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: Giddy up.

VO: Good morning from heavenly Hampshire in the midst of a heatwave, and a huge welcome to showbiz pals Michelle Ackerley and Russell Grant, and their rather smart Aston Martin Lagonda.

Isn't it a classy car?

It really is and it's lovely to drive as well.

It's putting us in the mood, I mean look, the sun's out, we're in a lovely car, brilliant company.

It couldn't really get much better, could it?

Oh darling... VO: I couldn't agree more.

You're so adorable and I can't wait to just drive off into the sunset with you.

That's it.

In fact why don't we just leave this... Should we just take a left and... ..and just take off.

..drive to the coast.

Yeah.

VO: Don't you dare!

VO: Russell Grant was born to be a star.

An actor turned astrologer, he had a meteoric rise to fame on breakfast TV in the 1980s.

MICH: Maybe I'll try it today, a bit of haggling and see what happens but I feel like I'd just be a bit like, oh...

I know, well I think these people have got a living to make.

Yeah well this is the thing.

RUSSELL: That's the thing that I think, so maybe our experts will be good at that.

But they're bound to be.

They've got to be.

MICH: Part of the Strictly family really, aren't you?

RUSSELL: Aw it's been such an important part of my life, but I had just the most wonderful time.

Oh you were so good and it was so funny as well.

I loved it, I loved it.

VO: Journalist and presenter Michelle has featured on a hard-hitting crime-busting TV series, but is probably best known for her work on a top British magazine show.

You remind me a bit of Diana Rigg in The Avengers.

Oh I'll take that, yeah I'll take that, Russ.

Oh that's a great role for you.

So I'm John Steed...

Yes.

..and you are Mrs Peel!

Right, we're channeling that today.

We're gonna channel John Steed and Mrs Peel.

VO: I can't wait.

We're not gonna do this antique hunting at all, we're just gonna go off and find places to eat and drink.

We just think of a nice holiday, yeah.

RUSSELL: That's it.

Let's do it.

Definitely.

VO: I'm keeping my eye on you two.

Pairing up with our celebrities today are experts Philip 'Phil' Serrell and Arusha 'Roo' Irvine.

PHIL: I know you love hats.

I've bought a hat, it's style personified.

Do you wanna try it on?

Oh go on then.

It's just here, go on, I'll let you put it on.

That... Where did you get it from, Scarecrow Unlimited?

What's the matter... Eh, easy tiger.

It's a very cool hat.

VO: Mm.

Not as cool as this car - a majestic 60s Mercedes convertible, manufactured just before seatbelts were mandatory and perfect when the sun's a-blazing.

I can see your knees.

I know, I know you can see my knees.

They're very white knees.

ROO: They're a wee bit alabaster.

What I haven't got though is hairy paw feet.

They're slightly cabriole-legged.

VO: I'm beginning to think this car's too flash for these two.

RUSSELL: I'm not competitive, because in the long run I'm one of those people that wants to have a good time.

Same with me, and that's why I get on with you, cuz we wanna have some fun.

RUSSELL: We want fun.

PHIL: So you're working with Russell Grant, aren't you?

ROO: I am so excited, he looks like he'll be a lot of fun.

Well I think you've got a real advantage over us.

ROO: Why's that?

Well because with his ability you'll be able to see into the future... ..and you'll be able to tell what's gonna make a profit.

ROO: Well exactly.

It would be really cool actually if we found, like, some kind of, you know, special little gem.

But it's knowing what to look out for, isn't it?

Lovely glittery things.

(THEY LAUGH) VO: To match your sparkling personalities.

Ha-ha-ha!

VO: Oh, this looks posh.

PHIL: I do think that might suit you better than me, but... but... but... No!

Get out of here.

I've got hat hair now.

That should become my little good luck charm.

Oh no, I think it suits you better.

Does it?

ROO: Suits you, sir.

PHIL: Worzel?

ROO: But the nicest Worzel I've ever seen.

Get out.

PHIL: There they are, look.

That's the Battleship Galactica, isn't it?

ROO: Where are they off to, have they not seen us?

PHIL: That is a car.

We're over here!

Have you said something?

This is just stunning, isn't it?

Oh isn't it just incredible.

VO: It's the Road Trip royal family.

Look at the state of that and the price of cheese, eh?

ROO: I think that'd be my top speed all day.

PHIL: Really?

Yeah, we might get to the first shop about five o'clock.

VO: They're even got the wave.

Hi lovely, how are you?

MICH: Hello!

PHIL: Phil.

Roo, look at you!

ROO: Lovely to meet you!

Roo, look at you!

Hi Russell, how you doing?

Philip!

How are you?

I hope you're wearing a scarf in this hot weather.

Well yeah, one has to maintain standards.

Right Michelle, I think we're gonna be... OK.

This is a lovely car as well, isn't it?

We are in the Lagonda.

I know!

Russell, are you competitive?

No, I just like glittery things.

ROO: Well that's good, I'm a magpie.

RUSSELL: Oh good.

PHIL: Are you competitive?

Actually I'm not really competitive either, so this is just a day out for us really, isn't it?

Looking at nice things.

VO: She's so sweet.

For now.

Let's just see if we can sneak off before them and... RUSSELL: Bye bye, darling.

MICH: See you Russ.

RUSSELL: See you soon.

MICH: Have a good day.

RUSSELL: Love you loads.

Have fun!

VO: Let's get this party started.

ROO: Ooh, here we go.

# Hot, hot, hot... # (CAR HORN) Did I just do that beep?

Top job, top job.

Top job.

VO: And we're off!

# Feelin' hot, hot, hot... # PHIL: Well, you ready for this?

MICH: Let's do it, Phil.

PHIL: OK.

I am so happy to be partnered up with you.

Aww, bless you.

I think we're gonna have a lot of fun.

PHIL: Have you any idea where we are?

MICH: This is Hampshire, Phil.

PHIL: Is it?

Yeah, we're in Hampshire.

Did I ever tell you that I taught geography?

Well, are you still teaching it now?

PHIL: No.

That's a good job I think.

Yeah, no, I saved a whole generation from geographical collapse, I think.

I think we're both very similar.

I'm a magpie, I love everything that sparkles and shines.

I can tell by your frock.

Look at the beautiful colors, wonderful.

ROO: Thank you.

VO: D'you know, I love these in-car bonding sessions.

VO: Everyone is headed for final auction in Tring, but we start today's shopping in Winchester.

VO: Just like their rivals, Phil and Michelle have £400 to spend.

And their first shop is Molly's Den, where something tells me they'll be spoiled for choice.

See I actually quite like this, Phil.

What's that, my love?

It's got a kind of edginess, but I like the color.

I quite like that.

You know, you could have it in your bedroom at the end of the bed or you could make a feature out of whatever you put inside it.

Right, this is pine and this would date to about 1900, 1920, something like that.

And it's an old, basically an old sort of toolbox.

A third of boiled linseed and two thirds of gum spirit of turpentine.

MICH: See, that's cool!

Yeah, I wouldn't want to go and eat there though, would you?

MICH: No.

PHIL: Oh dear me.

It's in style now, isn't it, this kind of look?

That is.

