(CAR HORN) VOICEOVER (VO): The nation's favorite celebrities...

It's not worth a tenner.

VO: ..paired up with an expert... You're learning.

VO: ..and a classic car.

This is very exciting, isn't it?

It is.

VO: Their mission, to scour Britain for antiques.

Got a nice ring to it.

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

Come on.

VO: But it's no easy ride.

RICHARD: Brake.

DOMINIC: I can't!

VO: Who will find a hidden gem?

I hope I don't live to regret this.

VO: Take the biggest risk?

We've definitely got a problem.

VO: Will anybody follow expert advice?

You'd never catch me buying anything like that.

VO: There will be worthy winners... (THEY CHEER) VO: ..and valiant losers.

You should all be ashamed of yourselves.

VO: Put your pedal to the metal.

VO: This is the Celebrity Antiques Road Trip.

Yeah.

Today, we're all over Cheshire, with a couple of chums who, regardless of their lack of knick-knack know-how, can't be accused of taking this competition lightly.

I want to make sure that come the end of the week, I win.

What, do you actually think you've got a chance?

Yeah.

VO: Oh, stand lively.

Do you know what I'm brilliant at?

Driving?

Blagging.

My blagging skills are unreal.

VO: We shall soon see.

Ha!

But whether blagging or braking, it promises to be quite a ride with TV personality, Christine McGuinness and her good friend, the soap star, Colson Smith.

COLSON: Your advantage in the antiques game is that you have more life experience than me.

Colson!

VO: Christine, a former Miss Liverpool, has appeared in several reality shows, as well as making a documentary about her family and autism.

Are we ready to go into third gear?

COLSON: It's a big step.

We're driving.

VO: Colson is an English actor who practically grew up on one of Britain's longest running soap operas.

Once a typical teen and now a police officer with OCD.

We've got to do the looking, the hunting, the buying.

Yeah.

And I think that's what I'm going to be really good at.

VO: Our pair first acquired the competitive bug on a reality sports game show.

So let's get ready for the decider, this time with antiques.

Do you think you have got more chance of winning The Games, or more chance of winning this?

Oh, surely I've got to be better at shopping than I was at all those sports.

VO: Quite.

Even though she was rather handy with a javelin, there'll be little opportunity for that in their Volkswagen Beetle.

Ha!

CHRISTINE: This is an antique, isn't it?

This is not 100 years.

You don't think this is 100 years old?

Course it is.

This isn't 100 years old!

What do you think it is?

1960s, maybe, '65.

Do you know anything about antiques?

I know that this isn't one.

VO: He's actually pretty close.

1967 - the Summer of Love.

Aw, this was born before us.

It was born before us.

It was born a long time before me.

VO: Hey!

Ditto a couple of people who'll be very happy to help with the looking, hunting, buying, and hopefully profit-making - experts and fans, Irita Marriot and Hettie Jago.

So, Colson and Christine.

Are you excited to meet them?

Oh, yeah.

I can't wait to meet Colson because I love Coronation Street.

Well, I have to say, girl power.

Bring it on.

Yes.

An all-girl team.

Bring it on.

Yes!

VO: Also in a fiercely competitive frame of mind.

Bodes well.

I feel like the expert is there to help you.

COLSON: And... CHRISTINE: Yeah.

..I feel like I need the help.

Not as much as you need the help, but I need the help.

Colson!

VO: Cheeky!

Their Cheshire rummage will take them all the way to Stockport.

But they start out in Frodsham.

Close to the river Mersey, also the birthplace of mezzo soprano and Handel interpreter Alice Coote.

Overture almost over... COLSON: Ah.

The first shop.

VO: ..they're about to get shop-putting.

CHRISTINE: (LAUGHS) VO: Molto vivace.

No real need to hurry, of course, because the Cheshire Antiques and Vintage Emporium has more than enough to go round.

The same applies for experts.

COLSON: Hello, Hettie.

Hello.

Lovely to meet you.

COLSON: You alright?

Nice to meet you.

This is cool, innit?

Yes, it is.

Are you excited?

Slightly nervous.

HETTIE: Slightly nervous.

Good nerves?

Good nerves.

Excited nerves.

Yeah.

Ready.

Ready to find something good.

HETTIE: Good.

Is this your kind of thing?

Have you been to antique shops before?

Not since being a child, probably.

But now looking at it from an adult point of view, it's...it's a very different thing.

HETTIE: Yeah.

VO: Oh, definitely for grown-ups.

CHRISTINE: Hey!

IRITA: Hi.

How are you?

CHRISTINE: We're going for a cuddle.

Hi.

I'm OK.

I'm glad you're here to help me.

How are you feeling?

OK.

I feel like there isn't much organization going on.

Like, there isn't sections... VO: She has a point.

Antique shops do mix things up rather.

Right.

Come on.

Let's start over here.

IRITA: Is there anything there that jumps out at you?

Because it might be the right texture, the right color, the right look, that attracts you for some reason.

It just looks very cluttered.

I just don't know what would be an antique in there.

IRITA: Do you know what that is?

Is it a butter dish?

IRITA: Yeah.

CHRISTINE: Is it?

IRITA: Yeah.

CHRISTINE: Yeah.

And it was made...by Foley China, which was early Shelley Pottery.

OK.

So this is actually over 100 years old.

No way!

IRITA: Yes.

CHRISTINE: No way!

Oh, I don't know if I want to hold it.

IRITA: Go on.

Does that make you feel completely different about it?

Well, yeah.

I wouldn't have thought that's over 100 years old.

I know, because the color is so bright.

CHRISTINE: Yeah.

IRITA: It's so fashionable... ..in a way, and usable and practical.

IRITA: And the price, £15.

CHRISTINE: Yeah, it's really cheap.

IRITA: In pottery world, Foley China is good news.

OK.

It's actually quite a nice and desirable thing.

VO: Named after the Foley district in the Potteries.

CHRISTINE: But does it matter that it's got a little chip in it?

IRITA: It will make a difference, but you find another one.

CHRISTINE: That's crazy.

So now you know that even when you look at a cabinet and there's so many different things there, you can pick out one and it will have a story.

It will have something to tell you.

So don't be afraid to pick up anything that, for whatever reason, catches your eye.

IRITA: Right.

Come on, let's go and explore.

See where your eye takes you.

CHRISTINE: OK. IRITA: Yeah?

VO: Good plan.

We don't want to boggle anyone.

Where have the others got to?

You know these in here?

HETTIE: Yeah.

The figures.

COLSON: Yeah.

HETTIE: OK. COLSON: So I bought a house off my great-aunt.

HETTIE: Yeah.

And I cleared it out, and she had loads of these.

Yeah.

But I never knew what they were.

COLSON: But my mum took them.

Have I just given away, like, a family heirloom?

HETTIE: Well, no.

COLSON: OK.

They're not worth a huge amount of money.

They are...

Without looking at them, they're by Lladro.

VO: Spanish, from Valencia.

COLSON: They were obviously a very common thing at the time.

HETTIE: Yes.

10, 20 years ago they were making good money, but the market sort of dropped off for that sort of thing.

So I don't need to go and raid my mum's house.

You don't need to be worried, no.

COLSON: Perfect.

HETTIE: (LAUGHS) HETTIE: Shall we keep looking?

COLSON: Yeah.

VO: Never mind.

That's proprietor Dave, by the way.

Available for when you find anything...wherever it lurks.

COLSON: The Slazenger Junior College.

