VO: It's the nation's favorite antiques experts, with £200 each, a classic car, and a goal - to scour Britain for antiques.

Going, going, gone.

Yes!

Hello!

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

But it's no mean feat.

Yes!

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

I've got to try and win.

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

Sun shines on the brave, doesn't it?

Exactly.

VO: This is the Antiques Road Trip.

VO: Yeah!

VO: It's the final leg of our voyage around the West Country.

Sailing along in the 1980 Lancia Spider are Tom Scott and Phil Serrell.

PHIL: What do you think to our little fiery red Italian then?

TOM: It's been... although it's, just about to say, been super reliable, we've got the little red light on again.

PHIL: Have we?

VO: Oh dear.

New kid on the road trip block, Tom Scott, played a blinder with a French picture frame but ran aground with a quirky canoe purchase.

I probably won't buy another one for quite a long time!

VO: Veteran road tripper Phil Serrell has had calmer waters this week.

Phew.

Well done, mate.

VO: But it's not been all plain sailing.

PHIL: I think that's just an absolute hoot really, don't you?

VO: Continuing their trip around the naval heart of England, Phil's got an idea to keep the competition at full steam ahead.

PHIL: Why don't we see who can spend the most on our last buying leg?

TOM: Spend big.

PHIL: And the person who doesn't spend big buys the other one dinner.

TOM: Game on.

VO: Anchors away then, chaps!

VO: Captain Phil began with £200, storming into the lead winning three out of four legs on this trip and now has £343.60.

VO: Tom the cabin boy also began with £200, but is trailing in Phil's wake with only £243.80.

Can he get things shipshape?

PHIL: I'm about 100 quid ahead, and it sounds a lot of money but actually it ain't, is it?

TOM: No.

PHIL: You could go and buy another picture frame and I could find myself just kippered.

VO: Our road trip begins at the far southwest corner of Britain at St Buryan, before wending its way around several counties, staying near the coast to reach Wareham in Dorset.

Today, we're starting out in the port of Southampton in Hampshire, heading east then eventually returning westward to an auction in Wareham in Dorset.

VO: Known as the cruise capital of Europe, Southampton has a bustling harbor.

There are also extensive remains of the city walls dating as far back as the 12th century.

Notably, the town was the departure point for the RMS Titanic on her ill-fated maiden voyage.

Has Tom's first journey on the road trip faired any better?

TOM: It's just a real epic voyage we have been on, it's been brilliant.

PHIL: I've loved it, I've loved it.

And I have to say, you've done really, really well.

VO: Aw, bless.

It's nice to hear our boys bonding up.

Time for some shopping though, I think.

PHIL: Come on.

TOM: Where are you going?

I'm going this way.

PHIL: My shop's down here.

Go and spend some!

TOM: Get bold.

See you later.

PHIL: Hello.

DON: Hello.

You must be Don.

Yes, I'm Don.

Don, I'm Philip, how are you?

Nice to meet you Philip.

Welcome.

Welcome to Cobwebs, old son.

It's a bit of a nautical flavor going on here.

VO: This should appeal to Phil because although he's very much a landlubber, he does have a soft spot for seafaring stuff.

He even doubled his money on a salty lot at the start of this road trip.

PHIL: Look at that.

PHIL: When I looked through the window, you've got a parallel ruler in there, haven't you?

DON: Yeah, that's right.

PHIL: Is that an old one or a new one?

DON: It has a little bit of age to it but, erm... PHIL: I've got a little bit of age, but I ain't worth much, Don.

DON: No.

VO: Ha!

This parallel ruler - for drawing lines on charts - was actually invented as long ago as 1584.

You'd have your drawing board here... That's right.

..and that gave you... That's really cool, isn't it?

It is.

You see, that's why they're angled like this, so they match up with the meridians of longitude... Don't start getting too technical, Don, now - you're dealing with a country boy here.

Sorry, guv.

VO: Haha!

The ticket price on this navigator's tool is £58.

I think at auction that's gonna make...£30-50, something like that.

Yeah.

But can we put that on the counter as a possibility?

DON: We can indeed.

PHIL: If we can build up a little pile... DON: Alright.

VO: Cor, Phil and Don are getting on famously!

Tom, meanwhile, is floundering 3-1 on his first road trip.

But could he turn his luck around here?

I'm James.

Do you mind if I have a bit of a rummage around, and..?

JAMES: Yes, I'll come around with you.

TOM: Point me in the right direction.

VO: James certainly has plenty to choose from.

But, despite his little wager with Phil, Tom's just not steaming ahead.

TOM: Well James, in amongst all this lot, what I'm trying to find are some safe, steady, general auction lots.

JAMES: Well, what do you want me to say to that?!

TOM: I don't know, really.

The trouble is I've come in, and I don't know what I want to buy.

JAMES: Quite a nice... piece, that one.

TOM: That's quite an acquired taste though, isn't it?

VO: Yeah.

Seems to be a bit of buyer's block here.

Price seems to be a bit of an issue too.

TOM: Is this a complete set, James?

Have you got the 24?

JAMES: Yes, I believe so, yeah.

TOM: What have you got on your encyclopedias?

200, the lot.

200?

JAMES: Yeah.

VO: Oh lordy.

Back at Cobwebs, it's all hands on deck.

PHIL: Oh, I like that.

Is that a fid?

DON: No, that's a marlinespike.

PHIL: Oh, for rope making.

VO: I think Phil's got a point there, because a fid does do a very similar job, plus it's traditionally made from wood or bone.

PHIL: If you can imagine, the rope was like that... DON: Yeah.

..and you put it in like that, didn't it?

And it just opened it up, that's what it did.

