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

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

I like that.

VO: ..and a classic car.

Feeling confident?

Er... VO: Their mission?

To scour Britain for antiques.

(GLASS SMASHES) Look at you.

You're really good!

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

(GASPS) Is it a find?

VO: But it's no easy ride.

XAND VAN TULLEKEN: Hey, come on!

VO: Who will find a hidden gem?

(MIMICS DUCK) Take me with you.

VO: Take the biggest risk?

Have you got a tow truck?

VO: Will anybody follow expert advice?

I might have bought rubbish.

Who knows?

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

VO: ..and valiant losers.

Come on.

Someone else!

Someone!

VO: Put your pedal to the metal!

Aah!

VO: This is the Celebrity Antiques Road Trip.

VO: Yeah!

VO: Today, more Celebrity Antiques Road Trip shenanigans, with...reality TV stars, Chris Hughes and Jake Quickenden.

(GEARS CRUNCH) What are you doing?

JAKE: Sorry!

CHRIS: ..kangaroo.

JAKE: (LAUGHS) Sorry!

CHRIS: That's first then.

JAKE: If we go past some people, they're going to think we're James Bond and his new sidekick.

Give her a wave, have you got a beep?

(CAR BEEPS) BOTH: (LAUGH) VO: Jake sang his way into the nation's hearts, after appearing on TV talent show, the X Factor.

Chris found fame on a smash hit dating show, and later bared all on The Real Full Monty: On Ice, where he met, ahem, bosom buddy Jake.

They'll be dashing around Derbyshire in a sleek, white 1970 E-Type Jag.

VO: No strangers to the world of antiques, or celebrity for that matter, are auctioneer Izzie Balmer and antiques dealer Irita Marriott.

I wonder what they think about today's celebs?

Do you know what?

I think we are going to have so much fun with Chris and Jake.

They sound like really happy, cheeky chappies.

Well, you will give them a run for their money then, with the cheeky... ..on the cheeky front.

IRITA: (LAUGHS) You can give as good as it gets.

IRITA: So can you!

IZZIE: Do you reckon?

Two redheads, come on, they...you know!

They don't know what they've got coming, do they?

IRITA: No!

(LAUGHS) IZZIE: They have no idea!

BOTH: (LAUGH) JAKE: We're meeting the experts, right?

CHRIS: Yeah.

The only antique I know about is these little rabbits.

I don't know if you're... No, they were pigs!

They were pigs!

They were these pot pigs, mate, and my nana had 'em.

And they used to dress these pot pigs in different outfits, like policemen, firemen... CHRIS: Shut up.

..and apparently they're worth an absolute packet now.

VO: You're going to need more help than we thought.

Ha-ha!

Fortunately, you've got £400 each, and the expertise of two of the country's best antiques brains.

Bolsover is the first stop on our road trip today, as our teams wend their way to an auction viewing in Sheffield.

And here we are!

Bolsover's impressive 17th century stronghold served as a retreat for the aristocracy to entertain their friends.

Today, our entertainers are stopping here at the Bolsover Antique Centre.

Looks big from outside.

Good job our experts are already inside having a snoop.

Athletic.

Time for introductions.

Yes, Izzie.

What's going on?

IZZIE: Chris!

Nice to see you.

CHRIS: How are you?

IZZIE: I'm good.

How are you?

CHRIS: I'm good.

I'm a little bit apprehensive.

Obviously, antiques is your profession, you're the expert, I'm not.

But I need to beat Jake.

IZZIE: So, you've got the eye?

CHRIS: I think so.

He's not got the eye.

You've got the eye.

He thinks he's got the eye, but I think I've got the eye...

I'm looking around now, and I feel like there's a couple of bargains in here.

IZZIE: Amazing!

CHRIS: I'm confident.

JAKE: Hello.

IRITA: H...

I thought we could go for a picnic.

Picnic or shopping?

I'm Jake, by the way.

Nice to meet you.

Nice, nice to meet you!

You've got your work cut out, I tell you!

Don't tell me that!

Is this how this trip is going to go?!

Yeah!

How competitive are you?

And... Oh, that face says it all!

I don't like losing.

Especially not to him.

Oh.

Why that?

He never lets anything drop.

He's telling me that his brother's an antiques dealer and he used to polish his mum's brass.

I don't know what it was.

Can we got shopping?

I think we should, yeah.

Let's get underway.

CHRIS: This way?

IZZIE: This way.

Why not?

IRITA: How are you with haggling?

JAKE: That's something that I have got.

You can't say no to these teeth.

VO: Be off with you!

With both boys eager to beat the other, it's a wonder what will take their fancy.

I've not found much.

Have you?

JAKE: Hey!

IRITA: I'm ready for a picnic!

JAKE: Let's go to the races!

(BLOWS HORN) That could be your party trick.

You can impress Jake with that.

IRITA: (YELLS) Put that banana down!

VO: Ha!

Moving on.

Now, have Jake and Irita found anything to buy yet?

Do you like jewelry?

Yeah, I do like a bit of bling.

What about that one?

JAKE: I wouldn't wear the brooch, but, I mean... IRITA: (CHUCKLES) I know that these can be quite collectable.

IRITA: Oh, do you, now?

JAKE: I do, actually, yeah.

My nana and gran always used to wear a brooch.

It's, like, back in olden times...!

IRITA: (LAUGHS) JAKE: You know what I mean!

In 1950s, you mean!

..when the ladies would wear a brooch to, like, stand out and look pretty, wouldn't they?

IRITA: And that is rather nice.

JAKE: It is nice.

IRITA: Has it got any marks on the back of it?

JAKE: It's got stamps on, yeah.

What kind of stamps?

I think that's solid silver, that.

IRITA: I think you're right.

JAKE: Am I right?

What does the tag say?

It says, "A lovely..." So, we know it's lovely straight away.

"1948 Chester, hallmarked silver, lilac Westwood, jasperware..." IRITA: Wedgwood.

JAKE: What?

IRITA: Wedgwood.

JAKE: Yeah, that's the one.

Cuz they did a lot of jasperware, and the classic ones are the blue ones, the light blue, the dark blue, and the pink is probably one of the best.

JAKE: Is it?

IRITA: Pink and lilac.

JAKE: Are these rare, then?

IRITA: Yeah.

There we go, then.

We've got a rare pink jasperware.

They're little kind of glass stones set within... How does this make you feel?

Ready?

(LAUGHS) How do you feel when I open that to you?

Do you get a warm, fuzzy feeling inside?

Cuz if you do, we'll have it.

I have...

I have a fuzzy feeling, but I'm not sure it's the kind that you were expecting!

VO: Yeah, go and say hello to owner Andy.

JAKE: Ey up, Andy.

ANDY: Hi, Jake.

You alright?

Right, so, I found this delicious jasper Westwood... IRITA: Wedgwood.

JAKE: ..Wedgwood brooch.

As you can see...

I don't know why I'm trying to sell you it, I'm buying it.

ANDY: Great.

JAKE: 35 quid.

JAKE: Got yourself a deal.

ANDY: Thank you very much.

JAKE: Good doing business with you, Andy, cheers.

IRITA: He's such trouble.

ANDY: (CHUCKLES) IRITA: Thank you!

ANDY: Thank you.

VO: That was quick-er-den.

Jake moves on with £365.

I think we've done good there.

IRITA: I'm quite happy, are you?

JAKE: I'm happy.

VO: Back inside, any nearer to spending some of your cash, Chris?

Right, Izzie, I found something.

IZZIE: What have you found?

CHRIS: I love my horse racing.

CHRIS: This is a Derby winner, Kisber.

I like it because it's obviously horse racing-related.

It's the only Hungarian-bred horse to win the Derby.

So there's a bit of history behind it.

It goes back to, like, 18...

I don't know what year he won the Derby, but it's 18 something.

