Andrea McLean and Penny Lancaster
Season 9 Episode 10 | 59m 5sVideo has Closed Captions
Seeking antique treasure in Essex are TV panelists Andrea McLean and Penny Lancaster.
Seeking antique treasure in Essex are TV panelists Andrea McLean and Penny Lancaster, plus experts Tim Medhurst and David Harper.
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Andrea McLean and Penny Lancaster
Season 9 Episode 10 | 59m 5sVideo has Closed Captions
Seeking antique treasure in Essex are TV panelists Andrea McLean and Penny Lancaster, plus experts Tim Medhurst and David Harper.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipNARRATOR: The nation's favorite celebrities-- I like surprises.
..paired up with an expert...
I got excited then!
TIM: Ooh!
VO: Whoopsie!
..and a classic car.
BOTH: Here we go!
(CAR BACKFIRES) DAVID: Wowzer!
Their mission?
To scour Britain for antiques.
Am I on safari?
(WHISTLE BLOWS) The aim?
To make the biggest profit at auction.
(GASPS) But it's no easy ride.
Oh, dear!
Who will find a hidden gem?
(NEIGHS) Who will take the biggest risk?
(LAUGHS) Will anybody follow expert advice?
I hate it.
There will be worthy winners... (LAUGHS) ..and valiant losers.
DAVID: Double drat... ROSIE: Oh, no!
Put your pedal to the metal...
Spend, spend, spend.
This is the Celebrity Antiques Road Trip!
Not 'alf!
Today we're out in the flatlands of Essex.
Big skies, big fields, and a big car.
Do I go into second gear, do I?
Give it a go.
(THEY YELL) Oh, that might have been fourth!
VO: Our stars, in a Mark II Jaguar, are TV presenter Andrea McLean and her friend and fellow Loose Women panelist Penny Lancaster.
ANDREA: There's no air con in here.
There is now.
I've wound down the window.
Penny is a model and photographer, who originally hails from these parts.
Although nowadays she does spend an awful lot of time touring the world with her rather famous spouse, Mr Rod "The Mod" Stewart!
PENNY: My husband always says, "I know why you like antiques - "cuz you like old things like me!"
(THEY CHUCKLE) Whereas I like things that are not necessarily really old, but they've been a bit battered, and then I like to love them better.
Yes!
VO: Anchorwoman Andrea, from Trinidad and Tobago via Glasgow, is a former travel writer and weather presenter... ..with a nose for a moving story.
ANDREA: It's an old-man car!
PENNY: It is an old-man car!
It's beautiful, though, isn't it?
I love this walnut finish inside.
I like how it smells.
It smells like proper old car.
VO: Sounds like those two might make a couple of top treasure seekers to me.
Especially when abetted by £400 each, and the skills of the men in the MGB - dealer David Harper and auctioneer Tim Medhurst.
TIM: What do you think our celebrities' tastes are in antiques?
Do you think they're going to be wacky, or quite traditional?
DAVID: With Penny, probably traditional with a hint of glamour.
Yeah, and I think maybe Andrea's got a bit of a wacky side.
VO: Well, we'll soon see if those theories turn out to be correct.
(THEY YELL) Oh!
VO: What's for sure is that these Loose Women are also a couple of tough cookies.
Penny was a special police constable on Famous And Fighting Crime.
Wahey!
VO: And Andrea roughed it with Celebrity SAS.
So we feel honored to be selected as their next challenge.
I actually approached them.
ANDREA: Did you?
Yes.
I watch the show all the time.
Because I love old cars.
PENNY: I love... ANDREA: Old things.
Bric-a-brac, to... You know, old things!
"Please can you have me!"
ANDREA: Well, I got a call saying, "Penny would really like it if you came..." PENNY: Yeah!
ANDREA: "..and joined her "in an old banger."
VO: I think we're in for quite a ride.
Starting out in Stanway, and then in a round-about sort of fashion, making towards an auction in the Norfolk town of Aylsham.
Well, after all the formalities, that is.
TIM: Hello!
ANDREA: Hello!
ANDREA: Thank you very much.
TIM: How are you?
TIM: Lovely to meet you.
Tim.
ANDREA: And you!
DAVID: Lovely to see you.
Hello.
PENNY: Hi, darling.
BOTH: Mwah!
Mwah!
DAVID: Come on over.
What an experience that was!
Yeah!
It was!
(THEY LAUGH) Are we going to stick with the Jag, then?
PENNY: Yes.
DAVID: Alright!
OK. And are you driving, Penny?
If you don't mind.
I like to be in charge.
Yeah, somehow...
Behind the wheel.
And then you can be in charge when we get to the stores.
OK, OK.
But generally, you're in charge?
Mostly, yes, as a rule.
OK, fair enough!
And are you driving now?
If you don't mind, I'd love to have a go.
Let's go for it.
Right.
DAVID: OK. TIM: Let's go, shall we?
Let's go and get bossed about, shall we?
TIM: Yeah.
DAVID: OK.
Right, yeah.
VO: Always quick on the uptake, these chaps.
Loose Women, tight leash.
Andrea, who do you think's going to end up doing the negotiations on these things?
Obviously, we don't want to pay full price for things, we want to get a good deal and make the most we can.
OK.
So what I think we should do, we'll get a little strategy.
TIM: Right.
The strategy is I bowl in, I fall in love with something, I get very, very excited, and then you come in behind, and you negotiate hard because I am terrible.
You're supposed to keep a poker face, and I'm like that... (SHE PANTS) In all honesty, I'm very similar to you.
I see something that's lovely, I get over-excited... Yeah!
..and I'm not a hard person.
We're going to get smashed to pieces!
TIM: We are!
VO: Crikey.
What about their rivals?
Made of sterner stuff, we hope!
DAVID: You know how to drive cars, Penny.
Well, my husband says I am a better driver than him.
Right...
Sometimes we'll be out, and there'll be an awkward parking spot and he'll literally get out and have me get in, just to park it!
You are a bit of a controller, aren't you?
(SHE CHUCKLES) Yes, sorry.
I'm a bit scared.
I'll go easy on you.
VO: Looks like Penny might be doing the haggling, as well as the driving, and the parking!
Andrea gets first dibs, though.
TIM: Origin Antiques.
Have you been in an antique shop before?
No, this is my first time!
Really?
Your first-ever antiques shop!
ANDREA: Yeah!
TIM: How exciting.
VO: Well, I think that Stanway, where the founder members of pop group Blur met at the local school, could be just the place to get off the mark.
TIM: This is interesting.
ANDREA: Is it?
Yeah.
This, to me, is fantastic.
So it's in the shape of one of those old Victorian cast-iron safes.
Oh yeah, yeah.
And if you open the door, it's a little tobacco box.
So if you were a keen pipe smoker... Yeah.
..in the late Victorian period... What do you reckon?
..you would want a little tobacco box.
Do I look like a keen pipe smoker?
No, you don't, but it's got a lovely little brass handle - look at the shape of that.
It looks like a fairy's front door.
It does!
And it's got a little lock with the original key.
Why would they lock it?
Because tobacco was quite expensive then, and you wouldn't want people just taking a pinch of it.
TIM: In an auction... ANDREA: Yeah.
..that could make maybe £80 to £100, something like that.
What's it being sold for?
It's got no price on it, which means it's free.
That's my favorite price!
I think if we're trying to make a bit of money here this... ANDREA: Yeah.
TIM: ..may be one to go for.
OK. OK?
So let's pop it back.
I think I've found what I need to do.
What's that?
Listen to you, and not buy anything that I like.
VO: Ha-ha!
How sweet.
Early days, Andrea.
Team Penny must be almost at the shops by now.
I wonder what they'll plump for.
If you had an antique style that might describe you... PENNY: Mm.
DAVID: What would it be?
Shabby chic because I don't like anything that's too pristine and perfect-looking.
OK.
So I like a few kind of cracks and blemishes.
DAVID: Good.
Good.
PENNY: Yes.
Like my men!
(THEY CHUCKLE) So you are into your history and antiques?
Yes.
I met Rod about 20 years ago, and he introduced me to the love of antiques, really, I suppose.
I like knickknacks, and he likes the big, bold statements.