And this is made out of lignum vitae, isn't it?

DON: Lignum vitae, yes.

It's a wood that doesn't float... That's quite true.

PHIL: ..it's rock-hard... DON: Yeah.

..and they use this to make marine gears out of, don't they?

DON: That's quite true.

And the blocks.

PHIL: Yeah.

Absolutely right.

DON: The blocks and tackle.

VO: The ticket price on this is £45.

PHIL: Well, that might be another possibility.

I can sense a bit of a marine theme coming here.

Can we put that on the counter?

Yes.

VO: Storming ahead, eh?

Can Tom match Phil's rate of knots in the buying stakes?

TOM: I'm completely flummoxed, confused, and I've no idea which way to turn, to be honest, or what I should be doing.

VO: Well, we'll take that as a "no", then.

James takes pity on Tom and lets him have a look in his storeroom too.

JAMES: Welcome to Aladdin's Cave.

TOM: Brilliant.

Thank you very much.

VO: Might anything in here suit?

TOM: I quite like those.

JAMES: Yeah.

VO: Go on, Tom - splash out.

Who knows?

It might be just Wareham's thing.

TOM: Well, I do quite like some of the bits and pieces, James, but I think they're just going to be too pricey for me.

JAMES: Yeah.

Right.

TOM: I like your local artists' pieces but again, I think, for me, I'm going to struggle to turn them in the auction, really.

I think it might be time to...to head on.

VO: Heavens!

VO: Phil's still working on his maritime lot, I see.

PHIL: What's the White Star Line crew muster card?

What would that be for?

DON: This would be handed in so that they could work out the vittles required.

PHIL: The food?

DON: The food.

PHIL: So R. Kennedy, this would have been his rations card almost, wouldn't it?

DON: Well, more or less, yes.

PHIL: And how much would that be?

It's free, look - there's no price on it.

DON: Oh, there is, it's written there - 23.

VO: White Star were one of the first British shipping companies to offer inexpensive third class passengers trips across the Atlantic.

They were also responsible for the doomed RMS Titanic, which departed from the docks just down the road on Southampton Water.

PHIL: I'd like to buy the three bits for between 50 and 60 quid, that's what I'd like to do.

DON: OK. PHIL: What's the best you can do on it, then, for me?

DON: Well, I'll take 60.

I'm going to shake your hand on that.

Yeah, I like that.

I really do.

I like that a lot.

And I think we've got just quite a nice little nautical flavor, isn't it?

DON: Yes.

VO: Calm waters there, then.

PHIL: Cheers now.

Bye bye.

DON: Thank you.

VO: Oh lordy.

PHIL: What?

TOM: Come on!

VO: Settle down, Tom!

TOM: I've come to pick you up.

PHIL: What?

TOM: Well, I didn't want you to get wet.

PHIL: What's the matter?

TOM: My plan's changed a bit, Phil.

PHIL: You should be out spending all that money.

What are you doing here?

PHIL: I know.

Well, I tried but I failed miserably.

I haven't spent a penny yet.

VO: Probably your age, dear.

VO: It's time to leave Southampton.

We're heading east, to Fareham, for Phil's next shop.

VO: Tom's off, but Phil's about to doorstep his next dealer.

PHIL: Hi, how are you?

DEALER: Hello!

Philip.

How are you?

Good to see you.

DEALER: Hello.

Now, they tell me you trade in antiques.

We do, we do.

We deal online, but... PHIL: I've come to buy off you.

DEALER: I know.

Where are we going?

Come round here, this way.

VO: Hello!

This is different!

DEALER: Here we go.

PHIL: And there it is - Aladdin's cave.

VO: I wonder what treasures might lie in here.

PHIL: Can I have a look round?

DEALER: Help yourself.

Have a look.

PHIL: Help yourself - I like the sound of that.

VO: Antiques of Fareham mainly trades at fairs but Julia has especially opened up her stockroom to Phil.

Will he unearth some secrets?

Hmm, the pressure's on.

PHIL: Have you got any hidden goodies that aren't out that I should be looking at?

DEALER: Em... Any hidden gems of gold or silver or...?

DEALER: No, not gold!

PHIL: Silver?

I quite like this decanter.

DEALER: It's a smart one, isn't it?

PHIL: Yeah.

Mappin & Webb decanter, dated London, 1914, that this year isn't an antique.

DEALER: Yeah.

PHIL: But next year it will be.

DEALER: Yeah.

PHIL: If you want to be really picky, cuz the definition of antique is supposed to be when something's 100 years old.

That's Birmingham silver hallmark, and that's just quite a nice little thing, actually, but I think the top's been ground down.

That might be a possibility, actually.

VO: Mm.

£58 on that one.

Phil's just not sure.

He's still hoping there may be hidden treasures.

PHIL: I've never been shopping in a garage before.

VO: Me neither, but he has picked up bargains in a pub and a garden center this trip, so who knows?

PHIL: That's a chunky bit of silver, isn't it?

DEALER: Mm-hm.

PHIL: Can I have a look at that, please?

VO: The price on this is a hefty £85.

PHIL: Look at that - never mind the quality, feel the width!

This says "The Southampton Golf Club".

DEALER: Yeah.

PHIL: Good quality, that.

DEALER: Yeah.

PHIL: Let's go round the bend.

PHIL: Em...I'd like to try and buy them somewhere between 60 and 70 quid.

What's the best you can do?

DEALER: We paid a bit more than that!

PHIL: Have you?

DEALER: Yeah!

PHIL: Go on, then.

DEALER: I can do that for 30.

PHIL: Yeah.

DEALER: 50.

PHIL: That's 80.

