TIM WONNACOTT: It's the nation's favorite antiques experts with 200 pounds each-- I want something shiny.

TIM WONNACOTT: -- a classic car, and a goal to scour Britain for antiques.

Like a rummage.

I can't resist.

TIM WONNACOTT: The aim?

To make the biggest profit at auction.

But it's no mean feat.

Why do I always to do this to myself?

TIM WONNACOTT: There'll be worthy winners-- Give us a kiss.

TIM WONNACOTT: -- and valiant losers.

Come on, stick them up.

TIM WONNACOTT: So will it be the high road to glory?

Onwards and upwards.

TIM WONNACOTT: Or the slow road to disaster?

Take me home.

TIM WONNACOTT: This is "Antiques Road Trip."

Yeah.

Welcome to East Anglia, and the final chapter with our Scots on tour.

It's nearly the end pole.

Oh, don't say that.

TIM WONNACOTT: OK. Well, I will then.

Because after several miles, Natasha Raskin-- Paul Laidlaw!

TIM WONNACOTT: Yes, Paul Laidlaw and little red Mercedes are approaching journey's end.

Have you sent any postcards home yet?

[LAUGHS] I haven't sent any home.

TIM WONNACOTT: But fortunately, the adventures of our art expert and auctioneer from Glasgow-- Mm!

TIM WONNACOTT: -- have been fairly faithfully recorded, along with the ups and downs of her fellow doyen.

You like?

I like.

TIM WONNACOTT: Our major in military is miles ahead.

But as they've gone south, the auctions have well-- Ouch.

TIM WONNACOTT: -- followed suit.

Is that sore?

There's this gap in my recollection.

Somehow, I got from a lot of money to a lot less money in a couple of auctions turn around.

TIM WONNACOTT: Like I said, it's been on the telly.

It must be right.

Anyway, Natasha began with 200 pounds.

But over the course of their trip, that sum has dwindled to a mere 141 pounds and 4p.

Whilst Paul's 200 has both waxed and waned, so that he starts today with 370 pounds and 4ps.

I'm in uncharted territory here, Lossville.

I don't like it.

- You don't like it?

No, no, no.

Bring me back to Profit Town.

What's happened to us?

I think I'm rubbing off on you, Paul.

[WHEEZES] I think I left my mojo in Cumbria.

TIM WONNACOTT: I wonder where mine's got to.

After kicking off at Prestwick in the west coast of Scotland, Paul and Natasha have plotted a course leading south and east, sojourning in East Anglia before a final auction in Norfolk at Diss.

Today's the day we arrive at that climactic destination.

But we start out elsewhere at North Walsham.

All quiet now, but back in 1381, North Walsham was up for the Peasants' Revolt.

Here we are, right to the door.

Why, thank you.

Now, remember the rule when-- What's that?

-- we share a shop.

if you see anything good, let me know.

TIM WONNACOTT: Cheeky.

Hello.

MICHAEL: Hello, there.

Hi, nice to meet you.

I'm Tasha.

Hi, I'm Michael.

- Nice to meet you, Michael.

- Hello, Paul.

Welcome to Timeline.

Thank you very much.

It feels good.

It does feel good.

Smells good.

TIM WONNACOTT: Well, thank you, Natasha.

But is it big enough for the both of them?

We'll see.

There's something quite nice about this crib.

It's very Victorian.

Dark mahogany.

It's got bun feet.

It's detailed.

But I think it's just a maybe too far from me, as gorgeous as it is, as grand as it is.

It just seems a little bit weird to put a baby who can't appreciate such fine detail in a crib like that.

Save it for the master bedroom.

TIM WONNACOTT: What's his game then?

(WHISPERING) Oh, my word.

TIM WONNACOTT: Crumbs.

Is it cheap, Natasha?

Oh!

Oh!

TIM WONNACOTT: Ha-ha.

What was that?

What?

Ma-ha-ha-ha!

There are very breakable items in here, Paul.

Stop giving me a fright.

TIM WONNACOTT: Well said.

Now, wasn't Natasha here just now?

PAUL LAIDLAW: If I read this right, this dealer here is having a half price sale?

Yeah, he's having a sale.

TIM WONNACOTT: I think Natasha has missed that.

Then this piece here, which has already been reduced once, is that now half that ticket price?

That is now 50 pounds.

PAUL LAIDLAW: I better have a closer look.

You know what the biggest problem with these is there's nothing one can do with them.

MICHAEL: No.

If you've got a big 19th-century residence, dotted in the corner of our bedroom, what a joyous object.

But it's an ornament.

You're certainly not going to put a child anywhere near it.

But it's not been through the wars.

It's all right, isn't it?

Yeah, it's sound.

Well, in that case, that's sold.

Well done.

You have some things you don't haggle on.

Yeah.

TIM WONNACOTT: I wonder if there'll be recriminations over that one.

It can happen when it's a bit cheek by jowl.

NATASHA RASKIN: I don't think I really like Paul being in the same shop.

It doesn't matter so much if it's huge, but this is quite dinky, and this is hard enough as it is, you know, looking for antique without Paul Laidlaw creeping over your shoulder, and-- PAUL LAIDLAW (ON MEGAPHONE): Keep it down-- Oh!

PAUL LAIDLAW (ON MEGAPHONE): -- for goodness' sake.

Think library.

Paul!

You're making me nervous.

