NARRATOR: The nation's favorite celebrities-- I like surprises.
VO: ..paired up with an expert...
I got excited then!
VO: Whoopsie!
And a classic car.
BOTH: Here we go!
(CAR BACKFIRES) Wowzer!
VO: Their mission?
To scour Britain for antiques.
Am I on safari?
(WHISTLE BLOWS) VO: The aim?
To make the biggest profit at auction.
(GASPS) VO: But it's no easy ride.
Oh, dear!
VO: Who will find a hidden gem?
(NEIGHS) VO: Who will take the biggest risk?
(LAUGHS) VO: Will anybody follow expert advice?
I hate it.
VO: There will be worthy winners... (LAUGHS) VO: ..and valiant losers.
Double drat!
Oh, no!
VO: Put your pedal to the metal.
Spend, spend, spend.
VO: This is the Celebrity Antiques Road Trip!
VO: Yeah, baby!
MUSIC: "Mr Brightside" by The Killers VO: Start your engines!
Today we're on the road with two famous friends.
It feels like I'm travelling with Beyonce.
VO: Well, Shappi Khorsandi, you've got the next best thing!
I feel that I should have like sunglasses on and like a headscarf.
VO: It's Konnie Huq!
Rolling countryside, blue sky... Blue sky.
..open road.
VO: And a 1964 Roller.
Cor, look at that!
This is a proper car.
This is what driving's meant to be like.
It is.
VO: It's a Silver Cloud III.
Built before seatbelts were mandatory.
Oh, hello!
Oh, it's... Ooh, turning circle, not so tight... Not quite power steering.
Ooh!
Hm...
I'm putting my life in your hands, Shappi.
You're in safe hands, baby.
VO: Chums Shappi and Konnie went to the same primary school.
A few years and changes of hairdo later, they've both made it big in the world of showbiz.
VO: Comedian and author Shappi has been a popular joke-meister on the comedy circuit since the 1990s, and she has rarely been off our television screens since.
Konnie was the longest serving female presenter on BBC children's program Blue Peter, racking up 10 years of service on the show.
And she's since presented other television, and is a published author too.
Do you know much about antiques?
I know... Not really, not masses.
But I know what I like.
I wonder if our experts will wear bow ties.
Oh, I hope they do.
Yeah, me too.
VO: Will a pink shirt and snazzy yellow blazer do?
It's Tim Medhurst and Charles Hanson!
Charles, it's great to be on the road with you again.
Oh, exactly.
I mean, you are a work of art.
VO: As is their 1971 carriage.
Do you agree, chaps?
I love the car, little Morris Minor.
Convertible as well, which is lovely, to soak in that sun.
The glistening sun, the golden vines.
The golden stars today we're meeting shortly.
It doesn't get much better.
VO: Indeed it doesn't.
Let's make hay while the sun shines!
CHARLES: Good!
TIM: Hello, ladies.
(HORN HONKS) CHARLES: Wow, what a car!
CHARLES: Best... TIM: Hello.
Good morning.
VO: Very gentlemanly.
SHAPPI: Oh, hello!
CHARLES: Good morning.
SHAPPI: Good morning!
CHARLES: How are you?
KONNIE: Hello!
TIM: Lovely to meet you.
CHARLES: Love the car!
SHAPPI: Thank you so much.
TIM: And you've arrived in style, look at that.
KONNIE: I know, it's a beauty.
They're both nice!
TIM: Yeah.
And we get nicer... TIM: Hello, how are you?
SHAPPI: Hello!
CHARLES: How are you?
VO: Gosh, there's lots of love this morning.
And we are literally paired up.
SHAPPI: Amazing.
CHARLES: We're good to go.
We are.
Shall we go?
Come on.
SHAPPI: A little guinea pig.
Yeah, you two do the competition!
What we say in our world is going, going, going, get out of here, we're gone.
Come on!
You're driving, by the way.
KONNIE: Er, yeah, shall I drive?
Do you trust me?
Do you trust my driving skills?
CHARLES: Bye, see you there!
KONNIE: Bye bye.
TIM: See you there.
KONNIE: Oh... How erm... VO: So, it's Shappi and Charles versus Konnie and Tim.
Let's get this show on the road.
You know, I've been dying to meet you.
And we're together at last, in this car.
I hope I don't disappoint, or crash the car.
(GEARS CRUNCH) Oh my God... TIM: Ooh!
KONNIE: Oh my God!
I'm very excited about today.
Are you?
Because... Yeah.
What I want to find, hopefully find, is antiques that tell a story, have some history.
You know what, I think you're my sort of lady.
Aw!
Konnie, are you a competitive person?
Erm... You know, I really like Shappi, so I don't mind if she wins.
But I reckon we should give it a go, shouldn't we?
Well, I think we should.
I'm quite keen on sort of beating Charles Hanson... OK, fine.
Let's do it to beat Charles!
VO: Now that's fighting talk!
On this trip, the gang will be touring Sussex before an auction in Southgate in north London.
But the first stop is Lewes.
In 1264, there was a bloody battle here between King Henry III and Simon de Montfort, the Earl of Leicester.
Over 700 years later, Konnie and Tim are first to the front line with their £400 budget.
Look out, Emporium Antiques Centre!
Looks pretty.
Are you excited?
I'm very excited.
TIM: Good.
KONNIE: I'm raring to go.
VO: They're not wasting any time either, and with good reason!
The stock of 60 dealers here should offer a plethora of opportunities.
TIM: Konnie.
KONNIE: Yeah?
Here's one I found earlier.
KONNIE: Ha-ha-ha.
Ohh!
TIM: Sorry.
(THEY LAUGH) It's "here's one I made earlier".
Get your catchphrases right.
Sorry, sorry.
Let's see.
It's kind of... Oh, it's kind of creepy.
TIM: It's creepy, isn't it?
KONNIE: Yeah, look at that face.
TIM: Talk about creepy, look at that... Creepy doll.
This must be the creepy section.
TIM: Yeah.
KONNIE: I mean, I actually... Did you have a doll like that?
No, do you know what?
I seriously had a porcelain doll when I was a child, that didn't look as creepy as that, but I thought it was gorgeous at the time.
TIM: And then you grew up and realized how creepy it actually was... KONNIE: Yeah, creepy doll.
VO: And look who's creeping round the corner!
Ha-ha!
They're here.
Oh, they're there, alright... CHARLES: They're here!
SHAPPI: Alright.
CHARLES: Yeah, perfect.
Right.
SHAPPI: Excellent.
CHARLES: Let's go!
SHAPPI: Oh, we're skipping.
You've got longer legs...
I know, we're skipping, there we go!
There we go.
CHARLES: Down and down.
SHAPPI: But will you indulge me and just have a little wander round?
VO: We'll leave them to browse.
Now, how's Konnie getting on?
Oh, my goodness.
We had windows like this in the house that I grew up in.
In our... A 1930s end of terrace house.
Like that.
That takes me back to my childhood, these windows.
Oh look, that would be nice if I had a fireplace.
(CLATTERING) Hmm...
Confused, confused.
VO: Where's that expert when you need him, eh?
How're you feeling?
Feeling good.
TIM: Good?
KONNIE: Yeah.
You feeling energized and ready... KONNIE: Yeah.
TIM: ..to find a bargain?
Yeah, 100%.
Well, I tell you what, I did spot something upstairs... KONNIE: Oh, show me!
TIM: ..that I can show you.
But I'm hoping they haven't spotted it first.
We want to win, don't we?
So... Let's go up stealth like.
We'll creep past them... OK, go on.
You lead the way.
KONNIE: ..and we'll go get it.
TIM: OK. VO: (WHISPERS) I can creep!
Shhh!
I'll follow you.
KONNIE: Ba-ba-ba-ba.
VO: Yeah.
CHARLES: Let's get him out the cabinet.
As a comedian, of course, I'm instantly drawn to this jester.
The Royal Doulton jester.
Is that just me or is that just a thing of beauty...?
It's... And also, it's a real link between you and the object.
Let's get him out the cabinet.
See, I... Look at his face.
I mean, look at his face.
That's a thing of beauty.
And look, you've got the cheeky little wink, but also the creases... (STAIRS CREAK) CHARLES: Yeah.
..of pain for all the times he's been booed off.
And like me, I've got my little... Shhh!
