VO: The nation's favorite celebrities... Wow.

VO: ..paired up with an expert... Ow.

Ow.

Get it sorted.

VO: ..and a classic car.

She's beautiful.

Ooh, we're steaming.

VO: Their mission - to scour Britain for antiques.

Is that antique?

I'll take it.

I'll take it.

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

VO: But it's no easy ride...

There's a dog chasing us!

VO: Who will find a hidden gem?

I love that.

VO: Who will take the biggest risk?

Ah!

VO: Will anybody follow expert advice?

Yeah, uh, OK, I know what that means.

VO: There will be worthy winners...

Yes!

VO: ..and valiant losers.

Disaster.

VO: Put your pedal to the metal.

Let's go shopping.

Woo-hoo!

VO: This is the Celebrity Antiques Road Trip!

VO: Whoops!

VO: I spy with my little eye, something that looks like our brand new pair of celebrities on an Antiques Road Trip!

Yes!

It's bright stars of the daytime TV firmament, Martel Maxwell and Rav Wilding in a 1988 Jaguar XJS, in tomato red.

It's got everything, all these buttons and gizmos, and you just wanna press everything, don't you, and see what happens?

I know.

See if any of them are the ejector seat.

(BOTH LAUGH) VO: Martel is a property whiz on a British hit TV renovation show.

Do you think I'm doing a good job?

Do you feel safe enough driving?

Well I'll let you know at the end of the driving test, whether you've been successful.

(SHE LAUGHS) Hold on.

So that's the accelerator, that's the brake.

Right.

Oof.

When I go round properties for Homes Under The Hammer, they often have not been touched for... ..you know, really since the '30s or before.

And you'll get people who have used old newspaper as insulation... RAV: Yes!

..so you peel back the wallpaper or you peel back the carpet... RAV: Yeah.

..and you actually see headlines from 1932.

It's amazing!

VO: Former police officer Rav became a household name on a British crimefighting series.

MARTEL: What do you think they all are?

I don't know, but when I was in the police, they'd be the lights.

That's what those buttons look like.

Like the blue lights that are flashing on the top.

I don't know anything about antiques... Good.

..but I'm really interested with old memorabilia.

I do find it fascinating.

And when my grandparents passed away, on my mum's side, I found all these things from, like, World War II.

He was in the police at the time, and his old police uniform and police baton.

And I just find that fascinating.

So I think I really wanna learn, and I'm looking forward to meeting an expert who can teach me.

VO: Well, what do you know?

VO: Slightly hurtling towards Rav and Martel are those very experts, antiques dealer Roo Irvine and auctioneer James Braxton, travelling in a sweet 1960 Morris Minor.

Morris.

Just the name's so good, isn't it?

People used to be called Morris as well.

It's an old world name.

It's an old world name.

ROO: A bit like James.

JAMES: Yeah.

VO: Or Tim!

I'm actually feeling quite good about this, James, because I'm with Rav, and he used to be a detective constable, so I think he will be very good at looking past the obvious, and drilling down into the little hidden gems.

But he could be a bull in the china shop.

He could say "right, stop that, you rogue."

Well that could be good.

He'll be an intimidating negotiator.

Could be.

But you're with the lovely Martel.

Yeah, and she's a journalist, so journalists are also very inquisitive.

I think we might have two clued up sidekicks.

We might be very good.

If I find something on this that we take to an auction, and someone who I've never met before sees that, and they've been looking for it, and it makes their day and it has a place in their home, that for me would be a success.

Because it could mean something to someone else.

Absolutely.

Probably won't happen.

(THEY LAUGH) RAV: But let's hope so!

VO: Oh ye of little faith!

Time for a motivational meet up.

ROO: Wow.

Are you jealous now, James?

JAMES: I'm very jealous.

That is a very smart... Oh, wait wait wait.

She's keeping it going.

I always think of Roger Moore, with these cars.

ROO: Oh yeah.

JAMES: Come on.

ROO: They're Sunday drivers, Sunday drivers.

JAMES: Come on, it's not cruising in the strip.

JAMES: No, that's very wise.

ROO: Oh, hello!

Good to see you, mister, how are you doing?

RAV: You too.

How are you doing?

ROO: I'm good.

Do you like?

We've got this baby.

Yeah.

Looking forward to driving her?

I'm very much looking forward to driving.

Right, we're shopping.

Rav.

James.

Good to meet you.

How you doing, sir?

You alright?

Good, very good.

Nice to meet you.

ROO: You look beautiful.

MARTEL: You do.

So are you guys excited?

Absolutely.

Have you got any experience with buying antiques, or is this all new?

No experience whatsoever.

You're a blank canvas that's gonna be molded and painted.

MARTEL: Molded by you, yeah.

RAV: Molded by Roo.

(THEY LAUGH) Molded by Roo, driven by you.

Yeah.

ROO: Come on then, let's go.

RAV: See ya!

VO: Tally ho!

JAMES: We're away!

VO: With £400 apiece in their piggies, our Cheshire cats will be smiling all the way through the county from Manchester to Liverpool and north again to auction in Bolton.

And they're in high spirits!

Well I'm hoping the fact we've got this huge motor is gonna get us to the bargains quicker than Martel in her little Morris Minor.

(THEY LAUGH) VO: James, meanwhile, is taking an interest in Martel's day job.

JAMES: Who's your most famous interview?

Donald Trump.

Really?

When?

Before he was president, way before.

It was at, uh, in New York, a fashion show.

He was all mine, in terms of he was looking at me, fully concentrating, engaging, charming.

For 45 seconds, I'd say.

(LAUGHS) And then, a Victoria's Secret underwear model walked past.

That was too much.

And his jaw just dropped open, and he walked off!

I was like "Cheers, Donald".

(JAMES LAUGHS) VO: No celebrity gossip in the Jag.

They're strictly antiques.

Military's certainly one thing I'll be looking for, and also police.

I was in the police for many years, and any old artifacts from there.

ROO: Are you one of those "yeah, I'll pay full price" or do you like to get a wee deal?

RAV: No, of course I like to get a bargain.

If we can get a bit of a deal, absolutely I'd be happy with that, definitely.

VO: Rav and Roo are heading into Manchester this morning, where their first pit stop is Levenshulme Antique Village, housed in the Old Town Hall, where dealers have been trading over three floors for 30 years.

Ray is on the desk today.

What will appeal to Rav, do you think?

ROO: A lot of furniture around here.

There is, but it's finding out, for me, what's new, and what's as old as it looks.

I mean... Brown furniture's a bit tricky though.

Because it went through a period where it's just not fashionable at all.

Right.

These are really nice, because they're ornate.

RAV: To me, it looks like there's a lot of work that's gone into this.

ROO: Yeah.

But I don't know how old this piece is.

ROO: It's priced up at £125, which is a great price.

