VOICEOVER (VO): It's the nation's favorite antiques experts... Alright, fair enough.

It's a really cute subject.

VO: ..behind the wheel of a classic car.

NATASHA: Make it so.

MARGIE: Here we go.

VO: And a goal to scour Britain for antiques.

Frankly terrifying.

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

But it's no mean feat.

I've lost money!

VO: There'll be worthy winners... Get in there!

VO: ..and valiant losers.

Could have been worse.

VO: Will it be the high road to glory?

Ooh.

VO: Or the slow road to disaster?

Ugh!

VO: This is the Antiques Road Trip!

Beep-beep.

VO: Here we go.

We're a-tripping in the delectable dales of Derbyshire.

Divine!

NATASHA (NRS): Hills.

Whoo!

Feel the burn.

VO: City-girl auctioneer Natasha Raskin Sharp is trying to get the hang... Ooh!

VO: ..of the countryside.

I feel like I just want to crack into a field.

Are you allowed to do that?

VO: Nope.

While dealer Margie Cooper is soaking up the views... MARGIE: This is the good bit - driving around in a lovely car, showing off.

(SHE LAUGHS) Looking flash.

VO: ..in the beautiful Mercedes 190 SL - manufactured in a time before seat belts were mandatory, don't you know?

For our perky pair, this is the fifth and final leg of their journey.

(SHE LAUGHS) VO: Aw.

MARGIE: Poor old Tash!

Is on her bike.

Oh, dear.

She's a lot younger than me.

VO: Last time, our veteran Margie made some lovely profits... Yeah.

VO: ..but lost a little overall, and starts today with £167.68.

Natasha certainly backed a winner... Oh, yeah!

VO: And after a close-run battle, she pushed into the lead, with £256.26 in her kitty.

Green, lush.

Much like my profits, lush!

VO: Our terrific twosome set out in Scotland.

And via the Lake District, Lancashire and Derbyshire, their last items will be auctioned in Newport.

Sun's coming out.

I think this is going to burn off.

I think it's going to burn off.

(THUNDER CRASHES) VO: Uh-oh!

(HE LAUGHS) I think you spoke too soon, girl.

MARGIE: Well, what are you doing here?

I'm waiting for the shower to pass.

Look at you with your roof!

(MARGIE LAUGHS) This is the closest thing to a roof I have... Oh, what a shame.

This is sad.

Are you...?

Hold on a second.

Are you sure you don't want to...?

Er...adamant, my dear.

Hop on, Margie.

Don't leave me.

I wish I could be more helpful.

Are you honestly going to leave me behind?

Have you forgotten something?

What have I forgotten?

You're winning.

Ugh.

(CAR REVS) Oh, Margie.

You're so mean.

VO: Well, they are going their separate ways now - until later.

Today's items will be off to Newport, in Shropshire, for the auction.

But the leg kicks off in Hartington in Derbyshire.

Oh, a wee rabbit!

Oh!

VO: Where sits Natasha's first shop of the day.

NRS: Is it just me or does this look incredibly posh?

Oh, it looks expensive!

If only I'd made more money.

VO: Never mind.

She does have £256 in her pocket.

NRS: Hello, hi.

ALAN: Hello.

How are you?

I'm fine, thank you.

How are you?

I'm Tasha.

Lovely to meet you.

VO: Hi, Alan!

NRS: I knew straight away from the outside this was incredible, but when you walk in...

I love it.

Oh, thank you.

Oh, I feel like I'm in Tudor times.

This is wonderful.

VO: Well, ye better get on with ye looking around then.

Ha.

NRS: I feel like I'm in a finely-curated museum or a National Trust property that was from the medieval period.

I'm looking at an Elizabethan oak overmantel.

It says "finely carved" on the label.

Is it not exquisite?

£1,250 - does that not seem fair?

Does that not seem fair for something that has survived half a millennium?

VO: Yes, but a bit on the pricey side, eh?

(SHE CHUCKLES) You see, in museums, you don't have the opportunity to sit at tables like this.

There would be a rope.

But here, I can just sit down and... Look at this, I mean... Oh, look.

"Superb oak refectory table.

"Tudor, circa 1,500.

£10,000."

Starting to feel a bit uncomfortable that I sat down.

Maybe taking a bit of a liberty.

Just going to walk away.

Yep.

VO: Exit stage left.

Very Shakespearean.

OK, Alan, I've done the circuit.

I'm empty handed because whilst everything is magnificent, it's out of my league, let's be honest.

My budget is £256 for a handful of items.

Is there anything that you think I can afford that has a good bit of age to it?

Yeah, well, we'd like you to win, so we've got a very nice little Georgian spoon rack there.

This one over here?

Yes.

Yes, that's the one.

And just...do you mind if I take it off the wall?

Not at all.

A Georgian spoon rack.

Oh...oh, yeah, look, cos then...

So the spoons would go in here and this would have hung in the kitchen... ALAN: Yes, that's right.

