(CAR HORN) VOICEOVER (VO): It's the nation's favorite antiques experts... Howdy, li'l lady.

VO: ..behind the wheel of a classic car... Oh yes!

VO: ..and a goal - to scour Britain for antiques.

Looking for some bargains?

VO: The aim... MARGIE: Yay!

VO: ..to make the biggest profit at auction.

But it's no mean feat.

There'll be worthy winners...

Yes!

It is my lucky day!

VO: ..and valiant losers.

I actually can't believe that.

Annoying.

VO: Will it be the high road to glory... Yo, yo, yo!

VO: ..or the slow road to disaster?

This is Antiques Road Trip.

Yeah!

ISHY: Oi.

IRITA: Oi.

ISHY: Oi, oi.

IRITA: Oi.

ISHY: Oi, oi.

IRITA: (GROWLS) Oi, Ishy.

We are by the seaside.

VO: We certainly are!

Heading towards the Kent coastline for the second leg of our road trip with new best buds queen of ceramics, Irita Marriott, and king of jewelry, Ishy Khan - great.

Alright, I've got a joke.

Go on, then.

Why do seagulls fly over the ocean?

I don't know.

Cuz if they flew over bays, they'd be bagels.

I'd probably prefer them if they were bagels!

Particularly if there was cream cheese and smoked salmon involved.

VO: Hey, not fancying seagull.

Salmon and cream cheese bagels, Irita, might make this 1971 Sunbeam Rapier smell funny.

How are you finding the car?

I love it.

You're sweating.

Is that because you're nervous that I'm driving?

I'm...

I am just baking.

What a glorious day.

It is beautiful.

# To go shopping!

# VO: On the previous leg, Irita was in a reflective mood.

IRITA: Oh, that is absolutely stunning.

I'm talking about the mirror, by the way.

VO: Course!

While Ishy was hoping to smash it with a big hitter.

ISHY: It's a knockout for me.

VO: Ishy won the day on their first foray to the saleroom.

It's nice to make a profit.

VO: Meaning he's 1-0 up in a best of five.

Now they start afresh with £200 apiece.

What's your holy grail antique find?

Underpriced?

Yeah, underpricing.

That's what I was thinking.

And under-described.

I think you always want it to be earlier than it says it is.

VO: OK, let's get down to business, then.

Righty-o.

They're continuing through Kent before rising through Suffolk and Norfolk, then turning left to the Midlands for a final auction showdown in Lichfield.

Did you know that the first white line on the roads were invented just up the road down here in Ashford?

IRITA: Really?

ISHY: Yeah.

We're at the birthplace of road markings.

I mean... What a place to be!

VO: The white lines of this leg will come to an end in Chilham, but it all begins in Herne Bay, home to one of the world's first purpose-built freestanding clock towers.

It's a very sweet seaside spot, perfect for Irita and Ishy to dip their toes in.

Got a good feeling about this.

Oh, have you?

Oh, there it is.

It's not even opened yet.

ISHY: Oh, it's closed.

That's a good feeling.

IRITA: Oh, I'm in, I'm in.

Sorry, Ishy!

ISHY: I'm gonna do the limbo.

IRITA: Are you doing the limbo?!

IRITA: Look at you, party animal!

Come on.

VO: You need to limber up to get round the 30,000 square feet of Briggsy's Emporium, with antiques, art, clothing and collectibles.

They even put gigs on.

They could give Ishy or Irita a slot.

(HIGH-PITCHED) Ishy!

VO: Well, perhaps not!

But David and Carlo are the men to impress, and Ishy's already in there.

They've given him permission to search for jewelry behind the counter.

This tray has a ticket that says "everything £5 each".

So...gonna have a little rummage in here and see if I can get lucky.

And I've seen something that's actually really interesting.

It's a rock crystal charm.

This is called a Mano Figa.

"Mano" meaning hand, "figa" coming from fig.

Since the 17th century, it's been used as a talisman for protection and good luck.

VO: With origins in Etruscan Italy, the fig hand represents femininity and was believed to provide protection from evil spirits.

I suspect that this middle bracelet that she's wearing could be gold, but I can't without testing the metal.

It's impossible to know.

I love this.

And while I've been talking, I've actually seen another one right in front of my face, this one in white metal, and looking a little bit newer.

It's not as finely carved as the other, but do you reckon there's another one in here?

(CHUCKLES SOFTLY) Three's a crowd, but I think in this instance, it's a good crowd.

Look at that... Coming with me.

VO: Ishy's living a charmed life, ah-ha.

Has anything caught Irita's eye?

Oh, well, that's a long way away from its home.

