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

NARRATOR: --paired up with an expert-- - What?

- Calm down.

Oh, no.

- What?

NARRATOR: --and a classic car.

[INTERPOSING VOICES] NARRATOR: Their mission, to scour Britain for antiques.

All breakages must be paid for.

This is a good find, is it not?

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

But it's no easy ride.

Who will find a hidden gem?

Who will take the biggest risks?

Put on my antiques head on.

NARRATOR: Will anybody follow expert advice?

[LAUGHTER] I think it's horrible.

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

NARRATOR: --and valiant losers.

I'm sorry.

NARRATOR: Time to put your pedal to the metal.

This is "Celebrity Antiques Road Trip."

MAN: Yeah.

[MUSIC PLAYING] NARRATOR: Today, it's all about headlines.

STEPH MCGOVERN: So you're gonna go ugly.

Quirky.

Ugly, quik-- mm.

[LAUGHTER] I'll have to give them this bucket in one piece doing that.

NARRATOR: That would be nice.

These glamorous girls have swapped serving up news to the nation for a spot of antiquing.

STEPH MCGOVERN: I think the trick is-- like-- what I've noticed whenever I've watched antique shows is, like, looking underneath things.

Like, I noticed a bloke picked a chair up the other day and looked underneath.

I'm gonna try and make myself look good by looking underneath things as well.

NARRATOR: Before she became a clever BBC business correspondent, Steph McGovern was an outstanding young engineer with a talent for Irish dancing.

I think you're going to be quite wily, you know?

All that business sense, all that business acumen, you're gonna put it all to really good use.

Yeah, but you've got all that, too.

[LAUGHTER] NARRATOR: Yes, Naga Munchetty was a financial journalist as well before presenting "BBC Breakfast."

She also plays a mean trumpet and has got a golf handicap to die for.

More on that story later.

[LAUGHTER] Now, over to our roving reporters.

It is fun, this.

[LAUGHTER] A drive in the country.

I know.

I feel like I'm in a drama, though.

Like a murder mystery.

Are we, like, the intrepid juror you're going to find out?

Oh, yeah.

Like Cagney and Lacey.

We could be Cagney and Lacey.

NARRATOR: McGovern and Munchetty will have 400 pounds each and the guidance of antiques detectives and auctioneers Charles Hanson and Charlie Ross.

CHARLIE ROSS: I watched those two-- CHARLES HANSON: Yes.

CHARLIE ROSS: --every morning.

I get a cup of tea, I go back to bed-- Get out of here.

[INAUDIBLE] Naga and Steph.

CHARLES HANSON: Could you imagine if we made a million with the economics lady.

Think of the news.

That will spread like wildfire.

NARRATOR: Now, without further ado, let the chaps in the E-Type meet the newshounds in the Jensen Healey.

- Oh.

- Hello.

NAGA MUNCHETTY: Hello.

- Hi.

- Who's this?

- I am.

Nice to meet you.

Oh, good to see you.

- Hi, Steph.

- Hello.

[INAUDIBLE] - Sorry.

It must be nice.

[INAUDIBLE] Hung around a bit, but it's good to see you.

Who's got who?

CHARLIE ROSS: Are you ready for antiques?

NAGA MUNCHETTY: Yeah.

CHARLIE ROSS: What do you mean who's got who?

NAGA MUNCHETTY: Who's drawing the short straw?

CHARLIE ROSS: Clearly [INAUDIBLE].. Clearly [INAUDIBLE].

NAGA MUNCHETTY: I want the better one.

CHARLIE ROSS: Exactly.

You need to go with the older man, I think.

- Works for me.

- Happy with that?

Works for me.

STEPH MCGOVERN: Hey, Younger man.

I'm in.

I'm happy with that, Charlie.

Wait up, Charlie.

[INTERPOSING VOICES] Jensen Healey.

Lady's first.

NAGA MUNCHETTY: I have the man with manners.

Oh.

You'll get manners.

You won't get much else with me, but you'll get manners.

NAGA MUNCHETTY: Manners and money.

May the force be with you, Charlie.

[LAUGHTER] - Goodbye.

Good luck.

NARRATOR: Let's get acquainted.

CHARLIE ROSS: You've got antiques at home?

Nothing at all.

[LAUGHTER] Nothing at all.

Anything.

What was the oldest thing in your house other than your husband?

[LAUGHTER] NAGA MUNCHETTY: I don't even like shopping.

NARRATOR: Blimey.

[LAUGHTER] We start out in Failsworth and then explore Greater Manchester before slipping south to Cheshire and an auction in Knutsford.

CHARLES HANSON: There are bargains out there.

Yeah.

There are treasures which I think reflect the industrial age of when the north was great.

STEPH MCGOVERN: Yeah.

There's got to be a lot of things left over.

NARRATOR: Steph's right, of course.

And Failsworth, with its milltown heritage, could be just the place to begin.

What fun.

CHARLIE ROSS: Go on, Naga.

Ha.

Do you think this is the boss?

- I think so.

Yes, I'm the boss.

Hello.

Ian, lovely to see you.

[INAUDIBLE] I'm Charlie.

Are you OK?

We went very well.

We're much better now.

We're inside here.

NARRATOR: This is big.

Enough to bamboozle any beginner.

There is so much.

I don't know where to start.

Don't walk too fast.

NARRATOR: Sage advice, Charlie.

And hot on their heels is our other pairing.

CHARLES HANSON: You know, the stuff in the car you mentioned about?

- Yeah.

- I've got a bit of a jig.

Can you show me how it's done?

- Here we go.

Yeah, yeah.

- Yeah.

Right.

All right.

Plant yourself.

- Yes.

Go.

1, 2, 3, and.

Like that, yeah?

NARRATOR: Naughty.

Steph's already teaching our lad a few moves.

But what can Charles offer in return?

CHARLES HANSON: Buy quality.

- So classy.

Is that what you say?

Yeah, go classy and let's-- let's enrich the antiques market with some nice objects.

Right.

So not these then.

[LAUGHTER] But then again, you know-- NARRATOR: She's messing with you, Charles.

Keep trying.

CHARLES HANSON: It's quite stylish.

Is it?

See, that just screams ugly to me.

Eh?

It's kind of like-- don't you think?

What?

[LAUGHTER] Isn't that to you attractive and invigorating?

- Uh, no.

- No.

I'll put it down.

OK. NARRATOR: Looks like Charles may have his work cut out here.

What about Naga?

Not made of plastic, are they?

There's a pla-- they're plastic.

Please don't tell me they're made of plastic.

Oh, no.

You hate it.

It's fun.

It's fun.

I don't-- No, no, no, no, no.

But you see, it's portable.

This is about you, not about me.

And I freely admit this isn't something that I would buy.

But I don't care because you spotted that and somebody in his home spotted that.

How much-- it's not a lot of money.

NAGA MUNCHETTY: It's 12 pounds.

CHARLIE ROSS: I won't chastise you if you buy that.

OK.

I quite like red.

NARRATOR: Didn't take her long, did it?

Any progress elsewhere?

STEPH MCGOVERN: Oh, look at these cameras.

I like these.

CHARLES HANSON: Yeah, look at them.

Look at them.

Yeah, I like them.

Do you know?

If there's one real area of the market that's growing really quickly, it's cameras.

Is it?

It's frightening.

If you had bought cameras five years ago, the return today, economics editor, is incredible.

The market is taking off with cameras.

If you want me a little on the show, too, I'm happy to come and talk.

- Yeah.

Well, yeah, I'll speak to your agent.

[LAUGHTER] One day maybe.

- Yeah.

Thanks a lot.

Yeah, thanks a lot.

Yeah.

You want to read buy Leica or Carl Zeiss, for example, here.

But these were all quite well-priced.

STEPH MCGOVERN: Also, these would be hard to take a selfie on one of these days.

Exactly.

Yeah, that's it.

NARRATOR: They're certainly bonding a bit.

[LAUGHTER] Doesn't that seem-- This is quite unusual.

It's quite fun and retro.

NARRATOR: And quite red.

She really is a woman with a mission.

This is something I like.

That is-- that would look really great on someone's wall.

NARRATOR: All right, all right.

We get the idea.

19.

He'll say yes to this, I'm sure.

NARRATOR: Watch out, Charlie.

NAGA MUNCHETTY: So I put this on hold.

Wait.

There's an alarm bell.

An alarm clock.

That would wake me up in the morning.

You'd need that.

When is it?

3:15?

3:45?

Quarter to 4:00.

CHARLIE ROSS: It's quite fun, isn't it?

I couldn't deny you.

Well, it depends on the price.

It's 19 pounds.

Oh.

We can see about that.

CHARLIE ROSS: Don't forget the chair.

NAGA MUNCHETTY: Mm-hmm.

19 and 12 is.

31.

31.

Let's see what you can do.

NARRATOR: First haggle on her own.

