antiques experts... RAJ: That's me.

PAUL: I like that.

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

TIM: Hold on!

IRITA: (SQUEALS) VO: And a goal, to scour Britain for antiques.

En garde!

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

But it's no mean feat.

I don't believe it!

VO: There'll be worthy winners... PAUL: Yes!

VO: ..and valiant losers.

I was robbed.

VO: Will it be the high road to glory...

Right, come on, let's go.

VO: ..or the slow road to disaster?

DAVID: Oh, Roo!

Oh, Roo!

ROO: (SQUEALS) VO: This is the Antiques Road Trip!

Cor blimey.

Welcome to Warwickshire, Shakespeare country, to enjoy the thrilling final act of our production starring Raj Bisram, trip trooper, and Paul Martin, the ingenue.

Your first Road Trip, the last leg of it.

Have you enjoyed it?

Oh, yeah.

It's good, isn't it?

It's great.

VO: Yes, the curtain's coming down on a dramatic drive.

Not so much the two gentlemen of Verona as the two experts in a Mercedes Roadster.

When the results come up at the auction... Yeah?

Just so funny.

I just laugh, I laugh my head off.

VO: Tragedy and comedy.

Will would be chuffed.

I love the successes and I also laugh at the failures.

VO: (CHUCKLES) Yeah, just as well.

Although there haven't been too many of those.

Wiltshire's own Paul may still be a bit of a green horn when it comes to strutting this particular stage...

I'm good at spending money.

VO: .. but as an experienced dealer and a TV favorite, he knows how to hit his mark.

Just gonna dust the lens down.

VO: Raj from Kent likes to improvise, as well as make profits.

Whee!

VO: And our auctioneer's new catchphrase really says it all.

Hey, I've got plenty of money at the moment.

VO: Which brings us to the latest work of high octane theater.

520 going once, 520 going twice.

VO: Much ado about "Muffin".

That is just astonishing.

£520, I don't believe it!

VO: Talk about rave reviews.

You're just short of £1,000, and that's brilliant.

Sometimes, you know, you have to be a bit lucky in this business.

VO: Modest as ever.

VO: Raj started out with £200, and after four trips to auction, he's turned it into a mighty £994.74.

VO: While Paul, who began with the same sum, has come up with an almost as impressive £535.38.

RAJ: And you're gonna spend it all?

PAUL: I'm gonna try to.

VO: Break a leg, eh?

They sallied forth from the county of Sussex, and then went west, on a roundabout knockabout shopabout jaunt to Wessex and beyond.

But the end of the road is now in sight, with everything still to play for.

Today, they'll mostly be dividing their time between Worcestershire and Warwickshire, shoving off in Long Marston.

Known as one of the Shakespeare villages because it's mentioned in some verse, which could be by the Bard.

Where they also have a barn, and not just any old barn.

RAJ: Here we go.

VO: Good job it's big, because they're in this one together.

So, their pockets laden with cash and a barn full of buys.

Will there be anything going for a sonnet?

Can you guess what that is?

It's a wasp trap.

You see where that old pontil mark is, where it's been inverted.

OK.

The wasp can fly up through there or down into there and get stuck in a jam, or a bit of honey or anything like that.

And then the wasp can't get out.

I hate wasps.

But they do have a function.

They are pollinators, you know.

VO: Quite.

Oh, hello.

Say that's Edwardian, that's about 1910, 1920.

That's a... VO: What a cheek.

You could buy that for a tenner, and you got yourself a really good decorative wasp trap.

VO: And talking of pests.

Oh my word, look at that.

Looks like a butterfly, stings like a bee.

VO: Or a wasp.

I think Raj's squillions might have made him go a bit giddy.

Moving on.

Now this is a nice piece.

This is a genuine antique.

This is 18th century.

Probably dated around 1770.

And it's Welsh.

This is a coffer, and was used for all sorts of things.

Sometimes if it was in a hallway, you would put linen in it.

It's got its original lock plate, but the hinge is missing.

But it's got nice original carvings and this lovely detail around the edge.

They've even gone and carved it in these little semi circles.

And it's made of oak.

VO: What about inside?

The bottom plate has been replaced.

And I can see that straightaway because the bottom plate has got hinge marks on it.

So it's from a different piece.

It's got £220 on the ticket.

If I can get this for 120 to £150, I've got a chance of a small profit.

What I'm going to do is I'm going to keep looking around, but I'm going to keep that in mind.

VO: Okey dokey, over to Paul.

Now, I had to come and look at these.

Saw them from over there.

I love aeroplanes.

I used to make models as a kid.

They are Second World War model aircraft, made for an ops room.

