[CAR HONKS] NARRATOR: The nation's favorite celebrities-- Oh!
Just want to touch base.
NARRATOR: --paired up with an expert-- - Boo!
- Whoa!
[LAUGHS] NARRATOR: And a classic car.
No hands!
NARRATOR: Their mission, to scour Britain for antiques.
My office, now!
NARRATOR: The aim, to make the biggest profit at auction.
But it's no easy ride.
[ENGINE GRINDS] Oh!
NARRATOR: Who will find a hidden gem?
[HORN HONKS] Like that.
NARRATOR: Who will take the biggest risk?
This could end in disaster.
NARRATOR: Will anybody follow expert advice?
But I love this.
Why would you buy something you're not going to use?
NARRATOR: There will be worthy winners and valiant losers.
No, I don't want to shake hands.
NARRATOR: Put your pedal to the metal.
Let me get out of first gear.
NARRATOR: This is the "Celebrity Antiques Road Trip."
[THEME MUSIC] Yeah.
[SIREN WAILING] Call the cops.
On today's show, we have a pair of leading ladies from the frothy world of stage and screen.
It's the rather lovely Roberta Taylor and Trudie Goodwin.
[CAR HONKS] So you've got more of an eye than I have, actually, for things, especially deco kind of stuff.
If you're trying to be nice to me so that you win-- Yeah, of course.
--that's, you know, it's not going to work.
I'm actually trying to get the audience on my side.
NARRATOR: Yeah, we haven't even started yet.
Ha!
The girls are firm friends, though, and met on the set of the long-running television drama "The Bill."
Hence all these sirens.
Trudie racked up 24 years on the show, whilst Roberta has had many roles on stage and screen, including three years in "EastEnders."
Oh, sorry.
I want to live, darling.
I know!
[LAUGHS] NARRATOR: With 400 pounds each to spend, will this road trip see some friendly rivalry between these old pals?
But of course, Trudie, in the end, I will win.
[CHUCKLES] Because I've always been your boss, and you've always had-- Yes, you have.
And I still think of you as my boss.
You've always had to do as you're told.
Yeah.
ROBERTA TAYLOR: So-- Yes, ma'am.
So I want you to collect some really expensive rubbish.
[LAUGHS] NARRATOR: Cor blimey!
Tut-tut!
[MUSIC PLAYING] Today's experts are the delightfully dashing James Braxton and Paul Laidlaw.
What a combo!
But you're about to have your collar felt, aren't you, Paul, by-- I know, I know.
--a couple of lady coppers.
They'll suss you out, mate.
[LAUGHS] NARRATOR: Yeah, you watch it, you two.
The fellows had the racy red 1971 Jaguar XJ6.
JAMES BRAXTON: Bit spongy, this, Paul.
I'm in second gear, and I'm unsure whether we got first, third, or fourth.
PAUL LAIDLAW: [LAUGHS] So it's-- Are you sure it's not an automatic?
[LAUGHS] It could be.
NARRATOR: Over to the rather snazzy 1968 Citroen DS21.
TRUDIE GOODWIN: I'm very much looking forward to it.
I hope I'm not going to clam up, that's the only thing.
I might, in the face of an expert-- No.
No, come on.
Hopefully not.
No.
When have you ever listened to an expert?
Well, that's true.
NARRATOR: Don't worry, they will be putty in your hands, girls.
Our adventures begin in the city of Glasgow, venturing over to the west coast of Scotland, zooming around Lanarkshire, heading north to Callander in Stirlingshire before trudging south for an auction in Killinghall in Yorkshire.
Gosh, where are they?
Come on.
I think I'm going to slide off here.
Are you all right?
That would be rather embarrassing.
After myself.
I'm sliding this-- You've probably got some synthetic element in those trousers.
How very dare you, sir!
[LAUGHS] It's slipping.
NARRATOR: Cheeky beggar!
[MUSIC PLAYING] Oh, look at that Jag!
Hello!
Take my driving gloves off.
Hello, James.
Hello.
James.
Very nice to meet you.
Some First World War binoculars will be on my list.
[LAUGHS] You're finding-- Hello, nice to meet you.
NARRATOR: Roberta's pairing up with the beardy Laidlaw, and Trudie with the suave sophisticate, that is, James Braxton.
Right, time to hit the road, you lot.
All aboard.
On we go, Parker.
Parker?
[LAUGHS] NARRATOR: Anyone for a dance?
Let's begin with Trudie and James.
I wanted to drive one of these since I was first in Paris when I was about seven, I think.
Lovely.
And we got a taxi.
And of course, they were all like this.
They were all this car.
And I remember sitting in the back and going, oh, this is so luxurious.
So cool, isn't it?
It is very luxurious.
TRUDIE GOODWIN: Yes.
Yes.
It's like being cocooned by a baseball glove.
[LAUGHS] NARRATOR: [LAUGHS] That's one way of putting it.
[MUSIC PLAYING] I feel I should call you ma'am.
Can I hum this up?
I think-- [LAUGHS] I think if we're going to be a winning team, you should call me Rob.
Rob, OK.
I rob, you win.
[LAUGHS] NARRATOR: I think we can see who the boss is going to be.
Back to Trudie and James, they're traveling to the area of Broomielaw in Glasgow.
Do you know it?
I don't.
JAMES BRAXTON: You want to find your inner Genghis.
My inner Genghis.
I'm going to find my inner Genghis.
JAMES BRAXTON: Find your inner Genghis.
Or even a light Herod.
[CHUCKLES] JAMES BRAXTON: Or even a light Herod.
Because I have got to be quite hard bargainer, haven't I?
JAMES BRAXTON: You've got to be tough.
NARRATOR: Glasgow City Antiques is their first stop for a rootle.
Here we are.
Look at this.
wowser, wowser!
Ooh!
It's a warehouse, practically.
JAMES BRAXTON: It's a warehouse.
It's light industrial.
Well driven.
TRUDIE GOODWIN: OK. JAMES BRAXTON: Oh, very comfy car.
TRUDIE GOODWIN: Looks like a huge place.
JAMES BRAXTON: Yes, come on.
Let's get in.
TRUDIE GOODWIN: Ooh.
JAMES BRAXTON: Let's get involved.
I'm quite nervous now.
No, rubbish!
Ooh!
NARRATOR: Come on, Trudie.
Nothing to fear when you have James by your side.
Wow!
[CHUCKLES] NARRATOR: With the speciality of antique furniture, this huge shop has over 20 dealers selling their wares.
Nice suit, nice chairs.
I do quite like these chairs.
That's a big pot.
[MUSIC PLAYING] So much, isn't there?
Oh, look at those big lamps.
They've all been sold.
JAMES BRAXTON: Right.
[GASPS] Look!
A police bike.
JAMES BRAXTON: No, really?
TRUDIE GOODWIN: Oh!
JAMES BRAXTON: That's very good.
TRUDIE GOODWIN: Look at that!
You're always station-bound, weren't you?
Or did you go out on motorbikes?
No, no, no, out on a foot a lot, and then out in the cars, but not on motorbikes.