CHARLES: Get out of here!
So, made by Royal Doulton.
Turn it upside down, look at the mark.
The plinth base is OK, no chips.
The jester.
I mean, he's almost made for you, isn't he?
SHAPPI: Mm-hm.
CHARLES: How much is he?
He is £85.
He's probably gonna make between 50 and £80.
SHAPPI: I'd pay more for you.
Would you?
SHAPPI: No.
CHARLES: No.
VO: So, the curtain's drawn on the jester.
Now, where did Konnie and Tim sneak off to?
Konnie, I spotted this.
What do you think?
Oh, I love it!
TIM: Do you?
KONNIE: Snuff box!
Right, what do you think about it?
What's your first reaction?
My first reaction is - gorgeous, good condition.
Yeah.
So cute, sweet cherries... TIM: And how old would you guess that was?
Oh, I'd say... Erm...
I don't know, Victorian times, is it?
OK, I can understand why you think that.
Mm.
But I would think that dates to around 1770 to 1780.
Wow!
Isn't that amazing?
Over 200 years old.
This one here, it says "sweet cherries" there.
And I wonder if this little boy is selling cherries to this lady at her doorstep there.
KONNIE: That's so cute.
TIM: Isn't it sweet?
It's really sweet... And you spotted something that was really important, and that's condition.
Now, quite often, these enameled boxes get really knocked around.
It only takes one person to drop it and the enamel will just shatter.
Yeah.
But this one is actually in remarkable condition.
I can't see any cracks.
The only thing that I can spot here is that there's just been some old gluing around here.
But in all honesty, that's all part of its life.
It's not a big problem.
The enamel itself is in good condition.
KONNIE: It could be 1770s glue.
TIM: Yeah.
VO: It's not sticky back plastic!
It's priced at £115, which might seem quite a lot of money.
But it's quite a large size, it's a good scene, and it's in lovely condition.
To a collector, I could see that making 100 to 150 in an auction.
So, if you can use some really good negotiating skills, if we can get that below the 100...
Yes!
Haggle.
VO: They've finally found a possible.
Any such luck for Charles and Shappi?
Yes, there's something that caught my eye.
Oh, yes?
Because, again, I'm drawn to pens cuz my father is a writer.
And growing up, we were... always had a deep respect of pens and weren't allowed to touch his pens.
Really?
Well, because he had like expensive fountain pens... Yeah.
..and they were the tools of his trade.
So pens are a big deal, you know?
And my eye caught this delicate, cute little pen holder.
Just adorable.
Of course, you've got a gorgeous shell little stand.
Er, what do you call, a little shell cartouche.
And marked on the back, can you read that mark there?
It says Tiffany and Co... SHAPPI: Tiffany and Co. CHARLES: ..darling.
There we go.
And whenever you need a sort of designer-driven name, label to drive a good piece of silver, you've got it.
SHAPPI: Yeah.
I think this would be for just a collector who thinks it's adorable.
CHARLES: It would date to maybe the 1930s.
Have a guess how much, I'll test your knowledge now.
You're a lady of taste, refinement... Alright, so it's silver, 1930s, Tiffany.
I'd say it's about £120.
CHARLES: It's priced at 95.
95, OK. Not too bad...
So you get sterling silver, great name in Tiffany.
It's not a marriage, they've always been together.
Mm-hm.
Always been as one.
And...that's a good spot.
VO: That could be one to write home about.
Well done, Shappi.
How's Konnie getting on?
Do you like these shoes?
I could see myself wearing those, yeah...
I can see you wearing them.
I think you should get them... TIM: Quite jazzy.
I honestly think they would give a lift to your outfit.
I think these are more me, don't you?
No, no, look!
These will tie your shirt tones in with your shoes.
TIM: Do you think?
KONNIE: Yeah.
VO: This is no time for a makeover!
SHAPPI: Charles.
CHARLES: Yes?
SHAPPI: I'm excited.
CHARLES: Why are you excited?
I've seen this dramatic fish.
CHARLES: Yeah, I... SHAPPI: It's like this dramatic fish jug.
What draws you to a fish?
Well, nothing ordinarily.
CHARLES: Are you hungry?
SHAPPI: I'm a vegan.
CHARLES: Are you?
SHAPPI: Mm.
There's one thing for it, open the cabinet.
Probably made by a factory called Joseph Holdcroft.
It's a lead-glazed earthenware.
It would date to around 1890.
SHAPPI: Oh, wow.
CHARLES: I like it.
SHAPPI: I think it's beautiful.
CHARLES: Yeah, it is.
And you were the... Are we really doing this?
VO: Only if you can reel in a really good deal!
Michele?
You're needed.
CHARLES: Hello.
MICHELE: Hello.
SHAPPI: Hi.
CHARLES: My friend and I... MICHELE: Hello.
..have found two objects.
That's pretty.
And a fish, a big fish.
Lovely.
How much was this one?
CHARLES: Erm... SHAPPI: 14.99.
That's a funny price for the Emporium!
No, no, no!
VO: Now, that is a joke.
MICHELE: Thank you... SHAPPI: That's £95.
CHARLES: We'd be hoping you can do your best on that.
I think, at 55, I suppose for me... Mm-hm?
..I was hoping you can do a bit, Michele?
MICHELE: 115 for the two.
Numbers, so that'll be £75 and that 40.
Is that right?
MICHELE: Yes, yeah.
I'm happy.
Look at me, are you happy?
This is your...
I think, yes.
Whoo!
..real-time live buying.
115 English pounds.
There we go.
That's 100, and that's 20... MICHELE: Brilliant.
Thank you.
..so thank you.
SHAPPI: Yes?
CHARLES: I'm really happy.
You know, we've got our pen, we can sign away everything.
Where's the car, by the way?
This way.
CHARLES: Are you sure?
SHAPPI: Yeah.
OK. VO: So, that's two buys in the ol' bag for Shappi and Charles.
Konnie and Tim, who got here first, haven't made one.
Better pull your socks up!
KONNIE: Oh...
I think that's a bit of you.
It's stylish and it's fun.
TIM: Look at that.
KONNIE: Stylish.
The first thing I would think of is the art nouveau period.
So you've got the English standard hallmarks, the little lion in the middle there means that it's English hallmark silver.
And then next to it there is the date letter, for 1910.
VO: This silver, enamel and mother of pearl bracelet was made by Smith and Ewen of Birmingham.
Ticket price?
£155.
Wow.
In auction, I could see it being 80 to 120.
But, on a good day, if a couple of people really liked it, I could see it flying up to nearer the £200 mark.
VO: Time for some tough talk with that lady in charge.
TIM: Hello, Michele.
MICHELE: Hello.
TIM: Nice to see you again.
MICHELE: Good to see you.
KONNIE: Hello.
MICHELE: Hello.
KONNIE: Nice to see you.
MICHELE: And you.
OK, so we've found two items that we like.
Well done.
Number one is this little snuff box.
And number two is this bracelet.
Beautiful.
VO: Combined ticket price?
£270.
How about, say, 180 for the two?
(INHALES) I think that's a little bit too much off.
Do you think?
But look... Well, er, because... ..this one's all scratched up and it's all glued.
Look at that.
MICHELE: Yeah, but that's cuz it's really old.
Oh, you know you want to.
No, 195.
> Oh, OK. How about...
I think that's a nice meet in the middle.
KONNIE: 192.50?
VO: Don't push it, girl!
I think that's really generous.
You've given a good discount.
Yeah.
Thank you, thank you!
I think that's...
I think we should... Oh look, we've got a deal.
..take the deal, that's very, very generous.
TIM: Thank you, Michele.
MICHELE: Thank you.
And I better get some dosh out.
Oh, yeah.
I forgot, I forgot.
TIM: We've gotta pay.
KONNIE: We need to pay, yeah.
VO: Two good buys for Konnie and Tim, too.
What a morning, eh?
Now, where have the other pair got off to?
I'm gonna get myself a Rolls-Royce.
I think you should.
Take heart in a great British classic.
Yeah.
And actually, you and the car on the road together... (LAUGHS) We're a good pair.
After this first, our first day together...
I think we are.
..the romance is growing, the chemistry is there for antiques.
I feel like you get me.
I feel that you know... Yeah, I do get you.
..that I don't merely want to be a tourist.