OK, so Georgian spoon rack with drawer.

ALAN: Probably for spices.

How sweet is that?

"Circa 1790."

It's very smart, isn't it?

That lovely scalloped edge.

ALAN: Yes, it is.

NRS: So do you think this would have come from a city or a country home?

I would say a country house.

Well, it says £250 on it, Alan.

That's my entire budget, pretty much.

So, you think...

I mean, what would be your best price?

£80.

NRS: £80?

ALAN: Yeah.

VO: That's very generous.

Alan, it's a deal.

Because that's just... That's just awesome.

VO: Very kind.

That is £80.

And I will say, Alan, thank you so much.

Hopefully I'll rack up a profit.

Thank you.

Cheers.

Thank you.

VO: Her item is off to the auction, and Natasha still has £176 to spend.

MARGIE: Oh, isn't this lovely?

A leafy dell.

VO: Margie's happily cruising to Alton in Staffordshire and she couldn't pass by without taking in the famous Alton Towers.

But it's not the rollercoasters and rides she's here to see.

She's about to uncover the story behind a surprising oasis of tranquility right in the middle of the theme park.

Here, a magnificent 550 acre pleasure ground was created in 1814 by Charles Talbot, the 15th Earl of Shrewsbury.

Having built himself a castellated Gothic residence, he set about creating an eclectic landscape in the valley surrounding it.

David Rhodes is the man in the know.

So you've got, below the conservatory, the Italian colonnade with its odes to Greek mythology.

And next to that, you've got the Le Refuge, which is a French-inspired plunge pool.

And at the time, Dutch topiary was not fashionable, but he also wanted that within his garden.

So why did he combine all these different styles?

He wanted to bring the world to Staffordshire.

You know, in those days, people didn't travel very far.

MARGIE: Mm.

DAVID: So he wanted to bring the world to them.

He did just that.

VO: The structures, too, echo this thought.

With a Swiss cottage, Chinese pagoda, and the classically British Georgian conservatory, built in 1820, in which Margie and David are currently sheltering from the rain.

And it would have been full of exotic plants that had been collected and arranged by Charles himself.

VO: It's believed he chose cuttings and imported plants from local nurseries.

DAVID: If you look on the top... MARGIE: Yeah.

..you can see we've got pineapple finials.

This is... MARGIE: Yeah.

DAVID: ..an exotic fruit, but also a symbol of hospitality and friendship, which Charles would have hoped for within his gardens.

VO: In effect, the earl created the original visitor attraction on this site, which opened to the public in 1839.

He wanted to channel views.

So he would have tantalizing glimpses around each corner.

So when you went round each corner, you didn't know what to expect.

Wow.

And at one time, back in the late 1800s, 1870s, we'd have almost 30,000 visitors... MARGIE: Right.

DAVID: ..you know, in a day.

He just wanted people to enjoy themselves.

He wanted people to have an adventure and discovery.

DAVID: That's what... MARGIE: Aw!

..that's what he wanted to bring and that's what he has brought.

VO: Indeed.

And his legacy still stands as an ode to beauty and style across the ages.

The man charged with its upkeep and care is head gardener Phil Lees.

So what's your main job, then?

I mean, you know, I know you've got nine gardeners, so you needn't do all the rotten bits.

BOTH: (LAUGH) PHIL: Yeah.

Presentation.

It's just not the gardens, it's the park.

It's when you come in through the gates.

Whatever you see, we look after it, like... And do you suddenly find a shrub or a tree that you haven't noticed before?

Yeah, you find shrubs, trees, you find paths.

That's when you try to... age things...

Right.

..and try to put...put dates for what was happening.

MARGIE: Yeah, yeah... PHIL: It's good.

PHIL: Good for the mind.

MARGIE: Exciting, isn't it?

Yeah.

Exciting and ongoing.

Yeah.

And I suppose that's what keeps you turning up to work.

Mm.

Cuz it isn't just a routine.

Yeah, every day is different.

Yeah.

Yeah, and these wonderful surroundings.

VO: And whatever the weather, the 36 structures and around 40 statues - all listed - and more than 10,000 trees, not to mention the 550 acres of land, need ongoing preservation and maintenance so they can continue to be enjoyed, as the earl would surely have wished.

MARGIE: Phil, can I help?

Of course you can!

Get your sen a brush.

Yeah, I've got a brush.

That's it, get cleaning.

Got my brush!

Come on, little chubby legs.

He's got a lot on his head.

Cor, it's hard work, this, Phil.

PHIL: Yeah, you get used to it in a while.

How long do I have to do it for?

PHIL: Till you've done 'em all.

VO: Well... (HE GIGGLES) that could take a while.

So let's leave her to it and catch up with Natasha.

She's heading off to the historic village of Cromford, to a shop set on the site where the world's first water-powered cotton mill used to be - hence the name.

Looks dry inside.

Better get in quick.

NRS: Oh, this is awful!