No, no, no.
But that is amazing.
That looks like a kid's-- It is sweet, isn't it?
It's a toy, isn't it?
350.
NARRATOR: We'll leave them to pursue their inquiries.
What about Roberta and Paul?
You and Trudie, on the other hand, openly competitive or is that not part of it?
How is she going to play this game?
It's never part of it until we started this morning.
Um, she's basically the most honest woman I know.
But I think she'll get impish.
NARRATOR: Hmm, back to the impish Trudie.
Found anything yet?
JAMES BRAXTON: Oh!
That's quite nice.
JAMES BRAXTON: That's very nice, isn't it?
It has the sort of American Deco look about it, doesn't it?
It looks like from an American hotel or something.
Oh.
It's got reassuring-- Wow!
--reassuring weight.
I think we should-- Oh, maybe put something on the table.
--put something on the table.
There were are.
Here we are.
Oh, very kind.
Thank you, sir.
NARRATOR: Thank you, dealer John.
Standby.
JAMES BRAXTON: Oh, well.
I quite like that.
That is a great shape, isn't it?
JAMES BRAXTON: Let me fondle the tag.
TRUDIE GOODWIN: How much is it?
180.
We could get down on that, couldn't we?
Yeah.
I think that's very smart.
Do you know, I like that, because I think that's very Glaswegian.
It's a fabulous weight.
Have you felt the weight of it, Trudie?
Go on.
Come on, Sarge, put your muscle into it.
TRUDIE GOODWIN: Come on.
JAMES BRAXTON: Come on.
TRUDIE GOODWIN: That is seriously heavy.
NARRATOR: You might get a bunch of fives if you keep calling Trudie sarge.
She might not like it.
Good price.
What would you pay for that?
Well, it's 180.
Um-hmm.
Yeah, do you want to be-- you want to be at 90 first.
Do you really think?
Yeah.
Inner Genghis.
Inner Genghis.
JAMES BRAXTON: Come on, Sarge.
Do you mind being called Sergeant?
No.
[LAUGHS] I'm very used to it.
At the moment, this is priced at 180.
So what can you do us on that?
JOHN: I've taken 10%.
I could take 20 off that.
JAMES BRAXTON: No, we're not interested in 10, John.
JOHN: Seeing as it's you, I could take 40 off it.
No, we've got to-- Yeah.
We've got to go a lot less than that.
NARRATOR: Oh, get you, Trudie.
What would you peel out from your wallet?
I would peel out 100 pounds just like that.
Just like that.
NARRATOR: John has to check the best price with the dealer of the lantern.
Cross your fingers, you know.
It's not-- you know, it's not terribly old.
But what I like, I like this sort of chinoiserie.
Look.
TRUDIE GOODWIN: I do.
JAMES BRAXTON: There's a lot going on there stylistically.
TRUDIE GOODWIN: Yeah.
Here he is.
John.
Yeah.
I've got some good news for you and some bad news.
Oh, dear.
OK. - John.
- It's not for sale?
No, you can get it for 100 pounds, but he's got to pay it.
[BOTH LAUGHING] I've got to pay?
Do you accept cash, John?
JOHN: Yes, I certainly do.
- Well done.
- 100.
Is that a pony?
I don't know.
I can't remember what it is.
Anyway, there you are.
It's a tonne.
It's a tonne.
A tonne.
NARRATOR: Yeah, well, done, James.
That's one down, and the heavy gilt metal lantern for 100 pounds.
Get the boot in, James.
Oh, snug as a bug.
Great!
Snug as a bug in there.
NARRATOR: Now, where are Roberta and Paul?
PAUL LAIDLAW: So here we have Glasgow on the horizon.
I fell in love with the city, because my first job was up here.
NARRATOR: And that was back in the '70s, when Roberta was playing at a theatre in South Glasgow.
We're returning to the heart of Roberta's acting roots with a trip to the Gorbals on the south bank of the River Clyde.
[MUSIC PLAYING] Our doyen of the stage and screen began her illustrious career right here at the world-famous Citizens Theatre over 40 years ago.
Standing for over 140 years, not only is there a rich history of dramatic excellence, but the Citizens is the second oldest operational theatre in the UK.
[MUSIC PLAYING] Hello.
Lovely to see you.
Dom, this is Paul.
Hi, Paul.
I'm Dominic Hill.
I'm the artistic director of the Citz.
Pleased to meet you.
Come and I'll show you around.
Now, Dom, I've been involved with this theatre since 1976.
Why and how was it built here?
The theatre was built-- I mean, it opened in 1878.
And it was part of a huge wave of new theatres being built in Glasgow.
I think there were something like 20 built over about 10 years at the time.
And I guess there was no telly.
And it was the sort of major form of entertainment.
So this theatre was built here in the Gorbals for the local people.
And I guess it meant people didn't have to go across the river.
And it's always been at the heart of its community.
And I think that's one of the things that makes it really special is that this is a theatre for the Gorbals, for the people in the south of Glasgow.
NARRATOR: The 19th century Gorbals audience love this spectacular entertainment right on their doorstep.
However, there were a few hiccups.
In the early days, there were quite a lot of mishaps.
And there's a famous story about an elephant.
Because at the time, they had animals and things like that in the show.
An elephant got loose, and evidently got tangled up in some of the ropes, and caused a riot in the theatre.
And the theatre was actually closed down because of that.
NARRATOR: Originally, His Majesty's Theatre, then Royal Princess's.
But in the mid-1940s, a new identity beckoned once more.
And when did it become the Citizens Theatre?
A man called James Bridie, who was a renowned playwright, he had a company on the other side of the river, and he was looking for a home for his company.
And he was offered the Royal Princess's Theatre.
So he moved his company, and he moved in.
And he renamed the theatre the Citizens Theatre.
And he had a kind of manifesto that he wanted to create a theatre that was for the citizens of Glasgow.
And that's how it got its name.
And certainly, that ethos is something that we still try to stick to today.
NARRATOR: For over 70 years, the citizens has been renowned for its daring and provocative productions.
We did all sorts of things.
It was a great laugh.
My very first job here, I was in knickers, bra, suspenders, tights, and balloons, and a cigarette, which I popped all the time.
And I sobbed for days, because I was so frightened.
NARRATOR: I don't blame you.
Many a sparkling talent has appeared on stage here, from the likes of Sean Bean and Pierce Brosnan, to Glenda Jackson and Rupert Everett.
Now, let's get a closer look at the particularly unique stage.
Daft question.
We're running downhill.
Is this part of this particular production?
Well, this is the rake of the stage.
So this theatre has got, I think, the steepest rake in the UK, which can be really challenging, particularly if you've got furniture on wheels and things like that.
But what it's brilliant for is for allowing the audience to see the actors.
So even when an actor walks up stage, they're always in view.
So it's actually a very simple but a kind of brilliant architectural device.
I don't know much about architecture, but I never ever get terrified on this stage.
I get rightly nervous, which is you're supposed to.
But there's something about, maybe it's the color, the shape, or whatever.