Now, this in the day was a good...good hockey stick.

VO: Jolly, even?

How much?

£12.

VO: Back on the bench.

IRITA: What have you spotted?

CHRISTINE: I've seen these two metal plates that say Princess on.

I'm not really sure what they are at all.

They've just caught my eye because I've got two little princesses at home.

IRITA: So, the Princess, that is actually a classic car piece.

I mean, we are traveling the country in a classic car.

CHRISTINE: We are.

That comes from an Austin Princess, so it would have been a plate, like for anybody... CHRISTINE: So that's like the badge?

Like the badge of the car.

CHRISTINE: OK. IRITA: Yeah.

VO: The Princess was originally launched in 1947.

IRITA: I really like those.

I can't say I've seen many of those around.

IRITA: They're £15 each.

CHRISTINE: Yeah.

Surely that's worth a punt.

We don't have to buy two if you don't want to.

We could just buy one.

IRITA: I mean, it's one of those things.

Let me see.

Can you see these screw bits?

That's where it would have fastened to the actual car.

IRITA: See, that one's in better condition than this.

CHRISTINE: Yeah, it is.

I've got a son as well.

And the cassette player behind it, the little blue robot.

IRITA: That is just cool, isn't it?

CHRISTINE: It is cool.

IRITA: 1980s.

Do you remember cassettes?

CHRISTINE: I do.

Of course I do.

I remember winding the things back every time they come out.

IRITA: What was the first one you bought?

Do you remember?

It would have been one of my mum's.

I think it was Bob Marley or something.

IRITA: It's a tough one, because it's not quite the collector's thing yet.

CHRISTINE: No.

IRITA: And the brand isn't quite good enough for that.

CHRISTINE: I think let's leave that one.

I'm really happy with this.

IRITA: Is that a definite, then?

CHRISTINE: Yes.

IRITA: Yeah.

VO: 1-0.

Oh, hello.

(WHISPERS) Colson's just there.

VO: He is.

Not much the wiser, though.

Please don't tell anybody what I'm buying, will ya?

VO: Quite.

Find your own stuff!

This is quite cool.

It's very... Yeah.

Do you like that?

COLSON: It catches your eye.

It's the sort of thing that I could imagine seeing at Kevin Webster's garage.

Yes, it's kind of film set sort of... COLSON: Yeah.

Like, "proppy".

HETTIE: Yes!

Yeah, it does look like that.

But also, I think it's kind of like an interior decorator's piece.

I think it's quite interesting.

Especially with the colors and the bold writing.

COLSON: It's something that you don't see much of.

HETTIE: Yeah.

Anything to do with sort of vintage motoring items do really, really quite well at auction.

We quite regularly get sort of oil cans... HETTIE: ..just small ones.

COLSON: Yeah.

Anything that's got a bit of rust on it, people just love.

HETTIE: Let's just double check that it's definitely original and it's not fake rust.

I would say that's definitely original rust, wouldn't you?

COLSON: I would say it is.

It also looks like it should be very heavy.

But seeing as you've just picked it up with two fingers... HETTIE: Yeah.

COLSON: Clearly not.

No contents in it, which is a shame cuz sometimes oil cans do better when they've actually got the contents.

People will buy it for what's in it as well.

Yes.

OK. HETTIE: But look, we've got cobwebs and everything.

COLSON: We have.

VO: Ticket price, £28.

HETTIE: So would you have this at your house, then, do you reckon?

Possibly have it in my garden, but maybe chop the top off and use it as a planter.

Would you?

But would that destroy it?

I mean, you do whatever you like to it.

VO: You could make a steel drum and join a band.

I think at £28, we've got a chance...

I agree.

..of decent money on that.

I agree.

Put it on the list.

We will put that on the list.

HETTIE: Fab.

Should we carry on?

COLSON: Yeah.

VO: That's evened things up.

One item each.

Nothing too pricey thus far, though.

HETTIE: I'm having such a good time with Colson.

I think we have similar taste in things.

He likes sort of like advertising and like props, anything to do with film.

So that's really cool.

It's so interesting finding out about Coronation Street.

I have a really good feeling about this.

I think we're going to win.

We're going to smash it.

COLSON: A-ha.

This is what I've always wanted, you see.

I thought it was a gavel at first, because, obviously, I use a gavel when I'm auctioneering.

Show us your... What would you do?

See, I have a little palm one, so it just fits in the palm of my hand.

I give it a little...

But this is a serious bit of kit.

I could use this as a gavel.

So if you were to do it, "Selling once, selling twice..." All done and finished, then, at £20.

VO: A profit, I hope.

Christine, meanwhile, is definitely getting her eye in.

That's my taste.

It looks quite modern, but I think it's probably very old.

The thing is, they actually copied the 17th century leather jugs.

Really?

So, you saying that looks actually quite modern... Yeah.

..it's copying something that is like 300 years old.

It has that really timeless kind of look.

VO: Royal Doulton Lambeth are so-called because they started out south of the Thames before expanding to the Potteries.

And this silver-mounted leather jug dates from 1898.

IRITA: £75.

How does that make you feel?

I really, really like the jug.

I don't like the price.

75 is a lot.

I know, but buying quality always pays off.

VO: That's the theory.

Brace yourselves.

Dave.

DAVE: Hi.

IRITA: Hello.

I've found this beautiful jug.

I absolutely love it.

The price is a lot more than what I wanted to pay.

But I've also got another item that I left behind the till.

A Princess car badge.

VO: No haggle, £15.

CHRISTINE: Something can...

If I take the two of them, maybe you could do me a little deal.

DAVE: OK, well, that's 75.

The very best I could do on that would be 65.

CHRISTINE: OK.

I'm happy with that.

IRITA: Yeah?

DAVE: Yeah?

VO: Nicely done.

£80, it is.

VO: Two items bagged... CHRISTINE: Thank you so much.

IRITA: Have a lovely day.

DAVE: And you.

VO: ..with 320 left.

IRITA: How do you feel about that?

CHRISTINE: Really happy.

VO: No boot.

They call it the frunk, apparently.

Ha!

IRITA: Next shop, here we come.

VO: While we head back inside, where Colson's already snared this drum.

Ah, Hettie.

Now, this...this excites me, actually, because as an actor, I have an interest in film.

Believe it or not.

I've got a film podcast with two of my other mates in Corrie... HETTIE: Oh, OK. COLSON: ..Jack and Ben.

COLSON: And we educate each other on films.

So back in the day... COLSON: ..before me and you... HETTIE: Before our time.

COLSON: ..to make a film, they used to film it onto film, and then to watch it back, you'd have to watch it on a strip projector, which I think this is what this is.

HETTIE: Should we have a look at it?

COLSON: I think battered boxes look better.

Yes, we like the packaging.

COLSON: Yeah.

HETTIE: Oh, no way!

It's gold as well.

COLSON: I think that looks cool.

HETTIE: Do you want to take it out?

COLSON: Yeah.

Wow, look at that.

Oh, look, you've got all the film strips in it as well.

VO: 35mm film strip projectors were a toy-movie alternative to the ones used in cinemas.

I think it's cool.

COLSON: Is it the sort of thing that someone would have as an ornament, or is it...?

Because I don't know what the use would be.

HETTIE: I think it's people just collect this sort of thing.

Yeah.

Now, you can see through... Can you see through it?

Yeah.

What is it?

It's like a teddy-bear- picnicy-type film.

Oh, look, there are loads of them.

Oh, wow.

