with legendary Olympians, Katherine Merry and Linford Christie.

KATHERINE MERRY: Whoa!

Potholes!

See that there, that skills, that is!

[CHUCKLES] And I didn't feel a bump.

NARRATOR: Best friends for years, this pair of running heroes are motoring along in this rather swish 1974 Jensen Interceptor.

Can't beat driving around Oxfordshire.

LINFORD CHRISTIE: You realize everyone staring at us?

KATHERINE MERRY: I know.

But you know why they're staring?

Because they're thinking, that seriously good-looking guy there, and he's got a chauffeur, and she's not even wearing a cap.

[LAUGHS] NARRATOR: Linford claimed the 100 meter Olympic gold in 1992 in Barcelona.

He competed over 60 times for his country, winning more major championship medals than any other British male sprinter.

We've known each other-- Too long.

I first met you when I was 13.

And I was 17.

And you were-- [BOTH LAUGHING] I remember, because they were trying to find the fastest school girl and school boy in the country, and you were the figurehead.

And we kind of then went full circle, didn't we?

Because I started running internationally at 13, you were still running and winning every title that was available.

And then you kind of went into coaching.

When I met you, I said to you, I would love to coach.

Do you remember that?

- Yes, I do.

And I never thought-- I never ever thought it was going to happen.

I never did.

The thing also, when I was coaching, the age group seemed a lot bigger.

But now, you realize that it wasn't that much years between us, really.

Something like five or six.

KATHERINE MERRY: There's 15 years between us.

I'm 42.

Ooh!

What are you talking about?

You're nearly 60, mate.

Whoohoo!

NARRATOR: I'd watch your step if I were you, Linford.

An Olympic start at the 2000 Games in Sydney, Katherine won bronze in the 400 meters and was ranked number one in the world the following year.

Katherine is now a sports presenter and commentator.

LINFORD CHRISTIE: The thing is, because we get on so well, this means that I didn't train you hard enough.

KATHERINE MERRY: Yeah.

Because if I gave you a real hard session, you wouldn't be talking to me now.

Oh, gosh!

Bore off!

[LAUGHS] Every single training session, nobody trained as hard as me.

I trained 65 times on Christmas day.

There you go.

KATHERINE MERRY: You will do well, you just won't do well enough.

LINFORD CHRISTIE: Well, it doesn't matter-- But then again, you were Olympic gold, I was Olympic bronze.

So I wasn't quite good enough, right?

Well-- That's your fault, coach.

No, it wasn't my fault, you just didn't listen.

[BOTH LAUGHING] NARRATOR: Well, let's hope they both listen to their experts, as they'll be teaming up with jolly David Harper and super smiley Christina Trevanion.

[BOTH LAUGHING] They're cruising along in this 1957 Jaguar XK150, manufactured before seatbelts were mandatory means none are fitted, which is why they aren't wearing any.

Got it?

Nice number plate.

DAVID HARPER: What a beautiful morning it is.

Whee!

Oh, so are you away with the fairies?

Yeah, well, most of the time.

Yes!

[BOTH LAUGHING] We've got Linford Christie, I mean-- [GASP] He is an absolute true hero of mine, honestly.

Doyen.

Oh, my gosh.

I mean, as a younger man, I would watch-- Linford Christie was the guy.

The man is an icon.

Well, I'm very much looking forward to spend some time with Katherine Merry.

A bronze medallist at Sydney-- DAVID HARPER: Yeah.

CHRISTINA TREVANION: --in 2000, and just all-around fascinating woman.

The way that she has led her career and what she's done through her career is really quite inspiring.

- Good.

- Really inspiring.

Is it going to be a bit of a girl power?

I'm sensing a bit of girl power.

Well, if you don't mind, I'd like to go with Katherine.

That's fine.

Linford has been my hero for very many years.

I'm desperate to meet him.

NARRATOR: The battle of the ladies versus the gents it is, then.

Both teams will kick off this rip-roaring road trip with 400 pounds in their pocket.

Starting in Weston-on-the-Green, they'll then be buying up in Oxfordshire and Berkshire before heading to Bourne End in Buckinghamshire for auction.

Quite a trip.

What do you know about antiques, L?

I know you, Katherine, that's all I know.

[LAUGHS] You know like a postage stamp that you put on a letter?

What I know about antiques, you could write on the back of it.

[BOTH LAUGHING] Hi.

Good morning.

Whoa!

Morning!

Good morning, sir.

Wow!

Wow, wow, wow!

Linford Christie!

Can you-- it's quite low in there, isn't it?

KATHERINE MERRY: Yeah!

[BOTH LAUGHING] Linford!

- How are you doing, sir?

- It's a pleasure to meet you.

Good morning.

Good morning.

- Great pleasure to meet you.

- Pleasure.

Right, so, we need to decide.

Well, Linford, I thought the XK150 is more us.

It's kind of svelte and sporty.

Don't you think?

- I'm with you, sir.

- Yeah, come on.

[BOTH LAUGHING] Well, we'll go in the much cooler car.

Yeah.

This will be the winner's car then.

DAVID HARPER: Oh, really?

- Must be, yeah.

DAVID HARPER: Get in.

Hang on.

Oh-ho!

DAVID HARPER: This might take some time.

Are you going to drive, darling, or am I going to drive?

I'll drive.

[BOTH LAUGHING] NARRATOR: They're off.

This morning, both teams will be starting their shopping in the village of Yarnton in Oxfordshire.

DAVID HARPER: Now, Linford, I think there's a really interesting dynamic on this "Antiques Road Trip," because you've got we've got you, the tutor, then we've got Katherine, the student.

So how's that going to play out on the competitive stakes?

Oh, Katherine is very competitive.

KATHERINE MERRY: Good school, nice school, proximity.

It's not about the taking part, it's about the winning.

Oh, OK. Really?

Oh, gosh, you're quite competitive.

Yeah, it kind of comes with the nature of being a sports person, I think.

LINFORD CHRISTIE: She's always been.

DAVID HARPER: Yeah.

And I think that was one of the great things about her, coaching her.

She competed against the guys all the time.

If they ran a time, even though she couldn't run as fast, she would try.

And so therefore, it's going to be unbearable.

There's two people in the world I never want to lose to, one is my husband-- - Yeah.

--and one is Linford.

Oh, really.

Ooh!

I love that.

OK. Looks like our gents have pipped the ladies to the first shop.

Smart!

Right outside for you, Linford.

Thank you.

I cannot complain, sir.

Great service.

[LAUGHS] Let's go antique buying.

Now, Linford, does that remind you of childhood?

LINFORD CHRISTIE: It does indeed.

Almost like a Chipper and a Chopper.

It is, it is!

I have a Chipper.

NARRATOR: I prefer the Chopper myself.

Bike nostalgia aside, Yarnton Antiques Center has around 50 dealers' wares on offer.

So if you look at the cabinets, Linford, you can tell every dealer has a different style and taste.

Each one is a distinctly different shop.

I must say, I like-- that is nice.

What do you like?

Let's have a look.

The communion.

Oh, right, communion.

Well-- Shot glasses.

Shot glasses.

That's more like it, isn't it?

Originally designed for religious ceremonies.

Now, you're right, that would be a fun, quirky party piece, wouldn't it?

Silver plated.

And then each little tumbler will be hand-blown.

But it's a good quality thing.

And looking at the legs there and the design, looks very Art Deco to me.

NARRATOR: And worth a closer inspection.

DAVID HARPER: I mean, they're lovely little glasses.