Take shelter with antiques.

VO: Let's hope her £176 didn't get too soggy.

I quite enjoy what's going on in this cabinet, I have to say.

See, look at that.

What a nice group.

We've got to be careful.

This glass has survived a long time.

So this is described on the label as a tavern rummer, circa 1820s.

VO: Glass drinking vessels were a luxury product in earlier times.

But by the early 19th century, they were commonplace, even in pubs and inns.

But then what's particularly lovely... ..the sugar crushers.

This little knob at the end is specifically for crushing sugar, which did not come in little sachets and was not finely ground.

It came in big old chunks, serious chunks that would be delivered.

You needed something to crush them down.

VO: Ticket price - £10 for the rummer and £4 for each of the crushers.

You weren't drinking from this rummer something that needed sugar added to it.

But I quite like the fact that the dealer has put all these sugar crushers into the rummer.

A collector's lot, I think - someone who's interested in the life that the Georgians lived.

And these represent just that.

VO: Now, who's that under the brolly?

MARGIE: Oh!

MARGIE: Natasha.

NRS: I can see you, Margie.

You've finally turned up.

How long... Look, I've just got here.

Seen anything that you've rejected that I might be able to buy?

Oh, there was a nice pair of clip-on earrings over here, Margie.

Come on, I'll show you.

Oh, very funny.

Very funny.

VO: Jokes aside, this is Margie's first shop of the day.

And with £167 in her pocket, she'd better get a move on.

MARGIE: It's Japanese and it's a jewelry box, sort of satin lined.

A bit of age to it.

Sort of copper.

Hmm.

Must be early 20th century.

It's £42.

What's it going to fetch?

40 to 60.

Even 30 to 40.

But I just thought it was attractive.

I like Oriental things.

I quite like that.

VO: Me too.

Oh!

Natasha's back in that cabinet of glassware.

NRS: Down at the bottom here, there is a rather jazzy art deco decanter.

And look at that - 1930s.

We are at this point wanting to put the Great War behind us.

We want to move on from that and we want to really celebrate the new engineering age.

So we say everything glamorous goes.

Look at that conical shape.

I love it.

It's almost like a spinning top.

This has been blown.

You can see those air bubbles in there.

So, real craftsmanship in this.

I love the idea of buying... ..two different glass lots - one from the 20th century, one from the early 19th and some from the late 18th century.

It just goes to show how styles have changed.

VO: Oh, David!

We have the rummer and the sugar crushers marked up in your dealer's cabinet as £4 each and £10 the rummer.

So 30 for this lot.

DAVID: 30, yeah.

NRS: OK. And then the fabulous deco decanter - 28.

28.

So we've got 58 altogether.

NRS: I'm wondering what would be your very best price.

Well, we could do 50.

How would that suit?

Fabulous.

Fabulous.

What's £50 these days?

That's only going to be three cocktails or something, isn't it?

Exactly.

Where's my money?

Here it is.

£50.

Let me pop it down.

Marvelous.

And instead of saying thanks, I'll say cheers.

Cheers to you.

Thank you so much.

Cheers.

NRS: Thank you, bye bye.

DAVID: Thank you, Natasha.

VO: That's 25 for the rummer and crushers combo and 25 for the art deco decanter, leaving her with just over £126.

Now, how's Margie getting on?

MARGIE: These brass candlesticks have attracted me.

They're ecclesiastical, which I love.

They're lovely quality.

VO: Victorian, probably.

Fleur-de-lis.

Think the sconces are probably later.

So Dave, I do quite like them.

I think they are ecclesiastical, aren't they?

I think they've probably been in a church.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah, very likely.

Yeah.

Yeah, I love that thick barley sugar twist.

It's nice.

How much can these be?

What's the price we've got on them?

Well, it says, eh, 55.

55?

For you, Margie, we'll do 20 quid.

Oh, Dave, that's... DAVID: How does that sound?

MARGIE: That's very kind.

I can't turn them down for 20.

DAVID: You can't fail at that, can you?

Can't fail.

Can't fail.

So I'm going to pop it in there, and see you again.

Yeah.

Bye, now.

VO: Very kind.

And with that, Margie has £147 for tomorrow.

NRS: Come on, Margie, keep up!

Come on, girl!

VO: Where did she park the car?

And as the rain finally stops, what's on our chums' minds as they head to the last day of shopping on their trip?

MARGIE: Natasha's such a bright spark.

She's just a bubble.

Margie is my antiques fairy godmother.

Oh, Margie!

VO: Be brave, you two.

Nighty night.

VO: Good morning, roadtrippers.

NRS: Whee!

MARGIE: It's a beautiful day, beautiful countryside, beautiful car.

VO: Agreed!

But shopping is the order of the day - after a quick natter with Natasha.

Good morning.

Check out my ride.

I know!

Lovely day for it.

Well, much better than yesterday.

So how did your buying go yesterday?

Have a look at my Georgian spoon rack.