VO: Close!

1780.

CHRIS: So it's old.

But it's a bit of history, and I like it.

CHRIS: It's a nice picture.

IZZIE: Aw.

IZZIE: I love the excitement in your face, as well!

CHRIS: I'm chuffed I found something!

OK, I'll be polite about it, then.

CHRIS: Go on.

IZZIE: No, I do like it.

So, it's a pencil sketch, isn't it?

It almost looks a bit unfinished to me, cuz you've got this beautiful horse, and then the rider doesn't look as good quality, and he's a bit scrawny.

And it's nice that it's signed by the artist.

I would have thought that the artist is an amateur.

It's a bit of a hobby, but, you know, very good at horses.

I like it cuz you like it.

Now, how much is it?

CHRIS: £28.

I think we should get it.

28 quid.

IZZIE: Alright.

CHRIS: Jake wouldn't know...

I don't think Jake's ever stroked a horse in his life.

Look at that.

Fantastic.

VO: Stand by, Andy.

It's Chris's turn.

CHRIS: Hello, sir.

ANDY: Hi, Chris.

You alright?

Going to take Kisber away, if I can, please.

ANDY: Yeah.

CHRIS: Perfect.

ANDY: That's great.

CHRIS: 28.

CHRIS: Thank you.

See you later.

ANDY: Thank you.

Bye.

VO: Hmm, no haggling there either.

Chris bags his horse-related item and leaves with £372.

Oh, I'm chuffed!

Good day's work.

VO: It's not over yet, Christopher!

That's only your first shop done.

More await.

VO: Meanwhile, what's the story with Jake and Irita in the Jag?

So, how do you feel after the first shop?

I'm surprised we didn't find more.

It was a big place.

There was maybe about seven floors!

But we did find the brooch, which I think will get us a bit of a...profit.

Yeah, I think so.

But we need some treasure in this next one.

We do.

We need, like, a Jimi Hendrix guitar or something.

Yeah, cuz one of those are just like Faberge eggs.

Really?

What's a Faberge egg?

It's like the biggest gem you could ever find.

What, how much are they?

Millions.

Wow.

We need a Kinder egg.

Kin... (LAUGHS) Not a Kinder egg!

We need a Faberge.

Not the one with the plastic toy.

Has it got...?

No, I don't want it, then, if it ain't got a toy.

VO: That's what I like about you, Jake - you're a man of principle.

Now we're going all heavy metal - headed for Sheffield, South Yorkshire's Steel City.

Forged in the crucible of the Industrial Revolution, Sheffield boomed in the 19th century as a center of steel manufacture, eventually rising to become the cutlery capital of the world.

The late 20th century was not so kind to this mighty industry.

Its fortunes were poignantly documented in the film, The Full Monty.

But the flame is still alive here, and historian Mike Higginbottom is our man on the ground.

JAKE: Hello, Mike.

I'm Jake.

Nice to meet you.

MIKE: Hello.

IRITA: Hello.

I'm Irita.

We can hear a lot of noise coming from inside here.

Can you tell us what's going on?

MIKE: It's a forging hammer.

JAKE: Nice.

MIKE: And that's the noise that used to lull me to sleep as a little kid in the 1950s, when I lived about a quarter of a mile away, down the road.

And they still use these things with all sorts of modern technology.

Do you want to come and have a look?

JAKE: Come on, let's do it!

VO: They're visiting a modern day forge, to learn more about Sheffield's place in the history of steel.

JAKE: How long has Sheffield been producing steel for?

MIKE: Since sometime early in the Middle Ages.

And the distinctive thing about the steel in Sheffield is that this place is very difficult to get out of.

MIKE: It's built on seven hills.

JAKE: Yeah.

MIKE: Until wheeled transport arrived, it was only possible to export stuff by pack horse.

And so, Sheffield steel makers went for high value, low volume goods, like knives and blades and cutting tools of all sorts.

The men who made steel in Sheffield were known in the local dialect as "little mesters."

That's master.

One distinctive thing about Sheffield industry is that it's, traditionally, it's tiny little one-man built firms with a few apprentices - these little mesters - and they sometimes, about once in a century, came up with something really, really innovative.

So, in the 19th century, Henry Bessemer - who invented the Bessemer converter - he designed mild steel.

And then just before the First World War, a guy called Harry Brearley came up with what we now call stainless steel, but he called originally 'rustless steel'.

VO: Harry Brearley went into the steelworks aged 12, and he's credited with the invention of stainless steel in 1913.

This alloy has many industrial uses, made famous by firms such as Firth, Brown, Camel and Vickers.

And Brierley's invention is responsible for the creation of durable and stylish cutlery, affordable by all.

All these inventions produced a tradition of innovation and enterprise and flexibility that made the place the city of steel in the UK and across the world.

But by the 1980s, British heavy industry was facing dark times.

The Full Monty - was it the end of the steel industry, then?

The film is true to life in that the heavy steel industry moved away.

It was cheaper to make rails and girders and stuff elsewhere.

But the high quality, highly specialized special steels has stayed here, and that's because of the tradition.

JAKE: Right.

MIKE: We have the skills.

MIKE: We have the know-how.

This is the place you come if you've got some incredibly precise specification that you need... ..for your aero engineering, for space.

And that's what companies like Special Quality Alloys actually do.

And they're still bashing metal with machines that will go back at least a century.

But the actual engineering is absolutely up to the minute.

VO: Ben Beardshaw manages this small specialist company still at the forefront of steel production in Sheffield.

What we do is, is leading into several different industries, from energy to aerospace... JAKE: Rockets?

BEN: Yeah, yeah.

We do do, yeah, we do do some rockets.

So, we have had products on the Arianespace rocket, on boosters.

That's a real specialty of ours.

That's where we've had to go to, to maintain and survive here in the 21st century.

JAKE: Amazing!

Right, Ben, so I want to help you guys out and contribute to Sheffield industry.

BEN: Excellent.

JAKE: What can I do?

Well, what we've got here is a piece of material that's going to need a hardness test on it.

You need to lift it onto the Brunel machine.

JAKE: Right, let me bang my gloves on.

See, I'm used to this, cuz my biceps are actually both steel.

Yeah, yeah.

We could have got you some bigger pieces!

BEN: (LAUGHS) Right, so, pop that on there?

That's right.

You wind it up.

That's correct.

Turn that up.

There we go.

JAKE: That down?

BEN: Yeah.

Put the load on.

Load's on.

Something like three tons through the little ball bearing.

As you can tell, I've actually done this before.

I used to work at steelworks in Scunthorpe.

BEN: Right.

JAKE: So... JAKE: Handle back down.

BEN: Yeah, that's right.

IRITA: So, that's basically putting a pressure on that piece of steel by weight?

Three tonnes is getting put through a 10mm ball bearing, and then what this is doing, it gives us an oversight of the strength of material.

That gives us a good indication as to whether the material is the right strength for the specification and application that it needs to go to.

VO: Uh...yeah.

Excellent, I think.

IRITA: Did you enjoy that.

JAKE: That were good, weren't it?

IRITA: (LAUGHS) VO: Hats off to Sheffield.

Great to see the tradition of steel-making is still alive.

When next we see a space rocket, we shall think of you.

But right now, Chris is enjoying driving that Porsche.

This is alright, then, innit?

Yeah.

You look at home.

It suits you!

Oh, does it?

What, one of these?

IZZIE: Like, the black and you in white.

Yeah, it really suits you.

Get the old arm out the window, just chilling.

You know, doing the pose.

(LAUGHS) IZZIE: So, then, Chris.

CHRIS: Yeah?

We've done our first shop together.

CHRIS: We have.

I learned a lot off you.

Aw!

I feel like your knowledge is, like, so...

It just, like, captures me.

I'm like, whoa.

