[MUSIC PLAYING] NARRATOR: The nation's favorite celebrities-- Ooh, I like that.

NARRATOR: --paired up with an expert-- Oh, we've had some fun, haven't we?

NARRATOR: --and a classic car.

It feels as if it could go quite fast.

NARRATOR: Their mission, to scour Britain for antiques.

[ACCORDION PLAYING] - Yes!

Fantastic.

I do that in slo-mo.

NARRATOR: The aim?

To make the biggest profit at auction.

Come on, boys.

NARRATOR: But it's no easy ride.

Ta-da!

NARRATOR: Who will find the hidden gem?

Don't sell me!

NARRATOR: Who will take the biggest risks?

Go away, darling.

NARRATOR: Will anybody follow expert advice?

I'm trying to spend money here.

There will be worthy winners-- Yes!

NARRATOR: --and valiant losers.

Put your pedal to the metal, this is the "Celebrity Antiques Road Trip."

Yeah.

[MUSIC PLAYING] Today, we're road tripping through East Anglia with two of Britain's best-loved stars of stage and screen.

It's none other than old buddies Rick Wakeman and Ian Lavender.

IAN LAVENDER: How long have we known each other?

RICK WAKEMAN: It's 30-- 30-plus years.

IAN LAVENDER: (MUMBLING) NARRATOR: Their vehicle of choice is this 1957 Maurice Woody Traveler.

IAN LAVENDER: When was the first time you went in the car with me?

First-- ah.

Can you remember?

I try not to.

[LAUGHTER] RICK WAKEMAN: I think it was in Spain.

IAN LAVENDER: In Spain?

Oh, my word.

Yeah-- RICK WAKEMAN: We did a golf tournament.

IAN LAVENDER: --golf tournament.

I've never sent to you or else you've been trying to change-- put my knee into third gear.

[LAUGHTER] NARRATOR: Hey-- bit familiar, Rick.

Musician, songwriter, and actor, Mr. Wakeman is best known for being a member of the '70s band Yes.

You have the advantage of me in this-- Yes.

--because you've got one of these.

I've got one of these.

Yeah.

RICK WAKEMAN: The great thing is that people are so polite to you in the car.

They let you out.

You can take them-- get in the wrong lane and everybody goes, oh, it doesn't matter.

Go wherever you like.

No.

Isn't that because they see you and go, it's that old-age pensioner?

[LAUGHTER] NARRATOR: Most loved for his role as Private Pike in "Dad's Army," Ian's graced both stage and screen since, from comedies like "Yes, Minister," to popular soap, "EastEnders."

Helping the celebrities hunt for antiques are two experienced road trippers, David Harper and Raj Bisram, who are battling through the elements in a 1954 Austen Somerset.

Well, David, here we are in sunny Norfolk.

[LAUGHTER] DAVID HARPER: I was going to say that's a bit overenthusiastic, isn't it?

It's trucking it down.

I know.

I know.

But I tell you what-- I'm happy, Raj, because I'm in a fantastic Somerset car.

I've never driven one of these before.

Well, it shouldn't be a Somerset car.

Shouldn't it be a Norfolk car?

Oh, of course it should be a Norfolk car.

NARRATOR: The Somerset was manufactured before seat belts were mandatory, which is why they're not wearing any.

(CHUCKLES) Got it?

Any thoughts on the celebrities, chaps?

And these two guys know each other, I think.

They do.

They do.

They do.

They've got some history.

They've-- in fact, they're quite competitive, I think, so we'll have to see how that goes.

NARRATOR: We will indeed.

[MUSIC PLAYING] With 400 pounds each to spend, this road trip kicks off in the North Norfolk village of Burnham Market before snaking through the county of Norfolk and then heading into Nottinghamshire for auction in Nottingham.

Time to decide the teams, but a tardy Rick and Ian have left our experts waiting patiently in the rain.

I can see they're on their way, a bit late.

Yeah.

Oh, poor souls/ Oh, lordy.

Oh.

It's a moggy minor trouble.

And Rick's driving.

Of course he is.

Of course he is.

Good morning.

Good morning.

Good morning to you.

I'm happy to meet you, Dave.

Great to meet you.

Wonderful.

And I'm loving the outfit.

Looking forward to this?

Yes, with trepidation.

We decided to put the two good-looking ones together, so-- - The I'm going with you.

- There you are.

- That's us two, then, right?

- That's us two.

Yeah.

[LAUGHTER] You're the older couple.

NARRATOR: They'll be kissing on the back seat at this rate.

Raj and Ian plump for the Morris whilst David and Rick are in the Austin, and both our chaps are letting their "dates" drive-- how modern.

Off they head, then.

Time now to talk tactics.

I-- I think I'm going to look for quirky.

Quirky's good.

I like a quirk-- something that I go, oh, what's that?

If I can find some quirky stuff-- DAVID HARPER: Yeah.

--if it's in an auction room, that it's going to stand out.

NARRATOR: How about the other team?

The tactic is to win, OK?

IAN LAVENDER: OK. We've got 400 pounds.

My advice would be, let's go out and spend it!

NARRATOR: That's the spirit, Raj.

Quick off the mark, David and local boy, Rick, are first to arrive in Hunstanton, a Norfolk seaside town built on the Wash Bay as a resort during Victorian times.

Here we go.

Our first one.

RICK WAKEMAN: Right.

Come on.

Yeah.

NARRATOR: They've come to spend at Antiques Center Le Strange Old Barns.

Stand by.

- How are you?

- Hi.

I'm Rick.

- Lydia.

Lydia.

- And?

- Pat.

Pat.

I thought you said Rick.

No.

I'm-- I'm Rick.

That's Lydia.

You're-- you could be-- I'll be Pat.

You be Rick.

You be-- You be Rick.

I'll be David.

- No, you could be Rick.

All right.

Well, we'll go that way.

We've got no time.

I remember games like this when I was in the band.

Yeah, yeah.

Keep a-- yeah.

Thanks, Lydia.

NARRATOR: Makes you realize why Rick's band was simply called "Yes."

Rick's bought from this shop in the past, so knows his way around.

I can't see any antiques.

I want to to see antiques.

Come through.

No, when you come through here, you'll start seeing some stuff.

- Oh, OK. - This is the room, really.

Oh, right.

Oh, now, OK. OK. What's the plan, then, chaps?

DAVID HARPER: I think we better cover it pretty quickly-- Yeah, before-- --the other two come in.

--the other two come in.

No flies on this pair, and something's already caught Rick's eye.

DAVID HARPER: Dalton.

RICK WAKEMAN: Yeah.

I like Dalton.

Do you?

Do you like-- - I do like Dalton.

It's good quality, isn't it?

Yeah.

These guys were making pots and vases like that for family homes, middle class homes, at the very same time as making sewage pipes for the empire.

It was a great money-making firm.

Wow.

I didn't know.

Oh, they were churning them out left, right, and center.

NARRATOR: These 19th century vases are a good find.

I like those.

You were drawn to them immediately.

Yeah, I was.

I'm going to get a key.

NARRATOR: Here comes Pat-- or was it Lydia?

You want to help yourself?

Yeah, lovely.

Shall we grab one each?

- Yeah.

OK. NARRATOR: Careful.

- There you go.

All right.

Thank you very much.

What does a closer look reveal?

RICK WAKEMAN: Well, there's no damage that I can see.

DAVID HARPER: No damage.

RICK WAKEMAN: Not on this one.

