VOICEOVER (VO): The nation's favorite antiques experts, £200 each and one big challenge.

Cuz I'm going to declare war.

Why?

VO: Who can make the most money buying and selling antiques as they scour the UK?

This is hard.

VO: The aim is trade up and hope each antique turns a profit.

Come on!

VO: But it's not as easy as you might think - and things don't always go to plan.

Push!

VO: So will they race off with a huge profit, or come to a grinding halt?

Whose side are you on?

VO: This is the Antiques Road Trip!

VO: In a week that promises glorious weather, stunning scenery, and some of the most eccentric characters you're ever likely to meet, let me just start by saying "welcome to Scotland".

CATHERINE: You're now in the Highlands.

PHILIP: We're in the Highlands, yay!

VO: It's in this beautiful countryside that Philip Serrell and road trip newcomer Catherine Southon are about to compete.

CATHERINE: I love the thought that we are now in the Highlands and you're sharing it with me.

PHILIP: I know.

The love of my life, the love of my life.

VO: Ahh.

Right now, they're getting on like a house on fire.

CATHERINE: Stick with me, Phil.

You'll be fine.

VO: Philip Serrell began his career mucking out the sheep pens for a livestock auctioneer, ha, and while some argue he'd found his calling then and there, he's gone on to become the consummate antiques auctioneer.

PHILIP: What's your cheapest price?

Our cheapest price is usually about 50p.

I'll remember that.

VO: Meanwhile, Catherine Southon is the new girl, who thankfully brings a touch of class to proceedings.

Bet Lynch, eat your heart out!

VO: Formerly the head of scientific instruments at Sotheby's, she's also an expert in maritime art, though don't be fooled by her abundance of charm - when it comes to striking a deal, she's a wolf in designer clothing.

CATHERINE: You sure you don't want to sell that?

Positive!

VO: Philip and Catherine are starting the week with £200 each, hoping to turn a very tidy profit at auction.

CATHERINE: I'd be even more excited if I win.

PHILIP: Don't get too competitive on me.

VO: Along with their shiny red Triumph convertible, they're traveling from the northeast of Scotland on to Glasgow and across the border to Carlisle, passing through the gorgeous Lake District and ending their journey in Liverpool.

Today we're kicking off in Aboyne, and concluding with an auction showdown in Dundee.

CATHERINE: What gear are you in?

PHILIP: What gear am I in?

I'm in my cords and my jacket.

You bowl 'em, I'll hit 'em.

VO: On the edge of the River Dee, you'll find the picturesque village of Aboyne, famous for both its proximity to Balmoral, and its very own Highland games, which have been drawing large crowds since 1837.

And it's in this ideal setting Philip and Catherine are on the hunt for antiques.

CATHERINE: What are we doing?

PHILIP: There's an antique fair over here, look.

CATHERINE: Antique fair?

PHILIP: Or antique car boot jobby thing.

CATHERINE: There's only about five cars!

PHILIP: Well, it still constitutes a car boot.

Stick with me, you'll be alright.

Come on!

VO: In fairness, this doesn't seem an obvious place to find a cheeky collectible or two, but it's not without its charms.

CATHERINE: We're looking to see if we've got any little gems here.

Like the look of the chutneys.

All bags of dog treats, by the looks of things.

CATHERINE: You look like Frank Spencer!

VO: Though before you can say "Oooh Betty," something's caught Philip's eye, just next door to the doggy treats.

Is that R2 thingummy?

DEALER: Yes, it's R2D2 and we have Darth Vader and we have C3PO.

PHILIP: Do you not think you're a bit old for playing with these?

Well, I have to explain that it's actually my son... Oh, that's a relief.

See, I'm much more of a Star Trek man myself.

PHILIP: I'll tell you what I'll do, because I'm feeling generous.

DEALER: Ah.

PHILIP: All the toys there, I'll give you 50 pence for them.

Well, that sounds like...

I think I've been robbed.

PHILIP: I tell you what mate, we're gonna have to deal here.

I've only got 40 pence in change, how's that?

Oh God, I feel I'm being swindled.

PHILIP: I'm actually sure you're being swindled!

DEALER: It's a Transformer, it's worth 40 pence on its own!

CATHERINE: You're mad, Philip.

How can I lose money at 40p?

Come on, give this poor man some more money!

Whose side are you on?

Not on yours, that's for sure!

I'm gonna go now.

Sir, you're a gentleman.

Thank you very much indeed.

VO: So says the last of the big spenders.

VO: You'll be pleased to hear our next stop is actually a bona fide antiques shop, with not a car boot in sight.

Mind you, despite its Aboyne address, it feels a tad remote.

PHILIP: Now, I've got to go left here, on up the road... CATHERINE: I think this is me.

PHILIP: ..drop you out just here.

CATHERINE: Don't forget me.

I won't forget you, go on, off you go!

OK.

I've got to get out first.

Go on, off you go!

I can't get out!

I can't get out.

I'm having a blonde moment, I actually cannot get out of this car.

OK, here we are, I've done it.

PHILIP: Dear me, honestly!

CATHERINE: Ciao!

Arrivederci!

PHILIP: Yeah, yeah, it'll all be fine, just don't worry.