And look at the bubble.

Isn't that beautiful?

So these-- I think these are hand-blown, aren't they?

Let's have a look from the base.

Oh, that is fantastic.

Let me hold that.

I'll hold that up.

Just have a look at that.

LINFORD CHRISTIE: Oh, that looks really nice.

DAVID HARPER: It's like a chandelier.

I was going to say, because maybe you would put some little candles here and hang it.

I'm-- you know what, I'm not joking, you could do that.

I really like that, Linford.

LINFORD CHRISTIE: I like that.

NARRATOR: Better talk money with dealer Daniel.

Well, what sort of price could that be, Daniel?

It could be 38.

DAVID HARPER: Personally, I think it's absolutely for nothing at 38.

I would be very much up for buying that.

DANIEL: Definitely, then, let's-- we agree.

- Shall we have it?

- We should have it.

You found it, let's have it.

Daniel, thank you very much.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Daniel, put that on our account.

Will do.

NARRATOR: So the gents won the race for the first buy.

Girls, you're playing catch up.

KATHERINE MERRY: Ooh.

Ah, no, they're here first!

Those rats!

Just shout if anything crops up.

It's a marathon.

It's not a sprint, see?

- OK. That's me.

Yeah.

OK. Because I go, ah!

[LAUGHS] Oh, my gosh.

See, look at all these cabinets.

I mean, it is cabinet crazy, isn't it?

NARRATOR: Oh.

what have you spotted, then?

That tub there with that little-- That's nice.

--glass-based little vase there, and that blue enamel top.

KATHERINE MERRY: I like the blue.

That's the color of our car.

It is the color of our car.

- That's a sign-- - Do you think?

--Christina, yeah.

[CHUCKLES] We literally have just walked in.

Yeah, but it caught our eye.

It did, very much so.

Very, very much so.

But let's keep wondering, and we'll keep that one in the memory bank.

Definitely.

This is what I want to show you.

One of my big passions.

And immediately, I love it, because it's got a very good weight to it as well.

Is it Ming?

It could be Ming, but no, it isn't Ming.

But it is utterly delicious.

Have a hold of it.

Er-- Turn it over.

It's all stapled.

Yeah, I know.

Isn't that lovely?

I mean, it is quite-- I mean, it's very unusual, I think.

I mean, of course, it's actually holding it together.

DAVID HARPER: It's holding it together.

It's beautifully repaired, which tells me a couple of things.

First of all, it helps date it, because this form of restoration really came to an end about 100 years ago.

LINFORD CHRISTIE: And stapled around-- stapled.

DAVID HARPER: They're literally just hand-forged.

But it tells you something else, that it was also highly-prized by whoever owned it, because the cost of repair was quite expensive.

It's definitely Chinese.

And it is described as Famille Rose.

And featuring hand-painted butterflies, representing long life.

It is a fantastic thing.

Made me think that.

DAVID HARPER: Yeah, it does, it does make you think.

This is the "Antiques Road Trip."

It's a proper antique.

It's 20 quid.

It is, as we say in the north of England, for nowt.

LINFORD CHRISTIE: It's got me.

- Has it got you?

- Yeah, it's got me.

- It's touched your heart.

- Right.

[SOBS] [LAUGHS] I'm broken.

I'm utterly broken.

- Oh!

So is the plate.

[BOTH LAUGHING] NARRATOR: Back with the girls.

This is quite cool, quite funky.

NARRATOR: What's Christina found?

CHRISTINA TREVANION: What do you think about that?

KATHERINE MERRY: British Rail.

CHRISTINA TREVANION: So it's basically an advertising poster, which obviously British Rail have used.

What is it dated down here?

Is it January 1967?

KATHERINE MERRY: Yeah.

CHRISTINA TREVANION: It's very evocative.

It brings back a time when people used to get on the sleeper overnight for a holiday.

KATHERINE MERRY: Are they common?

CHRISTINA TREVANION: There probably would have been quite a few of them produced.

Whether many of them have survived or not, that's debatable.

Travel posters.

Mmm.

Very collectible.

OK. Railway on it, very collectible.

KATHERINE MERRY: If we are in Scotland-- CHRISTINA TREVANION: Yes.

KATHERINE MERRY: I'd be more inclined.

But we're in Oxfordshire.

You don't sound convinced.

I'm not, but I can see the two or three areas you've said it will appeal to.

NARRATOR: So the poster's a possibility.

Anything else grab you?

Ooh, Star-Spangled banner.

Ooh!

Ooh!

That's lovely, isn't it?

Isn't it?

IS that all hand-stitched?

Oh, it is all hand-stitched.

48-- Star American flag.

I might be wrong, but 48 stars, I think, was from turn-of-the-century.

So it's a 1910, 1912.

Oh, wow.

And I think they added another two stars, actually, because it's 50 stars, isn't it?

So I think they added another two stars in the sort of 1950s.

So it's a genuine sort of vintage thing.

NARRATOR: And did you know that the last two states and stars making up the 50 were Alaska and Hawaii who entered the union in 1959?

It's just quite cool, isn't it?

85 pounds.

Yeah, at auction, it's 60 to 100.

OK. For me, it would look quite bright and jolly in the saleroom, so people would notice it.

I like it.

I like the history, I like the 48 stars, not the 50.

So-- mmm.

And you trained in America for a while.

Yeah, I do like it.

Sexy outfit.

Oh, well, you see!

DAVID HARPER: Oh, my gosh!

You look like the Statue of Liberty!

[BOTH LAUGHING] Or the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

I don't know which one.

[BOTH LAUGHING] Thank you.

How are you getting on?

Very well.

We're just out of control buying, aren't we?

- Indeed.

- Really?

Well, we find it very easy.

What about you?

- Really?

You look a bit hot and bothered.

Ah, well, it's just-- CHRISTINA TREVANION: Are you putting them under pressure?

No, we've been given a bonus, so we're that good.

Really?

You're not that good.

[BOTH LAUGHING] They're empty-handed, Christina, empty-handed.

Yeah, exactly.

Exactly.

Oh, well, thank you.

See you later.

DAVID HARPER: Bye.

They've just seen one of our purchases.

Yeah, but they don't know we're going to buy it.

No, that's true.

We'll just tell them we haven't.

Yeah, we'll just say we haven't.

OK.

So-- NARRATOR: While Linford and David browse on, Katherine and Christina have found yet more cabinets.

Silver, Christina.

That's always a safe bet, right?

Anything-- Well-- oh, look at that.

Silver compact mirror box, London 1929, enamel top.

I like the color, I like the shapes.

It's a great size.

It's 90 pounds though.

But yeah.

I mean, you do get powder compact collectors.

I'd love to look at it in more detail to see if it's signed.

KATHERINE MERRY: Yes.

But that is beautiful.

NARRATOR: With two ladies' accessories on their list of potential purchases, a closer look is called for.

OK, so studious.

So that was the first one that we looked at.

KATHERINE MERRY: Yeah.

So we've got silver top, London 1907, 20 pounds.

Now, on closer inspection, I mean, obviously, you've got the hallmarks around there.

So nice, good, clear hallmarks on there.

KATHERINE MERRY: OK.

But unfortunately, what we didn't see when it was in the cupboard, can you see that chip?

Ah, yes.

CHRISTINA TREVANION: OK, so-- KATHERINE MERRY: Yep.

That one to consider.

I still think that at auction, it might make us a small profit.

It's a pretty thing.

OK.

This, on the other hand-- Yes.

--which-- The colors are lovely.