It's a bit like me, bang on trend.

MICH: That's on for £70.

PHIL: Nah.

MICH: No?

No no no, no, no.

That's gotta be like £40 to £60.

Let's have a think.

OK, OK, OK. VO: Good idea.

Think outside the box!

Meanwhile, in the Lagonda... RUSSELL: You're a great communicator.

I would think that Mercury in your chart... ..is powerfully positioned.

Really?

Yeah.

I tend to be more Venusian.

I'm Aquarius, but I've got Libra rising.

Right.

VO: Are you following this?

RUSSELL: I go for things of beauty are a joy forever.

Oh absolutely, I agree with you.

VO: Perfect.

Their stars are aligned.

VO: Roo and Russell have headed to their first... VO: ..shop in Reading.

They're visiting the quaintly named Fanny's.

VO: Stop smirking.

ROO: We might find some treasures at Fanny's.

I hope so, and I hope it's cool in here.

VO: Well, it's certainly got cool stuff.

What will Russell be drawn to in here?

Just look at that.

Isn't that fantastic?

Look, it's got stars on it and it's an Aquarian color.

And more importantly, it matches my watch strap.

VO: Yeah.

RUSSELL: Yeah.

VO: That's how I do my shopping too.

RUSSELL: This is very me.

60s, I loved them.

I've never seen one before with the stars, so that'd be right up my street.

I wonder if Roo will go for that.

No!

VO: Darn right, mister.

ROO: Russell!

RUSSELL: Roo!

We're both magpies.

RUSSELL: Yeah.

ROO: We love sequins and dazzle.

We do.

Stone lions' heads.

There's something about them, and they do phenomenally well at auction.

RUSSELL: Do they?

ROO: Yeah, yeah.

Well you know.

If you're a Leo, or married to a Leo, or maybe two lions living together, that would be ideal, wouldn't it?

It could be.

Do you like them?

No.

VO: That's a no, then.

Back in Winchester... Well I think that's quite cool.

Yeah that is...that is nice, isn't it?

You know, and I think it's an interesting thing, that if you wanted to decorate your home, I think that would be...

I'd buy that.

MICH: £45.

You know.

For us against the two Rs, Russell and Roo, or Roosell as they're now known... Roosell.

Roosell.

Team Roosell.

Team Roosell.

That is... Beautiful, I like that.

That's just not... yeah.

That's not gonna cut the mustard.

No.

We'll leave them to buy Roosell lots.

What...what can our team name be then?

Glorious.

Team Glorious?

Yes.

Um... Phil, Michelle... VO: Phichelle?

Mission Inphillable.

No, I don't know.

I'll think of something in a minute, it'll come to me.

Yeah.

It'll come to us, it'll come to us.

It'll come whilst we're searching.

All things come to he that waits.

Yeah.

VO: While they put on their thinking caps, let's catch up with Roosell in Reading.

There's a couple of bits I spotted here.

Yeah.

Oh!

ROO: The Huntley & Palmers biscuit tin.

RUSSELL: I saw those too!

ROO: You too?

Yeah well because Reading was the center of the biscuit industry.

Right.

But here's a link to the car, the Lagonda.

Huntley & Palmers were a football club that used to play in the Spartan League.

ROO: OK. And guess what?

Staines Lagonda FC that merged with other clubs to form Staines Town FC... Mm-hm.

..also played in the Spartan League.

So these biscuit tins would have played the Lagonda at football at some stage.

That's amazing.

VO: And patron of Staines Town FC?

None other than massive football fan, Russell Grant.

Everything is converging today, I tell you.

The reason I saw them is Huntley & Palmers is such a brilliant name.

It is like the Rolls Royce of the biscuit world.

RUSSELL: Yeah.

ROO: So that's a set of three WW1 Huntley & Palmer tins.

I think it was 1914 when actually the War Office instructed Huntley & Palmer to make biscuits to send to troops.

Really?

Army biscuits, they were called.

Oh brilliant.

And I should think the familiarity of the name made the soldiers feel more closer to home.

Absolutely.

And to me, it reminds me of my childhood.

RUSSELL: I love custard creams.

ROO: Ooh.

Who made those?

I can't remember.

VO: They're priced at £85 for three.

So that's one to think about.

But do you like gilt mirrors?

RUSSELL: I've got two at home.

It looks like it would be very heavy.

Go on, give it the weight test.

Well I... Oh, no.

The weight is a good sign.

Now it does have more of a modern wood board attached, but I think that's been added in later years.

I'd say it's probably early 1900s.

RUSSELL: Yeah.

ROO: Um, and it's in nice condition.

But £66, again if we could get that around about the £40 mark, we're buying that because that's savvy buying.

And you're savvy.

We're savvy.

VO: Two possibles, then.

Good-o.

Meantime, back in Winchester, are the other pair having some luck?

Phil?

What do you think of this?

Do you know, I really like that.

I just think you could do quite a lot with it as well, do you know what I mean?

It's got that rustic look that we were talking about.

You could have it in the garden, you could put plants in it, you could even have, like, a light feature or something.

PHIL: I think that is really cool.

It'd be a great birdcage, wouldn't it?

I like the color.

It would, you know.

VO: Really?

PHIL: Let's just think about what it is, right?

It's metal, it's painted, you know, our very favoritest most ever color green.

Mm.

It's probably French.

Yeah.

I think it's some sort of food safe or food cupboard.

What could you do with it?

Well, hang it somewhere, couldn't you?

Yeah, you could hang it.

VO: Wherever did they get that idea?

It's rustic, it's... Yeah.

You could make it part of a lovely feature in a garden or something.

MICH: Yeah how much is it?

PHIL: £170.

Right, so it needs to come down from that.

Yeah, it does.

This is going into Tring Market Auctions, and you're kind of thinking that that's gotta really, I don't know, agricultural feel to it?

Oh OK. And I'm just thinking that this... That could suit then, surely, for that kind of market.

I'm kind of hoping that, yeah.

I'm kind of hoping that.

VO: Another potential buy.

Anything else?

What about these?

Cuz I think those are really cool.

All those shoe trees.

MICH: Yeah!

Yeah yeah yeah.

Right, because I just think, you'd never use them... Well my brother uses shoe trees all the time.

Tell him where the auction is.

No you can't, that's cheating.

But don't you think those...

I just think that's such a good look.

MICH: It is a good look.

It's a real decorator's look, isn't it?

MICH: Yes, definitely.

My brother actually would like them as a gift, do you know what I mean?

Yeah.

No, he's not getting them, is he?

No he isn't getting them, no.

It's a competition, I must remember.

But aren't they cool?

MICH: They are cool.

PHIL: Seven pairs there.

I reckon he's gonna want 70 quid for them.

Or more.

Let's ask.

We might as well.

Yeah.

OK. VO: A step closer to a purchase.

Exciting.

Go find dealer Steve.

Right.

What's on the list then?

PHIL: The green box.

Yep.

The green box is up there at 70.

The best price you'll do on that one is 50.

We'd like to buy the lantern and the shoe trees, right?

The lantern upstairs, it's priced at £170.

Do that for £70.

PHIL: So just five shoe trees.

