VOICEOVER: It's the nation's favorite antiques experts... What about that!

VO: ..with £200 each, a classic car, and a goal: to scour Britain for antiques.

Can I buy everything here?

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

But it's no mean feat.

Feeling a little saw!

This is going to be an epic battle.

VO: There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.

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

The honeymoon is over.

I'm sorry!

VO: This is the Antiques Road Trip.

VO: Yeah!

VO: On this Antiques Road Trip, we're on our second leg of an adventure with seasoned pros, Paul Laidlaw and Anita Manning.

ANITA: Well Paul, day one of our second leg, we had our first auction and I wiped the floor with you.

PAUL: I thought you were going to be more gentle than this, I didn't expect a drubbing.

ANITA: No, I know that my competitor is a giant.

Oh!

Oh man.

VO: He's not a giant, Anita.

You're just quite petite.

VO: She's also a garrulous Glaswegian girl with an auctioneer's love for the aesthetic and unusual.

And a complimentary way with words.

ANITA: You are never dull.

I am sitting next to you and think that you are one of the most exciting antiques experts out.

VO: Quite!

While Paul Laidlaw's a eagle-eyed Carlisle auctioneer who specializes in militaria.

PAUL: This is much better than the drubbing.

This is much better than the: "I've got loads of money and you've got nothing.

Laidlaw!"

I'm loving the new Anita.

VO: Both our learned pair started with £200.

From that Paul has now amassed a budget of £216.10.

VO: But Anita has romped away so far, boasting coffers standing at £300.40.

And she hasn't yet tired of reminding Paul of the fact.

Profits!

Profits!

VO: Don't let her get to you, Paul.

PAUL: Count those chickens?

I see those chickens but I don't care how many there are.

Nope.

VO: Neither do I.

Today they're driving a natty little 1957 Morris Minor 1000 Traveler.

The car was manufactured before seatbelts were mandatory so it's legal to drive without them.

VO: On this epic road trip they'll travel from Ford in Northumberland, before traversing England's ancient shires, to end up in Stamford in Lincolnshire clocking up more than 1,000 miles.

VO: On today's leg, they begin in the steel city of Sheffield, heading for auction in Luddendenfoot, West Yorkshire.

Well, we're in Sheffield today, and already - pockets are full of dosh.

Yours maybe.

VO: Oh, Paul.

Looks an exciting city.

I tell you what, chimneypots.

ANITA: What's this chimneypots thing?

VO: I'm none the wiser, Anita.

PAUL: Number of chimneypots...population.

VO: I think he means the higher the number of chimneypots, the greater the population of the city.

I'm glad that's settled.

VO: But they are indeed arriving in the glorious city of Sheffield, chimneypots and all.

A recent study found that Sheffield is the happiest city in Britain, so let's hope some of that positive spirit rubs off on Anita and Paul.

VO: They're pulling up at Langtons Antiques and Collectables.

So, stand by.

PAUL: Here we go, this is it.

ANITA: Oh!

Are you having problems?

PAUL: I am having problems, stop me.

I think it is because you are a bit nervous.

ANITA: Come on, darling.

PAUL: Right, let's do this.

Oh, this looks great, it's huge.

PAUL: Hard one this.

ANITA: Yeah.

So we are going to... You go that way.

We'll avoid the elbows at dawn and we'll split up.

This is where I am panicking.

VO: Yes, we don't want elbows at dawn .

There's plenty of space in here for both of you to have a jolly good browse.

VO: On this second leg of their trip, what are Anita's tactics for besting her rival?

ANITA: I'm in the lead, and the temptation would be to spend a lot of money, to feel safe and secure, and go for it.

But I know that Paul Laidlaw is a canny sort of chap.

ANITA: All he needs is a little bit of luck and he will sail away from me.

So I'm gonna continue to try and just be a little bit careful.

VO: Very canny, Anita.

ANITA: Wow, this is a really good military section.

And this is just up Paul Laidlaw's street.

I hope he doesn't notice this bit.

ANITA: I think I'll guard it.

VO: You do look fearsome.

ANITA: Does my bum look big in this hat?

VO: No comment.

Paul...I don't think there is anything here to interest you.

So I would like you to back right off.

What on earth?

VO: Honestly, Paul, I have no idea.

Enough of this tomfoolery - time to scout out some items, Anita.

VO: And soon enough... DEALER: You're a jewelry lady, I think you'll like this one.

I know.

This is quite nice.

