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: Holding up traffic from the Highlands of Scotland to England's glorious north, Philip Serrell and Catherine Southon may be rivals, but they're also becoming the best of friends.

CATHERINE: Oh, my gosh - there's a load of traffic behind us.

Philip, shut up a minute.

PHILIP: Sorry.

Whoa!

PHILIP: That's my knee you just tried to put into third!

CATHERINE: Sorry!

VO: Whoops!

So far in this contest, it's the silver fox out in front.

CATHERINE: So, Mr Moneybags, take some risks!

PHILIP: I'm taking one at the moment!

Sitting here!

VO: Surprising us - and himself!

- Philip's turned his original £200 stake into a staggering £493.50.

PHILIP: What am I going to spend my money on?

CATHERINE: Look at the little goats!

PHILIP: They're sheep, dear!

CATHERINE: They're not, they're goats.

You're from London, aren't you?

VO: Meanwhile, Catherine's boosted the coffers by just £61.10.

But tired of playing second fiddle, today she's a woman on a mission.

VO: Despite disappointment at the auction house for three crushing days in a row... That is just a joke.

That's a joke.

That is a joke.

You love... VO: On this fourth leg, she's determined to come out on top.

Yes, she'll fight, she'll negotiate and she'll hug her way to the top.

Oh, you're so lovely!

VO: But will it be enough to beat the silvery fox?

CATHERINE: The thing is, I just haven't had my lucky break yet.

VO: Certainly haven't.

This week's road trip is taking us from the northeast of Scotland, through the Lake District and on to Liverpool.

Today we're en route to the market town of Sedbergh, and we'll end this leg with an auction in Leeds.

VO: Whilst it's in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, Sedbergh is officially part of the Lake District.

But what really puts it on the map is its boarding school, renowned for producing world class sportsmen, including three English rugby captains, though right now the real competition is on the high street.

PHILIP: Oh, ace bit of parking.

No, it's not - that was dreadful.

Well, we stopped!

CATHERINE: Which one do you want to go to?

I want to go to the chip shop.

Oh, I'm going that way.

Go on, get out of here.

VO: Philip's first stop is a walk down Memory Lane, a shop that Susan's filled with the kind of kitchen gadgets you typically find in the 19th century.

PHILIP: I love this here.

I would guess it's like a press for something.

It's not weight for measuring, for weighing things, but it's a weight for forcing something down.

I mean, farmers' wives used to do everything with the offal, didn't they?

SUSAN: They did.

PHILIP: And the cow's tongue.

They'd press tongue, wouldn't they?

SUSAN: Yes, or cheese or something like that.

PHILIP: I mean, if you think about it, that is completely and utterly useless, isn't it?

What on Earth are you gonna do with that?!

SUSAN: Doorstop nowadays, I would say.

Well, I dunno, but it's just a fun, good-looking thing.

VO: Bit like you!

And there's plenty more where that came from.

This is a sycamore dairy bowl, and it would've been turned on a lathe.

And if you can imagine...

The grain is not circular on a piece of wood, it goes that way.

When you turn it, part of it is across the grain, and that's why these bowls often become oval, or they split.

And they're always out of sycamore, aren't they?

Anything to do with food was made out of sycamore, because it's got a natural antiseptic in it... PHILIP: Really?

SUSAN: Mm.

You'd often find butchers' blocks made out of...

Right.

Yeah.

What's the bottom line for that and what's the bottom line for that?

SUSAN: 25 for the weight and 65 for the bowl.

PHILIP: I'm gonna forget that, because that is completely and utterly useless.

OK. PHILIP: Is 55 any good?

60, and that's it.

PHILIP: Is it?

SUSAN: Yeah!

It's such a fair price and I'm being mean.

VO: Isn't he just?

But there's no denying Philip has the eye for the unusual.

PHILIP: I think that's a real, fun thing.

Look.

This is a meat tenderizer.

If you've got some really ropey old rump, you give it a bash with that side, which is really... And if it was a bit tender fillet there, you'd hit it with that side.

Sue, would this be, like, probably 1880-ish?

SUSAN: Yeah, late... Victorian.

PHILIP: Could I give you 70 quid for the two now and I'll take 'em?

SUSAN: Go on, 70.

Oh, you're an angel!

Oh, come here, let me give you... Oh, you're an angel.

You're an angel.

That's the best bit ever.

I'm really, really pleased.

I'm gonna get some money out now.

VO: While Philip's using his animal magnetism to save a few pounds - Lord help us!

- a few doors down, it's Catherine's turn to charm the locals.

CATHERINE: Hello.

Avril.

Hi, Avril, good to meet you.

CATHERINE: Is it OK if I just have a little look?

AVRIL: Two rooms, loads of corners - just... VO: In this slightly chaotic assortment of books, collectibles and vintage clothing, Catherine's searching for the one object that will blow the bidders away.

And after quite a search, finally she likes what she sees.

That's lovely, isn't it?

It's probably over mantle mirror, isn't it?

And I like the hammered copper over wood.

Do you think arts and crafts?

Is that what you...?

AVRIL: I think so.

AVRIL: The arts and crafts period used a lot of worked copper.

VO: The arts and crafts movement flourished between 1860 and 1910, and at its heart was a rebellion against mass production.

VO: Instead, traditional craftsmanship was favored, often using mediaeval forms of decoration.

