VOICEOVER (VO): The nation's favorite celebrities... Oh, that is good.

VO: ..paired up with an expert...

I like that.

VO: ..and a classic car.

Feeling confident?

Er... VO: Their mission?

To scour Britain for antiques.

(GLASS SMASHES) Look at you.

You're really good!

VO: The aim - to make the biggest profit at auction.

(GASPS) Is it a find?

VO: But it's no easy ride.

XAND VAN TULLEKEN: Hey, come on!

VO: Who will find a hidden gem?

(MIMICS DUCK) Take me with you.

VO: Take the biggest risk?

Have you got a tow truck?

VO: Will anybody follow expert advice?

I might have bought rubbish.

Who knows?

VO: There will be worthy winners... Yay!

Whoo!

VO: ..and valiant losers.

Come on.

Someone else!

Someone!

VO: Put your pedal to the metal!

Aah!

VO: This is the Celebrity Antiques Road Trip.

Yeah!

Buckle up and brace yourself, Norfolk.

It's another Celebrity Antiques Road Trip, and you'll know when it hits you!

RICHARD (RO): It's very bucolic.

Is that the word?

INGRID (IO): It is the word, which always sounds like it should be a bad thing.

I think "bucolic" makes it sound like you're gonna be sick.

I've got the bucolic plague.

VO: I warned you!

Our charming trippers today are a multi-talented pair.

Actress and comedian Ingrid Oliver is a radio and TV star, regularly seen in Doctor Who.

She met her other half, producer and presenter Richard Osman, on his gameshow, House Of Games.

When he's not on TV, Richard is also in the business of writing crime novels.

That stylish MGA Roadster convertible has no seat belts, as they weren't mandatory in 1959.

Are they sitting comfortably?

The longer it takes you to get used to this car, RO: the happier I'll be.

IO: Oh, no, that's...

I'm looking at Clarice Cliff, I'm thinking samurai swords...

I'm thinking, how do I change the gear on this car?!

RO: (CHUCKLES) VO: You'll soon get the hang of it.

So, are we positively thrumming with anticipation this morning?

I'm excited just to go shopping.

Yeah, me too.

You know, cuz we love a bit of antiquing.

IO: Yeah, we do.

RO: And we love competition.

And now, finally, we're combining the two.

Can I just say, though, genuinely, if you win... RO: Yeah.

IO: ..I'm fine with that.

RO: Oh, yeah?

IO: No.

No.

If you win, I actually am fine with that.

IO: Are you?

RO: Cuz I think my love for you is deeper than your love for me, and so, I mean... IO: (CHUCKLES) RO: ..if you win, I win.

Oh!

VO: Aw, how sweet.

And what might our treasure-seekers be looking for today?

There'll be something awful that I buy.

It'll be a cat riding a camel.

Yeah, it'll be like a... like a fluorescent pig kissing a goose, or something.

We've already got one of those at home!

Yeah, we have, haven't we?

VO: Me too!

Not.

I think because we're gonna buy a range RO: of different things... IO: Yeah.

..you've got to use your expert.

IO: Yes.

I agree.

RO: Right, that's the point.

They're brilliant.

When you've got someone who knows stuff, use them.

VO: Ah!

Here are their antiques eggheads now.

Well, one's an egghead.

The other has lovely hair!

Ha!

Yes, in a 1980 Chevrolet Corvette, it's former ski instructor turned auctioneer Raj Bisram, together with auctioneer and radio presenter Natasha Raskin Sharp.

They are rivals of old.

NATASHA (NS): How did we fare on our road trip?

Who came out on top?

Do you remember?

RAJ (RB): I have no idea.

Do you?

I imagine that at home you have a big spreadsheet above your bed of all your... RO: (LAUGHS) ..wins and losses, and you study it every night.

VO: Right, then!

Who's going with who?

Or should that be with whom?

You're going to be with Richard, I believe.

Yes, I respect height.

(THEY CHUCKLE) And I'm going to be with Ingrid in the TARDIS.

You'll disappear for days!

NS: With £400 apiece, they'll be time-traveling through Norfolk before an auction viewing in Surrey.

Today's starting point is the lovely old town of Wymondham... ..once a center of wood-turning.

In the late 19th century, the town branched out into brush-making - ha!

- an industry which lasted into the 1980s.

Our celebrities will be sweeping into Wymondham Antiques Centre this morning.

A fine emporium of antiques and collectables presided over by Donna, where our experts are already perusing.

Oh!

(CHUCKLES) We're really on Antiques Road Trip.

VO: Yes, you are!

RO: Listen, good luck.

IO: Good luck to you.

OK. And I shall see you... RO: Well, listen... IO: When I win.

RO: (LAUGHS) Yeah.

VO: Game on, eh?!

RO: Natasha!

Hello there.

NS: Richard, hello!

How are you?

I'm alright.

I haven't seen you since House Of Games.

Oh, yeah, but now... RO: Now I'm in your world.

NS: Yeah.

I am in your world.

How are you?

It doesn't really matter how I am!

How are you?

Cuz you've been wanting to do this for some time.

Well, we absolutely love the Road Trip, so being on it is so weird.

But are you excited to be in an antique-y environment?

RO: Oh yeah.

NS: Is this the norm for you?

Love it.

Yeah.

No, I love an antique shop.

NS: Oh you do?

RO: Love finding unusual things.

But to make a profit, we can do this.

Well, let's go through the whole shop, find everything we don't like, and whatever's left we buy.

It's a process of elimination.

Let's do it.

I like it.

Such a methodical person!

VO: Now, Ingrid, Raj.

Raj, Ingrid.

Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you too.

Are you looking forward to it?

I'm really overexcited.

Have you got anything in mind that you really like?

IO: I love jewelry.

RB: Oh, OK!

I love jewelry, but, yeah, I like kitsch things, but I'd like to buy something classy, and I think you might help me IO: do that.

RB: Well, let's hope so!

My eyes are like, "Oh, lovely!

Oh, lovely!"

Yes.

I've already spotted quite a lot of things that I think I'd like to take home with me.

Which I know is not the point of the show!

No, we're gonna try, if we can, to make a profit.

IO: OK.

Yes, please.

RB: Shall we start looking?

IO: Absolutely.

RB: Let's go.

VO: And they're off.

I'm like a magpie with perfume bottles.

VO: She's following her nose.

RB: That's a really good thing.

IO: Is it?

A lot of people collect perfume bottles, so if you can find one that's in good condition, a little bit unusual shape... IO: Yes.

RB: You know, that's got something a little bit different about it, we could be on a winner.

IO: I think I've seen one.

RB: OK!

IO: Shall we take a look?

RB: Yeah, let's have a look.

OK. OK, and that's your preference, that one?

Well, I think so, just cuz it's got... Looks like hallmarked silver on the neck as well.

Yeah, it is.

It's a silver collar RB: and it's a nice boat shape.

IO: Great.

Oh, the stopper.

Is that...?

Yeah.

That looks pretty much like... IO: That fits, doesn't it?

RB: Yeah.

I mean, what you do is try and turn it.

It's very tight.

IO: Yeah.

RB: It needs to be a tight fit.

If it's too loose, then it's obviously not... not good.

That looks like it's a really nice fit.

OK, great, so that's 52.

Alright... Ah!

The whiff of possibility.

Now, what are Richard and Natasha sniffing out?

Nice colors.

Nice colors... Nice color?

That's a beautiful color.

I love this... and the one behind it.

I'm more drawn to the one on the right, actually.

RO: Oh, OK.

So, this one I like, because I saw from a distance it's £5.

RO: That covers cheap.

NS: Yeah, that is so cheap!

RO: Yeah, that's lovely.

NS: So cheap.

I mean... You can't lose money on a fiver.

Why would someone buy that?

Is that...is it...?

It's a technique called sgraffito, which I did know, although it is handily written on... Oh, that is good!

But it's such a beautiful technique and it's just the kind of thing we all did in nursery.

Put a thick layer of paint onto a page that had another layer of paint underneath it and then scrape out your design.

RO: Oh, is that right?