I believe this might be made out of argillite from a little island in Canada, that they carve sculptures out of.

The Inuit - indigenous people of northern Canada and other areas - have made carved art from stone like argillite or soapstone for centuries.

It has no price at all.

There's some numbers on the back.

And what's slightly different about it is the fact that it has a purple kind of color to it.

And usually you see these in plain black.

Keep hold of it, bring me good luck.

(RINGS BELL) (GLASS TINKLES) IRITA: Shh-shh... Take a look at this vase.

It's actually made out of metal and probably a low-grade bronze.

I believe it's 19th century, possibly early 20th century and from Japan.

VO: A jardiniere, of the Meiji era, from around 1890.

Imagine traveling to Japan back then, picking up this vase, bringing it home and showing everyone all the exotic creatures you'd seen on your travels.

It is beautiful.

I'm excited to find out if I can actually manage to bring this home and take it to auction, because I...I really, really like this.

VO: The vase, Ishy and Irita, - they all travel well.

What are you doing?

Oh!

Oh, matching sunglasses.

Oh, yeah!

VO: High five, indeed.

IRITA: Are you ready to go nuts here?

Cuz I have spotted something nutty.

A walnut.

You know what, I have seen plenty of these around and they all tend to originate from France.

Metal-mounted.

What do you think is inside?

Voila!

VO: In a nutshell, it's a 19th century compass encased in a nutshell.

Ha!

IRITA: I would say this probably dates from about 1850s, 1840s.

What does the tag says...?

£80.

Yeah, if we go down south on that price, we'll be alright in auction.

You don't see many of these round, and this is not something I'm going to leave behind, because it will navigate me to a profit.

VO: She's pointing in the right direction.

(SINGS PROLONGED NOTE) Ishy!

Is it Evita or Irita?

Oh, it's Irita in all its...all her glory.

ISHY: (LAUGHS) What are you doing up there?

IRITA: Shopping.

ISHY: Found much?

Looking for some bargains.

I'm... Yeah, I'm working hard as well.

(SCOFFS) Oh yeah, looks like it.

VO: We all deserve a rest after big-time browsing.

ISHY: What's this little piggy doing?

Made out of wood, and there's a little compartment so... Gently unscrew this... (MAKES POPPING SOUND) Opened.

So I'm gonna give it a little shake.

Two little pigs inside.

I think this might be an early version of Pass The Pigs.

VO: A kind of dice game where the pigs are the dice and you score depending on how they land.

See, that's a pig out.

If they're touching, you lose all your points.

It's giving me a very 1910, 1920s folk art kind of vibe.

These pigs hopefully...are lucky pigs.

Let's find out how much it is.

VO: Ishy's taking the piggies to market along with the Japanese jardiniere, and three vintage Mano Figa charms.

Hi, Dave!

ISHY: Hello, David.

DAVID: Hey, how are you doing?

Good, thank you.

Found a few things, actually.

DAVID: Oh, the little piggy.

ISHY: Little piggy.

DAVID: You've been rummaging in the, uh... ISHY: The £5 tray.

DAVID: ..bargain tray, have you?

Lovely.

ISHY: So these £5 each, 15 quid, very happy with that.

DAVID: Lovely, yep.

ISHY: Curious how much this one is, and then this one as well.

The little piggy...with the piglets, I believe.

ISHY: Yeah.

DAVID: Erm...that can be £10 for you.

ISHY: Perfect.

DAVID: That's good.

DAVID: And this, I do like this.

It's a nice bit of Japanese.

40 quid... ISHY: 40 quid.

DAVID: ..how does that sound?

VO: That would come to £65 altogether.

What would you say to 50 for all of them?

Ooh, 50 for all three... 55, how does that sound?

Is that your best?

Yeah, let's do it... Nice one.

ISHY: 55.

DAVID: Lovely.

Let's get the cash out.

I'll be sad to see the little piggy go.

VO: That's 30 for the jardiniere, 15 for the Mano Figa charms and 10 for the wooden porkers.

10, 20, 30... DAVID: 55, lovely.

ISHY: £55.

That's for you.

DAVID: Pleasure doing business, thank you.

ISHY: Take care.

DAVID: See you later.

VO: After that gigantic shop, Ishy has £145 remaining.

Now, we're just waiting on Irita.

IRITA: Right, bear with me here.

I'm pretty sure that this is an ammonite.

VO: Yep, a fossilized sea creature.

They lived in the Cretaceous and Jurassic periods, a long time ago.

And you often see them quite small.

You know, like handheld size.

This, you will not be able to hold in one hand.

I can barely lift it with two.

Now, there's no price on it.

Can I even afford it?

But wouldn't it be cool to take this to auction?