VO: Well, I'm sure that historic Halstead has it all.
What's more, they'll be shopping in a former silk mill.
DAVID: Excited?
PENNY: Very excited.
DAVID: Good.
VO: He's in a hurry.
Maybe the gentleman will come and open my door!
VO: Yes, come on.
That's you, apparently, David.
He-he!
Plenty inside, though.
It's going to be some task to take it all in.
I did spot... Maybe it's the name.
PENNY: Maggie.
DAVID: Ahh.
Thinking of Maggie May.
Well, of course, it's the classic Rod track, isn't it?
PENNY: It is!
VO: Moving on... What'll it be, pop pickers?
I love little trinkety pieces, little boxes.
I do kind of like the idea of a collection of glass and silver.
And I'd have this by my bath, maybe with a couple of cut flowers from the garden, and you could put a little bath oil in there.
Do you think they would need a bit of a clean up before...?
DAVID: No.
PENNY: No?
Antiques are far better looking a bit dull.
Yes, yes.
Because it looks like it's fresh to the market.
Yes.
If you put something in too clean, it looks like an antique dealer can't sell for love nor money.
Yes.
If I was an auctioneer, I could probably add to the sale value by saying, "Come on, look at what you could do with this!"
You know.
Rather than just go, "Yes.
Bang."
I think you'd be a good auctioneer as well!
VO: She is full of good ideas.
What about our antiques newbie in Stanway?
Now, what's that?
I've no idea what that is.
This item was a foot warmer, filled with hot water and placed in a horse-drawn carriage prior to a journey.
Oh, wow!
A Victorian tin foot warmer...
So, literally, you just undo that.
TIM: And you fill it with hot... (LID SQUEAKS) TIM: Ooh!
VO: Ouch!
It's like fingers down a chalk board...
It is!
So you'd put your hot water in there.
TIM: Isn't that lovely?
ANDREA: That's really clever.
It's very, very interesting.
Maybe we should buy it for our little MG. That's a great idea!
Unfortunately, I don't think it's... ANDREA: It won't make any money.
TIM: But what a charming thing.
ANDREA: Yeah.
And I... TIM: Amazing what you can learn.
Yeah.
I never even knew they existed!
No.
Fantastic.
Right!
ANDREA: I love it.
TIM: Let's pop it back... We'll put the lid back on.
Brace yourself for the noise!
(LID SQUEAKS) Oh no!
Ooh!
I love Tim.
I really do!
He's so engaging and so interested and so knowledgeable.
And to be able to just pick something up and know by the labels or the lettering what things mean.
And I've never really thought about what the story is behind anything.
I'm really enjoying it.
VO: He has such a nice name, too, I've always thought.
TIM: Andrea, what do you think of these?
Er... if you think that they're worth lots of money... Oh, the pressure's back on me now!
ANDREA: ..then, OK. TIM: Don't you like them?
No.
I would feel like my house would be haunted... That's a definite no, isn't it?
That's a definite no.
They...
They do look quite ghostly.
They look a bit cross.
TIM: Do you know how old these are?
No.
I think they probably date to around 1830.
That's almost 200 years, isn't it?
And they've got these lovely original frames.
Yeah.
And actually, if you look closely, this one particularly, TIM: it's really well painted.
ANDREA: Yeah.
And he's holding his walking cane there and sitting in one of those very wide Georgian chairs.
But I think they're charming.
You're right, they are charming.
I feel really bad now.
That's fine.
He won't haunt you now!
He might do.
VO: No price on those, either.
TIM: I can see these in an auction doing quite well.
OK. Shall we have a think and walk around?
ANDREA: Yeah.
But... TIM: Yeah.
TIM: He's gonna follow us around the shop now.
I know.
His eyes are looking.
TIM: You know that?
He's looking.
He's still looking!
VO: I think we might be seeing more of those gents!
Back in Halstead, is Penny about to take the plunge?
What are you thinking of doing - buying three pieces and putting them in as one auction lot?
Yes, yes.
I just like a grouping!
OK.
I... And I think it sells better than just one piece, if you make them like a little family.
Daddy, mummy and baby.
Alright, OK. Do you know what I would do?
PENNY: Yes, what?
DAVID: I would lose the vase.
Really?
If you want to get a three... Why three?
I like three and five.
You know, if I put flowers in a garden, I always do the groupings of threes and fives.
Right.
Well, I've got a good idea for you.
How about if we make a proper family group?
There you go!
Now, that's more normal... That's... That's beautiful!
VO: Finally, David makes a contribution.
Ha!
£86 for these.
Penny, are you good at negotiating?
Well, I think I might be able to sweet talk a certain somebody, because we have brought this lovely family together.
OK. And although each piece is about 25, I think together... Yeah.
..I was hoping we could get them for 35... DAVID: OK, OK. PENNY: ..for three of them.
VO: Ah, there's John.
JOHN: I'm the money man!
PENNY: Hello!
JOHN: Hello.
PENNY: Nice to meet you.
JOHN: So there we go.
JOHN: It's a family.
PENNY: We've created this beautiful little family.
It might be a very modern family, it might be two dads.
JOHN: Do you think?
PENNY: It could be two dads.
JOHN: Yes.
PENNY: Yes, you never know.
Yes.
So I'm famously dyslexic or dyspraxic... PENNY: Me too.
JOHN: ..so I've got...
I've got to add up 28 and 26.
No, it's not - it's 18 and 16.
JOHN: 50 quid?
45?
40?
45 to you, darling, any time.
PENNY: Thank you very much!
JOHN: You're welcome.
Sorry, has a deal just been done?
I think a deal's been done.
That was a very, a very odd deal!
I want to shake HER hand, I did a deal with her.
I, er...
There you go.
JOHN: Thank you.
PENNY: Thank you very much... Oh, well, I'll just leave.
Bye!
Cold hands, warm heart.
VO: I think he's joshing... Time to check out the negotiating chops for our other pair now.
With those two paintings on the short list, plus the box that looks like a safe, Steve's the man to talk to.
Hi!
We've had a really good look around.
TIM: We've loved it.
ANDREA: We have.
And we've spotted a few things we really like.
STEVE: Cool.
TIM: The first is this tobacco box.
Yes.
And also a pair of paintings hanging on the wall... OK. ..over there.
Now, we're not very good at negotiating, are we?
ANDREA: No.
TIM: Really?
So...
I'm trying really hard to get a poker face.
No.
If I say to you, give me your absolute lowest price... Sure.
..we won't haggle.
Tried so hard to look... ANDREA: Give us your best pr... TIM: Don't look excited!
Don't look at him!
VO: Lordy!
Well, unfortunately, that's quite expensive.
TIM: Oh.
JOHN: That would be 190.
190.
Ooh... ANDREA: Is that...?
TIM: Yeah, that's a bit more...
Sorry.
I looked pleased!
Sorry!
ANDREA: Sorry.
TIM: Um, OK, so 190?
Yep.
And the paintings, 150.
OK. We're in the right ballpark with those, aren't we?
Yeah.
I mean... Yeah.
Is that the best that you'll do...?
(THEY CHUCKLE) I can't do it!
VO: Bear with them, Steve.
I'm a professional!
Poker face, poker face!
Shall we go with the paintings?
If you're happy with the price... TIM: Yeah, absolutely.
..cuz you know what they're worth... Yeah.
It's the best price, isn't it?
JOHN: Yeah.
ANDREA: What was it you said?
TIM: 150.
ANDREA: 150?
TIM: Yes.
JOHN: 150.
Do you want to get your money out?
VO: Well, not exactly a textbook negotiation!
ANDREA: Pleasure doing business with you.
VO: But they do have their first buy.
Ooh!
There we are.
You're making man noises!
Sorry!
I'm... grunting like an old dude.
(SHE CHUCKLES) VO: He does that.
TIM: Onwards and away!
VO: To Billericay and beyond.
How about Halstead?
Is Penny progressing?
DAVID: Do you like that?
It's rather nice, isn't it?
I think it's probably Indian.
This is maybe from the period of the Raj.
So... PENNY: OK. DAVID: ..19th century.
DAVID: Probably an Indian one.