Standby, everyone.

Let's talk about a deal on this one.

19.

IAN: All right.

10 straightway.

Cash.

Done.

15.

Can we go halfway?

12 pound, 50.

No.

Try a bit harder.

12 pound, 55.

14.

13.

I can't do it.

14.

- 13, come on.

- 13.

13.

Done.

OK. And let's talk about the chair.

- All right.

NAGA MUNCHETTY: The red heart chair.

I quite like the look of that, but Charlie's got me under the thumb.

He's got me under strict orders, so I can't pay 12 pounds for that.

HOWARD: I can only do on that 10 pound.

NAGA MUNCHETTY: Nine.

And then we can shake on it.

No, I can't, honestly.

10 on that one.

You won the last one.

[LAUGHTER] 10 on that one.

10.

OK.

I'm gonna say yes.

HOWARD: Thank you.

NAGA MUNCHETTY: I've done a deal on my own.

NARRATOR: So with Naga already off to a colorful start, time for Steph to step up.

I do like bags and luggage.

Oh.

Oh, we're in trouble now.

NARRATOR: Relax, Charles.

CHARLES HANSON: Hatbox.

STEPH MCGOVERN: Yeah.

Oh, that's a really cool hatbox.

CHARLES HANSON: I'm sure many years ago, the hat would have been lost.

Yeah.

But voila.

It's got a hat in it as well.

Yeah, exactly.

But I think this hat's quite new.

Can you see this seam here?

STEPH MCGOVERN: Yeah, it's got the-- yeah.

I just wonder whether we could almost say to the owner of the shop could we put maybe a silk top hat if one fits into that box.

Yeah.

I like it.

That suits you.

Yeah, yeah, it suits you.

Will that hat fit in that, for example?

Beautifully.

Look at that.

That's really nice.

I like your style.

I do like a good accessory.

CHARLES HANSON: Why don't we see more top hats on the London tubes or bowler hats?

To me, let's dress to impress our country.

NARRATOR: Hear, hear.

STEPH MCGOVERN: But does it matter that this has obviously got a bit of-- CHARLES HANSON: It is tired.

But then, it's got a certain air of distinction.

Yeah.

Like you.

NARRATOR: No price, though.

Let's hear from Barbara.

We're just in admiration of this hatbox.

BARBARA: Yes.

CHARLES HANSON: But I must be honest.

We've taken out that hat over there-- BARBARA: Yes.

--thinking we could replace the content with a nice silk top hat.

BARBARA: Right.

Well, the price on that and that together would be 75 pounds.

Say it again.

75 pounds.

75 pounds.

Anything else in here you quite like?

STEPH MCGOVERN: I really like the globe as well.

Oh, that's a good globe.

STEPH MCGOVERN: Yeah.

I like that one.

STEPH MCGOVERN: I really like that.

I love maps.

Quality of that oak base.

That's a lovely globe.

BARBARA: Yeah.

But age-wise, we're talking 1930s?

BARBARA: Yes That's a good object.

It's really very nice.

And that must be-- - Yeah.

Yeah.

There's a few little tears in the paper from where it's been applied.

Yeah.

And right around here, it is a bit as well.

But, of course, it's old.

What's an antique by definition?

An antique is something old?

Exactly.

NARRATOR: A lot older than either of Naga's buys so far.

I did the deal.

How much-- you've done the deal.

Was I not supposed-- I'm not supposed to?

Depends how much it was.

I got this for 13 and the chair for 10.

23.

CHARLIE ROSS: 23 quid.

I think that's a pretty good effort.

- Yeah?

- Congratulations.

Oh, brilliant.

I'm thrilled for our team.

Yay!

NARRATOR: Don't wear it out, old man.

I've seen something that's red.

[GASPS] Come on, show me.

CHARLIE ROSS: There we go.

I just think it's rather charming.

It's Scandinavian.

A lot of Scandinavian painted pine furniture, and it's probably 1920s.

It's old.

So it's bordering on antique.

And I think it's charming.

It's original rush-seated stool.

Sweet.

And the decoration, OK, it's a bit bashed and what have you, but look at that decoration.

Hand-painted on there.

I think it's rather charming.

It's 10 pounds.

NARRATOR: It would make a slightly mismatch in the very red lot with her chair.

But I don't think it's Naga's cup of tea.

CHARLIE ROSS: Naga is very opinionated.

She knows exactly what she likes.

Wow.

There's a lot here.

It's not gonna be easy for me is it to-- to exert my authority here.

I'm determined to buy one antique.

And it'll probably be the only one that makes a loss.

NARRATOR: Meanwhile, back in that cupboard.

There's no price tag on the stuff.

What would you pay for it?

And be quite low.

- Yeah, yeah.

- Sorry.

Sorry.

I apologize.

No, no, you're fine.

CHARLES HANSON: What-- do you know?

BARBARA: 40 quid.

[LAUGHTER] Is that too much?

Well, I-- what do you think, Barbara?

[INAUDIBLE] that, Barbara?

I'd take more than that for it.

All right.

Oh, sorry, Barbara.

What would be the best price for the two together, Barbara?

Turn it on, mate.

150 pounds.

Oh.

Is that too high?

I was thinking probably somewhere nearer 100 pounds, Barbara.

Definitely not.

What would be the-- what would be the very best?

Um, the very best would be 145.

CHARLES HANSON: Would 135 give you a margin?

BARBARA: It's very, very close.

CHARLES HANSON: Yes.

BARBARA: But I'll do it.

Should we reserve these for the time being and then we can talk about it?

Yeah.

Or would you rather buy them now?

I'm a kind of buyer now type person.

NARRATOR: Well said.

STEPH MCGOVERN: Right.

Deal.

OK.

Thank you.

CHARLES HANSON: Thanks a lot, Barbara.

BARBARA: Thank you.

CHARLES HANSON: We owe you 125 pounds.

Where should we go next?

Let's go to Brazil.

Yeah.

Or maybe even Argentina.

NARRATOR: Well, that was exciting.

Charlie, meanwhile, is still trying his very best.

CHARLIE ROSS: The great thing about this is the practical use.

Now you see.

NAGA MUNCHETTY: Oh, my goodness.

CHARLIE ROSS: No, but you don't use it for that.

This just happens to have been a commode.

But fix the top, you don't need to know about it.

That is a pure Georgian piece of furniture.

And nowadays, you use-- It's a wooden toilet.

It's a wooden toilet.

NAGA MUNCHETTY: I'm in the game of truth.

CHARLIE ROSS: You are, aren't you?

Yeah.

Well, some of what you do is fiction, to be perfectly honest.

Very day.

[LAUGHTER] I think it looks boring.

I think it looks plain.

I don't know anyone who has mahogany furniture.

NARRATOR: Oh, dear.

Let's pay up and move on, shall we?

NAGA MUNCHETTY: My first ever antiques deal.

CHARLIE ROSS: It's a shame they weren't antique.

NARRATOR: No, but they were cheap, and they may just make a profit.

[MUSIC PLAYING] Taking a break from all that acquisition are our other duo.

Yeah, that's [INAUDIBLE].

[LAUGHTER] I'm a northern guy, you know.

Can you tell?

STEPH MCGOVERN: I kind of.

It's the accent.

CHARLES HANSON: I'm quite hard as well.

Tough.

STEPH MCGOVERN: Is this gonna turn into a fight?

- But I've got one problem.

- Yeah, go on.

'Cause I know you're a football fan.

I am as well.

- Yeah.

I do support Derby County.

That's really sad for you.

Thanks.

[LAUGHTER] 'Cause I know you'll support me for it.

STEPH MCGOVERN: I do.

I absolutely love Middlesbrough.

Could you become a [INAUDIBLE] Derby County fan, do you think?

- No.

- Sorry?

No.

NARRATOR: Our championship chums are heading for the center of Manchester and the city's Museum of Science and Industry.

But Steph, a former young engineer for Britain, is keen to find out about a great British inventor and industrialist.

Hello, Katie.

I'm Steph.

Hi.

Nice to meet you.

- Nice to meet you.

- Hi, Katie.

Charles.

Good to see you, Katie.

Good to see you as well.

So, Katie, what have we got here then?

The museum holds the Ferranti collection, and that consists of archives and nearly 2000 objects that tell the story of the Ferranti company, specifically Sebastian Ziani Ferranti, who founded the company.

NARRATOR: From childhood, Sebastian, who was born in Liverpool to Italian parents, showed a talent for electrical engineering, as this remarkable archive demonstrates.

KATIE: These are some of his sketchbooks from his school days.

So he was kind of inventing from a really early age.

CHARLES HANSON: What age are we going back to?

Late Victorian times now?

Yeah.

So it's kind of-- well, he was born in 1864.

OK.

So it's kind of 1870s, 1880s.

Right.

OK.

So electricity was really in its very early days.