Because I would literally have the oldest thing in a whole entire auction room.

I think that's rather cool.

I need to go and find out how much it is.

Wish me good luck.

VO: Good luck, Irita!

Time to talk to Carlo about the ammonite, the Inuit carving and French gilt compass inside a walnut, priced at £80.

Right, let's start with a bit that hasn't got a price at all.

CARLO: OK. IRITA: How much is it?

I'd be looking at about 20 on that one.

OK. Then do you think this is gonna guide me to the profit?

CARLO: At the death, 50.

OK. IRITA: Right.

IRITA: So 50 and 20.

CARLO: Yeah.

IRITA: The one thing I did not bring is the ammonite.

It's down there on the floor.

CARLO: Right.

I did have it in at 180.

At the death, £80.

IRITA: Yeah.

I didn't even ask.

CARLO: Didn't you ask?

IRITA: But, you know, if you're offering it for 80... CARLO: Big mistake!

IRITA: ..I'll be OK with 80.

80, I'm happy at that.

IRITA: Right, so 150.

CARLO: Yeah.

IRITA: Yeah?

CARLO: Yeah, all good.

IRITA: Two, four, six, eight, 10, 12, 14.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

You're incredible.

VO: Wow, that massive spend means Irita now has just £50 left!

Oh, this is so heavy!

Where's the car?

Where's the car?!

VO: Ishy is looking for inspiration by the river Stour, in Canterbury.

Often, artists are inspired by the elements - running water, oozing rivulets, trails of weed, the clarity of water itself can translate an image into something miraculous.

ISHY: I think this is the perfect spot for a little bit of painting.

Absolutely gorgeous.

VO: Can Ishy make a name for himself in this painters' paradise?

ISHY: (HUMS) It's absolutely gorgeous here.

So picturesque.

VO: Wow, who'd have thunk it?

He has perspective and painting ability.

I haven't painted in such a long time.

I'm always on the go.

And it is so nice to just take a break, take a breather, enjoy these beautiful scenes all around me.

VO: Somebody call a fine art dealer, quick!

We've got an original Ishy!

(CHEF'S KISS) VO: Do you know, that Monet... Eat your heart out, eh?

Now, Irita's driving about the Kent countryside taking in some of that landscape for herself.

This car was made for days like this.

Absolutely made for it.

It looks incredible in the sunshine.

Sunbeam was made for sunny days.

She's got a bit of oomph in her, still.

Woo-hoo!

VO: The car, Kent and Irita - you could frame this.

I bet she's missing Ishy, though.

I always feel like I need to fix my hair up around Ishy, because his hair is amazing.

It's like the shiniest thing ever.

It's incredible.

Absolutely incredible.

VO: He does have lovely locks.

That's for sure.

Irita's making her way to marvelous Margate, voted one of the best places to live in Britain in 2017.

With its sandy beach and clean waters, this was one of England's very first seaside resorts.

Ah, soaking up the sights of RG Scott's Furniture Mart.

Ron's in charge today.

With three floors and 11 rooms worth of treasures, Irita's bound to be in her element.

Look at that!

Checkmate, Ishy.

VO: That's the spirit.

The queen can always outmaneuver a king, even if her majesty has only got £50 to spend.

Guilty pleasures, we all have those.

These figures are incredible.

If you find one that has "Augustus Rex" on the bottom... (SIGHS) They can do so, so well.

VO: Because that would mean it was from the famous Meissen porcelain factory started by Augustus, the king of Poland, in the early 18th century.

This is not that sort of league.

It's not the best of models, you know, cuz if you look at the face and the hands, they're a bit crude, if you may.

But still, this is £8.

Hm...

I think this one is head over heart.

Or the other way.

(SIGHS) I should go with my head... Head.

VO: You've got to use your head to get ahead.

I'm looking for that one thing that when I glance at it... ..it just jumps out, basically.

Hm...

I might have.

A pair of...geese?

Ducks, ducks, geese?

I'll go with geese.

VO: Yes, definitely geese.

It's a sort of pearlware.

Nice.

IRITA: Now, that says £40.

I think that's a pair, and they are a true pair.

And a true pair in porcelain is when they face each other when you put them together.

VO: Yes.

Pair or not, Irita still only has 50 smackers left.

I don't have a lot to play with.

Now, let me pop these back.

I'm gonna do one browse, see is there anything else at all that catches my eye, and then make a decision.

I like a bit of rummage.

VO: Hm...

I wonder if there's an original Ishy in there.

Ha-ha!

Apparently not.

Irita will be haggling with Ron about the geese alone.

IRITA: Are you looking for money in there?

Can I join you?