No.
I really want to get my teeth into it.
Yes, good.
It's like a date, really, isn't it?
It's like a date, you and I, shopping together.
SHAPPI: Yes.
CHARLES: It's a shop date.
VO: It's a cheap date, that's for a fact!
Shappi and our smooth operator are taking a ride in the Rolls half an hour south, to the seaside town of Brighton.
When you think of this coastal resort, its beach or famous pier might come to mind.
But it's the little-known history of the exquisite Royal Pavilion, a Brighton landmark for almost 200 years, that's drawing Shappi and Charles here today.
SHAPPI: Right.
CHARLES: What a place to come, hey?
SHAPPI: Here we are!
Let's go.
SHAPPI: What a joy.
I wonder how much it is to rent.
VO: Hey!
A lot more than your kitty, I'll wager.
Our duo are meeting Kevin Bacon - no, not that one - but one of the curators of this former regal palace.
Built in the early 19th century for the notoriously extravagant King George IV, who liked to dress up.
How did it come about to look so opulent?
Well, the Royal Pavilion was originally just a lodging house that George rented during his early visits to Brighton.
And over the next few decades, it gradually evolved, originally, into a fairly modest villa called the Marine Pavilion.
And then, finally, from 1815, into the form that we see today, which was completed in 1823.
Reflecting Britain's status in the world at that time with an emerging empire, it has this very distinctive Indian-inspired exterior that's familiar to many people who visit Brighton every year.
And it looks tremendously exciting and exotic.
Mm.
And particularly for someone like George, who really wants this palace to be his place of escape, it's a place of fantasy.
SHAPPI: It's certainly that.
I've never seen somewhere so ostentatious.
You can almost feel the music now capture George and glitterati, and I can actually dance to Georgian music.
SHAPPI: Can you?
Mm, I can.
Do you want me to show you?
SHAPPI: Yes, please.
CHARLES: OK, stand up for me.
Do you mind, if I can just show my... Go ahead.
..my lady?
So...so basically, if you I suppose are, you know, living a life of Georgian regalia, I might grab your hand, and then I would just sort of take you round like that.
Very sort of light, genteel music.
And the aroma of this interior I think would then just take you down the long corridor.
I'd look at you, we'd look down there, and we'd go this way.
Just like that, and we can come back again.
And I could then just send you that way.
CHARLES: And then, I... (SHAPPI LAUGHS) Are you impressed?
It's a bit...
I'm very impressed!
I...
I'm light on my feet, do you think?
Well, I'm delighted the Pavilion has inspired you so much.
Very much.
Do you want a go?
I'm fine, thank you.
VO: Very wise, Kevin.
But twinkle-toed Charles isn't far off the mark.
King George used the Pavilion as both a seaside getaway and as a venue for lavish parties.
Although he was vilified for his life of excess and immorality, George's patronage helped transform Brighton from a sleepy fishing town into a fashionable resort.
VO: In the 20th century, as the shadow of war crept over Europe, the resplendent Pavilion served a new purpose - one that would come to help thousands of British Indian troops who were injured in World War I. Davinder Dhillon is the chairperson of the Chattri Memorial Group, which honors the Indian soldiers who served in the Great War.
So these guys, like, am I right - they're mostly Indian soldiers?
Yes, they would be.
They'd be Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, maybe a few Buddhists... SHAPPI: Mm-hm.
..Zoroastrians.
They're all there.
Where were they fighting?
They were fighting in Belgium and France, which is called the Western Front basically.
Of course, yeah.
At the start of the war in 1914, a third of the "British Army" was Indian... Mm-hm.
Yeah.
So, one in three soldiers was Indian.
VO: Three buildings in Brighton, including the Pavilion, were converted into hospitals.
12,000 injured troops came through their doors.
How long did they have to change this place into a hospital?
It took them two weeks.
CHARLES: Two weeks to make it into a hospital?
DAVINDER: To turn this into a hospital.
The kitchen, interestingly, they converted into two operating theatres.
SHAPPI: I just can't get the image out, of someone being operated on in a...in a kitchen.
CHARLES: How many beds were there in the Pavilion?
Well, in the whole place, there were about 600 beds.
(CHARLES WHISPERS) Amazing.
But there's a fantastic little story about this.
One of the soldiers was unconscious, OK?
So he came over here.
As far as he was concerned, he was lifeless and so on.
SHAPPI: Mm-hm.
So he woke up here and he looked up at the ceiling, and he said, "I'm in heaven."
"I'm in heaven, I'm in paradise" were his exact words, yeah.
He thought he had died and gone to heaven.
SHAPPI: Wow.
VO: Today, the Royal Pavilion stands as an iconic symbol of Brighton's rich history and of the brave Indian troops who served King and country.
VO: Let's catch up with Konnie and Tim, who are venturing to Burgess Hill, 11 miles away.
Do you like this car, Konnie?
You're getting...getting to grips with driving it.
I love this car, it's really got personality.
And do you notice how it sometimes pipes up in our conversation?
It does.
It goes pop, pop, pop!
Yeah, exactly.
It's so in tune with us, it's our very own Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
It is.
(GEARS CRUNCH) Ohh!
Agh, my gear!
VO: I wonder what it's trying to tell you now.
The shop is in a center, I think, so should we leave the car somewhere and have a wander and try and find it?
OK, yeah, for sure.
Sounds good.
VO: Probably best before Konnie crunches those gears again.
They've got just over £200 left to play with.
Next stop, Rocking Horse Emporium.
So giddy up, eh?
KONNIE: Tim, look?
TIM: Hm?
Look at these little beauties.
Aren't they cute?
TIM: Erm... Yeah.
VO: Convincing.
Are they?
(CHUCKLES) Well, aren't they old?
They are, they look maybe '30s or '40s or '50s or... KONNIE: It says '20s.
TIM: '20s?
KONNIE: Yeah.
TIM: Oh.
And look...
I have to say, little dolls aren't my forte.
(LAUGHS) All I would say is that condition is very important with toys and dolls.
KONNIE: OK. TIM: I do know that.
And unfortunately, that one's head has been orf.
KONNIE: Orf?
TIM: Orf.
OK. TIM: That one's head's been off.
OK. That one's foot's missing.
That one's got a chipped toe.
They're a bit orf.
VO: And "orf" the shortlist by the sound of it.
Moving on.
TIM: What do you think of this little chair?
KONNIE: It's cute.
TIM: Isn't that nice, Konnie?
KONNIE: I like it.
That is arts and crafts.
It's liberty style.
And the arts and crafts movement was all about moving away from that industrial mass production of the Victorian period.
KONNIE: So it's moving away from mass production?
Exactly.
All of that would've been handmade.
All of these bits would've been hand crafted.
Lovely original rush seat.
Dates to around 1880, 1890, something like that.
Look at the price, £30.
For an arts and crafts oak chair, with original rush seat.
Is it a steal?
It is, really.
And you think of modern furniture now, could you buy a handmade chair with original rush seat... KONNIE: No.
TIM: ..for 30 quid?
VO: So, that's a potential buy.
What about that?
That is really cool, isn't it?
VO: I think they're on a roll.
Yeah!
What is it?
I would say it's a late Edwardian, maybe sort of 1920s smokers stand.
It would've probably sat in a gentlemen's club somewhere.
And around the back, you can see a little rack for pipes.
And then you've got probably somewhere to keep your tobacco, candles.
And then in the middle, a little Vesta holder for your matches.
And at the front, you can see a striker, where you'd strike your match to light your pipe.
And it's in the shape of a... What a nutty little thing.
..shape of a horse shoe, isn't it?
TIM: So maybe it was a... KONNIE: It has it all going on.
..country club or something like that.
VO: The ticket price is a reasonable £38.
KONNIE: Which do you prefer?
TIM: Or we could buy them both.
You're feeling flush, aren't you?
Yeah, are you?
I mean, we could flash the cash.
Konnie, the big question is, do you like them?
KONNIE: Yeah.
TIM: Shall we buy them?
KONNIE: Yeah.
TIM: Yeah?
KONNIE: OK. VO: That's a total of £68.
Time to pay David...
Thank you very much.
DAVID: lovely.
TIM: Thanks very much.
KONNIE: Cheers.
Thanks so much.
TIM: Take care.
Bye.
