VOICEOVER (VO): Some of the nation's favorite celebrities... That's the pig for you?

This is the pig for me.

VO: ..one antiques expert each...

Celebrities.

I think we could have a go at this, don't you?

VO: ..and one big challenge - who can seek out and buy the best antiques at the very best prices... What are they doing with this in here?

VO: ..and auction for a big profit further down the road?

I've got £10 bid!

VO: Who will spot the good investments?

Who will listen to advice?

Do you like that?

I tell you what, it goes with your eyes.

Does it, yeah?

VO: And who will be the first to say "Don't you know who I am?!"

Cuckoo!

VO: Time to put your pedal to the metal - this is Celebrity Antiques Road Trip!

Yeah!

VO: Welcome to Hertfordshire - a county of over a million souls, on the doorstep of London and popular with everyone from the Romans to Queen Elizabeth I, who grew up here.

VO: The latest distinguished visitors to the county are two stars of screen and stage - Britain's Don Warrington and America's Stefanie Powers.

VO: The first challenge for Stefanie is a 1975 Morgan and the quaint British habit of driving on the left.

STEFANIE: Left is that way?

Isn't it?

DON: I've never done a hand signal in my life.

STEFANIE: I mean right, right.

This... DON: I have no idea.

STEFANIE: ..for us is left.

DON: Right.

STEFANIE: Cuz we're driving on the other side of the car.

STEFANIE: It's completely wrong.

VO: Stefanie Powers found fame young in Hollywood.

Millions adored her in "Hart to Hart".

STEFANIE: I love this car.

STEFANIE: I am slowly falling in love with this wonderful car.

VO: Don Warrington was born in Trinidad and grew up in Newcastle upon Tyne.

He also found fame young, playing Philip Smith in the classic "Rising Damp".

VO: So, what are our celebrities' tastes in antiques?

DON: I'm a minimalist.

DON: I like things with sharp corners and clean lines.

DON: Yeah, I don't like clutter.

STEFANIE: (LAUGHS) STEFANIE: God, I wish I could be a minimalist!

VO: Hmm.

A minimalist on an antiques hunt, eh?

That could be interesting for experts Margie Cooper and Charles Hanson in their 1968 Beetle!

But Charles is pre-occupied.

Surprise surprise.

CHARLES: I'm quite excited because today I'm sitting next to a lady with big red lips and lovely red nails.

VO: Charles Hanson is entranced by beautiful women.

But has strange ideas about attracting them.

VO: When not distracted... he's a Derbyshire-based auctioneer, with a passion for history and early English porcelain.

CHARLES: You know, it's our first time together in a car, and I want to make chemistry with you.

VO: Oh, steady Charles!

VO: Margie Cooper's not here for your chemistry.

She's here for her expertise in antiques - especially furniture and early 20th century silver.

MARGIE: Sweet little thing.

VO: Under pressure, this dealer has her own peculiar traits.

Oh!

VO: And she knows the lows.

Yes!

VO: And the highs of the antiques world.

Charles has a hankering to pair up with Stefanie - who wouldn't - but wants to believe he's giving the others a choice.

CHARLES: You know, we'll show off our credentials and they'll decide, and hopefully Stefanie will say "I want you!"

VO: Regardless of who teams up with who though, each team will have £400 and two days' shopping to see who can make most money at auction.

VO: And starting in St Albans, we'll be weaving our way through Hertfordshire, then heading into London before going to an auction in Billingshurst in West Sussex.

God's country.

VO: St Albans is a small cathedral city just north of the M25.

During the Napoleonic Wars its clock tower was part of a communications chain relaying signals from Whitehall to the North Sea fleet in Great Yarmouth within five minutes.

VO: Our teams today are communicating face to face - and with less danger of launching a fleet... CHARLES: Hello there!

MARGIE: Hello!

CHARLES: Hi.

VO: ..by meeting up at an eclectic emporium near the city center.

We're in one piece.

DON: Indeed.

Barely.

I don't have to go to the gym, cuz my arms have had a great workout.

CHARLES: Yeah.

There is no power steering.

(WHISPERS) Shake the man's hand.

He could be yours.

MARGIE: Well, I'm not choosing, I refuse to.

DON: Hello.

CHARLES: Shake his hand.

Don, I'm Margie.

Done, the deal's done.

DON: Hello, Margie.

STEFANIE: Hello.

CHARLES: Great to meet you.

MARGIE: Hello.

STEFANIE: Trying to make a graceful entrance.

Hi, good to see you, how are you?

Nice to meet you.

Oh, OK. Oh dear.

Good to see you.

Nice to see you, do you mind?

VO: Oh, very forward, Charles!

French kiss.

MARGIE: We've done all that.

We've got to pair off.

We do?

Have you any preferences, we, you know... We refuse to choose.

Well, I could choose.

We could do boy, girl, boy girl.

CHARLES: Off we go.

VO: Result!

Charles gets his heart's desire!

Both teams are starting off at Scally Dog's Emporium, run by Scally Dog, assisted by father and son Trev and Tom, the puppies.

VO: Whilst they nose around, Stefanie and Charles settle some basics, like how much of their £400 to spend.

STEFANIE: Oh, I think we should spend it all.

But it's on what?

Exactly, exactly.

What is going to get us the most bounce, as we call it - bounce for our buck?

Bounce, I like it, that's a good phrase.

This is good, I like this.

VO: He likes that.

Just outside, Margie is starting to get an idea of Don's tastes.

I quite like that.

Yes, well, really?

DON: Yes, clearly you don't, but... Well, no.

It's not... God, you try lifting that.

I wasn't going to!

But it's, I don't know.

It's got style.

It's, there's something about it.

VO: Driftwood, maybe?

DON: How much do you think that should cost?

Not a clue.

It would probably shock me.

You're the expert.

Look, I'm not an expert on tatty bits of old wood here.

Oh, so you're calling it tatty now.

OK. VO: Oops!

Meanwhile, Stefanie's feeling nostalgic.

The Wings of the Hawk.

This is great.

And Van Heflin, I knew Van Heflin.

CHARLES: Really?

I did a movie with him.

Yes, there he is.

This is too early for you, isn't it?

1953?

No, this is way too early for me, thank you very much!

CHARLES: I thought so!

VO: Ooh hoo hoo!

VO: Well done Charles!

CHARLES: As a young child, did you look at that and think 'I want to be part of that in later life'?

STEFANIE: No, no.

CHARLES: No?

No, I wanted to be an archaeologist, or a vet... CHARLES: Did you really?

Or a veterinarian.

CHARLES: Did you really?

So you like history?

Not exactly two things that... You like digging up history, do you?

I like digging.

Brilliant.

Hopefully profits as well.

We can dig around.

We can dig, we can unearth, we can scratch.

Oh, but look!

Oh my God.

I'm in this movie.

I can't believe it, wowee.

It's the Magnificent...

The last Magnificent... STEFANIE: We used to call this "The Magnificent Seven Will Never Ride Again After this Movie".

It was the end of that franchise.

Oh, what are they doing with this in here?

I can't believe it.

Did you put this here?

No, no, I promise you.

STEFANIE: Do you promise?