PENNY: I think I saw something else very similar in another cabinet down there too.
VO: Aye-aye!
Are you carrying that with you, then, are you?
PENNY: I'm carrying it with me.
VO: Try to keep up, David!
DAVID: Oh, that's sweet.
PENNY: Can we look in here, please?
DEALER: Yep.
OK, are we going with a collective again... PENNY: Yes, yes, sorry.
VO: Get used to it, David!
(VO CHORTLES) OK.
So that, again, is Indian.
Do you know what that's made from?
Brass?
Yes, but look on the underside.
PENNY: What?
DEALER: It's from a shell.
It's made from a military shell.
Oh!
First World War.
So, Penny, are you in love with those two things?
I am!
I think they would look very smart on a gentleman's desk.
The only problem is, there's only two of them.
I know!
You like threes and fives.
I know.
Well, my eyes are scanning for that final piece.
What about this one?
DAVID: That will be, again, probably Indian.
PENNY: Trench art.
DAVID: Trench art, again.
So it would... it would be better with this.
Right, do you want to go for them?
PENNY: Yes, please.
DAVID: OK. Let's add them up.
What've we got?
18... 30.
And this was 10.
58.
Do you want to try and do a deal?
PENNY: Of course!
DAVID: John?
And John's been so kind, with his deal earlier... JOHN: Ah!
Penny, you need me again?
I think we could do 25.
30, maybe, at a push.
JOHN: 30?
PENNY: Yes.
You did mention a hug last time.
I did mention a hug.
Yeah, 30 and a hug.
Come on then, John, come on then.
(THEY LAUGH) PENNY: 30 and a hug.
JOHN: 30 and a hug.
Come on, bring it in!
Come on, you're done, you're done!
VO: Penny's off to a flying start.
Right!
VO: Now, while they reverse towards their next shop... ..their ears must be burning.
Who do you think will be taking charge?
Do you think Penny will take charge of David?
Yes, but she'll do it really nicely... Yeah.
..and she'll do it so nicely that he won't even know that that's what's happened!
Do you think she'll take his advice, or do you think she'll just buy things she likes?
I think she'll take his advice and then buy things she likes.
VO: Andrea and Tim are taking a bit of a detour from their shopping mission, close to the Essex coast at salty Maldon where they've come to the Combined Military Services Museum.
TIM: Can't wait to get inside, can you?
ANDREA: Yeah, yeah!
VO: As an SAS-trained celebrity, Andrea has an especially keen appreciation of our top secret special forces.
You see all this in films.
And actually, to see it in real life is amazing, isn't it?
VO: Museum manager Nick Turner can introduce them to the role played by those organizations dedicated, countering the Nazis by subterfuge and sabotage, such as the spies of the Special Operations Executive.
ANDREA: You look at a picture and he just looks like a normal businessman, you know, that you wouldn't... NICK: Yeah.
ANDREA: ..think anything of.
And it turns out he's this... NICK: Member of SOE.
ANDREA: Yeah!
Look at that - he carried out operations in northern Italy for five months, including a 300-mile march through Italy and Slovenia to return home.
Crikey!
VO: One of the most important acts in the Allies' secret war is symbolized by this kayak - or canoe, as the British called them - the sole survivor of six that were taken to France for a commando raid in December 1941.
The object of the operation was to sink shipping in Bordeaux harbor.
Because the Germans were relying on the harbor a lot.
So the idea was to sink the ships and disrupt it.
So these canoes were sent via a submarine to the mouth of the river, where they off-loaded and the guys had to paddle down the river, place the mines on the ships and then paddle out again.
So, real warfare by stealth rather than by force?
Yeah, stealthy.
ANDREA: And so was this the start of special forces operations, is this where it began?
Yeah, it's one of the first operations they did.
VO: The canoes were given the codename Cockle.
Hence, the men who took part in Operation Frankton have gone down in military and movie history as the Cockleshell Heroes.
But to get a better appreciation of just what those commandos endured, Andrea and Tim have relocated to the nearby Chelmer and Blackwater Canal in the company of the museum's Ben Colbert.
BEN: Operation Frankton was the brainchild of Combined Operations and a man called Major Herbert Hasler - "Blondie" to his friends.
Under command of the Royal Marines Boom Detachment.
Can I just ask you how old these men were?
They were all fairly young, in their mid to late 20s, but all of them had had rigorous training which lasted four months, which sort of instills a certain courage.
ANDREA: So, Ben, we've been dropped into the middle of the Bay of Biscay.
I am channeling my inner commando.
What happened next?
Well, unfortunately, it was a very, very difficult situation for our Marines.
Within three hours of starting the mission, one canoe had been lost already in the darkness and another actually capsized, throwing the two Marines into the sea.
VO: The remaining men made towards the mouth of the Gironde and set about the treacherous business of paddling under cover of darkness the almost 50 miles to Bordeaux.
TIM: We're doing well, team.
ANDREA: We are doing well.
VO: The four men in two canoes, who eventually reached the harbor on the night of the 11th of December, succeeded in planting limpet mines on six enemy vessels.
So, was the operation seen as a success?
How many men actually survived?
It was seen as a success.
Out of the 10 men, only two survived, unfortunately.
But in terms of clandestine warfare, Operation Frankton was considered one of the most outrageous and most successful of World War II.
VO: But while those two have been paddling... ..our other celeb-and-expert combo have kept on motoring.
Oh!
VO: ..maneuvering the Mark II towards the town of Braintree.
Where they'll hope to find that certain Road Trip clinching something.
I think that the pair of you, to be where you are in life...
Yes?
..would have to be competitive.
What, you mean that clawing your way to the top?
You'd have to be!
I think you've got to be kind and generous, and all of those things too.
Yeah.
But you want to be a winner?
PENNY: Yes!
VO: Welcome to Bocking End.
PENNY: This looks interesting.
DAVID: It does!
VO: Yes, theater and antiques.
PENNY: Whoa, look at this!
DAVID: Wow!
VO: With £325 left in their kitty.
Stewart's!
I've got to have that!
Oh, my gosh.
That is so up your street, isn't it?
VO: Almost too good to be true.
Stewart's Scottish Distilleries.
I think it's quite quirky.
Are you alright?
He's not a whisky drinker.
But he likes his Scottish connection.
He does and his name's... Of course!
Is there a price on this?
Hmm.
How much?
75.
I thought it was going to say 45.
(DAVID CHUCKLES) Right.
Come on then, Penny.
Truthful answer.
Mm-hm.
Do you want to buy it for your home or the Antiques Road Trip?
Well, I don't think you're going to find another Stewart PENNY: in the auction room.
DAVID: No.
So it would have to be for home.
OK, well, shall we put it aside for you?
I think that'd be a good idea, yeah.
Alright.
OK, that's fair enough.
Do you need a hand?
PENNY: Yes, please.
DAVID: Come on, then.
VO: Probably wise.
That's it.
Are you going to hide it?
Yeah!
No one else can buy it!
VO: Well, nod's as good as a wink.
What's likely to go down a storm at a Norfolk auction?
I love the color, you know, just a bit unusual rather than just all... You know, the clear... Yeah.
..white and with that amber light.
OK, so, it's obviously ceiling lights.
PENNY: Yeah.
DAVID: A pair of.
See, if that was just by itself, you'd go, "Oh, that's sweet."
Right.
"Shame there's not a pair."
That's what I always think!
Is that what you'd say?
OK, so you've got a pair.
PENNY: So, I've got my pair.
What's your instinct as to the date?
DAVID: Where were they made?
PENNY: '20s?
DAVID: Oh, very good, absolutely.
Cuz it's got the tassel.
PENNY: And the, er... DAVID: Yeah, the flapper girls.
PENNY: The flapper girls.
Yes?
DAVID: Yes.
Yeah.
So, art-deco period.
PENNY: Mm-hm.
DAVID: Original tassel.
I love the colors and I love the little white floral detail.
DAVID: It's etched.
PENNY: Etched.
And that glass, with a good clean, would be fabulous, and the little tassels are probably glass as well.
Little glass tassels - they're sweet, aren't they?
50 quid for the pair.
I'm sure we can do better on that.
Hang on, that says 40 quid.