Amethyst and... ANITA: And pearls.

VO: It's a sort of choker - a close-fitting necklace in the arts and crafts style and set with seed pearls and amethyst-colored stones.

ANITA: That is very sweet, isn't it?

DEALER: Yes.

What sort of price is that?

30 quid.

ANITA: I do like these tiny little seed pearls.

And I do like the...

I think it is maybe amethyst glass rather than amethyst.

I would probably consider it a piece of costume jewelry rather than a precious piece.

ANITA: What is the very very best that you could do on that?

DEALER: 25?

25.

ANITA: I was thinking kind of around about 15 to 18.

Can you come anywhere nearer that?

I'll do it for 20.

Will you do it for 20?

20, yeah.

Right, OK, let's go.

Thank you very much, that's lovely.

VO: And she's off!

A very decisive first deal struck for a modest price.

She's sticking to her strategy.

VO: Meanwhile, Paul's in another area of the shop, and on his own hunt for treasure.

VO: Ah, he's spied something.

Here I am looking at a piece that I am beguiled by and I have got to drill down further because looking at a joined oak bedding chest.

Yeah, let's... bear with me OK?

Just clear the debris here.

VO: It is indeed a chest, fashioned of oak and ticketed at very hefty £155.

But this one might have some serious age to it.

PAUL: What is the period?

Late 17th, early 18th century.

So I mean, this is potentially a 300 year old piece of furniture, and a useful piece of furniture.

Open it up, Laidlaw.

What do you see?

PAUL: Well, I've got to be honest with you, I think it's right.

VO: A lover of a real antique, eh?

Paul's quite smitten with it.

I'm really seriously tempted.

VO: Eh, don't blow your top, old chap.

I want to buy it but it is too big a gamble.

VO: With a budget of £216.10, it certainly would be a risky purchase.

But perhaps if he finds some other items to buy with it there could be a deal to be done?

VO: And he soon unearths a candle box dating from the late 18th or early 19th century, ticketed at £35.

And a Georgian tea urn or samovar, which is marked up at £80.

Gosh.

This would've sat on some lovely Georgian sideboard.

And it dates to 1830.

That's a good thing, is it not?

But again, it's copper and brass and copper and brass doesn't sell.

VO: Time to give Chris, the owner of these items, a call.

With combined ticket price a whopping £270, he'll have to negotiate a terrific deal.

CHRIS: Make it 180 for the three.

I'd be happy with that.

I've got to come back at you because we're still talking but there's a bit of chasm between it and I'm going to 160 but that's me pulling my own teeth out.

CHRIS: Looking at 170, that's really... (PAUL HUFFS) 160, can we do it or not?

And I'd respect no because, look, we're both in business here.

CHRIS: Do 165 and you've got a deal.

PAUL: You've got a deal.

CHRIS: OK. Chris you're a good man.

I like your style.

VO: And I like yours, Paul.

Thanks to Chris' generosity he's got all three items for a bargain £165.

But now he's only got a paltry £51.10 left in his pocket.

Make no bones about it, I've gambled.

VO: Well, let's hope it pays off, eh.

So, while Paul's paying the big stakes, Anita's still nibbling away at smaller items.

Do you know I've passed this little guy half a dozen times and every time I've passed him he's brought a smile to my face.

He's a modern thing but he is kind of fun, isn't he?

Metal mouse.

VO: A metal mouse he is - a rather quirky contemporary ornament.

I can't resist that.

I think I'm going to have a go at it.

Jill, I know you're going to think I am mad, I'd quite like to buy it but I'd quite like to buy it very very cheaply.

Like very very cheap.

Very very cheaply.

£10.

£10?

Is that the lowest you can go?

I don't know.

£8?

£8, let's go for it.

Deal.

It's brought a smile to both of our faces.

Good.

Good.

VO: Another swift haggle means she has two buys under her belt already, and for only £28 in total.

Ah, but she's not finished.

ANITA: Do you know Jill, I was just thinking, see if we had a wee bow tie or a wee ribbon... Yeah.

..round it.

It would make that mouse irresistible.

Of course it would.

VO: Obligingly, Jill has searched out a ribbon.

You are demanding, Anita.

And she gets the prettifying ribbon for a budget-busting 5p.

VO: Making the mouse £8.05p in total.

Last of the big spenders, eh Anita?

Excellent.

Excellent.

£8.05.

JILL: Brilliant.

VO: Now, having blown most of his cash, Paul's jumped in the car and he's heading for the village of Eyam in Derbyshire.