DAVID HARPER: OK. Now let's have a look at the date.

So we've got Dalton Burslem.

You can see that there's no England stamped.

That was introduced in 1891, 1892, so they're pre-1892 for certain.

NARRATOR: Ticketed at 38 pounds per vase, Rick's going to need all his charm to secure a discount.

But hurry!

Ian and Raj have finally made it to Hunstanton.

Well, my goodness.

They're here before us.

They're here before us.

Swines.

We've got some catching up to do.

IAN LAVENDER: Let's go and-- let's go and dug some scullery here.

RAJ BISRAM: Absolutely.

They have the advantage of us.

RAJ BISRAM: They certainly do.

My goodness, maybe I should let the air out on their tires so they can't get away so quick.

NARRATOR: Look lively then, Ian.

This isn't the home guard now, you know?

Wait for me.

Come on, come on.

Here we go.

LYDIA: Hello.

IAN LAVENDER: Hello, hello, hello.

RAJ BISRAM: Where are they?

- Where are they?

Yeah.

Don't sell them anything yet.

Oh, hang on.

Oh, hold on.

Hello, hello, hello, hello.

I think this would look lovely.

Now you see, that's a real antique.

On some-- on somebody's mantel.

Oh, look.

Look who's here.

Found anything yet?

DAVID HARPER: No.

RICK WAKEMAN: No.

No.

RAJ BISRAM: Been here a long time?

Not a long time.

No.

No, no, no.

We're just having a-- just having a little browse, really.

Yeah.

Don't do any trade with them, please.

They're just not nice people.

Carry on, Raj.

- Yeah.

Don't give them any discount.

- No.

No.

None, whatsoever.

NARRATOR: Now, now, chaps, back to business.

Time to discuss the price on the vases.

Are they 38 for the pair?

No.

That is-- RICK WAKEMAN: Really?

--that is 38 each.

NARRATOR: The vases belong to another dealer.

So while Pat gets on the phone, just around the corner Ian and Raj have found some walking canes.

You know what we could do?

Buy both of them.

I'll see what he's got-- he's asking.

What's that on there?

He's asking 50 on that and 38 on that.

[INAUDIBLE] for 88.

RAJ BISRAM: Estimate for auction, these should be estimated 50 to 80 pounds.

The pair.

For the two of them Yeah.

They could make top estimate, so we really-- I know they've got 88 on the two.

See, this is where my problem comes in.

OK.

I'd be perfectly happy to pay 80 pounds for the pair.

I know.

I can tell you.

OK.

I've got to stick very close to you.

IAN LAVENDER: Yes.

Right.

RAJ BISRAM: OK. Because I already know there's going to be some competition here.

Maybe we should try to get these, if we can, between 40 and 60 pounds.

But I'm more tending to go to the 45, OK?

One of the things when buying, especially as a dealer, is not to look too keen, I think, on something, you know.

This is where I learn how bad an actor I am.

No, no-- hate them.

I hate them.

NARRATOR: Meanwhile, Pat's been unable to speak to the owner, but he's made an executive decision-- 50 pounds for the pair of vases.

- Shall we just do it?

- Yeah.

Do it.

Shake his hand.

Please.

Thank you very much.

Pat, You're a great gentleman and a scholar.

- Thank you.

- Thank you very much.

- David.

- Thank you.

Be careful with those.

It's done.

They're not maracas.

Certainly not at that price.

Do you want to just put them on there?

Very DAVID HARPER: Thank you.

So I'm carrying the money, am I?

RICK WAKEMAN: Yes.

DAVID HARPER: What have we agreed?

10.

[LAUGHTER] 20, 30, 40-- 50 pounds.

- 50?

Are you sure about this?

I am-- trust-- trust me.

DAVID HARPER: I'm trusting you, Rick.

I'm trusting you.

RICK WAKEMAN: Trust me.

DAVID HARPER: Shall I take responsibility?

I think it's probably safer.

DAVID HARPER: Yeah.

I drop things.

Cheers, Pat.

PAT: Good luck with him, David.

Thank you.

NARRATOR: Meanwhile, Raj and Ian have found the cabinets.

What's this?

Oh, that-- that-- oh, that's divine.

IAN LAVENDER: That is lovely, isn't it?

It's really lovely.

Bit out of fashion-- it's an ashtray.

Yes.

Absolutely.

I was just about to say exactly the same thing.

It's a shame it's an ashtray, which makes-- IAN LAVENDER: But-- --it not as saleable, but it still is a piece of the Mouseman.

Mouseman.

It's not ridiculously priced, either.

NARRATOR: With a ticket price of 68 pounds, Mouseman-- real name Robert Thompson-- was a British maker of oak furniture in the early 20th century.

He featured a trademark carved mouse on his finished pieces from about 1920.

OK. Well, don't look too excited when we get Patrick.

I quite like that.

OK. Let's put it back.

Um.

I'm not that wild about it.

I just quite like it.

That's it.

Is this all right?

You're an actor.

You're an actor-- perfect.

NARRATOR: Getting a good deal may need an Oscar-winning performance, though.

Where's Patrick to talk money.

Patrick.

Raj.

Have you got a smile on your face?

Well, I think we're almost there.

I have been in touch with the dealers, and the best I can offer will be 55 for the two sticks.

IAN LAVENDER: Yeah?

PAT: And 38 on the Mouseman ashtray.

That's 93 pounds.

What about 90 pounds cash, and we'll take them?

I don't think we can argue for three pounds.

That's a pound for every dealer.

RAJ BISRAM: Fantastic.

PAT: 90-- 90 pounds.

90 pounds-- - [INAUDIBLE] - Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

You're right.

OK. RAJ BISRAM: The wanker is here.

PAT: Oh, I'm ready.

This is my favorite part.

There are four of those, and I think in another pocket I'll have a one.

PAT: Eighty.

Oh, but I might-- yes, I do.

There, look.

- That's perfect.

- Voila!

Don't even need to bother with change.

You don't-- 90 pounds.

Again, thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Thanks very much.

Oh, that is good.

NARRATOR: Bravo.

A fine performance, and their show-biz duties might not be over yet.

[CAR STARTING] First shop done, Ian.

Two fantastic items.

Let's hope they make a bit of money.

IAN LAVENDER: And if they don't?

RAJ BISRAM: And if they don't, so, well, we'll just have to be a song and dance team together.

We got the sticks, baby.

We got the sticks.

[MUSIC PLAYING] NARRATOR: 18 miles down the road, Rick and David are flying this one solo in King's Lynn.

The word "lynn" means "pool," and probably refers to a tidal pool on the river Ouse.

Well, the old Somerset-- Somerset behaved herself well.

Doing all right, hasn't she?

She has.

Here we go.

NARRATOR: Inside awaits an eclectic mix of furniture and porcelain.

No "Lynn" for us today, but a dealer named Ruth.

Hi, Ruth.

Hope you have a good day.

Well, thank you very much.

Do you wan to go one way, and I'll go the other one.

- Well, that's a good idea.

- Yeah.

Shout me if you need any help.

NARRATOR: Crikey!

There's a lot on offer, but Rick knows what he wants.

It's got to be big.

I like big.

I do like big.

Ho, ho, ho, ho.

Uh, David?

DAVID HARPER: Yeah?

You know I like big.

You like big?

Big.

I found big.

[LAUGHTER] DAVID HARPER: How big?

Um-- uh, big.

NARRATOR: Rick's not joking.

It's a big art deco cabinet.