OK. NS: Exact same style in clay.

It's decorative.

It's a Viking boat.

It's got a ship.

People like ships.

People love that sort of stuff.

But these have got ships as well, which I like.

They're one of the mid-century in names, one of Those potteries, Poole Pottery which of course... RO: OK. NS: ...you will have heard of.

And they don't scream cool.

It's not cool Poole.

I mean...

I don't scream cool either.

Oh, excuse me.

Excuse me.

That's your opinion!

RO: Shall I take a look and...?

NS: Well, have a look and see.

So which color do you prefer, of the two?

RO: Well I'll have a look at the blue one, and then that's a beautiful color as well.

NS: Yeah.

RO: The two of them together...

So when it comes to Poole Pottery, if it were a vase or if it were a more decorative dish in the sense that NS: it were more abstract... RO: Yeah.

..you would want the orange hues.

So does it say anything on the back?

It says Poole, England.

Poole - brackets - not cool.

Oh, not cool Poole.

Yeah.

That's all hyphenated!

That's nice.

And, yes, some initials at the top there, JW.

Given they're very different but they're all ships, could you have, like, three?

NS: I mean... RO: Is that crazy?

I thought you'd lived quite a cool life.

NS: If you think that's crazy... RO: Is that crazy?!

If you think that's crazy... Natasha, have I lost my mind?!

RO: I just need to... NS: Whoa!

Time out!

Do I need a check-up from the neck up?

I just...

I feel like I've gone mad.

Would that be possible?

I need a sit-down!

RO: Yeah.

NS: I think that if we were NS: to buy all three... RO: Yeah.

First of all, we didn't even talk about price.

We know it's £5 for the sgraffito.

RO: Well, listen, I love these two.

VO: The two Poole plates are priced at 55 for the pair.

I'm not in love with the sgraffito, but I trust you.

Some people would say, "Do not interfere with the Poole.

"Don't add that sgraffito."

There are people who would say, "Just buy the sgraffito.

What's wrong with you?

"It's £5.

That's going to make £30," no problem.

RO: Really?

Do you think?

NS: But then there are some people who might think, "It's all maritime."

NS: It could all... RO: Hold those up RO: next to each other.

NS: I mean, look at that.

RO: That's nice.

NS: Tone on tone.

What would your gut feeling be?

RO: Ah... NS: Mine would be just to buy one and not all of it together.

But then I feel like maybe the auctioneer could say, "Selection of maritime-themed plates, including sgraffito.

"Beautiful, including two Poole..." I tell you what.

Why don't we look round the rest of the shop?

NS: OK. RO: If we find something else that's amazing, just come back and maybe buy the sgraffito.

If we don't find that something else we love, we'll come back and maybe buy all three.

VO: My head hurts!

Plate or plates with boats may or may not be bought.

Meanwhile, Raj and Ingrid have scoured the shop and are back at that cabinet.

IO: Are these shot glasses?

OK, this is out of my field, right?

IO: OK. RB: OK?

But it's very, very different.

It says "Russian Deco flask and shot glasses".

IO: Right.

RB: And on the ticket is £65.

Let's have a closer look, shall we?

What's that stopper made of?

Because... Is that wood, does it look like?

No, no, I think it's porcelain.

Is it?

That's the mark underneath.

IO: It's got a mark.

That's good.

Yeah.

I mean, they've all got the same marks, so... IO: Yeah, hand-painted.

RB: It's obviously Russian.

If we can get the pri... Oh!

Hi, downstairs team.

How are you?

Hello.

Hello.

Hello, how are you?

RO: Yeah.

RB: How are you doing?

I'm doing good.

Have you literally just hidden something?

No, no.

What makes you think that?

RB: What makes you think that?

IO: Um... Look me in the eyes.

Have you just hidden something?

Look at that thing over there.

Lovely.

Well, we're about to come downstairs.

RO: There's nothing upstairs.

RB: Really?

RO: Yeah, we could find nothing.

RB: Empty room?

Well, you won't mind if I have a look, then.

RO: Honestly, go ahead.

IO: Yeah, great.

Thanks.

IO: Alright.

RB: After you.

After you.

VO: Looks like the perfume bottle is ruled out, then, but those fish are headed straight to the counter.

Donna.

IO: Hi.

DONNA: Hi.

This fish and the little fishes... DONNA: Mm-hm.

IO: ..are amazing.

IO: I love them.

DONNA: Right.

Good.

So it's on at 65 at the moment.

What's the best price that you could do?

We could do 40.

Is there any movement downwards beyond 40?

Ah...

The absolute best would have to be 35.

RB: Yeah.

IO: I'm very happy with that, IO: if you're happy with that.

DONNA: Yeah.

IO: Thank you so much.

I'm absolutely delighted.

VO: With the first catch of the day duly netted... IO: Take care.

RO: Thank you very much indeed.

DONNA: Bye, thank you.

VO: ..and £365 left...

Here we go.

Well done.

VO: ..Raj and Ingrid are away.

IO: Whoo!

VO: But what about Natasha and Richard?

Come on, you two.

The clock is ticking.

Richard.

You're looking at something altogether more flashy than the object I'm about to show you.

Have you got something cheap for me?

NS: I do actually.

RO: You know I like cheap.

It's only £5.

OK, I like the sound of that.

Which seems a bit ludicrous.

You love a five-pounder.

I do love it.

Why do I love a five-pounder so much?

But it's a lovely piece of art glass.

I think it's Scandinavian, just from the look of it.

I mean, I'm trying to think...

I like a bit of Scandinavian.

..where in Scandinavia, I don't know.

VO: Or care, at £5.

RO: That's like a cigar ashtray.

Like an ashtray, but with a cigar.

I think that's exactly what it is.

Because the recesses NS: are so large... RO: Yeah, yeah.

I think it must be for cigars.

Yeah, maybe it's one of those teapot-warming thingamajigs.

Anyway, time to deal with Donna, if that doesn't sound like a line out of one of Richard's books.

NS: So, Richard.

RO: Oh hello.

Not only have I brought you the plates.

RO: Yes.

NS: I have also brought you Donna, the dealer.

RO: Hello, Donna.

DONNA: Hi.

RO: How are you?

DONNA: Good.

RO: Now, this one, it says £5.

DONNA: Yeah, OK. RO: And we're gonna offer £5.

DONNA: OK. Can you imagine?

RO: No haggling at all.

DONNA: So far, so good.

RO: You happy?

DONNA: Yeah.

If you said, "No, actually a tenner..." Now, these three together, which we love, are 61.

We were wondering if we could get these for 35.

My best was gonna be 40, to be fair, on the plate.

How about we just say we say 35 and everyone... everyone's happy?

So 35 plus this.

So 40.

Yeah, so 40.

OK. Yeah.

OK. VO: Ta-da!

35 for the plates and five for the ashtray-stroke-teapot-warmer.

So they still have £360 left.

I don't think we've got the most exciting lot that we're going to buy, but I'm chuffed with those.

Yeah, I think it's good.

I think it's a really good start.

NS: Good start.

RO: I'm gonna buy like a neon flamingo or something at some point.

NS: A neon flamingo.

(ENGINE STARTS) NS: Oh!

RO: Hello.

NS: Oh, hello.

VO: Neon flamingo, eh?

Can't wait.

Oh, it's happening.

It's happening.

VO: Meanwhile, Ingrid and Raj are becoming better acquainted.

I love acting.

I love the whole world around it.

I was obsessed with film and TV growing up as a kid.

And why is that?

I got put in front of the TV a lot.

Growing up, it felt like a magical world.

RB: Yeah.

IO: To actually get to act in shows like Doctor Who or whatever, where you're... things that you've watched growing up, feels like... a little bit like magic.

Isn't Ingrid looking cool behind the wheel of that fabulous MG Roadster?

She's driving Raj to the fine city of Norwich now to do battle, not with antiques, but with a mythical beast - the dragon.

For centuries, the city has maintained a relationship with these fire-breathing monsters.

And at the fine cathedral, Reverend Canon Andy Bryant is on hand to tell our crusaders more.

