NARRATOR: 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) 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!
VO: Under starter's orders.
BOB: And we're off.
VO: Today we're tripping with two television stars.
Actors and firm friends Bob Barrett and Rosie Marcel.
ROSIE: I do love an old car.
It's lovely, isn't it, this?
I love this car.
Smells like my dad's car.
My dad's car used to smell like this.
VO: This being a 1974 Volvo P 1800 that Bob is driving around the area he grew up in.
All our yesterdays, eh?
But is this the first time our celebrities have shared a car?
ROSIE: You know what's really weird?
BOB: This is the first time I've ever driven you.
First time you've ever driven me.
I know, cuz I've always let you drive.
I've known you for what, nine years?
I know.
Ten years, nearly ten.
ROSIE: Nearly ten years.
BOB: And you've...
Yes, and I've always been the driver.
Yes, you have.
VO: These two both appear in the long-running BBC medical drama, Holby City.
Rosie Marcel has been striding the corridors of fictional hospital Holby since 2005.
While relative new boy Bob Barrett arrived on the show in 2010.
They have both had long TV careers, but for now they're sticking to theater work - the operating theater that is.
What special antiquing skills will this pair bring with them?
I know nothing about antiques.
Really?
But you are one!
I am... (LAUGHS) Apart from being one, I know very little about antiques.
ROSIE: See, I love antiques.
BOB: I know you do.
And I...
I have a house full of weird... Yeah, you do.
..and wonderful stuff.
If I was asked, "Who do you know in your life who knows about antiques?"
I would say Rosie.
ROSIE: Aww!
That's very sweet.
BOB: Well, it's true.
This is where I fail miserably.
But I'm so excited.
(LAUGHS) No, this is building you up now.
It really is.
I'm very excited.
VO: Aren't we all!
Their teammates for today will be David Harper and Louise Gostelow.
What does their knowledge of Holby City lead them to expect?
I do think that Rosie and Bob, I think they're best friends...
Yes.
..on Holby.
OK. And I wonder if they're best friends in real life.
I suppose they probably will be.
Ooh!
So could there be a bit of competition, do you think?
DAVID: Let's see if they're friends by the end of this trip.
They might not be friends, exactly.
It could be the end of a beautiful relationship.
(LAUGHS) VO: This car was manufactured before three-point seatbelts were mandatory, but they're wearing lap belts.
LOUISE: So David, tell me about the car.
Isn't she gorgeous?
Isn't she?
Porsche 356, mid 1960s, the precursor to the 911.
DAVID: She is perfect.
LOUISE: I'm a happy passenger.
VO: If we can get them out of the cars, it's gonna be a great road trip!
ROSIE: I'm wondering who we're gonna get.
Gonna be great.
It's gonna be really fun.
I hope you're prepared to lose.
(LAUGHS) I've al...
I've already got my losing face.
Let me see it.
(LAUGHS) We do that every year at the Baftas!
VO: (LAUGHS) Meanwhile, in a car park just off the A14... Just feel the sun.
The sun... Just coming through.
The sun.
Yes.
DAVID: Oh.
The sun shines on the righteous.
And there they are.
Stop.
ROSIE: Hello.
DAVID: Hello!
BOB: Hello!
LOUISE: Hello, Rosie!
BOB: Hello!
Hiya, how are you?
Lovely to see you.
LOUISE: Hiya.
Nice to see you.
ROSIE: Nice to meet you.
ROSIE: Here he comes.
DAVID: Aha!
(LAUGHS) VO: Meet your new friends, everyone.
Play nice and remember to share.
DAVID: Rosie, are you a Porsche girl?
I'm a horribly fast driver, though.
Oh, you're not, are you?
You are.
I can vouch for that, I can vouch for that.
(THEY LAUGH) BOB: Brilliant.
LOUISE: Let's go.
VO: So that's Bob with Louise in the Volvo, and Rosie with David in the Porsche.
Let's fire up the motors.
(CAR BACKFIRES) DAVID: Wowzer.
Rosie, you've got electricity pouring through you.
VO: I didn't mean it literally, Rosie.
VO: Bob and Louise are on the "getting to know you" drive to the first shop.
LOUISE: So Bob... BOB: Yes?
LOUISE: Antiques.
BOB: Antiques, my son!
Do you... Do you like them?
BOB: I love antiques.
LOUISE: OK.
I know absolutely nothing... LOUISE: Fantastic.
Lovely BOB: ..about antiques.
So I'm...
I'm... Luckily I'm with you and I'm in great hands.
VO: Has David fared any better with Rosie?
DAVID: Are you quite an experienced antiques buyer?
ROSIE: Yeah.
I mean, I love a good antiques market.
I love a good boot sale and things.
And I love picking up a bargain.
So I think I'm pretty good at knowing what I'm looking at.
LOUISE: Have you got any tactics for beating Rosie?
BOB: She's a tricky one.
She knows about antiques... LOUISE: Oh, really?
BOB: And she is... She's not as competitive as you think.
I think everyone assumes she's competitive.
LOUISE: OK, OK. BOB: But she's probably not.
So she'll be very...
But she'll be good at the banter and the barter.
DAVID: If you're an experienced antiques buyer, what you are like at negotiating?
ROSIE: Excellent.
DAVID: Ooh!
Yes, I'm very very confident with negotiating.
OK.
Uh...
I think people are quite frightened of my character.
ROSIE: So that's... DAVID: I imagine... ..that's another negotiation tactic we have... ..we have there.
I'll turn Jac on... Yeah.
..get a massive discount, I'm really excited, actually.
I'm really excited about the whole thing VO: Me too.
VO: Bob and Rosie's road trip will start in Huntingdon, doodle about Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire before ending up at auction in St Ives.
Each pair starts with £400 to spend.
Now, who's going to make that first shop first?
VO: Ah!
It's Bob and Louise.
They've made it to Cambs Lock Antiques & Collectables.
LOUISE: In we go.
Wow.
LOUISE: Ooh!
BOB: Blimey, it's huge.
VO: Over 60 traders have items for sale in this warren of a building.
The perfect place for our pair to start their hunt for hidden treasures.
This is a bit of fun.
This is a bit of fun.
Mid century.
Oh, I love these.
Do you remember these as a child?
I... Well, I had one as a child.
It hasn't got the turn dial.
Hasn't got the turny dial.
No, no.
Hello?
Hello?
VO: Hello?
Is there a doctor in the house?
(LAUGHS) I'll go looking for one.
Ah, it's beautiful.
VO: You two had better stop larking about as the competition are hot on your trail.
DAVID: Are we here first?
Yeah, in here.
We're not.
We're not.
There's a brown... ROSIE: Oh!
DAVID: ..gold Volvo... ROSIE: No!
DAVID: ..is here.
Let's go up here.
VO: In you go.
And get shopping.
DAVID: How'd you get here so quickly?
It's amazing, by the way, this place.
ROSIE: Yeah.
BOB: We've had a look around.
ROSIE: I'm looking forward to having a look around, very excited.
(LAUGHS) Shall we start browsing?
Yes.
Let's.
VO: As they scamper off to start their search in earnest, what kind of items will attract Bob's attention?
Oh, yes.
See, I don't know much, but I love retro.
And that's amazing.
It's an old Tomahawk.
I used to have an old Tomahawk.
Old tools, just like my dad had.
So this is my room.
This is an amazing room.
VO: Better get in there, Louise, before he buys the lot.
So, how are you getting on?
It's all... (LAUGHS) It's good.
I hope it's good, I hope it's good.
OK. Go on.
Um, I like this room a lot.
Uh-huh.
You're right to do so.
I... (LAUGHS) Good!
I love the Anglepoise lamp.
Anglepoise...
It's a good thing to love.
Is it?
It is a good thing to love.
That's a good thing.
I'll tell you why.
Mid century.
Yes.
It's functional, you can still use it now.
Right.
It's orange.
VO: Do you know, this is the kind of detailed analysis we long for from our experts.
LOUISE: There are lots of different models of these.
BOB: Yeah.
LOUISE: Model 90 by Herbert Terry.
VO: The Model 90 was a 1973 release.