Oh, hello.

Tell me why you love it.

RICK WAKEMAN: I just think that's gorgeous.

DAVID HARPER: As a as a style icon, that is perfect because it transports you back to a period in time that you can date pretty much within 10 or 15 years-- 1925 to 1939.

RICK WAKEMAN: Yeah.

NARRATOR: This art deco piece could charm at auction, but it's a gamble, nevertheless.

Will it have a big ticket price to match?

DAVID HARPER: Ruth?

RUTH: Hmm?

DAVID HARPER: How much is the deco cabinet in the hallway?

RUTH: Expensive.

- Oh.

[LAUGHTER] It's expensive.

Does that mean it's more than 80 pounds?

Yes.

It's more than 80 pounds?

Yes, yes.

How much more?

(WHISPERS) 260.

[GASP] NARRATOR: So expensive she has to whisper it-- 260 pounds.

We'd never get that back, I don't think.

DAVID HARPER: Don't you think?

- No.

DAVID HARPER: No.

Ruth, can it be sub 100?

No.

- No?

- No.

Can't do that.

NARRATOR: Ugh-- I sense a plan afoot.

DAVID HARPER: We're warming you up.

We're warming up, because Ruth looks like one of those really kind ladies-- [LAUGHTER] --that cares about old musicians.

NARRATOR: You're here to pick up antiques, Rick-- not a wife.

Something else has caught Mr. Wakeman's eye-- some substantial Japanese-style meat dishes.

RICK WAKEMAN: There's some weight to that.

DAVID HARPER: Exactly.

Let's bring it round into the light.

OK, so-- Look at all the ribbing in that here.

Yeah, yeah.

Do you know what that's for?

It's a meat, obviously, for the juices to go on those.

DAVID HARPER: Absolutely.

Absolutely.

NARRATOR: Despite that oriental pattern, the Fenton Stoneworks was based in Staffordshire around the early part of the 19th century.

I'm looking for cracks and things on the back-- - Yeah.

- --and I can't-- I can't see any.

Give them a bit of a whack.

So if you hold each dish-- Yeah?

--from the center, and whack one end-- [FINGERS THUDDING AGAINST CERAMIC] Almost a tune.

NARRATOR: I can see where your gold disks came from, Rick.

RICK WAKEMAN: I do like them.

But it's price-- now it's down to price.

NARRATOR: Ticket price for the pair, 125 pounds.

Stand by.

- Ruth?

Ruth?

RUTH: Yeah?

Do you think I could possibly show you a few things and you could tell me a bit about them, and-- Well, I can try.

I'm not as knowledgeable as David.

And who's he?

Is he arriving later?

RICK WAKEMAN: Those two dishes.

RUTH: Yeah.

See, I would have to ring somebody up about those.

DAVID HARPER: OK. What's our-- what's our offer?

RICK WAKEMAN: We'd be looking, I would say 60 to 70, top whack, really.

NARRATOR: Time to get Zoey on the line.

Zoey, how are you?

As you probably know, we do like your Fenton.

We were hoping you might consider somewhere around about the 65 mark?

70?

I'll tell you what, I'll take a punt at 70 because I think we've got a fair shot.

Zoey, you're an absolute darling.

NARRATOR: Well done.

Now, how about the 260 pound art deco cabinet?

Ruth, I'm actually going down on my knees.

Oh!

NARRATOR: How naughty.

Well, have you got problems or something?

It's getting a bit worrying now, isn't it?

I've only ever done that before to propose.

Oh, right.

Several times.

Several times.

Thank you very much, David.

Thanks so much for helping us out on those plates.

Do I come down as well?

You're a reserve to come down.

I'll get-- Do that.

Excuse me just one second.

Block your ears.

When I go to the line about, is it possible-- OK. --that's when you go down.

But will you remind me?

In case I forget, just wink.

I will.

Is it-- when I say, is it possible, that's when you're-- that's when you're down.

Thanks so much for helping us out on those plates.

They really are lovely.

We do love that art deco cabinet.

I know that it's lots of money, but we were hoping very much, in fact, to ask you, is it possible-- is it possible-- [LAUGHTER] --is it-- is it possible for you to come down a little bit on it so that I can walk away a happy man, with a smile on my face?

Um-- Would it be possible for something like 150?

160, I'll do on it.

NARRATOR: A great offer, but Rick's not finished yet.

I suppose there's-- there's no chance just to help us out, to split between our 150 and 160 at 155, would there?

Yeah.

I'll make a fiver on it.

Isn't she lovely?

Isn't she lovely?

Aw.

Ruth, I shall come back here with my wife.

Thank you, Ruth.

Thank you so much.

OK. You too.

You've been brilliant.

I shall come back with my wife and I shall let her go loose.

You've been absolutely wonderful.

Thank you so much.

NARRATOR: That brings the total spend to 275 pounds so far.

Meanwhile, Ian and Raj have motored the Morris to just outside King's Lynn to Houghton Hall, to hear about one of the most important battles of World War II.

RAJ BISRAM: This looks fascinating.

And I was a soldier, you played a soldier.

Well, sort of.

This could be quite exciting.

Let's see what there is.

NARRATOR: Their host is Lord David Cholmondeley.

Hello, there.

Hello.

Lord Cholmondeley.

Good to see you.

- Good to meet you too.

- Thank you.

I'm Raj Bisram.

- How do you do, sir?

- HI.

- Ian Lavender.

Thank you.

Wonderful to have you here.

Oh, thank you.

My father would have been thrilled, because he would never go out "Dad's Army" was on.

Oh, how lovely.

I wouldn't either.

In the summer of 1942, the first battle of El-Alamein saw the Allied forces hold firm against the German commander in Egypt, Erwin Rommel.

It was vital to the Allies success in World War II that they held this position in the desert, and only one man might topple Rommel-- Field Marshal Montgomery.

Monty took command with an order which has become one of the most famous in British military history.

"If we can't stay here alive, then let us stay here dead."

One of the officers serving under Monty at this time was Lord David's father, Lord Hugh Cholmondeley.

DAVID CHOLMONDELEY: He'd always wanted to go into the army like his father.

So he fought all through the North African campaign, and then up through Sicily, in Italy, and then France through to Germany.

NARRATOR: But it was at El-Alamein that Lord Hughes' mettle was put to the test.

At Houghton Hall, there are dioramas showing, in stunning detail, some of these skirmishes in an unforgiving desert.

We've got a couple of scenes from in-- in the desert, and one of them, my father used to say, this is exactly as it were, as he remembered it.

And the figure with binoculars, which he said, this is me, looking at and looking, seeing when Rommel's Afrika Korps are coming over the-- over the-- in the distance, over the hills.

NARRATOR: Erwin Rommel was the German commander in North Africa.

An incredible military strategist, he was famous across the world as the Desert Fox.

But with Monty now at the helm in El-Alamein, 14 days of major fighting ended with Rommel's once invincible army in full retreat.

Monty's success depended on intelligence.

Lord Hugh and his small unit of men from the Royal Dragoons were in the thick of things.

RAJ BISRAM: I mean, this scene here, Lord Cholmondeley, really depicts a scene that your father would have actually been in when he won the military cross.

Absolutely.

It's a reconnaissance.

That's really what the armored cars were very much used for at that time.

He commanded a troop of three armored cars for most of the-- most of that part of the war.

So here we have them on reconnaissance in the desert, somewhere.

And you can just see in the distance, Rommel's tanks, the Afrika Korps tanks.