DEALER: 80.

PHIL: Em... DEALER: 75.

I was going to offer you 60.

70.

Go on, 65, and I'll have 'em.

DEALER: Yes, go on.

PHIL: Honestly?

DEALER: Yes, go on.

PHIL: You're an angel.

Thank you very much indeed.

Mwah!

VO: The silver fox worked his magic on Julia there, which was quite a deal.

PHIL: Bye bye, now.

DEALER: Good luck to you.

VO: Steady on with all that kissing, Phil!

That's the best garage sale I've seen in a while.

VO: Meanwhile Tom is motoring south, making his way to Gosport, on the very edge of Fareham Lake.

VO: Keen amateur diver Tom is off to the town's Diving Museum.

Gosport has a proud naval history and was home to the co-inventor of the diving helmet.

Ex navy diver John shows him round.

JOHN: Afternoon, Tom.

TOM: How are you doing?

JOHN: Nice to see you.

TOM: Nice to meet you.

How are you doing?

JOHN: Welcome to the Historic Diving Museum.

VO: The museum has only been open since April 2011, and boasts a fine collection of early diving helmets and suits.

These 19th century suits were attached to diving ships by huge cables, and weighed almost as much as the person wearing them.

JOHN: Do you wanna try this thing?

TOM: John, I would love to.

JOHN: OK. TOM: Can we do that?

JOHN: If we can get it on.

TOM: Where do you want me to..?

JOHN: Here we go.

TOM: Want me to pick it up?

JOHN: Lift...

Lift it up.

TOM: I'll get under there.

JOHN: OK. TOM: Oh, it's snug in here, isn't it?!

JOHN: OK... TOM: That's a snug fit.

Oh, it sounds very strange as well.

JOHN: Very limited visibility.

TOM: It is a bit, isn't it?

JOHN: You had to turn your whole body to turn the... TOM: Yeah.

JOHN: Yeah.

TOM: Yeah, you do, don't you?

I'm fogging up a little bit.

VO: Diving technology progressed rapidly with the advent of World War II, when the suits needed to be mobile and no longer connected to diving ships.

JOHN: This is the Sladen suit... TOM: Oh, this all looks... JOHN: ..and the diver was invited to get in through that skirt there.

The helmet was actually attached to the suit, so when you got inside it, you folded this up... TOM: Right.

JOHN: ..concertina-wise... TOM: Oh, OK. JOHN: ..put a big clamp round it... TOM: Yeah.

..wound it up, and those straps came across there and sealed it in.

VO: The developing oil industry drove changes in technology.

Greater depths and pressures dramatically increased the risk of decompression sickness.

Potentially fatal bubbles of gas can be released inside the body if the diver rises too quickly to the surface.

TOM: If people do get this decompression sickness, how do you cope with that?

JOHN: What we have here is a one-man decompression chamber, so there's...

So they get slotted in... Slotted in, and they really do get slotted in, because as you can see... TOM: Yeah, there's not a lot of room in here.

JOHN: There is not a lot of room in there.

VO: Oh, Tom - I can see where this is going, mate!

Would you like to try?

I've got to, haven't I?

JOHN: OK. Come on, then.

TOM: Right.

Get yourself on the stretcher.

Crikey, yeah, there's not a lot of room down there, is there?!

Is my nose gonna fit in there?

JOHN: There you go.

Comfortable?

TOM: Eh, not... ..really!

JOHN: Not very.

Well... VO: Tom's only been in there a few seconds but a diver with the bends could spend up to three days confined.

That's Tom unbended!

TOM: Oh, I do feel better.

VO: Gosport was also home to the Royal Navy's physiological experimentation laboratory, and the museum has an extensive collection of diving bells and compression chambers.

These were used during trials to research the effects of being submerged.

This one even holds a world record.

JOHN: In this actual chamber we had a simulated dive.

One of our members did it down to 1,535 feet.

That is deep.

TOM: That is... that's plenty, isn't it?

This is palatial compared to the last one I was in.

Absolutely.

Get in there.

Have a feel.

TOM: Right.

I'm gonna climb in.

JOHN: And I'm more than happy to close the door on you, Tom.

TOM: Go on, then.

Shut me in.

It's alright in here, John.

That's it, Tom, you're locked in.

See you later.

Bye.

Hang on, John!

John?

What are you doing?

VO: Back in Fareham, Phil's still waiting for his lift back.

Could be a long night, though, Phil.

TOM: John?!

Let me out, John!

Jo-o-ohn!

VO: Oh, dear.

Night night, boys!

VO: Next morning, Tom has been let out and is back on driving duty, heading for Portsmouth.

PHIL: And do you know, Portsmouth's lovely, isn't it?

Is it Portsmouth or Southsea?

They sort of merge into one... TOM: They do - they merge, yeah.

TOM: Listen, the Southsea's kind on a little tail end, isn't it?

PHIL: Yeah.

TOM: But we could do with a bit more sun for this - it's all looking a bit grey.

No we could do with... PHIL: Not "a bit" more - we could do with some .

VO: Never mind, Phil.

Things are sunnier on the antiques front.

Yesterday Phil stormed ahead and spent £125 on two lots - a collection of nautical memorabilia and a silver mounted crystal decanter and golfing trophy, leaving him with an impressive £218.60 to spend today.

However, novice Tom was on the rocks and spent nothing at all - absolutely nowt!

- meaning he has £243.80 to try and pull himself up from the depths.

Can he rise to the challenge?

VO: Later they'll navigate their way back to Dorset for the auction in Wareham, but our first stop is Portsmouth and Southsea.

PHIL: There's Portsmouth Pier - or is that Southsea Pier?