Like, everything you say when you get into it, talking about all the antiques, the history, what you look for and, like, a certain piece of antique, what makes it valuable, I'm like, wow.

Like, there's so much to it.

I love it.

Yeah, it's been good.

Enjoyed it.

Oh, cool.

VO: Armed with £372, this pair are also headed for Sheffield... ..and to Heely Bank Antique Centre, housed in a Grade II-listed Victorian bank, hence the name.

Paul is managing the bank today.

CHRIS: (SOFTLY) Interesting.

Izzie, I found these, right.

What have you spotted?

It's, like, a double case.

I quite like the look of them, though.

The larger one you would typically call a snuff case, a snuff box.

Oh, OK. IZZIE: I mean, this isn't that old.

In the Georgian period - so in the 18th century - a gentleman would not go anywhere without his snuff box.

And you'd have your snuff inside of it, and you'd probably make your own blend of snuff, and you would offer it to your friends, and they would politely take some and wax lyrical about how amazing your... secret snuff is, and you'd want the recipe.

That one's a vesta case.

You'd have your matches inside, and then on the base there's a striker where you strike your matches.

CHRIS: Just on here?

IZZIE: Absolutely.

Exactly.

And then you can light your cigarette or light your pipe.

Those are very art deco, which I really like.

So, you've got the contrast of colors, the red and the black, which is typically art deco.

It's all about contrast.

The interior of them, is it gold-colored?

So, if you open them up, is it gold-colored or silver-colored?

CHRIS: It's gold, I think.

IZZIE: Bit gold-y.

IZZIE: It's what you would call silver gilt.

So that's a very, very, very fine layer of gold that's been worn off with polishing.

The next thing to look for is, have we got a full set of hallmarks?

Where would I look for that?

Either on the inside or running around the rim.

CHRIS: Oh, hang on.

There's like... Yeah, there's some, like, little numbers just here.

So, we've got... ..import marks for London.

So, again, probably Continental or American, but it's been imported to London with the silver import marks there.

But I like them.

I just think the only thing is...quite expensive.

How much are they?

CHRIS: The big one is 210.

IZZIE: OK. And the little one is 185, So, altogether that's 395.

So, just shy of 400.

That's... We don't have... That's literally our budget.

We don't have anywhere near that.

See if we can do a bit of haggling.

We certainly could do.

You feeling up for a haggle?

I quite like these.

I just think these...

If we get it right, we could make a bit of profit from them.

Why don't we look around and see what else we might find, then we might be able to do a bit of a group deal?

Let's do that, then.

Shall I pop them back for a sec?

Yeah, let's pop them back there for now.

If anyone starts looking at 'em, I'll just keep my eye on 'em.

Well, Jake's not in here, so he can't come and hide them or...

It's nice to not have him about.

A bit of peace...

It's a bit calmer, isn't it?

VO: Are you saying Jake is loud, perchance?

Make the most of it, eh?

Handmade, I like it.

VO: Ha!

That's what I call sniffing out a bargain.

Maybe just use your expert?

Chris, what do you reckon to that little locket?

CHRIS: Let's grab it out.

Shall we have a little look?

IZZIE: Now, what has caught my eye is that little, tiny, sparkling stone in the center is a little diamond.

It's called a gypsy setting because of the way it's set in that star, there's like an engraved star around it.

And then it's set in a little locket.

Now, I'm hoping that the locket is nine carat gold.

The chain definitely does not look to be nine carat.

So, it's a period chain, but it's just a base metal chain.

CHRIS: Looks old.

IZZIE: It is.

It probably is a similar period to the locket.

So the locket, I would have thought, looks to me like it's late 19th century.

IZZIE: Does it open?

CHRIS: Let's have a little look.

CHRIS: Ah, it does.

IZZIE: It does?

OK. You'd use it to contain a photo of your partner or your kids.

So, it does open... CHRIS: It's nice, as well.

It's got a nice little clip.

IZZIE: It does look a little bit damaged.

But, I suppose...

I'm sort of thinking, it's £15.

CHRIS: Yeah.

It's cheap.

It is quite cheap.

CHRIS: It's affordable for us.

IZZIE: Exactly.

Especially if we're looking at... IZZIE: Exactly.

I'm thinking if we're spending a lot of money on those...

It's probably £15-25 at auction, so it's not a big profit.

No.

But If we can get a little bit of profit... IZZIE: Exactly.

CHRIS: I do like it.

See if we can shave a few pounds off... CHRIS: Absolutely.

Let's pop it back.

IZZIE: Let's keep hunting, then.

If we're going to do a bulk buy... Get another item.

..try and get a bulk discount, we need to get another item... VO: Well, they ain't short of stock, that's for sure.

I love matchboxes.

Chris... Izzie.

IZZIE: So, I'm not so much at this stage thinking necessarily that we buy this, because I'm very concerned about the condition.

But take a look at that little milk jug there.

CHRIS: This?

IZZIE: Yeah.

IZZIE: Cuz I feel like it's probably something you wouldn't even look at twice.

It's Sunderland ware.

And I know you love Sunderland Football Club.

Yeah.

So hence me pointing it out to you.

IZZIE: So... CHRIS: Shall we get it, then?

No, wait!

Wait until you hear what it is.

In the late 18th century, Wedgwood produced a very similar type of glaze, that sort of lustrous pink glaze, and they called it their moonlight glaze, and various potteries in Sunderland... ..copied this glaze, and made it far more cheaply and made it much more affordable... OK. IZZIE: ..for the everyday person to be able to afford.

What I quite like about this is that it's motto ware.

So, on the front of it it's got the motto, and it says, "Ladies, all I pray make free and tell me how you like your tea."

So, you know, we Brits, we love a good cup of tea.

Yeah, proper, yeah.

We love a proper cup of tea.

So, it's a little milk jug.

My concern is, is that it's pretty much smashed to pieces.

CHRIS: Yeah.

IZZIE: Now, it is priced at £22.

I think that's too much for that.

Yeah.

But I know we've got our heads thinking, let's buy lots of items and see if we can get a big bulk discount.

So, again, if we could shave some money off it... CHRIS: It could be good.

IZZIE: Are you feeling charming?

Yeah.

Very charming.

IZZIE: I haven't seen it today yet.

Have you not?!

VO: But, first, make a deal, eh?

CHRIS: Alright, Paul?

PAUL: Hiya.

CHRIS: How are you, mate?

PAUL: I'm fine.

Yourself?

Very well, thank you.

So I'm having a little look at the art deco set.

PAUL: Oh, right.

Yeah, yeah.

This Sunderland milk jug, CHRIS: I quite like this.

PAUL: Oh, you do, yeah.

And the locket with the diamond in it.

PAUL: Oof... CHRIS: So, four pieces.

PAUL: Four pieces?

CHRIS: How much altogether?

Obviously, this Sunderland milk jug's 22.

We've got 15 for the locket, and 395 altogether.

PAUL: 432.

CHRIS: Do you reckon about... CHRIS: ..140 the lot?

PAUL: Pfft!

PAUL: Are you having a laugh?

CHRIS: 180?

(SIGHS) Keep going, keep going.

I won't stop you.

Keep going.

CHRIS: 185?

PAUL: No.

Oh, that's a little bit of damage on that.

PAUL: Tell you what we'll do.

CHRIS: Go on.

We'll meet not even middle, just below middle.

CHRIS: Just below middle, OK. PAUL: 235.

230.

235, we've got a deal.

CHRIS: 234.

PAUL: 234, we've got a deal.

CHRIS: Yeah?

PAUL: Yeah.

I'm happy with that.

Saved me a quid, as well.

I know.

VO: That's a top piece of haggling and very generous discount.

CHRIS: Top man, Paul.

PAUL: See you later.

Have a nice day.

IZZIE: I shall remember the items.