The ops rooms you find underground in the bunkers.

The majority of the plotters that were employed in the ops rooms were WAAFs, the Women's Auxiliary Air Force.

And they would move these model aircraft on huge, great big tables that had a map on them.

And they'd have a long stick and they push them into position.

VO: Just like in all those war movies.

That is just fantastic.

Particularly I like this one.

Because it's crude.

It's more sculptural, it doesn't look like a toy.

It's definitely a period piece.

And I think that on a desk would just look brilliant.

I mean, that's a proper boy's toy.

That really is.

It's a piece of history as well.

It's got £90 on the ticket.

I've not seen one for sale before, ever.

VO: Time to talk to Laura.

I found something I've fallen in love with.

Brilliant.

There's £90 on the ticket.

I'd love to buy it.

Very, very best, what's that?

50, we'd do 50 for you.

I'm gonna buy that.

Lovely.

VO: Chocks away.

Good start, Paul.

Anything else?

I like these a lot.

On the ticket it just says "oak trestles".

I can tell you they're sort of circa 1910.

They are in fact coffin stands.

You can see they're the right heights to put a coffin on.

VO: Quite.

And there's a slight ecclesiastical vibe to it.

Lovely honey color.

It's all pegged jointed, tongue and grooved.

And all the construction is on show.

You know, true to the arts-and-crafts form, which follows the 17th century construction.

There's £150 on the ticket.

If you can repurpose them and use them for something, then they're gonna fly.

It's too high for coffee table.

It's too low for an occasional table, but it's the perfect height for coffin.

D'you know, he'll be wanting to know what the death is on those.

Laura?

VO: As if by magic.

I've spotted these oak trestles.

They're little coffin stands, little coffin trestles.

Oh.

I'm not sure about the price.

DEALER: Right.

PAUL: £165.

What's the very best?

I think we'll be able to go down 125 for you.

PAUL: That's the best is it?

DEALER: It is.

I've got to buy them.

VO: Always come in handy, I suppose, Paul.

But he does still have £360 left.

So while one of our pair makes himself scarce...

Right.

There were are.

Raj can look after those.

VO: ..let's catch up with t'other.

Already has first dibs on the coffer, remember?

Now, what's he got there?

This is an old GWR sign.

I think it's old.

I'm not 100% certain to be honest.

I mean, I'm assuming from the price and the look of it.

It certainly looks old.

"Persons throwing stones at the telegraphs will be prosecuted".

I mean, for a collector of railway memorabilia, this is fantastic.

If it's genuine.

I think it's really nice.

I'm going to call in Laura and see what she can tell me about it.

Laura?

VO: She's busy today.

Hello.

Hiya, hiya.

I found something, OK?

I just have one question to ask you.

Well two, but the first one is, it is a genuine old one?

It's a genuine old one, definitely.

OK, good.

And secondly, we're going to have to negotiate the price.

You've got 120 on it, but I was hoping to offer you £50.

I don't think we can go as low as 50 for you Raj, but... OK. ..we can probably get to 90?

What about we split the difference and call it 70?

Right, go on then.

A deal?

Yep, a deal.

Fantastic.

Thank you very much indeed.

But before you go, I've also seen upstairs, you've got a really nice Welsh coffer.

It's got £220 on the ticket.

I'd like to offer you £120.

What do you think about that?

No, I can't do 120.

I can knock it down to 150 for you.

At £150, I'll have it.

Again, thank you.

VO: Well, he can certainly afford it.

There we go.

Thanks ever so much.

VO: £220 in total, although it looks like the coffer isn't going to fit in the trunk.

Bye-bye barn.

Hello alpaca.

Loads of alpacas, plus the odd llama.

Yes, you.

VO: In the alliterative Worcestershire village of Flyford Flavell... where Paul's taking a brief break from trying to keep up with Raj, to find out about these fascinating mammals from farmer Victoria Barrett.

So sweet.

Oh, Victoria, this is fantastic.

I'm meeting all your family all at once.

And I bet they've all got names, haven't they?

They have all got names, all got personalities, not necessarily to match the names.

Oh, they're so cute.

I can see there's llamas and alpacas here.

Yes, we have both.

And it's the size difference, isn't it?

Llamas were beasts of burden.

So yeah, much bigger, much more muscly to carry packs up into the mountains.

VO: Those mountains being the Andes in South America, where these closely related creatures became domesticated over 9,000 years ago to supply food, fuel, transportation, and above all fiber.

They were valued because their fleece was so fine and soft, and lustrous.

In fact, Andean culture was literally woven together by their fiber.

They used to make everything, from ropes, tents, right down to the finest luxury fibers.