CHRISTINA TREVANION: This wonderful black enamelling here, contrasting with this lovely rural scene.

It might seem a bit odd, but that's a classic Art Deco thing to do.

OK.

Contrast, complete contrast with everything.

So we're missing the grill.

There would have been a little powder grill in here originally, which would have kept the powder down.

So that's missing, which is disappointing.

But to be perfectly honest, as a powder compact collector, you're not looking at the inside, you're looking at how it displays.

Should we go and ask Daniel?

- Yes.

Yeah?

Let's go see what Daniel says.

NARRATOR: So along with the 85-pound flag and the 55-pound poster, that's four items up for consideration.

What's your best, then, Daniel?

DANIEL: The best price on that would be 40 pounds.

- OK. - Would be the very best.

OK. What can we do on that one?

Again, he's given me an indication of 5 pounds I can take off of that.

OK.

So that makes that 80.

So I've got 120.

And then how much on that one?

And then again, she's given the indication of 10 pounds-- On that?

--off of that.

So that's 80.

And then-- - So that's 200.

- 200.

Yep, OK. And then, unfortunately, on that one, I'm not going to be able to do anything on that.

OK, so what do we think about this?

No, we've always preferenced that one.

So is this going to be our first victim?

Yes.

OK, so thank you, but no thank you.

DANIEL: OK. KATHERINE MERRY: Yeah.

CHRISTINA TREVANION: OK. DANIEL: I'm going to put that back in the cabinet.

So it's around 200-- Yeah.

--for that, that, and that.

OK.

I think we've got three potentially very interesting, very strong lots.

Shall we go for it?

Yes, I'm happy if you're happy.

Yeah?

Yeah, I like everything we're getting.

200 pounds.

Thank you, sir.

NARRATOR: That means they've bought three items in their first shop.

Marvelous, well done.

Back with our chaps, though, are they feeling enlightened?

DAVID HARPER: What do you think of that?

LINFORD CHRISTIE: That's some sort of Buddha, isn't it?

DAVID HARPER: It is not some sort of Buddha, it is the Buddha.

Is it?

The Buddha, the enlightened one, which is very interesting.

Because people will always refer to Buddha as big fat bellies and all of that.

They are Buddhist monks, but they don't represent the original Buddha, the founder of Buddhism 2,500 years ago.

That is he.

So that is a tour piece, something that if you are in India or the east, you might buy as a memento.

I think he's gorgeous.

I think it's absolutely gorgeous.

It's 29 quid.

I mean, it's no money.

The question is, do we buy him?

I think it's over to you.

We might get him for 25 pounds.

All I can tell you is, I would not personally leave this building without it.

NARRATOR: Well, in that case, you'd better see if a deal can be secured on this little bronze.

Time to chat money with Daniel.

LINFORD CHRISTIE: So we would like that.

And it's, I think-- was it 29?

Yeah, we don't say we would like it, it's 29.

Oh.

That's what you say when you go to a department store.

I'm sorry.

We say we're quite interested in this, how much can it be?

Over to you.

We are quite interested in this, sir.

How much would it be?

I could do you that for 26.

25?

Just because the odd pound is-- - I think we could do 25.

- There we go.

- Are we going to do it?

- Yes, I think we should do it.

- We're going to do it.

- 25.

Lovely.

- Thank you, Daniel.

- Thank you.

Fantastic.

NARRATOR: Now, what about the 20-pound Famille Rose plate?

DANIEL: Unfortunately on this, I can't do any reduction on that one.

DAVID HARPER: What do we think about that?

I'm still happy.

- Yeah.

I'm happy.

I'm happy.

NARRATOR: Including the Art Deco communion glass set that they shook on earlier, Linford and David have bagged everything for 83 pounds.

Well done, chaps.

Katherine and Christina, meanwhile, have made their way to Oxford.

Christina has a special treat in store for competitive Kath, as they're going to learn about Oxfordshire's most popular pub sport.

They're meeting local expert Andy Beale to find out more.

CHRISTINA TREVANION: Look at those beautiful flowers.

KATHERINE MERRY: It's very nice, aren't they?

Are we ready?

Yeah.

Uh-ah!

Hello!

ANDY BEALE: Hello, welcome.

Hello, thank you.

Hi, I'm Andy.

CHRISTINA TREVANION: Hi, Christina.

- Hi, Katherine.

- Hi, Katherine.

- Nice to meet you, Andy.

- I'm Andy.

- Are you all right?

- Yeah.

I'm doing well, yeah.

Do you want me to show you the game of Aunt Sally?

- Yes, please, yeah.

- We're lovely to.

KATHERINE MERRY: Anything in the pub's a winner.

Well, exactly.

[BOTH LAUGHING] Do we pass the bar, Andy?

ANDY BEALE: Oh, yes!

NARRATOR: Yes, it's not cribbage or darts that's played most in these parts.

Oh, no, it's the old game of Aunt Sally, where wooden sticks are thrown at a little doll.

Although little known outside Oxfordshire, the game is more than just a popular pastime here, with its own competitive league that has 90 teams and over 1,200 players.

I never knew that.

So how did the game come about, Andy?

Well, there's many theories on how the game come about.

One of them was going back to the 17th century, during the English Civil War, when Charles set up court in Oxford.

And what they used to do then was tie a live cockerel to a stake, and then people will come along and pay to throw a stick at the cockerel.

KATHERINE MERRY: Mmm.

CHRISTINA TREVANION: Really?

And whoever done the killer blow with the last stick, that was their prize.

Another theory is with the fairs that come around Oxfordshire, there was a bit like the coconut shy that you have.

But what they would throw out was a doll.

And they would then throw sticks.

And whoever would knock the doll off then would be able to claim the prize.

And it's just sort of originated from there, and it's grown, and grown, and grown as the years have gone on.

First records that we've got was 1938.

There was a four-year gap where the war was on.

From then on, we've got all the records of all the games that have been played, league winners, all the way up to the present day.

So do you have male and female records?

Male and female, there's all mixed.

There's not a male or a female team or league.

Everyone mixes.

CHRISTINA TREVANION: Everyone's equal.

Yeah, everyone's equal.

There's no age limit.

So as long as you can throw one of the sticks at the doll.

[BOTH LAUGHING] NARRATOR: The origins of how the game got its name have been lost in time.

But back in the day, the term Aunt Sally was a popular insult for something or someone who is an easy target for criticism or attack.

It's quite fitting for this historic pub game.

Oh, look at that.

Well, at the moment, you see Kevin here practicing the Aunt Sally game.

And he's got six sticks in his hand, and he has to throw at the doll there.

And if you knock the doll off, that's one point.

OK.

The game is divided between two teams, eight players in each team.

One team will throw first, all eight players.

And what score they get, the other teams got to try and beat it.

Oh, cool.

And it's played over three legs, although, in Aunt Sally, we have some strange terminology.

And they're not called legs, they're called horses.

[BOTH CHUCKLES] So it's played over three horses.

And the other strange, odd thing about Aunt Sally is that you can't draw.

KATHERINE MERRY: OK.

There must be a winner at the end of the night.

So you could, in theory, play forever.

What if you knock nothing off, Andy?

ANDY BEALE: That's called a blob.

And if you do that for all three throws, then you are called a blobber.

Oh.

It's going to be me, isn't it?

And you go in the paper the following week.

KATHERINE MERRY: No way!

Yeah, the hall of shame the following week as a blobber.

[LAUGHS] The accolade is to hit 18 out of 18 over your three throws.