And it makes me think, why is it only £125?

OK. Is it because brown furniture's not fashionable, or is there another reason?

See to me, I'm excited by the price.

But to you, you're slightly suspicious about the price.

I am, and actually, I think this is where your detective skills will come in handy, because I find actually, what you've learned as a detective is so similar to buying antiques.

OK. What you see is not always what's the truth.

ROO: So this looks, you think, really old?

RAV: Yeah, it does, it looks old to me.

It does.

It's definitely, it's Oriental.

Mm-hm.

I would say Chinese style.

The carving in the wood is absolutely beautiful, but it looks like quite a tourist piece to me.

And if you open it up... Now, that's more of an indicator of the age.

The hinges actually look quite new, don't they?

They look... Yeah.

ROO: So I would say this was probably even maybe... ..1970s, '80s.

Really?

Mid-century.

Cuz from the outside, I would have said that's so much older.

Exactly.

It's a mid-century at the earliest, tourist piece.

But it goes to show, you wouldn't have thought, when you were buying antiques, you'd be using the same detective work.

RAV: Not at all!

ROO: (LAUGHS) You're in the wrong job.

Let's see what else we can suss out then.

I know!

VO: Listen, I am cautioning you both to stick to antiques!

This is nice in here.

Here we go.

ROO: Oh, that's cool.

That's British rail.

How do you know that?

It says on the tag, mister.

(LAUGHS) Oh yeah, I can't see.

(LAUGHS) Sorry, what I meant was my expertise, my knowledge, I could spot it from a mile away.

Now the thing is, railwayana - it's what it's called - is so collectable.

I bought so many, like, railway carriage lamps and things.

British Rail ones, and they go for good money.

I've never seen a fire bucket before, I have to admit.

RAV: So, that's something to think about.

ROO: It's priced up at 45.

Maybe we need to speak to the boss, and just see if there's any movement on that.

Yeah, coz it's got quite a bit of wear on it, which you would expect, being a fire bucket.

But if we could get that for about 30 to 35... ..then I think it's a quirky buy.

RAV: Definitely a maybe.

It's on the list.

Yeah, cool.

VO: Is that your bucket list?

Meanwhile, Martel and James are southward bound to the leafy town of Knutsford, immortalized as Cranford in the Victorian novel by Elizabeth Gaskell, and turned into a popular BBC drama.

This tower was built in her memory in 1907.

And their first shop is the charming Knutsford Antiques.

Look at that.

MARTEL: It's so pretty.

Is that all real?

It's real.

MARTEL: It's real!

JAMES: It's real!

Oh my goodness!

VO: And inside, it all looks very promising.

Look at the iridescence.

That's oily water, isn't it?

Ooh!

So you would keep your individual business cards in here.

It seems pretty pristine.

It's like a...an accordion where you open it up... JAMES: It is, isn't it?

MARTEL: And... JAMES: Sort of bellow-like.

Yeah.

JAMES: Your butler or footman would have gone and handed the cards round in the hope that you might be invited to some social event.

I like the story there, and you know, there might be someone who just fancies it.

It's got to create an impression if you're in a business meeting.

JAMES: So you're refusing my card, so I'm not invited.

No no no, you're definitely invited to tea.

You are.

And cucumber sandwiches.

Thank you.

MARTEL: You'd imagine this'd be quite fragile, but it's held together.

JAMES: But I can see some damage.

MARTEL: Ah.

JAMES: It's got losses.

MARTEL: Just at the...

But it's amazing.

You know, that's probably 1850, 1860.

It's a shame about the paneling being off, maybe.

How much is it?

It is £65.

Yeah.

I think it's something you wanna buy for about 25, in the hope that you might buy it for, sell it for 55.

VO: Yeah... That doesn't sound like a good opening gambit.

Think on, chaps!

And let's go and see now how things are progressing back in Manchester.

Oh, here you go, Roo.

Mm.

What have you found?

Some military stuff here.

ROO: You're in your element now.

RAV: A medal.

Ah, now that's trench art.

Yeah, these are... Shall we have a look?

Go on, then.

These... You break it, you pay for it.

(LAUGHS) RAV: Now that to me looks like a shell.

Do you know, trench art's one of my favorite things.

Artillery as well.

I was in that regiment.

You were in that regiment?

I was in that regiment, yeah.

VO: Trench art is a term for souvenirs and objects fashioned by soldiers or prisoners of war from military objects - uniform buttons, bullet cartridges or shells.

Is there a date?

That is... '15, World War I.

Fantastic.

You weren't in that regiment in World War I though, were you?

RAV: No, no.

ROO: (LAUGHS) You've aged well.

RAV: That, to me, is a great item.

So it obviously holds something, and it's got like a shovel or something.

It's not gonna be coal, coz it's far too small.

So... Maybe a coal scuttle for a doll's house.

No, that's actually for salt.

So you get the large ones which are made of brass, which are coal scuttles.

They've got that lovely scoop, where you get the shovel full of coal onto the fire.

The smaller ones are for salt.

So you would find that probably sitting on a table.

I haven't seen any as elaborate as that.

But this is also something else you would find on the table.

Now it's been made into an ashtray.

The thing is, anything to do with smoking is not traditionally fashionable.

But with it being militaria trench art, again it's a lovely piece of history, so it's almost forgiven or allowed.

OK. And what's interesting about it is, Brussels.

Yeah, so that looks like Brussels.

And that's the statue in Brussels, the famous statue of the little boy weeing.

ROO: It's weeing in a fountain.

Yeah.

See, that's...

There's so much humor to that though.

The fact that he's almost extinguishing the ashes.

ROO: Now there's a medal there as well.

RAV: Yeah, I saw this, the medal, which obviously I like the look of.

And what it says here...

It's actually got some details on it.

And it says it's a World War I medal that was presented to a royal engineer.

And it's even got his name on there.

"Sapper A. Whitehouse".

Sapper A. Whitehouse.

And to me, that's...that's an amazing piece of history, because this was presented to someone who actually lived through a war that you and I would never know anything about.

And survived through the war as well.

And was presented this medal.

19, so that's exactly 100 year anniversary.

100 years, 100 years.

100 years.

There's a price on there, and I have no idea how much these things would go for in an auction, if anything.

ROO: Yeah.

But the chance of someone else to buy that, and to have that history, and to know where it's come from... ROO: I can see it in your eyes.

RAV: ..it's a big thing for me.

You're actually almost welling up a bit.

(HE LAUGHS) That's really sweet.

It's a big deal.

VO: The salt scuttle is priced at 45, the ashtray 30, the medal 39, and the fire bucket 45.

Time to summon dealer Ray.

Boss?

(LAUGHS) As you've been called by Rav.

(THEY CHUCKLE) We found a few items, and they're all sort of militaria trench art focused.