So, shall we go by the 40?
PENNY: Let's go with that!
DAVID: Shall we?
PENNY: Yeah.
DAVID: OK. And we won't be able to negotiate, unless... we get another item that we can bag it all in together.
You love doing that, don't you?
PENNY: I love a deal!
DAVID: Yeah, I know.
OK. Shall we go and try and find something to go with them?
PENNY: OK. VO: I think there's a bit of a pattern forming, don't you?
PENNY: That's a bit of a centerpiece, isn't it?
Tell me what you think you know about that.
PENNY: Ooh!
It's heavy, yes!
DAVID: Be careful... That's a big lump of crystal glass, isn't it?
It is, isn't it?
It'd be a nice fruit bowl.
It could be, yeah.
Let's have a feel of that.
OK. Let's see if it rings like a bell.
(STRONG RING) That's a good sound!
And it's still vibrating now.
And it tells you there is no terrible cracks in there.
Super thing.
OK, so date-wise, Penny, what are you thinking?
1930s?
Yeah, yeah, absolutely bang on.
You've got the art-deco period again.
VO: That's just the way she rolls.
I think we need a price, so I think that chap over there is waiting for you to do what you do.
I think so, yes.
Let's see what he has.
Go on, over to you.
Best offer on the table.
PENNY: Tom, nice to meet you.
TOM: Hi there.
Hi there.
So, Tom, the nitty gritty of it all is, it's not a private purchase.
It's something we need to take to auction.
OK. And we're in it to win it, alright?
Well, exactly, yeah.
So, we need to get our money's worth out of this.
Please, tell me your best... (IMITATES DRUM ROLL) Drum roll!
My best on the light would have to be 170.
DAVID: Are you alright, Penny?
PENNY: 170.
DAVID: Are you alright?
Seriously?
It's a hot flush!
Shall I call the doctor's?
Well, I might be able to part with 170, but only if it can include the two, only little, bit tired, tassel-hanging-off lanterns upstairs.
TOM: I know the ones.
PENNY: Yes.
I know the ones.
A lot of dust has collected.
It must have been sitting up there for some time.
So, I'm thinking, throw those in with this and you've got your deal for your 170.
OK. As long as you don't tell my business partner.
OK!
Quick shake.
VO: Our lips are sealed.
Well done for surviving that, Tom.
Congratulations.
Go and have a lie down.
I don't feel I have survived it!
VO: So - ha-ha!
- 30 for those ceiling lights and 140 for the crystal mushroom.
So, I assume you're driving again?
Of course!
Of course, yeah!
Next time!
VO: I wouldn't count on it, David.
He-he!
Now, time for our Loose Women to reconvene.
Cigar - we've got a cigar button.
Do you know, this feels like a James Bond car.
I feel like I'm gonna press it and it'll be an ejector seat.
ANDREA: It's been lovely, Penny!
PENNY: Ah!
Don't press that, Mr Bond.
VO: Would that be Basildon Bond?
Nighty night!
Ha!
VO: Next day, our experts compare notes.
Andrea and I managed to pick up one item yesterday.
DAVID: One?!
TIM: It was a pair of things.
Are they a matched pair?
Not giving too much away, they're in matching frames.
Oh, they're a pair of pictures?
Well, they could be mirrors.
VO: For shaving in stereo.
Well, they'd better be matched because if they're not matched perfectly, Penny will disapprove.
VO: Hm, she is quite strict.
David said, you know, "You take the lead.
"It's about your tastes, your choices."
ANDREA: Yeah.
PENNY: But I don't think he realized when he said "take the lead", how much of a lead... ANDREA: Right.
PENNY: ..I was going to go with.
ANDREA: OK. VO: Yes.
I think that all of Penny's purchases - three pieces of Indian brass, a crystal mushroom lamp, three perfume bottles and two ceiling lamps - were pretty much all her idea.
I'm sure we can do better on that.
And she still has £155 left to spend today.
While Andrea and Tim's sole purchase was a pair of Georgian watercolors.
He's looking.
He's still looking!
VO: Leaving 250 in her kitty.
They just need to remember that the Italian for shop is "il negozio"!
ANDREA: I was terrible!
PENNY: Oh, no!
I was so bad.
I started laughing and I couldn't stop, and the poor man was looking at me so confused.
So, in the end, I kind of gave up.
What's so funny was Tim, who is the sweetest human being in the world, was almost as bad as me!
VO: Yes, room for improvement, we think.
TIM: Morning!
ANDREA: Hello.
TIM: Hello, how are you?
ANDREA: Mwah!
Mwah!
DAVID: Good morning.
PENNY: Hello, darling!
I'm loving the flower power!
Thank you, darling.
Matches my dress, like your trousers are matching the car!
This one is very excited about showing his wares.
DAVID: Go on, then.
Show us!
TIM: Come on.
Let's have a look.
TIM: Look at those!
PENNY: Ooh!
ANDREA: What do you think?
I'm loving it!
No, they've got lots of character and I like the fact that they're a pair.
Would you have them in your house?
I would, yeah.
ANDREA: Would you?!
PENNY: Yes, absolutely!
DAVID: You've had a full 24 hours of training.
Are you going to now value them?
I would say...
Fingers crossed, Andrea.
55?
Oh!
We paid a little bit more than that.
PENNY: 85?
DAVID: 75?
Little bit more than that.
DAVID: Not over 100?!
PENNY: Oh, my... A tiny bit more than that.
Oh, Andrea!
You're a walk-over, my darling!
PENNY: Bless you.
TIM: We paid £150 for them.
PENNY: You are mad!
ANDREA: For both of them.
Well, it's been a lovely trip.
I hope you've enjoyed it, Andrea?
PENNY: My darling.
DAVID: It's all over.
Oh, never mind.
VO: Well, they're certainly full of themselves.
Let's see what Andrea and Tim make of the booty in the Jag.
Oh, that's exactly what I like!
TIM: Yeah.
You love... DAVID: What?
TIM: ..cut glass and silver.
DAVID: Oh, really?
ANDREA: Yeah.
DAVID: You're on the wrong team then!
VO: Cheeky!
TIM: What did you pay for those?
What do you think?
They're a bit knocked around.
ANDREA: Yeah, they are.
TIM: They've got some damage.
I think, what about 30 quid each?
Oh gosh, I was going to go more than that.
Were you?
Go on, Andrea, you go more.
I was going to say probably about 120 for all three of them.
PENNY: Nice.
Agree with that.
How does that make you feel?
Very good cuz we got the bundle for 45 and a handshake.
TIM: Ooh!
That's a bargain!
ANDREA: Oh, my...!
TIM: Fantastic!
ANDREA: You're so good at this!
DAVID: She is good.
So if I gave you £45 and a sandwich... (THEY CHUCKLE) Yours, darling, yours!
First profit is always the best.
See, I'm getting better!
I'm getting better.
I think we need to up our game and get going.
Yeah.
Alright, come on, then, let's get going.
VO: That might've been the phony war, but there's no doubt who won the first skirmish.
Later they'll be heading north towards that auction in Aylsham.
But the first stop today is just outside the village of Terling, where Andrea and Tim have a fair bit of shopping to catch up on.
TIM: With your SAS training... ANDREA: Yeah.
..how do you think we should do our deals?
Right, OK. We're going to ambush by stealth.
Oh!
OK. We will split up when we get in.
We will circumnavigate the room.
TIM: OK. We will survey our items.
TIM: Mm-hm.
We will reconvene and then we'll smash it.
Sounds good to me!
And are we going to come through the roof?
I never go anywhere without my abseiling kit.
VO: Sounds like they may be taking this all a wee bit too seriously.
TIM: That looks great, doesn't it?
ANDREA: It looks lovely!
TIM: It's like a... Ooh, look at this outside stuff.
VO: Welcome to the Old Dairy.
Ooh-arr.
ANDREA: Brilliant!
I think we should go and get some bargains, don't you?
ANDREA: Let's do that.
TIM: Oh!
I know what I'm doing now.
TIM: You do.
ANDREA: Yeah, I do.
I'm going to follow your lead on this one.
OK. Brace yourself!
TIM: Ooh!