And it's a very rare occurrence.

Out of the 80-odd years the league's been running, it has only happened 17 times.

So that's everything you need to know about Aunt Sally.

Do you want to have a go?

Yeah, definitely.

Let's do it.

Right.

NARRATOR: Right, girls, grab your sticks and approach the oche.

All right.

KATHERINE MERRY: Ooh!

NARRATOR: That's a better stick.

KATHERINE MERRY: Oh!

Straight down, eyes on the prize.

Oh!

Hit the thing again.

Yeah.

Agh!

Come on, Kath.

Do it for the girls.

I'm tightening my core.

[CHUCKLES] Yay!

NARRATOR: Look at that!

How fantastic!

That's why she's won a medal!

[LAUGHS] Sign her up.

[LAUGHS] You just need your flag.

Well done.

NARRATOR: Looks like we found our first ever Aunt Sally Olympian.

Well, thank you very, very, very much.

It's been a pleasure.

It's been an absolute pleasure to learn about Aunt Sally.

Can I come back again?

Definitely, we'll sign you on.

Yeah, come on.

[BOTH LAUGHING] Oh, that was great fun.

NARRATOR: Back to the gents, they've also made their way to Oxford, where they've arrived at their second shop of the day.

Hello.

Hello.

Hello, there.

Hi, there.

This is Linford.

Lovely to meet you.

Welcome to Antiques On High.

- Hello, I'm David.

- Caroline.

Hello, Caroline.

Is this all yours?

No, no, no, no.

We're a group of dealers.

All right.

NARRATOR: Packed with collectibles from around 30 dealers, there's lots to look at.

DAVID HARPER: Just have a look at this little fellow.

LINFORD CHRISTIE: It's pretty.

Pottery, terracotta.

And if you look at the glaze, very carefully, you'll just see it has like an iridescence, as if it's had petrol.

That coloration and glaze you only get over many, many years.

And I mean many hundreds of years.

So you're now holding an original Chinese Ming Dynasty figure.

LINFORD CHRISTIE: Really?

DAVID HARPER: Really.

So 500 years old.

The quality is pretty good, isn't it?

The quality is amazing.

How are you on the bling stakes, Linford?

I mean, I don't wear a lot of jewelry at all.

I don't do a lot of bling, but it can do quite well in auction.

You've got to look for something that-- LINFORD CHRISTIE: Stands out.

DAVID HARPER: Yeah, that people might be wanting today that they would actually use.

Horses are always good news.

Now then, is it gold?

Well, it says it's gold.

It's a brooch.

I think that's the kind of brooch that a man could wear as well as a woman.

It's actually quite cool, and it's big.

It has the bling factor.

LINFORD CHRISTIE: Has it got a hallmark?

Caroline, do you have a loop, do you, I could borrow.

CAROLINE: Oh, yes.

Would you mind?

There you go.

Thank you.

I should have one of these with me, but this is vital equipment when you're dealing in the bling world.

- Oh.

OK.

So right in the middle of the body, see if you can get your eye in and see that hallmark.

Describe what you see.

Is it 375?

I think it is.

OK, so what's that, then?

What grade of-- That means it's English.

No, it means it's nine carat.

Oh, it's nine carat nine carat.

But it may well be English as well as having that.

So let's have a look.

That is tiny.

It is tiny.

I think they are British hallmarks.

NARRATOR: The marks indicate the brooch is nine carat gold and made in 1968.

What were you doing in 1968?

Ah, 1968, I was in England one year.

I'd just arrived back, just arrived in Jamaica a year ago.

One year.

So just look at that.

There you go.

That was here doing what it's doing right now, exactly the same, being a really cool brooch when you were seven or eight years old.

Seven or eight years old.

And it hasn't changed one bit.

What's the very best to us, Caroline?

Be kind.

Well, I've got 175 on it.

What would if-- That's not going to give you much of a chance, though, is it?

- No.

CAROLINE: Would 130 cut it?

I couldn't do it.

I cannot do it, Jimmy.

See, look at that.

I even had an accent.

- [LAUGHS] Yes.

It just jumped out at the price.

Interesting.

[BOTH LAUGHING] The strange things that happen on the "Antiques Road Trip."

Well, 120, really, is-- It couldn't be 100 quid?

If you do 110.

DAVID HARPER: Shall we do it?

CAROLINE: Shall we?

Shall we do it?

Whose hand do I shake?

- I think Linford Christie.

- I've got the money.

Fabulous.

[BOTH LAUGHING] NARRATOR: That generous deal secures our chaps the fourth item of the day.

Well, that's another one for our collection.

Indeed.

And we got a good deal.

What do you think?

I think we've got a great deal.

It's a nice thing.

NARRATOR: It's been a busy day of buying for our Olympians and experts.

So time for some sleep.

Nighty night.

It's the next morning at a typical British summer's day.

Linford and Katherine are en route to meet their experts.

So I'm letting you drive today.

Myself and Christina are letting you actually drive a car that you can fit in.

Well, actually, Christina said to me, she took me, it was a bit on the down low.

She said, listen, don't let Katherine drive that car again.

Because you should drive.

Because-- Whoa!

OK. You're a good coach.

You taught her to run, but you could not teach her how to drive.

[LAUGHS] There's a man on a bike here.

I'm warning him.

Bad driver coming, sir.

Be careful.

[MUSIC PLAYING] I don't think I have ever, ever, ever, ever, ever met anyone quite as competitive.

Oh, all right.

Gosh, do not lose.

I'm telling you, don't lose.

No, seriously.

Don't lose, yeah.

She has got that killer winning instinct.

I must win.

She wants to get Linford.

Yeah.

DAVID HARPER: Basically, I have no pressure.

CHRISTINA TREVANION: Yeah.

DAVID HARPER: You have loads.

Yeah.

Which makes me very happy indeed.

I do feel very under pressure.

Good.

NARRATOR: Linford and David have had a storming start to their shopping, buying four items yesterday, The shot glass set, the bronze Buddha, the Famille Rose plate, and the gold brooch, leaving them 207 pounds to spend.

Yeah.

I'm happy.

I'm happy.

Yeah.

NARRATOR: Meanwhile, Katherine and Christina have just bought three items so far, including the vintage old Glory, the Art Deco compact, and the 1960s railway poster.

They still have 200 pounds available to spend.

DAVID HARPER: Oh, my gosh!

You look like the Statue of Liberty.

[BOTH LAUGHING] So if you just hold that-- well, I mean, seriously, if you could just help a bit, it'd would be very-- just pull it.

Is that the best brolly you could find?

It's my favorite brolly.

Just down over your head a bit more.

I can't see anything.

Are they arriving?

[LAUGHS] They are.

Perfect.

Hang on a minute.

You're not going to leave me under this monstrosity.

Morning!

Stay in the car.

Bonjour, bonjour.

Oohh!

Good morning.

Good morning.

How are you?

I'm good, thank you.

Hello.

It's raining.

We're going in this car.

Oh, no more driving.

- Look at that.

- OK. We can have another good day.

I'll take you to the passenger seat.

Indeed, sir.

Have fun you two.

Don't buy anything too special.

- Thank you very much.

- Are you in?

- I'm in.

- Are you in?

I am good.

We're all a bit wet.

Argh!

[BOTH LAUGHING] [MUSIC PLAYING] NARRATOR: This morning, the gents are motoring towards Bracknell in Berkshire.

LINFORD CHRISTIE: People always said to me, why don't you do a marathon?

Yeah.