Look at the packaging as well.

I really like this.

HETTIE: I mean, from my experience, projectors don't do hugely well at auction.

Oh!

I know.

Sorry.

But this one, I like it.

And you've got a connection to it.

You love it.

It's a feel.

It's a feel.

We might be able to get it for a bargain.

HETTIE: Yeah.

It's nice it's got the actual, you know... What do you call them?

COLSON: Films.

HETTIE: Films.

VO: Ha-ha!

Ticket price, £35.

Reduced!

COLSON: Worth a gamble?

HETTIE: Yeah, great.

OK, we're going to get that.

How good are your haggling skills, though?

That's the question.

I'm not sure, but I'll find out.

VO: As will Dave.

HETTIE: Hello, Dave.

DAVE: Hi, Hettie.

We've found a couple of things, haven't we?

HETTIE: Yeah.

So...we have the projector, which is £35 on the ticket price.

DAVE: Yeah.

HETTIE: And £28?

Yes.

I think you've done well there.

Well, I would like to take the both of them.

Yeah.

What's the best price you can do me?

Er, well, I can knock a bit off for you.

DAVE: Um... Do the two for...55.

Are you happy with that?

Yeah.

Go on, then, Dave.

VO: 30 for the projector, and 25 for the drum.

COLSON: On we go.

HETTIE: Yes.

Thank you.

VO: 345 in hand.

You happy?

Yeah, very.

Successful shop one.

I think so.

VO: Meanwhile, out on the Cheshire byways, there's a Beetle on the move.

IRITA: Yay!

CHRISTINE: Oh!

IRITA: Are they impressive?

VO: Simple pleasures, eh?

They suit the car, don't they?

Yeah.

VO: But aside from the wipers, what about the purpose of their trip?

Do you think you're going to be really good at haggling?

I hope so, yeah.

I think I've got one of them faces that you can't really say no to.

You already know where you stand.

Is there anything in particular that you look for, that you go, "Yeah, I'm definitely going to make good money on that"?

You don't know it until you see it.

So let's say if we find a piece of porcelain, how is that going to make you feel?

There's a lot of porcelain about, isn't there?

Yeah.

So it's not like it's rare.

Oh, it could be.

CHRISTINE: It would have to be really different, or it would have to have one of those stamps at the bottom that you would recognize, and I wouldn't.

You got it!

VO: Not half!

Time to try her hand at another shopping experience, close to the village of Sandiway, at Farrow House antiques.

It's just there.

VO: You can't miss it.

IRITA: Oh, this looks big.

VO: It is rather.

Lots of stuff and lots of dealers represented here.

Lots of ground to cover.

Good job they've got some wheels.

I'm not that heavy.

Now, don't break this, because I haven't got enough money left to buy it.

How is our insurance?

VO: Good question.

IRITA: We're off to find the bargains.

VO: And £320 left to buy them with.

Oh, Christine, look at this.

IRITA: What do you think of that?

What is it?

It looks a bit like a casket.

IRITA: It is kind of a casket, but it's for tea.

A tea caddy.

CHRISTINE: It is amazing.

If that's been all handcrafted, the detail in that is incredible, isn't it?

IRITA: I think this should be a maybe, depending on the price.

CHRISTINE: That's at 120, but it is an antique.

It's lovely.

And there's nothing else like it.

It's just the bottom has been replaced.

But if I was 130 years old, would I look like how I look now?

Do you know what I mean?

So just like this tea box, we might need to get a bit of work done now and again to keep ourselves looking as beautiful as this box.

VO: No replacement bottoms, though, please.

Or glue.

IRITA: So would we say, if we can get this for the right price, it's a yes?

CHRISTINE: Yeah, definitely.

IRITA: Let's pop it back.

Let's keep it as a maybe.

VO: One almost possible purchase.

IRITA: Let's keep on looking.

I want something shiny.

VO: But whither our Corrie star and auctioneer combination?

Somewhere on the other side of nearby Northwich by now, in the fabulously named village of Lostock Gralam.

COLSON: Here we are.

OK. Are you ready for the second shop?

I'm ready.

Lock, stock... VO: And barrel.

(BELL CHIMES) VO: Please yourselves.

HETTIE: Gosh, there's so much stuff in here, isn't there?

We've got a lot of brass.

We have got a lot of brass.

HETTIE: Doesn't do well at auction, brass.

VO: And speaking of brass, they do also have plenty to spend.

£345.

(OBJECTS CLATTER) VO: Whoops!

COLSON: What about the pigs, right in front of you, there?

HETTIE: The pigs?

COLSON: Yeah.

So they are NatWest piggy banks.

Ah.

Which we're not allowed to mention.

HETTIE: (LAUGHS) VO: Just as long as we point out other ones are available.

So each character was a certain level of savings.

So, I think the baby one was the first one that you would get.

But I think the one to have, I believe, is the one in the white jacket.

He's like the banker pig.

COLSON: But the big question is, are they going to make me any money at auction?

They make sort of £40-£60.

COLSON: OK. HETTIE: Do they appeal to you?

They're just different and interesting.

Different, yeah.

Would you have them on your mantelpiece?

Maybe not...under the telly sort of thing.

But, yeah, they're cool.

COLSON: And coin banks are always useful.

COLSON: Moving on?

HETTIE: Yeah.

Sorry, Mr Piggy.

VO: And when they do decide to part with some pennies, proprietor Jan will surely be on hand.

Colson.

COLSON: Yes?

What is your opinion on this?

Pretty colors.

Yeah.

HETTIE: Where would you think in the world that this was made?

Not British?

HETTIE: It is British, but it's made to look a different style.

So this is by a company called Royal Crown Derby, and the pattern is called the Old Imari pattern.

And that is because the port of Imari, in Japan, was exporting all of this sort of style of Japanese porcelain.

So it's in the Imari style, the Imari palette, this gold and red and deep blue.

VO: No ticket price on that one.

HETTIE: This is a nice thing.

It's good quality.

COLSON: I get the impression you're quite excited by this.

Yes, because I see this pattern so often at auction and it always does well.

And I think we've found a little gem here.

HETTIE: Do you like it?

I like the colors.

COLSON: I think the gold is quite striking and then obviously the orange has a bit of a ginger flair to it.

So that's why it's standing out.

HETTIE: Suits you.

COLSON: Yes.

HETTIE: (LAUGHS) VO: "Red-dy" for a deal?

Hello, Jan. COLSON: We might have found something that we like.

Really?

Right, the big question is, how much is it?

I'll let you have it for £20.

But don't tell anyone.

COLSON: You are my favorite person.

HETTIE: Yeah.

COLSON: That is a deal.

VO: Well, almost.

COLSON: Thank you very much.

JAN: Autograph.

Whose autograph?

Which one?

JAN: Yours.

COLSON: Oh, OK. Not mine?!

VO: That's showbiz.

(BELL CHIMES) VO: 325 left.

HETTIE: Right, I'll give you the goods.

Yes, thank you.

I will try not to drop it.

HETTIE: Yes, please.

Onwards and upwards.

Yes.

VO: But let us hasten back to Sandiway, where the search goes on.

Well, sort of.

Although they have this Indian sandalwood tea caddy on standby.

Andrew is the man to consult here.

IRITA: Right, Christine.

CHRISTINE: Yeah?

IRITA: I know you said you want something shiny.

CHRISTINE: Yeah.

IRITA: And I don't know whether that... CHRISTINE: Wow.