But first of all, we saw a fire bucket through there, a British Rail fire bucket.

Yeah.

What is the very best price that you can do that, if we take a few items?

The very best would be 35.

And what is the very best you could do on the salt?

The best I could do would be 35 again.

Does that make it easier or harder?

(LAUGHS) I think it might be a bit harder.

But thank you, Ray, thank you for that.

RAV: I just like the medal.

On a personal level, I want to include that.

ROO: OK. Do you also want to take the other one, because we could potentially put things together, or are you happy with those three?

No, I mean we could do...

This was 30, wasn't it, Ray, that one?

Yeah.

I will let you decide, mister.

No pressure!

RAV: Well, I'd be happy with those four items then.

Four items?

Yeah.

As Ray's...Ray's been very kind, very generous.

Well you know, life is for living.

Yeah.

It's gonna go to a good home, Ray, all of it.

VO: 35 for the bucket then, 39 for the medal, 65 for the two pieces of trench art.

£139, and that's what I call excellent work!

RAV: Hope we don't get stopped here, Roo.

We have got bullets, you know!

(SHE LAUGHS) VO: Yeah, and you don't want to end up on Crimewatch!

ROO: Right, let's go do some more shopping, mister.

VO: Now, what's the story back in Knutsford?

What a great color that is, isn't it?

Yeah, it stands out.

And this is...

Very often, this sort of orangey yellow color is associated with the radioactive material uranium.

Really?

VO: Uranium oxide, from depleted uranium, produces ceramic glazes of rich yellows, reds and oranges and emits small amounts of radioactivity.

It's beautiful.

Yeah, really beautiful.

So this was made by a very good company called Pilkington's.

VO: And this veritable Vesuvius is priced at £180.

And yellow also is fascinating, because yellow is associated with saffron.

Which is very expensive.

JAMES: Very expensive, isn't it?

So it was, so that's why Chinese emperors wore yellow robes.

Because they dyed their robes with saffron, and therefore it was a status symbol?

Exactly.

You've completely made me fall in love with it.

I love the way it feels, I love the way it looks.

So...

The total package, isn't it?

But what's not so great is the price point.

I know, I know, but the great thing about second hand goods is no fixed price.

Generally, I'm really bad at bartering and asking for...

But I'm gonna make the exception here.

I'm gonna be, gonna try and be quite brave.

MARTEL: Ready?

Deep breath.

In through the nose, yeah.

David.

(HE LAUGHS) Hi, David.

Hello.

So, we've found something we kinda love.

Oh, good.

We really...

When I say kinda love, I mean really love.

Oh, good.

Now... Where are you from, by the way, David?

You sound like you've got my kind of... Oh yeah.

Originally, I come from Elgin.

So my neck of the woods, or at least north of the border, which means we're old pals.

(JAMES AND DAVID LAUGH) Em...

So David, 180, it's more than I wanted to go up to.

Um, I know it has to be a fair price.

How would you feel about 80?

80?

Oh, ruthless.

That's killer!

That's good.

Lucky there's a chair!

(THEY LAUGH) Well, that's probably a bit further than we could go.

That's...

I mean, it's a very nice vase, it's very striking.

And I can see the condition's good, yeah.

So, what about 150?

120?

130, and we're done.

MARTEL: 125?

(DAVID GROANS) Oh, go on.

MARTEL: Yes!

JAMES: (LAUGHS) MARTEL: Thank you.

DAVID: You're welcome.

JAMES: Thank you very much.

DAVID: Thank you very much.

That's very good.

We are now... You got a good purchase.

Yeah, it's gorgeous.

We are now proud owners of a radioactive vase.

Yes, woo-hoo!

VO: But will it go nuclear at auction?

125 crisp ones are duly handed over, and it's time to strap everyone in... ..and hit the trail at a more leisurely pace than the duo in the Jag.

JAMES: I'm glad you remembered the indicator.

(SHE LAUGHS) Yeah!

And I even remembered to put it off!

VO: Roo and Rav are also now bound for Knutsford.

They're on a mission to discover why the archers of Cheshire were so renowned for their skills.

You ever done archery before?

(LAUGHS) Yes, actually.

I've done it once when I was in the army.

And your next question is, was I any good?

No!

I was rubbish!

VO: At North Cheshire Bowmen Archery Club, they've been keeping up the tradition of the county's fine archers for 60 years.

And club historian, Wendy Hodkinson, explains how archery evolved from prehistoric hunting.

Well, you had to use a bow to get some food, because you couldn't go to a supermarket or the local shop.

So they were hunting, but not as a sport, to get their food.

And then it developed from there.

VO: Arrowheads are on the archaeological record dating back 10,000 years.

But from about 4,000 BC, hunter-gatherers became farmers and bows and arrows became less important for survival.

Archery really came into its own in Europe in the Middle Ages as a deadly weapon of war.

In 1252, an edict was brought out that everybody must have a bow and an arrow.

And all the townsfolk - the villagers, the nobility and the royalty - all had to shoot.

RAV: It's so light, actually.

WENDY: Yes, yeah.

And they'd have been about 28 inches, or perhaps 37 inches long for a war arrow, if you pull it past your face.

How far would this arrow fly if it was shot by a trained archer?

Well it's quite a heavy war arrow, that, so it'd probably only fly 250 yards.

VO: Arrows were traditionally made from a light wood.

The feathers at the end, called fletchings, stabilize the direction.

The name Fletcher is derived from the artisans who fashioned them.

The Cheshire archers were very good archers, and they got paid more than any other county's archers.

Every county sent the best young men to all the wars, and there were certainly a lot of wars around here, especially with Wales and everything.

VO: Constant conflict along the Welsh marches meant well-practiced and efficient bowmen.

In medieval battles like Agincourt and Crecy, these crack troops were firing 10 to 12 arrows a minute from their longbows, earning their nickname "the King's secret weapon".

VO: Indeed, Richard II employed a bodyguard of Cheshire archers equipped with longbows like Wendy's.

Really, they'd made a name for themselves as being almost a bit of an elite amongst the archers.

Yeah, 2,000 Cheshire archers would be sent to fight a battle.

When I was in the army, we were part of a small unit within a larger regiment.

And we liked to think we were a little bit elite like that.

Right, of course you were.

Just like the Cheshire archers.

VO: Time for Rav and Roo to have a shot.

Steve Dunn is our expert Cheshire Bowman.

VO: Nice shot!

Your turn, Rav.

No pressure, mate.

STEVE: Pretty good.

STEVE: OK. RAV: Not bad.

I think that's pretty impressive.

(HE LAUGHS) It's certainly harder than it looks.

STEVE: Yeah.

VO: Last one for the road, Roo?

Feeling like Robin Hood here.

VO: Right on target, just like the modern day archers of Cheshire.

Five centuries after the longbow's heyday, archery in these parts is thriving as a sport of skill, if not mortal combat.