VO: Paul's going to spend the afternoon in this pretty Peak District village, where he'll learn about an extraordinary sacrifice made by Eyam's villagers in the 17th century - one that saved countless thousands of lives.

VO: Paul's aiming for the Parish church - the heart of this community since Saxon times, and central to the village's extraordinary 17th century story.

Francine.

Yes.

Pleased to meet you, I'm Paul.

Hello Paul.

This is Eyam Parish Church, isn't it?

Yes, Eyam Parish Church, yes, welcome.

I am here because I believe it's got a particularly poignant history.

It has indeed, yes.

It's well known for its heroic action that it took in the 17th century when we were having the plague.

May we go in and tell me more, please.

Yes, come in.

VO: In 1665, an epidemic of bubonic plague spread horrifyingly throughout the city of London.

Transmitted by rat fleas, the disease claimed about 15% of the city's total population.

VO: At the same time, a tailor in Eyam - more than 150 miles away - ordered a consignment of cloth that arrived in the village infested with the deadly fleas.

As villagers began succumbing to plague, the parish's rector, William Mompesson, knew that action had to be taken to prevent it spreading.

This stained glass window commemorates what happened in the months following.

FRANCINE: They agreed to put a quarantine in place and have all the congregation, have all the community agree that nobody in, nobody out, completely isolating themselves from the outside world so that the infection didn't spread any further than Eyam.

FRANCINE: Because Mompesson knew that if people left the village they would take the infection with them.

And not only would a large proportion of Eyam people die but if it got into the cities and towns nearby there would be thousands dying and not just hundreds.

VO: This act of sacrifice on the part of the villagers of Eyam doubtless prevented the wider spread of plague in the north and saved many thousands of lives in nearby towns.

FRAMCINE: We are famous because it worked.

Yeah.

Nobody, there were no cases of plague outside in the vicinity of Eyam anywhere.

In Derbyshire, Yorkshire.

PAUL: So how long does the quarantine last?

14 months.

Astonishing.

VO: From a population of around 800, Eyam had suffered devastating losses.

FRANCINE: Mompesson wrote that 76 families had been affected by the plague.

260 had died, a third of the population.

So that's...a third of them died.

VO: The stained glass window also commemorates the story of one young couple who lived during the quarantine.

The girl in the golden dress is Emmott Syddall, she was engaged to be married to the man that you can see there, a chap called Rowland Torre who came from the next village.

And he was told to keep away, to keep out of the infection.

VO: But the courting couple still wanted to see each other and so met on either side of a wide stream - she in the quarantined village and he outside.

FRANCINE: They would just be able to wave to one another, they wouldn't be able to call out or touch one another but be reassured that everything was alright.

He came every day until the end of April.

And she didn't turn up.

And of course he couldn't come into the village to find out what happened to her.

It's said that when the plague was over he was one of the first people to rush into the village and say "Where's Emmott?

Where's Emmott?"

And he found out she had died.

FRANCINE: Tragic story and then it's always said that Rowland was so devastated by the death of Emmott that he never married and em... became quite a recluse I think.

Tragic.

VO: The church still have the parish plague register, where Emmott's name is recorded.

You have got Emmott Syddall on 29 April.

PAUL: It is quite moving, isn't it?

VO: This register holds the memory of all the brave villagers who gave their lives to prevent the spread of the plague.

FRANCINE: That really shows that the community spirit and the caring of other people.

VO: It's an inspiring piece of history.

Well, I have loved visiting it, I've got to say, that's a really moving story.

And I've got to say, I'm heartbroken down to the individuals, poor Emmott.

Thank you very much.

Thank you for coming.

It's been tremendous.

FRANCINE: Thank you.

PAUL: Thank you.

VO: Now, Anita's still back in the fine city of Sheffield, where she's heading for the lavishly-named N P & A.

Salt Antiques, and meeting dealer Chris.

Hi, I'm Anita.

Hi Anita.

What a wonderful splendid house.

Yeah, lovely, isn't it?

Chris!

VO: This building once belonged to a renowned 19th century Sheffield silversmith and master cutler, John Rodgers.

So it's an appropriately historic place for Anita to continue the hunt.

I saw some wee bits and pieces around here, Chris.

ANITA: I quite liked that combination of horn and the white metal there.

Could I have a wee look at that?

There we go.

There we go.

Thank you.

So is this a little spirit flask?

CHRIS: Yeah.