RON: Of course.

You never know what you might find.

We might find an antique camera or...something.

IRITA: Oh, you never know!

RON: You never do.

Shall I tell you what I have found?

Yes, go for it.

IRITA: Two birdies.

RON: Yeah.

Geese, goose, ducks, whatever... RON: Yeah, couple of geese.

Yeah, I know the ones you mean, yeah.

IRITA: £40 a pair.

RON: Yep.

IRITA: Would you be kind enough to take 30?

RON: It's not a case of kind enough.

I need just a little bit more off ya, just to make it sensible for me.

We are here to make money, you know.

35, that'd be great.

I think they're really nice.

Thanks very much.

IRITA: Deal, deal's a deal.

I shall grab them downstairs on the way out.

Good show.

VO: That means Irita has £15 to play with.

Barely got any money left.

VO: Shh!

Don't say anything to Ishy about your lack of fiscal discipline just yet, Irita.

Keep him guessing.

Oh, I'm very happy with my purchases.

Wasn't our shop this morning just incredible?

Good vibes.

That was so good.

I could have spent there all day and spent all my money there.

VO: Ooh, Irita, you're a canny one alright.

He'll never know you're skint!

And it's already time for shuteye.

Irita, the car's driving really smooth today.

I know.

Is it you or is it the car?

It's me.

VO: Of course it is.

Smoothly does it.

Irita and Ishy are dipping down towards more of the Kentish coastline.

What does the coast bring up for you in terms of memories?

Sunshine, fresh air.

Ice cream?

Oh, yes.

ISHY: Antique shops?

IRITA: Yes!

We love a good antique shop by the seaside.

It's like two in one.

Buy one, get one free.

VO: Irita had the bit between her teeth yesterday.

She made four purchases - a couple of Victorian geese, an Inuit carving, an ammonite fossil and the compass encased in a walnut, as you do.

Are you ready to go nuts here?

VO: She has £15 left to spend.

Gonna have another no money at the end situation?

VO: Ishy made just three purchases - the lovely handcrafted wooden piggies, the 19th century Japanese jardiniere and the set of vintage Mano Figa charms.

As a job lot in auction, this could do quite well.

VO: He has £145 remaining.

This area of North Kent is famous for oysters.

IRITA: That's cool.

ISHY: Are you a fan of seafood?

I like a bit of seafood, yeah.

I see food and I eat it.

VO: Hey, don't we all?

Hoping he'll find some pearls at his next shop, Ishy's been dropped in Ramsgate, a seaside town with the only royal harbor in the UK.

ISHY: This place looks massive.

VO: Petticoat Lane Emporium is big indeed.

A 10,000 square foot warehouse hosting 200 traders selling retro, curios and antiques.

Just no travellators, unfortunately.

This place is absolutely massive.

It's gonna be tough to find something and narrow it down.

VO: But that's the beauty of it.

ISHY: Now, I spotted this.

It's actually an early waffle maker.

VO: Oh, wow.

Waffling's been going on for centuries, particularly on the telly, although this press is more likely to be late 19th century.

Traditionally a French design, although I have seen Scandinavian waffles that look like this.

It's got a good age to it.

Kitchenalia's doing well at auction at the moment, but it all depends on the price.

And if we take a look here, it says "£40 waffle iron", which is a very fair price for this.

But I don't know if there's enough profit in it.

Very attractive item.

Depending on how hungry I get, I might come back for this.

VO: There's not enough time to waffle.

There's an awful lot to get through here.

There's something sparkling in here.

No...

I'm almost lost for words, because this is probably as good as it gets.

If we turn it around, and you've got the most beautiful stickpin.

Rose cut diamonds.

And then this little swallow reverse engraved into the rock crystal.

Handpainted.

We call them reverse Essex crystals.

Just set this aside here.

It is packed full of symbolism.

It's so romantic.

And it's really, really high quality.

Circa 1880.

Beautiful, beautiful condition.

This would have been worn on a lapel, on your tie.

There's a label on the back of this box.

I mean, I'm actually shocked.

£85, like...

There's nothing else to talk about.

This is coming home with me.

I don't even think I'm gonna negotiate, cuz this is very underpriced for what it is.

(EXHALES) It's mine.

VO: With £145 left, Ishy will be talking to Alicia about the crystal alone.

Alicia, how are you?

I'm very well, how are you?

I'm so excited.

I've got the worst poker face, but I found something spectacular.

Right.

Let's see what you got... Oh, wow!

It's gorgeous, isn't it?

This is so amazing.

£85?!

I mean...

I mean...it's pretty good, right?

ALICIA: You've got a deal there.

ISHY: Yeah.