A Georgian spoon rack?

Yeah.

My word!

What an unusual item.

What do you think?

I don't know.

How old did they say it was?

Circa 1790.

Definitely 18th century, definitely Georgian.

Yeah.

And how much did you pay for this little thing?

NRS: £80 was spent.

MARGIE: Right.

Do you think that's a bit punchy?

I like it.

But, yeah, I think it is a bit punchy.

VO: Natasha also bought a Georgian rummer and sugar crushers, and an art deco decanter, spending £130 in all.

She has £126.26 left for today.

Margie's only purchase was a pair of Victorian ecclesiastical candlesticks, costing her £20 and leaving her with £147 in the kitty.

NRS: So what happens next?

Are you going in there?

Yeah, I'm going in here now to really get cracking.

I think I'll leave you to it.

MARGIE: Yeah.

NRS: As much as I'm tempted.

Shall I watch you go?

(SHE CHUCKLES) Honestly, Margie.

Go on, careful.

I think, 'Who do I report bullying to?'

That's what I want to know.

Bye!

VO: Their items will soon be off to Newport, in Shropshire, for the auction.

But Margie is starting the day here in Belper.

And with plenty of shopping still to do, Margie better get a move on.

Oh, now, these are nice.

If they're genuine.

And I think these are genuine.

I'm assuming it's to do with... ..liquor of some kind - and nips.

Mixers, nips - are they?

But those...that's original.

And they're quite fun, aren't they?

And they haven't got a price on them, so they might... Oh, aye, aye.

Oh, dear.

That one's really badly damaged.

Oh, yeah, look - Bass Charrington.

It's got Charrington on it.

VO: Starting life as Bass Brewery in 1777 in Burton-on-Trent, it became the largest brewery in the world.

So famous was it, that its red triangle symbol even featured in the bottom right of Manet's Un Bar Aux Folies-Bergere.

Whoever knew?

Need to buy two, really.

Oh, that's a shame.

I'm not so sure one's going to sell.

If it's really cheap, I might buy that.

I'll bear that in mind.

VO: Good plan.

See, I quite like things like...like this.

This is an animal feeder.

That's really interesting.

A bit of agricultural antiques.

And I always like a name.

Look, we've got a name - Bamford's of Uttoxeter.

So that's the people who made it.

I mean, obviously, it could be used for all sorts of things.

I'm trying to think what you could use it for!

Oh.

Erm, birdbath.

Put your fruit in it.

VO: Only if you've cleaned it out first, eh?

Oh my goodness, it weighs a ton.

It's cast iron.

It's 35.

That's a possibility.

VO: The possibles are mounting up.

What a gorgeous leather case.

I mean, just look at that.

It's probably 1910, 1920s.

VO: Edwardian then?

Yeah.

VO: It's a spirit case for gentlemen when they're traveling.

What you would love is a silver top, and it's not, it's plate.

But I think it's a really nice thing.

So tactile.

That's definitely a...a thought.

VO: So that's the bottle holder, the feeder, and the brewery crates.

Time for a chat with owner Dan.

MARGIE: So there's three things.

So, the crates first.

Yeah, well, we've got a couple more out the back, so...

Right.

..we can go to probably 30 quid is the best, best price.

Oh, that'd be... For the two?

And the feeder - we'll do 20 on that one.

VO: That's nice.

It was marked up at 35, as was the spirit case.

We can probably come down to 25.

VO: Well.

So that's 30 for the crates, 20 for the feeder, and 25 for the Edwardian leather spirit case.

Marvelous.

So that is £75.

My arithmetic.

VO: That leaves Margie with a little over £72 for the final shop of the trip.

NRS: Woohoo!

Yeah!

VO: Natasha is on her way to Derby, a city integral to Britain's Industrial Revolution.

It was here that, in the 18th century, local artist Joseph Wright became a world-renowned painter, creating innovative works that captured the spirit of the age in which he lived.

Meet Lucy Bamford, curator of fine art at the Derby Museum and Art Gallery.

Wright was born in Derby in 1734, just a stone's throw from the museum here, and discovered his vocation at a really early age.

So he was 11 years old.

And this is Joseph Wright here as a young man.

He's obviously come from quite a privileged background.

VO: His father, a lawyer, wasn't keen on him becoming an artist, but gave in when Wright persisted in his goal.

He sent him off to London aged 17 to be an apprentice in the studio of an artist called Thomas Hudson.

And he was the most popular portrait painter at that time.

And here he is.

NRS: Oh, that's him there?

LUCY: Yeah.

Yeah, he does look like a man who's doing well.

VO: He was, and it was an ideal training ground for the young artist.

But Wright soon began to experiment with his own ideas, creating bold contrasts and often using a bright beam that illuminated part of the picture.

He quickly gained a reputation as the best European painter of artificial light of his day.

NRS: Of all of the paintings in the museum, when you say "Joseph Wright of Derby", this one actually immediately springs to mind.