VO: Yeah, it's a flask for carrying grog, fashioned of horn and white metal, probably dating from the early 20th century.

There's no ticket on it - which presents an opportunity.

ANITA: What sort of eh price on that.

Bearing in mind, Chris... CHRIS: I know, I know.

ANITA: Bearing in mind, we have got a wee bit of repair on here.

CHRIS: £30.

ANITA: £30?

Are you able to come to 25?

CHRIS: £25.

ANITA: Are you able to come to 25?

Just.

Oh right, that's great.

OK. Oh thanks very much.

VO: So she's bagged that for another modest amount.

Very thrifty, Anita.

And she's browsing on... Wow!

VO: Yep, right into an area that specializes in jukeboxes.

Here we go.

(50s STYLE ROCK MUSIC) VO: Boogie.

Glad to see you've made a new friend.

So does your budget run to one, that's the question?

Probably not.

VO: Definitely not - less jiving, more shopping, please.

Do you know, there was another thing which caught my eye.

CHRIS: What was that?

The mask up here.

CHRIS: Oh my word.

Yeah.

ANITA: Is that an old one?

CHRIS: It is.

I think it is, that one.

That's one of Norman's.

VO: Dealer Norman will be summoned.

ANITA: What's caught my eye up here is that is that wonderful African mask.

Is this an old one, Norman?

NORMANL Yes, it's quite old that one.

It looks sort of late Victorian, round about that sort of age.

Right.

But what we'll do, we'll get it down and have a good look.

And we'll have a good look at it.

VO: Lovely.

It's a West African tribal mask, ticketed at a pricey £220.

NORMAN: Got a nice patina on this.

ANITA: It is beautiful.

NORMAN: Yeah.

You can have it for 100, if you wish.

If I'm paying £100 for it, I know that I'm taking a chance on it.

Yes.

ANITA: Do you think I should take a chance?

Oh, definitely.

Just take a chance.

Thank you very much.

Thank you, Anita.

Thank you.

VO: Crikey, Anita abandons her small-spending strategy to splurge on the striking mask.

Though at a terrific discount, thanks to Storming Norman.

Certainly different.

ANITA: Does it suit me?

NORMAN: Gorgeous.

(ANITA LAUGHS) VO: Indeed.

And with that, it's a playful end to a very successful first day.

Nighty night.

Anita, being £100 behind you... Oh, my heart bleeds for you.

PAUL: I'm feeling the love and the sympathy.

I think, you would understand if I was cautious, didn't spend so heavily and certainly didn't take risks on, you know, like furniture, imagine if I bought furniture?!

Oh you're not going to buy furniture are you Paul?

VO: Oh, isn't he?

So far, Paul's spent a whopping £165 on three lots: the tea urn, the candle box and indeed the late 17th century or early 18th century chest.

VO: While Anita's scarcely been less of a spendthrift, splashing out £153.05 on four lots: the choker with seed pearls, the ornamental metal mouse with jaunty scarf, the horn and white metal flask, and the African tribal mask.

I found that I was tempted beyond temptation... Go on.

Into making speculative buys.

You've entered the world of speculation.

VO: It would seem so.

VO: This morning, on this grand tour of the north, they're heading to the city of Leeds.

VO: Whose canals and byways speak of its proud industrial history.

VO: This morning, Paul's heading for the city's Swiss Cottage Antiques, where resides dealer, John.

JOHN: This is my place, welcome.

PAUL: Good to see you.

You are?

JOHN: John.

PAUL: Hi, I'm Paul.

VO: Shop, Paul, shop.

VO: And before long, he's spied something that chimes with his love of wartime items.

PAUL: Look at that.

That's a pretty nasty little plywood box of the 1940s.

Money box you would think, yeah.

Look at that, a little paper label there: "Sunday School Forces Comfort Funds Thank you."

The comfort funds were...

It's an umbrella title that we can use to describe all of these civilian activities, volunteer activities that leant support in some way to our fighting forces.

PAUL: It taps into the sentiment of the population doing little things wherever they could to support our troops fighting during the war.

Isn't that great?

It's a good thing.

Commercial thing?

No.

It is worthless and priceless at the same time, no?

VO: And nearby, there's a box stuffed full of more wartime memories.

PAUL: It's straight in from a house clearance.

VO: And an item dating from World War I.

This is the badge of the Old Contemptibles.

PAUL: Who were the Old Contemptibles?

Well, they were the first British soldiers to fight overseas during the First World War.