TOM: That's Portsmouth Pier.

PHIL: Is it?

How do you know that, then?

TOM: It says it on the front of it.

PHIL: Well, that would be a clue then, wouldn't it?!

VO: It is confusing, chaps.

Southsea is only a mile from the city center of Portsmouth itself, and is home to both the pier and this fine castle.

But no time for paddling - there's shopping to be done.

TOM: This is it, Phil.

Time for shopping.

PHIL: Yeah.

PHIL: I'm quite emotional, Tom.

This is our last day.

TOM: I know.

It's crazy, isn't it?

PHIL: What a nice trip.

Well, here we go.

TOM: I'm that way.

PHIL: I'm this way.

Good luck, matey.

TOM: Talk to you later.

PHIL: Spend it all.

VO: Oh, I think I might cry!

VO: Tom's first shop, and the pressure is really on.

Go, kid!

TOM: Now this looks perfect.

I can spend some cash in here.

After my performance yesterday I need two or three lots, so wish me luck.

VO: Parmiter Antiques is a family run business that's been trading here for 25 years, and owner Ian is a well-known figure in the local trade.

TOM: Morning.

IAN: Hello, Tom.

TOM: How you doing?

IAN: Welcome to Southsea.

TOM: What a brilliant shop.

IAN: Plenty to look at.

TOM: Yeah.

I'll have a quick rummage and then, em...I'll give you a shout.

That's it.

I hope you find something.

VO: So do I!

Empty-handed so far, Tom needs to get a bite.

TOM: I'm strangely drawn to the fish & chips sign.

VO: Ha!

Finally, he spies something.

TOM: Nice old yardstick, with brass at the ends.

That's quite nice.

It's in quite good condition as well.

That's nice.

I like that.

VO: Could this lot measure up for you, Tom?

IAN: That can be 25.

TOM: I like that.

That's really nice, isn't it?

Lovely bit of treen, really, isn't it, as well?

TOM: How much better could that be?

IAN: £20.

TOM: Could it be 15?

IAN: Go on, then.

TOM: Gets us started.

IAN: Alright, Tom.

TOM: Brilliant.

Thank you.

VO: Finally!

It might only be 36 inches of wood, but it's a start.

VO: Phil's first port of call is Antiques Storehouse, in part of the world famous Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.

ANDREW: Good morning.

PHIL: Andrew.

Philip, how are you?

Hi Philip, how can I help you?

You've got some stuff in here haven't you?

Yeah.

A few... VO: Owner Andrew specializes in militaria but will Phil find anything right for a general sale?

Can you point me in the direction of something that you think I ought to look at?

I'm from Worcester, I quite like pots.

Yeah.

Ceramics mostly over there.

There's some Worcester blush ivory, lots of Royal Doulton.

PHIL: Shall I have a whizz round then come and see you?

ANDREW: Have a wander round.

VO: There are thousands of objects to see but will Phil be tempted to blow his cash on something unusual?

Doing daft and wacky is all very well but you can end up getting burned.

And I know a Worcester porcelain.

There's a shot silk jug a £245 and there's a blushed ivy pot at £225.

Well, if you can get a bit of a change out of the price, we might be alright with those.

VO: Worcester, eh?

Now, Phil's an expert in Worcester, so dealer beware.

PHIL: Do you know, I can see Tom Scott on the horizon.

He's sinking.

He's sinking fast.

Might be wishful thinking, that.

VO: Phil doesn't want to scupper his own chances and heads back to what he knows.

PHIL: It's got a green mark on the bottom, has it?

And that was made in about 1902.

ANDREW: Oh, you got it spot on, 1902.

Oh, right.

There you are.

PHIL: All you do, see those little dots there?

ANDREW: Yeah.

They started putting the dots on them and they started in 1891, and there's 11 dots there, and 11 and 1891 is 1902, so it's not rocket science.

That is blushed ivory.

ANDREW: Yep.

PHIL: This is gilded ivory.

ANDREW: OK. PHIL: And this is decorated in shot silk flowers but you knew all of that.

ANDREW: Well, mostly.

PHIL: And the 1227 on the bottom is a shape number.

ANDREW: Yep.

PHIL: And if you look in the Worcester pattern book, it'll say bulbous bodied ewer or something like that.

ANDREW: A bit like me.

PHIL: I'm very bulbous bodied, mate.

PHIL: Do you know, actually, that's a much better piece.

ANDREW: Yeah.

PHIL: But it's nowhere near as commercial, that's probably a little bit more commercial.

ANDREW: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

VO: Come on Phil, engines on full power.

It's time to deal.

PHIL: So we've got the blushed ivory vase.

ANDREW: Yeah.

PHIL: What would the absolute best on that be?

ANDREW: Well, it cost me 140 - 141 just so I make a pound profit!

PHIL: And the gilded ivory ewer, what would be the very best on that?

ANDREW: 165 on that.

Can I give you 140 for that?

OK, I'll take that.

I think...

I tell you what, I'll buy it off you but I think...

I'll shake your hand, I think I might lose money on that.

VO: Then why did you buy it, you silly boy?

But it has got him a lot closer to winning the side bet and dinner from Tom.

I wonder if the youngster is still on course.

IAN: What about the deal of the century?

TOM: What's that?

IAN: Staffordshire figures.

£100 for the lot.

TOM: For the lot?

IAN: Yeah.

That's got to be worth putting in auction.

VO: Oh, I'm not so sure about that.

Staffordshire has fallen out of favor of late.

This could be risky, but there's a lot of them.

IAN: Romeo and Ruliet.

TOM: Brilliant.

IAN: That's not old.

TOM: There's some good ones amongst it, isn't there?