TIM WONNACOTT: I think he might pipe down now for a bit, Natasha.

PAUL LAIDLAW: One could easily dismiss these as a set of early 20th century field glasses binoculars, OK?

And as such, they would be, what, worth 25 pounds?

These, however, it's clear to see are military, because very rugged case, an ordnance broad arrow, and a date here in the case of 1918.

I think it's a fascinating insight into the war here, because these are Mark V specials.

TIM WONNACOTT: Obviously.

PAUL LAIDLAW: These are termed Galilean.

These are traditional, very rudimentary.

These were only procured as an emergency measure.

British Army would love to order 100,000 sets instead of binoculars.

They cannot get that many on the open market.

When I say procure-- this is the interesting part of the story-- they didn't just buy them.

They set up a campaign whereby they asked you, Joe Civilian, to donate your binoculars to the military.

And they'd give you a receipt.

It would see service.

At the end of the war, give you your binoculars back.

But there's something else I noticed here that transforms them from my point of view.

Quartermaster Sergeant Morton, Scots Guards.

Isn't that all fantastic?

What was his story during the Great War?

Price tag on these, 48 pounds.

With the Scots Guards thing, I think they're worth more than that.

Michael, do you think there's anything to be done in that place like that?

MICHAEL: Yeah, I can make a phone call.

PAUL LAIDLAW: Could you?

MICHAEL: Yeah.

I'm wondering if there could be a decent chunk shaved off that price if you don't mind.

OK.

Asking you in all humility on my behalf.

That would be fantastic.

So-- so what are you looking at?

To be honest with you, to be on the safe side, I'd like to pay 30 pounds for the those.

TIM WONNACOTT: In order to see a profit.

Ha!

How's Natasha getting on?

I've spotted a word with which I'm very familiar.

Glasgow.

This is the Clyde Shipping Company, SS Caledonia.

So the Caledonia that I know of was early 20th century that took people from Glasgow to New York, which was then used in the Second World War and was destroyed by the enemy.

So if it comes from that Caledonia, then that's exciting.

But I'm slightly suspicious of this bucket, because anyone who lives in Glasgow knows that Argyll is an area with two Ls.

But Argyle Street has an E at the end, and it's spelled differently from the area.

So either I don't know this Argyll Street, double L, in Glasgow or this isn't what it purports to be.

It's 58 pounds.

It's the kind of thing I'd want to buy for a tenner.

TIM WONNACOTT: Smart move, I'd say.

Now, the last we saw of Paul, he was after buying those binoculars.

I've spoken to the dealer.

The best he can do on these is 35.

Thank you.

TIM WONNACOTT: Two in the bag already.

Tempus fugit, Natasha.

NATASHA RASKIN: I really like this clock.

It says on the label here, circa 1900.

And of course, it is, because it is typical arts and crafts.

Beautiful oak.

And it's got that real sort of rustic appeal.

It's very typical arts and crafts.

But it does see here on the label that's made by the New Haven Clock Company, USA.

But if it's American arts and crafts, quite often, this gets described as, Mission.

I think it's really smart.

You can hear it ticking away.

And there's the pendulum and striking movement, complete with key.

So that's nice, too.

But it's just a lovely thing.

It's not everyone's cup of tea.

But it's really evocative of an era, and I really like it.

89 pounds is the ticket price.

You can see it strikes, and-- there we go.

And according to the label, it does that both on the hour and the half-hour, so that's quite handy.

But it's just quite sweet, isn't it?

Let's put it back in motion.

I'd have this in my house.

I think I'd like to talk to Michael about it and see what I can do.

TIM WONNACOTT: Gird your loins, then.

I really like it.

I think it's cute, and I think it's quite unusual.

OK.

But I don't have very much money.

I'm just going to come clean.

I'd be asking for 40 pounds for it.

OK, I'll give him a ring.

If he's lying down, uh, we'll see what he says.

TIM WONNACOTT: So can Michael make that offer sound at all appealing?

The ticket price is, um, 89 pounds.

40.

Mm-hmm.

What will be your best on it?

TIM WONNACOTT: Straight bat, eh?

Good idea.

His best would be 50.

50.

Why not?

It's a nice thing, I like it.

Let's buy it.

50 pounds.

Well done.

TIM WONNACOTT: And it's over a third of what she has left.

Oh, cool.

Thank you so much.

TIM WONNACOTT: Great start, Natasha.

Now, let's get that old timepiece safely secured.

While, back inside, Paul's still having fun.

What's not to like about this?

So little, somewhat rustic pine box.

Delightful period, and by period, what I mean?

Got to be late 19th century.

There's a hundred years in it.

Table croquet.

Well, I love croquet.

I certainly don't have the lawn for it.

But I may have the table for a table croquet.

Look at this, wire hoops, of course.

Turned and stained wooden croquet balls, and a complement of mallets.

How good is that?

Hours of period fun.

It's all there.

You ask me what it's worth?

I think you'd go in it with 30 to 50 pounds an auction here.

I think I would.

It's got to be worth that, surely.

A few tens of pounds.

Price tag today is 45 pounds.

I'm going to try and buy that.

But I'm going to have to try and do something with the price.

TIM WONNACOTT: I think he likes the shop.

I love the little croquet set.

Less enamored with the price tag.

Do you wish me to state where I'd like it to be as we did in the past?

Um, or I can give you a price, because somebody's asked before at 30 pounds.