CHARLIE: No, I promise you.

Did you have this in your backlog, or did you just get this for today?

I mean, where is this?

I must admit, today this was hanging up in my house, and I brought this down this morning.

STEFANIE: My God, that's incredible!

CHARLES: So Stefanie, what was your role?

Were you a cowgirl?

Were you..?

STEFANIE: No, no, no, no.

As was typical of those Magnificent Seven movies, the Mexicans were coming in to kill everybody in some sort of a town, and I was in the town, and Lee Van Cleef comes in with all his band, and they, and we became a... an item.

CHARLES: Tom, how much would this poster be to buy?

For you... CHARLES: Tom, look at the lady.

CHARLES: Look at the lady.

Look in her eyes.

I could do a very good price, I could probably sell that framed for about 120.

VO: The poster's a huge temptation for Stefanie and Charles - but they decide to have a look around while mulling it over.

VO: Meanwhile, Margie's also thinking about purchases appropriate for an actor.

MARGIE: It's Royal Doulton.

You know, all these Shakespearean characters.

They had themes, and that's obviously Falstaff.

MARGIE: £80.

Do you like it?

Um... MARGIE: We're touching on your world, aren't we?

DON: My world, yes.

Um, no, it's not for me, I don't think.

VO: Um - I think that's a big fat no, Margie!

Don's got his own ideas.

DON: What about this?

What do we think about this?

What does the sign say?

It says "ethnic quiver and arrows, very unusual".

DON: How would this go at an auction, do we think?

MARGIE: Who's going to be in Sussex, wanting this?

DON: Well, it's not practical, I realize that, but... MARGIE: The buck has to stop with you, cuz I can't sit there, I refuse to sit there when I've told you to buy something that goes down like a... DON: I'm just trying to imagine... MARGIE: Yes?

..if I were at an auction and this came up, would I, would I be interested in it?

MARGIE: The thing is, we'll have a whizz round and then we'll have a little think.

So, you're saying no, basically?

No, I'm not saying no, I'm just saying... No.

No, I'm not saying no, I'm just saying maybe.

DON: Maybe, OK. VO: Maybe, eh?

Someone on this team is going to have to commit!

Stefanie and Charles, on the other hand, are in a decisive frame of mind.

CHARLES: So tell me, Tom, if my iconic lady signed it, it can only add value, right?

Oh, most definitely.

STEFANIE: So, what can you do for us?

I did agree a price of 120.

120.

You did agree...

He agreed to a price of 120.

Yeah, I like it very very much, and look at the man in his eyes, OK, give him a twinkle in the eyes.

We have to give him... CHARLES: Give him a twinkle.

The best I can do is I'll take another tenner off and do it for 110.

Fantastic.

I'll shake on that.

TOM: No problem.

CHARLES: And £110 Tom, thank you ever so much.

Thank you, Tom.

Pleasure.

STEFANIE: Thank you.

VO: So, in return for £110 - and a big dollop of film star charisma - Stefanie and Charles have their first lot.

VO: But Don and Margie have yet to agree on anything.

I just spotted that railway sign, which I quite like.

"Any person who omits to shut and fasten this gate is liable to a penalty not exceeding forty shillings".

I think that's quite quirky.

DON: If you say it's quirky, I believe it's quirky.

I would simply read it as a sign.

But people sort of put them in their rooms.

DON: Do they?

MARGIE: Yeah.

So you would recommend that?

Well, I quite like it.

I wouldn't say I recommend it, but I like it.

Well, I need you to say you would recommend it, because... Well, it all depends on what the price is.

Alright, let's find out.

VO: Hmm.

Don wants certainty, but Margie prefers wriggle room.

The sign's £120, so Margie guides Don on what to offer.

You want to know what my best offer is?

Best offer.

The best advice I've had is 65.

If you could push to £70, I could let it go.

DON: I'm sorry, I can't.

I'm afraid I can't sell it then.

Oh no.

£70 is my best price.

And that's a big drop.

That's £50 off.

I can't move from 65.

DON: I've been told, I'm under orders.

I can't move.

VO: Wow - don't mess with Don!

But hang on.

How much is the quiver and arrows?

MARGIE: I can't remember how much it was.

It had 85 on it.

DON: Yeah.

But I could do you a good deal on the quiver.

If you buy the... Really, really cheap.

TOM: ..sign and the quiver, I'll sell it to you for... 105.

If you say round 100, I'll go for it.

TOM: This is mean.

OK.

Thank you.

We'll shake on it.

MARGIE: That's very kind.

DON: Thank you very much.

You have quite an intimidating stare!

Do I?

TOM: Yes, you do.

Sorry.

TOM: Fully forgiven.

MARGIE: Here we go, that's 40... VO: Hmm - that stare could produce quivering bargains!

With the sign reduced from £120 to £65 and the quiver from £85 to £35, Don and Margie are launched.

VO: Stefanie and Charles have already hit the road - at a decidedly brisk pace!

Are those white knuckles?

CHARLES: Are you a professional driver?

STEFANIE: You mean, do I race?

CHARLES: Yes.

Do you race?

STEFANIE: I did once.

CHARLES: Yeah, I thought you did.

CHARLES: What keeps you so young?

Is it this?

STEFANIE: Fear!

CHARLES: You live on the edge?

VO: From St Albans it doesn't take them very long to cover the nine miles to their next port of call, which is Hemel Hempstead.

VO: Hemel Hempstead is a Hertfordshire town with fine architecture and a splendid Norman church.

Despite these attributes, it's strangely famous for its enormous, complicated "magic roundabout" - said to have been voted both the best and the second worst roundabout in Britain!

VO: As Charles and Stefanie arrive, Charles detects a problem.

Something funny has happened.

What's happened?

I'm stuck to my seat.

Whether it's your driving, I don't know, but I literally...

Yes?

CHARLES: If I take my seatbelt off.

STEFANIE: Yes?

VO: He's got very excited.

I'm stuck to my seat.

Honestly.

CHARLES: Can you tell why?

CHARLES: Why?

STEFANIE: I don't know.

Well just... Do you want to hop out and just maybe come and help me on this side?

Yes, I will, I will, dear.

Thanks, partner.

VO: Yeah, pull the other one, Charles.

There is some tape there.

Oh, wait a minute, there it is.

What is it?

It's a belt loop.

Never let it be said that... My legs are like jelly.

..I don't help a fellow in distress.

Thank you very much.

VO: Very distressed, Carlos!

Team Powers is shopping at Cherry Antiques, run by Scott Cullen.

Hi there.

VO: There's a lot to consider.

SCOTT: Enjoy a look around.

Thank you, it looks beautiful.

Looks gorgeous.

Look at that.

Isn't that nice?

Yes.

Do you like it?

It is, it reminds me of all the things we used to do when I was a child.

We did these samplers.

VO: The earliest surviving samplers date back to the 1500s.

VO: What started as a way of recording different stitches soon became a more elaborate display of skill and different motifs.

English girls really stopped, I suppose, performing samplers in a big way by about 1900, but you Americans... Is that true?

Yeah.

But you American girls were doing them into the 19...60s.