PHILIP: Knowing her, she'll come out of there smelling of roses with a Chippendale chair clenched between her teeth.

VO: Hm, funny you should say that Philip, because as it happens the aptly named "Refined" is a family business packed to the gunnels with gorgeous things.

CATHERINE: Hi Alex, nice to meet you, this is a wonderful shop you've got here.

ALEX: Oh, it's lovely.

CATHERINE: Are you gonna do me a good deal today?

Of course I am.

CATHERINE: I shall have a little look, I'm very interested in these straight away.

I love apothecary jars, pharmaceutical things, that kind of... Carboys, very nice.

VO: Carboys have been used as symbols for pharmacists for yonks, although it's thought they originate from the Middle East, where medicines with colored liquids were often stored.

They're also something that could do very well at auction.

CATHERINE: They're lovely, how much are they?

I think you'd be looking at about £150.

£150 for the two?

CATHERINE: For the two.

Yeah, I think that might be a bit too much.

I would really need to be under £100.

DEALER: Under £100?

VO: Oh well, worth a try.

DEALER: We've got some nice Scottish stuff as well.

I think over here if you take a look round.

CATHERINE: Oh, crikey.

I'm going through your floor!

VO: Stilettos!

In the neighboring town of Dinnet - said to be the gateway to the Highlands - Philip's discovered a treasure trove of his own.

Naughty nighties.

PHILIP: Oh, we've got some excellent stuff here.

VO: It's the Auld Alliance - a rather unusual shop we've been to before.

You remember, it's owned by Dave, whose compulsive collecting began in France, where he lived in a hut.

Or in French, a "cabin".

How are you?

DAVE: Fine, how are you?

Yeah, good to see you.

PHILIP: Is the extent of your shop the ground floor, or..?

DAVE: Well, it's basically that, but there is loads of junk elsewhere like, you know.

I'm very much into loads of junk elsewhere.

VO: As you can see, Dave never met a collectible he didn't like.

As a result, the shop, the pavement outside, the backroom, the stock room and the attic are completely overflowing.

PHILIP: Dave, I think with a bit more effort, you could get a bit more stuff up here.

That's silver.

DAVE: The only thing is the face is missing on the actual movement.

Yeah.

Which is sort of fairly crucial to a clock, isn't it?

VO: But amongst all the thousands of objects in this shop, which one do you think Philip Serrell is most likely to go for?

Well, give yourself 10 points if you said... a wind-up bird.

PHILIP: Isn't that just fantastic, look.

The technical term is it's an automaton, isn't it?

Yeah.

An automaton is a clockwork driven toy, effectively that does something.

In this case, it pecks.

But you can have really grand automatons that play musical instruments.

DAVE: I've seen them with eyes that go round and all sorts of things.

It would be early 1900s, I'd have thought.

I mean, they were adults' toys, really, they weren't children's toys, were they?

That's why a lot of them survive, because the kids weren't really into them... Yeah, sort of "here's your toy", kerching... That's right.

It goes straight past you.

I think that's lovely.

And how much is it, Dave?

DAVE: £25.

Is this the exchange rate between sassenachs and Scots?

DAVE: It'll be about £20 then.

PHILIP: Dave, you're gonna fill my goal here, cuz my quest is to try and buy different, quirky things.

VO: And Philip, if you take the birdie, you're off to a flying start.

Should be quacking.

Having failed to strike a deal with Alex, Catherine's moving in on Alex's dad - Alan - hoping he'll be a much softer touch.

CATHERINE: Tell me about your apothecary...

This actually came off a chemist who'd retired, and these were the bits he'd had out his old shops... Fabulous.

..that he'd actually kept himself.

Well, I love this kind of thing, especially this, which is a lovely ceramic apothecary jar basically, with the name of the contents.

VO: The profession of apothecary dates back to the 11th century, and is the precursor to the modern pharmacist.

As for the words on the jar and the contents, they're abbreviated and in Latin and apparently, for skin complaints.

It still smells a bit, actually.

It does!

CATHERINE: Actually, I probably shouldn't do that, I don't know what will happen.

That's lovely.

How much do you want for that?

Erm...

I think the best I can do on that is £85.

CATHERINE: £85?

ALAN: £85.

ALAN: They're very desirable things.

CATHERINE: But I'm not gonna make any profit on £85.

ALAN: I'm trying hard, I'll do £70.

And I think that's the best I can do, cuz otherwise I'd be cutting my own throat.

CATHERINE: How much do you want for those two?

ALAN: Well, I think I was looking at about £50 each.

£50 each?

Oh no, I couldn't go to that.

Are they in perfect condition?

ALAN: I think they are.

Oh, yeah.

CATHERINE: That's cracked.

ALAN: Yeah.

See, I'm finding faults now.

ALAN: Yeah, yeah, just to make it easier for you.

ALAN: I'll do the three, three at £140.

CATHERINE: Where's your daughter, does she give better prices?

VO: I think the new girl's beginning to get the hang of this larky.

Philip, meanwhile, is looking for the perfect companion piece to his wind up bird, which has inspired Dave to ask... DAVE: Have you got bunions?

Bunions?

DAVE: Yeah.

If you've got bunions, you put that on your shoe, and that makes a dent, so it doesn't hurt your foot.