VO: Now, what's in a name?

Now Martel, you've got a lovely name.

Were you named after the brandy?

Well, I didn't think so.

So there was a singer called Lena Martell.

And Mum was listening to the radio, and she was singing... # One day at a time, sweet Jesus # MARTEL: Do you remember it?

JAMES: I don't.

MARTEL: No.

Just my singing.

JAMES: (LAUGHS) And she was pregnant, she wanted something different.

And she's like, oh that'll do, but I'll give her one L instead of two.

Yeah.

But it transpires that Lena Martell actually had a more common name.

And she's sitting in front of the hotel bar one day, and she thinks 'I need something more glamorous.'

So she's sitting there looking at all the objects, and she chooses out Martell.

Ahh.

So actually, I've snootily said all my life, "no, I was not named after the brandy" but I was!

VO: 10 miles south of Knutsford is James and Martel's next pit stop, the town of Northwich.

Scenically sited on the banks of the rivers Weaver and Dane, and home to Northwich Antiques Centre.

I wonder if it's a Cheshire by-law that all antique shops must display an old bike outside?

VO: Right, Martel, what do you fancy in this antiques emporium which was once The Red Lion pub?

# Come Hieland men, come Lowland men... # Oh, it's Scottish.

Brilliant.

Industrial folk ballads.

# Come Hieland men, come Lowland men # And every man on Earth # Just making up the tune.

That would make somebody's day, but I doubt James is gonna think it's the deal of the century.

VO: Ah, she's a lintie!

But she needs to find something for a song.

MARTEL: Look at that.

That's interesting, isn't it?

Piano.

That's gorgeous.

Nice brass grand piano.

Brass grand piano.

OK, and do you think... JAMES: Great price.

£25.

25.

Do you think it's a box to hold things in, or...?

Shall we see?

What have we got?

Ooh, magically.

Here's...here's...

Here's the key.

MARTEL: Oh, it's heavy, which you say is a good thing?

JAMES: That's very good.

The Braxton weight test.

Look at the little...

Absolutely vital.

Oh, that's nice.

Little foot pedals.

Here's your stool.

And a stool, that's very good.

See, as a wee girl, if I owned this in a doll's house, I would just be...

I would play with this for so long.

It's gorgeous.

Does that...

Does that open up, no?

That doesn't open up.

MARTEL: That doesn't.

JAMES: What about the lid?

Em, it does... # TINKLING MUSIC JAMES: Oh.

(MUSIC CONTINUES) Oh, that is charming.

That plays a little song.

Oh, it's quite emotional.

It's a little musical box.

Isn't that sweet?

So you wind it up.

Wind it up then, go on.

(GEAR CRANKS) And then it opens with the lid.

Even the wind makes... (MUSIC CONTINUES) So that's £25.

That's worth...

I think that's a bargain.

I think you should buy that.

MARTEL: Ooh.

VO: Well, they're certainly making sweet music in this shop!

Anything else singing to you?

JAMES: That's a good weight.

Indian silver box.

And how can you tell straight away it's Indian?

Because the Indians love flowers.

Mm-hm.

And it's, it feels, you know, the workmanship is not as crisp as probably English ones.

VO: What is he doing?

Yeah, it smells of silver.

Yeah, would you... You're licking it now?

Tell me.

So why do you smell it and why do you lick it?

JAMES: Because I rather like it.

(THEY LAUGH) MARTEL: And it's nothing to do with antiques.

(HE LAUGHS) But it's...

But you are using all your senses, aren't you?

I am.

I think that's silver.

It's got a nice weight, it's got a nice smell.

MARTEL: Yeah... JAMES: It's nice.

VO: £48 on the ticket.

And if we're gonna have a box, have a circular one.

Don't be like the rest and have a square one!

Yeah, and somebody would use it for something, and somebody has used it for something.

JAMES: Yeah, yeah.

MARTEL: Which I love.

I think that's really sweet, then.

I think it's quite a nice quality item, that.

This is rather nice.

Look at the design of that.

MARTEL: It's pretty.

Pretty undamaged as well.

Oh, smell?

VO: Uh-oh, he's off again!

Someti...

I don't know, some people say you can smell silver.

Can I have a sniff?

(SNIFFS) Yeah, definitely smells like silver to me.

VO: Smells like this could be WMF.

That's Wuerttembergische Metallwarenfabrik to you and me!

A German company manufacturing in this art nouveau style in the early 1900s.

There's no silver hallmark, but it could be tested.

If that's silver... Then we have to buy it?

And we got it for 50 or 60 quid, that'd be worth buying.

It fits perfectly onto the hand.

Yeah.

It's a nice...

It's a very pleasing design, isn't it?

Mm, it's either a really good bargain, and like a deal, and a steal, for silver.

But if it's plated, it's overpriced?

Yeah.

So I think we've got to work on a bit of negotiating, because we are taking a bit of a risk.

JAMES: We are taking a risk.

MARTEL: Yeah.

But I think... Do you think we should, the Indian box as well?

MARTEL: Put it together with that?

JAMES: Yeah.

And also, we know that's silver for sure.

Yeah, that's silver.

We know that's silver, so that's our kind of banker.

That's our banked one.

That's a banker, go on.

And we've got that.

Lead on!

And our piano.

Right, let's go get a deal.

I'll... Yeah, let's go get a deal.

Let's go get a deal.

VO: Lead on, MacDuff, to a parley with owners Sylvia and Martin.

Oh, you found something.

Yes, we found some treasures.

And... JAMES: And, yes, ooh yes.

Oh.

I've been going around the place sneaking stuff.

Ooh, yes, we do have cameras, we'd have noticed.

JAMES: Very wise.

SYLVIA: Yes, yes.

MARTEL: We loved this so much... SYLVIA: Lovely, aren't they?

..we had to secure it in James's pocket.

Just gorgeous.

And it's £25.

I'd pay that all day long.

VO: Now, the silver.

Martel, show us your mettle!

How about 85 for the pair?

85...

I think we can go with that.

Yay!

We want you to win.

Thank you so much.

You're welcome.

Very kind, thanks very much.

Do well with it, please.

Do well with it.

MARTEL: Thank you!

JAMES: Thank you.

VO: Well, didn't she shine, eh?

Loving your work, girl!

A done deal at 25 for the piano, 30 for the box and 55 for the dish.

Now, time to clock off.

JAMES: I am parched.

Yeah?

Parched.

Famished.

I'm so parched I might be able to manage a wee glass of rose.

VO: Cheers!

Make mine a large one.

But the swots are still working.

So the bits that we bought today... Yeah.

..potentially, there could be buyers if there is an online setup at the auction.

Yep.

From anywhere.

From anywhere, from around the world.

The trench art, World War I, World War II, we've got both wars covered.