Raj, Ingrid.

IO: Andy, hello.

ANDY: Welcome to Norwich and welcome to Norwich Cathedral.

Can I invite you inside?

IO: Yes, please.

ANDY: Follow me.

IO: Thank you.

VO: St George has been the patron saint of England since the 14th century, and he is famous for rescuing a princess destined for human sacrifice, and slaying the dragon holding her captive.

Is there a sense of who St George was as a person?

Do we know anything about him?

There's a suggestion he was probably a Roman soldier.

IO: Right.

ANDY: St George himself, he was martyred around about the year 303 in a place that's now known as Lod in Israel.

But very shortly after his death and martyrdom, all sorts of stories started to grow around him and his fame started to spread.

Things about dragons don't really start to come until about 700 years later.

IO: Right.

ANDY: In the layers of mythology, he eventually becomes an Englishman because, after all, he's the patron saint of England.

So you've got to make him an Englishman.

ANDY: I mean, he never was.

IO: We'll have him.

ANDY: But, you know... IO: He's brave.

Yeah.

I mean, that's the lovely thing about these stories, how they just get layers and layers of meaning added onto them.

And I mean, that's why they're so rich and such wonderful stories to have.

And so in the cathedral you'll find we've got St George in a couple of our stained-glass windows.

As you came into the cathedral today into the close, through the Ethelbert Gate, if you looked up, there was a dragon lurking there, and on the other side of the archway was a man with a sword creeping up on him, about to do the dastardly deed.

So he is all over the place.

He's also in some of our lovely roof bosses here in the cloisters.

Is there a special relationship between Norwich and St George?

So in 1385 the Guild of St George was formed in the city and that was a guild to promote St George and also is linked to charitable works.

And then, in 1417, two years after the Battle of Agincourt, and after George is raised to a major feast day by the Archbishop of Canterbury, this guild gets a Royal Charter and then it begins to have a lot of influence and say in the city.

IO: Yeah.

ANDY: And eventually, that influence fades.

But the link with St George and particularly having St George and particularly the dragon in civic processions becomes part of the heritage of the city.

And that's there till this day.

On the Civic Day, Civic Sunday, when we have a big service in church linked to the making of the new mayor, we process through the city and we're led in procession by a dragon.

IO: Oh!

ANDY: And the dragon arrives at the cathedral and it is the dean's job to prevent the dragon entering the cathedral.

IO: Blimey.

(BELL RINGS) VO: Right on cue.

Enter the dragon.

Clear the way for Snap the Dragon!

VO: Snap with his attendants, known as whifflers, are carrying on a tradition revived for the Festival of Britain in 1951.

Hey!

Hey.

IO: What's going on here?

We were told there were no dragons IO: allowed in the cathedral.

RB: That's what I was told too.

By special dispensation, and only for today and for this afternoon has Snap been allowed into the cathedral precincts.

IO: Amazing.

RB: We're very honored.

I think you've done a great job.

IO: What fun.

RB: Not you, Snap.

(THEY CHUCKLE) Goodbye.

We'll go, bye.

Bye.

VO: Snap and his whifflers are keeping the flame alive for St George and the dragon.

Now, how are Richard and Natasha getting on in that lovely set of wheels?

Are you digging the Corvette?

It's amazing, isn't it?

(ENGINE PURRS) The noise of it... NS: Do you love it?

RO: It's incredible.

Yeah.

NS: It is so cool.

RO: Really cool.

I feel like I'm in Miami Vice.

It has to be.

I might roll up my jacket sleeves at some point.

VO: He's a dead ringer for Don Johnson.

Ha!

They're headed into Norwich, where they're shopping at Looses Emporium, which has 60 shops under one roof.

Yep, 60.

NS: It's humongous.

OK. RO: Wow!

NS: We could be in here... RO: Some time.

VO: Indeed.

All sorts here.

Fish check.

Horse check.

Shopkeeper check.

That's Patrick, by the way.

Lovely.

Ingrid would go crazy if I bought a Dalek.

VO: You're just waiting for me to say "exterminate", aren't you?

I shan't.

Looking hard.

All I can see is Regency-style mirrors and Windsor chairs, and I don't think that's what he's looking for.

I might be into those, but I'm here for Richard Osman, and I am here for him.

VO: And I am here for you.

Just shout if something pops out at you.

If you have to have it.

That's quite fun.

I like this.

It's like a ship's compass.

RO: Can I say something else?

NS: Yes.

It also has a little lid.

NS: Oh, my days.

I mean, it's got "port" written in Biro on it.

That suggests a human hand has touched it and used it.

NS: It's provenance.

It's... it's provenance, is it?

Biro in port is provenance.

It's probably the sleekest provenance I've ever seen!

I wish it was Biro'ed "Picasso".

Then that would be some provenance.

NS: Can you imagine?

RO: Not only is there a lid... Not only is there a lid.

..there's a second one, right here.

NS: Who doesn't love a pair?

RO: Yeah!

Second one.

Look.

NS: And this one has "starboard" on it.

So "port" and "starboard".

Just in case you were wondering...

Port is left, starboard is right.

Good that you knew that.

Is there any way that... the Biro detracts from them, or are you thinking it's a good, honest item?

Do I think that having "port" and "starboard" Biro'ed on these antiques makes them more valuable?

No, I think...

Honestly, I shouldn't really be telling you your job.

I think it makes them slightly less valuable.

I'll be honest.

Well, look, they've got £28 here.

If they're £28 each, that's £56.

I think £56 is too much to pay for anything with Biro on it.

I'm not sure that's the right ticket, Richard.

You'll need to check with the dealer.

Keep looking.

That's like classic Road Trip, a nice trunk.

It is quite classic Road Trip, actually, but...

It's not what you normally find in it, though.

What's that?

What were you not expecting to find?

Well, I just thought it looks just like a kind of... RO: Like a travel trunk... NS: Aha.

..with, might be someone's initials RO: or someone's regiment.

NS: I should think so.

But that looks like a work trunk of some sort.

I think it is, actually.

It's lovely.

So, first of all, quite often you see them without this cover, but I think the cover is a bonus.

NS: This mock croc leather... RO: It's mock croc.

It is mock croc.

Yeah, it's definitely not crocodile skin, but it's really attractive.

NS: For me, that's a tick.

RO: OK.

The fact it's there.

Yes, the straps seem to have perished off the front, but the fact it's still there is really nice because it gives us these initials.

Fine.

Let someone else do that hard work.

RO: Yes.

Yeah.

They can fix it.

NS: RKMB, who were they?

We don't know, but this is lovely.

So this style of painting onto tin, the black and the gold, NS: you call that Japanned.

RO: OK.

So it's a Japanned tin box.

So let me just have a good old rummage around because what I would hope to find would be a label of some sort that would tell us a maker.

RO: Oh, hello.

I know, because your books are all about misdirection NS: and discovering things... RO: Yeah.

Hidden compartments.

How good, a hidden compartment.

RO: Oh, I love that.

NS: How good is that?

So for writing here, for keeping your stationery.

RO: I've worked it out.

NS: Oh.

RO: Again, this is my sleuthing.

OK, pure conjecture.

Or you're sure?

No, I've got it.

"Rudyard Kipling's massive box"!

VO: Well, he does make up stories.

He-he!

Actually, it's a dispatch box made in Punjab in 1900 and possibly used during the days of Empire by Lieutenant Colonel Robert King Mehta of the Indian Medical Service, don't you know?

Done.

Well, listen, that's gonna be worth a few bob.

NS: OK.

Right.

OK. Rudyard Kipling's massive box.

RO: So there's no price on it.

No, I didn't see one.

Did you?

RO: No.

NS: Let's have a chat about it NS: with the dealer.

RO: Let's talk to the boys here.

I think that there's something in that.

I like your style, and I can't believe you picked it up as a joke.

I mean, to be honest with you, I might have fallen out with you a little bit.

How could you say that trunk is a joke?

VO: Time to see whether Patrick thinks it's funny.

Doubtful.

Patrick, you look like our man.

RO: There he is.