Yeah.

But he was kind of thinking ahead and wondering about its potential.

NARRATOR: In his mid-20s, Ferranti designed the state-of-the-art Deptford Power Station to supply central London.

A fragment of which has been used for the frame of the museum sign.

And this alternator was one of the many inventions that helped found the company he established in the Northwest.

KATIE: Over the course of his career, he took out about 176 patents for various kind of electrical innovation from meters to turbines, generators.

So he really was a genius.

The National Grid of [INAUDIBLE],, I've visited quite a lot for his work.

Incredible, spectacular place.

And is it true he was part of creating that?

He did.

He kind of championed the installation of the National Grid because of the work that he'd done at Deptford, installing the world's first high voltage power station.

He saw the potential that electricity had for society.

NARRATOR: By the outbreak of World War I, the company was an industrial giant, employing thousands.

So when the Minister of Munitions, Lloyd George, appealed for help, Ferranti answered the call.

KATIE: The war was going to be fought not only on the battlefields, but in the workshops of Britain.

And so, he masterminded the conversion of his factory to a munitions factory producing shells and fuses for the war effort.

Yeah.

There's nothing like a bit of pressure in business.

No.

And also, of course, that was the time of girl power, wasn't it?

The ladies came in-- Yeah.

--the force as well, and they really churned the shells and things out.

KATIE: It was.

Ferranti's factory employed over 1,000 new women workers.

And actually, it was a bit of a family affair because his wife, Gertrude, was actually involved in recruiting these new female workers.

And his own daughter, Vera, actually became one of the new workers in the factory.

STEPH MCGOVERN: Wow.

KATIE: And she actually became quite a skilled mechanic herself during those war years.

That is so forward-thinking, though, isn't it?

To allow a woman to be a mechanic.

NARRATOR: Yeah.

The whole family was involved in the war effort with sons Basil and Vincent joining up to fight at the front.

The Ferranti archive includes their correspondence with their father, describing how the company's munitions were being used.

And inventor Sebastian had yet another role to play.

KATIE: He joined a panel of scientists and engineers who gathered to come up with new ideas for warfare.

Part of his role was to assess the kind of steady stream of ideas that were sent in by members of the public.

Were there many crazy ideas put to the board?

KATIE: There were.

I think the majority of inventions that were sent in by the public weren't things that were going to work.

So examples of some of the kind of more weird and wonderful ones were flea-filled shells and magnetic gun grabbers.

It makes me itchy to see them thinking of that.

NARRATOR: There were notable exceptions, however, such as the portable and effective trench mortar invented by civil engineer Wilfred Stokes.

He received a knighthood for his efforts in 1917, a year that was devastating for the Ferranti family.

KATIE: Tragically, Basil was actually killed after a shell attack.

And there are some really sad letters between Vincent and his father.

But although he was deeply affected, he was very resolute that he was gonna continue his own war production because that's all he could do.

NARRATOR: Victory was, of course, eventually achieved.

And with remarkable understatement, Sebastian's diary for November the 11th, 1918 reads, "Hostilities ceased.

Works closed for the day."

He was a tough bloke.

Yeah.

Like you and I together, isn't it?

[LAUGHTER] We're not that clever, are we?

[LAUGHTER] NARRATOR: Meanwhile, back in Failsworth, Naga and Charlie have moved on in their search.

Look at that.

What about that?

What is it?

What are you-- Is it a rake for the bunkers on the golf course?

I think it's for hay.

The thing I like about these, it's a split fork.

So it's got-- it's just one piece of wood, and they've cut it and cut it and bent it.

And then they put a wedge down there to keep them apart.

And then a bit of strengthening metal around there.

It's just a bit of history.

And how old-- how old would that be?

Well, I would like to think that's late 19th century.

I think that's probably 100 years old.

Oh, that's good.

I think it was ever so cheap, I'd buy it.

NARRATOR: Naga permitting, of course.

Hello, there.

CHARLIE ROSS: Aha.

- I'm Naga.

- I'm Jim.

- Jim, lovely to meet you.

- Pleased to meet you.

Yeah.

- Lovely to meet you.

Hello, Jim.

You must be the boss.

Come on in with me.

Yes, I am, [INAUDIBLE].

Now you're here to help me, Jim.

Yes.

I've got this lovely young lady with me, and we've got a competition to win.

So we need to buy something, and I've been trying to buy an antique.

NARRATOR: Sounds desperate, doesn't he?

At least there's not a lot of red here.

Other shades, though.

Wow.

NAGA MUNCHETTY: Lots of color.

Yeah [INAUDIBLE] half, isn't it.

If Elton John ever loses his, here's one going.

[INAUDIBLE] NARRATOR: Quite musical, isn't it?

Charlie.

Hello.

Look at this.

NARRATOR: That looks intriguing.

Oh, my goodness.

Gracious me.

[LAUGHTER] Oh, that is fantastic.

Do you know I thought it was a wardrobe?

I did.

Oh.

It's a-- what?

it's a big music box.

Yeah, it is.

Jim.

JIM: Yes.

Jim.

JIM: Yes.

Does it work?

NARRATOR: Come on, Jim.

Jim, if I may say so, you need a spot of tuning.

[LAUGHTER] What a wonderful thing.

JIM: I've got a price on it at 4,000 pounds.

4,000 pounds.

Right so.

I've got the cash.

[LAUGHTER] No, you haven't.

You're right.

I haven't.

NARRATOR: That's enough of that.

Something old but affordable, please.

CHARLIE ROSS: I quite a little French clock.

But that's gonna be expensive, too.

You see the little-- - Very sweet.

- I like it.

- Do you quite like that?

- Yeah, I do.

- Naga, it's an antique.

It'd be nice.

[INAUDIBLE] It's an antique.

Golly, golly.

It's 1910, '20 enamel dial.

A gilt metal co-- it's probably only gilded spelter inside it.

NAGA MUNCHETTY: Are we allowed to pick it out?

CHARLIE ROSS: I would think so.

Oh, it's quite heavy.

Yeah.

Isn't that sweet?

Do you think he'd like to sell us that cheaply?

You're gonna-- Jim!

[LAUGHTER] I love it.

There's a knackered clock here.

I think someone's wound it to such an extent it won't wind anymore, will it?

Is that ever so cheap?

It's never gonna work again and it's got a cracked dial, but we like it.

Right.

NARRATOR: I think their negotiation is now officially underway.

CHARLIE ROSS: Come on, Jim.

Hit us with something really cheap.

45 pounds.

Oh, Jim, now you're coming down [INAUDIBLE] No, we're-- no, no, we've come down.

CHARLIE ROSS: Well, if you can get out of at 35 quid, I'll give you 35 quid now for it, Jim.

40 pounds.

I'm not gon-- get your 40 pounds out.

I mean, it does appeal more than a fire alarm.

[LAUGHTER] It's not a very good alarm clock, though.

That wouldn't wake me up.

That would if I chucked it at you.

[LAUGHTER] NARRATOR: Steady on.

CHARLES HANSON: You don't want to toss me 35 or 40, do you?

- Well, yeah, [INAUDIBLE].

- Oh.

Are you gambling that?

Only 35, 40.

There we go.

Head or tail?

JIM: I want you to toss the coin.

Heads.

NAGA MUNCHETTY: Yes!

[LAUGHTER] Are you happy, Jim?

I'm happy, yes.

Oh, you're a taught man.

I'm happy.

Thank you.

You're a taught man.

Jim, thank you.

You're a pal, Jim.

NARRATOR: Blimey.

Well, at least it's old.

Not bad.

Three things bought.

NARRATOR: But will tomorrow bring forth antiques vintage or just second-hand?

I think you've got to stand your ground, haven't you, to a certain extent.

Yeah, but they know what we're talking about and we don't.

Oh, yeah.

Good point.

NARRATOR: Yeah.

Nighty night.

[MUSIC PLAYING] So how was day one for you?

CHARLIE ROSS: I got stuck into my passions.

George, three.

Yes.

Mahogany, but no.

And surely not-- She took one look at it-- no, she took one look at it and said, "That's a wooden toilet."

CHARLES HANSON: Really?

Why would you want an old wooden toilet next to your bed?

I'll tell you what, it would be good for.

When you come in steaming drunk and you need to throw up.

[LAUGHTER] NARRATOR: Yesterday, Steph and Charles splashed out 135 pounds on a top hat and hatbox, plus a globe-- Yeah, yeah, it suits you.

NARRATOR: --leaving them with 265 pounds still to spend.

While Naga and Charlie parted with a mere 58 pounds for a clock, an alarm bell, and a heart-shaped chair.

I've done a deal on my own.

NARRATOR: Meaning, they still have almost 350 pounds at their disposal.

NAGA MUNCHETTY: I mean, we haven't spent much.

STEPH MCGOVERN: Yeah, Charles kept telling me to go for smalls.