Got a set of four for 75.

Would we settle for four?

Yeah, we could settle for four shoe trees.

Let's say four shoes.

Be fair, right.

Four shoe trees.

VO: That's £195 altogether.

We could get close to £120 for the three if you could do that.

Can't do a bit more?

Not from my end.

VO: She's as tough as old boots.

PHIL: Could you do that, do you think?

STEVE: What, the 120?

Yeah, that would really help us if you could.

I think it's a substantial price.

STEVE: Right, I think we can do that for you.

(CLEARS THROAT) Anyway, em... Pay the man, I'm off.

You know what?

It's been lovely working with you.

VO: That's £40 for the tool chest, 50 for the lantern cupboard and £30 for the shoe trees.

Fabulous.

OK?

VO: That's three items in their first shop and they're well on the road already.

PHIL: Do you think that's enough to beat Team Roosell?

VO: Let's find out, shall we?

ROO: Russ, I love this, RUSSELL: Is it a cartwheel?

It is, it's a gun carriage wheel.

Oh!

Now that's more exciting.

That is!

Yeah.

I would say this is probably late Victorian, 1880s, 1890s.

So do you think it could be linked with any of the British Empire wars?

Well... Around about then, South African War, Boer War...

It could be, and that's the thing, we never quite know the history.

Usually they would have a mark on them, some kind of maker's mark.

Oooh.

ROO: Right, so that says Wagon Works Company Limited, Bristol.

Might have been carting sherry around.

ROO: Do you like it?

It's got more history attached to it... ROO: Yes.

RUSSEL: ..and I love history.

ROO: Yep.

Yeah we like this, we like this.

VO: So do I.

Priced at £195 though.

Time to talk to Will.

Oh, he looks busy.

RUSSELL: Are you gonna shock him by saying you wanna buy something?

Cuz he's very excited when anyone wants to buy anything.

WILL: Well you're gonna have to... You're gonna have to wake me up first because it's very hot.

What have you found?

What bargains have you found?

Madame is the expert.

ROO: One is that lovely big gun carriage wheel.

Now that's priced at 195.

WILL: Yeah.

What could you do on that?

I don't think I'd go below 150 actually, cuz it's quite original.

OK.

The Huntley & Palmer biscuit tins, which Russ has got a fondness for.

RUSSELL: The football club.

WILL: Oh yeah.

But you've eaten all the biscuits, so do we get the tins cheap?

ROO: (LAUGHS) WILL: Well 85, I mean I suppose 60 comes to mind.

ROO: OK. WILL: £20 each.

ROO: And the gilt frame mirror?

WILL: What... what... ROO: 66?

Yeah.

50 quid comes to mind there.

VO: That's £260.

Could you get the three items close to 200?

The best I can do is 220.

VO: That's an expensive fan.

220.

Shall we...shall we shake on that?

Yeah, go on!

ROO: Darling?

Yeah?

RUSSELL: Yeah.

ROO: Will, you are... RUSSELL: Will.

..a star.

Thank you so much.

WILL: Thank you.

VO: Great.

They've got £180 left and three items in the bag.

And a very large bag for that wheel.

Now, how are the folks in the Merc?

I'm feeling good, you know.

And so you should do, I think you've done really really well.

I think those things as well are bang on trend now.

Well I've always been known for being absolutely up there, or is it down there, with the kids.

Well look at you, of course, you know.

Somewhere with the kids anyway.

Yeah, you're on it.

PHIL: Yeah.

I am, I am.

VO: Michelle and Phil have headed to Alresford.

VO: This small Georgian town has become well-known for a locally grown, highly nutritious salad leaf with a fascinating history.

And it can be served in many a tasty tidbit.

PHIL: Look at this!

MICH: Oh, this looks delightful.

Thank you so much.

This look delicious.

TOM: And here's your soup.

VO: Here to tell them why this region is renowned for watercress is grower, Tom Avery.

We're at the capital of watercress production in the UK.

So to try watercress soup here is a great...great sort of thing to start with.

MICH: I'm doing it.

TOM: Yeah.

PHIL: Why here?

It does look lovely.

We've got copious amounts of spring, potable water that's used to grow the watercress in this area.

And it's a particular area in the country where it's free-flowing, so it's coming out of what we call artesian wells.

And that...that helps us grow watercress all year round here.

MICH: What is so good about watercress then?

It's well known for having lots of mineral content, but this was first discovered, you know, going back to the Romans and the Greeks, and they were growing watercress in locations that they could get a ready supply from fresh spring water.

There's good documentation talking about the history and the use of watercress for thousands of years.

VO: We eat more watercress in the UK than any other country in the world, and there's a reason why Hampshire produces so much of it.

VO: In the industrialization of the late 1800s, the population of the nation's capital city grew rapidly, and poverty and poor health was rife.

As watercress is cheap to produce and crammed with nutrients from minerals to vitamin C, production of it in Hampshire was expanded.

VO: A railway known as the Watercress Line took the nourishing veg directly to inner city London every day.

Eaten in posies for breakfast, the peppery leaf became known as the poor man's bread.

And it even helped prevent scurvy amongst mariners.

PHIL: So what's your favorite watercress dish?

Well I have it in the morning for, y'know, sort of toast, sandwich, Bovril.

Really?

Yeah, every morning.

You have watercress every morning?

Yeah.

Yeah.

And we eat it, well, in every meal.

So I've got two young boys and they have to eat it every night.

PHIL: I bet they love it.

TOM: They've just given up.

They have to eat it every night.

There's no question.

VO: Watercress has been grown in the Alresford area since the 1850s, and once saw huge armies of workers harvesting and preparing it by hand for transport.

At Manor Farm, the watercress is grown year-round from vast spring-fed water beds, with up to 200 tonnes machine-harvested annually.

MICH: So how long does it take to grow the watercress then?

Cuz this looks pretty full now.

Yeah well over the season we'll get five or six crops a season, and this one would have taken probably about five weeks.

VO: What will our plucky duo make of the crop's distinctive fiery taste, fresh from the fields?

PHIL: I'm not going to vanish down some hole here, am I?

TOM: No but we have been known to have a couple of sinkholes.

PHIL: Really?

TOM: Yeah.

TOM: I think we're gonna be OK. Yeah.

Good.

And this tastes really peppery, does it?

Yeah, it's extremely peppery, especially when you've just cut it.

PHIL: Just see how it's done.

TOM: I'll show you how it's done.

All you've gotta do is just open up the face there, like this.

PHIL: He's good, isn't he?

MICH: Very good.

Slick.

Then when you've got to that, you can just trim off... PHIL: That's excellent.

Now then.

Right, OK. PHIL: Look at this.

She's opened it up, look.

And now she's attaching it with a machete.

TOM: Not bad.

It's like cutting hair.

PHIL: Wouldn't wanna be your blimmin' hairdresser.

Really.

You're gonna lose two fingers here.

Yeah.

Yeah.

VO: Time for the taste test.

PHIL: Was that enough?

TOM: That's plenty.

PHIL: Is it?

TOM: Yeah.

And then you just chew it?

Yeah, yeah.

Try it.

VO: Woah, that's a bit of a mouthful, Phil.