DEALER: Hello.

Nice to meet you.

NS: Hello.

RO: Hey Patrick.

Nice to see you.

Firstly, lovely shop.

DEALER: Oh thank you very much.

Secondly, a couple of things we've seen that we like.

RO: One is the stationery box... DEALER: Oh yes.

RO: ..with the... NS: Mock-croc cover.

RO: ..mock-croc cover.

DEALER: Yeah.

Yeah.

You can't do it for 50 for us, could you?

Can do it at £60.

RO: 55?

DEALER: 55.

Oh, you're a good man.

NS: Beautifully done.

RO: We were also having a look and a slight disagreement about some compasses.

DEALER: Oh, yeah.

RO: There's two which have got RO: sort of colorful lids.

DEALER: Yeah, one's red and green.

What could you do those two for?

DEALER: 120 quid the pair.

NS: Oh, right.

I feel we'll stick with the stationery thing.

Oh, stick.

OK, we're sticking and we're really grateful for that deal.

Thank you so much.

VO: Shame.

I liked those.

50 and five.

I need to come shopping with you more often.

VO: Interesting purchase.

Well done.

NS: Right.

RO: I'm quite pleased with that.

Remember where the car is?

Oh, right.

Yeah, I'm following you.

VO: Be off with you, then.

So how went the day?

Ingrid, we've come to the end of the first day.

Have you enjoyed it?

I've had an amazing time today, and I am so pumped for tomorrow now.

RB: Good.

RO: I'm already in my head calculating what we need to do tomorrow.

VO: And are Richard and Natasha also busy plotting?

RO: It's a fun world, isn't it, the world of antiques?

NS: Oh, yeah.

RO: Because there's always new people, there's always new items, there's always sort of things coming in.

You're not quite sure where they're from.

So there's plenty...

In book four, there's a plot that's all about antiques, funnily enough.

I love that.

So is this an opportunity to glean some... Well, I think I might ask your opinion on the plot, as to whether it's something that could actually happen.

NS: No, you won't.

RO: I think I have an idea.

If I don't turn up tomorrow, it's because I've just expired.

RO: Yeah.

NS: Oh, that's so cool.

VO: I'm guessing Mr Osman with the hemlock in the Corvette.

Ha-ha-ha.

Nighty night.

(ROCK-GUITAR RIFF) IO: Ooh!

RO: Hoo-hoo-hoo.

VO: And good morning to you.

I had such an amazing day yesterday, did you?

Yeah, it was really, really fun.

It's kind of idyllic.

IO: What, round here?

RO: Round here.

IO: Yeah, yeah.

RO: It's sunshine, antiquing.

VO: Yes.

And how was that antiquing?

I think I might have temporarily lost my mind.

Oh, amazing.

Well, I get to see it in a minute.

I think you might like it.

Oh, really?

Oh, that's cool.

I have to say, today...

I haven't bought my big, stupid thing yet.

Today, I've got to do that.

I want to buy something that's just like... That makes Natasha just go, "Oh, I don't think so."

So your aim for today is to upset Natasha.

But I have to buy something that she disapproves of.

Funnily enough, I need to buy...

I want to buy something that Raj approves of.

Oh, does he not like the thing you bought?

I'm desperate for his approval.

And I don't think I've got it yet.

VO: Oh, I'm sure that's not true.

I've woken up this morning with a big smile on my face.

Well, no wonder - have you heard this... ..not rumor, this news straight from the horse's mouth.

Richard Osman, multimillion best-selling author, has basically written you into his next book.

I know!

"He's an Asian antiques dealer."

"Right, OK." "Slightly older."

"Alright.

"Does he wear jazzy shirts?"

Let's just hope he's not murdered.

BOTH: Ah!

NS: Well, he wouldn't say.

He wouldn't say, goodie or baddie.

He wouldn't say.

VO: Baddie, surely?

Time to reveal what's in the boot.

First, the only item Ingrid bought yesterday, the salmon jug and shot glasses.

RO: Wow!

Wow!

IO: And I mean, is that not the best thing you've ever seen?

RO: Can I ask what it is?

IO: It's a set of shot glasses.

RO: No!

IO: Six of these.

Something that you maybe would put vodka in?

It's Russian.

As I left the shop, one of the other dealers saw what I was buying.

IO: He laughed in my face.

RO: No!

And said, "You're gonna lose money on that."

RO: Can I be honest?

IO: Yeah.

I love it.

I think it's amazing.

IO: Ah!

Great.

RO: If I'd seen that, I would have bought it.

VO: Is that lurve speaking?

Ingrid and Raj still have £365 in their kitty.

The first things we got in the shop we went to together... IO: Yeah.

RO: ..were these plates here.

Can I take them out?

RO: Oh, please.

IO: Oh, my God.

Can you imagine if I dropped them?

Oh!

IO: Whoops, oh, sorry.

RO: Sorry.

Oh, that's... That's gutting.

This, you know... RO: sgraffito, right?

IO: OK. RO: Yeah.

And these are... IO: These are nice.

RO: Nice, right?

Poole Pottery.

IO: I think they're lovely.

That was like a fiver, that one.

VO: Richard and Natasha also bought what they think is a Scandinavian ashtray... What it does have, as I hold it in my hand, is good bludgeoning potential.

VO: ..and the Indian dispatch box, leaving them with £305 in their piggy.

North Walsham is the first stop of the road trip today.

This is where the Peasants' Revolt was finally crushed at a battle in 1381.

Our Timeline today, though, is 21st century, and that's the name of our shop.

Packed full of possibilities, with dealer Judy on hand, Raj is already browsing the wares, looking terribly serious this morning.

All we need now is Ingrid.

Gah, here she is now!

IO: Raj.

RB: Hi, Ingrid.

I wear a fez now.

IO: Fezzes are cool.

RB: Let's go shopping.

VO: Ha-ha!

Well, that's what you're here for.

See, the problem is, the things I like tend to be worthless.

I need to train my eye better to look for something that's going to make us some money at auction.

I'm ruling with my head and not my heart today.

VO: Easier said than done.

This gentleman here.

I think that's absolutely charming.

I'm a cat person.

I'm not even a dog person.

But I seem to have... Look at his face.

Look at that.

There's no price on it.

Maybe it's free.

VO: Not likely.

And what happened to head over heart, eh?

How's Raj getting on?

Hm, have you spotted something there?

Yeah, there's some scent bottles in this cabinet.

This one's unusual.

Blue glass is always collectable.

IO: Yeah.

RB: And this one says "a double-ended scent bottle with blue glass, hinge AF."

What does AF mean?

AF means "as found".

But what it means, more importantly, is there's damage.

I've just found it, because, look, if you lift that off, the whole hinge comes away.

RB: It's broken there.

IO: Oh no, we don't want that.

You can see, so no, but there's a couple of other ones in here.

There's this one and there's also that clear-glass one as well.

IO: Yeah, that's beautiful.

RB: I mean, this is a ruby-red one, probably Sampson and Mordan, circa 1860.

Sampson and Mordan, good maker.

IO: Yeah.

RB: Very good maker.

And it's in good condition, there's no damage to the glass.

There's no damage to the hinges.

It's gonna come down to the price.

But look at that.

There's this one.

There's one that you've got.

Yeah, no.

This is a slightly plainer one, I think, isn't it?

But if you look at that one, I can see the dents on the top.

Oh, can you?

Oh, yeah.

It's very, very damaged, whereas this one's... IO: That's gorgeous.

Beautiful.

RB: So this one, this one RB: we'll come back to.

IO: Shall we see?

Yeah.

RB: See what the price is.

IO: Exactly that.

OK. That's one possibility in the bag.

VO: It also has a hefty price ticket of 165.

Can I show you something?

RB: Of course.

IO: Thank you.

Follow me.

I'll follow you.

VO: Is it... Could it be... IO: Just over here?

RB: Yeah.

VO: Oh, yes.

She's fallen for that dog.

RB: Oh, I like it.

It's a setter, isn't it?

I think the right eye's a little bit squiffy.

IO: No!

RB: No?