[LAUGHTER] And I thought that's a whole other show, Charles.

[LAUGHTER] NARRATOR: Our experts clearly have an awful lot to learn.

NAGA MUNCHETTY: This is part of the plan.

Right.

- I think if we have-- - Charles's there.

If have one answer-- This is impressive.

This is very impressive.

Oh.

There we go.

- Ta-da!

There we go.

There we go.

Over here.

Just like that.

[LAUGHTER] CHARLIE ROSS: Good morning, Steph.

Morning.

How delicately done.

What a way to do it, hey?

How are you doing antiques?

Lots?

- Yeah, I am.

I've learned.

He's so clever.

He's a very bright boy, isn't he?

Yeah, he is.

He's highly intelligent.

Knowledgeable, attractive.

And he can dance.

And I can dance.

CHARLIE ROSS: But it's not what I've seen.

When I saw Steph dance, it looked a different dance to me.

CHARLES HANSON: Once again now.

STEPH MCGOVERN: The main thing with this is is about-- it's all about your ankle.

So.

You see?

[LAUGHTER] Something like that.

Go.

CHARLES HANSON: Bravo.

NARRATOR: Later, they'll be heading for an auction in Knutsford, Cheshire.

But our next stop is back in Manchester.

[MUSIC PLAYING] Morning.

Good to see you.

[LAUGHTER] Give me a high five.

Did you just randomly high five someone?

I gave him a high five.

Yeah.

Really?

We had a high five.

[LAUGHTER] He's on our side, OK?

STEPH MCGOVERN: You're just too cool, you.

NARRATOR: No, Steph, he's really not.

But this shop might be, Hello.

Hi, I'm Steph.

- I'm Laurence.

- Hi.

Nice to meet you.

- You too.

Hello.

Charles Hanson, good to see you.

Yeah, good to meet you, too.

NARRATOR: Not too many traditional antiques here, but bags of vintage, architectural, and, of course, quirk.

Love the store.

It's a lovely old building, isn't it as well?

Yeah, it's a great building.

Look at this.

Is that an old bar?

What can I get you, sir?

Pinnocaloda, please.

No bother, - Thank you very much.

- We seem to be out of stock.

Excellent.

Oh, no, don't say that.

Anything else?

NARRATOR: I think Steph's enjoying this.

Yeah.

Yeah, wow.

They're quite heavy, actually.

Could you just carry that for me?

Are you OK?

- Yeah, fine.

CHARLES HANSON: OK. - Yeah, yeah, yeah.

CHARLES HANSON: Yeah.

- I'm on it.

You just got this for me as well.

Yeah, here we go.

Those look a bit more like it.

These are really pretty.

Charles.

CHARLES HANSON: They're quite peculiar, aren't they?

They like-- - They're practical as well.

You know, someone who tusses you to have your makeup all the time.

This is kind of-- You could almost-- they're almost like a little compact, aren't they?

Yeah.

CHARLES HANSON: On those early morning [INAUDIBLE].. And keep your makeup, all your jewelry in.

They're original from Rajasthan.

Yeah, I imagined them to be, like, shaving kit things so.

- They are Indian.

- Yeah.

And they probably are completely original.

They're very colonial.

Quite folk art, aren't they?

LAURENCE: Yeah.

CHARLES HANSON: 1950s.

NARRATOR: At least they're not new.

Do you want to buy one?

You know, I know you want to shop until you drop.

Yeah, but they-- they're not antique, you know, for that.

CHARLES HANSON: So how much are they per unit?

They're 45 pound.

STEPH MCGOVERN: Ooh.

CHARLES HANSON: And between friends?

LAURENCE: 40 pound.

[LAUGHTER] I've never seen anything like that where it's practical but would look really pretty on your dressing room table, wouldn't it?

But I'm not paying 40 quid for it.

Well.

Well.

STEPH MCGOVERN: I've still got my eyes on prices, man.

CHARLES HANSON: I know.

Absolutely.

STEPH MCGOVERN: I'm in it to win it.

Would you give us 25?

25 for it?

I'll do one for 30 quid.

30 quid.

Oh, crikey.

NARRATOR: They're getting there.

CHARLES HANSON: It could be a love token.

A love token from a gentleman.

I'm serious.

I love your romanticism.

But it's-- It could be an Indian love token to a lady who wants a good casket.

I think it's a deal.

Going, going-- - Well done.

- Thank you very much.

--gone.

Sold.

- Thank you.

- Thank you, sir.

NARRATOR: Congratulations.

- Nice doing business with you.

- Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Well done.

Well done.

I know.

It's a good one.

[MUSIC PLAYING] NARRATOR: Also in Manchester but on an altogether different cultural plain, Naga and Charlie are off to the Royal Northern College of Music.

Hello.

I'm Naga.

- Hi, I'm Jeff.

- Lovely to see you.

- Hello, Jeff.

- Nice to meet you.

Charlie.

Nice to see you.

Welcome to The Royal Northern College of Music.

Great to be here.

NARRATOR: Musician Naga and her singing auctioneer are here to find out about Charles Hallé, the man behind Manchester's famous orchestra.

Hallé was German, yes?

Hallé was German, yes.

He was actually Karl Hallé, and he was born in 1819.

Yeah.

But he spent a lot of his early career in Paris.

He got to know people like Berlioz.

And he came to Manchester in the late 1840s.

NARRATOR: A talented musician and conductor, Hallé headed north to direct a series of gentleman's concerts.

The orchestra he ultimately created is now one of our oldest and most revered.

So with Hallé here, was he the main attraction for musicians rather than London, for example?

Hallé was a well-connected man.

So he was able to invite big names to Manchester.

He also was a very fine pianist.

And one of his ulterior motives, I'm sure, if you look at his concert programming, is that he wanted to showcase himself as a pianist.

So his role as a conductor was relatively new, rather novel.

JEFF: That's right.

The conductor, as an individual, really emerges in the 19th century.

Earlier than that, you would have somebody at the front with a stick, but it wasn't a baton as we think of it.

It would be a long pole, and they would literally bang the floor in time for the music.

Just to keep time for the whole-- that sounds bizarre now, doesn't it?

JEFF: This is a baton that was presented to Hallé in 1877 to mark the 20th anniversary of the founding of the orchestra.

CHARLIE ROSS: It strikes me as being extremely humble.

It's very little different from one we might see today.

There's a little bit.

Yeah.

It's got a metal tip there.

But you could actually use this to conduct with.

Yeah.

Whereas this one is very much a showpiece.

This was presented in 1879 by Bristol Choral Union.

It has a figure of Beethoven on it.

CHARLIE ROSS: Thought I'd recognize the man on the top.

JEFF: And you would be very hard pushed to use this to conduct with.

I mean, it was intended as an objet d'art.

Yeah.

Well, beautifully in "Antiques Road Trip," actually.

[LAUGHTER] Make him an offer.

Make him an offer.

NARRATOR: Not content with making Manchester a musical rival to the capital, in the 1880s, Hallé set about establishing the music school, which became the Royal Northern College.

JEFF: He simply wrote to a lot of people saying, "Would you fund the new music college in Manchester?"

Ah, funding.

Yeah.

And we have a lot of letters from people saying yes or no.

There's a-- Famous people, or?

Oh, very famous.

CHARLIE ROSS: Oh, really?

JEFF: For example, Tennyson.

CHARLIE ROSS: Oh.

NAGA MUNCHETTY: Mm.

This is a letter written on behalf of Lord Tennyson which says, "Lord Tennyson cannot consent to become a member of the formal committee of the College of Music in Manchester."

NARRATOR: Hallé had Queen Victoria's permission to use the royal title, but London's Royal College of Music objected.

And so they have to, at the very last minute, rethink the name of the college.

And apart from anything else, they've already had everything printed with Royal College of Music, Manchester on it.

NAGA MUNCHETTY: Oh, and all the official paper.

JEFF: So they had to stamp over it, the new title.

So they came up with Royal Manchester College of Music.

And that's what it was until it and the Northern School of Music amalgamated in the early 1970s.

NARRATOR: Hallé became the first head and chief professor of pianoforte until his death in 1895.

And, as his correspondence with the public shows, he remained quite a character.

Yes.

So what kind of things were people asking Charles Hallé.

Oh, there was a lovely one where somebody said, "Can you learn the guitar at the college?"

Hallé's answer was this, "The guitar cannot be taught at the college.

The less that instrument is cultivated, the better."

[LAUGHTER] Ouch.

[MUSIC PLAYING] NARRATOR: Now what about our other quite musical duo?

- I'm quite simple.

- Yeah.

You're flexible.

People do call me twinkle toes.

Do they?

Twinkle toes handsome.

STEPH MCGOVERN: You've got quite a few names, haven't you?

Yeah, I-- yeah, well, yeah.

What'd it be?

Handsome handsome.