IRITA: What do you think?

That's absolutely beautiful.

IRITA: Do you really like it?

Yeah.

It's so gorgeous.

It's like the rainbow.

It's iridescent, it's shiny.

It's pearlescent.

VO: Known as opaline glass, meaning milky and shiny.

That is absolutely to die for.

I love the shape.

I love the color.

Look at the bottom.

CHRISTINE: Oh, they've kept it rough where they've broken... IRITA: Yeah, the pontil mark.

So it's clear that it was handmade.

It has the right age to it.

Let's have a look at the base.

CHRISTINE: Beautiful.

IRITA: Oh, can you see that edge?

How it's just ever so slightly rough.

Is that just wear and tear?

Yeah.

Years of being slid across the table.

How that has survived... Why?

Do you think this is quite old?

1905, 1900.

CHRISTINE: Really?!

IRITA: Yes.

CHRISTINE: Wow.

IRITA: Hands down.

IRITA: Because that design with the flowers, it's so natural.

It's what art nouveau in 1905 was all about.

CHRISTINE: Oh.

IRITA: What?

CHRISTINE: It is quite a lot.

335.

Yeah, got expensive taste.

Maybe he's bought it well.

You never know.

If you like it.

CHRISTINE: I really, really like it.

If you don't ask, you don't get.

Right, get those eyelashes going.

OK. Cuz you're going to need them.

IRITA: Come on, girl.

We can do this.

Let's go.

VO: This should be fun.

Hi, Andrew.

ANDREW: Hi.

IRITA: Hello.

Are you having a good day?

ANDREW: Yes, fine, thank you.

CHRISTINE: Oh, lovely.

Do you know what?

I've had a really stressful day today.

ANDREW: Have you?

CHRISTINE: I have.

CHRISTINE: I'm in a competition with my friend Colson.

He's trying to make more money than me at auction.

But I've seen this beautiful piece.

I absolutely love it.

It's gorgeous.

CHRISTINE: It is...£335.

ANDREW: I know.

What is the absolute death that you can let this go for?

The lowest price, the best price... IRITA: No more haggling.

CHRISTINE: Yeah.

No more haggling.

Come on, Andrew.

So it gives you a chance.

£120.

CHRISTINE: Really?

ANDREW: That's it.

CHRISTINE: That's incredible.

Thank you so much.

Are you sure?

Do you know what?

For that, maybe we should consider... IRITA: The box.

CHRISTINE: ..the box.

IRITA: It had 120 on it, but it had... CHRISTINE: A lot of damage.

IRITA: Yeah.

Yes.

So the best price on that is £60, which hopefully gives you a bit more of a chance.

Oh wow.

That's amazing.

I think it's a no-brainer.

VO: Bingo!

IRITA: You've been amazing.

VO: Crikey.

Thanks, Andrew.

I'm going to run and get the box.

You're amazing!

Honestly.

Incredible.

Colson thinks he's won.

He's got another thing coming.

VO: Got to be better than athletics.

CHRISTINE: Will you drive with it on your knee?

IRITA: Only if you drive well.

What do you mean, only if I drive well?

VO: Cheek!

140 left over.

IRITA: Come on, Bertie.

Let's get going.

VO: Yes, do come on, Bertie.

IRITA: Oh, here we go.

VO: Because it's now getting late... (COW MOOS) ..and our antique seekers will be in need of a little light refreshment.

IRITA: Fancy us finding a farm that sells ice cream in the middle of nowhere.

VO: Must be their lucky day.

IRITA: Hello there.

Hi.

How do you make a rainy day feel summery?

CLAIRE: With an ice cream.

IRITA: Exactly.

CLAIRE: Absolutely.

Thank you very much.

That looks good, doesn't it?

That looks lovely.

I just love how chilled we are.

Excuse the pun.

(THEY LAUGH) CLAIRE: Yours in a tub?

CHRISTINE: Yes.

Thanks very much.

IRITA: Cheers.

CHRISTINE: Cheers!

To the winning.

Thank you very much.

CHRISTINE: Thank you.

IRITA: Have a good day.

CLAIRE: Bye bye!

CHRISTINE: Bye!

VO: Night night.

Ha-ha!

(COW MOOS) VO: Next day, there's been a change in the weather, not to mention a change behind the wheel.

Now, do you know how to do your window wipers?

You have to stick your hand out and do it for me.

COLSON: That's what this is for.

VO: But who exactly is in the driving seat when it comes to the competition?

So, when you bought the items... Yeah.

Did you ask, like, what the best price was?

I haggled on everything, and I feel like I done really, really well.

I should be worried.

Because you're confident, aren't you, at your ability here?

VO: Definitely.

Yesterday, Christine really set the pace, acquiring four lots for a combined cost of £260.

CHRISTINE: So just like this tea box, we might need to get a bit of work done now and again.

VO: While Colson parted with quite a bit less for his three items.

Just 75.

I think battered boxes look better.

VO: Although they do still have a long, long way to go.

Do you feel like you're going to do better selling your antiques than what you were on The Games?

I'll do better at selling antiques than I will do at the hurdles.

I mean, you can't really get much worse.

COLSON: I know.

VO: Ouch!

Time now to have a frank discussion about what's in the frunk.

Get it open, then.

COLSON: Ta-da!

This, my friend, is the Strip Master film strip projector 35 mil.

Back in the olden days, it's what they used to watch film recorded onto.

It's a projector that you can watch fresh film on.

OK.

It's what you call an antique.

Very good.

I like it.

CHRISTINE: Well, it's nice that it's got the original box.

Yeah, we like the box.

COLSON: Yes.

What do you think of my vase?

CHRISTINE: It's very small.

COLSON: Yeah.

You be careful with that, cuz you're holding money there.

CHRISTINE: Really?

Yeah.

Look at the stamp.

Old Imari?

COLSON: Yeah.

What else does it say?

Royal Crown Derby.

Royal Crown Derby.

English bone China.

Which, to me and Hettie, means "make money at auction."

It does, doesn't it?

And we only paid £20.

COLSON: Look at that.

IRITA: That is cheap.

She's worried, Christine.

You should be worried.

IRITA: No, I'm not.

CHRISTINE: I'm not worried yet.

Now, you put it down carefully in one piece, please.

Because you've got a very small vase, which is beautiful.

CHRISTINE: But have you seen what I've got?

COLSON: This?

CHRISTINE: Now, that is big money.

Very big money.

How much have you paid for this?

Well, it was 335.

And I got it for 120.

Oh, no.

Do we need to up our game today?

HETTIE: Think so, we do.

We need to find a big spend today.

COLSON: Is this serious money?

HETTIE: That is.

Could be.

Right, well... HETTIE: On that note.

COLSON: Yeah.

Can you just place that back nice and carefully?

CHRISTINE: Thank you, Colson.

COLSON: If only I was to... Don't.

I genuinely thought you were going to drop that.

VO: I think we all did.

COLSON: What's in the box?

CHRISTINE: This is a handcrafted wooden antique tea caddy.

It's gorgeous.

And I got it at half the price, they were selling at 120, and I got it for £60.

What's going on with all this negotiating, this haggling?

I know!

You need to up your game.

She was born to do this, can I just say?

She's incredible at haggling.

Amazing.

I don't understand why you're getting discounts and I'm not.

Got one of them faces that they can't say no to, Colston.

COLSON: So we've got one more shop left today, and we've got over £300.

We have, yeah.

So all we need to do is just buy a vase or a tea box and we're in.