(THEY CHUCKLE) VO: Who dares wins, eh?!
TIM: I'm a... ANDREA: What happened?!
Tripped over the back wheel!
VO: Just as well they've not abseiling!
Looks like a lot outside and a lot inside.
Do you want to go inside or outside?
Yeah, I'll go inside, I don't mind.
OK.
I might have a clamber around out here.
OK.
Boys will be boys!
VO: I think we'll stick with Andrea.
Tim seemed to make most of the decisions yesterday, so let's see if there's anything SHE fancies.
ANDREA: What is that?
It's like a coffee table, which is exactly shin height.
You just know that you would end up banging into it.
And what is that?
Do you put a plant in it?
I love wood, but this doesn't feel like real wood.
It's just pretend, so I don't understand what the point of it is.
VO: I'm sure the woodpeckers would love it.
I've just had a horrible moment.
We're in an antique shop and I have found something that I'm older than.
Have a look at those milk bottles there.
Those are from the '70s.
I was born in 1969.
I'm officially older than something in an antique shop.
This is not a good day!
VO: Gosh, who'd have thought that?!
What about Tim?
Having quite a rummage!
There's all sorts of things in here.
Oh, look.
I could buy a new tire for my car!
Ooh!
There's an old sewing machine in there.
VO: I hope he's had his tetanus!
Oh, that looks like an Ercol sofa.
There's all sorts of stuff under there.
There's sewing machines, there's furniture, but right in the middle of the pile, there's a little Ercol two-seater sofa.
In really nice condition, these could fetch upwards of £200 in an auction.
So I think, yes, it may have damage, but if it's cheap and Andrea likes it, it might be worth a shot because there might be profit to be made.
VO: Anything a bit more ready to go, though?
You see these sort of bits of furniture in reclamation yards, and other antique shops.
And, actually, they are really fab.
They make a great little day bed.
This was made in around 1870 and during that period, there were lots of military campaigns.
And the idea was that the sort of high-ranking officers could take their own furniture with them on the campaign.
There's no price on this.
I think we might make a bit of profit on this, if it's the right price.
It's a great bit of history that you can sit on and enjoy.
VO: I think it's an "er... no" to the Ercol.
What's Andrea come up with?
I really like this.
Many, many years ago, I actually passed my Formula 4 racing license.
Yeah.
And, obviously, it isn't an exact replica, but it just kind of took me back to that sort of single seater, almost like Stirling Moss kind of... Mm.
Kind of car.
I like the fact that it's metal.
Yeah.
You know, it's not plastic - so many toys now are plastic.
Mm.
And does it matter that it's been pre-loved?
I think it just shows signs of original condition.
I think it's got a real charm about it.
And it's a real... A real... Yeah.
And it works, look!
TIM: Yeah, it does!
ANDREA: It still works.
It's priced up at 75 quid.
Yeah.
If we can do some hard negotiation... Oh, yeah, cuz we're so good at that!
VO: Yeah, chin up.
We could really speed away in auction and make lots of money.
Oh, I like what you did there!
I like what you did there.
So, shall we... Shall we...
I'm revved up!
I'm ready to go.
Let's get our foot on the gas!
Let's do this!
VO: Oh, dear.
Tim's found a pun pal!
We'll never hear the end of this.
Now, Andrea, what do you think of this baby?
I really like it.
My daughter's bed in her bedroom is like this.
TIM: Is it?
ANDREA: Yeah.
TIM: Is it an old one?
ANDREA: Oh, no, no.
Oh, it's a new one.
Well, this is about 150 years old.
ANDREA: Wow!
TIM: And it's basically... TIM: It all folds flat.
ANDREA: Oh, right.
And you could've taken it on military campaigns in the 19th century.
Is it the sort of thing you would buy for your own house?
Yeah, not for the house but for the garden.
To the back of my house, I've got a porch and I upcycled everything.
Tables, chairs - everything.
I found it very relaxing.
Yeah.
You don't often talk about furniture being in working condition, do you?
But with something like this that actually folds down, shall we check?
Shall we check the workings?
Yeah, yeah.
OK. VO: Not exactly SAS, but it's quite impressive.
Now, it all comes down to price, doesn't it, really?
ANDREA: Yeah.
Yeah.
TIM: So, er... Is it down to me today?
I think so.
Shall we go and find out?
OK. Rrr!
Come on, let's find out the price.
I'm feeling it.
VO: Go, tiger!
ANDREA: Hi, Shanie.
SHANIE: Hiya, how're you doing?
So... Good.
We've seen some things that we like.
Right, lovely.
This is one of the things that we're interested in, but there's also something else.
There's a Victorian day bed or campaign bed outside as well, the white painted one.
Right, the day bed is £80.
And this is 75?
Mm-hm.
VO: OK, Andrea, your move.
We would be interested to see if you would do a deal on the two of them together.
We were hoping to spend £100 for the two of them.
Yeah, I can do that, I can work with that.
ANDREA: Yeah?
SHANIE: Yeah.
Oh, thank you so much!
SHANIE: Good luck with it.
ANDREA: Thank you!
VO: Well done, everyone.
Call it 50 each.
ANDREA: Shall we go?
TIM: OK. Come on, then.
Off we go.
VO: And now, Tim gets to drive!
Ha-ha!
Broom-broom, off we go!
VO: But what about our other pair?
Remember Andrea's fondness for special operations?
For Penny, it's all about special constables.
I was involved with a program to highlight the work that police officers do.
DAVID: Right.
PENNY: So I was PENNY: a special officer... DAVID: Yeah.
..working alongside a fully trained officer.
So we had one day's training and we were out there for two weeks and completely on the front line.
Wow!
And it was the most thrilling and rewarding experience I've ever had.
There wasn't anything glamorous about it.
No.
And I'm still saying it now, but I would love to become a proper trained officer.
VO: Well, a bit of history might come in very handy then.
And so they're off to Chelmsford, the county town of Essex, to visit police HQ... PENNY: Yes, now I'm an Essex girl at the Essex Police Museum.
VO: ..to discover more about the changing role of the part-time volunteer special constable from museum curator Hannah Wilson.
How far back can you trace the specials?
HANNAH: So we have evidence back to the 9th century.
That predates the police force as we know it by centuries.
It does.
In medieval times, it would be the responsibility of the whole village or the whole town.
Oh, almost like a Neighbourhood Watch thing?
Yeah, so it's everyone's responsibility to keep law and order.
Essex Police was founded in 1840 and the specials were used for the local elections there.
And then later on for things like fairs, county fairs.
Yeah, yeah.
Something where it's a large-scale event you'll need HANNAH: some extra people for.
PENNY: Extra hands on.
VO: Although, in theory, a professional police force obviated any need for help from the public, large-scale events would continue to require extra manpower.
With the Special Constables Act of 1835, establishing that such service must be strictly voluntary.
So, this is actually a replica of a Victorian cell.
And you might have up to six people in here at one time.
Oh!
PENNY: Smelly.
DAVID: Yeah, very smelly.
It wouldn't be pleasant.
No.
But it's actually after the Victorian times, much later, in World War I, that the specials really start to take hold.
So, why, then?
Why introduce specials?
So we actually had 150 out of 450 officers HANNAH: join the armed forces.
DAVID: Oh, of course.
They'd be recruited off, yeah.
..to join the war effort.
Yeah.
And so, as well as having to replace those, there was also the increased demand from the threat of invasion.
DAVID: Zeppelins.
HANNAH: Zeppelins, indeed.
There's actually a story from Essex County Constabulary that a special constable saw a fire and he went over to investigate.
And he'd actually found one of the Zeppelins had crashed... PENNY: Gosh!
HANNAH: ..and he managed to detain all of the crew who were trying to... DAVID: He got them!
HANNAH: ..escape.
So that's when we start to see specials really on the front line for things.
Their duties may have been slightly restricted still.
Probably not women, though.
Yes.
So, most of the specials were male, although we did have two women.
Alice Wilson and Miss Jordan, who in 1918 became the first two women patrols.
So, they're not specials, but it's actually much later, in the 1970s, that women and men have exactly the same role.
VO: Which is where Penny comes in.
I think I'd take the antique dealing over the miscreant catching any day, but a bit of training always comes in handy.