PHILIP: That's fantastic.

That's got Serrell written all over it, that has.

I thought it was to do unmentionable things to sheep or cattle, really.

DAVE: Yeah, exactly.

How many of these have you sold before?

DAVE: Never.

So how do you know what it's worth?

Well, I gave him quite a lot for it.

Did you?

"I gave him quite a lot for it".

That's just softening the blow for me.

Well, go on.

Just 20 quid.

PHILIP: That's a massive amount of money for it.

I know it is.

VO: While the bunion clipper is certainly tempting, Philip's much more taken with a couple of matchbox classics.

PHILIP: These just remind me of my childhood.

Do you know why I like that one?

My grandmother bought me one of these.

DAVE: When you were a little boy?

PHILIP: Yeah.

VO: Needless to say, packaging is all important here, and a mint condition matchbox car can be worth up to twice as much if it comes with the original box.

DAVE: A fiver each.

£5 each, there's room for a bit of negotiation, isn't there?

Ooh!

Ooh!

You heard it here first, folks.

If you don't, I'm gonna grab hold of you with your bunion nipper... VO: Threatening violence is an interesting negotiation tactic, but Catherine's opting for divide and rule.

So for this, and these, what's Alex's best price?

ALEX: £140.

Come on, you're supposed to be the one that gives me the better prices!

He said £140, I love the way he's disappeared and left me on my own.

£130, that...

Done.

CATHERINE: £130.

ALEX: £130.

OK.

The thing is, I haven't got enough money.

How much are the carboys?

Um, they'd have to be £130 the pair.

Yeah.

Oh!

I think if you had to choose between the three here, and the two there...

I'm gonna take you with me the whole way, actually!

Yes.

CATHERINE: Can we go... Can we do £110 on those?

Oh, you're so lovely.

She's so lovely, I felt a nod there.

CATHERINE: I'm sure there was a nod.

ALEX: £115.

Can we do £110?

And then definite.

Go on.

Oh, please, Alex, come on, £110!

£110.

Oh, it's a fiver.

£110 and they're yours.

You are best... And I'm paying the other fiver!

VO: Thus far Philip's search for the daft and different has found him one wind up bird, two matchbox cars and now, what might be a wool winder - though there is some debate.

DAVE: That's got a metal bit, which means it's stronger.

PHILIP: But you could use these for drying fishing line, couldn't you?

DAVE: Fishing line, socks... PHILIP: Yeah, I think there's probably more potential for salmon fishing line than there is dirty socks, personally.

VO: All Philip needs to complete the set is... PHILIP: It's a stag horn three piece carving set.

Is it silver, Dave, or plated?

DAVE: It could very well be silver, that.

I like that.

The thing I love about this, is if you want to go to a cookshop and buy a modern knife, it's gonna cost you £30-40, isn't it?

And yet you come to Dave and buy something like this for probably about £15... DAVE: Pardon?

You can come to Dave and buy something like this for about £15.

I've lost my hearing!

PHILIP: Right, Dave, if I bought that... That was 25.

And those were five each.

And if I bought those two together, they would be... DAVE: 30.

PHILIP: 30.

And that was 25.

PHILIP: And that was 25?

DAVE: Yeah.

PHILIP: So if I bought those two together, how much would they be?

DAVE: 40.

PHILIP: 40.

PHILIP: And if I bought the whole lot together... DAVE: 60.

VO: Double figures, eh?

That's a lot of money for our Phil.

PHILIP: Go on, I'll have it all, Dave.

50 quid, wasn't it?

DAVE: Pardon?

PHILIP: 50 quid.

What was that?

Eh?

50 quid.

50?

60.

I tell you what, a fool and his money are soon parted, aren't they?

Dave, you're a gentleman.

It's sticking in your hand, man.

Get out of it.

VO: With Philip's rather eclectic shopping spree now over, and Catherine in need of a cup and tea and a lie down, after one very intense negotiation - our next stop is Aberdeen.

VO: Now, this is a city with 8,000 years of history.

It's been ruled by the English, it's been set ablaze and rebuilt and it's even helped defeat Napoleon at the battle of Waterloo.

That's because Aberdeen is home to the Gordon Highlanders, a Scottish regiment formed in the 18th century to help fight the French.

VO: And this museum celebrates their two centuries of history.

PHILIP: This is what does it for me on these trips - what I'm gonna see, and today it's gonna be VCs, it's gonna be tartan, and it's gonna be mess silver.

I hope someone's in.

PHILIP: Jesper, how are you doing?

Phil.

Good to see you.

VO: Don't worry Philip, Jesper's the man to show you around.

From firearms to silverware this regiment has quite a story to tell, and in 1794 it all started with a kiss.

JESPER: Now, this is the bonnet of Duchess Jean, the wife of Alexander, Duke of Gordon, who raised the Gordon Highlanders.

The legend is that new recruits to the Gordons received not only the king's shilling, but also a kiss from the fair duchess.

PHILIP: Really?

Absolutely.

And she was a society beauty, so how could any man resist such a wonderful... PHILIP: So she was like the best recruiting machine that you had.

JESPER: She absolutely was.

PHILIP: How many did she get in, how many did she kiss?