Oh, get out of here.

NARRATOR: Time to strut their funky stuff down south in Romiley.

Look at that.

This is looking good.

Hello.

- Hi.

I'm Steph.

Hi.

Hey, all right.

[LAUGHTER] NARRATOR: Hurry up, Charles.

CHARLIE ROSS: [INAUDIBLE] Charles.

[INAUDIBLE] Charles.

Good to see you.

Peter, good to see you.

Nice to see you.

What a great shop.

NARRATOR: Yes, you've definitely fallen on your feet, twinkle toes.

STEPH MCGOVERN: This is gonna be the place where we buy something that Charles really loves and is really antique-y.

There's got to be something here.

STEPH MCGOVERN: We've still got loads of money left as well, so we can go wild in here.

I'm up for that.

Are you up for going wild?

CHARLES HANSON: Very wild.

[LAUGHTER] If the right object goes wild, I'll go wild as well.

Look at him.

He's wild.

Hrr, hrr.

NARRATOR: Naga and Charlie have a bobble, too, left as well.

And they, too, are now on the prowl-- NAGA MUNCHETTY: Cat, cat.

CHARLIE ROSS: Black cat, good news.

NAGA MUNCHETTY: That's right.

NARRATOR: --in the nearby suburb of Stockport.

CHARLIE ROSS: Well, well, this is enormous.

It's vintage.

- My name is Rupert.

- Rupert.

- Welcome to the [INAUDIBLE] - Naga.

Lovely to meet you.

Hi.

- How are you doing?

- Hello, Rupert.

Charlie.

Nice to see you.

Pleasure to meet you.

This is like a treasure trove of vintage stuff.

It certainly is.

Clothing downstairs, turn of the century through to 1980s, smaller pieces of furniture, glassware homeware.

Second floor is industrial salvage and bigger pieces of furniture.

Industrial salvage?

And I could kick you out with a frock or two.

Works for me.

[LAUGHTER] We'll have a round.

- [INAUDIBLE] Thanks very much.

See you soon.

NARRATOR: That's quite a list.

Sounds like you could find just about anything in here.

Do you like lobsters?

I love lobster.

CHARLIE ROSS: Well, what about buying a lobster pot?

NAGA MUNCHETTY: Hey.

Do you know?

I wonder if it smells.

It's very fishy.

You could flip it upside down and make a coffee table.

Coffee table, couldn't you?

You could.

What a novel thing.

NAGA MUNCHETTY: Put some glass on it.

CHARLIE ROSS: You're beginning to think now outside the box.

A bit of glass on there, clean it up.

Clean it up.

It needs a good hose down and good-- CHARLIE ROSS: Yeah.

NAGA MUNCHETTY: --wipe down.

CHARLIE ROSS: Yeah.

NAGA MUNCHETTY: How much do you think we should be buying something like that for or you could get out of?

CHARLIE ROSS: I've never-- I have never seen one for sale before.

NARRATOR: No.

It would definitely be a first.

It's 60 quid.

Let's think about it.

NARRATOR: Something to think about there then.

Oh, that's-- oh, that's nice.

CHARLES HANSON: Yeah, what a good-- what a good bird.

Tea?

Please.

Yeah.

And isn't it fun?

I mean, imagine being with your ladies in the afternoon and serving tea out a big cockle teapot.

That's nice.

We check the condition of them very carefully.

Has it been restuck?

Is that old glue or just enamel?

I think it's been restuck.

Can you see?

Oh, yeah.

No, it's clearly [INAUDIBLE].

CHARLES HANSON: It's been cracked.

It's been cracked all the way around there.

It's been off.

It has been off.

But it's great.

It's a great rooster.

Is it a rooster?

Cockle?

What's the difference between a rooster and a cockle?

No idea.

You tell me.

CHARLES HANSON: Well, I don't know.

NARRATOR: They're exactly the same.

Rooster is just the American version.

Yeah, that stands out.

Yeah, the cock is dazzling.

Isn't he?

[LAUGHTER] You know?

Pete, what's the best on this cock?

NARRATOR: Yes.

Rooster might be best.

PETER: Is it 30 on it?

- It's 30 at the moment.

- 20.

How's that?

20 quid.

Peter, I would love you to say 15 pounds, 15 then.

15 it is.

Yeah.

Take him.

Take him.

- 15 quids?

- Yeah, take him.

15 quids.

I think it's great.

- Go for it.

- Yeah.

Peter, we'll take it.

- Yeah.

- Yeah, I love it.

- Nice one.

It's a deal.

STEPH MCGOVERN: Nice.

We've still got more shopping to do, you know?

15 pounds spent of our two, three, five-- 220.

Quick.

Kind of quick.

NARRATOR: So quick, but she's already spotted another animal-themed object.

I've never a cameo of a lady carved-- Holding a monkey.

CHARLES HANSON: --holding a monkey.

Never.

PETER: I think I could tempt you with the price on that, actually.

It's just that it was bought in quite reasonable.

I know it looks a bit worn.

Let's see [INAUDIBLE].

Well, maybe she just look like that.

PETER: They had funny noses in the 19th century.

NARRATOR: I think they might be about to do a bit of monkey business, these two.

Hoo hoo.

[LAUGHTER] NARRATOR: Not that sort.

[LAUGHTER] Sorry.

PETER: It's marked up at 95 pounds.

You can have it for 55.

What's your guide price?

[INAUDIBLE] now and everything, NARRATOR: Turning into quite a team, aren't they?

CHARLES HANSON: Thank you for that discount.

Thank you for the offer.

I think our counter-offer, 40 pounds.

I'll do it for 45.

How's that?

CHARLES HANSON: That stands a good chance.

And I think she is well-carved.

And I-- I would give her a romantic description for the sale.

The woman with the broken nose holding the monkey.

No, not the monkey.

Quiet.

[LAUGHTER] No.

You know, possibly-- Some say a good night out in Middlesbrough.

Yeah, I say-- well-- well, that's [INAUDIBLE] you know?

That's what I gonna-- I'll break my nose as well, you know?

Why don't we do it?

NAGA MUNCHETTY: [INAUDIBLE] CHARLES HANSON: Shake the man's hand.

- OK. - Yeah.

We'll do it.

Thank you, Peter.

- [INAUDIBLE] - Thanks, Peter.

Yeah, yeah.

Absolutely.

[PHONE RINGING] NARRATOR: Who could that be?

Charlie Ross.

My dear old thing, are-- are you there?

Charlie, is the 11th hour.

We're shopping.

We are in the heat of the moment.

What do you want?

Oh, wonderful.

We've come to an enormous warehouse which has no antiques.

It's vintage clothes and things.

Charlie, it's like a needle in a haystack.

You must dig deep.

CHARLIE ROSS: I have digged.

I've dug.

I mean, I've dug.

I've dug.

Naga's dugged.

We've all dugged.

But there is no more digging or dugging to be done.

Can we come to your-- can we come to your shop?

Please?

Hello?

Hello?

I'll put you onto your friend.

Hang on.

Thank you for the love, Steph.

Do you know what?

'Cause it's you-- NAGA MUNCHETTY (OVER PHONE): Yeah, good friend.

Yeah, we are.

We are good friends.

NAGA MUNCHETTY (OVER PHONE): Yeah?

Yeah.

You're very welcome to come here.

(WHISPERING) We've already got the good stuff.

Thank you.

You're very welcome.

NAGA MUNCHETTY (OVER PHONE): OK. We're dashing over.

We'll see you soon.

- Soon, we will.

- See you.

NAGA MUNCHETTY (OVER PHONE): Bye.

Bye.

NAGA MUNCHETTY (OVER PHONE) Bye.

CHARLIE ROSS: Come on, Naga.

Come on, Naga.

Come on, Naga.

NAGA MUNCHETTY: Come on.

Let's go.

Let's go.

NARRATOR: God.

Look at them go.

By the time they arrived, the arrivals will have scoured Pete's whole shop.

What I like about this clock garniture is, in style, it's trying to invigorate the fact it's Ming porcelain.

As a decorative lot, to an interior decorator, it really is good value.

And you've got 225 on it called a French blue and white pottery clock garniture.

Steph, it is flamboyant, isn't it?

Yeah.

And we like a bit of flamboyance.

Will it make us money?

Because I'm getting to the point now where I'm feeling competitive.

NARRATOR: Spoken like a business correspondent, hey, Pete?

PETER: I was asking over 300 pounds for it a while back.

CHARLES HANSON: But not now.

It's 225, isn't it?

Now 225.

But to you is a special offer, 125.

125.

That's cheap.

CHARLES HANSON: I was thinking how hard-- is it-- will it kill a monkey 'cause I wanna?

I was hoping for a monkey and a carter.

[LAUGHTER] NARRATOR: A tenner and a pony, actually.

Would you take 100 quid.

I don't want to.

- But would you?

- No.