I mean, do you know what?

Imitation, it's a form of flattery, isn't it?

IRITA: It is.

CHRISTINE: They need to copy.

IRITA: We'll take it.

CHRISTINE: Good luck.

Well, get this boot shut and we'll get back on the road, shall we?

CHRISTINE: Let's go.

VO: More shopping later.

But first, a trip to the nearby metropolis, famous, amongst other things, for the world's longest-running TV soap opera.

COLSON: Are you seeing the view?

HETTIE: Oh, wow.

Do you know, I've never been to Manchester.

COLSON: Have you not?

HETTIE: No.

HETTIE: So you were quite young when you were on Corrie, then, when you first started?

Yeah, I was 11 when I first went in, and I only went there for two episodes.

Oh, really?

Two episodes.

I was non-speaking.

It was all I was meant to stay for and, 12 years later, I'm still there.

Wow.

So you went to an audition for it?

Yeah.

And I remember my sister had the day off school to come to this audition.

So we both kind of got picked up from school at lunchtime and were headed to Manchester for the audition.

And my mum was like, "You can't go to the audition like that."

And I'd spilt baked beans down my school shirt.

Aw!

So I did my audition for Coronation Street in my school uniform with a baked beans stain all down my shirt.

HETTIE: Oh, that's so sweet.

VO: Also from around here, and from a time long before baked beans, was a certain Georgian culinary entrepreneur.

She was the Delia of her day, and our lot are off to one of her old Greater Manchester stomping grounds, beside the river Mersey at Stockport, at one of the few buildings associated with her that's still standing.

IRITA: Christine, we're at the pub.

VO: They've come to find out about Elizabeth Raffald.

CHRISTINE: Hi.

SUZE: Hello.

IRITA: Hello there, Suze, how are you?

I'm good, thank you.

What a beautiful outfit.

Oh, thank you.

I'm dressed as Elizabeth Raffald, as a housekeeper.

She was born in 1733.

She went into domestic service at the age of 15.

And then, at the age of 27, she got married, came to Manchester, and set up businesses in catering and a lot more besides.

VO: Local writer Suze Appleton has long championed this incredible, but nowadays relatively obscure figure, who, during her time, was nationally famous as the author of a popular cookbook.

SUZE: It sold 800 copies in its first edition.

It was a really good book because she aimed it for everybody.

In fact, she says in the introduction, "It's for those of the weakest capacity."

Maybe I should buy this book.

I was just thinking that.

SUZE: One of the things she originated was the rich fruit cake for a wedding cake.

That recipe came from Elizabeth.

She was selling bride cakes in the middle of the 18th century.

Before that, it was a bread-based concoction with fruit in.

And it got broken over the bride's head at the wedding.

Oh.

Which meant that every bride was spending their wedding covered in cake crumbs.

Oh, wow.

SUZE: Piccalilli is her recipe.

Crumpets are her recipe.

Love a good crumpet.

SUZE: (CHUCKLES) VO: Who doesn't?

One other classic which also features in Elizabeth's cookbook, but not by its much more familiar name, are sweet patties.

SUZE: My claim is that Elizabeth Raffald's recipe was the origin of the Eccles cake.

It's a recipe she gave to a female servant, who was leaving her to go and live at Eccles.

And there's an article in the mid 19th century that says that her servant and the woman's niece made a fortune out of the recipe.

Eccles cakes have been around for centuries.

They were actually banned in the 17th century by the Puritans.

But Elizabeth came up with the recipe that used flaky pastry.

And, besides the cookbook, she had a catering business, then she had a shop.

Then she opened a register office, which enabled servants to find work, because prior to Elizabeth's time, the only place you found servants was at a country fair.

And then she opened a pub, a big coaching inn.

It was a huge venture, in Manchester, and an article about her written in 1850, just after she died, said that she was the one that sorted out Manchester's cookery.

Why is she not recognized in history books?

I have no idea.

But, for me, she was the first woman of significance in Manchester who made a difference.

VO: And now the others are about to make Eccles cakes with chef, Ngwafu Tansie.

In front of you, you've got some butter and flour, so if you want to chuck that in your bowl.

NGWAFU: I love pastry.

So the butterier, the better.

So next we've got your flour and your salt.

Yeah.

And I'm going to take your technique of the... Shaking it in.

COLSON: ..shaking it in.

NGWAFU: So, now what we're going to do is, you're going to get your hands messy.

What we're going to do is, we're going to coat all that flour into your butter and it's going to turn into a crumb-like texture.

How firm with the hands?

NGWAFU: As firm as you can.

COLSON: OK. VO: Quite therapeutic as well.

NGWAFU: What we're going to do next is, we're going to add a little bit of water in.

HETTIE: OK. NGWAFU: So, what the water would do is bind everything together.

VO: Seems to be going OK so far.

Am I top of the class, would you say?

I think everyone's doing a great job.

COLSON: OK. That's... NGWAFU: Everyone.

HETTIE: (LAUGHS) VO: Exactly.

The next stage is to fold the pastry to create the puff layers.

COLSON: It looks a bit like my head.

OK, so everyone ready to do the fold?

Yeah?

VO: Oh, yes.

Hard to imagine Eccles cakes with shortcrust pastry, isn't it?

Then, after a brief spell in the fridge, it's time to add the all-important fillings.

NGWAFU: So, in front of you, you've got some cutters.

So, raisins or sultanas.

You've got candied orange peel, nutmeg and some allspice.

So, you want to flour the top a little bit, now we're going to roll out the pastry.

So what you want to do is, you want to roll it out as thin as you can, very evenly, about three millimeters thick.

VO: And then cut out the cake shapes.

COLSON: Eccles cake is a big item on the menu at Roy's Rolls, yeah, where I work.

It's often a cup of tea and an Eccles cake.

HETTIE: (LAUGHS) Big Manchester dish.

So, you need roughly about a small tablespoon in the middle.

VO: Just don't be tempted to overdo the fruit.

HETTIE: Oh, no, I've put on too many.

COLSON: Oh, hello, hello.

HETTIE: I've made a mis...

Someone likes their currants.

So, then you want to take one and then put it on top, and then you want to pinch the sides down with your fingers.

VO: Elizabeth Raffald would definitely recognize those.

And that's it, apart from popping them in the oven at 220 for 20 minutes.

Oh, and sharing them round, of course.

Lovely!

COLSON: Hello.

CHRISTINE: Ooh!

IRITA: Hello.

HETTIE: Hello.

COLSON: Hello.

CHRISTINE: Oh!

We bring baked goods.

IRITA: They smell amazing.

CHRISTINE: They do.

They smell really good.

Oh, it's literally... HETTIE: Oh, that's a flaky pastry.

COLSON: Oh, what a shame!

VO: So what do we think?

It's delicious.

CHRISTINE: Well, congratulations.

But, in the words of Mary Berry, I'm getting a soggy bottom sat here, so I think we should move.

Let's get off.

HETTIE: Shall we go?

IRITA: Well done, guys.

HETTIE: Thank you.

VO: Now that they've had their Eccles cake and eaten it, it's time to carry on shopping.

Elsewhere in the fair town of Stockport, at a Grade 2 listed former cotton mill.

And here's the Beetle.

We have made it.

We have.

Safely, in one piece.

VO: They've traveled just over a mile, by the way.

COLSON: It's a big shop.

VO: Oh, yes.

Almost 1,500 square meters.

So, there's really an awful lot of "per mil" to go round.