The first Anglepoise lamp being patented in 1932.
It's priced at £60.
But I think if we can get some money off that, we stand a chance...
Seriously?
..at auction.
I think.
VO: A good start.
Now, how are Rosie and David getting on?
(LAUGHS) All I can hear is Bob laughing.
I know.
Is that normal?
Very normal.
I... All he does is laugh.
Eh, what about at work?
Well, we can hear him two floors down.
Even when we're filming, we can hear Bob laughing.
He's a very happy person.
So lucky.
I know.
This is why we get on so well, though, with the yin and yang of each other.
I'm miserable, he's lovely.
It works really well.
You are not miserable!
Well, not today.
(DAVID LAUGHS) VO: A nice item or two would cheer her up even more.
ROSIE: I like this.
DAVID: OK.
I think this is really nice.
I think, again... Tell me why.
..rattan and wicker and things like that are coming very much back into... Yeah.
..fashion, people are buying rattan beds now.
And things like that.
My only worry is it looks like it might be slightly wonky.
DAVID: Let's have a look.
ROSIE: Yeah.
Could that be the fact that...
Hang on, take them out.
ROSIE: Yeah, it's wobbly.
DAVID: Do you know what's happened, obviously?
It's warped, hasn't it?
How much is it?
ROSIE: 25 quid.
Let's... let's think about it.
DAVID: OK. OK. ROSIE: Let's have a think.
OK. We'll put it there.
OK.
Cool.
VO: Impressive knowledge from Rosie.
But what does Louise make of Bob's approach?
I love the fact that Bob is really looking at things from a nostalgic point of view.
He's thinking of things with his heart in mind, as well as his head.
He's a great chap.
I really want him to do well at auction.
Fingers crossed buying with the heart works.
VO: What have they spotted in this hidden corner?
Alright, let's get that out.
Ooh, it's very light.
Look at the shape.
That is a board.
That's a board.
It is a wakeboard.
Of course it is.
That's exactly what it is.
ROSIE: I like that.
DAVID: It's gotta be, hasn't it?
ROSIE: Yeah.
DAVID: So do I. I mean, it's got the speedboat shape to it.
It does, yeah.
That's for cutting through water, isn't it?
Definitely.
VO: The ticket says it's a sign.
But it looks like a wakeboard, like a little surf board.
Nice.
I think you get the right person might like that.
You mean like a wakeboarder?
Yeah.
very limited, aren't we?
Very limited on that.
Now, datewise... Yeah.
What is your instinct?
What is it telling you?
Well, I... 50s, 60s.
Something like that.
Gotta be, hasn't it?
I think so.
It's gotta be.
I love that color combination.
I mean... Yeah.
..it's effectively a plywood, isn't it?
Yeah.
But it looks like it's been really nicely made, and... and lovingly taken care of, as well.
It seems in good shape.
Good, fun thing.
Yeah.
Oozing something.
I've never quite seen anything like it before.
OK. That's a possible then, isn't it?
OK, yeah.
VO: If it's "oozing" something, you should get it at a knock down price.
Will Bob and Louise get anything off the Anglepoise lamp?
We join negotiations at a delicate stage.
Dealer Lisa has already knocked £10 off the £60 starting price.
Can we just be really cheeky?
You can be cheeky, we can see what we can do.
(LAUGHS) Is there just any little teeny weeny movement on the lamp?
I can take another fiver off.
That would be the limit.
OK.
So lamp for 45.
BOB: Lamp for 45.
LOUISE: Mm-hm.
Otherwise I'll be sacked.
(LAUGHS) I don't want you sacked!
I don't want you to get sacked!
The last thing I want is you to be sacked.
OK.
I...
So, Bob, what do you reckon?
I think 45 is pretty good.
Yes?
I think 45 is great.
LOUISE: Fantastic.
BOB: So yes.
I think shake the lady's hand.
Shake the lady's hand!
Shake the lady's hand, we're done.
There we go.
VO: First purchase of the day and Bob leaves, lamp in hand, a very happy man.
Rosie and David are still lost somewhere in the same shop.
They must've found something by now.
Have they?
DAVID: What are your thoughts about that?
Does it do anything for you?
I think it's very pretty.
I think as far as today's stuff go, the other one's a bit more modern and... Do you think?
..and more buyable.
OK.
I think this is far more beautiful, though.
It's better.
It's very cheap, it's only 30 quid.
30 quid.
VO: Just one more test it needs to pass.
Does it stand up straight?
It does!
VO: Hurrah!
Look at that.
It's really pretty.
It's really pretty.
Honestly, it's delicious.
I think we should have that.
So do I. I would have that in a nanosecond.
VO: They've made their choice of magazine racks, always a tricky decision.
Now to collect that wakeboard and strike a deal.
Brilliant.
OK. ROSIE: Now that's interesting.
DAVID: What's that?
It says 55 on the back.
Thought it was 60.
It says 65 on the front.
DAVID: Does it?
ROSIE: Yes.
But how much do we wanna get it for?
40?
Yeah, we do, don't we?
Or even less.
Yes.
Now it's got 55 on the back, I'm gonna leave the negotiating, Rosie, to you.
ROSIE: Great.
DAVID: Do your best.
Turning Jac on.
VO: Hold on to your hats everyone, here comes Jac Naylor.
LISA: Hello, you alright?
DAVID: I'm David.
LISA: I'm Lisa.
DAVID: Hello Lisa.
Hello, I'm Rosie.
Hiya.
I'm Lisa.
Nice to meet you, both.
Brilliant.
Lisa, what are you like at negotiating?
Well, pretty tough.
Are you really?
We'll see.
(LAUGHS) We'll see.
She looks tough.
Definitely.
You've never met your match yet.
LISA: Well, no... DAVID: Rosie?
(LAUGHS) Well look, we absolutely love this.
And this says £30 on it, so we don't wanna... you know, knock you down on price with that at all.
OK. We're gonna take that for the 30.
However, this does have two prices on it.
And one says 65, one says 55.
DAVID: Start with that one.
ROSIE: Yeah.
Start with this one.
And that's definitely a bit too high for us.
LISA: Right, OK. ROSIE: So... LISA: So knowing this trader... ROSIE: Yup.
..em, without giving him a call, I could probably do 45.
That's a little bit high for us, isn't it?
Yeah, it is.
I think we were looking at 40.
40.
That's about the max we can go on that.
OK. Yeah, I'll agree to 40.
Wonderful.
Thank you very much.
ROSIE: Great.
LISA: No problem.
DAVID: Thank you very much.
LISA: No problem whatsoever.
OK, great.
I'm happy with that.
VO: Ah, the art of the good negotiator.
Making it look easy.
See you later, bye.
Bye.
VO: Time to hit the road, Jac... You get that door.
DAVID: Go on.
ROSIE: Thank you.
VO: ..or are you Rosie again?
VO: Now, where have Bob and Louise got to?
Ah, driving through the lovely Cambridgeshire countryside with the sun shining and money in their pocket.
What can possibly go wrong?
BOB: That's not a road!
The road has gone.
VO: Ha!
Heavy rain over a few days means what are usually gentle fords in the road have become impassable.
Now, I didn't bring the dinghy, so... Got wellies?
I've got wellies.
VO: Oh dear.
I don't know quite what to say.
Tim will be going (AS VOICEOVER) "Oh dear".
(AS VOICEOVER) "They seem to have hit a snag."
"They seem to have hit a snag."
VO: Well, I wouldn't be wrong, would I?
OK, this is where you have to get reverse right...
Please get reverse quickly.
Yes!
Yes!
(LAUGHS) Thank God for that.
VO: Well done everyone.
While you hunt for an alternative route we can catch up with Rosie and David.
VO: So, with the first couple of purchases under their belts, David is keen to find out more about Rosie.
DAVID: Rosie, have you always been an actress, is that something you were born to do?
Well, I was kind of pushed into it, really, from an early age.
I had a very dramatic family.
So I've been doing it since I was three.
So that's what, 38 years now.
DAVID: Wow.
ROSIE: Long, long time, yeah.
But you like a bit of action as well, I hear?
I do, yeah.
I love stunts and things like that.