VO: So, that's 197 for the snuff box and vesta, 22 for the milk jug, and 15 for the locket.

Leaving you with £138 for tomorrow.

With today's fun over, it's time to relax.

I didn't think it would be this fun looking for...crockery.

Crockery?!

JAKE: Antiques.

IRITA: Anything.

And that's down to you, as well.

IRITA: Oh, thanks... JAKE: You're great.

So, tomorrow we go out, we smash it, we find one of those eggs, we make a billion quid.

IRITA: Yeah!

VO: Yeah, optimistic.

Ha-ha.

IZZIE: What should we do to celebrate tonight, then?

I reckon when the sun's shining... ..a bit of a picnic.

That's actually not a bad shout.

This is the perfect car for a picnic, as well.

Oh, 100%.

I'm hoping that there's going to be a nice chilled bottle of bubbly or something.

A bit of champagne or prosecco.

IZZIE: Champagne, darling.

CHRIS: Enjoy the sunset.

IZZIE: We're in a Porsche.

CHRIS: Yeah, champagne.

VO: Sounds delightful!

Nighty night, you lot.

VO: A new day dawns, and those boys are still debating day one.

I think it's called bants!

What are you looking to buy today, anyway?

Anything to get us a profit.

Yeah, obviously... JAKE: I'm just going to listen to Irita today, cuz I think I made a massive boo boo...!

CHRIS: Boo boo!

A massive boo boo with the brooch!

No, I'm going to listen to Irita more today.

Do you know what?

I think I need to take it a bit more serious today.

Do you?

Mate, I'm frigging five items in the bag.

Well, this is why I need to take it more serious!

You've got five items, I've only got one.

CHRIS: I can't wait to show you what I've got.

VO: Less said about that, the better.

I bet their experts are being far more civilized.

Is it me, or have we got the same level of a cackle?

IRITA: Like, the laugh?

IZZIE: We do!

You laughed yesterday, and I went, "That sounds like me."

IRITA: (CACKLES) Yes!

I can't stop now!

(SIGHS HAPPILY) We're like two schoolkids at the back row.

IZZIE: Yeah!

IRITA: (LAUGHS) VO: Settle down, now.

I think I'm driving a bit better today.

CHRIS: Yeah, I think... JAKE: Aren't I?

I think you gained a bit of confidence.

I feel like, don't know, maybe it's the outfit.

We're both in black...

I think it's just your jeans aren't as skinny!

My jeans aren't as skinny.

I can actually fit in the car!

My knees were, like, here the other day!

Oh, probably don't do that, Jake.

VO: Yes, eyes on the road.

Maybe now's a good time to take a peek at each other's purchases.

CHRIS: We've got magic.

See that?

Been busy, haven't I?

JAKE: You haven't picked these!

Course I picked them.

I saw that and I thought... JAKE: Izzie's picked these!

CHRIS: No, she hasn't.

You ain't walked past that and... CHRIS: OK, to be fair, Izzie showed me the Sunderland luster because she said it's very antique-able, as in it sells quite nicely.

JAKE: Antique-able?

CHRIS: Yeah.

What are those things?

CHRIS: This is obviously important.

Back in the day, a bit of snuff, tobacco, potentially.

JAKE: Nice.

CHRIS: Matchboxes, as well.

So, I got...

It's actually a sick collection.

VO: That's youth speak for really good.

Yesterday, with help from Izzie, Chris also bought... the gold locket... ..and the horse sketch, leaving him with 138 smackers for today.

Whereas Jake only bought the Wedgwood brooch... ..meaning he's got a whopping £365 to spend.

JAKE: I think you've got four pretty good items there.

CHRIS: Better than your... You've got one!

JAKE: I know, it's shocking.

CHRIS: You've got one!

But I've got today.

I've got today.

CHRIS: You got a big day.

JAKE: Get off and buy some more stuff.

CHRIS: What you clapping for?

JAKE: I'm ready.

Get off my boot.

VO: Couldn't agree more.

Avante!

CHRIS: You're a terrible driver, still.

I'm a good driver, just not in this.

VO: Would a little harmony be too much to ask, gents?

Do you like being chauffeured, or would you rather be driving?

To be honest, I'm much more of one of those guys who just appreciates getting a lift.

JAKE: (LAUGHS) Do you?

CHRIS: Yeah JAKE: (LAUGHS) Yeah?

CHRIS: Yeah.

You just like being able to just not do anything, don't you?

VO: They love each other, really.

Today they'll be staying within the confines of South Yorkshire, starting in Balby and ending up in Rotherham.

Hang on.

Why have they stopped?

CHRIS: He said he tried to put the radio on.

JAKE: I tried to turn the radio on.

What have you pressed?

(WHISPERS) I don't know what I did.

CHRIS: He pressed something.

JAKE: There's not... CHRIS: Mate, you pressed... ..a button to make the engine blow up?

CHRIS: No, you pressed... JAKE: The radio button.

You were literally like a kid.

You were sat there and you were bored.

cuz you were pulled over, and you were bored, so you had to press something.

VO: Lucky the car's equipped with 'Wonnacott's Roadside Assistance...' Has a ring to it.

Whilst the boys get rescued, Irita has dashed ahead to Balby, on the outskirts of Doncaster, and V&A Antiques - run by the V in the V&A, Victoria.

Ah, not a moment too soon.

Glad to see the Jag's in working order now.

(GROANS) JAKE: Morning.

IRITA: Morning!

Right.

This place is good, isn't it?

IRITA: So good!

JAKE: There's so much taste, but not too much.

I feel like there's going to be a little gem everywhere we go.

I think I might have spotted a gem or two.

You've spotted a gem already?

IRITA: Hmm... JAKE: Well... ..we're on the hunt for a bargain.

Go on, then.

(BLOWS RASPILY) What did you have for dinner?

Chili con carne.

That sounded like you did!

BOTH: (LAUGH) IRITA: Come on, let's get to work.

VO: I couldn't agree more.

Plenty to spend your £365 on, too.

JAKE: You look good!

I didn't even realize you were looking!

JAKE: You look good.

Thanks.

I try.

I think I've spotted something.

IRITA: Have you?

JAKE: Yeah.

IRITA: Have you spotted a bargain?

JAKE: A bargain.

Look over here... IRITA: OK. Now... JAKE: I think that looks pretty old.

IRITA: It looks like it's got a great age.

JAKE: Yeah.

IRITA: Maybe even late 1700s.

JAKE: Yeah.

IRITA: I can't for certain tell you, though, what it was used for.

What about, like, beating... ..mattresses?

They didn't have proper mattresses back in the day.

But my first thought was beating hay.

JAKE: Right.

VO: Very close, Mrs Marriott.

It's a flail used for separating grains from husks.

IRITA: Look at the metal.

JAKE: Definitely been used.

Look at that.

IRITA: I mean, the patina is incredible.

JAKE: What's the patina?

Patina is when, basically, how it turns after a lot of use.

JAKE: Right.

IRITA: So, you can tell that that has been handled for hundreds of years and has been used, day in, day out.

Yeah.

And I love that you relate to it.

How much is it, though?

It's 45.

IRITA: I'm happy with that.

I think that's a definite.

JAKE: That's a definite.

IRITA: (MOUTHS) Definite.

JAKE: Alright, then.

We've got some more work to do, though.

VO: Cor, Irita is a hard task mistress today.

So that's how you get abs of iron.

IRITA: (CALLS) Jake.

JAKE: Yeah?

IRITA: Don't judge me.

Don't look at me like that!

JAKE: What is it?

IRITA: It's a teapot.

JAKE: OK. IRITA: It's a bit of an odd one.

JAKE: Who needs four brews?

VO: Listen, it's for when you have people over 'four' tea.

Ha-ha!