Six, well, let's say 50s.

CHARLES: I love it because it's quite na ve, you've got this maybe farmer here with his gun maybe with his dog, and here the lovely turreted building on the left side.

How early is this, Scott?

I think it's probably sort of late 19th century.

Is there any information on the back?

CHARLES: Nothing at all, because what we look for, Stefanie, what we'd love to see.. Oh wait, what's this?

STEFANIE: It says National Paragon Corporation, 100% linen.

STEFANIE: If that's there, then it isn't very old, is it?

CHARLES: That would help to date it, wouldn't it?

Yeah, look at that.

CHARLES: That linen mark on there, I never saw that.

SCOTT: No, I didn't see that!

STEFANIE: Well!

CHARLES: It's quite late.

It's a good thing I came along.

CHARLES: You don't miss much, do you, Stefanie Powers?

VO: The ticket price is £60, so Stefanie and Charles decide to continue looking around - and Stefanie is soon captivated.

If you look at the work, the work is absolutely beautiful.

There are a couple of chips here and there, but it's really, really...

This organic design, you know, recreating the natural world, was I think extremely important to the Victorians.

You're almost bringing a tear to my eye.

Really?

No, I kid you not, because you're talking my sort of language.

In the sense that it's terribly undervalued, people tend to dismiss these as being just fussy, dust gathering Victorian obscenities, and you're giving it a love and a life, and I admire you.

Don't you, Scott?

SCOTT: No, I think she's after your job.

CHARLES: Yeah, I agree.

I thought this would be more your taste.

It's that minimal, modern look.

And this, when I say minimal, represents a style that we call the arts and crafts.

STEFANIE: Is this arts and crafts?

Absolu...

The birth of the 20th century, and it's all about the guild of handicraft, showing the studded joints, showing us this roundel hammered detail, it's a return for art for art's sake.

That's quite a nice mirror, it's got a lovely patination.

CHARLES: It's 1910, thereabouts, and it really captures the birth of that last century, I think it's in a really good condition, that could do quite well.

STEFANIE: He does go on, doesn't he?

CHARLES: Do I?

VO: Got it in one, Stefanie!

STEFANIE: Right.

VO: Meanwhile Don and Margie have taken a break from shopping.

VO: They're heading just inside the M25, to a site near London Colney.

VO: They're about to discover the crucial role Hertfordshire played in supporting the RAF during World War II - in the company of a former RAF man.

Chocks away.

MARGIE: Ah.

Hello.

And welcome to the De Havilland Aircraft Heritage Centre.

RALPH: My name's Ralph Steiner, operations director.

VO: Like the hat.

The De Havilland Aircraft Heritage Centre celebrates the iconic British airplane manufacturer, with a collection of over 20 historic aircraft.

It was at Salisbury Hall, next to the center, that the story of its most celebrated plane began.

MARGIE: So Ralph, why are we here, what exactly is going on here?

Well, in about 1939, the directors of De Havilland, in their wisdom, moved the design team of the Mosquito out here in the middle of nowhere.

MARGIE: Right.

Obviously the factory could have got bombed, and they designed the mosquito in Salisbury Hall in 11 months.

Ready for the war.

RALPH: I don't think we could build a motorbike in 11 months today.

VO: The Mosquito was to become one of the most versatile aircraft of World War II, serving - amongst other things - as a day and night fighter, a fighter-bomber, pathfinder and photo-reconnaissance plane.

VO: The museum is home to the prototype and much more.

What a marvelous place.

RALPH: Now what we have here is the bomber version of the Mosquito.

You can see that by the nose cone, which is perspex, and at the front there you can see a different windscreen.

RALPH: Now if we turn round and we have a look at the fighter version, we've got a flat screen, we have got four 30/30 machine guns, and underneath you see four other holes, and underneath there go four cannons.

RALPH: The actual machine guns, for two seconds, shoots out 166 rounds.

MARGIE: Gosh.

RALPH: And the cannons underneath, for two seconds, 88 rounds, so it's got a nasty sting to it.

VO: De Havilland rightly anticipated metal would be in short supply during the war, and designed the Mosquito to be made mostly of wood - so much so it was dubbed the "Wooden Wonder".

RALPH: The aircraft wing, all made of timber.

The fuselage all made of timber.

The only major metal sections of course are the engines, the bearers and the suspension units.

RALPH: Here we've go the inner skin, which is the plywood.

Balsa wood filler.

Plywood, and on the outside, we have the linen which covers the actual woodwork to protect it.

And there you are.

You're flying in here maybe 400 miles an hour on the outside.

MARGIE: Gosh.

How many were built?

7,781.

DON: How many did you lose, did they lose?

We nearly lost half.

You imagine getting into the aircraft, it's wet, it's dark, you've got to fly over the English Channel at 50 feet.

You've got to find your target, now the searchlights are on, you're being shot at, if you're lucky, you find your target.

RALPH: You turn round, now the fighters are up, the searchlights are up, you're still being shot at.

And if you're really lucky, you'll come back to your base, if you find your own base, you land, you debrief, you go into the mess, and there are six empty places, and they were the buddies you drank with the night before, or you played cricket with and they're not here any longer.

And tomorrow night, you might be doing another trip.

You've got to do 30 of those to complete a tour.

VO: Despite the tragedies, the Mosquito had the lowest loss rate of any aircraft serving in RAF Bomber Command during World War II, and its dedicated admirers ensure that the De Havilland story lives on.

You're a real enthusiast, aren't you?

Great.

British.

Hertfordshire.

Hatfield!

I tell you what I'm gonna do.

Yeah.

I'm gonna get you a flag.

Yeah!

Whahey!

And sing Rule Britannia.

Really enjoyed it.

MARGIE: You're amazing.

RALPH: Thank you very much.

Thank you for coming.

VO: Back at Cherry Antiques in Hemel Hempstead, Stefanie and Charles are still interested in the sampler and the arts and crafts mirror, together priced at £105.

AUCTIONEER: (ON PHONE) I mean, you need to buy things which are quality.

VO: But they ring the auctioneer in Sussex, and he suggests toys and works of art might fetch good prices.

..behind us for the auction, but, yeah, I think we get the idea, works of art, toys as well, and that's your Friday sale?

VO: Stefanie soon makes a find.

I'm just looking at something, beautiful craftsmanship is this marquetry.

CHARLES: English, it says.

Art deco, it's lovely, isn't it?

CHARLES: It really captures the movement of those birds.

STEFANIE: Yeah, it's beautiful, beautiful.

CHARLES: Off the wall.

VO: Marquetry techniques developed in the Low Countries in the early 16th century, and later the craft flowered in France, in furnishings for royal palaces, for example, at Versailles.

This humble example is from a Gloucestershire workshop, and dates from around 1928.

STEFANIE: It has a tremendous range, it can be in a house that's traditionally furnished, it can be in a house that's even modern and...

I do agree with you, because you've got an ebony frame.

And it has that same sort of craftsman idea.

Biedermeier.

Oh my goodness, where did that come from?

Biedermeier!

That's German.

But you know, you know your artistic lives, hey?

Very impressive.

Well, but don't you see that?