Kaiser Wilhelm referred to our British volunteers and soldiers overseas as "That contemptible little army."

And they took that and turned it right back at them and referred to themselves as the Old Contemptibles.

It's this old veteran sat and whittled that thing and hung it on his office wall or whatever.

It's sweet.

Not hugely valuable, how do you put a price on a thing like that?

But I like what it evokes.

PAUL: And along with it but from a different war, that's a strange beast, that's an oil and canvas, yeah?

VO: It's an amateur painting dating from the Second World War celebrating the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.

And they were the technicians of the army.

Yeah, armorers and artificers and so on.... VO: In addition, Paul also found a cigarette box made of walnut and dating from the period just after World War II, in Germany.

VO: Paul would like to add that, the painting, Old Contemptibles carving and the little Sunday school collections box as one job lot of militaria.

PAUL: Do they set my world on fire?

Well no, they don't, I think they're interesting but they are not high end.

But then again, I don't have a high end budget PAUL: I've got no money to spend.

VO: Very very true, Paul.

But on his way to find dealer, John, something else catches his eye.

PAUL: I tell you what's hot, luggage.

And luggage is selling, I dare say it'll be selling to some hipsters.

VO: Hipsters, daddio?

Crikey.

But I think most of it's selling to...Joe Public as furnishing pieces.

PAUL: Up here we have got rather a smart rich blue hide case.

I guess dating to the mid 20th century.

Could be 30s, could be as late as the 50s.

VO: It was originally retailed by the famous London store Harrods, and marked up here at £55.

PAUL: This was expensive.

This was a lady's piece.

VO: So he'd like both that and the assortment of wartime items, and best speak to John.

PAUL: Em, can I ask you about your Harrods travel case, that's rather smart is it not?

55 quid that.

Straight to the chase.

No, that works for me.

But do you know what doesn't work for me?

I'll come clean with you.

Oh dear.

Oh no.

I've got a budget of 10p more than £51 and I want to buy more than one thing.

Oh dear.

Have we kicked it into touch or are you the kind of man that I can negotiate with?

We can talk, see what else you're looking at first.

VO: The various militaria is new stock and hasn't been ticketed yet.

PAUL: And of all things, the Sunday school comfort... JOHN: The collection box.

PAUL: Yeah.

JOHN: I'd take 50 quid across.

50 quid, I clear out those bits and bobs and I take the good bit as well.

JOHN: Yeah.

You're a good man.

JOHN: Yeah.

VO: Success!

He gets the quality case and the interesting wartime bits and bobs for £50 all in.

Leaving him a regal £1.10 in his wallet.

VO: Meanwhile, Anita's about to embark on a right royal adventure of her own.

She's heading for Leeds City Varieties Music Hall.

A historic venue which has entertained the people of the city for around 150 years - and along the way played host to royalty, and some of the most famous entertainers in history.

Anita's meeting Rachel Lythe, of the theater's History and Stories Department.

ANITA: Hello, I'm Anita.

Hello, nice to meet you, I'm Rachel.

Rachel, it's wonderful to be here.

Shall we go and have a look?

ANITA: I can't wait.

VO: Music hall was a type of theatrical entertainment popular in Britain from the mid-1800s, into the early 20th century.

In music halls like this one, a variety performance of musical acts, novelty turns and comedians would delight a packed crowd of punters.

VO: This music hall theater opened in 1865.

In recent years the theater has been restored to the glory of its Victorian heyday.

ANITA: Rachel, this looks absolutely wonderful.

And this is how it would have been in Victorian times?

RACHEL: That's right, yes, about the 1900s.

ANITA: So what about the folk who came here, what was the audience like?

The audience, this was very much a place for the masses.

RACHEL: It was the working man had been in the industries, in the mills all day, really hard grafting, so they would've come to the music hall for a bit of light entertainment, a bit of relief.

RACHEL: It looks very grand, and very posh today, but it would've been quite a different experience - it was very noisy, very loud, very smokey, very smelly.

ANITA: Were they all sat down?

Do you think they would be well behaved?

No!

Definitely not.

RACHEL: Early days we would have had thousands in here, up to 2,000 potentially.

Today we only have 467 so that just shows you the contrast of how many people they would cram in here.

I wonder if they heckled the actors.

They would've done.

They definitely would've done.

So the acts and the comedians, part of their patter would've been to try and control that and make sure they didn't get pulled off stage.