Even if I give you a hug?

[LAUGHTER] Come on.

Now then.

Ah.

Look at that.

100 quid and a hug.

It's yours.

[LAUGHTER] Oh, wow.

Really?

High five.

NARRATOR: Lovely work, Steph.

Wow.

PETER: That will make you a good profit in the auction.

STEPH MCGOVERN: Yeah, brilliant.

PETER: Real good profit.

CHARLES HANSON: It's a funny old game.

And if it does, I'll come around and give you a full-on snug.

Oh, there you go then.

NARRATOR: Looks like the others can't get here a moment too soon.

All right.

Time's tight.

Time's more than tight.

We need to focus, don't we?

But we've got an opportunity here to find something.

CHARLES HANSON: It's all there.

PETER: That's great.

STEPH MCGOVERN: Yeah.

Thank you very much.

They're a bit scruffy, eh?

But they all count.

[LAUGHTER] What you said about it was like-- hey.

Don't drop it, OK?

Uh-huh.

Just be careful with that.

Oh, there they are.

What have they got?

Ah.

Quickly guard up.

Get out of here.

- Can you see it?

CHARLES HANSON: Get out of here.

Stephanie, what on Earth has happened?

Is there something you're not telling me?

Well, yeah.

We might have been busy.

[LAUGHTER] Are you all right?

I'm OK. - We're going to your shop.

- Are you?

- Yeah.

- Good luck.

- Come on.

- Yeah, good luck.

- Good luck.

- OK. Good luck.

Get out of here.

NARRATOR: Hey, what a carry on.

Brilliant.

Proper antique shop.

[LAUGHTER] - How do you do?

Hello.

Sorry.

Naga.

- Naga.

- Lovely to meet you.

- Hi, Naga.

I can't believe how excited you made us.

Did you sell some nice things to our mate?

NARRATOR: Never you mind, Charlie.

We are where we are.

And Naga's staying focused.

Thank goodness.

Now, something that caught my eye is this lady here.

I just think it's really sweet.

And I love seeing a woman playing golf.

I'm not sure what Charlie's is going to think of it, so let's find out.

Charlie.

CHARLES HANSON: Hello, darling.

NAGA MUNCHETTY: Have a look at this lovely lady.

I know nothing about it.

Right.

But I figured that-- Oh-ho.

That the way that she's dressed is from the early 20th century.

Well, you're absolutely right.

It's from the art deco period.

So what I call the Charleston period, 1920s, 1930s.

Fabulous.

CHARLIE ROSS: First question, is it bronze?

No, it's spelter.

It doesn't look bronze.

If it was bronze, it would be much colder to the touch.

It's not on a marble base.

It's on an onyx base.

So we're not looking at the Rolls-Royce of figures.

Having said that, had that been bronze or marble, I think it would be 450 pounds.

So it's 150.

NAGA MUNCHETTY: Should we ask?

NARRATOR: Oh, Pete.

PETER: How does 125 sound?

CHARLIE ROSS: We're not here to beat you about the head.

I mean, I dare say Steph and Charles gave you a rotten time, really, but we're much more-- NAGA MUNCHETTY: We're the gentler [INAUDIBLE].. CHARLIE ROSS: Yeah, yeah.

It cost me 100 pounds.

You can have it for 100.

And that's it.

Naga, I have to say that if you want it, you have my blessing, and it's a proper object.

- It's a deal then.

- Deal.

Are we good?

Thank you so much.

Oh, my goodness, Miss.

Steady.

Steady, Naga.

You'll break me golfer.

[LAUGHTER] NARRATOR: Good work.

But we're running out of time.

I'll tell you what is interesting, that barometer.

That's completely different to any other barometer I've seen.

It looks very old-fashioned.

I don't know what year it's from or-- I have no idea.

We'd have to talk to Charlie about it.

CHARLIE ROSS: It's an Admiral FitzRoy barometer.

It's a bit toxic.

You've got to be very careful.

Look at the size of the well of mercury in there.

But it's got a temperature gauge, hygrometer here.

It's the huge [INAUDIBLE] It's like Carol in the box, isn't it?

It's just like Carol in the box.

NARRATOR: It's also 165 pounds.

Although Pete does have others.

Ah, this one might be a bit of a bargain.

Now this is an aneroid barometer.

Mm-hmm.

So it came in after the mercury barometer.

Much safer, more accurate, I would say.

Peter, wouldn't you?

PETER: Mm-hmm.

CHARLIE ROSS: 125.

What would be a ridiculous deal?

A ridiculous deal would be 25.

Yes.

I can't do that.

[LAUGHTER] I'll do it for 50 quid.

That is very, very cheap.

We would be crazy people not to take this at 50 pounds.

You are.

I think you've made-- And that's with complete inexperience.

Let's give it a go.

So it's a deal, then.

There's another handshake, Peter.

Good.

[LAUGHTER] Two things.

NARRATOR: Are there no end to Pete's deals?

So far, they bagged a golfer and a barometer for 150 pounds.

Anything else for a sports fan Naga?

Yes.

I didn't-- we both like games, don't we?

Yeah.

Yeah.

That's lovely, I think.

But do you know what I really like about that?

It's those transfer numbers.

Nobody can ever have played it.

'Cause every time you chuck one of those at it, it would damage those numbers.

Yeah, there aren't many marks on there, are there?

No.

When would that have been from?

From [INAUDIBLE] I want to say '30s.

And part of me saying just post-war, '50s.

Let's find out.

Peter.

Peter, we need you yet again.

Pre-war or post-war?

PETER: I had put it down at '40s, really, which is probably just after the war.

Yeah, yeah.

NARRATOR: So not exactly antique, but it's got age.

CHARLIE ROSS: If it's really cheap, we'll buy it.

I know exactly where I think I want to be on that.

OK.

So?

PETER: The asking price on that is 45 quid-- Yeah.

--ideally.

Ideally.

I wouldn't want to take less than 25.

[LAUGHTER] What did I just whisper to you in the ear?

20 to 25.

PETER: You really want it for 20 quid, don't you?

I do, Peter, but I do.

You got it, yeah.

Are you sure?

Yeah.

Again, the handshake.

Yeah!

NARRATOR: Generous Pete.

Now, with their shopping complete, fore!

- Let's have a look.

- Are you ready?

- Yeah, I'm ready.

- Yeah.

- On the count of 3.

- We're ready.

- 3.

- 2.

It's a bit windy.

2, 1.

Nice.

NAGA MUNCHETTY: Oh.

CHARLES HANSON: Feast your eyes on this.

I can't even figure out what some-- Yeah.

--some of them are.

That's a globe.

Yeah.

[LAUGHTER] You put a top hat in a leather case.

Oh, that's the hat.

STEPH MCGOVERN: That's the box for the hat.

NAGA MUNCHETTY: Yeah.

NARRATOR: She's good.

CHARLES HANSON: The condition is superb.

It is silk.

It's in a lovely order.

Maker's name?

Probably Christine Kay.

- Is that-- - Preston, [INAUDIBLE] What do you mean probably?

Does that mean you don't know?

Likely.

Likely.

You old flanneler.

Globe, wrong base.

No, we believe it's right.

It's a lovely art deco '20s piece, inter-war period.

NAGA MUNCHETTY: And what's this?

CHARLIE ROSS: Tell us about that, Charles.

STEPH MCGOVERN: That's a very, very functional Indian jewelry box.

So you can fold it away neatly, and the mirror pops out so you can use it.

And that was a bit of a personal indulgence.

I'm not so keen on the three piece clock set.

CHARLES HANSON: Charlie, this is your heyday.

I know.

That's the trouble.

My heyday is gone.

[LAUGHTER] And the chicken.

Yeah.

STEPH MCGOVERN: It's a cockerel.

And it's a teapot.

CHARLES HANSON: A rooster.

Who made it?

Probably, [INAUDIBLE] It's 19-- - Probab-- probably again?

- Probably?

There's an awful lot of probably here, Charles.

NARRATOR: Probably their turn now.

2, 1.

(SINGING) Da, ra, ra, ra.

STEPH MCGOVERN: We were looking at that, the hoopla there.

NAGA MUNCHETTY: This.

Yeah.

CHARLES HANSON: Oh, we love that.

We should have a game, definitely.

NAGA MUNCHETTY: We should.

Yeah.

You must have spotted this [INAUDIBLE] there.

STEPH MCGOVERN: Yeah, we did see that.

NAGA MUNCHETTY: You know I can't resist a golfer.

That is lovely.

What's this all about, though?

Well-- That doesn't look like an antique.

Do you know how tough it is in the morning-- Yeah.

--to get up?

[LAUGHTER] Right?

There it goes.

[INAUDIBLE] Yeah, that wake us up.

We said we-- basically, we were gonna go for things that we like.

Yeah.

Quite right.

I just loved that chair.