You're quire right, it's got a sort of modernist feel, you've got birdseye of maple, you've got a rosewood, you've got a mahogany, you've got different harewood stained timbers, you've got a really vast array of exotic timbers that really makes this a good Deco exotic work of art.

VO: So, the picture might be the sort of thing the auctioneer had in mind, but at £245 it's a huge gamble.

VO: There was another suggestion.

CHARLES: And also, the auctioneer said toys.

And what's over there?

And what's your great love?

STEFANIE: Oh my goodness, oh, look at these!

CHARLES: It's called the Derby, and yes, I'm from Derby.

Electric Derby.

Do you know, I think we had something like this in the States as well.

Really?

I think we did, let me have a look.

CHARLES: It can't be your decade, surely?

It's 1950s.

STEFANIE: Well, honey... CHARLES: Look at me.

No way.

No way!

No way, surely.

STEFANIE: Let's see.

STEFANIE: Well, look at how nicely it's been maintained.

STEFANIE: The box... Oh wow, that is in great condition.

CHARLES: Do you know what, I love it.

STEFANIE: Look at that.

I do too, I think this is great.

STEFANIE: Right, does it work?

Yeah, I believe so.

VO: Haha.

Very cunning reply.

In this game, priced at £40, battery power shoots ball bearings along a race track.

They push the horses towards the finishing line.

Different weights can be added to the horses to change the odds.

Sounds great.

STEFANIE: It's really sweet.

CHARLES: Isn't it?

And look, these faces could almost be American, couldn't they?

CHARLES: Hold on.

No it's not you.

We all sort of looked the same, didn't we?

It was all...

Very picturesque, I should say myself.

There was mum and dad at home in a tie.

CHARLES: That's how we used to dress, didn't we?

Of course it was, We were snap happy in our dressing back then.

VO: After a long time in the shop, Stefanie and Charles need to make some hard choices.

They postpone a decision on the marquetry picture, despite Scott reducing it to £150.

VO: They want to take the racing game, the sampler and the arts and crafts mirror.

VO: The combined ticket price is £145, but Scott's indicated he'd take £115.

Wow.

I was gonna offer Scott 80 for the, for the three items.

No, I couldn't do it, I'm afraid.

OK. VO: I'm not surprised - a cheeky offer, it's been rebuffed - but Scott is willing to move a little bit.

I will come down to 30 on that.

CHARLES: OK.

So I'll come down 10 in total.

CHARLES: 105.

SCOTT: Yep.

STEFANIE: Good, let's do it.

CHARLES: Shall we do it?

STEFANIE: Deal.

Shake the man's hand.

SCOTT: Thank you.

CHARLES: Thanks, Scott.

STEFANIE: Thank you, Scott.

CHARLES: Scott, thanks ever so much.

VO: So, it's a deal with the mirror reduced from £60 to £45, the game from £40 to £30 and the sampler from £45 to £30, making a total of £105.

VO: Plus, the poster bought earlier for £110, which means Team Powers has had an extraordinarily busy day.

But before poor old Charles can relax, he must endure another white knuckle ride.

STEFANIE: Ready?

CHARLES: OK. Take your time, OK?

VO: Hold on tight!

Nighty night.

VO: Day two of the road trip and Stefanie and Don are en route to Redbourn, just outside Hemel Hempstead, to meet up with their experts, and they're comparing notes.

Naughty.

DON: So, how did you get on with your expert?

STEFANIE: Oh well Charles, he's adorable.

But his mother will get on him, because his shoelaces are always falling apart.

STEFANIE: He's a cute guy, he really is a sweetheart.

DON: My expert and I, we just talked about antique dealers, what they get up to... STEFANIE: Ah.

DON: ..tricks of the trade.

STEFANIE: Oh, did you?

DON: Yeah.

STEFANIE: Oh!

Are you going to share that with me?

VO: What you don't know, Stefanie, is that Don's already mastered one very useful trick of the trade.

MARGIE: Don's great.

He's very laid back.

CHARLES: Yeah.

MARGIE: And when he comes to doing the deal... CHARLES: Yeah.

MARGIE: ..you know, he just sort of stares at them, and there's a horrible pause.

VO: Charles confesses he's more than a little smitten.

CHARLES: It's really strange.

MARGIE: You've clicked?

We have clicked.

CHARLES: I can't believe it, she spoke so poetically about a Victorian encrusted pottery bowl.

That you know, it's so outdated.

I didn't dare say it to her, "look, Grandma, this is Grandma's favorite."

CHARLES: That would have been our love affair over!

VO: Yeah, you're right there, Charles.

VO: As well as embarking on the great romance of the century, Charles and Stefanie have managed to spend £215 on four lots - the film poster, the arts and crafts mirror, the sampler and the horse racing game.

VO: They haven't decided about the marquetry picture, so they have £185 left to play with.

DON: There we are.

VO: Don and Margie have used Don's stare to good effect, acquiring two lots - the railway sign and the quiver and arrows - for a total of £100, leaving them with £300 in hand for today.

MARGIE: 100.

VO: They're all meeting up at Bushwood Antiques, a vast antiques empire with over 8,500 items.

CHARLES: This place is huge.

So you can go that way, we can go this way, any preferences?

Oh, I thought I might go left.

CHARLES: OK, fine.

VO: Ah, yeah.

Our two teams are refreshed and keen to snap up bargains - using the weapons at their disposal: "The Stare" for Team Warrington and "Film Star Charisma" for Team Powers.

STEFANIE: Oh my God!

Look at this.

CHARLES: Jeepers creepers.

This is Ali Baba's cave.

VO: Stefanie and Charles dive in at the deep end of 25,000 square feet of very upmarket stock.

Gosh.

VO: The selection is huge - but the owner, Tony, helps them narrow things down.

CHARLES: There, look, just put it on, there we are, put it on.

STEFANIE: Well, it's a... CHARLES: Put it on.

I mean, it's really sweet.

CHARLES: There we go.

STEFANIE: Oh, that's perfect.

CHARLES: It really suits you as well.

They must have been...had very small heads, because...

Does that...

Does it sort of do it for you?

Yeah, we're a bit late for the races, but, er... CHARLES: What you've got here is a really good late Victorian hat box.

TONY: Yeah.

And look where it's been over the years.

Look Stefanie, all these old stories of paper labels, been on railway, it's been... TONY: On its travels.

CHARLES: ..on coaches, on carriages.

STEFANIE: There we are.

Listen, listen to me, come on!

Listen.

Listen to me.

This is... # One...thrilling combination # Every little step we make, doodle-e doodle-e do.

# That's it.

CHARLES: But look at the interior, Stefanie.

This leather hat box, look, is beautifully... STEFANIE: Oh, look at that.

CHARLES: ..velvet lined.

And you would place your hat in there like so.

That's it.

You would say "darling, I'm off to Ascot", or wherever, and you would then just, you know, tighten your belt up.

CHARLES: I think actually there's some lice in here.

STEFANIE: Lice?

CHARLES: Some live lice.

STEFANIE: Thank you very much(!)

I put it on my head.

CHARLES: I'm joking, it's a joke, sorry.

It's a joke, sorry.