Certainly not a first for a Rob today, but this in every regard the first for me.
And it has been an absolute joy and a privilege.
Thank you very much.
Thank you.
NARRATOR: Since 1945, the Citizens has been one of Scotland's flagship producing theatres, with a distinguished history of presenting both contemporary classics and edgy Scottish drama.
This place is immensely significant in the history of British theatre.
Meanwhile, Trudie and James are back on the road.
TRUDIE GOODWIN: I'm beginning to feel that competitive urge rising in me.
JAMES BRAXTON: Excellent!
TRUDIE GOODWIN: I can feel that.
NARRATOR: Roberta and Paul are putting their foot down too.
I saw want a blue flash and light that we can just do that.
So we get there before them?
Yeah!
[LAUGHS] NARRATOR: Our competitive pairs re traveling to the seaside resort of Largs in North Ayrshire.
Visitors usually stroll along the Victorian prom with a nice ice cream, but not today.
Prepare yourselves.
We're sharing a shop, Narducci Antiques.
Stand by.
ROBERTA TAYLOR: They're not here yet.
We're first, we're first we're first!
[LAUGHS] NARRATOR: I hope you were within the speed limit, Rob.
This is our manor now, Rob.
He-he-hey!
Oh, here we are!
Please.
Before madam arrives!
PAUL LAIDLAW: All we survey, it's ours.
- Woo!
- Come on.
I'm first.
NARRATOR: Gosh, they're not competitive, are they?
Ah, what a place.
Lovely to see you, Roberta.
How are you?
NARRATOR: Oh, look, It's old friends of the "Road Trip," Franco and Jock!
It's a pleasure to have you through the door.
It's a pleasure to walk through the door.
Thank you for that.
You win the prize.
Do you get that?
Do you get the antique smell in here?
I do.
Beeswax, beeswax, beeswax, beeswax, money, money, money.
[MUSIC PLAYING] So if you forgive me, I'm on the hunt.
NARRATOR: Now, Paul's the companion every celebrity needs.
Chill.
Yup.
Zen, antique zen.
Antique zen.
And just browse, scan.
Get the radar running.
And oh, I like the look at that.
Let's have a look and see.
We've got all the time in the world.
We've not.
It shuts in 15 minutes.
[BOTH LAUGHING] NARRATOR: That's quite funny, actually.
Let's get down to business.
When was the last thing you saw a clock that looked like that?
What's that made of?
I love it.
Do you think that was always a clock?
No.
I think it was a propeller.
You're good!
It's a propeller box.
And that's going to date to, more likely than not, the First World War.
Now, that could be horsepower, the power of the engine that was appropriate to this propeller.
NARRATOR: An interesting find and certainly unique.
But it's not just a salvage propeller, is it Paul?
Let Roberta in on the secret.
PAUL LAIDLAW: But here's another-- there's another aspect to this.
The timepiece itself, it's highly likely that's an aircraft clock, isn't it?
ROBERTA TAYLOR: Oh, how brilliant.
You're brilliant.
NARRATOR: It's priced at 240 pounds.
You're on, Roberta.
Prepare yourself, Jock.
I'd be frightened to spend more than 80 quid on it.
NARRATOR: Gulp!
JOCK: How about-- my thought would be 85?
For you, I'll buy that clock for 85.
Oh, for me?
Not for the auction?
We've just bought something, haven't we?
NARRATOR: Indeed you have.
Jock is being super generous, with an exceptionally kind discount.
85 pounds for the propeller clock.
Now, what of the others?
TRUDIE GOODWIN: They're here already.
JAMES BRAXTON: I know.
Let's box them in.
TRUDIE GOODWIN: Right, OK. JAMES BRAXTON: Let's box them in.
NARRATOR: Yeah.
Could you get any closer, Sarge?
TRUDIE GOODWIN: Oh, quick!
JAMES BRAXTON: Oh!
[MUSIC PLAYING] Go on, I'll get my antennae out.
NARRATOR: Ooh, crikey.
I think you found a friend here.
TRUDIE GOODWIN: He could follow you around.
NARRATOR: Shop pooch Bobby's helping them sniff out a possible.
This Chinese folding hardwood table comes with two lotus-shaped brass trays.
That is a nice bit of brass, isn't it?
That's-- Is it brass?
Never mind the quality.
Feel weight.
feel the weight, madam.
You could just melt that down, and you'd be all right, wouldn't you?
You're good.
TRUDIE GOODWIN: I do quite like that.
PAUL LAIDLAW: Gin and tonics on us.
Yeah, OK.
Sorry.
Oh!
Hello!
PAUL LAIDLAW: [LAUGHS] Fancy meeting you here.
ROBERTA TAYLOR: We've already bought that.
You've already bought that?
That's a lie!
They haven't.
TRUDIE GOODWIN: That is a fib!
JAMES BRAXTON: See, see.
So their ears were burning.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
They were.
Just realizing what they've missed.
NARRATOR: Never mind them.
Let's get Franco over.
Franco?
How long have you had that for then, Franco?
Days and days, and weeks and weeks, and months and months.
They're too close!
That comes off here, and that comes off there.
I hope he says it's 500 pounds.
Feel the weight of that.
Feel the weight of that.
Ooh!
Yeah.
JAMES BRAXTON: Reassuring quality.
We could think about that.
I think we could definitely think about that.
Do you think we should think?
There's nothing to think about that broken brass thing.
Buy it!
[LAUGHS] Hey, we're been heckled.
Ignore them.
- Sarge, go on.
- Yeah.
Get tough with them.
Move on.
Keep it quiet in there!
[LAUGHS] Enough!
Enough!
NARRATOR: Blooming heck, you lot.
JAMES BRAXTON: How much?
It's got 80 pounds on it.
Yeah.
60 quid?
50?
Lower.
Give me your hand.
Give me your hand!
What happened there?
TRUDIE GOODWIN: He was too quick on that.
I've made a terrible mistake.
That could have been 30.
No, don't!
NARRATOR: Well, it's done now.
50 pounds for the Chinese folding table.
Right, what's next for Roberta and Paul.
PAUL LAIDLAW: This is going to be 1920 to 1930.
And it is an office cabinet with a camber front.
And it's a security measure.
So you keep your office filing in here-- Right.
--your confidential papers, or the letter-headed paper, or whatever.
Do you like this?
ROBERTA TAYLOR: I like that front.
And this is great in this day and age for undies and socks-- Yeah.
--and things.
I thought you were going to say scripts!
No.
And it's a handsome bedside table with a lamp on it.
Ah, it's really elegant.
Can I say, at the moment, never been more desirable.
Really popular.
Hence, 300 pounds price tag.
NARRATOR: Jock, you are very much needed.
JOCK: What would you give me for it?
80 quid.
No, I couldn't do it for that.
Small steps.
85?
100.
We could end up getting 80 for it.
85, What do you reckon?
ROBERTA TAYLOR: I'd go to 85, but that's it, because we've got tomorrow.
PAUL LAIDLAW: Any chance?
85.
Yes!
Thank you very much.
NARRATOR: My goodness, yet another incredible discount.