VO: The music hall of the 1900s might've been a rowdy affair, but the stage here played host to performers who would go on to be the most famous in the world.

VO: Rachel has a record book dating from around the turn of the century, in which the theater manager has recorded the names of some starry performers.

There is an interesting one here: can you see the eight Lancashire boys?

And that was actually, Charlie Chaplin was part of that eight Lancashire boys.

Eight Lancashire lads, the troop, which is a clog dancing troop which used to tour around the country before Charlie Chaplin became famous for his movies.

ANITA: So this would have been one of the first theaters that Charlie Chaplin appeared in?

That's right.

I wonder how much he made in those days?

It was only a pound.

A pound!

The other example, which is the other extreme, is Harry Houdini, the great Harry Houdini has performed on this stage and he came twice to the music hall in 1902 and 1904.

He was the great escapologist?

Yes!

They used to come in, again, and wow the crowds with his big extravagant performances, of escaping from handcuffs and various traps.

And he was actually the highest paid artist we've ever had here at the music hall.

In 1897 and 1902 and 1904 he was paid £130 and again £150 two years later which is the equivalent of 8,000 today.

£8,000 a performance.

Wow.

VO: And it's thought the theater not only played host to the era's superstars, but also to royalty.

RACHEL: We've got a rumor that Prince Edward used to sneak in here.

ANITA: Right, and I don't suppose he would've been in these rows at the back?

No, he would've been further down in one of our boxes.

VO: The Prince of Wales - later to become King Edward VII - is rumored to have snuck into the box here in order to watch his mistress, the famous and celebrated actress, Lillie Langtry, perform on stage.

VO: Of course, to avoid scandal the prince would've been incognito.

This is where the Prince of Wales would've sat?

Yes.

So the story goes that he used to sneak in here, he'd come to Leeds to go to Harewood House to see his cousin and go grouse shooting.

And then apparently he used to sneak in here, pull the curtains to and then watch Lillie Langtry perform.

RACHEL: And we believe as a thank you for our discretion for letting him sneak in and out of the theater, when Prince Edward became king he donated us the royal crest which you can see up above our proscenium arch today.

ANITA: Isn't that wonderful?

VO: As a final treat, Rachel's taking Anita right down onto the very stage from behind whose curtain the stars of music hall would have emerged.

This is where the greats would've waited before the performance began.

That's right, so you'd be standing here ready to go on stage.

ANITA: A wee bit nervous?

So they'd be standing here.

Ready for the curtain to open.

And the show to begin.

VO: Don't milk your part, Anita, honestly.

It's time to be on your way, girl.

Rachel, before I break into song, I've got to say thank you very much, I have enjoyed it so much.

Brilliant.

You're very welcome.

ANITA: It's been wonderful.

Bye bye.

RACHEL: Thank you.

VO: Now, having splurged all his cash, bar £1.10, Paul's gone for a walk around Leeds docks.

And as usual, he's looking at a bit of militaria.

I don't think you're going to be able to get that for £1, Paul.

VO: Ah, that's more like it.

You must be confident.

Well, I'm feeling good about today.

VO: Jolly good.

VO: But Anita's still on the hunt, so she's driven to Gomersal, West Yorkshire where she's heading into The Old Silk Mill and greeting dealer, Tony.

TONY: Hi there.

Hello, I'm Anita.

I'm Tony.

Pleased to meet you.

It's lovely to see you.

VO: Anita's running out of time to make her last purchase.

VO: But happily she's spotted something.

I'm looking at these medals up here, can you tell me anything about them?

I see there's a wee photograph of the guy?

TONY: Yeah, the chap that won them.

To tell you the truth, we've not had them all that long, I can't tell you all that much.

Shall I get them down, yeah.

Can I have a wee look down?

VO: It's a collection of medals, awarded during the Second World War, and framed along with a photograph - presumably of the soldier who won them.

VO: Anita's branching out into Paul's specialism of militaria.

Brave girl.

ANITA: But I tell you what has drawn me to these, the fact that we have the guy's photograph.

ANITA: I always like that.

TONY: Gives it more of a story.

We've only got £30 on it.

ANITA: £30 on it?

I'm kind of tempted.

I'm a wee bit tempted, I'm wee bit tempted.

ANITA: Would you take 20 for it?

20?

TONY: 20?

ANITA: Give me a bit of a chance.

Yeah, yeah.

Do 20 on it?

Go on then.

OK, let's go for that.