JESPER: Well, when the Gordon Highlanders paraded for the first time in Aberdeen in June 1794, there were over 1,000 recruits.

I'll tell you what, there's a bit of mileage in this.

I think they should start doing this today!

JESPER: I think you're right, definitely.

VO: The collection includes some rather impressive silverware.

But this isn't the only precious metal in the museum.

It's also home to eleven of one of the rarest medals in existence.

PHILIP: That's a VC.

JESPER: Yes, it is.

Victoria Cross.

The most important emblematic bravery medal there is to be won, isn't there?

JESPER: It is, an absolute icon.

PHILIP: And these were made from the bronze of a cannon from the Battle of Sebastopol in the Crimean War, weren't they?

That's right, exactly, it was captured Russian cannon that the medals are still cast from.

VO: This particular VC belonged to a legendary member of the Gordon Highlanders - Piper George - who fought on the northwest frontier - present day Pakistan - in 1897.

Gordons charged forward over this open piece of ground with their pipers playing, urging their men on over the ground.

JESPER: Now, five pipers stood up and started playing when the charge began.

Only one of the pipers made it across that open piece of ground unscathed.

One of the wounded was Piper George Findlater.

He was wounded in both ankles, but despite the fact he was in a great deal of pain, he had blood seeping into the ground from his ankles, and he was under constant murderous fire from the heights above, he propped himself up against a rock and carried on playing his pipes, urging his fellow Gordons on up the heights and to eventual victory.

Do you know, there are things that you do in your life, that bring... Make the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end, and this does, because it's just like...

It's just whoa, I mean, that's a moment, isn't it?

To have in your hands a Victoria Cross.

VO: Needless to say, a Victoria Cross isn't that easy to come by, and at auction, you can expect to pay upwards of a quarter of a million.

PHILIP: Here I am with a VC in my hands, that's a bit special, that.

VO: Whilst it's a moment Philip doesn't want to end, I'm afraid there's a contest still to decide, and a fellow competitor very much in need of a lift.

CATHERINE: Woo-hoo!

Hello.

PHILIP: Hello love, you alright?

CATHERINE: Can I drive?

CATHERINE: That's better.

I've got to check my insurance first.

Right, how do you get this into first gear?

PHILIP: Oh, Lord!

CATHERINE: OK, ready?

Oh!

Hahaha!

Ooo-ooh!

PHILIP: Legs apart, lift together.

CATHERINE: Left down...?

PHILIP: Straight on.

CATHERINE: No but what indicator?

PHILIP: Catherine, we're doing 22 miles an hour.

Shall we ring up the next shop and tell them we'll be there in about three days' time?

VO: Well they're making their way - slowly - to our next port of call.

The Aberdeen Antique Centre.

CATHERINE: Here we are.

PHILIP: Right, let's go!

Be happy!

Come on!

VO: Despite Catherine's perky demeanor, she's actually a little worried about only having £90 still in the kitty.

CATHERINE: As I've eaten into a huge chunk of my money already, I don't really want to spend much here, I can only really afford to spend 30 top whack, so what I'm looking for is something cheap and cheerful that's gonna make me a big profit, so I've got to beat that Serrell, you see.

VO: Just to add to the pressure, it's almost closing time, so don't dilly dally.

145, that's quite a lot of money.

PHILIP: Could I have a look at that little thing down there, please?

VO: Oh look, Philip's found something, and he's about to dig Doug out for a deal.

PHILIP: This is a shooting butt marker and these little pegs, they're ivorine, so they are numbered.

And what you would do, you'd arrive at your shoot early in the morning, and you'd mix all those up.

And then there's normally eight guns at a shoot, and you'd get to the first gun, who'd normally be a guest, and you'd offer him one of these, and he would just pick one of these out, and his stand is number five.

And then you'd go on to the next gun until all eight guns pulled out a number, which would give them their position in the line on the first drive.

It's basically just allocating your day for the whole of the shoot by luck.

And I just think that's a really nice thing.

I mean, I'd really need to be brutal on that price.

DEALER: It's £42 it's marked as.

I was hoping it might be 24 and it was the wrong way round.

I'll do it for £30 for you Philip.

PHILIP: Oh you're a hard man.

Can I just take them outside to the light a minute?

Sure.

VO: Don't worry, Philip hasn't taken to shoplifting yet.

Natural light really is the best way to view some objects.

I think this is lovely, right, I really think this is lovely.

But you get them in this light, and they look really plasticky, don't they?

£20 for them?

You're a gentleman, thank you very much.

Let me give you some money.

VO: And here we have it, another rare appearance of Philip Serrell's wallet.

Come on!

CATHERINE: What, we're going?

PHILIP: Yeah, we're going now, I've bought something.

VO: Fortunately, Catherine's used her time wisely, and has discovered a matching pair of silver toast racks.

I love the pair of toast racks, they're very cute.

And they're sort of about 1930s or something...

I would say so, yes.

I like those.

VO: Now, did you happen to know that toast was invented by the Egyptians 5,000 years ago?

Believe that, you'll believe anything.

CATHERINE: You'd have to have a very small piece of toast, wouldn't you, for these?

I'm not so keen on that price though, what's that, £70?

I could let them go for 50 for you.

50.

If that helps you.

CATHERINE: I really don't think I can go beyond 30 on these, though.