Well done, Roberta.
A total of 170 pounds on the unusual World War I Propeller clock and the oak stationary cabinet.
Back to Trudie and James.
You want color, you want precious metals.
Yes.
And you want it cheap.
I want it cheap.
- These are pretty.
- Said enough.
They're pretty, aren't they?
These spoons are pretty.
Yeah.
Who are they mate by, then?
Shall we have a look?
TRUDIE GOODWIN: I don't know.
Have a look.
JAMES BRAXTON: Why that one, Trudie?
I love these colors.
This is enamel, presumably.
Yeah, that's enamel.
And then that's probably silver.
Silver.
JAMES BRAXTON: Silver gilt.
Right.
With the gold plating over the top.
And they're made-- They're pretty, aren't they?
--in Oslo, Norway.
Ah.
Very trendy.
TRUDIE GOODWIN: Very trendy.
NARRATOR: They're made by Norwegian silversmiths David Andersen, although it was David's son, Arthur, who introduced enamelling to the family firm.
The company has always kept pace with changing trends.
And these Art Nouveau spoons are very pretty.
I rather like those.
It's rather nice, isn't it?
Well, I think that's rather nice.
Nice markings.
Nice to get an original box.
NARRATOR: They're priced at 80 pounds.
Now, where's Franco?
So how much will we be talking for that?
55 to you.
What are you up to?
Caught red-handed, James!
[LAUGHS] TRUDIE GOODWIN: 30?
JAMES BRAXTON: There you are.
30?
[LAUGHS] That's a killer blow.
40 pounds.
How's that?
Will that do?
35?
Don't look at me, Franco.
They're not mine.
- Yeah!
Go on!
Cripes, Trudie.
That's a very good purchase.
NARRATOR: 35 pounds for the set of David Andersen's spoons and 50 for the Chinese folding table.
Trudie's got the money here.
Thank you.
Thank you very much.
So that's 90.
JAMES BRAXTON: Was that 90?
TRUDIE GOODWIN: I think.
90.
I'm going to give you a fiver change.
Thank you very much.
- Oh, there's one there.
- No.
- There you go.
- There we are.
Magic!
- A wee Scottish fiver for you.
It's a Scottish one.
- OK, fine.
- It will bring you luck.
Will it?
That's very good.
NARRATOR: Let's hope so.
Right, gang, go and get some shut eye before we do it all again tomorrow.
Nighty night.
[MUSIC PLAYING] Morning, all.
Our lady coppers are on patrol once more, slowly.
Oh, my goodness.
TRUDIE GOODWIN: It's a cow.
ROBERTA TAYLOR: Oh.
TRUDIE GOODWIN: It's all right.
Thought you were safe, eh?
I know I could do with that big bullocks by the side of the road.
[LAUGHS] it's the countryside, Roberta.
I know, but you're-- NARRATOR: Yeah.
Look at that shot.
Now, what about the likely lads?
[MUSIC PLAYING] I think one might say Sarge is the dealer's friend.
[LAUGHS] Very good!
Do you know what?
Rob, the antithesis thereof.
Really, is she's tough?
PAUL LAIDLAW: She'll walk from a deal.
JAMES BRAXTON: Really?
PAUL LAIDLAW: Yeah.
NARRATOR: She is one tough cookie.
Woo!
Come on.
I'm first.
NARRATOR: Yesterday, our darlings of stage and screen entered the antiques arena with plenty of spirited determination.
Trudie and James bought a gilt metal lantern, a folding Chinese table, and a set of Scandinavian spoons, leaving them 215 pounds.
Roberta and Paul dug into their bag of money, buying the World War I propeller clock and the oak stationary cabinet, leaving them with just a smidge more.
They have 230 pounds to spend today.
And it looks like our celebrities have been left waiting.
That's not good.
ROBERTA TAYLOR: Oh, at last.
- Oh.
What time do you call this?
Yes!
Eh?
Oh, my God.
Well, hello.
So you had an extra 10 minutes in bed in comparison to us.
PAUL LAIDLAW: [LAUGHS] We've had to drive through bullocks and sheep.
Yeah.
JAMES BRAXTON: Really?
Rob is terrified of anything on four legs.
JAMES BRAXTON: Really?
Yeah.
It's only lucky we've reared onto two, isn't it?
[BOTH LAUGHING] Blimey, James.
Yeah.
Come on.
Right, let's go, then.
NARRATOR: Right, off you pop, you lot.
Are you happy?
are you off?
A bike might be an idea right now, actually.
Why?
You hear that?
You hear that?
There's nothing happening.
- Exactly.
- We'll give you a push.
Come on.
Oh, we'll give you-- I think you might give him a push.
PAUL LAIDLAW: [LAUGHS] You are dressed for it.
Come on.
- Come on.
You don't drive?
I don't drive at all.
Is it light?
Handbrake off.
Handbrake off.
Off you go, James.
Right.
A bit harder.
ROBERTA TAYLOR: Does this happen very often on this show?
BOTH: Yes!
PAUL LAIDLAW: He-he-hey!
NARRATOR: Sheer Braxton muscle, and they're off!
Oh, dear.
How's your resting heart rate?
I think it need resting.
It needs rest!
NARRATOR: Take care of your old ticker, Jim!
[MUSIC PLAYING] Now, let's hop in with Roberta and Paul.
Roberta, of all the characters you've played, are there any that you look back really fondly on, or you're most proud of?
I suppose it has to be playing Amanda in "Private Lives" at the Citizens, because we had only 10 days to rehearse it.
The theatre didn't have any money, so two of the directors played the men in it.
So it was a cheap wage bill.
And it got wonderful reviews, even London reviews.
And it packed the theatre out.
And it was funny to do.
NARRATOR: Whilst over in the stylish French motor-- Find the inner Genghis.
Inner Genghis.
[LAUGHS] My inner Genghis yesterday became inner Mary Poppins.
I wasn't quite-- NARRATOR: Oh, blimey.
Moving swiftly on.
Trudie and James have arrived in the area of Newhouse in North Lanarkshire.
Greenside Antique Center is their next shopping destination.
TRUDIE GOODWIN: Great, here we are.
[MUSIC PLAYING] Come on, James.
It's all in the wrong place.
Come on.
NARRATOR: Dealer Alan has already thought of something that might tempt our Sarge.
Now.
Ah!
[BOTH LAUGHING] Ah!
Now, wouldn't that suit you?
TRUDIE GOODWIN: A police hot and a truncheon.
Handcuffs too.
Yeah.
Does that slightly predate "The Bill?"
Slightly.
Yeah, that's World War II.
Yes, it does.
I'm not that old.
NARRATOR: You cheeky blighter, James.
Can I have a look at it?
- Can we have a look at it?
- Of course.
I'll get the key for you.
Get the key for us.
Oh, I like that.
NARRATOR: This style of helmet was invented in 1915 by John Brodie for use in World War I.
It was designed to minimize injury from shell splinters and shrapnel.
- Now.
- Look at that.
There we are.
Look at that.
God, why do I keep finding things that are heavy?