Ha!

And they still have 325 to spend, remember.

I'll tell you what I do actually like, me, personally.

I like old-school photo frames.

HETTIE: That's so ornate, isn't it?

COLSON: Yeah.

And it's just cool.

HETTIE: But this is real, authentic...

Yes.

HETTIE: ..19th century.

Look at the back of it.

COLSON: I know.

£49, though.

COLSON: Expensive.

HETTIE: Yeah.

Very expensive.

VO: No sale, then?

Oh, Hettie, look what they've got.

HETTIE: No way!

COLSON: Golden Fern, superior lubricants.

Shall we go and have a look at these?

It'll be interesting to see how much they are.

Yeah, but it almost looks older than our one.

HETTIE: Yeah.

VO: This could be interesting.

So, do you want to see the price?

I do, but I sort of don't.

Yeah, I'm a bit nervous.

I'm hoping that this isn't...less than £28.

Yes.

HETTIE: Ours is in nicer condition.

Go on.

£68 COLSON: £68?

HETTIE: £68.

COLSON: And we paid... HETTIE: We're quids in.

Whoa!

What's going on?

VO: A welcome shot in the arm.

COLSON: Oh, we're in the money.

HETTIE: I'm really proud of us.

Well, if this is worth £68, I'll very carefully put it back up.

HETTIE: We have hit the jackpot.

COLSON: Put it there.

HETTIE: Put it there.

I'm looking forward to auction now.

Here we go.

VO: Oh, good.

Ah, here comes the opposition.

With a bit less cash to spend.

140.

You want a cup of tea?

VO: Ha-ha!

Always!

Oh, there's a Burberry coat.

That's designer.

VO: They're also very confident, it seems.

I don't think it's an antique.

But... IRITA: I'm really impressed by her.

She's doing amazing.

In the first shop, you could tell she was overwhelmed, and then she went in the second shop, it felt like she could finally see everything around her and she bought the best things ever.

And this is a little bit like the second shop, so let's hope she can find another bargain.

VO: Fingers crossed.

COLSON: I think this is another boy thing that I quite like.

It's got a wheel.

It's got a wheel, it's got levers, it's got... Yeah.

..moving parts.

COLSON: And I think it's still working.

Or you could still imagine this to be working.

HETTIE: Oh, yeah, it's from a cobbler's shop.

Yeah.

I feel like it's the sort of thing that you could imagine seeing in like an old-school town center.

You adjust the size of the shoe to fit the shoe on it, and then you do your repairs or... Yeah.

..you know, heel replacement or whatever you want to do.

And it looks like... COLSON: It's got drawers with more tools and accessories in to make bigger shoes, I guess.

It seems to have everything that you could possibly need.

HETTIE: Yeah, I love this sort of thing as well.

If I had a workshop, I would want it in there.

Not saying I could use it.

HETTIE: Yeah.

So we've got £179, but you do get two of them.

COLSON: Yeah.

HETTIE: And the tools and the box.

COLSON: Yes.

HETTIE: I think we need to get quite a bit off that price.

How much?

HETTIE: I don't know.

If we can get it for around £100, I would say we might have a shot.

So it's down to your haggling skills, really.

COLSON: That is some haggling.

HETTIE: Mm.

HETTIE: And we know that Christine is very, very good at haggling.

VO: Oh, we certainly do.

Spotting, too.

The thing like right in front of me there, it's not pretty, it's not sparkly.

I just don't know what it is.

IRITA: But for some reason, you want to know more.

That is so bizarre you've picked that up, that is probably one of the oldest things in the whole entire shop.

Read on the other side.

CHRISTINE: Oh, it's a Roman vase.

IRITA: 1st, 2nd century AD.

Oh, so that's not a design, that's not painted on?

IRITA: No.

It's been dug up.

But for a piece of glass to be dug up and not been broken... Yeah?

..it's a bit crazy, isn't it?

VO: Certainly beats a rusty oil tin, I'd say.

Ha-ha!

£120.

CHRISTINE: So, that will have been a clear glass?

IRITA: You can actually probably pick it off if you tried.

You could clean it.

But, I mean, it's part of what it is.

It's part of... Yeah, that's why I was drawn to it.

IRITA: It has that sparkle in there.

CHRISTINE: You can see the rainbow.

Yes.

It absolutely blows my mind when I think it's that old.

IRITA: It's so simplistic.

Do you like that it has good symmetry?

I like the symmetry.

CHRISTINE: If we can get the price down, I'm happy to take this.

What do you think, though?

You're the expert.

And it's one of those things you need a specialist.

And in an auction, it could make anything from £20 to £300.

Oh...

It's one of those very... Could go either way.

It's unknown.

CHRISTINE: This is our wild card and I don't mind that.

I think we've got some really good, safe options.

IRITA: OK. CHRISTINE: We like a bit of a wild card now and again.

I'm up for that.

Yeah?

I'm up for that, yeah.

VO: So, her last buy will be a proper, proper antique.

With one more negotiation needed.

CHRISTINE: Hi, Jess.

JESS: Hello.

Honestly, I've loved it here today.

It's been amazing.

There's so much to look at, but there's just one piece that really stands out.

It's a Roman vase.

Ooh.

But the price is a lot more than what I want to spend.

JESS: OK. CHRISTINE: Ideally, I would love to take it away today for £60.

It was priced at 120.

I do know that trader, and we can probably meet somewhere a little bit closer to the middle.

How would you feel about £80?

OK. Well, I think if I'm saying 60 and you're saying 80, how about we really meet in the middle at 70?

Come on, Jess.

JESS: OK. CHRISTINE: Yeah?

I hope it brings you luck.

Thank you so much.

I really appreciate it.

VO: Quite a deal, eh?

IRITA: Thank you, Jess.

CHRISTINE: Thank you.

JESS: Bye.

CHRISTINE: See you later.

VO: With £70 left over.

Now, what about Colson?

COLSON: These are all people's names.

This is like someone's box and their like family name, like a traveling case, no?

HETTIE: They're deed boxes.

So, I would assume they hold like documents.

They're like document boxes.

COLSON: I like them.

If only there was one that said C Smith.

Yeah, I know.

But they don't.

Or Colson.

But I think that might be very unusual.

Yeah, your name is so unusual.

Where's it come from?

COLSON: It's made up.

HETTIE: It's made up?

It's not made up.

It means "son of Nicholas" and my dad is called Nicholas.

Oh, I love that.

That's so nice.

I was actually called Benjamin for a day.

For a day!

And then my mum told me that when they brought me back home from the hospital, a baby name book fell off the shelf.

Yeah?

And it landed on Colson.

VO: Quite a tale, eh?

This cobbling equipment has already been reserved by the pair, of course.

Anything else?

Now, this I do like.

HETTIE: Oh, OK.

I thought it was for a tombola.

It does look a little bit like a tombola.

COLSON: But it's not.

It's a knife cleaner.

Shall we have a quick look at it?

COLSON: Yes.

Yes.

HETTIE: See whether it works.

It's going to be very heavy, so I'll try and grab it, yeah?

Thank you.

VO: Take it easy.

COLSON: Oh, it is heavy.

HETTIE: It is!

COLSON: This is quite cool.

Can you see where the knife would go?

HETTIE: Yeah... What's it doing?

COLSON: Stick your finger in.

HETTIE: (LAUGHS) VO: Please don't!

Unless you want to lose it.

HETTIE: I can honestly say I've never seen one before.