And so, they're cooking breakfast, my father and his team.

And of course, they'd have to throw it all away and-- IAN LAVENDER: That was the low point of the day, losing breakfast.

DAVID CHOLMONDELEY: --slinging the brew, as he called it.

[LAUGHTER] NARRATOR: Lord Hugh was decorated with the military cross for gallantry after the war ended, for commanding his troop under incredibly harsh conditions.

He was 23, 24.

Yes.

It seems very young to be doing something like that.

NARRATOR: There's no question Lord Hugh was a capable officer who understood how battles worked, an aptitude that may well have been instilled in him from his childhood passion for model soldiers.

A keen collector as a boy, before the war he'd amassed several thousand which he would use to precisely recreate some of the greatest struggles in British military history, including the Battle of Waterloo, Omdurman, and the Napoleonic era.

So I guess when you were young, you would have seen all these soldiers on planning tables.

They were.

They didn't have glass.

So they needed dusting, and I was given the job of dusting after school, which I actually really enjoyed.

And that's how I sort of learnt about them, and still very fond of them.

NARRATOR: The largest private collection of model soldiers in the world, this incredible set is of international importance, boasting 20,000 little soldiers under the same roof, many incredibly rare.

And it's not just model collectors that are interested in gazing through the glass at British victories, oh, no.

This is the biggest diorama of Waterloo.

And I remember coming down when my-- when President Mitterand of France came here.

So my father said, would you like to see the-- my soldier collection?

He said, oh, yes.

And of course, it's all British victories over the French.

IAN LAVENDER: Oh, dear.

And Waterloo, especially.

And so he came here and he said, "not our finest hour."

IAN LAVENDER: You know, it strikes me that this is something to be so proud of.

What's going to happen to the collection in the future?

DAVID CHOLMONDELEY: Oh, well, I hope it'll always be open to to the public.

And people are very fascinated by it, and it's a great memorial in memory of my-- of my father and his-- his great hobby.

I don't know if you've seen Ian's collection of model soldiers?

DAVID CHOLMONDELEY: Look.

IAN LAVENDER: Look at that.

DAVID CHOLMONDELEY: But I recognize the scarf.

You recognize the scarf?

I'm quite proud of it.

RAJ BISRAM: It's lovely, isn't it?

It's very good.

It's lovely.

It's wonderful.

Private Pike.

NARRATOR: And off they go.

We'll expect military precision tomorrow, chaps.

It's been a delightful day at antiquing, though.

But for now, nighty-night.

[MUSIC PLAYING] It's a new day, and our celebrities are back in the Morris.

Here we go again, then.

Another lovely day.

Absolutely.

I just got hope it's going to be as good as yesterday.

We had-- we had a scream.

RICK WAKEMAN: I've learned an incredible amount.

I will tell you one thing.

I'll be brutally honest.

Either-- and I think David agrees with me.

And I say I think he agrees with me, it was very, very, hard to understand him while he had his head in his hands, but I actually think that I will either do incredibly well-- in which case, it will be very much down to David-- or it could be one of the spectacular losses that's ever been on "Celebrity Road Trip."

NARRATOR: And what about David and Raj?

Oh, dear.

What happened to military precision, eh?

The clutch has gone.

RAJ BISRAM: Oh, dear.

DAVID HARPER: Yeah.

It's done for.

NARRATOR: Here come the cavalry.

Oh-- oh, look.

It's broken down!

That's yours.

What do you mean?

It's mine, isn't it?

Oh, now it's not funny at all.

Oh, come on.

That's my-- that's-- oh, yeah.

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.

[INTERPOSING VOICES] Oh, look at this.

Come on, Rick.

They've sabotaged our car.

I think we sabotaged it yesterday.

I don't know what we've-- what we've done, but it's technically-- - [INAUDIBLE] your car.

Who was driving it all day yesterday?

It's broken.

I'm sorry.

Raj, you've done this?

I have got nothing to do with this.

NARRATOR: Come on.

This is meant to be a road trip.

Do you want the car?

I want the car-- - Yeah, I do.

- --so badly it's unbelievable.

- I do.

- No tricks.

At the end of the day, you two are-- we know you're car nuts.

We're quite happy to be-- to walk, aren't we?

DAVID HARPER: Seriously?

Well, we'll call a cab.

Well, eventually, I'm sure we might call.

I think there's a trick, but I want the car.

I think there's a trick, but I'll go for it.

DAVID HARPER: We'll have the car.

- We'll take it.

- We'll take it.

Keys are in there.

Keys are in there.

RICK WAKEMAN: Right.

NARRATOR: Heavens.

Glad we sorted that out.

He is my best mate, but I wouldn't trust him as far as I could throw him.

DAVID HARPER: Something's very odd.

RICK WAKEMAN: Very odd.

[SOUND OF ENGINE FAILING TO START] Oh, there's that, though.

DAVID HARPER: Oh, nice.

Nice one.

RAJ BISRAM: We didn't tell you about that.

NARRATOR: Aha.

The trustee Morris Traveler, living up to its reputation as the car that got Britain moving after the war.

Do you want to get out of the car and rock it?

Yeah.

I'm trying to.

Where's the coffee?

Yeah.

I think we should go and have a coffee now.

RICK WAKEMAN: Losers!

RAJ BISRAM: There they go!

We're here.

NARRATOR: David and Rick are headed to the Norfolk market town of Wymondham with 125 pounds in their pocket.

I think there's something wrong with those two.

They don't like cars at all.

I think there's something-- - No, I know.

--I think they need therapy of some sort.

I know.

Ian and I have so much in common, being great mates, bosom buddies, but cars strangely enough, he can-- he can take them or leave them.

Yeah?

And he's left this one.

He's left it.

We've got it.

NARRATOR: Established about 35 years ago, this place has a mix of antiques, collectibles, and furniture.

DONNA: Hello!

Hello, there.

I'm Rick.

- Nice to meet you.

- Hi.

- I'm Donna.

Hello, Donna.

I'm-- I'm David.

- Come in.

Welcome.

Have a little look round.

- Brilliant.

- Upstairs and down.

Do you want to start upstairs?

- Yeah.

There's rooms upstairs.

- Should we go upstairs?

Yeah.

Then we can fall down after.

Do you trust us, Donna, to go ups-- DONNA: Yeah, absolutely.

- Are you sure?

NARRATOR: With no time to waste, they get straight to it.

Should we do a bit of tactics and I'll go in here?

OK. And I'll-- I'll do the next room.

DAVID HARPER: Yeah.

OK. You go down there.

Yeah, OK. NARRATOR: Sounds like a plan.

Do try and keep focused, Rick.

That's better.

Is all that glitters really gold?

Time for some advice.

David?

Here I am.

So-- OK. What I would do with that, is I would pitch the frame to a buyer as simply a frame.

You can put a picture in it.

RICK WAKEMAN: Yeah.

You can put a better mirror in it.

And it's a lovely size.

Yeah.

NARRATOR: I'm surprised it's big enough for Rick.

Heh!

While they ponder the gilt frame at 58 pounds, let's see how the other two are doing.

Ian and Raj have given up on walking and are cabbing their way to just outside Norwich City center.

Mike, I have to say this is a beautiful, beautiful city you live in.

Thank you.

RAJ BISRAM: Tell me some interesting facts about Norwich.

Um, Norwich, um, used to have a church for every week of the year, and a pub for every day of the year.

[LAUGHTER] IAN LAVENDER: Brilliant.