- I know.
- Feel that.
- Feel the weight.
- Wow!
It is heavy, Isn't it?
That could almost repel a direct hit, couldn't it?
Yes.
If you were wearing that all day, you'd know about it, wouldn't you?
Just-- What do you think?
What do you think?
All right, Sarge.
[BOTH LAUGHING] NARRATOR: Just ignore him, Trudie.
Now, what about Roberta and Paul?
This isn't as easy as we'd like it to be, is it?
If it was, we'd all be rich.
No, no.
It is easier in one way, because it's so much fun.
And I don't have to learn any lines.
NARRATOR: You certainly don't.
We're heading to the area of Balfron Station, just south of Aberfoyle in Stirlingshire.
Country Homes Antiques, owned by Andrew, is next on Roberta and Paul's hit list.
At last.
Shopping, shopping, shopping.
- All right.
- Oh, please let it be good.
Please let it be good.
Please let it be good.
[LAUGHS] ROBERTA TAYLOR: Please let it be nice.
PAUL LAIDLAW: You've said your prayers to the antique gods?
NARRATOR: This family business was first opened in 1985.
Let's see what we can sniff out in here.
OK. [MUSIC PLAYING] So many fantastic things here.
NARRATOR: What's Roberta found down here, then?
ROBERTA TAYLOR: That yellow plate, can you tell me about this?
Is that going to turn out to be Scottish?
Victorian, by the looks of things.
Let's see.
Let's have a look.
Any clues, so-- Pretty colors, aren't they?
Earthenware.
Yeah, Scottish pottery ashet.
This period, which is late 19th century, it's charming.
What does it say to you?
Summer.
Yeah.
Bright, cheery, breezy.
Auld Heather Ware, Scotland.
You know what, I suspect it's slightly younger than I had thought.
Really?
Yeah, yeah.
It could be early 20th century.
That's a good honest thing, isn't it?
Mm-hmm.
NARRATOR: And it's priced at 68 pounds.
Old Heather Ware was produced by Methvens, a pottery once based in Kirkcaldy in Fife.
And busy bee Roberta has found something else.
No stopping her.
Is this lovely or boring?
Because I've seen this on the show, things like this.
Do you hate it?
I can tell by your face, you hate it.
I expected more from you.
I'm so sorry.
I'm so sorry.
[LAUGHS] Tell me, why, why, why, why, why?
ROBERTA TAYLOR: Well, in the kind of '80s, you could get things like this quite cheaply.
Portobello Road.
PAUL LAIDLAW: Thank you.
NARRATOR: It's unpriced but on the list.
What else?
I just love the color of this.
But I don't know what it is.
[SIGHS] Neither I.
[LAUGHS] Good.
I've caught you out.
NARRATOR: She's good.
Of course, he knows what it is.
Out of Northwest Europe in this modernist era, your Art Nouveau, your Arts and Crafts.
Because this is certainly Arts and Crafts, is looking to medieval era for inspiration.
Oh!
You get revival in these bodies, these glazes and forms.
NARRATOR: And it's priced at 48 pounds.
[MUSIC PLAYING] Whilst those two mount up the potentials-- James?
NARRATOR: --let's swing back to Trudie and James 30 miles away in North Lanarkshire.
What's that?
What on Earth have you found there?
It's a spirit level.
JAMES BRAXTON: That is a rather splendid spirit level, I would say.
Alan?
ALAN: OK. At the double, please.
[LAUGHS] Sarge wants to look in the cabinet.
Sure.
[LAUGHS] Sorry.
No, I was looking at the spirit level.
Yeah.
TRUDIE GOODWIN: My dad used to have some beautiful tools.
ALAN: There we are.
TRUDIE GOODWIN: And-- oh.
What does it feel like?
That feels-- oh, it's lovely.
It's all smooth and very-- again, it's a heavy object.
If it's heavy, it's ours.
NARRATOR: Oh, yes.
The Braxton weight test.
Whatever you say, chief.
It's priced at 75 pounds.
JAMES BRAXTON: What it is?
We got rosewood.
Oh, Rosewood.
Rosewood.
Terribly-- it's lovely.
Just a really nice tropical hardwood.
And then this is party and contra party.
It's a sort of form of marquetry.
So you've got brass as the subject and the surround being the wood.
So you've got two forms of marquetry.
TRUDIE GOODWIN: Party and contra party.
JAMES BRAXTON: Exactly.
TRUDIE GOODWIN: I have never heard of that.
NARRATOR: Level with me.
Does it work?
So it just needs-- Oh, there it goes.
You just need-- There it goes.
What a long bubble.
That work?
Yes.
You just need to-- you're slightly out.
You are slightly out.
Rebuild it immediately.
It's not leveled.
JAMES BRAXTON: Isn't that lovely?
TRUDIE GOODWIN: It's juts a nice thing.
JAMES BRAXTON: I think it's the smartest spirit level I've ever seen.
TRUDIE GOODWIN: Yeah, me too.
JAMES BRAXTON: Alan, what could you do on that?
Don't-- no clues.
Don't look at the ticket.
Come on.
Well, for you-- What could you do?
35?
35.
It will give you a chance at the auction.
That would give us a hell of a chance.
Oh.
30?
Oh, the pause.
I noticed the pause.
- 30?
- Well-- Sarge.
OK. Do we think that's all right?
Shake the man's hand immediately.
TRUDIE GOODWIN: 30 pounds, you're done.
Sarge, good buy.
This is heavy.
I could hit you over the head with this.
Yeah.
Well, I might then need a helmet.
Ah!
Shall we look at the helmet?
Shall we look at the helmet?
If you want.
Come on.
Have you got your key?
I've still got in the pocket there.
NARRATOR: Good thinking, Alan.
Remember, that helmet is priced at 75 pounds.
Stand by.
JAMES BRAXTON: It's lovely, isn't it?
It is.
I like that.
35?
Do that for you?
I think this might be quite difficult to shift.
Do you?
Really?
Mm.
In Harrogate.
In Harrogate.
[CHUCKLES] They're law-abiding citizens there, aren't they?
Yes.
25.
You'll never know.
It could be handy.
25.
[GASPS] ALAN: Well, 28?
Get you something on it.
25.
You're a very hard woman.
[BOTH LAUGHING] OK, 25.
Oh!
Well done.
ALAN: Are you happy with that?
TRUDIE GOODWIN: It's a deal.
- Well, done, Alan.
Thank you very much, Alan.
- Alan-- - All right.
Well done.
I might have to kiss you.
No, no, no!
[LAUGHS] Well, there you are.
Look, a police helmet.
And I think those-- I'm pleased with those.
- Winners.
I'm pleased with those.
Winners.
NARRATOR: Blooming heck, Trudie.
That was good going.
A total of 55 pounds on the World War II helmet and the Rosewood spirit level.
A 5 pound change for you.
Oh, thank you.
5 pound and the receipt.
Thank you very much.
JAMES BRAXTON: Is that lovely.
TRUDIE GOODWIN: Thank you, Alan.
Alan, thank you very much indeed.
You're.