If we have a stunt to do on the show, it's really really fun.
And I get to ride a motorbike in the show too.
So, I'm really lucky with all that kind of stuff.
And they give us a little bit of leeway to have some fun with our characters.
VO: I think Rosie will enjoy the next stage of our road trip then.
The pair are driving the 20 odd miles through Cambridgeshire to Biggleswade, and a collection named after Richard Ormonde Shuttleworth, a man ahead of his time.
He started what is now the internationally important collection of vintage bikes, cars, airplanes and archives from the early decades of the 20th century.
Vehicle collection manager Stuart Gray is on hand to show Rosie and David around.
DAVID: Hello!
Pleased to meet you.
DAVID: Gosh.
ROSIE: And you.
Alright, over we go.
Do we clamber over, do we?
Uh, you're gonna have to, I'm afraid.
DAVID: How about... ROSIE: Wayhey!
Good job.
VO: Hey, you be careful in those tight green jeans.
Ha.
I've gotta say, that is a very impressive house, isn't it?
What's the story?
Well, it was the family home of Richard Ormonde Shuttleworth, and had been since his grandfather purchased it in the 1870s.
VO: The family wealth came from the firm, Clayton and Shuttleworth, founded in 1842 in Lincoln.
They specialized in the manufacture of steam engines and agricultural machines that were exported all over the world.
Richard Ormonde Shuttleworth inherited the family fortune in 1932.
By the time he was 23, his wealth was something like £2 million, which, of course was an awful lot of money in those days.
Yes, yes.
And he had the money to indulge himself in his passion.
So if he became interested in cars, he could go and buy a Bugatti.
DAVID: Yeah.
Which he did.
You know, he could buy an Alfa Romeo, which he did.
But just to get that into some sort of perspective then, £2 million in those days would be what?
200 million now?
Certainly he was one of the richest squires in the country.
Well, then it's got to be, hasn't it?
That's a lot of money to get through.
Does he have any grandsons?
(LAUGHS) VO: (LAUGHS) Richard Shuttleworth was one of the first ever vintage car collectors and restorers, realizing their importance long before others did.
He was a successful rally driver in his own right until in 1936 a serious accident stopped his racing career.
He switched to something less dangerous... ..flying.
Ha!
DAVID: What then is this magnificent flying machine here?
This is the oldest flying airplane in the world.
It is a 1909 Bleriot.
Very similar to the one that crossed the channel.
VO: It was on 25 July 1909 that Louis Bleriot made the first ever flight across the English Channel in the Bleriot Type 11.
DAVID: That's amazing, isn't it?
STUART: Absolutely.
DAVID: Amazing that anybody would actually put themselves in that thing.
Obviously it doesn't fly now.
It does.
It does.
It does?
It flew here and, in fact, all the Edwardian aircraft you see behind me flew just over four weeks ago in our previous... ROSIE: That's amazing.
STUART: ..airshow.
DAVID: Would you do it?
ROSIE: No.
DAVID: No?
There's not enough money to make me get in one of those.
VO: And many of these aircraft were flown by Richard Shuttleworth.
On one occasion, a seven-day flight to India.
They don't quite do those distances these days.
What kind of height, altitude could they get to?
Our chief pilot was heard to say once, "you only really take them as high as you're prepared to fall".
(LAUGHS) VO: Back to Richard Shuttleworth's first love of motor cars, and the founding piece in his collection.
Yeah, that's your job, to keep the fuel pressure up.
Yeah, no, I've noticed that.
I see why you chose to sit in the back.
That's right.
(DAVID LAUGHS) Ah!
You knew!
You knew there was work to be done here.
VO: This glorious 1898 Panhard Levassor was once owned by the Rothschilds and is also believed to have been driven by King Edward VII to Ascot.
Wonderful, I mean, we're actually driving in a piece of history, aren't we?
Yeah.
This car, we shall do the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run this year.
DAVID: Right.
STUART: It's participated in the run a number of times.
DAVID: Yeah.
STUART: Very prestigious car.
Dare I ask what this might be worth?
Probably somewhere in the region of half a million to £650,000.
But if you add... ..add the fact that it also belonged to Richard Shuttleworth, um, probably a little bit more.
VO: Richard Shuttleworth died in an air crash at the age of 31.
A Second World War hero, like so many of his generation his life was cut short but the Shuttleworth collection is his lasting legacy.
VO: Back in the golden Volvo with Bob and Louise.
Flood avoided, they're now en route to their second shop.
LOUISE: Pleased with the lamp?
BOB: I mean, delighted with the lamp.
LOUISE: Fantastic.
BOB: Very happy with the lamp.
So we've spent £45.
We've spent £45.
We've got a little bit of money left.
We've got... (LAUGHS) We've got a bit left.
BOB: And now, we just see what the rest of the day brings.
VO: Hopefully no more rivers in the road.
Ha.
The alternative route means Bob and Louise are making good progress to St Neots.
And only a little later than expected, Bob and Louise arrive at Emporium in Fishers Yard.
OK. We're here.
We're here!
LOUISE: We're here.
Fantastic!
BOB: We're here!
VO: This place specializes in jewelry, antique and painted furniture.
And I'll leave it to Bob to describe it as... Classy.
VO: Ha.
I'll agree.
Now, Bob focused on the retro rather than the antique in the last shop.
I wonder if Louise will try and shift his focus?
BOB: Louise.
LOUISE: Bob.
(CHUCKLES) Um... Go on.
What have you found?
Now look, I don't know what I'm looking at cuz I don't know what I'm doing.
I like that.
I don't know...
But I...
But I know...
But it's...
I think...
I know it's silver.
But that... that looks beautiful to me.
LOUISE: Let's see.
Hang on.
Can we get into here?
Ooh!
BOB: Ooh!
OK.
It says, "in commemoration of the 60th year... "..of the most glorious reign of...
"..Her Majesty Victoria, Empress and Queen."
VO: The hallmarks suggest it was made in Birmingham in 1896, one year before the 60th year of Queen Victoria's reign.
BOB: Is that rare?
This is rare in the sense that... you have a lot of commemorative items.
Yeah.
You have a lot of sort of souvenir bits and pieces.
But I'll be honest with you, I don't think I've ever seen one of these before.
And what I like... That's huge.
That you haven't seen it before.
It is huge.
It is huge.
That's amazing.
VO: It's a nicely made piece, but what is it that makes it shine so bright for Louise?
For me, the key thing to this... What's that there?
BOB: Train.
LOUISE: It's a steam train.
Oh my gosh.
Victoria, what do we think of?
We think of the advent of the railways... Yeah, absolutely.
..railway travel around the UK.
Industrial revolution.
Yeah.
LOUISE: Exactly.
BOB: That's amazing.
It's the epitome of Victorian life.
I think it's absolutely fantastic.
It's well cast, the decoration's good and crisp.
I love it.
VO: A good start!
I'd keep going while you're on a roll.
LOUISE: That's interesting.
BOB: What is... Oh, wow.
Looks like a piece of furniture.
Correct.
Have a closer look.
(LAUGHS) LOUISE: It doesn't look straight off like an English piece of furniture.
It looks more like a continental piece of furniture.
BOB: It does, it looks French.
And that's probably a clue.
French or maybe Dutch.
Right.
Dutch.
I would go with Dutch cuz... (LAUGHS) Now, I've seen Dutch peppermint pots very similar to that.
VO: These are sometimes known as Loderein, a Dutch version of the phrase L'eau De Reine meaning queen's water.
It's a sort of scent bottle.
That's cute.
That's beautiful.
You don't see many of those VO: That's all good news.
The bad news?
That the Loderein is for sale at 150 and the spoon is priced at 295.
Budget busters the pair of them.
I think we're feeling quite... BOB: Buoyant.
LOUISE: ..buoyant.
Over the moon.
Ecstatic.
I'm thinking, I know it didn't work earlier.
Yes.
But perhaps we can have a little wander around, maybe find something else.
Yes.
And then we can go in for the kill.
BOB: Now... LOUISE: Mm-hm?
I like... ..this jug here.
Well, that's good.
Cuz I like that brooch there.