VO: ..and call it a day.
Right, can you remember where the car was?
Where did we park it?
This way...?
Erm... VO: The blind leading the blind, if you ask me.
VO: Oh good, they found it.
What a day.
Have you enjoyed yourself?
Oh my gosh, it's been such fun.
It really has.
It's like a road trip, an adventure and an education all in one.
What do you reckon the tactic for tomorrow should be?
More of the same.
More of the same.
Winging it to win it.
KONNIE: Yeah, exactly.
TIM: Sounds good.
Wing it and win it.
(TIM CHUCKLES) VO: But first, it's time to flutter off to bed.
So, sleep tight.
VO: Next morning, the girls are feeling inspired.
SHAPPI: It's really exciting.
KONNIE: It is so exciting.
Konnie, I think I might be a natural at this.
VO: From comedy to collectibles, eh?
When this is over, Konnie... You're gonna open Shappi's antique emporium...
I don't know if the world's ready for Shappi's antique emporium just yet.
VO: Oh, I beg to differ.
Because I was with Charles, with a real expert... Mm.
..I was like a kid in a sweet shop.
CHARLES: And we really clicked.
It was lovely.
And we even danced the afternoon away together.
VO: Blimey, someone's smitten.
And Mr Medhurst?
Do you know, Konnie is just the most lovely lady.
We've had so much fun and, a bit like Shappi... CHARLES: Yeah.
TIM: ..she's got an eye for it.
What was it, do you reckon, that drew you to the things that you chose?
I think a number of factors drove the decisions that I made.
Erm, number one...
Sounds really serious, like you're gonna talk about your life decisions... KONNIE: This is serious!
SHAPPI: It is, yeah.
This is serious stuff.
VO: Well, yes, it is a competition after all!
Anyway, time for a reunion and some show and tell.
TIM: Good morning.
KONNIE: Hello!
CHARLES: How are you?
SHAPPI: Hello, how are you?
Looking...
I love the stars.
Good to see you.
CHARLES: You're a starry lady.
SHAPPI: Oh, bless you!
KONNIE: Did you dress to match?
TIM: Yeah, we got the memo.
OK.
So, if we show you what we've bought, yes?
Ready?
TIM: Show us your wares, come on.
OK, here we go.
Three, two, one.
Voila!
Look!
That little beauty there, it's an antique Tiffany pen holder... TIM: Oh, Tiffany, very nice.
KONNIE: Oh, lovely!
SHAPPI: It's silver.
KONNIE: Yeah.
I mean, sometimes you go with the name and Tiffany is the name to have, isn't it?
CHARLES: Yeah.
TIM: It's lovely.
I can't explain the fish.
TIM: OK.
I was drawn to it.
It's that revival of the Italian Renaissance gaudy colors.
And, you know, we liked it, didn't we?
Konnie, if you saw this on your kitchen windowsill in the morning, wouldn't it sort of just cheer you up a bit?
I'd just think, 'Oh, I'm so thirsty, 'I want some fish juice.'
(THEY LAUGH) VO: (LAUGHS) Two items, and £115 spent.
What about the other team?
(EXHALES) Have a look at this.
CHARLES: Oh, that's nice.
Oh, I like that.
TIM: Look at that.
SHAPPI: Wow.
CHARLES: OK.
I think it's a thing of beauty.
I don't know what it is... A smoking table?
Well, it's a smoking stand.
So it maybe would've been in a gentlemen's club.
It's in the shape of a horse shoe.
Erm, and it's got a pipe rack back here.
Somewhere to hold your ash or your cigars and candles.
And it's got a striker on the front.
Yeah, I like it, because the color...
It's got a lovely patination about it.
It's the ultimate in Edwardian elegance.
VO: Konnie and Tim also bought a silver art nouveau bracelet, an arts and crafts armchair and a snuff box, spending £263 in total.
Here we go.
VO: That was all very civil.
But what do you really think?
I'm just thinking about what they have just shown us.
SHAPPI: What did you... CHARLES: They come up trumps.
You think they're impressed with our objects?
Yeah.
In all honesty, I think the fish jug was a bit fishy.
(LAUGHS) I think it was a bit of a fishy buy, I think...
They're "skating" on thin ice!
Yeah.
Do you know what, if they...
If they dropped it on the floor, it'd be quite "sole"-destroying though, wouldn't it?
Oh, yeah.
Hali-but, let's see what happens at auction.
(THEY LAUGH) VO: You never know, they could be "squids" in!
Right, enough of this fishy business.
Back to the real business of buying antiques.
Shappi and Charles are en route to the rural town of Steyning.
They're off to the appropriately named Steyning Antiques, with £285 burning a hole in their pockets.
(CHARLES EXHALES) SHAPPI: Oh now, this is lovely.
CHARLES: Voila.
So, why don't you go that way...
I'll go this way.
..I'll go this way, and I'll see you in a short while.
Good luck.
VO: Go forth and prosper!
Right, I'm determined to really impress Shappi.
What I do like is this.
What a lovely chair.
This gorgeous solid elm seat is probably 1820, and it's priced £185.
But just look at the back.
Look at the depth of color.
You, my friend, have lived.
Kent's knife cleaners.
1885 to 1902 and 1903.
I like this because it clearly had a purpose.
And I don't know where you'd put the kni... Oh, I see... Wow.
OK.
So these are brushes in there.
And so you put your knife in there, somehow.
In here, I guess.
And then you turn this.
(SQUEAKING) No, do you know what?
It's squeaking too much for me.
I'm gonna leave that to Charles to tell me what's what.
VO: Time to parade your prowess, Carlos.
SHAPPI: This is a... CHARLES: Yeah.
..knife cleaner, right?
Yes, the way this would've worked is you would've put your blades in down here, each one.
You'll see the brushes within.
And then, to clean it, you of course would turn the handle.
SHAPPI: Right.
CHARLES: Right.
So, like that, it would've taken the brushes round, to obviously clean and perhaps in part sharpen, polish up your knives.
And, er...
Right.
..it's a great contraption.
How much is it?
SHAPPI: It's £150.
I mean, it's actually an iconically good object.
Imagine having a dinner party and saying "give me your knives, let me just..." Yeah.
"..give you a bit of a polish."
SHAPPI: Another time.
CHARLES: Mental note.
SHAPPI: Yes.
Mental note.
CHARLES: Good find.
VO: But what has Charles found to impress Shappi?
One thing I saw earlier was this - you ready?
SHAPPI: Oh!
Let me take it down.
Let's open it up.
SHAPPI: Oh, look at that.
CHARLES: Isn't that wonderful?
What a shame I've cracked the mirror.
It wasn't me, but it maybe looked at me and it's cracked.
CHARLES: Within, you've got... SHAPPI: Oh, look.
..Georgian dress.
This is all 1760.
Open it up, and there you've got a beautiful what you call triptych or three-fold mirror.
Really unusual.
What I love about it, look at these discs, how they've just burnished over the years.
And it's a really interesting object.
SHAPPI: That's so pretty.
You can tell when this was new, it was an absolute luxury item.
CHARLES: Mm.
VO: The mirror's priced at £85.
I've never seen one before, you see.
No.
And when you never see something before, you get quite excited.
VO: Right, decision time, you two.
What's your favorite so far?
Because, end of the day, madam, I am subservient to your whims of antiques.
You know, I'm not even gonna hesitate.
The mirror.
Apart from that, what do you like the most?
I think the knife polisher.
Really?
If the heart pulls you that way... Yeah.
..let me try and make the financial string work with a decent discount.
VO: Let's find Ed, then.
CHARLES: How are you?
ED: Hello.
We come with an offering.
ED: It's a lovely thing.
But obviously to polish ourselves up today, we'd like a knife polisher.
CHARLES: Which is behind us... ED: Right.
..over there.
ED: Yeah, cuz it's a very nice one as well.
It's all there and pristine.
Yeah, good.
So, this I think was priced at 85.
Yep.
And the polisher is at 150.
So, what's your best?
It could be £70.
And that is the death.
The death, when they say the death, that means if you dare go one more, they'll... ED: Sorry.
SHAPPI: Yeah, I guessed that.
..they'll knock me out, yeah.
ED: Yeah.
CHARLES: Yeah.
And the knife sharpener, 140.
That would mean we would owe you 210, is that right?