VO: But when the Spanish Conquistadores invaded the region in the 16th century, the animals were slaughtered almost to the point of extinction, in order to subjugate the indigenous people.

Can I come in and join you?

Please do.

And meet the kids.

Absolutely.

VO: Nowadays, alpacas and llamas are found all over the world.

Ah, hello everyone.

VO: With approximately 50,000 of them currently grazing British pastures.

So when did they first arrive in the UK?

Believed to be somewhere in the Victorian era.

As a novelty?

As a novelty.

Zoo...

Zoo... (CHUCKLES) Hey!

Anna.

Are you Anna?

That's Anna.

Yeah, she's a llama.

If there's trouble to be had it'll be a llama having it.

So as a Victorian novelty?

As a Victorian novelty in zoos.

Queen Victoria had a herd.

Oh really?

Titus Salt was a wool importer, he discovered a bale that nobody wanted on the dock.

So he took it to his mill and experimented.

And he was the first to actually utilize alpaca fiber.

Queen Victoria wore the dresses, she led the fashion and alpaca coats VICTORIA: were something... (ALPACA SNORTS) PAUL: Oh!

VICTORIA: Thank you.

VO: Ha-ha!

Before she was so rudely interrupted, I think Victoria was about to say that alpaca fiber is warmer, softer, stronger and less itchy than sheep's wool.

VICTORIA: So what we're doing is taking the raw fiber... Yeah.

..as it comes from the animals being combed.

And then we're gonna turn it from this fluff into a solid textile felt.

The oldest known textile to man.

And what you'll do is take your fiber, whatever color you fancy, and lay it onto your bubble wrap in a row, so each bit overlaps the other.

And what we're going to do is repeat the process but we're going to go perpendicular.

So if you went across ways, we're going to go up and down with our rows.

VO: And as any good felter knows, you have to get very wet.

OK, it's a bit warm.

Bit warm and a little bit soapy.

The reason for the hot water is to open up the scales on the fibers and the soap in there will make the fibers slippery, so that as they rub together, those scales will start to interlock.

VO: Time for the next stage, flat-paca.

Ha!

VICTORIA: Just press.

We need it all completely wet.

And we're going to roll it into a tight sausage.

Alright.

And this final process is called fulling.

And it's where we're just gonna roll and really, really work the fibers so they get tighter and tighter together.

OK, so I've got that.

VO: Now for the proof of the pudding.

So if you're brave enough, just pick it up and then just try pulling it apart.

Oh, it is quite firm, isn't it?

It is.

Wow, that's tough as hell.

I'm pulling as hard as I can sideways.

Yeah.

Victoria, that is amazing.

Absolutely amazing.

I'm going to show the guys, see what they think.

What's the big one called?

Big llama's Sebastian.

Sebastian.

Have a look at this.

See how useful you are.

(CHUCKLES) He's not impressed is he?

No.

VO: To say the least.

Back to the Bard and the former forest of Arden.

Yes, it was all heavily wooded in his day.

And there goes Raj, no doubt musing on the fact that As You Like It is set about here, while he plots a course towards Wooten Wawen... ..another tongue twister of a Warwickshire village... ..and the Sims Vintage Antique Centre.

Afternoon.

Wow!

VO: He still has over £770 to spend as he likes to of course.

Wowee, what a mirror.

Phil, this is incredible, this mirror.

World War Two searchlight parabolic mirror.

I'm not ever seen one like this.

PHIL: It's the only one I've ever seen.

VO: These days, the use of parabolas to project or collect energy is found most commonly in satellite dishes.

A guy phoned me up and said he's got a big mirror.

I said "bring it in".

He had a big mirror.

It was fantastic.

Sat in a barn not too far from here for about, well, most of the time since the Second World War.

My goodness.

I mean, how much are you asking for something like this?

It's not for sale at the moment.

The last one we found sold, very similar to this, sold for seven and a half grand.

VO: Gulp!

It's a little too pricey for me, Phil.

Do you mind if I carry on looking for something I can afford?

PHIL: Please do.

RAJ: Thank you.

VO: Never mind the parabolics.

Ha-ha!

Mirror, that is.

Something in a cabinet perhaps.

Oh, look at this.

I'm always drawn to silver.

And look at this, this lovely cigar case.

It's Birmingham 1854.

It's in good condition.

You can imagine in 1854, gentlemen of the time.

It looks like it's a cigar case for about two cigars, maybe three, I should think you could get three in there.

And it's in great condition.

When you buy silver, you should always be looking for little dents.

And this one doesn't seem to have very many.

The plaque on the front here has got no initials.

So if you were to give it as a present, you could have their initials put on it.

VO: Ticket price, £145.