Perfect.

RAJ BISRAM: Here we are, Ian.

We're at the shop.

NARRATOR: This place is a whopper, with over 60 dealers spread over two floors.

This goes everywhere.

NARRATOR: I told you it was big.

What's also of some size is this pair's wallet.

They've got 310 pounds to play with.

Look!

Oh, those trains.

That is lovely.

Hornby train good set number 20.

IAN LAVENDER: Oh, I think that is gorgeous.

I had the Hornby train set when I was six.

RAJ BISRAM: Ian, there's so much more to look at, OK?

We need to keep-- we need to keep moving.

I know.

We need to keep, but that's good.

That's good.

That's something that we can possibly look at later.

You're slapping me on the wrist, aren't you?

No, I'm not slapping you on the wrist at all.

NARRATOR: The Hornby engine and carriage have no ticket price, but one to keep in mind.

We'll leave Ian and Raj to browse.

11 miles down the road in Windham, David is excited with another find.

Right.

Let me introduce you to something which I think is very interesting.

Pole screen.

Yeah.

Pole screen.

RICK WAKEMAN: Yeah.

DAVID HARPER: Yeah.

Do you know why they were designed?

I've got no idea.

DAVID HARPER: This is designed for reading or working by the fire.

So let's say it's wintertime, you're sat in front of the fire.

You're a lady.

You're crocheting.

You're making tapestry.

The heat of the fire is burning, maybe, the middle part of your body, so you will adjust the pole screen.

Maybe it's burning your face, so you'll adjust it to remove the heat from your face.

Oh, wow.

It's a very clever little contraption.

And then in the summer months, when the fire is not in use, it would just simply sit in front of the fire as a lovely display piece, and that's why you would have a lovely piece of artwork, effectively-- Set in.

--in the panel there.

NARRATOR: So with the ticket price of 85 for the pole screen and 58 pounds on the frame they spotted earlier, it's time to ply their charm.

DAVID HARPER: Donna!

Hello.

Walk this way.

You're doing a good job.

Yeah.

Right.

Now, we've been told that you are the money lady of this joint.

Mm-hmm.

OK. Be prepared to be charmed.

We're going to do our very level best to charm you.

All right.

OK. RICK WAKEMAN: We love the Victorian frame.

DONNA: Yeah.

Lovely.

RICK WAKEMAN: We really like that.

OK. And we like the pole-- Yeah.

We would like to be able to pick the pair of these up for around about 70, 75 quid.

Crikey.

That is tough.

The best I can do on the two together, um, is 85.

Oh.

That's absolutely.

Well, I don't think you-- I don't think the lovely Donna would be bluffing, that that is best.

We can-- we can just, literally, just stretch to that with what we've got left.

So have we done a deal then?

Well, I think so.

You happy?

- Are you happy, Donna?

- Yeah, I'm happy.

- All right.

- Well, we're all happy.

- We're all happy.

- Thank you very much.

Thank you very much.

Sounds great.

Donna, bless you.

Thanks so much.

No problem.

Thank you.

Rick doesn't carry cash.

No.

I've been married too many times.

[LAUGHTER] - 85.

Donna, you're an angel.

DONNA: Sir, thank you very much.

Thank you.

RICK WAKEMAN: Yeah.

Bless you.

Thanks.

And sorry for charming you so.

NARRATOR: That's the gilt frame for 35 pounds in the pole screen for 50 pounds.

Well done, Rick.

Thank you kindly, sir.

A goodly day.

NARRATOR: Well done, David and Rick.

That's you all shopped up.

Back in Norwich, Raj and Ian have been working their way around the two floors of Lucy's Emporium.

Ooh!

NARRATOR: Oh.

Stand lively.

What's Ian spotted?

Oh, Lorna Bailey.

Do you like that?

I do.

That-- that teapot I think is absolutely glorious, straight away.

I do too.

I think that Lorna Bailey is really collectable.

NARRATOR: Lorna Bailey ceramics were produced in limited editions in the late '90's, early noughties.

Though not antique, Lorna's been described as the new Clarice Cliff.

She's actually stopped working now, so her pieces will go up in the future.

If I was to choose one piece in here, Ian, there's only one piece I would choose, and that's the truth.

And that is the teapot as well.

We could put two together.

Or the pair of-- Yeah.

The pair of teapots.

So let's say for the two-- what's-- what's on the other one?

67, right?

73.

We've got 67, 73.

Right.

If you could get 140.

OK.

If you could get those two-- 100?

90?

80?

Come on.

Come on.

- 70?

- Yeah.

What?

Both of them for the price of one?

NARRATOR: Good luck with that, then.

But before the big haggle, there's a chance to split up for one last scout about.

Oh, oh, this-- isn't he beautiful?

I know he's not old.

I know he's not antique, but I just love him.

Oh.

I wonder what Raj will say.

I love him.

I absolutely love him.

Raj?

RAJ BISRAM: Yeah?

I uh-- where are you?

RAJ BISRAM: I'm over here.

[LAUGHTER] I'm over here.

I was calling you over here to see something else, but I just want to see your face when you see this.

NARRATOR: From here, I can see this clown's reduced-- 109 pounds.

Raj?

Oh my goodness.

[LAUGHTER] Have you gone mad?

IAN LAVENDER: I love him.

I love him.

Gone mad?

RAJ BISRAM: What's he made of?

[KNOCKING] IAN LAVENDER: Fiberglass, isn't it?

Yeah.

It's fiberglass, Ian.

I tell you what.

If we could get that-- Yeah?

For 40, 50 pounds, it would be-- it would be a fun item.

IAN LAVENDER: The least we can do.

The least we can do after all that is give him a name.

RAJ BISRAM: I think so too.

How about-- I know what you're going-- Ricky!

Ricky!

NARRATOR: I can't see the resemblance, myself.

OK.

So I'm going go downstairs with two clowns.

NARRATOR: And I don't know what Mr. Wakeman will make of this.

RAJ BISRAM: It's been a long day.

NARRATOR: The man in charge of the deals today is Patrick.

First up, Ricky the clown.

It would have to be very, very cheap.

RAJ BISRAM: I mean, I can see it's been reduced and reduced.

IAN LAVENDER: It's got to be a joke.

PATRICK: Yeah.

IAN LAVENDER: It's got to be a price-- I can ring somebody on that.

It actually belongs to one of my daughters.

NARRATOR: Goody.

She'll be on speed dial-- this will be quick.

75 [INAUDIBLE].

Yes.

RAJ BISRAM: We'll think about.

Yeah, OK. Yeah.

NARRATOR: I don't think Ricky sold.

How about the Lorna Bailey teapots?

IAN LAVENDER: As a pair, what's the very best you could do on that?

Without ringing the dealer, I can only take 10%.

But I can ring her and get back to you on that one, because-- IAN LAVENDER: (MUMBLING) 10% (MUMBLING) That would be lovely if you would.

NARRATOR: Back on the blower, Patrick?

I got Judy on the phone about the teapots box at the moment.

IAN LAVENDER: OK. And she's saying 130 the pair.

For the pair?

Yeah.

That's-- no.

That's way too high.

Would you have a word with her?

I certainly would.

I'll put you on the phone to him.

Hello, Judy?

Hello.

This is Raj, here.

I've got-- I've got Ian as well, with me.

We do like your teapots, but we'd offer you 80 for them.

JUDY (ON PHONE): I really can't go any lower.