It's simple but it's quite charming.

CATHERINE: What could you do on that, Avril?

Haggle a bit if you want.

What's the ticket price on it?

AVRIL: 65 on it now.

I'll be perfectly honest with you.

CATHERINE: I'd be looking at about 20.

AVRIL: Ooh... No, can't do that.

AVRIL: Our absolute rock-bottom on that would be 35.

I'm going to ponder and wander.

AVRIL: Ponder and wander is fine.

Is that alright?

Yeah.

VO: As Catherine ponders and wanders, Avril wonders whether she might be interested in this - the prints of Sir Edwin Landseer, Queen Victoria's favorite painter.

CATHERINE: I do like Landseer.

He was always...all the deers and the cats and the dogs.

Very sentimental, his paintings were, aren't they?

Oh, totally, yes, yes.

CATHERINE: Look at that very naughty boy, and there he is, in a naughty corner.

Actually, that could be a very young Phil Serrell.

Shh!

Don't tell him!

CATHERINE: If he comes in here, please don't mention that!

AVRIL: Does he pout like that?

CATHERINE: No, but he's got these chubby chops, just like that.

CATHERINE: What did you say you wanted on this?

We've had 75 on it but we're open to offers on this one.

Are you?

Mm.

What, low offers?

AVRIL: Naturally - coming from you, it would be!

CATHERINE: Could I just take the mirror for 30?

AVRIL: No.

No, it's too little.

OK, 32.

That's my last offer.

35 - gotta be.

Oh, go on - 32.

Just can't do it.

Sorry.

CATHERINE: You are not gonna move, are you?

AVRIL: I'm not.

OK, 35.

I'm gonna go for it, 35 - cuz I like it.

VO: Good for you, Avril - sticking to your old guns.

How are you?

I'm alright.

You're looking very sheepish.

Well... Yeah, I bought a sheep.

Did you spend lots of money?

For me, I spent a load.

See you in a bit.

Hm.

Bye!

VO: You naughty boy!

Now let's see what he thinks of Avril's very unusual shop.

Blimey, you've got some stuff in a small space here, haven't you?!

AVRIL: Yeah.

Let me know if you need any help.

I will.

I'm gonna have a look at the nightwear accessories first.

AVRIL: OK. VO: Sadly, there's nothing in women's nightwear quite close to Philip's taste, although millinery is a different story.

That's sort of like the Boy George of the auction world, is it?

I think that suits you, sir.

But I think I'll have a different color - doesn't go with your complexion.

VO: Something in mauve perhaps?

Catherine, meanwhile, is spoiled for choice.

You've got a beautiful shop!

Everywhere I'm looking, there's gorgeous things that I know are way over my price range.

VO: Though being an expert in all things scientific, how can she possibly resist a military telescope?

This looks quite late, say about 1940... Oh, there we are - stamped 1940.

Broadhurst Clarkson & Co. CATHERINE: Good maker.

How much did you want?

SUSAN: Make me an offer on that one.

CATHERINE: 10?

SUSAN: £20.

CATHERINE: It's lost its little...cover there.

To be honest, it's not great.

I don't even... SUSAN: Dirty, isn't it?

Very dirty.

SUSAN: Yeah.

CATHERINE: Very dusty.

Gosh, where did you get this from?

13.

CATHERINE: Oh, dear...

I'm thinking of all the bad things about it... ..ie the dust...

It's very dusty and you can't really see out of it, so it would need to be bought on its kind of looks, rather than its use, cuz at the moment it's not... SUSAN: Depends whether you'd want to use it.

CATHERINE: ..brilliant.

Therefore, I think my top would actually be eight on that.

I'll go to 10.

From 12 to 10.

SUSAN: I really can't do any better than that.

But also, there is a whacking great dent in the side of it, in the brass.

I think eight would be my maximum on that.

SUSAN: Go on, then.

CATHERINE: Eight?

Shall we say eight?

SUSAN: Mm-hm.

Great.

OK, thank you very much.

SUSAN: I haven't got £2, I don't think.

That's fine - I can give you five.

SUSAN: No!

CATHERINE: I can give you five.

No, no.

VO: As for the competition, he's decided to spend his money somewhere else.

Catherine!

I've got some lakes to see.

Bye.

You don't mind awfully if I drive, do you?

Gimme a chance to get in!

PHILIP: I'm in a rush - I want to see the lakes.

Yeah.

VO: As we venture deeper into the Lake District, our next stop on this leg is the town of Windermere.

CATHERINE: This is terribly exciting for me, because I have never been to the Lakes before.

CATHERINE: Oh...mind this water!

VO: Sitting just half a mile from Lake Windermere, England's largest natural lake, the town was once three separate hamlets called Birthwaite, Applethwaite and Heathwaite.

VO: But the arrival of the railway in 1857, along with a keen interest in attracting tourists, led to the three becoming one and taking on the new name of Windermere.

CATHERINE: I think I might be strapped for cash round here.

CATHERINE: Can I borrow some of your 500?

PHILIP: Let me think about it...no.

VO: So, with just over £200 in hand, Catherine's headed here, to Courtyard Cottage Antiques.

CATHERINE: This looks nice.

Whoop!

Mind the flowers!

OK, have fun.

VO: And in this lovely shop, I'm sure Catherine will be tempted to spend every penny of it.