IAN: 15, 15 for £100.

TOM: That's a possibility.

They could all go in one big lot, couldn't they?

IAN: Yeah.

TOM: What about something like 60 quid?

IAN: 80?

Meet in the middle?

70?

Go on then.

TOM: Perfect.

IAN: You'll do well with those.

TOM: Deal!

I think that'll be good.

VO: Phew!

Two lots in quick succession.

After buying nothing at all yesterday, Tom seems to be in the swing of things now - can he make it three in a row?

TOM: They're nice and heavy, aren't they?

IAN: Sweet, aren't they?

TOM: They'd just make nice little wall lights, wouldn't they?

IAN: They're £40 the pair.

Quality though, aren't they?

TOM: Where are we?

We're 85 quid, aren't we?

IAN: Yeah.

TOM: Can we do 100 quid for the lot?

IAN: 105 and you've got a deal.

TOM: I'll take that.

IAN: OK. TOM: Brilliant, thank you.

IAN: Giving you a chance.

TOM: That's brilliant, appreciate it all.

Thank you very much.

VO: Well done Tom.

That's three good lots there.

Is he finally plowing a true course?

Or will Phil set him adrift?

TOM: Here he is.

PHIL: How are you?

TOM: I'm alright.

You don't hang about, do you?

No, well, I thought it'd be a good idea if we swapped shops.

Let's do that.

Alright.

Spent all your money?

Not all.

You've got to spend it all.

Alright mate.

See you in a bit.

VO: Phil has just £78.60 left in the coffers.

He's got an eye on that free dinner, you know!

PHIL: Hello, how are you?

IAN: I'm very well, Phil.

PHIL: We met years ago, didn't we?

IAN: We did.

PHIL: You've got some good things in here, haven't you?

IAN: Yeah, loads of old junk.

PHIL: I love old junk.

I tell you what I've seen straight away that I love - that light.

IAN: Yeah, it's cool, isn't it?

How much are those?

300.

That's... too me gone.

VO: Now that would be pushing the boat out - steady as she blows now.

Alright, let me just have a quick root around.

I'm going to make an instantaneous purchase here.

VO: Oh lordy - brace yourselves for what Phil might buy in this cornucopia.

PHIL: I think I know what I'm gonna buy, and this is utter lunacy, but these things are so cool.

That's a real trendy thing.

I think that's wicked.

Has that always been on there like that?

IAN: No, I don't think so.

It's what they do, they make them up.

It was, it came from an art gallery.

PHIL: How much is that one?

IAN: 100 quid.

Now there is a problem with the price, right?

Yeah, I thought there might be.

PHIL: This is all I've got.

IAN: How much you got?

PHIL: 78 and 60 pence.

Just let me have a... IAN: Give me the 75... IAN: And keep that for your lunch.

PHIL: No, I've got to buy something else here for £3... IAN: Alright.

PHIL: I've got to buy something...

I've done that, I've bought that then.

VO: Cheeky.

PHIL: I've got to find... What else have you got for £3.60?

IAN: I'll give you a bargain of the century.

VO: Another one?

PHIL: What's that then?

IAN: Open it up.

PHIL: Oh, blimey.

I think we're in business here, aren't we?

Box of goodies.

IAN: Box with contents.

PHIL: I haven't even looked, £3.60.

You are a gentleman and a scholar.

IAN: Thank you very much.

PHIL: What a good chap, thank you.

IAN: Good luck.

PHIL: Pleased with that.

VO: Well that would be the fastest £78.60 spend in Road Trip History.

Well done Phil - who knows what treasures that little box might hold, Pandora?

VO: Back at the Storehouse, it's Tom's turn to see what he can unearth in Andrew's vast emporium.

Afternoon.

I'm Tom.

Hello, hello there.

How are you doing?

Do you mind if I have a bit of a dig around?

Go on, help yourself.

It might take you an hour but.... Sure.

I'll start this way.

Get your trainers on.

I'll wind around.

See you in a bit.

VO: And with £138.80 still to spend, he's off!

There's a bit more Staffordshire in here.

I hope my pieces get up to these prices.

Loads and loads and loads of stuff.

This could take a while.

What have we got here?

These are quite fun, aren't they?

They're big old beauties, aren't they?

Oh, it's not quite such a nice color now you can see it all.

They're possible though.

Quite like those.

Might come back to those.

VO: Uh oh.

This is Tom's last chance to take the wind out of Phil's sails and he's starting to flounder.

TOM: They're worth a look.

No matter where you look, there's another 500 things to see.

VO: Come on Tom, don't sink on the last lap.

You can do it.

TOM: Let's have another look at those two shades.

These could be a really bad idea.

It's quite an acquired taste that, isn't it?

£90 each is going to be way too high, it needs to be £90 for the pair.

I'll go and see what he thinks of that.

I need to test the waters and see where we are price wise, how are you fixed?

ANDREW: I can do a little bit of haggling.

TOM: If I was going to make you a bid on them... ANDREW: Yeah.

I am kind of thinking around about £80 for the pair.

ANDREW: For the pair.

I couldn't do it at that, they would have cost me more than that in the first place.

TOM: OK, well I'll keep digging about.

This is just really difficult.

I have no idea what to buy at all.

VO: Oh dear.

It's looking like dinner might be on Tom.

Is it time to signal for help?

ANDREW: Just bought a little Morse key, World War II.

Cost me a tenner, you can have it for 15?

TOM: I might need to.

I like that, it's cool, isn't it?

ANDREW: There you go.

TOM: That's pretty cool isn't it?

I'm still thinking about those lamps.

Lampshades.

ANDREW: Yeah.