And I think it's sort of a hunting scene on the back here.

Nice clear hallmark.

And you can make out the maker's name as well, which is Alfred Taylor.

I know that smoking isn't in vogue any more, but what a lovely piece to own.

I'm going to keep looking round and seeing what else I can find.

So I'm gonna put it back for the moment and maybe come back to it.

VO: Well, that's reassuringly expensive, Raj.

Now what's he found?

Look at this.

This is a pilot's helmet and goggles from the Cold War.

So we're looking at anything after the Second World War.

This looks like it should be really light, but actually, it's quite heavy.

VO: Fits like a glove.

He does like a hat, our Raj.

This is really unusual.

It's even got the pilot's name in there.

Look at that.

I mean, this is part of history.

VO: Apparently, for Vulcan bombers.

£100 with googles!

It's quite simply made.

It's just made of cloth.

But there are a lot of collectors who collect these things.

And the fact that it's got his goggles with it as well.

I'm sure is going to increase the value.

VO: Googles, please.

Gird your loins.

RAJ: Phil?

PHIL: Hi.

Hi there, Phil.

I've seen something else I like.

It's a Cold War helmet.

With the goggles.

Now I'm not going to haggle.

There's £100 on the ticket.

What's the best price you can do on this?

I know the dealer very well.

I know what his best is.

It's 60 quid, he won't take a penny less.

At £60, I'm gonna say yes.

RAJ: Fantastic.

PHIL: Great.

But before you go, I was looking earlier at that lovely 19th century silver cigar case.

You've got £145 on the ticket.

What about if I were to offer you £80?

Couldn't accept 80, I'm afraid not.

No?

That was really quick, no.

Yeah, we know.

OK, fair enough.

Fair enough.

The very best is £100.

OK, I like it.

At £100, it's in good condition, I'm gonna say yes.

VO: Parting with cash.

Such sweet sorrow.

Eh Raj?

100, 20... VO: Phil's keeping a close eye.

£160.

Thank you very much.

VO: Time to grab the googles and get off to see his chum.

While I try to resist the urge to say night-night.

Next day, our empathetic experts are performing in costume.

Well, almost.

PAUL: Is that your favorite hat?

RAJ: This is without a doubt my favorite hat.

It keeps my ears warm.

Because I knew you had a hat.

And I forgot to bring one.

I thought, "I'll buy a hat."

It's the first one I saw.

VO: Really Paul?

You amaze us.

We might swap later on.

RAJ: Really?

PAUL: We'll give it a go.

Oh, not sure about that.

VO: I wonder if either of them would be enthusiastic about swapping what they bought yesterday.

With Raj acquiring a Cold War pilot's helmet, a railway sign, a silver cigar case and a Welsh coffer, as you do.

£150, I'll have it.

VO: Leaving him with just over 600 for today's purchases.

While Paul splashed out on a pair of oak trestles and a World War Two model aircraft.

That's a proper boy's toy.

VO: And still has over 350 in his war chest.

Last night I watched the snooker, it was live on telly.

One player came from four frames behind to win.

You know, everyone was giving up on him but he dug in deep.

I was kind of like, I'm gonna use that as a metaphor.

Not gonna give up.

I'm gonna dig deep.

Gonna dig deep, Raj.

VO: Positively Shakespearean.

Must be rubbing off.

VO: It "Hathaway" of doing that.

More Warwickshire now, beginning back in the former forest of Arden.

In another of Will's old stomping grounds.

Gets a mention in Love's Labour's Lost, apparently.

Also more former barns, now filled with antiques and vintage.

I just hope they've got enough barn barns to go around.

Ha!

Not that Paul, having already dropped his chum off, will be pondering anything other than what might give him a snooker style resurgence.

Dig deep.

(SNORTS) Little piggy.

VO: Probably not going to market.

Oh yes.

VO: Well, why not?

He does often buy a painting of course.

Pff!

VO: Meaning?

I like that, that's OK. And it's by Louisa Anne Waterford.

And she was taught to draw by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, one of the pre-Raphaelites.

And the pre-Raphaelites were this group of radicals, and their take on life was everything had to be more romantic and in the medieval style.

And it was really beautiful and colorful.

Holman Hunt, Millais, William Morris, I mean, great names.

And she is part of the inner circle of the pre-Raphaelites.

Her sketchbooks are in the National Portrait Gallery.

This looks like it's come from her sketchbook it's a watercolor.

It's a loose watercolor, en plain air.

So it was probably done on her travels.

And its subject matter is her.

It's signed.

It's dated.

It's in good condition.

I don't think it's been out of this frame actually.

VO: Ticket price £95.