It seems really tranquil and peaceful with the sound of the clocks.

It's just... (CLOCKS CHIMING) VO: Pardon?!

What was that?!

CATHERINE: Now that I love.

I'm not gonna buy glass, because I'm just having disasters with glass, but isn't that wonderful?

It's so retro though, isn't it?

CATHERINE: If you sold that down in London, I'm sure you'd do rather well with it.

That's a fab thing.

But I'm not gonna look at it, cuz it's glass!

VO: Well, how about something that's only 50% glass?

CATHERINE: That's jolly nice, that skeleton clock.

The name "skeleton" comes from the fact that you can actually see the workings, the mechanics of the clock.

And we've got the signature, Rofsi of Norwich, on the dial there.

It's gonna be completely out of my price range, but I'm going to ask anyway.

How much is on that, just out of interest?

£2,000.

Just take off a few noughts and we might be just about there!

CATHERINE: It's beautiful.

VO: After a hard day shopping, Philip's now rushing off to the pub.

Well, a former pub, in the nearby village of Grasmere, which is famous for being a former residence of Britain's most loved poet - William Wordsworth.

And giving our man the guided tour is Paul.

Ah, you must be Paul.

I am.

How are you?

Yeah, really, really good.

This is fantastic, innit, yeah?

PAUL: Very peaceful.

Except in 10 minutes, the cuckoo clock's going to go off.

Really?

VO: Born and bred in the Lake District, Wordsworth studied at Cambridge and traveled revolutionary France, before taking up residence at Dove Cottage, with his wife, Mary.

And it's here his life as a true poet began, going on to write "The Prelude", "Tintern Abbey" and, of course, his most famous poem - "I Wandered Lonely, As A Cloud".

PHILIP: So is this the room where it all sort of happened, really?

Yes, I mean this is where he would've sat and committed his thoughts to paper.

And he would have looked out of here and got inspiration.

PAUL: It would've been a lovely view, yes.

PHILIP: So this is his writing room, this is where it all happened, and there's no desk or no bureau or no...

I mean, what did he write on?

Well, he hated desks.

He called them "instruments of torture".

And we're told that this is the very chair that he sat in to write his poetry.

PHILIP: How prolific was he?

PAUL: He was very prolific when he was here.

In eight years, he wrote the majority of his work, the vast part of his work.

VO: Wordsworth also went on to have five children, which brings us to the nursery, a room wallpapered with The Times, for the sake of some much needed insulation.

But so the story goes, there was one other child.

PAUL: While he was down in France, he met a lady called Annette Vallon, who was slightly older than him, and we can speculate maybe she was slightly more experienced.

PAUL: Anyway... PHILIP: In what?

Well, let's just say that shortly after he left, a child was born, Caroline.

PAUL: And in 1802, before he came and collected his wife to be, he met Annette Vallon and it's very possible that he settled an amount of money on her for the upbringing of the child.

I'll say no more.

I think I'm gonna take up poetry.

VO: Also a resident at Dove Cottage was Wordsworth's sister, Dorothy, who in fact inspired that famous poem we all know.

PAUL: This is one of Dorothy's diaries.

She kept very detailed daily diaries.

This is a record of a walk that they went on together on the 15th of April, 1802.

And they walked over to Ullswater, and while they were walking by the side of the lake, they came across a host of daffodils.

PAUL: What she writes here is about the experience of seeing them, and she would have repeated this to William, and he would've remembered the experience, and actually, the poem is about remembering the experience.

VO: And that, of course, prompted... (CLEARS THROAT) "I wandered lonely as a cloud, That floats on high o'er vales and hills".

Take it away, Phil.

Go on.

No, I... You see, I...

I never paid much attention in English Lit.

VO: In that case, allow me to enlighten you.

"When all at once I saw a crowd, A host of golden daffodils".

PHILIP: What's lovely about is that you've got the inspiration for probably Britain's best known verse, in a way.

And it's just a humble little notebook.

PAUL: It is.

PHILIP: There's no glitz or glamor to it.

No.

VO: Speaking of no glitz, no glamor, Catherine's thinking about buying this copper cake stand, which, despite Jean and Barry's best efforts, has been sitting in this very spot for a very long time.

The reason people don't like buying copper is cuz they've got to clean it all the time, but you're probably quite glad to see it go, are you?

BARRY: Well, after five years, yes.

Five years?!

God, maybe I don't want it after all!

CATHERINE: It's got cobwebs on it, so... JEAN: Has it?

CATHERINE: Look.

Tempted.

JEAN: I can do you a good deal on that.

CATHERINE: How good's "good"?

JEAN: 45 quid.

CATHERINE: Oh, it's just I'm having a really bad time at the moment.

I'm having a bad time, because Philip Serrell is stealing the limelight.

Oh, we don't want Philip to win, do we?

CATHERINE: No.

JEAN: No, we don't want Philip to win.

Oh, I feel really mean saying this, because I'm not a mean person...but I'm tempted at more the sort of 25-30 mark.

JEAN: Oh...dear.

That wasn't a serious bid was it?

CATHERINE: I'm being completely serious.

25.

CATHERINE: Oh, you're giving me really scary looks!

I feel like I'm gonna be told off by my headmaster!

25, and we'll go for it.

OK. Oh!