VO: That deal's done with military efficiency, and she's got all her lots for auction.

VO: So, Anita bought the choker set with seed pearls, the metal mouse, the horn and white metal spirit flask and the African tribal mask, and the frame of medals.

She spent £173.05.

VO: While Paul bought the copper and brass tea urn, the wooden candle box, the oak chest, the job lot of militaria and the vintage Harrods case.

He forked out £215 exactly.

But what do they make of each other's lots?

ANITA: Paul has bought an interesting group of items this time.

And I actually like all of his items.

The kist, isn't that just the most wonderful, wonderful piece of furniture?

300 years old.

Paul is always a man of style, and what better style than to have a wonderful piece of Harrods luggage?

And in that marvelous blue color, ANITA: I think in this leg he might have the advantage on me.

VO: Very interesting.

And Paul?

I'm worried about the necklette, it looks to me as though you get a lot of rather smart jewelry for your money there, £20 paid.

What can I say about the mouse?

The mouse is a riot, it's a wee charmer, so I'm in more bother.

PAUL: She's going to be difficult to beat, she plays this game well!

VO: So everyone's worried!

Just the way we like it.

VO: On this Road Trip, Anita and Paul have traversed the English north, beginning in Sheffield and ending at auction here today, in Luddendenfoot, West Yorkshire.

VO: And they're enjoying the handsome and vertiginous landscape.

ANITA: Look at that view!

Isn't that absolutely magnificent?

We are at some altitude are we not?

ANITA: Oh wow!

PAUL: We'll need oxygen in a minute.

ANITA: Isn't that beautiful?

PAUL: Keep your eye on the road, Anita, would you?

It is a long way down there.

Are you getting a wee bit... Are you getting a wee bit nervous?

PAUL: Look, what color are these knuckles?

VO: Thankfully, they're just arriving at Calder Valley Auctioneers.

Second auction, Paul.

Seconds out, round two.

Round two.

Who's gonna win this one?

VO: Ha, we'll see.

Auctioneer Ian Peace is presiding today.

But before this grudge match kicks off, what does he make of their lots?

IAN: A good assortment.

IAN: One or two very quirky lots, the Harrods case, traveling case, absolute wonderful quality.

We always get one lot that stands out and the mouse ornament is this week's.

VO: The auction's about to begin.

Good luck you cheeky pair.

VO: First up is Anita's horn and white metal spirit flask.

What have I got for this ladies and gentlemen?

40?

30?

Come on!

IAN: 20 then?

£20.

Please, please.

20 I am bid thank you.

£20 and 20.

And 2.50, 25, 27.50, at £30.

IAN: £32.50, 35.

37.50.

£40.

IAN: 42.50.

45.

PAUL: Where is it gonna stop?

IAN: At £45.

£45.

£45.

45.

IAN: No more bids, at 45?

I'm not gonna have deja vu all throughout this auction?

VO: The flask has still seen her to a spirited profit.

Listen, it's early days.

VO: It is and there's everything to play for as it's Paul's Georgian tea urn now.

What shall we say for that, 50?

40?

30?

20?

20 I am bid, thank you.

25.

£30 at 30.

We're away.

IAN: 30, 35.

40.

Is the bid, £40.

At £45 on my right.

£45, any further bids?

£45.

ANITA: Well done, well done.

Are you happy?

It's a baby step.

ANITA: Is it a baby step?

PAUL: It's a baby step.

I think it is a sort of teenage step.

VO: A teenage step?

You two do talk some nonsense.

But that's another nice profit.

Now it's Anita's choker in the arts and crafts style.

It has Paul worried - should he be?

30.

Yes!

IAN: 20, I've over 20 on a commission bid.

£20.

22.50 anywhere?

At 20?

At 20 anyone?

Come on, come on.

IAN: Any advance on 20?

2.50 madam, 25 on commission bid.

IAN: 25.

27.50?

I've 30 on the commission bid.

IAN: £30.

At £30.

Are we all done?

Then at £30 and selling.

£30... PAUL: Bang on the money.

VO: Another decent profit to Anita and she's sitting pretty.

£30... is OK.

I think I got away lightly there.

That could've been a lot more painful than that for me.

VO: Next, it's Paul's candle box, bought as part of a job lot.

Right, what shall we say £20?

Don't talk like that.

15 I am bid.

At 20 anywhere?

A profit.

IAN: I'll take 2.50.

17.50, 20, 2.50, 25, 7.50, 30, IAN: 2.50, 32.50, anybody else now?