I tell you what, stop me tripping over them I'll do them 110.

TOM: Will you?

ANDREW: If that helps?

TOM: So you're looking at 110.

120 with this?

Easy come easy go, yeah, OK. TOM: Yeah?

Done.

Deal.

ANDREW: OK.

Thank you very much.

TOM: That's me spent up in a big way.

I have got a few pennies left so that should get me a free dinner from Phil at least.

VO: Oh dear.

Will you tell him or shall I?

Phil's finally getting behind the wheel and he's off to see one of Portsmouth's oldest residents in a brand new home.

The newly opened £35 million Mary Rose Museum is the latest addition to the Portsmouth Historic Dockyards complex.

The 16th century flagship sank on 19 July 1545 during a battle with the French.

VO: After returning from the depths over 30 years ago, she finally has a state of the art home where she will be on open display while continuing to be preserved for future generations.

Alex is one of the curators.

ALEX: She was a very important ship of Henry 's reign.

She was built as soon as he came to the throne and then she sank just two years before he died, so she actually epitomizes the whole of his reign when warfare at sea changed and she is the living community of 500 men at a really important time in history.

VO: Resting on a metal support in her new berth, at over 100ft in length, the timber flagship is an impressive sight.

Oh, that is just incredible, isn't it?

Yeah.

That's the Mary Rose?

ALEX: It is.

PHIL: The level of conservation here just must be unbelievable.

ALEX: Yeah.

It's huge and it has been a lifetime's work, it is a generation, it's been sprayed until two weeks ago and we brought it up in 1982.

Behind that grey tubing, which is actually the last phase of the conservation which will blow air over the timbers, are all the seven gun ports, that the big guns, the main armament of the ship, would have gone through, and we have the armament in this mirror image behind us.

PHIL: How did she go down, how did she sink?

ALEX: We're not sure.

It's probably a combination of things but the best eyewitness account said she'd fired guns from one side of the ship, and we think it's the starboard side, and she turned to fire guns from the other side of the ship and as she did, she sank, she fell onto the side of gun she just fired.

PHIL: Past the point of no return almost.

ALEX: Past the point of no return.

Why that happened, we don't know.

PHIL: Sounds like you've got a job for life.

VO: The Mary Rose Trust has been painstakingly conserving the tens of thousands of objects brought up with the ship for decades now.

Protecting these precious artefacts is a laborious process requiring them to be washed, treated with preservatives and freeze dried to remove all remaining liquid.

Phil gets a rare peek behind the scenes of this impressive operation.

Come in and see our reserve collection.

This is the wood store.

We have a separate one for metals.

PHIL: This is seventh heaven, isn't it?

ALEX: These are just some of the things, for example, that we have that are ready to go in the museum.

PHIL: Oh, look at that.

ALEX: So this is one of the dishes, one of the many ones that was beside the galley, ready for the last meal if you like.

PHIL: Oooh.

Alex: See, Sue's fixed that so it's ready to go on display.

PHIL: And it's fantastic.

ALEX: And there's a mark on the bottom.

PHIL: Z , or a squiggle.

And that's probably saying it's my bowl cuz I can't write my name.

Not who made it but who owns it.

Who owns it.

Yeah, ownership.

ALEX: Some of them have got an H on it, an H brand, and that's Henry, that's my bowl.

PHIL: Not Hen- not the king?

ALEX: Yeah, the king.

These are some of the 250 listed longbows.

PHIL: 250?

ALEX: And they are all, so far, yew.

Probably foreign imported yew.

PHIL: Foreign?

Why?

We ran out of it, we ran out of it in the sort of late middle ages.

PHIL: Oh, look at that.

So I'm holding a 500 year old yew wood longbow.

This feels like you're holding something that's 20 or 30 years old.

And you have to stop and think... ALEX: It's that old.

PHIL: It's that old.

VO: Well now that Phil's well and truly shivered his timbers, it's time for the boys to see how well each other has bought.

PHIL: Well Tomaso, how did you get on?

TOM: It's been good, it's been a long old day.

It has, but I don't know if I am more excited to see what you've bought or to see what we're going to have to eat.

I've done alright.

PHIL: Have you?

TOM: I had a big spend.

Go on then, you first.

There's volume here Phil, volume.

Hellfire.

What do you think of that little lot?

PHIL: I love the greyhound.

TOM: I think there's some good bits in there.

This was £70 for the whole lot.

Averaging £4.66 per piece.

Is that all it is?

TOM: It's good, isn't it?

PHIL: I love this.

TOM: That's boxwood, isn't it?

Boxwood with a bit of brass inlaid.

Good rule that.

PHIL: And I love... TOM: That's nice, isn't it?

PHIL: What's...?

TOM: A little Morse code key.

PHIL: I'm trying to work out what SOS is, we might need that.

Presumably we're not having 53 lots here in the sale?

TOM: This is one lot here.

PHIL: Yeah.

Two, three, four.

PHIL: Four.

And then there's something else on the floor.

PHIL: Let's have a look.

Oh right.

Those are quite cool, aren't they?

TOM: They are, they're big.

Big decorative stained glass hanging pendant lights.

PHIL: Just one question, how much money have you got left?

I've got £18 left.

So I've got about 18 quid?

Yeah.

Right, OK. TOM: Come on then, what have you got?

Let's see.

PHIL: Carefully.

TOM: That's nice.

PHIL: Well, that's one lot.

Silver, silver, glass.

TOM: Yeah.

PHIL: OK. TOM: Worcester glass, that's nice.

Brushed ivory, that's lovely.

PHIL: Well done.

TOM: That's lovely isn't it?

PHIL: Turn of the last century, 140 quid.