VO: It's all military maneuvers with them!

Now, about that wee glass.

Now rose always fits the bill, doesn't it?

On a sunny day.

Or a Pimm's.

Do you know, my mum, she once drank a lot of Pimm's, not realizing it was alcoholic.

JAMES: (LAUGHS) MARTEL: And, um...

Your mother sounds very funny.

And then she went to teach an aerobics class.

(HE LAUGHS) When I was a little girl.

She was lively, that session.

(LAUGHS) VO: Well, whatever your tipple, Slainte mhath and sleep tight!

VO: Twist and shout!

Yes, it's the long and winding road through rush hour Liverpool this morning, and our experts and celebrities have a ticket to ride on the second day of their road trip.

How did you get on yesterday?

We had a good day yesterday.

We bought some items... Yeah?

..which I was happy with.

I got one very interesting one, that I think, I had perhaps a slightly large emotional attachment to.

It's just under there.

Oh in here?

OK. Yep, just under there, if you have a look.

And you will see, it's a medal.

It is a medal.

JAMES: We bought...we bought shiny things, we bought radioactive things.

Radioactive?

Radioactive.

Well, have a look behind.

Sort of matches you as well.

My eyeballs are actually burning, James!

(HE LAUGHS) RAV: So if you just look just down the side there, there's a piece of paper.

Yeah.

And that's from the national archives.

And I did some digging last night on the computer.

On the right hand side, just there, you can see someone by the name of Whitehouse, with the first name of Archie.

And he was part of a Royal Engineer's regiment that were attached to the 6th South Staffordshire regiment.

So we know that he was a brave and heroic man who battled out there.

So to think of his service medal there, for going to war, that you have in your hand, was just left in the corner of a shop, I thought was very sad.

And I think it deserves to... Ah, you've done it.

..for people to speak about that.

I have to point out that while I was tucking into food, quite innocently, thinking it was time to relax, you were doing your homework... (LAUGHS) ..to add value to your purchases!

Do you know what they call you in Scotland?

They call you a sook.

VO: A sook?!

A sook?

That means a teacher's pet.

(LAUGHS) VO: OK, Mr Chips, what's the lesson in your car?

Glaze is a uranium oxide... ROO: Yeah.

..so if you put a Geiger counter against it, it would go beep beep beep beep beep.

It just goes...

I love that, though.

I am going to guess that you bought it for...£15.

No!

10 to 15 is my guess.

No, no.

Put a naught on the end.

You did not spend £150 on that vase.

No, less than that.

Three figures?

Three figures.

Three figures?!

Three figures.

Yes!

VO: Each to their own!

Time to team up and show off the rest of yesterday's buys.

Chop chop!

ROO: Let's see what they've got.

The Morris Minor doesn't zoom like the Jag, in fairness.

Is that your excuse for them being late?

MARTEL: Yeah.

JAMES: Morning.

RAV: Morning!

ROO: Morning, you two!

RAV: Afternoon, evening.

ROO: How are you doing?

The Morris is slightly slow.

MARTEL: Yeah.

JAMES: It is.

MARTEL: But lovable.

Fascinated to see what you and Rav have bought.

RAV: Ah, watch and learn.

ROO: I teased James and said it was things close to your heart.

JAMES: Yeah.

MARTEL: Ooh!

JAMES: Really?

ROO: Go on... MARTEL: OK, let's start with this.

Em... Is it a bucket that's been painted red?

Really?

ROO: It's a British Rail... Is this not...is this not the antique?

Was this just lying in the car?

(LAUGHTER) ROO: Cheeky, cheeky madam!

Can you not see the value in this, Martel?

You're not feeling that one at the moment?

Er, no.

How much do you have to pay for a fire bucket nowadays?

We got that at a good price.

MARTEL: I would hope so.

JAMES: Yeah.

OK. RAV: You're not feeling that one?

RAV: You won't buy it off us?

MARTEL: I'm not feeling it.

I understand it's very collectable, the fire items.

Maybe if it was leather bound and had a few straps on it.

But that is...

I would use that to take things to the skip.

A leather bound fire bucket?

(LAUGHS) What?

I don't know, but...

They're not sold, Rav, they're not sold.

Oh, well.

Auction day will wipe those confused looks off their faces.

It's shabby chic?

JAMES: Shabby chic, shabby chic.

VO: Time to open up the other boot, then.

MARTEL: Ooh goodness, it's heavy, isn't it?

JAMES: It is heavy, isn't it?

And we got our Liberace, Elton piano.

# TINKLING MUSIC RAV: Is that... ROO: It's... JAMES: A little musical box.

That's very nice.

With...the matching stool as well.

With said stool.

Martel loved this, didn't you?

I loved this, because as a wee girl...

..I was obsessed with my doll's house, and if somebody had given me this... And James thought it wasn't mass produced.

OK.

So that maybe, maybe a dad made it for his wee girl.

And I just thought it was so sweet.

She's a romantic at heart.

Brass.

You know what's so funny, is the difference.

The difference in our items.

So what did you spend on that, then?

25 quid.

I have to say, Martel, I think that's my favorite item.

That's beautiful.

It really is so sweet.

I think we've gotta do some more shopping.

I think we are.

Come on.

Come on, partner.

We might have some catching up to do.

Yeah, you've got it?

VO: Yesterday, Rav and Roo also bought two wartime artifacts made from shells.

A scuttle for salt and an ashtray.

You're actually almost welling up a little bit.

(LAUGHS) VO: So they set out today with £261.

While Martel and James also bought an Indian box and a decorative dish.

(SNIFFS) Yeah, definitely smells like silver to me.

VO: Leaving £165 in their piggy.

VO: Now, where else would you head to beneath these blue suburban Liverpool skies but Penny Lane Emporium for all manner of things vintage, upcycled and recycled.

Presided over by Jim.

And Rav's in full detective mode.

Watch out, here we go.

VO: He's onto something.

Is it a bird?

No, it's a plane!

ROO: That's quite cool, isn't it?

With toys though, unless they're sort of obviously tin plate, or dinky, or something like that where you can put it down to vintage retro antique... Mm.

..this is quite an unusual thing.

Wee bit of damage on it, where the wood has split.

Mm-hm.

It's quite a nice thing.

Do you like it?

RAV: I do like it, yeah.

Let me feel the weight of it.

Yeah.

And actually, what's lovely about it is, it is solid wood.

So it's got the weight as opposed to these more modern tin... Yeah.

..planes, which are relatively light.

Cuz anything to do with Spitfires, biplanes, anything, any models like that are really collectable.

And it's priced at 100.

Mm-hm.

It's a bit on the high side.

It is.

It is.

ROO: Your inner kid's come out.

RAV: It has!

ROO: (LAUGHS) RAV: Never left.

VO: Go, Biggles!

Fly to Jim!

Hi, Jim.