32.50 then... You're just stopping the bidding there.

IAN: At 32.50, all done.

VO: Another winner.

They're on fire today.

Have the nerves calmed down, darling?

Um, they're always there lurking in the background.

VO: Not to worry you further Paul, but Anita's charming metal mouse is next.

Eek!

£20?

15?

10?

ANITA: Yes!

Here we are.

10 I am bid, 12.50, 15, 17.50, 20... Oh!

More bidders.

IAN: 25.

VO: And it certainly does seem to have made an impression on the crowd.

IAN: 27.50.

ANITA: Yes!

VO: Or Anita has!

IAN: £30.

It is a flying mouse.

It's a flying mouse!

£30.

32.50, 35.

I told you it was unique.

35.

IAN: Anybody else?

£35, on my right.

Are you sure?

At £35 then.

Yes!

VO: It charms the punters as desired.

And Anita's quite jubilant.

I got carried away but I couldn't help it.

Oh man, superb.

It brought a smile to all these people's faces.

VO: Now it's Paul's classy vintage case.

Anita liked it, will the punters?

50?

40?

30, thank you £30 bid.

35, 40, 45, 50, 55... We're going, we're going.

Yeah.

IAN: 60, anyone else now at £60.

ANITA: Come on, come on, come on, come on.

At £60, on the commission bid, are there any further bids?

IAN: £60.

It's going at 60.

VO: Quality will out - that was a good buy.

Good buy.

VO: That's just what I said.

Who's a clever boy?

VO: I am, Anita.

VO: Now, it's Anita's framed World War II medals.

Normally Paul's area of expertise but can she beat him at his own game?

Shall we say 30?

20?

15?

Come on, come on.

IAN: 15 I am bid.

17.50?

20?

2.50?

22.50, anybody else now?

IAN: 25.

27.50, 27.50, 30, 32.50... 40 quid is no trouble at all.

IAN: 37.50, 37.50 bid here.

At 37.50... You were absolutely right.

IAN: At 37.50... Good buy, you bought it.

We're going, 37.50.

VO: It may not be her area, but that was a smart buy.

Paul's own mixed job lot of militaria now.

After Anita's good show on the last lot this better win or it'll be eggy face for him.

15 to start then?

15, thank you 15.

15 straight in.

Straight away.

19, 21, 23, 25, 25, 27 on commission bid.

IAN: 27.

Anybody else now?

At £27.

Selling then to the commission bid at £27.

Are you all done?

27.

VO: And it does!

Phew!

VO: They're nearly neck and neck now as the last two lots are up, and it's their biggest gambles.

Are you feart?

Yeah.

VO: First, Anita's beloved African tribal mask.

£20 I am bid.

At £20, and 22.50 do I see?

IAN: At 2.50, 25, at £25.

Anybody else now?

At 25 on my left.

Another bidder to your left.

Come on.

IAN: 27.50.

£30.

£30 here on my left.

£30 are we all done at £30?

We're going, at £30.

There we are.

I made a small loss of £70.

That's opened it up.

VO: Someone in the crowd's got a bargain piece of African art.

Huh, now everything rests on Paul's 300 year old chest.

50?

50 I am bid.

At 50 and five anywhere?

And five, 60, and five, 70...

There is a determined man behind you.

80, and five, 90, and five, 100, and five, 105 in the doorway.

Don't stop, keep going, it is cheap enough.

IAN: Third row, 115, 120, 120 in the third row.

IAN: At £120 are you done?

125 you are back in.

They are back in, back in.

Good, good.

Come on.

Gentleman over there, £125, all finished?

Right on, can you believe it?

To the pound.

To the pound!

VO: It breaks even on the nose.

Happy enough?

I'm happy enough.

Uh-huh, yeah.

VO: Anita started this leg with £300.40.

After auction costs are deducted, she made a loss of £27.50 and ends today with £272.90.

VO: While Paul began with £216.10 and after costs, he made a profit of £22.39 and ends today with £238.49.

VO: Well done, Paul.

Well, Paul, that was exciting.

PAUL: Wasn't it just!

Hey, I am closing the gap!

Yes!

ANITA: You are.

I'm still a wee bit ahead.

I know but I have got you in my sights.

ANITA: Onwards and upwards.

VO: Onwards to victory!

VO: On the next Antiques Road Trip we have scares...

It's like something out of the Hammer House of Horrors.

VO: And stares, as Anita and Paul face off again.

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