And I say, what for?

And they say, for fun.

Now, why would 26 and whatever miles be fun?

You see, I would have thought, assumed that you would have thought all forms of exercise were fun.

No, no, no, no.

It's not.

Training, I mean, training, it wasn't fun.

And the training was painful.

I mean, you become kind of addicted to that kind of pain.

And so therefore-- Yeah, yeah.

--I was an absolute exercise junkie.

Like, once I retired from athletics, I could not find anything that motivated me enough in the same way.

Really?

So there is a void an emptiness that's still there.

Yeah.

And you know, I mean, you know-- and I've done some crazy TV shows.

I did jumped out of helicopters and stuff to try and find that adrenaline rush and everything else but-- But you haven't yet found it.

I haven't found it.

Come on, you're on the "Antiques Road Trip."

Oh, It's coming, it's coming.

[LAUGHS] I can sense it, Linford, I can sense it.

[MUSIC PLAYING] NARRATOR: Linford and David have arrived at Old Grain Barn Antiques.

After you, sir.

Thank you.

NARRATOR: Hoping to add to their haul of items to take to auction.

Originally part of a farm, this old barn is now an antiques treasure trove.

So tell me if anything speaks to you.

I will do.

I'm just looking and seeing what we've got.

OK. LINFORD CHRISTIE: Isn't that Charlie Chaplin?

DAVID HARPER: Charlie Chaplin.

My grandmother shook hands with Charlie Chaplin.

That was one of her greatest claims to fame.

It's lovely.

It's only 20 quid.

We want something with a real bit of meat on it, something that we can really get a chance of making a profit.

NARRATOR: Aha!

What about this for meaty?

DAVID HARPER: Have a look at this chest here.

Tell me what your thoughts are on that.

I'm going to ask you, how old do you think it is?

I think it's-- I don't know.

It looks maybe about 60 years old.

DAVID HARPER: It's more than 60 years old.

It's closer to 300 years old.

Ooh!

Exactly.

It's a 17th century, probably late, maybe creeping into the 18th century, coffer.

Obviously, it lifts up.

So it's great for storage.

And they always have a little box on the inside to store candles.

And even though they're very old, they don't make very much money these days.

Oh, I see.

So 100 quid, you could buy one.

Which is mad, isn't it?

It is, indeed.

Isn't it mad?

We'll get a price on it, just out of interest.

If it's a steal, we could consider it.

LINFORD CHRISTIE: OK. DAVID HARPER: Yeah.

NARRATOR: Dealer Stewart is the man to ask.

DAVID HARPER: What sort of money is that, Stewart, the little coffer?

Um-- well, I was looking for 125 pounds for it.

But are you definitely going to win this race?

Well, with your help, we might.

I think the very best I can do is 95 on it.

I'm-- 70?

90-- I'm at 95 at the moment.

See, the five will be lonely on its own, so 90, and then we've got to deal.

- Done.

- He's done it.

He's done it.

He's done it.

- Oh, you're good, boss.

- Thank you.

I've learned-- you know what, I've been hanging out with this man here, and I've learned something.

[LAUGHS] I'm going to Tesco's and do the same.

[ALL LAUGHING] Yeah, good luck with that one.

I was going to say, yes, very good luck with that.

Fantastic.

I think it's a big spend, I'm pleased, and we've bought some real furniture and a real antique.

NARRATOR: A fabulous last find for our chaps.

Katherine and Christina, meanwhile, are making their way to Reading.

Well, I find your retirement from the sport absolutely fascinating, because you have worked, and worked, and worked, and dedicated your life to your sport since you were 13 years old.

KATHERINE MERRY: It was a unique career and a long one.

And I never did half of what I wanted to do because of injury.

I had a lot of injury problems.

I didn't wake up and decide to retire.

I'd been injured.

I'd been having operations.

I'd moved over to a different part of the world.

I was trying six times a week, five hours a day.

And now, I went to the track one day, and I put my bag down, and something started hurting again.

I was rehabbing from another knee operation.

I said, I just don't want to do this anymore.

And he went, what, just today or overall?

Just today, a bad day?

He was kind of-- and I went, no, I've had enough.

I'm done.

I'm going to get upset.

I'm so sorry.

Yeah, and that was it.

- Oh, no, don't.

- Yeah, it's all right.

Have I upset you?

No!

And I left and never went back.

But I was really lucky, because I started doing broadcasting work when I was injured.

Yeah.

So I just kind of slipped into it and then started a new career, which has been great.

And in the sport or within the sport that you are so passionate about.

Yeah.

Which is wonderful, isn't it?

[MUSIC PLAYING] NARRATOR: The girls have arrived at their first shop.

CHRISTINA TREVANION: Do you know, I have been here before.

Oh, that's a good sign.

Right.

OK. NARRATOR: And the wet weather certainly isn't dampening their spirits.

OK.

Woo!

Let's go.

NARRATOR: One of Redding's longest-running antique havens, this place is packed.

Solid beech chopping board.

Grooved for-- Grooved for gravy.

Oh, yeah.

[CHUCKLES] There's just so much stuff.

Hey, look at those.

You're into your fishing, aren't you?

Ah!

I know.

CHRISTINA TREVANION: And they're not very antique, really, are they?

KATHERINE MERRY: No.

Still might find a bargain.

NARRATOR: Right, ladies, time to get serious.

KATHERINE MERRY: Oh, yes!

CHRISTINA TREVANION: Go.

No why.

Stop.

How cool is that?

NARRATOR: Not exactly an antique, Christina.

It's just so retro, like for someone's house or garden.

My God, I love that.

How much is it?

Has it got a price on it?

KATHERINE MERRY: Stop, go sign, 22.

CHRISTINA TREVANION: I really like that.

KATHERINE MERRY: It's very-- I can see a bachelor in his house having-- I don't think I'm letting go of this.

--his garden.

You like that, didn't you?

I really do.

I think it's really funny.

NARRATOR: Christina's smitten.

Better talk to dealer Will.

And he come Will.

NARRATOR: Will he or won't he?

Ah, Will?

Ah, yes?

Will, go to us.

[LAUGHS] Well, I'm pleased to see-- Come on, come on, come on.

Stop!

[LAUGHS] You chose the only antique here.

Yeah, well there we go.

- Amazing.

- [LAUGHS] - Isn't it great?

Yeah, it's great, yeah.

But that would be very good for you, wouldn't it?

If you could just sort of flash go and start sprinting off.

Aaaah!

See, and at the end-- Stop.

Stop, Katherine, stop!

This is not what I'd expect to see, though, in a shop like this.

But that's kind of what I personally think is quite fun about it is that to be perfectly honest-- Will, you'll probably say the same.

As you walk into an antique shop and you see-- WILL: Yeah, chest and drawers, yeah.

--chest of drawers, you'll see chairs, you'll see pots, you'll see glass.

When did you ever see a stop sign?

Is this the right price on it, Will, what we're looking at here, then?

Well, no, it should be 122, really, shouldn't be it?

It is unique.

I've got to give you some sort of discount, aren't I?

CHRISTINA TREVANION: 12?

Look, Christina appreciates it.

12.

Yeah, 12.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I'm really sorry if this doesn't make any money.

KATHERINE MERRY: Don't worry.

Don't worry.

I love it.

It has got to make money at 12.

NARRATOR: Well, let's hope so.

Girls have secured their first purchase of the day.

What a joke.

CHRISTINA TREVANION: Thanks, Will.

Bye!

[CHUCKLES] I love this.