Hm, I don't think I could go lower.

CATHERINE: Oh!

I'm not sure if I'd make a profit on that.

What if I were to say 35?

35.

Now you're talking.

DEALER: Split the difference I've got to take them at £35, haven't I?

A deal.

You're a lovely, lovely man.

DEALER: There you are.

CATHERINE: Thank you.

If not, they make a great pair of earrings!

Wouldn't they?

Absolutely!

Bet Lynch, eat your heart out!

VO: And with the last exchange of cash, so endeth day one of Serrell versus Southon.

CATHERINE: Come on then!

Home James.

Woo-hoo!

VO: As the sun rises on another glorious day in Scotland, our dynamic duo are once again hitting the road, leaving Aberdeen behind and heading for Bonnie Dundee, where they'll go head to head at auction.

CATHERINE: Toads on road!

PHILIP: Eh?

CATHERINE: Oh, don't run over any toads, Philip.

VO: So far, Philip's quest for the daft and different has seen him part with £80 for everything from Star Wars figures to a wind up bird, leaving him £120 still to play with.

PHILIP: You go out buying all the goodies and I'm left looking like a lulu!

I'm going for the scenic route.

CATHERINE: Oh come on Philip.

PHILIP: I'm going for the scenic route.

VO: Catherine, meanwhile, has boldly splashed out £145 on two carboys and her rather lovely toast racks, which leaves her just £55.

Your strength is playing this "No, I really don't know" trick, and you do so well.

Oh, shut up.

You do so well.

VO: Before more shopping - and arguing - Catherine first has a date with royalty - the fabulous Glamis Castle in the fertile valley of Strathmore.

CATHERINE: Oh, my word.

Oh, I just feel like I'm in a dream.

This is gonna be magical.

VO: For more than 600 years this has been the ancestral home of the earls of Strathmore, but what really stands this beautiful castle apart is the fact it was the childhood home of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother.

CATHERINE: Good morning!

HAMISH: Good morning, Catherine.

Welcome to Glamis.

CATHERINE: Thank you so much.

VO: And Hamish here is giving us the grand tour.

There's a great deal of history to be seen here at Glamis.

What you're looking at here is the original tower house that was built by the family when they first came here in the 1370s.

So this is the oldest part.

This, we believe, is the oldest part.

Basically the family were given the land here by King Robert II in the 1370s, and they've been adding to it ever since.

Well, shall we go inside?

Really lovely building.

Oh, this is definitely feeling like a castle.

VO: At age three the Queen Mother officially took up residence here at Glamis, when her father became the 14th Earl of Strathmore, so beginning a love affair with this castle that lasted her entire life.

So this little staircase here, this leads up into the Queen Mother's sitting room, so we'll go on up.

VO: At age 21, the Queen Mother received a marriage proposal from George, the then Duke of York, though not wishing to live in the public eye, she turned him down - not once but twice.

VO: Then after a third proposal two years on she finally said yes, and the happy couple spent much of their honeymoon here at Glamis in a specially designed royal suite.

CATHERINE: I can't believe that this is actually the Queen Mother's sitting room, this is incredible.

And it is very much as it always was from the time of their marriage, in fact there's a photograph there on that little table taken in 1935, it's almost exactly the same then as it is today.

CATHERINE: You can see that, can't you, yeah.

VO: And that's not the only photograph you'll find here.

HAMISH: Very nice little one here of their two daughters, Margaret on the right aged four... CATHERINE: And Elizabeth.

And you'll note that the Queen has signed her own pet name at the bottom, "Lilibet".

CATHERINE: Aww, that's lovely, isn't it?

Hamish, I love this little sort of enclosed booth where presumably the Queen Mother would have sat down and... HAMISH: I presume so, again... CATHERINE: Letters... As you see above the desk... CATHERINE: I can see the phone, isn't that wonderful?

HAMISH: It's interesting, there's a piece of headed paper I found here a few years ago which said that the phone number here was "Glamis 4", so I wonder who 1, 2 and 3 were!

Yes, exactly.

VO: Needless to say, the Queen Mother's life changed forever when in 1936 her husband was crowned king.

But along with their daughters Elizabeth and Margaret, they never stopped coming to Glamis.

Now, these little chairs here... HAMISH: Well, we think they were probably used by the princesses when they were here on holiday.

They were for the princesses.

For me, that's wonderful.

To think that the then Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret sat on those chairs, I mean, that...

It's wonderful, isn't it?

Isn't it.

I just want to stay here.

VO: Sorry Catherine, but the road trip waits for no man - or woman - and as we head down Scotland's eastern coast, our next stop is Montrose, which sits between the mouths of the North and the South Esk Rivers.

PHILIP: Oh, stop, stop, stop, can I take a picture?

CATHERINE: Go on then.

PHILIP: This is so... CATHERINE: That is quite amazing, isn't it?

There's a fishing boat coming out, look.

Come on, baby!

Get in my car.

VO: As well as boasting uninterrupted views of the North Sea, Montrose is also home to our most unusual antiques dealer yet.

On a remote farm that seems to be a million miles from anything, our do are on the outlook for - wait for it - Steptoe's Yard.

CATHERINE: We could find anything here, we could find some real treasure, actually.