[INAUDIBLE] what I paid on them [INAUDIBLE].. Yeah.

How about we go to 85?

she's saying 90?

90.

90 it is.

NARRATOR: Raj seals the deal.

Next up, the Hornby train set.

Ian, your turn.

Next thing we do need to know is-- because there is no price on-- on-- JUDY (ON PHONE): No.

It is mine, that.

Oh, sure it's your.

So you don't want to sell it then?

PATRICK: Well, I will sell it at a price, but it's going to be about-- very best, like 150.

I'm not even going to look at you when I say this.

How about 75 cash?

I can't do that.

I'll be losing on it.

80 pounds.

RAJ BISRAM: 80 pounds?

PATRICK: 80 pounds, we've got a deal.

- We got a deal!

- We've got a deal.

- Thank you.

- We got a deal.

Ricky, I'm Sorry.

We're going to leave Ricky.

- Yeah?

Going to leave Ricky?

That's all right then.

Brilliant.

We got there.

That's wonderful.

- There you go.

- Oh, Patrick, thank you.

Well done, Ian.

Thank you, thank you so much.

NARRATOR: Well done, indeed.

That's the Lorna Bailey teapots for 90 pounds and the Hornby train set in an original box for 80.

Is!

80 then.

So need 10 pound change.

You have 10 pound to go again.

IAN LAVENDER: Yes!

Thank you.

PATRICK: Thank you very much.

Thank you very much.

PATRICK: Thank you very much.

NARRATOR: Well done, chaps.

Four down, one to go.

Absolutely.

I'm sorry we have to leave Ricky behind as well.

Be careful with those!

NARRATOR: Shopping complete, David and Rick have headed to the fine city of Norwich to uncover some incredible history hidden in the cathedral.

And it seems Rick's a familiar face around here.

DAVID HARPER: You know this place pretty well, then?

RICK WAKEMAN: I know this place very, very well.

I've done a couple of concerts here with choirs and opera singers.

It's beautiful.

NARRATOR: David and Rick are here to uncover a hidden heritage that offers a fascinating glimpse into Norwich's history.

Worshippers left their mark here, quite literally, 500 years ago.

Archaeologist Matthew Champion is part of a team uncovering Norfolk's medieval graffiti.

We've got everything from medieval ship graffiti, we've got prayers on the walls.

We've got witch marks.

We've got text, faces, hands, the lot.

Just about anything you can possibly think of.

But amongst all of this graffiti, apparently you've got musical graffiti, which I never, ever knew existed anywhere.

We do indeed.

It's extremely rare.

Musical graffiti is one of the rarest types of graffiti you can come across anywhere in the country.

There are only about five or six really good inscriptions, and one of them is here in Norwich cathedral.

Should we add some, Rick.

That's a very good idea.

I'm sure Matt won't mind.

I'll do a heart with "I love David" in the middle of it.

That'd be nice.

NARRATOR: The graffiti wasn't done under the cover of darkness by 16th century rebellious youths-- oh, no.

Worshippers sanctioned by the church left their mark to educate others.

There are over 5,000 graffiti markings in Norwich cathedral, all almost invisible to the naked eye.

Fortunately, Matthew knows where to look.

Most of the time, you can walk past it and you just don't realize it's there.

No.

You wouldn't.

So what we do, quite simply, is we use one of these, a very powerful light.

And what you do, is you shine it obliquely, right across the surface.

RICK WAKEMAN: Oh, my goodness me!

DAVID HARPER: Oh, heaven.

Oh.

It's like a different wall.

NARRATOR: Recent archaeological discoveries hope to shine new light on the meanings and motivation behind Norfolk's medieval graffiti.

There are 650 medieval churches in the county, with secretive scrawling scratched onto the surfaces of most of them.

So as-- you know, as-- Oh, wow.

--as I move that light around, you can see it completely changes.

RICK WAKEMAN: Oh.

look.

And that's the [INAUDIBLE].

Date 1650.

NARRATOR: Lost for hundreds of years, experts are only now starting to work out what they mean.

MATTHEW CHAMPION: There's 17th century graffiti in there.

There's 18th century graffiti.

But what I wanted to show you, Rick, is down here.

Oh, the music, yeah.

MATTHEW CHAMPION: And what we've got here are two lines of musical notation.

And you'll note they're on a four-line stave rather than-- Yeah.

Yeah.

--the modern five-lines stave.

And you can just see across here, you've got the start of notes running all the way across.

NARRATOR: It's believed this music graffiti dates from around 1550, and is likely to be a medieval chant.

You can understand why people would leave a mark-- their name, you know, a date.

But why on Earth would somebody leave that as a mark here?

MATTHEW CHAMPION: We're assuming that this is someone either trying to work out a piece of music or they're teaching someone else a piece of music.

RICK WAKEMAN: I've written music down on all sorts of things.

When an idea comes to you, I've done it on napkins.

I've done it on lavatory paper.

If I've got a pen, then suddenly oh, you'll quickly rush it, and you'll write it down.

And you won't do a lot, but that is enough for when you come to write and do it properly.

DAVID HARPER: It's almost [INAUDIBLE] memoir.

RICK WAKEMAN: Absolutely.

NARRATOR: Sounds plausible, but can Rick make sense of it?

RICK WAKEMAN: It's not difficult to know when notation goes up, how much it goes up by, and how much it comes down by.

You know what I'm going to ask you to do?

I haven't anything here to play this.

Surely-- surely we can find an organ, can't we?

This is someone's-- - I'm sure we could.

- That's a good point.

Want to give it a go?

RICK WAKEMAN: Well, have a go.

DAVID HARPER: Let's hear it.

RICK WAKEMAN: I know there'll be a lot of musical, medieval experts, who will go, that's wrong!

[LAUGHTER] But I don't care.

Who cares?

No.

Come on.

NARRATOR: The cathedral organ beckons.

If I had to try and translate it in Wakeman terms, shall we say, if I just wanted to see if I could get a choir to learn to sing this, they did lots of fifths and fourths.

They didn't have the modern sounding-- [PLAYING ORGAN CHORD] --nice, bright thirds and things that we have now, and triads.

So if you took the notes and went-- [PLAYING ORGAN MUSIC] --and then came down.

NARRATOR: Although beautiful, medieval chants were very simple.

The graffiti in the cathedral and the churches is of enormous academic and archaeological interest, but what's more exciting is the physical connection to the past.

Music played an important part in medieval worship.

It's no coincidence that many choir scores can still be found in major cathedrals where musical graffiti is being uncovered today.

He's not bad, is he?

He's all right.

[ORGAN MUSIC PLAYING] NARRATOR: Still in Norwich, it's time to visit Aladdin's Cave antique center, with 16,000 square feet of collectibles.

No magic genie here, though-- just Raj and Ian.

RAJ BISRAM: OK. IAN LAVENDER: Can we put them down here?

Yeah.

Stick them down here, shall we?

IAN LAVENDER: Somebody might buy them.

NARRATOR: Sales don't count unless they're at auction, Ian.

They're mine.

They're mine.

OK. NARRATOR: Better get browsing.

So much to look at.

NARRATOR: How about a cabinet full of oriental goodies?

Chinese, at the moment, is doing really well.

I mean, that Chinese carved figure's quite nice.

I think I know him.

NARRATOR: Will he give you a good profit though, Ian?

But what else is there in here?

IAN LAVENDER: Look to your left.

RAJ BISRAM: Oh, yes.

- What were we doing yesterday?

- Yes.