Oh, well that's incredible.
(LAUGHS) It's meant to be.
BOB: Go on then.
LOUISE: Right, here we go.
Right.
Perfect.
Right.
OK. Never hold a jug by the handle.
Never hold it... Of course, never hold a jug by the handle.
Hold it by the... bottom?
Hold it by the bottom because you never know if it's got a nice little crack and you're left... That's true.
And I'm left... with...
This is the voice of experience.
..a nice Royal Doulton on the floor.
(LAUGHS) I just love it.
I don't know.
I think, is it... is it something...
It's Doulton.
Now, I've heard of Royal Doulton.
You've heard...
Right, good.
So that's good.
So that's very good.
Turn it upside down.
Hopefully we're gonna see some marks on the bottom.
Oh yeah.
There we go.
Doulton marks.
Designer's marks, manufacturer's marks, decorator's marks.
That is amazing.
Lovely decoration.
Yeah.
The nice gold, the little floral rosettes, little raised beaded decoration.
BOB: Oh, fantastic.
LOUISE: Nice detail.
It's probably gonna be late 19th, early 20th century.
Right.
So Doulton as a whole, it's not as popular as it was...
Right.
OK.
..I'll be honest with you.
VO: And priced at £45, which seems fair.
They need to get a bit of money off that to make a profit.
And the brooch?
LOUISE: Scandinavian.
BOB: Yeah.
Silver gilt, with this blue enamel decoration...
Right.
..over the top of the engraved detail.
I think it's lovely, and these are quite popular at auction.
Now, the key thing with them is that the enamel has to be in tip top condition.
And this one seems to be pretty fair.
There aren't any chips or any major scratches or anything.
VO: The Norwegian Aksel Holmsen brooch is priced at £75.
LOUISE: It's haggling time.
BOB: OK. LOUISE: Let's cross our fingers.
BOB: Let's cross those fingers.
And your toes.
VO: And your legs.
And anything else you can cross.
Right.
Time to speak to Jacqueline.
Now, here's the tough bit.
Bob would like to ask you something.
LOUISE: Over to you, Bob.
BOB: OK. (LAUGHS) VO: Total ticket price for these four items is £565, so gird your loins.
How would you feel if we offered you £250 for the four?
LOUISE: Sharp intake of breath.
BOB: Sharp intake of breath.
It's alright, he's trained in CPR.
(LAUGHS) LOUISE: He's a doctor, you know.
BOB: One hopes.
VO: We may need to give Jacqueline a brief moment in recovery, but... Well, I think we can do a deal.
BOB: Jacqueline.
LOUISE: So that's a yes to... BOB: That's amazing!
LOUISE: ..250?
Yes.
Yes.
That's amazing.
Oh, thank you so much.
You're welcome.
Jacqueline, you're amazing.
Thank you so much.
VO: That works out at £100 for the Loderein, 90 for the Victorian spoon - that's a great price - £30 for the brooch and a final 30 for the Doulton jug.
Very kind and generous discounts.
BOB: I like our tactics.
LOUISE Yes.
BOB: I think our tactics were great.
I was very pleased, and it's been an amazing day.
I think we're gonna spend out, aren't we?
I think we need to...
I think we should go big... LOUISE: Yeah.
..and blow it all.
That's my motto.
VO: Tomorrow, go big and blow it all.
Tonight we rest.
Sleep tight.
VO: Good morning, everyone.
I hope you slept as well as I did.
How are our experts enjoying the company of their new pals?
What's not to like, I'd say.
DAVID: So occasionally when I'm with Rosie, and she's lovely, got this warmth and this wonderful positivity... Uh-huh?
..I think I'm with Jac, and it's a bit scary.
DAVID: And I'm gonna have to try and get it out of my mind.
LOUISE: Yesterday was amazing.
DAVID: He laughs all the time.
Such a lovely lovely man.
He has this contagious laugh... DAVID: It's bellowing, isn't it?
It's beautiful.
This amazingly positive personality.
Yeah.
People could learn a lot from him.
VO: And how are Rosie and Bob enjoying developing their new skill set?
How did you find the bartering and... BOB: The bartering... ROSIE: ..things like that.
The bartering was a lot easier than I thought it would be.
Well, you have lots... We met some lovely people at the antique places.
ROSIE: But also, you're a very nice man.
(LAUGHS) VO: Up with the lark David and Louise await their new pals.
DAVID: Here they are.
LOUISE Aha!
Morning, morning, morning, morning.
Good morning, good morning.
Hello.
Good morning, hiya.
VO: It's too early in the morning for all that, isn't it?
Come to me, Rosie.
ROSIE: Right.
DAVID: Come to me.
DAVID: Come to me.
LOUISE: OK, OK.
So this is the revealing moment, isn't it?
VO: That's why we're here.
Well, what do we have in there?
Oh!
We have a spoon and a lamp.
DAVID: Spoon and a lamp.
ROSIE: Pass me the spoon.
(LAUGHTER) BOB: There we go.
ROSIE: OK. What's all that about then?
Isn't it beautiful?
LOUISE: There's a key point with it, David.
Ooh!
A train.
BOB: Yeah.
LOUISE: Train.
Thank you, yes.
I like that.
VO: David knows a good thing when he sees one.
That is actually a rare beastie, isn't it?
LOUISE: It is.
DAVID: Ooh, I don't like it.
Have you seen one before?
DAVID: No, I haven't.
LOUISE: Ah.
But it makes me... (LAUGHS) Aw!
(LAUGHTER) Aw, it's gone.
DAVID: Oh well, not to worry.
ROSIE: What a shame.
BOB: Throw the lamp, as well.
DAVID: No, no.
Eh no, I'm not worried about that.
Not worried about the lamp.
VO: Busy bees Bob and Louise also bought the Loderein, brooch and the Doulton jug.
They have £105 left.
Now then, what have Rosie and David brought to the party?
BOB: That's extraordinary.
DAVID: Yeah.
LOUISE: Very lovely.
DAVID: Yeah.
We like it.
DAVID: Yeah.
LOUISE: OK. BOB: Rack for magazines?
DAVID: Exactly.
BOB: Oh, really?
DAVID: Yes.
Oh my gosh.
DAVID: From the Orient.
BOB: It's very pretty.
DAVID: It might be earlier.
LOUISE: And price paid?
What do you think?
I mean, it looks like it's worth about...
I dunno, 60, 70 quid or something?
Yeah, yeah.
No, we like you, Bob.
That's very... (LAUGHS) DAVID: What did we pay for it?
ROSIE: Eh, 30.
DAVID: 30.
BOB: Oh, 30.
LOUISE: OK. ROSIE: 30, yeah.
VO: Flirty 30.
Rosie and David also bought the wakeboard yesterday.
And they have £330 left to spend.
Shall I drive or would you like to drive?
ROSIE: You drive today!
DAVID: Shall I?
OK. Yeah.
I'm good with that.
Right guys, good luck.
BOB: We're off.
LOUISE: Come on.
See you later.
OK. VO: OK. You lot, back in your corners, lace up your gloves, come out fighting.
Seconds out, day two.
As Rosie and David head for their first shop of the day, are they concerned that Bob and Louise have bought so well, and so much so quickly?
ROSIE: You know, I've known Bob for a very long time and he is the most indecisive person I have ever met in my life.
Seriously?
So I'm quite surprised they have five items already.
VO: Not much more time to chat, and the Porsche is barely warmed up, as the first stop is just a few miles down the road in Willington.
VO: Time After Time is based in a garden center, so Rosie should feel at home.
VO: What little secrets will this shop hold?
DAVID: That is very interesting to me, the Victorian stained window.
ROSIE: Oh!
Yes.
Because it... it harks back to a completely different time when most people were terribly patriotic... ROSIE: Yeah.
DAVID: ..and very royalist.
ROSIE: Yeah.
So much so they'd have a stained-glass panel put into their home of the Queen.
VO: I sense a Victorian theme developing.
But is Rosie convinced?
Do you think this is original then, this... this isn't modern?
No, I think...
I think it's original.
I can't see why somebody would want to reproduce that.
It looks...
I don't suppose there's any way of telling, is there?