No, I think it's been fumigated.

Exactly.

I think it's been fumigated.

It's been fumigated, hold on, hold on, there we go, it's gone.

Wait a minute, nn nn nn nn nn.

Erm...

Wait a minute, you got some in yours.

Yeah, get outta here.

Wait a minute.

Tah!

VO: Yeuch!

Sharing nits!

What matters here is the wear and tear to the hat and box, so Charles wants a good price - even before deploying Stefanie's charms.

CHARLES: I'm hoping Tony might look at me and say actually, it's below our budget, Tony, isn't it?

I could take £85 for it.

I know you're a big fan of Stefanie Powers, you know.

Look at the lady, Tony, look at that lady, OK. And as Stefanie looks so wonderful in the hat, I'd hate to see her go without it, so, erm, how about, erm £40?

When the lady has it, hey, a man cannot resist a sale.

I'm putty in your hands.

Would you take £30 for it?

You've got more front that Selfridge's, but I'll... On this particular occasion, I'll accept the offer.

CHARLES: Cometh the hour, cometh the man.

Look at us, OK, that's a deal.

Aww, come here!

CHARLES: £30, give him a hug, give him a kiss, now that he's putty in their hands.

Thank you so much.

You're very welcome.

CHARLES: Thanks, Tony.

VO: Just across the yard, Margie and Don are also overwhelmed by choices.

Brass pan.

Oh, look here.

Gorgeous.

MARGIE: Victorian writing slope.

You use it on your lap.

You know, cuz they were great letter writers, weren't they?

Were they?

MARGIE: So underneath there you would put your envelopes and paper.

DON: Yes.

MARGIE: Here there's more room to put things.

Right.

Some of them have secret compartments.

DON: Yes.

MARGIE: This is for your ink.

DON: Yes.

MARGIE: Pens, ink, whatever you want to put in there, but it should have a pull on it, and it's come off.

OK.

Which is a bit annoying.

Well, it is a bit annoying, but it might help us.

Do you think it might help us?

You're getting...getting the hang of it.

VO: Sales manager Julie explains the slope is £145 and late 19th century.

VO: She also knows how to reveal the secret compartment.

JULIE: You just pull it there.

Out it pops.

DON: So you'd keep your secret... Yeah, anything.

Bits, love letters, eh?

Yeah, your love letters, maybe the odd bit of jewelry.

Really?

Yeah.

It's in quite good condition too.

I think we could have a go at this, don't you?

Do you think so?

I don't know, you tell me.

Well, I just think it's a nice thing, it just depends how generous our friend Julie is going to be.

DON: Well let's be really nice to her.

DON: And see how we get on!

If I were to say...

I know it's not... 115?

It's a deal.

DON: There we are.

You've done it, darling.

You've done it.

Shake the lady's hand.

Thank you very much, thank you, that's lovely.

VO: The toned-down version of the "Warrington Stare" secures a discount - and better potential for a profit later at auction.

VO: Outside, Stefanie and Charles have rung the dealer and agreed to buy the marquetry picture of herons they saw the previous day.

He's reduced it from £245 to £150 - but no further.

Will it take off?

I think it's a real gamble.

But hey look, we walk on the wild side, OK?

VO: Let's not get into a flap about it.

Margie and Don head off on the final leg of their antique shopping.

Unlike Stefanie, Margie's not besotted with her classic car - just hot and bothered.

MARGIE: This car will be the death of me.

It is the most awful rattling old crate I have ever driven in my life.

MARGIE: Without you, I can't get into reverse.

DON: I've heard that said before!

VO: From Redbourn it's 10 miles across country to the town of Berkhamsted.

VO: The town is set in a valley in the Chiltern hills and dates back to pre-Saxon times.

Berkhamsted School counts novelist Graham Greene amongst its most eminent old boys.

VO: Our own eminent team - Margie and Don - already have three items, but not much time to buy any more.

Margie's got a radical solution.

MARGIE: We could actually go and find a cake shop.

And buy what?

A cake and two coffees.

No.

And say... DON: We can't do that.

You've had your cake for today.

VO: Quite right Don - keep focused.

Are we gonna go in, or are we going to look... VO: Perhaps the perfect purchase awaits at Heritage Antiques.

DON: Hello.

MARGIE: Hello.

JOHN: How are you?

DON: Hi, my name's Don.

JOHN: Hi, Don.

MARGIE: Hi.

And you are the..?

JOHN: I'm John.

You're the owner, John?

JOHN: Yeah.

MARGIE: Oh, brilliant.

Right, so we've got half an hour to go.

Right, start out the back.

MARGIE: A little bit of panic set in.

And we're looking for something we can make a profit at auction tomorrow.

JOHN: Right, what are we after?

VO: The silver cabinet should be right up Margie's street.

Put it there.

VO: If she keeps her cool.

Oh, dear.

What are we gonna do?

VO: Well, stay calm for a start.

VO: John has an idea.

OK.

There you are.

A multi-flowered.

A multi-flowered zither?

Chords down here, and single notes up here.

VO: Zithers of various forms are found all the way from central Europe to east Asia, with the earliest known examples dating from pre-Christian times.

Nowadays the instrument is probably most associated with the theme music from the film "The Third Man".

DON: Right, now, how much would this go for in auction?

I know you can't come...

I don't know, cuz I haven't ever bought one in auction.

All I know is I've got £85 on it.

DON: How much are you prepared to let it go for?

JOHN: You can have it for 65.

MARGIE: Ah.

DON: I can?

Mm.

DON: If I were somebody else, what would happen?

JOHN: Probably 75, I would think.

Really, so you're doing this for me?

Yeah.

We've got to be tough, Don.

Got to be tough.

Can you help me?

We're desperate.

Do you think it'd be good... 55.

DON: 55?

If we go 50, then you've got a deal.

No, no, no, I'm not happy.

She's not happy.

JOHN: She's not happy.

Oh, go on.

JOHN: For that, you get, look - painted flowers.

DON: Yeah.

JOHN: Yes, lacquered top.

DON: Yeah.

You get all the notes, you can sing, do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do.

MARGIE: Great.

JOHN: And backwards down again.

MARGIE: Do, re, mi... MARGIE: If I sing it, will you knock another fiver off?

How much, 40... Do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, de, de, de, de.

MARGIE: There you go.

JOHN: 45.

45.

And you get a tuning key.

VO: The tuning key's thrown in for free, which is handy, but Margie pushes her luck even further.

MARGIE: There's only one other thing.

Have you got a duster?

JOHN: No, the dust comes with it.

It is proper... Oh, crumbs!

VO: On the way out, Margie spots another possibility.

Oh look here, look here, these are great, these, Don.

Don, these are nice.

VO: It's a sampler.

Love these, but it's not very colorful.

VO: Plainer than the one Stefanie and Charles bought.

MARGIE: "Martha Tealby Harrold School October", she did that in 1842.

DON: Did she?

Yeah.

She did, she...

It was called doing their rows.

MARGIE: They were also learning their alphabet, as well as learning how to sew.

DON: OK. And then they'd use all different stitches and things.

And these are very highly rated.

Are they?

But it needs a bit of c... She's done...