I'm going to be cheeky.

I'd like it to be 25, if it's possible to buy it at that.

The last person walked away at 30.

MICHAEL: True, yes.

Can you meet me in-- sort of in the middle?

28?

Of course, I can.

Absolutely fantastic.

TIM WONNACOTT: Quite a start, Paul.

113 pounds for the cot, the binoculars, and the table croquet.

Thank you very much.

Thank you very much.

Thank you, Paul.

Thank you.

TIM WONNACOTT: And while he heads off for a well-deserved cuppa, let's find out where Natasha's got to, taking our route towards the city of Norwich, the county town of Norfolk, where, close to the River Wensum, there's a museum dedicated to Norwich's history of printing and publishing.

Hi, I'm Tasha.

I'm Duncan.

Welcome to the John Jarrold Print Museum.

Oh, fantastic.

Should we head inside?

Please do.

Thank you.

TIM WONNACOTT: Once, printing presses like these were to be found in almost every British town.

And yet, this museum is a rare working survivor.

Natasha's here to learn from guild master Duncan about how far the printed word has come.

So we're currently in the dark ages, and we want to get some information.

So who had all the books?

The books for confined to the clergy and the nobility, all handwritten, laboriously done, but it also helped to speak in different languages.

NATASHA RASKIN: Of course.

So a lot of these books would have been in Latin.

Latin, Greek, and French, and German.

TIM WONNACOTT: But the process of taking books away from the scribes to create more mass-produced system of information was certainly underway by the 15th century.

First, with the spread of wood-cut block books, and then with the introduction of movable type.

DUNCAN: Gutenberg gets the credit for doing it.

NATASHA RASKIN: There's always someone, isn't there?

DUNCAN: Oh, yeah.

He invented the system of mechanically making metal letters.

Gutenberg could cast as many letters as he wanted.

They could be assembled into pages, taken apart and reassembled as another page, and you could print to hundreds of copies of them.

TIM WONNACOTT: The man from mines in Germany was the first to create type pieces from a durable and uniform metal alloy.

And with that, he was able to print the iconic "Gutenberg Bible" in 1455, ushering in the era of the printed press across Europe.

NATASHA RASKIN: So Gutenberg's style, I suppose, started to spread.

When did this sort of technology arrive on these shores?

It ended up in England when William Caxton [INAUDIBLE] and had seven years apprenticeship in Rouge, and came back to England, and set up a printing press.

He was part of the middle class.

He could read and write, and he was a businessman.

Books were being printed in the country and brought into England.

So why not put them in England yourself?

TIM WONNACOTT: Just as importantly, why not print in our own language?

Although Caxton's translations were not without problems, he published, in English, many classical works, as well as the "Bible" and Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales."

So what do I do?

How does it all begin?

You'll need to start with what we call the sentence stick.

TIM WONNACOTT: Right.

Natasha's turn.

Best steer clear of ethics, I think.

OK, so it's a double challenge.

I've got to get the spelling right, and I've got to get it right back to front.

DUNCAN: Yup.

- Right.

Can you guess what I'm going to spell, Duncan?

TIM WONNACOTT: I'll bet he's got a fair idea.

[MUSIC - DUKE ELLINGTON, BING CROSBY, "THREE LITTLE WORDS"] (SINGING) Three little words.

Oh, what I'd give for that wonderful phrase.

Oh, look at that!

TIM WONNACOTT: Very nice.

Spelt correctly, and Duncan has something else to show before she goes.

NATASHA RASKIN: That's so cool.

So what's that?

That's what you call a parlor press.

It was for amateurs to print and do their own stationery, and long before your computers came on the scene.

TIM WONNACOTT: I think it might be for sale.

NATASHA RASKIN: All this sort of industrial stuff is pretty trendy at auction right now.

And if that came in the door, I'd probably say, well, we'll give it a punt at 20 to 40 pounds or so.

So do you think Mr. Jarrold would be quite happy if I put a 20-pound donation in the museum donation box?

Oh, I'm sure that he wouldn't mind.

Do you reckon I can get more than 20 at auction?

I don't know.

You're the optimist.

TIM WONNACOTT: Crikey, Duncan!

Now, let's find out how portable it is.

See you again.

Bye!

TIM WONNACOTT: But while Natasha has been reverting to type, ha!

Paul's made his way south west of the county town towards Wymondham.

Yes, not pronounced quite as you would expect, is it?

Some nice old cars, too.

Oh!

And here he is.

Hello, there!

Hello.

My name is Donna, welcome to Wymondham Antiques Centre.

Thank you very much.

Welcome to where?

Wymondham.

TIM WONNACOTT: Yeah, rhymes with kingdom.

I wonder what he'll spot here.

Certainly looking for a change of fortune.

PAUL LAIDLAW: Don't like this losing money at auction game.

It sucks, as the Americans say.

TIM WONNACOTT: Time to embrace the suck, as they also say.

No, really they do.

PAUL LAIDLAW: Surely, there's something in here with my name on it.

That's modern.

That's a Vesta.

Sadly, it's 185 pounds.

Wee cake slice.

Ain't that lovely work?

I think this stands out amongst a large quantity of small silver in there.

Art nouveau with a distinctly Scandinavian feel.

You don't see those in every budgetary cabinet.

The aesthetic reminds me straightaway of Georg Jensen, the name in Scandinavian flatware.

That is consumately well-designed and executed.