ROSIE: Does this open?
DAVID: It's tricky.
VO: What's David getting all excited about?
I've never seen anything quite like it before.
ROSIE: No.
DAVID: And... ROSIE: It is unusual.
It's created by a real patriot.
Yeah.
It...
I would say 1897.
It could have been 1887 when she celebrated 50 years.
But she looks like the elderly Queen to me.
Yeah.
VO: It's priced at £120 so let's hope the shop owner Rob is in a generous mood.
Rob.
Good to meet you, Rob.
This is Rosie.
ROSIE: Hi, Rob.
ROB: Hi, Rosie.
ROSIE: Hi, how are you?
ROB: Yes, fine thanks.
Nice to meet you.
Rob was just saying about that Victoria panel.
ROSIE: Yeah.
DAVID: Rob owns it.
DAVID: What sort of money could she be?
ROB: Well... DAVID: I mean, seriously.
Seriously?
DAVID: Yeah.
ROB: And this is one time.
OK, you can do that.
We can either say yes or no.
Yeah.
Yeah.
But seriously, make it...
ROB: £50.
ROSIE: 50.
Ooh.
And that's... that's it?
Yeah.
I mean, it's got 120, I think.
So I couldn't say...
I couldn't say 45 to you?
And... and... We wouldn't fall out of bed over £5.
ROSIE: Over £5.
VO: This is promising.
DAVID: I would have her... ROSIE: At 45.
ROB: I would be... DAVID: Like that.
..really disappointed if you didn't make a profit.
OK. Well I think we should do that.
I think we should have her.
I think we should have her at 45, if you're OK with that?
ROB: I'm fine, yes.
DAVID: Yeah.
DAVID: Rob... ROSIE: Wonderful.
DAVID: ..thank you very much.
ROB: Thank you.
ROSIE: Thanks, Rob.
DAVID: Appreciate it.
Cheers.
Great.
Lovely.
Good.
I love your fast decision-making, you'd make a very good antiques dealer.
ROSIE: I... DAVID: You would!
I'm just going by gut.
VO: Excellent.
Time to pay the nice gentleman and get back on the road.
I think that's the quickest shop I've ever done.
I know, it's been brilliant.
VO: Get in, get out, get going.
Good work, team.
Well, that was good, wasn't it?
ROSIE: That was great.
DAVID: I know.
ROSIE: Very successful.
VO: Back on the road and time for Louise and Bob to reflect on progress so far.
So, are you loving antiques?
BOB: I'm loving antiques.
LOUISE: Good.
I've learnt to...
I was saying to Rosie how much I've learned from you, watching you yesterday.
You know...
I think... We make a good team, Bob.
We make a very good team.
We do make a good team.
LOUISE: Really good team.
BOB: We do.
VO: I think it's time for a difficult gear change.
I'm just going to choose a gear.
I like that one.
Mm-hm.
VO: Ooh, I mean from antiques to gardening.
LOUISE: You like a good garden?
I love a good garden, me.
Do you like a garden?
I do, yes.
BOB: Do you?
LOUISE: Yes.
Are you in... Green fingers, love a landscape.
(LAUGHS) VO: That's handy... because Louise and Bob are off to explore Moggerhanger Park.
VO: Its gardens were designed in the 18th century by one of the greatest landscape gardeners of his day, Humphry Repton.
LOUISE: Wow.
Wonderful.
BOB: Look at that.
LOUISE: Wow!
BOB: Wow.
LOUISE: Well, that's a house I wasn't expecting.
BOB: That's... No, I wasn't expecting... BOB: Oh, it's beautiful.
LOUISE: That is fantastic.
VO: The house, known as Moggerhanger Park, is a grade one listed Georgian historic house but it is the 33 acres of parkland in which it's set that have really made its name.
Head gardener Tim Kirk can lead the way into a garden that Bob has waited a lifetime to see.
As a child growing up in Sandy, I always wanted to come to Moggerhanger House.
Um, and I never got round to it.
Eh, I don't know why.
And finally I'm here and it's as beautiful as I always imagined it would be.
BOB: Thank you.
SANDY: Stunning.
VO: In the 1700s Britain's great gardens followed the European tradition of being very formal and precisely managed.
And then there was a gradual process of moving away from that kind of style.
People were basically fed up with it, it had been around a long long time.
A lot of landowners were fed up with the amount of cost that was involved in maintaining... BOB: Yeah.
..these... these very sort of rigid gardens.
Rather than being in fear of nature and... BOB: Yeah.
..trying to enclose everything and control it, it was kind of inviting nature in.
VO: This change was led by Lancelot "Capability" Brown - so named because he could see the capability of land to be changed.
Humphry Repton followed and developed Brown's work.
TIM: He was a proponent of having grass right up to the house, and also having an unobstructed view out from the house across to the landscape.
BOB: So that was a revolution, that was a huge change?
TIM: Yes, it was a complete change from what came before.
VO: A revolution in which Humphry Repton played a big part.
TIM: Started his career about five years after the death of Capability Brown.
And in fact, Humphry Repton coined the term "landscape gardener".
Oh, that's where it started?
That's where it started... BOB: Right.
Brilliant.
TIM: ..yes.
VO: Time for Bob and Louise to do a bit of landscaping themselves.
Get the chainsaw out.
What are we gonna do here?
OK, so we're gonna plant a new tree.
A Cedar of Lebanon.
It is to replace one of the original trees that Repton would have planted along the ha-ha to frame views out into the wider landscape.
Brilliant.
Shall we crack on?
Yes.
Tim, you mentioned a ha-ha.
What is a... TIM: Yes.
BOB: ..a ha-ha?
VO: I'm so glad you asked.
A ha-ha is a sunken ditch that would keep livestock one side and the dressed formal grounds the other side.
It was to enable the owners to have an uninterrupted view from the house out towards the wider landscape, without having an obtrusive fence... TIM: Oh, right!
BOB: ..blocking the view.
VO: Hang on, dig team.
We have a slight problem.
TIM: We're gonna try and dig a square hole, actually, rather than a round one.
LOUISE: Now you tell us!
TIM: Yeah, now I tell you.
(LAUGHTER) # Don't dig there, dig it elsewhere, # you're digging it round and it ought to be square... # TIM: There's a particular reason why you do that.
You've got your tree in a round pot... LOUISE: Yeah.
BOB: Right.
TIM: ..so the roots, after a while, will start circling the pot.
So the idea is by creating a square planting hole, it can't continue wrapping itself round the planting hole.
LOUISE: Ah!
TIM: So it'll... Of course.
It will hit the corner and then the roots will grow out into the wider soil.
BOB: It's Gardeners Today now, as well as well as Celebrity Antiques Road Trip.
It's marvelous.
(CHUCKLES) VO: In his heyday, Humphry Repton developed a unique way of marketing his garden design skills.
TIM: So, he would visit estates, wander around, take notes, take sketches.
And he would go away and then he would produce his red book, which was bound in Moroccan red leather.
Hence it's The Red Book.
VO: Repton's before-and-after Red Books became status symbols in themselves and many clients would commission Repton simply so that they would have one of his Red Books in their collection.
And then there would be a watercolor with a before and after flap.
LOUISE: Ah!
BOB: Wow.
LOUISE: Yeah.
TIM: So basically, you would see the scene before the improvements and you would lift the flap over and then you would see the suggested improvements.
VO: One barrow load of dirt later... As a kid living two miles down the road, I never thought that one day I would get the honor to be doing this, and be actually planting a tree in this garden.
Yes, so hopefully the tree will be here as long as the other ones will be here, for many hundreds of years.
It's a great, great honor, I have to say.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Well, thank you.
(LAUGHS) VO: Which just leaves the actual planting of your actual tree and Bob gets to leave his mark at Moggerhanger Park.
Thank you so much for showing us around.
Tim, thank you very much indeed.
BOB: Fascinating.
LOUISE: Thank you.
TIM: Thank you.
LOUISE: Bye bye.
TIM: Bye.
BOB: Bye bye.
VO: In another Bedfordshire byway, Rosie and David.
Tactics, chaps?
ROSIE: We've got £285 left.