It was always a bit religious.

It's highly rated, so, if we were to talk about dropping the price, might we come out of it with a bit of a..?

What do you think?

Well, yeah, I'm just a bit worried about the lack of color in it.

John, what's the best on that?

JOHN: Um, that's got to be 80.

Oh, crumbs, has it?

JOHN: Yeah.

MARGIE: Yeah.

DON: It's absolutely got to be 80?

JOHN: Yes.

MARGIE: Yeah.

There's nothing you can do?

JOHN: No.

DON: Nothing at all?

JOHN: No.

VO: It's John versus "The Stare".

OK, I'll take a risk and take the slap, I'll go down to 75.

Alright, just leave that with me for one second.

Just let me contemplate that for a second.

VO: The sampler belongs to another dealer so John's reluctant to agree a bigger discount.

VO: Margie and Don confer in private.

DON: I mean, if I buy it at the price... MARGIE: Yeah.

..that means we have four items?

MARGIE: Five items.

Five items, and we've still got money left, so we're likely to make more on five items than we are on four, are we not?

Yeah, unless we go down on all of them.

Well, if go down, we go down.

But let's go down in flames.

MARGIE: Alright.

Yeah.

VO: That's the spirit, Don!

And your stare has amazing effects.

Go on then, 68, that's what you said.

John, thank you very much.

I was just gonna go 65.

Nobody likes a smartarse!

Well that's brilliant, thank you very much.

That's very kind of you.

Thank you, thank you.

VO: Oh yes.

So, with the zither reduced from £85 to £45 - wow - and the sampler from £88 to £68, Margie and Don's shopping is complete.

Maybe now it's time for cake.

VO: Stefanie and Charles have also completed their business.

VO: They've left Hertfordshire behind and are heading into central London.

And Stefanie has a revelation for Charles.

CHARLES: Our chemistry is growing, isn't it?

It is.

I'm gonna be very sorry when this is all over.

Are you really?

I feel I have a new little brother.

Aw, a little brother?

Little brother Charles!

CHARLES: Come on.

VO: Sorry Charles - turns out it's not that kind of chemistry.

CHARLES: Here we are.

I think it's that blue door there.

VO: Fortunately, there's a perfect distraction at hand.

Stefanie has previously worked with famous magicians - and today she's visiting the Magic Circle.

The Magic Circle.

Secret society.

WILL: Good afternoon.

Welcome to the Magic Circle.

Come in.

STEFANIE: Good afternoon.

Is this... VO: The guide is Will Houstoun, award winning magician and specialist in the history of magic.

I'm a member, I'm a magician.

There's a flag flying outside - that's how you know.

And do you have to be a magician to be a member?

You have to be a magician to be a member, and you have to pass an exam to be a member as well.

VO: The Magic Circle was founded in 1905, and has around 1,500 members worldwide, dedicated to promoting magic.

Has anybody disappeared up this staircase?

WILL: The golden age was probably sort of the 1850s through to the 1920s or thereabouts.

WILL: Because that was the time really when magic started to get rid of its association with street performance and the supernatural and become more and more acceptable as a legitimate form of entertainment that people could go to see in the theater.

Or learn as a hobby or have performed in their own homes or drawing rooms.

WILL: One of the most peculiar magicians, who's represented in the Magic Circle Museum.

His name is Chung Ling Soo, and he used to perform as the Original Chinese Conjurer.

WILL: He used to perform a routine called the bullet catch, where he would get a bullet signed by somebody from the audience...

Yes.

..it would be loaded into a gun, and the gun would be given to a marksman, he would stand opposite the marksman, holding a china plate, and they would fire the bullet.

He would catch it on the china plate, without the plate breaking, and then he would pass the plate back to them, so they could look at the bullet and check to see it really had their initials on it.

He did it successfully for years and years and years, and then he was performing on stage at the Wood Green Empire theater in 1918, the gun was shot, the plate broke, and he collapsed on the stage.

CHARLES: And was killed.

WILL: He got taken to hospital and unfortunately he died, and it turned out that the Original Chinese Conjurer was actually an American magician called William Robinson, who had just realized that selling himself as a Chinaman would make his act more exotic and more appealing to the London audiences.

STEFANIE: Does anybody know what happened?

WILL: No one knows for sure what happened and what went wrong, it's just another one of those mysteries that you find in the world of magic.

VO: A visit to the Magic Circle wouldn't be complete without some magic, would it?

But Will has some important preliminaries.

WILL: I can tell you that before every show, I have to warm up all of my fingers one by one.

How?

And unfortunately I haven't done one, so I'll show you how you warm up the little finger.

CHARLES: Yeah, fine.

WILL: Just the little one.

The first thing you have to be able to do is have a little finger which is telescopic.

Oh!

WILL: So it sort of slides in and out of itself.

Oh my goodness me.

WILL: The second is it has to bend.

Oh!

WILL: This isn't the bad bit, though, the bad bit's if you start to push... CHARLES: Oh!

Oh my goodness me.

Oh!

STEFANIE: Argh!

Oh, crikey.

WILL: And you can also... No, no, no, no, no.

STEFANIE: Oh.

Don't... CHARLES: Aw, blimey!

STEFANIE: Oh, God, oh, what are you doing?

WILL: Well you just need to... (SNAP) CHARLES: Oh!

Sorry.

VO: Yikes.

Don't try that at home!

WILL: Put it back into place ready to go.

Are you alright?

WILL: I am, ready to perform now.

But before I do, I will get rid of my sleeves, so you know there's nothing untoward about that.

WILL: So, something using four large old silver dollars, and the idea is I won't touch the coins, I'll keep my hands above them the whole way through.

OK. WILL: I wave, one coin jumps.

Followed by the second one, and the third one.

WILL: Then one coin goes back.

And another.

And another.

And covering them all for just a moment, they go together into one.

STEFANIE: Oh hoh hoh hoh hoh.

CHARLES: Can I shake your hand?

Absolutely.

I'm absolutely in awe of you.

WILL: Thank you very much.

STEFANIE: Me too.

I really am.

VO: Gosh.

I wonder if our teams can work the same wonders creating profits at auction?

Let's see how they rate each others' chances as they reveal all.

CHARLES: We've spent all our money.

MARGIE: All your money?

CHARLES: Bar £5.

Well, but £5.

CHARLES: Bar £5, and we bought this wonderful array of items.

Oh my goodness.

Don might be intrigued by that.

CHARLES: Well, it fitted the head of my lady, so we had to buy it, right?

STEFANIE: Well, we did.

STEFANIE: It sort of reminded me of a, of "A Chorus Line".

I have seen those...die.

CHARLES: Excuse me?

I have seen those die at auction.

CHARLES: Have you really?

STEFANIE: Look at that, it's perfect.

CHARLES: It's mint, Don.

STEFANIE: It is.

STEFANIE: It's absolute mint, look at that, isn't that divine?

MARGIE: That is mint.

Obviously an unwanted gift.

STEFANIE: Let's move on, let's move right along.

CHARLES: It's our big risk.

MARGIE: Yes.

CHARLES: We're on a rollercoaster, I think we'll ride high with these.