And that, with a good following wind, might do between 160 and 240.

That's nice isn't it?

I love that lot there, which is a bit of sort of shipping stuff.

TOM: What's this, a marlin spike?

PHIL: Yeah yeah yeah.

Good boy!

And then that is just off a White Star Line victualing department.

So basically it's like a ration card.

TOM: Yeah, yeah.

PHIL: I couldn't understand... TOM: I saw that outside.

PHIL: ..why you didn't buy this.

TOM: What you doing?

It's big, isn't it?

We'll get there in a second.

Do you want some help?

See look, then you've got a really cool retro light, haven't you?

Yeah, that's good.

I like that.

So you've got the lot there, you've got five...

Ask me one question about spending money.

Well I'm just trying to tot it up, where are you?

Well I had, after I bought that, £3.60 left.

With my last £3.60... You bought the little box of tricks.

I bought the little box.

And what's in here...

So you spent the lot?

I don't even know what's in here, look.

How good's that?

Every single penny gone, so I've won the main event.

You have, haven't you?

Yeah.

So I've got to feed you tonight.

Come on.

Where we going to then?

Well it's your choice, isn't it?

VO: But what did they really think?

I think the Staffordshire is going to make a profit for him.

I can't see how he can fail on that.

The Worcester's going to go really well, always does.

He knows his Worcester.

I think I'm going to struggle to catch him, for sure.

It's all down to the last auction now, and I might be ahead at the minute, but I might not be at the end.

I'm not feeling terribly confident.

VO: After starting out in Hampshire, at sunny Southampton, and heading east to the Portsmouth area, this leg of our trip doubles back to Dorset and concludes at an auction in Wareham.

TOM: But can you believe it's the last day, Phil?

How fast has that gone?!

PHIL: It seems like yesterday and it seems like a lifetime ago, doesn't it?

VO: An historic market town since the 16th century, Wareham was originally a small Roman settlement, although the current town was founded by the Saxons.

Auctioneers Cottees have been in business in Wareham for over 100 years, specializing in Poole Pottery.

But will their general sale be a washout for Phil and Tom?

TOM: Let's get the roof on.

PHIL: I think that's that done.

TOM: What way round does that go?

PHIL: I think that'll do for it, Tom.

We're going to miss the auction.

Come on.

VO: Oh leave the roof then, boys.

We'll sort that out.

While the boys dry off and have a browse, what does auctioneer John Condie think of what they've bought?

The collection of nautical memorabilia is probably my favorite lot.

I like the little White Star Line ticket.

The large collection of Staffordshire figures, mm, well, Staffordshire is right out of fashion at the moment.

I like the yardstick, exactly the sort of thing that is selling incredibly well at the moment.

VO: Phil Serrell started this leg with £343.60, and spent every bean on five lots, and won dinner from Tom in the process.

PHIL: You're a gentleman and a scholar.

VO: Tom Scott started with £243.80 and spent all but £18.80, also on five lots.

But who will triumph in the end?

Big spender Phil or new kid on the block Tom?

I'm getting nervous.

You're getting nervous?!

It's not even my lot and I'm nervous I know!

PHIL: We need to get out more, don't we?

TOM: We do.

PHIL: Yeah, we do.

VO: First up is Phil's glass decanter and golfing trophy, with the silver details.

Oh, here we go.

Here we go.

£50 for the two.

50.

30, then.

Oh, help!

£30.

Thank you.

£30 is bid at the back.

£30.

£30 I got.

35 anywhere?

35.

35 bid.

40.

£40 bid.

40.

45 now.

45.

50.

£50 I got at the back.

50.

I'll sell at £50, then.

Last chance.

5-0.

VO: Uh oh!

That's a loss on the first lot.

BOTH: # There may be trouble ahead... # VO: Next, Tom's pair of ships' lights.

Will they shine at auction?

Start me at £20 for those.

Oh boy!

20, for the lights.

£20 I'm bid.

You're off to the races mate.

TOM: Get in!

AUCTIONEER: £20 I got.

25, anybody else?

Another fiver, surely?

Can't tempt you?

It's right at the back at 20, then.

£20.

VO: They break even, but after costs, a small loss.

Do we need to man the lifeboats?

I wonder if they've ever had a dead heat in this competition.

VO: It's time to signal for help.

Tom's Morse key is up next.

Is this going to get me out of trouble?

Da-da-da-da, de-de-di-de-de, de-de-da-da-da...

It's a nice thing.

Start me at £20 for it.

20.

Thank you, £20 bid.

PHIL: There you are.

TOM: Hang about!

Doubled up!

20.

25 now make it.

25 on the net.

25.

30 bid.

30.

£30 bid.

I should have bought more of these!

AUCTIONEER: Room bidder at 30.

At £30, gentleman in the room.

Anyone else?

That's brilliant, isn't it?

£30.

VO: Tripled his money there.

£30 in the room.

30.

PHIL: I'm really pleased for you, Tom!

AUCTIONEER: £30 in the room.

VO: It's Phil's turn in the spotlight.

Is Wareham ready for this?

Well, I've seen the light, I'm just not sure that everybody else has!

60.

£60 for you surely?

60?

50, then?

£40 bid.

40.

45.

50.

55.

60 if you like.

60 here.

60.

65.

70?

70 bid.

70.

75.

TOM: He's not going to give up this one, he's going to keep going.

80?

£80 I got.

80, 85.

90, sir?

90 bid.

On my right.

That's just got me my money back, hasn't it?

Yeah.

I'm sort of relieved about that at the minute.

£90 then, we're selling it.

£90.

VO: A little brightness in the dark - Phil makes a small profit there.