[LAUGHTER] The minute sol-- the model soldiers, I should say.

IAN LAVENDER: Wow.

RAJ BISRAM: Yeah.

Look at those.

The work that's gone into those-- bonsai village people.

NARRATOR: They need some prices, so it's time to meet the owner, Graham.

RICK WAKEMAN: Hello, Graham.

Good afternoon.

How are you doing?

Nice to meet you.

There's a few pieces I wouldn't mind.

Do you mind if we can get them out and put them on the counter here?

- We can have a look.

Because the lighting is a bit better here, and I can have a really good look.

Is that OK?

- Mm-hmm.

No problem.

- Brilliant.

NARRATOR: Raj and Ian have their eyes on the model bonsai village people, a handsome blue vase, Ian's wooden friend, and a lovely Chinese 19th century Canton bowl.

Graham, we've got four items out here.

Can you just give me the prices, first of all, so we can either rule them out or rule them in?

OK. 19th century-- RAJ BISRAM: Yeah.

GRAHAM: --late 19th century-- RAJ BISRAM: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

GRAHAM: --Chinese-- RAJ BISRAM: Yeah.

--150.

OK. GRAHAM: Japanese, circa 1880, carved boxwood, 180.

RAJ BISRAM: My favorite piece.

Canton, family [INAUDIBLE].

Amazing.

1860, 1880, that's going to be 250.

And the price on the village people?

It's 120 the set.

NARRATOR: Decisions, decisions.

They've got 140 pounds left.

I think we're going to have to eliminate that.

We just don't have the money for that, and I don't want to, you know, make such a low offer, but I love it.

NARRATOR: How about the Japanese bloke?

The damage doesn't matter so much.

It's-- on carvings, it's not so-- Oh.

--I mean, this isn't quite so serious.

Ticketed at 180, Graham, what's your best?

100.

Time to make a decision.

Should we close our eyes and point at the one we want.

OK, let's do it.

OK?

On the count of three, one, two, three.

OK!

Hey!

NARRATOR: Professional as ever, but is there any wiggle room on the 100?

Would you say 70 cash?

You're getting close now.

70 cash?

75.

75 cash.

I'm going to get Ian to shake your hand.

Wow!

Thank you.

Lovely.

- Thank you very much.

- Thank you.

Lovely.

Oh, how gorgeous.

Hope I've got enough left.

He carries the money.

Oh, he's letting me look at the money this time.

RICK WAKEMAN: This time, yes, because we're running out.

Thank you so much.

GRAHAM: And we have change.

And five is 80.

Thank you.

RICK WAKEMAN: Graham, thank you ever so much.

GRAHAM: Thank you.

- Brilliant.

We're very pleased with that.

All the best to you.

Bye-bye, now.

NARRATOR: Good stuff, but a bag might help.

Ian?

RICK WAKEMAN: Yes?

Would you mind carrying those-- All right.

--because I've run out of hands.

I shall drop these, not you.

RICK WAKEMAN: Hey, leetle-li-dee.

Not a bad afternoon's work, really.

NARRATOR: All shopped up, then.

It's time to have a gander at one another's buys.

If truth be known, we thoroughly enjoyed it.

I said, well, I thoroughly enjoyed myself.

I didn't.

It's been awful for me.

[LAUGHTER] And we went in for things that can either go incredibly well, or incredibly-- - Yeah.

- --badly.

We've just gone for class, haven't we?

I think we have, to be honest.

Well, and also-- Just amazing for a couple of people who don't have any.

[LAUGHTER] NARRATOR: Time for the unveiling of Ian and Raj's goodies.

I have to tell you, I'm not-- I'm not keen on the wood stuff.

I never have been.

But those I love.

I love the train set, and the canes are fun.

Those two canes, which are silver collared-- Yeah.

--and silver ended, cost us 50 pounds, 55 pounds.

RICK WAKEMAN: I know that canes are very collectible.

People do those.

The Lorna Bailey, the two teapots, cost us, I think-- IAN LAVENDER: 90.

RAJ BISRAM: 90 pounds.

Overall, how much did you spend?

Um, 335?

Yeah.

335?

Oh, big spend.

Big spend.

- Yeah.

DAVID HARPER: Three, two, one-- NARRATOR: And now for David and Rick's.

DAVID HARPER: --ta-da!

I like-- I have to say, I personally love the Ironstone.

The ironstone is gorgeous.

DAVID HARPER: Good.

Yeah.

I like those.

RAJ BISRAM: They're lovely.

And they're a pair?

DAVID HARPER: Pair.

RICK WAKEMAN: Yes.

RAJ BISRAM: Yeah.

Absolutely.

And a nice-- got nice Victorian mirror.

RICK WAKEMAN: Love the frame.

RAJ BISRAM: A nice Victorian mirror.

Well, well, yeah.

You're right.

The mirror-- - Original glass?

No, no.

No,no.

No.

The frame is.

- Yeah, yeah.

- But the frame is.

Yeah.

I think we've agreed that are favorite piece, both of us absolutely adore this, our favorite item is the art deco walnut display cabinet.

Well, that's what's really in vogue at the moment.

What did you pay for it?

Yeah, well, we paid the money.

What did you pay?

For that-- for that and the plates was 225.

Yeah.

So how much was your total spend?

RICK WAKEMAN: 370 pounds.

DAVID HARPER: Or thereabouts.

That's not a bad array of items for 370 pounds.

For what it's worth, I would-- at an auction, I'd bid on those all day.

- I hope those two go.

I really do.

- I love them I really do.

All right, guys.

Well listen, talking of auction-- - Yeah?

- --we've got to get there.

- Yeah.

- So shall we do it?

- Yeah.

- OK.

Very best of luck.

Listen, I think you've done brilliant, mate.

- Great.

- Great pick, Raj.

All the best.

[INTERPOSING VOICES] Fantastic.

NARRATOR: All terribly polite, but what do they really think?

If you had the opportunity to swap completely all of theirs for all of yours, what would you do?

I'd keep what we've got.

Fantastic.

So would I.

Like-- like you all, I think the one that could go silly is-- is the art deco-- - Yeah.

- --the cabinet.

Yeah.

The display cabinet.

Should we go and break a few of the-- Shelves?

--maybe we need to take the keys away with us, when we go.

I love the little teapots.

I think they're just absolutely gorgeous.

Yeah, they are.

I hope we both do well, because I think there's a lovely collection of stuff.

It is.

There's no doubt about it, it's a great collection.

And hey, ho, we'll see what happens.

[MUSIC PLAYING] Off to the auction in Nottingham, and Ian and Rick's competitive streak is showing.

I have actually brought something with me in case you win.

Oh, no.

RICK WAKEMAN: I have.

IAN LAVENDER: Oh.

- Well, there it is.

I brought that.

[LAUGHTER] Do you know what that is?

IAN LAVENDER: No.

RICK WAKEMAN: It's my Christmas list, and you're going to be crossed off it if you win.

NARRATOR: No one likes a bad loser.

We're at Mellors and Kirk auctioneers this morning.

Here they are.

Here they come.

Here they are.

RICK WAKEMAN: They look happy now.

How long for?

Go and get yours.

I'll get mine.

Oh, yeah.

Good morning, chaps.

How do you get out of this?

Let me-- shall I help you?

He can't get out.

Poor old soul.

I was saying, you two look happy at the moment.

Welcome.

Welcome.

Yeah.

Our confidence-- our confidence has waned on the journey.