STEPH MCGOVERN: Did you?

NAGA MUNCHETTY: I did.

I just thought it was really fun.

But is it an antique?

'Cause I'm sure I've seen-- CHARLIE ROSS: No.

No.

It's definitely not an antique.

CHARLIE ROSS: I think the whole of this game depends on whether somebody is gonna go a bundle on your frankly overstated three piece clock set.

And it's whether there's a client in that room with a good swing who wants a good golfer.

- Let's get off to the auction.

- Yeah.

Come on, Naga.

We'll see you tomorrow.

[LAUGHTER] NARRATOR: But let's find out what they really think, eh?

That clock, that ugly clock set.

CHARLIE ROSS: It could make 200.

They looked like deeply unimpressed with our lot, didn't they?

And they loved your chair.

Yeah, yeah.

I was shocked by the chair.

CHARLES HANSON: I think the key item on their side is the golfer.

Yeah, 100 quid.

Yeah.

And I can see the auctioneer saying, 45.

48.

All done.

Sold.

STEPH MCGOVERN: Yeah.

Should we be worried?

I think it's 50-50.

You know what?

Just puff your chest out and say, look, you know what?

They're no match for us.

STEPH MCGOVERN: Like the cockerel.

CHARLES HANSON: Yeah, exactly.

Should practice our strut.

Yeah, OK. Yeah, exactly.

Exactly.

NARRATOR: After a Manchester mystery tour, our celebrities and experts are now off to their Cheshire auction in Knutsford.

STEPH MCGOVERN: It's going to be really interesting to see what everyone's excited about there, like, whether, you know, people like that little jewelry box that you think was a load of rubbish.

[LAUGHTER] I didn't say that.

I could see it in your eyes.

Yeah, the eyes don't lie.

Mind you, you didn't exactly love my chair.

STEPH MCGOVERN: But I thought this was an antiques road trip.

NARRATOR: Nestling nicely within Cheshire's golden triangle and the model for Gaskul's 19th-century Cranford, Knutsford could be the ideal spot to shift their little collection.

Oh, hello.

They may have gotten their gills all ready for this, Charlie.

You nearly ran me over.

[LAUGHTER] Naga.

NAGA MUNCHETTY: Sorry, Charlie.

Would you be careful?

Hello.

This is our day.

NAGA MUNCHETTY: Sorry, darling.

That wasn't me.

Well, good driving.

CHARLES HANSON: Good to see you.

STEPH MCGOVERN: You as well.

CHARLES HANSON: Very well.

It's exciting.

STEPH MCGOVERN: I'm really excited.

So excited.

CHARLES HANSON: I can't wait for this.

NARRATOR: I wonder if their excitement is in any way shared by Right Marshall Auctioneer Peter Ashburner.

PETER ASHBURNER: The art deco golfer is a nice object and, you know, the sort of thing that people want to buy, really.

The blue and white clock garniture, a bit traditional.

We might be able to find somebody somewhere between here and Australia that's interested in buying it.

The [INAUDIBLE] cameo brooches, again, quite a fun object.

There's a lady on it with some sort of animal, and we've had a very serious debate as to exactly what the animal is.

Somebody thought it was a monkey.

Somebody else thought it was a cat.

I think it might be a dog.

Anyway, I'm sure somebody will know.

NARRATOR: I think it might be a lamb, actually.

Steph and Charles made the biggest outlay with 325 pounds spent on six auction lots.

While Naga and Charlie ended up parting with just 228 pounds for their six lots.

Now, with the sale about to start, where are they?

I feel nervous.

It's coming up.

NARRATOR: Hats off to Steph.

Topbox, too.

Where are you gonna start the bidding on this one?

50 pounds and away for it.

50.

- Let's go.

Let's go.

PETER ASHBURNER: Down to 40 then.

Let's get going.

40 for a top hat, come on.

It's a lovely hat and its box.

I'll go to 30.

30 bid.

Gentleman's bid at 30.

Just your size, sir.

Any more now?

At five.

35.

Come on.

PETER ASHBURNER: 40, yes?

40 pounds.

Come on.

It must fit somebody else, surely.

CHARLIE ROSS: Come on, sir.

- At 40 pounds.

So the bid's on my left.

- Come on.

Don't leave with the regret.

PETER ASHBURNER: Any [INAUDIBLE] now.

On 40 pounds only.

Oh, no.

I'm sorry, Steph.

NARRATOR: Only a small loss.

OK, let's move forward.

Let's be positive.

- Yeah.

Let's be positive.

So it's the globe next.

STEPH MCGOVERN: That's different.

Who's gonna start at the beginning at 50 pounds?

50 for it.

Hold tight.

PETER ASHBURNER: Come on.

It must be worth 50.

Uh-oh.

PETER ASHBURNER: 40 pounds.

Let's get started then.

Come on, take on the world.

Come on.

--bid up 40 only.

Any advance now on 40?

I'll take five.

I can got hold my hand on their behalf.

PETER ASHBURNER: Come on.

Any other interest?

Come on, it's cheap enough.

MAN: It is.

CHARLIE ROSS: Oh, there's, a man bidding over there.

Good man, sir.

Come on.

PETER ASHBURNER: --at 45.

Any advance now?

All done?

Got to go.

It's on my right in the corner at 45 pounds in the room.

Oh.

Thank you, sir, very much.

NARRATOR: A lovely globe for a good price there.

You spent 85 on it and you've got 45.

Yeah, all right.

Yeah.

NARRATOR: Now for Naga's much-loved chair.

I think that would make a great addition to the business area.

- Yeah?

Yeah, I can sit on that.

You're gonna put a bit in, then?

No.

[LAUGHTER] Who's got 20 pounds for it?

20 pounds.

Down to 10.

Let's get it sold.

WOMAN: Yes, sir.

- Thank you.

10 pounds, I've got.

- Well done.

PETER ASHBURNER: Internet bid of 10 pounds.

- Well done.

- No way.

All the way from the other side of the world.

Naga, you are a genius.

PETER ASHBURNER: 15 pounds down here.

Who's got 20?

20.

20 pounds over here.

CHARLIE ROSS: Genius, darling.

PETER ASHBURNER: [INAUDIBLE] quickly on 20.

It's a five.

Yes or no then at 20 pounds.

Going at 20.

Well done.

See?

You've doubled up.

That's amazing.

You've doubled up.

NARRATOR: The ugly duckling comes good.

Also red, also Naga's, and it's very noisy.

I hope they're gonna ring it.

(SINGING) You can ring my bell.

My bell.

My bell.

Ring my bell.

Ooh.

It's a wall-mounted fire alarm bell.

CHARLES HANSON: Lovely tone.

PETER ASHBURNER: Don't panic.

Suddenly, everyone leaves.

It's 20 pounds for it.

20.

Otherwise, we'll start ringing it loudly.

So gusto.

PETER ASHBURNER: 20 pounds.

Down to a tenner.

10.

I got 10 pounds [INAUDIBLE].

CHARLES HANSON: Well done.

CHARLIE ROSS: But we need more than 10.

We need more than 10.

PETER ASHBURNER: 15.

18.

- Well done.

20.

CHARLES HANSON: Well done to you.

20 pounds.

CHARLES HANSON: Naga, you're just wonderful.

Take the two.

At 20 pounds bid.

- Well done to you.

PETER ASHBURNER: This is at 20.

Any advance now?

Quickly.

The gentleman's bid at 20.

Is there a two?

WOMAN: Yes.

25.

25.

Get out of here.

PETER ASHBURNER: Isn't that big?

Naga!

PETER ASHBURNER: Try 30.

30, I've got.

CHARLES HANSON: Oh, you've got 30 pounds.

30 pounds, the bid.

The fireman in the corner at 30.

You're so proud of her, aren't you?

I'm so proud of my Naga.

PETER ASHBURNER: OK, just now.

Going at 30.

Well done, team.

Well done.

Bravo.

Bravo.

NARRATOR: What a start.

I'm proud of Naga.

There's a long way to go.

'Cause she's proved that you two know not.

[LAUGHTER] NARRATOR: Hold on.

Hold on.

Can Steph do likewise with her not-very-old vanity box?

I'm gonna ask you 30 pounds for this as starting.

30.

MAN: Come on.

PETER ASHBURNER: We got-- come on, hurry up.

It's a good thing.

That would make a great present.

PETER ASHBURNER: It's a good thing.

Look how pretty it is.

The experts know.

20 pounds and away.

Come on.

20.

20 bid.

At 20 pounds on bid.

Any advance on 20 then?

CHARLIE ROSS: There's a bid coming from India.

Come on, internet.

PETER ASHBURNER: At 25.

25.

Any advance quickly on 25?

Bidder.

But it's so unusual.

Come on.

30 pounds.

30 pounds on bid.

At 30.

Is there another five?

- Come on.

PETER ASHBURNER: We have 30 pounds here.