I absolutely love it.

Hang on a minute.

Here we go.

Here we go.

Stop!

Stop!

Please, stop!

Katherine, come on.

Come on.

Through you go.

[LAUGHS] Hang on a sec.

Go!

Oh, no, stop.

Hang on a minute.

Stop!

NARRATOR: [LAUGHS] Oh, dear.

Our chaps, meanwhile , have journeyed to Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire.

This afternoon, David brought Linford to learn about a fellow sporting pioneer, but not in running, instead in one of Britain's oldest competitive sport, rowing.

Should be interesting.

Indeed.

I think we'll learn something.

NARRATOR: They've come to the River and Rowing Museum to meet historian Lisa Taylor to find out more.

Come with me.

Thank you.

After you, sir.

Thank you.

NARRATOR: With its roots in the 18th century, rowing is one of the country's oldest competitive sport.

Its popularity grew as a gentleman's sport with competitions held at public schools and universities, including the boat race between Cambridge and Oxford universities, which first began back in 1829.

The women's boat race wasn't founded until nearly 100 years later.

Women, they came in a lot later into the sport.

Yeah, later to some extent, although earlier than a lot of people would think.

So when I was talking about the professional rowing, then that was existing for women as well certainly.

From the mid-late 19th century, you had female professionals that were racing and were reported on in the newspapers and so forth.

And it wasn't a huge novelty.

They were participating in competition that was just part of their work as well.

But in terms of a more amateur kind of a situation, so more like the regattas and the races that we recognize today, then yeah, we're looking really at the 1920s onwards, where the women's sport really picks up pace.

Where there very many influential women in the world of rowing?

Certainly, within Britain, then most rowers would lean back to a lady called Amy Gentry.

She started rowing in 1919 at the Victory Regatta in Weybridge.

And she subsequently went on to found a separate club, Weybridge.

Ladies Rowing Club, which still exist today, and also was heavily involved in founding the Women's Amateur Rowing Association.

So this was the first governing body for the women's sport.

And what about as far as the Olympics go?

We have a letter from her here, from 1927, where she describes competing in the Olympics as her dearest wish.

And she's already petitioning the powers that be to include women's rowing in the Olympics.

But that wouldn't happen for another 50 years.

And tragically for her, in fact, she died about three weeks before the first Olympic regatta that had women's racing in it.

But you could see that definitely as almost the fulfillment of a live stream, just sadly, slightly after she had died.

DAVID HARPER: My gosh.

Amy must've been quite a maverick, was she?

[LAUGHS] She's very well renowned in the rowing community.

She's known as the indomitable Amy.

And she was definitely quite stubborn, quite determined to get equality.

She wouldn't define herself as a staunch feminist.

Through her riding anyway, she certainly says that it's not that kind of an agenda, it's just saying, we love the sport of rowing, and we want to be able to compete in exciting events.

She was awarded an OBE in 1968 in recognition of her contributions to the sport.

She was only the second person in rowing to have received an OBE.

So for that to have been a woman is quite unusual, and certainly at that point in 1960s, where the balance between gender, in terms of awards, was probably not what it is today certainly, in sports.

And you can look at, as I say, people within women's rowing today would say that her influence has been a big part of what has got us to where we are today, where we regularly win Olympic gold medals and have been winning Olympic medals for the last 60 and 20 years in women's rowing, that all of that is part of the trajectory that she really started to shape from the 1920s .

Thank you very much for coming along.

Thank you.

NARRATOR: It's clear that the success of women's rowing in Britain owes a great debt to indomitable Amy, who will be forever remembered as a pioneer in sport.

Back with our girls, who have also made their way to Henley-on-Thames, where they've arrived at Tudor House Antiques and Collectibles.

- Hello.

- Hi.

Are you all right?

Hello, hello, hello, hello, hello.

Christina.

David.

Pleased to meet you.

Katherine.

Nice to meet you, David.

Nice to meet you.

My goodness.

Wowee!

KATHERINE MERRY: Wow!

CHRISTINA TREVANION: [CHUCKLES] OK. [LAUGHS] KATHERINE MERRY: Talk about to the rafters, David.

We've got stuff .

You really have, haven't you?

Wow!

Magic.

Are we all right to have a little look around?

Yeah, carry on.

NARRATOR: Home to the wares of over 20 dealers, Katherine and Christina are on the hunt for a profit-making antique.

No more traffic signs, please!

Devonshire clotted cream?

I'm going to guess it's out of date, right?

I think it might be.

KATHERINE MERRY: Ah!

Candlestick holders.

Well done, Katherine.

I'm very proud.

Brass.

Yes.

Oh, my gosh.

I'm getting into it now, you see?

[BOTH LAUGHING] So I would say these are ecclesiastical candlesticks, so probably stood on an altar.

OK. Oh, wow.

Really?

- Originally in a church.

- OK. Because obviously, they've got quite a big diameter there.

They've got a good drip tray there.

Yeah.

Really rather smart but quite trendy at the moment, sort of-- Yeah.

--big, chunky candlesticks, interior designers, quite like them.

Fireplaces in big, nice rooms.

Yeah, exactly.

It's got stamped made in England there.

So probably, it's going to be post about 1930.

KATHERINE MERRY: OK. 75 for the-- CHRISTINA TREVANION: Yeah, 75 for the pair.

KATHERINE MERRY: Yeah.

CHRISTINA TREVANION: Yeah, OK. NARRATOR: The brass candlesticks are one possibility.

Anything else?

Oh, I like this.

This is a rack.

Is it a washing rack?

Is it-- CHRISTINA TREVANION: It is a rack.

I would always call this like a herb-drying rack.

KATHERINE MERRY: OK. CHRISTINA TREVANION: So you'd have it in your kitchen as a Victorian or Edwardian lady.

You would have gone into your garden, picked your herbs, and you would have dried them on that.

Just laid them flat?

Yeah.

Pull them up, put them on the kitchen.

KATHERINE MERRY: Wow!

So how old then?

CHRISTINA TREVANION: I mean, I'd say probably, what, turn of the century?

You've got some good chains there, haven't you?

Kind of quite heavy.

CHRISTINA TREVANION: Exactly, yeah.

Hello.

[LAUGHS] Hello.

CHRISTINA TREVANION: You're modeling it beautiful.

I am a piece of tarragon.

CHRISTINA TREVANION: [LAUGHS] I like this.

This would appeal to the right property, the right person in the right environment.

Yeah.

I mean, I think it's a country kitchen piece, isn't it?

Yeah.

We have no-- where's the price on it?

I can't see a price.

So potentially, then, there's this and our candlesticks.

NARRATOR: Right.

David, what's your best on the herb-drying rack?

That could be 30 pounds.

30 pounds, OK. We were sort of hoping maybe 15 or 20 pounds.

DAVID: Let's go 20 then.

20.

What's your thoughts?

Well, what do you think about the candlesticks?

Yeah.

So these were 75.

I'm not sure you're going to get more off.

Ah, 50.

50.

OK, then we'll take a few more off for every dent.

So we'll take that down a bit.

[BOTH LAUGHING] CHRISTINA TREVANION: You say, candlesticks or rack?

I like them both.

But if-- personal choice, it doesn't mean it'll make any money, just throwing it out there, I do like the rack.

You like the rack.

I can see that in somebody's kitchen.

I can just see it hanging with pans and stuff off it, yeah.

OK. Yeah.

David, can we do 15 pounds on that?

Umm, OK. Yeah!

Do you heard him?

Really?