It doesn't actually taste of anything really, does it?

Not yet.

MICH: Peppery.

TOM: Yeah.

Mm.

I like that.

PHIL: Lord above!

The heat?

PHIL: Yeah.

TOM: You did put a fair bit in.

Your eyes are watering, Phil.

Are you OK?

VO: Oh dear.

Too hot to handle, Phil?

TOM: Are you gonna be OK?

No.

Let's go back home.

VO: He's a watercress wuss.

Whoever knew?

PHIL: Horrible.

VO: Best get back to shopping, you two.

PHIL: You sell that to people?

TOM: Yeah.

You've got no principles at all, man.

VO: Let's eavesdrop on Russell and Roo.

A lot of people play party tricks and things, "Oh I guess what sign you are".

Well I can touch my nose with my tongue, but... RUSSELL: Can you?

ROO: Yes.

Is that your party trick?

ROO: One of them.

One of them.

VO: I'm intrigued.

VO: Russell and Roo have made their way to the village of Warfield.

They're calling in at Old Grain Barn.

No prizes for guessing what this antiques shop used to be.

ROO: Here we are.

Roo.

Go seek and ye shall find!

You are so adorable.

VO: And so are you, Roo.

VO: What's Russell found?

I'm just looking at the Goss china here, which is crested china, which I had absolutely loads of.

And I'm talking about 3,000-4,000 pieces.

VO: Crikey.

They're all gone now, I sold them because they were dust collectors.

I've kept a few.

You could point me towards other things like that and I wouldn't have a clue.

VO: What else can you find, Russell?

Oh!

Roo!

Roo!

ROO: Yes, yes!

RUSSELL: Where are you?

Roo!

Scooby rooby Roo, where are you?

Oh look, the wee owl.

That is beautiful.

RUSSELL: Opaline, it's crystal, oh...

He's lovely, isn't he?

I don't need to look any further.

I am in love with that.

You love him?

I love it!

You can wear birthstones if you want to carry the vibration of that sign.

So for instance if you want to attract a Scorpio to you, you could wear opal.

Oh really?

So it can be very protective as well to the parts of the body that a Scorpio connected...

Right.

..which is sort of all round here.

The gut.

Yeah.

And below.

VO: Oh I say.

ROO: I think we need to have a closer look at it.

VO: Best speak to dealer Stuart.

STUART: Here we are.

RUSSELL: Isn't he... Aw... ROO: I thought you might have...

He is so, like, cute.

Aw, he is beautiful.

RUSSELL: How old is that, 50s?

Possibly later.

RUSSELL: Really?

VO: Probably 80s.

RUSSELL: So does that mean we can't have it?

You are a naughty man, you're... You're putting me in a predicament.

VO: Ticket price, 49.99.

But not what Roo's after for auction.

Time for a word about antiques.

In the naughty corner... You're along the right lines of looking at that kind of jewelry cuz you get lots of beautiful Victorian, Edwardian jewelry.

So how about, Stuart's got it safe and sound, no one's taking him away from you, Oswald the owl.

Shall we carry on looking and then weigh up our options?

Are you still my friend?

Always.

Aww.

Come on then.

ROO: See, this is very elegant.

And that's what we want.

Silver, marcasite, garnet.

And that is very very art deco.

And that will have a better chance of making money at auction.

What's it priced up at, £45?

I do love his owl... We've gotta go with age here.

I might actually show this to him.

Russ?

RUSSELL: Yeah?

I've found something to show you, my dear.

That is beautiful.

RUSSELL: More beautiful stones.

ROO: This would probably be...60s, 70s.

I found something too.

Yes?

Which might tick your sparkly boxes.

Oh I like this.

(WHISTLES) Well it's art deco, very much art deco style.

It's stunning.

It's silver, 95 marcasite... Garnet?

I would say garnet.

RUSSELL: Yeah.

So much silver on there that that could be bought by a private buyer as a present for someone, or a dealer to then move on.

You're a very, very, very clever Roo.

I love the owl, but that is much more practical for what you're after.

So mission accomplished?

RUSSELL: It is.

ROO: Perfect.

So... RUSSELL: The garnets, lovely.

45, should we speak to Stuart?

RUSSELL: Yeah.

OK. Stuart?

STUART: Hi.

We have settled on something.

We had a couple of lovers' tiffs in the corner...

Right.

..but we're friends again, we're friends again.

We've seen this bracelet... Aw that's lovely.

..at £45.

What is your rock, rock-bottom price for a couple of troublemakers?

Um, how about 35?

35?

I think that's awesome.

Hand's already in the pocket.

STUART: Aw lovely.

ROO: Thank you.

VO: A bit of sparkle with a bit of age to it, and at a great price.

Everyone's happy, even me.

Yippee!

Look at these!

Oh they're real!

Oh, that's how we feel.

I know!

Put it here.

Don't leave a girl hanging.

Oh, I thought you...

I thought you wanted me to stick a sunflower on your head.

VO: It's been a long, sweltering first day.

MICH: What should we be looking for tomorrow?

I think it'd be good to try and spread the risk a little bit, but... Yeah?

..as in all these things, if we don't do well, sulk.

I can do that.

Have you got a good mardy face?

MICH: Yeah yeah yeah.

PHIL: Show me.

RUSSELL: It's been an exciting day.

You have shown me various parts of your trade which I never knew existed.

The lovely world of antiques.

RUSSELL: I know.

Stay tuned, we've got more tomorrow.

Toot toot.

VO: Sleep tight, and keep cool, m'dears.

VO: Wakey wakey!

The sun has risen and so has the mercury.

Yes, it's another scorcher, and the heat is on for our celebs.

Although you'd never know it.

Well I have got something I want to show you if you'd like to stop the car whenever we can.

Oh, OK, yeah.

VO: Oh Lord.

What's going on now?

RUSSELL: Put your arm out, darling.

Oh my gosh Russ, that's gorgeous.

Isn't it beautiful?

It's lovely.

RUSSELL: Can you see the clasp?

I'm so... Can you see it?

I can, I...

I mean it's a good job this isn't a proposal.

RUSSELL: It's antique silver.

Thanks so much Russ, I love it, it's beautiful!

Darling, I so wish I could give it to you but it's not for you my darling.

Oh.

It's gonna go... VO: Heartbreaker.

After all that?

VO: Yesterday Russell went on a shopping extravaganza with Roo.

He bought the silver bracelet, a 19th century carriage wheel, a gilt mirror and some vintage biscuit tins.

I love custard creams.

VO: He has £145 left in his wallet.

Michelle, meanwhile, bought a tool chest, a lantern cupboard and some wooden shoe trees.

Pay the man, I'm off.

VO: So she has £280 left for shopping today.

Michelle, blimey, when it comes to doing a deal, she makes me look like Cinderella.

And she was saying she's not competitive!

Pfft, yeah.

ROO: Really?

The smiling assassin, as she's now known in our car.

VO: Oh, she's mercenary.

A hustler!

Time for swapsies, and a glimpse of each other's wares.

PHIL: Morning!

Ahoy.

ROO: Good morning, you... PHIL: Look at that.