We've sold two lots each.

Two lots each and what am I, about 45, 50 quid ahead?

I think about 50 yeah.

It's game on, isn't it?

It is.

VO: It's time for Tom's collection of Staffordshire figures.

Does anyone have a big enough mantelpiece to hold all this lot?

What do you say then - £100 for the lot?

TOM: Oh, hello!

AUCTIONEER: Hundred?

TOM: Go on, go on.

80, then.

20.

TOM: Eh?

Where did that come from?

20, John.

£20 is bid.

£20, there's no reserve.

£20.

Who's going to take him on?

At 20.

Five on the net.

25.

30.

£30 bid.

30.

£30 I got.

It's got a way to go.

35 now, make it.

35 on the net.

40 bid.

40 I've got.

He's getting there.

Yeah.

45 on the net.

45.

50 bid.

In the room.

50.

Centre of the room then at £50 then.

Anyone else?

VO: Well, the buyer seems happy.

I'm not sure about Tom though.

Phil is creeping further ahead.

It's time for his maritime collection.

Will it prove seaworthy and make a profit?

And I've got interest starting at £50.

TOM: Hey!

PHIL: That's a result.

AUCTIONEER: 50.

55 now.

55.

60.

65.

70.

75.

80.

TOM: It's going.

85.

90.

£90 here.

90.

At £90, then.

Gonna sell, five now on the net.

Anyone else?

It's a nice lot.

95.

TOM: That's brilliant.

That's a result, isn't it?

VO: Everything's shipshape for Phil then.

I bet he wishes he'd bought more like that.

Can Tom's yardstick measure up?

Start the bidding at £10 for that one.

15 now bid.

15.

20, anybody else?

I've got £15 on my left.

TOM: There's got to be another one, surely.

15 and selling then.

VO: So another lot breaking even means a small loss after costs.

Storm clouds on the horizon for Tom then.

It doesn't matter, it's all about the trip.

It doesn't matter at all, does it?

Speak for yourself, mate.

Yeah.

VO: It's the wooden box Phil bought instead of lunch.

Was there something valuable hidden in there?

It's got to make £3.60, can't lose money, can I?

Two commission bids, I'm bid £15 to start this lot.

TOM: What?!

AUCTIONEER: £15.

20.

25 is bid.

30 now.

On the net.

£30.

PHIL: I'm flabbergasted.

TOM: Did you...?

I'm glad I had this and not the sandwiches.

£30 then.

Selling for £30.

VO: Almost 10 times what he paid for it.

Maybe Phil should buy Tom lunch after all.

Here, we've both got one quite high priced lot left.

I've got one very high priced lot left.

I think your Worcester's going to go for £120.

No.

I tell you, if that goes for £120, I will give you a big slobbery kiss.

VO: Oh my, Phil.

Tom looks worried.

That's something to look forward to, isn't it?

VO: It's time for those lights he dithered over and he's trailing Phil by over £100 at the moment.

£100 for the two.

Surely?

80, then, surely?

Anybody want to go less?

Yes.

£80.

£80 I got.

PHIL: £80, that's a result, well done you.

AUCTIONEER: £80.

£80 I got, internet bidder at 80. Who's going to take him on?

85?

85.

PHIL: Well done, matey.

TOM: 85.

That's good.

Come on.

85.

90 on the net.

90.

They're nice things.

At £90.

Nobody else?

TOM: Oh, man!

AUCTIONEER: £90.

VO: Tom's final lot and it's another loss.

There's been no beginners' luck for him on this trip.

That's it, I'm done.

I'm going to go and wait in the car.

Behave.

VO: Tom might need to save that pout for Phil if his Worcester vase does well.

What say you for this then, the old Worcester - £50?

PHIL: Ouch.

AUCTIONEER: £50 for it.

VO: Blimey, Phil.

40 then.

VO: I don't think that snog will be on the cards.

£40 at the back, thank you.

£40.

At 40.

45.

50.

£50.

55 if you like.

This gentleman right at the back, at £50.

TOM: Absolutely filthy.

At £50, then.

Anybody else?

55 now.

55 in the middle.

55.

60.

Anyone else?

55.

VO: Well, that buyer's had two good bargains with ceramics today.

Phil takes a big loss on that vase.

Ouch.

What's that done to the numbers?

I don't know, but I tell you what, I'm ever so pleased haven't got to kiss you!

VO: So not a good day for either of the chaps in Wareham.

Where has this left them overall?

VO: Tom began with £243.80, and after paying auction costs made a loss of £59.90, giving him a final total for his first road trip of £186.90.

VO: Meanwhile, Phil started with a healthy £343.60, but after costs made a loss of £81.20 - oh dear - dropping his total to £262.40, so while Tom wins this leg with the least losses, Phil is overall winner.

All profits made in the series go to Children In Need.

Well that's it, Phil.

Last auction.

All done, yeah.

TOM: How does it feel to be a winner?

PHIL: And you're driving.

TOM: Again.

Done.

PHIL: Sad to see it end.

TOM: It is, isn't it?

I don't know what I'm going to do with myself now.

PHIL: Well... TOM: Apart from drive you home, again.

VO: Phil and Tom started the trip as individual lots but now I think we've got a bit of a matched pair.

TOM: Yours is bigger than mine, Phil.

PHIL: Look at that.

Ah!

Busted!

Oh dear.

Yeah.

VO: Next week on the Antiques Road Trip... Paul Laidlaw shares his knowledge.

PAUL: What more can the antiques expert tell you about it?

Not a lot really!

VO: And David Harper polishes up on his charm.

Look at that.

What is your house like?!

DEALER: Oh gosh, don't ask!

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