ED: Right.
CHARLES: 210.
His hand.
SHAPPI: Thank you, sir.
ED: Thank you very much.
Lovely doing business with you.
CHARLES: You're a good man.
ED: Thank you very much.
CHARLES: Thanks very much.
Sold.
ED: Thank you.
It is.
£210.
CHARLES: Carefully.
VO: Booty safely in the boot.
Done.
SHAPPI: Let's go.
CHARLES: One more to go.
VO: They keep on rolling.
VO: Meanwhile, Tim and Konnie have come to Hove in Sussex.
They're taking a detour from antiques to discover the story of one of the world's most popular sports at Sussex County Cricket Club.
(APPLAUSE) VO: Ooh!
Who's this all-rounder, then?
Right, come on, Konnie.
TIM: Argh!
KONNIE: Yes!
(APPLAUSE) You got me.
I'm out.
(HE SIGHS) I can't stand up again.
KONNIE: Come on, we can do this.
TIM: Come on.
(GROANS) KONNIE: We're a team!
We're gonna win this.
TIM: But we're not, you bowled me out.
Come on, we can do it!
TIM: Hang on, my leg's undone.
KONNIE: Oh dear.
Poor guy.
KONNIE: Hi.
MAN: I'm Rob.
TIM: How are you?
Tim.
KONNIE: Hello, nice to see you.
ROB: Konnie.
Tim.
TIM: Hello, how are you?
ROB: Pleased to meet you.
KONNIE: We're loving it here.
ROB: You look naturals.
TIM: Thank you, thank you.
ROB: You look great.
VO: Club librarian Rob Boddie knows a thing or two about the famous game.
This is great!
What gorgeous weather.
So fill us in - who's playing today?
Sussex versus Northamptonshire.
TIM: Erm, how did cricket first start?
ROB: Well, it wasn't structured at all.
It started hundreds of years ago, where you get the butcher, baker, candlestick maker in the village having a game.
VO: Village cricket had developed by the middle of the 17th century, and the game soared in popularity when 18th century nobles began gambling on matches.
But it wasn't until the mid 19th century that the professional game began.
Is it right that cricket started here?
This is the home of cricket?
Well, it originated down this part of the world.
If you're from Sussex, you'd say it originated in the Sussex area.
But if you're from Hampshire, you think it originated in Hambledon.
So it just depends where you're from.
KONNIE: Oh, controversial.
TIM: Hm.
We'll go with Sussex.
Yeah, we'll root for Sussex.
Oh, that's great.
KONNIE: Yeah, definitely.
ROB: Thank you.
We are the first first-class county cricket club.
Right, got you.
Erm, Surrey and Kent were a little behind us.
But we were founded in 1839.
And it grew.
It grew, with the advent of the railways in the 19th century.
People would've travelled all over the country then?
ROB: Yes, the...
The railways really started the... Matches between counties.
Yeah, well, it got more popular.
VO: Even though cricket was enjoyed by the masses, there was still a social divide, where the gentry players were amateur, and the common man was paid to play.
Interestingly enough, the players used to go by train.
The professionals went third class... Oh!
..and the amateurs went first class.
Oh, really?
And the professionals stayed in B&Bs, and the amateurs in top hotels.
KONNIE: Why?
TIM: Why is that?
It was the social laws of the day.
VO: The best players of the county came together and county cricket began.
But the game was being played not only in England, but across the British Empire, and Sussex attracted arguably two of the best batsmen of all time.
First one is Prince Ranji.
We've had three Indian princes play for us.
Most clubs haven't had one, so we're rather proud of that.
He was a great patriot, and he played for England, the first Indian to do so.
And that's purported to be the blazer that he wore.
TIM: Wow.
Yeah.
Another character, CB Fry, his mate.
He was a great all-round sportsman.
He, em...
He played cricket for England.
They more or less ran the club.
This is an amazing panoramic photograph of what I'm presuming is the ground here, is it?
ROB: Yes indeed, it is.
And how...
When was the photograph taken?
It was taken in 1909 and it was a big occasion, big social occasion.
We were playing the Australians.
VO: As cricket became increasingly popular, it attracted even more fans from all social classes.
And as you can see, everyone's dressed up.
The ladies are in their finery and their big hats, and most of the gents there have got boaters.
KONNIE: Oh, so that's where we were sat at the beginning, watching the match?
That's correct, yeah.
Isn't that an amazing feeling, to think that we were sitting in the same spot?
And it looks pretty much the same, over 100 years ago.
TIM: It's lovely, isn't it?
ROB: Yeah.
VO: Right you two, back to the crease.
Whew, do you know what?
I might be the new Prince Ranji.
TIM: Right, this one's going for six.
(GROANS) KONNIE: Oh my God.
You alright?
(TIM GROANS) KONNIE: Oh no!
Oh no!
Oh no!
Will you still be able to buy antiques?
I think so.
Look, there's a first aid place... Help me to a bench.
VO: Is that what they call a googly?
Ouch!
Whilst Tim hunts down an ice pack, let's see whether Shappi and Charles will be bowled over by their next shop.
They're cruising along the coast to Shoreham-by-Sea.
The end is near.
The end is indeed near.
You know what?
Go on.
> Charles, these last couple of days...
Yes.
..just bowling about the countryside with you... Get outta here!
..have been so wonderful and so lovely and I am a bit sad they're nearly over.
VO: Aww.
Isn't it sweet?
Shappi and Charles' final port of call is Tarmount Studios.
They still have £75 left to spend.
With 12 dealers selling their wares here, there should be plenty in their price range.
I still don't quite feel I've made my mark on our road trip together.
I feel that I'm still able to give something, a good object to really show Shappi what I'm capable of.
VO: Now's your time to shine, Carlos.
(CLATTERING) VO: Oopsy daisy!
Sorry!
(WHISPERS) Sorry... Is there anything hidden away, ladies, behind the desk?
Any treasures lurking?
Apart from yourselves.
(THEY LAUGH) CHARLES: No?
VO: You old fraud.
I've got to try.
I think I have found something.
(GASPS) You see, there's certain things that I am completely drawn to.
And as you know, I bring the personal into everything, and this says "for caviar".
And being a Persian, land of the most expensive caviar in the world, I am of course drawn to it.
A caviar dish.
VO: Ooh, lovely!
Now, has Charles found that needle in the haystack?
Sewing machines can be more often than not bog standard and worth 30 or £40 in the open market.
This one, though, is quite early.
It says on the label 1890s.
It's quite simple, but I like it.
And this sewing machine could just be my saving grace.
VO: But what will Shappi make of it?
CHARLES: Shappi, follow me.
SHAPPI: Yes?
I think I've found something, which I hope you quite like.
Oh, I can't wait.
Now, you know you told me how, you know, you enjoy retro and clothes and...
Yes.
..maybe designing things and... What do you think of that?
SHAPPI: I think it's wonderful.
CHARLES: Do you?
SHAPPI: Yeah.
CHARLES: It's very old.
I just wonder if at the 11th hour, on our last day... Yeah.
..when the time is almost being called... Yeah.
..if we've found a bit of a sleeper.
So, what I thought we could do is perhaps put it together with some sewing accessories, or a sewing box, something, or costume clothes.
SHAPPI: I have just the thing.
CHARLES: Are you being serious?
I have seen something that kind of melted my heart.
Can I show you it?
OK. Let's make a marriage of... VO: They're a well oiled machine, these two.
OK.
I just saw this thing that I thought was adorable.
What's that, the... Oh, nice!
So, it's a sewing box.
But look, it's just literally whatever's happened to the...
It's not very old.
It's not old.
But you know what?
I was just cute-ed out.
I thought this was just adorable.
VO: The price tag on the sewing machine is £40, the sewing box 23.
Time for a tete-a-tete with Melanie.
We have found these two objects.
Mm-hm?
And we thought they might make a nice ensemble.
Right.
So we'd like a price, just one price, together.
If that's OK. Well, I can only go to 32 on that, I know that.
But I can do a bit better on this one.
Erm...
So, if you were going to take them... CHARLES: Two together.
Combine those up.
How about £45?
Yeah, listen, that's us... Yeah?
I think that's nice.
That's our fifth and final... MELANIE: You happy with that?
We started together, we're ending with a buy together.
Perfect.
20, 40 and five.