ALICIA: Er, and this guy actually doesn't even do any discount, so... That's a relief, because... ALICIA: I think you've got...a bit of a...a bit of a steal anyway.

Yeah, I would have lost sleep if I'd haggled on that, because I do think it's quite a good price.

Yes, I agree with you.

But I'm so, so happy, £85.

VO: Ishy now has £60 in his wallet.

ISHY: Thank you.

Have a lovely day.

ALICIA: So nice to meet you.

Have a nice day.

(KISSES BOX) VO: Irita's making her way to Canterbury, and England's oldest cathedral, to meet its head gardener, Thomas Goodall.

As well as being the mother church of Anglicans, the ancient walls protect an important garden first created by monks in the 16th century.

IRITA: But Tom, who were these monks?

So they were the Benedictine monks.

And they'd spend four hours a day reading scripture, they'd spend four hours a day praying, but also, they were really into their gardening and they could spend like five hours a day in the garden.

Oh, wow.

VO: The monks cultivated plants for brewing, cooking and healing from the middle ages.

Since 2005, the modern gardening team have worked hard to return the space to its former glory.

What made you want to recreate this?

This area we're standing in now was quite badly damaged during World War II.

This was a bit of a wasteland, and I think the gardeners at the time were using a copy of Gerard's Herball to build this amazing space.

VO: Gerard's Herball, first published in 1597, was one of the most popular herbal and gardening books of its time, and the cathedral's copy offers insight into how the monks tackled their terra firma.

Benedict, the Benedictine monks' founder, believed that gardening was a form of kind of physical prayer.

But also, they had to produce everything they needed to use for their day-to-day life - food and medicine, and things like lavender and rosemary and sage would have been used for edible reasons.

But also for the scent.

They would have carried lavender around them to combat the effects of infrequent washing.

OK. A plant like lemon balm.

And if it was collected on 24 June in the dead of night, and the person who collected it was naked, it would cure them of baldness.

IRITA: What?!

Amazing.

VO: Ha!

To find out more, Irita's making a beeline for that infamous lemon balm to meet modern day herbalist Margaret Muirhead.

IRITA: Hello there, Margaret.

Hello, Irita.

VO: Margaret has studied how the monks decided which of their plants could be used for medicinal purposes.

This is called lemon balm.

It's for the heart.

It's for sadness, like when you've had a bereavement.

If you look at the leaves lower down, they're in the shape of a heart.

IRITA: (GASPS) Yes!

So hence, it made you happy?

Yes.

VO: The monks believed that the physical appearance of a plant was a mark from God, a theory they called the "doctrine of signatures".

The monks didn't have science, and they believed only what God told them in the doctrine of signatures.

So what the plant looked like, or where it grew, or its smell or color, was something to do with the doctrine of signatures.

VO: From the heart-shaped leaves of lemon balm to the varying forms of verbena.

MARGARET: Cuz you've got large leaves down the bottom and very contracted tiny things, and that shows how the anxiety is taken away when you take this medicine.

The big problems become little problems and you can concentrate on your exams.

VO: The treatment of anxiety and depression today would be supervised by a doctor.

Back then, though, the monks considered it God's will if a wrong dosage or plant proved fatal.

However, there are plants in this garden that herbalists believe are beneficial for minor ailments.

What have we got here, Margaret, then?

This is called pulmonaria, or lungwort.

IRITA: It looks a bit diseased.

It does, doesn't it?

That's why the monks saw what it was good for, because it looks like the inside of a diseased lung.

VO: Lordy.

With white spots that resemble the lung's mucous membranes, some herbalists believe that lungwort can be effective in soothing ailments like mild coughs.

Margaret's agreed to give Irita a taste of the monks' medicine.

MARGARET: So you want to cut it up very small, so that there's more contact with the water.

VO: She's going to create a tea from lungwort leaves.

But please always take advice from an expert when foraging.

MARGARET: You measure... A tablespoonful of this fresh leaf will do one mug of tea.

OK. VO: Like all good teas, it needs time to infuse.

And there'll be three for this traditional medicinal tea.

Tom the gardener fancies a brew, too.

TOM: Thank you.

MARGARET: Cheers.

IRITA: Go on.

Cheers.

TOM: Cheers.

Cheers.

What do you think?

It tastes like it smells.

A bit earthy.

You know what?

I think it tastes better than what it smells.

VO: Modern medicine may have moved on, but pharmaceutical products today still draw from nature and traditional knowledge.

Willow bark for aspirin, the opium poppy for morphine.

We can only be thankful for the early experimentation of Canterbury's Benedictine monks, even though there's still no cure for baldness... Ha!