JIM: Hi.

ROO: Good to see you.

I'm Roo.

Hi, Roo.

Got my hands full, Jim.

Nice to meet you.

Can I just put that on there?

Yeah.

ROO: Rav found it.

(LAUGHS) JIM: Right.

He's a big kid!

Talk to me about the plane...

He's a big kid at heart.

What do we know about it?

It's a lovely plane.

As you can see, it's extremely well made.

The metalwork on it is very well put together.

ROO: I'd say probably sort of 1920s, 30s, which was the era...

I think it probably is about then, yeah, it was probably made about the era of the plane itself.

We've got a ticket price of 100 on that.

I'm guessing the very very best we could do on that, to try and help, would be £80.

75 swing it?

75, you're really pushing me there, but yeah, OK, let's go for 75.

I would love to do a deal with you at £75.

OK, that's great.

Thank you very much.

Thank you so much, Jim.

Thank you.

VO: £75 it is, then.

Well done, chaps.

Stand by for take off!

I think that was a good buy.

Ooh!

VO: Blimey.

VO: Meanwhile, James and Martel, a former red-top journalist and showbiz writer, are a few miles away at Aldham Robarts Library at John Moore's University, which houses a collection of historic publications which lampooned the follies of the great and the good in the 19th century.

Professor Brian Maidment is on hand with some illustrations of how advances in print technology in the 1830s brought a new readership to the work of cartoonists, mocking public figures and satirizing social and political issues of the day.

These are images from 1832 by a man called Robert Seymour, for a magazine called Figaro in London, and they're political caricatures of individuals.

And this magazine was really, a group of bohemian radicals put this together, progressives, rather than outright revolutionaries or overthrowers of the state.

But keeping up this tirade of criticism of what the government was doing, and finding, just as caricaturists and cartoonists do now, images of particular political characters that got repeated again and again.

VO: Lack of censorship had allowed the work of 18th century artists like Gillray to mercilessly caricature kings and prime ministers with impunity.

And in the 1830s, illustrated newspapers and magazines like the Penny Satirist were extending the scope of the social commentary into dark places.

There's another image here.

This is the illuminated magazine, with a skeletal figure with this full skirt.

Death in the Drawing Room, or the Young Dressmakers of England.

And that's another, I think, very shocking image.

So this kind of satire, this kind of graphic humor, is being very widely used in the 1840s to make people aware.

And of course, it's a middle class readership who are increasingly concerned about social problems.

JAMES: Yeah.

VO: The big daddy of all these satirical magazines was Punch, which rolled off the presses in 1841, bringing its less caustic style of humor to a wide readership and influencing public opinion.

This issue, from the hot summer of 1858, takes on the problem of human waste in the River Thames and the outbreak of cholera in what became known as The Great Stink.

Much bolder than words, eh?

The most important caricaturist, comic artist, was John Leech.

But he was one of three major caricaturists who worked, really, very extensively for Punch.

And they are a new generation of, em, cartoonists, because that word becomes established as what they do.

And they do big, full page weekly images of political events.

The writing, the journalism, would be incredibly male dominated at this time.

Yes and no.

There were...there were women who were beginning to appear.

And what we've got here is a thing called the Comic Offering.

Five years it ran for, 1831 to 35, and is edited, and possibly illustrated, and certainly has a woman as one of its major contributors.

And she was called Louisa Sheridan.

MARTEL: This is 1831.

BRIAN: 1831.

So this pre-dates Punch?

A decade before Punch.

She's being pretty Punchy.

She was some girl.

She was... She was.

And how sad that she died so young.

But this little book, tiny little book, but so important.

Yeah.

Because this is one woman saying "I can do this.

"I can be funny.

I can draw well.

"I can make you laugh.

I can make you think."

We've been doing work here on women contributors to Punch, and we think there were eight, only eight, in 60 years.

And you can't recognize them easily because they publish under male pseudonyms.

Ah.

It's astonishing because as a journalist, one of the perks is you have a byline.

You know, I wrote this story and here's my name, and it's out there.

The women didn't even want to put their name, why was that?

Male, coarse humor, it was just one of the things that genteel women chose not to be associa...

Chose, had chosen for them not to be associated with.

It wasn't an accomplishment they wished for, was it?

No.

VO: Exaggerating the characteristics of a person is the essence of a good caricature, as Christian and Amy, two students from the university's illustration course, are now going to demonstrate to Martel.

And the subject?

One James Braxton, Esquire.

Plenty of scope there!

MARTEL: His ears are quite far down, aren't they?

Unless James has just got really low ears.

VO: And have they caught the essence of Brackers?

(JAMES LAUGHS) Very good.

Very sobering, that.

(LAUGHTER) Who would know I'm 58?

(LAUGHS) VO: What a picture he is, too!

VO: Now, the last destination of the day for both teams is south of Liverpool and across the River Mersey to the market town of Frodsham.

Rav and Roo are taking it easy and enjoying the sunshine.

I think there's gonna be that one thing.

We've got some great items in the boot, but I think there's that one remaining item that we're gonna find.

It's out there waiting for us, isn't it?

VO: But it looks like Martel and James might be catching up.

So, last shop.

Last shop, let's do it.

165 quid.

Let's, as you say, make it sweat.

Let's make it sweat.

VO: The last shop of the day is two emporia side by side.

Cheshire Vintage and Antiques, and Hampton Vintage and Antiques.

And it looks like the Morris has made it before the Jag!

Yes, we're making it in before them!

(SHE LAUGHS) RAV: Yes!

Well done, Roo.

ROO: Let's go!

VO: Last chance then to hunt down those finds!

RAV: (LAUGHS) Heavy.

ROO: Oh my goodness.

I know exactly what this is.

Now you often see that, usually used as an umbrella stand in someone's hallway.

Yeah.

So this is actually an artillery shell.

Mm-hm.

And this part is what the items we bought yesterday are made of.

Yeah.

So they're carved from here, but normally, you only see this section, and you don't see this.

And this is actually...the projectile that is fired.

So if you feel the weight of that.

Have you got it?

It's heavy.

That's a replica of one, that's not real?

It's a real one.

It's just, it'll be safe.

VO: Rav would know!

Check you out, Mr Wilding.

Are you gonna put it back?

You got it?

Check you out.

Yep, got it.

VO: Careful!

ROO: Goodness.

That actually makes me look at our trench art completely differently.

RAV: It's more real now, isn't it?

ROO: Exactly.

VO: Time to check out the competition.

That would have come from Mirano.

RAV: Oh, I wouldn't buy that.

(LAUGHTER) We're definitely not gonna buy that.

Have you bought all your items?

Have you got your last thing?

We might do.

RAV: OK. (LAUGHS) Giving nothing away!

We might do.

JAMES: We might do.

Have you had a successful trip here?

It's...it's developing nicely.