Friend!

Yes, OK. Oh, he's giving you not very nice looks.

JEAN: Oh, it don't matter.

CATHERINE: I'm gonna live dangerously.

Are you?

Yes.

And I'm going to buy it for 25.

Not 30?

No.

CATHERINE: Don't hate me, will you?

Absolutely not!

VO: And with that, another day on the antique trail comes to a close.

PHILIP: What d'ya buy?

Come on, tell me, tell me, tell me.

CATHERINE: No, I'm not telling you what I bought.

PHILIP: Tell me, tell me, tell me!

CATHERINE: No, I'm not telling you.

VO: Day two, and despite the grey, grey skies, our experts can't help but admire the rugged beauty of the Lake District as they dash to the next antique shop.

CATHERINE: You're very chirpy today.

PHILIP: I like being here.

It's lovely.

CATHERINE: Oh, look!

PHILIP: Goats!

CATHERINE: Oh, look!

PHILIP: Goats, everywhere!

CATHERINE: They're not goats!

PHILIP: Are they not?!

VO: Only goat's you, Phil!

So far on this leg, you have spent £70 on two auction lots, and thanks to your animal magnetism, have £420 in the kitty.

PHILIP: I'm gonna spend £5 in each shop.

CATHERINE: Don't be boring!

Live a little!

VO: Catherine, on the other hand, has parted with £68 for three auction lots, and with £192 up her sleeve, she plans to bring down her competition.

CATHERINE: I want you to spend, spend, spend today.

VO: Our first stop today is Ulverston, the birthplace of comedian Stan Laurel.

VO: After visiting the Glasgow music hall where Stan's career began on the second leg of this road trip, Catherine's keen to see Ulverston's very own Laurel & Hardy Museum.

CATHERINE: I can't wait to go in... PHILIP: There you are.

You have a lovely day.

CATHERINE: ..it's gonna be fantastic.

PHILIP: Which one am I then?

Am I Stan or Ollie?

CATHERINE: Bye!

VO: This local landmark is the work of passionate collector Bill Cubin, the former mayor of Ulverston.

And whilst, sadly, he's passed away, his legacy lives on, thanks to his grandson, Mark.

MARK: This is him here.

CATHERINE: Oh, wow.

MARK: That's me and my little brother, and from the age of... very young, we were dressed up with bowlers and spiky hair and, my brother, being the youngest, ended up with the cushion shoved up his jumper, to be Ollie.

I always got to be Stan.

VO: Bill's collection began almost by accident, in the early 70s, when he discovered Stan's childhood home was being modernized.

MARK: Some of the stuff that came from Stan's grandparents' house was this stuff here, the mangle and the old washing machine.

I'm sure Stan's smalls would've gone through there at one point!

Oh-ho-ho!

Maybe they did!

MARK: So he took it, and just started collecting pictures and news clippings and anything he ever saw about Laurel & Hardy.

MARK: And eventually, it turned into this huge hoard of stuff.

CATHERINE: Escalated.

MARK: Yeah.

VO: From teapots to waxworks, movie posters and production stills to even Laurel & Hardy's bars of soap, there wasn't anything that Bill wouldn't collect.

Gosh, you've got everything here, haven't you?

CATHERINE: Every single possible type of statue.

Just, any time he saw or heard about Laurel & Hardy, he grabbed it.

CATHERINE: This is what I love - all this lovely memorabilia.

CATHERINE: It's wonderful.

VO: Ulverston's other local hero went on to be one half of the world's most famous comedy duo - a partnership that lasted more than 30 years and involved a staggering 106 films.

MARK: Stan had a great deal of creative control over everything.

Off screen, he was the brains, which you wouldn't expect.

No, of course not, because obviously, on the films, we see him as the "Waah-waah-waah!"

Absolutely.

But Stan would edit, write, direct, do a huge amount of work.

To Ollie, it was a job - he wanted to finish the day and go and have a round of golf.

CATHERINE: Oh, really?

MARK: Mm-hm.

So he was...

He did his job and went home, that was it.

Yeah.

VO: While museum founder Bill passed away more than a decade ago, his collection is in safe hands, though a visit here wouldn't be complete without a look at its crowning glory - Stan Laurel's hat.

CATHERINE: That's incredible.

That is very, very special.

You're stroking it like a pet!

That is very, very special.

I feel very privileged to touch that.

You can try it on if you like.

Can I?

Wow.

He actually did have a very small head, didn't he?

MARK: Yeah.

What do you think?

VO: 20 minutes down the road, Phil is en route to the nearby town of Cartmel.

PHILIP: When you look over there, at the countryside and the scenery, why do people go abroad?

Well I suppose if you look up there, that's why they go abroad.

VO: Famous for both its 12th century priory and its sticky toffee pudding - first created here, in the village shop - it's also home to Simon Starkie Antiques, which I think it's fair to say, Philip thinks is quite fantastic.

Hi.

PHILIP: You have got a fantastic shop here.

PHILIP: That's a fantastic dresser.

PHILIP: That's a fantastic Windsor chair.

You've got some fantastic things in here and my pockets are too deep.

JANE: Just one of those things.

PHILIP: Oh, and they're empty - that's another problem.

VO: And if you believe that, you'll believe anything.

Though Jane does have something else Philip considers to be, well, fantastic.