Ishy has no need to worry about such things, of course.

He and his lovely locks are on their way to Teynham, a large village that was home to several early Archbishops of Canterbury.

He's hoping he's blessed with bounty at Wildwinds Antiques.

With two floors, five rooms and 30 dealers, Mick's on hand for any inquiries.

There's plenty of potential... (TOOTS HORN) VO: ..if he doesn't blow it.

ISHY: Now, having a little peek, and amongst some really nice costume jewelry, I can see two scent bottles, but one of them is really catching my eye.

So if we open it up, I know what this is.

This is a vinaigrette.

And what you'd have inside would be a piece of sponge soaked in your favorite scent.

If you're walking the streets of London, the Thames in all its glory and you couldn't handle the smell, discreetly pop open your vinaigrette, have a little sniff and distract yourself from the scent of all that sewage around you.

And then if we come to the ticket price, we can see £260, which is incredibly out of budget.

It's killing me to do this, but I might have to come back for you one day.

VO: While Ishy continues to browse in Teynham, Irita's followed her nose to Chilham, a charming Kentish village that lies above the valley of the river Stour.

IRITA: I can do this.

VO: Bagham Barn Antiques has over 20 dealers in furniture, china and jewelry.

Looks like there are some high-end treasures in here, which could be a problem for Irita.

She has only a paltry 15 smackers left.

Dear, oh dear... IRITA: What a difference in these cabinets.

You go from classic English Staffordshire, 1840s, 1850s, to 1950s.

This is what stands out to me.

(WHISPERS) Let's have a look.

(SIGHS) Oh...

It is heavy.

This is made in Sweden.

1950s, 1960s, by a designer called Stig Lindberg.

VO: One of Sweden's most influential post-war ceramicists, known for his playful prints and porcelain.

Fun.

IRITA: He was just an incredibly talented man.

And this pattern is called Karneval.

Look at it.

A pot that probably was at the time not that expensive.

"Stig Lindberg Faience Karneval vase, £925.

Worth every penny.

But I'm putting it back before I break it.

What a great thing to handle.

VO: She might be better off checking the price tag first before picking things up.

Ha-ha!

Has Ishy come across anything he fancies back in Teynham?

Isn't this an interesting looking table?

I imagine some sort of side table, but I can't see any tags on it.

Let's see if Mick can tell us more about it.

Mick?

MICK: Ishy, I see you've settled on this little table here.

It looks eastern to me, but there's no ticket on it and no price.

Well, these are... Well, lamp tables, they are really, but these little tables actually come from Liberty in London.

Liberty's?

MICK: Liberty, yeah, yeah, some Japanese craftsman actually carved this thing.

It's a very, very nice and interesting and attractive piece.

I don't know if this is gonna be in budget.

What's the price of this?

I'm prepared to let this go for...£65, 60 quid.

Do you know, it's interesting, cuz I've actually only got £60 left.

So this feels like fate.

VO: Luck is on Ishy's side today.

He's now spent up.

ISHY: See you soon.

MICK: Yeah, thank you.

I love it!

VO: Meanwhile, back in Chilham... (RINGS BELL) I'm ringing for help, cuz that's how I feel right now.

Well, between all this glass, something shiny has caught my eye.

We got a piece of brass that has letters GWR, Great Western Railway.

Great Western Railway was basically made by a group of businessmen that wanted to connect London to the west of the country - to Wales, to Bristol...

It's still going strong now.

VO: And this looks like a badge that might have sat proudly on a stationmaster's cap.

It's priced at £18.

The question is...can I afford it?

VO: Time to talk terms with the lovely Peggy.

IRITA: Hello there, Peggy.

PEGGY: Ah!

Right, I'm gonna come clean with something.

This...this is all the money that I have left in my pocket.

PEGGY: Wow.

IRITA: I... (LAUGHS) I'm sorry.

And I'm gonna put it down.

I've got £15 left.

And I found this - a Great Western Railway little badge.

It's priced at £18.

Mm-hm.

Very good find, a very good find.

IRITA: Normally, I wouldn't haggle on £18.

Can I buy that for my 15?

OK, that's...

It's well priced.

Normally, the answer would be no, but...OK. IRITA: Can I have it?

PEGGY: I agree.

Yes.

IRITA: Yeah?

Oh, bless you.

Thank you, Peggy.

I shall be back, hopefully next time with more money!

PEGGY: Thank you.

IRITA: Have a lovely day.

IRITA: See you later!

VO: With that railway stationmaster's badge in her pocket, Irita has also reached the end of the line.

Time now for them to reunite back on the open road.

Aren't they beautiful?

So cute.

Our next stop is Banbury for the auction.