Right, just take the top off.

But I think the top will come off now, we might go bang.

STEFANIE: Let's go.

Just take the top off, Charles.

CHARLES: OK, ready, three!

MARGIE: Oh, lovely.

STEFANIE: Isn't that beautiful?

MARGIE: Yeah, an Oriental panel.

CHARLES: But it is high risk.

And what's it worth?

On a good day, I think you'd be fine.

It's just, tomorrow, it just could... Not be a good day.

But you've got to go, girl.

But we have to hope.

You've got to go, girl.

We have to hope, and there's no way of predicting.

When you've got to go, you've got to go.

Let's see what you have.

CHARLES: We're so excited about this.

MARGIE: Are you really?

This is our offering.

Oh, look at that!

MARGIE: Our offer.

STEFANIE: Oh, the zither.

MARGIE: The zither, early 20th century zither.

CHARLES: The zither I love.

MARGIE: Yes.

It's in good condition, is it?

Yes, do you want to play it?

Extremely good condition.

It works.

Fascinating, that stitchery, that you went for stitchery as well.

MARGIE: This is the sampler with the date on it.

CHARLES: Oh, hope, eh, is this what the auction's about, hope, tomorrow?

CHARLES: It's a really good mix.

STEFANIE: Yeah, good quality.

CHARLES: Don, good luck.

DON: Thank you very much.

Good luck, let's hope we do very well.

Let me shake your hand.

DON: I'd love to shake your hand.

CHARLES: Hold that for me.

I'll hold that and you shake hands.

Give him a handshake.

Good luck Don.

Good luck tomorrow.

Good luck.

Look at me, well done.

Good luck tomorrow, OK?

May the best team win, but may we all make a profit.

VO: So, it's all good wishes and bonhomie - but what did they really think?

MARGIE: Their strong lots, I think her poster, because obviously that's connected to her, and... That great big wooden kind of carving thing.

DON: Really, you like that?

MARGIE: I did quite like it.

DON: Would you have it in your house?

MARGIE: I like the herons, yeah, I quite like... Yeah, I probably would, you know.

I think they've bought very well, I like their box, I think that's a real bargain, £115.

But hand on heart, would I want any of their other items?

No.

I think we're even Stevens.

I wasn't actually wowed by their things, were you?

No, it made no impression on me whatsoever.

Am I happy with our items?

Yes.

We will ride high with five out of six.

Then, my sweetheart from America, we'll go to your picture and then we might crash.

VO: I hope it's a soft landing!

Auction day sees our celebrities and experts heading south to Billingshurst in West Sussex.

Ah.

VO: Bellmans holds monthly sales of up to 2,000 fine art and collectors' lots.

CHARLES: Morning.

VO: The teams are unsure how their purchases will do - but they're putting on a brave face.

STEFANIE: Nothing to fear but fear itself.

CHARLES: Apart from "The Stare".

VO: Auctioneer Will Pasfield is the man with the best chance of predicting profits correctly - so what does he make of the eclectic lots?

WILL: The first thing we've got up is the black zither, that is from Don and Marge.

I think that one could be a little bit of a tricky sell.

Not many people play the zither any more, so I'm going to struggle with that one.

WILL: Charles and Stefanie have bought the beaten copper mirror.

It's a very nice thing, it's a nice small mirror, it can go anywhere in the house.

I personally would like to see it hanging in my downstairs loo, but unfortunately I'm not allowed to bid on it.

WILL: Charles and Stefanie have bought the "Magnificent Seven" poster.

It's also signed by Stefanie herself, I'm not too sure how dry the ink is on the signature, but posters are always popular, so we'll see what we can do with that.

As to which team is going to win today, I wouldn't like to call it, it's pretty close.

They've both bought some pretty good lots, to be honest with you, and they've also both bought some pretty bad lots as well.

VO: Oh gosh - hold on for a bumpy ride then!

VO: Each of our teams started with £400.

Stefanie and Charles spent £395 on six lots, whilst Don and Margie, pushed for time, bought only five lots for a total of £328.

Let battle commence, eh?

Good luck, Don.

Thank you.

Good luck.

VO: First up is Don and Margie's pretty zither.

And who's going to start me off at £10 for the zither?

£10, £10 is bid at the front row here.

CHARLES: Well done.

WILL: Do I see 15 anywhere?

15, and 20, Gill.

20.

20 I see, and five now.

WILL: No, they say.

£20 in the front row.

WILL: Do I see five from anyone else?

five from anyone else?

WILL: At £20 from the front row, all done at £20?

VO: Oh dear.

The zither's out of tune, leaving Don down.

I'm not happy, I'm afraid.

CHARLES: You're not happy?

No, I'm not.

No, no, no.

I'm very depressed about the zither.

Really depressed.

VO: Stefanie and Charles's top hat is next.

WILL: £20 is bid.

CHARLES: Oh.

Do I see five now, five anywhere?

CHARLES: Keep going.

WILL: Five anywhere, five, 30.

One more.

Broken even WILL: And 40.

The computer's flashing as well.

Yes, internet bids!

..on my left.

40 now on computer if you want to bid.

It's gone quiet I'm afraid.

CHARLES: Oh, Jove.

WILL: Now it's 35 on my left, 40 new face, and five now.

Five anywhere?

And five.

One more.

And 50, and five.

No, five they go, and 60.

Yes!

They're waiting in the wings to bid.

60 has it, five, they shake their head.

MARGIE: Oh my God.

70 sir, you can have a go now.

CHARLES: Go on, sir.

WILL: £70, sir.

It's 65 back of the room.

One for the road.

Do I see 70 anywhere?

Gentleman back of the room at £65, all done at 65.

VO: It's a topping start for Stefanie and Charles' ambitions.

CHARLES: Brilliant.

STEFANIE: Yay!

Yes, £35 profit.

So we made £35.

VO: Now it's a decidedly unpredictable lot - the quiver and arrows that caught Don's eye.

And who's going to start me off at £20?

£20, £20.

MARGIE: Oh jeez.

WILL: £10.

£10.

WILL: Come on, put your hand up to buy it for £10.

£10 is bid on my left.

CHARLES: Well done, well done.

WILL: I've got 10, who's got 15?

Who chose this?

The man hiding.

WILL: I've got £10 bid, do I see 15 anywhere?

CHARLES: Come on.

WILL: I'm selling then for £10 to my left in the room at £10.

VO: No bullseye there I'm afraid Don - it's another loss.

MARGIE: So we're 50 quid down at the moment!

I'm beginning to sulk now.

Don't start leaping about, Hanson.

Keep the faith.

VO: Stefanie and Charles' horse racing game is next.

Racing certainty or non-runner?

£10 is bid, do I see 15, 15, and 20.

Keep going, sir.

WILL: 20, come on.

Keep going.

£20, no, it's £15 on the left, 20 I see, and five though, five... CHARLES: Keep going.

WILL: I've got 20 in the back right now, and five.

Keep going.

WILL: And five, 40.

Did you move?

No.

It's £35 left, all done, selling for £35.

VO: A bit of a donkey derby as it turns out, with only a modest £5 profit before commission.