PHILIP: How much is your Jonathan Livingston Seagull?

Would it be expensive?

JANE: I don't think so.

I think that could be within budget.

I'm not sure I'm any the wiser at the minute!

PHILIP: Do you know who painted it?

JANE: Simon Starkie painted it.

PHILIP: What, the guy who owns the shop?

JANE: Yep.

He is a man of many talents, isn't he?

He is.

He did actually train as a fine artist.

PHILIP: And he's got this to look like it's sort of 1870, hasn't he?

JANE: Yeah.

PHILIP: He's a clever man.

How much is that?

JANE: I could do this one for you for £85.

Can I ask you to do me a real favor?

Could you ring Simon up?

JANE: OK. PHILIP: I'd love to buy it off him for £50.

PHILIP: Would you?

JANE: Do you want me to try?

JANE: Hello, Simon.

The Seagull - would £50 be agreeable?

OK. OK.

It's like waiting for your exam results, this!

JANE: Bye.

JANE: He'll go to 65.

JANE: That is his best price on that one.

Could you just find out what really is the very, very...?

JANE: Bottom line?

PHILIP: Yeah.

Fingers crossed really.

JANE: OK, yeah.

Do I need to sit down?

You probably might need to sit down.

What?

He's put the price up to £95?!

JANE: Well, the very best we can do... Yeah?

For you, £55.

I'm gonna buy it.

You're gonna have it?

Yeah, I do, I do, I do, I do.

I love it.

VO: And after that interesting purchase, our experts are now headed east, in the rain.

And in case you're wondering if the Triumph is waterproof, the answer is... PHILIP: It's not so much a roof.

It's more of a sieve.

PHILIP: It is, isn't it?

VO: Our next port of call is Kirkby Lonsdale, which sits, rather attractively, on the River Lune.

CATHERINE: I like that name - Kirkby Lonsdale.

PHILIP: Kirkby.

Sounds like he should be in the lower fourth at school, doesn't it?

"I'm just going to get a game of rugger with Kirkby Lonsdale!"

VO: Having gained its market charter almost 800 hundred years ago, Kirkby Lonsdale has been a bustling center for trade ever since, and at one point during the 19th century, it boasted 29 pubs.

VO: Though right now there's no time to imbibe, because there's shopping to do.

PHILIP: I think this is our last chance, isn't it?

Ooh...

I feel an enormous amount of pressure at the moment.

I feel an enormous amount of rain.

Well, this is my last chance... Bye.

Oh, bye!

I guess I'm going this way.

VO: Ah.

With no sympathy on offer, Catherine's headed for the town's former police station, now one very cramped antiques store, which Amanda has filled with many a gorgeous thing.

CATHERINE: Well, I'm going to be extremely difficult and ask if you could open this cabinet straightaway.

AMANDA: Well I just put it...

Put it a bit that way...

Right.

AMANDA: And then I've just got to move this table.

I'll move this to here.

Now you can get in.

CATHERINE: Well, I can't, actually.

AMANDA: No you ca... You can't!

No, you can't.

Right.

It's really clever - I've hemmed myself in, so now I can't... Lovely.

What's this?

Punch?

AMANDA: They're Punch & Judy nutcrackers.

CATHERINE: So we've got a little Judy on one side and Punch on the other.

CATHERINE: There certainly looks like a nice a bit of wear to them, a nice sort of verdigris inside.

AMANDA: I think they're probably about 1900.

What could you do on this?

AMANDA: The best would be 50.

CATHERINE: I do like them...but I think 40 would be my limit.

CATHERINE: Can we have a little think about those?

AMANDA: Just put anything on one side, and then have a think about it.

VO: Despite being trapped in this corner, Catherine soon finds something else she rather likes.

That's a rather nice card case, that looks to be in beautiful condition.

It is more of man's thing.

CATHERINE: Is it silver?

It is.

It's engine-turned silver.

AMANDA: Your card goes in there, and it snaps closed.

And it's flat, to go in a man's pocket.

CATHERINE: I quite like that.

You can imagine a businessman today in London, just... Business card, yeah.

CATHERINE: "Do you want one of my cards?"

CATHERINE: I like the fact that you've got a little cartouche there, so you can put your initials on.

CATHERINE: How much is this?

AMANDA: It's 140.

CATHERINE: What could you come down to on that one?

100.

CATHERINE: I really couldn't possibly go... 90... CATHERINE: I'm struggling beyond belief.

Could you go for 60 on that?

AMANDA: I'd have lost money on it - I'd have lost £30 on it at 60!

VO: Oh, dear.

What's a woman on a mission meant to do?

Oh, yes, that's right - have nice cup of tea.

VO: On the other side of town, Philip's having a quick poke around Dales Antiques, under the watchful eye of Leonard, who's looking very dapper indeed.

VO: Oh, I do like a nice bowtie.

PHILIP: This is just a great bit of Worcester.

This has probably came up the M6 with me.

PHILIP: This is called blushed ivory, painted with flowers.

This is part of a much larger service and there would probably have been 12 plates, two comports and two tazzas, which are like... Comports are plates on a stand and tazzas are plates on a slightly lower stand.

PHILIP: And the man who did these was a guy called Edward Raby, and because they weren't allowed to sign these, Edward Raby, he had a bit of an ego, and he used to work his signature, a little "ER" into the foliage.