RUSSELL: Oh!

PHIL: We've got the Tilly girls with us today.

You got a little bit of Strictly for a little brief moment.

ROO: That was a very lovely moment.

PHIL: How are you lovely, you alright?

MICH: I'm good.

PHIL: Are you ready for this?

MICH: Let's have a look.

Ta-da!

My eyes!

Do you not like it?

What is that monstrosity?

What?

RUSSELL: I love the color.

Did you spend much on it?

PHIL: We spent 40 quid on it.

That's really good.

MICH: Do you like it?

PHIL: But look at these.

These are just lovely.

ROO: Oh I love those.

MICH: Yeah?

ROO: Very... PHIL: Yeah, they were 30 squid.

What you've gotta ignore, right, we haven't bought anything to do with shoes or a box, we've just bought profits.

Oh, profits?

Big talk.

PHIL: Right, let's have a look at yours then.

ROO: Alright, come on.

MICH: Ooh.

PHIL: Ohh.

MICH: Now these look intriguing.

RUSSELL: It's all about boxes.

Somebody's left some old tins in the back of... RUSSELL: They have.

Where are your bits?

Oh those are them!

PHIL: Those are them!

A set of three Huntley & Palmer biscuit tins.

World War One, sent to the troops.

Oh!

In France.

Is there anything in 'em?

The biscuits are gone.

ROO: 85, we got them down to 40.

PHIL: Right.

Michelle, would you please get into the boot?

VO: Eh?

What's going on here?

Really, into the boot?

RUSSELL: Can you see... VO: Ah, the bracelet.

..what's coming out the boot?

Oh, look at that.

PHIL: Oh right!

MICH: I think it really suits me.

Silver, marcasite, it's beautiful, isn't it?

Garnets.

Oh that's very cool, I like that.

ROO: That's lovely on you.

RUSSELL: Beautiful.

MICH: It is nice, isn't it?

PHIL: Come on then, let's go.

MICH: Good luck.

ROO: We have got some more... MICH: Yeah, let's do it.

ROO: ..shopping to do.

VO: Off you pop.

VO: Right, we're back on the road.

From what I've seen, I'd rather have our lots than theirs.

Mm-hm.

I would agree with you.

RUSSELL: I like the green box, but I think it's the color, you see, that I love.

It's a spring green, it's a 1930s green.

I would buy it to paint it probably...purple.

VO: I think the heat's got to him, you know.

VO: For their next antique shopping spree... VO: ..both teams are making their way to Hartlet Wintney village.

Remember, we're not buying anything other than a profit.

MICH: Yeah.

PHIL: That's the rule.

MICH: That's what we need to look for.

PHIL: Yep.

VO: This 18th century coaching inn is now the White Lion Antique Centre with the stock of over 80 dealers inside, and there should be rich pickings.

Phil and Michelle are first to arrive.

Right, what's the plan?

Now Mich, we had a good day yesterday, I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Yeah.

It was good, productive.

It would be nice to try and buy something a bit antiquey.

I'm gonna try and talk you into the ways of the antique world.

OK. Alright?

Look at this over here, look, this is lovely.

VO: Lead on, Macduff!

See Mich, this is what we should be buying, look, some really good, good old-fashioned furniture.

Dark brown?

Well...

I just feel like...I just feel like we need to jazz it up a bit.

Yeah but look at this, this is a...a 19th century hall chair.

But it's got, like, scruff marks on there, and...

I'm not feeling it.

VO: I don't think she likes it, Phil.

PHIL: What about this?

This is a lovely mahogany fold-over tea table or a card table.

Mahogany, satinwood crossbanding, ebonized lining, square tapering legs, spade feet, boxwood inlay there... You just keep saying all these things, all these words.

No?

And it's £289, I'm not paying that.

It's gonna be one of those days, this, I think.

VO: Yikes.

Phil keeps trying to get me into brown furniture and I know that's antique but I'd also want to find something that's a little bit different.

I think I might have a bit of a problem today, cuz I would love Michelle to buy a really good bit of old furniture but I kind of think that she's got her eyes and heart set elsewhere, so it's a bit game on really.

VO: I think trouble is a-brewing.

Speaking of which, looks who's here.

Oh, they've beaten us to it!

They're here.

Yeah.

ROO: Yeah.

RUSSELL: Let's get in.

What a lovely building.

Oh look, glitter.

I shall follow.

(THEY LAUGH) VO: Keep him on a short leash, Roo.

Right, what lustrous things can Russell find with his £145?

In theater we call them limes.

Whether it would be for theater or cinema, it's beautiful though, isn't it?

It is.

Industrial-style theater light, you see?

Working order... Hey, 349.

VO: Not sparkly, but certainly carries the glitz and glamour of Russell's showbiz world.

Tell me, how does it feel when you're actually on stage in front of an audience in the limelight?

Oh it's wonderful.

The smell of the grease paint, the roar of the crowd.

VO: Whatever.

Look at this, Mich. That is a Georgian mahogany corner washstand.

Made about 1810, 1820.

Isn't it lovely?

I see what you're saying, Phil, but I just not...

I'm not feeling it.

PHIL: Really?

MICH: Yeah.

You see there, that's 295.

295, that's expensive!

You've taught me to, you know, try and find a bargain.

Just no!

What about that, look.

It's got 'for sale' on it, what about that?

I don't care if it's free, we're not having it.

I don't want it.

Great.

VO: These two are going to be rivals if they don't watch out.

Now, what's going on here?

Oh that's it, wind her up, wind her up.

VO: A Victorian peep show.

VO: Saucy.

Oh well it starts off with her social life and then suddenly her clothes fall off.

I know quite a few people like that in television, don't you?

No!

VO: What are you suggesting, Mr Grant?

VO: Right, back to the task in hand, you two.

Shopping, remember?

Nice handbag.

Stay away from the handbags.

Haha.

PHIL: Shhh.

RUSSELL: Ohh.

MICH: Here we go.

RUSSELL: Talking about hot stuff... Gosh, I love that.

Very hot.

What have you bought?

ROO: Nothing yet.

RUSSELL: No.

We're still looking, aren't we?

Yeah.

Anything catching your eye, Russell, that's glittery and shiny?

Yes!

But it's 1998.

Well we're gonna leave you to it.

Yeah, well keep on.

And if you see anything that might be me... PHIL: We're gonna get some brown furniture.

VO: Not if Michelle's got anything to do with it, you won't.

Now, where's Roo at?

So, almost like a little guiding light out of the blue, these are priced very well.

Hallmarked silver, London, 1938-39, right at the end of the art deco era and they're got this lovely art deco chevron on them.

That's the hallmarks you're looking for, but they're £24.

If Russ likes it, this dealer might have got lucky too.

ROO: Russ.

You found any nice 60s stuff for a 60 year old?

Well, as a matter of fact, no.

Why am I not surprised?

ROO: Found these.

RUSSELL: Yeah.

ROO: Silver.

Oh I love things like that.

ROO: Oh do you?

RUSSELL: Mm.

Lovely.

ROO: Hallmarked, 1938-39... RUSSELL: Go girl.

£24.

Go girl.

Yeah?

We happy with that?