OK, OK. IO: It's got a sad face.

RB: OK. IO: That's all it is.

VO: If you say so.

RB: Is it signed?

IO: Not that I can see.

It might be the same artist as this doggy... RB: Yeah, they look similar don't they?

I really like it.

IO: Shall I ask Judy?

RB: Yes.

IO: Judy?

We've spotted this picture over here and I can't see a price on it.

120.

IO: 120.

JUDY: What it is, it's the same artist as this one, JUDY: but it hasn't been signed.

IO: Right.

So there's not the authenticity with it.

IO: Right.

VO: It's attributed then to Muriel Herne, dating to about 1911.

Is that your best price?

Is there something you could do on that?

Because it's not a signature, we could go down to 60 on that.

IO: To 60.

OK. Alright.

VO: It's looking good.

Down boy!

Ha-ha.

Not forgetting the scent bottle.

Judy.

So... you have got a couple of items here.

You've very generously said £60 for this one.

JUDY: Yeah.

And on this scent bottle, Judy, there's £165 on the ticket.

Yeah.

What could be the best on that?

I can do that for 85.

RB: That's 85 and 60.

IO: Wow!

That's about 50% off.

RB: That's very, very generous.

I'm happy with both of those.

I really like both of those.

RB: You do?

Hang on a second.

IO: Yeah.

VO: Oh, hang on!

Behind you.

The Mongol watercolors.

Could I have a look at the one with the price ticket on?

JUDY: OK. IO: They're quite interesting.

RB: Very different.

IO: Yeah.

What can you tell me about these?

I've tried to do some research, but I'm not 100% sure.

I believe it's about 1910.

Aha.

It says here there's nine of them.

I can count eight.

JUDY: There's eight.

RB: There's eight.

OK. What would be the very best on them?

We could do those for 60.

You really like those, don't you?

I think they're a little bit different.

IO: Yeah, they are.

RB: If we bought all these three items, right?

At the moment, there's 60, 60.

And I think you said 85 on that.

JUDY: Yeah.

RB: What could you do if we bought all three?

I could only take another £5 off.

I could do those for 200.

I think Judy's been very generous IO: up to now.

RB: Yeah.

So I'd be very happy with that.

RB: So would I. IO: Yeah.

Yeah.

IO: Thank you so much.

RB: Fantastic.

Fantastic.

RB: Then we have a deal.

£200.

JUDY: OK. VO: 80 for the scent bottle and 60 apiece for the Mongol prints and the doggy print.

IO: Right.

Off we go.

JUDY: OK. RB: So thanks again.

JUDY: Bye.

IO: Bye.

VO: Leaving them with 165 smackeroos.

There we go.

VO: That's right, load up the boot.

RB: Let's go!

Wahey!

(GENTLE MUSIC PLAYS) VO: Meanwhile, Richard and Natasha are taking in those Norfolk byways, bound for the village of Letheringsett, home to a working watermill dating back two centuries to a pre-industrial age.

Thousands of watermills once dotted the landscape, but the few that now remain are showing that traditional technology can help lead us to a greener and more sustainable future.

Furloughs is owned and operated by Michelle Furlough.

RO: Hey, Michelle.

MICHELLE (MF): Hello.

I'm Richard, this is Natasha.

Hi, Michelle.

Welcome to Letheringsett Watermill.

We are the only working watermill left in Norfolk.

And I think one of the few in the whole of the UK, right?

Yes.

There's only 24 of us left in the UK.

NS: Amazing.

RO: It is stunning.

There are sheep, there's sunshine.

There's a mill pond.

But I suspect there's some heavy machinery indoors, is there?

There certainly is.

Would you like to learn how to make some flour?

RO: Love to.

Shall we?

That's an "absolutely" from us.

Yes.

(CHUCKLES) VO: The Ancient Greeks are thought to have invented the technology, and by 1086, the Domesday Book recorded 5,624 watermills in England.

Ha!

Harnessing the power of water in this way remained the primary energy source until the advent of the steam engine.

And it is still powering this mill today.

This is where the action happens.

So how long have you been involved with this mill?

Well, my dad took it on in 1987 and he restored it back to being a working flour mill.

There's been three mills on this site, so the first mill dating back to the Domesday Book.

RO: Wow!

MF: This one, they started building in 1798, and they finished the build in 1802.

So... RO: Typical builders.

MF: ..it ranges between 220 and 224 years old.

And it's fed by the River Glaven out there?

MF: River Glaven, yeah.

By 1990, it was up and running as a flour mill, and then it's progressed from there.

When I took it over, I've made some modifications along the way cuz he used to be predominantly brown flour, but now we can make a traditional white and, more importantly, the plain flour that makes the cakes downstairs.

VO: Cakes, freshly baked on site!

Yum, yum.

It's much popular now with the artisan bakers.

RO: Yeah.

MF: People like it because, from a traditional mill, you get flour that's got no additives in it whatsoever, whereas commercial mills, by law, they have to put all those additives in.

RO: Gotcha.

MF: Especially the sourdoughs, because that can end up killing sourdough starters.

Don't talk to me about sourdough.

RO: I don't believe in it.

NS: It does exist.

RO: I know, I believe it exists.

NS: How can you not believe NS: in sourdough?

RO: When you go for breakfast somewhere and they'll give you sourdough toast.

NS: And it's £5.

RO: And it's £5 and it cuts the roof of your mouth.

Anyway, listen.

NS: A real gum-scratcher.

RO: We're not here to talk about sourdough.

We're gonna really ground some flour and what are we gonna make it into?

The flour that we're making today actually goes to making all the cakes.

RO: Ah.

MF: Above us is a hopper that will hold 450 kilos of wheat.

When I pull this, it's gonna come down this chute.

MF: Yes, certainly is.

RO: I'm pulling this outwards?

Yep.

NS: Wow!

RO: Oh, good old sound.

You do need to hit it with a hammer.

Keep it out so the wheat is flowing.

Yeah...

I need to hit it with a hammer?

RO: This is my kind of job.

MF: If you notice, the wheat has stopped.

So if you hit this bit MF: with a hammer... RO: Ah!

..that will just knock it down.

And again.

MF: Would you like to... RO: I'm so happy.

VO: Ah, it's the simple things.

What's next?

MF: If I give you this scoop... RO: Hello.

MF: If you take a scoop full of wheat MF: out of the hopper.

RO: Yeah.

And you're gonna pop it in the eye of the stone.

And that's called prepping the stone.

VO: Millstones come in pairs, made of a rock called burrstone, and should never touch during grinding to prevent them wearing out.

This is a real stone, mill stone.

MF: This is a real stone.

NS: Look at that.

RO: There you go.

RO: The mill is effectively the site of a small-scale hydro plant in action, and it will switch on when the sluice is opened.

It's just the power of that water is doing everything here.

Yes.

Yes.

So we're not taking the water MF: out of the river at all.

RO: Yeah.

We're just borrowing the water to power the water wheel and it goes straight back into the river MF: below the mill.

RO: Then it heads back.

RO: Shall I?

MF: You can.

Be careful with this, this is original.

But I'm sure you won't be able to break it.

Oh, I'll be the judge of that.

And when you say original, how old would that be?

So, that would be about 224 years old.

RO: Wow!

No-one's broken it yet?

MF: No.

VO: Easy does it, Richard.

Ooh, look, the wheels are turning.

The grinding begins.

So the flour is coming down here?

MF: Down the chute here.

RO: Into here.

Whoa.

NS: What did your tweaking just do?

That's moved the millstones closer together so that then we have finer flour.

So you're testing what the flour is like.

I'm just getting a handful here.

I'm gonna look at the flour that's coming through there.

We use something called the rule of thumb.

And is that where the expression "rule of thumb" comes from?

Yes.

And we're looking for a texture of bran, MF: but not gritty.

RO: Yeah.

How is our flour feeling?

Our flour is feeling really good.

Can I get you to do a clockwise turn about that much?

Yeah.

VO: This will tighten the stones to grind a finer flour.

And voila, the flour is milled and ready for cake-making.