Joking aside, it was made at a time when tea wasn't cheap, so this 19th century pot is more likely to be a symbol of prosperity than for day-to-day use.

JAKE: It'd shorten your work span out, wouldn't it?

IRITA: I know!

JAKE: All four at once.

IRITA: What do you think?

JAKE: I think it's different.

I have to say, I love unusual porcelain.

I've never seen one like it.

It's made out of stoneware, probably early 1800-ish.

Treacle glaze.

What I really like about it is the lion on the sides.

JAKE: Oh, yeah.

IRITA: It's a sign.

JAKE: But the most important part is...

It's £120.

Is there a profit in that?

I haven't got a clue.

JAKE: You don't know?

IRITA: No.

My gut says if there is a deal to be had, it needs to come with us.

You want this, don't you?

Unusual sells.

You just love a cup of tea, though.

I love a cup of tea!

And there are four in a go here!

Have we found another thing?

I think so.

JAKE: We're on a roll.

IRITA: We are on a roll.

IRITA: Come on!

We'll have that.

JAKE: OK, we'll have that, as well.

VO: Crikey!

These teams love to bulk buy.

Smoothly done.

JAKE: Fancy seeing you here.

IRITA: (CHUCKLES) You know when you walk in the shop and you feel like you've seen it all?

Yep.

Then that one thing really, really catches your eye.

Jumps out at you.

I'm going to guess... Don't touch it.

I'm going to guess it's this.

IRITA: (WHISPERS) It is!

JAKE: Is it?

It is so, so stylish.

JAKE: It's very pretty.

IRITA: It is beautifully made.

I'm going to say about late... late 1800s.

IRITA: Oh... Oh!

JAKE: Is that right?!

IRITA: Keep going!

JAKE: Is that right?!

JAKE: That was a guess.

That was a great guess, though, weren't it?

I feel like it's maybe... Maybe a bit later.

What is it?

Open it up and see what it says inside, cuz I had a peek.

JAKE: "Henry Griffiths."

Which was a great maker.

"Onyx and jasper."

That's two great stones.

"Retailed out of Asprey Cartier."

Is that not, like, the greatest name ever?

Sounds rich.

Sounds very rich.

Sounds good quality.

JAKE: It does sounds good quality.

IRITA: And even the hinges.

Look at how the hinges are made!

JAKE: I guess we're saying it looks expensive?

It looks very expensive.

JAKE: Shall we see how expensive it actually is?

Go on, then.

IRITA: 220.

JAKE: 220.

IRITA: I think we need to speak to lovely Victoria and see whether we can make a deal here.

VO: There's that flail for £45, and the four-spout teapot, ticketed at £120, on the list too.

Altogether, with the box, that's £385.

So, gird your loins, Victoria.

So, for all three... ..what is the best you can do?

220, 120 and 45.

That's 385.

How does 280 grab you?

How does 200... Cuz I'm a Scunny boy, as well.

Would you do...240?

250, and they're yours.

245, and you've got a deal.

VICTORIA: OK. JAKE: Go on!

Love that from you.

Thank you so much.

Right.

VO: Well done, all.

So, that's 140 for the onyx and jasper box, 70 for the teapot, and 35 for the grain beater.

We're going to smash them out of the water.

VO: I'd say he's pleased.

Wouldn't you?

IRITA: Are you happy?

JAKE: Yeah!

(SQUEALS) VO: That leaves Jake and Irita with £120 for their last shop.

Sun's shining and we've got loads of antiques!

BOTH: Yeah!

VO: Now, where have Chris and Izzie got to?

This is nice though, innit, cruising again in the old... IZZIE: Isn't it lovely?

CHRIS: ..in the 1963.

I just can't believe the weather.

It was pouring with rain earlier, and then now look at it.

CHRIS: Beautiful day now.

IZZIE: Gorgeous.

Got to make the most of this, Izzie.

That's the British weather for you.

CHRIS: Yeah, absolutely.

VO: Izzie and Chris are harnessing their horsepower and overtaking their rivals to reach the city of Doncaster - a royal Platinum Jubilee title awarded in 2022.

Famous as a railway town, the Flying Scotsman - the first locomotive to reach 100mph - was built here in 1923.

But as well as the iron horse, Doncaster is a center of horse racing, and home to the oldest classic horse race in the world, the St Leger Stakes.

Our runners and riders are in need of a racing pundit, who can explain how the world's first flat race came about - and Doncaster Racecourse's Ryan Trueman is just the man.

Well, here we are, Ryan.

Looking glamorous.

RYAN: Hello, Chris.

How are you?

CHRIS: Very well, thank you.

VO: There is no known image of the eponymous St Leger - first name Anthony - but Ryan can tell us who he was.

Born in Ireland.

British officer.

He eventually became the governor of St Lucia, and he was an MP for Grimsby.

So, Grimsby obviously not being far from where we are, horse racing has been predominant here since the 16th century.

VO: In 1775, Anthony St Leger had the idea of staging a two-mile race for three-year-old horses, and it took place the following year, won by a filly belonging to the second Marquess of Rockingham.

A former prime minister with a passion for horses, he was influential in developing the race, which he graciously declined to have named after him, insisting that St Leger should be credited.

The race became an annual fixture and grew in popularity.

RYAN: It really came to prominence in 1800, when a horse called Champion won the Derby and St Leger double.

Oh, OK. That's when it really became this race.

VO: The race was shortened to one mile, six furlongs, 193 yards in 1813, and has remained the same ever since.

It is a test of stamina and ability.

What is also part of it that people may not realize is, it's part of the Triple Crown.

So, if a horse should win the 2,000 Guineas in May, at Newmarket, followed by the Derby at Epsom, in June, and then to come on to the Doncaster Leger and win the St Leger Stakes, to win the Triple Crown is an absolutely fantastic achievement.

That's not happened here since 1970, with Nijinsky.

CHRIS: Long time ago.

RYAN: Absolutely.

VO: St Leger died in 1786, his face hidden from history.

But the race he founded to great success has spawned equivalent races around the world and kept his name alive.

Ryan, tell me, have you got the trophy here?

We certainly have, Chris.

Would you like to see it?

I know we'll both want to see that...

Right, if you'd like to come with me.

I'll take you to the trophy.

CHRIS: Why not?

VO: Between the 1820s and 1840s, Bill Scott won the St Leger nine times.

His record has never been beaten.

Though, more recently, Frankie Dettori has lifted the trophy six times.

So, here we are, Ryan.

We have company - the St Leger Trophy.

RYAN: Absolutely, Chris.

CHRIS: In all its glory.

RYAN: This is kept on permanent display at the racecourse, this one.

And on the day, they are given a replica of the trophy to keep forever.

A big chunk of silver, as well.

RYAN: Absolutely.

CHRIS: Heavy.

RYAN: Absolutely.

VO: Before they leave Doncaster, there's just time to pop in to the nearby National Horseracing College, where the next generation of St Leger competing jockeys are trained.

CHRIS: Here we are.

Stephen, how are you?

STEPHEN: Hello, Chris.

Nice to see you.

Welcome.

VO: Colonel Stephen Paget is the man with the reins.

So, we train people who are completely new to the industry.

So, they may be coming from school or from other jobs, and they are learning to be stable staff who ride.

But we also train, at more advanced stages, we train people who are going to get a professional jockeys license and we train horse race trainers, resistant trainers, racing secretaries... All manner of people for the racing industry.

How long does it take to kind of get your jockeys license?

Two or three years.

For some people, it can take longer than that.

CHRIS: Based on experience.

STEPHEN: Exactly.

STEPHEN: And on how you perform.

Maybe you'd like to have a go on our simulator?

CHRIS: Absolutely.

Why not?

Let's go.

(GROANS) You wouldn't see me do that, spring on a normal horse.

Here we go.

And we're off.

STEPHEN: Jumped out of the stalls... That's it.