So, this is our modern-day police restraint training.
We've got Bob and Jason here.
What do you think?
It looks pretty serious stuff.
They're all padded up, aren't they?
I did a couple of weeks with Cambridgeshire Police Service and we had one day's training, but it wasn't as serious looking as this.
VO: No, this has definitely got to test your mettle.
One.
Nice.
So follow this through.
Two.
Hit!
Hit!
Hit!
Yeah.
Nice.
Good.
Good.
She's remarkably good at this.
VO: Quite.
Has the bug alright.
Got to do it like you mean it.
This is feeling amazing.
I love it!
Hit him.
Bang!
Now, move in.
Down!
Down!
Down!
Down!
Down!
Stay with him, Penny.
Ah, Brilliant.
VO: I think she's got the hang, don't you?
Come on, Penny.
Antique buying now.
You've done enough, I think, here, don't you?
PENNY: I don't think so!
DAVID: Argh!
(VO CHORTLES) Here, my darling!
PENNY: Here, my darling!
DAVID: Thank you.
VO: Steady on!
DAVID: I'm absolutely petrified!
(SIREN WAILS) VO: Now, we have had reports of a couple of suspicious characters in a red MG.
There they go.
Antique shopping, apparently.
Likely story.
So, how much money have we got left?
We have a grand total of £150 left.
I think that's still quite good, don't you?
Yeah, I mean you can buy a lot of antique for £150.
ANDREA: Yeah.
VO: Darn tootin'!
Especially as our Tim grew up round this neck of the woods.
Their last retail experience will be in the village of Great Baddow.
TIM: After you, madam.
ANDREA: Thank you so much.
Thank you.
Ah, now, this is nostalgia for me, because this is one of the first antiques shops I ever came to as a teenager.
Oh!
When I was about 13, I used to come here most Saturdays and have a look around and it was fantastic.
Shall we have a look?
You left on good terms, right?
VO: I'm sure.
Plus, if there's any stock still about from way back in Tim's teens, they might be keen to offload it.
(VO GIGGLES) Look at this.
It's sort of a document box.
George V cipher, so it's during George V's reign.
It's got a name here, Colonel W Dally Jones.
You wonder what confidential paperwork was held in this box.
ANDREA: Wow!
TIM: And it's locked.
ANDREA: With no key.
TIM: Mm!
(SHE GASPS) I wonder if there's anything in there.
I know!
There could be international espionage secrets and all sorts.
There could, or there could be absolutely nothing.
VO: Those two won't have the place to themselves much longer, though, because Penny and David are now in hot pursuit with 150 left in their kitty.
So what do you think of life on the road as an antiques dealer?
You know what?
I'm quite enjoying this.
And I can make it more of a hobby now, I think.
Yeah.
I think you're very good at it.
VO: Not to mention her police duties.
It's all working out very nicely.
Now, this is Essex, isn't it?
You've got a gold tea set.
TIM: This is glitz and glamour.
ANDREA: Yeah.
VO: Tim loves his tea breaks.
Well, cheers.
Chin-chin!
VO: Looks like tea for four, then.
Penny said that Rod really likes gold, and bright colors, and this sort of thing.
TIM: Yeah, exactly.
PENNY: And a cup of tea!
TIM: Oh!
ANDREA: Yeah!
TIM: You've caught us in the act.
ANDREA: This is right up his street.
Er, maybe a little too bling-bling for him.
ANDREA: Really?
DAVID: This is fakery.
There is no tea in there.
Oh, we're just playing.
We're in Essex.
And this seemed just the thing.
I see, yes.
But the auction's not going to be in Essex.
So you're pointing in the wrong direction.
TIM: Oh, of course.
ANDREA: Good!
TIM: Yeah, good point.
ANDREA: Yeah.
VO: Yeah.
OK, so who's got a Scooby-Doo what to buy for Norfolk?
TIM: You like your boxes, don't you?
ANDREA: I like, yeah, look...
It looks like a Victorian mahogany box.
Wow!
Look at that.
ANDREA: What is it?
A Victorian theodolite, or a surveying instrument.
OK.
I love this compass in the top here.
And it's got the name James Gargory.
He was a 19th century optician and instrument maker.
VO: Impressed?
TIM: So I'd imagine that would probably date to the second half of the 19th century.
OK. And you just wonder who was using it and surveying what?
Do you think it helped build some of the wonderful buildings and architecture we can see now?
It's got here a little bit that you'll attach to the bottom... ..like so, and then you can mount it back in the box.
And then just look through your bit and do your surveying.
Do you know, my dad would love that.
Would he?
ANDREA: He was an engineer.
So... To be honest, if it's got a spirit level on it, he'd love it.
VO: Priced at £95.
I could see that making over £100.
So if you use your amazing newly formed negotiation skills.
Yeah, I'm like a coiled spring now.
TIM: You are.
ANDREA: Yeah.
Rrrrr.
Shall we close it?
Yeah.
And put something on top of it?
And bury it so they don't see it?
Then they won't notice that.
They won't even notice.
We can carry on looking TIM: and come back to it.
ANDREA: What box?
What box?
VO: It's an awfully big place.
Oh, Penny, you love a bit of silver!
Don't you?
Are you a stamp collector at heart?
I'm not.
But I like to send a letter or two.
Do you still send letters?
Yes.
DAVID: So this is late 19th century - 1896.
Now in 1896, you and I could be living on opposite sides of the City of London.
And we could play a game of chess by post.
Because in those days we would have four to eight postal deliveries per day.
Wow!
And it's hallmarked.
DAVID: So this is a stamp-holder.
Yeah.
Birmingham, 1896.
It's almost like a little picture frame, isn't it?
It is exactly a picture frame.
PENNY: It's like a showcase for your best stamps.
DAVID: That's exactly what it is.
And then today you keep your stamps in your purse, and they get lost and really crumpled in your pocket.
DAVID: Yeah.
PENNY: How lovely to have somewhere to actually... "Yes, it's OK, I've got a first class, it's just here."
Yeah, so you've got two markets.
PENNY: OK. DAVID: So stamp collectors... Mm.
..and the silver collectors.
Put the two together, they're both very strong markets.
PENNY: Where did you find it?
DAVID: Here.
What's that little album there?
That's a stamp collector's book.
OK.
So that book, that will date to about the time of the stamp box.
OK. And these will be standard stamps that kids would collect.
Like they collect football stickers nowadays?
Just the same.
And this is how I started.
I started collecting coins and stamps.
But look, look, look at the colors.
DAVID: I know.
It's perfect.
The green, and the...
It makes a lovely...
I know.
..presentation, doesn't it?
It does.
You're doing it again, aren't you?
VO: She is.
No price on those, though.
There was a chap - Martin, I believe.
Shout him.
Martin, would you mind?
So, Martin, what would be your best on this?
Best price on those would be 120.
Well, you see, we're taking it to auction.
We could budge a little bit on that?
I think... Oh, I could probably take a chance and... the dealer I think would probably be happy at £100.
£100!
That's a nice round-off number.
It is.
It is.
That would be wonderful.
Thank you, Martin.
VO: Yes.
Thank you, Martin.
I think we can guarantee another couple of customers will be along shortly.
Let's have a look in here.
It's a cabinet full of small trinkets and things.
Look at that.
ANDREA: They've got lots of nice sugar tongs in here.
I like all the different... TIM: Oh, up here?
ANDREA: ..styles.
Yeah.
Look at these ones here.
These are quite smart.
They are, they're very ornate, aren't they?
Yeah, they are.
There's a few marks here.
We've got the mark China, and then Shang Guan.
ANDREA: Right.
TIM: And they were a factory in the late 19th, early 20th century.
So it was made for export.
OK. And here we've got some beautiful decoration.
We've got this dragon finely decorated down here in the claws and his tail coming off the end.
And there's a small oval cartouche here.
So you could put your own armorial crest or... ANDREA: Right.
OK. TIM: ..your initials on the end as well.
ANDREA: OK. TIM: So they're quite nice, aren't they?
And they're priced at £75.
If we can use your amazing negotiation skills that you seemed to have acquired somehow... Not from me!