RO: Michelle, thank you so much.

MF: There we go.

NS: Thank you so much.

RO: Wow!

So you've got carrot cake and raspberry and white chocolate, and they're all made from traditional plain flour, which is what MF: you've been making today.

RO: From this mill.

I'm ready for something very airy.

RO: That's actually really delicious.

NS: Oh, that's beautiful.

Oh, well, we're so thrilled for you, Michelle.

Thank you so much for keeping the heritage of this mill alive.

It's just so incredible.

I'm sure your dad would be immensely proud that he knew that it's still going strong.

VO: Absolutely.

A fabulous historic building rescued from yesterday, helping to create a greener tomorrow.

Just a mile or two up the road, Holt is the final destination today for Ingrid and Raj.

Just outside this delightful Georgian town, Holt Antiques and Interiors Centre is brimming with everything from classy furniture to architectural salvage.

There's bound to be something to persuade this pair to part with their last pennies.

Let's see if we can grab a bargain.

It's a big place to get around, so you're gonna have to crack on.

RB: OK. IO: Let's have a little look.

RB: Lots to look at.

Great.

IO: OK.

Right.

Raj, you go... RB: I'll go this way.

IO: ..that way.

RB: And you go that way.

IO: And I'll go that way.

I've spotted a dish over here which I quite like the look of.

Um... Yeah, it's quite an unusual design.

I think it says Wedgwood.

It does say Wedgwood.

It's Bullfinch design.

IO: That's clever.

RB: It's got £125 on the ticket.

IO: Yeah.

RB: This is a nice design, it's in great condition and it's a good company.

But even at £125, even if we got £100 off, we'd still make a little profit.

OK.

Right.

Well, I shall put that back, then.

Keep looking.

VO: Well, it WAS a lovely thing.

Let's catch up with Richard and Natasha as they head for their final shop.

It feels like a big gesture is needed.

NS: A big gesture.

RO: What do you think?

A big gesture, yes.

NS: Let's do that.

RO: Really just something where, at the auction, I'm gonna say, "Look..." NS: "Get ready for this."

RO: "Take a look at this."

I think a dinner party at your and Ingrid's house would be incredible, especially if, at the end of the meal, someone came out with a fish decanter of vodka.

I mean, it does sound similar to most evenings at our house, I have to say.

That's the fish course at your house.

Yeah.

Yeah, exactly.

VO: I'm in.

Last stop of the trip for this pair is the largest town in North Norfolk, Fakenham.

And it's time to park the Corvette at Fakenham Chapel Centre.

Do you know I've been here before?

RO: Have you?

NS: I have.

Is there anywhere you haven't been?

No.

At this point, no.

We're gonna find something, aren't we?

NS: Of course we are.

Come on.

RO: Yeah, come on.

NS: It's a chapel.

Keep the faith.

(THEY CHUCKLE) VO: And hallelujah, rejoice in the bounty therein.

All praise to dealer Carol.

NS: It is a good shop.

RO: Yeah.

It is a good shop.

Right, let's get stuck in.

Yes.

Get on with it.

Go forth and multiply.

NS: Well, well, well.

(THEY CHUCKLE) What do we have here?

Well, listen, I said I'd like something a bit silly.

I like things with animals.

I found this, which I think is a lighter.

What is it about this that appeals?

Esthetically, I just like looking at it.

Do you know what I mean?

I think in all these places where you can talk about when things are from, you know, what age and that sort of stuff, I just like looking at it.

It makes me happy to look at it.

It feels quite Edwardian, 1920s to me but, at the same time, is that too early?

Is it more 1940s?

I have the answer for you, cuz it says here - antique.

Ah, it's antique!

Well, hopefully in that case it's 100 years old.

Antique spelter horse and jockey.

NS: Yeah.

Painted spelter.

RO: Yes.

Not the world's finest material.

RO: Gotcha.

NS: It looks like the base has NS: gone a wee bit skewwhiff.

RO: Yeah, for sure.

Not the most...

It looks like it didn't NS: win the Grand National.

RO: I love it.

Listen, they've got 95 on it.

I'd like to do something that's a bit of a risk just cuz I like it.

NS: Yeah.

And spend some money.

RO: Yeah.

VO: So they might bet on that.

NS: Come, come, come.

RO: OK. VO: While they keep looking, back to Holt and see if Ingrid and Raj have found anything yet.

IO: So we've got to find... RB: We've got to keep looking.

IO: ..at least one last thing.

RB: There must be one thing in here that really grabs us.

We've got to find it.

Keep looking.

Let me know when you see anything, OK?

I quite like...

I quite like these.

RB: What, those vases?

IO: Yeah.

I mean, do you know where they're from?

I think I have an inkling, but you'll confirm.

OK, cuz I don't even need to look at the bottom of these for marks.

I know straightaway those are West German.

IO: I was born in Germany, so that's why I was clearly drawn.

Obviously, you were drawn to them.

I have to say I really like the black one with the red drops.

IO: They're quite handsome aren't they?

I think...

I quite like them as a pair, I think, just because I think they compliment each other.

They're quite a statement, aren't they, I think?

They are definitely a statement, without a doubt.

Well, it's gonna come down to price.

Are they priced up?

IO: I can't see a price on them.

I'm gonna go talk to Jane.

VO: Good idea.

Probably from the 1950s, these vibrant colors, thick glazes and bold shapes are typical of West German pottery from the postwar era.

JANE: Yeah?

IO: Could I ask you to come and have a look at these two vases... JANE: OK. IO: ..that we've got our eye on?

We were wondering if we could get them as a two.

What might your best price be on that?

JANE: Right.

That one is 120.

IO: Yeah.

JANE: And that one's 105.

IO: Ooh.

JANE: So that's 225.

JANE: If you wanted them both... IO: Yeah.

..if you pay for that one... IO: Yeah.

JANE: ..you can have that one JANE: for free.

IO: Are you kidding?

VO: BOGOF.

RB: Go for it.

IO: With Raj's blessing, IO: with your blessing... RB: You've got my blessing.

I will go for it.

Bag 'em up.

RB: Bag 'em up.

Let's have 'em.

IO: I wondered if I could offer you 100 for the both.

It really needs to be 110 and then it's a deal.

IO: 110.

JANE: Yeah.

That's £10 off 120.

That's very... JANE: So that's just under half price.

IO: Yeah, that's amazing.

Thank you.

VO: You dark horse, Ingrid.

I think you've done this before.

Thank you.

VO: Ta-ta for now.

Right, where are they up to in Fakenham?

Time is marching on.

It's this way.

NS: It's more glass.

RO: OK.

But it's also older and probably more interesting to auction-goers than the cigar ashtray.

RO: Like a proper antique.

NS: It's a pr...

It is... NS: With a capital P, actually.

RO: Oh, that'd be nice.

Because, A, it's a rummer.

RO: Gotcha.

NS: So, I mean, do you like a wee glass of an evening?

RO: A WEE glass?

NS: Yeah, that'll do it.

I mean, that's huge.

Yeah.

That might be the most Scottish thing you've ever said.

Just a wee one for me.

Just to the top.

It's 1836, so William IV is on the throne.

NS: He will die a year later.

RO: Oh, spoiler.

I don't know exactly when he died.

It's October 3rd, 1836.

And I just love these because they're so precise and there's just no way that this was done after the fact.

I know I can't say that with 100% authority.

RO: Yeah, yeah.

NS: But it's like 99.99999%.

So it's a proper antique?

This is a bucket rummer.

That's the shape.

RO: OK. A bucket rummer?

NS: Enjoying that?

No.

RO: A bucket rummer?

Yeah.

NS: It sounds euphemistic, a bucket rummer.

I'll tell you what, "What's Natasha like?"

"A bit of a bucket rummer, if I'm honest."

She's a real bucket rummer!

And it's got the lovely... Everything about it is William IV.

So you have the lovely spread foot, you have this knop in the middle.

I thought it said Ms A Lawrence, but it's just a bit of serif, a bit of swirl.

NS: So it's M A Lawrence.