So who's responsible?

Look at the marks and, yes, indeed, they are Scandinavian.

Sadly, not silver marks.

TIM WONNACOTT: Well, it's priced at just 20 pounds.

- Donna.

- Yeah?

If that was silver-- Uh-huh -- it'd be fabulous, wouldn't it?

But you know what, I'm still drawn to it.

It's a pretty little thing, yeah, isn't it?

But I've got to ask the question.

Yeah.

Do you think there's anything can be done on that?

Do you want to make a phone call and do what you've got to do?

Let's go.

I'll see what I can do.

Wonderful.

Thanks very much.

No problem.

TIM WONNACOTT: So why is he thinking of buying silver plate?

PAUL LAIDLAW: It's all about the aesthetics there.

Second quarter, 20th century, Scandinavian-designed piece, which I think is more likely to stand out in an auctioneer's cabinet than some of the traditional little other objects.

TIM WONNACOTT: Uh-oh, Donna's back.

The best that you'll go down to is 15.

PAUL LAIDLAW: 15 pounds?

Yeah.

15 pounds?

That's a good drop for Sue.

It is a good drop.

I think it's a good job for anybody.

- Oh, good.

- It's sold.

- Oh-- - I'm-- -- brilliant!

-- jesting with you.

Well, that's funny.

TIM WONNACOTT: Ha, I think he's quite pleased with that.

PAUL LAIDLAW: Donna-- DONNA: Lovely.

PAUL LAIDLAW: -- that's for you.

That's for me, and thank you-- - Thank you very.

- -- very much.

- Thanks, Paul.

Thank you.

- All the best.

"Win-dam."

[LAUGHS] "Win-dam!"

Yeah.

Couldn't spell it, but I can say it.

TIM WONNACOTT: Now, can I just say something?

Wait for it-- time for some shut-eye.

Nighty-night.

Next day, we're feeling right at home.

Norfolk has treated us well.

Hasn't it just?

I'm writing the next official Norfolk guide.

TIM WONNACOTT: Paul's already navigated his way to a cradle, table croquet, a cake slice, and some binoculars or-- A Mark V specials.

TIM WONNACOTT: Yeah, and he still has almost 250 pounds for today's purchases.

While Natasha nearly plumped for a printing press on the clock.

It's a nice thing.

I like it.

Let's buy it.

Yeah, leaving just over 70 pounds for her very last day of shopping.

How good a mood are you in?

Tinged with sadness.

TIM WONNACOTT: Cheer up, it's not over yet.

Later, they'll be heading to the final auction in Diss.

But our first stop today is in the little town of Watton.

Allegedly, the scene of the Old English ballad of "The Babes in the Wood."

This is cool, isn't it?

Oh, it's big enough.

NATASHA RASKIN: Oh, you're a bit-- Oh-- -- bit keen to come in, are you?

Oh, a bit.

[LAUGHTER] TIM WONNACOTT: I wonder if there are any sleepy beauties here.

- Good morning.

- Good morning.

Hi, I'm Tasha.

I'm Barney.

Barney, nice to meet you.

Oh, your accent's lovely.

Where are you from?

Belfast.

Well, in that case, I know I'm going to be looked after today.

TIM WONNACOTT: What a charmer, eh?

I don't think choice is the problem here.

NATASHA RASKIN: It's not at all sparse.

There's stuff everywhere.

TIM WONNACOTT: Trouble is, she's hardly flush.

So you see this all the time when you go to the antique fairs.

You see the toilets that have lots of lovely patterns on them.

It's very Orient Express, or it's very, I don't know, even flying Scotsman to have a ceramic toilet that has lovely decoration on it.

It's just a typical Edwardian, turn-of-the-century sort of thing.

But why is it so small?

My first thought was novelty planter.

But then it occurred to me, is this sort of a little example traveling salesman toilet?

Salesman's demo toilet from Staffordshire.

It's quite a cool thing.

But at 65 pounds, it's almost all the money that I have left.

TIM WONNACOTT: Comfort break over?

What else have they got?

NATASHA RASKIN: What better way to bring people together than a pub skittles game?

I think even I can figure this one out.

It looks pretty simple.

You swish this around, and-- oh!

Almost a strike!

How good is that?

It's just so simple.

Get them back up.

TIM WONNACOTT: Ticket price, 35 pounds.

That is just a good bit of clean fun in the pub.

Less dangerous than darts and more sociable than a mobile phone.

TIM WONNACOTT: Paul's had a similar thought with his table croquet set.

Now, what came before the hostess trolley?

NATASHA RASKIN: Absolutely love this.

This is the most beautiful bit of art nouveau-- well, maybe not the most beautiful bit of art nouveau-- but a properly practical one.

TIM WONNACOTT: Described as a chafing dish.

NATASHA RASKIN: You think of going to the canteen and getting your macaroni and cheese, and it's being kept warm by a burner underneath.

And that's exactly what's happening here.

You've got two levels, all made of copper, except the handles and the legs here are made of brass.

The top level lifts off, so you can see that brass frame.

And underneath here, the heat comes up from the spirit burners, goes into these holes, keeping the dishes that you placed on top warm.

And this is just a smart bit of kit from probably the 1920s or '30s.

Not the height of art nouveau, but certainly, displaying some of its key features.

The legs here on the frame, beautifully curved.

You call that whiplash curve.

So really organic, like a vine growing down a trestle.