Welcome.
Right, OK. And we can carry these.
Can I take the helmet, Sarge?
Yes.
You dare say Sarge, though.
- All right, Sarge.
- Oh, you see.
Right.
All right.
Right, that's it.
Lovely to meet you.
Take care Bye.
NARRATOR: Now, has Roberta rooted out any more potentials over at Newhouse?
This tray, what is it apart from the tray?
I mean, its designed, how is it done.
OK.
I suspect you're looking at pyrography.
What?
Is that an illness?
It was murder, inspector.
[CHUCKLES] That was a bit Taggart there.
How does that crossover work?
That worked, yes.
[LAUGHS] Pyrography, poker work.
ROBERTA TAYLOR: Is that '30s?
You're right for period.
I think 1930s.
It is a tea tray.
Those wooden elements there, not bamboo, faux bamboo.
These are turned in the socket.
ROBERTA TAYLOR: Mm.
PAUL LAIDLAW: And you get your soldering iron, your poker, or whatever.
And you get it hot, and you just scorch the pattern.
NARRATOR: Prepare yourself, Andrew.
Here they come.
ROBERTA TAYLOR: Hello.
Hi there Hello, I'm Roberta.
Hi, Roberta.
Lovely to meet you.
Paul, pleased to meet you.
Hi, Paul.
We love your-- Thank you very much.
--emporium, your tent.
Now, that's the schmoozing over.
Uh-huh.
We have had a good mooch around.
Um-hmm.
NARRATOR: Sure have.
And as a reminder, Roberta likes the look of the Scottish earthenware serving dish, the arts and crafts vase, the pewter tea set, and the poker-worked tea tray.
- 100 pounds for the lot.
- Jeez!
[LAUGHS] Doesn't muck about, does she?
[BOTH LAUGHING] Where did that come from?
I moved.
NARRATOR: Cor blimey, Roberta.
If you don't ask, you don't get, I suppose.
ANDREW: I think we're struggling at that.
I'll give you the pewter set.
I mean, it is a nice set.
I'll give it to you for 60.
That is too much.
Still too much?
I reckon that is 30, 40 pound at auction.
105.
Purely because I love them.
Put it there.
[LAUGHS] You!
Lethal!
Done all right, hasn't she?
Done all right.
- I'm hugging you.
[LAUGHS] Yeah, well done.
NARRATOR: Congratulations, Roberta.
25 pounds for the Scottish earthenware serving dish, 20 pounds on the arts and crafts, three handle vase, and the combo lot of the arts and crafts pewter tea service and the poker work tray for 60 pounds, totaling 105 pounds.
That is what you call a deal.
Come on, come on, come on.
Is this a getaway?
ROBERTA TAYLOR: Yes.
I did pay, didn't I?
Yes.
[LAUGHS] NARRATOR: Meanwhile, Trudie and James have hot-footed it to the North Lanarkshire town of Kilsyth.
As our celebrities and experts road trip around the country, dry stone walls are a very familiar sight.
They survive as the oldest relic of our farming heritage.
Trudie is a bit of an outdoors girl.
And as a special treat, she's come to learn the little known story of the stones that helped build rural Britain.
The man in the know is the chairman of the West of Scotland Dry Walling Association, John New.
John!
Hello.
Trudie.
Very nice to meet you.
I'm so looking forward.
James.
Hello, John.
NARRATOR: There are over 180,000 miles of dry stone walls in the UK.
Construction of these walls without the use of mortar or cement is a skill passed down through generations.
Do you know, it's not just a craft but an art?
Walling will go back over 1,000 years in this country.
Really?
Yeah.
It's been here for as long as there's been stones.
Way back 1,000 years ago, fields weren't really a defined item.
It was more protection for livestock.
So we see it all over Britain, the proliferation of walling.
It really came to its peak in that period.
NARRATOR: The 18th-century Enclosure Law created legal property rights to land that was previously considered common.
Between the 17th and 20th centuries, 6.8 million acres of land were enclosed within Britain.
Dry stone walling was the quickest and most efficient process to form boundaries.
The stone was there.
It had been cleared by farmers for years and generations to the side of the fields when they were plowing.
So the stone was probably there at the edges of the fields.
And the next practical, logical step would be to then create walls.
I suppose you could move the walls around if you were suddenly given another bit of land or if you-- Well, that's right.
They tended to, as they divided the land, the land was passed down from farmers and divided between their sons.
Then all they had to do is divide the field with another wall.
NARRATOR: Walls are predominantly found in North and Western Britain and vary in style and color due to the natural stone supply of each region.
A good waller can build four to six yards a day.
Today, fewer walls are being built, and it's more a case of maintenance.
But the skill required is the same.
So here, we have a classic gap in a wall.
If you leave it as it is, it will just deteriorate further.
And eventually, the whole wall will collapse.
So it requires rebuilding from this point upwards.
You see, the stone has always worked in the way-- Yes.
--towards the center, longways in, and that gives it the strength.
The hearting is in the center here.
JAMES BRAXTON: It would fit in.
ROBERTA TAYLOR: Oh, yes.
JAMES BRAXTON: Look at that.
Yes.
JOHN NEW: See, like that, there?
ROBERTA TAYLOR: That's perfect.
OH, I see.
I see.
JAMES BRAXTON: You see?
JOHN NEW: That holds that together.
TRUDIE GOODWIN: Yes.
JOHN NEW: Stops it rocking.
Then what would you then put to fill in that bit?
Well, that's where the skill comes in.
Oh, that is where-- yeah.
Ah!
You start to look around at your stone pile and-- Stand back, John.
And then-- [CHUCKLES] NARRATOR: Yeah, right, James.
JAMES BRAXTON: [GROANS] So that's a better-looking candidate.
Oh, that's better.
Sorry.
Oh, very good.
That's perfect.
You could get a job with me, Trudie.
[LAUGHS] Yeah.
Not so sure about old James.
JAMES BRAXTON: Oh, the clunk.
JOHN NEW: That was it.
JAMES BRAXTON: The clunk.
NARRATOR: That's the technical term, of course.
TRUDIE GOODWIN: So you need to have it around that way actually, James.
JAMES BRAXTON: Hark at you.
TRUDIE GOODWIN: Do try and concentrate.
Hark at you!
NARRATOR: He's not so good at that.
It's like an adult jigsaw puzzle, isn't it?
NARRATOR: If you say so.
I could happily spend all day doing that.
So thank you ever so much.
It's been a pleasure having you, Trudie.
Delightful to meet you.
Really lovely, John Thank you very much.
Really lovely.
Thank you.
I think you have an aptitude for this.
Do you think?
NARRATOR: Dry stone walls offer not just protection for livestock, they are works of art and a living history.
Look at that shot.
[MUSIC PLAYING] Meanwhile, Roberta and Paul have motored their way to the town of Callander in Sterling.
I am no actor.
Oh, I'm sorry.
I think you are.
That's why you get such a good bargains.
PAUL LAIDLAW: [LAUGHS] NARRATOR: Our pair have 125 pounds left in their bag of cash.