I think that's quite a good business move, but I'm going to mull it over.

I'm going to get on this bike.

VO: Of course.

Obvious really.

When weighing up a watercolor.

To buy or not to buy?

Steve?

VO: Oh, here we go.

Hello.

VO: Enter stage left.

I reckon I've done about four miles already.

That watercolor's caught my eye.

OK. You've got £95 on the ticket.

What's the very best you'd sell that to me for?

Well...

I could probably do 75.

Could we do... could we do £70?

Yeah.

OK, sold.

Thank you.

VO: Thanks, Steve.

Now give the man his cash.

I'm gonna leave that there, look.

On your gramophone.

OK. VO: 70 on the 78.

Bye-bye.

Thank you.

Bye-bye.

VO: And pop the picture in the back.

Snug as a bug in a rug.

OK, so moving on from Shakespeare.

The next item on our cultural agenda is ballet.

How does she do that?

In the splendid spa town of Great Malvern... ..where our dance correspondent - yes, that's him - has come to find out about one of the world's other great art forms from ballerina and teacher Nikki Foulkes.

Fantastic.

I have to be honest, I don't know a lot about ballet.

What is the history?

When did it start and where?

So it started in the French royal courts.

It was a court dance.

And from there it spread to other courts throughout Europe.

However, it dates back to the 15th century in Italy.

So it goes back even further.

It was a very different art form back then.

It was more of a way of telling a story without actually using words.

There were very lavish costumes and sets and everything.

Whereas now it's definitely gone a little bit more towards sport, and a little bit more towards gymnastics, as well as telling the story on top.

VO: The term ballet has its origin in the Italian word baletto, or little dance.

Although it was in Paris under Louis XIV at the Royal Dance Academy was founded in 1661.

It was there that the five basic feet positions were created.

The moves they used then, are they still the same moves that you use now?

Absolutely.

You can see the basis in ballet hasn't really changed.

We've adapted it.

We've evolved over the years, but the basic steps are still within the vocabulary.

Because when I think of ballet, I think of ballerinas.

Absolutely.

That's the quintessential image, the prima ballerina.

But it wasn't until about the 1800s with Marie Taglioni, who started the change towards more heroine led storylines.

VO: The Italian dancer was one of the most important figures in the history of ballet.

La Sylphide was created for her in the 1830s.

One of the oldest works still performed today.

I keep hearing this terminology en pointe, what does that mean?

So it's the difference between a dancer being on their balls of the feet upon a rise, to actually being on the tips of those toes, en pointe.

And it originated in the Romantic era of ballet, which was a lot of good versus evil.

It's a lot more romantic.

VO: And talking of heroines, meet some of Nikki's young students at the nearby Cecilia Hall dance center.

When did ballet actually come to Britain?

Ballet started performing in the 1800s with quite a bit of popularity.

And then in the early 1900s, the Ballet Russes came, which was a Russian touring company, amazing sets, they had gorgeous ballerinas, all of their costumes.

And London really fell in love with ballet all over again.

So ballerinas all of a sudden were like movie stars that came here, especially Anna Pavlova, who was a Russian ballerina of that time.

Everyone wanted to be around her and she often toured over in England.

And then Ninette de Valois started the Royal Ballet in around the 1930s.

And we're now one of the best companies in the world.

So how long would it take them to learn these moves?

The basic positions such as first, second, the leg in the air, the arabesque, which our girls have been practicing since they were in grade one, which is sort of four years old.

Oh wow!

So it takes a very long time.

Are there any easier moves?

(CHUCKLES) Oh, there's lots.

We can teach you.

RAJ: Oh good.

VO: Are you sure?

This is a man who thinks Nijinsky was mainly a racehorse.

(CHUCKLES) Look at that.

We're going to learn a demi plie, which is our first position, heels together.

Squeezing the bum.

Arms slightly in front.

So we're going to go bend and up.

And bend and up.

There we are.

VO: So far, so good.

And this is where we're it might hurt.

We're gonna grand plie.

So we're gonna go all the way down.

Our heels are going to come up and then we're going to return.

Yeah.

Ready?

And back up.

Perfect.

Yes.

So put them all together.

OK.

DANCER: One.

RAJ: One.

DANCER: Two.

Three.

Four.

Five.

Six.

Seven.

Eight.

There we go.

That's our first exercise.

OK, yeah.

Good, shake it out.

VO: Bravo!

(CHUCKLES) Meanwhile, there's still a few more miles to go.

But that final destination is now awfully close.

PAUL: I'm feeling rather sad, I'm just enjoying the car.

Look, I've noticed it's a bit rough around the edges, but it's an old classic.