Nice tension on the reins.

Looking where you're going between the horse's ears.

STEPHEN: Got overtaken, then.

CHRIS: My horse... Yeah, got overtaken.

STEPHEN: Come on.

CHRIS: Oh, she's done.

(LAUGHS) No!

She's gone.

She's done.

STEPHEN: Let's have a little bit of pushing.

Come on.

Push.

And crossing the line.

Brilliant.

CHRIS: Oh, wow.

STEPHEN: (LAUGHS) STEPHEN: Well done.

I've actually rode a stinker there.

Went too quick, too early, ain't I?

God, I'm absolutely knackered.

My legs are done.

VO: Nice work, Chris, but not quite in the Bill Scott league.

The race Anthony St Leger created nearly 250 years ago is still one of horse racing's ultimate challenges.

While Chris and Izzie gallop onwards, Jake and Irita are hatching a plan for their last shop.

We've got one shop to go.

JAKE: Yeah.

IRITA: £120.

Yeah.

All in.

Do you want to spend it all?

JAKE: All of it.

IRITA: Oh... Go big or go home.

We don't play it safe, do we?

I can't imagine, looking at you, that you've ever played it safe in life.

Neither have I.

And we don't want to start now.

We're double trouble.

We are trouble!

We're... Oh!

There's a big van.

Agh...!

IRITA: You're going to get crushed.

JAKE: Mate, please don't come.

Why didn't you just wait?

Why didn't you just wait?!

VO: Hey, they've got a job to do, Jake.

Not everyone's swanning around in a classic car buying antiques, don't you know?

Fortunately, your next shop is just around the corner, in Adwick le Street.

Hm, sounds reet posh.

IRITA: Ah!

I can't get out.

Oh, blimey.

JAKE: Tell you what, I'm not going to miss getting in and out of this thing.

VO: I'm sure the feeling is mutual.

Still, Todaysyesterday should offer suitable respite and a place to spend your remaining £120.

Josh is in charge today.

(SIREN BLARES) IRITA: (YELLS) What the hell are you doing?!

(YELLS) Can't hear you!

IRITA: (YELLS) What are you doing?!

(YELLS) I can't hear you!

VO: I bet Josh rues the day he bought that.

Luckily, there are plenty of items you can't make a din with.

Freedo-o-o-o-om!

VO: Mm, spoke too soon.

Try liberating something from the shop using cash.

# Do you think we're going to win # At the auction # Are we going to make a lot of money tomorrow?

# VO: Music to Irita's ears.

VO: Out on the road, Chris and Izzie are racing towards their next shop, in Rotherham, armed with a modest £138.

This is an important sale, this.

IZZIE: It is.

Everything rides on this buy.

VO: Crikey!

No pressure, then, eh?

Fortunately, Harrisons Antiques is an absolute whopper, expertly managed by Nathan.

So, it is possible to look around a shop quietly.

And take note, Jakey boy.

CHRIS: (CALLS) Izzie.

IZZIE: Yes?

CHRIS: I found these.

They are giant clogs.

Are you about to make a fashion statement with them?

CHRIS: Not necessarily a fashion statement.

IZZIE: Right.

But the way I see it, they're not actually that badly uncomfortable.

Yeah, but they look awful!

They don't even fit!

CHRIS: No, I know they don't fit.

I wasn't going to wear 'em.

I'm thinking from a profitable point of view... Oh, hang on.

You're thinking that we buy these?

You weren't just asking me for a bit of fashion advice?

No, I'm saying I think we buy them.

IZZIE: We're not buying clogs.

CHRIS: No, we're not?

No, we're not buying clogs.

I thought these look well old, like, back in the day, people would have worn these, quite, like, a historical moment in time.

How much are they, then?

Only 45 bob.

I wouldn't wear 'em.

I just feel like they'd look good on maybe, like, by a fireplace.

Do you know how ridiculous you look?

Do you not think they're good, though?

Just sat there... (LAUGHS) ..with your clogs on...!

But do you not think...

These wouldn't sell, would they?

No.

Have I taught you nothing, Chris, over these last two days?

Yeah, you have...

I feel like I need to knock some sense into your wooden brain!

I think we can do better.

I don't think that's our winning item to...beat Jake, if I'm really honest.

CHRIS: We'll keep looking.

IZZIE: Alright.

VO: Well, think again.

Nicely dodged, Izzie.

Now, what's going on back in Adwick le Street?

Bit of tap dancing.

VO: Careful.

You could fall in the sink.

Right, Reets...

I feel like we're at nicknames now, as well.

Yeah, I'm happy with Reets.

JAKE: OK, right.

IRITA: Is that what you wanted to show me?

JAKE: Cast iron wall fountain.

Me mum would love this.

And you know who else would like that?

JAKE: You.

IRITA: I love it.

JAKE: Do you?

IRITA: Absolutely love it.

It look...it smells like money.

But there might be a problem.

Go on.

Can we afford it?

I don't know how much it is.

We know what we've got, £120.

I mean... JAKE: What... Are you thinking that's going to be well more than 120?

IRITA: (WHISPERS) Yeah.

JAKE: Yeah?

IRITA: Yeah, quite a hefty amount more.

JAKE: Right, so, I guess... Oh, it's quite sunny.

I might catch a tan.

Do you want to go find out how much it is?

No!

This is your shop.

JAKE: Yes, boss.

IRITA: You got to do the work.

JAKE: Right, come on.

IRITA: You're in charge here.

VO: Yeah, no 'lion' down on the job.

JAKE: Alright, Josh?

JOSH: Hiya, mate.

First off, I want to say you're a very handsome man.

VO: Like looking in a mirror, right?

We've seen...a cast iron wall fountain outside.

JOSH: Yeah.

JAKE: How much is it?

(SIGHS) It's 450.

JAKE: 450?

JOSH: Yeah.

I've got 120.

I'm looking at maybe, possibly, 275.

We ain't got it.

IRITA: Don't got it.

JAKE: We ain't got it.

Cuz you've got good chat... (WHISPERS) Told you.

..I'll shake your hand at 120.

JAKE: Yeah.

JOSH: I'll do it.

If you win, you owe me a drink.

JAKE: Deal.

JOSH: How's that?

JAKE: 100% deal.

JOSH: That's a deal, then.

There's your money.

JOSH: Thank you.

JAKE: High five.

Boosh!

JOSH: Sorted.

JAKE: C-c-c-ome on!

IRITA: (LAUGHS) VO: Ever heard of the phrase, pride comes before a fall?

IRITA: (LAUGHS) JAKE: Come on, let's go!

VO: And with that, Jake's cash and road trip has come to an end.

Don't worry, I'll sort out getting your iron lion to auction.

This is the point where you don't need me any more.

JAKE: I do need you.

IRITA: I've done my bit.

But I enjoy...

I enjoy having you.

Aw.

So, let's go do this together.

One last time, baby.

JAKE: Woo!

IRITA: (LAUGHS) VO: How are determination levels over with Chris and Izzie?

CHRIS: Do you know what?

IZZIE: What's up, Chris?

I want to buy a ring.

IZZIE: Ooh, who's the lucky lady?

There isn't one, actually.

But I just want to buy a ring to go with that locket that we bought, so if we have a little bit of a collection there, maybe.

And I feel like rings, we got a little bit of budget to spend, could get a nice... Oh, you want to splash the cash.

I literally actually do want to splash the cash.

VO: Splash away, Chris.

IZZIE: Chris... CHRIS: Talk to me.

IZZIE: ..I've found two rings... CHRIS: Right.

Good.

IZZIE: ..that I really like.

CHRIS: OK. IZZIE: Let's see what you think of them.

I like that you like them.

IZZIE: Yeah.

CHRIS: That's important to me.

Well, I hope you like them.

I will.

I'm sure I will.