Mmm!

There's a famous nursery rhyme.

Shall I read it to you?

Go on.

"Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross to see a fine lady upon a white horse."

"Rings on her fingers and bells on her toes, and she shall have music wherever she goes."

I like that!

ISHY: Nice, right?

IRITA: That's beautiful, yeah!

VO: What a lovely read of a lovely lullaby to end a lovely day.

Nighty night.

VO: Our chirpy chums are now in Oxfordshire and the place that inspired their new favorite nursery rhyme.

We haven't done our good luck ritual.

Oh, come on then...

Uh, uh, yeah, baby!

IRITA: Come on!

Come on.

ISHY: (LAUGHS) Come on, come on.

Come on!

(LAUGHS) VO: Having cantered through Kent, they've danced into Banbury and JS Fine Art auctioneers.

They're hopeful of enticing buyers in the room and online, where their lots will be looked after by auctioneer Joe Smith.

Hi, Joe.

25.

It's gonna go.

VO: Ishy spent his entire £200 kitty on five lots.

Is there anything you think stands a chance, Joe?

This is an Essex crystal stickpin.

One of my favorite lots in the sale today, been viewed very well today.

I'm thinking 150 to 250.

VO: Wow.

Irita also spent her whole budget on five lots.

What do you think, Joe?

JOE: A gilded compass, all encased within this lovely walnut here.

Beautiful piece, this.

I'm thinking £50 to £100.

VO: Time for Ishy and Irita to bag their seats.

IRITA: (SQUEALS) Ishy!

ISHY: Hey, I'm excited for this sale.

IRITA: Same.

ISHY: I've got a good vibe.

I think both of us got some really nice things.

Yeah.

You in particular, love what you bought this time.

It was your best buying.

Yeah, I've got a good feeling.

VO: The first lot up is Irita's Inuit stone carving.

What's it a carving of?

Little Inuit one.

Canadian.

Really sweet.

Nicely signed.

I love the color.

Mid to early 1900.

JOE: 40 bid.

ISHY: Yes.

This is good.

Five, is it now?

£40.

IRITA: Come on... ISHY: Come on.

Come on!

45 now.

50 now.

£50, that is good.

JOE: It's gotta go.

This time selling... JOE: 50.

ISHY: Yes.

VO: Well, it carved a small profit.

It's a lovely little thing, and it's not often you see them.

And they're very collectable.

The next time you see one, buy it.

VO: Time to see if Ishy's side table has legs.

It's a side table, but it was retailed by Liberty & Co, and I know people love Liberty & Co. 10's the bid.

You know, I'm...I'm thinking, oh my goodness, this is gonna make hundreds.

15 online.

Come on, wake up.

Anybody else?

It's gotta go.

Last call and selling at 15 only.

It goes... VO: It's bound to be much-loved by the lucky buyer.

Can't win 'em all.

Someone had a bargain.

VO: That's the spirit.

Irita's hoping her continental geese have laid a secret nest egg.

These geese are rather handsome.

ISHY: Mm-hm.

JOE: Five.

10 anywhere now?

Five.

Oh, we've got a long way ahead of us.

ISHY: Come on.

JOE: 20 now.

20.

Come on, geese, you promised me a golden egg!

Nobody at all?

20, they go.

There we are.

VO: Only a few had a gander.

Wuh-ha, what a buy.

I'm gutted.

VO: Yeah, let's see if Ishy's three Mano Figa rock crystals can sparkle.

These are my lucky charms.

They sell individually for hundreds, but we'll see.

Five, 10, 15 online.

ISHY: Come on.

IRITA: Come on.

JOE: At 15, 20, five.

IRITA: 25, 25!

25, they're going to go.

That sounds so cheap.

All done?

But it's a profit.

VO: Someone's lucky to get those charms at that price, I tell you.

What's this?

Shall we do like the...?

(HUMS A TUNE) IRITA: Sorry, sorry.

ISHY: We are in public.

VO: Here's hoping Irita's Great Western Railway brass badge puts her back on track.

I bought a piece of metal.

JOE: At £15.

IRITA: (MOUTHS) Yes!

JOE: 20, is it now?

At 15, 20, five.

Yes.

30.

30 online at this side.

ISHY: 30 quid.

IRITA: 30 quid.

ISHY: Choo-choo.

IRITA: Mm-hmm.

£30.

Away and selling.

30, and going... VO: There was light at the end of the tunnel - a profit.

Not bad for some...for a piece of metal, is it?

VO: Hoping to attract the buyers, Ishy's Japanese jardiniere is up next.

Initially, I thought it was bronze.

It's turned out it's spelter.