I'm so...I feel so privileged standing in front of it - the Orrery.

I mean, it's wonderful.

And of course, it's all about the light and the dark and... LUCY: Yeah, yeah.

I mean, it's an absolute icon within Wright's career.

It's his... one of his masterpieces.

It's the piece that rockets him to fame.

VO: Exhibited in London in 1766, it depicts a science lecture, echoing Wright's interest in the discoveries and evolutionary thinking of the time.

LUCY: Derby was very much at the forefront of the Industrial Revolution, and many of Wright's friends were some of the leading lights of the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution.

This all comes to bear in his paintings.

VO: Among his patrons was Richard Arkwright, an entrepreneur whose Cromford mill is featured in one of Wright's very last paintings.

Today, the mill is home to the antique shop we visited yesterday.

Well, I never did!

The world's first water-powered cotton spinning mill.

Absolutely revolutionized textile production in the UK and the world.

And here Wright is - going off on his horse up the Derwent Valley, to capture this place.

Why, then, did he develop this style - much more pastoral - when he was making a name for himself as a great conversation piece painter?

Landscape comes in after this fantastic, very inspirational trip to Italy that he undertook when he was just turning 40.

He'd just married, so it was also a honeymoon.

And he comes back with his head brimming with ideas.

He was cock-a-hoop about the light, of course, which he described as being pure and clear.

He'd never seen anything like it.

VO: From then on, landscapes continued to feature in his work.

He suffered with really severe depression, and it worsened as he got older.

His very great friend and personal doctor, Erasmus Darwin, who was one of the great leading lights of the Enlightenment, he advised Wright to take walks in the countryside, in a very modern way.

VO: His skill and relevance remain undiminished.

And in another part of the museum, an archive of over 300 of Wright's paper drawings are stored.

Look at that!

Look at that fabric.

LUCY: Yeah.

NRS: It's amazing.

LUCY: Absolutely.

NRS: Although everyone's wearing garments that they want to be painted beautifully, not every portrait painter could capture the way that light hits silk.

Oh, no, no.

And as you can see, Wright is an absolute master at it.

Yeah.

I mean, I wonder how long that took him.

It's a sketch, so probably not a huge amount of time.

But for most people, that is impossible.

Well, yeah, or maybe not.

I mean, would you like to have a go?

I mean, seeing as I'm here, might as well give it a shot.

OK, sure.

Where's the chalk?

VO: Why not, indeed.

I wonder why, specifically, I'm working on blue paper.

The black and white chalk I understand - for the light and dark - but blue paper?

These are the materials that Wright was using when he was in training with Hudson.

And all you need is the white chalk for your highlights, the black chalk for your shadows, and the blue paper does the rest in between.

VO: Huh, sounds easy enough.

NRS: From memory, I'm going to try and recreate Joseph Wright's silken sleeve.

The more I keep going, the more I'm thinking this is taking shape.

I mean, if you could find a space here at the museum, I wouldn't say no.

I'd quite like to exhibit.

Well, I think we've got a spare drawer for you.

A drawer?

No one will see it!

Lucy, this deserves to be seen.

VO: Joseph Wright of Derby shone a light on the historical events he witnessed.

And that, together with the sheer beauty of his work, reaches out across the centuries to us all.

Margie's on her way to Heanor, a small hilltop town with a large antique center to 200 dealers.

Last shop.

Absolutely piles of stuff.

See you in three hours!

Oh, the old washboard.

Lonnie Donegan!

(SCRAPES WASHBOARD) Can you imagine washing your shirts on that?

VO: Ooh, Natasha's right on your tail.

NRS: No need to pay and display when you have the bike.

VO: And she's got £126.26.

Whoops!

NRS: That kind of sums it up.

MARGIE: But I'm looking for something that's going to... # Margie Cooper!

# That's what goes through my head every time I see you, instead of Hallelujah.

Margie Cooper!

How are you getting on?

Have you...

I'm alright.

Have you just arrived?

I think this is going to be like three days, this place.

Have we got time to chat?

Not really, do we...

Right, well, come along.

I'm going this way.

You're going that way.

And I'll chat when I've bought something.

# Margie Cooper!

# (HANDEL'S 'MESSIAH' PLAYS) VO: No comment.

Why am I so obsessed with glass at the moment?

It's... Why?

These are amazing.

Look at these.

So... Oh, they're so fine!

This is just so elegant.

Are they from the 1930s?

I feel like my grandma would have had these.

These have a touch of class.

Class in a glass.

Oh!

No, I can't buy a third lot of glass.

That's ridiculous.

VO: Okey dokey.

MARGIE: It's an absolute rabbit warren, isn't it?

I'm not sure which floor I'm on at the moment.

VO: Erm, I'd stay where you are.

Natasha's come over all horror movie.

NRS: Hello, Margie.

Where are you?

Here's Margie.

Hello.

VO: Right, that's quite enough of that.