IZZIE: I'm also looking with an antique head on, so I'm going for old rings.

So, the first one I want to show you...

This one is either late Victorian or Edwardian.

And what you've got here, you've got rubies and you've got diamonds, and it's in this lovely sort of scroll setting.

Now, this one is gold, but it isn't actually hallmarked as gold.

Though, unfortunately, the gold hallmark is rubbed, but everything else is there.

It looks a bit better than nine-carat.

Yeah.

IZZIE: So, it's probably 15-carat or possibly 18-carat.

I like rubies and I like diamonds.

Excellent.

CHRIS: To me, that's a fantastic combination.

IZZIE: Now, let me show you the other one.

IZZIE: This one... CHRIS: A bit bigger.

Now, we've gone sapphires and diamonds on this one.

The diamonds are bigger than the diamonds in the other ring, and this one is marked as...18-carat gold.

CHRIS: OK.

The price is reflected in that.

Go on.

IZZIE: This one's priced at £335.

So I'm being a little optimistic here!

And the other one's priced at £195.

Yeah.

And we've got, what, 130?

We've got 138.

CHRIS: There comes a time in life where, you know, I've been working on my haggling skills, but that might be just out of my reach.

Yeah... We need to be realistic, don't we?

Maybe if we can get 60 off the other one, we're laughing.

OK. Alright, we'll go for that one.

CHRIS: I think so.

CHRIS: (SIGHS) Nathan.

NATHAN: Are we done?

I think we are.

I think we've...shopped out.

CHRIS: But we found one we like.

NATHAN: OK.

The ring, it's the ruby and diamond ring.

So, what was the price again?

195, I believe.

We haven't got 195, so I'm thinking... ..50 quid?

VO: Cheeky.

Definitely not 50.

How much have you got?

138.

We don't really want to spend that, if I'm completely honest.

This is where the competitive side comes.

We want to win.

IZZIE: We can come up a bit on that...

I like that, I like that.

We should have started... Should we come up?

So, where are we coming up to?

Well, you tell me.

What if we said 100?

What about 95?

I'll do 95.

I'll shake on that.

IZZIE: Amazing.

I'm delighted.

CHRIS: Absolutely.

IZZIE: Thank you so much.

NATHAN: You're welcome.

VO: Nicely done.

That's a oner off, as you'd say, Chris.

CHRIS: You take care.

IZZIE: Thank you.

Thank you very much.

See you later.

CHRIS: Good job, Izzie.

Job well done.

VO: You're all shopped out, having spent 357 smackers.

You're the teacher.

I'm the student, but I'm learning on the job.

IZZIE: It's just completely flown by, I feel like I've known you my whole life.

CHRIS: Cuz we've bonded.

IZZIE: We have!

We're a real team, and we have that chemistry, which is obviously vitally important when you're antiques shopping.

It is indeed.

I agree.

VO: That, and having one of the country's finest experts on hand.

IRITA: It's all to play for.

JAKE: It's all to play for.

IRITA: Are you nervous?

JAKE: No.

I don't get nervous.

I'm confident.

I ooze confidence.

My dad always taught me, just believe in yourself, whatever you do.

That's what I do.

If we tell ourselves we're going to win, we're going to win!

You're my kind of person.

JAKE: Exactly.

IRITA: You're my kind of person.

We've bonded, haven't we?

IRITA: We have!

VO: Aw, how sweet.

Sleep tight.

VO: It's the day of the auction, and the Yorkshire countryside is the perfect backdrop.

But, how are the bickering bromancers feeling?

This is it.

I'm excited.

I want to get there.

This is actually what it all comes down to.

Everything.

CHRIS: The final piece of the jigsaw.

I'm very confident... Be honest.

Are you confident?

My negotiating was extremely good.

These veneers can get me out of or into any situation I want.

Yeah, but... JAKE: I've managed to barter some geezer down about 400 quid, mate.

VO: A little porky pie there, Jake.

Let's go, baby.

CHRIS: Are we here?

JAKE: Yeah.

Come on, then, boy.

CHRIS: Oh, what a day for it, Jake.

This is it, showtime.

JAKE: Someone will come park that up for us.

(LAUGHS) VO: Whilst the boys and their experts follow the auction on their tablets, from Sheffield's Western Park Museum, their items are on view in Newcastle, at Thomas N Miller Auctioneers, headed up by Guy Macklam.

Their items are open to bids from the room, on the phone, and from around the globe via the World Wide Web.

Chris and Izzie spent £357 on six items, and put the card box and vesta case together to make five lots.

But what has caught Guy's eye?

The two pieces of silver with the nice enamel decoration have a really good look to them, and they're nice quality, so they will always appeal, and I think today they should sell pretty well.

VO: Intriguing.

Jake and Irita spent every penny of their £400 on their five items.

Any tickle your fancy, Guy?

The onyx box is a really good quality thing.

It has a fantastic name attached to it, and I think that will be the thing that really pulls the bidders in today.

VO: Now, any sign of those boys yet?

CHRIS: Ey up, girls.

JAKE: Here we are, ladies.

VO: Ah, here they are.

IRITA: Lovely in pink.

JAKE: Thank you.

It's been a while, hasn't it?

IZZIE: (LAUGHS) Yeah.

CHRIS: Good to see you again.

Real men wear pink.

IRITA: How are you feeling?

A little bit nervous, cuz...

Cool, calm, collected.

CHRIS: He is, at the moment.

He says that behind, like, a straight face.

But do you know what?

We're competitive, aren't we?

JAKE: We are.

CHRIS: And we both want to win.

VO: Well, let's see who does.

First up is Chris's horse drawing.

IRITA: I'm not sure how I'm going to feel if this makes a really giant profit.

It's not going to!

Have you seen it?

IRITA: I pointed it out!

CHRIS: Mate, settle down.

(LAUGHS) It is shocking!

Bid me £30 for it.

£20, the estimate to go.

£4 offered.

Six bid.

I've got eight bid against you, internet.

10 bid on the internet.

I've got 12 offered.

It's still going.

Well, there we go.

At £12, we sell... JAKE: You lost!

IRITA: What did that sell for?

IZZIE: 12.

JAKE: £16 loss.

VO: Oh, fell at the first hurdle.

Hard luck.

No, that's fine... Do you know what?

It's fine.

VO: No, it isn't.

Yes, get back on the horse.

Jake's brooch is next.

It's a nice little brooch.

It is a nice brooch, innit?

And I've got £25 the bid.

We've already got 25.

I told you, it's not got potential.

At £25, we sell to the net... (GAVEL) 25 quid?

They've got a bargain there.

VO: They have.

You've got a loss.

I'm actually quite shocked...

It was a lovely bit of broochery!

(LAUGHS) He's...!

It was a lovely broochery!

I'm laughing because I know you genuinely are shocked...!

JAKE: I'm fuming.

He thought that was going to...!

Obviously, the people in that... CHRIS: He was texting me, going, "That brooch I got is definitely going for a oner."

VO: Let's hope your milk jug isn't going for a goner.

CHRIS: Now, this is a serious piece of kit.

Tiny little jug?

CHRIS: No, it's a Sunderland luster, though.

It dates back to...

It dates back to the 18... You won't even get one bowl of cornflakes out of that.

You don't want cornflakes out of it.

It's for tea.

£30 is the bid.

Oh, my God, £30!

You're in profit!

At £30, the hammer's up.

It's coming down... (GAVEL) JAKE: £8 profit.

CHRIS: Yes.

Well done, Izzie.

VO: Yes, nice work, Ms Balmer.

CHRIS: I'm chuffed with that.

IZZIE: Yeah, me too.

Proper bit of Sunderland luster, that.

It's always a nice bit of antique.

JAKE: I want to say well done.

CHRIS: Thank you.

You called that.

I'm proud of you, actually.