What, what, another item of scrap, or...?

RAV: Oh!

ALL: (LAUGH) No, this could be...this could be our big ticket item.

Congratulations.

MARTEL: Good luck.

RAV: Alright.

And you.

You'll need it.

RAV: Bye.

MARTEL: Bye bye, have fun!

Bye.

What about this clown, then?

(THEY LAUGH) VO: Yes, send in the clowns!

I tell you what has drawn my attention, is the two skis.

These look really really old.

These are definitely the real deal.

You can tell by obviously the wires there, the screws that are in.

The writing, the age.

The patina on the wood.

So they have definitely seen action.

Hm.

Is that one to think about?

Definitely.

Definitely one to think about.

VO: Anything tickling James and Martel's fancy?

These are quite fun, these matchbox covers.

That's not a bad price, that one on the left.

28 quid.

Smoking things gone out of fashion a bit?

Yeah, but still lighting fires.

So you would keep that beside your candles, even?

I'm just gonna lean in and grab that.

It's got a good weight.

Mm-hm.

"Violet and Jack, the perfect match."

MARTEL: Aww, that's sweet... JAMES: Aww!

Now, is it good that it says Violet and Jack?

I don't know.

I think that's rather sweet.

It's...it is silver.

Ooh.

VO: Oh, attention's wandering.

Mm.

It is the sort of thing I could see on a designer handbag shelf.

Yeah.

And if it just had a...

If it was embossed with a kind of designer name.

Yeah.

I love the idea that...

I can lose things quite easily, so it sticks on your finger like a ring.

Yeah.

And it closes and it opens.

It's quite clever.

And what's it got inside?

Well, it's really sweet.

Little pockets.

Aw, it's really sweet.

It's kind of velvet to the touch.

And that still works, this little... JAMES: A little purse.

MARTEL: Little purse.

So you could put your coins in or, you know, dancing.

I like to think... A bit bashed, though, isn't it?

Yeah.

How much is that?

That is, eh, £55.

It is quite bashed.

OK, you're kind of selling the matches to me.

JAMES: I think we should buy it.

MARTEL: I think you're right, c'mon.

JAMES: Shall we buy it?

MARTEL: Yeah, let's do it.

VO: Off to speak to Dave.

MARTEL: Hello!

DAVE: Alright, Martel?

Hi!

So we love this.

Yes.

And we'd like to buy it.

Right.

And we think it's worth every penny.

Lovely.

VO: Your work here is done.

JAMES: Coffee.

MARTEL: Coffee.

Thank you!

Thank you!

MARTEL: Bye bye!

DAVE: Bye bye.

VO: Now, have Rav and Roo gone off-piste?

Nope!

They're off to the desk to speak to dealer Lawrie.

RAV: Hello!

LAWRIE: Hello!

RAV: Rav.

LAWRIE: Lawrie.

Lawrie, how you doing?

Roo.

Nice to meet you, Lawrie.

LAWRIE: Nice to meet you.

ROO: Thank you for having us.

Can I ask you a few questions about an item that you've got here?

OK.

So we're interested in the skis that are on the wall.

Right, OK. RAV: Erm, we haven't moved them.

LAWRIE: Right.

Cuz they're positioned on the wall, but what can you tell us about them?

Well, I can tell you they're mine, so I know they're screwed to the wall.

That's why you couldn't move them.

(LAUGHTER) I'm guessing they're 1930s, maybe 40s.

They've got the leather and metal straps where they would have clipped around the boots, because the boots would have been much bigger than the ones they've got now.

They're priced up at about £110.

Quite a niche thing, so we'll be taking a bit of a risk at auction.

Oh...

I don't often buy vintage skis.

Right.

Er... Well it's the first set I've bought.

Er, how does 90 sound?

If we say £75, we give you the cash... LAWRIE: 75.

RAV: ..we take the skis.

You're talking cash?

I got a space on the wall.

You've got a lovely space on the wall.

Yeah, go on then.

Lovely.

And hopefully, you'll do really well.

VO: Job done.

Time for the après ski.

RAV: Roo, it's been fantastic.

We've had such gorgeous weather.

ROO: I know!

RAV: Beautiful scenery.

And driving around in this amazing car.

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

It has.

It's been a lot of fun.

You, all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, going into your first antiques shop.

And look at you now, you're an absolute pro!

I'm gonna be so fond of this trip, when I look back.

Good.

And you'll be topped off from making an excellent profit.

I think you've been very good, and you've been inquisitive.

You're a natural haggler.

You need to take that into the outside world.

So next time you go into the shops... ..just keep adding stuff to your basket and say "look, if I bring that in, "can we...collectively, can we knock 30 off?"

I'll get a name for myself in Dundee.

You will.

VO: Until tomorrow then, mes cheries.

Sweet dreams.

VO: The scene is set for an auction in Bolton, and our wanderers are heading north to this former mill town, which boomed with the 19th century cotton industry.

The weather is somewhat inclement, so hoods up, chaps!

It's so sweet!

It is!

What it is, there's a couple of little hamsters that are on wheels.

And when you pull that, the windscreen wiper, they run.

And that's what powers it, look.

See?

VO: Our saleroom today is Bolton Auction Rooms, housed in the old Metropolitan Library.

What are you doing driving that girly car, mister?

MARTEL: Morning!

JAMES: Morning, morning.

Martel thought it would be fun for me to drive.

Yeah.

We were not expecting that at all.

So how are you feeling?

You excited?

I'm alright, yeah, looking forward to it.

You?

MARTEL: Really excited.

JAMES: Really excited?

And a bit nervous.

A bit nervous, so you should be.

You should be, coz we've got some great... Ah!

Oh yeah, we've got things that are gonna go halfway across the world.

People will be vying for it, won't they?

JAMES: Really?

RAV: Let's hope so.

Like the rust bucket?

(RAV AND JAMES LAUGH) We'll see!

Big talk!

Let's go prove her wrong, Rav!

RAV: Yeah, let's do it.

ROO: Let's go prove her wrong.

VO: Martel and James spent £263 on five lots, including this.

ROO: Lovely.

You've got to have a really good eye to know whether it's actually silver, or just white metal.

RAV: Can I feel the weight?

ROO: Yeah.

Because Martel was saying in the car if it's heavy, you know it's good.

(LAUGHS) That's James' advice.

Him and his weight test.

Er, is that...

I'm heavy, doesn't mean I'm worth much.

(LAUGHS) VO: Rav and Roo also bought five lots, costing them a total of £289.

MARTEL: He's been able to trace exactly who... That's got to be worth something.

He's adding value, isn't he?

Studious.

Very diligent.

Well done, Rav.

VO: What weight can auctioneer Harry Howcroft add to the proceedings?

(GAVEL) The Pilkington's vase, it's a very good size.

It's in good shape, it's good order.