PAUL LAIDLAW: Ta-da!
Could be tricky.
[LAUGHS] Look at that for precision work!
NARRATOR: Perfection, Paul.
This is the last chance for this pair of lovelies to shop.
What goodies can they find in here?
Hello?
Hello, how are you?
I'm Roberta.
- Hello, Roberta.
- How are you doing?
I'm Paul.
- Hello, Paul.
- And you are?
- George.
Good to see you.
Hello, George.
Good to see you.
[MUSIC PLAYING] PAUL LAIDLAW: You could be on a roll, you see.
That's sort of the same idea, aren't they?
Yeah, yeah.
They're all relatives.
NARRATOR: Now, what's this?
What do you make of that?
What does that say?
It's about a railway.
[LAUGHS] It's heavy enough to be part of a railway locomotive.
It says London.
I know what that is now.
If I turn it up that way, are you getting any clues?
Because that's the right way up, and it's only half of it.
ROBERTA TAYLOR: It's a bottle.
PAUL LAIDLAW: It's a bottle mold.
Oh, how funny.
PAUL LAIDLAW: So this is one half of our two-piece mold.
ROBERTA TAYLOR: Right.
And either mechanically or-- I don't know.
For all I know, by mouth, a bubble of glass is blown into the mold, let it set, cool down.
Open up the mold, there you go.
And that's for London.
That'll be London gin, won't it?
Yes.
The other half of that square section bottle said gin.
NARRATOR: It's not priced.
Let's get dealer George in to talk cash.
GEORGE: How about 30 pounds?
It doesn't sound dear.
But at the same time, how do you put a value on that?
15 quid or nothing.
15 quid.
Mm.
That is categorical, that.
It is, Isn't it?
[LAUGHS] NARRATOR: Known fact.
How about making it 17 pounds?
Only 2 pounds, but it makes me feel good.
What about 16.50?
How about 16.50?
That'll do.
You're not arguing for 50 pences.
- 16.50?
- Sorry?
Did you say to 16.50?
I said 16.50, yeah.
We're not going to argue over 50 pence.
- Thank you very much.
- OK. NARRATOR: Well done, Roberta.
That's a shake.
I'll give you-- GEORGE: 20.
PAUL LAIDLAW: --your note.
GEORGE: And 3.50 change.
Thank you very much, George.
Thank you very much.
NARRATOR: That Roberta is one heck of a negotiator.
And that concludes the buying for this trip.
Shopping complete.
Time to reunite and have a nosey at one another's buys.
I love this bit.
Lovely weather and lovely shopping, wasn't it?
TRUDIE GOODWIN: It was, we had a lovely afternoon.
Well, ours was lovelier.
Yes.
And better weather.
Oh, was it?
Rubbish, can't be!
And we shopped for longer, and bigger, and better, and spent more money.
[BOTH LAUGHING] NARRATOR: Ooh!
Ready, steady-- And-- Reveal.
There we are.
OK. [LAUGHS] Right.
JAMES BRAXTON: Right, yes.
Well, this has to be seen like that.
ROBERTA TAYLOR: You had to have that.
TRUDIE GOODWIN: Yeah.
JAMES BRAXTON: Yeah.
TRUDIE GOODWIN: I thought I sort of had to have that.
PAUL LAIDLAW: It fits beautifully, doesn't it?
Just fit me quite well.
Look at that.
See?
Dad's Army in one.
- Yeah.
- [LAUGHS] - Second World War.
- World War II.
World War II.
TRUDIE GOODWIN: What do you think?
I think that was a great buy.
The coffee spoon is enamelled?
TRUDIE GOODWIN: Yes.
Enamelled on?
Enamel, silver gilt.
Stirling, 925.
PAUL LAIDLAW: Very good.
JAMES BRAXTON: 925.
PAUL LAIDLAW: They look-- TRUDIE GOODWIN: Quite pretty, aren't they?
They look lovely.
They are beyond quite pretty.
NARRATOR: Roberta and Paul's turn now.
Go on, reveal all.
PAUL LAIDLAW: OK, 1, 2, 3.
JAMES BRAXTON: Valuable items.
TRUDIE GOODWIN: Oh!
JAMES BRAXTON: Ooh!
PAUL LAIDLAW: Oh, my word.
Oh, nice!
JAMES BRAXTON: Ooh!
PAUL LAIDLAW: Ta-da!
Yes.
You could furnish a bedsit here.
[ALL LAUGHING] What's the radiator?
Indeed.
Radiator?
What on Earth do you think this-- I will give you a clue.
ROBERTA TAYLOR: London.
PAUL LAIDLAW: London.
Oh, gin, gin bottle mold.
London gin.
Oh, London gin mold.
And then that's a clock.
Yeah.
A cloak made from?
An aeroplane.
PAUL LAIDLAW: Yeah.
[LAUGHS] Made from a propeller.
Yes!
Yes!
Oh, yes!
NARRATOR: That was like "Give Us a Clue!"
We'll see you-- We'll see you at the auction.
Showdown, at the auction.
At the auction.
Come on.
Yeah, come on, quick.
NARRATOR: Come on, you lot.
Spill the beans.
If you can only have one of their lots to swap, what would you take?
The helmet.
I think I'd swap the cabinet for the premium brass table.
Would you?
Yeah.
I'll tell you what, I think it could be close.
Yeah, I think so.
Oh, look.
Come on.
- Let's mull it over.
Yes.
We'll be all right.
We'll do all right.
We'll take it.
Come on.
[MUSIC PLAYING] NARRATOR: Auction time beckons.
We're off to the village of Killinghall in Harrogate.
Go on, where are these lovely ladies?
I expect a dramatic entrance.
If I'm honest, I would like to probably do better than you.
[LAUGHS] NARRATOR: Thompson's Auctioneers is the location for our auction showdown.
And I'm just going to say, the kettle's on, Sarge.
[CHUCKLES] OK?
Kettle's on.
NARRATOR: You better watch it, Braxton.
There they are.
Very good.
Oh, quick.
Here we are.
Go on.
Get it on.
Gather your lady.
PAUL LAIDLAW: How are you doing, Rob?
Good morning, Sarge.
How are you?
How are you?
How are you?
[INTERPOSING VOICES] NARRATOR: Just get in the door, you lot.
Roberta and Paul spent 291 pounds and 50 pence on six lots.
Roberta proving to be one savvy negotiator.
Excuse me, sir.
Excuse me.
NARRATOR: Trudie and James spent 240 pounds exactly on five auction lots.
Trudie certainly wasn't afraid to name her price.
[MUSIC PLAYING] 15, 18.
NARRATOR: Mike Johnson is the man in command of the rostrum.
What does he think of our road-trippers' wares?
15.
The spirit level is quite nice.
It's quite decorative.
Again, it's something you can still use.
I've taken a couple of phone calls already on that this morning.
So there's a bit of interest in that.
But I think the stationery cabinet is going to do better than anything else in here.
I think it's probably the nicest thing that's come in so-- and again, there's already a fair bit of interest in it.
NARRATOR: Well, that sounds promising.