How are you, David.

Good to see you.

Very well.

Great to see you.

I didn't have any confidence on the journey.

Oh, well, thank you, Ian.

Ian and I have decided that if we make a loss, it's your fault.

[LAUGHTER] - And if we make a profit-- - It's going to be our fault.

--it's our fault.

[INTERPOSING VOICES] Excellent.

Shall we go in?

Yeah.

Brilliant.

Oh, Lord.

NARRATOR: Rick and David were our big spenders with 360 pounds spent on five lots, while Raj and Ian parted with 335 pounds, also on five lots.

I wonder what gavel-basher Nigel Kirk makes of our celebrities' little collections?

I would have said my favorite item was the Mouseman ashtray, but anything to do with smoking is-- is really not especially sought.

So I think although it's of fine workmanship, I'm probably plump for the walnut China cabinet.

NARRATOR: Take your seats.

It's about to begin.

Welcome to [INAUDIBLE].

Thank you.

NARRATOR: First up, Rick's Royal Dalton vases.

20.

20 I am bid, and 5-- 30.

30, may I say?

25 pounds.

30, 35.

On my left, 35 pounds.

All done.

[GAVEL POUNDING] NARRATOR: Ouch.

But never mind, Rick.

You've got four more lots still to come.

[BLUBBERING] Get the man a tissue.

Next, Ian's two walking canes with silver collars.

20 pounds.

25, 30-- 30, 35, 40-- 40, 45.

RAJ BISRAM: Creeping up.

50, madam.

50 pounds, and 60 for them.

50 pounds, the lady's bid.

I shall sell at 50 pounds.

IAN LAVENDER: No, no, no!

RAJ BISRAM: No, no, no!

NARRATOR: Bad luck!

That's a loss a piece, but there's still plenty of time to make it up.

It could have been worse.

It could have been a lot worse.

It could have been worse, Ian.

Don't worry, Ian.

Don't worry.

It can only get better.

NARRATOR: Onwards and upwards.

Hopefully, Rick's pair of Japanese-style meat dishes will serve up a good return.

20 pounds.

And bid 5, 30, 5, 40, 5, 5, 50.

50?

50 pounds.

60, 70, 80, 90.

90 pounds.

RICK WAKEMAN: Come on!

All done at 90 pounds-- only 100 I am bid.

An American bidder online, selling at 100 pounds.

[CHEERING] I can't believe it.

NARRATOR: Believe it.

That's the first profit of the day.

Well done!

Oh, checking the pulse, here.

NARRATOR: Next, Ian's Mouseman ashtray.

40 pounds, 5, and 50, 60, 70.

70 here.

70 now.

80?

Nope.

70 pounds, it is, and I shall sell.

All done at 70 pounds.

That was brilliant.

Hurrah!

NARRATOR: Yes, it was.

Well done, Ian.

Puts you and Raj firmly in the lead.

Were coming back to Nottingham.

Listen, they were thinking of going higher.

I'm beginning to like Nottingham.

Yeah.

NARRATOR: Next up, Rick's gilt frame.

30?

25.

25 I am bid, thank you.

25, 30 pounds.

35, 40.

Yes, yes, yes.

Go on.

NIGEL KIRK: 45, 50.

RICK WAKEMAN: Yes.

NIGEL KIRK: At 45, on my left.

45 pounds.

IAN LAVENDER: Well done, Rick.

NARRATOR: Well then, another profit in the old bag.

Looks like we're catching you boys up.

You are, indeed.

Now Ian's Hornby train set with its original box.

30 pounds.

Is bid at 30.

35 for it?

30 pounds, the bid.

35, 40 pounds here.

45, 50, 60-- Ooh.

NIGEL KIRK: --70, 80.

Nope.

70 pounds.

Here with me at 70 pounds.

[GAVEL BANGING] NARRATOR: That's a shame.

Nice item, rotten luck.

Oh.

It looked like it was going so well.

It was going so well.

Slight loss.

NARRATOR: Next, Rick and David's gamble buy.

They splashed 155 pounds on this art deco cabinet.

Rick loved it, but will the auction-goers of Nottingham?

50 pounds for this, please.

50 bid.

50.

60 for it?

50 only bid.

60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 160, 170, 180?

170.

[GROWLING] 170 pounds.

Fair warning.

[GAVEL BANGING] NARRATOR: Profit!

Well done.

Another profit, albeit a small one-- and they all count.

Good.

That's all right.

NARRATOR: Next, Ian's two Lorna Bailey teapots.

Antiques of the future they may be, but will they sell today?

40 pounds for those.

40 I am bid, thank you.

At 40.

45, I'll take for them.

40 pounds the bid.

5 in the room, 45.

50, do I see?

At 45 pounds in the room, and selling at 45 pounds.

NARRATOR: Some lucky bidders got a bargain today.

That's a double oucher, that one.

No.

That I don't get.

I don't get-- I don't get that.

Rick's pole screen is next.

This could do well.

40 pounds for it, please.

40 or 30.

30, I am bid at 30.

35 anywhere?

Go on.

35, 40-- 40.

45?

45, 45, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90.

At 90 pounds, on my right at 90, selling at 100.

110?

100 pounds it is.

All done.

DAVID HARPER: They say [INAUDIBLE] is on it's way back!

RICK WAKEMAN: Yes!

Well done.

NARRATOR: Well done, indeed.

Rick and David have doubled their money.

You've ended on a high.

Well done, David.

Next, our teams last lot, Ian and Raj's oriental figure.

They need a handsome profit to snatch victory.

50 pounds for this.

I have 50, 60 anywhere?

At 50 pounds, 60 online.

70, 80, 90, 100, 110.

Yes!

120, 130, 140.

At 140.

150 for them, you've finished.

Selling 140 pounds.

RAJ BISRAM: Pretty good lot.

I told you.

NARRATOR: Great result, but is it enough?

It's pretty close after the end of all that, but you've got it.

[INTERPOSING VOICES] RAJ BISRAM: Shall we go for a cup of tea while these two work it out?

Come on.

See you later, boys.

15 plus 75 is 90.

NARRATOR: Hey, I've got a calculator.

I could save you the trouble.

Isn't it great?

They've just left us.

Have they just left us?

NARRATOR: It was a great auction all round, but there can only be one winner.

[MUSIC PLAYING] Ian and Raj started out with 400 pounds and made, after sale room fees are deducted, a small loss of 27 pounds and 50p, leaving them with 372 pounds and 50 pence.

While Rick and David started with the same amount, after costs are considered they made a profit of nine pounds, exactly, so they are victorious today.

All profits go to children in need.

Ian-- I'll open the car door for you.

--can I-- can I just say one thing to you?

What is it, my friend?

I won.

[LAUGHTER] RAJ BISRAM: It was very close, Ian.

Thank you, guys, for a fantastic trip.

I've got to say all the way home with him.

I know.

I know.

Been an amazing trip.

Thanks ever so much, chap.

Well, good-bye, fellas.

Enjoy the journey.

[INTERPOSING VOICES] It's been lovely.

DAVID HARPER: Yeah - I'd like to.

DAVID HARPER: Rick?

- Yes?

RAJ BISRAM: [INAUDIBLE] Well done, sir.

Now listen, listen in.

If you want any sort of advice on your, you know, shopping things from now on, just let me know and I'll help you out.

It's not a problem, mate.

Excuse me.

Pay attention.

NARRATOR: [INAUDIBLE] [MUSIC PLAYING]