We do have a good following for this kind of stuff.

The biplane, very very interesting.

We do have two phone lines booked for this one, so I think we will be OK with that one.

VO: Bidding today then on the phone, online and in the room.

Time for our teams to take a seat.

JAMES: How exciting.

So excited.

(GAVEL) VO: First up is Martel and James' miniature, musical brass piano.

At £28 then, at £28 bid.

Profit.

Already in profits.

30.

At £30 bid.

At £30 bid.

On the net at £30, £40 bid on the net.

The net is your best friend.

£40.

At £40 bid, I'll take 45.

JAMES: That's very exciting, isn't it?

On the net then for £40... Ooh!

Last call then at 40... (GAVEL) VO: A first profit.

Music to my ears!

Online.

That's good, you did well.

VO: Next is Rav and Roo's First World War medal.

At £45 bid, I'll take 50.

It's a commission bid, straight in.

A main bid on commission then at £45... (GAVEL) VO: I salute sapper Archie Whitehouse.

And Rav for caring.

Well, it's OK.

I think that's good, I think it's a good price.

Yeah, that could have been the one where we actually lost money, but... RAV: It's OK. VO: Duck and cover, it's James and Martel's Pilkington's vase now.

At £55 bid.

Yes, Harry, yes.

At 60, 65, 70.

75, 80.

£80 bid.

You're in at £80 bid.

JAMES: Go on.

Come on, the internet, come on.

Bid in confidence, it's in good order.

MAN: Harry!

Our friends on the net, 85.

85, 90.

90?

95.

100?

JAMES: Wey!

Well done.

At 100 bid, you'll go 110?

AUCTIONEER: All done at £100... JAMES: It's getting there.

AUCTIONEER: On the net for £100.

MARTEL: Oh!

(GAVEL) VO: Oh dear, more underactive than radioactive.

You thought we were gonna get 50, didn't you?

I thought you'd get 10.

(MARTEL LAUGHS) VO: Time for Rav and Roo's trench art - the scuttle and ashtray fashioned from shells.

At £28 bid, I've got 30.

We want it to keep moving.

What did you pay?

We want it to keep moving.

65.

£25 with you.

Lady's bid at £45 bid, I'll take 50.

At £45 bid.

Lady's bid then, in the room for £45... (GAVEL) VO: Well, those did not go with a bang.

£20 up in smoke.

ROO: Ooh!

JAMES: Oh dear.

That was... VO: Will Martel and James's art nouveau dish shine for them now?

We've actually tested it for low grade silver.

There we go, we've had a bit of interest in this one.

Low grade.

Starting the bidding at £35, already bid.

At £35 bid, at £40 bid.

£45 bid now.

At £50 bid, I'll take 55 bid.

At £55 bid, I'll take 60.

60.

Come on.

Come on.

All done at £55.

All done at 55... JAMES: One more.

(GAVEL) VO: It was not to be.

That will be a loss after auction costs.

That tested as low grade silver.

That should have done triple figures.

It could have been 800 standard, couldn't it?

Yes!

VO: Oh well, onwards and upwards.

It's Rav and Roo's Swiss skis now.

I can go in at... £30 already bid, at £30 bid.

I'll take 35 anywhere.

Come on.

I'll take 35.

All done at £30, with me at 30... (RAV GROANS) (GAVEL) VO: Well, they went quickly downhill!

ROO: Ooh!

Wow.

MARTEL: Was that sore?

(RAV GROANS) VO: Under the hammer next, James and Martel's Indian silver box.

We'll give everybody a chance at £10.

Start me at £10 on this one.

JAMES: (EXHALES) 10.

AUCTIONEER: At £10, 12.

Oh, he's only asking for 10 starting?

That's low?

14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28.

AUCTIONEER: In at 28?

At 26 bid.

JAMES: Come on.

30.

So we just need 30 to break even.

I'll take 28 anywhere.

At £26 bid.

Lady's bid then, in the room at £26... (GAVEL) VO: No market for shiny things today, it seems.

Oh... That surprises me.

That surprised me.

I thought, yeah.

VO: Surely Roo and Rav's model bi-plane will take off?

I've got £50, got 55.

Yes.

Well done.

That's more than I thought.

At 55, 60, 65.

At 65, 70.

75.

AUCTIONEER: At £75 bid.

ROO: Come on.

It's on the phone at 75, I'll take 80.

Come on, a little bit more.

At £75 bid.

All done at £75... (GAVEL) VO: Oh dear.

Grounded!

That's alright.

That's alright.

I think you did well there.

We could... As I said, it was a risk.

VO: Will Martel and James's last lot, the silver matchbox cover, strike it lucky?

At 22, 24 I'll take.

At 24.

At 24, 26, 28.

£28 bid.

At £28 bid, I'll take 30.

At 28, 30.

I'll take 35 anywhere.

AUCTIONEER: At £30 bid, I'll take 35.

Go on, another one.

All done at £30... (GAVEL) VO: £2 profit for Violet and Jack, the perfect match.

JAMES: Oh dear.

ROO: That should have done more.

ROO: That should've done more... RAV: Well done.

VO: And last up, it's Rav and Roo's British Rail fire bucket.

At £40 bid, I'll take 45.

MARTEL: What did you get it for?

RAV: 35.

Come on, keep going, keep going.

Keep going.

AUCTIONEER: At 55 bid, I'll take 60... ROO: Keep going.

RAV: Go on, one more.

Harry, put it down, put it down.

ROO: One more!

JAMES: Put it down.

Harry, no one's interested.

ROO: Oh!

(GAVEL) (JAMES AND RAV LAUGH) ROO: Not bad.

JAMES: Well done.

There you go, the fire bucket.

RAV: We told ya!

ROO: We told you!

That was very good.

Stick with us, we'll keep you right!

VO: The biggest profit of the day, eh?

Nice one, Rav!

But our work here is done.

Shall we go and do some sums?

Yep, we'll let James do the adding.

VO: Rav and Roo started out with £400.

And, after auction costs, made a loss of £84.

They finish up with £316 in their piggy.

(GAVEL) VO: While Martel and James also began with the same amount and, after saleroom fees, lost £57.18.

They're left with a total of £342.82, so we crown them winners of this road trip!

ROO: Go on then, you two!

RAV: Come on.

Well done.

ROO: Safe journey home!

JAMES: We'll wave you off.

RAV: Winner, winner!

ROO: Bye!

I leave as a winner.

Part of me is very sad about saying goodbye to this car.

The registration on this car is from Dundee, where I'm from.

I feel like it was kind of meant to be.

And OK, you got the sexy Jag, but I got the...the tootling around in this Morris Minor.

As much as I appreciate the car's charm... (LAUGHS) ..it's not for me.

Sorry, Morris.

VO: Don't be sorry, it was a great road trip!

Cheerio!

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