You know, you can have a look at these forever and a day, and sometimes you can see the little "ER" and sometimes you can't.

VO: Well, Philip, I'm looking, but I'm definitely not seeing.

What I'm gonna do is if I put a couple of things together... Can I try and bid you for two things in one go?

You can try and bid me, yes, and I'll...I'll know where my figures are.

It's the emphasis on the word "try" that I'm a bit anxious of.

VO: Having made her way through a cup of tea - and three digestives, but who's counting?

- Catherine's ready to renegotiate.

CATHERINE: So we talked... We said 70 and 40.

AMANDA: Mm.

Can you do both of them together for 90?

No!

I'm losing more and more money every time you speak!

I'm losing more and more money!

CATHERINE: I'm so desperate.

You can't blame me for trying... 100.

100.

Final.

Shall we say 95 for both of them?

OK. Fine.

That's it.

Are we going to stop there or are you going to look at it again?!

CATHERINE: No, no, because I... Point out the hallmarks and say... CATHERINE: No, no.

I do...I do really like it.

CATHERINE: I think it's jolly nice.

Do you know what, Amanda?

I feel I could just sit here and chat to you all day?

VO: Oh, really?

This could cost Amanda a fortune!

VO: As for Philip, something else has caught his fancy.

I love little boxes, and these are fantastic.

These are Tunbridge ware.

VO: Produced in Tunbridge and Tunbridge Wells during the 19th century, this mosaic artform was achieved by using a mix of local and foreign timbers.

VO: And it boasted quite the color range - even green.

VO: But will once of these boxes be the perfect companion to Philip's Royal Worcester?

LEONARD: The best I could probably do on that, realistically, is going to be £75 on its own.

PHILIP: Ouch!

Really?

And what about this little Tunbridge ware box?

That's a fabulous little Tunbridge ware box.

LEONARD: Again, because it's just a fabulous thing and a fabulous color, on its own it'd be 85.

PHILIP: So you're talking in terms of about a hundred-and-what for the two?

LEONARD: 150.

PHILIP: I just don't think I can do that.

PHILIP: I'm gonna get all the money out I've got in my pocket.

There you are, look.

LEONARD: 100.

Cuz look, look at the quality of that - it's such a lovely color.

I... Look at the quality of it.

Look at the color.

PHILIP: This is 100 of the finest pound notes of the realm, this is.

Yes.

Will that buy them?

Actually...no, it won't, actually.

As I say, you...

I just said 150 and I've come down to 130... You've done ever so... You've done me proud.

So I'm kind of trying.

PHILIP: Hang on, let's just think about it.

PHILIP: I tell you what I'll do - how about 110?

120.

110 and we'll have a deal with you.

120.

I...I think you'd do another 10.

I tell you what I'll do with you.

There you are, look - £115.

That's job done.

Alright, that'll be fine.

You're a gentleman, thank you.

Alright.

Thank you very much indeed.

VO: Well, I don't know about you, but I'm exhausted.

VO: Time to cross the town square now, so that Philip and Catherine can reveal to each other what they've bought.

Here we go.

Gosh, this is weighty.

I like that.

PHILIP: It's got a bit of an arts and crafts look, hasn't it?

I think it is, hopefully, and arts and crafts mirror.

That's what I bought it as.

PHILIP: And what did you pay for that?

CATHERINE: £35.

Why did you go...?

Well, it's sort of not my sort of thing, really, but I can see why you bought it.

I think I should do alright with that.

I bought that.

CATHERINE: I'm not a huge Worcester fan but I can appreciate that that is actually rather beautiful.

That is... Quite a nice cabinet plate.

60 quid.

CATHERINE: How much is it worth?

I think it'll knock the door of £80 to £100, that sort of region.

CATHERINE: I thought that was a chip then, but it's not.

PHILIP: No, no, no, no.

No.

Oh, that's cool.

This is a refracting telescope, it's military.

Needs a bit of TLC, but I paid £8 for it.

Eight quid?!

CATHERINE: It hasn't got a lens cap here and at the end here it hasn't got its little cover.

£8?

That is nothing.

PHILIP: A little Tunbridge ware box.

Aw.

PHILIP: It's a cotton reel holder, isn't it?

I mean, you'd put cotton reels in there.

You look visibly moved, honestly!

No, the actual...

The object itself is not terribly exciting, but in terms of Tunbridge ware, that is actually quite a nice example, because all the little pieces look completely perfect.

Paid £55 for it.

CATHERINE: I don't think you'll make a loss on it.

I hope not.

Ah, now, this one, I bought it and then I regretted it.

It's worrying that you start making excuses for it before I've seen it.

Yeah.

It's a little copper cake stand.

PHILIP: It's OK.

I've seen worse.

What did you pay for that?

25.

PHILIP: Oh, you're fine and dandy with that, aren't you?

Now, if you don't behave...

..I'm gonna tenderize you!

I just love that.

CATHERINE: A meat tenderizer!

That's lovely, actually.

PHILIP: I really like that.

CATHERINE: As meat tenderizers go, that's a nice one.

CATHERINE: But these novelty Punch & Judy things are pretty cool, now, aren't they?

PHILIP: I think that's absolutely fine and dandy.

I don't want things to be fine and dandy, Phil - I want them to be good.