Do you want my money?

Right, I'll tell you what, hand over the money, I'll do this.

You sit amongst the geraniums.

VO: Marvelous.

And with this silver purchase, our lovely pair have finished their shopping.

Come along, Rusty.

Okie kokie.

You're very good with my money.

ROO: My work is done.

I think I'm a bit too good with your money, Russell.

RUSSELL: Oh, I like the wheelie.

ROO: Oh yeah.

VO: Now, where have the other two got to?

I wanna take your advice... Who's the one with the eye here?

Huh?

..but you know, you've been teaching me a lot, and I just feel like I need to be let loose, I wanna be let loose a bit today, you know?

Go on, let's see what you can come up with then.

Where are you going now?

In here.

Look.

What?

It's like a scent bottle, and I love perfume.

MICH: Look how beautiful it is on the top and everything.

PHIL: That is just so annoying.

MICH: It's quite pricey.

VO: £85, to be exact.

Dealer Emma is on hand to help.

EMMA: It's lovely.

PHIL: Oh, shut up.

MICH: See!

I'm being ganged up on here.

It's got a lovely top.

It has got a lovely top.

EMMA: There we go.

MICH: Thanks Emma.

Oh Lord.

What chance have I got?

There's two of them at it now.

Thank you very much.

Do you want to have a look as well?

No.

Come on.

Let's go and have a look out here, PHIL: let's have a look.

EMMA: Take it over there.

VO: Stop grumbling, Phil.

What's nice about these is that a piece of silver has to be hallmarked to prove that it's silver.

So you've actually got two bits of silver here, you got that there and you got that there.

So that's quite nice.

MICH: That's good.

PHIL: You got the silver hallmark here, which is for Sheffield at 1897.

The other thing that's quite good about this, and I'm gonna tell you, this has all been very grudgingly for me, you've actually chosen quite a nice example.

Yeah, there's no dents on that, Phil.

PHIL: What you want to always check for... Ah, can you see there, there's some damage?

MICH: Yeah, a little chip.

It's a little chip if you're selling it, it's a big chip if you're buying it.

Yeah, yeah.

So you gotta buy it for less than that if you're gonna make a profit.

I am just mega into my perfumes...

Right.

..and I just love the idea of a lady having a scent in this bottle... Really?

..tipping it up, you know, putting it on, making herself fresh before she goes out.

It's just decadent, isn't it?

Yeah I like that.

I do like that.

Yeah.

And I have to say, if it was that or a round chair, I'd probably buy that, but...it's all down to pounds, shillings and pence.

Mm-hm.

VO: Therein lies the rub.

Right now we do 10% off for cash, so you're gonna get £8.50 off that, so you happy with that?

PHIL: No.

MICH: No.

EMMA: Not at all.

MICH: No.

No, not even, not even close, are we?

OK, so what sort of price were you thinking of?

PHIL: I think 45's our best shot.

EMMA: 45.

PHIL: Yeah.

45.

And we'll shake your hand on that and pay you.

Go on then.

EMMA: 45.

MICH: Thank you so much.

You'll have that for 45, alright then.

Thank you so much, you're a star.

VO: It's a deal, and the scent bottle is theirs.

Hallelujah!

PHIL: 20... EMMA: Got a bit more in there.

Could have given me a bit more.

PHIL: I could have done.

could've given you a bit less as well.

Here you go, lots of change.

PHIL: Aw, change.

MICH: Take it.

Thank you very much.

Yeah I get the boring bits.

EMMA: Thank you.

MICH: Thank you, cheers.

Thanks, bye bye.

VO: Fantastico.

Michelle and Phil have four items and £235 still in the kitty.

PHIL: This is the hottest road trip I've ever been on.

Have the British viewers actually ever seen your knees before, Phil?

No, no, no.

Cuz they've been out in full force.

My knees are a listed monument.

Well there you go, there's an antique right there.

Grade one starred.

VO: Meanwhile, Russell and Roo have travelled to the garrison town of Aldershot.

VO: They're visiting the Royal Army Physical Training Corps Museum to hear how a group of Victorian military men transformed the strength of the British army, and influenced the game of modern football.

And here to tell them more is museum curator, Eli Dawson.

ELI: Welcome to the Army School of Physical Training.

Don't worry, we won't make you go over the assault course.

RUSSELL: This was my main worry, so Eli, you've already passed the first test.

I second that as well.

VO: Shame.

I'd have enjoyed that.

This is the principle training area for the British Army.

RAPTC has been based in Aldershot since the 1860s.

ROO: Wow.

Sort of Crimea War-ish then.

Yes, exactly.

And in fact, that was the reason why the corps was formed in the first place.

RUSSELL: Boom!

ROO: Let's go have a look.

VO: Up until the late 19th century, fitness and health weren't prerequisites for army recruits, and there were no formalized physical training once they had joined.

But this had devastating consequences during the Crimean War of the 1850s.

Around 20,000 soldiers died, largely because their poor physical state combined with terrible camp conditions left them unable to cope with the rigors of battle.

VO: The massive death toll was a national scandal, and a Royal Commission was founded to investigate.

They recommended a robust system of training be introduced, and the legacy of the man they appointed to instigate it lives on today.

Major Frederic Hammersley of the 14th Foot shown here lifting five men... RUSSELL: Goodness me.

..purely with the power of his own arms.

And is that... That's not faked?

Five men!

No no, he was a very strong man, he was a noted sportsman.

Indeed he was a founding member of the amateur athletics club.

VO: Hammersley was the perfect choice.

He didn't just have the strength of an ox, he was a Crimean war veteran.

A dozen men would undertake Hammersley's six-month physical training course.

Known as the 12 apostles, they were chosen because of their distinctively average stature.

But to gauge the training's success, Hammersley needed science.

Enter Archibald McLaren.

Who he?

Now he was running a very new system of physical training based along highly scientific methods, collecting the data, measuring all his subjects and really tailoring the training along these lines.

VO: The 12 apostles were sent to the gym for six months for a special regime that included weightlifting, fencing, boxing and football.

And McLaren was using the latest technology to help him in his efforts to transform the men - photography.

He took images of the 12 apostles before the six-month training course, that was in September 1860, and a picture of all of them afterwards.

RUSSELL: Look!

ROO: So that's how he tracked the progress.

So you can see the improvements.

He made all the measurements, he recorded... From puny to fit.

Absolutely.

But not only that, if you don't look at the body but look at the faces, they almost seem to change too, from boy to man.

Yeah.

So, see, it says he gained five inches across the chest, from 35 to 40 inches in just six months.

VO: The evidence was clear, and Hammersley's course gained international renown.

The 12 apostles became the army's first gymnastic staff, and they rolled the training out in new military gyms right across the country.

The effects were phenomenal.

Mortality and sickness rates in the British Army plummeted, and the new super-strong regiments achieved such high standards, they started to compete in large organized events in boxing and football.

VO: The most famous army football team was the Royal Engineers, known as the Sappers, and they helped create the beautiful game we know today.

They were really known for their combination style of play.

The early football teams, it was a lot of kick and rush really - hoof the ball and go charging after it.