RO: OK. And I love the fact there's no price on it, so I feel like NS: we go in with an offer.

RO: Oh.

That's it, yeah.

I feel like that's the way to do it.

(WHISPERS) This feels overpriced.

NS: Do you think so?

RO: But we'll see.

Can I just put one other thing your way?

NS: Of course you can.

RO: I'd like to ask about one other thing, which is this gentleman.

It's like a fox terrier teddy bear, RO: really, isn't it?

NS: Like it!

Yes.

And give it a squeeze.

Is it filled with straw?

RO: Oh, yeah.

Wow!

NS: Filled with straw.

The mohair, that's mohair, seems to be there.

Original eyes.

I don't know.

There's... Actually, I haven't even asked the price.

RO: 55.

NS: Ah, so it's fair.

We can talk to our good friends here, see what price we can get.

This says 95.

This says 55.

We'll think of a name for Foxy here.

I once won the Grand National.

Monty's Pass was the horse, NS: on which I won about £10.

RO: OK.

So can we call the horse Monty?

RO: We call the horse Monty.

NS: And the dog?

And we'll call... Oh, what can we call the dog?

Hm?

Hm?

Ian, apparently.

A strong Scottish name.

I like it.

OK, let's take Ian and Monty to Carol.

You need to meet Carol.

VO: About time, too.

NS: Hi, Carol.

CAROL: Hello.

RO: Hi, Carol.

NS: How are you?

I'm good, thank you.

Now, three items for you right here.

This horse has got £95 on it.

Could you come down from that?

Paid quite a lot of money for that so I really can't CAROL: come down on the price.

RO: The price is the price.

I think you might have made our mind up there on that one, then.

However, this gentleman here.

CAROL: Yeah.

RO: Ian, the fox terrier.

CAROL: Yeah.

IO: He has got 55 on him.

CAROL: Yeah.

RO: I would love to get him... ..30?

Probably 35.

Should we say 35?

RO: 35?

CAROL: Yeah.

OK, done.

Ian, you have a new home.

NS: (LAUGHS) For now.

I don't know if you know much about these, Carol.

Yes, I do.

I think it's a William IV bucket rummer.

CAROL: Yes.

NS: Oh, that's amazing.

RO: It's got an annulated knop.

CAROL: It's unusually large.

Well, listen, people have looked at me and said that before.

Yeah, they're not... Oh!

NS: (CHUCKLES) CAROL: Wow!

RO: What, er... CAROL: Am I blushing?

NS: Not you or I, Carol.

CAROL: Am I blushing?

CAROL: Am I blushing?

RO: What do you think RO: you can do on that for us?

CAROL: Um...

It's a lovely, honest antique, Natasha says.

£50.

NS: £50 lowest.

RO: 45?

CAROL: OK. We'll go with 45.

RO: Are you sure?

CAROL: Yeah.

RO: Are you sure?

CAROL: Yeah.

RO: Lovely.

35 and 45.

CAROL: Yeah, yes, OK. RO: Carol, thank you so much.

CAROL: OK, that's fine.

VO: 45 for the glass and 35 for Ian.

Woof.

CAROL: Thank you very much.

RO: Thank you so much.

RO: Goodbye!

CAROL: Bye bye!

Well done.

Excellent haggling again.

Last of the big spenders.

I'm a bit worried, though.

The car is only a two-seater, and where's Ian gonna go?

RO: Ian.

He'll sit in my lap.

NS: You hold onto him.

RO: Yeah, I'll hold onto him.

NS: Hold onto him.

VO: So how are our teams feeling at the end of their shopping spree as the auction looms?

It's been an absolute joy with you, Ingrid.

Well, I'm hoping that that joy will continue onto the auction, because, as much as I love Richard, I would very much like to score a massive victory over him.

Well, there's an omen there because you've just used the word "victory".

And of course, that was Nelson's ship.

And Nelson came from Norfolk.

So who knows?

That could be an omen.

IO: It's a sign.

RB: Absolutely.

We're gonna win.

VO: Okey-dokey, then.

Meanwhile...

I like to think, with due respect to us both, we're sort of both weak links.

NS: (CHUCKLES) It's like in the school playground of Celebrity Antiques Road Trip, they've both been chosen first.

Yeah, we didn't get picked last.

We just didn't get picked.

Kind of our hands in pockets, kinda going "ugh".

What a Cinderella story it would be if we could win.

VO: Ah, you shall go to the ball... after some shuteye.

And before you know it, they're motoring into auction day in that little red sports car, which, of course, pre-dates seat belts.

I honestly can't wait.

I'm so...

I'm very excited.

I think we're gonna lose money on everything.

So any time RO: we make even a pound... IO: Yeah.

RO: ..I'll be absolutely thrilled.

High-fiving to the gods.

High-fiving when we make £7 for a £5... IO: Oh, God.

RO: £5 buy.

However, Richard regretted not spending up and managed to splash another 100 of his cash on another item.

Went back and bought those... bought the compasses... IO: Yes.

RO: ..that I was gonna turn down cuz they had "port" and "starboard" written on them RO: in felt tip.

IO: You did.

RO: So I thought... IO: What if that's the thing that absolutely IO: makes loads of money?

RO: Yeah, just flies.

VO: I knew he'd be sorry to leave those compasses in the shop.

They'll assemble to watch the auction on their tablets at journey's end - Silvermere Inn on the Lake near Cobham.

OK.

It's now or never.

Moment of truth.

VO: Meanwhile, their purchases have gone on to Penkridge, to Cuttlestones auctioneers and valuers, where they'll be bidding by phone, online and in the room.

The man with the gavel is Ben Gamble.

He's been giving our teams' purchases the once over.

Ingrid and Raj spent £345 on their five lots.

Penny for your thoughts, Ben.

The shot set - every now and again you get a quirky lot that comes in that you sort of look at and think, "It's a bit kitsch.

Does that mean it's cool or it's awful?"

And I'm sort of veering on the slightly awful side, to be honest with you.

But because I think it's awful, somebody will think it's probably fantastic.

So I think it'll probably sell quite well, to be fair.

VO: Hmm!

Richard parted with £275 for his six lots, including the compasses he went back for and the dispatch case.

What do you fancy, Ben?

I think my favorite lot is the dispatch box - it's social history, it's quality.

It's interesting.

We don't see many of them at all.

It'll sell absolutely all day long.

Love it.

VO: The stage is set.

We just need the rest of the players.

IO: Hello, hi!

RO: Howdy, Natasha.

IO: Lovely to see you again.

NS: The saleroom.

RO: How are you?

NS: The saleroom by the lake.

It's beautiful.

Should we satisfy your curiosity?

Oh, let's do it.

Let's not put it off any longer.

Good luck, Natasha.

VO: And without further ado, we're casting off with Richard and Natasha's selection of maritime-themed pottery.

There are, of course, three of these plates.

These could SAIL away.

NS: Yeah.

Oh, keep them coming!

RO: I mean, wow!

We've got two commission bids on the book.

They're exactly the same at £25.

Bidder there at 28. Who would like 30?

BEN: At £28, I have.

RO: Come on.

BEN: 30, if you like.

Quickly.

RO: Come on.

Up you pop.

Selling, then, at £28.

NS & IO: No!

He could have given that more, RO: couldn't he?

RB: Yeah.

We can't blame the auctioneer.

RO: Oh, no.

100% NS: We chose them, OK?

VO: You did.

And they are nice.

Erm... OK!

Er... Well, listen - in for a penny, in for pound.

VO: Now for Ingrid and Raj's first chance at the jackpot.

It's the eight watercolors of Mongolian scenes.

So, we just need two Mongolian art collectors.

We do.

And, I mean, do you know any?

That's all it takes, isn't it?

Richard, you're a Mongolian expert!

Can you phone any friends up?

At £20, I'm only bid there, at 20.

At 22.

I was hoping for 10,000, so we're slightly... we're just a little bit under.

I'm only bid there at 30.

Still think these are in line at two.

At 35 bid.

40.

At £40.

They're still going at 40.

RO: Still going.

BEN: 40, and five, and 50.