And just the hand-planished top here, 75 pounds is a ticket price.

Now, we know that I only have 71 in total.

Hopefully, Barney's up for a cheeky offer.

So I'm going to take it to him.

TIM WONNACOTT: Hang on to your hats, because she's also after those table skittles.

NATASHA RASKIN: Together, they come to 110 pounds.

I can't really offer any more than 55 pounds.

[COUGHS] NATASHA RASKIN: [LAUGHS] BARNEY: I couldn't raise a bit, could I?

NATASHA RASKIN: I could do 60, and that's it.

- Done.

- Are you sure?

BARNEY: Yeah.

NATASHA RASKIN: That's amazing!

Thank you so much.

TIM WONNACOTT: Nice.

But it leaves her with barely enough for one more buy.

Goodbye.

Adios!

TIM WONNACOTT: De nada.

Well, 11 pounds and 4 pence.

Paul, meanwhile, is taking a break from the shopping, traveling not just towards nearby Lynford but several thousand years back in time in the lunar landscape of Grime's Graves to visit a Neolithic flint mine.

Hello, Marie.

Good afternoon, Paul.

Welcome to Grime's Graves.

It is a pleasure to be here.

What a topography.

TIM WONNACOTT: On this huge site, there are altogether around a thousand shafts.

OK, Paul.

So we're just going to put one of these on.

[LAUGHS] OK. TIM WONNACOTT: First dug by our Neolithic ancestors over 4,500 years ago, most are filled in.

But Paul's here to visit Pit 1.

PAUL LAIDLAW: (WHISPERING) Oh, my word.

TIM WONNACOTT: The only mine of its kind which is open to the public.

What is the name Grime's Graves mean?

It's actually Anglo-Saxon in origin.

Grimes comes from the Anglo-Saxon god Grimm, also known as Woden, or Odin.

And graves just means holes in the ground.

TIM WONNACOTT: The Saxons, of course, arrived a long time after the original Neolithic inhabitants.

MARIE: They were mining here for around about 200 to 500 years, about the same time as Stonehenge was being constructed.

PAUL LAIDLAW: We're not talking about the Flintstones here.

This is modern man.

MARIE: Absolutely.

They are as intelligent, really, as us.

They were very sophisticated in their technology.

TIM WONNACOTT: But what went on here was somehow forgotten by modern times, and it wasn't until the late 19th century the excavations began to reveal the true purpose of the site.

MARIE: They were using the jet black flint to make arrowheads, oblique arrowheads, ax heads, and they were trading them far and wide.

Tools that were made from the flint here have been found in excavations at Stonehenge and actually as far afield as northern Europe.

TIM WONNACOTT: Shaping flint to create tools and weapons is known as flint knapping.

And so to understand how important it was to the people who mined it, with red deer antlers, meet modern-day flint knapper, Will Lord.

Without flint, we're in a lot of trouble.

It's-- it's everything-- - We are.

-- isn't it?

It's the ability to cut, pierce, chop, and hack, OK?

So what we're looking at here is we're looking at a typical arrowhead from this particular site.

And alongside that, is his little brother.

PAUL LAIDLAW: Yeah.

WILL: So these are Neolithic in their design.

PAUL LAIDLAW: That-- that's borderline art.

WILL: Flint is described as the fifth hardest substance on the planet.

Right.

It's a hundred million years old, silica from the bottom of the sea.

OK.

So we actually take a little tool, and we push them individual flakes off of that.

So you need to push with a bit of power.

I get that.

Whereas, with that, what we need to do is we need to strike it accurately.

I reckon that there's a potential ax lying in there.

Basically, I need to get all the way around it and make a sharp edge.

Are you feeling safe?

Yeah.

I'm glad I've got my goggles on.

There you go.

That's called, you're not getting an ax.

[LAUGHS] Do you think that's sharp enough?

PAUL LAIDLAW: I imagine I could shave with that if I was desperate enough.

WILL: Let's have your arm.

So something's coming off.

Looks like-- yeah, no, that's shaving.

Wow, you're not wrong.

[LAUGHS] So flint will do the job that you wanted to do.

I'm sticking with this steel, by the way.

Yeah.

TIM WONNACOTT: Good idea.

WILL: So I figure that you can have a go.

OK. Just nibble away at that sharp edge there.

WILL: That's good.

So taking a wee-- So take a bit more of this back corner.

OK. WILL: So you've just created a shockwave on that stone.

That's going to last forever.

So somebody, perhaps in 5,000 years' time, will come pick up.

TIM WONNACOTT: Now, back in 2016, hands up who can remember what Natasha had left in her pocket.

Well, undaunted, she's headed for Foulsham with, yes, 11 pounds and 4 pence.

NATASHA RASKIN: Hello, good afternoon.

- Hello.

- I'm Tasha.

I'm Catherine, welcome.

Nice to meet you.

This is the coolest place I think I've ever been, hands down.

- Good.

[LAUGHTER] TIM WONNACOTT: There's certainly a lot of interesting stuff at Country Home.

CATHERINE: Now, I bet you can't think what that would be for.

[CHUCKLES] It's for keeping ferrets.

Actual alive ferret?

Alive ferrets.

Hence, the holes.

TIM WONNACOTT: Hasn't everyone got one?

NATASHA RASKIN: And why would you need to carry your ferret around with you?

CATHERINE: Hunting.