PHILIP: We could find nothing.

You're always so negative, aren't you?

PHILIP: No, no, well, my pint glass is just half empty.

PHILIP: Lord above!

CATHERINE: Oh my word!

PHILIP: I think I've died and gone to heaven.

VO: Incredibly, this is just the tip of the iceberg.

While everything you see is permanently displayed outside, it's just a fraction of Peter's somewhat eclectic collection.

CATHERINE: Hi, Peter.

I can't believe this place, it's really quite something.

Something else, actually.

It is slightly different.

CATHERINE: Can I have a look inside?

VO: Indoors, there's row after row after row of furniture, glass, china, brassware, and seemingly non-stop knickknacks.

CATHERINE: Oh my word.

I'm just completely lost for words, you've got so much here, it's just vast.

VO: A farmer by trade, it was mad-cow disease that inspired Peter to diversify, and he's managed to gather all of this stuff in just six years.

Oh dear.

CATHERINE: Does it ever stop?

PETER: It stops when you get to the end!

CATHERINE: It doesn't feel like there is an end.

Peter!

Which do you reckon is the best place for me to look?

I'm just completely overwhelmed here.

There are a few things in here.

I think that's an electrocardiograph in there.

Electrocardiograph?!

Call me picky if you like, but I think the mold on there just sort of puts me off using that a bit.

I'll clean that off for you.

PHILIP: Peter, I'm beginning to worry about you.

VO: Sadly, a cardiograph is too daft and different even for Philip, but this 19th century cartwheel, just right.

PETER: Make me a sensible offer.

In my eyes, it's 30-35 quid's worth, that's what I think.

I would disagree a little bit.

Who's gonna buy that off me, a bloke with a three-wheeled cart?

PETER: If you were to give me somewhere in the region of 55.

PHILIP: Nah.

I'll maybe do a deal with you.

PHILIP: 55 for a foreign cartwheel?

Well, someone said to me that they thought it had been used for driving possibly ropes or something like that.

Do you know what I think you use it for?

I think you use it for kippering poor Englishmen, that's what I think you use it for.

VO: Surprisingly, this is a very sound choice, as cartwheels are extremely popular in garden makeovers, and thus go very well at auction.

But Peter's playing hard to get.

This has got to be what, turn of the last century?

PHILIP: 1890-1900?

PETER: I would reckon so.

And I think it's probably continental.

And as such, clearly is not worth anything like the amount of money that an English one would be.

35 quid is my best deal, that.

No, come on, a little bit more.

You ought to think of a poor Scotsman!

VO: Unable to strike a deal, the search continues, though I do believe that amongst all of this, Catherine's finally found something.

CATHERINE: Just look, it's got a bit split down it.

Come on, that would... PETER: It adds to the character of it.

CATHERINE: That would take out a nice... PETER: ..a split.

VO: Whilst it's seen better days, what does make this trunk interesting is that it's pine painted to look like oak - a paint technique that's called scumbling - but will the bidders of Dundee appreciate the quirk?

CATHERINE: How much could that be, before we even think about getting it out?

You'd be looking around about the 50.

Could it be 20?

PETER: No.

Not quite.

What, 25 then?

No, 30.

25, come on, final offer.

I will give it to you at rock bottom price.

25 or we'll push it back in.

Go on, Peter.

Put it there.

I'll do it for 28 for you.

25, come on.

28.

Come on.

28, there you go.

You'll get a bit profit off that one.

CATHERINE: I haven't even seen the other side of that, so I'm hoping that's OK. You've bought it now!

VO: Now it may look as if Philip's moved on from that cartwheel, but nothing could be further from the truth.

Peter, we're gonna have to have a deal on that cartwheel.

PETER: I need a little bit more than 35.

PHILIP: How much is a little?

PETER: If you give me 45, I'll... That's not a little, that's a lot!

That's halfway between... No, get out of here.

See, I thought a little was 36.

PETER: The only reason I would even think about selling it is because it's to a needy case.

PHILIP: You haven't got any violins round here have you, I could start strumming a... PETER: I've got this one, but it's not in very good order.

PHILIP: No, this is all I've got.

VO: £40!

You've got to admire his cheek.

PETER: I'll tell you what I'll do, I'll sell you...

I'll sell you it for that provided I don't have to help to tie it on the roof of your car!

PHILIP: Thank you very much indeed.

VO: Haha.

Having begged the best deals they can out of old Steptoe, the moment has finally arrived when Philip and Catherine must reveal all.

I don't know about you, but it's been a fairly hectic two days, hasn't it?

Mm, you can say that again.

PHILIP: Shall I start?

Go on then.

PHILIP: The first thing, look... CATHERINE: I'm guessing some sort of clamp of some descript... Oh!

Oh, that's not what I thought at all.

I like that.

PHILIP: Think it's cheap, do you?

CATHERINE: I reckon you probably paid about 30-40 quid for it.

I paid £20 for it, so it's alright, isn't it?

Cheapskate!

That's a steal.

PHILIP: Do you want another Serrell one?

Go on then.

I thought this was lovely, look.

This is just a little... CATHERINE: Ah hah.

PHILIP: ..butt marker.

CATHERINE: Yeah.

I thought they were ivory, but they're not...