COLSON: Have you not?

HETTIE: I've seen a lot of things at auction and that is not one of them.

COLSON: Is that a good sign?

HETTIE: Well, I don't know.

I have no idea what it's worth, but it could be a really interesting gamble.

And I do like it, but do you want the bad news?

HETTIE: What's the bad news?

You know how some of the other things that I've liked have somehow magically been reduced in price?

HETTIE: (LAUGHS) Yeah.

So has this.

HETTIE: OK. COLSON: So this is on sale.

So it's £70.

HETTIE: And what was it before?

125.

HETTIE: OK. COLSON: So that means nobody's bought it.

Yeah, but we've got a big budget.

We have got a big budget and it's cool, it's different.

COLSON: Surely it's the sort of thing someone could have as a statement piece.

We'll see whether we can get a bit more off that £70 as well.

It's so heavy they don't want it in this shop.

COLSON: Let's have it.

HETTIE: Yeah?

(LAUGHS) (GROANS) HETTIE: Oh, easy!

Light work.

VO: Haggle time.

Ah, Tom.

You alright?

COLSON: I am alright.

I'll be better after I've spoken to you.

OK. We've found something that we both quite like.

OK. Have you tried it?

COLSON: It seems to work.

TOM: Yeah?

COLSON: Yeah.

Normally out of a country house.

COLSON: Yep.

It's a cool piece.

TOM: It is.

They're different.

There's one slight problem.

The price?

The price.

What a surprise.

We have got a figure in mind.

Go on.

£50?

I can do 55.

And I'm going to say yes to 55.

Yes, please.

COLSON: Deal?

TOM: Deal.

COLSON: Thank you very much.

TOM: Thank you.

There is one other item I really like.

TOM: OK. COLSON: It's the shoe work station.

It's cool, innit?

COLSON: Yeah, it's very cool.

So we need to know if you can work with us on that.

I'll try and do you a good deal on it.

COLSON: Yeah?

TOM: Yeah.

What is your best?

I would do it for 110.

110.

HETTIE: Could you possibly do 95?

Oh, you're squeezing it.

I know.

I'd do 100.

Let's go for it.

TOM: Great.

COLSON: Deal.

VO: 170 left over, and the buying's all done.

With all that competitiveness suddenly replaced by bonhomie.

Do you know what I love on a road trip?

CHRISTINE: What?

COLSON: A sing-song.

What do you want to sing?

COLSON & CHRISTINE: Don't know where we're goin', got no way of knowin'... Checkin' out the antiques...

I don't know the next verse!

Something for a livin'.

Drivin' on the road to nowhere, da, da, da, da.

VO: Shuteye first.

VO: Wakey-wakey, Wakefield, the west Yorkshire cathedral city that's part of the Rhubarb Triangle and also very close to where Colson grew up.

Plus, home to Elite Auctions, selling in the room, on the net and on the phone, with Simon Bailey the man on the rostrum.

Maiden bid at just £60.

VO: After scouring Cheshire in search of saleable items they've now crossed the Pennines and abandoned the Beetle for a sportier number.

CHRISTINE: Well, this is nice.

COLSON: Beautiful, in't it?

New car today because I made a call last night and I thought, if the sun's out we need a convertible.

VO: Exactly!

Oh, there they are.

VO: So, what's the mood amongst our MGB-driving celebrity antiquers?

HETTIE: How are you two?

Nervous.

I am nervous.

CHRISTINE: I feel OK. COLSON: Yeah.

She's cool as a cucumber, isn't she?

Very confident.

Yeah.

I think we've done alright, so I'm looking forward to it.

I'm excited, but I'm nervous.

Oh, you'll be fine.

Come on, get in there.

COLSON: Let's go.

Good luck.

CHRISTINE: Good luck.

VO: Colson parted with £230 for his five auction lots.

Your thoughts, please, Simon?

We've got a Royal Crown Derby Old Imari pattern in really good, clean condition.

Really collectable pottery, should do well in today's auction.

VO: Christine splashed exactly 100 more, £330, also on five items.

SIMON: This is my favorite lot of the auction.

It's a Roman drinking vessel.

And for me, this is what the auction world is all about.

We're talking about a glass artifact that's survived 2,000 years.

And today it's up in here in the auction room.

VO: Exciting stuff.

Ah, here they come.

Team Lilac leading the way.

Starting off with Colson's rotary knife device.

It's a proper decor piece.

If I had the house for it, I would have one.

I think it's cool.

What are you doing sharpening your knives?

COLSON: Does it sharpen as well?

IRITA: Yeah.

I hope we've put that in the description.

No, I didn't put that in the description!

Oh, no!

Well, it's all gone wrong.

Where shall we be on this one?

£70 to start me.

70, surely.

£70, 60, 65, surely, 50, then.

Oh no, he's dropping.

£50 is bid.

On the internet at 50.

Thank you, internet.

£50 bid, £50 bid.

You're all tight in here, aren't you?!

COLSON: It's good that we've got the internet!

Gentleman's bid at the back.

55.

55.

55!

Here we go.

SIMON: 55 internet bid.

Are we finished?

£55, then.

All done at 55.

HETTIE: So... COLSON: Broke even.

We're alright with that, aren't we?

COLSON: Broke even?

HETTIE: Yeah.

I think we broke even.

VO: They certainly did, which is no mean feat.

Christine's turn.

Her opaline glass art deco bowl.

Was this our most expensive item?

Yeah.

It's your secret weapon, this, according to Hettie.

She likes it.

I do like it, but I don't think it's going to make more than 120.

Sorry.

I actually want this to go to a beautiful home.

I genuinely care about this piece.

It's gorgeous.

You do know you're not allowed to bid on your own stuff, don't you?

I'm not going to bid on it.

We've had lots of interest this morning.

SIMON: Where shall we be?

£80 on this one.

80 bid on the net.

What?!

Five.

85 in the room.

90, five.

100.

Come on.

SIMON: 110, 120.

130, 140.

COLSON: It's actually got a scratch on it as well.

No, it hasn't!

170, 180.

What's going on?!

I knew it.

As soon as I seen it, I knew it.

Gentleman's bid at 190.

Last chance, internet.

All done?

Gentleman's bid at 190.

Yay!

VO: A very fine reward.

Well done, Christine and Irita.

That's a good start.

But we're only here to take part and it's a good job that we've not been competitive.

VO: Cobblers!

I mean Colson's two shoe-repairing machines, of course.

I'm now very worried.

You picked it.

I know.

And I really like it.

I just don't know if it will sell.

IRITA: I wouldn't buy it.

No, I wouldn't buy it.

£80, surely.

£80.

A good...

Surely £80.

CHRISTINE: No.

IRITA: No bids.

Surely £80.

£70.

70 bid.

70 bid.

OK, that's alright.

IRITA: Hey, that's good.

COLSON: Come on.

At £70.

That is £69 more than I thought it would sell for.

I'm sorry!

VO: Not bad.

Like Irita said, it could've been a lot worse.

Good job that I was never out to win anyway.

I was just here to take part.

We're just here for the experience, aren't we?

Are you kidding?

You've been going on about you winning since the second we got together.

I told you I want to expand my knowledge on antiques, and that is what I'm here to do.

VO: Just as well.

Christine's sandalwood tea box is next.

This is the one that I'm least confident about.

Your wooden box.

My only worry is that it had bits of mending to it.

It's not in perfect condition.

Start me at £40, surely.

£40.

No!