Such a nice guy!

15 pounds.

NARRATOR: And with that, final splash of cash, our ladies are all shopped out.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

- Cheers.

Bye.

- I think we might need it.

[BOTH LAUGHING] NARRATOR: With both teams all spent, it's time for, I'll show you mine if you'll show me yours.

My favorite.

CHRISTINA TREVANION: Are you ready?

KATHERINE MERRY: Are you ready for this?

This is where your heart sinks.

1, 2, 3.

Ooooh.

First of all, I thought that was prison bars.

CHRISTINA TREVANION: Well, yeah, it might be.

Looks like something Katherine should be behind.

[ALL LAUGHING] So we started off-- we had quite a successful day yesterday.

We bought our poster, as you can see over here.

DAVID HARPER: What is that for?

Is that railways?

Railway poster.

Oh, yes.

Well done.

Obviously railway specialist, railway collectors, Isn't it?

Yeah, and poster collectors as well.

Poster collectors, exactly.

Convincing themselves here, by the way, just so you know.

KATHERINE MERRY: This is special, because it has 48 stars.

Oh, it's an early one, then.

Yeah, how many should it have?

Ah, 50.

KATHERINE MERRY: 50.

So yes.

We're very excited about this.

And then we decided to kind of go slightly more light-hearted, because we're so pleased with our kind of serious bits.

Do they know you've got that?

[LAUGHS] Highways will be after you.

[BOTH LAUGHING] Would you like to see the winning take?

Come on, then.

You've built it up.

DAVID HARPER: Ready?

[HUMMING] KATHERINE MERRY: What am I seeing here?

So that's a communion tray?

Yes, it is, but it's been up-cycled into a shot glass tray.

[LAUGHS] Someone from the Vatican has already reserved the price.

[ALL LAUGHING] KATHERINE MERRY: What's the-- CHRISTINA TREVANION: This empty box?

Have you lost something that you bought with it?

Well, I just want to point you in the direction of my male model.

[LAUGHS] Oh, that's nice.

It's very cool.

DAVID HARPER: It's a horse.

[LAUGHS] Oh, it moves!

Oh, that's his pecs!

[BOTH LAUGHING] Look at the effect that had.

Christina!

You know t the auction, you're going to have to do that to maybe get a few extra pounds on that.

DAVID HARPER: [LAUGHS] NARRATOR: Steady on, Linford.

As much as it pains me to say this-- Yeah.

--very best of luck.

OK, do we wish competitors luck?

- Oh, we can do that.

- Can we?

Would you mean it?

When you wish someone luck, because you know you already won.

DAVID HARPER: OK, OK, OK. - [LAUGHS] DAVID HARPER: Lots of luck, guys.

Come on, Linford.

- Enjoy your car boot.

- Bye.

- [LAUGHS] I know you're very competitive, but don't stare them out.

[BOTH LAUGHING] NARRATOR: Out of earshot, what do they really think of each other's pecs?

I mean, picks.

I'm being blinded by the nine-carat and gold.

The bling.

And the old-- the age of the chest.

I'm thinking-- All that glitters is not gold.

Well, that's what I'm hoping.

I think the only thing they've got that's good is the flag.

I like the flag.

I like the flag.

Yeah, I like the flag.

Anything else?

No.

[BOTH LAUGHING] Don't feel concerned.

We'll be fine.

- We will.

I'm confident.

- Stay confident.

Stay confident.

- Proper high five.

Oh, yeah.

Yeah.

NARRATOR: Yeah.

After starting in Weston-on-the-Green, our teams have shot their way through Oxfordshire and Berkshire, and Katherine and Linford are now hurtling towards Bourne End in Buckinghamshire for the big finale.

Getting a bit nervous.

It's like the Olympics again now.

But there's no medals on the line.

Maybe the best team win, which will be us.

The best team [MIMICS AUCTIONEER] I'm looking forward to seeing all that.

- What was that?

That's what they do.

You know, the Do I hear 21?

21, 22, 23.

23, 23, 24, 24.

- That's a horse-racing person-- - No, no, no.

--when they're shouting the odds out.

No!

You're in the wrong environment.

No, they do that in auctions too.

Trust me.

NARRATOR: He's right.

Christina and David have already arrived at Bourne End Auction Rooms.

I saw a couple of old road cones.

Do you want to put them together with one of your lots?

It might help.

I mean, there's two down there.

[LAUGHS] Oh, here they come!

Oh, hey!

Oh!

I've converted him.

He's in pink.

- He's in pink.

- [LAUGHS] CHRISTINA TREVANION: Oh, in the pink!

Boom!

Look at that!

CHRISTINA TREVANION: It means he's feeling confident.

DAVID HARPER: Morning.

Linford, you know it takes a real man to wear pink?

Oh, yes, and I'm a real man.

That I am.

That I am.

- Nice to see you.

Nice to see you.

Nice to see you.

Good morning, my dear.

How are you?

How are you feeling?

Oh, feeling good.

Unfortunately, you're not going to feel how we feel, because we're winners.

CHRISTINA TREVANION: Yeah, exactly.

- All right.

- So shall we go in, then?

CHRISTINA TREVANION: Come on, then.

- Winners first.

- [LAUGHS] I don't mind.

The champion's here.

After you, my dear.

NARRATOR: On this road trip, Katherine and Christina spent 277 pounds, giving them a total of five lots.

Stop!

Katherine, come on.

NARRATOR: Linford and David spent 283 pounds on their five lots.

We are quite interested in this, sir.

How much would it be?

NARRATOR: Simon Brown will be wielding the gavel today.

What does he make of our celebrity sightings?

The silver and enameled Art Deco compacts are very collectible.

It's a pretty piece.

It's useful.

It's practical.

Yes, I can see that going quite well.

Silver-plated communion set.

Interesting.

Nice stylish piece.

Lovely little foot on it.

Nice shaped handle.

So that's not a bad little lot.

NARRATOR: Here we go.

Time for the auction, which has buyers in the room and online.

How do you feel?

A bit nervous.

Yeah.

NARRATOR: Linford is first up with his shot glass set.

If it goes badly wrong, it's down to Linford.

If it goes well, it's down to my advice.

[LAUGHS] Start me at 20 pounds, please.

There's 20, I'm bid.

Thank you.

20 straight away.

20 straight away.

That's good.

25, 27, 30.

32, 35, 37, 40.

37 pounds now.

37, all done.

37, 40, 42.

Come on.

Yours at 40.

Are we all done now?

Thank you.

Oh!

Well done, you've got a profit.

2 pounds profit.

It's not a bad start.

NARRATOR: Any profit is a good profit.

Well done.

Currently, we're winning.

Yeah.

Yes, we've only have one lot.

I know, but, so?

At the moment.

[BOTH LAUGHING] NARRATOR: That moment might not last long, as here come the girls' lovely Art Deco compact.

I'm even excited for you guys as well.

Aaww!

Thank you.

I hope you're that excited when we actually do win at the end.

That would be nice.

[BOTH LAUGHING] SIMON BROWN: Starting at 20 pounds, please.

There's 20, I'm bid.

22, 25, 27, 30, 32, 35, 37, 40, 42, 45, 47, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75.

It's going to go through.

SIMON BROWN: 75, 80.

80 in the room.

Got you at 80.

90 now online.

90, 95, 100.

110 online.

110.

- [GASPS] I'm so excited!

SIMON BROWN: 120 online.

130.

I've got goose bumps.

140 online.

140.

That's amazing!

140 pounds now.