PHILIP: I wouldn't be surprised if that made you £40 or £50.

I bought it for £35!

No, £40 or £50 on top of that.

Oh, OK. PHILIP: But it's a cool thing that, isn't it?

CATHERINE: Yeah, it's a nice thing.

I sort of couldn't resist that, really.

PHILIP: Sycamore dairy bowl, 19th century.

That is lovely.

That's got Phil Serrell all over it.

That was £55.

I love that.

PHILIP: That could make close to 100, couldn't it?

Let me see your last item, because I really am anxious about my last one.

Really, really anxious.

I've never seen you worried before!

PHILIP: Oh, a little card case.

That's really beautiful.

Silver?

CATHERINE: Absolutely and hallmarked on every single panel.

Silver's not what it was, in truth.

PHILIP: Is that £65 worth?

I paid £60 for it.

CATHERINE: I thought it was very special, and I actually really love it.

CATHERINE: I think you're mean about this.

Do you want a chance to get your own back?

Yeah, I'm gonna be mean now.

PHILIP: The guy... CATHERINE: I hate seagulls.

PHILIP: Really?

Really hate seagulls.

But that's actually quite nice!

I've taken a gamble, right?

I think on a bad day, that could make £20 or £25.

PHILIP: And on a good day, it might make £100.

VO: As the competition intensifies between these two, it seems both parties are feeling rather nervous about the auction.

CATHERINE: I was a bit disappointed about the card case.

CATHERINE: I thought he'd really like that, and I thought he was going to say "Yeah, that's a really nice thing.

It'll probably make £100".

PHILIP: I'm not sure about her mirror.

I don't think it's quite good enough and I think her cake stand falls into the same boat.

I don't really know if I'm looking forward to the auction or not.

I've bought with my heart and not with my head, so...she could be catching me up here.

Oh... VO: After starting off in Sedbergh, Philip and Catherine end this, the fourth leg of their road trip, in the fair city of Leeds.

PHILIP: What's Leeds famous for?

Is Leeds famous for anything?

CATHERINE: No!

VO: Well, actually, this vibrant city has more than 1,000 years of history under its belt, from a small Saxon village to an industrial giant, and it has one of the largest groups of listed buildings in Britain.

But how will it affect the fortunes of our competitors?

PHILIP: Well, I think you're gonna come out on top.

CATHERINE: You are so predictable.

Because every one so far you've said "You're gonna do really well", na-na-na-na-na, and every one I haven't!

VO: Yes, but on this leg, Catherine, Philip has bought with his heart, not his head.

VO: So our visit to Gary Don auctioneers could be very interesting indeed.

CATHERINE: Here we are!

I tell you what - if your seagull flies away, I am going completely crackers.

VO: Going under the hammer today, there's everything from vintage cars to this de Vries painting, expected to fetch in excess of £10,000.

VO: Well, what better place to tempt potential bidders with the likes of Philip's meat tenderizer?

GARY: All in at £3,500...

Number five.

VO: The man running the show is Gary Don himself.

So how does he rate the chances of our experts?

GARY: Telescope's quite a nice one.

It's a bit cloudy, the glass there, so if you want three quarters of the picture, it's probably the thing to buy.

GARY: We have had a couple of people looking at the seagull.

I don't know whether that's because they want to buy it or they're thinking "Wow...yeah...I don't like the way that was drawn!"

But...

I'm sure they'll come up with some sort of name for that sort of art in the future.

GARY: My favorite has to be the meat pounder.

If I could afford it, I'd probably use that as a hammer, you know, when things were quiet in the auction.

GARY: So there's loads of interesting items there.

I mean, I've no idea what they've given for them.

I just hope it's not a lot!

VO: Philip started this leg with £493.50 and has gone on to spend £240 on five auction lots.

Alright, that'll be fine.

You're a gentleman.

Thank you.

VO: Catherine, meanwhile, began with £261.10 and has parted with £163, also for five auction lots.

VO: It's a full house, but given the caliber of what's on offer, our resident king of the daft and the different is starting to worry.

CATHERINE: Normally you're... No, no, no, this is... ..secretly confident, but I don't think you are today.

No, I'm not at all.

Far from it!

This is crash and burn VO: Well, in that case, let the auction begin!

VO: First up are Catherine's nutcrackers.

Bit of a special item, this.

Special.

GARY: OK, 10 to start this off.

GARY: Come on, it's a good piece, this.

GARY: 12.

14.

16.

18.

20.

22.

24?

GARY: £22.

Selling at 22 on the front.

VO: Oh, dear.

Not exactly an encouraging start.

Gutted.

I think we're doomed for everything.

VO: And on that positive note, Catherine, let's move swiftly on to Philip's Tunbridge ware cotton reel box, which, for him, cost a small fortune.

GARY: At 30.

And five.

40.

And five.

50. five.

GARY: I don't think you'll find another one.

I'm absolutely flabbergasted.

GARY: Selling at £60... VO: So despite all that angst, after auction costs, Philip's just about broken even.

I just think you're jammy, with a capital "J".

VO: Catherine too has splashed out quite a tidy sum on this gentleman's card case.

Do you know that your card case and I are the same age?

PHILIP: What do you think has worn better?

It has to be the card case, I'm afraid.

CATHERINE: It's in perfect condition.

VO: Oh!