Kind of like to think it's like me.

(CHUCKLES) VO: Full service history.

Um, we belong together.

You and me babe.

VO: These two do have one more shop left to visit though, in the Worcestershire town of Kidderminster.

At Ian Warner Antiques.

Wish me luck.

VO: Good luck.

Still got £300 left to spend of course.

And who knows?

Hmm.

VO: That trip-winning buy might just be in here somewhere.

That is some centerpiece.

Wow!

That's amazing.

How about we wrap this epergne and stick it under the hammer.

I wouldn't like the job of transporting it.

As regards epergnes that's one of the largest I've seen.

It's huge.

It's designed to be a centerpiece.

But I think that's quite crude and disgusting.

That's Victorian filth at its worst.

VO: Hmm, sounds like a no, doesn't it?

Raj has also one more shop to go, down by the River Severn, with a bridge by Thomas Telford.

VO: Yes, that'll be Bewdley then.

VO: And that'll be Raj.

The proud possessor of over £600 in ready cash.

Excuse me, do I "gnome" you?

This is a really lovely figure.

It's by Johann Maresch, who was an Austrian sculptor.

And he mostly sculpted things in terracotta.

And this particular piece was made around 1880.

And it was to advertise the Kodak box camera.

And that's what he's holding here.

So this would have been an advertising piece in a shop window, for example.

VO: Well, the Box Brownie wasn't introduced until 1900.

So more like early 20th century.

And if I told you the price, OK, I know I've made some money so far, but not as much as this.

This has got £3,200 on the ticket.

They are quite rare now.

Because they're made of terracotta, a lot of them were damaged.

And this one has got a little chip here as well.

And actually, the more I look at him, the more he reminds me of Paul.

VO: Must be his tit for tat.

And what he's famous for, as well as doing these figures, were his tobacco jars, which are very collectable as well, and much more affordable these days.

So I'm gonna have to leave that and keep looking.

VO: That's a "g-no" then.

Ha-ha.

Moving on.

A ladies' mannequin.

This is a typical shop mannequin.

I have to say though, I don't think I've ever seen a mannequin quite so tall.

It's made out of papier mache.

And it looks like it's all in its original condition.

It's quite moth eaten, but it's got the maker's name on the plate as well.

Harris of Birmingham.

This is probably early 20th century.

And at £50 on the ticket, I'm gonna give the man £50.

VO: And there's the lucky recipient now.

Matthew, I've found something.

D'you know, I'm not going to quibble at all.

I'm just going to give you £50 for it.

Very good.

VO: And that's his last buy of the trip.

One two three, one... VO: So, while Raj troops off... ..we'll nip back to Kidderminster, where proprietor Ian is not exactly busy as yet.

Oh, there he is.

What's in the frame?

That's nice, there's a mirror.

It's a good size.

I'd say this is 1830, 1840s.

Birdseye maple.

It's just coming into the Victorian period.

But it's understated.

It's refined.

It's got classical lines.

And so it kind of resembles a big Roman building with these wonderful chunky capitals at the top that you would normally find.

Offset with some finials which are rather sweet.

Not too dark, you know, everyone says brown's out of fashion, but it's not.

I'm on a mission to bring brown back in.

VO: BBBI.

Could catch on.

Let's take a look at the back.

I think the glass is original.

It's got a partially gilt slip, which is original.

Yeah, look at that.

It's got its original back.

And you can tell that, look at those dirty old nails.

And that's just basic deal.

That's the cheapest wood you can find, deal.

OK, it's a pine.

It's got a very broad grain.

It's got a refined classical look to it.

And it's £75.

Now if I can get that for 50 quid or less, I'll buy it.

VO: This is where Ian comes in.

Ian.

I was just about to check out upstairs.

I got halfway up the stairs, and I spotted this mirror on the wall.

OK, right.

It's got 75 quid on the ticket.

What's the best to me?

You can have it for £45.

45 quid's a true reflection to the price isn't it?

D'you get the pun?

VO: Oh, he gets it alright.

(SQUEAKING) Still not oiled that door by the sound of it.

Now time to pick up his pal, and head off to that final auction.

RAJ: What would be your lasting memory of this Road Trip, Paul?

The car, the company and Muffin the Mule.

(THEY CHUCKLE) Well, the good thing is it's not over yet.

It's not, is it?

No.

VO: Quite.

Shuteye first though.

Take a look at that.

Another auction.

Another Palladian mansion.

This time, they're watching from Glenfall House on the edge of Cheltenham.

Raj, hi.

Hi, Paul.

You made it, then.

PAUL: Yeah.

RAJ: What a lovely day eh?

This is fantastic.