DAVID: Have we?
We need to be lucky, we need for them to have just literally found something ROSIE: and brought it in today.
DAVID: Yeah.
And we're the first people to see it.
Exactly.
You've got it.
So... You've got it.
These places are picked over on a daily basis.
Yeah.
VO: And I bet they can't wait to get picking.
Once they've driven the 20 odd miles to Olney.
VO: Rosie and David's final shop is The Antique Centre at Olney - two whole floors of collected collectibles.
Where to start?
Ooh, a quick cuppa.
And then they start the job of spending their remaining £285.
What are they looking for?
So something really different.
ROSIE: Yeah.
DAVID: Out of the ordinary.
VO: That narrows it down a bit.
Hang on, though.
What's this?
ROSIE: This amazing Rolls Royce flask down here, ROSIE: which would be ideal... DAVID: A Rolls Royce.
ROSIE: ..for what we're doing.
DAVID: Honestly.
We should actually be in a Rolls Royce, you do realize... ROSIE: We should.
DAVID: ..that, don't you?
ROSIE: We're posh enough.
DAVID: Yeah, we are.
Of course we are.
VO: Porsche not good enough for you?
DAVID: Oh, my gosh.
The top is representing... Oh, look at that.
..the radiator.
Oh, please.
I absolutely adore that beyond belief.
ROSIE: That's lovely, isn't it?
Look at that.
(LAUGHS) Like an oil dip.
DAVID: It's got a dipstick!
ROSIE: Amazing.
That... And that's period.
So that...
I think that's 1920s.
I like that.
It's pre Second World War.
VO: Doesn't look like the box, marked Fattorini, is the original but it still looks like a nice piece.
DAVID: That's your driver's wallet... ROSIE: Yeah.
DAVID: ..with your paperwork.
ROSIE: Yeah.
DAVID: Which is very nice.
VO: Back to the warm leather interior of the Volvo.
And Bob and Louise.
Plans?
LOUISE: So Bob, we've... BOB: Yes.
LOUISE: ..still got £105 left to spend.
BOB: Yes!
BOB: Yes.
LOUISE: Tactics?
Eh, we've gotta be clever because we want to get something that's as good as the stuff we've got.
LOUISE: Exactly.
BOB: So we've gotta be careful.
VO: They are headed across Bedfordshire, the 17 miles to the village of Barton-le-Clay.
VO: Bob and Louise's final shop is the Antiques and Millers Market Place, another multiple dealer emporium with a very mixed collection of all the good stuff.
Here we are, Bob, final shop.
This is our final shop.
Wow, this is... LOUISE: This is exciting.
BOB: Wow.
Very exciting.
VO: Is Louise's heart really in this?
If only there was some way of checking.
So just tell me, how stressed do you feel at the moment?
Feeling OK?
Can I... can I check?
I hope you're gonna warm that first.
I will warm it... (LAUGHS) OK. Let me just have a little... Am I still alive?
Yeah, you're fine.
You're great, actually.
You're in... you're in the pink.
You're in the pink.
Oh, yes.
Fantastic.
Thank you, nurse.
LOUISE: (LAUGHS) VO: Back in Olney, and the serious business of spending serious money.
That figure there, the little blanc de Chine figure, it's £18.
Yeah.
I mean, it's... bonkersly cheap.
Yeah.
DAVID: It's Guan Yin, the Buddhistic goddess of mercy.
ROSIE: Right.
So you see her around a lot.
But it's so... Look, it's so cheap, it's hardly worth typing out the label for that.
No.
DAVID: I feel every house should have a Guan Yin.
There is no great age to her but she is absolutely delightful.
DAVID: Look at that serenity.
ROSIE: Mm.
She's only 40 or 50 years old, but she's just a... She's nice.
DAVID: For 18 quid, I'd... ROSIE: Yeah.
DAVID: ..just have her at home.
ROSIE: Yeah.
I like her.
VO: Let's get back to Barton-le-Clay and see how Bob and Louise are doing.
BOB: I've just seen this.
LOUISE: Mm?
BOB: And I wanted to ask you about it.
I don't know what it is.
It looks like a snuff box to me.
LOUISE: Yes.
BOB: So what do you reckon?
VO: Ooh, could be a good find.
LOUISE: It is silver.
BOB: Yeah.
LOUISE: It has Dutch hallmarks.
Right.
LOUISE: Probably end of the 19th century.
So it's Dutch.
It goes with the peppermint.
LOUISE: It does.
BOB: (GASPS) Get you!
Right, OK.
Yes, it is Dutch.
BOB: OK. Mmm!
This is a game changer, isn't it?
It's a little bit of a game changer.
LOUISE: Ticket price is £88.
BOB: Yes.
Time for the Bob magic, I think.
VO: When it comes to money, shop owner Steve is the man to talk to.
BOB: Steve?
STEVE: Yes.
Hi, can we have a word?
STEVE: Oh.
BOB: I'm sorry.
Can we have a word... Can we have a word!
(LAUGHS) You make it sound very serious!
I made that sound far too serious.
Yes, very serious.
Um, we really like this... STEVE: Yeah.
BOB: ..snuff box.
I know it's a... it's a... it's a cheeky offer, but how about £40?
STEVE: £40?
BOB: Yes.
And that's up for... 88.
It's end of the day, go for it.
LOUISE: Ah!
BOB: Aw, Steve!
(LAUGHS) BOB: Thank you so much!
STEVE: Thanks very much.
VO: Wow!
Top man.
Thank you very much.
LOUISE: Steve.
BOB: Thank you.
LOUISE: Absolutely marvelous.
BOB: Absolutely wonderful.
That's very kind of you.
LOUISE: Money time.
BOB: Thank you.
VO: More than 50% off - Bob's really got the hang of this bartering lark.
Now that Bob and Louise have filled their dance card for the auction, it's back to Rosie and David's little Japanese tour.
That's got remarkable weight to it for something that's so small and seemingly delicate.
ROSIE: It's beautiful colors.
DAVID: It is.
Look at it.
DAVID: It is, yeah.
ROSIE: Absolutely gorgeous.
So that's Japanese.
Definitely meiji period.
DAVID: So again, 1868-1912.
ROSIE: Yeah.
And it's Kutani ware.
So from the district of Kutani.
ROSIE: Mm.
DAVID: So, synonymous with making little delicate pieces like this and then painting them in enamel.
ROSIE: It's really stunning.
Is that chrysanthemum?
Looks like it, yeah.
That's the, uh, national flower of Japan.
They like a chrysanthemum, don't they?
They do like a chrysanthemum.
Yeah.
VO: Both these Japanese items are owned by a chap called James, who isn't here.
But Nick, who's overseeing the whole shop, will act as go-between.
The bowl starts at £110, the statue at 18.
What would be the best for the pair?
Can we have them for 70 for the pair?
75 for the pair.
Let's... let's do... And we'll throw them in together.
We'll put them in a job lot.
Do a job lot.
ROSIE: Yeah.
DAVID: We'll have them.
They're really happy.
Thanks, James.
ROSIE: Thank you!
VO: Coo, that was tense, but a good deal done.
Hang on, they're not finished yet.
DAVID: I...
I'm...
I'm... ROSIE: Here we are again.
..back to that Rolls Royce.
Yes.
I...
I like it.
I like it a lot.
And I think it's very apt for what... DAVID: It is.
ROSIE: ..we're doing.
It's all down to price, so it's... ROSIE: Yes.
DAVID: Um... Let's see if Nick's available.
Nick?
VO: Nick!
The ticket price was £67 for the flask, the wallet and the box.
Hit us with it, Nick.
50 is the very very best.
I think we should go for it.
Nick.
Thank you very much indeed.
Pleasure.
Thank you very much indeed.
Thank you so much, Nick.
NICK: It's a pleasure.
ROSIE: Cheers.
VO: Well, this pair have relieved the shop of the blanc de Chine figure, the Kutani ware bowl, and the Rolls Royce flask and wallet.
Wow.
What a collection, eh?
Really eclectic.
Really eclectic, I know.
I think we've done really well.
I think this is our little star buy, though.
I think it's my favorite piece.