"How sharper than a serpent's tooth"!

That's Shakespeare, by the way.

£20.

And five anywhere?

25.

30 anywhere?

Oh come on, you rotten lot!

GARY: 35.

40.

I've 55 here.

58?

60?

Come on!

Come on!

Come on!

60.

61.

Oh, come on!

61, come on!

No?

OK.

I think that's what it's gonna fetch.

£60.

CATHERINE: Don't say anything.

Just don't say anything.

VO: Even though nothing else has, perhaps Catherine's military telescope can excite the good burghers of Leeds.

PHILIP: Are you ready for this?

Well, I just don't know any more, Phil.

30.

Five.

I don't think you'll find another one.

40.

45 anywhere?

Oh, dear.

Come on.

I'm giving this away.

Giving it away.

GARY: Are you absolutely positive that you don't want this tele..?

GARY: 45.

Thank you.

45.

Come on, it's cheap.

46.

47.

48.

Oh, we're going in pound increments.

This is painful.

All done.

VO: Finally Catherine's made some money, though she's still frowning.

Just painful.

Oh!

It's like... VO: Next, it's Philip's meat tenderizer.

It's a fantastic piece.

Fantastic piece.

Come on, you should all have your hands up.

At 10 bid.

GARY: At 12.

16.

20.

24.

28.

32.

31.

Sir, 31?

Selling at £31.

VO: That's the silver fox's first profit of the day.

VO: Now, last time it was up for sale, this copper cake stand took five years to sell.

Should we be worried?

PHILIP: If it gets any hotter in here... Are you going to fan me?

GARY: Are you bidding, madam?

Oh, no, sorry - I'm fanning!

Are you sure?

Sorry, I'm fanning my fellow contestant!

VO: As for the real bidders... GARY: I'm starting off with a bid on my sheet of £5.

GARY: Five here.

12.

14.

16.

18.

GARY: 20.

24.

26.

It's a steal.

GARY: Are you going to let him have this?

It is a steal.

GARY: At £30.

I'll go another pound.

Anybody?

Go on.

31.

32.

Why are my things going up in pound increments?

It's painful.

GARY: Selling at 32 on the front.

Thank you very much.

VO: A surprise result there, and quite a relief for Catherine.

That's good isn't it, for me?

VO: Having gone a bit mad on this leg, this Royal Worcester dish is the second of Philip's big purchases.

30 bid.

At 40.

GARY: 45.

It's gotta be worth more than that, surely?

46?

GARY: Selling at 45.

No?

VO: Now, that's disappointing.

Oh, they're a tough lot, here in Leeds!

CATHERINE: And you've gotta live with it.

Turn the page.

I shan't ever come to Leeds again, but that's neither here nor there, really.

VO: Though before you go, Philip, it's your third big purchase - the sycamore dairy bowl for £55.

CATHERINE: This is gonna be really interesting.

We're starting this at £24.

GARY: 26.

28.

30.

32.

34.

36.

GARY: 38.

40.

And five.

50.

And five.

60.

That's a relief.

Here you go... GARY: Five.

No?

At 60 then.

£60.

VO: Not bad, not bad - especially at today's auction.

Next item, Catherine's so-called arts and crafts mirror.

This isn't gonna be good, Catherine.

Oh, thanks!

I've 10 bid.

15 anywhere on the mirror?

GARY: 15?

20?

20.

25?

GARY: I've 20 here.

A two anywhere?

On the nice mirror.

22.

24, thank you.

26.

28?

GARY: Selling at 26 at the back.

VO: Adding insult to injury, I'm afraid that's another loss.

VO: Moving from collectibles to fine arts now, and it looks as if the de Vries painting is going great guns.

GARY: I'm starting this at £13,000 on this phone.

GARY: 13,500.

£14,500.

Selling on this telephone.

VO: So does this bode well for Philip's seagull?

So what shall we say?

£50 to start this?

Ouch!

GARY: £50 to start his off.

30 then.

GARY: I've 30 bid.

Any other bids on this?

I've £30 here.

£35 there, thank you, sir.

40?

GARY: It's a cheap picture this.

GARY: At 45, sir?

45.

50?

50.

And five?

I'll even take two - we need the money!

Don't we just?!

GARY: No?

At £50 on the right hand side.

VO: And so it flutters off with a little more of Philip's money.

PHILIP: I've had a really bad day here.

CATHERINE: We both have.

I think I'm gonna quietly go out and start the car.

Are you coming?

VO: Catherine started this leg with £261.10, although after auction costs today she's made a loss of £9.66, leaving her with just £251.44 to spend tomorrow.

VO: Philip, meanwhile, started with £493.50 and has made an even bigger loss of £38.28.

Mark you, with £455.22 left in the kitty, he's still firmly in the lead.

How are you feeling?

PHILIP: I'm feeling absolutely beaten.

It's like an emotional rollercoaster, this.

Charge.

CATHERINE: Do you think you've finally lost it, Phil?

PHILIP: I've lost it years ago.

VO: Next time on the Antiques Road Trip, we're Liverpool bound for Philip and Catherine's final auction.

For the first time that every single item is going to make a profit.

You heard it here first!

VO: This time they aren't pulling any punches.

I mean, it's about taking part.

The hell it is - it's about winning, really, isn't it?

VO: For in the contest there can only be one winner.

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