VO: After two losses, Don and Margie hope their railway sign might get them back on track.

I've got bids on here that takes me up to £50.

Who's got five now?

Five anywhere?

Five anywhere?

No, come on.

WILL: Commission bid, I'm looking for a five somewhere.

It's on the... 55 I see, and 60 and five, sir?

70, and five.

WILL: Nope, still with me at £70, five from anyone else?

WILL: All done, it's £70.

VO: Well, with a £5 profit at least they're out of the sidings - cheering news for despondent Don.

MARGIE: Ah, you see?

CHARLES: Congratulations, well done Don.

Congratulations.

Thank you very much.

CHARLES: Well done, Don.

First profit!

It's your first profit.

VO: The auctioneer's favorite is next - the arts and crafts mirror.

And I've got £20 bid on this lot, do I see five, five, 30, five, 45.

Keep going, come on.

WILL: No, £45 bid, do I see five anywhere?

Keep going, keep going.

50, and five?

CHARLES: One more.

WILL: 55. Who's got 60 anywhere?

WILL: 60 anywhere, it's £55 in the room.

60 new face, and five.

You're not getting it that easily.

60, it's lovely, £65.

Do you want it?

Good man.

WILL: 70, he shakes his head at the back, it's £65 on the right, do I see 70 now?

All done at £65.

CHARLES: That's good.

VO: That's a respectable profit and builds on Team Powers' handsome lead.

VO: It's Stefanie and Charles' sampler now - it's colorful but not as old as Margie and Don's.

£10 is bid, looking for 15 now, 15 anywhere?

I love this stitchery.

Come on.

WILL: 15 on the net.

MARGIE: Now, now.

Shut up, Hanson.

WILL: Five on the net.

25 on the net, and 30 now.

And five on the net.

£30 in the room.

WILL: They're hovering over the bid button.

No, it's £30 in the room.

What did you pay?

£30.

Keep going.

WILL: 35, new face.

And 40.

No, internet, you can come back now at £40, WILL: I've got 35 in the room, do you want it at 40?

CHARLES: One more.

Don't let it slip through your mouse.

No, it's £35, has it all done?

Selling for £35.

CHARLES: Oh, shame!

VO: Ooh, it's a very slender £5 profit - which means a loss after commission.

VO: Next is Margie and Don's Victorian writing slope - their most expensive buy.

WILL: And I'm straight in at £35, who's got 40 now?

Who's got 40 anywhere?

40...five, 50.

WILL: He says no, but the computer's flashing.

CHARLES: Keep going.

It's £45 with me.

50 on the net.

WILL: 55 on the net, I've got one more commission at 60.

MARGIE: Please.

WILL: 65 now on the net if you want to bid.

WILL: Five anywhere?

Are you jo... That's absolutely ridiculous.

WILL: One more bid from anyone?

It's with me at £60, all done at 60.

MARGIE: That is absolutely... VO: It's a beautiful piece gone for a song - and Don's back in the dumps.

I'm really depressed now.

That's great.

That's fantastic.

I have never seen a box of that quality go so cheap.

VO: Stefanie's signed the film poster in the hope of magnificent profits.

£30 anywhere, who's going?

£30 is bid, 35, 40.

Oh, there's a fight.

50.

And five.

55.

CHARLES: Keep going.

And 60?

And five.

Go on, sir.

She's here as well.

WILL: And five.

CHARLES: She'll give you a kiss, sir, she'll give you a kiss.

75, sir?

New face, 75.

Come on, yes, come on.

80.

And five, new face again.

CHARLES: Go on.

90.

CHARLES: She'll give you a kiss and a cuddle.

100, round it off for me.

100.

And 10.

STEFANIE: Oh dear.

WILL: 20.

CHARLES: We've broken even.

WILL: 120.

CHARLES: She'll give you a kiss.

130.

140.

Yes, 150, whoah.

WILL: 160, he says no, he's pushed him off.

160 sir, don't be bullied.

160.

No, you don't want it for 160, it's £150 on my right.

CHARLES: Brilliant.

One more.

If we're all done, I'm selling for £150.

CHARLES: Thank you sir, very much.

STEFANIE: Yay Michael, yay!

VO: Hollywood history nets a tidy profit.

CHARLES: Give him a kiss.

VO: But film star kisses aren't in the rules!

VO: Don and Margie's final lot is the sampler - and it needs to do incredibly well.

10 is bid, looking for 15 now.

15 anywhere for the sampler?

15 on the net.

And 20.

Keep going.

WILL: And five on the net now.

Five on the net, 25, 30, it's jumping, it's 30, it's 35 on the net now.

WILL: It's £40 on the net now.

45 on the net now.

50 on the net now.

£55, it's settled.

60, sir?

60 has it.

£65 now on the net if you want to bid.

65 on the net, 65, and 70.

WILL: And five on the net now, if you want to bid.

MARGIE: Come on, keep going.

It's our last lot.

MARGIE: We've got to sell it.

No?

Sure?

Are you sure?

One more go at it?

MARGIE: Are you positive?

WILL: £75 on the net, do I see 80 from anywhere else?

WILL: It's on the net, £75, at 75.

MARGIE: Mister?

VO: Oh dear - no grand finale for Team Warrington!

That's us.

We're finished.

VO: It's not over until the last lot, Don - and it's Stefanie and Charles's big gamble - the marquetry picture.

£30 is bid, do I see five now?

CHARLES: Keep going.

Five, and 40.

And five.

CHARLES: It's got to go, it's got to go.

WILL: 50.

And five.

And 60.

CHARLES: There's a phone bid, there's a phone bid.

WILL: And five.

No?

CHARLES: Come on.

WILL: £60 has it on the right, I'm looking for five now.

Internet, 65.

Do you want it on the internet at £65?

It's £60 on the right.

65, and 70.

WILL: And five, and 80.

And five.

Keep going.

WILL: On the right hand side, do I see five anywhere else?

CHARLES: Keep going.

WILL: £85, that's it.

Do I see 90 anywhere?

It's with Mike, £85, all done?

CHARLES: Come on.

WILL: £85.

CHARLES: We could be out.

VO: Ouch - it's all over now, with a whopping last minute loss for Team Powers.

What a shame, you took a gamble and it didn't come off.

Shall we go for a cup of tea?

Let's go.

Here we go, here we go.

VO: It's been a bumpy ride for both teams - but despite their marquetry mishap, Stefanie and Charles are the winners as they lost the least money!

VO: Our celebrities began with £400 each.

After losses and commission, Don and Margie are down by £135.30, so they end the road trip with just £264.70.

VO: Stefanie and Charles did rather better, losing £38.30 in total, so they end the road trip with £361.70 - so, sadly no profits were made today.

It's been a slice of heaven.

Yes, absolutely, well done.

We must do this again.

MARGIE: ..separate ways.

VO: Actually, I think Charles was the one in heaven - at least for a while.

Right now, for Margie, it's back to hell on four wheels.

MARGIE: This awful buggy.

DON: Cheerio.

STEFANIE: Bye!

CHARLES: Take care.

DON: Loved your work.

DON: Right, toodle-oo.

CHARLES: Goodbye!

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