I tell you what, you can take the girl out of the city.

I'm thinking, why are you popping to the shops with your ferret?

What have you got on that?

CATHERINE: 85 pounds.

OK.

So that is not in the budget.

TIM WONNACOTT: With or without the ferret, could be the very point you need to fess up, Natasha.

I'm not even lying when I say there are pennies, because I have 11 pounds and 4 pence.

Right.

Let's not forget the 4p.

Well, I'm willing to give you every single penny.

TIM WONNACOTT: But while Catherine ponders that generous offer, let's catch up with Paul, now nearing the end of the road.

I was still looking forward to doing this road trip with Natasha.

Is it a Scots thing?

I don't know.

But we've had our shares of ups and downs, but never stopped laughing.

TIM WONNACOTT: A tear in his eye all the way to King's Lynn.

The Hanseatic port of the Wash, from which one 17th century local who settled in Virginia exported the name of Norfolk.

Later, came the explorer, George Vancouver-- another Lynn lad who traveled even further, while our journey's headed very much the other way.

Right then, I've got my wallet.

I'm motivated to buy my last purchase of this road trip.

Here we go.

TIM WONNACOTT: And he has got over 240 pounds left, lest we forget.

PAUL LAIDLAW: Late 19th century Anglo-Indian brass work.

There you go, look at that.

There is a tiger hunt, and one hunts tigers in India from the howdah of an elephant.

Not for me to judge, but it's pretty bloodthirsty.

Actually, I could warm to that.

TIM WONNACOTT: And he can certainly afford 36 pounds.

But what about the other less well-off one in a Foulsham barn.

CATHERINE: How about this little trug, ideal for eggs?

Why, it's quite cute, isn't it?

It's a possibility, isn't it?

I mean, it's lovely property here.

Is that the sort of thing-- do you keep chickens?

Do you keep-- - We do.

Chickens and ducks, yes.

Come on.

So do you use one of these to collect the eggs?

- Not usually.

- No.

[LAUGHTER] TIM WONNACOTT: Catherine's being very helpful.

CATHERINE: How about something like this, this printing block with a pretty pattern on?

NATASHA RASKIN: I love these.

So are these wee leaves?

Wee sort of little leaves, and is there another one there?

Oh, that's quite cute.

Flowers?

They are-- [INTERPOSING VOICES] Actually, I've just learned all about printing, typesetting, and lots of things.

But we didn't do any wood cuts or wood blocks.

TIM WONNACOTT: Those are 22 pounds each.

Probably in your budget.

- For two of them?

- For one of them.

For one of them.

[LAUGHTER] TIM WONNACOTT: Quite, don't push your luck, girl.

NATASHA RASKIN: So your preferred one is the leaf.

Yeah, I really do like the leaf.

I think that's very attractive.

NATASHA RASKIN: 11 pound, 4 for a leafy printer's block?

Go on, then.

Shall we do it?

CATHERINE: OK. NATASHA RASKIN: Here we are.

I mean, it's not the most exciting thing that's ever happened to you.

But I have 10 pounds, 11 and 4.

CATHERINE: Perfect.

NATASHA RASKIN: And that's that.

Thank you very much.

Wish me luck.

It's been a pleasure.

TIM WONNACOTT: But while Natasha takes her leaves, ha, Paul's just hitting his stride.

PAUL LAIDLAW: What's in this old cabinet of joy?

There's something you don't see every day.

That is a-- a mate straw.

Mate is South American in origin.

It's a hot beverage.

TIM WONNACOTT: Made from the leaves of the Yerba plant, mate supplies a mildly drugged kick.

It has like a sediment in it, you know, like coffee grounds.

And I believe what you've got, how you drink it, traditionally, from a gourd is through a straw that has a filter at the end.

So-- TIM WONNACOTT: Tasty.

Time for a closer look.

Hello, there.

How are you?

Hi, I'm fine.

Thank you.

I'm Niall.

Good to see you.

May I take up some of your time?

I saw an interesting little glazed cabinet just in that room there.

NIALL: No problem.

TIM WONNACOTT: Ticket price, 45 pounds.

NIALL: You've got a bit of gilding around the edges over there.

Oh, gilt collars, yeah.

Mm-hmm.

So there you go.

It is what you expected it to be, a straw.

Mouthpiece at this end, and that's the filter that we were talking about.

So into the mate cup or vessel.

There you go.

What do we have here?

White metal-- we're not using auctioneers' terminology, are we?

That white metal is unassayed silver.

NIALL: Mm-hmm.

We're saying it's metal, and it's not gold.

Well, no, there is a mark on there.

So what does the mark say?

It's platter, P-L-A- T- A, which in Spanish, I think, is silver but in another language probably means-- BOTH: Plate.

TIM WONNACOTT: Good point, Niall.

PAUL LAIDLAW: 45 pounds on that.

Is there slack in that price?

30.

That's a generous offer, Niall.

So you have now sold one mate straw.

Thanks very much.

That was easy.

Yeah.

TIM WONNACOTT: That possibly silver straw is our very, very, very last buy.

That's for you.

- Brilliant.

- A pleasure.

- Thanks very much, sir.

- All the best to you.

Yeah, see you again.

Bye.

TIM WONNACOTT: So let's have a taste of what's been picked up.

With Natasha paying all of her 141 pounds and 4 pence for a chafing dish, a parlor press, table skittles, a clock, and a printing block.