VO: He did, didn't he?

Now, what about your flail?

This is a farming tool, we believe, for beating hay, wasn't it?

And it's old.

Well old.

£25 for the...

I've got 25.

I've got 30 bid on the book.

Is there any advance at 30?

Jump in now, surely, internet.

We sell against you here... Well, erm... VO: Now, come on, Chris.

That's not funny.

Ha.

CHRIS: That's not bad.

JAKE: I'll take that.

We didn't know what it was really, did we?

We just liked it.

VO: I wonder if Chris's locket will be a hit.

Now, listen, they bought gold and diamonds for £15.

JAKE: Ah, fake... Mate, do you understand this, as well?

And it's got a bit of gypsy... Set.

..set, because a diamond is set within the locket.

And I've got £30.

IRITA: Oh, he said yellow metal, so it could be gold but not marked.

45 at the back.

Just first at the back.

I'm sorry, internet, but it's 45, it's in the room.

Take 50 from you now, surely.

GUY: 50 bid... CHRIS: Yes!

JAKE: What's happened to his hammer now?!

Final call, online.

50 and done.

(GAVEL) Yes!

Yeah, but you've lost your money...

I don't care.

That's 35 quid profit.

VO: A good find and a great profit.

(LAUGHS) 35... 35 quid profit!

Do you know, unbelievable... That return of investment is over...200%.

Well done, quick maths.

Very quick.

Oh, my... Well done.

That was such a spot from you.

Oh, Izzie, you are a legend!

Are we going to win?

Oh, we are going to win...!

VO: Hold your horses, Christoph.

Jake's novelty teapot is up next.

CHRIS: What in the octopus is this?

IRITA: What do you mean...?!

It looks like you grabbed it out of the ocean!

I'm bid £50.

Well, there we go.

55.

60.

An unusual piece, this, at £60.

Come along, internet.

Where have you gone?

£60 for the lot then.

I've got £60 bid.

GUY: Final chance.

IRITA: Mooore!

GUY: At only £60, we sell... (GAVEL) (LAUGHS) Sorry...!

This is so...!

IRITA: You were prepared for a big loss.

We only lost a tenner.

This is so...!

Jake, look at him.

JAKE: I'm devastated.

He doesn't want to lose this!

I hate antiques now.

VO: No, no, you don't.

Chin up, old chap.

IZZIE: I think that was a really cool teapot.

It's just an unfortunate sale, innit?

VO: Hopefully the same fate doesn't befall your snuff box and vesta.

It cost the most.

This is... (SOFTLY) What was it called again?

IZZIE: Art deco.

CHRIS: Oh, this is art deco.

IZZIE: Enamel and silver.

Enamel and silver art deco.

I love these.

CHRIS: This is a serious... IZZIE: Probably American.

Yeah, probably American.

They open up nicely, carry your matches around there, your local bit of snuff.

Beautiful.

What a product.

£50 is the bid.

It's very cheap at 50.

IRITA: Ridiculous!

GUY: At 55.

60 bid.

At £60... IZZIE: That's cheap for one!

70 bid.

CHRIS: What's happening?

GUY: 75 is bid.

Are you bidding over this side?

80 bid, with a voice.

85 against you.

90 bid.

No, they're still going.

They're just teasing, they're teasing.

100 bid, the voice.

CHRIS: ..still go for a twoer.

GUY: 110 bid.

IRITA: Oh, it's moving.

CHRIS: Shout at them!

IRITA: No... Last chance... That was art deco from America.

VO: Yeah.

Clearly didn't travel well.

Huge loss.

87 quid.

JAKE: You alright?

CHRIS: Oh, jeez.

VO: Cheer up.

Next, Jake's iron lion.

Water feature here.

What do you think about this one?

IZZIE: I like it.

CHRIS: I don't.

Dare I say, I've got 80 bid.

85 offered.

Have another look at this, please.

No, don't have another look.

Are you bidding, sir?

I should think so.

90 bid.

95.

The bid's here on the net at 95... JAKE: Come on...

GUY: We sell online... (GAVEL) Really cheap.

Whoever's getting this, it's an absolute bargain.

VO: You're not having the rub of the green today, are you, boys?

JAKE: 95 for this... IRITA: It should have been £200-400 in any auction.

We just had a bad luck with it.

VO: Fingers crossed Chris's five stone ring has better fortune.

It's late Victorian.

You're not coming up with any of this.

CHRIS: Do you... JAKE: Would you wear this?

CHRIS: Jake, question.

IZZIE: I quite like it.

Let's quiz him quickly.

Do you know when late Victorian was, what century that was?

JAKE: 18th.

IZZIE: (WHISPERS) 19th.

CHRIS: 19th.

JAKE: You didn't know either!

CHRIS: Yes, I did.

Yes, I did.

It's a lovely lot for £100 to go.

I've got £80 bid.

85 in the distance.

Back of the room at 85.

But I've got 90 bid next to me.

IRITA: Oh, come on, one more!

95 at the back.

CHRIS: 95!

I've got £100.

JAKE: Fiver, bro.

Well done.

IRITA: Good job.

GUY: Anyone on the internet?

IZZIE: £5.

CHRIS: Well done, well done.

That's alright.

VO: At least it's not a loss, eh?

We were walking round the shop and Chris goes, "Izzie, I want to buy a ring."

So, you said...

I wanted to buy a ring, yeah.

VO: Finally, Jake's last item, the onyx and jasper box.

And it would have been part of a big table set.

So, a gentleman could have bought either all of it together or separate, and it was in one of the Cartier catalogs... IRITA: ..that was made... JAKE: Cartier, bro.

Cha-ching.

I've got 55.

65.

75.

85.

95.

I've got 100 on the book.

100 on the book!

Come on, man.

Come along, internet.

Where've you gone?

110 bid.

120.

JAKE: 120.

IRITA: We're getting there...!

IZZIE: Getting there.

GUY: At £120.

130, pushing on.

140.

IRITA: Oh, 140, 140!

GUY: 150.

Yes!

(LOUD SLAP) (WINCES) Against the internet.

At 150 we're done.

CHRIS: Well done.

JAKE: Thank you.

I said 150.

JAKE: I'm happy with that.

CHRIS: Yeah, fair enough.

VO: That's one profit apiece.

CHRIS: You know, when he started off going, like, 60, 70, 80...

I thought I was going to go to, like, 500... JAKE: I thought he was doing some kind of rap!

(LAUGHS) He wasn't going to stop!

JAKE: (RAPS) 65, 70.

75, 80!

CHRIS: (LAUGHS) VO: Well, it's definitely a wrap for your auction.

But who was the winner?

Well, Chris started out with £400, and after auction costs, he made a loss.

Now, that's difficult.

So he ends up with £290.64.

Tough luck.

Whilst Jake, who began with the same amount, made, after auction costs, less of a loss, and takes the win with £295.20.

Just £4.56 in it.

And that's going to hurt.

JAKE: Right, absolute pleasure.

Have a safe drive.

CHRIS: God bless.

JAKE: Bye.

Bye.

CHRIS: Be safe, alright?

JAKE: Winner winner, chicken dinner.

CHRIS: Oh, cannot believe it.

Do you think we've converted them?

I don't know, but that was exhausting!

Oh, gee whiz.

CHRIS: So, mate, what a day.

JAKE: What a day!

I absolutely enjoyed that.

That auction...

It was an absolute cracker.

Mate, I got a bit of a buzz.

It was better than being at the footy.

CHRIS: It was exciting.

JAKE: Weren't it?

The amount of people we can talk to now about, like, pottery and jewelry... And actually sound intelligent.

Yeah, I know.

Why don't we maybe open a shop?

Chris and Jake's... ..Antiques Palaver.

CHRIS: Yes.

JAKE: Nice!

BOTH: Yes.

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