MELANIE: Thank you very much.
VO: Now, wasn't that sewn up nicely?
Well done, we've done it!
Bye!
MELANIE: Bye.
Now, London, can we conquer?
That's a question.
VO: Well, we'll soon find out.
Now to the opposition, who are en route to Worthing, with just shy of £140 left in their kitty.
TIM: Konnie.
KONNIE: Yeah?
We've got one item left to buy and we've still got over £100.
D'you think we'll splash the lot and spend all of our money?
There might be something that really grabs us.
VO: Their hopes lie in their final shop, Reginald Ballum.
TIM: That looks very smart.
KONNIE: OK. Let's go.
VO: Only the best for you two!
This place specializes in decorative pieces.
KONNIE: Here we are.
MAN: Hiya!
You alright?
TIM: Very good.
Can we have a look around, is that alright?
MAN: 'Course, yeah, feel free.
TIM: Thank you very much.
Oh my goodness, it's like Aladdin's cave down here.
(GASPS) Oh, wow.
Hard to know when things are from sometimes.
I mean, like, as far as I'm concerned, that could be from Roman times or that could be from 2019.
It's so hard to know sometimes.
I need my expert.
VO: Come on, Tim, be a gent and give the girl a hand.
TIM: Ooh.
KONNIE: I know.
KONNIE: Oh, Tim!
It's an improvement.
(LAUGHS) That's mean.
I'm joking!
KONNIE: Aww, that's...
I quite like that, that's pretty cool.
It's like a fairground shooting target thing.
You shoot down the boars with an airgun.
£160 though.
It's all very cool, but pricey.
What we need to do is find something... really corking.
KONNIE: Ha-ha-ha-ha!
VO: Only a few hours of bad jokes left, Konnie.
Oh, look.
Do you reckon to this, it's double sided?
Oh, that's cool, isn't it?
I love enamel signs.
KONNIE: Do you?
TIM: Yeah, I really do.
KONNIE: There you go.
TIM: What's drawn you to this?
Well, erm, basically, so I live west... well, near sort of the Thames Valley area.
TIM: Mm-hm.
Yeah, so maybe it's like a sign.
TIM: Yeah.
KONNIE: Get it?
TIM: Well... (CHUCKLES) VO: Deary me.
This is contagious.
Enamel signs, they're just so decorative, aren't they?
And nostalgia is what drives the market on these.
It's sparking that memory of perhaps...
Here, we've got a bus stop, Thames Valley.
You can just imagine as a kid, maybe in the 60s or 70s, queuing at this bus stop to catch the bus to school.
I mean, it's got a little bit of wear here.
But that's kind of what you would expect on a sign like this.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
And I think it adds charm to it.
What we looking here?
£85.
Do you know what, that's not too bad.
KONNIE: It's not bad.
And I've seen your negotiating skills, right?
And I reckon you could get that down to £50.
VO: Gauntlet thrown down!
Let's find Darren.
DARREN: Hello.
KONNIE: Hello.
We've found this sign.
Yep, mm-hm.
So we were wondering if we could buy it, but... Sure!
Ahh... (TIM LAUGHS) There's always a but... Oh, here we go.
Yeah, it's...
But, we were wondering if we could, erm, negotiate.
I don't like the word negotiate.
(TIM LAUGHS) KONNIE: It's not...
Neither the word discount.
VO: I think you've got your work cut out here, Konnie!
I mean, I'd like to achieve 65 for it.
KONNIE: 57, got a deal?
DARREN: Lovely, we can indeed.
Thank you.
Thank you very much, you're a gent.
Thank you.
Right, got the dosh here.
Got the exact money as well.
25, 50.
I'll get your £2 as well.
DARREN: Well done, sir!
TIM: There we are.
VO: Excellent haggle from Huq!
Cheers, bye bye!
VO: A generous deal from Darren and that, as they say, is a wrap.
KONNIE: Woo!
Tim-Tom?
TIM: Great stuff.
Yes?
Really good.
Stand here a sec.
TIM: Yeah.
KONNIE: Arms up.
TIM: Ahh.
KONNIE: That's it.
TIM: Bus.
KONNIE: Bus!
Let's get that bus.
Let's get that bus home.
Come on.
Konnie, that is it.
We've shopped out, we've got all of our items.
We've spent the dosh and we're off to the auction now.
How're you feeling?
I'm quietly confident.
TIM: Yeah?
KONNIE: Yeah.
Have you ever been to an auction?
I've only ever seen it on telly.
CHARLES: Wow.
SHAPPI: So exciting!
This is such fun.
I have loved it.
VO: Well, Konnie, all good things must come to an end.
Sweet dreams, you lot.
VO: It's the day of reckoning.
And where better for the big battle than the big smoke?
CHARLES: Are you confident, Konnie?
KONNIE: Erm, yeah, I'm excited.
CHARLES: Yeah.
KONNIE: I'm really excited.
Yeah, I'm a bit confident.
SHAPPI: I'm confident about some of the things... Yeah, that's it.
..and not the others.
I mean, I'm thinking... Yeah, mixed bag.
..that fish vase I bought... (KONNIE LAUGHS) TIM: Yeah.
..I'm now looking at it with fresh eyes.
Are you?
I think it might be a bit sole-destroying.
It could be a slippy catch, that.
Sorry.
Sorry.
It could be a rotten purchase.
CHARLES: Oh, don't say that.
SHAPPI: Cod knows.
CHARLES: You're just an old trout, you are.
It might just be the thing that gets you past the fin-ish line.
(CHARLES GROANS) Fishing line, yeah.
Oh, these jokes are off the scale!
KONNIE: Ey!
CHARLES: Ohhh, no!
Woo-hoo!
VO: If you can think of a better fish pun, let minnow.
VO: The teams started this trip down south in Lewes.
Now they've motored north to London and are headed for the auction in Southgate, which somewhat confusingly is in the north of the capital.
Their arena?
Southgate Auction Rooms.
KONNIE: Let's go, let's go!
CHARLES: Ladies first.
SHAPPI: I'm a bit scared... Ohh, no!
CHARLES: OK, good luck.
TIM: Good luck to you.
VO: Now, a little recap.
Charles and Shappi spent £370 of their £400 budget on five lots, including the infamous fishy.
KONNIE: I like the fish jug.
TIM: Do you?
It's cute and charming...
I think it's grotesque, isn't it?
KONNIE: But it's quirky and it's got character.
Do you reckon they'll be squids in with this?
Ugh... VO: That's my line!
Tim and Konnie spent £320 on their five lots.
Ah, here it is!
Look.
Oh, right, OK.
So... CHARLES: This is their chair.
SHAPPI: Right.
Which - do you like it?
I mean, you know, it's a chair.
CHARLES: I've got one concern.
SHAPPI: What's your concern?
CHARLES: I'm quite tall.
SHAPPI: It's for a low down person.
CHARLES: It's a bit low.
But it captures an age of the early 20th century.
It's quite a nice rustic country chair.
But what would you pay for it?
If I was to buy this, £40.
CHARLES: Cost them 30.
SHAPPI: Oh, OK.
I think that's a bottom estimate.
The only way for them might be up.
OK. Alright.
Well good...
Anyway, follow me.
Come on.
Good for them.
VO: The man at the helm today is auctioneer Bill Carol.
Will he sing our teams' praises?
The gilded three-paneled mirror - now, I like the item.
In perfect condition, this would be a winner.
But, hey, you never know.
The Thames enamel sign - now, that's an interesting lot.
And it's double sided.
A little bit of damage but, you know, it's in fairly good condition.
We always do well here with that kind of item, so that's one to watch.
I think it's going to do very well.
VO: Let's get cracking then, with bids in the room and on the dog and bone.
Squeeze in, guys.
Are you excited?
SHAPPI: Yes.
KONNIE: Very excited.
TIM: Good.
KONNIE: Nervous.
VO: And squashed.
First up, Shappi and Charles will be hoping for some keen scribes.
AUCTIONEER: We've got £60 already.
Good lad.
Keep going.
AUCTIONEER: £60.
Is there 65 in the room?
Go on.
AUCTIONEER: Nice collectable.
CHARLES: Yes!
AUCTIONEER: 65.
At 70.
CHARLES: Go on!
AUCTIONEER: 75.