And to leave it till last is fantastic.
Definitely.
And you've been fantastic.
And you have.
Thank you so much.
Thank you, come on.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Right.
DAVID: Head to auction.
ROSIE: Onwards.
VO: I for one can't wait.
See you at the auction.
Sweet dreams.
VO: Auction day, and the sun has got its very best hat on.
BOB: What a day!
ROSIE: I know.
What a beautiful day.
Hottest day of the year... BOB: Hottest day of the year.
ROSIE: ..so far.
VO: Just how high is auction fever?
So you're excited but nervous?
BOB: I'm terrified.
ROSIE: Yeah, I'm nervous too.
Because, you know, we've had these emotional experiences in these... ROSIE: Yeah.
BOB: ..antique shops.
And it all means so much, and it's been so amazing.
I know!
BOB: But I'm excited, really excited.
ROSIE: You're never not excited.
Honestly, I've never seen a man so excited about everything.
BOB: Oh!
Ow!
ROSIE: There you go.
(LAUGHS) VO: Ah you've gotta love an auction day.
Today we're headed to the banks of the great river Ouse, where sits the market town of St Ives.
VO: The auctioneers today are Hyperion, where David and Louise are sweating on the arrival of their two celebrities.
I'm really looking forward to today!
And it's blinking hot!
It is a little warm.
I'm loving it.
Are you excited?
Louise, I'm always excited for auctions.
Aren't you?
Yeah, always!
And it'll be good to see Bob and Rosie again.
I know.
Aren't they good fun?
BOB: Hello, hello, hello, hello!
DAVID: Oh, and here they are!
Rosie, I love that hat.
Oh, thank you.
DAVID: You look fabulous.
LOUISE: She does.
It's my lucky hat.
DAVID: It's your lucky hat.
ROSIE: My lucky hat.
Quick, take it off then!
I love your lucky hat.
Hello gorgeous, how are you?
ROSIE: Good, how are you?
DAVID: Good, yeah, fine.
ROSIE: Good.
LOUISE: Come on, Bob!
VO: I see Bob still hasn't quite mastered that car.
Does he always take this long?
Yes.
(LAUGHTER) ROSIE: Yes.
BOB: It's true.
I do, I do.
Hello!
LOUISE: Welcome!
BOB: Hello.
Never mind all that.
Come on, you two.
Shall we go in?
Yeah, it's exciting.
BOB: Here we go.
Come on.
ROSIE: Let's do it.
Come on.
VO: Rosie and David spent £240 on five lots.
What will Bob and Louise make of the wakeboard?
I can't wake.
Ha.
Go on.
First thoughts, Bob, first thoughts.
Um, coffee table?
LOUISE: Wakeboard.
BOB: Wake... wakeboard?
LOUISE: I'm... BOB: What's a wakeboard?
LOUISE: Wakeboard, like a surfboard.
Oh, like a surfboard.
But maybe slightly smaller.
That's their thinking.
That's a really small surfboard.
And I...
I think they were maybe thinking we were going to St Ives... BOB: Yes.
In Cornwall.
LOUISE: By the sea.
BOB: Yes.
Not St Ives in Huntingdonshire.
VO: Bob and Louise spent £335 on their lots including Bob's buy, the Doulton jug.
Hm, hm, bit of old fashioned Doulton.
What do you think, what are your thoughts?
Am I allowed to say I think it's really ugly?
You've just said it.
(LAUGHS) If someone likes Doulton then, you know... DAVID: Yeah.
ROSIE: ..it's...
They're gonna take a fair bit on it, definitely.
OK, the good thing is nobody likes Doulton anymore.
DAVID: There you go.
ROSIE: Fabulous.
30 quid.
Well that leaves it at that, doesn't it?
VO: Auctioneer Rod Best has scrutinized the items.
What's his pick of the bunch?
(GAVEL) AUCTIONEER: Blanc de Chine, Japanese, two names.
I mean, it's...
The Japanese market is just so unpredictable but it's predictable in as much as it's going that way.
We've got all sorts of nationalities today.
This probably is the star of them.
Very very sought after, these enamel brooches.
Lovely color.
I think it could do towards 100 and maybe even a little bit more.
VO: In you go, ladies and gents, single file.
Bids accepted in person, over the phone and on the internet.
BOB: Well, well.
ROSIE: Here we go!
Have you been to an auction, Rosie?
ROSIE: I have.
DAVID: Have you?
I have.
I've been to an auction to buy but never to sell.
Ah!
OK, what about you, Bob?
Have you... BOB: Never.
LOUISE: Oh.
This is my first ever auction.
VO: Brace yourselves then.
Here's Rosie's Rolls Royce hip flask and wallet.
30 is with me.
I need 32 now.
It's 35 I have on the internet, 35.
AUCTIONEER: 38 in the room.
ROSIE: Oh!
AUCTIONEER: Eh, hand in the room at 38.
40 I'm looking for.
Yes.
We'll go with that, come on.
AUCTIONEER: 40 on the net.
45, sir?
45, 50.
DAVID: Go on.
ROSIE: Come on!
50's gone.
55, 60, 65.
70?
ROSIE: Come on, come on, come on, come on.
Come on, come on, come on.
AUCTIONEER: 70.
DAVID: Go on!
You're out, you're out, you're in.
We're done.
AUCTIONEER: 65 DAVID: Wow.
ROSIE: Yay!
BOB: 65, well done.
Oh, I'm pleased with that.
15.
15.
ROSIE: 15?
DAVID: Yeah.
That's something.
That's something!
VO: A good start.
Puts the pressure on Bob and Louise.
ROSIE: Phew!
LOUISE: Bravo.
VO: It's the Doulton jug.
Rosie won't be too disappointed that she can't bid.
She hated it.
Eight I have, 10, 12.
Oh, it's off.
AUCTIONEER: 15.
DAVID: It's off.
It's off, flying.
We're flying.
With you madam, at £15.
Not going well.
AUCTIONEER: You directly under the podium, at £15.
Oh.
Doulton's coming back into fashion.
This is not going well.
AUCTIONEER: At 18 now.
18's on the net.
We're selling on the net, make no mistake, at 18.
LOUISE: OK. BOB: OK. OK. DAVID: Stop smiling.
BOB: Well it's a start.
ROSIE: I'm not, I'm not.
BOB: It's better than nothing.
VO: Ha ha.
An early loss for Bob and Louise.
Hang on.
Are we supposed to make money?
Is that... is that the idea?
VO: Next it's the wakeboard/sign/coffee table.
And I can already tell you that I will buy this for whatever it goes for.
DAVID: Ah!
ROSIE: Woohoo!
My father gave me one of these in... in 1970, and I lost it.
So, anyway.
Referee!
With that in mind, I'll start you at £15.
DAVID: Oh!
ROSIE: No!
BOB: Aw!
LOUISE: (LAUGHS) 18.
Oh, look, I'll bid 50.
Come on!
Against you all, 50's with me.
Blowing it all out the water... DAVID: Oh!
..it's 50 with me.
Against you all.
BOB: You'll sink.
AUCTIONEER: £50.
Aw!
(LAUGHS) VO: The auctioneer's only gone and bought it for himself, adding to Rosie and David profits.
Well, there you go.
Isn't that funny?
He had one when he was a kid.
VO: Time for the lamp now.
It's orange, you know.
We'll start at 10 low.
We need 12.
12.
LOUISE: Yes.
AUCTIONEER: 12.
AUCTIONEER: 18.
20.
Yes.
Yes, yes, yes.
Yes, keep going.
20.
Two, five, eight.
Oh, this is going at right speed.
Keep going!
Look at them, look at them.
ROSIE: Come on!
BOB: Plead.
AUCTIONEER: 35 on the... on the net.
40.
ROSIE: Yes!
AUCTIONEER: 40, new bidder here.
(GASPS) Come on, new bidder.
Seriously, I love you, you're so wonderful.
Rosie, this isn't your... yours.
Oh!
It's not.
But it's for... it's for a good cause.
55?
AUCTIONEER: 50, no?
It's in the room at 45.
Against you.
No?
Go on!