SIMON: £30 bid.

34.

36.

38 now.

Try 40.

Well, now it's 40.

SIMON: At 40.

At £40 bid.

40 is the bid.

At 40.

So cheap!

Come on, guys!

SIMON: At £40.

It's just a wooden box.

SIMON: All done, then, for the wooden box.

Look at the detail in that.

That was carved 150 years ago.

VO: Christine's first little setback.

I'm not worried yet.

VO: Cue Colson's film strip projector - one of his favorites.

I think this will do well.

I would like this to make 60.

I mean, well, you can't lose much, can you, cuz you didn't pay much.

Thanks for that team talk.

SIMON: Lot 101... COLSON: Ooh!

Lovely.

SIMON: ..rather appealing Stip Master... Lovely, that!

..strip projector.

£40, at 40, surely.

That's a bargain!

SIMON: £40.

£40.

At 40.

Try me £30.

At £30, then, surely.

Surely.

£30.

£20, then.

They do go for £20.

They do go for 20.

It's got to be worth more than that.

COLSON: Come on!

SIMON: £20.

£20.

Anybody else?

No?

Oh, Wakefield's letting me down!

(LAUGHTER) All done at 20.

VO: Local lad makes a loss.

Colson, I'm sorry.

Oh, don't cry.

It's OK. VO: Now for Christine's bit of automobilia.

It's not a big risk.

I don't know if it's going to go.

IRITA: But you loved it.

CHRISTINE: I just loved it.

£30, £30, £30, 20.

But you can't get them anymore.

20, £20.

20, surely.

£10.

IRITA: No!

SIMON: £10 bid.

Ooh!

Anybody?

Yes!

SIMON: At 10, at 10, at 10.

Anybody else?

Are we all finished?

It's worth more than £10!

She says she'll take a tenner.

At £10...

It's not a big loss.

SIMON: All finished at 10.

VO: Well, at least it's not a whopper.

Do you feel my pain now?

Do you feel how it... Do you know how it feels?

No, I still think I'm winning.

VO: Colson's next chance for that elusive profit is his slightly rusty tin.

If I make 60 on this, I'll be very happy.

In fact, ecstatic.

As in I'll get up and I'll do the splits.

He might need that lubricant to do the splits.

Yeah.

Ooh!

VO: Nice try!

SIMON: It's a vintage 5.5 gallon Golden Film oil can drum, £50, start me.

I've seen that somewhere else for 65!

£40, at £40.

£30 then.

£30, surely.

£30.

Is everyone against me in here?

SIMON: £20.

We love ya!

SIMON: £20.

Show me!

SIMON: 22 bid.

22 is the bid.

At 22.

COLSON: Couple more.

SIMON: Take 24.

Anybody else?

Are we all done at...?

24.

Lady's bid at 24.

Your bid, madam, at £24.

So I've lost a pound there.

VO: He's sort of got away with it, then.

Somebody felt sorry for you.

Someone did.

Whoever it was, thank you, whoever felt sorry.

VO: Christine's Royal Doulton Lambeth silver-mounted leather jug next.

I think this is quite cool.

I think... Yeah, I think you'll be alright on this one.

COLSON: It's something probably I would've bought.

We'll go straight in on this one at £60 bid.

At £60.

Oh, we're in profit!

Oh!

SIMON: 80 bid now.

£80 internet, five, anybody?

COLSON: Whew!

SIMON: Are we all bid?

SIMON: Are we all finished at £80?

Room's out, internet's out then.

All done and finished and selling at £80.

COLSON: Well done, well done.

VO: Christine is back on form.

Now for Colson's last lot.

The Old Imari pattern vase.

Profit, do we think?

This is the one.

There's something very wrong if it doesn't make more than £20.

This is an antique classic.

This is your little safety net.

This could be your little pot of gold.

You watch and learn.

£80 start me.

£80, surely.

IRITA: What?!

COLSON: Go on.

SIMON: £80, Royal Crown Derby.

£80.

COLSON: Go on.

SIMON: £60.

SIMON: £60 bid on the internet.

At 60...

Cheers, Mum!

SIMON: 60 bid, 60 bid, 60.

Try five now.

It's beautiful!

I know, it is lovely.

You only paid 20 quid for it.

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Keep that... Sh!

£60.

VO: Well done!

It's a popular result.

I'm so pleased with that.

Well done!

HETTIE: Thanks, guys.

Thank you.

IRITA: First profit!

It only had one bid on it as well.

IRITA: I know.

COLSON: Only one bid.

VO: Finally, the auctioneer's favorite, that Roman vase Christine spotted.

I think it's a very unique piece.

I think a million.

I was so proud... Could be a million pounds.

If only.

Could you imagine?

£80 start me.

It's asking for a bid.

£80.

This is going to go big.

Straight in, 85.

90, £90.

This is going big, this.

In the room first, 100, 110, 120.

Going massive.

I'll take the phone first.

COLSON: Who's on the phone?

The lady at the back.

SIMON: 160... 170.

Internet's in at 170.

180 now on the phone?

No?

Sir, 180 back in.

190, 200.

£200 in the room.

210, 220, 220 back in.

At £220.

Last chance, internet.

You're flashing quickly.

Gentleman's bid at 220, are you sure?

All finished, then.

Selling to the room at 220.

CHRISTINE: Woo!

COLSON: Very well done.

IRITA: Ah!

I loved it as soon as I seen it.

That is very well done.

VO: Also a sporting response from Colson.

What a way to end it, eh?

I think we might've won but I'm not really sure!

I think you probably have!

Come on, let's go and tot up what we made.

I know.

I'll go and tot up what we've lost!

HETTIE: Yeah!

VO: Yes, I don't think there's any question about who the victor is today.

Colson, after auction costs, made a bit of a loss, ending up with £357.78.

While Christine, also after costs, made over £100 profit.

So, she wins with £512.80, and that profit goes to Children In Need.

IRITA & CHRISTINE: (LAUGH) Oh, what a day, huh?

Great day for you two.

IRITA: Yeah!

COLSON: Great day for you.

HETTIE: You look very happy.

COLSON: Yeah.

Very happy.

How do you feel?

I've really enjoyed it.

Really enjoyed it.

Obviously really happy that we made some good profit.

We had fun, didn't we?

We did, we enjoyed ourselves.

That's the most important bit is having fun.

You were so confident, though.

What happened?

I just had a certain style of things that I liked, and clearly other people don't like them, I guess.

And you had a vase that was 2,000 years old and it sold like hotcakes.

Like Eccles cakes.

(LAUGHTER) Which I have learnt to make on this trip.

But you had loads of fun?

Had loads of fun.

I've loved it.

I've really enjoyed it.

Thank you so much for all your advice as well.

Thank you for helping me out, Hettie.

HETTIE: I had such a good time.

COLSON: Very much appreciated.

Have fun on your ride home, then.

We will.

VO: Last bit of MGB time.

COLSON: It's a good job I'm good at driving, in't it?

Well, I'm letting you today.

CHRISTINE: Bye!

COLSON: Bye!

(CAR HORN) COLSON: I think we've done really well.

We've seen a lot of the north of England.

CHRISTINE: We have.

COLSON: We've seen a lot of antiques and now we've learnt what sells at auction and what doesn't.

COLSON: What's your Yorkshire accent again?

CHRISTINE: (YORKSHIRE ACCENT) It's been great, cock.

I've really enjoyed meself.

COLSON: Job well done.

subtitling@stv.tv