CHARLES: You're worth it.
SHAPPI: Come on, Tiffany.
AUCTIONEER: £70 on the phone.
Just one more?
CHARLES: Madam, go on.
AUCTIONEER: 75, 80.
TIM: Why not?
CHARLES: On the phone... AUCTIONEER: 85.
KONNIE: (GASPS) Go on, madam.
AUCTIONEER: 80 on the phone.
Is there another 80?
85 in the... 85, where?
Good!
AUCTIONEER: 85.
No?
No, you're out.
CHARLES: Are you sure?
AUCTIONEER: 85?
CHARLES: Go on.
AUCTIONEER: 85.
90.
Tell them it's Tiffany...
It's Tiffany, why not?
It's Tiffany, darling.
Tiffany.
AUCTIONEER: All done at £85?
CHARLES: Just down there.
KONNIE: No more.
AUCTIONEER: The very last time, at £85 now.
(GAVEL) CHARLES: Ugh!
Well done, guys.
CHARLES: £10 profit.
TIM: Well done.
VO: It's a nice piece and a nice little profit to start.
You were right to buy it.
I was right to buy it... TIM: Yeah, well done.
KONNIE: Yeah, well done!
VO: Next up, it's Konnie and Tim's silver art nouveau bracelet.
AUCTIONEER: £90.
CHARLES: Well done!
Come on!
AUCTIONEER: £90.
Art nouveau collector's piece.
CHARLES: Put it there.
TIM: Come on!
AUCTIONEER: 100.
TIM: We need more.
AUCTIONEER: 110.
TIM: Keep going.
Come on.
AUCTIONEER: 110.
120.
TIM: Come on.
AUCTIONEER: £110.
TIM: Oh, no!
You've done it.
TIM: No, no... CHARLES: Sell it, sell it.
AUCTIONEER: Surely one more?
TIM: More, more!
TIM: One more, come on.
AUCTIONEER: £110, it's gotta go.
KONNIE: We had it valued at 200!
AUCTIONEER: At 110, 120.
TIM: Yes!
AUCTIONEER: 130?
120's in the room.
Come on, one more.
AUCTIONEER: All done at 120?
For the very very last time.
Do another one.
AUCTIONEER: At £120, it's all very exciting.
Beautiful.
Fiver!
You can get... You can get stuff with a fiver.
VO: It's made its money and a little bit on top.
Konnie, how are you feeling?
Fiver's good.
Good.
Yeah, it's a good.
It's better than... minus five.
VO: It is.
Next, Shappi and Charles' sewing box and machine.
AUCTIONEER: Got £40 to start.
45.
Go on.
AUCTIONEER: Surely 45?
The sewing box is worth that on its own.
CHARLES: Hello.
Hello!
AUCTIONEER: £40 I have.
45.
50.
45's in the room.
CHARLES: Go on.
AUCTIONEER: 50 surely?
Come on, one more.
They love it, it's beautiful... AUCTIONEER: All done at 45?
CHARLES: It's not that rare.
TIM: How much did you pay?
CHARLES: We paid 40.
KONNIE: Oh, you've made a profit!
AUCTIONEER: £50, come on.
£50 in the room?
CHARLES: No, it cost 45.
Oh, so you're breaking even.
AUCTIONEER: At £45... Oh, come on.
One more for a profit.
AUCTIONEER: ..the very last time.
Any more?
No?
CHARLES: Hello?
Hello!
TIM: Aww.
Basically, we got a slap in the face.
It broke even...
I'm sorry, guys.
VO: At least they didn't stitch themselves up!
We would've gone for that, wouldn't we?
Mm-hm, I like it.
VO: It's Konnie and Tim's arts and crafts armchair next.
AUCTIONEER: £40 to start, surely?
It's a nice arts and crafts chair... TIM: Come on.
Someone, £40.
AUCTIONEER: Oh, £40.
45.
CHARLES: Oh, no!
Well played.
AUCTIONEER: That's it.
Hold it high, Steve.
Come on, sir.
AUCTIONEER: All done at 45?
Surely 50, it's a lovely chair.
TIM: It is.
AUCTIONEER: All done at £45?
You've done it.
AUCTIONEER: One more bid, surely?
All done at 45?
KONNIE: Come on!
Come on!
CHARLES: That's a good profit.
KONNIE: What's wrong with you people?
CHARLES: That's 15 whole pounds.
KONNIE: Come on!
AUCTIONEER: For the very last time, £45... (GAVEL) We made a good £15 profit there.
You can't grumble.
And it shows people want furniture.
CHARLES: 'Course they do.
TIM: It's good.
VO: Not bad at all.
Bet he's going to take that chair home... KONNIE: And love it.
TIM: He's going to love it.
VO: Right folks, it's the lot we've all been waiting for.
Shappi's fish!
AUCTIONEER: Here I've got 65 on this.
CHARLES: Get in!
SHAPPI: (GASPS) AUCTIONEER: Is there 70 in the room?
I have 65, is there 70?
All done at 65?
Surely one more... CHARLES: Go on, go on!
AUCTIONEER: All done at 65?
There must be one more.
SHAPPI: Come on.
AUCTIONEER: All done at 65?
I know, I know.
Come on, reel it in!
TIM: Amazing.
CHARLES: Pulling it in.
AUCTIONEER: Very last time, at £65.
One more bid.
Make it 70, come on.
CHARLES: Go on.
AUCTIONEER: All done at 65?
At £65 for the very last time.
(GAVEL) CHARLES: Yes!
Well done.
Congratulations.
Thank you!
Thank you very much, thank you.
SHAPPI: Ahhh!
VO: Well, that went swimmingly!
£25 profit.
We're not doing too badly today, are we?
No, we're doing alright.
VO: Will a bidder sniff out Konnie's snuff box?
AUCTIONEER: 50 already, is there 55?
How much?
MAN: 60.
AUCTIONEER: I've got 60 now.
60.
Is there 65?
CHARLES: Come on.
TIM: Come on.
AUCTIONEER: 65.
CHARLES: Deserves to move.
AUCTIONEER: 70.
On the phone.
70.
75.
80.
SHAPPI: 80.
This is good.
CHARLES: Come on.
AUCTIONEER: 85.
SHAPPI: It's adorable.
AUCTIONEER: 90.
SHAPPI: Oh my gosh.
AUCTIONEER: 95.
KONNIE: This is the best thing ever.
AUCTIONEER: 100.
CHARLES: Well done.
KONNIE: They know their stuff.
They do know their stuff.
AUCTIONEER: 120.
KONNIE: Oh my God!
Hold on, he's picking cherries!
AUCTIONEER: 120.
CHARLES: He's picking cherries!
AUCTIONEER: Yeah, 120.
130?
120 on the phone.
Is there another 130 in the room?
Surely?
TIM: Come on, sir.
AUCTIONEER: 120 I have...
Put a cherry on top.
Come on.
Put a cherry on top.
AUCTIONEER: £130.
120, is there 130?
CHARLES: It's going, going, going... AUCTIONEER: Surely one more?
Sell it!
It's too much.
AUCTIONEER: All done at £120...?
TIM: He's trying hard.
Sell it!
CHARLES: Good.
Well done.
SHAPPI: Well done.
TIM: £40 profit.
Well done.
SHAPPI: Well done.
Congratulations.
VO: Cor!
A sweet return for the cherry seller - and Konnie and Tim.
Well done, girl.
Konnie, well played.
I salute you.
VO: Shappi and Charles are trailing.
Will their knife polisher turn the tables?
AUCTIONEER: Got £40...
I like that, blast from the past.
AUCTIONEER: ..and it works, I'm told.
CHARLES: It does work.
SHAPPI: It does work.
AUCTIONEER: 45.
45.
CHARLES: Go on.
AUCTIONEER: 50.
TIM: Hands going up all over place.
AUCTIONEER: 60.
65.
70.
AUCTIONEER: 65, 70.
CHARLES: Come on!
AUCTIONEER: Surely one more.
CHARLES: Go on, sir!
It's a lady.
AUCTIONEER: 65.
Go on, 70.
CHARLES: Oh sorry, madam.
AUCTIONEER: You know you want to.
Over here, sir!
AUCTIONEER: At 70.
KONNIE: Person!
AUCTIONEER: £70.
75.
80.
85.