They're plastic, aren't they?

I mean, if it was ivory, it's £100.

It's completely different - how much did you pay for those?

Well, there's a recurring theme to this.

£20?

You're a joke, you are.

PHILIP: OK, your turn.

Alright.

Oh, wow.

Look at that.

Actually, that's fantastic.

A pair of these.

CATHERINE: Isn't that lovely, the shape of that, and they are in absolutely tip top super condition.

PHILIP: What did you pay for the pair?

I paid 110.

If you can't get £50 each for those... £50 each?

I don't think they're worth £50 each.

Who knows, Philip, time will tell.

PHILIP: Do you want to see my next one?

CATHERINE: Come on then.

Oh, it's a swift.

What's a swift?

It's a swift.

A swift is a type of... My finger's in there!

Oh, sorry, Philip.

Ouch.

That's not very nice, is it?

CATHERINE: Alright, a swift is a type of wool winder.

It is a wool winder, yeah.

And you're gonna wind... PHILIP: ..your wool around, a skein of wool goes round there, doesn't it?

CATHERINE: There's different types of winders, this one is called an umbrella swift.

What a girl, eh?

Don't you just love her?

What's it worth?

It's got to be worth my 20 quid.

40-50 quid.

Cuz I was hoping, you see, that it was a... Don't tell me you paid... Did you pay 20 again?

Yeah.

I told you there was a recurring theme to this.

You are... You... What's next?

CATHERINE: Aren't these just the dinkiest pair of earrings?

What do you think, Phil?

Absolutely, Bet.

Birmingham hallmarked.

Yeah.

Mappin & Webb.

And they've cost you... 60 quid?

35.

For the pair?

Mm.

I think you absolutely robbed those.

Next thing?

CATHERINE: Go on then.

Now, there is a recurring theme to this, alright.

CATHERINE: No!

That's...

I don't know what that is.

CATHERINE: No, I don't think I'm quite sure, either.

And that's a Matchbox Yesteryear Blower Bentley, 4.5 liter.

I'll take your word on that.

That's a model of a Burrell Showman's engine.

CATHERINE: OK PHILIP: And this is just the business, look.

Oh, sweet!

Little clockwork... Yeah.

Isn't he just the business?

Look.

CATHERINE: That is amazing.

I love it.

£20.

And 40 pence.

Well I'd give you at least £30 just for him.

This is the star of the show.

Have you got another lot?

Well, let me guess.

Let me guess if I can wonder what that is.

You've bought a thimble(!)

Actually, it's a lot better box than it looks, because it's a pine box, isn't it?

CATHERINE: Yeah, it is a pine box.

PHILIP: But it's scrumbled.

CATHERINE: That was 28 quid.

I think that's absolutely fine.

CATHERINE: Do you?

PHILIP: Yeah, I do, honestly.

I hope you're right, cuz I can't shut it now!

Do you want to see my last thing?

CATHERINE: Go on then.

PHILIP: Yeah.

Well, this wasn't 20, but it was two times 20.

Oh, wow!

Why have I bought that?

I don't know, but that's impressive, Philip.

You paid £40 for that?

Yeah, why?

CATHERINE: It's just one of those things, isn't it, that actually could do very well.

What comes round goes round.

Wheels go round, don't they?

Yeah, right, Philip!

VO: Oh, very droll.

But in this contest of the old hand versus the new girl, what do they really think about each other's purchases?

CATHERINE: His first item that he showed me was the fork, knife set.

It's nice cuz it's got Aberdeen on, but I don't think it's gonna get people particularly excited.

PHILIP: I think her chemist jars, if she can get a London price for them, she might get a couple of hundred pounds' profit.

I think the danger is you know, we're in Dundee selling these things.

CATHERINE: The cartwheel really had his name written all over it.

Nobody else would give it a second glance.

PHILIP: The trunk is undoubtedly her worst item.

She probably panic bought that at the eleventh hour.

I don't know if he was just being kind, or whether he's a sly old fox and he think they're gonna bomb.

I will have to watch me pockets a bit over the next five days, cuz yeah, she's gonna be hard to beat.

VO: After kicking off in the Village of Aboyne, the first leg of this road trip comes to an end in sunny Dundee - a city that's famous for jam, jute, and journalism.

PHILIP: That's got to be the footie club, Catherine.

East Fife four, Forfar five.

VO: Currently pulling up outside the auction rooms of Curr and Dewar, Philip and Catherine will soon discover who's in the money, and who's in trouble.

CATHERINE: Our first auction.

Oh, handbrake on.

PHILIP: No, I'm gonna live in hope that somebody'll nick it.

You're so miserable!

Me, miserable?

How could you say such a thing?

Oh, Philip.

Come on lovely, come on.

VO: Already, many a frugal Scot has gathered but before auctioneer Steven Dewar raises his gavel, let's see how he rates the chances of our two competitors.

AUCTIONEER: I quite like the butt markers, they're a nice quirky little lot, not something you see very often.

The trunk, not so sure about that one, unfortunately, condition is a little bit against it.

The cartwheel might show a little bit of interest.

Whoever's bought the cartwheel I think might get a little surprise today.

VO: Our experts began this journey with £200 each and over the past two days Philip has spent a total of £120.40 on five auction lots.