While Paul spent 158 pounds on a cradle, some binoculars, a cake slice, a straw, and a table croquet set.

So who's cock-a-hoop?

PAUL LAIDLAW: The copper food warmer, I've got to say, mm!

NATASHA RASKIN: Why did I walk past this rocking cradle?

He got it for 50 pounds.

Why on Earth I rejected it, I have no idea.

My modest little silver plated cake slice, we've identified the smith.

Axel Pip Skiffle Brick.

It's a good Scandinavian name.

It's delicious.

It's the battle of the table games, isn't it?

He's bought the table croquet set, and I've brought the table skittles.

I prefer the table croquet set.

TIM WONNACOTT: After setting off from North Walsham, our experts are now on their way to their final auction at Diss.

PAUL LAIDLAW: Gets its name from the Anglo-Saxon for embankment or dike.

Let's move on from that-- OK. -- to poetry.

OK, tell me more.

OK. "Yes, it will be bliss when I go with you by train to Diss."

John Betjemen.

That's lovely.

Isn't that awesome?

TIM WONNACOTT: But did Sir John ever come here?

No internet bidding then, of course.

- Come on, then.

- Oh, are you-- - Last chance-- - --ready for this?

-- saloon and all that, shall we?

TIM WONNACOTT: I wonder what auctioneer Ed Smith makes of what our couple have come up with.

ED SMITH: The letter press, it is unusual.

It's a bygone item.

We sell lots of bygone things here.

So realistically, it has got a good chance of selling.

The cake slice, I think it's a lovely item.

It's very in at the moment.

We've got a few people love baking.

The clock, I think, is one of the nicest pieces which have been entered.

So fingers crossed, I think it's going to be a good one.

TIM WONNACOTT: Oh, they are firmly crossed.

It started.

Oh, my word.

It's a lovely saleroom, I must admit.

I know, and it's busy.

TIM WONNACOTT: Starting off with Natasha's hot-- well, warm art nouveau item.

NATASHA RASKIN: It's really good for curry.

I like to have my saag aloo from a chafing dish.

Start me here, 50 pounds.

50, fantastic piece.

50 pounds.

40.

30 start.

Oh, come on.

This is sad.

But he's got it.

30 pounds?

20 bid then.

20, I have 20.

2, 5, 8, 30, 2, 32, it is in the room.

32, we have-- - No way.

ED SMITH: -- internet buy.

It's so beautiful.

Seems cheap at 32.

32 buy, 99.

That's not-- I thought you genuinely just frozen there.

TIM WONNACOTT: Not a huge loss.

But she was awfully fond of it.

I am so upset.

Oh-- What was that?

I don't care.

[LAUGHTER] TIM WONNACOTT: Now, for one of Paul's favorites, also art nouveau.

Sure profit, because the art nouveau is doing really well today.

You're jinxing this really well.

And again, what do you say, 20 pound for this?

20.

15?

Uh-oh.

10 pounds start.

- We're in the danger zone.

Who wants it?

10, it is.

10, it is.

Is there 12?

It is at 10.

12, 15, 18.

Oh, yes.

Praise the Lord.

Profit.

Going to sell to the lady for 18 pounds.

18 pounds.

Bargains being had here today.

[SIGHS] TIM WONNACOTT: Nicely put, Paul.

Don't be sad.

What was it you said to me before?

I don't care at all.

TIM WONNACOTT: Surely, her little piece of printing history can impress.

PAUL LAIDLAW: Were you bin-rattling again at the back of the museum?

Kind of.

I've told you, it's not classy.

It's not dignified.

You can take the girl out of Glasgow-- It's a nice start, straight in at the 20 pounds.

Oh.

ED SMITH: Raise you, I have you for 2.

Oh, you'll double there.

20 pounds now.

Where's 2?

22, 5, 8, 30.

30, it is.

That's 50%.

30 pounds, now, is there 2 that.

30 pounds.

30 pounds.

It's a Norfolk record, I'll take it.

I'll take it.

TIM WONNACOTT: Hurrah!

Not exactly a license to print money, though.

[EXHALES] Chuffed.

TIM WONNACOTT: Time for Paul's bargain rocker.

So if you don't put a baby in it, what do you do with it, then?

- Exactly.

Spare towels?

This is why 50 pounds might not be so cheap.

And what you say, start me here at 100 pounds for it.

100, 80.

Oh, come on.

Somebody stick their hand in there.

50, start me.

Who wants that lovely-- We're in the danger zone now, we're in the danger zone now.

ED SMITH: 30, start then.

It is here to go, 30.

30, I have.

30, I have.

32?

If I lose this money on this, I may have to just leave.

It's going to go, maiden's bid.

It's going to go for 30 quid.

ED SMITH: Are we done?

TIM WONNACOTT: Don't go, Paul.

Still early days.

30 pounds.

Look at that, it's right there.

a beautifully turned wood-- Don't look at it, don't look at it.

I'm sorry.

TIM WONNACOTT: Can Natasha's skittles bowl them over?

Attention!

I love this.

It is cool.

This is the kind of thing I'd take home, and say, kids, I'm going to change your life.

And then put it in the next auction, you know, give it to charity.

And I have three lots of interest.

He's got commission bids.

I'm straight to the 15 pounds.

We need more.

20s online.

Are you 2, sir?

22.

Is there a 5.

It's 22.