VO: Indeed.
TIM: Do you use sugar in your tea?
Well, I grew up on a sugar plantation.
Ah, so that's why these appeal to you?
Yeah, yeah.
OK. And where was the sugar plantation?
ANDREA: It was in the Caribbean.
TIM: Ah.
So, in Trinidad and Tobago.
Wow!
VO: One sweet deal required.
TIM: Are you pleased with these?
ANDREA: Yeah.
Yeah.
Excited.
VO: Over to Martin.
We've got two other things here.
MARTIN: Right, yeah.
So we've got the sugar tongs here.
Nice pair, aren't they?
I think the very best price we could do on this is £45.
ANDREA: We were hoping for about 40.
That would be great if you could go to that.
Well, I've got on very well with this dealer up until this point.
(SHE CHUCKLES) MARTIN: I shall say, yes, £40.
ANDREA: Oh, thank you very much.
TIM: That's very kind.
MARTIN: I'm sure he'll be pleased.
Sugar is my area of expertise.
But this is yours, isn't it?
I love this scientific instrument.
You've got £95 on there.
What do you think?
Take a chance at 48... 48.
..I think, would be the very lowest.
In all honesty, I don't think we can negotiate lower than that.
That's a very, very good price.
ANDREA: It is.
It is.
TIM: Thank you very much.
ANDREA: Yeah, thank you.
MARTIN: Of course.
We'll shake your hand again.
ALL: Thank you.
VO: And with that, the buying's simply got to stop.
They are literally still haggling...
They will be!
..for things that you don't even want!
I know!
We can't control her, alright?
I know she's bought everything.
And you, come on, off to the auction we go!
Lets...
This way.
VO: Best not to put up a struggle sir.
TIM: We'll see you at the auction.
VO: Looks like Aylsham's en fete.
Have they heard that celebrities are approaching?
I'm loving that I'm driving with you in your soft top.
It's lovely, isn't it?
It is.
In fact, I'm glad it's a lovely day because otherwise I don't think I'd fit in.
My head's hovering above the rooftop here!
VO: It's all set fair.
After sallying forth from Stanway and seeing an awful lot of Essex, our celebs will be selling it all in North Norfolk at Keys, with internet bidding.
Do you know what time it is?
ANDREA: It's auction time.
TIM: Auction's about to start!
ANDREA: Come on!
VO: They ARE excited.
Andrea and Tim spent 338 of their £400 on five auction lots.
One of Andrea's purchases.
PENNY: Ooh, interesting!
DAVID: What do you think?
It looks sort of like a telescope, but I've never seen... What would that be?
Well, it's...
I've got to tell you, it's out of my comfort zone.
Some kind of measuring equipment.
OK. From the late 19th century.
What do you think they paid for it?
(WHISPERS) 48.
About 48?
My gosh!
You know, you are mind-bendingly good.
I'm getting there, yeah.
VO: She is a marvel.
They spent a bit more.
345, also on five lots.
Andrea, look at this.
They found an amazing lamp.
Look at that.
It looks 1920s or 1930s, cut glass, and it is just beautiful, isn't it?
It's everything I love.
TIM: Is it?
ANDREA: It's glass.
It's got bits of silver on it.
I'm so jealous.
I think it might light up the saleroom, don't you?
I see what you did there!
VO: Don't encourage him, Andrea!
Let's hear about Aylsham auctioneer David Gould's favorites.
AUCTIONEER: We've got two lovely enameled Indian pieces here.
Lidded box and a vase.
And then we've got a bit of World War II trench art, which always sells well at auction.
The toy car, what a wonderful lot that is.
It just appeals to everyone.
I think it's something that will probably fly straight through, or drive straight through the saleroom today.
VO: Everybody's at it!
Oh, well, then.
Let's get to the grid.
What an amazing busy room.
It's already started.
I wonder when our first lot is.
ANDREA: It's exciting, isn't it?
PENNY: You can feel the energy in the room.
ANDREA: Yeah!
VO: First under the hammer are Andrea and Tim's little Georgian portraits.
I love these.
You love them now, too, I think?
I've grown to love them.
And I like your nickname for them.
What, haunted?
Yes.
I've got us started here on commissions at £45.
Ooh, that's a low start.
48, 50, five.
60, five.
70, five.
DAVID: They're rolling.
AUCTIONEER: And 80.
Five with you, madam.
At 85.
Come on, come on!
At 85, 85.
85, 85.
It's with me at 85.
DAVID: Ouch!
TIM: Ooh, that hurt, didn't it?
ANDREA: Oh, no!
TIM: Oh, no!
VO: Not an auspicious start.
Andrea can go back to disliking them again now.
They were haunted.
They were haunted.
Well, that will haunt YOU.
VO: Penny's little Indian brass collection is next.
I'm getting sweaty palms!
Start me in the area of, what, £30 for it?
DAVID: Go on!
AUCTIONEER: 30?
20 for it anywhere?
15 I'm bid, thank you, with 15.
At 15.
AUCTIONEER: 15, 18, 20.
DAVID: Come on!
22.
22, 25.
AUCTIONEER: 25.
DAVID: Go on.
AUCTIONEER: 28.
I have 28.
DAVID: Go on!
28, 28.
AUCTIONEER: 28, 28.
28, 30.
DAVID: Take your time.
At 30.
They can hear you.
At 30.
30, 30.
30.
AUCTIONEER: 30... DAVID: Go on!
..down the room.
Takes it away?
No?
It goes, then, at 30.
(GAVEL) DAVID: Ooh!
TIM: You wiped your face!
DAVID: Money back.
PENNY: Money back.
VO: Well, not after commission, but we'll ignore that for now.
It's a slow start, Penny.
VO: Not any more.
Andrea's little race car is about to... burn some rubber.
It works.
It's been tested.
Oh, he hasn't been on it, has he?
Yup.
It's been tested.
I always said you were a big kid.
Yeah.
Start me on that one.
Start me, what, £50 for it.
ANDREA: £50 start?
50 I'm bid, thank you.
50, he's got it already!
AUCTIONEER: 50, five.
60, five.
ANDREA: Yes!
DAVID: Oh!
TIM: We're racing away!
DAVID: Oh!
80, five if you want it.
85, 85.
PENNY: 85?!
DAVID: Very good.
AUCTIONEER: 85.
TIM: Keep going, come on!
Selling then at 85.
(GAVEL) DAVID: Oh, well done.
TIM: Sold.
High five.
ANDREA: Yeah!
PENNY: It's a nice profit there!
PENNY: Good buy, Andrea.
TIM: Well spotted.
VO: Yeah, WHEELY good.
I'm not sure they'd approve of that one.
She's putting me to shame here.
Could you present Loose Women?
Because we could do a bit of a swap-over, here.
I think we could swap.
VO: Let's see if Penny can light up the room as well.
Pair of engraved ceiling lights.
DAVID: Oh!
VO: Aye-aye.
I think we're going to have a change of porter.
Lovely pair of ceiling light fittings there.
They'll adorn anybody's house, those.
VO: Like the scales of justice.
And I think Penny said she'll even fit them for you!
So who's going to start me on those?
Start me, what?
£50 for them?
AUCTIONEER: 40 for them.
DAVID: Come on!
20 I'm bid there.
Thank you.
At 20, at 20.
AUCTIONEER: 22, 22, 25.
DAVID: Come on.
At 28, 28, 30.
At 30, two, 32, 35.
What did you pay, David?
We paid 30.
Go on!
42, 42.
45.
I hope they're not heavy.
At 45.
45, 45.
48.
DAVID: Come on, Penny!
48, 50, at 50, five.
AUCTIONEER: 55, 60.
DAVID: That's better.
At 60, 60.
60.
Shake of the head, middle of the room.
It's left-handed.
Away it goes now then at 60.
£60.
DAVID: Ah, well done.
PENNY: Thank you.
Well, she did say she fancied a bit of auctioneering.
DAVID: Well done, Penny.
ANDREA: Well done.
TIM: Well done.
PENNY: We doubled!
Look at you!
Well done.
VO: After all that excitement, let's see how Andrea and Tim's Victorian campaign bed fares.
Start me at £50 for it, 40.
Come on, 50.