AUCTIONEER: At £45, I will sell.
(GAVEL) ROSIE: Aw!
BOB: Oh, thank you very much!
(SCATTERED APPLAUSE) You brought it back.
That's OK. BOB: That's alright.
ROSIE: You got your money back.
VO: Bob's retromania just about worked out.
Over to Japan now, and Rosie's magazine rack.
£10, a low start.
10 we start, and need 12.
DAVID: Oh.
ROSIE: Low!
Low.
AUCTIONEER: 12 I have.
Oh good!
Everybody has magazines, come on!
With you in the back.
25.
25, new bid at 25.
That's it.
Come on, come on.
ROSIE: Go on.
AUCTIONEER: 28.
Come on, we've gotta break even.
We have to break even.
30 is... is in the middle there of the room... DAVID: Come on!
AUCTIONEER: ..at £30.
Just... £5 more!
Yours alone at £30.
(GAVEL) ROSIE: Oh!
BOB: Fair enough.
Money back minus a bit of commission.
ROSIE: Broke even.
DAVID: That's alright.
VO: That's put the brakes on a bit.
ROSIE: Yeah.
BOB: Yeah.
DAVID: Good.
ROSIE: Yeah.
BOB: It's good.
DAVID: Phwa.
It's quite good.
VO: Will the Victorian silver spoon serve up a profit?
You tell me.
Will we start, a low start at... AUCTIONEER: Oh, I've got £12.
ROSIE: Oh!
Oh, so there's a good bid!
Oh!
At 15 I'm looking for.
15 I have.
LOUISE: Yes!
AUCTIONEER: At 18.
18 there, 20.
AUCTIONEER: Two, five.
DAVID: A long way to go.
AUCTIONEER: Eight.
DAVID: It's going.
AUCTIONEER: 30, five.
40, five.
VO: Oh, it's going along.
Ooh!
Go on!
LOUISE: (GASPS) Yes.
AUCTIONEER: Five.
AUCTIONEER: 90.
LOUISE: Yes!
ROSIE: It's got a train on it.
LOUISE: Go on, go on.
One... 110.
110.
Go on!
Go on.
AUCTIONEER: 120.
ROSIE: Go on, Helen.
I'm selling at 120.
It's there, I am selling.
Yes!
OK, we all done?
This is on the net.
120.
ROSIE: Well done!
BOB: Thank you!
LOUISE: Woo!
ROSIE: Well done.
BOB: That's amaz... VO: That's not bad at all.
Nice thing, nice price.
BOB: There we are.
ROSIE: Good job, guys.
VO: Staying with Victoria, this time it's the stained glass.
Hello.
VO: Oh, getting a little helping hand, I see.
Oh!
She's off.
ROSIE: Come on, everyone.
DAVID: Very nice.
ROSIE: Come on!
1897.
AUCTIONEER: Well, I'm starting at £12... Oh!
(LAUGHS) 15, 18.
We're 18.
20, there you go now.
(LAUGHTER) Come on!
25.
30 I have.
35.
35, 40.
45.
DAVID: Go on!
AUCTIONEER: It's still going.
BOB: Is it?
AUCTIONEER: I need 45.
Where?
Where are you looking?
AUCTIONEER: 45.
Keep going.
DAVID: Come on!
AUCTIONEER: 60, 60 I have.
ROSIE: Oh, come on.
AUCTIONEER: 70.
ROSIE: Come on.
AUCTIONEER: 65 it is.
I'm looking for 70 now.
ROSIE: Come on, guys.
AUCTIONEER: 65.
I'm gonna take Rosie to every auction I go to.
LOUISE: I know!
BOB: Absolutely.
65.
(GAVEL) DAVID: Yay!
(APPLAUSE) She's your secret weapon.
VO: Would you say no to Jac Naylor?
(LAUGHS) Well done.
I can't get up and show things around.
Thank you!
VO: A bit of decorum and delicacy now.
Anyone fancy going Dutch?
Let's start you at 30, £40.
LOUISE: Oh... DAVID: Yeah.
AUCTIONEER: 45.
Helen's back in.
ROSIE: Helen's in!
Helen's back in!
Helen's bidding again.
Go on, Helen.
60, five, 70, five.
At 75.
Oh no.
Come on.
Please do something.
At 75, get your... With you Helen.
Done.
(GAVEL) AUCTIONEER: 75 ROSIE: Oh!
DAVID: Double drat!
ROSIE: Oh no.
VO: And it was all going so well.
That's a big loss.
A Dutch disaster.
You're an evil, evil person.
VO: The Japanese figurine and bowl are Rosie's final lot.
Low start 40.
I'll try... 30, I will start at 30.
Low start.
Five, 40, five with me, 50.
DAVID: Come on.
AUCTIONEER: Five.
60.
DAVID: Go on.
ROSIE: Come on, come on, come on.
Five, 70.
65's with me.
Come on!
AUCTIONEER: 70 now.
DAVID: Go on!
AUCTIONEER: Five, at 75 he's at now.
DAVID: Yes.
That's better.
ROSIE: Come on, guys!
80's with me.
At £80... DAVID: No.
ROSIE: No, no, no.
No.
No!
AUCTIONEER: 80... DAVID: Nothing online?
AUCTIONEER: Are we done?
ROSIE: No!
With me, £80.
ROSIE: It's still good.
AUCTIONEER: It's alright.
ROSIE: It's still good.
DAVID: It's a profit.
VO: A tidy profit.
Bob and Louise have some catching up to do.
Welcome to the A-Team, Bob.
You're on a roll, aren't you!
(LAUGHS) VO: Their last item is the Norwegian brooch.
The auctioneer had high hopes for this one.
It could do well.
65 I have.
Looking for 70 now.
(ALL GASP) That's amazing.
Oh my gosh, that's brilliant.
BOB: That's amazing.
LOUISE: Wow.
AUCTIONEER: 75.
No?
£70.
At 70... 75.
New bidder now.
It's a profit.
DAVID: Slow it down.
LOUISE: It's a profit.
Slow the bidding down.
It's a profit!
(LAUGHS) (LAUGHS) DAVID: Slow that bidding.
AUCTIONEER: 75.
Get the hammer down.
Are you done at 75?
No internet.
At 75.
(GAVEL) BOB: Well... DAVID: Seriously well done.
LOUISE: Thank you.
That was amazing actually.
That was amazing.
VO: That might have brought Bob and Louise back into contention.
Well, I reckon we had to probably sell that for about £340... (LAUGHS) No, I don't think so.
..to actually win this.
So... (LAUGHS) No, you never know.
But you never know.
DAVID: Yeah.
BOB: You never know.
Shall we go and work it out?
BOB: Yes, please.
Yes.
LOUISE: Yes, let's do this.
VO: Time to tally the totals and see who ended up the winner.
Bob and Louise started with £400 and after auction costs made a loss of £61.94, leaving them with £338.06.
Gosh, what a nice man he is.
(GAVEL) Rosie and David have fared a bit better with a small loss of £2.20 after auction costs, leaving them with a total of £397.80.
That makes them the winners.
So well done.
DAVID: Oh well!
ROSIE: Oh!
It's great being a winner.
(LAUGHTER) It was such a good trip, Rosie.
DAVID: It's been... ROSIE: It was.
DAVID: ..magnificent.
BOB: It's been the best.
You've enjoyed it?
You've learned lots?
Absolutely amazing!
It's been an amazing amazing three days.
Rosie!
Thank you so much, David.
ROSIE: It's been fabulous.
DAVID: Oh, you're an angel.
Thank you.
It's been so much fun.
I've absolutely loved it.
ROSIE: Right!
BOB: Thank you.
ROSIE: Starsky and Hutch.
DAVID: Safe trip.
BOB: Let's get in.
DAVID: Safe trip.
ROSIE: Bye!
BOB: Take care.
VO: A last slam of the vintage car doors, the last throb of the engine, and they're off.
Wasn't that fun?
We should actually do our own Antiques Road Trip.
I would love that!
We could go camping.
Antique camping... BOB: Camping... ROSIE: ..with Bob and Rosie.
VO: Coming to a screen near you very soon!
Ha ha!
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