I think you're in for the money.

JOE: 110.

ISHY: Yes!

JOE: 120.

ISHY: Good profit.

120.

30 now.

IRITA: That's amazing profit!

JOE: 120...

Perfect.

VO: Wow, that lot certainly blossomed.

Well done.

Didn't I say to you, be prepared for a surprise?

ISHY: Happy days!

IRITA: I know.

VO: Up next is Irita's compass in a walnut.

It even has the original silk inside.

ISHY: Really good.

IRITA: I know!

And a compass?

Yeah.

£50, I paid.

Will it lead you to a profit?

25, 35.

40 online now.

40.

ISHY: Come on.

IRITA: That's so cheap.

JOE: 45.

At 45.

ISHY: 45.

50 online now.

50.

IRITA: Oh, that is gutting.

JOE: At £50.

Five, 60.

ISHY: Yes!

You're in profit.

IRITA: Yeah.

JOE: 70 online.

ISHY: Good.

It's like somebody woke up.

£70.

It's gonna go.

All done at 70... (SOFTLY) Yes... Well done.

VO: It certainly pointed the way.

Great stuff.

£20 is £20.

VO: Ishy's looking for his handcrafted wooden pigs to fly.

Are you gonna be like a pig in mud when this makes a mega profit?

ISHY: Look, I mean... (LAUGHS) Hopefully, this piggy goes to market and comes back with a profit.

Oh, ooh.

That's a better punt, is it?

Oh, it's going up already.

20, 25, 30!

JOE: I haven't even finished the description and away they go.

45.

50 at all?!

60 anywhere now?

60, 70, 80 now.

IRITA: 80!

Oh, my God... ISHY: No way!

JOE: At £90, 100 it is.

IRITA: (SQUEALS WITH LAUGHTER) ISHY: What?

IRITA: Ishy!

JOE: 110.

20 anywhere?

I told you, it will surprise you.

It's fantastic.

That is brilliant.

Anybody else now?

IRITA: That is wicked.

All done... ISHY & IRITA: (LAUGH) JOE: Congratulations.

VO: Those porkers were corkers!

What a day this is turning into.

You're on fire!

This is my sale.

Yes!

Finally.

I'll just leave now.

Never mind.

VO: Irita's last lot now - that hefty ammonite fossil.

What do we reckon, about 150 million years ago, thereabouts?

Now, if we're talking about antiques, that's a real antique, isn't it?

I think I ticked that box.

ISHY: (LAUGHS) Yeah... And 50.

60.

70.

80.

90 online.

At 90.

100, is it?

At £90.

Come on, it deserves to make like 200.

ISHY: Yeah, I mean... JOE: 110.

110.

IRITA: Wake up, come on.

ISHY: Come on.

JOE: 110.

All done?

All sure?

Selling at 110.

That is the most disappointed I think I've ever been about a profit.

VO: It made an impression on someone.

Lucky buyer, eh?

It's just not my day today.

It's probably gonna cost more to ship than what they paid for it.

It weighs a ton.

VO: Time for Ishy's last lot of the day - the Victorian Essex crystal stickpin.

This next lot is probably my favorite thing I've bought on this trip so far.

IRITA: I know how much they are worth.

And I know that our budget does not allow us to buy that sort of thing.

So I have no idea, how did you manage to buy that?

I didn't even haggle.

I don't know what was happening on this leg.

It was like my lucky day.

It was...it was your day.

Yeah.

130.

140.

150.

160.

70.

180.

190.

Does that say 200?

ISHY: 200...

Yes!

IRITA: Does that say 200?!

It is my lucky day.

200, it is.

It's £200 now.

Oh my gosh.

It deserves more.

240.

At 240 now.

It needs to make 360, 380.

Yeah, it's worth that, right?

IRITA: It's worth that.

ISHY: Yeah.

240.

This time going.

240...

I mean, I'm happy with that.

Well, that one stuck it to them.

Amazing stuff.

It's like you have set on fire today.

VO: What an auction.

Absolutely super.

Well, that was something.

Good profits.

IRITA: Amazing profits.

ISHY: I'm so pleased.

I cannot believe the piggy went for that.

That's insane!

Let's go and add up the profits!

ISHY: Let's go.

IRITA: Come on, Ishy.

VO: Irita started with £200 and after auction fees, she's made a profit and finishes with £229.60.

After starting with the same sum and after costs, Ishy has made a profit, too, and ends with £418.20, which means... ..he has won the day with all profits going to Children In Need.

No need to be too downhearted, Irita.

(PRETENDS TO SOB) Wheel me out of here!

IRITA: (LAUGHS) ISHY: Fragile goods!

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