It's like a feeding frenzy for the sharpener.
AUCTIONEER: 95.
100?
CHARLES: Go on, sir.
AUCTIONEER: 100.
110.
120.
CHARLES: Go on, sir!
AUCTIONEER: With you, sir, at 120...
Yes, yes!
Over there!
We've got her.
SHAPPI: Is that allowed?
CHARLES: Go on, sir.
AUCTIONEER: 130 now.
140?
Charles is on it... AUCTIONEER: All done at 130?
At 140.
SHAPPI: Charles has got... CHARLES: Go on, madam!
AUCTIONEER: £140.
150?
CHARLES: You too?
SHAPPI: Stop it!
You can't use your... AUCTIONEER: Are there any more?
No?
I was like, break even!
(THEY LAUGH) OK. We managed to make our money back.
CHARLES: Yeah.
TIM: Yeah.
VO: Not the big winner they'd hoped for.
But not a loss, either.
It was really gutsy buying that.
And hats off to you.
Thank you.
VO: Tim and Konnie's penultimate lot now, the smokers stand.
AUCTIONEER: Straight in at £50.
TIM: Yes!
Look, there's a phone bid over there, look!
AUCTIONEER: All done at £50?
CHARLES: Sell it.
AUCTIONEER: 55.
60.
TIM: Yes!
CHARLES: It's moving.
Come on.
AUCTIONEER: 65.
£60 on the phone.
TIM: Come on!
AUCTIONEER: 65 in the room?
It's a nice item.
KONNIE: Yeah.
Unique.
AUCTIONEER: All done at £60?
65?
CHARLES: Well done.
Cheers.
AUCTIONEER: One more bid.
65.
CHARLES: On your saddle.
AUCTIONEER: Are we all done at £60?
65 surely?
CHARLES: Ooh, there's a bid!
AUCTIONEER: 65 in the room.
70.
Well done, sir.
AUCTIONEER: £70.
75.
80.
CHARLES: Well done!
KONNIE: He loves it.
AUCTIONEER: 85?
80 on the phone.
CHARLES: That's enough.
Why not?
It's only money.
AUCTIONEER: All done at £80 now?
For the very last time.
At £80, it's got to go.
CHARLES: There's a new bidder!
AUCTIONEER: 90.
TIM: Oh, go on!
At £90, for the very last time.
And this is fair warning... Go on, sir!
..it's gonna go at £90 now.
CHARLES: Well done!
TIM: Sold.
What a profit.
SHAPPI: Well done!
CHARLES: What a gallop.
TIM: Fantastic.
SHAPPI: Well done!
CHARLES: Incredible.
VO: They're on fire!
SHAPPI: That was amazing.
CHARLES: It's a big profit.
£52.
TIM: Fantastic.
SHAPPI: That's amazing.
Can't grumble.
VO: It's Charles and Shappi's last chance to even things up now with the triptych mirror.
AUCTIONEER: Start me £30.
CHARLES: Come on.
At £30.
Needs a bit of repair.
Oh, it's a gorgeous mirror.
CHARLES: Beautiful.
AUCTIONEER: 35.
40.
45 then?
All done at £40?
CHARLES: It's cheap.
AUCTIONEER: 45.
Come on.
CHARLES: It's cheap.
AUCTIONEER: It is cheap!
CHARLES: Thank you!
AUCTIONEER: 45, surely?
All done at £40?
It's got to go, at £40.
AUCTIONEER: One more bid, 45.
CHARLES: Go on.
AUCTIONEER: No?
Mirror, mirror on the wall... AUCTIONEER: For the very last time... ..who was the fairest of them all?
AUCTIONEER: ..it's gotta go.
CHARLES: Crack.
AUCTIONEER: Any more?
No?
CHARLES: Crack.
SHAPPI: Ooh, that is a shame!
I'm sorry, guys.
That's so sad.
That belongs in a museum.
VO: I think the damage put the buyers off there.
But it's a bargain for the winning bidder.
It was unusual in that I've never seen one before.
No.
So that's why we bought it.
It was lovely.
But it lost money.
VO: Finally, Tim and Konnie's last lot.
All aboard!
AUCTIONEER: 60 we have on the phone already.
65... Straight in, come on.
It's worth more than that.
AUCTIONEER: All done at 60?
65.
Oh, there's too many hands.
It's like a Mexican wave.
AUCTIONEER: 70.
75.
80.
CHARLES: Well done.
TIM: Let's keep it going.
AUCTIONEER: 85?
TIM: Don't stop there.
AUCTIONEER: 85?
No?
TIM: Oh... CHARLES: Park the bus.
CHARLES: Park the bus.
AUCTIONEER: £80 I have.
Is there 85 in the room?
Double sided... SHAPPI: I wish I could bid for this!
AUCTIONEER: 90.
CHARLES: He wants it.
AUCTIONEER: 95.
100.
CHARLES: A tonne, you've got a tonne!
AUCTIONEER: 110?
KONNIE: That's as far as he'll go.
AUCTIONEER: £100.
110, surely?
105?
CHARLES: He's out.
TIM: Wants to go home with it.
Go on, sir, one more for the road.
AUCTIONEER: At 105.
110?
110.
120.
TIM: New bidder!
AUCTIONEER: 130?
It's running away.
They're paying more than I would pay for it.
The brakes are off the bus.
AUCTIONEER: In the room, 120.
KONNIE: Did you... AUCTIONEER: £120, it's going to go at 120.
And I go.
Boom.
Fantastic.
Well done.
SHAPPI: Absolutely brilliant.
Another great spot, well done.
VO: They've saved the best till last.
TIM: Oh, come on.
CHARLES: Come on.
Come on.
We'll take you for a drive around Thames Valley.
TIM: Sounds good.
VO: Time for some arithmetic.
VO: Shappi and Charles began this trip with £400.
After today's auction costs are accounted for, they've ended up making a loss of £62.50, bringing their final total to £337.50.
VO: Konnie and Tim started with the same sum.
And after saleroom costs, they've made a fabulous profit of nearly £90, making their final tally £485.90.
That profit will go to Children in Need.
Bravo!
(CHARLES EXHALES) KONNIE: Whoo!
SHAPPI: Oh well done, guys!
Well done!
KONNIE: That was fun.
Wasn't it fun?
TIM: Yeah.
SHAPPI: Aww!
The whole thing has been fun.
What do you feel about your first ever auction?
I liked it.
I felt...
It was great, I was so happy for you guys.
Bit sad about some of our items.
CHARLES: It was high and low.
But I'm hungry.
TIM: Yeah, same.
We have to say goodbye to you now.
SHAPPI AND KONNIE: Aww!
CHARLES: It's been emotional... Shall we have a group hug?
CHARLES: Group hug, why not?
There we go.
KONNIE: Hold me.
TIM: Aw, guys... Take care, your car awaits.
KONNIE: Ooh, fantastic!
SHAPPI: Take care, guys!
CHARLES: Goodbye!
So long!
SHAPPI: See you, guys!
TIM: Bye, guys.
CHARLES: See you, drive safely!
VO: Ah, parting 'tis such sweet sorrow.
Bye!
There they go.
Look at that... Drive safely, OK?
It's a lovely car.
TIM: I'll miss those ladies.
CHARLES: Right, get some lunch?
Yeah.
Fish and chips?
Fish and chips?
Yeah, why not?
Come on, let's go.
KONNIE: How good was that auction?
Yeah, do you know what, this was an experience I will not forget.
No way!
It was so good.
SHAPPI: Oh, do you know what, Konnie?
One of the highlights - I mean, the highlight of this - apart from the antiques, has been hanging out with you.
No!
Likewise, the feeling is mutual.
I would love it if you and I, just independently... KONNIE: Just did a road trip!
SHAPPI: ..just went off... Yeah!
..and did a road trip together... KONNIE: Let's do it!
SHAPPI: ..and looked at stuff.
I would do another one of these in a heartbeat, would you?
I would!
I would do it in, like, half a heartbeat.
Yeah?
Well, I'd do it in a split second.
KONNIE: Yeah, me too.
SHAPPI: Like, in a blink.
KONNIE: I'd do it in, like, a nano-giga-tiny second.
Let's just do it.
Shappi and Konnie's road trip - here we come, yeah?
VO: We'll hold you to that.
Cheerio!
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