What a place to finish though, Paul.

It's gorgeous.

Beautiful Cheltenham in the distance.

PAUL: This is our last auction.

RAJ: I know, I know.

PAUL: It's quite sad.

I mean, it's exciting but it's kind of sad in a way.

Well, you bond together after all this time, you see the ups and downs.

VO: Exactly.

Let's just hope we end on an up.

After shopping Shakespeare style in Warwickshire and Worcestershire, they'll be having a denouement in the Cotswolds.

While their purchases have headed north towards Rotherham, and Paul Beighton Auctioneers.

For sale on the net, on the phone and left with the auctioneer.

Paul parted with for £290 for his four auction lots.

While Raj spent a bit more, 430, for five lots.

Let's find out what Jody Beighton reckons might fly.

£35...

The oak coffin trestles, even though they're pretty macabre, they're a lovely golden color, nicely carved as well.

The silver cigar case, that's one of my favorites.

It's really nice quality.

And what makes it is that country scene engraved on the cartouche.

I'm expecting good things of that one.

VO: Roll up, roll up.

And so without further ado... Are we ready for this, our very last auction?

Yeah.

Here we go.

Good luck.

You too.

Good luck.

Thank you.

OK, ready?

Yeah.

VO: First in line, Raj's railwayana.

And a stern warning.

Had quite a lot of damage, and I did pay a lot for it.

30 room, 35.

RAJ: Oh.

JODY: Seeing 40.

Commission bids, Raj.

Commission bids.

45.

45 is bid, 50 bid.

55 let's see.

Come on, keep going.

Bid's at 50.

55, 60, 65.

70 is bid, 75 let's see.

80 is bid, looking for 85.

Yes.

More profit.

All done then at £80.

85 still... Oh.

Back in.

90 is bid.

Oh, 90.

At 90 then.

Last chance to bid.

90 and away.

(GAVEL) PAUL: Sold, well done.

RAJ: Small profit.

PAUL: £20.

RAJ: £20, that'll do.

PAUL: Fantastic!

RAJ: That'll do.

VO: Could that be a sign?

(CHUCKLES) Well, obviously it's a sign.

An omen then.

Brilliant result, Raj.

£20 profit.

Can't complain.

VO: Paul's bomber.

As pushed across gigantic tables by members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force.

The undercarriage was a little bit damaged around the props.

It had that original wear, you know, where it had been moved across the table.

Bids at £30.

At 30... RAJ: Straight in at 30, Paul.

JODY: Any advance?

Come on.

Come on.

35, 45.

Let's see 50.

RAJ: 45.

JODY: 50, let's see.

PAUL: Come on.

It's worth it.

At 45 looking for 50.

At £45 and we're selling.

Last chance, at 45 and away.

PAUL: £5 loss.

RAJ: Not the end of the world.

VO: Someone picked up a very nice item on the cheap.

It was worth more, the dealer gave me a good discount on that.

VO: One of the auctioneer's favorites next, Raj's silver cigar case.

And these are the sorts of things that usually RAJ: do well online, so... PAUL: Yeah.

You know, it's got a chance.

It's a collectable.

80 then if you wish.

Go on.

Come on.

60 if you must.

60 we have.

PAUL: Really?

RAJ: Come on.

65 we're looking for.

No further interest.

Disappointing at 60.

But we'll sell.

No!

At 60 and away.

No!

That went up in smoke.

That really did.

£60?!

My goodness.

VO: Not the sort of loss that Raj is used to.

Such a lovely thing too.

It was actually.

VO: Trestle time.

Paul's biggest spend.

Beautifully crafted.

But coffin stands.

The appeal for me just isn't there.

I'm regretting it, but at the same time I know they're worth the money.

Does that make sense?

RAJ: No.

(THEY CHUCKLE) Let's see 50 for the pair, 50.

50!

50 let's see.

30 then if you wish.

30 we have.

Let's see 35.

Online at 35.

40 bid, 45 bid.

There we go.

Bids at £45.

At £45 are we all done?

50, still creeping, 55.

60 will you?

Any advance?

Seems to have settled at 55.

Are we all through with it?

Well that's a massive loss.

£55.

Sold to you, sir.

(THEY CHUCKLE) Oh dear.

I can't...

Bit of a loss there.

Big loss.

Moving on.

VO: Very useful for one thing though.

The undertakers didn't find them.

No.

Well, it was a limited market.

VO: Unlike all those Vulcan pilots online.

One of Raj's.

If this takes off I'll be happy.

VO: Yeah.

Bid's at 40 online straight off.

Let's see 45.

Bid's at 40.

Looking for 45.

RAJ: Go on, go on.