This sale is also open to internet bidders.
And it's a busy sell room.
Time for our stars to take their seats.
Standby.
First up, it's Roberta's weighty London gin bottle mold.
140 is another bottle works and gardens London gin bottle mold.
It's good.
It's a good item.
We didn't think we'd find anything else, but he was still rummaging.
72.
70.
Do I see 72?
Are we all done on commission at 70 pounds?
JAMES BRAXTON: Oh.
How much do you pay for that?
16.50.
Oh!
Are you enjoying it any more now?
How are you feeling now?
NARRATOR: Outstanding start, Roberta.
Well done.
Next, it's Trudie with the Chinese folding table, the buy she kind of regrets.
MIKE JOHNSON: Start me off at 10 pounds for it.
10.
10, we have.
12 anywhere?
Great.
10 pounds.
12 and 15.
18.
No?
15 pounds with the lady.
All done.
How much did we pay for it?
Was it more on that?
A lot more than that.
Sell at 15.
A lot more than that.
50?
We're gutted.
We're gutted for them!
There's no justice.
Sorry, darling.
NARRATOR: Hey, it's not that bad, Trudie.
We've seen a lot worse.
Believe me.
See, look, they're smiling.
I was-- come on, no justice.
[LAUGHS] NARRATOR: Roberta, you are next with the rather smart oak stationery cabinet.
I've got to go straight in at 80 pounds, 90 now.
With me at 80.
Do I see 90?
We have 100 anywhere?
100, 110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 160.
150 at the back.
150 pounds.
I shall sell it 150 pounds.
We're all done.
That's very good.
NARRATOR: Indeed it is.
Excellent start, Roberta.
I'm just going to go.
We're just going to go.
No, no, no!
NARRATOR: Come on, Trudie.
It's your beautiful set of Scandinavian spoons next.
We've got to go straight in at 50 pounds.
55 anywhere?
Profit, profit, you see?
50, do I see?
55, we have.
Lady's bid at 55.
60 anywhere?
Come on, 60.
MIKE JOHNSON: I shall sell at 55.
60, sorry.
65.
And 70?
No.
65 with the lady seated.
Are we all done at 65 pounds?
That's all right, Sarge.
30 quid in the old pocket.
NARRATOR: Splendid.
But I think you're heading for a pop on the nose, James.
We've almost recovered.
We've almost recovered our loss.
NARRATOR: Onwards, it's Roberta's beloved three-handled vase next.
Commission starts with me on this one at 12 pounds.
15 anywhere?
With me at 12.
It's a tough start.
18 anywhere?
20.
22.
25?
No.
22 pounds seated.
Are we all done?
ROBERTA TAYLOR: Get out of here!
PAUL LAIDLAW: Another profit.
It's worth 1,000 pounds.
[BOTH LAUGHING] NARRATOR: Hey, not quite.
Plenty more lots to go, though, Roberta.
Trudie's rosewood spirit level is next out of the trap.
Commission starts with me on this one at 35 pounds.
NARRATOR: In profit.
MIKE JOHNSON: With me at 35. do I see 40?
Are we all done?
On commission at 35 pounds.
JAMES BRAXTON: Keep going.
40 we have.
45 anywhere?
I knew.
I know about spirit levels 40 pounds, 69.
Lovely item.
NARRATOR: It really is.
At least there's a bit of profit there, though.
A bit of commission eroding profit.
No, no.
We're still on top.
eight quid, two quid, in the bin.
Not enough, though, is it, James?
NARRATOR: Have faith, Trudie.
Roberta's turn next with the Scottish earthenware serving dish.
Start me off at 10.
10 we have.
15.
Yeah, 20.
No?
15 pounds seated.
20?
25.
20 pounds behind you, sir.
Do you want to go 25?
And 30?
No, 25 pounds a gentleman seated.
Are we all done?
I shall sell 25 pounds.
I think we did fine.
I'm going to kill him.
NARRATOR: Dear, oh, dear.
Someone's not happy.
That's worth 100 pounds.
NARRATOR: Easily, Roberta!
Now, Trudie, it's your turn.
Your World War II police helmet is up.
A bit of interest in here.
I've got to go in at 25, 28 now.
With me at 25.
In profit.
28, are we're all done?
On commission.
28 we have.
30 anywhere?
Gentleman's bid at 28 pounds.
Are we all done at 28?
No!
Just a slither of a profit.
NARRATOR: That is a real shame.
What a tremendous buy for one lucky collector.
I don't believe that.
What's happening?
NARRATOR: Roberta's World War I propeller clock is next.
A lot of commission on here and I've got to go straight in at 70 pounds.
75 anywhere?
With me at 70.
Do I see 75?
We have an 80 anywhere?
What's happening here, Trudie?
Sarge?
70?
Go on.
Get up and arrest them.
Arrest them.
Are we all done at 75?
I think we are.
- We've lost money on it.
- Have you?
- Have you?
- Oh, no!
Oh, really?
Oh, what a shame.
Really?
NARRATOR: Play nicely, you too.
Commiserations, Roberta.
I've got that.
All I'm going to say is thank God it's just not mine.
[BOTH LAUGHING] NARRATOR: All Paul's fault.
Trudie's gilt metal lantern next.
Start me off at 50 pounds.
Nobody at 50?
30 then.
20?
20 we have.
25 anywhere?
- What a shame!
MIKE JOHNSON: Gentleman's bid at 20 pounds.
Are we really done at 20 pounds?
25 and 30.
Hands, everyone.
Hands, everyone.
40?
45?
40 pounds standing at the back of the room.
Are we all done at 40 pounds?
Oh!
40 pounds.
Oh, dear.
I knew it.
We got carried away.
We got carried-- Sorry about that darling.
They're so not-- NARRATOR: That's terrible.
Right, it's the last lot of the day, the pewter tea set and poker-work tray from Roberta.
Commission starts with me at 18.
20 now.
Me at 18.
Do I see 20?
Are we really all done at 18 pounds on that?
I can't believe it.
20.
Well done.
22 anywhere?
20 pounds.
We're all done at 20.
Hey, concentrate, you two.
20.
Sold for 20.
We didn't.
NARRATOR: Ouch.
But someone's off with a car boot full of pewter and poker work.
Hot sweet tea.
It's exhausting, isn't it?
- And exciting.
- And depressing.
Let's drink.
I can't bear the misery.
NARRATOR: Me neither.
Ha!
Now, time for the calculations.
Trudie and James started out with 400 pounds.
After all auction costs, they made a loss of 85 pounds and 84 pence.
Their final takings are 314 pounds and 16 pence.
Roberta and Paul also began with 400 pounds.
And after all sale room costs, they've made a small profit of 5 pounds and 34 pence.
Their final earnings are 405 pounds and 34 pence, making them celebrity road trip winners!
Bye!
[LAUGHS] NARRATOR: All profits go to children in need.
I'd do this again.
Would you?
Oh, it's been huge fun.
It's been huge fun.
I have genuinely really, really enjoyed it.
NARRATOR: Bye-bye, lovely the ladies.
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