The Sappers played a lot more intricate football than that, a lot more passing between themselves, a lot more teamwork, you might say, and this is something which has really had an influence on the modern game of football.

How successful were the Sappers?

What heights did they reach?

They were hugely successful.

They won the FA cup in 1875, one of the first ever FA cups, and indeed they were the finalists in four of the first eight FA cup finals.

VO: The Sappers are still going strong over 150 years later - a testament to the original 12 apostles and the soldiers of the Crimean War.

VO: Meanwhile, Michelle and Phil are on their way to Runfold.

I gotta tell you, you are the best driver.

Thank you.

PHIL: I haven't been terrified once.

When do you get the opportunity to drive a classic car?

I mean this weather as well, it's been so hot, hasn't it?

VO: Our sunstruck duo are visiting the Antiques Warehouse, set in converted Elizabethan barns in the grounds of Badshot Farm.

Armed with £235, what antiques will they aim for?

You know I said I didn't like this whole dark wood thing, but... Yeah.

Actually this is pretty stunning, I mean look at this.

VO: She's so contrary.

That's a fantastic thing.

That's satinwood.

This is mahogany, this is a secretaire abattant, but they're not popular, and if you think about it, it's obvious why cuz you can't stick a computer on them.

MICH: Oh I see.

PHIL: So they fold up... Yeah, yeah.

..and you've got to dismantle everything.

So they're not... No.

..hugely popular.

Not practical.

No, and also... £4,900, just a touch out of our budget.

Just a bit.

PHIL: Yeah.

MICH: Yeah.

VO: Michelle has expensive taste.

I like it.

What else is on offer?

That, I like.

This?

That pot, yeah.

Yeah, I was just looking at that as well actually.

It's a loving cup or a tyg, so the idea is you'd hold it and then it'd go on to the next person, I'd let go, and it goes round.

Does everyone take a drink then?

PHIL: Yeah.

Absolutely.

MICH: OK. PHIL: And without looking at it I can tell you who made that.

Go on.

There'll be an HB underneath and that's by Hannah Barlow.

Right.

And this is a piece of Doulton.

There's your... MICH: Oh yeah, there's the HB.

..HB, and this is done...

It's called sgraffito ware, so when the clay is wet or green, you get a little bit of wood, and this decoration rather than being painted in, it's scratched in.

MICH: Oh I see.

And she did ponies, cattle, birds, but I think that's really lovely.

It's a nice piece, that, actually.

Yeah, it is.

VO: Hannah Barlow is one of the most collectable of the Royal Doulton artists.

This loving cup from the late 1800s is quite the survivor, but at £785, it's more than three times their remaining budget.

Um...you've got a firing crack there, look, can you just see in there?

MICH: Oh yep, yeah.

You've got another little minor firing crack just up there.

VO: Good spots, Phil.

Needs a chat with the dealer, eh?

And quite possibly a miracle.

PHIL: Hilary?

HILARY: Hello.

This is gonna be the deal of the century if you can do this.

You've got that priced at 785, which is way out of our budget.

We've got a bit of a fire crack in there.

Yes, I see that.

Didn't spot that before.

PHIL: Has it been here long?

HILARY: Yes.

PHIL: Really?

HILARY: Quite a long time.

What could you do that for, Hilary?

Well, I...

It does belong to somebody I know.

Yeah.

Not a dealer, and as we've had it quite a long time, I'm sure she'd be prepared to come crashing down.

Really?

It's not so much crash as freefall, though.

Yeah, I think it might be.

PHIL: If you could give her a call and just ask her what the best she could do is.

I mean, for us it's around the two mark, but...

Yes.

HILARY: I'll go and give her a ring.

VO: Will it be within their £235 budget?

VO: Right, what's the verdict?

She's prepared to come down to £225.

How does that sound?

I think I love you.

Oh!

Well.

Amazing.

Not many people do.

No, no, I've gotta say to you, that is a monumental discount for us and I'm...

It is.

..really appreciative.

And I know that it's not your normal practice and what you'd normally do but it's just, I guess your friend just wants rid of it, do they?

HILARY: Well yes.

225, pay the lady.

Right.

VO: Phil and Michelle, it's your lucky day.

PHIL: Made my day.

Oh, isn't that nice?

Really, really, really.

You must have had a very trying day so far.

No no no, it's just lovely.

I just don't get out much.

(THEY LAUGH) Come on Mich, let's go and...

Fantastic.

..grab the goodies.

VO: Ha.

And with that, their shopping's finished.

Hip, hip, hooray!

PHIL: Auction, here we come.

MICH: What a journey!

PHIL: It's been jolly good fun.

VO: It certainly has.

Sweet dreams.

VO: Good morning.

It's auction day!

RUSSELL: How are you feeling about it, darling?

Good, well I've never been to an auction before, this'll be my first one.

Oh, it's a good experience for you.

Yeah, so I don't know what to expect.

VO: After starting in Winchester, Michelle and Russell shopped till they dropped in Hampshire, Buckshire and Surrey.

Now they're headed to auction in Tring.

We're gonna be there with Phil and Roo, which is always a joy.

Maybe we'll see a different side of them in the auction room.

Yeah, maybe they'll turn into tag wrestlers.

VO: Well, I'd pay for a ringside seat.

It's a sizzling hot day at Tring Market Auctions, but cool cats Phil and Roo are all ready and waiting.

ROO: Here she is.

PHIL: Hahaha!

ROO: Look at that.

(MICH LAUGHS) Morning.

Good morning.

Well that's a couple of balls of glamour in there.

Why do we always meet on the hottest days of the year?

You two just bring out the sunshine.

Aw, here comes my sunshine gal.

Good to see you, darling.

Hey!

PHIL: Right, lead the way, lead the way.

ROO: Let's skidaddle.

VO: Michelle and Phil spent £390 of their £400 budget on five auction lots, while Roo and Russell spent £279, also on five lots.

What do they make of each other's buys?

MICH: I'm getting worried now because I really like this and it's not ours.

I weckon that's a wheely good thing.

Get outta here.

Oh, now that is pretty.

That's their scent bottle, it is.

RUSSELL: You see I would buy that.

ROO: Oh me too!

It's beautiful.

And it's not dented.

I think it's really, really elegant and charming.

This is nice too.

PHIL: It's a good interior lot innit?

MICH: Yeah.

PHIL: They've got a chance to do well with that.

If you look at it, it's a very, very, very good image.

ROO: Would you have spent over £200 on that?

RUSSELL: No.

The problem is if you gave to me, I'd think of an excuse to give it to you back.

VO: Not swooning over the loving cup, then.

Let's get some wise words from auctioneer, Stephen Hearne.

AUCTIONEER: The lantern is probably one of the most interesting things.

It's probably around late Victorian period.

It's probably French, you don't see too many of them now.

It's missing a shelf in the middle of it, but suitable for gardeners and suchlike today.

The silver coffee spoons, they are a typical design of 1938.

Still in their original box.

I would think we'll have a bit of interest around £40 or £50 for them.

VO: Right.

Bums are parked, and the competition's as hot as the sale room.

Let's get started.

PHIL: What's up first?

VO: Kicking off proceedings today is Russell's gilt mirror.