VO: Hello, little fishes.

And I've got a very good friend and he's always saying to me, "Why don't you buy fishing gear?

"Why don't you buy fishing reels?"

I've seen one.

VO: Oh, Alasdair!

MARGIE: Is it Alasdair?

ALASDAIR: Yeah, yeah.

MARGIE: Alasdair.

ALASDAIR: Can I help you?

Yeah, you can help me.

Are those fishing flies?

Oh, em, they're called fishing lures.

MARGIE: Lures.

ALASDAIR: Lures.

Ah, so they're luring the fish?

Yeah.

Yeah.

You see, they're art deco, they're beautifully painted.

Right.

Oh, that's a nice one.

..you put the maggot on the hook.

The fish, like, grabs the maggot, the hook.

It can't get off the hook.

You pull it back and then you've caught the fish.

You've caught the... What about that reel at the back?

So, this is wood with, eh, metal...brass as well.

Yeah.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

It's also from the '40s, so it would go really well with that set I've shown you.

And you could still feasibly use these.

These are very good quality fishing products.

I'm sure they are, yeah.

They've lasted for so long.

They're very collectable.

VO: There's seven fishing lures and the reel, but no ticket prices.

I'm feeling a bit brave.

I'm going to spend everything.

So, I've got £72.68.

So, will that buy the lures and the reel?

So I could get five lures for about £70.

ALASDAIR: As it is.

MARGIE: Yeah.

So, I mean, you're getting the two extra lures and the reel as well.

I feel like I'm obliged to help you out a bit here, you know?

Thank you very much.

So, a deal?

Yeah, a deal.

Thank you.

And thank you very much for your help.

VO: Very kind indeed.

Seven lures and a fishing reel for Margie's total £72.68.

What news of Natasha?

NRS: Come on, look at this.

Basically, you have a cocktail shaker in the form of a penguin in a bow tie.

And on the Antiques Road Trip, quite often money is made on items that aren't supposed to be animals that are modeled as animals.

And good animals - penguins.

Who doesn't love penguins?

VO: This vintage mid-20th century chap costs £18.

That's really nice, isn't it?

That...isn't that really smart?

This has to be campaign furniture.

So, furniture that was taken on a campaign overseas.

These brass handles, they are flush against the sides.

They come out and you can carry them.

Victorian, undoubtedly.

This is the era of empire.

That's exactly where this piece of furniture transports us.

Yeah, there we are.

"Army & Navy CSL Makers, "London, Bombay and Calcutta."

VO: That's the Army & Navy Store Co-operative Society Ltd, founded in 1871.

But what can I deduce?

There are no handles on the side of the stand, of the base.

So, I think that this piece of campaign furniture, the base stays on the ship, but the top piece comes off.

It has a lock at the front, so your most important documents, valuables, they're in there, and when you land at your destination, you alight with said box.

That is an enduringly appealing design.

Yeah, I'm into that.

I'm into that a lot.

Eh, £140 is on the label.

Jane, hello.

Hello.

VO: Oh, there's Jane, the shop owner.

I am thoroughly admiring this piece of campaign furniture.

I'm not scared by £140.

It's a really fair price for an item of this age and this caliber.

But I also quite like the wee cocktail shaker, which is at £18.

Oh, right.

So together they're 158, but I don't even have £140 in my pocket.

To be exact, it's 126.26.

Is that doable?

Yeah, so I think...

I think the dealer, this particular dealer's very fair and he'll take a discount on it.

Yeah.

But for the two, you quite happy with that?

Yes.

Yeah.

I say, "Pop that in the ledger."

It's happening.

126... VO: That's 18 for the penguin cocktail shaker and £108.26 for the campaign box and stand.

With every penny spent and the items off to auction, the trip is almost at an end.

I might be in front right now, but it is anyone's game because you cannot count out Margie Cooper.

And let's see if I can ease ahead of Natasha.

It would be great.

It really would be lovely.

VO: Well, we'll soon see.

But for now, time for some shut-eye.

VO: It's the final auction of the trip.

Our intrepid pair started this leg in Hartington in Derbyshire, and have parked themselves up in Coalbrookdale in Shropshire.

Steeped in the history of industrialization, nearby stands the famous Iron Bridge that opened in 1781.

Morning, Margie.

How are you?

I am freezing.

It is blowing a gale out here.

I know.

Let's go quick!

Let's get in there.

Who's it coming for?

Who's it coming for, the rain cloud?

VO: Thankfully, they can get out of the wind and shelter in the Museum of Iron's old furnace greenhouse.

From there, they'll tune in and view their goodies going under the hammer.

The auction is taking place in the Shropshire town of Newport.

Brettells Auctioneers & Valuers are only taking bids online or on the phone.

Gemima Brettell will be in the chair.

Which of Natasha's five items, totaling £256.26, have caught her eye?

GEMIMA: The...the novel penguin cocktail shaker, it's interesting, it should do well.