NS: Oh, hold on.

Hold on!

RO: Whoa!

NS: Dangerously close.

And five, at 55 now.

BEN: And 60.

IO: Yes!

RO: No way!

BEN: And five.

(ALL CHEER) Yes.

RB: Come on!

NS: That's so good!

At 80.

Are you five now?

And five.

£85 there, and we sell.

NS: Nice.

RO: Well done.

Absolutely delighted with that.

VO: Me too.

RO: You can relax, now.

IO: Yeah, can relax, yeah.

Yeah, we've had a profit.

VO: So, was going back for those compasses and paying £100 for them a good idea?

Richard is about to find out.

But they're nice.

They've got these nice little hats.

IO: They're very colorful.

RO: They're colorful.

Yeah.

They look like, erm, little Henry Hoovers.

Yes, they do.

BEN: Good paperweights.

RB: Paperweights!

At £60, straight in.

IO: £60?!

RB: £60!

All done.

Selling - £60.

NS: No!

RO: Oh, that's nice, though.

Lovely paperweights there!

VO: Ouch.

What happened to beginner's luck, eh?

And I really like them as pieces.

And they were...

There's something about them, wasn't there?

And now that itch has been scratched.

Yes, exactly.

Now, just pure profit from here on in.

VO: Stay optimistic!

Now, will Ingrid and Raj net a profit on that salmon decanter and shot glasses?

BEN: £8 bid.

IO: We're off.

£8 on the shot set, 10.

At 10, I'm only bid there at 10. Who would like 12?

IO: Two people want them.

BEN: At £10 I have.

Are you 12 and up quickly?

Cheap enough, perhaps.

IO: Are you kidding me?

BEN: And I sell, no mistake.

Goes at a tenner.

IO: Livid about that.

RB: (SIGHS) VO: Yes.

It fairly sank.

IO: It's fine.

RO: Raj, do you know what?

Well done for not saying "I told you so."

Cuz every... every ounce of your body language, RO: is saying, "I told you so."

RB: Not at all.

Not at all.

You're being very well behaved.

VO: Maybe Richard and Natasha are onto a winner with the fox terrier.

Go, Ian!

We paid the same as you paid for your glug jug.

RO: If he makes £11... RB: You're OK. ..which he may not.. NS: He might struggle.

RO: ..we'll be very happy.

And it's here to be sold at £8 only.

NS: No!

BEN: At £8, I'm only bid at 10.

At £10, 12, at £12.

RO: £12?

BEN: 15.

Cheap enough there, and selling at 15.

Well done.

We'll take that.

VO: Poor Ian.

He deserved more.

NS: Hey, no regrets.

RO: Oh, I have zero regrets.

NS: Zero!

Well, no, hold on.

No, hold on.

I regret buying him.

VO: The last pooch struggled to find a home.

Will Ingrid and Raj's sad-looking doggy fare better?

£15, only bid.

At £15 I'm only bid.

Who would like 18 and up?

Here to be sold and no mistake.

IO: Absolutely killing me.

BEN: At £15, I'm bid.

I was so confident about this one.

And we sell at £15.

RB: Both gone.

IO: He's gone to a good home, IO: and that's what counts.

RB: Yeah.

NS: He's gone to... RO: He's gone to a cheap home!

He's gone...!

(LAUGHS) VO: Oh, dear.

If people play it back and see the moment your heart broke... RO: I can see the exact moment.

NS: So frustrating.

I could hear it snap from here.

Next under the hammer is the glass ashtray - or is it?

BEN: And we have it down as a glass cigar ashtray.

I'd be rather inclined to think it was more of a teapot-warmer.

NS: A teapot-warmer?

RO: What?

BEN: £18.

IO: Hello!

IO: What?!

RB: 18?

RB: 18?

IO: What?!

Oh.

We sell at 18.

IO: Well done.

NS: So he reckons NS: it's a teapot warmer.

RB: Trebled your money and more.

Trebled our money, even though we didn't know what it was.

RB: Well, I'm not one for "I told you so", but... ha!

NS: Delighted.

RB: That was very good.

NS: Delighted.

RB: Very good.

VO: Raj and Ingrid splashed out a lot on the Victorian scent bottle.

Will they come up smelling of roses?

One end is for perfume, apparently, one end is for smelling salts.

RB: Yeah.

RO: Oh, really?

Wow!

You were listening.

RB: You were listening.

IO: Yeah.

Was 28.

It's now 38.

No!

At £40, a bid at £40.

And five.

IO: Come on.

NS: Come on.

BEN: Selling then at £45.

RB: No!

Goes.

RO: That's a bargain, isn't it?

RB: No!

VO: Certainly is.

Raj, you could probably use some of those smelling salts, huh?

On the day, we just maybe paid too much.

VO: Bottoms up!

Time for the William IV rummer.

We're gonna go in at 22.

BEN: £22... NS: That's a bit sad.

It's a good starter.

At £22, I'm only bid.

Is there anyone at the auction?

At £25, I'm only bid.

Eight.

And selling at £28.

It was such a nice bucket.

Yeah, it was lovely.

It was the nicest bucket rummer RO: I've ever seen.

NS: A wee bit wonky.

Oh, it was just lovely.

VO: Sadly, it's made your total a bit wonky, too.

Honestly, what is going on?

What is... what is happening in the world?

VO: Well, maybe Ingrid's last lot, the West German vases, will help put this small corner of the world to rights today.

I'm such a narcissist.

They're German.

I'm German.

Sold!

RB: OK.

Here we go.

BEN: These are cool.

RB: Ooh!

I'm in at 45.

Takes me away at £80.

(THEY CHEER) £80, at £85 I'm bid there, at 85. Who would like 90?

At 85.

NS: Oh, no, no, no.

RO: Come on.

We're going at £85.

We lost money, IO: but it is a result.

RB: Yes it is.

We didn't lose that much money.

I know.

Exactly.

That's good.

VO: But not quite what you'd hoped for.

Listen, the auctioneer said they were cool.

That's all I need.

RO: Did say they were cool.

RB: He said they were cool and they didn't lose us a lot of money.

VO: And that just leaves Richard's last lot now.

The dispatch case.

Starting in low, I think, at £45.

NS: Ooh!

RO: Yeah.

This is a good thing.

This is a good thing.

BEN: 50, five.

NS: Come on.

At £55.

My bid at 55.

BEN: At 55 and 60.

RO: Yes!

IO: Well done.

IO: Yeah.

RB: Well done.

At 65.

70.

Oh, I think it's someone in the room versus someone online.

RO: Right.

BEN: At 75.

80.

NS: Oh, yay!

RO: Nice.

Well done.

Telephone there at 80.

And five.

At 85, 90.

BEN: £90.

NS: Come on!

We're selling.

No mistakes.

We all done?

Going there at 90.

RB: Well done.

IO: Riches beyond IO: your wildest dreams!

RB: That was good.

RO: Nice.

Lovely.

IO: Lovely profit.

NS: I'm really pleased.

RO: Made some money!

IO: What a lovely profit.

VO: Well deserved, for an interesting item.

The haggling worked.

NS: The haggling worked.

RB: Well done.

VO: Time to tot up the figures now.

Having started with £400, Ingrid and Raj finished the trip, after auction costs, with £251.80, while Richard and Natasha, having started with the same amount, lost less today and, after saleroom fees, have £320.98 in their piggy, making them the winners.

RB: What a fantastic trip.

RO: Cheers, guys.

NS: It's been a blast.

RB: It's been fantastic.

IO: Thank you so much.

(HORN TOOTS) IO: Bye.

(ENGINE DROWNS SPEECH) RO: I thoroughly enjoyed that.

Well, you would have done!

RO: I did!

IO: Cuz you won.

How lovely.

It's been like a date.

Like a... Like a filmed date where we get to buy antiques.

A really weird, extended date where Raj Bisram comes along.

I think, contractually, we're allowed to keep the car, right?

IO: Yes.

RO: Brilliant, let's drive home.

IO: I'm gonna go with yes.

VO: Oi!

Bring that back!

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