We looked at it, and we just were so impressed with the picture that we saw in it.

£20, 20 I'm bid, five at the very back, 30, £30... We need it to keep ticking over.

Madam, five, £50, no?

Sir... A little bit more... ..at 45 then, it's going at £45.

That was just a smidge away, wasn't it?

Oh, that was close, that was... Was that ours?

That was ours.

That was yours, Russ.

Oh I didn't realize.

Do try and keep up, Russell.

Sleeping with your eyes open.

VO: A small loss and not the best start.

RUSSELL: They got a bargain.

ROO: Yeah absolutely.

VO: Next up, Michelle's tool chest.

I like the chest.

Well you did, Russell, but I seem to remember that your partner was particularly disparaging about the color of our chest.

It hurt my eyeballs.

There's 20 bid, five now and two of you, £30.

And five...

There you go, see.

AUCTIONEER: And 40?

No?

At 35 then, madam's got it.

It's going down then, if there's no further bid.

We're going down as well.

We're going down.

AUCTIONEER: For 35.

Thank you.

I'd have paid 50.

We bought it for 40.

PHIL: Well why didn't you tell them?

Why didn't you tell them?

VO: Michelle also makes a loss of a fiver.

Copycat.

Well it's had a day out, hasn't it?

VO: Next it's Russell's vintage biscuit tins.

£30 for them, £20 for them, a tenner for them?

Biscuit tins.

AUCTIONEER: Do I have 15?

18?

One more, madam?

ROO: Come on.

At 25.

And 30 now.

No more?

At £25 then for the biccie tins, they are going down then at £25.

MICH: Guys.

ROO: Biscuit tins, no... VO: Oh dear.

VO: Another loss for Russ.

All in all it's going well then, isn't it?

So far, so good, yeah.

VO: Chins up, you two.

It's early days yet.

Next up, it's Michelle's lantern cupboard.

Will it light up the bidders?

These were kind of part of a real bulk purchase for us, and somebody here hit the negotiating button full-on.

A lovely thing for your flower display, isn't it, eh?

MICH: Yes.

What about 100 for it?

50 for it?

Yeah, 60?

70?

80?

90?

Ooh, you're getting your money back.

Are you 20?

Yes.

120, I have it.

30 bid now, 40 bid.

No more?

At 130 then.

(GAVEL) When Phil makes this kind of profit he goes silent and completely red.

Brilliant!

Well done.

Your eyes are rolling.

VO: That's a great profit for Michelle, and puts them in front.

Do you know, this game suddenly becomes very easy, doesn't it?

VO: Can Russell's silver bracelet close the gap?

I actually thought you were gonna give me.

I know and then I took it back once I put in on your wrist.

He made me.

Teasing me.

£40 for it, £40, £30, £20 bid.

20 I'm bid, are you five?

£30, five.

There's got to be the 40, surely.

Yes or no, son.

It has to be, it's beautiful.

For the £40... ..thank you very much.

I'm exasperated now.

VO: Now now.

That's the heat talking.

Don't lost hope!

A profit's a profit.

I would've looked after that better.

VO: Next up, Michelle's shoe trees.

Take £50 for them, or 30, or 20.

Yes, £20, of course, and five, and 30.

Come on, come on.

Five, 40.

At £35, 40 I have it now.

It's going down, I shall sell them for £40.

RUSSELL: Oh, nice.

At least we've made a profit, yeah.

VO: A good return that keeps them a step ahead.

Making a few quid is better than losing a few quid.

Oh you're right.

VO: Alright Phil, no need to rub it in.

Will Russell's silver spoons win over the bidders?

So this is one of my favorites.

In fact, it's my favorite.

In fact, I like it very much.

£30 for them, 35, 40 I'm bid, five I've got it, 50 now.

Come on, keep going, keep going.

At £45 then, you're out.

A little bit more.

They're going down, I'll sell them away from you, they're going at £45.

(GAVEL) I'd have definitely paid probably 60 or 70 for them.

VO: Be happy with your lot, eh?

A respectable profit and it could help you to catch up.

I was hoping for about £50 on it.

VO: Michelle's scent bottle is next under the hammer.

It's graceful, it is very beautiful, it's silver and crystal.

Quality.

Just lovely.

It's just beautiful.

Here we go, here we go.

40 I'm bid for that one, 45, 50 I'm bid, two of you, five, 60 now, five now, 65...

Very nice.

AUCTIONEER: 70, is it?

MICH: Hey hey hey!

No more.

65 then I'm selling, it's going at the back, I'm selling for £65, thank you.

VO: That's the sweet smell of success.

VO: And Phil and Michelle stay in the lead.

I'd have filled it with campari.

It's called a scent bottle, not a drunk bottle.

(THEY LAUGH) VO: It's Russell's last lot and most expensive purchase next - the gun carriage wheel.

Can it turn things around for him?

Who writes this stuff?

We sunk the most money into this item, so...

Wagon wheel for your garden, what about that?

Gun carriage wheel!

It's a gun carriage wheel.

Gun carriage wheel!

55, yes?

65.

70?

80?

Yes.

90?

100 I'm bid in you're out, corner.

At £110... ROO: Yes!

Good good.

That was very close, madam.

You're out, then.

It's going then to madam for £110.

VO: Not the wheel of fortune, then.

Drat it!

You can take our profit, but you cannae take our freedom.

VO: Whatever you say, Roo.

Now, Michelle's biggest spend and final lot is next - the loving cup.

We've gotta get about £270 after commission to break even.

Yes.

I don't think anyone's paid that for anything so far.

200 straight in.

See?

You got 200 quid for it.

AUCTIONEER: At £200, and 10 is it?

20 now...

Fantastic.

At 30 and 40 now, at 50.

240, you've all had your opportunity.

ROO: Brilliant.

AUCTIONEER: I'm gonna sell it.

It's going down then, I shall sell for £240.

(GAVEL) VO: Michelle ends on a profit, but has her cup runneth over?

Do you know what, I think that's gonna be a close-run thing.

Mm.

Do you want me to do the sums?

Yeah, oh let's, definitely.

Come on then.

VO: Hey, that's my line.

Now, where's me calculator?

VO: Russell and Roo began with £400 but made an unfortunate loss after auction fees of just over £60.

They have £338.30 left.

VO: Michelle and Phil started out with the same amount, but made a healthy profit.

After all sale room fees, they have £428.20.

All profits go to Children In Need.

Well done.

We've had a lovely time!

You've been a joy, a real joy.

Well I had a brilliant time.

Russell.

I had a fantastic time, thanks Phil.

MICH: We have.

Darling, you've been lovely.

Thank you, guys.

You guys are ace.

Let's go straight up to the Arctic Circle.

(THEY LAUGH) VO: Great idea.

You need to cool off.

PHIL: Drive safely.

RUSSELL: Bye!

PHIL: Lovely people.

They are so sweet.

We're lucky.

RUSSELL: We could actually live together as brother and sister.

We could, we've got very similar tastes.

We've got similar tastes in so many things.

In so many things.

So many things.

And we'll leave you all guessing to what they are.

VO: The mind boggles.

Toodle pip!

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