At 140 now, done.

That's how it's done.

[CHUCKLES] You are currently winning.

[LAUGHS] NARRATOR: I'll say that's a fabulous profit.

Right, chaps, can you claw things back with your Famille Rose plate?

Did they give you 20 pounds to take this away or did you actually give over 20 pounds of your money?

Is that what you thought?

We got the plate and 20 pounds?

Who'll start me at 20 pounds?

Please, please.

On 20, I'm bid.

No way.

- No way.

- Come on.

[LAUGHS] Come on.

SIMON BROWN: 30, 32.

A bit more!

Have you said that it's extensively damaged?

32, done.

CHRISTINA TREVANION: [LAUGHS] Staples are worth money, remember that.

OK, I will remember that.

NARRATOR: This is proving a profitable auction for our British Olympians.

Will Katherine's American flag fare as well?

40 now to start.

40, 40, I'm bid.

Have got you 40 in the room.

40.

42, 42, 45, 47.

That's nice, isn't it?

It's a slow burner.

Slow burner.

47 online.

47, all done.

47 now.

Oh, no!

No!

- Not over yet.

- It's not over yet.

It's a roller-coaster.

It's a marathon, not a sprint.

I still love you both even though you're losing.

[CHUCKLES] NARRATOR: Actually, even with that loss, they're still in the lead, Linford.

Could your bronze Buddha change your fortune?

I like the position Buddha is n, my favorite.

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

CHRISTINA TREVANION: Absolutely.

DAVID HARPER: Lovely.

Start me at 20 pounds, please.

20, I'm bid.

20, 20, 22, 25, 27, 30, 32.

Come on.

SIMON BROWN: 35, 37, 40, 42, 45, 47, 50, 55, 55.

Come on, Buddha!

Last chance at 55 pounds.

Are we done?

My Buddha from another muddha!

[BOTH LAUGHING] It's already getting unbearable.

[LAUGHS] NARRATOR: The gents' lucky streak continues.

And now, you are in the lead.

Next up, the '60s British rail poster that caught Christina's eye.

20, anybody interested.

20, I'm bid.

Got you at 20, 25, 27, 30, 30 online.

Pick up the pace, pick up the pace.

32, 35, 35, 37, 40, 40, 42, 45, 45.

I bet he's a train commuter from Scotland.

Oh, look at that!

Look at him.

It matches his shirt.

SIMON BROWN: 55.

This is a Scottish guy who loves trains.

He's all over it.

65.

Go on, it matches your shirt.

[ALL LAUGHING] 60 online.

Got you at 60.

60.

Got you at 60 now.

Online now.

DAVID HARPER: Well done.

Well done.

There we go.

Another profit.

So we've got two profits and one loss.

That's good.

Yeah.

NARRATOR: It's a close race.

That profit means there are just pans between them.

DAVID HARPER: You might be a little ahead now with that profit.

Oh, I don't think so.

It might be.

No.

We might be.

NARRATOR: Linford's most expensive item next, The nine-carat gold brooch.

This is your Usain Bolt of the day.

It is.

We're going to ride him home.

[LAUGHS] Who'll start me at 30 pounds, please?

30, I'm bid.

32, 35, 37, 40, 42, 45, 47, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 100, 110, 120, 110 online.

Come on!

Come on!

Another one!

SIMON BROWN: 110.

120, 130, 130 online now.

Selling at 130.

Come on!

One more!

That's all right.

That's all right.

SIMON BROWN: 130 now.

We're safe.

We're safe.

Yeah, well done.

Well done.

Yeah.

Well done.

NARRATOR: They've done it again.

Well done, chaps.

All right, girls, brace yourselves.

Here comes your traffic sign, and go!

Go home!

[BOTH LAUGHING] It might be time for us to go home.

Start me at 50 pounds, please.

What?

50, I'm bid.

Oh, my God!

LINFORD CHRISTIE: What?

I don't believe it.

I'm sorry, is the world coming to an end?

No.

85, 100.

NARRATOR: No!

SIMON BROWN: 110, 120.

Give us it!

Give us it!

I'm leaving.

Got you at 120.

I'm going to take up athletics.

NARRATOR: Good Lord!

120 now.

Just in case you didn't hear, 120, everybody.

Sorry, what was that about going home?

[BOTH LAUGHING] Excuse me, lollipop lady?

NARRATOR: Well, I think everyone was a bit shocked there.

What a profit!

What do I do about my confidence now?

I'm now-- my confidence is gone.

Mine's gone too.

No!

[LAUGHS] NARRATOR: Don't give up yet, chaps.

Your final lot next, the 300-year-old chest.

Start me at 100 pounds, please, for this lot.

100, I'm bid.

Hey, well done.

SIMON BROWN: 120, 130, 140, 150, 160.

DAVID HARPER: Come on.

150 now.

Come on.

At 150 pounds now.

It's on the up, Linford.

Yeah.

Well done.

And it made more than the road sign.

Yeah.

That's restored David's faith in things a little bit in his whole life.

Yeah, I'm going to stay in the business.

I am.

NARRATOR: Linford finishes with another fantastic profit.

It's going to be very close, this I can tell.

It's going to be really close.

NARRATOR: Here we go, Katherine's final lot, the drying rack.

Try in 15 then, 15, I'm bid.

Got you at 15.

Are we all done?

16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22.

Oh, it's all over.

All over the place.

27, 30, 32, 32, 35.

- Uh-oh!

- Put your hand down.

SIMON BROWN: 35, 37.

Put your hand down.

He's telling the lady to put her hand down.

It's flying.

It's flying.

Oh, go on, it's lovely.

DAVID HARPER: Oh!

CHRISTINA TREVANION: Oh, yeah!

50.

Got you at 50.

Are we all done at 50?

Oh, 55!

Oooh!

- They've done us a dirty.

- Yeah.

I wasn't-- She's still bidding.

Yes, well done!

60 in the room.

[BOTH LAUGHING] Well done, madam.

NARRATOR: Well done, girls, ending on another high.

We'll just let the figures speak for themselves.

Yes.

I mean, I'm not sure who's won, but probably-- Lead the way.

Come on.

I think you've-- I think you've got it.

[CHUCKLES] Lead the way.

Let's go and work it out.

Lollipop ladies!

NARRATOR: It was a close-run race.

Who gets gold?

Linford and David started with 400 pounds.

After paying auction costs, they made a profit of 50 pounds and 72 pence, so end their trip with 450 pounds and 72 pence.

Are they in love?

Maybe.

Kath and Christina also kicked off with 400 pounds and also pulled in a profit a whopping 123 pounds and 14 pence after auction costs, which means the ladies cross the line in first place, finishing with an impressive 523 pounds and 14 pence.

All profits go to children in need.

And a very good job done too.

Yeah!

Ha-ha-ha!

Well done, Christina.

Yeah.

- It's been good.

I loved it.

CHRISTINA TREVANION: It has.

Thank you so much.

I loved it.

Thank you so much.

You too.

Safe journey, and we'll see you again.

CHRISTINA TREVANION: Bye, guys.

Take care.

Well done.

Thank you, guys.

[BOTH LAUGHING] KATHERINE MERRY: All right.

Absolutely wonderful.

Bye, you guys.

Drive the winner home.

Bye!

KATHERINE MERRY: Bye!

Bye!

You know what, a completely different world, right?

It is.

Completely, completely different world.

And it was fun, really, really, really good fun.

It's all over.

It is now.

NARRATOR: Toodle-pip, then, road trippers.

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