30 I'm bid, thank you.
30.
Start it...
It'll go, it'll go, I'm sure.
AUCTIONEER: 32.
TIM: Keep going, come on.
35, 38, 40, two.
At 42, 45.
DAVID: It'll go.
AUCTIONEER: 48.
Yes, yes, it's going.
AUCTIONEER: 50.
TIM: Keep going.
AUCTIONEER: At 55.
55 At 55.
TIM: Yes!
We're in profit at least.
OK, we've broken it, yeah.
Keep going.
Don't stop there.
At 60.
At 60, you know, five, why not?
At 65.
DAVID: There you go.
TIM: It's only money.
65.
At 65.
With you, away it goes.
Right-hand down at 65.
DAVID: Well done.
TIM: It's a small profit.
ANDREA: 65.
At least we... TIM: That's alright.
ANDREA: ..wiped its mouth.
TIM: At least we, yeah... VO: Wiped its face, actually.
Get the lingo ready!
Penny, this is our big spend.
Which one?
Oh, the big number.
DAVID: The big beauty.
PENNY: Our bling-bling.
VO: Yes, hold on tight.
There's an awful lot riding on this.
AUCTIONEER: Start me £60 for it.
DAVID: Oh, go on.
TIM: That's cheap, come on.
DAVID: Blimey.
Ooh!
40 I'm bid there, at 40, two.
45.
48.
50, five.
60.
Got a long way to go with this one.
Oh.
65.
Fresh bidder, 70.
At 75.
It's gonna go.
It's gonna go.
It's going.
TIM: Have confidence.
AUCTIONEER: At 80.
At 80, at 80, at 80, at 80, five.
Fresh bid at 90.
At 95.
Come on, keep going.
Keep going.
100, 110.
120, 130, 140.
AUCTIONEER: No?
DAVID: Go on!
AUCTIONEER: 140, worth another.
DAVID: Oh!
At 140, at 140.
Left-hander takes it away, then.
You've seen him off.
It goes at 140.
(GAVEL) Again, same price!
Oh, my gosh!
VO: Wiped its boat face.
You're paying the exact money for things.
Yeah.
Does that make us good or not?
VO: Well, I think a profit's always nice.
Now, what can Andrea's Chinese silver pick up?
30 for them.
15, I'll take that at 15.
DAVID: I'd like to see them.
TIM: 15.
18.
At 18, 20, at 20, 20, 20.
20, 20, two, 22, 22, 22, 25.
AUCTIONEER: Sparked into life.
ANDREA: Ooh, ooh, online!
Ooh, this'll be Pe-king.
AUCTIONEER: 28, 30.
TIM: On the internet.
DAVID: Yeah.
ANDREA: OK. At 30.
30, 32.
At 32.
At 35.
At 35.
Shake of the head.
It's on the internet.
Oh no, a little bit more.
At 35.
(GAVEL) TIM: Oh!
I thought they had the Eastern promise.
PENNY: Just under!
TIM: Yeah.
VO: No, they just lied.
ANDREA: Argh!
So close, so close!
VO: Now it's time for Penny's little family of bottles.
You know, this is what we're going to be doing in the future.
Just putting everything in threes.
£30 for them.
20 for them.
£10 I'm bid.
Oh, come on!
10.
At 10.
12.
15.
At 15.
15.
18, at 18.
18, 20.
Not now.
At 22.
22.
DAVID: Come on!
22.
25.
28.
Oh, my gosh, come on!
32, 35.
One way to go.
At 35.
Worth another.
At 35.
38 with you, at 38.
Same applies.
No, it's nearest to me.
Away it goes now then at 38.
DAVID: Come on!
DAVID: Ouch, ouch, ouch!
DAVID: Oh!
TIM: Guys!
VO: Some lucky soul's got a nice little collection there.
Later today, they'll be sitting alongside the bathtub.
Yeah.
Someone'll be having a luxurious bath going... Ha-ha-ha!
VO: Andrea and Tim's last lot.
The dumpy level.
£30 for it.
30 for it?
20?
20 I'll bid then.
At 20.
At 20.
Two.
22?
25?
35 here on the net.
Yes, internet bidding.
That's good.
At 35, 38.
At 38.
38.
40.
At 40.
Two?
At 42.
Lots of people want it, don't they?
At 45.
45.
48, fresh bidder.
At 48.
48.
50.
TIM: On the internet.
ANDREA: Yes!
50.
55?
Could just take off, still.
At 60.
At 65.
70.
At 70.
DAVID: Yeah, it could go.
TIM: Yes!
75.
At 75.
80, quick, if you want, net.
At 75.
80.
At 80.
At 80.
(THEY EXCLAIM) Might have to do a happy dance after this one.
..with the internet, away it goes now, then.
At 80.
You're sure?
Well done, guys.
Last chance.
At 80.
(GAVEL) DAVID: Well done.
ANDREA: Yeah!
TIM: Happy dance!
PENNY: Lovely!
VO: When has a humble dumpy level ever given so much pleasure?
Oh, it's so exciting.
It's so exciting.
You're gonna be hooked on auctions now, aren't you?
ANDREA: I know!
VO: Finally, Penny's little stamp box and stamp collection.
There might be something interesting in that.
ANDREA: Yeah.
AUCTIONEER: £50 for it?
DAVID: Come on.
50 for it?
30 for it?
DAVID: Come on!
Wow!
What did you pay?
100.
Ooh.
Fingers crossed, guys.
20.
22.
25.
25.
28.
At 28.
28.
DAVID: Come on!
AUCTIONEER: 30 with the net.
TIM: Oh, you've got an internet bidder.
ANDREA: You've got the internet.
A long way to go, Penny.
35?
35.
AUCTIONEER: 35.
38.
38.
40.
DAVID: Come on, internet.
At 40.
40.
Two.
At 42.
This is really poor, isn't it?
Yeah, bad.
45.
At 45.
At 45.
At 45.
TIM: It's like pulling teeth.
DAVID: Come on!
At 45... AUCTIONEER: 48.
TIM: Ooh!
AUCTIONEER: At 48.
Just in time, net.
DAVID: Come on!
AUCTIONEER: At 48.
48.
Round it up, net?
No, it's gone quiet.
Aw!
With you net it goes now, then, at 48.
Oh, Penny!
Guys, I'm so sorry.
DAVID: I'm shocked at that.
TIM: Yeah.
VO: I think that result might have proved decisive.
Never mind.
Oh.
Oh, well.
That's the way of auctions, entirely.
It is, it is.
Yeah.
You see, I don't know if I can handle this.
There's the highs, there's the lows.
DAVID: I know!
ANDREA: I'm exhausted!
Shall we go and get some fresh air and work it out?
TIM: Sounds good.
PENNY: Yes.
Let's go and do the maths.
VO: Coming right up.
Penny and David started out with £400, and after auction costs they made a bit of a loss.
Shame!
They're left with £314.12.
VO: While Andrea and Tim, who also began with 400, made a slightly smaller loss also after costs, which means they've ended up with £349 and victory.
Well done.
I can't believe it, Penny.
30 quid in it.
30 quid.
So we'll have to announce these two are the winners.
TIM: Ah!
PENNY: Yay!
TIM: Well done.
But we don't do losers any more, Penny, so we're winners too.
PENNY: Yay!
DAVID: It's been wonderful.
DAVID: Thanks, Andrea.
Bye bye.
ANDREA: Can I have a squeeze?
TIM: Safe drive, ladies.
PENNY: Belt up, guys.
ANDREA: Oh, of course!
DAVID: Bye bye!
Cheerio!
Bye bye!
VO: So, what do our Loose Women make of the Road Trip, or Special Antiques Services, as we're sometimes known?
Ha-ha-ha!
It's been a lovely few days with you, Andrea.
It has been a lovely few days with you!
It's been great.
Do you think you'll carry on your antiques shopping now you've had this experience?
Do you know, I think I will.
I've always just looked at things esthetically.
Yes.
I've never heard the stories.
So that's something that's really changed in me.
And I've also learnt that I really need a Thelma and Louise headscarf, because your hair sticks to your lip gloss!
(THEY CHUCKLE) VO: See ya!
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