Internet's in on it.

TIM WONNACOTT: Look, it's Michael from North Walsham.

ED SMITH: It's worth one more, 32, it is.

Come on.

It's 32, back in the room.

Is there 5?

35 online.

38.

38, it is.

Is there 40?

It's in the room at 38 pounds now.

Is there 40?

It's in the room at 38 pounds.

I'm quite impressed by it.

[INAUDIBLE] 40 online.

He's going to do it.

He's going to go, come on.

ED SMITH: Is there 5?

We are going to go at 42 pounds.

Are we all done?

42.

Yay!

That is the one, that is the one!

TIM WONNACOTT: Yup, Diss likes old-fashioned games.

I'll tell you what, it bodes well for table croquet.

Games?

Mm-hmm.

TIM WONNACOTT: But here it is-- table not included.

NATASHA RASKIN: Another one I walked straight past.

Oh, no.

And we know what happened to the last thing you walked straight past.

And I start with bids on, I start straight in, 20 pounds, I have.

That'll do, that'll do!

I'm happy at that.

ED SMITH: Bid to 30.

2, I'm out, 32.

Profit.

That'll do!

38, 40, 2.

42 is standing.

42, it is.

Is there 5?

It is at 42 pounds now.

Is there 5.

We're selling away at 42 pounds.

Happy days!

We should have been buying tabletop games the whole trip.

TIM WONNACOTT: Pure peg-stasy.

Do you think there is some possibility of us salvaging shreds of credibility on this road trip in the final auction?

Yeah.

It's happening.

Babe.

It's happening.

Amen, girlfriend.

TIM WONNACOTT: Time for Natasha's American clock, the auctioneer's favorite.

Look at that, a lovely piece it is.

Such a big-up, that is a big-up.

50.

Oh, come on.

30 pounds and bid then.

A good quality clock here for 30 pounds.

At 30 pounds, 30 at the back, 32.

35.

38.

40.

NATASHA RASKIN: No, oh, it's got to be worth one more.

Come on.

45.

48.

[GASPS] ED SMITH: 50.

I think we will profit.

Oh, my!

ED SMITH: It's got a style, 60.

Oh, come on.

Oh, it's not, though.

You can profit.

It's OK, it's OK. 60 pounds.

Oh.

It's all right.

It's OK. TIM WONNACOTT: Yes, in the circumstances.

Another healthy profit.

TIM WONNACOTT: Mark Vs, anyone?

Paul's binoculars with provenance.

I started-- He's got bids.

ED SMITH: Bids on 30 pounds.

30, I have.

Start, It's a start.

It's a start.

He say his bids, plural so-- 32, 5, 8, 40, 2, 5, 8, 50.

One more?

5 in the gallery.

55.

I'll take it.

I'm back in the game.

Nice work.

The binoculars go at 55 pounds.

- Nice.

- I'll take it.

Taken.

Yay!

TIM WONNACOTT: They didn't quite see double, but not bad.

You're getting back, you're getting back.

It's cool, it's cool.

The nation still respect you.

TIM WONNACOTT: Time for that little printing block Natasha picked up for half price.

15 pounds.

Oh, oh.

15, it is.

Who's 18?

It's with Lisa there at 15 pounds.

Where is 18?

Come on, internet.

18, 20, 2.

Oh, 22.

ED SMITH: 22, it is.

It's lady seated in the room at 22 pounds.

That lady's got a whole weekend of leaf printing ahead of her.

TIM WONNACOTT: Ha, I think Natasha could win this auction.

It ends with the mightiest spoon.

This is not the last lot.

Of the road trip.

Seriously?

And it all boils down to a small hot beverage straw?

TIM WONNACOTT: Yes, it's South American light refreshment time.

I started at 15 pounds.

15, I have.

Who is 18?

It is-- What's happening?

15 pounds.

18, 20.

20, I have.

Who's 2?

Paid 30 pounds for it.

ED SMITH: 20 pounds now.

Is there 2?

22.

22 now, bid in the room.

It's silver.

ED SMITH: Is there 5?

It's in the room at 22 pounds.

Are we all done?

And that's how it ends.

It endeth the road trip.

TIM WONNACOTT: And that really is the last straw.

Mate is on you, Paul.

TIM WONNACOTT: Natasha started out with 141 pounds and 4 pence.

And after costs, she made a profit of 11 pounds and 48p.

So she wins today and ends up with 152 pounds and 52 pence.

While Paul began with 370 pounds and 4p, and after costs, he made a loss of 21 pounds and 6 pence.

So runner-up today, but victor overall with 348 pounds and 98p.

All profits go to Children in Need.

OK, one more time.

It's been such good fun, hasn't it?

Well, next time you're in Norfolk, pop in and see me, because I may not be going home.

TIM WONNACOTT: Haste ye back.

[MUSIC - ROXY MUSIC, "VIRGINIA PLAIN"] (SINGING) Make me a deal, and make it straight.

Really?

(SINGING) All signed and sealed.

[LAUGHS] Is it cheap, Natasha?

Oh!

Ma-ha-ha-ha!

Uh-oh.

[WHEEZES] How cute is that?

Oh, no.

TIM WONNACOTT: It's been one hell of a week.

It's good, this, isn't that?

TIM WONNACOTT: That'll do.

Rrr-- rrr.

Over there, look at it!

It's glorious.

It's glorious!

[MUSIC PLAYING]