I'll give you a kiss.

Come on, give him a kiss.

[LAUGHTER] 35.

CHARLES HANSON: Give him a kiss.

35.

35.

Did you want it, Simon?

To look at yourself.

40.

- 40.

- Come on.

- 40.

PETER ASHBURNER: 40 pounds.

With Simon at 40.

On my right at 40 pounds.

Here to sell now at 40 pounds.

CHARLES HANSON: That's OK. CHARLIE ROSS: Yes.

Yes.

You made a profit.

NARRATOR: I think Steph's sweetener might have clinched it.

Hang on.

I need to give this man a kiss now.

MAN: Come on.

- Come on.

Oh, Lord.

Oh, Lord.

NARRATOR: Now, Simon needs to get back to his duties.

And let's see if we can get a good return on Charlie's proper antique.

30 pounds for it.

Probably works, no doubt.

NARRATOR: Don't count on it.

20. Who's got 20 pounds?

What?

Oh, sir.

PETER ASHBURNER: 15 bid.

15.

I'll take 20 now.

At 15 pounds, any bid?

Oh, no.

At 15.

Come on.

Bid on, somebody.

CHARLIE ROSS: It's a lovely clock.

PETER ASHBURNER: We have 15 pounds on your bid.

Any bidding 20?

20 pounds on bid.

CHARLES HANSON: That's good.

Come on.

- Five.

25.

CHARLIE ROSS: There you go.

Come on, ladies and gentlemen.

PETER ASHBURNER: 25 in the corner there at 25.

Any advance quickly on 25 pounds?

Here to sell.

Any more?

Last chances.

At 25.

Oh.

Someone's got a bargain.

NARRATOR: Antiques aren't doing frightfully well today.

Wasn't red, was it?

No.

- It wasn't red.

- No.

And if it was red, it would've sold.

STEPH MCGOVERN: Yeah.

CHARLIE ROSS: And it was old.

STEPH MCGOVERN: Yeah.

CHARLIE ROSS: It was an antique.

- [INAUDIBLE] - Grave error.

[LAUGHTER] NARRATOR: Now, could it be a monkey?

Might it make a profit?

60 pounds and away for this lot.

60 quid.

That's a bargain.

- 40.

40.

Bid at 40.

Any advance on 40 pounds.

CHARLIE ROSS: Come on, let's go.

Take five now.

At 40.

Is there five anywhere?

At 40 pounds.

STEPH MCGOVERN: Come on.

- Seem cheap enough.

- There's gonna be a time.

They're biding their time.

- It's so unusual.

They're biding their time.

They're biding their time.

45.

Do we got 50?

50 bid.

At 50 pounds.

Any advance on 50 then?

Here to go at 50 pounds.

Oh, 50 pounds all done up.

Come on.

50.

NARRATOR: This is just in.

Antique makes profit.

Will Naga's barometer go down a storm?

30 pounds for a quick start.

30.

CHARLIE ROSS: Surely, we got a 50.

[INAUDIBLE] 25 bid.

25.

Take 30 now.

At 25 pounds only.

Any advance quickly on 25?

Take the 30.

At 25 pounds.

30.

30 pounds.

It got a silver plaque on it.

PETER ASHBURNER: 35.

- Yeah.

- At 35.

Last chances then.

CHARLIE ROSS: Oh, please, sir.

There's another one.

PETER ASHBURNER: Here to go then at 35.

Oh.

Oh, dear.

NARRATOR: Yep.

Their luck is changing it seems for the worse.

Can hoopla arrest the slide?

20 pounds an away for it.

Now's the time.

PETER ASHBURNER: 20.

WOMAN: Yes, sir.

Thank you.

20 on.

STEPH MCGOVERN: Online.

- Invaluable.

20 pounds.

Any advance quickly on 20?

Take five.

At 20 pounds.

All done?

Good fun.

PETER ASHBURNER: Any advance on 20?

It's fun, the game.

PETER ASHBURNER: Is there a five anywhere?

- Oh, dear.

- Good fun, the game.

20 pounds.

NARRATOR: Well, that's better.

Now, wake up.

It's rooster time.

Hold tight.

I think this a hand holding moment.

He's got it.

He's got it.

Naga.

I think this is hand holding moment.

Hold tight.

Hold tight.

This is now the-- 20 pounds worth, surely.

CHARLES HANSON: Come on, let's move.

Come on.

Who's got 20 pounds for it?

CHARLIE ROSS: Come on.

PETER ASHBURNER: 20 pounds and away.

Come on.

PETER ASHBURNER: 15.

Let's get it sold.

Come on, hurry up.

Bid up, somebody.

15.

Yes.

PETER ASHBURNER: 15 bid.

15.

18, if you want.

18.

CHARLIE ROSS: Come on, one more.

PETER ASHBURNER: 20.

20 pounds there.

Who's got two?

At 20 pounds.

Charles, he just bought it.

PETER ASHBURNER: [INAUDIBLE] 22.

He's changed his mind.

At 22.

One more.

22 then.

Any advance?

STEPH MCGOVERN: Only a couple of quid more.

PETER ASHBURNER: Last chances.

We're back in business.

Yeah.

STEPH MCGOVERN: 22.

Yes!

Well done.

Well done.

NARRATOR: It's packing up for Steph and Charles.

This could be now when we're doing this.

Getting closer and closer to-- - I know.

- I know.

Come on.

It's not much between us.

[LAUGHTER] Where did they find you to like-- [LAUGHTER] NARRATOR: Naga needs her little golfer to at least make par.

It's the final handhold.

The last handholding.

Come on, guys.

That's it.

Exactly.

[LAUGHTER] What about 80 pounds for it?

80?

60?

Come on.

60 pounds for it.

Got to be.

50 pounds.

Come on.

Somebody is hovering online.

Come on, bid.

50 pounds on bid.

At 50.

It's a start, but come on.

It's worth more and you know it.

50 pounds only.

Any advance on 50?

Five anywhere?

- Jolly at the auction.

PETER ASHBURNER: You can't go much longer.

Five.

55.

CHARLIE ROSS: Oh, come on, sir.

PETER ASHBURNER: 55.

Milk it, sir.

PETER ASHBURNER: This is painful.

Come on, hurry up.

NAGA MUNCHETTY: Even the auctioneer has got his head in his hand.

CHARLES HANSON: Yeah.

Come on.

PETER ASHBURNER: I've shouted long enough.

They bid 60.

6o pounds on bid.

Oh, well done, sir.

Yeah, come on.

At 60 pounds.

Try another five?

Any more?

Selling at 60.

That's really sad.

NARRATOR: Well, Naga got loved it.

Right.

So it all comes down to the last one.

NARRATOR: That's the story, all right.

Steph and Charlie's biggest spend needs to make its money back for them to win.

We're gonna hold hands.

And now, believe.

Here we go.

80 pounds and away.

Come on.

That's a bargain, huh?

- 50, sir.

- Start at 50?

Well, it's very kind.

Thank you.

50 pounds.

We got 50.

Take five?

60.

70.

80.

90.

100.

Oh, you've done it.

Any more?

CHARLES HANSON: Come on.

100 pounds here.

Yes, sir.

PETER ASHBURNER: 110.

- Come on.

PETER ASHBURNER: 110.

- It's a good thing.

PETER ASHBURNER: 110.

Any advance then on 110 pounds?

CHARLES HANSON: Come on, sir.

Go on.

- Push it up a bit.

- Yes.

120.

120.

Like pulling teeth.

Come on, internet.

PETER ASHBURNER: 130 anywhere?

Wakey wakey.

PETER ASHBURNER: 120 then.

All done at 120.

Well done.

Well done.

Well done.

NARRATOR: Woo.

An old-fashioned antique triumphs at last.

- Time to go.

- Come on, gitls.

Time to go.

Come on.

NARRATOR: Naga and Charlie started out with 400 pounds and made, after paying auction costs, a loss of 72 pounds and 20 pence.

Whilst Steph and Charles also began with 400 pounds.

But after auction costs, they made a slightly smaller loss of 65 pounds and six pence.

So they are today's winners.

- Aw.

- You're brilliant.

And you're even more brilliant.

- That was so good.

In fact, if you hadn't been with me, you'd have won.

[LAUGHTER] NARRATOR: That's the great thing about classic cars, long goodbyes.

Bye, darling.

I'm missing you already.

NAGA MUNCHETTY: Bye!

NARRATOR: Sometimes, very long.

[LAUGHTER] - They stalled it.

- Come on now.

Come on.

Please stop the car.

NAGA MUNCHETTY: Charlie and Charles, I mean, they're really out there.

STEPH MCGOVERN: They're so fabulous.

I don't know if they have this back foot, but [INAUDIBLE] I don't think we probably have much.

But you know what?

They've got loads [INAUDIBLE] so.

Oh, they'd be brilliant.