JODY: Any advance?

45 let's see, 45 bid.

50 bid, 55 let's see.

Anything further?

We have £50.

Oh.

All done and sure?

For £50 then.

Small loss, Raj.

Yeah, it started off well, I thought it was really going to take off.

VO: Yeah, I think you might have already said that, Raj.

Obviously it hit turbulence.

Hard luck, Raj.

VO: Paul's painting - let's hope that pre-Raphaelite connection pays off.

With bids online at £60.

Oh, straight in at 60, Paul.

Bottom estimate there, £60.

65 we're looking for.

Anything further?

Come on.

£60 with online bidding.

Another bidder at 65.

70 again.

70.

Oh, this is a bit better.

Nothing further at £70 and selling, last chance.

Washed its face.

And just about wiped its feet.

RAJ: (CHUCKLES) VO: Never mind.

Beats a loss though, eh?

I'm relieved that one broke even.

VO: Raj's dummy.

He did well with one earlier in the trip, remember?

£30.

Start me somewhere.

20 then if you must.

RAJ: No.

PAUL: Get in there.

Anything for 20?

20 we have.

Right.

OK. We're in.

24 is bid.

26, 28, 30 let's see.

30 we've got.

35 now let's see.

Bids at 35.

40 will you?

At 35 then, are we all done and sure?

No, no.

£35.

All done and sure, then, at £35.

(GAVEL) RAJ: What?!

I'm certainly not buying any more dummies.

PAUL: No.

RAJ: Dummies are off.

VO: Yeah.

A disappointing figure.

Small loss.

RAJ: Small.

PAUL: Let's move on.

Yep.

Let's move on.

VO: Mirror, mirror on the sideboard.

Do you still see a profit for Paul?

Straight in at 40 online.

45, 50, 55 let's see.

RAJ: Oh.

JODY: 55 is bid, looking for 60.

Anything further?

We have 55 online, looking for 60.

Come on, come on, come on.

At £55, no further interest?

At 55 and away.

(GAVEL) RAJ: Well done.

Small profit - got to be happy with that.

PAUL: Yeah.

RAJ: Yeah?

PAUL: Very happy with that.

RAJ: Good.

VO: Bringing brown back in, remember.

Finally, Raj's coffer.

The porter's keen.

What about the bidders?

I know there was a few things wrong with it.

I think as a decorator's piece, and as a storage piece, you should double your money.

It should be worth 300 quid.

Commission bids at £100, looking for 110.

On the book for 100, 110 let's see.

Any advance?

110, 120 on commission, 130 with you.

RAJ: Oh.

JODY: 140, 150.

It's getting there.

160, 170.

Oh, profit.

200, and 20?

At £200 on commission against the internet.

If you're all through, 220 bid.

Last chance there, 240, 260, 280, 300.

Well done, 300.

Go on, one more then.

RAJ: Be a bit greedy, one more.

PAUL: Yeah.

320, 340 with you.

The bid's 320 on the book.

At 320 and away.

PAUL: 320!

RAJ: Yes!

And the hammer's gone down.

Yes!

320, I'm pleased with that.

VO: Looks like we finished on that up.

Raj, that's our last auction, our last day.

I know.

It's not the best auction to end on for me, a few highs and a few lows.

But... For your first Road Trip, you've made a stack of money.

I've been very fortunate as well.

Well, congratulations, because you've just done over £1,000, which is fantastic.

Well done Raj.

Well... VO: Congratulations all round.

Paul started out with £535.38, and after auction costs made a bit of a loss.

So he ends up with £429.88, which is brilliant.

While Raj, who began with £994.74, made yet another profit, taking his total for the trip to an amazing £1,019.84, with all profits going to Children In Need.

Paul, Your first Antiques Road Trip.

PAUL: It's been brilliant.

RAJ: You've enjoyed it?

PAUL: Absolutely fantastic.

RAJ: Fantastic.

I've enjoyed being on the road with you.

The car never let us down.

It was all around the South here, working the way up to the Midlands.

I just think it's been a terrific time.

VO: All's well that ends well.

With a tiny bit of alright on the night.

The bearded carnal.

Car...!

(LAUGHTER) Take two.

It's a little French... (SQUEAKING) PAUL: Oh.

I mean, these have never, ever been taken out their badge.

Sorry, badge?

Mine's just stopped.

Oh, Paul, you and your big fingers.

I've got a foot the size of your finger.

Tell me about this incredible "Muriel".

OK. RAJ: Did I say "Muriel"?

VERNON: Yes.

OK, sorry.

OK. PAUL: Cheerio David.

Cheerio Paul.

Thanks for dressing up.

subtitling@stv.tv