As for Catherine, our road trip newbie, she's spent £173 on just three auction lots.

Time to see who's really in the money.

Let the auction begin!

VO: First to go under the hammer are Catherine's fabulous glass vessels, and to show them off to best effect, she's even splashed out 68p on cordial.

CATHERINE: If these sell for £50, Philip, I'm just gonna cry.

They won't sell for £50.

I'll have a wager with you.

CATHERINE: Do you promise?

PHILIP: No.

Bonnie looking pieces.

"Bonnie looking pieces".

Starts me off at £50.

At 50.

60.

80.

100.

And 20.

Come on.

..a profit, isn't it?

VO: This isn't looking good.

Come on Dundee - dig deep!

A bit more!

Bit more!

Five, thank you.

Why did I buy those?

VO: Only a £10 profit there, and that's before commission.

VO: Next it's Philip's wool winder, just one of his many £20 bargains.

I liked it initially, now I've looked at it again, I'm really... Not that keen.

It's horrible, isn't it?

Yeah.

Interest starts me off at £15.

At £15, bit of vintages wares there.

18.

20.

No!

AUCTIONEER: 22.

£22.

PHILIP: I'm sort of pleased to see the back of that.

£2 profit.

Well done, Philip.

Yeah.

VO: So far, Catherine's ever so slightly in the lead.

But let's see if Philip's Victorian carving set can cut things up.

At £35 it is for the set of carvers, at £35.

40...five.

50...five.

60.

£60.

Five.

£65, are you all done?

CATHERINE: Well done AUCTIONEER: At 65 then.

PHILIP: Bit of luck there.

AUCTIONEER: 65.

PHILIP: I'm really, really pleased with that.

VO: And so you should Philip, so you should, old boy.

VO: Next, Catherine's Victorian trunk.

Let's hope the good people of Dundee are mad keen for a bit of scumbling.

Rustic piece there, interest on it, £10 bid.

At £10 it is, the Victorian trunk there at £10.

Oh, come on!

AUCTIONEER: 12.

£12.

15.

£15.

Any advance?

CATHERINE: Come on!

Come on!

VO: Oh dear, this ain't looking good.

Nobody?

Is that our lot?

At £15, we're all done.

£15 it is.

VO: Oh Catherine, welcome to the unpredictable world of the road trip.

VO: Moving right along, it's Philips's toy collection next, including the wind up bird - most of which he picked up on the "cheep".

£30.

35.

40...five.

50, CATHERINE: Oh, Philip!

AUCTIONEER: 60.

£60 How do you do this?

AUCTIONEER: At £60, £60, are you bidding?

£60.

VO: Jammy old devil!

I think if I'd have taken those Star Wars figures out, it might have made a bit more!

VO: That's a £40 profit.

But how will the bidders feel about his butt markers in faux ivory?

That's plastic to you and me.

Unusual little lot, 20 bid.

22.

25.

28.

30.

32.

35.

38.

40.

Are you all done at 40?

£40.

CATHERINE: I have to hand it to you, Philip.

VO: The man's unstoppable.

So let's see what this feisty crowd of Scots make of his continental cartwheel.

I've got a horrible feeling that you might double your money on that.

Vintage metal-rimmed wooden cartwheel.

Unusual item, I am bid £60 for it.

At £60 for the cartwheel, at £60.

At 60, are you bidding, sir?

70, 80, 90, 100.

CATHERINE: I don't know.

I don't get that.

110.

120.

At 130 now.

Any advance at 130?

I don't get that, Philip!

VO: That's a staggering £90 profit.

Wow!

I just can't believe that.

VO: Thankfully, Catherine has one last ace up her sleeve.

AUCTIONEER: Pair of small silver five-bar toast racks, Birmingham 1913, Mappin & Webb.

Interest on these starts me off at £40.

At £40, pair of toast racks there at £40.

Five.

50.

50 bid.

Five.

60.

60 bid.

At £60, commission bidder at £60.

VO: It's a good price, Catherine, but unfortunately not good enough.

PHILIP: Oh, I'm sorry.

CATHERINE: No, you're not.

I am, cuz I feel guilty now.

God.

There is no justice in this world.

VO: True.

Philip started this leg with £200, and after auction costs made a profit of £139.54 which means he ends round one with £339.54.

VO: Catherine also started with £200, but made a loss of £13.10, leaving her with a total of just £186.90.

But don't worry my girl, it's only day one and it's still anybody's game.

I haven't liked today, Philip.

Well.

It's been a bad day.

Has it?

But hat's off to you.

It's not gonna be a long, painful journey home, is it?

No.

CATHERINE: Do you know what my plan is next time?

What?

Next place we go to, I'm gonna buy five cartwheels... PHILIP: Really?

CATHERINE: ..and nothing else.

And I'll make a loss!

VO: And we could call them Catherine wheels!

Next time we're off to Glasgow, where Catherine turns up the charm to maximum.

CATHERINE: You would make me so happy, because I just absolutely love this.

VO: Philip puts his reputation on the line.

PHILIP: There's every chance that everybody else is gonna think I'm stark raving bonkers.

DEALER: What can I say?

VO: Quite.

Gone.

VO: And there's tears before bedtime You are horrid to me!

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