It's probably one the most watched lots.

The spoon rack - provincial, probably Welsh.

It's probably one of my favorites, but we'll see.

VO: Excellent.

Margie's five lots cost £167.68.

What say you, Gemima?

GEMIMA: The beer crates - decorative, very commercial.

Easy kind of sells.

We see sort of quite a lot of beer crates come through.

Traveling bottles, we always do well with these types of items.

They're, em...

They're interesting, they're smart, they've got a good look to them.

They get...they have a good following of interest on those.

VO: Good-oh.

And with only around £80 between our duo, it's anyone's game.

This is just...

It's just too sad, Margie.

I know... NRS: Bring any tissues?

MARGIE: I did.

MARGIE: Bagful.

NRS: Bagful?

NRS: Good luck with that.

MARGIE: Ready?

NRS: Tissues on standby.

MARGIE: Absolutely.

NRS: Go.

VO: Do pull yourselves together.

First up, Margie's Edwardian gentleman's spirit case.

We start the bidding straight in at £40.

At 40.

Ooh!

Straight in.

At 40, at 40.

And two coming in.

At 40 and two now bid.

At 42.

45.

At 45 now, coming in.

Yes.

Anyone want to go?

At 45 now bid.

48 now.

Fill it up for me.

Go on.

50 is bid.

At £50 bid.

Did she just say, "Fill it up for me"?

NRS: She's a genius.

GEMIMA: At 55, I'm selling it.

Final warning.

Make no mistake, I'm selling it.

Last chance at £55.

But you have to be happy with that.

I am very happy.

VO: Great start.

Next, Natasha's Georgian rummer and sugar crushers.

So I just love Georgian stuff.

£20.

Start me in.

£10.

Bid.

At £10... You've got a bid.

You've sold it!

At 12 now.

Coming in at 15..

Paid 25.

At 12 now.

Coming in at 15 bid.

At 15 now.

Coming in now...

Climbing, climbing.

..come on.

20 if you want, fill it up for me.

Come on.

20.

At 22 now.

Can we get a five?

You wanna go?

25.

Thank you very much.

Oh, finally.

28.

Go on.

One more.

Are you sure?

Final warning at £25.

That's so annoying.

VO: No gain, a bit of pain.

Here comes Margie's cast iron animal feeding trough.

But if I liked it, do you think somebody else might, Natasha?

I certainly hope they will, Margie.

Start the bidding in at 10 bid.

At 10.

Can we get a 12 now?

15... Oh, it's climbing.

At 22 now.

Five, eight.

Oh, you've cracked it, Margie.

At 28 now.

Coming in at 30 if you want to go.

And fill it up for me now.

Thank you.

At 30.

I'm selling at £30.

Final warning at 30.

Two.

Yay!

At 32... 32 now.

Coming in at five anywhere?

Come on now.

I love those bids.

Last chance.

Are you sure?

I'm selling it at £32.

I'll take that every day of the week.

NRS: Every day of the week.

VO: Every day of the week.

That's two profits out of two for Margie.

Now, it's Natasha's cocktail- shaking penguin with a bow tie.

Here we go.

Right, here it comes.

Where are we going to be?

Start the bidding in at £18.

Oh no, that's what I paid.

Bid.

At 20, at 20.

And two anywhere?

At £20 bid now.

Coming in at two... At £20 now.

MARGIE: Ooh, she's... NRS: I love her.

But at £2, I'm selling.

At 25, there we go.

At 25 now.

Oh, 25.

30.

Thank you.

At 30, at 30.

Oh, 30!

Cool.

At 30, at two.

32.

Thank you.

At 32 now and I'm selling it.

Last chance.

Gavel's up.

Final warning... Wahey!

But I'm selling it at £32.

Oh, I'm loving it, Margie.

I'm loving it.

It's a good feeling, isn't it?

I don't know.

VO: The internet bidders made the penguin fly.

Margie's early 20th century fishing lures and reel are up next.

Heart-stopping moment.

I'm with you, Margie.

I'm with you.

Yeah.

Start the bidding in at £15.

At 15 now.

Coming in at 18, 20 bid.

At £20 now.

22.

25.

25 now.

Luring them in.

(NATASHA LAUGHS) ..coming in at eight.

At 28 bid.

At 28.

Fill it up now.

Come on.

At 32, then.

Final warning.

Argh!

Five, just in time.

At 35 now.

Coming in at eight if you want to go.

At 35 now.

Come in again.

Don't miss it for a bid.

Are you very sure?

I'm selling it.

Oh, good.

Final...38.

They weren't sure.

I was going to say, "They've gone for half price."

I'm selling it at £38.

Shan't be buying those anymore!

VO: Ouch.

And she was just starting to catch up.

Time for Natasha's second glass lot of the day.

Deco decanter...

Here we go.

..which I would happily have at home.

Happily.

£20.

Starting in at 20.

NRS: Ooh.

GEMIMA: At £20 bid now.

Coming in at two.

At £20.

This seems cheap to me, but I'm selling it.

Make no mistake cos I'm selling it.

22.

At 22.

At 22 now.

Coming in at five if you want to go.

I'm selling it.

Last chance, final warning.

GEMIMA: 25.

MARGIE: Wahey!

At least, at the very least.

At 25.

Where's eight?

Last chance at £25.

Well, nothing to write home about there.

You enjoyed it.

I did, yes, I enjoyed owning it for a brief moment.

VO: No top-up there for Natasha.

What will the online bidders make of Margie's Victorian brass church candlesticks?

Oh, I must make a teeny weeny bit of a profit.

Yeah?

Do you reckon?

NRS: I really do.

MARGIE: Yeah.

Start me in.

20?

NRS: Go on.

GEMIMA: Bid.

At £20 bid.

At 22 now bid.

At 22 now.

Where's five?

NRS: Go on.

GEMIMA: Coming in at five.

At 22, then.

Final warning... Oh, she's going to wrap it!

..if you wanna go?

At £22.

Are you sure?

They seem cheap to me, but I'm selling it.

They are cheap.

Final warning and they've got to go.

(MARGIE LAUGHS) I'm selling...at £22.

They did officially make a profit.

VO: Teeny-weeny, but still a profit.

Stand by, internet.

Here's Natasha's Georgian spoon rack.

At £100.

At 100 now.

Coming in at 10 if you want to go... That's good!

At 100.

Do I see 110 anywhere?

At £100, then.

Final warning.

Do I see 110?

Oh, final warning already!

Oh, she's wrapping it up.

Lovely, but I'm selling it.

Last chance.

Gavel's up, final warning.

I'm selling at £100.

MARGIE: Good.

NRS: £100.

MARGIE: Fantastic.

NRS: I love it.

VO: That's put Natasha back in the lead.

The cook will be pleased.

VO: L-O-L, eh?

Moving on, here comes Margie's final item - the vintage brewery crates.

Start the bidding in at 18, 22.

I'm sorry.

I jump to £30.

Oh.

At 30, at 30.

And two anywhere?

At 30, at 30... that not what you paid?

..I'm bid.

At 32 now.

Coming in at five if you... ..want to go.

32, 35.

At 35.

Lovely things, these.

At 35 now.

Coming in at...38.

They are attractive.

At 38 now.

40.

At 40.

Margie, the world's going wild for your crates.

Coming in at five if you want to go.

At 42 on my right.

At 42 now.

Coming in at five, bid in now.

Bid in quick.

Last chance at £42.

Phew!

VO: That's the way to do it.

And now, the last lot of all - Natasha's Victorian campaign box and stand.

And we're off.

Lovely thing, this.

And I can start the bidding straight in at £80 online.

NRS: Oh!

GEMIMA: At £80 bid now.

Coming in at five.

At 80... and five.

I've got 90 and five.

Ooh!

GEMIMA: 100.

At 100 now.

NRS: Come on, keep climbing.

110?

You coming in, 110?

I've got 110 now.

Oh, yeah... 20.

At 120 now.

Coming in at 130.

At 130.

MARGIE: Well done.

NRS: Oh, that's good.

At 130.

140.

At 140.

I like her!

50.

160 bid.

MARGIE: Oh, my goodness!

NRS: Yeah!

70.

At 170 now.

Coming in at 180.

Oh, it is 170.

Don't miss it for a bid.

At 170, are you sure?

Final warning.

I'm selling it.

Make no mistake.

At £170.

GEMIMA: Are we done?

NRS: Oh, cool.

That's terrific!

Oh, Margie, I'm so chuffed!

VO: Is that the winning shot across the bow?

Well, I'm not good at maths but I think that you've won, my dear.

Oh, Margie...

Yes, did you bring those tissues?

I did.

Right, OK. Let's go grab them.

MARGIE: Oh, hate goodbyes.

NRS: Maybe we can just do it all again?

MARGIE: Do you think so?

NRS: Why on earth not?

MARGIE: Well...I don't know.

NRS: Do you promise you'll write?

MARGIE: I'll email.

VO: Margie started the leg with £167.68.

And despite some lovely profits, finished with a small loss, on £154.98.

But Natasha increased her pot of £256.26 by more than £30.

And with just over £288, she is the victor of the whole trip.

All profits go to Children In Need.

It seems Margie's taken defeat in her stride.

I loved you!

I loved you, Margie!

MARGIE: (LAUGHS) NRS: Don't leave me here!

VO: Ah.

I'm sure she loves you, really.

Boy, what a trip it's been.

Those wipers are a bit noisy, aren't they?

NRS: What's that?

BOTH: (LAUGH) VO: More than 500 miles... (BELL DINGS) Wee sheepies!

VO: Money lost and made... NRS: Woohoo!

MARGIE: You little devil.

VO: ..and loads of fun along the way.

Woo!

Oh, no!

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